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WATTS BOND, a prominent merchant. of the county at
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Oaktown, was the ninth in a family of ten children born to Joseph and Mary (Ashelman) Bond, both of whom were natives of Virginia. They both died when the subject of this sketch was very young, and he was reared to the age of manhood by his brother, Adam Bond. He secured a limited education. He be- gan farming for himself after leaving his brother, and continued successfully eight years. He then entered upon mercantile busi- ness, and has ever since been a successful merchant, carrying a full line of general merchandise, and controling the leading trade of the place. He transacts a business of probably $20,000 per year, and carries a 'stock of at least $8,000. He also owns 225 acres of land, and successfully manages it as a farm, which is under good improvement. His residence is in town, and is a large two-story frame building. Mr. Bond was married October 8, 1868, to Sallie E. Bratton, a native of Green County, Ohio. Politically he is a Democrat, and he is one of the prominent men of the county. He is a moral and upright man, and is highly respected by the entire community.
JOSEPH BOND may be mentioned as one of the prom- inent farmers of Busseron Township. He was born in Shenan- doah County, Va., March 30, 1830, and is the eldest of seven children born to Samuel and Eliza (Orndorff) Bond, both born and reared in the same county as our subject. They came to Knox County in 1834 and lived and died here. The father was born in 1811 and was three times married; the second time to Sarah McClure, in 1857, and the third time to Sarah J. Walker, in 1871. He was a farmer and died January 18, 1877. Our subject was seven years old when he came to this county. His boyhood days were spent on the farm and in attending to district schools. He remained with his parents until twenty-four years of age, when he began farming for himself and has ever since continued. He has been a very prosperous farmer of the county, and owns 591 acres of the very finest land of Shaker Prairie. He has a large two-story residence and convenient sur- roundings. October 12, 1854, he was married to Sarah J. Lat- shaw, a daughter of Robert Latshaw, one of the early settlers of the county. She was born December 19, 1831, in Sullivan County, Ind. Their marriage was blessed with seven children, two of
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whom died in infancy, and five are yet living: Robert F., born December 13, 1855; Samuel, born February 11, 1857, and died July 26, 1864; William H., born February 8, 1859; Eliza, born July 13, 1861, and died September 14, 1862; Martha L., born March 21, 1863; Dora E., born December 11, 1865, and Franklin T., born December 31, 1869. All the family but the youngest are members of the Christian Church. Mr. Bond is a Republican in politics, and is much respected and esteemed.
WILLIAM BOND, a leading citizen of Busseron Town- ship, is the second of a family of seven children, and was born March 2, 1832, in Virginia. He came with his parents, Samuel and Eliza (Orndorff) Bond, to Indiana when quite young, and spent his boyhood days on a farm and attending the common schools, where he secured an ordinary education. He resided under the paternal roof until twenty-two years of age, when he married, and has since followed the free and independent life of a farmer. He has met with flattering success in his undertakings and is now the owner of 450 acres of fertile land, well improved, with a good two-story frame residence. He deals extensively in live-stock, especially mules and horses. He is considered an excellent neighbor and farmer, and is a Republican in politics. November 20, 1853, he was married to Hester A. Summers, a native of the county, born October 1, 1835. To this union ten children were born, eight of whom are living: Samuel A., born March 1, 1855; Mary E., born June 19, 1857; Caleb H., born June 2, 1859; Leander H., born January 26, 1863; Edwin G., born March 16, 1865, and died September 8, 1869; Jesse T., born April 7, 1867; William W., born August 4, 1869, and died September 4, 1870; Murray W., born August 15, 1871, and Hes- ter J. and Lester J. (twins), born November 20, 1873. Mr. Bond, wife, and all but three children are members of the Chris- tian Church. Mrs. Bond's mother resides with her, and is over eighty-four years old.
ROBERT F. BOND is the eldest of a family of seven children born to Joseph and Sarah J. (Latshaw) Bond. He was born and reared on the farm where his father now lives, and was educated in the graded schools of the county. He resided with his parents until twenty-four years of age, when he married and located on
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his present farm. He has succeeded quite well, and now owns 120 acres in one tract and twenty-five acres in another. His home farm is well improved with a fine frame residence, command- ing an extensive view of Shaker Prairie. He was married, No- vember 2, 1879, to Mildred B. Asher, a native of Illinois. They had two children, viz .: Charles M., born July 20, 1880, and Effie E., born September 20, 1883. Mrs. Bond died November 17, 1883, and March 5, 1885, he was married to his present wife, Mollie Stamer, a native of Knox County, born December 21, 1858. Both are members of the Christian Church. Mr. Bond is a strong Republican, and is an energetic and prosperous young farmer.
