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Geo. B. Yount.
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A W. Barrow.
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Frank McConaughy
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Robt. C. Billingsly
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238
74
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Harvey Harrell
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Wm. M. Burget.
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C. C. Hughes
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JOHNSON COUNTY, INDIANA.
OFFICIAL VOTE Democratic primary election, February 28, 1908.
CANDIDATES
Blue River.
Clark.
Franklin 1st.
Franklin 2d.
Hensley.
Needham.
Nineveh.
Pleasant 1st.
Pleasant 2d.
Union.
White River.
Total.
Plurality.
REPRESENTATIVE
Leonard B. Clore.
190
96
181
93
117
83
45
52
120
99
222
1298
166
John R. Dugan_
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30
139
108
171
62
132
54
119
145
55
1132
TREASURER
Geo. W. Heck.
Marcus D. Wiley.
134
15
40
31
34
200
95
94
72
3
4
7
14
1170 244
502
SHERIFF
Hal Musselman
217
113
243
180
235
131
150
94
207 207
225 2002
SURVEYOR
J. B. Duckworth.
156
92
226
149
83
109
61:
74
149
131
207
1437
535
Carl Jolliffe
137
27
86
41
209
33
119
20
78
101
51
902
CORONER
D. W. Sheek
187
113
231
173
190
132
141
90
213
179
205
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COMM'R 1st Dis.
John W. Calvin
211
108
214
171
198
121
139
87
191 142 197 1779
COMM'R 2d DIS.
Milford Mozingo
.193
108
237 174 191
136
137
89
195
139
189
1788
87
77
49
24
33
22 11
6 11
3
15
26
73 62
415 668
T. J. Forsyth.
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John E. Walters
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OFFICIAL VOTE
Democratic primary election, November 26, 1909.
CANDIDATES
Blue River.
Clark.
Franklin 1st.
Franklin 2d.
Hensley.
Needham.
Nineveh.
Pleasant 1st.
Pleasant 9d.
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White River.
Total Johnson Co.
Plurality County.
REPRESENTATIVE Leonard B. Clore.
223
125
217 276
221
149
139
220
109
211 290
2180
2180
CLERK
James T. Gilmore.
76
64
115
104
108
53
88 87
159
43
22
26
67
582
John Clark
8
13
7
23
5
70
2
16
AUDITOR
Herbert L. Knox.
166
57 58
89
186
30
86
10
6
18
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224
John R. Dugan
38
30
27
34
39
16
71
46
31
32
21
385
TREASURER Thomas J. Forsyth 232
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78
88
55
75
220
96
91
48
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George W. Bryan.
29
27
116
80
44
12
48
45
26
79
254
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George W. Clemmer
51
33
82
104
108
48
39
8
5
90
40
608
SHERIFF
Ozais E. Vandivier
16
17
105
100
102
44 6
44 26
64 30
40
89
4
5
158
Charles B. Owens.
10
6
24
21 75
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84
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480 686
CORONER
John M. Wallace.
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138
85
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74 242
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Daniel W. Sheek
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COUNTY ASSESSOR
Augustus D. Sullivan __
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145
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187 111
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COMM'R 1st DIS.
Wm. C. H. Coleman.
169
76
121
139
134
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186
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101 155
181 1414
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COMM'R 3d DIS.
George W. Wild.
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212
253
211
155
184
221
104
198 254
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Chauncey J. Powell
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Chamron C. Hughes
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William B. Jennings
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Livy A. Young.
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George B. Yount.
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John C. Weddle
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John B. Duckworth
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James H. Kennedy
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Jarvis A. Alexander
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18
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SURVEYOR
Carl Jolliffe
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David F. Watson ..
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William M. Perry
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OFFICIAL VOTE Democratic primary election, April 5, 1912.
Clark.
Pleasant
White River.
Union.
Hensley.
Nineveh.
Blue River.
Needham.
Franklin.
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CANDIDATES JUDGE
George I. White.
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53 74
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William E. Deupree.
69
87
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78
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PROSECUTOR
Benton Schrougham 42
John P. Wright.
82
91 139
77 121 127 138 59
26 79 113 137
96 124 1409 391
REPRESENTATIVE
Henry E. Lochry.
91 120 113
36
48
75
59
96 128 105
75
36
79
43
87
45
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TREASURER
George W. Heck.
