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Mr. Davidson was married on January 13, 1884, to Rosella Crose, the daughter of James Ross and Ann Eliza (Riggin) Crose. James R. Crose was born in Marion township, this county, in 1834, the son of An-
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drew Jackson and Nancy (Rogers) Crose. Both his parents were born, reared and married in Nicholas county, Kentucky, and came to this county in 1831 and entered land. When James R. was about thirteen years old, his parents moved to Boone county, where Andrew J. Crose died about six months later, leaving his widow and seven children.
James Ross Crose remained in Boone county until his marriage, in 1852, to Lurancy Riley, the daughter of Allen and Levina Riley, of Boone county. His wife died in 1860, leaving one son, James Madison; two other children had died in infancy. James Madison Crose married Alice Ellington and was killed by a falling tree in Eel River township at the age of forty-two. Mr. Crose was married a second time on March 12, 1862, to Ann Eliza Riggin, who was born in 1842 in Montgomery county, Kentucky, daughter of Wesley and Ann (Wren) Riggin. She came with her parents from Kentucky to this county when she was nine years of age. They came in wagons, and consumed eight days in making the overland trip to this county. Mr. and Mrs. Riggin located about two miles north of North Salem and later moved three miles southwest of Lizton, where they made their home and spent the remainder of their lives. There were three children by the second marriage : Rosella, the wife of William Davidson : Lillie Dale, the wife of Dr. William Wiseheart, of Colfax, Indiana, and Mary Etta, the wife of Douglas S. Grimes, a merchant of North Salem. Dr. and Mrs. Wiseheart have one daughter, Nina; Mr. and Mrs. Grimes have two children, Edna and Herman C .; Mr. and Mrs. Davidson, of North Salem, have four daughters, Blanche Naomi, Murle Agnes, Nellie May and Hilda Marie. Blanche is the wife of James H. Fiscus, of North Salem; Murle Agnes is a teacher in the city schools of Muncie, having previously taught at North Salem and Connersville; the other two daughters are still at home. All four daughters graduated from the North Salem high school and three at- tended the Central Normal College at Danville. Murle has been a student at the State University at Bloomington.
Mr. Davidson is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He has never sought or desired office of any kind, though by nature and experience he is well qualified to fill important trusts. He has chosen the quiet way rather than the turmoil and unrest, and in the quietude of home has found the content which would have been denied him in public places. A successful farmer, a kind and obliging neighbor and a worthy citizen, he has lived to honorable ends.
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WILLIAM A. HOLLINGSWORTH.
The gentleman whose name heads this article is so well and favorably known throughout Hendricks county that an elaborate introduction to our readers would be superfluous; but some of the facts of his life's history can- not fail to be of interest to many.
Mr. Hollingsworth was born January 1, 1852, in Washington township, Hendricks county, the son of Samuel V. and Lydia (Mullin) Hollings- worth. His father, Samuel V., was one of the early settlers of the county, having been brought from Ohio by his own parents when a child, and living thereafter for many years in the vicinity of Plainfield. He received his schooling in the little country school, and lived the free, untrammeled life of the farm; but, though revelling in the pure air and sunshine of his sur- roundings, he was ambitious and sought eagerly for new avenues of em- ployment. Never failing to grasp the opportunities for improvement which came to him, he learned the various trades of the silversmith, gunsmith and blacksmith, and became especially skilled as a wood worker, for which there was much demand in the early days, before the advent of the modern, machine-equipped furniture factory. His versatility found him ample em- ployment aside from that of farming, and, though he spent his life in the country, it was in the various trades that he excelled. His wife, the mother of William Hollingsworth, was a native of North Carolina, coming first to Jackson county, and then to Hendricks county at the age of ten years with her parents, who settled near Plainfield. To this union were born four chil- dren, William A., Delia Catherine (Smith), Sarah Adaline and Charles Dayton.
In the year of 1883 death called the wife and mother, and in 1906 the father was carried to his final resting place.
Mr. Hollingsworth was not active in church, fraternal, or political af- fairs, though a consistent Republican voter ; but was an excellent neighbor and interested in all movements for the public welfare at home and abroad.
