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German Baptist .- Locust Grove German Baptist Church was organized by Lewis Kinsey, Daniel Hardman, John Crull, David Hardman and other early settlers. Meetings were held for many years in barns, dwellings and school-houses. The present church was erected in 1864 at a cost of $800. The membership is 400. The present church officers are John Roher, Henry Eschelman and Jacob Ehebarger. There is a flourishing Sunday-school of about eighty pupils, organized in 1870. Lewis Teeter is Superintendent, and John Hoover, Secretary.
Flatrock Christian Church, located in the southwestern part of the township, was organized as early as 1840. Rev. Elijah
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Martindale was one of the first ministers. The church property is a good one, ample for the wants of the congregation. No sta- tistics obtainable.
The Christian church at Millville was built in 1883 at a cost of $1,000. The congregation is quite prosperous.
Ashland Church .- A meeting-house was erected in Ashland by the Methodists in 1857. It is a frame structure, 24 x 36 feet. The Methodist organization having become too small to support regular preaching, the church building is now used by all denom- inations whenever occasion requires.
ASHLAND.
A small village on the Chicago division of the C., St. L. & P. Railroad, east of New Castle, was founded about 1854 and a post- office established soon after. Joshua Johnson built and kept the first store. The first Postmaster was George Evans; the present is John Netz. Ashland contains one general store, one saw-mill, one blacksmith shop, one grain warehouse, one church and a small population.
MILLVILLE.
This is a small village situated near the center of Liberty Town- ship, on the C., St. L. & P. Railroad. It was founded in 1855, by John Hershberger, and has grown, but slowly. In 1880 its population was 114. It is now nearly twice that number. Mill- ville has one general store, one drug and grocery store, one agri- cultural implement store, one grain ware-house, one saw-mill, one hotel, two blacksmith shops, one wagonshop, one minister, one church, two physicians and one graded school. Thomas Hood and Robert Becket opened the first store at Millville. The postoffice at this place was established about 1859, J. A. Stafford being the first Postmaster.
BIOGRAPHICAL.
B. F. Allen, blacksmith and proprietor of a wood-work and general repairing shop, was born in North Carolina, Sept. 19, 1838, a son of Simon and Hannah Allen. He passed his early life on the home farm, and when fifteen years of age began to learn the blacksmith's and wood-worker's trades, serving an appren- ticeship of four years. When he was twenty-one years old he opened a shop of his own. He was married in June, 1860, to Sarah Jane Job, a native of North Carolina, born Jan. 8, 1837,
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and after his marriage worked four years in Snow Camp Foundry, N. C. He was conscripted in the Rebel army, but, on account of his Quaker prejudices, refused to serve and was excused. In 1870 he came to Henry County, Ind., and remained three years, return- ing to North Carolina. Two years later he again came to the county and settled in Ashland, where he has since carried on a lucrative business. He is the manufacturer of the celebrated Al- len's two-horse harrow. He and his wife are members of the Friends' Society. They have three children-David T., John W. and Jonathan L. Mr. Allen owns his place of business and a good residence in Ashland.
Charles Beall, farmer, was born in Preble County, Ohio, March 30, 1824, a son of William S. and Lydia (Lane) Beall, his father a native of Maryland, and his mother of North Carolina. His par- ents were married in Ohio about 1816, and in 1830 moved to Henry County and settled in Liberty Township. They died in Blue River Township. Of a family of twelve children ten grew to maturity. Charles Beall received but a limited education. He was married Sept. 10, 1846, to Vesty Ray, daughter of Thomas and Martha Ray, natives of Virginia. He rented land till 1852, when he bonght the farm of 163 acres where he now resides. He has cleared 100 acres of his land since moving on it, and now has one of the best farms in the township. His wife died Nov. 20, .. 1871. Eleven children were born to them-Martha, Andrew J., Sarah M., James R. (deceased), William, John, Eliza E., Ma- linda, Charles B., Laurence and Thomas. Mr. Beall with his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal church, but are now members of the Society of Friends. Politically he is a Repub- lican.
