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J. W. DeHAVEN
The life history of the subject is deemed eminently worthy to be included in this volume along with the other representative char- acters of Howard county, partly because of its consistency to the right and partly because of its usefulness and inspiration to others. Mr. DeHaven was in the sheriff's office of this county until 1893. his own term having expired in 1882. He had served two terms since the election of 1880, but he continued under three or four ste- cessors. In 1893 he became justice of the peace and has served in this capacity ever since, being the oklest similar official in the county, and the efficiency with which he has handled the large volume of work that has come through his hands may be understood when we learn that he has seldom had an appeal from his decisions, every- body being of the opinion that he is one of the best justices of the peace the county has ever known. His decisions have repeatedly been sustained in the circuit court. He is a loyal and active Re- publican, never losing an opportunity to aid his party in any honest
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manner, and he is always to be found doing his part in local con- ventions and elections.
Shortly before assuming the duties of the sheriff's office the subject's wife died and in 1884 he was again married to Evaline Ray, a native of Howard county. To this union has been born one daughter, Margaret, who is twelve years old in 1908.
Charles A. DeHaven, son of the subject, was born August 15. 1865, in Greene county, Ohio, and died July 3, 1903, at Kokomo, where he had made his home for many years and gained a reputa- tion for industry and uprightness. In 1890 he was assistant clerk in the house of representatives, and was admitted to the bar and was in active practice. He was elected as senator to the sixty-fourth gen- eral assembly and had served one term in a most satisfactory man- ner, having been on various important committees in connection with which he showed rare ingenuity and foresight. A resolution setting forth the regret of the President, senate and some of the committee- men at the death of Charles A. DeHaven, was passed. It may be seen in a frame hanging in the subject's office. His mother's death oc- curred when he was sixteen years old and he was self-raised and self- educated. He spent three or four years in New York City as clerk and other capacities. He assisted in making the city directory at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and also was in Pittsburg for a while; but city temptations did not affect him and he came out from them all unscathed. He returned home for the purpose of studying law and read in the office of Cooper & Harness. He was fairly success- ful in law practice, but was always inclined to politics, which seemed to be his proper field. He had a wide acquaintance, partly as the result of his clerkship in the house of representatives. He was liked and admired by everyone who knew him, and the future would doubtless have been replete with signal success had he lived. His funeral was attended by Vice-President Fairbanks and Senator
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Beveridge, and was in charge of the Masonic fraternity, in which he had been a highly respected and active member. He had never married, but had for many years made his home with his married sister. In his father's residence hangs his portrait as clerk sur- rounded by his assistants. Charles was one of the most popular young men of his home city, having been admired both for his in- tellectual attainments and his exemplary character.
John DeHaven, another son of the subject, is on the editorial staff of the South Bend Times, where he is doing creditable service.
The DeHaven family has long been known as among the lead- ing people in Howard county.
PLEASANT H. W. HAYNES.
It is with a great degree of satisfaction to the biographer when he averts to the life of one who has made the rough path of life smooth by his untiring perseverance, has attained success in any vo- cation requiring definiteness of purpose and determined action. Such a life, whether it be one of calm, consecutive endeavor, of of sudden meteoric accomplishments, must abound in both lesson and incentive and prove a guide to the young men whose fortunes are still matters for the future to determine. For a number of years the subject of this sketch has directed his efforts toward the goal of success in Howard county and by patient continuance has won pronounced siiccess.
Mr. Haynes was born in Clinton county, Ohio. October 15. 1865, and when eighteen years old settled in Jackson township. Howard county. Indiana, with his parents. Isaac M. and Eliza J.
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( Haynes ) Haynes, both living on a farm five miles east of Kokomo in 1908. When nineteen years old our subject began to teach school, in 1884, having received a fairly good education in the common, high and old Nornfal schools. He followed teaching for twelve years, becoming one of the most successful in the county. Eight years were spent in teaching in Jackson township and four in Honey Creek and Clay townships. He kept well advised on all lines of teacher's work, but his arduous duties in the school room finally told on his health and he gave up teaching in 1896 and began farming in 1898. He was made deputy sheriff of Howard county by L. W. Harness, which position he successfully filled for four years and two months, or until 1903. He had charge of the office and also most of the field work.
