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William H. Nichols, Deputy Auditor of Hendricks County, Ind., was born near Danville, in Center Township, Hendricks County, Feb. 24, 1841. He is the second of four sons of Thomas and Martha (Hadley) Nichols. He had the advantage of obtaining only a common-school education. His father being a carpenter he began to work at that trade when quite young, but abandoned it before becoming of age. From the age of twenty to twenty-two years he worked in a printing office at Danville. He was then variously employed until June, 1863, when he enlisted as a private in Company B, One Hundred and Seventeenth Indiana Infantry, for six months, and served in Kentucky and Eastern Tennessee. The Colonel of his regiment was Thomas J. Brady of Star Route fame. After his discharge at the expiration of his term of service he returned to Danville and worked mostly at the carpenter's trade until April, 1872, when he became Deputy Auditor under W. M. Hess, and served as such until April, 1875. He was then employed as bookkeeper in the bank of the Danville Banking Company un- til November, 1879, when, having been elected Auditor of Hen-
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dricks County in November, 1878, for a term of four years, he assumed the duties of his office. On retiring from the office at the expiration of the term, he resumed contracting and building. In October, 1884, he was deputized County Auditor by County Audi- tor John Kendall. He was married to Miss Laura, daughter of the late Coleman C. Cash, of Danville, May 8, 1868, by whom he had one child-Jessie Pearl, who died at the age of nearly three years. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church of Danville. He is a member of Western Star Lodge, No. 26, F. & A. M .; Danville Chapter, No. 46, R. A. M., and of Colestock Council, No. 26, R. & S. M., and of Jesse S. Ogden Post, No. 164, G. A. R. He has served as Secretary and Junior Warden of the lodge, High Priest in the chapter, Recorder of the council, and Sergeant-Major of the post.
Adrian A. Parsons, Recorder of Hendricks County, was born in Guilford County, N. C., Nov. 7, 1846. His parents, Nelson and Elvira (Swain) Parsons, came to Indiana in 1852, first settling in Bridgeport. His father was a millwright by trade. Mr. Parsons lived with his parents in Hendricks and Marion counties until he was seventeen years of age. He enlisted in the Union army in Company I, Ninth Indiana Cavalry, Dec. 23, 1863, to serve three years, or during the war, as a private. He was discharged at the close of the war at St. Louis, Mo., in August, 1865, having par- ticipated in numerous battles and skirmishes during Hood's raid in Tennessee. After his discharge he returned to Washington Township, Hendricks County, and being disabled by a gunshot wound received at the battle of Spring Hill, Tenn., he attended the Danville Academy two years and the Earlham College at Rich- mond, Ind., one term, when, having expended all his money, he taught school during the winters and worked on farms in the sum- mer seasons until 1872. He then engaged solely in farming in Washington Township till 1876 when he added bee-keeping to his farming pursuits. In the fall of 1882 he was elected on the Repub- lican ticket Recorder of Hendricks County for a term of four years, which office he still holds. April 10, 1870, he was married to Miss Mary M., daughter of Barney and Hannah (Gossett) Fox, of Washington Township, Hendricks County. They have six chil- dren-Lester, Norman, Ethel, William, Edith and Gilbert. He is a member of Jesse S. Ogden Post, No. 164, G. A. R.
Frank Pierson, druggist, of Danville, was born in Washington Township, Hendricks Co., Ind., July 30, 1856, a son of Isaac
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H. and and Mary (Clark) Pierson. His mother died when he was an infant, and at the age of ten years 'he came with his father to Danville, where he attended the public school until he was four- teen years of age. At that age he began to provide for himself by working by the month, and when he was sixteen he began working in a saw-mill with his father during the summers and attending school in the winters till he was twenty years old. He then clerked in Indianapolis one year and in 1877 returned to Danville, where he was employed in John Misler's heading factory for a short time. Mr. Misler then placed him in his drug store as clerk, where he was employed by him and by his successor, J. M. Roach, several months, when in August, 1878, he purchased the drug store of Mr. Roach and established his present business. He was married April 3, 1884, to Miss Madie McKee, of Center Township, Hendricks County. They have an infant daughter-Ruth Alice. Mr. Pierson is a Knight of Pythias and has passed all the chairs of Danville Lodge, No. 48, and is a member of the Grand Lodge of the State of Indiana.
