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John Schuster was a native of the Fatherland, where he received this education and was reared to manhood. He was industrious and enterprising and, seeing no satisfactory prospects in his own country, decidedl tto try his fortunes in the United States. Accordingly, when about thirty years of age, he took passage for New York, and shortly afterllisllantling made his way to Cincinnati, Ohio, and entered the truck gardening lbusiness in which he continued throughout the remainder of This andfive career. IHe became reasonably successful, was a well-known
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and highly esteemed citizen of his community, and reared a family of six children, of whom Adam is the only resident of Madison county. One brother, Daniel, is living in the vicinity of Cincinnati, while three brothers and a sister, John, George, Christopher and Kate, are all deceased.
Adam Schuster received a public school education in the institutions of Franklin county, Ohio, and was brought up an agriculturist. As soon as he had completed his schooling, he entered upon his career as a tiller of the soil, and this occupation he has continued to follow to the present time. He assumed the management of the operations on Dr. Stewart's property on Anderson road. Each succeeding year has seen new improve- ments made, and the success which Mr. Schuster has attained in the raising of crops of bumper size is a demonstration of how far the science of farming may be perfected. He believes in the use of the most progressive methods and high power machinery in his farm work, and has also been successful in breeding a high grade of cattle.
In July, 1890, Mr. Schuster was united in marriage with Miss Sarah Johnson, whose parents came to Madison county from Kentucky. Mr. and Mrs. Schuster have had one son: George, who is attending the Anderson schools. They are also rearing an adopted child, Freda Schuster, who is seven years of age and is also a school student. During his residence in Anderson township Mr. Schuster has made many friends and everywhere he is recognized as a worthy representative of the best agricultural element.
SANFORD R. Moss. Located in Richland township, not far from the city of Anderson is found Shadeland Stock farm, a property of sixty acres from which comes some of the finest light harness horses bred in Madison county. The proprietor of this enterprise, Sanford R. Moss, has had a long and successful experience in his line of work, having been trained therein as a boy, and his firmly-established reputation as a raiser, breeder and trainer of these animals has created an active demand for his animals in the markets of the big cities. Mr. Moss was born on his present property, March 12, 1846, and is a son of William J. and Elizabeth (Gordon) Moss.
The Moss family originated in Germany, the grandfather of San- ford R. Moss, John Moss, being the founder of the family in America. He emigrated from the Fatherland as a young man and located first in Virginia, later moving to Ohio. William J. Moss was born in Virginia, from whence he was taken by his parents as a small boy to Ohio, and there received his education and grew to manhood. Seeking bis fortune, in young manhood he came to Madison county and secured a small tract of land from the government, on which he erected a log cabin, the first home here of himself and wife. As the years passed and his finances permitted he added to his holdings until he had 360 acres, all under cultivation, and improved this property with sub- stantial buildings for his cattle and grain, and a commodious and comfortable residence. An industrious, energetic citizen, he did not confine his efforts to farming, but branched out into the cattle and horse business, and also devoted some attention to milling. At the time of his death he was one of his community's substantial men and a citizen whose position among his fellow-men was assured. William J. and Elizabeth (Gordon) Moss were the parents of seven children:
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John, Jennie, Margaret, Sanford R., Samuel, Frederick and Belle of whom Sanford R. and Samuel survive.
The boyhood home of Sanford R. Moss was a primitive log house, and he was reared amid the surroundings of a newly-opened country. Like the other children of his parents, he was given the advantages of education as afforded by the common schools of his day and locality, the winter terms lasting for three months, while the rest of the year was passed by the youth in the hard, unremitting toil of clearing the home place from the timber which almost completely covered it. Thus he grew to manhood, being trained in the habits of honesty, industry and thrift, and continued to remain under the parental roof until he reached the age of twenty-seven years. Upon the death of his father he assumed the management of the enterprises in which the elder man had been engaged, and continued to successfully operate them for a number of years, although at this time he devotes himself exclusively to training and breeding light harness horses. As a breeder he has a reputation that extends far beyond the limits of his home locality, orders for his animals coming from far distant points all over the country. Although Mr. Moss has reached an age when the majority of men feel that they have earned a rest from their labors, he continues to manage his affairs and to do his own work, a clean, healthy and temperate life having given him a robust constitution and a mind that is alert and responsive. He bears the reputation of being a man whose ventures have ever been of a strictly legitimate nature, and one who, while always ready to grasp an opportunity, has never dealt otherwise than in an honorable manner with his fellow men.