During this period there was much crime of various kinds, horse stealing and similar offenses, and there was loose prosecuting at times, and in order to keep crime down and break up the several gangs that operated in Howard county the sheriff's office was a busy place and a great volume of work was the result, but success attended the efforts of Mr. Haynes.
In 1902 the subject was a candidate for sheriff before the primaries, receiving eleven hundred votes and carried his own town- ship with a good majority over all the candidates in Howard county. He received his appointment as superintendent of the county farm in 1905 and during the three years that he has had charge of the same much excellent work has been done to the satisfaction of the authorities. The farm consists of one hundred and fifty-five acres of good land lying just west of Kokomo. The number of inmates of the farm will average from thirty-five to fifty, and sometimes even more. The county has its stock on the farm. Mr. Haynes works for a salary, keeping one hired hand and one woman servant. Mrs. Haynes is matron.
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The subject was married in 1895 to Lida ( LaRowe ) Gossett. of Greentown, the daughter of Charles LaRowe and widow of J. Leonard Gossett. Charles La Rowe is an old soldier, a temperance worker and a highly respected citizen of Howard county. The sub- ject has one step-son, Silver Gossett.
Mr. Haynes has served two years on the executive committee of the Republican party. He and his wife are members of the United Brethren church.
Mr. Haynes is one of the few men living who have had the privileges of reading his own obituary, of knowing what the people had to say of him at his supposed death, an account of which ap- peared in a Kokomo paper while the subject was living in Black- ford county, news having reached that city of his demise while ill with typhoid fever.
Mr. Haynes is a man of unquestioned force of character and personality, which he makes felt in Howard county where he is well and favorably known to all classes.
JOHN PICKETT.
This honored veteran of the Civil war is to be designated as one of the progressive and influential citizens of Howard county where, for more than a quarter of a century he has maintained his home in Taylor township, near Greentown, figuring as one of the builders of the community and is especially worthy of consideration in this work. He has not only by his industry and sound judgment improved a fine farm and gained a fairly large competence for his old age but he has materially assisted in the general welfare of the community, in many ways lending his valuable time and influence in the promulgation of various uplifting movements.
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John Pickett was born in Henry county, Indiana, May 20, 1839, the son of Joseph and Elmima (Chew) Pickett. Grandfather Pickett was a native of North Carolina, who moved to Wayne county, Indi- ana, coming through Cincinnati, Ohio, when it was merely a village. After remaining in Wayne county for a time he came to Henry county, entered land there, and the first season, not having time to clear the ground, he "barked" the trees so the leaves would wilt and not shade out his corn which he planted among them. The land was cleared as soon as possible and an excellent farm finally developed, on which he reared his family and where he passed to his eternal re- ward, leaving eight children, seven of whom were girls : the boy be- came a teacher as was also his wife. The Pickett stock is Scotch- Irish and English.
Joseph Pickett, father of the subject, had a fairly good common school education. He worked on the Wabash & Erie canal at twenty-five cents per day until he had laid up enough money to enter eighty acres of land, which had to be entered in his father's name on account of his minority. He walked from Greensboro to Marion, Indiana, a distance of sixty miles, to pay his taxes. After he was married he entered land on which he farmed ten or twelve years, then he bought a farm in Henry county. It was all heavily timbered, but he was a hard worker and soon had it cleared and a comfortable home established, where he reared his family and where he died in 1885, his widow surviving until February 9, 1893, reaching a very old age. They were the parents of four sons and three daughters, all but one of whom lived to raise families of their own, the subject of this sketch being the oldest child. The parents of these children were strict Quakers.
