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he was elected to the office of sheriff of Hamilton county, and gave efficient service in that capacity for one terin. Besides farming he also followed the voeation of auctioneer, and was a well known figure in that county. Fraternally he was a Mason. His death occurred in December, 1876, and he was the father of nine children, the two now living being Andrew J., of Montana, and James.
James D. Mckenzie was reared on a farm in Hamilton county, and had the advantages of the district schools in that vieinity. On July 29, 1871 he married Sarah R. Castor, a native of Hamilton and educated in the publie schools there. Her death oeeurred in 1904. On April 2, 1908, Mr. MeKenzie married for his present wife Mrs. Eva Eakin, who was born in White River township of Hamilton county, and her maiden name was Eva Shepard. She attained most of her schooling in Noblesville. The children of her first marriage are as follows: Grace, a graduate of St. Mary of the Woods at Terre Haute, and now the wife of Fred Lucas of Peoria, Illinois; and George, who married Enla Bales, and lives in this state. Mrs. MeKenzie is a member of the Christian ehureh at Nobles- ville, while Mr. MeKenzie's church affiliations are with the Wesleyan Methodist. In politics he is a Republican, but has never held any official position, and has been content to give his vote for the eause of good government, and to lend a hand wherever possible to advance the best interests and welfare of his home community.
ANDREW J. SHETTERLY. Numbered among the progressive and ener- getie business men of Lapel, Indiana, where he has been identified with elevator interests since 1896, Andrew J. Shetterly is justly considered one of the representative men of his native county. He is the fortunate pos- sessor of just those qualities which are essential to success in any line of business, and his long experience in his present venture has made him thoroughly familiar with its every detail. He belongs to an old and honored family of Madison county, and was born on a farm in Jackson township, December 23, 1865, a son of George L. Shetterly.
The Shetterly family was founded in Indiana by two brothers, David and Henry Shetterly, who were farmers and ministers of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Another of the name, William HI. Shetterly, was a prominent speaker and preacher in Stony Creek township, where he founded the first school and devoted himself to the cause of education and religion. David Shetterly, the grandfather of Andrew J. Shetterly, was born in Ohio, and came to Indiana in 1836, entering a farm from the gov- ernment, in Jaekson township. where he spent the remaining years of his life. He had two sons and three daughters, of whom four children still survive: George L .; Catherine, the wife of John Finley ; Harriet, who married William Sural ; and Elmira, the wife of Felix Leever.
George L. Shetterly was born in Ohio, and was a child when he aeeom- panied his parents to Jaekson township. He followed in the footsteps of his father and beeame an agrieulturist, a vocation which he has followed to the present time with gratifying sueeess, and. like his father, has devoted much of his time to the work of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he has served as elass leader for many years and as superin- tendent of the Sunday school. He and his wife, who also survives, have had twelve children, of whom eight are still living, namely : Oliver C .; Catherine, who is the wife of Edward Johnson; Thomas F., a farmer of Stony Creek township, who resides at Lapel; Amelia, the wife of O. P. Wise; Abraham L. and Andrew J., twins; Cora B., who is the wife of Vol 11-12
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Harry Layton; and George A., who is a glass worker and resides at Lapel.
Andrew J. Shetterly was reared on his father's farm in Jackson town- ship and received his education in the district sehools. Early adopting the vocation of educator, he taught school for twelve terms in Kansas, Colorado and Indiana, but in 1896, with two of his brothers, embarked in the milling and elevator business at Lapel, under the firm style of Shet- terly Brothers. This venture has proved very successful and has enjoyed a steady and continuous growth, its trade gradually extending beyond the limits of Lapel into the surrounding country. Mr. Shetterly is conceded by his associates to be a man of much more than ordinary business ability, one who can be relied upon to fulfill his obligations, and whose integrity has ever been unquestioned.
Mr. Shetterly was married to Miss Lizzie Winklepleck, who was born in Nebraska. They are consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and take an active interest in its movements. Mr. Shetterly's fraternal connection is with Lapel Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of which he is a charter member, being past noble grand and a member of the Grand Lodge of the State. In polities a stalwart Repub- lican, he served as a member of the board of trustees of Stony Creek town- ship from 1901 to 1905, and the conscientious devotion to detail which characterizes his business activities was brought to bear with satisfactory results upon the duties of his office. His popularity is attested by a wide circle of sincere friends in Lapel, and in business, social and private life he is held in the highest esteem.