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17
30
19
13
23
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55
31
20
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51
38
40
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Harry Bridges
43
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61 102 15
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784 339
203
John A. Robards
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SHERIFF
Ozais E. Vandivier. 120 180 169 100 165 225 231 168 74 184 152 183 129 185 2265
CORONER
Daniel W. Sheek. 113 165 156 92 142 199 209 150 54 152 133 167 125 165 2022
. SURVEYOR
John E. Jolliffe.
31
47 84
95 107 116
80 126 146 118 73
28 100 103 154 100 131 1477 526
COMM'R, 2d DIST.
Francis P. Clark.
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24
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21
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20 53
13 31
29 99
16 29
40 30
21 24
35 26
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Thomas E. Norton
66 117 135 100 145 1303 534
COMM'R, 3d DIST.
Milo A. Clore_
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47
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99 99
49 70
25 24
55 93
53 70
94 52
59 52
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Samuel G. Henry.
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Isaac W. Bowden.
26
58 103
19
15
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44
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33
39
9 22
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173 495
Total vote polled.
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Thomas W. Craven.
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Edward G. Brewer
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72 45
12 93
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99 39
52 13
87 26
21 11
14
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88 150 1341 694
William J. Buckingham.
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35 56 110 117 122
56 120
51 65
41 74 1018
92 126 1365 390
Tillas A. Burgett
John B. Duckworth.
Ben Allen Vandivier.
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Wm. Harvey Harrell.
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BIOGRAPHICAL
ROBERT A. ALEXANDER.
Holding eminent prestige among the successful business men of his com- munity, the subject of this review has had much to do in advancing the material interests of Franklin, Johnson county, Indiana, and making it one of the important commercial centers of this section of the state. The study of such a life cannot fail of interest and incentive, for he has been not only distinctively representative in his spheres of endeavor, but has established a reputation for integrity and honor. Though not now actively identified with business pursuits, he is still numbered among the substantial and worthy citi- zens of his community and none more than he deserves representation in a work of the character of the one in hand.
Robert A. Alexander is a son of George and - (Farnsworth) Alexander, and was born in 1833, on the paternal farmstead in Franklin township, two miles south of the city of Franklin. George Alexander was a native of Tennessee and came to Johnson county, Indiana, about 1831, en- tering a tract of land near the Tennessee church, south of Franklin. There he carried on agricultural pursuits until his death, which occurred in 1873. He was an active member of the Shiloh church and stood high in the com- munity. To him and his wife were born nine children.
Robert A. Alexander has spent practically his entire life in Franklin township, where he was successfully engaged in a number of important en- terprises up to the time of his retirement from active business life, a few years ago. He received his education in the common schools of his native township and remained on the home farm until twenty-five years old, when he came to Franklin and entered the employ of an uncle, who was engaged in the hardware business, in which Mr. Alexander eventually bought an interest. He was thus engaged for a period of twenty-five years, and through his sound business methods, strict integrity and undeviating attention to his affairs, met with a very gratifying success. Mr. Alexander became identified with the financial interests of Franklin, having been for a number of years vice-
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president of the Franklin National Bank, while for three years, 1906 to 1908, he was president of the Citizens National Bank, being succeeded in the latter position by his son, Arthur A. He also assisted in the organization and ever since, or a period of twenty years, he has been a director of the Mutual Building and Loan Association. He is now retired from active participation in business affairs and is enjoying that rest which former years of successful activity so richly entitled him to. For half a century Mr. Alexander has been a member of and a liberal contributor to the Presby- terian church, and for a number of years he was a member of the board of trustees of Franklin College, in the welfare of which he has always taken a deep interest. To him and his wife were bom two children, Arthur A., and Clara, who died in 1892, the wife of Rev. T. N. Todd, a Presbyterian minis- ter.
Arthur A. Alexander was born on July 1, 1870, in Franklin, and his early education was secured in the public schools, which he supplemented by attendance at Franklin College, where he graduated with the class of 1890. Thereafter for several years he was secretary of the Franklin Canning Com- pany, which he helped to organize and with which he was connected in an official capacity for eight years. In 1903 Mr. Alexander became vice-president of the Citizens National Bank of Franklin, and in 1909, on the retirement of his father, he became president of the institution, which is one of the most substantial and influential financial concerns in this section of the state. Mr. Alexander is also vice-president of the Franklin Building and Loan Association and in many ways is an important factor in the business life of the community. He has met with financial success commensurate with the energy and judg- ment displayed in his business transactions and occupies a commanding posi- tion among his fellow citizens. Having faith in the city of his residence, and believing that the past is but an earnest of still greater growth and more extensive business development, he has contributed his influence and material assistance to all laudable enterprises, at the same time endeavoring to realize within himself his highest ideal of earnest manhood and progressive citizen- ship.
