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In 1874 Mr. Davis married Elizabeth Stephens. She was born in Wayne county, Indiana, a daughter of Thomas and Lovina Stephens. The five children born to Mr. and Mrs. Davis are mentioned as follows : Thomas, Quincy, Edna, Clarence C., and Bertha May. Thomas died at the age of six, and Quincy at the age of five. Edna married Ed. Bar- deene, and has one daughter, Marion. Clarence married Emma Kep- hart, and their four daughters are named Jessie, Mary, Agnes, and Edna. The daughter Bertha first married Thomas Stanley, who died, leaving one daughter named Helen. Mrs. Stanley is now the wife of Ed. Gerhamer. Fraternally Mr. Davis is affiliated with the Tribe of Ben Hur.
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BUSHROD W. SCOTT. For many years the name Scott was familiarly associated with the mercantile enterprise of the city of Anderson. Mr. Scott first became a resident of Madison county, about the beginning of the Civil war, 1860, arriving here a comparatively poor young man, and from one employment to another gradually advanced until he became an independent business man, and was in the list of successful mer- chants until he finally retired from business and is now spending his later years in the enjoyment of a well won prosperity. He belongs to a prominent old family of colonial ancestors, and for several generations identified with the old colony and commonwealth of Virginia.
Bushrod W. Scott was born in Monongahela county, in what was then Virginia, but is now West Virginia. The date of his birth was June 9, 1839. The family record during its residence in America goes back to his great-grandfather, Major David Scott, who was born in the land of hills and heather, immigrated to America during the colonial era, and settled in the colony of Virginia. He made the acquaintance of, and became a fast friend of George Washington, and when the Revolutionary war came on rose to the rank of major in the colonial troops. Later he secured a large tract of land in what was afterwards Monongahela county, and operated his estate with slave labor. He continued a resi- dent there until his death. Next in line of descent was Col. James Scott. the grandfather, who was born in western Virginia, inherited a large landed estate and many slaves, and became a very prominent citizen of Monongahela county. He served with the rank of colonel during the War of 1812, and was honored with the office of sheriff of Monongahela county. Before his death he freed all his slaves. His life was prolonged to the great age of ninety-four years. On a part of his estate he set aside some land for a cemetery, and his remains now rest there in the vicinity of the old Seott homestead. There were ten children in his family, among whom was Sanford B. Scott, father of Bushrod. San- ford B. Scott was born in Monongahela county, was reared on a farm, and inherited a portion of the land which Major Scott had secured many years before.
He continued to live there until several years after western Virginia had become the state of West Virginia, and in 1867 immigrated west to Indiana, buying land in Henry county, which was his home until 1870 when he sold out and bought a place in Lafayette township of Madison county. He was engaged in general farming and stock raising there until his death at the age of sixty-seven years. Francis B. Scott married Hannah Tibbs, a native of Virginia, and a daughter of John and Mary (MeCay) Tibbs, who was born and spent all their lives in the old Vir- ginia commonwealth. Mrs. Sanford B. Scott died at the age of 89, and reared nine children, named : James, Bushrod W., Louise, Mary, John, William, Virginia, Fannie, and Isabelle.
In the old Monongahela River country, Bushrod W. Scott spent his boyhood days, and lived there until he was about twenty-one years of age. In 1860 he left the old home and came west to Indiana. His first work and experience in this state were as a clerk in a general store at Alexandria, in Madison county. In the spring of 1861 he returned to Virginia, but found the country in which he had spent his boyhood rent with the distractions of Civil war. and he accordingly returned to Madi- son county, and was employed as a clerk for the firm of Crim & Hazlet at Anderson. That firm then had the largest store in the county seat. Four years later, the business was sold to Andrew Jackson, and Mr.