WINFIELD SHAUL. The Shaul family, which Winfield Shaul of this review represents in this township, is one of the oldest in Madison county, and the subject is the representative of the fourth generation to hold the land which the founder of the family entered from the government when the first of the name located here from the Keystone state in the earliest days of Indiana, long prior to her statehood. The first of the name to locate here entered land from the government, and ended his days in the cultivation of the wilderness tract he thus acquired. His son, Orange B., next gave his attention to the cultivation of the place, and he in turn handed it down to his son, George K., the father of Winfield, who was born on the old place on November 20, 1875. So mueh for a brief sketch of the earlier generations of this family.
George K. Shaul was born in Green township and was educated in the public schools of this community. He lived a life of singular usefulness in his native community and served a number of years as a trustee of the township. He was a prosperous farmer and a man of prominence in the township. Fraternally he was a leader, and had membership in the Knights of Pythias, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. and the Red Men. His two children were Clifford D., now superintendent of the Arti- ficial Gas Plant in Houston, Texas, who was a graduate of the Pendle- ton high school and the State University of Indiana, and Winfield, whose name heads this brief sketch.
Winfield Shaul was reared on the old family home and attended the schools of his native community. He entered upon farming life in real earnest when he had reached years of discretion, and has ever devoted himself to that business, in which he has experieneed a pleasing degree of success and prosperity. He has a fine place of eighty acres in Seetion 14, and his residence is one of the most complete cement houses to he
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found in the township. It was built as late as 1911, and is thoroughly modern and complete in all its details. The farm itself is the identical one that came into the family when the Shauls settled in Madison county, Winfield Shaul being the fourth successive generation to take up its abode on the farm. Mr. Shaul is a prominent Republican in his township, and has a leading part in the activities of the party in his district. Fraternally he is a member of Sieillian Lodge No. 234, Knights of Pythias, and also has membership in the Modern Woodmen of America, in which he carries a heavy insurance policy.
On March 20, 1896, Mr. Shaul was married to May Girt, who was born in Marion county, Indiana. They have three children : George L., a stu- dent in the common schools and now aged fourteen years; Lavahan, aged twelve, and Leona M .. now five years of age. The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and have a secure position in popular regard in the community where they have so long been known.
W. FRANK MICVAUGH. In W. Frank MeVaugh Madison county has one of her most promising young men, and one in whom the public has already shown a measure of confidence by electing him to the office of county surveyor in November, 1912. His previous record in the engineer- ing profession, though necessarily brief, had been sufficiently praise- worthy to establish him as one of the coming men of the district, and the evidence thus far amply supports the judgment of those who called him to his present position.
Born in Huntsville, Indiana, on September 26, 1885, W. Frank Me Vaugh is the son of Edward and Mary (Yerkes) MeVaugh, both of whom are now residents of Pendleton, as is their son, the subject of this review. He is one of the four children born to his parents, and he was reared in and about Huntsville, in Fall Creek township, receiv- ing his education in the Pendleton public schools and in higher institu- tions of learning. He was graduated from the high school of Pendleton with the class of 1903 soon after which he entered Purdue University, where he took a three years' course in Civil Engineering. He followed his University training with a season of employment with the Rock Island Railroad Company in Arkansas as a member of their engineering corps, and later was in the employ of the Kenefick, Hammond & Quigley Construction Company in Louisiana. In 1908 he returned to Purdue and there continued his engineering studies in that year. In 1909 he was with the Missouri, Oklahoma & Gulf Railroad as bridge engineer; but continued with them for a short time only. His service there was followed by employment with the Overland Construction Company, and he was in their employ until April, 1910, when he returned to Indiana and entered the employ of the Big Four Railroad Company as civil engineer, continuing in that work until December 15, 1912, his work being confined to the Cleveland division.