Clark Bland, blacksmith, postoffice New Castle, Ind., was born in Liberty Township, Henry Co., Ind., in 1847, a son of William and Sarah Bland. He remained with his parents till his mar- riage, and for four years after worked on the farm with his father. He then went to Ashland and for:ned a partnership in blacksmith - ing, wood-work and repairing with Jasper Runyan, remaining with him eighteen months, when he built his present shop, and has since been carrying on the business alone. He is situated in one of the best farming localities in the county, and commands a good paying business. In 1881 he bought half an acre of land of his father and built a residence, where he has since lived. He was married in 1871 to Mary Hamby, daughter of William and Hannah
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Hamby, natives of New Jersey and Ohio respectively, She was born in Ohio in 1848, and came to Indiana with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Bland have one daughter-Ella L. They are members of the Universalist church. Politically he is a Democrat.
William Bland, Jr., was born in Philadelphia, Pa., May 1, 1802, a son of William and Mary (Rose) Bland, the former a na- tive of London, Eng., and the latter of New Jersey. His father emigrated to America when he was twenty-five years of age. He was a sea captain and was lost at sea, Feb. 14, 1804. Our subject was early thrown on his own resources, and worked in several places in New Jersey, and also in Philadelphia. He began learn- ing the cooper's trade with John Gliden & Co., of Philadelphia, who were manufacturers of tanks for sea vessels. He ran away from his employer because of his ill treatment, and started for Cincinnati with only 5 cents in his pocket. He finished his trade in Cincinnati. He was married Nov. 2, 1827, to Sarah Ann, daughter of John and Lena (Cole) Laboyteaux, the former of French and the latter of German descent. Of their eight children seven survive, two daughters and five sons. After his marriage Mr. Bland lived one year in Mount Pleasant, then bought a farm north of Mt. Pleasant. He reared his log cabin and cooper shop the same day and proceeded to clear his farm. He remained on the farm about ten years and followed farming and coopering. In 1838 he moved to Henry County, Ind., and settled on the farm he had purchased the previous year, and where he has since resided, following coopering and farming till he was over seventy years old. He now owns 155 acres of excellent land. He and his wife are members of the Universalist church. He was one of the founders of the Devon church, over forty years ago, and belonged to the society long before there was a church.
James M. Boyd was born in Liberty Township, Henry Co, Ind., on the farm where he now resides, Aug. 31, 1838, the youngest son of Robert and Narcissa (Stinson) Boyd, his father a native of Kentucky, born Oct. 24, 1798. and his mother of Ten- nessee, born Nov. 1, 1796. His parents came to Indiana with their parents and located in Wayne County, where they were mar- ried Feb. 22, 1821. In 1826 they moved to Henry County, at that time a wilderness. His grandfather, Samuel Boyd, was a minis- ter of the New Light church, and traveled over Indiana in the early days. His maternal grandfather, James Stinson, was a Cap- tain in the Revolutionary war, and lost his eye-sight; was blind
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forty years before his death, and drew a pension from the close of the war. James Boyd received a good education and taught school several terms. After his marriage he settled on the home farm, his mother remaining with him. He was married Jan. 1, 1854, to 072Pamelia Hunt, a native of Hamilton County, Ohio, born Oct. 20, 1832, a daughter of John and Margaret (Muller) Hunt, her father a native of New Jersey, and her mother of Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Boyd have had three children; but two are living. They are members of the Flatrock Christian church. Mr. Boyd's farm contains 140 acres of land, all well improved.
Moses Brown, deceased, farmer and horse doctor, was born ir Preble County, Ohio, Dec. 1, 1819, a son of Isaac and Mary Brown, natives of North Carolina and Ohio respectively. In 1823 his p parents moved to Henry County, Ind., and settled in the northern part of Liberty Township, in the woods. Isaac Brown was a very energetic, industrious man, and although obliged to undergo many hardships in the new country was successful, and cleared and brought under a good state of cultivation one of the best farms in the township. He and his wife were among the first members and founders of the Society of Friends in the township. Eight of their ten children lived till maturity. Moses was their second son. He was married March 8, 1839, to Delphia Dowell, a native of North Carolina, born April 15, 1819, a daughter of Peter and Mar- garet Dowell. After his marriage he lived in Blue River Town- ship thirteen years, and in 1852 moved to the farm where the family now reside, in Liberty Township. Mr. Brown was an active member of the Society of Friends, as is also his wife. Of their eleven children nine are living-Anna, Joseph M., Isaac D., Mar- garet A., Aaron D., Samuel H., James A., John A. and Delphia J. Henry P. and Mary E. are deceased. Joseph M. enlisted in 1862, in the Sixty-ninth Indiana Infantry, and served six months. Mr. Brown was a man of good judgment and a practical farmer. As a horse doctor he was very successful. His farm contained 180 acres, 160 under a good state of cultivation.