John Pickett, our subject, did not have the educational advan- tages that he desired, attending several terms of subscription schools, which were taught only a few months each year. He worked on
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his father's farm until August 20, 1861, when he responded to his country's call for loyal citizens to defend the flag, enlisting in Com- pany D, Thirty-sixth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and he proved to be a very courageous and valiant soldier for the Union, his first battle being the great engagement at Chickamauga, then he fought at Lookout Mountain and at the battle of Missionary Ridge and at Ringgold, Georgia. His brigade was sent back to the battlefield of Chickamauga on December 1, 1863, to gather up the bones of the Union soldiers who fell in battle and bury them. May 4th of the following year the regiment, of which our subject was a member. started on the Atlanta campaign. At the battle of Buzzard Roost. the Fourth Corps, of which this regiment was a part, occupied the center of the army. also the same position on the march to the sea. the principal battles being fought at Resaca, Berrysville, Kingston, Dallas and Kenesaw Mountain. Around the latter place there was more or less fighting for ten days. They were also in the battle of Peach Tree Creek and in the siege of Atlanta, also in the engage- ment at Jonesboro. The enlistment of the subject having expired he came to Indianapolis and was mustered out on September 21. 1804. On March 13th following, he enlisted in Company A. Fourth United States Volunteer Infantry and went to Washington City, where he remained on guard duty until March 13, 1866, when he was mus- tered out, receiving an honorable discharge.
After his military career, Mr. Pickett went to Missouri, where he remained nine years, farming with pronounced success, after which he came to Howard county, Indiana, and purchased forty acres of improved land. Later he added twenty to this, all of which, with the exception of seven acres, is under plow. It is under an ex- cellent state of cultivation, being well drained and the soil has been kept up to the standard through the skillful management of the sub- ject. He employs the usual system of crop rotation, and he feeds
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all his corn to stock, mostly to hogs. He is considered a very care- ful farmer and good manager of both his crops and stock.
Our subject was married September 27. 1866. to Mary Jane Kern, daughter of Henry and Rebecca Ann ( Waldron ) Kern. Five children have been born to this union as follows: Sherman, born February 18. 1868, is married and has one child: Bertha V., born May 10. 1869. died in 1872: G. W., born October 16, 1870, is mar- ried -and has one child; H. A., born December 2, 1874. is married and has four children ; Joseph W., born March 26, 1878. is married and has three children.
The subject is an active member of the Grand Army of the Re- public. Harrison Post, No. 30. He is a loyal Republican. Mrs. Pickett is a member of the Christian church and they are both es- teemed throughout the township where they reside for their in- tegrity, uprightness and hospitality.
WILLIAM TRUEBLOOD.
No one of a contemplative turn of mind could study the life history of a man like the gentleman whose name forms the caption of this article and not be benefited thereby, not feel an inspiration to lead a life of industry, sobriety and uprightness ; while his record is, in the main, like that of many other men, a general mingling of life's joys and sorrows, triumphs and defeats, yet we shall see how he brought success out of situations where weaker souls would have given in, surrendered to the enemy, despair and consequently failed.
William Trueblood was born in Orange county, Indiana, Au- gust 5. 1833, and after spending a busy life within the borders of his
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native state he is leading a retired life in Kokomo, conscious of the fect that his duty has been well performed and that he can take a well earned rest. His parents were natives of North Carolina, who came to Orange county, this state, about 1811, and the subject spent his boyhood days in that county. Josiah Trueblood entered land in Orange county, where he spent his life, dying at the age of eighty- three years, on the farm which he entered.