The boyhood and youth of William A. Hollingsworth were spent upon his father's farm, and his education was afforded by the district school. Rural life with its labors and its pleasures became "second nature" to him, and the pursuit of agriculture in its various phases became, early in life, his chosen calling. He was married on November 13, 1873, to Ellen Hadley, who was born near Avon, the daughter of Enos and Susan (Smith) Hadley, and to them have been born five children, as follows: Florence Effie, Bertha
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Beatrice, Susan Belle, Samuel Vestal and Wilda Azalee. The eldest daugh- ter, Florence Effie, was twice married, first to William Logston, one daugh- ter being born of that marriage, Edna Logston; the second husband is Lewis Darnell, a prosperous farmer of Middle township. The second child of Mr. and Mrs. Hollingsworth is now Mrs. Earl C. Weaver, who lives in Texas and is the mother of two children, Gladys and Earl Cassius, Jr. Mr. Weaver was formerly a printer at Pittsboro and at Jamestown. Susan Belle, now Mrs. Carl Clark, resides on a farm southwest of Maplewood, in this county, and is the mother of one son, John William. The two younger children still enjoy the protection of the parental roof. being on the old homestead, which has been the abiding place of the family since March, 1874, though a new and modern residence was erected in 1912. Here Mr. Hollingsworth brought his bride the year following their marriage, and around the old house clustered all the memories of many happy years. The fifty-acre tract of land which surrounds the home is in a high state of cul- tivation and shows the care of an intelligent, careful, industrious man.
In the past Mr. Hollingsworth has dealt largely in live stock, having raised many choice animals for the market, and so discriminating in his judgment in this branch of his work that he found it profitable for eight „years to give his time entirely to the purchase of live stock for John V. Hadley, depending upon hired help to carry forward the general work on his farm.
In the year 1904 Mr. Hollingsworth was elected trustee of Middle township and four years he served in this capacity, devoting his time and energy zealously to the service of the people.
Mrs. Hollingsworth is also a member of one of the most prominent families of Hendricks county, being the daughter of Enos Hadley, a native of this county and one of the pioneer settlers. He was born in 1825 and spent his days in his home locality. One of the very successful farmers in the vicinity, he yet found time and energy for the exercise of his talents in a still broader capacity, serving for many years as commissioner of Hendricks county, and also acting as ditch commissioner. He was actively engaged in this work until the day of his death, which occurred November II, 1893, at the home of his son, Cassius Hadley, in Danville. His wife was a native of Henry county, Kentucky, born there January 28, 1834. Nine children were born to them : Ellen E. (Hollingsworth), James A., Hor- ace E., Cassius C., deceased, Clara B. (Vickery), Robert S., Wilber E. and
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Lester B., deceased. The children have inherited the ability of the parents, and many have won for themselves enviable places in the community.
Reverting to the subject of this article, William H. Hollingsworth, we find him a man of few words, but with a kindly manner which inspires confidence not only in the home circle, but throughout the county, where he is known by a host of friends. He is a member of the Masonic order at Danville; an adherent of the Republican party, and both he and Mrs. Hol- lingsworth are prominent members of the Methodist church, at Bartlett's Chapel.
The living exemplification of virtuous lives, well spent for their family and the community at large, they are enjoying the fruits of their labor among a host of friends.
JOHN W. TINDER.
Among the men of a past generation who left the impress of their indi- viduality upon Hendricks county, Indiana, there is no one who can gainsay the fact that John W. Tinder was one of nature's noblemen. To know him intimately was to be impressed with his earnestness of purpose, his purity of life and the nobility of his character. To be associated with him in daily work was to be impressed with the truth that here was a man honest, liberty loving and God fearing. He was retiring in his nature, yet he had that tenacity of purpose and that industry that pushed to successful completion whatever he undertook. He was ever an industrious man and his wonderful executive ability brought him much to do. He was justly proud of his mil- itary record, yet he rarely referred to it, and when he did it was with that modesty which revealed the unassuming man. He was an intense partisan and always took an active interest in his party's welfare, and it is doubtful if any man in Hendricks county knew more men in the county than did he at the time of his death. To a wonderful degree he held the confidence of the people and their confidence was never betrayed in the slightest degree. He was successful in the business world and his life throughout is a worthy ex- ample which the coming youth of this county would do well to emulate. In him was peace and his memory will be long cherished by those who knew him.
