History of Lawrence, Orange, and Washington counties, Indiana : from the earliest time to the present, together with interesting biographical sketches, reminiscences, notes, etc, Part 72

Author: Goodspeed Brothers
Publication date: 199-?]
Publisher: [Salem, Mass. : Higginson Book Co.]
Number of Pages: 954

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JAMES A. FROST was born in Jessamine County. Ky .. March 4. 1820, and is the son of Simeon and Mary (Beckhamn) Frost, the former being born in Jessamine County. July 13, 1792, and latter born in Orange County, Va., August 2, 1792. They were married in Jessamine County, Ky., and in October. 1826, came to Orange County, Ind. They passed the first winter in a log schoolhouse, and afterward lived in a donble log-cabin, until they were better situated. He died October 4. 1872. and his wife in 1867. Both were favorably known and well respected. James A. is a farmer and blacksmith, which have been his occupations through life. He has been thrice married. February 18, 1842. he married Rhoda Webb. Again, March 13, IS51. he married Henrietta C., daughter of David and Elizabeth (Shively) Johnson. She was born November 27, 1819, and died October 3. 1864. There are five living children of this marriage: Simeon L .. Elizabeth L., James A .. John M. and Henrietta C. His present wife, Sarah Johnson, he married in 1865. Mr. Frost owns a fine farin of 414 acres, with good buildings and improvements, and well stocked. He has been a member of the Christian Church since 1857, and has always been a stanch Democrat and a prominent and nseful citizen. No name stands higher on the roll of honor in this part of the State than that of James A. Frost.

SAMUEL GULLETT, one of the self- made men of Orange County, is a native of North Carolina, as were also his parents. Edward Gullett. father of Samuel, served with honor in the war of 1812. He married, in his native State. Martha Stewart, also a native of North Carolina. He came to Orange County in 1838 and died here in 1856. at the age of fifty- four years. His wife, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. died in 1855, at the ageof sixty.three years. Our subject was born December 1. 1815, and came with his parents to this county in 1835. By hard work and economy and well-directed enterprise, he has acquired 600 acres of good farming land, and is considered one of the most substantial men of the county. In 1843 he married Margaret. daughter of James and Mary Henderson. Mrs. Gullett died after a union of one year, and Mr. Gullett took for his second wife Sarah, daughter of William and Rosa Dillard. and widow of J. McCoy. She was born in Orange County. June 25.

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1525. and has one son by a former marriage. Mr. Gullet and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he is a Democrat and one of the most prominent farmers and citizens of the county.

WASHINGTON HARDMAN. of Orleans Township, is a son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Stright) Hardman, and the oldest of their six children. In 1513 Daniel came to Orange County and established his cabin home, returning in 1816 to Kentucky for his family. Mrs. Hard- man died in April, 1831, and for his second wife he took Elizabeth Leatherman. His death was August 11, 1851, at the age of sixty years. Washington Hardman has been a resident of Orange County since 1816, and has devoted his whole life to agricultural pursuits. His marriage with Sarah Tegarden was solemnized April 5, 1838, and to their union the following children have been born: Henry W., Eliza A., Polly J., Mary E .. Matilda E., Alexander C., Sarah M. and William A. Both Mr. and Mrs. Hardman are natives of Shelby County, Ky., his birth occur- ring June 10, 1813, and hers September 15, 1818. She came to Orange County with her parents at the age of seven years, where her father, Basil Tegarden. died in 1543, and her mother, whose maiden name was Annie (Todd) Tegarden, in 1963, at the age of eighty-four years. Mr. Hardman and wife are among the best people of their community, and are members of the Christian Church. He votes the Republican ticket and takes a healthy interest in public affairs.

