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On August 25, 1897, Mr. Clark was married to Mrs. Josephine (Miller) Brown, who was born on a farm in Jackson township, Madison county, Indiana, November 23, 1865, a daughter of Solomon Miller, who came to this county in 1831 and is still living at the age of eighty-five years. Mrs. Clark was married (first) to Francis Brown, of Adams township, and they had one son : Omer Brown, a graduate of the com- mon schools, who is now nineteen years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Clark have had one daughter: Sarah A., born June 26, 1899, who is a student in the public schools of Adams township.
WILLIAM ROBERT WINN. Elwood has for some years found in Wil- liam Robert Winn one of the popular men of the city in his capacity of
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proprietor of the Kentucky Hotel, where he has been the ruling spirit for a number of years past. His identity with the Ames Shovel and Tool Works in an important position has continued for the last seven years, as well, and altogether there are few men in the community bet- ter known than he. He has been a resident of this city since 1901, and with his family fills a leading place in the social and business interests of the town.
Born in Boone county, Missouri, on the first day of August, 1865, Mr. Winn is the son of Jonathan and Sarah Elizabeth (Schooling) Winn, natives of Missouri, and he was one of their four children, the others being as follows: Lucy, who married Robert Ballard and is now deceased; Ida L., who died as the wife of W. P. Stice; William . Robert, of this brief review, and Charles G., a resident of Shreveport, Louisiana.
Jonathan Winn was reared in Boone county, Missouri, where he was born, and he was trained in the trade of a carpenter and cabinet maker in the vicinity of Sturgeon, Missouri. His birth occurred in 1829, and he died in 1867, as a result of illness contracted during his service in the Civil war, through which he served from beginning to end as a soldier of the Confederacy. In addition to his business as a carpenter and cabinet maker he was the owner of a farm in Boone county, which he improved to a high state of cultivation, and there he settled when he married and reared his family in the atmos- phere of a rural home. He was the son of William Winn, a Ken- tuckian by birth and training, and a planter of that state. He brought his wife to Boone county, Missouri, in early life and there he died, after rearing a fine family of ten children. He and his good wife were the parents of sixteen children, but of that number only eleven reached years of maturity. They were named Thomas, James, John, Sidney, Jane, Cordelia, Jackson, Eliza, Melinda, Catherine and George. Both parents reached a fine old age, but the father lived to be ninety-four years old.
The woman who became the wife of Jonathan Winn and the mother of the subject, was Sarah, a daughter of William Robert and Eliza- beth (Pollard) Schooling, natives of Boone county, Missouri. William Robert Schooling was a physician and with his wife passed his life in the county wherein they were born. They were the parents of three children, Sarah Elizabeth, Robert and Clarissa, the first named becom- ing the wife of Jonathan Winn.
Following the death of Jonathan Winn when he was but thirty- eight years of age, his widow married A. G. Ballard, and they are liv- ing today on a fruit farm near Marshall, in Saline county, Missouri. To her second marriage seven children were born, six of whom are liv- ing, and named as follows: Ada E., James, Edward, Mary, Kathleen, and Grover, who died young. It may be mentioned here that Dr. Schooling, the father of Mrs. Ballard, died in California, and that his widow was three times wedded. No children came of her second union, but of her marriage with Thomas Hulen, two sons were born, Oscar and Walter L. Hulen. These brief facts concerning the parentage of Mr. Winn are all that is available at this writing, and will suffice to estab- lish the undeniable American ancestry of the subject.
The farm home of the Winn family in Boone county saw the rear- ing of William Robert Winn during his first nine years of life, but the premature death of his father, Jonathan Winn, in 1867, caused him Vol. II-19
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to be taken into the home of his grandfather, William Winn, and from the age of nine until he reached young manhood he continued to make that place his home. While yet in his teens he started to learn the trade of a wagon-maker and he worked at it for three years, then went back to the farm for something like eight years. He came to Elwood, Indiana, in 1901, and soon after identified himself with the Tin Plate Works, and so continued for four years, after which he became asso- ciated in a leading capacity with the Ames Shovel and Tool Works, with which firm he has since continued. His connection with the Ken- tucky Hotel as its proprietor has been in effeet since November 23. 1911, when he turned his attention to that business, and he has proven himself a capable and genial host, bringing to the Kentucky Hotel a reputation for comfort and accommodation that it never before equaled.
