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In political sentiment the people of Clay have always been over- whelmingly Republican, and before the birth of that party they were as loyal to its predecessor, the Whig party. The township was also a stronghold of free-soilism during the days of Clay and Webster, and in the campaigns of 1848 and 1852 many more votes were given to the Free-Soil than to the Democratic candidates. Following is the vote cast at each presidential election from 1848 to 1SS4, inclusive:
1848-Zachary Taylor. 57
21 1860-Stephen A. Douglas .. 7
John Bell .. 6
1864-Abraham Lincoln .. 241 220 1852-Winfield Scott 89
45 George B. Mcclellan. 21
1868-Ulysses S. Grant. .... . 301 . 266 Jobn P. Hale 41
Horario Seymour. 35 Franklin Pierce. 27
100 1872-Ulysses S. Grant .. 302 1856-Joun C. Fremont. 152
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James Buchanan 53
Millard Fillmore. 7
1876-Rutherford B. Hayes ... 326 246
Samuel J. Tilden. 80
John C. Breckinridge 38
Horace Greeley. 71 1860-Abraham Lincoln. 174 136
Peter Cooper. 3
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Martin Van Buren 3G
Lewis Cass. 9
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1880-James A. Garfield .... 362 Winfield S. Hancock .. 96
James B. Weaver. 3
Neal Dow .. 3
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1884-James G. Blaine. 303 206
Grover Cleveland. 97
John P. St. John. 11
Benjamin F. Butler .. 6
PECKSBURG.
Clay Township' is the smallest in the county, but is the most densely populated (eighty to the square mile) and has the most villages and postoffices, which are five in number, three on the Vandalia line and two on the Indiana & St. Louis Railroad.
Pecksburg, which was named in honor of the first President of the Vandalia Railroad, is near the east line of the township, on section 31. It has one store, kept by Abraham Bowen, who is also Postmaster and station agent. There is also a church, of the Lutheran denomination, where services are usually held every other Sunday. William Tinster preached for several years, and in 1882 removed to Mud Creek. At present writing there is no regular pastor, the last one having been Rev. Mr. Keller, now in Kentucky. The congregation numbers about fifty. Sunday-school sessions are held every Sunday, under charge of Allen Reitzel. Pecksburg is not prosperous as a village, and has now but fifty in- habitants.
AMO.
Two miles west of Peeksburg, on sections 2, 3, 34 and 35, is Amo, the voting place of the township, and a prosperous place of 200 inhabitants. It was laid out in 1850 by Joseph Morris, and called Morristown, which name was dropped for that of Amo by some of its elassieal-minded citizens. The first house was built by William Tomlinson, who lives yet in the village. The business firms of to-day are: E. B. Owen, general store; Cook & Masten, grocery and meat market; Thomas Mendenhall, grocery; Roberts & Marshall, saw-mill; Pearson & Snodgrass, livery; G. W. MeCloud, livery; I. H. George, drug store and postoffice; A. J. Crosswaite, blacksmith and wagon shop; W. W. Ralston, station agent.
SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES.
The handsome brick school-house was completed in 1863, at a cost of $8,000. There are four rooms, three of which are occupied. The teaeliers for the present year are Joseph J. Doane, Mrs. Naomi Ratliffe and Miss Anna Hawkins. There are 150 pupils on the rolls.
Society of Friends .- Of the three churches, that of the Friends
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is the oldest. They organized about 1840, and built first a log church. This was speedily succeeded by a frame structure, which was nsed forty years and then gave way to the present structure, which was completed in the fall of 1883, at a cost of $1,500. Among the early members of this society were Philip Johnson, John Cosner, Annuel Edwards and Asael Hunt. Services are held on the first and fifth days of each week.
The Baptist Church was organized about the time of the war, and the frame church was built a year or two after, seating 400, and costing $2,000. Among the early members were Elijah Wheeler, Harding Tincher, Milton Bland, Hiram Bland, Samuel Hubbard and their wives. The first regular pastor was Rev. Mr. Edwards; next was Rev. Wilson G. Trent, and then came succes- sively Revs. Moore, Sherrill, L. A. Clevinger and R. N. Harvey. The church has about 100 members.
The Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in 1867. The church was completed in that year, having been begun in 1866, at a cost of $2,000. Among the first members were William H. Tush, Winfield Hines, John McAninch, Wesley Johnson, M. W. Cosner, John M. Champion, Harbert Fencer, John Gasper, S. F. Tincher, James E. Ralston, with their wives, Mrs. Martha A. Tincher, Mrs. Lucinda Stanley, Mrs. E. Cosner, George W. Fencer and Mrs. Nancy Newman. The pastors have been in succession, Revs. F. M. Pavy, B. H. Bradbury, Thomas Bartlett, J. F. McDan- iel, W. C. Davidson, Nelson Green. D. W. Risher, Nelson Green Jesse Hill, J. B. Combs, Elihu Mason. The last named, the present pastor, lives at Coatesville, and conducts services here every two weeks. The present membership of the church is thirty-five.
COATESVILLE,
the largest town in the township, having about 600 inhabitants, is situated in the western part, on sections 5, 6, 31 and. 32. Its business firms are as follows:
Isaac Baughman, Coatesville House; James Brown, shoe shop; John Brown, boarding house; J. M. Bourne, druggist; Bryant & Sharp, druggists; D. W. Campbell, general store; T. L. Campbell, furniture; Henry Crews, restaurant; Draper & Gambold, general store; E. R. Ellis, harness; Alex. Fetrow, saw and planing mill; Nathan Fisher, freight and express agent; Thomas Gibbons, har- ness; George N. Glass, photographer; Allen Job, hardware; W. H. Johnson, livery; W. N. Lakin, wagon and agricultural imple- 35
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ments; Elias H. Marker, miller; William Newkirk, contractor; D. W. Risher, postoffice and grocery; Robbins & Baughman, drug- gists; Noah Siler, blacksmith; Wier & Tucker, dry-goods; Joseph Williams, Justice of the Peace.
The legal profession is represented by C. L. Stanley and W. H. Talbot; the medical by Tilghman Hunt and Stephen Hunt.
RELIGIOUS.
The Methodist Episcopal Church has been organized nearly fifty years. Their first church was burned about 1860, that now used being their second edifice; it was built in 1863, at a cost of $2,000. The present membership of the church is 105. Services are held every Sunday. The present pastor is Rev. E. Mason, who has now been here two years. He was preceded by Revs. J. B. Combs, two years; Jesse Hill, two years; D. W. Risher, three years; Nel- son Green, three years; John McDaniel, W. D. Davidson and B. H. Bradbury. The Trustees of the church now are Tilghman Hunt, Joseph Williams and Abner Miller. S. P. Brown is Super- intendent of the Sunday-school.
The Missionary Baptists organized their church in 1871, and. built their frame church in 1873, at a cost of $1,200. The mem- bership is about forty, and services are held monthly. The present; pastor is Rev. G. W. Terry, of Stinesville, preceded by Revs. Sherrill, Jesse Buchanan and Jolin F. Crews. Following are the church officers: Clerk, Jesse Harlan; Moderator, Harding Tin. cher; Treasurer, Darius Crews; Trustees, J. F. Crews, David Walker, Darius Crews and Harding Tincher. /
SOCIETY.
Coatesville Lodge, No. 357, I. O. O. F., was organized Nov. 27, 1870, with the following first members: Joel T. Tinder, Wallace Snowden, William Lakin, William Newkirk and Alva W. San- ders. The present officers are: O. S. Newton, N. G .; J. N. Bowen, V. G .; J. G. Sharp, Secretary; W. M. Lakin, Treasurer, David Fisher, Warden.
RENO.
is a small station on the Indiana & St. Louis Railroad, on section 30. It has about 100 inhabitants, and is fourteen years old, dating from the construction of the railroad through the town- ship. In business at Reno are William Rammel, postoffice and
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general store; John Walden, general store; T. L. Hadley, broom factory; T. L. Gose, blacksmith; William Worline, blacksmith; Will- iam Crimmel, station agent; Jesse Alberson, shoe shop.
