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FRIENDS' CHURCH, DANVILLE.
SOCIETIES.
Western Star Lodge, No. 26, F. & A. M., was organized under dispensation Feb. 10, 1846, and the charter is dated May 30 fol- lowing. James L. Hogan was the first Worshipful Master; J. D. Parker, Senior Warden, and William L. Matlock, Junior Warden. Colonel Thomas Nichols, the venerable Justice of the Peace, was the first man initiated into the secrets of Masonry in this lodge, and also in Hendricks County. He was made a Mason Feb. 13, 1846, and is still a member of the lodge, of which he was Master for twelve years. The present officers are: C. A. White, W. M .; Will- iam Norton, S. W .; John Fitzgerald, J. W .; T. J. Cofer, Sec .; and M. G. Parker, Treas. The present membership is eighty-two. Lodge meets the Tuesday evening on or before full moon.
Danville Chapter, No. 46, R. A. M., was chartered May 23, 32
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1860, with Reece Trowbridge as the first Grand High Priest; E. Singer, King, and Jacob Fleece, Scribe. The present membership is thirty-two, and officers: W. H. Cash, H. P .; Thomas Nichols, K .; J. K. Moore, Scribe; S. S. Hall, Treas .; T. J. Cofer, Rec. Chap- ter meets the Wednesday after each full moon.
Colestock Council, No. 26, R. & S. M., was organized under dis- pensation Ang. 24, 1868, and chartered in July of the following year. C. E. Perkins was the first Thrice Illustrious Master; T. N. Jones, Deputy Illustrious Master; W. G. Homan, P. C. W .; J.K. Moore, Recorder. The present officers are: E. D. Nichols, T. I. M .; W. H. Cash, D. I. M .; S. W. Steele, P. C. W .; Thomas Nichols, Recorder. There are at present sixteen members of the council, which meets Monday on or before the full moon of each month.
Danville Chapter, No. 39, O. E. S., was chartered in 1879, with T. S. Adams as Worthy Patron; Eliza M. Johnson, Worthy Ma- tron; and Mary E. Cooper, Assistant Matron. The present mem- bership is sixty. Officers: W. G. Parker, Worthy Patron; Ruth Towles, Worthy Matron; Sarah Hogate, Assistant Matron; E. J. Homan, Treasurer; and Lottie Daggy, Secretary. Chapter meets every other Friday evening.
Silcox Lodge, No. 123, I. O. O. F., was organized Jan. 14, 1853, by John W. L. Matlock, Ohio Cleveland, R. H. Morehead, Theo- dore P. Hoy, George F. McGinnis, J. B. E. Reed and J. S. Har- vey as charter members. The first officers were: John W. L. Matlock, Noble Grand; H. S. McCormick, V. G. ; William Astley, Sec .; D. G. Wilson, Treas .; J. G. Mulligan, O. G .; William Jeffers, I. G .; D. D. Hamilton, R. S. N. G .; R. C. S. Maccoun, L. S. N. G .; James H. Taylor, R. S. V. G .; R. Cope, L. S. V. G. Since organization 381 have been initiated into the lodge, and eighty-seven are now active members. The present officers are: Cyrus M. Baugh, N. G .; T. B. Jackson, V. G .; C. Thornbrough, R. S .; W. A. Talbott, P. S .; J. W. Tinder, Treas .; George W. Scearce, N. M. Taylor and C. E. Harlan, Trustees; George W. Scearce, R. S. N. G .; N. M. Taylor, L. S. N. G .; C. E. Harlan, Warden; C. W. Wynant, Con .; H. N. Vannice, R. S. V. G .; F. Neiger, L. S. V. G .; H. H. Crawford, I. G .; E. M. Tinder, O. G. The lodge meets every Wednesday at their hall, which is situated in a building owned by the order. L. M. Campbell is P. G. Rep. to G. L. U. S., and is prominent in the State Grand Lodge. Thomas L. Bedford, of this lodge, was initiated in 1828 in the first lodge started in Philadelphia. He never misses a meeting, except
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when sick, and is one of the oldest Odd Fellows in the United States.