An unswerving Republican, and deeply and actively interested in his party's success, Mr. Alexander has rendered efficient and appreciated service as a member of the county executive committee. Fraternally, he is a mem- ber of the Masonic order, in which he has attained to the rank of Knight Templar. He is an earnest member of the Presbyterian church, and in every way possible exhibits an interest in all things which tend to enhance the welfare of his fellows in any way.
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On December 18, 1902, Arthur A. Alexander was united in marriage to Rose Willis Tyner, the daughter of Richard Tyner, of Fairfield, Franklin county, this state. Mrs. Alexander is a lady of kindly impulses and gracious personality, who has long enjoyed a deserved popularity among her large circle of acquaintances.
HON. WILLIAM E. DEUPREE.
Indiana has always been distinguished for the high rank of her bench and bar. Perhaps none of the newer states can justly boast of abler jurists or attorneys. Many of them have been men of national fame, and among those whose lives have been passed on a quieter plane there is scarcely a town or city in the state but that can boast of one or more lawyers capable of cross- ing swords in forensic combat with many of the distinguished legal lights of the country. While the growth and development of the state in the last half century has been most marvelous, viewed from any standpoint, yet of no one class of her citizenship has she greater reason for just pride than her judges and attorneys. In Judge Deupree are found united many of the rare quali- ties which go to make the successful lawyer and jurist. He possesses per- haps few of those brilliant, dazzling meteoric qualities which have sometimes flashed along the legal horizon, riveting the gaze and blinding the vision for the moment, then disappearing, leaving little or no trace behind; but rather has those solid and more substantial qualities which shine with a constant lus- ter, shedding light in the dark places with steadiness and continuity.
William E. Deupree, judge of the eighth judicial circuit, comprising Johnson and Brown counties, was born on March 2, 1864, in Blue River township, Johnson county, Indiana. According to tradition, apparently re- liable, the Deupree family is descended from old French Huguenot stock of northern France, where the family was wealthy and influential. However, at the time of the religious persecutions in that country, all the members of the family were massacred excepting two brothers, who escaped and eventually came to America, one settling in Virginia and the other in New Orleans. A descendant of the Virginia branch was William Deupree, who became a large land owner and slave holder and a prominent man in his community. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war and lived to an advanced age, his death occurring in 1850. His son, Thomas J. Deupree, moved to Hardin county, Kentucky, and in 1820 came to Indiana, purchasing 'a tract of land in Shelby
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county, near Edinburg, where he lived until his death, which was caused by drowning in the Muscakitonk river, near Seymour. He married a Miss Hatchett and to them were born the following children: William, Abraham C., Matthew, Edwin, Parthena and two other daughters. This generation of the family were noted for their strong abolition sentiments. Of the above children, Abraham C. Deupree, grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was born in Kentucky, but was reared in Indiana, having been brought by his par- ents to this state when but nine years old. He was ordained to the ministry of the Christian church at Edinburg and was a powerful influence for good wherever he went. In 1850 he came to Johnson county, where he remained until his death, which occurred in 1876, at the age of sixty-six years. He fol- lowed agricultural pursuits and became an extensive land owner. He married Hannah Carter, who was born in New Jersey in 1813, came to Bartholomew county in an early day with her parents, and her death occurred in 1903. To Abraham and Hannah Deupree were born six children, four sons and two daughters. On the maternal side, Judge Deupree is descended from William and Ellyza (Shipp) Sanders, the father of the former having been a pioneer settler of Johnson county, where he operated an extensive farm, reared a large family, and lived to a good old age. William Sanders continued to live on the same farm which he purchased at about the time of his marriage, and there he reared a family of nine children. His wife, Ellyza, died in 1862, and he later married Margaret Barker. Among his children was Susan, the sub- ject's mother, who became the wife of Daniel C. Deupree, son of Abraham and Hannah Deupree. Daniel C. was born in Shelby county, Indiana, April 27, 1838, and in 1850, at the age of twelve years, he came to Johnson county, where he remained until 1873, when he returned to Shelby county. While living in Johnson county he married Susan Sanders, whose death occurred in. April, 1866, and to them was born one child, William E., the subject of this sketch. Later, Daniel C. Deupree married Anna Walker, and eight children were born to this union, one of whom died in infancy. The others were Hannah, who became the wife of Charles Thomas; Ella; Jesse; John; Ara- minta, the wife of John Stainbrook; Orpha and Elijah.
