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Roll of Honor .- The following is a roll of honor, as taken from the adjutant general's report for the state, and as that work con- tains many errors, it can hardly be hoped that this roll is free from mistakes. The list given comprises only the privates who died either from wounds or otherwise before receiving a final discharge. It
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doubtless contains many errors and omissions, but is the best that can be obtained at this time:
Seventh Regiment, Company F.
Daniels, Martin V., killed at North Anna River, May 25, 1864. Featherngill, James, died at Beverly, Va., December 19, 1861. Mullikin Joseph, died at Cumberland, Md., February 27, 1862. Pritchard, Daniel W., killed at Winchester, March 23, 1863.
Adams, Elisha, died at Franklin, Ind., June 30, 1862.
Decoursey, Joel. died at Cumberland, Md., January 13, 1862. Dragoo, Belteshazzar, killed at North Anna River, May 25, 1864. Fisher, James M., died at Washington, July 3, 1864.
Good, Francis M., died at Alexandria, July 16, 1864.
Hendrix, Alban, died at Cumberland, February 11, 1862.
Hill, Thomas, died at Franklin, Ind., January 14, 1862.
Knowlton, Theophilus, killed at Spottsylvania Court House, May IO. 1864.
Low, David B., killed at Wilderness, May 5, 1864. Richardson, Lewis, killed at Wilderness, May 5, 1864.
Saunders, Peter, died at Indianapolis, September 12, 1861. Snediker, William H., died at Elkwater, Va., November 14, 1861.
Swarr, Henry F., killed at Port Republic, June 9, 1862.
Thompson, William, killed at Petersburg, June 23, 1864.
Tucker, Jackson, died at Portsmouth Grove, of wounds received July 29. 1864.
Langston, Sylvester, killed at Wilderness, May 5, 1864.
Payton, John W., died May IS, 1864, of wounds received at Wild- erness.
Voorhees, Daniel L., died at Alexandria, August 1, 1864.
Seventeenth Regiment, Company D.
Phelps, James L., died April 25, 1865, of wounds received at Selma.
Voorhees, John, died at Bardstown, December 24, 1864.
Williams, Flemin, died at Nashville, February, 1864.
Eighteenth Regiment, Company I.
Crawford, Williams S., killed at Winchester, September 19, 1864. Wells, Henry E., killed at Cedar Creek, October 19, 1864.
Terhune, Benjamin, killed at Winchester, September 19, 1864 ..
Nineteenth Regiment, Company H.
Furgason, James, killed at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863. Smalley, John W., died September 15, 1861.
Beshears, Andrew, killed at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863.
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Bills, James, died August 1, 1861.
Bryant, Albert, killed at Wilderness, May 5, 1864.
Cain, John, died September 15, 1861.
Clark, Argus B., killed at South Mountain, September 14, 1862.
Cobb, Sidney, died October 8, 1862, of wounds received at Gains- ville.
Dyson, Thomas II., killed at Antietam, September 17, 1862.
Glenn, John II., died August 15, 1861.
Gray, Jeduthan, died October 11, 1862, wounds received at Antie- tam.
Green, David, absent since April, 1863, supposed dead.
Hammack, William, killed at South Mountain, September 14, 1862. IIillman, Joseph, died July 1, 1862.
Laymon, William, died October II, 1862, of wounds received at South Mountain.
Lowrey, Thomas, died September 11, 1862, of wounds received at South Mountain.
Patton, Samuel, died September 11, IS62, of wounds received at South Mountain.
Pennick, Fletcher, killed at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863.
Rich, Henry C., killed September 17, 1862, at Antietam.
Ruddick, Owen, died September 17, 1862, of wounds received at South Mountain.
Sparks, Amos II., killed at Laurel Hill, May, 1864.
Sparks, Philip, died September 24, 1862, of wounds received at Gainsville.
Walker, Ambrose, died July 23, 1861.
Warder, Martin V., killed at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863.
Wheeler, John, died August 15, 1861.
Twentieth Regiment, Company G.
Demaree, Robert B., died December 22, 1864.
Demaree, Amzi T., died in rebel prison.
Hamilton, Peter L., died in rebel prison, September, 1864.