WILLIAM G. BOWEN, farmer, was born on Shaker Prairie, Knox Co., Ind., March 8, 1852, and is one of nine children of William R. and Matilda (Sprinkle) Bowen. The father was born in Knoxville, Tenn., February 5, 1815, and the mother in Wyth- erville, Va., July 3, 1819. They were married in the mother's native State December 28, 1837. The father died August 13, 1866, and the mother November 15, 1865. Our subject lived on the home farm with an elder brother for a few years, and then went to Vincennes, where he attended school three years. After his return to the farm he worked until grown up, when he mar- ried and lived on the home farm for some time, and in 1879 moved to the farm where he now resides. He has succeeded quite well in his business ventures, and now owns sixty-five acres of well-improved land. July 15, 1875, he led to the hymenial altar Miss Florence J. Pugh, daughter of Dr. J. W. Pugh, whose sketch appears in this work. She was born January 24, 1855, and has borne her husband four children, three now living, viz .: Walter, born July 5, 1876, and died September 15, 1877; Will- iam H., born June 27, 1878; Margaret, born December 14, 1881, and Freddie, born July 2, 1884. Mr. Bowen is a Democrat in politics, and is respected as a moral and upright young farmer.
WILLIAM W. CULLOP, farmer, of Busseron Township, was born March 4, 1829, in Virginia. He was the third of eight chil- dren of Peter and Elizabeth (Fox) Cullop. The parents were born in Smith County, Va., in 1800 and 1802, respectively. After having a family of eight children they came to Knox Coun-
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ty, Ind., where they spent the remainder of their days. The . father died in 1863, and the mother March 25, 1885. Our sub- ject was reared to manhood on an Indiana farm, and secured a somewhat limited education. At the age of twenty-one he began working for himself, and two years later married and settled on his present farm. He owns 240 acres of land, and gave eighty acres to his son. His farm is well improved with a good frame residence. March 11, 1852, he married Jane M. Patterson, a native of Knox County, Ind., born May 29, 1834. Nine children were born to them, six of whom are living: William A., Thomas E., Mary E., Samuel, Fannie, Henry, Ella, James E. and Dolly. Mrs. Cullop died June 25, 1874. She was an earnest Christian worker in the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Cullop is a member of the I. O. O. F. and a Democrat in politics. His birth was on the first day of Andrew Jackson's administration, and he claims an uncompromising membership with that party. He was trustee of Busseron Township six and a half years, and filled the office acceptably and well.
CHARLES F. DRUMMOND, proprietor of the Drummond Hotel, at Oaktown, Ind., was born April 1, 1843, in Illinois, be- ing the second of six children of Charles E. and Catharine (Tar- water) Drummond. The father was born in Maine in 1815, where he remained until 1830, when he came to Knox County, Ind., and learned the blacksmith's trade. He then married and went to St. Louis, Mo. The mother was born near Knoxville, Tenn., in 1810, and came to Terre Haute, Ind., when a girl, thence to this county, where she married. They resided about five years in St. Louis and then returned to Indiana, where the father followed blacksmithing all his life. He died February 24, 1879. The mother died January 17, 1862. Charles F. was reared in Busseron Township, and his schooling was confined to the log schoolhouse of early days. At the age of eighteen he be- gan working for himself, and August 17, 1862, he enlisted in Company K, Fifty-first Indiana Volunteers, and was in the serv- ice nearly nine months. He received a wound in the foot which yet disables him, and for which he was discharged at Murfrees- boro, Tenn., April 6, 1863. He cultivated the soil for several years after his return, and then sold out and removed to Bicknell,
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where he kept a hotel two years. He then came to Oaktown and worked with his father until 1873, when he removed to and re- sided in French Lick Springs in Orange County for one year. He then returned to Oaktown, and after a residence of eight years moved to Shoals, Ind., but returned to Oaktown in 1884 and has since kept hotel and has been quite successful. He has accomo- dations for fifteen or twenty persons, and receives the trade of the traveling public. He keeps a first-class house, and in connec- tion with that works at the carpenter's trade to some extent. He was married, November 2, 1864, to Nancy Keith, a native of Ten- nesee. She died June 24, 1871, having borne three children, two living: Robert S. and William P. Robert is a telegraph op- erator and William is a farmer. Mr. Drummond was married to Lizzie Wilson May 17, 1874. They have two children: James E. and Lillie B. Both Mr. and Mrs. Drummond are members of the Christian Church, and he is a Democrat in politics.