HADLEY
is a railroad station on section 23, and has but few inhabitants. There is a postoffice, store and Friends meeting-house.
STATISTICAL.
In 1880 the population of Clay Township was 1,965. The fol- lowing statistics of property and taxation are for 1SS5: Acres of land assessed, 14,493.48; value of same, $399,561; value of im- provements, $171,000; value of lots, $7,416; value of improvements, $22,400; value of personal property, $278,208; total taxables, $878,585; polls, 287; dogs, 130; State tax, $1,197.79; county tax, $2,615.20; township tax, $878.60; tuition tax, $1,126.05; special school tax, $2,779.30; road tax, $1,757.20; endowment tax, $+3.93; bridge tax, $878.60; total tax, $13,131.58; delinquent tax, $$25.52.
BIOGRAPHICAL.
James N. Bourne is one of the wide-awake, enterprising busi- · ness men of Coatesville, where he has lived since 1876. For a time after coming here he was engaged in the livery business, but since December, 1877, has been engaged in the drug business, in which he has built up a large trade. His father, William S. Bourne, was a native of Garrard County, Ky., and one of the pio- neers of Putnam County, Ind., where he died, in Jefferson Town- ship, in September, 1872, and where his wife still lives. They had a family of eight children. James N. is the only one living in Hendricks County. He was born in Jefferson Township, Putnam Co., Ind., in 1847. He remained with his parents till after the breaking out of the war of the Rebellion. when he enlisted, in March, 1864, in Company A, Twenty-seventh Indiana Infantry. He participated in some of the most important battles of the last years of the war, including the Atlanta campaign and Sherman's march to the sea; thence to Washington, where he was in line at the grand review of the ariny. He married Sarilda J. Hill, a native cf Putnam County, Ind., daughter of Andrew J. Hill. They have had five children-Everett, Maggie, Bertha, James A., and Ralfo. Bertha is deceased.
D. W. Campbell, merchant, Coatesville, is a native of Jennings
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County, Ind., born in 1844, a son of Luther J. Campbell, one of the early settlers of that county. He remained at home till eight- een years of age, and in 1862 enlisted in defense of the Union, and was assigned to the Eighteenth United States .Infantry, and served six years. During the war his regiment operated with the Eastern army, and he participated in a number of severe engage- ments, and during General Mcclellan's peninsular campaign formed a part of General Butler's command. After the close of the war he served on the Western plains three years, and there had . many thrilling experiences. The regiment was stationed at differ- ent forts doing garrison duty. In November, 1866, they were transferred to Fort Phil Kearney, and were there at the time of the slaughter of Captain Fettemore and his command, thie partic- ulars of which may be of interest to our readers, as our subject was directly concerned in the transaction. Mr. Campbell, as Ser- geant, was detailed with a party of men to go some distance from the fort to procure fuel, and Captain Fettemore, with ninety-six men, accompanied them as a guard. They were considerably annoyed by the Indians, and when nearing the fort on their return Captain Fettemore determined to turn back and attack them, while the wooding party proceeded to the fort. This was a fatal error, as he was decoyed to a ravine and at once attacked by thousands of Indians on both sides, and the entire party slaughtered, not a man escaping. After the expiration of his term of service Mr. Camp- bell returned to Indiana and soon after located in Coatesville and settled down to the peaceful vocation of a merchant. He has been successful in this branch of business, and is now the oldest mer- chant in the village. He has a fine brick store, which he ereeted in 1877, and has also one of the best residences in the town. He has built up a large trade, his annual sales amounting to $40,000. He was married in 1869 to Mary A. Allen, of Putnam County, Ind. They have two children-Lenna and Flora.