Mr. Moss was married in 1876 to Martha Thornberg, daughter of Thomas Thornberg who came to Madison county from Ohio and for years was the owner and operator of a farm in Richland township. There were six children in the Thornberg family: Richard and Calvin, who are deceased, John, Martha, Jennie Doris and Mrs. Mary Lukens. At the time of the death of his brother-in-law, Richard Thornberg, Mr. Moss adopted one of the latter's children, Thomas, when he reared, and who is now a resident of Texas. Mir. Moss takes only a good citizen's interest in affairs of a public nature, but endeavors to support good men and progressive measures. His long residence in this community has gained him a wide reputation and many warm friends.
FREDERICK LANTZ. The proprietor of the largest store in Pendle- ton, Mr. Lantz really belongs in the front rank of Madison county merchants, and is still a young man who has attained a striking busi- ness success at a time when most of his contemporaries are just begin- ning their careers.
Frederick Lantz was born at Richmond, Indiana, February 26, 1883, a son of Lewis F. and Luella Lantz. Both parents now reside in Milton, Wayne county, this state. The family were early settled in the old Quaker distriet of Wayne county, and the name has always been identified with integrity and the best of business principles. Frederick Lantz received his education at Richmond, but soon after his first lessons in life his father moved to Milton in the same county. where he engaged in the dry goods business. The son, after attending the grade schools and graduating from the Milton high school, entered his father's store at the age of eighteen and was in active association until 1907. At that date he came to Pendleton and went into the dry goods,
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clothing and shoe business at this town. In five years' time he has built up the largest business of the kind in the town, and has acquired, a very prosperous trade both in the village and throughout the sur- rounding country. Mr. Lantz is a modern man of business, punctual in all his affairs, keeping his enterprise up to date at every point, insisting upon the fair and square deal and while furnishing good service in merchandise to his customers also enjoys a fine degree of prosperity for himself.
In 1906 Mr. Lantz married Miss Elizabeth Morris. Mrs. Lantz was born in Wayne county, Indiana, was graduated from the Milton High school and was also a student of the Indiana State University. They are the parents of one child, Deborah, now four years of age. Mrs. Lantz is one of the active members of the Pendleton Friends church. Mr. Lantz has passed through thirty-two degrees of Scottish Rite Masonery, is past master of his lodge at Milton, was high priest of his chapter, and his local affiliations are with Madison Lodge, No. 44, A. F. & A. M. and with the Mystic Shrine at Indianapolis. Mr. Lantz cast his vote for the Republican candidate with somewhat consistent regularity up to the campaign of 1912, but at that time joined the Progressive party and voted accordingly.
CHARLES C. STUDLEY. Among Madison county's sons who have attained distinction in varied fields of active usefulness, none is better known or more highly esteemed in his community than Charles C. Studley of Lapel, who as soldier, business man, public official and citizen has discharged ably and conscientiously every obligation of life. From the dark days of the Civil War, when he valiantly fought under the flag of his country, to the present time, when he is numbered among the most able and impartial justices of the peace that have upheld the dignity of this office in Stony Creek township, his record has been unsullied, and a sketch of his career will show that his life has at all times been one of industry, integrity and general usefulness to his fellow men. Judge Studley was born on a farm in Stony Creek town- ship, Madison county, Indiana. August 2, 1843, and is a son of Datis E. and Ruth (Casler) Studley, the former of whom died in 1872 and the latter in 1870. Of their eleven children. ten were reared to manhood and womanhood, three sons served in the Union army, and three sons and two daughters still survive.
Charles C. Studley passed his boyhood and youth on the home farm, securing his education in the common schools of Stony Creek town- ship, which he was attending at the time of the outbreak of the struggle between the North and South. Filled with youthful patriotism, with other school lads of his community, he enlisted in Company E, 130th Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and was mustered into the United States service at Kokomo, Indiana, December 2, 1863. This was known as one of the hard-fighting regiments of the Union service and participated in many hotly-contested engagements, including those of the Atlanta campaign, where it was under fire for one hundred and twenty days. In 1865, after two days of severe fighting at Nashville, the Twenty-third Army Corps. with which the 130th was identified, was ordered to form a conjunction with General Sherman on his famous march to the sea, and subsequently went to Fort Fisher, Fort Anderson and Moorehead, North Carolina, then fighting its way to Raleigh. On April 14, 1865, the Confederate general. Johnson, surrendered, and the
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Union forces moved on to Charlotte, where the men of Mr. Studley's regiment received their honorable discharge, he leaving the service with the rank of duty sergeant, having gained promotion through fidelity to duty and fearless participation in battle.
