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EDMOND BOLES is a native of Hamilton Township, Sullivan County, his birth occurring in July, 1822. He is the fourth son of nine children, born to Edmond and Tobisa (Whitten) Boles, natives of Vir- ginia. The father was a man of great hardihood, and had served with distinction in the early Indian wars. He was born in 1765, and lived to
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the unusual age of ninety-nine years. His second wife was Anna Tim. mona, by whom he bad ten children. He was a member of the Christian Church, and lies buried in the Sullivan Cemetery. Edmond, the subject of this sketch, lived with his father until the ageof eighteen, receiving in the meantime no education. At the age of twenty-three, he married Miss Jemima. daughter of Moses and Betsy (Pitmon) Bundy, February 9. 1845, and to this marriage have been born eight children as follows: Eli C., born December 16, 1845; William R., born April 1, 1847; Samira F., born December 27, 1849; Elizabeth M., born February 13, 1853; Caleb E., born February 7, 1856; Commodore L., born August 20, 1858; Lew W., born December 16, 1861, and Melinda J., born March 11, 1868. Mr. Boles, with hard labor and no bad habits, in time secured a farm of 340 acres, all of which, except 160 acres have been given to his children. In 1862, he enlisted in the Seventy first Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, under Capt. Weir. and served until the close of the war. He was severely wounded at Richmond, Ky., but recovered without perma- nent injury. He is an exemplary citizen, and he and wife are members of the Christian Church.
JOHN R. BOSSTICK is the only son of two children of William and Alsannab (Milligan) Bosstick, and was born in this county December 25, 1842. His sister is Jane L., born December 12, 1839. When John R. was three months old, his father was drowned at the Wabash Rapids. He lived with his mother until the age of sixteen, when he started out to do for himself, going first to Illinois. Early in 1865, he returned, but soon enlisted in Company H, Twenty-eighth Illinois Volunteer In- fautry, and served until the expiration of the war, receiving his dis- charge at Brownsville, Texas, March 8, 1866. He has been fortunate in his labors, and now owns 135 acres of well-cultivated land. November 23, 1866, he married Miss Isabelle, daughter of Alexander and Sarah (Milligan) Rankin, who has borne him six children, as follows: Clara, Janette, Alsannah, Mirtie, Grace and Leonard Mr. Bosstick is a Mason and a Democrat.
PERRY BROWN, a native of Spencer County, Ky., born May 16, 1822, came when nine years old to Indiana with his mother and step- father, with whom he remained until 1843, securing in the meantime a fair education. At the latter date, he came to Sullivan County. He began life for himself by working for 50 cents a day in trade, or for $8 per month in cash, and so continued until his marriage with Miss Caro- line, daughter of Cuthbert and Mary (Rylin) Jewell, August 21, 1847. Soon after his marriage, he located on forty acres of canal land, which be bought in 1848. Ten years later, he sold out and bought 120 acres on Sections 13 and 24, where he now lives. His farm is well-improved and one of the best in the township. In his life-time thus far, Mr. Brown has cleared and put under cultivation over 100 acres of timbered land, and is now hale and hearty and in comfortable circumstances. Ho served in Company I, One Hundred and Forty ninth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, from February, 1865, to October, 1865. Mr. and Mrs. Brown have the following family: Mary C., born July 19, 1848; Amanda J., October 29, 1850; Lydia J., December, 27, 1852; Cuthbert, December, 26, 1854; Sarah L., December 4, 1857; Emily A., November 4, 1860; Rosette, May 24, 1862; Ida, August 19, 1867, and Estella, April 4, 1869. The parents are members of the Christian Church, having joined over thirty-five years ago. Mr. Brown is a Republican.
