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On March 24, 1861, Mr. Owens married Angeletty Sutherland, of Wayne county, Kentucky, a daughter of Jonathan and Polly (Washburn) Sutherland, of that county, where they lived and died, the father having been a blacksmith and a first-class workman in every respect. Mr. and Mrs. living, Charles, a farmer living at Dallas, Texas, and Mrs. Owens. To Mr. and Mrs. Owens were born three children: Charles W., a railroad engineer
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for many years, resides in Bedford, Indiana; he married Mary Young and they have three children, Roman, Hubert and Ralph; Roxie Ann Owens is the widow of John Masterson, of Salem, Washington county, Indiana, who was Sutherland were the parents of twelve children, of whom only two are now a bridge carpenter and also an expert shorthand writer. Mrs. Masterson, who is now living in Indianapolis, is the mother of one child, Lorrie; Eva Owens is the widow of C. Carson and she has one child, Oliver F. They make their home with her father, the subject.
Fraternally, Mr. Owens is a member of the Grand Army of the Re- public at Bedford, Indiana, while Mrs. Owens belongs to the auxiliary order, the Ladies' Relief Corps. Mr. Owens was a delegate to the state encampment of the Grand Army at Indianapolis, Terre Haute and Crawfordsville. Re- ligiously. Mr. and Mrs. Owens are earnest and faithful members of the Meth- odist Episcopal church and in their daily lives exemplify the principle of the religion which they profess. They are both people of broad sympathies and take an abiding interest in the welfare of those about them, and, because of the genial dispositions and high character, they enjoy a large popularity in the community where they have spent so many years.
REV. M. C. CLARK.
There is no earthly station higher than the ministry of the Gospel; no life can be more uplifting and grander than that which is devoted to the amelioration of the human race, a life of sacrifice for the betterment of the brotherhood of man, one that is willing to cast aside all earthly crowns and laurels of fame in order to follow in the footsteps of the lowly Nazarene. It is not possible to measure adequately the height, depth and breadth of such a life, for its influences continue to permeate the lives of others through suc- ceeding generations, so the power it has can not be known until the "last great day when the trumpet shall sound and the dead shall be raised incor- ruptible." One of the self-sacrificing, ardent, loyal and true spirits that has been a blessing to the race, who has left in his wake an influence that ever makes the world brighter and betters the lives of those who follow, is the Rev. Milton C. Clark, whose life forcibly illustrates what energy, integrity and a fixed purpose can accomplish when animated by noble aims and correct ideals. He has ever held the unequivocal confidence and esteem of the peo- ple among whom he labored, and his career can be very profitably studied by the ambitious youth standing at the parting of the ways.
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Milton C. Clark is a native of the old Blue Grass state of Kentucky, where he was born on March 6, 1833, and is the son of James A. and Cather- ine Preston, both of whom were also natives of Jessamine county, Kentucky. The father, who followed agricultural pursuits, was a member of the Mis- sionary Baptist church and took a large interest in church work, being a man of exalted character, high ideals and much intellectual attainment. He and his wife are both now deceased, his death occurring in 1868, and his wife passing away in 1871. They were the parents of twelve children, of whom four are now living, namely: Milton C., the subject of this sketch; John Wesley, a retired farmer now living at Birmingham, Alabama; Martha A., the wife of John Crawford, of Fisher, Iowa, and Matilda C., the wife of John Lawson, of Mercer county, Kentucky.
The subject of this sketch received his educational training in the public schools of his home neighborhood and engaged in teaching for five years. In his boyhood he was bound out to learn the blacksmith's trade, serving three years as an apprentice, and then for twelve years worked at that trade, or until his health failed, when he was confined to his bed for four months. From his boyhood he had taken a deep interest in spiritual matters and, hav- ing determined to preach the Gospel, he was ordained as a preacher in the Missionary Baptist church at Harrodsburg, Kentucky, in February, 1856, and from that time on until his retirement from the ministry in 1911 he was an earnest, faithful and devoted minister of the Gospel. No hardships were too severe, no labor too arduous, no demands too exacting, for he was ever ready and willing to answer any call in behalf of those who needed spiritual advice or consolation and through the years he wielded an influence for good that can never be measured by finite standards of value. As a preacher, Rev. Clark is forceful and ofttimes eloquent and wherever his labors called him he gave the best there was in him to the cause in which he was engaged, proving not only a successful preacher and pastor, but popular among the people whom he served.