In November, 1912, the election of Mr. MeVaugh to the office of county engineer of Madison county came, and he assumed the duties of his office on January 1, 1913, as has already been mentioned.
Mr. MeVaugh was united in marriage in May, 1909, to Miss Hazel V. Taylor, of Pendleton, where she was born on September 10, 1885. She is a graduate of the Pendleton high school in the class of 1904, and in 1906 was a student in Earlham College, later substituting in the public schools of Pendleton on the staff of instructors. She was one of the most popular young women of her native town, and still retains
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her old place in the hearty esteem of her townspeople. One son has been born to Mr. and Mrs. McVangh, born on September 27, 1910, and named William J., in honor of his father.
Mr. McVaugh is a Democrat, but has never taken any especially active parts in the political life of his community. Like his wife, he is popular and prominent in the town which has represented his home from birth, and enjoys the confidence of all.
JAMES W. POTTS. A business enterprise of Summitville which is a reliable source of supplies in the hardware and implement line to the greater part of Van Buren township in the store of James W. Potts and his partner, Mr. Vinson. Mr. Potts has been known in Van Buren township since childhood. He is an aggressive and able young business man, and for a number of years followed farming in this vicinity and in Delaware county. His practical knowledge of agriculture has been an asset in his present business, since he knows exactly what the agricultural community needs in the way of its mechanical and hardware supplies, and is a business man who looks closely after his trade and his stock, which has been the chief factor in the success of his establishment in Summitville.
James W. Potts was born February 8, 1871, on his father's farm in Van Buren township, about three miles southeast of Summitville, on the Peter Flint Gravel Road. His parents were Jesse M. and Sarah A. (Hudson) Potts. His father came to Indiana from North Carolina when a young man, arriving in Anderson without money. He is the type of man who made success from small beginnings. Miscellaneous work of any honest kind afforded him his livelihood for some time until he was married. He then rented a farm from his father-in-law, James Hudson, and afterwards as his means increased bought eighty acres. At the time of his death he was the owner of one hundred and forty-three acres, and a man of substantial influence in the county. He was buried in Mt. Pisgah cemetery in Monroe township. His children were: Martha A., deceased; Mrs. Mary Jane Ellsworth, deceased; Lilly A. Poindexter ; James W .; William W., who is employed on the Cincinnati Times-Star at Cincinnati.
James W. Potts was reared on a farm. All his school associations center about the Dageon school, in Van Buren township, which he attended from the time he learned his letters until his education was considered complete. When he started out for himself he rented a part of the Hudson estate, and at the same time managed his father's farm. Afterwards he bought seventeen acres from the Hudson place, and con- ducted that little farm with profit for some years. He then sold it and moved to Deleware county, where he rented a farm of seventy acres for two years. After that he bought back from his brother William W., the seventeen acres of his original homestead, and has since increased his ownership of land in this township to sixty-five acres. It is located two and a half miles southeast from Summitville. His brother-in-law Wallace Poindexter attends the farm. On leaving the country, Mr. Potts engaged in business in Summitville, and in partnership with Oscar A. Vinson bought out what has long been known as the Summitville Hardware Company.
On August 18, 1892, Mr. Potts married Miss Ida A. Young, a daughter of Ellison and Laura (Widener) Young. Five children have blessed their marriage, namely: Two who died in infancy; Londis L., in
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high school: Jesse E., in the first year of high school and James F. Mr. Potts has fraternal affiliations with the Improved Order of Red Men, Neoskaleta Tribe, No. 149 : the Knights of Pythias, Gas Belt Lodge No. 361; the Modern Woodmen of America, Camp No. 10434; and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, No. 478. His church is the Christian denomination. When he can get away from business Mr. Potts enjoys nothing better than recreation in the woods, hunting and fishing and such other diversions as the outdoor life affords.
LEWIS F. MOBLEY, M. D. For twelve years in the successful practice of his profession at Summitville, Dr. Mobley is one of the able doctors in the northern part of Madison county, and has built up a splendid practice both in and about the town of Summitville.