Charles R. Rose, a retired farmer of Danville, was born in Mercer County, Ky., March 7, 1806, the youngest of two sons of Charles and Mary (Lewis) Rose. He was reared a farmer at his brother's home, and Sept. 3, 1839, he married Barthena P., only daughter of Isaac Mitchell, of Mercer County, Ky. She was born July 18, 1805, and died at Danville, Ind., April 19, 1880. Mr. Rose engaged in agriculture for himself in 1828 on a small farm in Mercer County, given him by his father, on which he lived until 1836, when, losing his property, he rented land in the same county where he farmed till 1850. He then removed with his family to Indiana, where he purchased a farm of 135 acres in Eel River Town- ship, Hendricks County, on which he farmed for eight years, when he exchanged his farm for one in Center Township near Danville, known as the Billy Blanton farm, containing 172 acres, on which he lived eight years. In 1866 he retired from farming. and became a permanent resident of Danville, where until lately he has dealt and traded in real estate. In 1854 he was elected one of the County Commissioners of Hendricks County for a term of three years, and re-elected in 1857, but at the end of one year he resigned, having sold out and removed from that part of the county. He has four children living-M. H. Rose, M. D., of Thorntown, Ind., who served as a surgeon in the Union army through all the late war; B. M. Rose, who served four years as a private in the Union army; 84
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Elizabeth Ann, wife of W. A. Caldwell, of Kentucky; and Mollie R., widow of the late Dr. John T. Warner, of Neosha Falls. Zilpha died at Danville in 1875, aged twenty-nine years; Charles Dwight died in the army at Knoxville, Tenn., in 1863, aged nineteen years; William died in Kentucky, aged twenty-two months, and Leslie died near Danville in 1862, aged fourteen years. Mr. Rose and his entire family are members of the Presbyterian church of Danville. Politically he is a Republican.
Robertson C. Russell was born in Guilford County, N. C., Sept. 15, 1811. In his twentieth year he came to Indiana on a prospecting tour and about two years later settled in Danville, Hendricks County, in 1832. He being a carpenter followed that trade till 1842, when he turned his attention to farming. He purchased his pres- ent farm in 1837, and has resided on it and pursued farming since 1844. He came to Danville with limited means but by persever- ance and economy he is now the owner of a large property in Dan- ville and in Center Township. In 1835 he was married to Alice Bonfield, a native of Clark County, Ky., and a daughter of Mereen and Susan (Hardesty) Bonfield, who came to this county in 1833. They have two children living-Martha, wife of Simeon Templin, of Center Township, and John C., a farmer in Center Township. One child, Susan, died in August, 1846, aged over one year. Mr. and Mrs. Russell have been members of the Methodist Episcopal church over fifty years. He was one of the first Board of Trustees and helped build the first church in Danville. Besides serving as Trustee eight years he has served several years as Steward. He has also filled the office of School Trustee for Center Township. In politics he affiliates with the Republican party but was originally a Whig.
J. E. Sherrill, publisher of educational, religious and subscrip- tion books, was born on a farm in Jefferson Township, Putnam Co., Ind., Jan. 19, 1852, a son of James W. and Mary C. (Denny) Sherrill. He received his early education at the district school and afterward attended the Ladoga Seminary and the Normal School at Lebanon, Ohio, and at Ladoga and Danville, Ind. At the age of seventeen he began teaching in the district schools of Jefferson Township, which he followed about ten winters. In March, 1878, he began to publish the "Normal Teacher," a journal devoted to the use of public schools, the first two numbers being published at Ladoga, Ind. In the following May he removed to Danville, where he published the "Normal Teacher" until August, 1884, when he
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sold it to Prof. W. H. F. Henry, of Indianapolis. In the mean- time he has added to his publications a series of educational, relig- ious and subscription books, and carries on an extensive business at Danville. Feb. 13, 1879, he was married to Miss Annie, daughter of H. K. Mitchell, of New Philadelphia, Ohio. They have two children-Gail and Cidney Dee. He is a member of the Mission- ary Baptist church and his wife belongs to the Methodist Episco- pal church.