On August 12, 1862, Mr. Clark gave practical evidence of his patriotic spirit by enlisting in Company F, Sixth Kentucky Cavalry, which was raised in Mercer county, that state, and the command immediately went to the front, being encamped for awhile at Nashville. There Mr. Clark was ap- pointed chaplain and served in that capacity up to the time of his discharge in July, 1864. At the battle of Chickamauga on September 28, 1863, he was severely wounded by a gunshot through the lower jaw and was confined to Hospital No. 4, at Louisville, Kentucky, for a long time. He also served as chaplain of the Sixth Regiment Kentucky Cavalry. After his discharge from
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the army Mr. Clark located in Memphis, Indiana, but two years later was called to the church at Jeffersonville, Indiana, where he served four years and then went successively to Scotland, Greene county, Indiana; Sullivan, In- diana; Gosport, Indiana; Taylorsville, Illinois; Waverly, Illinois; Carlins- ville, Illinois; Montgomery county, Illinois, where he served the Boadarch church, and then back to Waverly and to Camden, Indiana, where he served five years, after which he was pastor at Sharon, Indiana. During his pasto- rate at Scotland he organized the Missionary Baptist church at Bloomfield. Indiana, and helped to build a house of worship.
After an absence of twenty years he was called back there, and min- istered for five years. He then went to Campbellsburg, Indiana, and from there to Orleans, where he lived until coming to Bedford, where he has since resided, having retired from the active ministry after fifty-four years of faithful service. Because of his faithful labors and successful pastorates, he is widely known throughout this part of the country and has probably as large a circle of acquaintances and friends as any man in this locality.
Mr. Clark has been married six times, first time on January 20, 1854, to Lucy Burton, who died in New Albany, Indiana, in 1865, leaving five chil- dren, namely: Hutoka, the wife of John Hankins, of Carlinville, Illinois, who have five children : Benjamin F., a contractor at St. Charles, Missouri; James A., a farmer in Macoupin county, Illinois; John B., a farmer in Greene county, Indiana, and William B., who has been engaged in the civil service for the past thirty-five years at Centralia, Illinois. For his second wife Mr. Clark chose Catherine Powell, the widow of John Powell, to which union no children were born. For his third wife Mr. Clark married Martha A. Hilburn, the widow of Jasper Hilburn: four children were born to this union, namely: Kate, who became the wife of Virgie Braskill, a farmer in Carroll county, Indiana; Grace T., the wife of Clande Morgan, of Bedford, Indiana : Charles Milton, a Baptist preacher at Verona, Wisconsin, who mar- ried Nora Coakley, and they have two children, Hamilton and David; Riley W., a preacher in the Baptist church at Rockville, Indiana. For his fourth wife Rev. Clark married Mahala McCracken, the widow of George Mc- Cracken, and after her death he married Eliza Lee, the widow of Dr. Finley Lee. Mrs. Eliza Clark died at Orleans, Indiana, and subsequently Mr. Clark married Mrs. Millie Kern, the widow of Cornelius Kern, of Bedford, In- diana, the daughter of David and Hannah (Rainy) Sears. The father was a native of North Carolina and the mother of Tennessee, who moved to Ken- tucky after their marriage and later to Fayetteville, Indiana, where the father followed farming and where he and his wife died.
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Mr. Clark is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic post at Bedford, among whose members he is held in the highest regard. His long and useful life as a worker in the cause of his Master has been one of de- votion, even consecration to his calling and well does he merit a place of honor in every history touching upon the lives and deeds of those who have given the best of their powers and talents for the aiding and betterment of their kind. He has been in the most significant sense humanity's friend, and to those familiar with his life there comes a feeling of reverence in contem- plating his services and their beneficial results.
MITCHELL R. GUTHRIE ..
