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Dr. E. Ray Royer, of North Salem, was born in Stockwell, Tippecanoe county, Indiana, October 22, 1875. His parents were J. W. and Sarah (Miller) Royer, both of whom were natives of that county. His father, who traces his ancestry back to the first colonists who came to America, is a merchant at Stockwell.
Doctor Royer was educated in the common and high schools of Stock- well, and then took a course in a business college at Lafayette, Indiana. In the fall of 1899 he matriculated in the Physio-Medical College of Indiana at Indi- anapolis, graduating four years later. In order to better prepare himself for his life work, he spent two years as an interne in the College Dispensary of Indi- anapolis, thereby gaining an experience which has been of invaluable assist- ance to him. At the end of his interneship at Indianapolis, he settled in North Salem, engaging in the active practice of his profession, in which he has con-
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tinued very successfully since. He is now company surgeon for the Cincin- nati, Hamilton & Dayton Railway Company for Hendricks county, and, as their representative, has the patronage of all the employees of the company in this county, or of any one who become injured within the limits of the county. Doctor Royer has made a special study of the diseases of women and has had considerable experience along this line. Doctor Royer is a physi- cian who believes in keeping abreast of the times, and to this end he keeps in close touch with the various medical associations, being a member of the county, state and American medical associations and ex-president of the Hen- dricks County Medical Society.
Doctor Royer was married June 19, 1895, to Cora McDole, of Stock- well, the daughter of Clinton and Ada (Anderson) McDole. Her father was a life-long farmer and upon his retirement from active life owned six hundred acres of land in Tippecanoe county. Doctor Royer and his wife both belong to the Methodist Episcopal church of North Salem, while, fra- ternally, he is a Mason, having membership with the Royal Arch chapter of his town, and is very much interested in the workings of that order. He and his wife have a beautiful bungalow in North Salem where they dispense genuine hospitality in a very charming fashion.
MARSHALL S. GLIDEWELL.
The present age is essentially utilitarian and the life of every success- ful man carries a lesson which, told in contemporary narrative, is produc- tive of much good in shaping the destiny of others. There is, therefore, a due measure of satisfaction in presenting, even in brief resume, the life and achievements of such men, and in preparing the following history of the successful farmer whose name appears above it is with the hope that it may prove not only interesting and instructive, but also serve as an incentive to those who contemplate making the agricultural profession their life work.
Marshall S. Glidewell, the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Glidewell, was born in Sullivan county, Missouri, July 2, 1856. Thomas Glidewell's father came from North Carolina and settled near Shelbyville, Shelby county, In- diana, in 1828, where Thomas was born on November 22, 1829.
Marshall S. Glidewell came with his parents from Missouri to Marion county when he was two years old and lived in Marion county until his (21)
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marriage, in 1884. After finishing the common school course in his own township, he took a course in the Old Pike Township Academy, near Trader's Point, in order to prepare himself for the teaching profession. He taught one year in the Brown school, Brown township, Hendricks county. and twelve in Marion county, and was counted among the most successful teachers of these counties. The teaching profession lost a good instructor when he decided to retire from the school room and engage in farming. However, he has been no less successful as a farmer than as a teacher, and is now recognized in Hendricks county as one of the foremost farmers of the county. He is now and has been for six years the chairman of the farmers' institute, is now vice-chairman, and has taken a prominent part in the selection of a county agent for his county. His long experience in the school room has made a student of him in his agricultural affairs and there is probably no better posted man in the county on general agricultural topics than Mr. Glidewell. He has successfully combined theory and practice and in his career as a farmer he has exemplified the old saying that it takes even brains to be a good farmer.
Mr. Glidewell was married on March 20, 1884, to Laura A. Hocken- smith, the daughter of Henry and Jane Hockensmith. After Mr. Glidewell quit teaching in Marion county, they removed, on Auguust 4, 1891, to Hen- dricks county and bought the farm on which they now reside. He took this farm, which was in a very dilapidated condition, and has now made it one of the most attractive farms of the county. He has a beautiful home and takes a great deal of pride in keeping everything about him in first-class condition at all times. He has, in addition to his general farming, made a specialty of Poland-China hogs and has shown that it takes good judgment and a knowledge of scientific feeding in order to make the raising of hogs a lucrative business. Many farmers are not cognizant of the fact that Pur- due University issues bulletins which set forth in detail the scientific method of feeding, and that these bulletins may be had free of charge by applica- tion to the department of agriculture connected with the university. It is in keeping in touch with affairs of this nature that makes Mr. Glidewell stand out prominently as a progressive and up-to-date farmer.