On the 13th day of October, 1899, Mr. Winn was united in matri- mony with Miss Mary Idella Greene, the daughter of Charles and Eliza (Morris) Greene. Concerning Mrs. Winn, it may be said that she was born in the vicinity of Lexington, Kentucky, on February 4, 1871. Her parents were natives of Kentucky and Missouri, the father claiming Kentucky birth. He was a farmer, and when he was a lad of five or six years accompanied his parents to Missouri, which was ever after- ward his home. He was married in that state, but later in life returned to Kentucky and died at Napoleon, that state, in 1900, when he was sixty-two years old. His marriage to Eliza Sweeney took place ou December 17, 1866, and seven children were born to them, six of the number reaching years of maturity. They were named as follows: Wil- liam L., Mary Idella, Beulah, Celia, Geneva and Frederick. Celia died at the age of fourteen. Charles Greene was a soldier in the Confed- erate army, and served in the conflict from the first day of the Rebel- lion to the last. In those strenuous years of army life and hardship he lost the sturdy vigor and strength that had characterized his younger years, and was a semi-invalid the rest of his life. His widow still sur- vives him, and in later years married Jonathan Gustin, their home today being in Elwood. She was a daughter of James and Jane (Sims) Sweeney, both Virginians by birth and ancestry. They became early settlers in Kentucky, and the father, James Sweeney, was a soldier of the Confederacy, like so many of the males of this family on both sides of the house. They had two children, Sarah Elizabeth and Eliza.
The paternal grandfather of Mary Idella (Greene) Winn, wife of the subject, was Abraham Greene, and his wife was Jane (Calvert) Greene, natives of Kentucky. Abraham Greene was a man of Irish ancestry. and he was a wagon maker by trade. He gave valiant service in the Mexican war, and died in New Mexico, his widow passing away earlier than he, and dying in Missouri at the age of sixty-six years. They had a fine family, among which may be mentioned George, Frank. Abraham, William, Elizabeth, Frances and Andrew, who was killed in action in the Civil war. Other of their children died young, and are not mentioned here.
William Robert and Mary Idella (Greene) Winn became the parents of four children, as follows: Clyde Clifton, born August 9, 1891; Lena Belle, born May 22, 1894; Idella Maude, born April 10, 1903, and another, who died in infaney.
HON. BYRON H. DYSON, son of Sinclair and Eliza (Stover) Dyson, was born in Anderson, February 6, 1849, and has the distinction of
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being one of the oldest native citizens of the city now living. Length of residence has also been accompanied by value of attainment and services to his community, and he has long ranked high in his pro- fession as a lawyer, as a newspaper man, and publie leader.
He was reared in the city of his nativity and attended the com- mon schools until he was sixteen years old, when he entered a classi- cal school at Augusta, Kentucky, where he remained for three years, subsequently finishing his school days at the University of Kentucky. On his return to his home he took up the study of law in the office of the late Hon. Winburn R. Pierse, former judge of the Madison Cireuit Court. Judge Pierse, recognizing the ability of his student, retained him in his office at the end of his studies. Mr. Dyson had hardly commenced on his career as an attorney, when he was, in 1876, placed in nomination by the Democratic party as a candidate for mayor of Anderson. He was elected by a handsome majority over his opponent, an old and influential Republican. Mr. Dyson has the honor of being the youngest man ever elected mayor of Anderson.
During his teri as mayor he was strongly advocated by his friends as a candidate for congressional honors, but owing to the candidacy of a near friend he declined to have his name go before the conven- tion. Mr. Dyson is a fluent speaker, a fine writer, and has often been called upon the rostrum, where he has invariably proved an affective orator, with a strong appeal both to the convictions and the emotions of his audience. He has also been connected with the loeal press for years, as well as a correspondent of the Metropolitan papers. A thorough scholar it is said he has but few, if any superiors, as a speller. Only few people of this county can boast of his attain- ments. He was a co-laborer with the Honorable John L. Forkner in the production of "Historical Sketches and Reminiscences of Madison County" in 1897, a work which will reinain a monument to his memory. While the "Historical Sketches" perhaps contain many crudities, it will lose nothing in comparison with similar work wherever published. No history of Madison county can be truthfully written without con- sulting its pages.
Mr. Dyson has two interesting children: Samuel S. Dyson, a worthy young business man; and Alice E., a bright and charming young lady who inherits her father's intellectuality and who will no doubt make herself useful in any sphere in which her lot may be cast.
Mr. Dyson's political affiliations have always been with the Demo- cratie party. He is a man who has always believed that citizenship is a responsibility as well as a privilege, and his name and efforts have frequently been associated with those more important movements for community welfare. His administration of the affairs of the city of Anderson as mayor was in every respect satisfactory, and he has always done everything within his power to promote the larger and better city of Anderson.