Matilda Lodge, No. 47, D. of R., was chartered Feb. 24, 1871, on application of R. H. Morehead, S. S. Corbin, E. M. Tinder, Curtis King and A. R. Matlock, who were Odd Fellows. The ladies initiated the first night were Matilda Morehead, Mrs. J. O. McQuesney, Mrs. H. M. Smith, Mrs. Lizzie Cox, Mrs. M. E. Howe, Mrs. L. J. Corbin, Mrs. E. Singer, Mrs. William Newman, Mrs. R. Wynant, Mrs. W. M. Bennington, Mrs. W. T. Lynn, Mrs. E. M. Tinder, Mrs. I. F. Pierson, Mrs. S. G. Dibble, Mrs. George Chamberlain, Mrs. George W. Scearce, Mrs. A. Hart, Mrs. C. King, Mrs. A. J. Johnson, Mrs. J. T. Scearce, Mrs. C. S. Gaskill, Mrs. J. B. Harlan, Mrs. A. Lininger, Mrs. I. Matlock, Mrs. C. E. Harlan and Mrs. M. E. Curtis. The leading officers at present are: Mrs. Sally Talbott, N. G .; Mrs. Anna M. Taylor, V. G .; Miss Lou Thornbrough, Sec. ; Miss Cora Baugh, Treas. The lodge meets every third Tuesday at Odd Fellows' Hall.
Jesse S. Ogden Post, No. 164, G. A. R., was mustered April 27, 1883, by General J. R. Carnahan, Dep. Com. There were at first fifty-eight members, which number is now swelled to 111. The first officers were: Alfred Welshans, Com .; John Mesler, S. V. C .; James J. Bell, J. V. C .; Thomas J. Cofer, O. D .; Daniel Keleher, O. G .; Charles W. Stewart, Chap .; John W. Tinder, Q. M .; E. H. Hall, Adj .; Leroy H. Kennedy, Sur .; William H. Nichols, S. M .; Stanley A. Hall, Q. M. S. The present official roll is: Alfred Welshans, Com .; William Norton, S. V. C .; James J. Bell, J. V. C .; E. D. Nichols, O. D .; J. W. Tinder, Q. M .; C. A. White, Sur .; Ira J. Chase, Chap .; D. B. Keleher, O. G .; William H. Calvert, Adj .; John Bayne, S. M. Two comrades have died since the post was mustered-Henry H. Rader, Dec. 6, 1884, and Joseph W. Beekman, April 25, 1885. The post meets the second and fourth Friday of each month at Knights of Pythias Hall.
Danville Lodge, No. 48, K. P., was organized June 12, 1874, with twenty-eight members. The first officers were: C. W. Wy- nant, P. C .; Thomas N. Jones, C. C .; Charles H. Dill, V. C .; W. M. Hess, Prel .; D. B. Keleher, M. at A .; Lee Hunt, M. of E .; Washington Gregg, M. of F .; J. C. Waterous, K. of R. & S .; J. T. Clark, I. G .; Jesse Cummins, O. G. The membership is at present about fifty. The officers are: John Mesler, P. C .; M. W. Hopkins, C. C .; E. C. Wills, V. C .; C. G. McCurdy, Prel .; M. Englehart, M. at A .; Lee Barnett, M. of E .; D. B. Keleher, M. of
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F .; C. W. Wynant, K. of R. & S .; J. C. Whitehead, I. G .; and A. Gentry, O. G. Lodge meets every Monday night.
Tuscarora Tribe, No. 49, I. O. R. M., was organized June 5, 1874, among the prominent members being E. M. Tinder, Henry Howell, W. T. Linn, James T. McCurdy, Aaron Hart, J. W. Hart, and James O. Parker. It had at one time fifty members, and prospered until 1880. It had a nominal existence until the fall of 1881, when it was dropped because the members mostly belonged to other orders of equal or greater interest to them. The I. O. R. M. was a social and benevolent order.
The Citizens' Building, Loan Fund and Savings Association of Danville was organized April 25, 1883. It meets the first Monday evening in each month, and the directors meet the second Monday evening. The capital is $500,000, divided into five series of $100,000 each. The second series was opened April 1, 1885. The profits of the first series for the first year were eighteen per cent. Money has sold as high as $50.50 per $200 .share, and as low as $27. The present directors are: James O. Parker, Pres .; Dr. F. II. Huron, V. P .; James A. Downard, Sec .; Dr. W. J. Hadley, Treas .; and William R. McClelland.