James Christy, section 29, Clay Township, is one of the pioneers of Hendricks County. He was a son of James and Elizabeth Christy, and when a child moved with them from Virginia to Put- nam County, Ind., where they both died. In 1828 he came to Hendricks County and settled on land entered by his father in 182S. He has been a successful financier, and has by industry and energy made of his land a good farin and acquired a competence for his . old age. He has been thrice married. His first wife was Harriet Kinsler. Their only child, a daughter, died in infancy. His second
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wife was Kesiah Viee. To them were born three children-Mary, James A. and Robert K. His third and present wife was Naney Flinn. They have had two children - William Sherman and Charles. The latter is deceased. William Sherman was born June 5, 1865, and lives with his parents on the homestead. He is an industrious, enterprising young man, intelligent and well edu- eated, and takes an active interest in all enterprises of social or mental benefit.
Jesse F. Elrod was born in North Carolina, Aug. 29. 1824, a son of Joseph and Catherine Elrod, the former born in 1806, and the latter in 1810. In 1834 Joseph Elrod and his family, and John Gambold and George Fansler and their families left North Caro- lina to seek homes in the wilds of Indiana, and after a journey of six weeks arrived in New Garden, ten miles north of Richmond, Wayne County. The father lived but two years after his settle- ment in the new country, and after his death, in 1836, the mother moved to Hendricks County with her family, and settled on forty acres of leased land in Franklin Township. She died in Contes- ville, Sept. 10, 1877. The family consisted of seven children, four of whom are living-Jesse F., Barbara Ann, Charles and Josephi. Jesse F. Elrod was twelve years of age when he came to Hen- drieks County. He remained with his mother till manhood, and in connection with farming was engaged in milling several years. In 1863 he bought the farm where he now lives, on seetion 31, Clay Township, adjoining the village of Coatesville, which contains 108 acres of choice land, and is one of the pleasantest homes in Clay Township. He was married to Lydia Pursell, a native of Marion County, Ind:, born June 8, 1834, daughter of Benjamin and Mary (Strong) Pursell. The former lives at Tuscola, Ill., but the latter has been dead many years. Mrs. Elrod died Sept. 28, 1SS+, leav- ing her husband and children to mourn the loss of a true and affectionate wife and mother. The children are four in number- Samuel H., Charles W., William F. and Mary A.
Josephus B. Gambold, of the firm of Draper & Gambold, gen- era! merchants, Coatesville, Ind., is a son of John C. Gambold, one of the pioneers of Hendricks County. John C. Gambold was born in Pennsylvania, in November, 1805. His parents died when he was a child and he was placed in a family named Green and with them went to North Carolina and was reared in a Moravian settle- ment. He was married to Nancy Swaim, a native of that State, and in 1834 they came to Indiana in company with Joseph Elrod and
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family and located in Wayne County. In 1835 he moved to Hen- dricks County and settled in Clay Township. In 1856 he started for Minnesota, and before reaching his destination, at Delhi, Dela- ware Co., Iowa, in January, 1857, his wife died. The family remained in Minnesota till 1859, and then returned to Clay Town- ship, where the father died June 2, 1870. His family comprised ten children, six of whom are living-Levi S., Eri A., Louisa C., Mary J., Josephus B. and Cynthia A. Joseplins B. Gambold was born in Clay Township, Oct. 18, 1839. Ang. 7, 1861, he enlisted in Company A, Twenty-seventh Indiana Infantry. and served three years and two months. He participated in the battles of Win- chester, Cedar Mountain, Antietam, Chancellorsville and Gettys- burg; was transferred West and participated in the Atlanta campaign. He escaped without injury save a slight wound at Dallas, Ga. After his return from the war he was employed by the Terre Haute and Indiana Division of the Vandalia Railroad till 1872, and the next three years by Pierson, Fellows & Stanley, merchants of Coatesville. In 1882 he formed his present partnership with Mahlon B. Draper. He was married to Mary E. Brown, of Putnam County, Ind. They have two children-Charles and Ella E.