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WILLIAM B. BURNET, a native of Perry County, Ind., born Feb- ruary 19, 1811, the fourth son of William and Mary (Springer) Burnet, remained with his parents until twenty-two years of age, receiving a lim- ited schooling, when he began farming for himself, which occupation he has followed thus far through life. Soon after his marriage, he bought eighty acres of land, receiving some assistance from his father, which he has since increased to 100 acres now all well improved, with good build- ings and other valuable property. He is a progressive farmer, a good citizen and neighbor, and he and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics, he is a Republican. His wife, Rosanna, daughter of Christian and Nancy (South) Canary, to whom he was mar- ried October 14, 1833, has borne him the following family: An infant son, deceased; James E., born September 28, 1835; Nancy A., born Feb- ruary 22, 1838; William, born November 15, 1840; Mary E., born April 21. 1843; Asenath E., born January 19. 1846; Susan C., born Septem- ber 27, 1847; Ann E., born January 15, 1850; Sarah Jane, born Febru- ary 25, 1852; Emma M., born April 12, 1854, and John Wesley, born June 29, 1856. The Barnets are among the oldest and most respectable citizens of the county.
ROBERT CARRITHERS passed his early years without noteworthy event, continuing with his father until the age of twenty-three, working with his brother in common for lands to be equally divided between them. He was born in Turman Township June 4, 1831, and is the second son of seven children born to George and Jane (Weir) Carrithers, the father a native of Kentucky and the mother of Tennessee, and both of Irish ex- traction. Robert's education was very limited, as opportunities for acquiring the learning of the schools were far inferior to what they are at present. Notwithstanding this, he secured sufficient education to carry on the ordinary affairs of life, and by industry, economy and integ- rity, now owns 251 acres of fine land and has an unsullied name. He and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church. He is a Democrat and a member of the Odd Fellows fraternity. His wife Eliza, daughter of Thomas and Nancy (Daugherty) Gamble, to whom he was married January 9, 1855, was born January 9, 1835, and has borne her husband this family: Alice A., December 18, 1857; Ed G., May 8, 1860; George T., July 18, 1862; James, November 25, 1865; Nancy J., July 21, 1869, and an infant December 22, 1873. Of these only Ed G. and George E. are now living. Mr. Carrithers owns a fine property in Graysville. His father was one of the very first settlers of the county, arriving when the Indians were yet occupying the soil and when the woods were full of wild animals.
THOMAS H. COLLIER, the eldest son of two children of Thomas and Sophia (Auble) Collier, natives of New York and of German descent, was born in Monroe County, that State, and lived with his parents until about the age of seventeen, receiving a fair education, and went then to Ohio for a year, but returned home, and again went to Ohio the fol- lowing spring, and in the next August came to Turman Township. After about a year, he enlisted in Company I, Seventy-first Indiana Vol- unteer Infantry, under Capt. Weir, and remained with it for about six months, and then for about one year was placed on detached duty. He was then sent to the field a member of Company B, Second Battalion Eighteenth United States Infantry. In this connection he served as Quartermaster Sergeant of the Second Brigade. In September, 1865, he
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became Clerk at the headquarters of Maj. Gen. Palmer, remaining until November, when he was ordered to rejoin his company, but was relieved of this and sent first to Louisville, Ky., and then to Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, Mo., where in various capacities he served until February 14, 1866, and was then mustered out. After the war. he returned to Sulli- van County, where he now owns a fine farm of 280 acres. He is an in- Quential citizen, has served two terms as Township Trustee. He and wife are Universalists. This lady, whose maiden name was Martha Tur- man, daughter of Thomas and Lavina (White) Turman, married our subject April 30, 1867, and has borne him the following children: Otho T., born April 20, 1869; Theron L., July 28, 1871; and an infant son deceased. Mr. Collier's sister was Ursula, who was born May 4, 1840. His father died in 1809, but the mother, who was born about the year 1779, still lives.