Kingfield, Hamilton, died in rebel prison.
List, Peter D., died in rebel prison.
Twenty-first Regiment, Company M.
Smock, Simon V., died at home, October 3, 1864.
Kinney, Cornelius, died August 10, 1864, on steamer Empress.
Stivers, George W., died October 14, 1864, at New Orleans.
Twenty-second Regiment, Company K.
Starling, Jesse, died at Louisville, June 25, 1865.
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Twenty-sixth Regiment, Company D.
Foster, James W., died at Port Hudson, August 6, 1863. James, William, died at Otterville, Mo., March 9, 1862. Lamkin, William, killed at Prairie Grove, December 7, 1862. Mullins, Archibald, killed near Glasgow, September 19, 1861. Pherson, Robert T., died at Tipton, Mo., November 25, 1861.
Twenty-sixth Regiment, Company E.
Myers, William S., left sick at Lewisburg, Mo., supposed dead.
Fifty-first Regiment, Company C.
Elburn, Thomas, died March 4, 1863.
Fifty-first Regiment, Company D.
Snow, James F., died at Nashville, November 1, 1862.
Fifty-first Regiment, Company F. Hord, Willis, died at Pittsburg Landing, April 16, 1862.
Fifty-first Regiment, Company I. Hamilton, John W., died at Greenwood in 1862.
Seventieth Regiment, Company B.
Wood, Maford, died at Sandersville, February 21, 1863. Beeson, William H., died at Cassville, Ga., June, 186.4.
Seventieth Regiment, Company H.
Deer, Thomas H., died August 14, 186.4, of wounds.
Anderson, Lewis, died at Murfreesboro, July 27, 1863.
Burnet, Levi, died at Hilton Head, S. C., February 14, 1865.
Adams, Benjamin N., killed at Resacca, May 15, 1864.
Adams, Bethuel, died at Sandersville, Tenn., January 17, 1863.
Brown, Benjamin F., died May 15, 1864, of wounds received at Resacca.
Coleman, Jerry M., died at Nashville, July 7, 1864.
Curry, Tisdale, died at Bowling Green, Ky., December 25, 1862. Dawden, Christopher, died at Sandersville, Tenn., January 27, 1863. Hinkle, James II., died of wounds received at Resacca, Ga., May 15, 1864.
Mappin, Thomas C., died of wounds received at Resacca, Ga., May 14, 1864.
McAllister, Tipton, died at Scottsville, Ky., November 18, 1862.
Mitchell, Samuel, killed at Resacca, Ga., May 15, 1864.
Parmer, George N., died at Nashville, Tenn., November 9, 1863. Patterson, Samuel, killed at Resacca, Ga., May 15, 1864.
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Combs, William C., died of wounds received at Kenesaw, June 19, 1864. Irwin, Benjamin II., died of wounds received at Marietta, Ga., July 2, 1864.
Seventy-ninth Regiment, Company E.
Nicely, Michael, killed at Chickamauga, September 19, IS63. Wilbier, Thomas C., killed at Marietta, Ga., June 23, 1864.
Seventy-ninth Regiment, Company F.
Chapman, James S. M., died February 28, 1863, of wounds re- ceived at Stone River.
Dean. Joseph, died at Nashville, February 15, 1863.
Mathews, Jacob, died at Murfreesboro, March 31, 1863.
Seventy-ninth Regiment, Company I.
Moffat, Henry B., died at Nashville, Tenn., December 25, 1862. Anderson, George W., died at Knoxville, Tenn., March 25, 1864. Bennett, Joseph P., died December IS, 1862.
Bryant, Pearson, died at Murfreesboro, Tenn., April 13, 1863.
Bridges, Benjamin, died at Nashville, Tenn., January 11, 1863.
Bennett, John, died at Nashville, Tenn., December 4, 1862.
Butler, Michael R., died at Chattanooga, Tenn .. December 9, 1863.
Byers, James, died at Nashville, Tenn., December 28, 1862.
Callon, William A., died January 23, 1863.
Coy, John, died at Nashville, Tenn., January 3, 1863.
Dodd, Tilman, died (date and place unknown).
Fitzpatrick, George W., died at Nashville, Tenn., December 23, IS63.