Gustavus L. Spillman, Prof. of Languages in the Central Nor- mal College at Danville, was born in Zurich, Switzerland, Nov. 6, 1855. His parents emigrating to America in 1856 he was left in his grandmother's charge till May, 1867. He then came with his grandmother to the United States and joined his parents at Tell City, Perry Co., Ind., remaining with them till reaching his ma- jority. He attended school in the old, country, and afterward the schools of Tell City. In January, 1877, he entered the Normal School at Valparaiso, Ind., attending it till the summer of 1878. He then taught the German language in the schools of Rockport, Ind., until the summer of 1880, when he entered the Central Nor- mal College as a student, and teacher of German. He graduated froin that institution in the scientific class of 1881 and in the classic course in the class of 1882, since which he has held the position of teacher of the languages. Nov. 13, 1882, he was married to Miss Lot- tie Peterson, of Tipton, Ind. She is a native of Sweden, and came to America in 1869 with her parents, Gustavus and Gustava (Gabrial- son) Peterson. She graduated from the Tipton High School in the class of 1878. Mr. and Mrs. Spillman have one child named Stella Cornelia. He is a member of Tell City Lodge, No. 206, I. O. O. F., and a member of the Evangelical church at Tell City, and his wife belongs to the Presbyterian church of Danville.
Bennett Swain, cnly son of John and Matilda (Darnell) Swain, was born on the homestead in Center Township, Hendricks Co., Ind., Nov. 21, 1837. His birthplace has always been his home, he owning all of the homestead but forty acres. He is one of the enterprising citizens of the township, and an industrious and pros- perous farmer. He was married in Montgomery County, Ind., Oct. 24, 1861, to Jemima J. Chadwick, a native of Montgomery County, Ind., born March 29,1838, daughter of Jehu and Peninnah Chadwick, early settlers of Montgomery County. Her father died May 7, 1879, and her mother is still living on the homestead. Mr. and Mrs. Swain are members of the Baptist church.
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John Swain, deceased, was one of the pioneers of Hendricks County. He was born in Fleming County, Ky., Dec. 22, 1811. He was reared in his native county and in November, 1831, came to Hendricks County. In January, 1832, he was married to Ma- tilda Darnell, a native of Montgomery County, Ky., born April 2, 1810, daughter of Henry and Sally (Turpin) Darnell, who settled in Hendricks County in September, 1831. Soon after his marriage Mr. Swain moved to Kentucky and remained till the fall of 1834, when he returned to Hendricks County, and settled on 160 acres of land on section 22, Center Township, which had been entered by Mr. Darnell and presented to Mr. and Mrs. Swain. . Of this land Mr. Swain made a fine farm, where he resided till his death, April 23, 1871, aged fifty-nine years four months and one day. Mrs. Swain still lives on the homestead. To them were born three children, but two of whom are living-Elizabeth, widow of John Turpin, of Sangamon County, Ill., and Bennett. Eliza married Samuel Williams, and died Dec. 28, 1859. Mrs. Swain's parents made Center Township their home till death. The father died in 1846 and the mother in 1854. The family adhere to the faith of the Baptist church.
