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Caleb Scudder, June 3, 1826, Centre township.
Rufus Jenison, June 3, 1826, Warren township.
1826-27.
Prest., Joscph Beeler, Decatur township.
Joel Wright, July 2, 1827, Washington township.
William D. Rooker, Washington township. Term expired.
Hiram Bacon, Washington township.
John C. Hume, Pike township. Resigned May 16, 1827.
Jacob Sheets, Pike township. Jeremiah J. Corbaley, Wayne township.
William Logan, Wayne township.
Peter Harmonson, Perry and Franklin townships.
Henry D. Bell, Perry and Franklin townships.
Obed Foote, June 2, 1827, Centre township. Re-elected.
Lismund Basye, Centre township. Term expired.
Henry Bradley, June 2, 1827, Centre township.
Calch Scudder, Centra township.
Rufus Jenison, Warren township.
Thomas North, Oct. 6, 1826, Lawrence township. Invalid. Peter Castetter, Dea. 2, 1826, Lawrence township.
1827-28.
Prest., Joel Wright, Washington township. Died.
Hiram Bacon, Washington township.
Edward Roberts, April 5, 1828, Washington township.
Jacob Sheets, Pike township.
Austin Davenport, July 28, 1827, Pike township.
Jeremiah J. Corbaley, Wayne township.
William Logan, Wayne township.
Joseph Beeler, Decatur township.
Henry D. Bell, Perry township. Peter Harmonson, Perry township.
Thomas Carle, April 5, 1828, Perry township.
James Greer, Oct. 6, 1827, Franklin township.
Rufus Jenison, Warren township.
Peter Castetter, Lawrence townshlp.
Obed Foote, Centre township.
Henry Bradley, Centre township. Caleb Scudder, Centre township.
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1828-29.
Prest., Caleb Scudder, Centre township. Obed Foote, Centre township.
llenry Bradley, Centre township. Hiram Bacon, Washington township. Resigned Jan. 4, 1830. Edward Roberts, Washington township.
Jacob Sheets, Pike township.
Austin Davenport, Pike township.
Jeremiah J. Corbalcy, March 28, 1829, Wayne township. Re- elected.
William Logan, Wayne township. Resigned Nov. 4, 1828.
James Johnson, Dec. 6, 1828, Wayne township.
Joseph Beeler, Dec. 30, 1828, Decatur township.
Re-elected.
Thomas Carle, Perry township.
Ileary D. Bell, Perry township.
James Greer, Franklin township.
Rufus Jenison, Warren township. Resigned Nov. 3, 1828. Henry Brady, Ang. 4, 1828, Warren township.
Solomon Wells, Feh. 7, 1829, Warren township. Peter Castetter, Lawrence township.
1829-30.
Prest., Caleb Scudder, Centre township.
Ohed Foote, Centre township.
Ileary Bradley, Centre towoship.
Edward Roborts, Washington township.
Abraham Bowen, Jan. 30, 1830, Washington township.
Jacob Sheets, Pike township. Resigned.
Austin Davenport, Pike township. Resigned March 1, 1830. Zeph. Hollingsworth, Jan. 30, 1830, Pike township.
William C. Robinson, Jan. 30, 1830, Pike township.
Jesse Lane, March 20, 1830, Pike township.
Jeremiah J. Corbaley, Wayne township.
James Johnson, Wayne township. Joseph Beeler, Decatur township. Thomas Carle, Perry township.
Peyton Bristow, Oct. 1, 1829, Perry township.
James Greer, Franklin township. Marine D. West, July 25, 1829, Franklin township.
Henry Brady, Warren township.
Solomon Wells, Warren township.
Peter Castetter, Lawrence township.
1830-31.
Prest., Caleh Soudder, Centre township. Ohed Foote, Centre township.
Henry Bradley, Centre township.
Edward Roberts, Washington township.
Abraham Bowen, Washington township.
William C. Robinson, Pike township.