William E. Deupree was reared on the Shelby county farm of his father's and received his education in the public schools of Johnson county. His first independent employment was as a school teacher, but, having decided upon the profession of law, he began its study under the direction of John C. Orr, at Columbus, Indiana, and in February, 1887, he was admitted to the bar of Bartholomew county. In the following month he opened an office at Edin-
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burg, where he remained for six years, during which period he earned a splen- did reputation as a lawyer of ability and successful in the practice. On March 1, 1893, he came to Franklin and entered into a professional partnership with W. C. Thompson, which, however, was dissolved on June Ist of the follow- ing year. He was then alone in the practice until September 1, 1897, when he formed a partnership with L. Ert Slack, an association of unusual strength and popularity, which lasted until November 1, 1906, when Mr. Deupree was elected to the bench of the eighth judicial circuit. In the active practice Mr. Deupree stood admittedly in the front rank of his profession in this county, being one of the most successful lawyers before the local bar. In his present exalted position his career has been all that his previous record promised. His qualifications for the office of judge are unquestionable. First of all, he has the integrity of character, and then he possesses the natural ability and es- sential requirements, the acumen of the judicial temperament. He is able to divest himself of prejudice or favoritism and consider only the legal aspects of a question submitted. No labor is too great, however onerous; no applica- tion too exacting, however severe, if necessary to the complete understanding and correct determination of a question. These are, indeed, words of high praise, but the encomium is justified in every particular, for the Judge has proved him a distinct man in all the term implies, and its implication is wide. His career on the bench and at the bar offers a noble example and an inspira- tion, while he has never been known to fail in that strict courtesy and regard for professional ethics which should ever characterize the members of the bar, his career reflecting credit upon the judiciary and dignifying the profession to which he belongs.
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Judge Deupree has long been active in political affairs, having served six years as deputy prosecuting attorney, while for six years the firm of Deupree & Slack served as county attorneys. Active in the ranks of the Democratic party, he served eight years as chairman of the county central committee and for two years as a member of the state executive committee of his party, while in 1900 he was a delegate to the Democratic national convention, which met at Kansas City. He is a good reader of men and is sagacious and far-sighted in his political judgment, so that his counsel and advice has been held in high regard by his political associates.
Fraternally, Judge Deupree is an enthusiastic member of the Free and Accepted Masons, holding membership in Franklin Lodge No. 107; Franklin Chapter No. 65, Royal Arch Masons: Franklin Commandery No. 23, Knights Templar; Indianapolis Consistory, thirty-second degree, Scottish Rite: and
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Murat Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is also a member of Hes- perian Lodge, Knights of Pythias, at Franklin, and to Johnson Lodge No. 76, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and Encampment No. 40. In the last-named order the Judge has passed through the principal chairs of both subordinate lodge and encampment and is now a member of the grand lodge of the state, and for a number of years has served as district deputy grand master for Johnson county. Religiously, he and his wife are earnest members of the Christian church at Franklin, to which they give earnest support.
On January 12, 1889, William E. Deupree was married to Ada M. Pruitt, the daughter of Alexandria and'Sarah A. (Miller) Pruitt, and to them have been born five children, namely: Hazel; Grace, who died at the age of ten years; Ada, who died in infancy; Ralph and William Ert.
Personally, Judge Deupree is genial and easily approached, possessing to a marked degree those qualities which win friends and make a pleasing com- panion. He has always stoood ready to identify himself with his fellow citi- zens in any good work and extend a co-operative hand to advance any measure that is calculated to better the conditions of things in the community.
LUTHER SHORT.
A review of the life of the honored subject of this review must of necessity be brief and general in its character. To enter fully into the inter- esting details of the career of Luther Short, touching the struggles of his early manhood and the successes of his later years would far transcend the limits of this article. He has filled a large place in the ranks of the public- spirited citizens, successful lawyers and newspaper men of his day, and that he has done his part well cannot be gainsaid, for his record has been such as has gained for him the commendation and approval of his fellows. His career has been a long, busy and useful one and he has contributed much to the material, civic and moral advancement of the community, while his admira- ble qualities of head and heart and the straightforward, upright course of his daily life has won for him the esteem and confidence of the circles in which he has moved.