Mr. and Mrs. Glidewell have two interesting children, who are now in college, Ivan S. and Eva O. Their oldest child, Wilma R., was born June 24, 1888, and died a year later, June 22, 1889. Ivan S., born June 9, 1891, is a senior in Earlham College at Richmond, Indiana, where he is pursuing a course in scientific chemistry. The daughter, Eva O., who was born November 14, 1883, is a sophomore in Earlham College, and is making a
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special study of the Latin language, preparing to teach. Mr. and Mrs. Glidewell are justly proud of their two children, who are certainly an honor to their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Glidewell have a hospitable home where they entertain their friends, who are as numerous as their acquaintances. Mr. Glidewell has lived a very useful life and has been prominent in the advancement of material, social and moral interests in his county. He al- ways stands for such men and measures as he firmly believes will advance the best interests of the community and by so doing he has won the hearty approbation of all of those with whom he comes in daily contact. He has been a leader in his community in the use of commercial fertilizers scienti- fically, also advocated and put in practice sub-drainage of soils for the re- deeming of land for better agriculture; also stands for good roads. He has a beautiful home, modern, as well as all of his outbuildings, which are among the best in the township.
M. H. WEHR.
One of the progressive farmers and highly respected citizens of Hen- dricks county, Indiana, is M. H. Wehr, who takes high rank among the agriculturists of his township and vicinity. He possesses energy and deter- mination, and has been very successful in making everything he undertakes result to his advantage, and his success in his chosen calling is attested by the fact of his having started in a humble manner and is now the owner of valuable real estate, having accumulated the same by his own efforts.
M. H. Wehr, a prosperous farmer of Washington township, Hendricks county, Indiana, was born in Franklin county, this state, July 9, 1854, the son of John and Nancy (Pierson) Wehr, who were highly respected citizens of their home community. When Mr. Wehr was a small child of two years he went with his parents to Butler county, Ohio, remaining there until he was twenty-two years old, at which time he returned to Indiana, and after living four years in Franklin county he moved to Washington township, Hendricks county, in 1880, and settled on the farm where he has continued to reside since that time. As a farmer he has been a pronounced success, owing to his persistent efforts and sound judgment, and among his fellow agriculturists he occupies an enviable standing because of his business suc- cess and personal characteristics. He has carried on general farming and has also given much attention to live stock, principally horses.
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Mr. Wehr was married on September 29, 1876, to Lida F. Freeland, the daughter of Alfred and Ann (Stout) Freeland, of Marion county, this state, and to this marriage were born three children : Mrs. Lillian Urmston, born September 9, 1877, and now a resident of Riley county, Ohio; Lannes S., born July 17, 1879, now a farmer of Butler county, Ohio, and Grace, born October 9, 1881, who is now making her home with her sister at Riley, Ohio. Mr. Wehr's first wife died July 9, 1884, and he was again married on September 29, 1887, to Margaret Freeland, the daughter of George and Elizabeth (Harmon) Freeland, she a native of Floyd county, Indiana, and he of Franklin county, Indiana, and now living at Lizton, Indiana.
Mr. Wehr is a Democrat in his political views and, religiously, he and his wife are members of the Presbyterian church at Clermont.
ROBERT BAYLISS.