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Scott continued with the new proprietor for one year. His experience and savings then enabled him to start in business on his own account, and he became a partner of E. C. Bliven, under the firm name of Scott & Bliven. These partners sold dry goods, and had a growing busi- ness. At the end of two years Mr. Siddall bought the interest of Bliven, and the firm for three years was Scott & Siddall. Mr. Scott then sold out to his partner, and soon formed a partnership with his father-in-law, William W. Williams, making the firm of Scott & Williams. They con- dueted a general store, and it was one of the popular trading centers of the time. After several years Mr. Scott became sole proprietor, and continued in active business at Anderson for about ten years, at which time he retired. In the meantime he had bought a farm, and still owns that place, operating it through renters. Soon after his marriage he had bought the property at the northwest corner of Meridian and Twelfth Streets, and that is still in his possession. He occupied it as a place of residence until 1904, when he bought his present home at the northwest corner of Central Avenue. and Fourteenth Street. On June 25, 1868, Mr. Scott married Maanda Williams. She was born at Ogden in Henry county, Indiana. Her father William W. Williams, was born near Mount Vietory in Hardin county, Ohio, a son of John Williams, who was a farmer near Mount Vietory. The father of Mrs. Scott came to Indiana when a young man, and for several years operated a tannery at Knights- town in Henry county. Later he was a merchant at Ogden in the same county, afterwards moved to Richmond, Indiana, and a year later in August, 1865, established himself at Anderson, which was then a quiet rural village of about five thousand people. He is still remembered as one of the old merchants of Anderson, and was in business with his son Henry C. for some years, and afterwards with Mr. Scott. Mr. Williams lived in Anderson until his death at the age of seventy-five. He married Martha Raines, who was born in Ohio, a daughter of Joah Raines, who came from Ohio to Indiana, lived in Wayne county, and then in Henry county buying a farm near Knightstown, where he spent the rest of his active life. His death occurred at the home of his daughter in Ogden. The mother of Mrs. Scott died at the age of sixty-two years, and reared five children, named: Henry, Lucien, Maanda, Adeline, and Edgar. The daughter named Caroline died in childhood.
To Mr. and Mrs. Scott have been born four children: Charles. Lena, Marshall, and Robert. Lena married Leonard Wild, and has one son named Robert. Marshall married Nora Ellison, and their one son is named George. These are the only two grandchildren of Mr. and Mrs. Scott. The family worship in the Methodist church.
JOSEPH H. ELLIOTT. A business man of Anderson, where he has had his residence since 1904, Mr. Elliott has had a career of varied ae- tivity, has gained a satisfying degree of material prosperity, and stands high in the publie esteem of local citizenship in his adopted city.
.Joseph H. Elliott was born in Adams county, Ohio. His father was James Elliott, who was born in the same county, and the grandfather was William Elliott, a native of North Carolina. Great-grandfather Elliott, so far as known, was also born in North Carolina, and from that state took his family to Ohio, becoming a pioneer in Adams county. He bought and improved a tract of land there, and on it passed his last days. Grandfather Elliott early in life learned the trade of carriage builder. From Adams county he moved to Ross county, where he estab-
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lished himself in business at Bainbridge, and manufactured and re- paired wagons and carriages. That was his home until his death. He married Mary West, who was born in Loudoun county, Virginia, and both she and her husband lived to a good old age and reared eleven children.
James Elliott, the father of the Anderson business man, spent his early life in Adams and Ross counties of Ohio. Under his father's direc- tion he learned the same mechanical trade, and was in business at Bain- bridge, until 1873. In that year he moved to Gibson City, Illinois, where he continued in the same line for several years. In 1908 he took up his residence at Anderson, which continued to be his home until his death on November 9, 1911, at the age of eighty years. He married Sarah Palmer. She was born in Loudoun county, Virginia, June 4, 1829. Her father Cornelius Palmer was a life long resident of Virginia. Benja- min Palmer, father of Cornelius Palmer, married Mary Berry, who sur- vived her husband, and went to Ohio to live with her son, dying in the home of Cornelius Palmer. Cornelius Palmer was reared and married in Virginia, and in 1833 went to Ohio, accompanied by his family. With a wagon and six horses this long journey was accomplished over the mountains and across the Ohio Valley, and in the wagon were the house- hold goods and other possessions, and each night the family camped out by the roadside. For one year the Palmers lived on the banks of the Scioto River, and then Cornelius Palmer bought land in Adams county. On the land was a log house, and a few acres were cleared, and he set himself to the task of making a homestead. All his labor went for noth- ing on account of a defective title, and after that, misfortune, he moved to Highland county, Ohio, which was his home until 1864. From Ohio, he moved out to Ford county, Illinois, where he had four hundred ceres. When he first settled there that section of Illinois was sparsely populated, and only a little portion of his land had been improved. His labors he gave to the development of that place and after some years mored to East Lynn, in Vermillion county, which was his home until his death at the age of eighty-six years. Cornelius Palmer married Harriet Beavers. She was born in Loudoun county, Virginia, a daughter of Sam- uel and Sarah Beavers. Samuel Beavers was a native of Maryland, moving from that state to Virginia, and he and his wife both died in Loudoun county. The wife of Cornelius Palmer died in her ninetieth year, and her death was the result of an accident. Mrs. Sarah Elliott, the mother of Joseph H. Elliott, is now eighty-four years of age, a hale and hearty woman, and presides over the household of her son.