It is the progressive, wide-awake man of affairs that makes the real his- tory of a community and his influence as a potential factor of the body politic is difficult to estimate. The examples such men furnish of patient purpose and steadfast integrity strongly illustrate what is in the power of each to accomplish, but there is always a full measure of satisfaction in adverting, even in a casual way, to their achievements in advancing the interests of their fellow men and in giving strength and solidity to the institutions which make so much for the prosperity of the community. Such a man is Mitchell R. Guthrie, a real estate and insurance man of Bedford, and it is eminently proper that a review of his career be accorded a place among the representa- tive citizens of the city and county in which he resides.
Mitchell R. Guthrie is descended from a sterling line of ancestors, his grandfather, Daniel Guthrie, having been a native of Lee county, Virginia. He came to Lawrence county, Indiana, in an early day and was one of the prominent and progressive early citizens of this locality, contributing to the best of his ability to the development and growth of the community. He mar- ried Lucy Weddle, of Tennessee, and they were the parents of the following children: Alfred, Mitchell, John D., Durham, Marshall, Millie, Hester, Eri and Eli, the two latter being twins. Of this family Eli, who now resides in the West, is the only survivor. The subject was born on July 6, 1885, on what was known as the U. D. Guthrie farm, located about two miles north- west of Tunnelton, Lawrence county, Indiana, and is the son of Durham and Anna T. (Brooking) Guthrie. The father, who was born and reared near Tunnelton, was during his active years a successful farmer and stock raiser,
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and his death occurred on October 7, 1901. His widow makes her home with the subject of this sketch. They were the parents of the following children: Arthur M., who operates a farm six miles southeast of Bedford; Stella, the wife of James Sallee, who lives one mile south of Tun- nelton ; Winona died at the age of seventeen years; Mansell lives on a part of the old homestead near Tunnelton; Helen died in infancy; the subject of this sketch was next in order of birth; Harley, of Bedford, is the manager of the Central Union Telephone plant at Bedford. Durham Guthrie had been married previously to Melinda Mundell, by whom he had two children, one dying in infancy and the other, who became the wife of Henry Brooking, died at the age of twenty-five years.
Mitchell R. Guthrie remained on the paternal homestead until seven- teen years of age, receiving his education in the public schools of Tunnelton and Bedford, later taking a business course at Bedford. He entered the em- ploy of the Monon Railroad Company, but a short time later worked for Thomas M. Brinkworth in the abstract business. He then entered the Stone City Bank as bookkeeper and from that institution he went to the Southern Indiana Railroad Company, for whom he worked two years as stenographer and timekeeper. In November, 1906, Mr. Guthrie purchased the interest of Ben Marley in the real estate, loan and insurance business and later formed a partnership with John Marley, since which time he has confined his efforts to the business indicated. He is a hustler and a man of sound business judg- ment and sagacity, having an excellent knowledge of actual real estate values throughout this county, while as an insurance agent he has won a wide repu- tation because of his promptness in adjustment and the fact that he repre- sents some of the best companies in the insurance deals. In the spring of 1913 Mr. Guthrie was nominated by the Republicans of Bedford for mayor.
On January 1, 1912, Mr. Guthrie was married to Mary McLane Duni- hue, the daughter of Charles H. and Mary ( Campbell) Dunihue, of Bedford, this county. Fraternally, he is a member of Palestine Lodge No. 137, Knights of Pythias, of which he is treasurer and a member of the board of trustees. Religiously, he is a member of the First Methodist Episcopal church, in the prosperity of which he is deeply interested. Personally, Mr. Guthrie is a man whom it is a pleasure to know, being generous hearted, kind, helpful, honest in all his dealings with his fellow men and eminently worthy of the trust and respect reposed in him, and he is today regarded as one of the county's most representative and valued citizens.
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S. W. COLLINS.
There could be no more comprehensive history written of a city or county, or even of a state and its people, than that which deals with the life work of those who, by their own endeavor and indomitable energy, have placed them- selves where they well deserve the title of "progressive," and in this sketch will be found the record of one who has ontstripped the less active and less able plodders on the highway of life, one who has not been subdued by the many obstacles and failures that come to every one, but who has made them stepping stones to higher things and at the same time that he was winning his way in the material affairs of life gained a reputation for uprightness and honor.