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married, Sept. 9, 1855, to Mary, daughter of George and Susan (Brower) Meyers. After his marriage Mr. Brunner engaged in the boot and shoe business, near Millville, Henry Co., Ind., where he remained five years. He has since carried on the same busi- ness in Millville. He and wife are members of the Church of God.
John Conway, stock trader, was born in Mason County, Ky., Nov. 15, 1820, a son of Miles and Catherine (McShirley) Conway, natives of Kentucky. They came to Indiana by wagon in 1827 and bought a small farm in Liberty Township, Henry County. A year later Miles Conway entered 240 acres Government land and remained there for fifty-two years. The first twenty years spent in Indiana they experienced all phases of pioneer life. Wolves were very numerous, often killing his sheep, carrying off his pigs, etc., but the hunters and men of the county kept killing them off until they became entirely extinct. Mr. Conway served in the war of 1812. At the tinie of his death he owned 160 acres of land, having sold several years previous some 300 acres. He died Nov. 3, 1883, aged ninety-four years. His wife survives him, aged ninety years. They were both active members of the United Brethren church for over forty years. They had five children- William, John, Elizabeth, Phœbe and Miles M. Our subject, John Conway, came with his parents to Henry County when he was eleven years old, and spent his youth in helping to clear his father's farm. He received a limited education in the old-fashioned log school-houses, the school year consisting of three months dur- ing the winter. He was married Nov. 10, 1838 , to Matilda, daughter of Moses and Mary Robertson. Of the eight children born to them, seven are living-Manda, Catherine, Elizabeth, Moses, William, John Wesley and Polly. Phœbe died in Decem- ber, 1877. After his marriage Mr. Conway settled on his farm in Liberty Township, where he was engaged in trading and farming for fifteen years, when he sold his farm and followed the mercan- tile business two years in Hagerstown. He then moved to Mill- ville, Henry Co., Ind., where he carried on general merchandising about four years, when he traded his stock of goods for a farm in Howard County, Ind., where he opened a store which he carried on in connection with farming, for two years. He then moved with his children to Missouri, his wife having died two years pre- vious, Dec. 10, 1859, where he bought a farm and engaged in farm- ing. stock trading and the dry-goods business in which he continued
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until he enlisted in the late war, April 2, 1862. He was in several engagements against Quantrell, Marmaduke, Anderson and Hart, all famous out-laws, and was taken prisoner at Glasgow, Mo., but was paroled about two hours after. He served three years and saw active service during the entire term of service. During the war, while on a visit to his daughter in Kentucky, he was taken prisoner by Morgan's men and remained in jail eight days, where he endured much privation. The rebels stripped him of his clothes, money and watch. He is now making his home in Henry County, Ind., and is one of the leading dealers in fast horses, of the present day. He has recently purchased a fine thoroughbred running horse of William Bowen, of Cynthiana, Ky. Mr. Conway has been a member of Hagerstown Lodge, No. 49, A. F. & A. M., for thirty-two years. He is a staunch temperance advocate, hav- ing never tasted liquor as a beverage for over thirty years. Politi- cally he is a Republican. When our subject was a young man, a bear came into the neighborhood. He went out on horseback, ran it down and killed it by beating its brains out with a club.
George C. Craig, of the firm Mullen & Craig, proprietors of saw-mill and dealers in hardwood lumber, Ashland, Ind., was born in Liberty Township, Henry Co., Ind., June 4, 1848, a son of George and Elizabeth (Paul) Craig, natives of Pennsylvania. He passed his early life on his father's farm and in attending the com- mon schools. On reaching manhood he engaged in farming following that vocation till 1880, when he engaged in his present business. In 1882 the firm of Mullen & Craig was formed, Joel Mullen being the other member. Mr. Craig was married in 1875 to Melissa Mullen, daughter of Thomas and Rachel Mullen, of New Castle. They have two children-Orval and Rachel Odella.