JOHN HARDMAN. the youngest son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Stright) Hardman, is a native of the county where he yet resides, and was born November 13. 1827. The parents are elsewhere mentioned in this work. John Hardman received his education in the schools of his day. and all his life has followed farming for his livelihood. He mar- ried Sarah A. Reed. April 1, 1851, and by her is father of five children, named: Gilead. Leonard N., William O., Dora M. and John MI., all living but Gilead. Mrs. Hardman was born November 9, 1832, and died August 23. 1683. Again, in 1864 he was married, this time to Martha E. Clipp, whose death occurred October 6, 1873. For his third wife he took Mrs. Clara Chisham, a daughter of William and Susan (Litton) Payne, who were from North Carolina and caine to Lawrence County, Ind., among the early settlers, where Mrs. Hardman was born August 10, 1844. The Hardman family are members of the Christian Church, and Mr. Hardman is an active supporter of Republican principles.

HON. DAVID S. HUFFSTUTTER, who has played a conspicuous and honorable part in the affairs of Orange County, is a son of George and Catharine (Sears) Huffstutter. the former of whom was a native of Maryland. born January 12. 1779. George Huffstutter passed his early boyhood in Washington. Penn., and while yet a youth moved to Bourbon County. Ky., where he married. His wife was a native of North Caro- lina. and was born January, 1779. In the year 1816 he immigrated to Harrison County Ind., where he engaged in farming. His death occurred in that county in 1861. preceded by his wife's, in 1332, in Floyd County. David S. was born in Bourbon County. Ky., September 21, 1508. His settlement in Orange County was in the year 1835, on the same farm where he now resides, one mile north of Orleans. He soon became known for his more than ordinary ability and integrity, which resulted in his election to the State Legislature, in 1846. From that time, with the exception of one term. he acted as legislator for his county until 1-55. serving in both the House of Representatives and Sonate. At the

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end of that time, against the solicitations of his friends, and disregarding the call of his party, he declined any further political honors. As a pub- lic servant he was distinguished for a faithful and conscientious discharge of his official duty, and an unswerving, though honest fealty to his party, and is now, as he always has been, an ardent and stanch Demo. crat. On the 24th of May, 1832, he lead to Hymen's altar Miss Polly A. Bower, who was born in Clark County, Ind., May 5. 1811. Her parents were Solomon and Jennie (Parr) Bower, who came to Indiana in 1506 from North Carolina. To Mr. and Mrs. Huffstutter four children were born, only one of which-Andrew J. - is now living. Her death occurred April 20, 1879. Mr. Huffstutter is now spending the remainder of his days upon his splendid farm of 1.000 acres, which he has earned by his own industry and energy.

E D. LAUGHLIN, M. D., one of the prominent physicians of southern Indiana, is a son of James and Jane (Kelly) Laughlin, who were natives of Pennsylvania. The parents moved to Coshocton, Ohio, among the early settlers of that place, but from there they went to Tippecanoe County, Ind., in 1838, and later in life to Parke County. Dr. Laughlin passed his youth and the first years of his manhood with- out noteworthy event, and at the age of twenty-six began the study of medicine with Drs. Hobbs and Dare, at Annapolis, in Parke County. Ind. He remained with them for some time, and then attended medical lectures at Ann Arbor. Later in life he entered the Miami Medical College at Cincinnati, where he received his diploma in 186S. and in 1872 he graduated from the Bellevue Medical College, of New York. Dr. Laughlin began the practice of his profession at Rossville, where he remained a few years. He then located at Orleans where he has been in active practice for the past twenty years, with the best of success. He is a member of the Lawrence aud Mitchell district, the State and Tri-State Medical Societies. His extensive practice, and the frequent calls upon him for counsel by his professional associates sufficiently attest the high estimation in which he is held alike by both the community and by the medical profession. In 1851 he was wedded to Sarah A. Trueblood. of Orange County, a daughter of William and Deborah (Chambers) True- blood. This union has been blessed with four children: Theodore C., at New Albany, Charles E., a graduate of the Miami Medical College. and now practicing with his father; Mrs. Mattie A. Campbell and Louella P. Both the Doctor and his wife are members of the Christian Church. He is a Republican in politics, and W. M. of Orleans Lodge No. 153, A. F. & A. M.