L. F. Mobley was born August 6. 1575, in Hartsville, Bartholomew county, Indiana, a son of Warren W. and Mary Ryan) Mobley. The maternal grandfather Ryan was a physician, one of the early members of the profession in this state, and was also a Methodist minister, an old-time circuit rider. who exercised a beneficent influence over the large scope of country to which he ministered in the early days. Grand- father John Mobley came from Baltimore, Maryland. and was an early settler in Indiana, where he followed the quiet pursuits of farming. He had been a soldier in the War of 1812.
Warren W. Mobley, the father, was both a farmer and a man of exceptional scholarship. He was born in Indiana, and spent his life on a farm near Hartville in Bartholomew county. He and his wife were the parents of eight children, namely: L. F .; Mrs. Elsie Day; Nina; Otto; Homer, deceased; Herbert : and two that died in infancy.
Dr. Mobley as a boy attended the common schools and the town- ship high school, and secured the means for his advancement to pro- fessional life, largely by teaching school. an occupation which he fol- lowed for two years. He then took two years of a normal and com- mereial course at Indianapolis. In 1898 he entered the Kentucky School of Medicine, and was there during that year and during 1900-01. He completed his medical studies in the Indiana College of Medicine where he was graduated M. D. in 1902. Dr. Mobley moved to Summitville, April 28. 1902, and bought out the practice of C. F. Williams, M. D., since which time he has extended the original practice throughout Van Buren township.
Dr. Mobley was married December 31. 1902. to Miss Louie Taylor, of Columbus. Indiana. They have one daughter, Ethel May, in second grade of school. The Doctor is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. No. 475; the Knights of Pythias. No. 361; the Improved Order of Red Men. Neoskaleta Tribe No. 149: the Modern Woodmen of America, Camp No. 10434. and he and his wife worship in the Baptist church. He also has membership in the Madison County. Indiana, State Medieal Society and the American Medical Association. He is the city health officer of the town of Summitville. He is held in high esteem throughout the community to which he gives his professional services.
WILSON CORY. Four miles south of the city of Anderson on the Cory gravel road in Anderson township is located the fine farm of Wilson Cory. one of the best country estates in Madison county. Mr. Cory has one hundred and twenty acres of land. and for many years has been successful as a grower of the various crops and as a stoek raiser. The conspicuous feature of his place, which has in fact made it known all
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over the south side of Madison county is the fine barn. This is not only a structure built and equipped according to the most modern and approved standards of farm-building construction, but attracts attention because of its unusual shape. The Cory barn is built in circular form, and is a notable departure from the usual plan. It is by no means a whim of Mr. Cory that he has built his barn in this manner, since by its form it provides much more space and gives a more effective arrange- ment than the old rectangular method of construction. Wilson Cory was born in Madison county, March 4, 1842, a son of Abner and Martha (Roberts) Cory. His father was one of the early settlers of the county, having come from North Carolina in 1832, and the land which he entered in Anderson township was patented in a document bearing the signa- ture of President Andrew Jackson. The father came from North Caro- lina to Indiana. Wilson Cory as a boy attended the common schools and spent his vacation times and mornings and evenings at work on the farm. He continued in that way until he was married and then began as a renter on a portion of his father's land.
On March 2, 1862, Mr. Cory married Karen H. McAllister, a daughter of John and Louisa (Galbraith ) McAllister. John McAllister came from Mason county, Virginia, was a farmer and stock dealer, and lived in Madison county nearly all his life, and was an old-time pioneer. His parents, William and Belana (Connor) McAllister, brought him to Adams township when he was a child of fourteen years. The father of Mrs. Cory was known throughout this country as "Hog" John McAllister on account of his extensive dealings in hogs. There were ten children in the McAllister family, namely : Karen, the first wife of Wilson Cory ; Emily Poindexter ; Carshena, deceased; Beltana Manning; Decatur, who had the distinction of being the youngest Mason in Indiana, and is now deceased ; William, deceased; Mary E., the present wife of Wilson Cory ; Enos, deceased; Walter, deceased; and John, a resident of Omaha, Nebraska. John McAllister and wife were buried twelve miles west of Auburn.