Holecraft, Edmond. killed at Kenesaw, June 23, 1864.
Johnson, Preston, died at Kansas, Ind., December 6, 1862.
McKain, William, died January 10, 1863.
Neidy, William, died at Nashville, Tenn., December 31, 1862.
Robinson, Alexander, killed at Pickett's Mills, May 27, 1864. Roberts, John R., died at Nashville, Tenn., December 26, 1862. Shultz, William, died at Nashville, Tenn., January 29, 1863. Shoonmeyer, Philip, died at Nashville, Tenn., January 5, 1863. Tully, Thomas C., died at Nashville, Tenn., December 17: 1862.
Tyler, Thomas M., died at Nashville, Tenn., March 9, 1863.
Tyler, William A., died at Nashville, Tenn., January 8, 1863. Vaught, Harrison, died at Chattanooga, Tenn., November 11, 1863. Watson, David M., died at Nashville, Tenn., December 25, 1862. Wheatley, Charles H., died at McMinnville, July 31, 1863.
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Fifth Cavalry (Ninetieth Rigiment), Company F.
Hodge, Moses J., died in Andersonville prison, July 2, 1864. Hall, William D., died at Lexington, Ky., April 28, 1864. Hearne, John, died in Andersonville prison, August 17, 1864. Mack, Andrew J., died in prison at Florence, S. C., November 6, IS64.
Ninety-third Regiment, Company E.
Harp, William M., died at Louisville, Ky., February 17, 1865. Kiskey, Samuel, died in Andersonville prison, November 17, 1864. Thomas, James A., died at Florence, S. C., October 21, 1864. One Hundredth Regiment, Company K.
Robinson, Henry, died at Marietta, Ga., August 10, 1864.
Ninth Cavalry ( One Hundred and Twenty-first Regiment), Con- fany H.
Bell, James, lost on Sultana, April 27, 1865.
Calvin, Thomas, died March S, 1864.
Calvin, John W., died at Vicksburg, Miss., May 12, 1865.
Morris, George W., died at home, April 2, 1865.
Ninth Cavalry ( Twenty-first Regiment), Company L. Stout, Joseph, died at Pulaski, Tenn., July 21, 1864.
One Hundred and Forty-eighth Regiment, Company D.
Fulk, John A., died at Nashville, Tenn., March 23, I865.
Stafford, Lorenzo D., died at Pulaski, Tenn., April 1, 1865.
One Hundred and Forty-eighth Regiment, Company E. Park, Daniel B., died at home, March S, 1865.
One Hundred and Forty-eighth Regiment, Company K. Harper, William F., died at Pulaski, Tenn., July 22, 1865.
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BENJAMIN F. BARNETT, a farmer of Nineveh Township, was born July 8, 1842, son of Ambrose and Sopronia (Riggs) Barnett. The father was a native of Bourbon County, Ky., born July 24, 1809, of Scotch descent, and died May 20, 1885. The mother is a native of New York, of Scotch descent, born January 23, 1817, and is now living. Our subject was reared on a farm in Johnson County until eleven years old. He then went to Hamilton County,
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Ind., where he remained until twenty-one years of age; then to Johnson County, where he now lives. He received a good com- mon school education, and at the age of twenty-one years he be- gan life for himself by teaching in the country schools. He taught four winter terms. He then gave up teaching and began farming, which he has continued since. August 18, 1864, he was united in marriage with Mary E. Middleton, a daughter of Arthur and Eliza (Smith) Middleton, both natives of Ireland. To this union the following children have been born: Ida E., July 2, 1865: Cora F., August 31, 1866; Dilla A., March 28, 1868; Maggie J., De- cember 16, 1869; Deochia A., September 12, 1871: Wilson H., June 2, 1873; Myrtle V., March 31, 1875; Daisy E., July 30, 1877; Mamia S., June 6, 1879; Catharine M., May II, ISSI, and Thomas F., November 10, 1883. The mother of these children was born October 4, 1842. He and wife are members of the Christian Church. He was a Granger during the continuance of the order. In politics, he was a democrat until 1876, when he be- came identified with the greenback party. He now owns 115 acres of fine land in Nineveh Township, which is well improved.