On returning to the occupations of peace, Mr. Studley embraced the voeation of carpenter, at which he was working at the time of his first marriage, in Stony Creek township, September 9, 1866, to Miss Louisa Hauger. She died May 4, 1880, leaving four children, of whom three are living at this time: Martha J., single, a professional nurse residing at Anderson, Indiana ; Alma, who is the wife of J. B. La Boutic, of Birmingham, Alabama; and Nora, the wife of Lewis Medill, engaged in the clothing business in that southern city. On February 19, 1882, Judge Studley was married to Matilda Cotterell, and to this union were born three children: Margaret, a graduate of the Lapel High school, and now the wife of B. B. Early, manager of the Western Union Telegraph Company, at Shelbyville, Indiana; Charles W., engaged as a glass blower at Robinson, Illinois, who married Maude Ward; and Ruth, who is single and resides at home, a elerk in a store at Lapel.
The family for many years has been identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church, and its members have been active in religious and charitable work. Judge Studley is a member of the Improved Order of Red Men, and as a member of Hiram G. Fisher Post No. 366, Grand Army of the Republic, is serving as adjutant and was formerly com- mander. By a special act of Congress, he draws a pension of twenty- four dollars per month in appreciation of his valued services during the Rebellion. In political matters Judge Studley was for many years a supporter of Republican principles, but in the campaign of 1912 demonstrated his progressiveness by casting his ballot with the new so- called "Bull Moose" party. For many years he has acted in the capacity of justice of the peace, and the very length of his service gives evidence of the ability with which he has discharged the duties of his responsible office. He is well known in insurance circles as the representative of four of the leading companies, and so well has he managed his interests that he now enjoys the reputation of one whom success always attends, and his connection with any enterprise is taken as a guaranty of its stability. Mr. Studley did not have wealth to aid him in the beginning of his career. His reliance has been placed in the more substantial qualities of perseverance, untiring enterprise, resolute purpose and commendable zeal, and his actions have ever been guided by an honesty of purpose that none have questioned.
JAMES D. MCKENZIE. Situated half a mile southwest of the town of Lapel in Stony Creek township the rural home of James D. Mckenzie, a place of one hundred and twenty aeres possesses all the attractive improvements and profitable quality for which Madison county farms are noted throughout the state. Mr. Mckenzie has made farming his life work, has given it his best energy, and not only has substantial material fruits of his labors, but also the esteem and respect of the community in which he has for many years resided.
James D. Mckenzie was born in White River township in Hamilton county, Indiana. August 8, 1850, a son of Andrew J. and Nancy D. (Ferguson) Mckenzie. The father, a native of Kentucky, was reared up to the age of fourteen in Cincinnati, Oho, and then came to Hamilton county, where he spent the remainder of his career as a farmer. In 1856
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he was elected to the office of sheriff of Hamilton county, and gave efficient service in that capacity for one term. Besides farming he also followed the vocation 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 vicinity. On July 29, 1871 he married Sarah R. Castor, a native of Hamilton and educated in the public schools there. Her death occurred in 1904. On April 2, 1908, Mr. Mckenzie 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 Eula Bales, and lives in this state. Mrs. McKenzie is a member of the Christian church at Nobles- ville, while Mr. Mckenzie'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 cause 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 Jackson 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 accom- panied his parents to Jackson township. He followed in the footsteps of his father and became an agriculturist, a vocation which be has followed to the present time with gratifying success. and. like his father, has devoted much of his time to the work of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he has served as class 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. II-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 schools. Early adopting the vocation of educator, he taught school for twelve termins 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 politics 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 goverment 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 P., 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 much 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 experienced a pleasing degree of success and prosperity. He has a fine place of eighty acres in Section 14, and his residence is one of the most complete cement houses to be
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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 MOVAUCH. 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 eleeting 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) McVaugh, 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 190S 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.
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