The late John W. Tinder, of Hendricks county, Indiana, was born Janu- ary 22, 1835, in the county where he spent his whole life, and died in Dan- ville July 8, 1903. He received such education as the common schools of his
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day afforded and spent all of his boyhood days on the farm where he was born. He remained at home until he was twenty-two years of age and then, on February 5, 1857, married Laura Hamrick, daughter of William F. and Jane Hamrick. The Hamrick family is one of the best known and oldest families of Putnam county, Indiana, and many of its descendants have occu- pied responsible positions in the affairs of the county.
Immediately after his marriage Mr. and Mrs. Tinder bought a farm in Marion township, where they lived most happily until July 2, 1862, and on that date Mr. Tinder enlisted in Company A, Fourth Indiana Cavalry, and commenced his service of three years in that memorable struggle which goes down in history as the greatest civil war the world has ever known. Upon the organization of the troops he was promoted to sergeant and was mustered out as lieutenant. He was in continuous service from the date of his enlist- ment until he was honorably discharged at Nashville, Tennessee, in Septem- ber, 1865. He participated in the battles of Chickamauga, Dalton, Resaca, in all the battles of the Atlanta campaign, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, Jonesboro and Wilson's raid. He saw severe fighting in Kentucky at Lebanon and Perryville, and while on the Bardstown pike was wounded in the left leg below the knee. He received a furlough for two months on ac- count of this disability, spending the time at home, rejoining his command at Gallatin, Tennessee. On the Atlanta campaign his regiment was under fire for almost four months, and after the surrender of Atlanta he returned to Nashville and was in the memorable battle of Franklin. He was always an active soldier and, possessing a hardy constitution, endured all the vicissitudes and hardships of army life with fortitude, but was never in a hospital nor captured during his period of service.
Shortly after the close of the war Mr. and Mrs. Tinder moved to Dan- ville, where they resided until the time of his death, and his widow is still a resident of that place. Two children were born to them, both of whom died in infancy. They reared three children and gave them all the advan- tages of a tender mother's and father's care, namely : John O'Donnell, whom they took at the age of eight years, and who made his home with them until he died at the age of twenty-five; Linnie Wallen, who went to live with them at the age of ten, and who died in 1894, and Thomas Bence, who came into their lives when he was a child of fourteen, and who is now in the newspaper business in Danville.
Mr. Tinder had a love for politics and his interest in public affairs was
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one of the pronounced characteristics of his nature. He served during several campaigns as chairman of the county organization of the Republican party, and was elected commissioner of Hendricks county for four terms, and no county ever had a better or more faithful officer. He also served on the town board and at the time of his death was a trustee-elect from his ward. He was a member of Silcox Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and had been treasurer of this lodge for years. Among the monuments to his memory in his public official career is the Danville water plant, which was put in under his immediate supervision.
Such, in brief, is the life history of a man who truly lived for the service he could render to his home, to his country and to his God. His life was a blessing to the community in which he lived and, as has been said, the lives of such men do not go out, they go on.
ALFRED R. GLOVER.
This honored veteran of the Civil War is to be designated as one of the progressive and influential citizens of Hendricks county, where for many years he has maintained his home, figuring as one of the builders of the com- munity and especially worthy of consideration in this work. He has, by his industry and sound judgment, not only improved a fine farm and gained a large competency for his old age, but he has materially assisted in the gen- eral welfare of the community, in many ways lending his valuable time and influence in the promulgation of various uplifting movements.