Jacob Denney, farmer, postoffice New Castle, was born in Preble County, Ohio, in 1838, a son of Shubeal and Margaret Denney, his father a native of Virginia and his mother of North Carolina. His parents came to Henry County, Ind., in 1849, and located on Flat- rock, Liberty Township, where they lived till his mother's death. His father then moved to Greensboro Township, where he still re- sides. His parents were reared in the Society of Friends. Of a family of three daughters and one son, one daughter is deceased. His father married Mrs. Dorothy Huff and they have three chil- dren. Jacob Denney was married when twenty-two years of age to Huldah J., daughter of Moses McKee. They lived ten years in Harrison Township and then moved to Madison County, but two
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years later returned to Henry County and settled on the farm where Mr. Denney now resides. Mrs. Denney died March 19, 1884, aged forty-two years. They had a family of ten children- Sarah, Emma Jane (deceased), William (deceased), Lillie, Eliza- beth, Nancy, Charles, Isaac, Rosetta, Luther, and Ida Maud (de- ceased). Mrs. Denney was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. In politics Mr. Denney is a Republican.
Philip Dils was born in Fayette County, Pa., in 1838, a son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Dils. He remained with his parents till 1861,when, in August, he enlisted in Company E, Thirty-fifth Ohio Infantry, at Eaton. He participated in the battles of Pittsburg Landing, Corinth, Mill Springs, Louisville, Nashville, Winches- ter and Tuscumbia. He spent four months in the hospital at Nashville and Dec. 16, 1862, was discharged and returned home. He then engaged in farming a year, and May 2, 1864, enlisted in Company H, One Hundred and Thirty-sixth Ohio National Guards, as Second Lieutenant, and served 100 days. In 1867 he moved to Preble County, Ohio, and three years later to Wayne County, Ind., where, Sept. 13, 1870, he was married to Phœbe Lane, daughter of Amiel and Lydia Lane, the former a native of Preble County, Ohio, and the latter of Guilford County, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. Dils have had four children; but two are living. Mrs. Dils's parents were members of the Society of Friends. They were married Oct. 10, 1832, and to them were born seven children; but three are living. They moved to Henry County, Ind., in 1872 and located on the farm where Mr. Dils now resides, where Mrs. Lane died Ap 1 28, 1875, and Mr. Lane Nov. 8, 1880.
J. C. Hardesty, M. D., was born April 17, 1849, in Elkhart County, Ind., a son of David E. and Harriet (Butt) Hardesty, who were natives of Ohio, the former of English and the latter of Ger- man descent. He spent his early life in Noblesville, Ind., where he received a good common-school education. At the age of twen- ty-two he engaged in the boot and shoe trade in Westfield, Hamil- ton Co., Ind., for three years, when he sold his stock and began reading medicine in the office of S. C. Dovre. He had previously read some time without an instructor. In the fall of 1877 he en- tered the Butler University at Indianapolis, from which he gradu- ated in the spring of 1880, receiving a diploma as physician and surgeon. He then practiced in Franklin, Wayne Co., Ind., six- teen months, and since Oct. 10, 1882, he has carried on a success- ful practice in Millville, Henry Co., Ind., having made for himself
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a high reputation. He was married July 1, 1876, to Addie E., daughter of Isaac and Mary (Newby) Elliott, natives of Henry County, but now residing in Westfield, Ind. To Dr. Hardesty and wife have been born two children-Otis E. and George C. The Doctor is politically a Republican. He is a member of the New Light church. His wife has a birthright in the Society of Friends. She taught school some years prior to her marriage.
Reason Harter, farmer, postoffice New Castle, Ind., was born in Preble County, Ohio, in 1822. His parents, Joseph and Catherine Harter, were natives of Ohio and moved to Henry County, Ind., in 1823. They were among the first settlers of Liberty Township and were among the founders and active members of the German Baptist church. Joseph. Harter died July 12, 1872. His widow still resides on the old homestead. They had a family of thirteen children. Reason Harter remained with his parents till his twenty- second year. Sept. 1, 1844, he was married to Hannah Ulrich, a native of Wayne County, Ind. In 1866 he bought the farm in Liberty Township, where he has since resided, which contains 160 acres of well-improved land. He and his wife are members of the German Baptist church. They have had seven children; but four are living.