S. W. Collins was born in Greene county, Ohio, on September 14, 1842, and is the son of John and Isabel (Currie) Collins. The father, who was born in York county, Pennsylvania, was a successful farmer the greater part of his active life and died in Ohio. John Collins was in early life a Whig in politics, but on the formation of the Republican party he cast his fortunes with it and ever afterwards gave it his active support. His death occurred on June 5, 1861.
The subject of this sketch received a good common school education in his community and on the outbreak of the Civil war he enlisted as a private in Company C, Seventy-fourth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with which he served faithfully until December 25, 1864, when he was honorably discharged from the service. He took part in many of the most hotly con- tested battles of that great struggle, and was with General Sherman on his famous march to the sea. At the close of his military service, Mr. Collins returned to Greene county, Ohio, and engaged in farming operations until 1873, when he came to Bloomington, Indiana, which at that time was but a village and here engaged in the bakery and restaurant business, which com- manded his attention for five years. At the end of that period he sold his business and engaged in the grocery business in partnership with James Karsell. They were prospered in their business affairs and some time after being associated together they started the first roller process mill in Monroe county, which they operated for ten years. At the end of that time they dis- solved partnership, Mr. Karsell taking the mill and Mr. Collins the grocery store, which he has continued to run until the present time. Messrs. Collins and Karsell were interested in some splendid stone land which they have de- veloped and now it is numbered among the best stone-producing tracts in the
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oolitic district. They are connected with what is known as the National Stone Company and the Southside Stone Company, both of which are prosper- ous and large producing companies. Mr. Collins is now in partnership with W. H. Seidle in his grocery store, which is located in the Gentry block and which is numbered among the really big stores of the city. They carry a large and complete line of groceries selected to meet the demands of the local trade and by their sound business methods and efforts to please the patrons they are in command of their full share of local patronage. Mr. Collins is also a stockholder and a member of the board of directors of the Monroe State Bank, with which he has been connected for some years. In all matters concerning the material, educational, social or moral welfare of the city of his adoption, Mr. Collins has taken an active interest and has been a potent factor in the development and advancement of the city.
Politically. Mr. Collins gives his support to the Republican party and is deeply interested in public affairs, though too busy a man to give considerable attention to politics. Religiously, he is a member of the United Presbyterian church, to which he contributes of his means. Mr. Collins lives in a comfort- able and attractive home at No. 620 North College avenue and is a man of strong social instincts, enjoying the companionship of his large circle of friends. Because of his high personal character and success in life, he is popular throughout the community, being numbered among Monroe county's most enterprising and progressive citizens.
JOSEPH W. TRAINOR, D. D. S.
It is not an easy task to describe adequately a man who has led an emi- nently active and busy life and who has attained a position of relative distinc- tion in the community with which his interests are allied. But biography finds its most perfect justification, nevertheless, in the tracing and recording of such a life history. It is, then, with a full appreciation of all that is demanded and of the painstaking scrutiny that must be accorded each statement, and vet with a feeling of satisfaction, that the writer essays the task of touching briefly upon the details of such a record as has been that of Joseph W. Train- or, D. D. S., the well-known dentist at Bedford, Indiana.
Joseph W. Trainor was born on January 16, 1866, at Heltonville, Law- rence county, Indiana, and is the son of Joseph and Mary (Fox) Trainor, the father a native of Chester county, Pennsylvania, and the mother of Missouri.
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Joseph Trainor came to Lawrence county in young manhood and he followed his vocation as a wool carder and mechanic, and, being of good, all-around mechanical ability, was held in high regard in the community, having built many of the older and more substantial buildings of the county. In 1849, fired by the stories of marvelous wealth to be found in California, he made the long, tiresome and dangerous trip overland to that Eldorado and spent two years in mining, at the end of which time he returned to the East by the way of Cuba. His death occurred at the age of eighty-seven years, he having been accidentally burned to death. He was a man of fine personal qualities and marked mental ability, having served a number of years as justice of the peace at Heltonville, where he enjoyed a high regard. To him and his wife were born eight children, of whom five are living, namely: Mrs. F. S. Hunter, Mrs. William McCory, of New Albany, Indiana ; Mrs. Rev. W. W. Ramsey, of Missouri; Dr. K. A., of Allie, Oklahoma, and the subject of this sketch.