DANIEL LEATHERMAN is of German extraction and was born in this county March 31, 1819, being the son of Christian and Barbara (Hostetler) Leatherman, the father a Pennsylvanian. born February 4, 1781: the mother born July 21. 1778. These parents moved to this county in 1819, when the country was a wilderness, traversed by wild animals and Indians. They were exemplary members of the old Liberty Church, and industrious farmers by occupation. The father died August 22, 1852, and the mother January 22, 1850. Daniel's youth was passed at farming and attending to a limited extent the old subscription schools. He has made life a success, and now owns a fine farm of 269 arres. April 1, 1851, he married Margaret E., daughter of Moses P. and Mary (Hardman) Lewis. This lady was born in this county June 22, 1834. and has presented her husband with the following children: Oscar. born

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February 3, 1853, died October 26, 1856; DeWitt C., born November 1, 1854, died February 14. 1883; Viola J., born March 24, 1857, died March 12. 1893: Desdemona E., born February 17, 1859; Lloyd, born February 5. 1861; Ellis E., born January 28, 1863; Hattie L., born December 31, 1864: Ivanora, born May 5. 1967; Carrie M., born Octo. ber 8, 1868, and Columbia, born March 27, 1872. The Leathermans are members of the Liberty Christian Church.

WILLIAM W. LINDLEY was born in Orange County, September 24, 1924, and is the third child of Owen and Mary (Wilson) Lindley. Owen Lindley was a prominent early settler, and came from North Car- olina with his parents in 1811, and was born in that State August 10, 1793. and married in Washington County, Ind., in 1819. His wife was born in North Carolina August 31, 1793. They were highly respected, and members of the Friends Church. The father died August 2, 1871, and his wife in 1978. Our subject is a farmer and resides on the land

on which he was born. He married in 1870, Deborah J., daughter of Robert and Polly Williams, and by this marriage there are five children: Annie D .. Mary E., Della, Rutherford and Jamos C. Mr. Lindley, has a birth right in the Friends Church. He is one of the leading farmers and stock-raisers and takes an active interest in the promotion of the farming community. He is a Republican, and of course his parents being Friends were opposed to slavery before the war. He and wife are people of much worth and respectability.

JAMES E. LINDLEY was born in Orange County, May 31, 1834. the son of Owen and Mary (Wilson) Lindley, and is a farmer by occupa. tion. Appropriate mention of his parents occurs elsewhere in this vol. ume. He has been successful in his business and now owns a farm of 290 acres, with good improvements. His youth was spent on a farm where he learned all the methods of successful agriculture, and that industry and honesty is the best policy. His education is limited. but sufficient for business. January 26, 1560, he married Mary E., daugh- ter of James and Nancy Kearby. This lady was born in Morgan County. Ind., in March 1541, and has presented her husband with a family, of which seven are living. as follows: Hannibal B., William J., Alfaretta. Junietta, Beatrice, Ida O. and James MI. Mr. Lindley is a Republican and one of the best citizens in the county.

HUGH NOBLITT was born in Grayson County, Va., June 1, 1818. son of Jacob and Louisa (Collins) Noblitt, who were both natives of Vir. ginia. Jacob was born September 15, 1781, and his wife January 15. 1786. They were married in their native State and in 1822 came to Orange County and settled near Orleans. Here they lived until their deaths, he dying October 1S. 1856, and his wife August 16, 1858. They were people of the highest respectability. Eight children were born of this marriage as follows: Paulina. born March 15, 1807, and married R. Elrod and moved to California, at which place she died; Martha, now Mrs. Cleveland, born February 1. 1900; Louisa, born March 17, 1511, and died October 12, 1328; Van Rensselaer, born March 10, 1813; Seneca, born September 13, 1515; Celia. now Mrs. Coward, born February 19. 1821; Rebecca A .. now Mrs. Laswell, born March 20, 1824; and our sub- ject. who has resided in the county since 1522 and followed farming. He was married in this county March 17, 1842, to Elizabeth, daughter of Henry H. and Nancy (Peacher) Webb. She was born in Kentucky, December 4, 1525, and came with her parents to this county when but