Jeremiah Tinder, deceased, was born in Woodford County, Ky., Nov. 19, 1808. He was married Jan. 27, 1831, to Catherine Rad- ford, and to them were born five children, all of whom are living -Simeon Dudley, in Platte County, Mo .; John William, and James Franklin, of Hendricks County, Ind .; Huldah Jane, wife of W. E. Crawford, living in Labette County, Kan., and Samnel Martin, in Shawnee County, Kan. Mrs. Tinder died in 1841, and Mr. Tinder was married to Mrs. Delilah Ann Wells, of Kentucky, April 2, 1843. To this union were born two children-Annie E. and Jeremiah, both deceased. Mr. Tinder came to this county in 1834, settling in Marion Township, near Danville, where he lived till his death, Dec. 6, 1874. His father was a native of Scotland and his mother was a native of Germany. Their children were- Joel, Jesse, Jeremiah, Martin, Lydia, Dicy and Susan. On com- ing to this country his father first settled in Virginia, and from there moved to Shelby County, Ky.
John W. Tinder was born in Marion Township, this county, Jan. 22, 1835. He obtained his education in the district schools of his neighborhood, and remained on the home farm till he was twenty-two years old. He then married, Feb. 5, 1857, Laura, daughter of William F. and Jane (Crawford) Hamrick, of Marion
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Township, and to them were born two children-James William, born March 3, 1858; died March 9, of the same year, and Carrie, born Feb. 11, 1862; died Jan. 18, 1863. They have reared several children. Linnie Wallen, now living with them, was taken at the age of nine years. After his marriage Mr .. Tinder purchased a farm of eighty acres in Marion Township, where he farmed till June, 1862, when he enlisted in the Fourth Indiana Cavalry under Colonel L. S. Shuler and served over three years. He was wounded in the leg at Bardstown, Ky., which disabled him for two months. He was engaged in the battles of Chickamauga, Resaca, Murfrees- boro and Jonesboro raid, and was mustered out with his regi- ment in September, 1865. After the war he returned to Marion Township, where he farmed till August, 1867, since which he has resided in Danville, where he owns a fine home and three acres of ground on Main street. He also owns 140 acres in Marion Town- ship, most of which he has rented. Mr. Tinder and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He has held the office of County Commissioner by re-election since 1877, his pres- ent term expiring in 1889. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. fraternity, and has passed all the chairs of his lodge, and was rep- resentative to the Grand Lodge one year. He has been Quarter- master of the G. A. R. Post since its origin in 1883.
Elder Erasmus D. Thomas was born in Harrison Township, Fayette County, Ind., Nov. 13, 1821. He was reared a farmer, receiving his early education in the schools of his native county. When nineteen years of age he began teaching school and taught in his own district three winters. He was married March 16, 1843, to Mary G. Thompson, a native of Warren County, Ohio, born Feb. 17, 1825, daughter of Wilson Thompson, a minister of the Regular Baptist church, and widely known for his successful ministry and prominent work in political circles, being two terms a member of the Indiana Legislature, and at one time a candidate for Congress from his district. After his marriage Mr. Thomas engaged in farming in Fayette and Tipton counties for seven years. In 1849 he embraced Christianity, and united with the Regular Baptist church. He very soon felt it his duty to devote his life to the work of his divine Master, and began preparatory studies for the ministry. In May, 1851, he was ordained at Williams Creek church, Fayette County, and the next two years were spent in that county. In the fall of 1853 he was called to the pastorate of the church at Big Run, Marion Co., Ind., and now for a period of near-
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ly thirty-two years he has had charge of that parish, although at the same time he has had the care of other churches. He now has charge of four-Big Run, Mount Pleasant, Danville and Palestine. He lived in Franklin Township, Marion County, till October, 1863, when he moved to Hendricks County, and has since lived in Center Township, on section 30, where he owns a good farm of 140 acres, which is carried on by his sons. His wife died May 17, 1870, leaving a family of ten children-John A., a minister of the Christian church, located at Columbus, Ohio; Charles, an attorney of Bedford, lowa; Lewis E., a minister of the Regular Baptist church, at Ashley, Ohio; William, of Eel River Township; Albert M., with his father; Erasmus W., of this township; Edward D., of California; Marshall, at home; Mrs. Phoebe E. Morgan, of Tay- lor County, Iowa, and Mrs. Hattie M. Tinder, of this township. May 17, 1871, Mr. Thomas married Mrs. Mary E. Holcomb, a native of Posey County, Ind., born Oct. 8, 1845, widow of Tillman Holcomb, and daughter of James Rosborough. She has one son by her first marriage-Aubrey Holcomb. Five children were born to this marriage-Harvey C., Joseph (deceased), Frank W., Mary and Raymond. Elder Thomas is a son of David F. and Phoebe Thomas, natives of Tompkins County, N. Y., and early set- tlers of Fayette County, Ind. His father was a hero of the war of 1812. His mother died in Fayette County in 1872, aged seventy- eight years, and his father in this township in October, 1882, aged eighty-eight years. His grandfather, Miner Thomas, was a minis- ter of the Regular Baptist church in New York, and moved to Fayette County, Ind., in 1821, where he lived till his death, in July, 1830. He was in the active work of the ministry about forty years, and administered the rite of baptism to over 1,200 persons.