Zeph. Hollingsworth, Pike township. Resigned May 2, 1831. Jesse Lane, Pike township.
Adam Wright, June 4, 1831, Pike township.
Jeremiah J. Corhaley, Wayne township.
James Johnson, Wayne township. Joseph Beeler, Decatur township. Thomas Carle, Perry township. Died May, 1831.
Peyton Bristow, Perry township.
Thomas McFarland, May 28, 1831, Perry township.
James Greer, Franklin township.
Marine D. West, Franklin township. Removed May, 1831. Isaac Baylor, June 11, 1831, Franklin township. Henry Brady, Warren township.
Solomon Wells, Warren township. Resigned Sept. 3, 1832. Peter Castetter, Lawrence township.
John Bolander, Feb. 5, 1831, Lawrence township.
1831-32.
Prest., Caleb Scudder, Centre township.
Obed Foote, Centre township.
Henry Bradley, Centre township.
Edward Roberts, Washington township.
Abraham Bowen, Washington township.
William C. Robinson, Pike township.
Jesse Lane, Pike township. Adam Wright, Pike township.
Jeremiah J. Corbaley, Wayne township.
James Johnson, Wayne township.
Joseph Beeler, Decatur township.
James Epperson, April 2, 1832, Decatur township.
Peyton Bristow, Perry township.
Thomas MeFarland, Perry township. James Greer, Franklin township.
Isaac Baylor, Franklin township.
Henry Brady, Warreo township.
Joshua Black, Ang. 13, 1831, Warren township.
Peter Castetter, Lawrence township. Term expired in De- cember, 1831.
John Bolandor, Lawrenee township.
William G. MeIntosh, April 2, 1832, Lawrence township.
1835-36.
Prest., Caleh Sendder, Centre township.
Henry Bradley, Feh. 2, 1833, Centre township.
Wilks Reogin, Dec. 7, 1833, Centre township.
Samuel Jenison, March 8, 1834, Centre township.
James Epperson, Decatur township.
Zimri Brown, Feh. 12, 1834, Decatur township.
Joseph Beeler, Aug. 29, 1835, Deeatur township. James Greer, Nov. 20, 1832, Franklin township. Isaac Baylor, Franklin township.
Joseph Johnston, Dec. 1, 1832, Lawrence township. Daniel Shartz, April 1, 1835, Lawrence township. Jacob Smock, Feb. 1, 1834, Perry township. George Tomlinson, Oct. 4, 1834, Perry township. Smith Isaac, Oct. 4, 1834, Pike township. Nathaniel Bell, April 6, 1835, Pike township. Elias N. Shimer, Oct. 13, 1832, Warren township. Joseph S. Mix, Oct. 4, 1834, Warren township. Daniel R. Smith, Oct. 12, 1833, Washington towoship. Abraham Bowen, April 1, 1835, Washington township. James Johnson, Feb. 5, 1834, Wayne township. James W. Johnston, May 6, 1834, Wayne township. Allen Jennings, May 6, 1834, Wayne township.
1836-37.
Prest., Henry Bradley, Centre township. Caleh Scudder, Aug. 27, 1836, Centre township. Wilks Reagin, Centre township. Samuel Jenison, Centre township.
Thomas M. Weaver, Oct. 2, 1836, Centre township. Joshua Stevens, April 3, 1837, Centre township.
Joseph Beeler, Decatur township. Zimri Brown, Decatur township.
Noah Reagan, Oct. 1, 1836, Decatur township. Jesse Grace, Dec. 24, 1836, Decatur township. James Greer, Franklin township.
Isaac Baylor, June 25, 1836, Franklin township.
Benjamin Morgan, April 4, 1836, Franklin township.
Joseph Johnston, Lawrence township.
Daniel Shartz, Lawrenco township. Jacob Smock, Perry township. George Tomlinson, Perry township.