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four months old. To Mr. and Mrs. Noblitt were born the following children: Henry A .. born November 24. 1842, died March 9, 1843; Vol. ney T., July 2, 1844; Angeline, a twin born July 2, 1844, and died November 10. 1844; Mary C., October 7, 1847, died September 30, 1852; John T., July 24, 1850: Margaret Z., October 12, 1832, died June 14. 1880: Matilda C., June 26, 1855, died September 30, 1862; Annie M., (Mrs. Hudelson), September 29, 1857; Nancy E., (Mrs. True). March 16. 1860; Martha A., November 21. 1863, died March 22. JS50. and Hugh Sherman, March 19, 1867. Mr. and Mrs. Noblitt are members of the Presbyterian Church and he is a Republican.

W. L. REED. one of the merchants of Orleans, was born in Orange County. Ind .. April 17, 1840, a son of Jesse and Elizabeth (Wilson) Reed. His paternal grandfather was George Reed, a native of Virginia. who was one of the earliest settlers in Kentucky. His son Jesse was born November 28. 1799. and during his life was a farmer and black. smith, and married his wife in Bourbon County, Ky., her place of nativi- ty. In 1832 they came to Orange County where his death occurred December 25, 1851, and bers June 1. 1458. W. L. Reed enjoyed but moderate advantages for education. and for six years followed the avoca- tion of his father, that of blacksmithing. He then began clerking for T. B. Walker in the merchantile business at Orleans, and in 1501 went out as sutler in the Twenty-fourth Indiana Regiment where he continued until the close of the war. In 1866 he attended commercial college at Indianapolis, and the same year began his present business. Mr. Reed is now considered one of the most successful and energetic merchants in Orleans. April 17, 1867, he was married to Nancy C. Walker, a native of New Albany. Ind., and by her he is the father of these five children: Thomas L., Fannie L., Jessie W., Sarah R. and Esther.

LEMUEL RICHARDSON is a native of Washington County, Ind., where he was born December 19, 1858, being the son of Daniel and Sal- lie A. (Elliott) Richardson. The father was born in Washington County, May 11. 1827. and after a life of honor and usefulnes died in December. 1882. His occupation was that of farming, to which he reared his son Lemuel. the subject of this sketch. The education of the latter was limited, though by diligence he managed to secure enough for the busi- ness of life. He is yet a young man and has a long life before bim. October 27, 1881, he married Eliza L., daughter of E. S. and S. B. (Max- well) Lemon. Mrs. Richardson was born in Washington County August 27, 1860. Her father is a native of the same county, and her mother of Orange County. Mr. Richardson and wife are members of the Christian Church, and he is a Republican and a progressive farmer and citizen.

E. J. SALYARDS of Orleans, Ind., was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1820, a son of Edward and Phœba (Gibson) Salyards, the former a native of Virginia and the latter of Pennsylvania. Edward was what is known as an iron-master in Pittsburgh, whence he came to Cincinnati with his family and stock of hardware in a keel-boat about the year 1816. E. J. Salyards received his education in the early schools around his boyhood home. About the year 1836, he moved to Portsmouth, Ohio, and engaged in the grocery business. From there he went to Maysville, Ky., where he did a marble business from 1844 to 1850, when he moved to New Albany and a year later to Orleans. Here he established his present marble business and has since then added the hotel, black-mithing, mer-

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chandising and furniture store In 1871 he received a stroke of paralysis and since then his son Edward has conducted the business. He has been twice married, the first time in 1941, to Maria Buffington, a native of Buffington's Island, near Marietta, Ohio. Her death occurred in 1851. after she had borne him three children, these two. Edward M. and Maria J .. now living. By his second wife, Rebecca, whom he married in 1852. he is the father of eight children, only five now surviving, Oscar C., Ida, Charles R., Frank M. and Harry G. Mr. Salyards is a member of the Masonic fraternity and belongs to Orleans Lodge No. 153, and is an earnest Republican in politics.