GEORGE BOTSFORD, a farmer of Nineveh Township, was born April 27, 1853, son of George and Louisa (Parmerlee) Botsford. The father was a native of Connecticut, and was born September 8, 1804. He departed this life November 9, 1858. The mother, also a native of Connecticut, was born December 25, 1810, and died February 8, 1885. Our subject was reared on a farm in Johnson County. He received a good common school education, and at the age of twenty-one years he began the struggle of life for himself. He first accepted a clerkship with Dunlap Brothers at Franklin, where he remained a short time, and then began the carriage-making trade in 1874, serving an apprenticeship with A. N. Carnine, where he remained three years, with the exception of one winter, when he returned home to attend school. He then accepted a position as deputy sheriff, under James H. Pudney, where he remained four years. He then went to Bloomington, this state, where he conducted a photograph gallery for about six months, after which he traveled in the south and west about six months. He then returned to his home in Johnson County, where he was united in marriage with Gertrude Redman, on December 29, ISSO. She is a daughter of George L. and Lina (Richardson) Redman, both natives of Kentucky, of Dutch descent. This union was blessed with the following children: Leonard J. (deceased), born October 12, 1881 ; Eliza, August 10, 1883; Elsa, February 22, 1888. The mother of these children was born June 25, 1859. She is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church. In politics, Mr.
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Botsford is a democrat, casting his first presidential vote for Tilden and Hendricks. He now owns a nice home of eighty-eight acres, being the old homestead farm of his father. He and family are among the first families of Nineveh Township.
SCOTT L. BRIDGES is a farmer and stock-raiser of Nineveh Township, born March 5, 1854, a son of George T. and Lydia A. (Pefly) Bridges, whose biographies appear elsewhere in this work. Our subject was reared on his father's farm in Franklin Township, and received a common school education. Ilis vocation has always been farming. September 23, 1876, he was united in marriage with Mary E. Kennedy, a daughter of John and Martha (McQuinn) Kennedy: the father a native of this state, of English descent. Ilis parents went from Virginia to Tennessee, and from there to In- diana about the beginning of the eighteenth century; the mother was a native of Kentucky, of English descent. This union was blessed with the following children: William T., Evert L., George R. and Ida May. The mother of these children was born December 22, 1856. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. lodge, No. ISI, at Trafalgar, Ind. Ile and wife are members of the Christian Church. In politics, he is a democrat, casting his first presidential ballot for Tilden and Hendricks. He now owns a beautiful farm of 160 acres near Trafalgar. He and William A. Bridges own a feed mill which they now have in operation at the latter's place.
DANIEL BRITTON, one of the successful business men of Will- iamsburg, was born in Greene County, Tenn., January 7, 1833, son of Thomas and Malinda (Cradick) Britton, both natives of Tennessee : the father was born about 1809, of Scotch-Irish descent, and died about 1879; the mother was born about ISII, and died about IS40. Our subject's boyhood and youth were spent on a farm in Tennessee. He received a good common school education, and served an apprenticeship at the blacksmith's trade, which vocation he followed for a number of years. At the age of twenty-one years he began life for himself, his occupation being blacksmithing. May 25, 1853, he married Elizabeth K. Murphey, a daughter of William and Jemima (Stuart) Murphey, both born in Virginia; the father was of Irish, and the mother of English, descent. This union was blessed with the following children: William F., born Febru- ary 14, 1854: Mary J., November, 1855; Emma M., May 8, 1857, deceased: Thomas D., October 27, 1861. William was united in marriage, with Mattie McCaffray, October 24, 1877. Mary J., was married to William Wheatley, May 14, 1873. Thomas D. was united in marriage with " China " Keaton, September 6, 1881. The mother was born May 25, 1834. In the late war our
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subject, lived in the south, and took sides with the Confederate States; he enlisted in Company A, Sixty-first Tennessee, and en- tered the war as a private, but soon became a lieutenant, which office he held until he surrendered with Gen. Joe E. Johnston. at Abbington, Va., and was paroled at Louisa, Ky., in 1865. He and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics, he is a democrat, casting his first presidential vote for Buchanan. He was tax collector in Tennessee for four years, and after he came to Indiana in 1865, he was elected justice of the peace by a large majority, having received a large republican vote. He owns fifty-four acres of good land, and six town lots in Williamsburg, which are all improved except one. He is recognized as one of the live and wide-awake business men of the town, having a half- interest in a saw-mill, half-interest in tile factory, at Williamsburg, and a half-interest in a tile factory at Trafalgar. He is now post- master at Williamsburg, known as Nineveh postoffice, to which he was appointed by President Cleveland, April I, ISSS. He is a Roval Arch Mason.