DR. ARBACES CUSHMAN is the second son of eight children born to David and Catharine (Kenerly) Cushman, natives respectively of New York and Virginia. The father moved to Turman Township in 1818; he was born June 12, 1812, and died March 10, 1877. Arbaces was born in Sullivan County September 27, 1839, and received in youth an academic education. September 27, 1861, he enlisted in Company I, Swond Indi- ana Cavalry, and served in the Army of the Cumberland. He was capt- ured by the enemy at . Hartsville, Tenn .; was paroled and exchanged, seeing some service at Indianapolis, and upon his discharge returned home in October, 1864. He farmed with his father until August, 1865, when he began the study of medicine under Dr. A. M. Weir, of Grays- ville, continuing until the spring of 1869, when he took two courses of lectures at the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, and graduated. the same year. Since then he has practiced his profession at Graysville with rapidly increasing success. He owns a comfortable home in Grays- ville, and 200 acres of land in Turman Township. His marriage with Miss Mary, daughter of Joseph and Nancy (Sherman) Gray, was celebrated March 28, 1871, and to these parents this family has been born: Katha- rine, December 31, 1871; Joseph, August 25, 1874; Ethel and Grace, twins, August 28, 1876, and Guy, June 14. 1882. Joseph died Septem- ber 18, 1875, and Grace September 19, 1876. Dr. and Mrs. Cushman are members of the Presbyterian Church. He is a Republican, a Mason and an honored citizen of the county.
DR. JOHN L. DURHAM is the first son of eight children born to Jesse Y. and Martha F. (Tarkington) Durham, natives respectively of Kentucky and Tennessee. The father was of English descent, and emi- grated to Montgomery County, Ind., in 1850, where himself and wife still reside, well advanced in years. John L. was born in Boyle County. Ky., October 26, 1844, remaining with his parents until of age, and receiving an academic education. He then engaged in farming, contin- ning about eight years, and then began the study of medicine with Dr. A. T. Steele, of Waveland, Montgomery County, with whom he read about two years, after which he took two courses of lectures in the Med- ical Department of the University of Louisville, Ky., graduating in 1879. He commenced the practice at Merom, but about a year and a half later moved to Graysville (January 1, 1881). Here he has since lived and practiced. He practices over a large section of country, has a pleas- ant home in Graysville, and owns 305 acres of fine, cultivated land, upon which he grases stock for market. In politics, he is a Democrat. He is
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a Mason and an Odd Fellow, and he and wife are members of the Pres- byterian Church. October 5, 1881, he married Mrs. Mary M. (Mann) Davis, daughter of James B. and Fidelia (Turman) Mann. No children have been born to this union.
CORNELIUS B. ENO, a native of Virginia, born March 29, 1840, one of two children -Louisa and Cornelius B .- of Edward and Nancy {Spaid) Eno, both natives of the Old Dominion, lived with his parents until eighteen years of age, securing in the meantime a fair education at the old-fashioned schools. At eighteen he went to Ohio, located in Warren County, where he bought a small tract of land, and worked at the miller's trade about five years, when he turned his attention to farm- ing. After his marriage, he continued the milling business until 1863; then farmed until early in 1865, when he enlisted in Company G, One Hundred and Seventy-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served until mustered out May 8, 1865. He moved to Sullivan in 1866, and for about six months worked in one of the town mills, and then bought sixty acres of land in Turman Township, upon which he now lives. He has this property under a high state of cultivation, with good buildings, etc. December 10, 1861, he married Miss Frances M. daughter of Christian and Elizabeth (Martin) Eby, the Rev. Peter Mccullough performing the ceremony. They have these children: Walter R., born March 22, 1863; Charles W., February 28, 1865; Edward C., April 13, 1867; Eliz. abeth E., June 20, 1869; James W., October 8, 1871; Anna L, November 22, 1873; Ora, October 1, 1877, and Josie, March 13, 1880. The family belong to the Christian Church, and Mr. Eno is a Republican and an Odd Fellow.