Joseph H. Elliott was an only child, was educated in the schools of Greenfield, Ohio, and after the family went to Gibson, Illinois, assisted his father in the shop and also clerked in local stores. It was in that way that he got his first lessons in business life. From Gibson City he moved to Rockford, Illinois, and became superintendent of a fence fac- tory, and a sewing machine company agent and remained there for four and a half years. In 1893 Mr. Elliott came to Indiana, and was a com- mercial salesman in this state for a number of years. In 1904 he took up his permanent residence at Anderson, and since that time has con- ducted a provision and grocery business.
In 1878 Mr. Elliott married Mary A. McCracken. She was born near Lexington, in McLean county, Illinois, a daughter of Milton McCracken. Mrs. Elliott died in 1908, and she and her husband reared two sons, Harry and James C. Harry, who is associated with his father in business mar-
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ried Flossie Reed, and has one daughter, Maxine. James C. married Florence Brockmeyer, and has one son, Gerald. Mr. Elliott and also his wife during her lifetime had membership in the Methodist church, and his parents were likewise active in that denomination. Fraternally he is affiliated with the Modern Woodmen of America.
CLINTON M. COTTERMAN. A resident of Anderson who for some years has made a substantial business of furnishing the people of this locality with the product of a market garden is Clinton M. Cotterman, who has his gardens well within the city limits, and who has also served the com- munity in official capacity, and has long taken an active interest in politics.
Clinton M. Cotterman was born on a farm three miles west of Day- ton in Montgomery county, Ohio, September 1, 1849. His father was William Cotterman, born in Pennsylvania, and the grandparents moved from Pennsylvania to Ohio, and became early settlers of Montgomery county. William Cotterman in early youth learned the trade of cigar- maker, which he followed all his active career. When the war broke out between the states, he enlisted as an Ohio volunteer, and gave effi- cient and loyal service to the Union. His last years were spent at the soldiers home near Dayton. William Cotterman married Amanda J. McPherson. Her father was a millwright by trade, and died at the age of thirty-seven. His widow managed to keep her children together until each had a home of his own. The mother of Mr. Cotterman died at the age of forty years and left seven children named: Clinton M., Adam F., James B., William, Albertus, Clara B., and Catherine.
Clinton M. Cotterman was reared and educated in his native county. As a boy he worked under his father to learn the cigarmaker's trade and afterwards acquired the trade of broom making. When he had grown to manhood he chose the occupation of farming instead of his trade, and his first purchase of land was forty acres in Montgomery county on the line of Preble county. In 1893 he sold out his place in Ohio and moved to Madison county. He soon afterwards bought some land in Union township, farming there for one year, after which he operated as a renter for five years and then came to Anderson. He has a pleasant home at the corner of Eighth and Union Streets, and a tract of four acres near by where he is engaged in truck farming.
Mr. Cotterman has been twice married. At the age of twenty-four he married Sarah M. House, who was born in Montgomery county, Ohio, a daughter of Andrew and Mary (Reichard) House. Mrs. Cotterman died at the age of thirty-five. For the second marriage Mr. Cotterman mar- ried Rachel Ellen Loy, who was born in Preble county, Ohio, a daughter of Conrad Loy. Mr. Cotterman has one son by his first marriage, named George. Since casting his first presidential vote for General Grant, Mr. Cotterman has always consistently supported the Republican ticket, has been active in the campaign, and has served in the office of township assessor.