The Home Mutual Insurance Company of Danville is being organized, to insure property in this county. At present writing $40,000 have been applied for. When $200,000 of applications are in, policies will be written. The Directors are: James O. Parker, Sec. and Treas .; Alfred Welshans, Pres .; William H. Nichols, V. P .; George W. Scearce, William F. Haynes, James A. Downard and Henry Howe.
STATISTICAL.
The population of the town by the census of 1880 was 1,598; it may safely be put now at 1,800, besides the students of the Normal College, who generally number several hundred. The following statistics of property and taxation are for 1885: Number of acres assessed, 203.09; value of same, $18,982; value of improvements, $48,796; value of lots, $57,728; value of improvements, $154,440; value of personal property, $304,319; total taxables, $584,265; polls, 250; dogs, 50; State tax, $826.13; county tax, $1,798.30; tuition tax, $1,815.30; special school tax, $1,168.54; endowment tax, $29.20; bridge tax, $584.25; total tax, $12,013.26; delinquent tax, $2,101.43.
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BIOGRAPHICAL.
Bradley Bartholomew, M. D., is one of the oldest medical practitioners in Hendricks County. He established his practice first at Belleville in the southern part of the county in 1832, and in the spring of 1838 he removed to Crawfordsville, Montgomery Co., Ind., and from there to Danville in the fall of 1840. He was born in Charlotte, Vt., Oct. 26, 1804, a son of Levi and Rosanna (Castle) Bartholomew. When he was two years of age his parents removed to Coventry, N. Y., and in 1814 they came to Ohio and settled on a farm in Clermont County. At fourteen, his father gave him his time. ; He attended and taught school until he was twenty years old when he began to study medicine with Dr. A. V. Hopkins, of Bethel, Ohio, he having studied the Latin language with Dr. Dameron while teaching at Point Pleasant, Ohio, in 1822. He defrayed the expenses of his medical education by teaching, having taught in Ohio and Kentucky. In 1828 he went to Ghent, Ky., where he taught and practiced medicine at Port William, near Ghent, until the fall of 1831 when he came to Greensburg, Ind. In the spring of 1832 he passed his examination before the Indiana State Medical Society at Connersville, receiving a license to practice in the State. He then went to Greenfield, Hancock County, and became associated with Dr. Lot Edwards where he re- mained until coming to Belleville, Hendricks County, in the fall of 1832. He attended lectures in the Miami Medical College at Cincinnati in the classes of 1856,7 and graduated as M. D. in Feb- ruary, 1857, and also secured a diploma from the Ohio Medical Col- lege at Cincinnati in 1858. His long practice in Danville has made his name familiar in nearly every household in this county. The prevailing diseases when he first began to practice in the county were intermittent, remittent and typhoid fevers. At that time he was obliged to undergo many hardships, taking many long and tedious rides through unbroken woods with only bridle paths, , through all kinds of weather. He is a member of both State and County Medical Associations, and is one of the founders of the County Medical Society. June 15, 1856, he was married to Har- riet T., daughter of James and Priscilla (Tucker) Ward, of Belle- ville, Ind. Her father was a native of Virginia and her mother of Kentucky, they coming to Indiana in 1812 and were the first set- tlers of Madison, Ind., then a hamlet of block houses inhabited by Indians. They have four children living-Orion A., an attorney
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at law, Charion, Iowa; Rev. William F., pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church at Corydon, Iowa; Laura, wife of Nathan J. Scearce, druggist of Danville; Emily, wife of Dr. C. M. Colvin, of Des Moines, Iowa. Mary E. died Oct. 1, 1844, aged four years, and Levi W. died Nov. 2, 1871, aged twenty-nine years. Dr. Bartholomew and his wife have been members of the Methodist Episcopal church of Danville for many years. He is a member of Western Star Lodge, No. 26, A. F. & A. M., and has passed the chair of Worshipful Master. Politically he is a Republican but was originally a Whig.