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Smith Isaac, Pike township. Nathaniel Bell, Pike township. Elias N. Shimer, Warren township. Joseph S. Mix, Warren township. James P. Hanna, May 28, 1836, Warren township. Lyman Carpenter, Oct. 4, 1836, Warren township.
Daniel R. Smith, Washington township. Abraham Bowen, Washington township. John R. Anderson, Nov. 20, 1836, Washington township. James Johnson, Wayne township. James W. Johnston, Wayne township. Allen Jennings, Wayne township.
CHAPTER XX. CENTRE TOWNSHIP.
ALTHOUGH the city of Indianapolis covers but about twelve of the forty-two seetions in Centre township, the history of the city is so largely that of the township that there is little to say of the latter that will not be a repetition. The settlements which have become little towns are merely the natural ac- cretions of residence about a factory or mill, or an in- dustry of some kind that belongs to the city, and they are really as much a part of it as the squares cornering on the Cirele. What history and business they have independently can be soon told. The township was associated with Warren from its first organization, in the spring of 1822, to the 1st of May, 1826, and the records called the combination Centre-Warren township. After this separation the township and the town were one till the independent organization of the latter, Sept. 3, 1832. Then the outside area began to have a little consciousness of a legal existence. It has never had much more. Tbe population in 1880 was five thousand five hundred and ninety-two, and is probably seven thousand now. Of this number, Brightwood contains six hundred and seventy-nine, part of Irvington eighty-nine, and Woodruff Place twenty. The population of West Indianapolis, formerly Belmont, is not stated, as the town was not organized when the census was taken. Haughsville is in Wayne township, and Brookside and Indianola belong to the city, and North Indian- apolis is not organized. So there is no way to learn accurately the distribution of this outside population.
There are four divisions of the surrounding area. Washington and Meridian Streets are the dividing lines, and all inside of the city limits is taken off, leaving a rim of territory round each quarter of the city in the corners. Each of these sections is di- vided into two preeinets for voting purposes. Each is a road district, and has its own supervisor, under the general supervision of the township trustee. There are thirteen schools in these four sections, with about thirty teachers. Two of these are colored schools,-No. 11, in the northeast, and No. 5, in the southeast. A colored elass is taught in No. 10, North Indianapolis. In Nos. 7 and 4 a German school is maintained in connection with the regular schools ; that is, such portions of each school as wish to study German, or to pursue their general studies in that language, are given the services of a teacher, who separates them temporarily from the others and gives them instruction as he would do if they had a school wholly to themselves. The German language is studied by a number of the colored pupils at No. 10 and other schools. Teachers' institutes are held monthly to assist the teachers by discussions of subjects connected with their occupation.
The churches are not numerous in these outlying sections. The eity is so convenient and so much more likely, as a rule, to have a more interesting class of services, that the church attendance of a considerable portion of the township is taken to the city, to the damage of the home influence and the depreciation of church property. There are two churches at Brightwood, one Catholic and one Meth- odist; oue in Belmont, or used to be; and one that may be still kept up on the Shelbyville road, near the Mclaughlin place, the religious training-school of Rev. Greenly H. Mclaughlin, one of the few now living who can remember Indianapolis from the year it was laid out until to-day.
In the chapter on "Charities" is a statement by the township trustee of the pauper account during the first month of this year. The total payments on this account are nearly eighteen hundred dollars, or at the rate of over twenty-one thousand dollars a year. This, the trustee says, is an unfair indication. The pauper expense of January was double that of the
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average monthly outlay. The year's total will not reach ten thousand dollars. During the winter of 1874-75 there were eighteen hundred persons, many with families, supported by the township, and the annual outlay was four times what it is now. But that was the worst season for the extent of pauperism ever known in this country. The town- ship trustee takes care of several abandoned or abused children in the course of the year at the different asylums.
The following is a list of officers of Centre township from its formation in 1822 to the present time, viz. :
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
Wilks Reagin, June 14, 1822, to April 15, 1826; resigned.