Alfred R. Glover, one of the leading farmers of Hendricks county, In- diana, and justice of the peace at Clayton, was born on December 19, 1841, near Belleville, this county, the son of James and Mary P. (Reagan) Glo- ver, the former of whom was born in the northern edge of Tennessee on the Barron river in 1813. His parents both died when he was a small child and when a boy in his teens he came to Indiana, having relatives in Lawrence county, near Bedford, and also near Belleville, this county. He worked as a farm hand and saved his money, so that shortly after his marriage he was able to purchase eighty acres of land, something over two miles southwest of Clayton, and there the family took up their residence after the birth of the immediate subject of this sketch. It was on that farm James Glover passed the remainder of his life, his death occurring about 1888. Mary P. Reagan, mother of the subject, was a native of Virginia, born about 1815,
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and was early left an orphan. At the age of four years she was brought westward into Indiana and was reared in the family of Major Red. They took up their residence near Belleville at an early day and in this locality she passed the remainder of her life. She remained on the home farm after the death of her husband until about two years prior to her death, when the subject built for her a home in Clayton and had nurses to care for her the remainder of her life. She passed away in 1892, surrounded by every care and comfort the subject was able to procure for her.
Alfred R. Glover grew to maturity on his father's farm south of Clay- ton, assisting with the work of the home place until the beginning of the Civil War. In August, 1862, he enlisted in Company C, Seventieth Regi- ment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, under Gen. Benjamin Harrison, that regi- ment being part of the Twentieth Army Corps. As a private in the Army of the Cumberland he was with Sherman through the Atlanta campaign and was engaged in almost continual fighting after leaving Tennessee until the fall of Atlanta. At Resaca he was wounded, but made a quick recovery. It was at this battle he was in the hottest fight of his service. His regiment led the charge against the enemy and got into the fort through a rain of lead,. fighting the enemy hand to hand. They captured four pieces of artillery, the only artillery captured on that campaign. In that fierce conflict of fifteen minutes, which well might have dismayed the bravest, they lost one hundred and sixty-nine men killed and wounded. After the close of the Atlanta cam- paign, Mr. Glover came down with typhoid fever. Up to that time he had never been off duty and now to his dismay he was ordered sent back to the hospital at Chattanooga. There he remained for some time, having the disease in so severe a form that at times his case seemed hopeless. However, he finally recovered sufficiently to be returned home, but so anxious was he to be again at the front that after a thirty-day furlough he rejoined his regiment at Alexandria, Virginia, going by rail to New York City and from thence by ship down the coast. This was in April, 1865, and when his regi- ment arrived at the place above mentioned he was so overjoyed that he rushed eagerly past the guards to greet his comrades in arms. He was still incapacitated on account of his illness and was not able to participate in the grand review of troops which passed before President Johnson (Lincoln having been assassinated a short time before) in Washington during May, 1865, but was able to witness that impressive sight and in June of the same year was mustered out of service and sent home. He returned to his father's farm and took up the reins of duty where he had lain them down at the call of his country.
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On October 4, 1866, a little more than a year after his return from the army, Mr. Glover was united in marriage to Isabinda Estes, who was born on Mill Creek near Pecksburg, a daughter of Edward B. and Mary (Smith) Estes, both natives of Randolph county, North Carolina, and among the early pioneers of this section. Edward B. Estes, when a boy of eight years, was brought to Washington county, this state, by his parents and later came to Morgan county, where he was married. Later on he brought his family to near Pecksburg, where he bought one hundred and sixty acres of land which another man had entered from the government, and there passed the remainder of his life. After his marriage, the subject purchased a farm of forty and three-quarters acres of land in section 29, in Liberty township, this county, near Hazelwood; the three-quarters of an acre was intended as a building site, the balance of the land being very wet. He carried out his plans, building a home and living there for many years until he moved to Clayton. Some time after his original purchase, he bought the eighty acres adjoining and in all has put in twenty-six hundred rods of ditching and drain tile. In this way he has disposed of the surplus moisture and has .made an excellent farm of it which produces banner crops. In September, 1892, he moved into Clayton, where he bought a home, which he later sold for twenty-four hundred and seventy-five dollars, and in 1906 purchased the residence where he now resides. This is located in the northern part of Clayton, being one of the finest homes in the town, strictly modern, with private lighting plant and in the basement a fine flowing well that never runs less than an inch stream of water. Mr. Glover manages his farm and also is engaged in the coal business. In addition to his business, he has served as notary public for four years and for the past seventeen years has been justice of the peace. He was first appointed to fill out another's unexpired term and since that time has been four times elected, each time for a term of four years. He is considered remarkably wise and fair in his deci- sions, his long experience enabling him to see a case from all sides and also to judge correctly of the veracity of his witnesses. He is said never to have had a case reversed on appeal and in all the years he has had only four cases where a jury was called for and many cases have been venued to him from other townships. He has made for himself an enviable reputation in this line of work and by his wisdom and justice has promoted kindlier feelings among those who have been brought before him.