Luther Short is descended from a long line of sterling ancestry in both paternal and maternal lines and he has added prestige to the name so honora- bly borne by his forebears. His paternal great-grandfather, John Short, was born in the Shenandoah valley, Virginia, in 1756, and in young manhood
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moved to Russell county, that state, where he lived until the fall of 1802, when he moved to the vicinity of Somerset, Pulaski county, Kentucky, and later came to Indiana, where his death occurred. He was a soldier of the Revolutionary war. His son, Wesley Short, grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was born on December 20, 1780, in Russell county, Virginia, where, in the spring of 1802, shortly before the removal of the family to Ken- tucky, he was married to Rebecca Owen. He was a man of high moral character and marked intellectuality and, as one of the pioneer ministers of the Disciple, or Christian church, he held a prominent place in that denomina- tion at the time of his death. His son, and the subject's father, Milton Short, first saw the light of day in Pulaski county, Kentucky, on May 18, 1807. He lived there until in March, 1818, when he moved to Indiana, in which state he remained about ten years, returning to his native state in the fall of 1828. He engaged in teaching school, and later became a farmer, which pursuit he followed until 1836, when he again moved to Indiana, locating at Springville, Lawrence county, where he bought a tract of land adjoining the town. Soon afterwards he entered college and prepared himself for the practice of medi- cine, to which he devoted himself until 1854, when he engaged in the mercan- tile business, which commanded his attention for a number of years. In 1868 he left Lawrence county, but, after making several moves, he returned to Fayetteville, where he lived until his death, which occurred on April 27, 1887.
On January 8, 1829, Milton Short married Mary Tate, the daughter of Robert and Winnie (Atkinson) Tate, and to them were born eight children, an equal number of boys and girls. The mother of these children died on December 13, 1864. She was descended from John ,Tate, a native of the state of Virginia, where he spent his entire life, and where his son, Robert, was born on July 3, 1768. The latter was married to Winnie Atkinson about 1807, and to them, on December 5, 1811, was born a daughter, Mary, who became the wife of Milton Short.
Luther Short lived in Lawrence county, Indiana, until sixteen years old, spending a portion of his time in work on his father's farm and securing his education in the public schools of the neighborhood. In 1861, his patriotic spirit aroused by the sanguinary assaults on his country's flag in the South- land, he enlisted in Company F, Forty-third Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, with which command he served three years and two months, taking part in many of the most noted and hotly contested battles of that great struggle. He proved a faithful soldier and during a part of the period he served as a non-commissioned officer. Upon receiving his honorable dis-
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charge, in October, 1864, he returned to his home and engaged in the mer- cantile business until the fall of 1866. In September of that year he began his education by one year's attendance at the Northwestern Christian Univer- sity, now Butler College, at Indianapolis. In the spring of 1868 he entered Asbury (now DePauw) University, at Greencastle, Indiana, and from there went to the State University, at Bloomington, where he was graduated in 1869, with a class of thirty-one. In the fall of the same year Mr. Short entered the law department of the University of Michigan, graduating there in 1871. During the summers of 1870 and 1871 he was employed as general manager of the agricultural implement house of J. Braden, at Indianapolis. Upon the completion of his studies, Mr. Short located at Little Rock, Arkan- sas, where he was actively engaged in the practice of law until April, 1874, when he returned to Indiana, locating at Franklin, Johnson county, which has since been his home. In January of the following year he was appointed deputy prosecuting attorney under Prosecutor W. S. Ray. In June, 1879, he formed a partnership with George E. Finney and on the Ist of July they purchased the Herald-Democrat, changing its name to the Democrat, which they ran until March 29, 1880, when Mr. Short purchased his partner's in- terest, and thereafter for a number of years he successfully conducted the newspaper, which became one of the most popular and influential of local newspapers. On September 23, 1893, Mr. Short was appointed consul- general to Constantinople, where his services were of such character as to win for him the commendation of his government. Of recent years Mr. Short has not taken a very active part in public affairs, but is quietly enjoying the fruits of his former years of earnest endeavor.
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