. Lismund Basye, June 14, 1822, to June 7, 1827. Obed Foote, June 14, 1822, to June 7, 1827. Caleb Scudder, June 14, 1826, to June 14, 1831. Obed Foote, June 13, 1827, to June 12, 1832. Henry Bradley, Jnne 13, 1827, to June 12, 1832. Caleb Scudder, June 27, 1831, to June 18, 1836. Henry Bradley, Fcb. 13, 1833, to Feb. 13, 1838. Obed Foote, Feb. 13, 1833, to November, 1833; died. James Wingate, Feb. 13, 1833, to January, 1834; died. Wilks Reagin, Dec. 17, 1833, to August, 1836; removed. Samuel Jenison, March 11, 1834, to March 25, 1837; resigned. Caleb Scudder, Sept. 19, 1836, to Sept. 19, 184). Thomas M. Weaver, Nov. 1, 1836, to July 12, 1841; resigned. Joshua Stevens, April 6, 1837, to April 6, 1842.
Juhn L. Ketcham, April 11, 1838, to June 2, 1842 ; resigned. Joseph. A. Levy, Aug. 13, 1841, to Aug. 13, 1846. William Sullivan, Oct. 6, 1841, to Nov. 1, 1867. Joshua Stevens, April 8, 1842, to April 8, 1852. William Campbell, Aug. 10, 1842, to Dee. 9, 1845; resigned. James G. Jordan, Jan. 27, 1846, to Sept. 28, 1848; resigned. Caleb Scudder, Aug. 14, 1846, to Aug. 14, 1851.
James McCready, April 11, 1850, to May 6, 1854 ; resigned. Charles Fisher, Aug. 18, 1851, to Nov. 1, 1875. Christopher G. Werbe, April 20, 1852, to April 20, 1856. John Saltmarsh, May 5, 1855, to May 3, 1859. Charles Coulon, April 21, 1856, to April 20, 1860. Andrew Curtis, May 3, 1859, to May 3, 1863. Frederic Stein, April 20, 1860, to April 20, 1864. Oscar II. Kendrick, May 3, 1863, to Dec. 1, 1864; resigned. Charles Coulon, April 20, 1864, to April 20, 1868. Alexander G. Wallace, April 18, 1865, to April 17, 1869. Andrew Curtis, April 13, 1867, to April 13, 1871. Charles Secrest, Nov. 1, 1867, to Nov. 1, 1871.
Charles Fred. Doepfner, April 20, 1868, to Dee. 30, 1870 ; re- signed.
Henry II. Bogges, Nov. 9, 1869, to Oct. 19, 1872 ; resigned. William Dietrichs, Feb. 22, 1871, to April 18, 1876.
Peter Smock, April 13, 1871, to April 13, 1875. Jobn G. Smith, Nov. 1, 1871, to April 9, 1875 ; resigned. William H. Schmitts, Oct. 21, 1872, to Oct. 21, 1876. Christopher C. Glass, Oct. 24, 1874, to Oct. 24, 1878. Abel Catterson, April 9, 1875, to June 20, 1878 ; resigned. Thomas P. Miller, April 13, 1875, to April 13, 1879. Luke Walpole, Nov. 1, 1875, to Nov. 1, 1879. William C. Newcomb, Oct. 23, 1876, to Oct. 23, 1880. David K. Miner, Oct. 25, 1876, to Oct. 25, 1880. Willis W. Wright, Jan. 13, 1877, to April 9, 1878. William Whitney, April 9, 1878, to April 9, 1882. Willis W. Wright, June 20, 1878, to Nov. 1, 1879. Theodore W. Pease, Oct. 24, 1878, to Oct. 24, 1882. Marquis L. Johnson, April 13, 1879, to April 13, 1882; re- signed.
George M. Seibert, Nov. 1, 1879, to Nov. 1, 1883. John W. Thompson, Nov. 1, 1879, to Nov. 1, 1883. William H. Schmitts, Nov. 12, 1880, to April 13, 1882. John C. Woodard, Oct. 23, 1880, to Oet. 23, 1884.