William Greenlee is a native of Hendricks County, Ind., born in September, 1839. His father, Abner Greenlee, settled in Marion Township in 1829, and there he was reared and educated. He enlisted in October, 1861. in the Fifty-first Indiana Infantry, and served in the defense of his country three years, two months and ten days, participating in many important campaigns and battles. He wasin General Buell's command at Shiloh; was at Stone River, with General Streight on his noted raid, at Franklin, and later with Gen- eral Thomas at Nashville, where he was discharged Dec. 17, 1864. He returned to Hendricks County, and in 1865 bought the farm on section 28, Clay Township, where he has since lived. Heis a model farmer and has one of the pleasantest homes in the township. He has been twice married. His first wife, Martha Bryant, is deceased. His present wife was Melinda J. Pierson, daughter of Ervin Pierson. He has had two children, only one of whom is living-Ernest, born Sept. 16, 1876. His eldest son, Emerson, died in infancy.
Milton E. Dudley is a representative of one of the most promi. nent pioneer families of Hendricks County, and is one of the oldest living natives of the county. He was born in Center Township in December, 1829, a son of Simon T. Hadley, the second Clerk of Hendricks County. He has lived in Clay Township since 1870 and
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owns a fine farm on section 32. He now resides in the village of Amo. His wife was Jane Phillips, daughter of John Phillips. They have no children, but have an adopted daughter-Sarah.
Mordecai Hudley is a representative of one of the leading pioneer families of Hendricks County. His ancestors were early settlers of Pennsylvania. Subsequently one branch of the family moved to North Carolina, another to Kentucky and a third to Massachusetts, for whom Hadley of that State is named. The grandfather of our subject, Joshna Hadley, was a member of the North Carolina branch, and was born May 23, 1743. He married Ruth Lindley, who was born at London Grove, Pa., March 25, 1745. Their son, Joshua Jr., was born in Chatham County, N. C., Dec. 13, 1783, the thir- teenth of sixteen children. Joshua, Jr., was married twice. His first wife was Lydia Hiatt, by whom he had one daughter, who grew to womanhood and married William White, and died several years ago. Mr. Hadley's second wife was Rebecca Hinshaw, who was born in Randolph County, N. C., Feb. 20, 1789. Their fam- ily consisted of eleven children, ten of whom grew to maturity. In the fall of 1838 they came to Hendricks County, Ind., and settled in Clay Township. At that time their two eldest children were married. Mr. Hadley died Aug. 23, 1847. As is characteristic of all members of the society of Friends, he was strongly opposed to slavery, one object of his leaving North Carolina being to escape the evils resulting from it. He was a man of decided convictions, strong in the support of what he believed to be right, and equally earnest in denouncing what he believed to be wrong. He was a well-educated man and for some time a teacher in his early life. His wife survived till April 19, J882, dying at the age of ninety- three years. She was a woman of great energy and fortitude, and strong religious convictions, and a devoted Bible student. She was a frequent attendant at church, riding horseback when between eighty and ninety years of age. Mordecai Hadley was born in Chatham County, N. C., June 30, 1827, and was ten years of age when his parents moved to Hendricks County. He was educated in the schools of his adopted county, remaining with his parents till manhood. He has been twice married. His first wife, Sarah Jane Clark, was born in Chatham County, N. C., in July, 1827, and died in October, 1877. His present wife, Susan Lindley,' was born in Chatham County, N. C., May 16, 1842. Mr. Hadley is one of the leading citizens of Clay Township, representing its most pros- perous agriculturists.
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W. N. Lakin is the proprietor of the carriage and wagon factory, Coatesville, Ind., one of the principal enterprises of the town. He is a native of Illinois, born in 1845. His father, William H. Lakin, is a native of Ohio, moving thence to Illinois about 1845, and in 1859 coming to Hendrieks County, Ind., and loeating in Plainfield, where he still lives. W. N. learned his trade of his father, and was for some time associated with him in business in Plainfield. He then went to Danville and remained a year, and in 1869 located in Coatesville. In 1875 he erected a commodious building to accommodate his growing trade, and in 1SS5 built an addition, 20 x 45 feet in size, as a storeroom for his carriages and agricultural implements, which is a leading feature of his business. He carries on a general blacksmithing business. He is one of the most prosperous business men of the town and one of its most in- fluential and enterprising citizens. He married Louisa C. Gam- bold, daughter of John Gambold, a pioneer of Hendricks County. They have one son -- Otto F.