John Henry Hewit, farmer and stock-raiser, was born Jan. 25, 1850, in Liberty Township, Henry Co., Ind., a son of Thomas and Mary Jane (Odom) Hewit; the former was born in Ireland and the latter was born and reared where her son now resides. Our sub- ject was reared on the farm and attended the common schools com- pleting his education at the New Castle and Spiceland Academies. For nine years he taught school during the winter, and worked on the farm during the summer. He was married April 4, 1876, to Phebe, daughter of Enos and Susannah (Hoover) Bond, natives of Indiana. They have had two daughters born to them. Shortly after marriage Mr. Hewit bought the Wells farm where he lived six years, and in 1883 he purchased from W. D. Pierce, an adjoin- ing farm where he has since resided. He owns 280 acres of excel- lent and well-improved land. He makes a specialty of raising thoroughbred short-horn cattle. Mr. Hewitt served eighteen months as County Surveyor and one year as Township Assessor. He and his wife belong to the Universalist church.
Thomas Hewit, farmer, was born near Belfast, Ireland, Dec. 15, 1816, a son of Henry and Margaret Hewit. He came to America in 1841, and in 1845 his parents followed him and settled in Wayne
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County, Ind., where his mother died in 1846. His father then re- sided with him till his death, Aug. 11, 1871. Of three children, Thomas, George and Anna, our subject is the only one living. He learned the weaver's trade in early life and worked at it a num- ber of years in Wayne and Henry counties. Although a poor man when he came to America he has by industry and good man- agement accumulated property, and now owns 290 acres of fine land, well improved. He was married Dec. 26, 1847, to Mary J., daughter of John and Margaret Odom, natives of Henry County. They had a family of four children-John H., Margaret Ann, George, and an infant, deceased. His wife died Dec. 26, 1855, and Nov. 19, 1857, he married Mary, daughter of Jacob and Phœbe Hall. They had four children-Sarah, William, Ella and Emma, all save Ella deceased. Mrs. Hewit died Aug. 11, 1866. April 4, 1867, Mr. Hewit married Mrs. Lucinda A. Courtney, widow of Joseph Courtney. They have had one son, now deceased, Samuel. Mr. Hewit is a member of the Methodist, and his wife of the Chris- tian church.
Thomas B. Hunt, farmer, postoffice Ashland, was born in Hamilton County, Ohio, July 29, 1840. His father, John Hunt, was born in Hunterdon County, N. J., Dec. 20, 1805, of English descent, a son of Samuel Hunt, who moved to Hamilton County, Ohio, in 1815. He was married in 1827 to Margaret Mullen, a native of Pennsylvania, born Jan. 30, 1806. In 1850 they moved to Henry County, Ind., and settled on the farm where Thomas B. now resides. In 1870 they moved to New Castle where Mr. Hunt died June 22, 1875, and where Mrs. Hunt resides. They had a 6 10 20 17 3 2 family of five children-Pamelia, wife of J& M. Boyd; Mary Jane, wife of Thomas Stanford; Thomas B .; Sarah M., wife of Leander Hovey, and Charles, deceased. Thomas B. Hunt received a fair education and afterward taught four years in the district schools of the county. He was married Nov. 20, 1862, to Sarah J. Millikan, daughter of John R. and Martha Millikan. They have five chil- dren-Clay, John M., Clemima, James R. and George W. Since his marriage Mr. Hunt has been engaged in farming and now owns 200 acres of well-improved land. He is one of the leading citizens of the township and has served as Trustee four terms.
Edmond L. Kent, of the firm of Wisehart & Kent, grain dealers, Millville, Ind., was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 14, 1842, a son of Luke and Adeline E. (Ernst) Kent, his father a native of the Dis- trict of Columbia and his mother of Cincinnati, Ohio. The parents
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of Luke Kent removed to Cincinnati in 1814, when he was two years old, and his father established the first jewelry store in the place. In 1826 he began working with his father and has been in business since that time being now located at No. 58 West Fifth street. He was married July 5, 1840. Of the nine children born to him but six are living-Edmond L., Lillie E .. Andrew H., Her- bert F., Otis S., and Walter. The deceased are Charles, Luke, Amelia. Edmond L. Kent was reared and educated in Cincinnati. In 1861 he was employed in the Quartermaster's Department of the Army of the Cumberland and was in the South with the army three years. He was at the battles of Nashville, Murfreesboro, and with Sherman on his march to the sea. At the expiration of his term of service he returned to Cincinnati and remained a year. He then removed to Millville, Henry Co., Ind., and engaged in farming till Sept. 1, 1880, when he became connected with S. D. Wisehart in the grain business. He was married Dec. 23, 1868, to Melissa Laboyteaux. Mr. Kent is politically a Republican.
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