John M. Johnston, April 13, 1882, to April 13, 1886. Patrick Bennett, July 8, 1882, to Oct. 11, 1882; resigned. David K. Miner, July 10, 1882, to June 20, 1883; resigned. Charles B. Feibleman, July 10, 1882, to April 17, 1884. Theodore W. Pease, Sept. 20, 1882, to April 17, 1884. Christopher C. Glass, Oct. 11, 1882, to April 17, 1884. Luke Walpole, Oct. 24, 1882, to Oct. 24, 1886. John C. Hoss, June 21, 1883, to April 15, 1886.
TRUSTEES.
Jacob Newman, April 14, 1859, to April 13, 1861. James Turner, April 13, 1861, to June 13, 1864. James W. Brown, June 13, 1864, to June 29, 1864. Joshua M. W. Langsdale, June 29, 1864, to - 1867. Cyrus C. Heizer, - 1867, to Oct. 18, 1872. Charles Jobn, Oct. 18, 1872, to Oct. 22, 1874. Michael Doherty, Oct. 22, 1874, to Oct. 20, 1876. W. Smith King, Oet. 20, 1876, to April 14, 1880. Alonzo B. Harvey, April 14, 1880, to April 14, 1882. Ernest Kitz, April 14, 1882, for two years.
ASSESSORS.
Henry Bradley, Jan. 1, 1827, to Jan. 7, 1828. James F. N. Bradley, Jan. 7, 1828, to Jan. 3, 1831. Daniel R. Smith, Jan. 3, 1831, to Jan. 2, 1832. Butler K. Smith, Jan. 2, 1832, to Jan. 7, 1833. John W. Reding, Jan. 7, 1833, to Jan. 5, 1835. Elias N. Shimer, Jan. 5, 1835, to May 5, 1835. Morris Bennett, May 5, 1835, to Jan. 4, 1836. Charles J. Hand, Jan. 4, 1836, to Jan. 2, 1837. Morris Bennett, Jan. 2, 1837, to Jan. 1, 1838. Peter Winohell, Jan. 1, 1838, to Jan. 7, 1839. John M. Wilson, Jan. 7, 1839, to Jan. 6, 1840. Robert Hanna, Jan. 6, 1840, to Jan. 4, 1841. Benjamin G. Yates, Jan. 4, 1841, to Dec. 6, 1841. John Taffe, Dec. 21, 1852, to Feb. 6, 1854.
Samuel Banby
John Moore
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John D. Thorpe, Feb. 6, 1854, to April 7, 1855. John B. Stumph, April 7, 1855, to Deo. 13, 1855. John C. Baker, Dec. 13, 1855, to Nov. 29, 1856. Andrew Curtis, Nov. 29, 1856, to Oct. 25, 1858. Oscar II. Kendrick, Oct. 25, 1858, to Nov. 22, 1860. Leonidas M. Phipps, Nov. 22, 1860, to Nov. 1, 1866. William C. Phipps, Oct. 24, 1864, to April 3, 1868. John Reynolds, April 3, 1868, to Oct. 26, 1870. David W. Brouse, Oct. 26, 1870, to Aug. 1, 1873. David W. Brouse, March 17, 1875, to April 12, 1880. Bernard Raw, April 12, 1880, to April 10, 1882. Thomas B. Messick, April 10, 1882, to April 10, 1884.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
SAMUEL CANBY.