JOEL HARRIS was the first white child born in Fairbanks Township January 17, 1818. He was the fourth son of Benjamin and Mary (Pad- dock) Harris, who came to Sullivan County in 1817, and entered 220 acres of land. The parents were worthy people, members of the Bap- tist Church. Benjamin Harris had twelve children by his first wife. Joel. the subject of this sketch, lived with his parents until his marriage, working on the farm, and occasionally seeing the interior of a log school- house. September 6, 1838, he married Miss Lydia, daughter of Ed- ward and Elizabeth (Medsaker) Ransford, and to this marriage the fol- lowing family have been born: Ira, born August 8, 1839; Amanda, born December 24, 1841; Mary A., born April 6, 1844; Alvina, born Septem- ber 29, 1846; Sarah J., born January 1, 1850; Louisa, born November 18, 1853; James T., born September 18, 1858; Samuel M., born April 8, 1863, and Elizabeth, born April 14, 1865. Mrs. Harris died January 27, 1879. April 1, 1880, he married his present wife-Elizabeth, daugh- ter of Calvin and Mary (Lester) Patton. To this union one child has been born-Joel, born January 17, 1883. Mr. Harris is a Democrat and & prudent farmer. He owned a fine farm of 240 acres in Fairbanks Township, but in 1880 sold out and located on his present farm. He has grown up with the county, and is one of its best citizens.
MRS. MARIA L. (LESTER) HARRIS, the widow of Ira Harris, who died August 2, 1878, was married to the deceased on the 13th of Octo- ber, 1859. By him she has the following family: Charlotte Ellen, born July 26, 1860; Amanda Jane, born December 12, 1862; Nancy Lorinda, born November 20, 1866, and Louisa Ann, born January 18, 1870. Mrs. Harris is comfortably located on a tract of 160 acres of excellent farm- ing land, which she farms with the assistance of hired labor. She is an
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intelligent, prudent and economical lady, and is a faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Her deceased husband was a good citizen, a kind husband and father, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and a member of the Masonic fraternity. His death was universally mourned in the neighborhood, especially by his devoted wife and family.
DANIEL J. HAYDEN, a native of Mercar County, Ky., was born August 28, 1833, the son of John W. and Mary A. (Carey) Hayden, na- tives of Kentucky. The father was born in 1801, and the mother in 1804: both were exemplary members of the Baptist Church, and both lie buried in the Shelburn Cemetery. Daniel J. remained with his parents until the age of eighteen, when he went to learn the blacksmith's trade, at which he served a full apprenticeship. He was united in marriage with Miss Sarah, daughter of Jacob and Ellamina (Cuppy) Gray, No- vember 6, 1853, and to this union have been born this family: Mary E., born November 9, 1854; Jacob J., born January 21, 1857; William T., born January 17, 1859; Joseph Z., born September 4, 1861; Ulyssus E., born Mey 1, 1863; Lydia M., born December 3, 1864; Julia E., born May 27, 1866, and Ural E., born July 30, 1868. Mr. Hayden, by hard work, self-denial and judicious management, has a fine farm of 128} acres, all well improved, and as good as there is in the vicinity. The family are well known and universally respected. He is a Republican and a member of the Odd Fellows fraternity. Mrs. Hayden's mother, who died February 28, 1874, lies buried at the Shelburn cemetery.
JOSEPH M. HAYDEN was born in Washington County, Ind., May 29, 1845, the fifth son of ten children born to John W. and Mary (Carey) Hayden, natives of Kentucky, and of Scotch-Irish descent. During his youth, Joseph M. worked on bis father's farm, receiving. a fair education at the old subscription schools, and continuing with his father about three years after his majority, acquiring in the meantime property valued at about $1,600. He came with his parents to Sullivan County in 1860, locating on Turman's Creek. About a year later the Case and the Steele farms were bought; but ten years later Mr. Hayden moved to where he now lives, owning about 213 acres of the best land in the county. This farm is well stocked and improved, and has a fine dwelling built compara- tively recently. Mr Hayden is one of the leading farmers of this county, is a Republican, and himself and wife are members of the Christian Church. In February, 1865, he enlisted in Company I, One Hundred and Forty- ninth Infantry Regiment, and served until mustered out, September, 1865. November 21, 1867, he married Mary C., daughter of C. P. and Caroline (Jewell) Brown, and by her has five children-Josephine, born Angust 12, 1868; Charles E., November 21, 1870; Effie, July 18, 1873; an infant daughter deceased, and Perry A., March 4, 1880.
