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shell and exposure he entirely lost his eyesight. Captain Collins was married to Belinda Losh, March 19, 1857. To them have been born nine children; but six are living-A. F., Charlie and Willie (twins), Oran P., J. Wayman, and Maberry Lacy. The deceased are-Lycurgus, Robert K., Jr., and Pettie.
James Madison Cook, pastor of the United Brethren church, Cadiz, Ind., was born in Rush County, Ind., April 14. 1821, a son of John and Mary A. (Simons) Cook, natives of Virginia, the former of Culpeper County, born Sept. 28, 1782, and the latter of Pendleton County, born March 8, 1787. They were married Oct. 31, 1802, and Dec. 1, 1819, moved to Rush County, Ind., where the father died Dec. 6, 1866, and the mother, May 1, 1879. They were both members of the United Brethren church. They had a fam- ily of nine sons and four daughters. In his early life our subject lived with his parents and assisted the neighbors in all the various kinds of work pertaining to the new country. His education was received in the district school, located on one corner of his father's farm. In 1842 he joined the United Brethren church, and since 1858 has given his time to the ministry. He came to Cadiz, Ind., Sept. 20, 1877. He was married Nov. 28, 1841, to Martha Nichols, who died June 30, 1849. Dec. 27, 1849, he married Abi- gail Haynes, who died Dec. 13, 1877. Aug. 30. 1878, he married Jennie Foland. His children are-Martha A., Huldah V., Sarah E., Tursey A., J. Milton, John S., Emma E., Oscar P. and Hattie M. Politically Mr. Cook was a Whig and now a Republican, as was also his father.
James Milton Cook, son of James M. and Abigail (Haynes) Cook, was born in Grant County, Ind., Dec. 29, 1853. When he was quite young his parents came to Henry County and lived several years, then moved to Dublin, Wayne County. His educa- tion was principally received in Henry County. When fourteen years of age he began working at the carpenter's trade, which he followed until 1884, when he bought a farm of 280 acres on sec- tions 35 and 36, Harrison Township. He was married in 1880 to Sarah J., daughter of W. D. and Serilda Cooper, born April 10, 1851. They have one child-Ohmer J., born Sept. 21, 1883. Politically Mr. Cook is a Republican.
John S. Cook, son of James M. and Abigail Cook, was born in Henry County, Ind., Oct. 25, 1855. He was reared and educated in Henry and Wayne counties, and in early life learned the ma- chinist's and carpenter's trades, at which he worked till 1881,
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when he began farming, a vocation he still pursues. He was married in 1873 to Martha Ann Young, a native of Wayne County, Ind., born in 1851, a daughter of David and Margaret Young. They have one child-Emma Alice. Politically Mr. Cook is a Republican.
John D. Cooper, son of John and Elizabeth Cooper, was born in Harrison County, Ohio, Feb. 6, 1831. When seventeen years of age he began working at the carpenter's trade and followed it twenty-five years. He also carried on cabinet-making five years. He employed a large force of men, and was one of the largest con- tractors in the county. Since 1873 he has turned his attention to farming. He owns 200 acres of choice land, and has one of the pleasantest homes in the township. Although politically a Demo- crat he has held the office of Justice of the Peace in Harrison Township twelve years. July 3, 1851, he was married to Mary Ann Alexander, who was born in Preble County, Ohio, Jan. 1, 1834, a daughter of William and Mary Alexander. They have five children-Elizabeth, wife of William Callahan; Mary L., wife of S. F. Myer: Arminta J., wife of John Huff; Elmer M., married Emma Cook; John W. Mr. Cooper was reared in the Friends' faith, and his wife in the faith of the Methodist church.
Orlando R. Cooper, son of William and Serilda Cooper, was born in Harrison Township, Aug. 28, 1848. He has always lived in his native township, and has been engaged in agricultural pur_ suits. He owns a fine farm of 280 acres. Although comparatively a young man he is one of the best farmers in the township. He is enterprising, progressive and public spirited, advocating all measures of benefit to the community. Politically he is a Repub- lican, and is an earnest advocate of the party's principles. He was married Oct. 7, 1871, to Adeline Lewis, daughter of Stanford and Elizabeth Lewis, a native of Henry County, born June 14, 1847. They have had six children -- Charlie, Travis, Willard, William D., Angenetta and Essie Lee; the eldest is deceased.