Among the native sons of Hendricks county, Indiana, who have spent their entire lives within its borders, is Robert Bayliss, a prosperous farmer of Liberty township. He was born April 18, 1867, in the township where he has spent his whole life. His parents were John William and Frances (Brill) Bayliss. John Bayliss was born in 1829 in Virginia, and came to this county in 1859, with his wife and three sons. They drove through from Virginia, following the national road through Ohio and Indiana, and located at Center Valley, in Liberty township, this county. A brother of Mrs. Bayliss, William Brill, was already here when Mr. Bayliss arrived. Here they farmed for several years on a tract of sixty acres. Later John WV. Bayliss sold this farm and bought property near Hazelwood, where he spent his remaining days, his death occurring on September 30, 1909, at the advanced age of eighty-one years. He was a stanch Democrat all his life and held the office of township supervisor for several years. He was an ardent member of the Methodist Episcopal church at Salem, Indiana, and was a man who lived a Christian life in every way. Frances Brill, the wife of John W. Bayliss, was born in Virginia in 1829 and is still living at the old home place near Hazelwood, at the advanced age of eighty-five years. She is still hale and hearty and, despite her years, can do a heavy day's work, either inside the home or on the farm. Mr. and Mrs. John W. Bayliss were the parents of nine children : William M., who lives in Clarence, Missouri; Marshall, of Clayton, Indiana; Edward, who died in 1911; John,
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a resident of Mooresville, Indiana ; James, of Clayton, Indiana; Thomas, who lives in Seattle, Washington; Robert, with whom this narrative deals; Charles, who died at the age of three years; Ella, who stays at the old home place with her mother.
Mr. Bayliss was married March 25, 1893, to Lura Busby, the daughter of Smith and Adeline (Shipley) Busby, and to this union there have been born two daughters, Hazel and Helena, who are both at home with their parents.
Smith Busby, the father of Mrs. Bayliss, was born May 28, 1842, near Hazelwood, Indiana, and was the son of Miles and Ellen ( Harrison ) Busby. Miles Busby and wife were the parents of a family of eleven children, all of whom are deceased but Rachel, Smith and John Thomas. These chil- dren, in the order of their birth, are as follows: William, Margaret, Mary, Rachel, Susan, Lucinda, Smith, Elizabeth, John Thomas and Rebecca. Mrs. Rachel (Busby) Busby lives in this county; John Thomas is a resident of Indianapolis and is employed by Kingan & Company.
Smith Busby was married in 1863 to Adeline Shipley, the daughter of. James and Mary (Borders) Shipley, and to this union were born three chil- dren: Lura, the wife of Robert Bayliss; Anda, deceased, and Elvin, who lives with his father. Mrs. Busby died in April, 1910. Mr. Busby has been a keen business farmer and now is the owner of one hundred and seventy-nine acres of excellent farming land in Liberty township, this county. He has been a life-long Democrat and a loyal member of the Missionary Baptist church from earliest manhood.
Robert Bayliss has followed agricultural pursuits in this county all his life. His boyhood days were spent in Liberty township, where he attended school and before reaching manhood he lived in Center township. He then spent one year in Marion township, where he rented a farm, and later returned to Liberty township and remained there for seven years. While in Liberty township he was married and in the same year moved to Franklin township, on his father-in-law's farm, and here he remained until 1903, when he re- turned to Liberty township and bought his present farm. He has forty-nine acres of excellent farming land, valued at one hundred and fifty dollars an acre. He keeps everything about his place in excellent repair and his place presents a very attractive appearance at all times.
Mr. Bayliss is a member of the Improved Order of Red Men, at Hazel- wood, and of the Pocahontas Lodge of the same place. Politically, he is a Democrat, but has never been active in his party. He and his wife are loyal members of the Baptist church, at Hazelwood, and Mr. Bayliss has
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been a deacon in the church for the last two years. He and his wife are both faithful workers in the church and give liberally of their time and money to further the interests of the Gospel and the church in this community. Mr. - Bayliss is congenial in his manner and has won a host of friends in this community. He is honest, frank and unassuming and is a man who is ad- mired by everyone with whom he comes in contact.
JOHN W. HOLLAWAY.
The gentleman whose name heads this paragraph is widely known in Hendricks county, being one of the honored citizens of Brown township, where he is living quietly after a strenuous life of activity in connection with agricultural pursuits. His well directed efforts in the practical affairs of life, his capable management of his business interests and his sound judgment, have brought to him prosperity and his life demonstrates what may be accom- plished by any man of energy and ambition who is not afraid to work and has the perseverance to continue his labors in the face of any disaster or discouragement that may arise. In all the relations of life, Mr. Hollaway has commanded the confidence and respect of those with whom he has been brought into contact and a biographical history of this locality would be incomplete without a record of his career.