Mr. Glover has been twice married, his first wife having passed away on May 16, 1890. To their union had been born two children, the eldest be-
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ing a son who died at birth in September, 1867. On July 24, 1875, their daughter Samantha was born. She is now Mrs. Oliver Edward Frazier and lives near Ellettsville, Owen county, this state. She is the mother of five children, Earl G., Annie, Effie. Mabel and Ruth.
On November 28, 1901, Mr. Glover was again married, his bride being Mary Frances Jones, who was born three miles south of Clayton, the daughter of John and Rose (Williams) Jones. John Jones was born in Owen county, this state, and when a small child of three years was brought to this county by his parents. John Jones, senior, entered land from the government south of Clayton and also purchased other land, making in all a farm of one hundred and twenty acres, where he lived the remainder of his life. He was an excellent man and for many years prior to his death was a minister in the Baptist church. He was a man of strong influence for good in the early days of this locality and reared his family strictly in accordance with the tenets of his chosen church society. His son John, father of Mrs. Glover, was also active in Baptist church circles, saving served his society as deacon for forty years prior to his death. The vocation of farming was his life's work and his efforts in this direction were entirely confined within Liberty township, this county. Rose Williams, mother of Mrs. Glover, was a na- tive of North Carolina and at the tender age of two years was brought by her parents, Enoch Williams and wife, to Hendricks county, locating just east of the Jones farm, where Mr. Williams purchased land and passed the remainder of his life. Rose (Williams) Jones departed this life No- vember 17, 1899, her husband, John Jones, junior, following her into the great beyond on May 15, 1907. It was the desire of Mr. and Mrs. Jones that their children should all be well educated, and after attending the schools near home where she received her elementary education, Mrs. Glover at- tended the Central Normal College at Danville, Indiana, and later studied at Franklin College, Franklin, this state. After teaching school for one year, she took further training at the State Normal School at Terre Haute. Then for one year she taught school in Johnson county, this state, two years in this county and three years in Page county, Iowa. She then returned to Clay- ton, where she has since resided. A sister, Mrs. Minnie Swindler, and a brother, J. Ulysses, are both also graduates of Franklin College. For ten years J. Ulysses Jones was connected with the United States revenue service, but is at present engaged in farming on the old homestead. Two others of the family, Wayland and Mrs. Alice Gully, attended Franklin College. Jewett, another brother, died in 1912.
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Both Mr. and Mrs. Glover are members of the Baptist church at Clay- ton, the former having served as deacon for considerably over forty years, being ordained to that service on the same day as Mrs. Glover's father. This was in the Friendship Baptist church and Mr. Glover has continued without interruption ever since. Mrs. Glover also is active in church work, being the financial secretary of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the White Lick association. Mr. Glover is secretary of the Crawford Industrial Home, located at Zionsville, this state, being a home for friendless children supported by the White. Lick association of Bap- tist churches. In politics, Mr. Glover is a Progressive, having readily en- dorsed the principles of the new party as laid down by the leaders of same at its birth in Chicago. Prior to that time he had been a stanch Repub- lican. Mr. Glover is a man whose influence has ever been extended for the advancement of the best interests of his community, and is held in the very highest esteem by the friends and neighbors who have known him for years. This is the highest tribute a man can win. To live in the same community year in and year out, to be engaged in the public administration of affairs, and to rise steadily in the regard and esteem of those with whom he comes in contact is the great privilege only of those whose lives are ordered by the highest principles and who give themselves unselfishly to the best in- terests of others. Mrs. Glover is known as a woman possessing many ad- mirable traits of character, of keen intelligence and broad sympathies, whose helpful hand is ever outstretched to assist in the moral and educational welfare of those about her.
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