ROBERT K. HOUPT, whose birth occurred March 1. 1841 remained with his parents until the age of seventeen. During his youth his priv- ileges of securing an education were very limited, though by diligence he obtained sufficient for the business of life. At the age of seventeen, he enlisted in Company D, Thirty-first Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served three years, receiving'his discharge at Chattanooga September 15, 1864. He then returned home and began work on a farm. At this time be owned a team of horses and $100 in money. He now has ninety-two acres of land in Section 33, all of which is well improved. At present Mr. Houpt is engaged as a clerk in the mercantile establishment of John Davis & Son, at Graysville. He and wife are members of the Methodist
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Episcopal Church. He is a prominent Democrat; has served four years as Justice of the Peace, and is the nominee (spring of 1884) of his party for the office of Township Trustee, this being equivalent to an election. His parents were Jacob and Sarah H. (James) Houpt, natives of North Carolina. His brothers and sisters are Martha A., Sarah E., Thomas J., Susan C., William A., Mary F., John W. (our subject here), Julia A. and Jacob F. His wife was Miss Cynthia A., daughter of Woodson and Nancy (Burton) Burks, his marriage occurring October 29, 1867. Their children are-Lillie M., born February 23, 1872; Georgiana, born Feb- ruary 7, 1874, and Freddie L., born October 31, 1875.
GEORGE W. HUNT is the second son of eleven children born to John R. and Hannah (Davidson) Hunt, natives of Kentucky, and was born in Haddon Township, this county, December 23, 1827. His broth- ers and sisters were Joseph (George W., our subject), Levi, Sarah Ann, Mary, Meshack, Dory, Elizabeth, John W., James and Martha. The par- ents moved to Sullivan County probably as early as 1820; were excellent people, members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and were highly respectable. George W. passed his youth in farming, boating and at- tending school, and after he became a man he taught school in the neigh- borhood where he lived. March 11, 1858, he married Miss Sarah E., daughter of Woodson and Nancy (Burton) Burks, and to them these children were born-Thomas J., born December 20, 1858; William L., born March 21, 1860; John W., born October 14, 1863; and Edgar S., born February 17, 1866. His wife dying August 9, 1869, he married Mrs. Susan M. Weir, daughter of Nathan and Jane (Roberts) Miles, April 11, 1871, and to this union one child. was born-Ida May, born May 12, 1873. Mr. and Mrs. Hunt are members of the Methodist Epis- copal Church. Mrs. Hunt, at the time of her marriage, had this family by her former husband-Josephine, Walter S., Anna J., John D., C. E. and Harry M. Mr. Hunt is well blessed with this world's goods, owning 240 acres of the township's best land, with comfortable buildings, etc. He has made all by his own labor. He is a Democrat and a prominent man.
JAMES L. JOHNSON, JR., a native of Turman Township, was born January 9, 1825, the second son of eleven children born to James L. and Hannah (Watson) Johnson, natives of Tennessee, and of Irish descent. The Johnson family settled in Sullivan County in 1808, arriving when the country was a wilderness inhabited by Indians. The subject of this sketch lived with his parents until of age, receiving limited education at the subscription schools in log houses. At the time of his first marriage, he received from his father eighty acres of land near Graysville, but afterward settled on and improved several farms until 1864, when he bought bis present place of 296 acres, which he has now under a high state of cultivation. He is one of the best farmers of his locality, and his personal honor is without reproach. He handles considerable stock, is a leading Democrat, and himself and wife are members of the Christian Church. March 2, 1848, he married Rhoda B. Allen, who bore him this family: Elizabeth, born November 27, 1848; Ardalia, January 6, 1850; William W., December 28, 1850; Mary L., February 27, 1852; John A., December 9, 1853; James O., November 7, 1855; Thomas N., December 25, 1857, and Murray B., January 9, 1862. His wife having died, he was again married, October 3, 1867, to Mrs. Lucretia Dix, and to this union has been born one child, Oscar, January 7, 1869. The family is one of the most prominent and intelligent in the county.