JOHN H. STEERS, who has been connected with the business inter- ests of Orleans for the past forty years, is a native of the town and county where he now lives and was born March 12, 1822. His father, John Steers, was of Detroit. Mich .. and while a young quan located at Jeffer. · sonville. Ind .. where he secured a good education. On attaining his majority he came to Orleans and established the first store of the place. and afterward became interested in several other enterprises of the town. His wife was Nancy Parsons, of Orange County, N. C., whom he married in 1820. His death occurred in March, 1828, his wife surviving until 1865. John H. Steers, their son, has always been a resident of his native county. His early days were passed on a farm, but later in life engaged in the butcher and grocery business in Orleans, which he con- tinned for thirty- five years. For the past five years he has been engaged in keeping hotel. He has served as Justice of the Peace of his township for twenty years, and has held several minor offices of the town. In politics he is a Republican, and generally takes a lively interest in pub- lic affairs. Miss Lottie Wheat became his wife in 1847, and to their union six children were born, John H., William H., Thomas J., Lottie L .. Samuel P. and Matilda E. His second wife was Parmelia Ferguson, of Lawrence County, whose death occurred December 3, 1879. By his third wife. Lilia Hendrick, of Washington County, he is father of two children: Edwin M. S. and Nancy P. E.

JOHN R. SUTHERLIN is the son of Charles and Frances (Nugent) Sntberlin. and was born in Orange County, Ind., March 11, 1850. His father. Charles, was a native of the "Old North State," where he was born in the year 1795. The Sutherlin family came to Orange County at the very early date of IS11. where they encountered many hardships. not only from the lack of comforts and conveniences, but from danger from the wild animals and Indians. The war of 1812 caused the Indians to take up the hatchet, and the early settlers were forced for safety to take refuge in block-houses and forts until danger was passed. Charles was a farmer but operated a tread-power saw-mill in early times. John R. was reared a farmer. December 2, 1880. he wedded Eugenie, daughter of Dawson L. and Nancy (Davis) Woodard. This lady was born in Wash- ington County, February 1, 1560, and has presented her husband with one child. Ida G .. born August 15, 1882. The parents are members of the Christian Church and worthy people.

ROBERT TEGARDEN, deceased, was a native of Fayette County, Kv., and was born November 22, 1811. His parents were Basil and Nancy (Todd) Tegarden, who located in Orange County, Ind., in 1813, in that portion now known as Northeast Township. Robert was a farmer by occupation. and by industry and economy succeeded in acquiring a con- siderable portion of this world's goods, owning 800 acres of land.

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August 8, 1838. Susan Reed became his wife. She was a daughter of William Reed, and was born November 27, 1813. To Mr. and Mrs. Tegarden six children have been born, only John A. yet living. They were for many years prominent members of the Christian Church; her death occurred February 20, 1880, and his February 22, 1880. Both, after a long and active life were laid to rest in the same grave. John A., like his father before him, has chosen farming as his avocation, and is now living on a part of the old homestead. owning 397 acres. He has been twice married; the first time to Eliza E. World, November 7, 1869. who bore him four children, these three now living: Robert D., James E. and William H. Her death was February 16, 1882, and again on August 5, of the same year, he was married, this time to Mattie E. Dilley, of Lawrence County. To them has been born one child named Earl G.