Mr. Wilson Cory by his first marriage was the father of ten children, who are mentioned as follows: Carey B., wife of J. H. Hardy, is the mother of three children, Howard W., Kenneth, and Joseph, Kenneth being deceased ; Estella M. is the wife of W. F. Roth, and has three chil- dren; Bertha L. is the wife of J. E. Rout, and has three children; John C. married Emma Reed; Martha B., married Mr. Catterson, and has two children named Kenneth and Grace M; Walter A. is the sixth child : Frank, of Los Angeles, is unmarried; Indiana R. is the wife of Mr. Brasket, and has one child, Carmen; Grace is deceased; and Mary K. is the wife of Mr. F. M. Johnson of Portland Oregon.
After the death of his first wife Mr. Wilson Cory married a sister of his previous wife, Mary E. McAllister. The five children of this union are Cecil, Pauline, Russell N., Dollie, and Clarence, the latter two being deceased. Mr. Cory has been affiliated with the Masonic Order since 1866, a member of Ovid Lodge. The family worship in the Christian church. He is an extensive traveler, and during his long and active career has seen much of and enjoyed life in all its phases.
In politics he was formerly a Democrat, but is now a Socialist, and has been for two years. Mrs. Cory was the first to own a red card of the Socialist organization in this county and her daughter Cecil was the first woman Socialist to vote the Socialist ticket in this county.
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ANDREW F. KAUFMAN. A man who has been connected with many phases of the life of Madison county during a period extending over sixty years and who has always played his part well, is A. F. Kaufman, now in the insurance business at Summitville, and also serving in the office of justice of the peace. For years he has been connected with busi- ness and farming interests in this vicinity, and although of late years he has lived in town he is still near enough to his farm to keep an eye on its management.
A. F. Kaufman was born in Western Virginia, as it was known then, but now Mason county, West Virginia, on March 1, 1844. His parents were John and Martha (Hughes) Kaufman, and John Kaufman was originally from the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, his family having been planters in the early part of the previous century. Leaving the Shenandoah Valley John Kaufman moved to Mason county, and in 1853, came on west and found a home in Boone township of Madison county. Much land in this county was still opened to settlement, and he entered one hundred and sixty acres and proceeded to develop it and increase his enterprise, until he was one of the most substantial farmers in the county. Eventually he became the owner of more than five hun- dred acres of the fine land in Boone township. There were nine children in the family, two of whom are now living, Judson and A. F.
A. F. Kaufman when a small boy was a pupil in the schools of Mason county, West Virginia, and was about ten years old when the family came west and located in Madison county. He continued his education in the local schools of this county, and while growing up worked on the home farm. By the time he was sixteen years old he had qualified him- self for work as teacher, and for several terms he followed that occupa- tion. After that he lived on the old homstead until 1892, and was well known as a substantial farmer of the county. In 1892 he moved into Summitville, which town has since been his home and the center of his business affairs. For one year he was owner and conducted a sawmill in the town. After that he took up gas fitting and machine work. In 1896 Mr. Kaufman was elected justice of the peace and has been retained in that office ever since. He has the judicial temperament and for a time his election to the office has been a matter of course, having no opposition, since his services were deemed so satisfactory that he had the undivided support of the entire community. Along with the work of his justice office he engages in insurance and represents several of the best fire and life companies.
In 1864, on April 5, Mr. Kaufman married Mary E. Siler. They have been the parents of six children: Alva, married Miss Josephine Run- yan, and their four children are Bessie, Gladys, Frank and Mary C. Lillie M., now deceased was the wife of Thomas E. Cartwright, a promi- nent resident of Madison county. John M., city clerk and connected with the bank of Summitville, married Bertha Thomas, and their children are Russell, Harry, Arthur and Iris. Charles A., who is with the glass factory at Dunkirk, Indiana. married Stella Ernest, and they have three children : Ernest, Ruth and Clare. Harry C. married Mildred Harlan. William E. is deceased. Mr. Kaufman is affiliated with the Summitville Lodge No. 475, I. O. O. F., and with the Junior Order of United American Mechanics, Summitville Council No. 23. His church is the First Baptist of Summitville. He has always been a Democrat, and previous to his election as justice of the peace served as trustee of Boone township for
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