Samuel Canby, whose ancestors were of English extraction, was the son of Dr. Benjamin H. Canby and his wife, Sarah Taylor, of Virginia. He was born in Leesburg, Loudoun Co., Va., ou the 12th of April, 1800. Here his early years were spent in the pursuit of such educational advantages as the schools of the neighborhood afforded. On attaining the years of manhood he removed with the family to Boone County, Ky., where his father purchased a farm on the banks of the Ohio River, at East Bend, Bacon Co., and was assisted in the cultivation and improvement of the land by his son. Samuel Canby was married, in April, 1827, to Miss Elizabeth De Pew, of Boone County, Ky., granddaughter of John De Pew, who emigrated from England and settled in Virginia. The latter had eight children, of whom Abram, the father of Mrs. Canby, married Mildred Sebree, whose pareuts were John and Mil- dred Johnson Sebree. The former was a Revolution- ary soldier, and died at the siege of Yorktown. He was the companion of Gen. George Rogers Clark in his expedition against the British posts iu the West. In 1837, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Canby removed to Marion County, Ind., in company with an unele, John H. Canby, a gentleman of the old school, who possessed ample means, and had many years before retired from business. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and much esteemed for his many Christian virtues. His death occurred Feb. 8, 1844,
at the age of seventy-one years. Mr. and Mrs. Canby located upon a farm in Centre township, two miles from the city of Indianapolis, where they con- tinued the congenial pursuits of the agriculturist during the former's lifetime. Mr. Canby enjoyed the reputation of being a model farmer, and one of the most successful in the county. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Canby was the seat of a generous hos- pitality, and proverbial for the welcome and good cheer afforded alike to guest or traveler. In politics the subject of this sketch was a Democrat, though his innate modesty and the demands of his private business alike prevented active participation in the political events of the day. He was reared in the Quaker faith, and with his wife became a member of the Roberts Park Methodist Episcopal Church of Indianapolis. Mr. Canby, in 1874, erected a spa- cious dwelling in the latter city, to which he removed on its completion. He survived this change of resi- dence but two weeks, and died on the 16th of Oc- tober, 1874. His remains are interred in the beau- tiful Crown Hill Cemetery. His widow, with her sister, Miss De Pew, now occupies the city home. Mrs. Mildred De Pew, the mother of Mrs. Canby, died at the home of her daughter at the advanced age of eighty-eight years, and is buried in Crown Hill Cemetery. She was a lady of genial nature, great force of character, and remarkable Christian faith.
JOHN MOORE.
The paternal grandfather of Mr. Moore emigrated when a young man from Scotland to Ireland, where. he married a Miss Reid and had children,-John, William, Thomas, Christopher, James, Catherine (Mrs. William Humphrey), Eleanor (Mrs. Robert Roe), Peggy (Mrs. Jesse Roe), and Elizabeth (Mrs. Keyes). Mr. Moore resided in County Donegal, Ireland, where he was employed in the cultivation and improvement of a farm. His son Thomas was born in County Donegal, and mar- ried Miss Catherine Gutherie, daughter of John Gutherie, of County Fermanagh, Ireland, who was also of Irish descent. The children of Thomas and Catherine Moore are John, Thomas, Mary (Mrs.
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Henry Bowser), Margaret (Mrs. Charles Clenden- ning), Isabel J. (Mrs. R. A. Yoke), Elizabeth (Mrs. Robert Roe), Catherine (Mrs. Edward Thomas), and Eleanor (Mrs. Hampton Kelly). ' Mr. and Mrs. Moore were attracted by the superior advantages America offered the working classes, and left their native land in 1824 for its hospitable shores. Mrs. Moore's death occurred in Pennsylvania, en route for Ohio, where the family soon after settled. In 1831 Mr. Moore removed to Marion County, Ind., where his death occurred Jan. 8, 1838. John Moore, his son, was born Nov. 8, 1806, in County Farmanagh, Ireland, and at the age of eighteen emigrated with his parents to America. His educational oppor- tunities were limited, his early years having been devoted chiefly to labor. He engaged in Ohio with his father in clearing land and farming, and on becoming a resident of Marion County, in 1831, songht work upon the public improvements, and also busied himself at farming. He was, on the 19th of September, 1833, married to Miss Sarah Bowser, daughter of Henry Bowser, of Marion County. Their children are Thomas H., William, Hannah, Ritchison, Isabel (Mrs. J. W. Yoke), John O., Catherine, Mary E. H., Joseph A., and three who are deceased. Mr. Moore, in 1839, removed to his present home, and has there continued farming until the present time. He has devoted his energies entirely to the improvement of his land, and given little attention to the affairs of more general interest. He was formerly a Whig in politics, and subsequently gave his vote to the Republican party, though he has never accepted or desired office. He is in religion a Methodist, and member of the Fletcher Place Meth- odist Episcopal Church of Indianapolis. Mr. and Mrs. Moore celebrated their golden wedding on the 19th of September, 1883, on which interesting occa- sion there were present nine children and eleven grandchildren, who offered their affectionate con- gratulations to this venerable couple.