Henry G. Todd, M. D., was born in Louisville, Ky., April 7 1811, a son of Rev. John and Sarah (Soda) Todd. When he was about thirteen years of age his parents removed to Charleston, Ind., and from there to Paris, Ky., about 1828. He attended the com- mon schools until his eighteenth year, when he entered the office of Dr. John B. Duke, at Paris, to study medicine, and studied with him until attending lectures in the Transylvania University at Lexington in the winter of 1830-'31, after which, in the summer of 1831, he began to practice in Danville, Ind., where for fifty- three years he has been in uninterrupted practice, with the ex- ception of one year-1856-when he lived at Indianapolis. He has for many years been a member of medical societies of the
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county and State, and was the first President of the Hendricks County Medical Society, which position he held many terms. In the winter of 1849-'50 he was a member of the Constitutional Con- vention of the State of Indiana, and was a member of the House of Representatives in the Indiana State Legislature in the year 1854. Politically, he was originally a Whig, but since the organization of the Republicans he has affiliated with that party. Sept. 18, 1834, he was married to Serena, daughter of William and Sarah (Richards) Henton, of Danville. They have five children-Minerva, wife of William M. Steele, of Reno, Ill .; William Addison, a physician, of Chariton, Iowa; Laura, wife of Joseph Oheaves, of Rockville, Ind .; Marshall, a druggist, of Indianapolis, Ind., and Henrietta, still at home. Dr. and Mrs. Todd are members of the Presbyterian church of Danville, of which he has been a Ruling Elder about forty-five years.
James W. Todd was born on the homestead on section 31, Cen- ter Township, where he now lives, June 15, 1843, and has always lived in Hendricks County. His father, James Todd, Sr., settled in Center Township in an early day, and entered 260 acres of land from the Government in 1834, the deed bearing the signature of President Andrew Jackson. James W. owns a part of the old home- stead, and has been a successful and worthy descendant of his father. He was married to Mary Mitchell, daughter of Lorenzo and granddaughter of Hiram Mitchell. They have three children -Alice L., Amanda J. and Maggie E.
William A. Vawter, merchant, of Danville, Ind., was born in Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co., Ind., May 22, 1858, the eldest son of A. J. and Elizabeth (Richardson) Vawter. His father followed teaching, and taught in various places. He was Superintendent of the Lafayette public schools five years, and Principal of the Bap- tist Seminary at Ladoga, Ind., five years, and in those schools our subject received the most of his education. At the age of fourteen he was apprenticed to Wright, Baker & Co. to learn the book and job printing, with whom he remained nine years. In November, 1881, having given up the printing business, he went to Plainfield and engaged in the dry-goods business. In April, 1883, he re- moved his stock of goods to Danville, where he still carries on the business. Sept. 24, 1881, he was married to Miss Alice R., daughter of Harlan Hadley, of Plainfield, Ind. They have two children-Cora C. and William B. Mr. Vawter and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church of Danville.