John Bayne, dealer in boots and shoes, was born in Northamp- ton County, Pa., March 2, 1834, a son of James and Lydia (Beisel) Bayne. When he was twelve. he went with his parents to Lehigh County, Pa., and in his eighteenth year he went to Rushville, Pa., where he served two years at the shoemaker's trade. In the fall of ` 1854 he went to Canfield, Ohio, working there at his trade until the spring of 1856, when he came to Indiana and followed his trade at Dayton for two years. In the spring of 1859 he went to Avoca, Ind., and soon after to Bainbridge, Ind., where he remained till September, 1860. He then located in Marion Township, Hen- dricks County, where he carried on farming and shoemaking until July, 1862, when he enlisted in the Union service a member of the Eighteenth Battery, or Lilly's Light Artillery, for three years, or during the war. In October, 1862, while on duty at Frankfort, Ky., he received a spinal injury which caused his discharge in Feb- ruary, 1863. He then returned home and when partially recovered from his injury, in 1864, he resumed farming and shoemaking, which he followed till 1878, since which he has been engaged in his present business in Danville. He was married April 14, 1856, to Miss Elizabeth Treap, of Canfield, Ohio. They have two chil- dren-Lydia L., and Robert A., a teacher of North Salem, Ind. While in Marion Township Mr. Bayne held the office of Township Trustee four years. He is Sergeant-Major of Jesse S. Ogden Post, No. 164, G. A. R., and he and his wife are members of the Meth- odist Episcopal church.
James A: Bowen, a farmer of Danville, was born near Flemings- burg, in Fleming County, Ky., Dec. 15, 1810. When he was fit- teen years of age he began to learn the tanner's trade near his birth-place, serving an apprenticeship of four years. At the age of nineteen he worked as a journeyman tanner in Flemingsburg a few months, after which he went to Cincinnati, where he worked a
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short time when he returned to Flemingsburg. From there he went to Mason, Ky., where he worked till 1832, when he became associated with Thomas Darnell in the tanning business at Poplar Plains, Ky., under the firm name of Darnell & Bowen. At the end of four years he sold out and in 1836 he came to Indiana, locating in what is now Maysville, in Putnam County, where he engaged in tanning till about 1842. He then purchased a farm near Maysville, to which he moved his tan-yard and carried on farming and tanning till 1852, when he devoted his entire time to his farm until 1865. He then farmed in Center Township, Hen- dricks County, until 1877, when he retired from active life and has since made his home in Danville where he expects to spend the rest of his days. He has been twice married, his first wife being Rebecca Keith whom he married in 1836 and who died in 1839. He was married to his second wife, Teressa Sander, Nov. 5, 1840. They have eight children living: Nancy Jane, wife of James Ford, of Ladoga, Ind .; Lydia Ann, at home; Mary, a teacher in Ala- bama; Eliza, widow of the late W. H. Scearce; Matilda, wife of Dr. Frank C. Furgeson, of Indianapolis; Amanda, at home; Charles F., local editor of the Hendricks County Republican, and William V., on a farm in Center Township. Robert C. died in infancy, and Oliver W. died when two years of age. Mr. Bowen and wife are members of the Christian church of which he is an Elder.
George W. Brill, attorney at law at Danville, was born in Lib- erty Township, this county, Dec. 16, 1859, where he was reared. He was a son of William and Jennett (Mathew) Brill. His father died when he was fourteen years old. He was reared in his native place, and received his early education in the district schools, and afterward attended the Central Normal College at Danville during 1879-'80-'81-'82. He began reading law at home in 1882, and in 1883 he entered the law office of Hadley, Hogate & Blake as a law student, and in the meantime taught school several terms. In March, 1883, he was admitted to the bar in Danville but did not enter upon the practice of law until August, 1884, when he opened his present office in Danville, where he is meeting with fair success, and has his share of the law business of the county. His father was a native of Virginia and of German descent, and his mother was a native of Scotland. His parents came from Virginia about 1857 and settled in Center Valley, Liberty Township, where his father followed farming till his death in 1874. His mother is still living on the homestead farm in Liberty Township.