Robert H. Cooper, fifth child of William and Nancy (Holli- day) Cooper, was born in Harrison County, Ohio, May 6, 1827. He was reared and educated in Henry County, Ind. He started in life with limited means, and in 1856 bought eighty acres of wild land and moved into a little log cabin in the woods. He now owns 332 acres of well-improved land with good farm buildings. He pays especial attention to stock. buying and selling extensively. He was married Feb. 22, 1847, to Harriet Hyatt, who was born June
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15, 1830, a daughter of David and Ruth Hyatt. She died March 29, 1853, leaving two children-E. M., born March 11, 1849, married Allie Trueblood, and resides near Mechanicsburg ; David L., born March 8, 1851. died May 3, 1874. July 9, 1854, Mr. Cooper married Margaret Hayworth, a daughter of James and Amelia Hayworth, born June 6, 1837. They have eight children - Lewessa B., born Jan. 20, 1857, married J. C. McLucas, of Fair- bury, Neb .; Ida J., born Sept. 3, 1858, married E. Hinshaw, of b. 12. 8.186 Irvington, Ind .; Frank W., born July 24, 1860, married Emma Daires & Emmeline Sogrigg. P644. Debois, and resides at Middletown; Harriet E., born June 12, 1862; Amelia H., born June 22, 1864; Minnie M., born Sept. 25, 1866; Milton O., born July 24, 1869; Benna, born Dec. 8, 1875. Mr. Cooper has been a stockholder and Director of the First National Bank, New Castle, five years. He has been President of the New Castle Agricultural Society several years. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity. He and his wife are members of the Chris- tian church. He was elected and served three years as County Commissioner of Henry County. He was elected Township Assessor of his own township two terms, and served four years.
William Cooper, second son of John and Ann (Hayes) Cooper, was born in Pennsylvania in 1794. His father was born about 1763, and his mother in 1765. They were Quakers. They were married in their native State, where they reared their family of four sons-Caleb, William, John and Imla. They removed to Harrison County, Ohio, when their sons were young men, and there the father died in 1825. In 1832 Caleb came to Henry County, Ind. Iınla followed him in 1834, and in 1835 came William and John, bringing their mother with them. All were married and had families. Caleb married Ruth Bashear; William married Nancy Holliday; John married Elizabeth Downs; Imla married Susan Dawson. All, save Imla and William's widow, are deceased. The mother died in 1855. Imla Cooper was born June 17, 1801, and is living in Cadiz. His children are-Tersa A., Susan R., Euphenia J., Thomas C., Imla R., William D., John E. and Ellen M. In politics he adheres to the old Jacksonian prin- ciples. He has held the office of Justice of the Peace several years. William Cooper married Nancy, fifth child of Robert and Rebecca Holliday. She was born in Pennsylvania in 1804, but subseqently her parents moved to Harrison County, Ohio, where they died at an advanced age. When Mr. and Mrs. Cooper came to Indiana they located a half mile south of the present site of Cadiz, on a farm
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of eighty acres, on which was a small cabin, but only a few acres were cleared. Here they lived many years and reared their family of eleven children; seven of their children were born in Ohio, and four in Henry County-Ann, married Joel Hiatt, and died leav- ing five children; Rebecca, wife of Jehu Weasner, has six children; John, married Eliza J. McKee, who died, leaving two children. He then married Miss Alexander. They had one child. Both are deceased. Mary (deceased) married William McKee, who died, and she then married Joshua Hyatt. She had one child by her first marriage and four by the second. Robert H. resides in Harrison Township. Jane married N. R. Elliott, of Mechanicsburg; she has two children. Lewessa married William P. Newby, and at her death left one child. Caleb was a promising attorney of Henry County. He enlisted in the Ninth Indiana Cavalry, was mustered in as Second Lieutenant, and promoted to First Lieutenant; served till the close of the war. He died in 1868. Israel resides in Ca- diz. Eliza M. married M. A. Pickering, and died leaving two children. Imla W. married Emily Hunt and has three children. Mr. Cooper died in Mechanicsburg, in 1876, aged eighty-two years. Mrs. Cooper resides with her son Imla. They were life- long believers in the Society of Friends.