George W. McCloud, proprietor of the livery and sale stables, Amo, Ind., was born in Lee County, Va., Dec. 27, 1811. His father, John MeCloud, died in 1819, and in 1830 his mother, with her four children-George W., Nancy, Thomas and Archlif, moved to Hendricks County, Ind., and settled in Franklin Town- ship. Of the family, George W. is the only one living. He mar- ried Eunice Bray, a native of Kentucky, daughter of Henry Bray. To them were born twelve children, seven of whom are living. His wife died several years ago and he subsequently married Eliz- abeth Elliott, who died Jan. 14, 1885, leaving two children.
Daniel Osborn, one of the pioneers of Hendricks County, was born in Hart County, Ky., in 1811. In 1829 his father, Daniel Osborn, Sr., emigrated with his family to Hendricks County, and settled in what is now Franklin Township, and lived where he first settled till his death, in 1839. His wife survived her husband till 1855. They had a family of seven children, two sons and five daughters. Of these there are living Margaret, Christina, Daniel and Mary. Daniel Osborn, Jr., married Mary Broadstreet, a na- tive of Clark County, Ind. She died in 1882. Mr. and Mrs. Osborn had twelve children, nine of whom are living, eight sons and one daughter.
Eli Phillips, deceased, was one of the first settlers of Clay Township. He was born in Stokes County, N. C., in 1805. He was reared in his native county and there married Peggy Cosner,
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who was born in 1814, a daughter of John and Abigail Cosner, who came from North Carolina in 1832 and settled in Clay Town- ship, Hendricks Co., Ind., where the father died in 1849 and the mother Jan. 1, 1861. In 1833 Mr. Phillips moved to Indiana and settled on a tract of wild land on sections 33 and 34, Clay Township, on which he lived till 1867, when he moved to Amo, where he died Jan. 1, 1881. To Mr. and Mrs. Phillips were born twelve children, all in Clay Township; six are living-William; Pamelia, wife of Bennet Osborn; Phoebe, wife of William Beason; Abigail, wife of William Demoss, of Kansas; Jane, wife of John Walls, of Stilesville, and Arcada, wife of Dr. H. C. Summers. Mrs. Phillips makes her home with her daughter, Mrs. Summers. She has one brother and four sisters living older than she. The eldest, Mrs. Mary Vass, was born Jan. 1, 1795.
Jonathan F. Phillips, the eldest son of Samnel and Rachel (Newman) Phillips, resides on the southeast quarter of section 5, Clay Township. His farmn contains 128 acres of valuable land, located on sections 4 and 5. He was born in Clay Township, April 16, 1840. He remained with his parents till July, 1863, when he enlisted in the One Hundred and Seventeenth Indiana Infantry for six months. He was discharged after a service of seven months, and in February, 1865, enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and Forty-eighth Indiana and served till the close of the war. He was married March 23, 1868, to Makina Couch, a native of North Carolina. They have a family of five children-Alma, Lora, Aldus, Amanda and Olney.
Samuel Phillips, deceased, was one of the pioneers of 1836. He was born in 1808, in North Carolina, a son of John S. and Sally Phillips, who emigrated from Forsyth County, N. C., to Wayne County, Ind., where the father died, and in 1836 the mother and two unmarried children, Samuel and Sally, came to Hendricks County, and settled on section 4, Clay Township. Samnel bought a tract of land, but a few acres of which had been cleared of the timber, and on it a small log cabin had been built. This land he cleared and improved and made his home till his death, in July, 1880, and it is still the home of his widow and younger children. He was married in 1839 to Rachel Newman, a native of Randolph County, N. C., born in 1818, a daughter of John and Elizabeth Newman, who came to Hendricks County in 1837, and settled in Franklin Township, where they both died. To Mr. and Mrs. Phill- ips were born seven children-Jonathan F .; Susanna E., wife of
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