ENOCH E. BYRUM. A distinguished and influential member of the clergy of the Church of God, author of high-grade and valuable works and president of the Gospel Trumpet Company, whose printing and publishing plant, located near the city of Anderson, is one of the finest in the state of Indiana, Mr. Byrum is numbered among the prominent and honored citizens of Madison county, has been a power for good in Vol. IT-8
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the various relations of life, is a man of high attainments and exalted character and is eminently entitled to representation in this publication.
Enoch E. Byrum is a native son of Indiana and is a son of one of the old and honored families of this commonwealth. He was born in Randolph county, on the 13th of October, 1861, and is a son of Eli and Lucinda (Fields) Byrum, the former a native of North Carolina and the latter of Tennessee. The father devoted the major part of his active career to the great basic industry of agriculture and both he and his wife passed the closing period of their lives in Randolph county, Indiana. They were folk of devout Christian faith and their lives signalized their practical observance of the faith which they thus pro- fessed and by which they guided and governed themselves, so that they ever held secure place in the confidence and high regard of all who knew them.
He whose name initiates this review gained his early education in the public schools of his native county. Thereafter he entered the Northern Indiana Normal School, at Valparaiso, and in this institution, now known as Valparaiso University, he was graduated as a member of the class of 1886, after the completion of thorough courses in elocution and oratory. Thereafter he attended in 1887, Otterbein University, at Westerville, Ohio, in which admirable institution he specialized in Sun- day-school work and in philosophical and divinity studies. Setting to himself high purpose and determining to devote himself to the aiding and uplifting of his fellow men, he earnestly and effectively prepared himself for the ministry, and in 1892 he was ordained as a clergyman of the Church of God. Mr. Byrum has done most consecrated and faithful services as a worker in the vineyard of the Divine Master and has become one of the most influential factors in the affairs of the church of which he is a representative. Since 1889 he has been editor of the "Gospel Trumpet, " published by the Gospel Trumpet Company, and this is one of the leading periodicals of the religious denomination with which he has been long and prominently identified. In 1904 Mr. Byrum made a tour of the world for the purpose of examining the ancient manuscripts of the Bible and otherwise expanding his wide knowledge of Christian literature and activities, and investigating the outlook of Foreign Mis- sionary work and establishing missions in the foreign fields. In 1909-10 he made a most zealous and effective missionary tour through the southern states, Central and South America and the West Indies. Mr. Byrum has written voluminously on subjects pertaining to religion and human responsibilities and ideals. Among the most prominent of his published works are those bearing the following named titles: "The Boy's Com- panion," "Divine Healing of Soul and Body," "'The Secret of Salva- tion," "The Prayer of Faith," "The Great Physician." "Behind the Prison Bars," "Travels and Experiences in Other Lands," and "The Secret of Prayer." Each of these volumes has been issued from the presses of the Gospel Trumpet Company, of which he is president.
In the year 1880 the publication of the "Gospel Trumpet" was insti- tuted at Indianapolis, and moved in 1906 to Anderson. Indiana, where the plant was located on the corner of Ninth and Main streets. There the business was most successfully conducted until 1910, when the com- pany purchased fifty-seven acres of land just outside the corporate limits of Anderson, adjoining the eastern part of the city, one mile from the court house, where they have erected large buildings of concrete construction, modern in every respect, for the accommodation of the
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extensive publishing business of which Mr. Byrum is the executive head, and in the upbuilding of which he has been the dominating force. On the same grounds have been erected by the company an excellent build- ing for the accommodation and residenee of employes and also an admir- able home for old folk who are affiliated with the Church of God. The equipment of the printing and publishing plant is of the most modern and approved order, including the best cylinder and job presses and three linotype machines, so that the establishment is one of the best of the order in the entire Union. Mr. Byrum is president of the company as has been stated previously, and the other members of the official board are as here designated: A. L. Byers, vice-president, and N. H. Byrum, secretary-treasurer.
In 1889 Mr. Byrum was married to Rhoda B. Keagy. She bore him six children, named as follows: Ethel E., now Mrs. Kimble of Anderson, Indiana; Birdie Ruth, E. Arlo, Mabel Grace, Bernice Mariva, and Nilah Virginia. The wife and mother died on September 14, 1907, and on October 1. 1908, Mr. Byrum married Miss Lucena C. Beardslee, of Seattle, Washington.