William D. Cooper was born in Harrison County, Ohio, April 9, 1827, a son of John and Elizabeth (Downs) Cooper. His parents came to Henry County in 1836, and located in Harrison Township, where they died. Of their five children but two, Will- iam D. and John D., are living. Araminta, Sarah and Tersey are deceased. William D. Cooper is one of the most prosperous men of the township. He owns 500 acres of fine farming land, and deals quite extensively in stock, making a specialty of short-horn cattle. Since 1865 he has been engaged in the general mercantile business, and has a steadily increasing trade, his sales the past year amounting to $10,000. Commencing life with nothing he saved his earnings, and bought eighty acres of wild land. From this small commencement he has through industry and energy accu- mulated a property worth $40,000. He is one of the most liberal and public-spirited men of the township. He is a stockholder in the Citizens' State Bank, New Castle, and is the owner of the Cadiz Mill. He was married in 1847 to Serilda Ginn, a native of Kentucky, born in 1830. They have had eight children; four are living-Sarah J., wife of J. M. Cook; Orlando R., Ada A. and Martha. Lorenzo M., Simon D., Elizabeth L. and Mary E. are deceased.
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Philip Corrall was born near Cadiz, Henry Co., Ind., March 29, 1837, a son of Henry and Sarah (Coon) Corrall. He was reared a farmer and now owns 160 acres of fine land in Harrison Township. He was married in 1859 to Mary Hedrick, a native of Wayne County, Ind., born in 1833. Of their seven children but three are living-Eli, Sophia and Margaret J. The deceased are- Henry, Sarah, Charles and an infant. Mrs. Corrall is a member of the Christian church. Politically Mr. Corrall is a Democrat. His father was born in Pennsylvania in 1813, and his mother in 1816. They moved to Henry County, Ind., in 1830 and located in Harri- son Township, entering forty acres of land which was afterward increased to 160. About 1855 they moved to Missouri, but the next year returned to Henry County, where the father died in 1870 and the mother in 1873. They had a family of ten children -- Catharine, Delilah, Philip, George, Margaret, Charles, Nancy, James, Mary E. and Maria R.
Moses Cottrell was born in Highland County, Ohio, April 21, 1818, a son of Stephen and Rhoda (Wright) Cottrell, natives of Virginia, his father born in 1791 and his mother in 1793. His parents moved to Highland County, Ohio, in 1812, and in 1845 to Hancock County, Ind., where the mother died in 1847, and the father in 1849. Their family of twelve children all lived till ma- turity, and nine are now living-Bethena, wife of Jeremiah Ward, of Grant County, Ind .; Sarah, widow of Hezekiah Brown, of Fay- ette County, Ind .; William, of Jasper County, Iowa; Moses; Edith, widow of James Branson, of Hamilton County, Ind. ; Lydia, widow of George Lewdy, of Brown County, Kas .; Albert, of Brown County, Kas .; Rebecca, wife of Henry Bean, of Brown County, Kas .; Anna, wife of Thomas Simpson, of Brown County, Kas. James, Elizabeth wife of Henry Auchenbaugh, and Mary J., wife of Ami Turney are deceased. Moses Cottrell came to Indiana in 1839, and located in Wayne County. In 1847 he moved to Hamilton County, and in 1851 to Henry County, and located in Harrison Township, where he now has 180 acres of fine land. He was married in 1844 to Harriet Norris, a native of Montgomery County, Ohio, born March 25, 1827. They have four children- William, Albert, Mary J. (wife of John Anderson), and John F. Politically Mr. Cottrell is a Democrat. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, lodge, chapter, council and commandery.