Thomas Maris, the subject's maternal grandfather, served on the first grand jury in Orange county. William Trueblood re- mained in Orange county on his father's farm until he was twenty- one years old. He had a good district school education, attend- ing school three months out of each year until he completed the com- mon branches. An older brother, Alfred, was a merchant at Paoli, Orange county, and William became a partner with him when twenty-one years old. remaining in this capacity for four years. In 1861 he bought a farm near New London, Howard county. The place had been improved but the subject soon had it in much better condition than ever it had been and much more productive. After spending six years on this farm he came to Kokomo in 1867. when he and his brother-in-law. Nathan Dixon, organized a company com- prised of Nathan Dixon, William Trueblood. Jonathan Johnson and George Maris, for the purpose of operating a hardware store. The subject remained in this store for twelve years until 1883, having been largely instrumental in that time in building up one of the lead- ing hardware businesses in the county. Nathan Dixon died in 1895 and George Maris died in April. 1907. The subject was in the grain business, which was also conducted by this firm with elevators at Kokomo, Rushville and other points. They bought large consign- ments of grain and did an extensive business in shipping. Dixon and Trueblood continued the grain business for four or five years at Kokomo, but in 1886 they disposed of the grain business. Horace
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and John Trueblood, sons of the subject, had engaged in the shoe business in 1883 and Charles, their brother, was taken in later on; our subject joined them in 1890 and devoted his attention to this business for the next ten years, retiring in 1900, the business be- ing sold two years later. John became an osteopathic physician and is now practicing at Traverse City, Michigan : Horace and Charles are successfully operating a laundry at Marion, Indiana : William. the subject, has since lived retired, after gaining an ample compe- tence for his old age, and realizing that his life had been well spent along all lines and that he could take a well earned rest in comfort.
The subject was identified with the Republican party up to 1886 since which time he has been a radical Prohibitionist. taking an ac- tive part in the county campaigns and was a delegate to various con- ventions. He has been on the ticket for county treasurer. also for representative. He has always been at the front in this party, ready to sacrifice anything for the party's benefit. He says the movement has surpassed his expectations. He has been active in church work all his life, having been identified with the Friends church. He has often served as a delegate to the annual meeting of this denomina- tion for a period of twenty-five years, and his voice in the delibera- tions of the gatherings has always been heeded and recognized as being for the best interest of the church. He has for many years been a member of the Evangelistic Commitees, also a member of the permanent board and has held many other minor offices on various boards and committees.
The subject was married in Orange county, on April 21, 1858, to Ruth E. Dixon, sister of Nathan Dixon. She was a native of Orange county, Indiana. Her parents were natives of North Caro- lina. Their family consists of the following children : Lindley M. has his headquarters at Kokomo, while he travels for a laundry supply house: he is also a mechanic; Horace N .: John O. and Charles.
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William Trueblood has a comfortable residence at 72 East Mulberry street, Kokomo, which has been his home since 1872. Mrs. Trueblood is a granddaughter of Jonathan Lindley, who came to Paoli, Orange county, about 1809. Her uncle, Zach Lindley, was the first sheriff of Orange county. Zach served in the War of 1812 and was wounded at Tippecanoe. He died at the age of sixty- seven years.
No man in Kokomo stands higher in the esteem of the citizens than the subject, for his life has been one singularly free from sus- picion of wrong doing or evil of any kind.
DAVID J. TERRELL.
Standing for upright manhood and progressive citizenship the subject of this sketch has long occupied a conspicuous place among the representatives of the great agricultural interest of Indiana and liis influence in every relation of life has made for the material ad- vancement of the community in which he resides and the moral wel- fare of those with whom he has been brought into contact. David J. Terrell comes of an old and highly esteemed Ohio family, the genealogy of which is traceable to an early period in the history of that commonwealth, the first mention of the name occurring in High- land county, where Richmond Terrell, the subject's father, was born and reared, the ancestral home being near the town of Lexington. Maria M. Hansell, wife of Richmond F. Terrell and mother of the subject, was also a native of Highland county, and her father. a farmer by occupation and a most excellent and praiseworthy citi- zen, spent his life there, dying a number of years ago at his home near the above seat of justice, at the advanced age of seventy-five.