ANDREW J. BURKHART, a farmer of Nineveh Township, was born in Nineveh Township, October 12, 1828, a son of Henry and Elizabeth (Knapp) Burkhart. The former was born about 1791, and died 1853; the latter was born in ISor, and is still living. Our subject's boyhood was spent on a farm in Nineveh Township. He received a common school education, and began life for himself at the age of twenty-five years, but had the responsibility of his mother's family after he was ten years of age. His occupation has always been that of a farmer. December 23, 1853, he was united in marriage to Ursula Stevens, a daughter of David and Eliza (Martin) Stevens, both natives of Kentucky. To this union the following children were born: Millard, Mary C., Lottie and Eliza- beth. The mother of these children was born in 1835. Ile and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In pol- itics, he is a democrat, casting his first presidential vote for Pierce. He now owns 100 acres of fine farming land in Nineveh Town- ship.
PRETTYMAN M. BURTON, deceased, was one of the pioneer settlers of Nineveh Township, born November 30, 1790, and de- parted this life April 14, 1886. He was reared on a farm in Tennes- see, where he received a common school education. At the age of twenty years he began life for himself as a farmer. He was a soldier in the War of 1812. He left to his widow fifty acres of fine land. She also draws a pension of $12 per month. He was a member of the old-school Baptist Church. His wife, Mrs. Pauline Bills, is a daughter of William and Sarah (Tucker) Woodruff, the
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father a native of Ohio, of Dutch-English descent, born in 1779, and died in 1874; the mother of Scotch-Irish descent, born 1794, and died in 1887. Mrs. Burton, the wife of our subject, was born January 1, 1825. Her first husband was Thomas T. Bills, son of Thomas and D. A. Bills, both natives of New Jersey. Mr. Bills was a soldier in the late war. He enlisted in Company H, Fifty-fourth Regiment Indiana Volunteers. He served about six months, when he was taken sick, and died on his way home. This union was blessed with the following children: William T. Bills, born July 12, 1848; Abraham, May 2, 1850: Joab, May 8, 1852; Absalom, February 1, 1855; Sarah Jane, July 4, 1857; Harriet Ann, September 10, 1859. This husband left to his wife about twenty acres of land. She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. She is well respected by all who know her.
JOHN W. CALVIN, a young man of Nineveh Township, was born in Brown County, Ind., March 16, 1852, son of John and Sarah ( Conn) Calvin. Ilis father was born in Brown County, Ohio, February 19, 1823, of Irish descent, and died in Brown County, Ind., October 30, 1870. He served through the Mexican War, and again in the War of the Rebellion. He was first lieu- tenant in the Eighty-second Regiment Indiana Volunteers, and fought in the battles of Missionary Ridge, Lookout Mountain, Chickamauga and Stone River. After two years' active service, during which time he was several times sent home as recruiting officer, he resigned on account of ill-health, and returned home. He was a member of the Masonic order, and a respected citizen. Mrs. Calvin was born October 15. 1827, and died July 9, 1865. Our subject was reared on a farm, and was left an orphan at the age of seventeen. After this he worked as a farm laborer, and acquired a good education. February 2, 1881, he was married to Miss Alice M. Mullendore. The issue of this marriage was as follows: Omer Thomas, born December 11, 1882: Ida Blanche, January 9, ISS3. The mother of these children was born
August 1, 1860. She was the daughter of Lewis and Harriet Mullendore, and died March 9, 1884. She was a lady posess- ing a most beautiful Christian character, embracing Christianity early in life. She was a dutiful wife, an affectionate mother, re- spected in society, and loved by all who knew her. She was a member of the Christian Church, at Nineveh. Mr. Calvin is a member of the Masonic order, and in politics is a democrat, and has twice been elected trustee of Nineveh Township. December 23, 1887, he was again married to Miss Mollie Hungate. The issue of this marriage has been one child: George Harlan. The mother of this child was born March 1, 1859, and is a daughter
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of Turner B. and IIarriet F. (Whitenack) Hungate. The father was born in Mercer County, Ky., July 28, 1827, of English descent ; and the mother was a native of Ireland, and was born October I, 1831. Mrs. Calvin is an educated and cultivated lady, and was a prominent teacher in the public schools of this county. She and her husband are members of the Christian Church, at Nineveh. Beginning as a farm laborer at the age of seventeen, he has made a record worthy of any man. A man of tireless energy and cease- less industry, he has accumulated a handsome competence, and is one of the rising young men of the county. He has a splendid farm of 120 acres, one and one-half miles east of Nineveh, upon which he resides, and to its cultivation he devotes his entire atten- tion.