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Mordecai Carter, Deputy Auditor of Hendricks County, was born in Guilford Township, Hendricks Co., Ind. His parents were Newlin and'Beulah (Hunt) Carter, and both are descendants of pioneers of the county of about 1827. He was reared a farmer and educated in the district schools of his native place, and in the High School at Plainfield, taking a course of book-keeping at the latter place. On reaching his majority, he traveled as a salesman for the implement house of Ewald Over of Indianapolis at times for three years, and while thus employed he sold the right of a self- opening gate which he had invented. In 1881 he, in connection with J. B. Carter, purchased a saw-mill at Plainfield which they operated one year under the firm name of J. B. & M. Carter, he retiring from the firm in October, 1882. He then became associated with S. Hiss, the firm name being Hiss & Carter, dealing in farm implemente, wagons, buggies and carriages. Feb. 2, 1885, he was made Deputy Auditor by County Auditor John Kendall. He is a member of the Society of Friends of Plainfield. He is Secretary and Trustce of McCartey Lodge, No. 233, I. O. O. F., of Plainfield, and is also Secretary of the Hendricks County Horticultural and Agricultural Society.
Thomas Clark, of the firm of Clark & Co., butchers and cattle dealers, is a native of Hendricks County, Ind. He was born near Danville, April 13, 1848, and is a son of S. G. and Mary A. (Mount) Clark, both of whom are deceased. He lived with his parents till he was twenty years old, then engaged in the marble trade with Samuel Steele under the firm name of Steele & Clark, he having worked at the same business some time with Mr. Steele. He re- tired from the firm in 1877 and opened a meat market at Danville, being associated with different partners till 1884, when his present partner was admitted to the firm, the firm name being Clark & Co. Mr. Clark enlisted in the late war in Company C, One Hundred and Forty-eighth Indiana Infantry, Feb. 1,1865, and was discharged Sept. 5 of the same year. He was married Jan. 11, 1870, to Miss Melissa Adams, of Des Moines, Iowa. They have one child-Ada. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church of Danville. Mr. Clark began life with no means, but through his own efforts he has built up a permanent and profitable business, his market being the oldest inDanville.
William Thomas Conn was born near Louisville, Jefferson Co., Ky., Dec. 6, 1814, a son of Hugh and Julia Ann (Blankenbeker) Conn, who were natives of Virginia. He was reared a farmer
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and remained on the farm with his parents till attaining his majority. He came to Indiana with his parents in 1832 and set- tled in Clark County where he remained till 1840. He returned to Jefferson County where he was married April 20, 1837, to Miss Eusebia N. Garr, born near Danville, Boyle Co., Ky., Aug. 7, 1818, a daughter of Louis and Nancy (Thrailkeld) Garr. When twelve years of age she removed with her parents to Jefferson County re- maining there till her marriage. Eight children have been born to them-Miranda, wife of the late Benjamin Moon, of Center Township; Etna, wife of James Rodgers, of Rochester, Ind .; Martha E., wife of Henry Wiley, in Center Township; Mary A., at home; Edward H., a farmer of Center Township; Samuel L., of Indianapo- lis; William N., of Eel River Township, and James F., of Center Township. Immediately after his marriage Mr. Conn returned to Indiana and located in Clark County. In 1840 he returned to Jefferson County, Ky., remaining there till 1853 when he again came to Indiana and has since pursued farming in Center Town- ship, Hendricks County. He and his wife and five of their children are members of the Regular Baptist church. Two of their children belong to the Missionary Baptist, and one to the Christian church.
Henry Harrison Crawford is a native of Hendricks County, Ind. He was born in Franklin Township, near Stilesville, July 10, 1840, where he lived with his parents, Moses and Melinda (Churchman) Crawford, until manhood. Dec. 10, 1861, he was married to Miss Julia A., danghter of Andrew B. and Sarah (Bar- nett) Shelleday. They have five living children-Edward A., Sarah Hettie, Moses, George Waland and John. One child died in infancy, and a daughter, Myra Jane, died Sept. 18, 1874, aged nearly six years. Since his marriage Mr. Crawford has lived on the homestead farm of Mr. Shelleday, where he has pursued. farm- ing till the present time with the exception of the time he spent in the army. He enlisted in August, 1862, as a private in Company C, Seventieth Indiana Infantry, serving till June, 1865, when he was discharged at Indianapolis at the close of the war, having participated in the battles of Rushville, Resaca, Cassville, New Hope Church, Lost Mountain, Kenesaw, Peach Tree Creek, At- lanta, Savannah and Bentonv lle. He was with Sherman on his march to the sea, and was at the grand review at Washington at which city he was mustered out in June, 1865. He is a member of the Missionary Baptist church, and his wife belongs to the Presbyterian church of Danville. In politics he has always voted
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the Republican ticket. He has held the office of Deacon of the Danville Baptist church since 1874.
