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The Treasurers have been Ollie Chambers, Milton Henton, Charles Wynants and Brother Geo. W. Wayland, who has been Treasurer for many years.
The following is the roster of officers and teachers as the school is now organized: Superintendent, Dr. C. E. Harlan; Assistant Superintendents, Dr. T. W. Johnson and Miss A. Kate Huron; Secretary, Laura McCordy; Treasurer, G. W. Wayland; Teachers, Milton Henton, S. L. Hawkins, C. W. Stewart, Mrs. J. T. McCurdy, Mrs. Serena Dunbar, Mr. S. W. Judy, Mrs. S. Hogate, Miss Melvie Hall, Enoch G. Hcgate, Charles S. Wynants, Mrs. C. A. White, Mrs. Olive Pendegrast, Mrs. Mary Ogden, Mrs. Susie Pierson, Miss Delia Phillips, Dr. F. T. Huron, Mrs. J. T. Keeny, Mrs. Alice Pike, Miss May Pierson, John Trotter, Mrs. Wesley Hart, Mrs. E. G. Hegate and Miss Linia Walden.
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This school has done much for the church. The whole church is manned to-day with those who are or have been constant and devoted workers in the school. Trustees, elass-leaders, stewards, the whole officiary of the church are in the Sunday-school in some capacity. The church singing is done by the scholars of the school, and with the membership of the church to-day almost with- out exception, from the child who can hardly lisp God's name to those whose hairs are white, and with their work almost done, are awaiting the summons home, the first vital spark of religions en- thnsiasm was lighted up in Sunday-school work. As the church of the present is the Sunday-school of the past, so the Sunday- school of the present will be the future church. This school is now on the rising tide, and we are glad to see constant proofs that it is advancing in interest, increasing in numbers and growing in general efficiency, and may it long be "as a city that is set upon a hill, whose light cannot be hid."
Church of Christ .- This congregation of disciples was organized in the fall of 1844 by Elder L. H. Jameson, of Indianapolis. The charter members were: `Mr. and Mrs. Allen Hess, Mr. and Mrs. Asa S. White, Mr. and Mrs. James Odell, Mr. and Mrs. Wesley B. Sears, Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Bell, Mrs. Margaret McPhetridge, Mrs. Celia Cake, and Mr. and Mrs. Samuel A. Verbrike. Asa S. White, Indianapolis; James Odell, Plainfield; Mrs. Wesley Sears, Danville, are all who are living at this time.
The first officers were: Allen Hess, Asa S. White, Elders; Wes- ley Bell, James Odell, Deacons. The organization was effected at the residence of Asa S. White. For years they met to worship in private houses and in the old court-house. In the year of 1852 the congregation was large enough to build a good frame structure, in which it worshiped for more than twenty years.
They had no settled ministry for many years, but had the teach- ing of able, godly men, such as L. H. Jameson, Thomas Lock- hart, N. Waters, Wm. Jarrett, John O'Kane, O. P. Badger, A. I. Hobbs, and others.
After the war of the Rebellion Wm. R. Jewell settled with them as their first pastor. He was an able minister, and his work and influence is still felt in tl is community.
He was followed by U. C. Brewer, who has preached here more or less for thirty years, having been its pastor two different terms of several years each. No man can stand higher in all this com- munity.
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Following ministers have served the church: W. H. Blanks, W. S. Tingley, George G. Peale and Ira J. Chase, who is its present pastor.
Revival meetings have been held by Jewell, Hobbs, Lockhart, J. H. Mccullough, P. T. Russell, Brewer, Jarrett, A. N. Gilbert,
John C. Miller, D. R. Van Buskirk, and the present pastor.
The present beautiful and commodious house of worship, the. largest in the city, is of brick with a brick chapel annex. Its
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foundation was laid in 1874-the auditorium 60 x 42, the chapel 56 x 32. The cost was between $15,000 and $20,000.
' The Sunday-school was organized in 1852, Moses Cavitt being its first Superintendent. The church numbered at this time (1853) about thirty substantial members. Its present membership is some 260, as shown by, the recc.d. Its increase from its organiza- tion may be reckoned at more than 1,000. The present Sunday- school is well attended, and has for its Superintendent Mrs. Mary Hadly, who spares no pains to bring the school to the highest degree of efficiency and power. The school is missionary first and
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last, and has an enrollment of 240, with an average attendance of 154. The attendance on the Lord's day meetings of the church is above the average.
An anxiliary society of the Christian Women's Board of Mis- sions meets monthly, with Mrs. Mary Hadly, Pres .; Mrs. U. C. 'Brewer, Treas .; Miss Jennie Davis, Sec.
A Ladies' Aid Society is also sustained, looking toward keeping up the necessary repairs, caring for the poor, etc., which holds monthly meetings.
The present church officers are: Pastor, Ira J. Chase; Elders, Dr. W. J. Hoadley and A. J. Bowen; Deacons, James Nichols, Thomas Reynolds, George Acton, William MePhetridge and Albert MeLain; Trustees, Hon. John V. Hadly, Hon. James Morgan and Adam Downard; Treasurer, J. J. Bell; Clerk, Ellsworth Acton.