THOMAS MOORE.
Thomas Moore is a native of County Fermanagh, Ireland, where his birth occurred on the 6th of Au-
gust, 1808. At the age of sixteen his parents determined to emigrate to America, there being at that time few avenues to advancement or independ- ence open to the poorer classes in Ireland, while the New World offered unlimited possibilities to the in- dustrious and ambitious foreigner. After a brief so- jonrn in Washington, Pa., Mr. Moore and his family removed to the vicinity of Zanesville, Ohio, and in 1831 made Thomas Moore's present farm, in Marion County, Ind., their permanent abode, where the father died on the 8th of January, 1838. The education Thomas received in his youth was neces- sarily limited, but sufficient knowledge of the rudi- ments was obtained to be of service in his subsequent career. His first employment in Indiana was in con- nection with public improvements and the construc- tion of roads. This was continued for a period, when Mr. Moore engaged in the transportation of goods from Cincinnati for the merchants of Indianapolis, and also became a successful farmer, making this the business of his life. His industry, application to the work in hand, and discretion in the management of his varied interests have received their reward in a competency which is now enjoyed in his declining years. Mr. Moore was married, in January, 1832, to Miss Catherine, daughter of William Moore, who resided near Zancsville, Ohio. Her death occurred June 29, 1867. Their children are three daughters, -Jane (deceased), Mary Ann (Mrs. George Langs- dale, who died in Texas in April, 1880), and Margaret J. (Mrs. Wilmer Christian, of Indianapolis). Mr. Moore has always been in his political predilections a consistent Democrat, though not active as a politician and without ambition for the honors of office. The Moore family are of Scotch-Irish lineage, the grand- father of the subject of this biographical sketch hav- ing married a Miss Reid, to whom were born nine children. Their son Thomas, a native of County Donegal, Ireland, married Miss Catherine Gutherie, of County Fermanagh, Ireland, and had two sons and six daughters. The sons, John and Thomas, are represented by portraits in this work.
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Heury Bowser , Margret | Mrs. Charles Clenden- ning), Intel .l. (Mrs. R. A. Yoke), Elizabeth (Mrs. Robert Ros), Catherine (Mrs. Edward Thomas), and I'l no Mrs. Ilampton Kelly). Mr. and Mrs. Muore were attracted by the superior advantages Am rica off rod the working classes, and left their native land in 1824 for its hospitable shores, Mrs. Moore's death occurred in Pennsylvania, en route for Ohio, where the family soon after settled. In 1931 Mr. Moore removed to Marion County, Ind., where his death occurred Jan. 8, 1838. Jih. Moore, his son, was born Nov. 8, 1806, in County Farmanagh, Ireland, and at the age of ein nigrated with his parents to America. His wtu ation ) por- tunities were limited, his marly yow having been devoted chicfly to labor. Ile engaged in Ohio with his father in clearing land and farming, and on becoming a resident of Marion County, in 1831, sought work upon the public improvements, and also busted himself at farming. Ile was, on the 19th of September, 1833, married to Miss Sarah Bowler, } daughter of Henry Bowser, of Marion County. " Their children . Thomas H., William, Haunah, Moon, I Ws J. W. Yok ). Tola O Catherine, Mary E. Il., Joseph A.
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