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JAMES KELLY is a native of Geauga County, Ohio, his birth oo- curring March 9, 1838. He in the first son of four children born to James and Mary Ann (McFetridge) Kelly, natives of the Emerald Isle. James Kelly, Sr., was born November 14, 1805, and emigrated to America in 1823, and came to Sullivan County in 1840. Our subject was reared a farmer, receiving in his youth a fair education, and at the age of twenty-five was united in marriage with Miss Adelia Ann, daughter of Preston G. and Susan (Bryan) Drake, the date of the ceremony being December 24, 1863. This union has been blessed with the following family: Augustus, born September 30, 1864, and Otis, born November 29, 1866. At the time of his marriage, Mr. Kelly owned eighty acres of land, which has since been increased to 432 acres, making one of the most valuable farms of the county. He is one of the leading farmers of ¿ the county. Politically, he is a Democrat. His wife was born March 80, 1844. James Kelly, Sr., died December 24, 1859, aged fifty-four years, and his wife, Mary Ann, died August 4, 1840, aged thirty-four years.
JAMES B. MANN, born in Mercer County, Ky., October 5, 1816, the only son of six children of Josiah and Elizabeth (Schooling) Mann, was brought to Indiana by his parents in: 1819. The father first located in .Gill Township, where he lived until June 4, 1838, when his death occurred. His wife died November 7, 1854, and both lie buried in the Merum Cemetery. James B. in youth was given a fair education for that - carly day, and when a man commenced the work of life for himself as clerk in the store of Paul & Reed, of Merom. Here he continued two years, making his mother's house his home. In 1845, he had accumulated enough to buy a tract of 335 acres in Turman Township, which he did, the land being the same as that upon which Turman Fort stood during the war of 1812. Here Mr. Mann has since lived and labored. . March 24, 1844, he was united in marriage with Miss Fidelia Ann, daughter of Thomas and Lavina (White) Turman, and to this union the following children have been born: Elizabeth, born January 19, 1845; Lavina, born October 31, 1846; Thomas J., born March 12, 1848; Mary, born Novem- ber 22, 1850; James B., born September 26, 1853, and Charles A., born September 2, 1861. Mr. Mann is a Democrat, and as a man and a neigh- bor has no superior in Sullivan County. His family is old, prominent, and stands without reproach.
LEANDER PHILLIPS, a native of Warren County, Ohio, born October 3, 1852, is the fourth son of six children (John T., Oliver A., Elijah, Leander, Caroline and Charlotte) born to John and Ruth H. (Gifford) Phillips, both natives of Fall River, Mass. The parents moved first to Ohio, and then in the spring of 1860 to Sullivan County, where they bought 640 acres of land, and passed the remainder of their days. Both lie buried in the Mann Cemetery. The father was a minister of the Christian Church, and was a man of high integrity and great force of character. Leander remained with his parents until their deaths, receiving fair schooling, and later secured a portion of the old home- stead, of which he now owns seventy-five acres, all well improved. His marriage with Miss Lou, daughter of William and Susan (Hipps) Hern- don, was celebrated December 10, 1871, and the issue of this marriage is two children-Lauretta E., born November 28, 1872, and Freddie Gif- ford, June 22, 1875. Mr. Phillips is a Republican, and he and wife are members of the Christian Church. He is an Odd Fellow, and a promi-
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