O. H. Draper is a son of Joseph and Biddy (Jackson) Draper, natives of North Carolina, who both emigrated to Preble County,
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Ohio, with their parents while young and were there married about 1819. About 1822 removed to Wayne County, Ind., the little vil- lage then known as Vandalia, near where Cambridge City now stands, and erected the Draper Mills, which was the first mill built in Central or Eastern Indiana. This mill he conducted until the fall of 1836, when he sold it and removed to Henry County, where he settled and purchased a small mnill on Duck Creek, five and one- half miles southwest of New Castle, in Greensboro Township. They remained at this place until their death. Mr. Draper died April 2, 1866, and Mrs. Draper, Sept. 5, 1866. They were the parents of eight children, all of whom were born in Wayne County, and all grew to maturity, married and settled in Wayne County, all engaging in agricultural pursuits. O. H. Draper, the subject of this sketch, was the youngest of his father's family and was born April 16, 1832, near the old Draper Mill, Vandalia, Wayne Co., Ind. He came with his parents to Greensboro Township, this county, when five years old. Here he spent his boyhood days and was here married Oct. 2, 1856, to Mary Jane Bond, daughter of Nathan Bond, of Wayne County, Ind. Two children were born of this union-William Leeburn, married Ada F. Baker, who died June 23, 1884; Laura Alice, married Franklin G. Pierce. Mrs. Draper died July 17, 1863. Oct. 6, 1864, Mr. Draper married Jemima Ellen Harvey, daughter of John P. Harvey, of Wayne County, Ind. Two children were born of this union - Luther Oren and Cora Jane, both living at home and now attending school. Mr. and Mrs. Draper are members of the Quaker church. His first wife was also of Quaker parentage.
Greenburg Farmer, son of Pleasant and Mary Farmer, was born in Franklin County, Va., June 25, 1820. In 1830 his parents moved to Wayne County, Ind., and six years later to Henry County, and located in Harrison Township. He was reared a farmer and now owns 340 acres in the northwestern part of the township. He was married in 1869 to Sarah Ann Keesling, daughter of John D. and Lina L. Keesling, a native of Henry County, born Nov. 16, 1850. They have five children-John Q., Dewitt C., Alvin V., Joseph W. and Cordia. Politically Mr. Farmer is a Republican. He and his wife are members of the Seventh Day Advent church. His father, Pleasant Farmer, was born in Botetourt County, Va., in 1786, and died in Henry County, Ind., in 1848. His mother. Mary (Lindsey) Farmer, was born in Franklin County, Va., in 1794 and died in Henry County,
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in 1864. But four of their seven children are living-Green burg, Uriah, Sparrel and Perrio. The deceased are - Betsey M., wife of John Keesling; Delilah, wife of W. P. Williams, and an infant. Pleasant Farmer was politically a Democrat. He and his wife were members of the Christian church.
Luther W. Hess, M. D., was born in Morgantown, Va., Dec.
782 12, 1821, a son of Thomas and Matilda (Scott) Hess, natives of Virginia, his father born in 1790, and his mother in 1789. His parents came to Henry County, Ind., about 1829, and located in Prairie Township. They afterward moved to Harrison Township, where the mother died in 1868, and the father in 1870. Of their eight children, but one, Elizabeth Wilson, is living. Luther W. Hess began the study of medicine in the office of Dr. Horn, of Middletown, and began his practice in that village in 1845. In 1852 he moved to Cadiz, where he built up a successful practice, and at the time of his death was one of the most eminent physicians of the county. He was a member of the old Henry County Medical Society, and of the State Medical Society. In 1868 he was elected to the State Senate from Henry and Hancock counties and served two terms. He participated in the contest connected with the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment. He was through life a rad- ical Republican. He was married July 4, 1847, to Phobe A. Pickering, a native of Wheeling, Va., born in 1827, a daughter of Joshua Pickering and Nancy (Berkshire). They had a family of four children-Wilford L., born Jan. 1, 1849, died July 26, 1849; Isabella P., born Nov. 29, 1849, died August, 1850; Angelia M., born Dec. 20, 1852, married Dr. W. A. Boor, Sept. 24, 1873; Frank C., born June 1, 1856, married Nov. 30, 1882, Miss Lena Harvey. Dr. Hess was earnest, honorable and efficient in all his public and political relations. During the Rebellion he was loyal to his country, and his patriotism was conducive of deeds as well as words. His life record is that of an honest, benevolent, and successful man, with a reputation without reproach, and a charac- ter without taint. As a temperance man he was consistent, firm and uncompromising. Dr. Hess died March 8, 1883.