John W. Hollaway is a native of this county, having been born on March 24, 1844, in the southwest corner of Brown township, the son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Coole) Hollaway, the former of whom was a native of the state of Virginia, the latter being a Hoosier by birth. Joseph Hollaway, while still a small lad, was brought to the state of Indiana by his parents, where his father, William Hollaway, entered government land near the city of Indianapolis. When a young man, in Virginia, William Hollaway served during the Revolutionary War. When Joseph Hollaway became of age, he came to Hendricks county and entered the land where in later years the subject of this sketch was born. He purchased one hundred and sixty- four acres at that time, giving about one dollar and a half per acre, and in order to have the papers in the transfer properly made out it was necessary for him to go to the then small village of Crawfordsville, a considerable distance, which he covered on foot through what was then almost a wilder- ness. The land which he then purchased still remains in the Hollaway family, never having been owned under any other name. Joseph Hollaway lived
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on his newly acquired land for about five years before uniting in marriage with Elizabeth Coole, daughter of Frederick Coole, who was one of the early settlers near Indianapolis. Their entire married life was passed on the one place and there they reared their family of eight children. Joseph Hollaway passed from this life in August, 1895, and his wife lived until in February, 1901.
John W. Hollaway lived under the paternal roof until he was thirty years old, when he built his present home, just north of the old home- stead and across the public highway. In December, 1873, he was united in marriage with Mary Ann Rice, daughter of Louis and Sophia (Harris) Rice, both of whom were natives of Kentucky. They came from families quite prominent in their respective communities in their native state, both being slave holders and people in good circumstances. The father of Sophia Harris Rice was William Harris, who upon coming to the state of Indiana entered a tract of government land where Clermont, Indiana, now is. He later disposed of that and entered land on which the northwest portion of the town of Brownsburg now stands. Louis Rice also entered govern- ment land about one mile north of the town of Brownsburg, and there he passed the remainder of his life.
To John W. Hollaway and wife were born three children, one of whom is still living. This is their son, Wilbert Forrest, who took as his wife May Offit, daughter of Alexander and May (Kelley) Offit, both natives of the Hoosier state. Wilbert and wife are the parents of four children, Russell, Esther and Byron. and a little daughter, Gladys, who died when ten years of age. One other child of Mr. and Mrs. Hollaway grew to maturity. This was their daughter Lena Leota, who became the wife of Wilbert Canary. She was the mother of one child, Paul Orlopp Canary, who was but fifteen months old when his mother died. He was then taken into the home of Mr. and 'Mrs. Hollaway and is at present attending the Brownsburg high school and is a promising boy in his third year's work.
Both the subject of this sketch and his wife are members of the Chris- tian church and are sincerely interested in the work of same. They live beautiful, consistent lives and their home radiates the warmth and cheer in the hearts of its owners. Mr. Hollaway has devoted the energies of his entire life to the vocation of farming and at present owns two hundred and forty acres of land, the majority being located in Brown township, all of which is in an excellent state of cultivation, showing care and close at- tention to modern methods of agriculture and the proper rotation of crops. Besides his farm, Mr. Hollaway owns property in Brownsburg, and while
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he has shown business ability of a high order and a proper desire to further his own interests, he has never lost sight of the essential qualities of a well rounded manhood and today is one of the most highly respected and esteemed citizens of his community. His quiet but kindly disposition has won for him friends all over the county, while the well regulated life he has led entitles him to representation in a biographical work of the scope intended in the present one.
FRED E. WARNER.
It is a generally acknowledged fact that journalism is one of the most important factors in twentieth-century life, exerting as it does an influence on practically every department of society. This relation is just as actual and potent in the smaller cities and towns as in the larger cities, and he who directs the policy of a newspaper, or wields the pen which gives expression to that policy, exerts a personal control over local thought and action not equalled by any other profession. Among the newspaper men of Hendricks county, Indiana, who have, by their progressive attitude toward local affairs, contributed in a very definite measure to the advancement of the community, is the gentleman whose name appears above and who is successfully publish- ing the Friday Caller at Plainfield, Indiana.