The subject's father was early left an orphan and after the
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death of his parents became an inmate of the home of his cousin, with whom he lived until young manhood, the meantime serving an apprenticeship at the trade of cabinet making, which he followed for a number of years in his native state, subsequently discontinuing mechanical work to engage in the pursuit of agriculture. In 1851 he disposed of his interests in Ohio and moved to Howard county, Indiana, purchasing a partially improved farm, which in due time he brought to a high state of cultivation and on which he continued to reside until his death, at the age of seventy-eight years. Rich- mond F. Terrell was a man of excellent traits, upright in all his ‹lealings and his life was filled to repletion with good to his fellow men. He was reared in the faith of the society of Friends, but some time after his marriage he united with the Methodist church, of which his wife was a member, and continued in that com- munion until her death, when he returned to his former belief and to the end of his days remained loyal to its teaching. Mrs. Terrell. whose death occurred at the age of fifty-two, bore her husband ten children, five sons and five daughters, the father living to see all of them married and well settled in life. One of the sons, John H., was a soldier in the Fifty-seventh Indiana Infantry, in the Civil war and gave nearly four years to the service of his coun- try, during which time he took part in a number of bloody battles and for meritorious conduct rose from the ranks to the position of adjutant of his regiment, filling the intermediate offices with credit to himself and to the honor of his command.
David J. Terrell is a native of Highland county, Ohio, where he was born June 11. 1850. He spent his childhood and youth on the family homestead near the town of Lexington and in 1851 ac- companied his parents upon their removal to Indiana, since which time he has been an honored resident of Howard county. In due time he entered the district school, not far from his home, and con-
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tinued his attendance at the same until obtaining a knowledge of the branches constituting the regular course of study, meanwhile de- voting the spring and summer seasons to farm labor, at which he was able to make a full hand at a comparatively early age. lle re- mained with his father assisting in the cultivation of the home place until his twenty-sixth year, when he purchased a small farm of his own in Center township to which he at once removed, and which under his efficient labors and excellent management soon became one of the best cultivated and most highly improved places in the town- ship. He still owns his original purchase, but has increased his holdings from time to time until he now owns several valuable tracts of land. the greater part thoroughly drained and otherwise well improved, the general appearance of the lands indicating the presence of a master of agriculture who aims to keep freely abreast in all matters relating to his vocation.
In the year 1900 Mr. Terrell turned his farm over to other hands and moved to Kokomo, where he maintained a residence until the fall of 1905, when he returned to the country and took posses- sion of a beautiful farm adjoining his own in Taylor township. which came to his wife through her parents, and on which he has since lived and prospered. Since resuming agricultural pursuits he has made a number of valuable improvements on his place, adding much to its beauty and attractiveness, and it now is conceded that he has one of the best and most desirable rural homes in Taylor township, the land being enclosed with wire fence and well tiled. all but fifteen acres being suceptible to a high state of cultivation. Although giving personal attention to his farming interests and look- ing carefully after the management of his lands, Mr. Terrell does little physical work, his son-in-law attending to the active operation of the farm, which yields an income sufficiently ample to maintain his own and the latter's family in comfortable circumstances.
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As already indicated, Mr. Terrell has devoted much study to the science of agriculture and easily is the peer of any farmer in the county, being progressive in his methods and making use of the latest and most approved implements and appliances by menas of which the labors of the farm are not only greatly lessened, but made much more effective and economical. He also keeps in touch with the trend of current events, takes an active interest in the public and po- litical issues of the day, and as a Republican wields a strong in- fluence for his party, being one of its leaders in the township in which he resides.
On October 12, 1876, Mr. Terrell was united in marriage with Julia A. Neal, daughter of Enos and Margaret A. (Fauchier) Neal, natives of Ohio. Mrs. Neal was of French lineage, her grandfather Fauchier having been born in Marseilles, France, in the year, 1766, and Martha D., his wife, born in New Hampshire in 1780, and their marriage occurred on September 23, 1798, in the city of Boston, Massachusetts. John B. Fauchier, the grandfather of Mrs. Neal was born in Suffolk, Massachusetts, in 1799, married in December. 1823. to Sarah Broyles. of Kentucky, and became the father of fifteen children. Enos Neal, father of Mrs. Terrell, was born May 23. 1835. in Miami county. Ohio, came to Howard county in 1851. was married on August 8, 1858, to Margaret Fauchier, who de- parted this life in August. 1900, his death occurring in Kokomo, February 12, 1905, at the age of seventy years.
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