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George W. Wayland, dealer in books and stationery, and fire in- surance agent, at Danville, Ind., was born near Visalia, Kenton Co., Ky., April 28, 1829. His parents, Joseph and Catharine (Shaver) Wayland, were of German descent, and came to Kentucky in 1808. He lived with his parents until 1848, when he went to Indepen- dence and commenced to learn the trade of saddler and harness- maker, working as a journeyman at the same place till 1851. He then engaged in the same business for himself till 1856 in Inde- pendence, when he removed to Lebanon, Ind., where he carried on the business until 1858, when he removed his business to James- town, Ind. In January, 1862, he changed from harness and sad- dlery to a general mercantile business. In December, 1861, he was appointed Postmaster of Jamestown by Montgomery Blair, which office he held until Jan. 1, 1865. In the following Febru- ary he removed to Danville and worked at his trade as a journey- man in the harness shop of W. H. McPhetridge until October, 1865, when he established himself as a harness-maker and carriage-trim- mer, which he followed till 1876, since when he has carried on his present business. In 1868 he was elected Coroner of Hendricks County for a term of two years. In 1872 he was elected one of the School Board for a term of three years and was again elected in 1878. He was married May 2, 1850, to Nancy Kelley, of Ver- sailles, Ind., who died at Jamestown, Ind., Feb. 20, 1860, leaving three children-Lucy, wife of F. D. Roberts, of Danville; Adelia. who died Feb. 2, 1857, aged three years; Calista (Kitty) still at home, and Confucius Lane, of Seattle, Wash. Ter. Mr. Wayland was again married, Jan. 22, 1867, to Nancy J. Barnett, of Danville. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Epis- copal church of Danville, of which he has been Class Leader nine- teen years. He is now a Trustee, having held that position many years, and has been Treasurer of the Sabbath-school for the past fifteen years. He is a member of Silcox Lodge, No. 123, I. O. O. F., at Danville, of which he is Past Grand.
Alfred Welshaus, a merchant of Danville, was born at Craw- fordsville, Montgomery Co., Ind., July 25, 1840. When an infant his parents, William and Elizabeth (Britton) Welshaus, moved to Milton, Pa., where they lived until his twelfth year, when they set- tled in Hendricks County, Ind., living at Brownsburg and Spring- town until coming to Danville in 1855. While at Springtown, he began to learn the shoemaker's trade which he finished at Danville. At the age of sixteen he began to maintain himself and also as-
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sisted his parents. His father dying in 1865, he wholly supported his mother till 1877. In response to the first call of President Lincoln he enlisted April 24, 1861, in Company A, Seventh Indiana Infantry,as a private for three months, and was on duty in West Vir- ginia. Being mustered out at the expiration of his term of service, he returned to Danville and worked at his trade till June, 1862, when he enlisted in Company A, Fourth Indiana Cavalry, to serve as a private three years. He was soon promoted to Duty Sergeant and then to Quartermaster-Sergeant of his regiment. He was dis- charged at Nashville, Tenn., at the close of the war, in July, 1865. He participated in the battles of Chickamauga, Allatoona, Franklin, Columbus, Selma, Tullahoma, Atlanta, New Market, and a number of others. He then returned home and followed shoemaking in Danville about one year, after which he carried on a boot and shoe store in connection with shoemaking. In 1869 he was elected one of the trustees of Center Township, which position he held till 1875. In 1876 he discontinued the boot and shoe store, being elected Treasurer of Hendricks County, serving one term of two years. He then purchased a farm in the vicinity of Danville and pursued farming until 1882, since which he has carried on the clothing and merchant tailoring business at Danville. In 1882 he was elected one of the members of the school board and was chosen Treasurer by that body, still holding that position. In June, 1876, he was married to Miss Emma J. Parker, of Danville. They have three children-Gracie. Bertha and Sammie. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He is a Master Royal Arch and Council Mason and was Worshipful Master of the lodge of Danville for four years. He is also a member of Jesse S. Ogden Post, No. 164, G. A. R.
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