Fred E. Warner was born in Danville, in this county, on December 22, 1865. His parents were Dr. John T. and Mary R. (Rose) Warner, the father being a native of Long Island, New York, and the mother of Ken- tucky. His father came to this state before the Civil War and here met his future wife. Upon the outbreak of the war he became a surgeon in a New York regiment and served throughout that conflict in the cavalry branch of the service. Immediately after the close of the war he returned to Hendricks county and practiced medicine in Danville and Winchester until 1870. In that year he went to Neosho Falls, Kansas, his family following him one year later, and his death occurred there September 10, 1875. One year later his family returned to Danville, where his wife died in 1909. Doctor and Mrs. Warner were the parents of three children: Fred E., the eldest; Russell D., of Danville, and Clyde L., a merchant of Muncie, Indiana.
Fred E. Warner received a good education in the common schools, graduating from the high school in Danville in 1883, then becoming a student in the Central Normal College at Danville for a short time. His newspaper
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career began on February 14, 1884, the day on which he began working as a printer in the office of the Danville Republican. This means that for twenty years he has been connected with the printing business and during that time he has been in close touch with every phase of the work. On September 9, 1904, the Plainfield Friday Caller was established by P. W. Raidabaugh, and Mr. Warner had charge of the Danville office of the Friday Caller for six years. In June, 1912, he went to Plainfield as the managing editor of the paper, and on August 1, 1913, Mr. Warner became sole pro- prietor of this paper, and is now publishing it as a Republican weekly paper.
Mr. Warner was married January 4, 1893, to Julia S. Thompson, of Danville, the daughter of Jesse Thompson, and to this union there has been born one son, Clifford T., who is now a student at DePauw University, where he is a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity. Mr. Warner is a member of the Presbyterian church and has been for twenty-five years. He was former- ly a member of the board of deacons in this denomination. For the past seven years he has had charge of the music at the Christian church in Dan- ville.
A sketch of the life of Mr. Warner would not be complete without more than passing mention of his evangelistic work. For more than twenty-five years he has had evangelistic singing work of character every year. In the winter of 1911-12 he was with the J. Wilbur Chapman and Charles Alexander party for fourteen weeks in Chicago, Toronto and Brooklyn. In the fol- lowing year he was with Dr. Edwin S. Stucker, of Ottawa, Kansas, in Wash- ington City, D. C., and Brooklyn. He has also worked over the states of Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Wisconsin and Michigan. During his singing and evangelistic work with various evangelists he gained fame as a tenor singer and does a large amount of concert work.
Mr. Warner has been a member of the Knights of Pythias since he was twenty-one years of age, and is also a member of the local camp of the Sons of Veterans. Politically, he has always been allied with the Republican party and has served his party in various capacities many times. He is at the present time secretary of the Republican county central committee. The only official position he ever held in the county was treasurer of the town of Danville. Mr. Warner is not only a well-trained newspaper man, a first -. class musician and a believer in pure politics, but he is widely informed on all current topics. He is honest and upright in all his relations with his fellow men, and today few citizens of Hendricks county are better known and none more highly respected, for in all phases of his career since making
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his home here he has performed his full part as a man among men, and has earned and retains the sincere regard and confidence of all who know him. Personally, he is genial and unassuming, easily makes friends and enjoys a large acquaintance throughout the county.
GEORGE W. McHAFFIE.
Fortunate, indeed, is the family which has a history extending back more than three generations. The McHaffie family has an unbroken record going back more than three generations and including several hundred descendants. George W. McHaffie, the son of Melville F. and Mary Ann McHaffie, was born in Morgan county, Indiana, February 25, 1856. It is interesting to note that, although he was born in Morgan county, the part of the county in which he was born is now a part of Putnam county. Melville F. McHaffie was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, December 27, 1826, and his wife in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Melville came to Hendricks county with his father in 1832, his mother having died in Tennessee, and his father settled upon a farm west of Stilesville. When they first came to the county they lived in a tent for a time, and then they put up a rude log house in which they lived for several years. Melville attended the subscription schools of the neighborhood and was taught the rudiments of the three R's. Eventually he became a great buyer of mules and had more mules branded for the government than any man in the state. At one time he was also the largest land owner in the counties of Putnam and Hendricks, owning more than two thousand five hundred acres of land in the two counties. His death oc- curred on May 27, 1914.
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