CHARLES L. HAUGHTON, a prominent merchant of Oak- town, Knox Co., Ind., was born November 14, 1848, in Cambria, Niagara Co., N. Y., being the youngest of a family of six chil- dren of Hiram and. Elizabeth (Potter) Haughton, both natives of Courtland County, N. Y. The father was born in 1800, was a farmer, and lived and died in New York, his death occurring in 1862. The mother died in 1860, May 6, at the age of fifty-seven years. Our subject was reared to manhood in his native State, living on a farm till his father's death, when he entered a New York col- legiate institute, and secured in all a fair business education. For some time he was unsettled, and worked about in different avoca- tions. In 1868 he came West, and was in Minnesota, Iowa and other States. He engaged as a clerk for his brother at Oaktown in 1872, in which capacity he continued a time and then took an interest with his brother in general merchandising, and later es- tablished his present business in connection with a partner, who retired and left Mr. Haughton in the business, in which he has continued ever since very successfully, carrying a complete line of general merchandise, and also dealing in grain. In 1877 Mr. Haughton was united in marriage to Emma C. Pugh, daughter of Dr. John W. Pugh, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this vol- ume. Four children have blessed this union, two of whom have
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died and two are yet living: Daisy H. and Mary. He is a mem- ber of I. O. O. F, and F. and A. M. fraternities, being Past Grand in the former and Worshipful Master in the latter. Politically he has always been a zealous Democrat. He is one of the prominent young business men of the county, and is highly respected as an honorable and upright citizen of his town and Knox County.
BARNET LATSHAW, a well-to-do farmer of Busseron Township, is a son of Joseph and Sarah (Porter) Latshaw, and was born May 26, 1820, in Sullivan County, Ind. His parents were born, reared and married in Pennsylvania, and moved to Ohio, where they lived several years; thence to Vincennes, Ind., and there settled in Sullivan County, but returned to Knox County in 1835 and located on the farm where our subject now lives. The father was associate judge of the circuit court in Sul- livan County, and represented said county in the State Assembly in 1834. He died September 11, 1845. The mother died in 1863. Our subject received such education as could be obtained in his day. At the age of twenty-five he began tilling the soil on his own responsibility, and has followed that calling ever since, being one of the most successful farmers of the county. He owns over 500 acres of excellent land, about 300 acres being un- der cultivation. In 1874 he was married to Eliza (Martin) Latshaw, widow of James Latshaw. All her children by her first husband are dead. Her marriage with our subject has been blessed with five children, all living, viz .: Albert S., Sallie, Will- iam B., Hattie H. and Olga. Mrs. Latshaw is a member of the Christian Church. Politically he has always been a Democrat, and is one of the substantial farmers of Knox County.
JAMES S. MARTIN was born near where he now lives, Sep- tember 5, 1846. He is a son of William D. and Rachel (Threl- keld) Martin, and is the fourth of their five children. The father was born in Kentucky, in 1811, but was reared in Sullivan County, Ind. He was a well-to-do farmer, and in politics was a Whig, then a Republican. He died January 17, 1873. The mother was born in Knox County, Ind., in 1818, and died when our sub- ject was about two years old. Her husband married again, and became the father of five children. James S. secured a common school education in boyhood, and afterward attended a commercial -
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college in Vincennes. December 24, 1874, he was married to Cassander McClure, and located on the farm of 120 acres where he now lives. His land is very rich and well improved, on which is erected a handsome two-story frame residence. Mrs. Martin was born February 21, 1855, and became the mother of two chil- dren: Walter M., born June 29, 1876, and died July 22, 1876, and William Wayne, born November 11, 1879. The wife is a member of the Christian Church. Mr. Martin is a very firm Republican, and was postmaster of Oaktown about four years. He is a wide- awake farmer, and is doing well financially.