Frank C. Hess, M. D., was born June 1, 1856, a son of Dr. Luther W. and Phœbe A. (Pickering) Hess. He early developed a taste for the medical profession, and gained considerable knowl- edge of it by his constant association with his father. In the fall of 1876 he began his medical studies, and graduated from the Ohio Medical College, Cincinnati, March 8, 1881. He com-
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menced practice with his father at Cadiz, and at his father's death succeeded him in the profession. He is a young doctor of ability, and is destined to fill the place in the hearts of the people left va- cant by his father's death. Like his father he is a strong advocate of Republican principles, and a strict adherent to the cause of tem- perance. He was married Nov. 30, 1882, to Lena Harvey, who was born Nov. 19, 1863, a daughter of Daniel and Malinda Har- vey. Dr. and Mrs. Hess are members of the Christian church.
Lewis Hort, son of William and Hannah Hort, was born in Ohio, Jan. 1, 1839. When he was six years of age his parents came to Henry County, Ind., and located in Liberty Township. When he was fifteen he came to Harrison Township, and has since made this his home. He has a beautiful farm of 150 acres in the northern part of the township. Politically he is a Republican. Sept. 13, 1863, he was married to Sarah Ann, daughter of P. L. W. and Eliza Ann McKee, born March 4, 1843. They have two children-Joseph, born Sept. 26, 1864; Luther P., born June 15, 1869. Mr. and Mrs. Hort are worthy members of the Christian church.
Mathias Huff was born in Rockingham County, Va., Jan. 23, 1815, the son of Henry Huff, Sr. In 1835, with his brothers, Henry and Jacob, he came to Indiana and located in Wayne County, and in 1839 they came to Henry County. He was mar- ried Nov. 15, 1838, to Christina Lindamood, a daughter of John Lindamood, born Sept. 28, 1817, and the year following their mar- riage lived in Hancock County. On coming to Henry County Mr. Huff bought 160 acres in section 34, Harrison Township, where he lived till his death. It was almost entirely in the woods, with no improvements save a small log cabin. Although in mea- ger circumstances when he came to the county, his perseverance and industry overcame all obstacles, his integrity and moral worth won him many friends, and at the time of his death he was one of the county's most prosperous and influential citizens. He died June 28, 1855, and his wife died Oct. 10, 1876. They had a family of six children-Mary Ann, born Nov. 9, 1833, married J. M. Gray, of Carroll County, Ind .; Sarah C., born Nov. 19, 1841, married J. R. Nelson, of Fairburg, Neb .; Charlotte, born May 11, 1844, died Aug. 11, 1845; Elizabeth, born Oct. 3, 1847, married Henry Thompson; John M., born June 25, 1850; Martha E., born Dec. 1, 1852, died Feb. 24, 1854. Mr. and Mrs. Huff are members of the German Baptist church.
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John M. Huff, son of Mathias and Christina Huff, was born June 25, 1850, and July 22, 1869, married Harriett Wilhoit, daughter of Benjamin and Hannah Wilhoit, born Nov. 23, 1851. They have three children-Luther M., born Sept. 25, 1870; Ben- jamin M., born Dec. 9, 1872; Joseph F., born March 12, 1880. Mr. Huff lives on the old homestead farm, of which he owns 100 acres. Politically he is a Republican. He and his wife are mem- bers of the Christian church. He is an enterprising young farmer, and is already one of the representative men of the township.