GREEN BERRY COBB, a farmer, was born January 5, 1848, in Bartholomew County, Ind., and is a son of Wesley and Mary Jane (Walker) Cobb. The father was born in Madison County, Ky., November 16, 1824, of English descent, and died in Johnson County, Ind., August 20. 1883. He was a member of the Masonic order, and respected by all who knew him. The mother was born in Jennings County, Ind., of English descent. June 7, 1825, and died November 26, 1871. Our subject was reared on his father's farm in Bartholomew County, where he received a common school education, and began life as a farmer at the age of twenty-one years. August 12, 1869, he married Miss Leah Frances Gillespy. The children of this marriage were born as follows: Dillard, June 10, 1870; Eddie, January 14, 1873. The mother of these children was born December 22, 1851, a daughter of William Edy and Elizabeth Ann (White) Gillespy. The father was a native of Kentucky, and was born March 5, 1825, of Irish descent. The mother was a native of Indiana, and was born November 19, IS28. Mr. and Mrs. Cobb are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and are highly respected in society. Politically, Mr. Cobb is a democrat, casting his first presidential vote for Seymour and Blair. He has an excellent stock farm near Williamsburg, well stocked with animals of good breeding. Starting without a dollar of his own, he has gradually risen to a degree of independence creditable to any man. He is now living comfortably in Williams- burg, where he owns valuable property.
JOSEPH M. DRYBREAD, a native of Indiana, and one of the suc- cessful farmers of Nineveh Township, was born March 17, 1839. Ile is the son of William and Nancy (Charlton) Drybread. The father was born October 21, 1799, of German descent. Our sub- ject's grandfather, George Drybread, was of German descent, a native of Pennsylvania. In 1785, he removed from Pennsylvania
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to Kentucky, where he remained until 1798, then to Indiana terri- tory, and settled in what is now Dearborn County, where our sub- ject's father was born. The mother was a native of Ohio, born October 10, ISOS, and is a daughter of James and Mary ( Passomore ) Charlton. Our subject's parents were married in Hamilton County, Ohio, December 7, 1826. The father became a member of the Christian Church about six years before his death, which occurred April 29, 1885. The mother is still living on the old homestead in Bartholomew County. Our subject received a good common school education in the old log school-house. His youthful days were spent on his father's farm in his mother state. His occupa- tion has always been that of a farmer, and in connection with farming, he has given a great deal of his time to stock-raising and grazing. In August, 1862, he answered his country's call, and en- listed in Company I, Seventy-ninth Indiana Volunteer Regiment, and was with his regiment in all its battles until after the battle of Lookout Mountain, where he was taken sick and had to re- turn home, where he remained. October 17, 1866, he was united in marriage with Rebecca Wheatley, a daughter of Ezekiel and Mary (Cone) Wheatley; the father a native of Maryland, and the mother a native of Ohio. This union was blessed with two children: May, born August 22, 1867, and William N., July 27, 1870. The mother of these children was born June 1. 1850. He and his wife and daughter are members of the Christian Church. In politics, he is an ardent republican, casting his first presidential vote for Lincoln. He now owns Soo acres of fine land which is under a good state of cultivation.
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