James E. Daugherty, one of the prominent agriculturists of Center Township, was born Feb. 8, 1841, in Montgomery County, Ind., a son of James and Mary Ann Daugherty, natives of Ken- tucky. His parents settled in Montgomery County in 1830. His mother died July 31, 1872, aged sixty-six years. His father is liv- ing near Ladoga, Montgomery County. They had a family of five children-William W., Mrs. Nancy Stover, Mrs. Catherine Bird (died Aug. 1,1881), Mrs. Minerva Hashbarger and James E., who was married May 27, 1869, to Eliza Jane Maccoun, born in Jackson Township, in August, 1849, a daughter of John W. and Melvina Maccoun. They have four children-Henrietta, Edgar, Charlie and Mary. In October, 1869, Mr. Daugherty bought and moved to his farm on section 31, entered in pioneer days by Jesse Kennedy. He has added to this property by purchasing the adjoining farm, and is now the owner of 556 acres all under improvement. Mr. Dangherty is also engaged in buying and shipping all kinds of stock. John W. Maccoun, father of Mrs. Daugherty, is one of the largest land-owners in Center Township.
William T. Davis, junior member of the milling firm of Haynes & Davis, proprietors of the Commercial Mills of Danville, was born on a farm near Powellsville, Worcester Co., Md., Aug. 4, 1845. He lived with his parents, Todd F. and Levicy (Littleton) Davis, till reaching his majority, receiving only a common-school education. On leaving home he went to Salisbury, Md., and clerked in a store about two years. In 1869 he came West and worked in a machine shop in East St. Louis, Ill., at engineering, about two years, and during that time he was in the employ of the I. & St. L. R. R. Company in Hendricks County. In 1871 he permanently settled in Danville, and was engineer in the Peerless Mills until 1878 when he was employed as a clerk in the store of Yancy Green, of Danville, till Jan. 1, 1879. He then engaged in the mercantile business at Reno, Hendricks County, which he dis- continued in August, after which he was engaged in business a short time in Indianapolis. In 1881 the present firm of Haynes & Davis was formed, he having purchased an interest in the Peerless Mills. In 1883, after great improvements, the name of the mill was changed to the Commercial Mills. While at Reno, Mr. Davis served as Postmaster. He was married Jan. 12, 1871, to Joanna Moore, of Danville. They have three children living-
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Levicy, Cheivor and Virgil L. Loda died at Reno, Dec. 1, 1880, aged five years. Mr. Davis and wife are members of the Christian church of Danville. He is a member of Silcox Lodge, No. 123, I. O. O. F., of which he is past Grand, and is also a member of the Grand Lodge of the State of Indiana.
Adam Downard, a retired farmer of Danville, is a native of Ohio, and was born in Fayette County, July 25, 1819. When about three years of age he was brought to Indiana by his parents, James and Elizabeth (Curry) Downard, who located on a farm in Guilford Township, on which the Reform School building at Plainfield is now situated, and where he lived till he was twenty- two years of age. In 1843 he settled on a farm in Center Town- ship, where he farmed till 1850, when he removed to Marion Township. In 1860 he returned to Center Township, where he lived on a farm two miles west of Danville till 1869, when he gave up agricultural pursuits and became a resident of Danville. Aug. 5, 1842, he was married to Miss Mildred Bereman, of Center Township, Hendricks County. They have had five children- Jesse James, who died Oct. 5, 1867, aged twenty-four years; Mary Elizabeth, who died March 10, 1846, aged five months; William P., who died May 7, 1869, aged nearly twenty-two years; Thomas Allen, who died in April, 1854, aged nearly four years; and Oliver, who died Feb. 19, 1884, aged over twenty-five years. Mr. Down- ard and wife have been members of the Christian church since 1842, and he has held the office of Trustee eight years. Mrs. Downard was born in Mercer County, Ky., Feb. 16, 1823. Her parents, Thomas and Nancy (Emmerson) Bereman, both dying be- fore she was twelve years of age, she in 1835 came to Hendricks County to live with her brother, Jesse Bereman, with whom she remained until her marriage.
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