Shubal Julian, one of the few surviving pioneers of Henry County, was born in Randolph County, N. C., April 14, 1792. At the age of twenty he came to Indiana, locating near the pres- ent site of the city of Richmond. He helped to clear the land on which the city is. He married Biddie, daughter of Peter Hoover, and in 1822 removed to Prairie Township, Henry County, where he entered land and improved a farm upon which he resided until 1838. He then removed to Harrison Township, which is his pres- ent home. Mr. Julian has ever been one of the best of Henry County's citizens. In the days of anti-slavery agitation he was a conductor on the underground railroad, though he has never been inside of a car on a modern railroad. Mr. Julian was brought up in the Quaker faith. In politics he first voted with the Federal- ists, afterward with the Whigs, then with the Republicans. His wife died in 1864, having reared four children-Emsley, now of Hancock County, Ind .; Peter, deceased; Ellen (Holloway), Cadiz; and Sarah (Keesling), deceased.
Robert Keen, son of Charles H. and Sarah Keen, was born in Rockingham County, N. C., Jan. 12, 1812. When nine years of age he was bound out and served till twenty-one years of age. He was married in 1836 to Clarissa Humphrey, a native of Hali- fax County, N. C., born in 1820. In 1849 they came to Henry County, Ind., and rented land in Prairie Township four years. He then bought eighty acres on section 18, Harrison Township, which he has increased to 120 acres. He has brought his land from a wild, heavily-timbered state, to a state of cultivation unex- celled in the township, and although in meager circumstances when first coming to the county has, through industry and good management, acquired a property valued at $8,000. Politically Mr. Keen is a Republican. Mrs. Keen is a member of the Wes- leyan church. They have had a family of fifteen children-Alvis L .; Minerva, wife of John Fears; James P .; Sanford L .; Sarah
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A., wife of Henry Childress; Ira N .; Silpha, wife of Samuel Fisher; Elmina, wife of John Pickle; Marthena; William D .; Mary E., wife of Samuel Evans; Milton H .; Jesse A. and Eliza- beth (deceased).
Cyrus Kendall, son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Harvey) Kendall, was born in Wayne County, Ind., Sept. 21, 1822. Aug. 20, 1845, he married Lydia Gilbert, who was born in North Carolina, May 29, 1822, a daughter of Joel and Lydia Gilbert. Her parents came to Henry County, Ind., when she was two years of age. After his marriage Mr. Kendall settled on the farm known as the Richard Hyatt farm, where he has since resided. Mr. and Mrs. Kendall have no children but have cared for several children who had no parents, and reared one to maturity. Politically Mr. Ken- dall is a Republican. He and his wife are members of the Society of Friends.
Thomas Kendall was born in Randolph County, N. C., Jan. 1, 1786, and was married April 26, 1807, to Elizabeth Harvey, a native of Guilford County, N. C., born Nov. 4, 1789. In 1816, with a family of four children, they moved to Indiana and located in Wayne County, three and a half miles northeast of the present site of Richmond. He bought 160 acres of land, only one acre cleared. His wife died in Wayne County, June 13, 1853. In 1856 he came to Henry County, remaining here till his death, Aug. 4, 1862. In politics Mr. Kendall was a Republican. He and his wife were members of the Society of Friends. They had a family of ten children; the three youngest only are living- Cyrus; Amy, wife of Joseph Hill, of Boone County, Ind., and Dennis. An infant; William; Nancy, wife of Edward Norton; Margaret, wife of Reuben Ratliff; David; Hannah, wife of Joel Gilbert, and Lydia are deceased.
Miles Lamb was born in North Carolina, Feb. 5, 1801, son of John Lamb, a native of North Carolina, of Scotch descent, who died in 1830 at an advanced age. He was reared a farmer, and also in his young days worked at glove-making. About 1824 he came to Henry County, Ind., and entered 160 acres of land in the southeastern part of Harrison Township which he improved, and where he lived until his death, March 28, 1874. He was one of the county's most influential citizens. Honorable, honest, industri- ous, he won the esteem of all who knew him. Politically he was a Whig, and when the Free-Soil movement was agitated he was one of the first to adopt its principles. He was a strong 21m Kendall b 8.17. 1808 0. 2.6.1861 m . 5. 1. 1833 michael
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