HIRAM H. MCCLURE, deceased, a prominent farmer, and native of Knox County, Ind., was born Sept. 6, 1824, and was the youngest of eleven children of Samuel and Jane (Curry ) McClure, natives of Kentucky, born June 1, 1784, and August 25, 1783, re- spectively. They were married in 1805, and came to Indiana a few years later. They were among the early pioneers, and lived in a fort to protect themselves from the Indians. The father was in the war of 1812, in the battle of Tippecanoe. He died Novem- ber 17, 1851, and the mother June 22, 1839. Hiram H. was reared on the home farm, where he lived and died. At the age of twenty-one he married, and began his career as a tiller of the soil. He was quite prosperous and owned about 200 acres of very fine land, well improved with a good brick residence. He was married, May 7, 1845, to Rosella Seaney, born in Illinois, October 28, 1828. They became the parents of nine children, all but one now living: Sarah J., born October 29, 1846; Mary E., born October 2, 1848, and died April 23, 1863; Samuel B., born June 22, 1850; Albert B., born November 19, 1852; Henrietta P., born June 16, 1855: Margaret A., born August 6, 1858; Flora A., born March 16, 1861; Edgar M., born August 29, 1867, and Jasper F., born April 14, 1871. Mr. McClure was a zealous member of the Cum- berland Presbyterian Church, and his wife and their children were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was a very strong Republican, and was trustee several terms. He was very just and honest in his business transactions, and was much re- spected and esteemed by all who knew him. He was a member of the I. O. O. F., and his death, which occurred November 20, 1876, was a great loss to the community. The mother still resides on
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the old homestead. Samuel B. McClure is the third child of Hi. ram McClure, and was born near where he now resides, June 22, 1850. He received a fair business education, and attended the commercial college at Terre Haute, Ind., three months. He made his parents' house his home until about twenty-five years of age, when he married and located on his present farm, where he has followed agricultural pursuits very successfully. He owns sev- enty-five acres of very fertile land, well improved, with a good two-story frame residence in a pleasant location. He has a hay- cellar, made of pressed hay and cemented, which is very conven- ient, and the only one in the county. February 21, 1878, he was married to Fannie Shepard, daughter of James M. Shepard, whose sketch appears in this work. One child was born to them Janu- ary 23, 1880, which died November 3, 1881. Both husband and wife are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Mr. McClure is a member of the I. O. O. F .; and has always given his aid and support to the Republican party.
WILLIAM McGOWEN, druggist, of Oaktown, Ind., was the eldest of four children of John and Sarah (Balthus) McGowen. The father was born in Pennsylvania, and when eighteen years old came to Knox County, Ind., locating at Vincennes, where he learned the gunsmith's trade. He established a ferry on the West Fork of White River, in Martin County, but had only lived there four years when he was killed by the Indians May 12, 1812. The pa- ternal grandfather was Scotch by birth, and the mother's father was of German descent. The mother survived the father many years, and married again. She died about 1838. Our immediate subject was born in Knox County September 29, 1805. He was reared in the wilderness, and when his father was killed the family returned to Knox County, where he was reared to manhood. He received a very limited early education, and has ac- quired the most of his education since attaining his majority. He endured many of the privations incident to frontier life. At the age of twenty-three he married, and began farming for himself. In 1858 he began the practice of medicine, and in 1868 he sold his farm and engaged in the drug business and practice of medi- cine in Oaktown, where he has been rather unsuccessful, as fire destroyed his house and entire stock of drugs, which were unin-
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sured. He rebuilt, and continued in the drug business. July 31, 1828, he was married to Elizabeth Shannon, of Kentucky, to whom were born ten children, six now living: Sarah (widow of Jona- than Hart), Jemimah A. (wife of John Morris), Mary E. (wife of William Morris, father of John Morris), Clarissa (widow of George Bensinger), Thomas S. and William C. Mrs. McGowen died March 12, 1866, and January 19, 1868, he married Susan (Johnson ) Bowen, to whom were born four children, two now liv- ing: Winnie M. and Charles T. This wife died May 26, 1877, and he married his present wife, Margaret (Hoke) Taylor, Feb- ruary 19, 1878. He has been a member of some church for over sixty years. He is one of the oldest citizens of the county, and none are more highly respected than he. He was a Democrat until 1852, since which time he has been a very ardent Repub- lican. He was one of the original board of trustees of Jefferson Township, Sullivan County. He is thoroughly a self-made man, and is next to the oldest native-born resident of the county.