GEORGE W. TEGARDEN was born in Orange County, Ind .. March 5, 1846, son of Columbus and Hannah (Mahan) Tegarden: the former born in Shelby County, Ky., April 13, 1813, and his wife in Orange County, April 15, 1822. The paternal and maternal grand- parents of our subject, were among the early settlers of Orange County. The father of our subject was one of the successful men of the county, having started in life with but little property. He was a good example of what is called a "self-made man," having by hard work acquired at his death, October 6. 1874, over 1,000 acres of land in Orange County, and other land in Iowa. George W. has been a resident of the county all his life with the exception of three years in the last war. In 1962 be enlisted in the Sixty-sixth Indiana Regiment; was in a number of the hard-fought battles, among which were Richmond, Ky., where he was taken prisoner; was paroled and in three months exchanged and joined his regiment; took part in battles of Dallas, Jonesboro, siege of Atlanta and many skirmishes; was with Sherman in his "march to the sea." October 6, 1870, he married Sarah E., danghter of Aaron Wright, a prominent old settler of Lawrence County, Ind., where Mrs. Tegarden was born, February 6, 1849. Three children have been born to them: Minnie M., Annie J. and one who died in infancy. Mr. Tegar- den owns a fine farm of 100 acres. He and his wife are members of the Christian Church, and he is a stanch Republican.

THOMAS B. WALKER, a merchant of Orleans, Ind., was born in Virginia, December 23, 1806, a posthumous son of William Walker, who was by his wife Jane (Burton) the father of four children. Soon after this, his mother with her family moved to Shelby County, Ky., where she died, leaving T. B. an orphan at the age of nine years. Until sixteen years old he was reared upon a farm, but at that age he began the harness and saddler's trade, and worked at this in both Shelbyville and Louisville, Ky. Somewhat later he went into that business for himself at Brownsville. In 1827 he changed his place of business to New Albany. Ind., where he remained until he located at Orleans in IS54. From 1845 to 1849 he served as Sheriff of Floyd County. Upon his location in Orleans he began a general merchandising business, as one of the firm of Walker & Richards. This continued until the death of Mr. Richards in 1977. since which time the style of the firm has been Walker & Son, and is among the thriving business bouses of Orleans. Mr. Walker has been twice married. the first time in 1832, to Nancy C. Wood- ruff, of New Albany. By her he is the father of eleven children, seven now living: William S., Thomas W., Mary A., Sarah J., Nancy C., Martha

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E. and Edward P. Thomas W., a Brevet Major in the late war, and graduate of West Point, is a prominent attorney of Philadelphia. Mrs. Walker died February 15, 1873, and Mr. Walker's second marriage was August 30, 1877, with Mrs. Margaret Parks. He is a Baptist in religion and a Democrat in politics.

JOHN A. WALLACE is the son of William and Louisa (Bridge- water) Wallace, the parents being natives of Fayette County, Ky., the father's birth occurring in 1808, and the mother's in 1812. They came to this county at an early day, where they settled. The paternal grand- father, Alexander, was also a prominent early settler and served in the Legislature. He was a man of more than ordinary brain and character. The same is true of his son William and his grandson John A. Both William and his wife died well respected and honored, in 1874, after a useful life. John A. has been all his life a farmer and now has a pleas- ant home. In 1862 he enlisted in Company E, Sixty-sixth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served until the close of the war. At the disastrous battle of Richmond, Ky., he was captured and held a prisoner of war eight days. He was afterward at Collierville, Atlanta, Dallas, Jonesboro and other engagements of less note, serving bravely through them all. His first wife was Susan, daughter of William and Elizabeth Irwin, who bore him one child-Louella. His second wife, Sarah A. Sappenfield, bore him two children: Estella and John A. Mr. Wallace is one of the county's best farmers. He is a Republican and a member of the Christian Church.

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History of Lawrence, Orange, and Washington counties, Indiana : from the earliest time to the present, together with interesting biographical sketches, reminiscences, notes, etc, Part 72

Author: Goodspeed Brothers Publication date: 199-?] Publisher: [Salem, Mass. : Higginson Book Co.] Number of Pages: 954

Author: Goodspeed Brothers
Publication date: 199-?]
Publisher: [Salem, Mass. : Higginson Book Co.]
Number of Pages: 954