Mr. Byrum is a man of broad culture, but has naught of intellectual bigotry or intolerance in his makeup. As a citizen he is essentially pro- gressive and public-spirited and his genial personality has gained to him the high regard of those with whom he has come in contact in the varied relations of life. In his political activities, he votes for the prin- ciple and the man behind it. not being one to make a fetich of adherence to any especial political party.
GEORGE W. PETTIGREW. From an inheritance of five and a half acres of land. George W. Pettigrew has increased his holdings in Madison county in recent years until today he has a goodly acreage of two hundred and sixty-two and a half acres of the finest land to be found in this section of the state, all of which is under cultivation and which yields its owner an excellent income. Mr. Pettigrew has been a resident of this township all his life, and was born here on January S, 1858, the son of Samuel J. and Mary J. (Tingley) Pettigrew.
Samuel J. Pettigrew was born in Rockbridge county, Virginia, Feb- ruary 15, 1827, and his wife was a native of the state of Ohio, born in Greene county, in 1832. Both are now deceased. The father came to Greene county, Ohio, in his young manhood, and there met and married Mary Tingley, after which they came to Madison county, Indiana. From 1852 until 1862 they lived in this county, then returned to Ohio and settled in Greene county. The year 1870 saw their return to these parts, where they passed the remaining years of their lives. The father died August 10, 1874, but the mother survived until March 15, 1893. They became the parents of ten children, of which number eight are vet living. Those who survive are named as follows: Mary E., the widow of Jacob Newfarmer; William H., of Whitely county, Indiana; David M .. of Missouri ; James J., of Hancock county, Indiana; Samuel A., of Ander- son, Indiana; Francis M., in the regular army of the Philippines, with the rank of lieutenant ; Charles E., of Madison county, Indiana; George W., of this review.
George W. Pettigrew was reared in Green township, and all save eight years of his life have been passed here. He was trained in the common schools of the community and until he reached his legal majority remained on the home place. He then took up farming on his own re-
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sponsibility, and his life since then has been devoted to that industry. As was mentioned in another paragraph, he inherited five and a half acres of land, but he was not content with an aercage of that size, and today a fine farm of two hundred and sixty acres yields generously to his skill in husbandry. General farming and stoek raising constitute his business, and as a breeder of Shorthorn cattle, part of which are regis- tered stock, he is well known throughout the county, as the result of his twelve years of activity in that line. He feeds and ships more than a carload of cattle yearly, while his thoroughbred stock finds market in Indianapolis. Mr. Pettigrew in 1907 erected one of the finest country homes in the county. It is a commodious place of thirteen rooms, with ample basement, and is built on modern lines, caleulated to produce a comfortable and homelike place. When completed, the home cost him something like $5300. The place is equipped with a hot water heating plant and is furnished throughout in quartered oak and black walnut.
On November 20, 1879, Mr. Pettigrew married Miss Lavina Whelchel, who was born in Fall Creek township, Hamilton county, Indiana, on September 20, 1862, and is a daughter of Abraham and Eliza Allen, the former born in Ilamilton county, Indiana, on May 28, 1836, and the latter in the same county, on August 31, 1835. She died on August 4, 1907, but the father is still living, and makes his home in Hamilton county, where they passed their lives. They became the parents of eight children, as follows: Alva, who has a family of five children, Fairy B., the wife of Frank Bixler; Roy; Delia, the wife of Jesse Partain; Wayne; Lulu; Grover C .; Irene.
The family are members of the German Baptist church and hold their membership at Beach Grove, Mr. Pettigrew being one of the direc- tors of the church, and a leading member. He is a Progressive Democrat, and one of the best known men in his community, where he is esteemed and respected for the many excellent traits that characterize him.
GARLAND HANCOCK. As superintendent of the north Anderson Schools, Mr. Hancock is a young educator who has proven his value and ability, and is now performing a very capable service in one of the largest schools in the county.
Garland Hancock was born in 1887 in Richland township, Madison county, and belongs to one of the old families of this section of the state. His parents were James and Jennie (Bronneberg) Hancock, and the father was for a number of years engaged in the livery business at Ver- sailles in Ripley county, and previous to that time was a farmer. The four children in the family were Garland, Fern, Flora and Ernest.
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