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The Presbyterian Church was organized in 1832, prominent among the early members being Daniel McAuley and wife, Will- iam McLeod and wife, Jacob K. Moore and wife, Alexander Morris
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and family, and Henry G. Todd. Among the pastors who have served this congregation are Rev. Samuel G. Lowry, Hill, Moody, Chase, Theophilus Lowry, Henry Hammer, Samuel Wishard, Henry L. Dickerson, G. D. Parker and N. S. Dickey. The last named is the present pastor, and resides here. Services are held every Sunday. The first house of worship used by the Presbyterians was a frame structure in the northwest part of town, erected at a cost of $1,000. This was used about ten years, and then the present church was built, at an expenditure of $5,000. It is a frame strnet- ure on Main street north-east of the public square. The society is entirely free from debt. The present Elders are Albert Downard, Isaac Lawson and Henry G. Todd; Deacon, James Christie; Trustees, Jacob K. Moore, William Smith and Henry G. Todd. The mem- bership of the church is now bat forty having been reduced by departures, etc. The Sunday-school has an average weekly attend- ance of perhaps ninety, and its Superintendent is Mrs. Spillman.
The Cumberland Presbyterian Church was organized by W. T. Ferguson July 30, 18S2, and is therefore the youngest church in Danville. The first members were John O. and Elizabeth H. Wish- ard, C. R. Rose, Isaac and Elizabeth Piersol, Emma Barnett, Asa and Margaret Black, W. T. and Anna M. Lawson, S. A. and E. B. Hall, Lawrence, David M. and Mary E. Vannice, Elizabeth Scearce, Mollie E. Warner, Mary E. Cooper, J. B. Harlan, Clem- ence and Nancy Williamson, Mary C. McCord, James and Susan Reed, Ruth A. Cash, Asa and Martha Martin, Charles and Jane Hadley and Ella M. Nave. The society first used the regalar Pres- byterian church, then that of the Missionary Baptists. At the first meeting C. R. Rose, S. A. Hall and W. T. Lawson were selected as Ruling Elders; and Asa Black and Isaac Piersol were ordained Deacons. Rev. L. J. Hawkins, of Franklin, was pastor for the first half year, and then Rev. F. P. Witherspoon came to this pul- pit from Lebanon, Tenn. Heremained two years, until June, 1885, when he left, and was followed in this charge by Rev. A. H. Whate- ley, also of Lebanon. In December, 1883, the first steps were taken toward erecting a house of worship. January following, J. B. Harlan, W. T. Lawson and Charles Hadley were elected Trustees. At the same meeting B. T. Buford, Isaac Piersol, S. A. Hall, John O. Wishard and W. T. Lawson were chosen as a building committee. Work on the church was began in the spring of 1884, and completed in Novenber of the same year, and ded- icated Nov. 30, by W. T. Fergusonand the pastor. It cost $6, 200
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and will seat 250 persons. B. T. Buford has become Deacon in place of Asa Black. The membership is forty. Mrs. Anna Law. son is Superintendent of the Sunday-school, which has an average attendance of sixty to eighty.
The Regular Baptist Church was organized early in the " thir- ties." Early members were William Faught and wife, Thomas Flathers and wife, Joel Jelf and L. T. Pounds. Elder J. W. Thomas preached for some time previous to 1836. Elders . William Har- din and Thomas Hooten each served for a number of years. The latter's back was broken by a falling shed and he died a year after the distressing accident. Elder Erasmus D. Thomas commenced his labors here before the war. Services are held monthly. The brick church used by this society was erected in 1854 and 1855, at a cost of $1,500. It will scat 500. The members, many of whom live in the country, number 100. The church has no debt. There is no Sunday-sehool.
The Missionary Baptist Church was organized Nov. 9, 1850, by members from the Belleville church. Prominent in this move- ment were Moses Cavett and wife, Rufus Tharpe, Richard Christie and David Downs. They soon built them a house of worship, which cost perhaps $1,200. The money for this was raised chiefly through the efforts of the wife of the first pastor. The present minister is Rev. Mr. Chaffee, a professor in Franklin College, who comes here the second and fourth Sunday in each month. Hc com- menced his labors here in the spring of 1885. Previous to that date there was an interim of two years withont services. This period came after the pastorates of Harper, Sherrill and Beman. The present membership of the church is forty. The Sunday-school, under the superintendency of H. H. Crawford, has an average attendance of fifty.
The Friends' Church (of Mill Creek Monthly Meeting) was organ- ized in 1875. 'The first members were Henry and B. F. Howell, Wyatt Osborn, William F. Hamrick, William Cox, John War- nock, John McPheters and their wives, Mrs. J. W. Estep, and E. L. Smith. Within a year steps were taken toward building a church, which was completed in 1376 at a cost of $4,000, and is entirely paid for; situated on the corner of Cross and South streets. Services are held the first and fifth days of each week. The membership is about 100, and the Sabbath-school has an attendant membership of sixty, and meets at 9:15 a. in. of each first day. Abraham Trueblood is Superintendent.
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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 O. 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. MeQuesney, Mrs. H. M. Smith, Mrs. Lizzie Cox, Mrs. M. E. Howe, Mrs. L. J. Corbin, Mrs. E. Singer, Mrs. Willian 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. Scearee, Mrs. A. Hart, Mrs. C. King, Mrs. A. J. Johnson, Mrs. J. T. Scearee, 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, See .; 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. Niehols, 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, Dee. 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. Kelehe:, 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. MeCurdy, 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. HI. 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, See. 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 1SSO 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, $45,796; value of lots, $57,728; value of improvements, $154,410; value of personal property, $304,319; total taxables, $584, 265; polls, 250; dogs, 30; 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, $58.25; 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 lie 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 connty 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., daugliter 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. Seearce, druggist of Danville; Emily, wife of Dr. C. M. Colvin, of Des Moines, Iowa. Mary E. died Oet. 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 liis 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, o: during the war. In October, 1862, while on duty at Frankfort, Ky., he received a spinal injury which cansed his discharge in Feb- ruary, 1863. He then returned home and when partially recovered from his injury, in 1864, be 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 ehil- 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 liis 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 ont 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.
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