WILLIAM A. POLK was born in Widner Township, Knox Co., Ind., May 16, 1833, and is one of seven children born to James and Hannah (Shepard) Polk, who were born in Kentucky, and are yet living, in Knox County, Ind. William A. secured a somewhat limited early education, but at the age of twenty-one had sufficient education to enable him to begin teaching. He taught about three terms, and worked on a farm between times. He was agent for the McCormick machines fifteen years, and part of the time was clerk in a store in Oaktown in the winter seasons. In 1861 he and his employer began clerking for other parties, and bought grain for a few years. In the spring of 1865 he purchased an interest with Adam Bond in a general merchan- dising store, and continued successfully with him for four years. In 1869 he formed a partnership with his present partner, Ro- land S. Walker, and they carry a full and select stock of general merchandise. They are the undertakers of the town, and con- duct their business in two buildings, each 22x60 feet, and a cab- inet shop and wareroom besides. Mr. Polk was married in 1858 to Kate Harper, of Knox County. They have two children: Eu- gene E. and Katie. The wife died in 1876, and in April, 1878, Mr. Polk was married to Martha A. Parker, also a native of the
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county. They have two children: Theresa and Chauncey. Mr. Polk is one of the first citizens of the county, and is a Republican in politics, and was postmaster of Oaktown for several years. He is quite well off, financially, and owns a pleasant farm besides his town property.
DR. JOHN W. PUGH was born in Virginia, January 30, 1827, and is one of fourteen children born to M. and E. (Caudy) Pugh. The parents were natives of Virginia, and the father learned the tanner's trade in Washington, D. C. He was married in Virginia, and in 1836 came with his family to Indiana, where he followed the life of a farmer. He died at the age of sixty- eight. Our subject came to Indiana when nine years old. He secured a good early education in Grant County, and when twenty-one years of age began the study of medicine, continuing four years. He then took a course of lectures at the medical college of La Porte, Ind., and then began practicing at New Cumberland, Ind. He graduated in the medical college of Cin- cinnati, Ohio, in 1867. The next year he located at Oaktown, where he is the leading physician of the place. In 1848 he wedded Margaret McCormick, a native of Delaware County, Ind. Nine children were born to them, three of whom are living: Em- ma C. (wife of Charles L. Haughton), Florence J. (wife of Will- iam G. Bowen) and Sallie, who resides with and keeps house for her father, as the mother died May 15, 1884. He and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he is a member of the I. O. O. F. and Masonic fraternities, Knight Tem- plar degree in the Vincennes Commandery. He is a zealous Demo- crat, politically, and is one of the leading physicians and citizens of the county. He was the first president of the Knox County Medical Society, and is a member of the State and American Medical Associations.
JAMES M. SHEPARD is one of the enterprising and wealthy farmers of Busseron Township, Knox Co., Ind., and was born on the farm where he now resides, June 2, 1830, one of six children of Horace B. and Patsey (Harper ) Shepard (elsewhere written). James secured such education as could be obtained in the subscription schools of early times, and has spent his life on the farm. At the age of twenty-one he went to California, and
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for three years was engaged in gold mining and raising hogs. He returned to the "Hoosier State" in 1854, and settled down to farming, and has ever since continued, very successfully. He owns 325 acres of excellent land on Shaker Prairie, besides hav- ing assisted his children to a start in life. He has a handsome frame residence, and is so situated as to enjoy life. December 6, 1855, he was married to Mary Lauderdale, who was born in Knox County, July 21, 1835. Six children have been born to them: Fannie B., born February 9, 1857, now the wife of S. B. McClure; Horace J., born April 17, 1859, married and living near his father; Henry C., born February 22, 1861, married and living in Widner Township; Jennie H., born April 8, 1863, wife of Caleb H. Bond, farmer; Virgil O., born January 13, 1865, and Walter S., born September 21, 1871. The youngest two are yet residing at home. Mrs. Shepard is a member of the Method- ist Episcopal Church, and her husband is a member of the I. O. O. F. and F. & A. M. He has been a Republican since the ex- istence of that party, and previous to that time was a Whig. He has been justice of the peace two terms, and is very highly respected and esteemed by his neighbors and friends.
JOHN N. SHEPARD, a prominent farmer of Busseron Township, Knox Co., Ind., was born in said township January 26, 1836, near where he now lives. He was the youngest of seven children of Horace B. and Patsy (Harper) Shepard, who were born and reared in Woodford Township, Ky., and came to Knox County, Ind., during its very early settlement. The father was born in 1799, and followed the life of a farmer until. 1861, when he moved to Vincennes and was appointed collector of revenue. He was county treasurer and represented the county in the State Legislature before moving to the city. He is now living a retired life in Vincennes. The mother was born in 1798, and died in 1866, and the father afterward married Mary Ship, of Kentucky. Our subject was reared to manhood on a farm in Busseron Township. What education he has was secured in the old log schoolhouse of primitive days. He resided with his parents un- til their removal to Vincennes. He married at the age of twenty- three, and has followed farming very successfully to the present time. He owns 400 acres of very fine land, well improved, on
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