Joseph W. Trainor received his education in the public schools at Hel- tonville and Bedford, and at the age of eighteen years he began the study of dentistry under Dr. W. W. Driscoll, of Bedford. Later he became a student in the Louisville College of Dentistry, where he was graduated in 1887 and, returning to Bedford, bought out his former preceptor, Dr. Driscoll. He had, however, practiced to some extent prior to that in the office of Dr. Driscoll. He has thus been engaged in the practice of dentistry in Bedford for thirty- two years, during which period he has not only enjoyed his full share of the patronage in his line, but has built up a wide reputation as a careful and con- scientious workman and a man of the highest personal character. He does not follow his profession alone for the sake of the remuneration which he re- ceives therefrom, but is a lover of his work and possesses that higher ideal of devotion to the welfare of humanity.
Dr. Trainor has been twice married, first to Nora Allen, of Vincennes, by whom he had three children, two deceased, and a son, Joseph, of High- bridge, New Jersey, where he is employed as an estimator for the Taylor Iron & Steel Company. For his second wife Dr. Trainor chose Ida Gleason, of Defiance, Ohio, whom he married on June 6, 1894, and they are the par- ents of a daughter, Dorothy, who is now a student in the Bedford high school.
Religiously, Dr. Trainor is a member of the Methodist church at Bed- ford, and was a member of the choir for fifteen years. Fraternally, he is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, while his political relations are with the Progressive party, he giving a hearty indorsement to the policies as enunciated during the last campaign by Theodore Roosevelt
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and Hiram Johnson. In the better life of the community, Dr. Trainor has been a factor of importance, for he has given his support unreservedly to every movement which has had a tendency to advance the welfare of the peo- ple morally, educationally or socially, and because of his professional ability, high personal character and his thoughtful regard for the interests of his fellow citizens he enjoys a well deserved popularity throughout this section of the county.
HARRY K. CAREY, M. D.
Although but a short time a resident of the community of which this volume is a record, the subject of this sketch has by his professional ability and high personal character stamped his impress on those with whom he has come in contact and is numbered among the progressive and enterprising resi- dents of Bedford. In the realm of medicine and surgery he has achieved a splendid reputation, for by training and experience he has well qualified him- self to combat disease in all its forms, and among his professional colleagues he is held in highest regard. Doctor Carey is a native of Philadelphia, Penn- sylvania, where he was born on April 17, 1876, and is the son of Dr. Stephen H. and Mary (Nuskey ) Carey, both of whom also were born in Philadelphia, in which city the father is now engaged in the active practice of his profession, that of dentistry. Of their children, the subject of this sketch is the only one living.
Harry K. Carey completed his public school education and then entered the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania, where he was graduated in 1898 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. In the same year he entered upon the active practice of his profession at Philadelphia, where he remained until 1912, in which year he came to Bedford, where he has since remained and, as already stated, is now numbered among the leading physi- cians in this locality. As a general practitioner in medicine and surgery he has met with splendid success and is commanding his full share of patronage. While in Philadelphia during 1898 and 1899 he was resident physician at St. Joseph's hospital, and assistant gynaecologist to Kensington and Stetson hospitals in that city and was also associate paediatrist to the Samaritan hos- pital and Temple University, and assistant gynecologist to St. Mary's hos- pital, Philadelphia, for several years. He has been a constant and close student of his profession and is a close reader of all literature pertaining thereto, as well as improving other opportunities to keep in touch with medical science in
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all its phases. In 1903, Doctor Carey attended the fourteenth International Medical Congress, which was held at Madrid, Spain, and has made a number of trips abroad, six in all, and being a keen observer, this has been a source of education as well as pleasure to him. The Doctor is a member of the Law- rence County Medical Society, the American Medical Association and the Medical Club of Philadelphia and the County Medical Society of Philadelphia. He has a large and well-selected professional library, as well as many other valuable works, of which he is a close and constant reader. Personally, he is a man of social impulses and is genial and companionable in his relations with his fellow men. He has, since locating in Bedford, taken a deep interest in the welfare of the community and gives an ardent support to all movements for local improvement.
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