W. E. C. SPADE. With the largest and finest drug store in Alex- andria at 202 North Harrison street, Mr. Spade is one of the old-time merchants of this city and became identified with mercantile enter- prises here before the era of natural gas. Along with success in busi- ness he has combined an excellent public spirit which has caused him to take an interest in every movetient for the welfare and development of the community and he is the type of citizen who gives to his com- munity as much or more than he takes away ..
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W. E. C. Spade was born in Jay county, Indiana, September 23, 1853. His grandfather was John Spade, who married Miss Elizab-t: Farber. He was a native of Germany and she of Indiana. Whet a boy he came to America, first locating in Ohio and then in Indians, where he was an early settler of Jay county, and for many years a substantial farmer. He and his wife both died when well along i :. years. Their five children were named William, Daniel F., Georg., Jacob, and Sarah, who married a Mr. Jordan. The maternal grand. father was Jacob Miller, who was a Pennsylvanian by birth and an early settler of Jay county, Indiana, where he died at a good old ag ... The six children in the Miller family were Daniel, John, Jacob, Margaret, Jane and Mary.
Daniel F. and Mary E. (Miller) Spade, the parents of the Alexan- dria druggist were both born in Ohio. The father was a carpenter and a farmer, and spent many years of activity at and near Portland, Indiana. He was also a minister of the Christian church and served! as pastor of churches in different cities. He died at the home of his son in Alexandria, in 1909 at the age of eighty-one years. His wife had passed away three years before at the age of seventy-five. Out of their seven children, three reached maturity, the first being Willia !! E. C. the second being Horace M., of Portland; and the third Jacob M., of Portland.
Mr. Spade was reared on his father's farm in Jay county, where he attended the district schools, was also a student at Liber Colleg .. and later in the Union Christian College at Merom, Indiana. During his early career he taught several terms of school, and then in 18.5 began his business career as clerk in Portland with the firm of Cart- wright & Heddington in a general store. Some years later, he and his employers formed a partnership, and established at Alexandria, the Boston store. This partnership continued until 1908 at which thue Mr. Spade sold his interests, and in the fall of that year bought his present drug establishment which he has since conducted and made a model store of its kind.
On May 5, 1880, Mr. Spade married Miss Sarah F. Brown, daughter of Clark and Priscilla (Lorantz) Brown. Mrs. Spade was born in Clinton county, Ohio, in 1855, her parents being natives of Ohio, and spending their years chiefly in Clinton county. Her father died ther- about 1864, and her mother is now living at the home of Mrs. Spade in Alexandria. There were two children in the Brown family, Sarah F., being the first and Aurilla the second. Mr. and Mrs. Spade have an adopted son Walter Bray Spade. Mr. Spade is affiliated with Alexan- dria Lodge No. 222, I. O. O. F. and with Canton Lodge No. 53, and with; Encampment No. 212 of the higher degrees of Odd Fellowship. H- also belongs to the Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks, being charter member of the Alexandria Lodge No. 478. In politics he is 3 Republican.
ROBERT EWING BALL. Few residents of Boone township have per- formed a more important and varied service to their community than Robert Ewing Ball, who for thirty years was one of the successfu! teachers in this vicinity, and throughout this time and at the present has been also prosperously engaged in farming and stock raising. He
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owns a splendid estate of one hundred and ninety acres on the R. E. Ball gravel road, six miles west of Summitville.
Robert Ewing Ball was born April 1, 1858, in Boone township. His parents were William and Mary (MeCrory) Ball. His father came to Madison county from Fayette county, near Connersville, and settled in a cabin on the old Smith farm. He also took up government land, and the patent to that land was signed by President Andrew Jackson. He was a young man when he came to Madison county, but was already married, having found his wife in Fayette county. Their three chil- dren were : Caroline Call; Prudence Greenlee and Robert Ewing.
Mr. Ball as a boy grew up in Madison county, and for his education attended the old Smith Chapel, and later attended school in the old Harmony Baptist church. For his higher education and training for teaching he attended the National Normal University at Lebanon, Ohio, and also the University at Valparaiso, Indiana. He holds a record as a teacher which is probably surpassed by few, if any, in this section of the state, having been actively identified with school work for thirty years. Two years of this time were spent in Summitville, two years in Van Buren township, one year in Monroe township, and then for twenty-five years he directed a school in Boone township near his farm. From practically the beginning of his educational career, he did farm- ing in the summer months, and after acquiring a place of his own he contrived to carry on his school work and his farm at the same time. He has done very well as a farmer, and has made not only a profit- able business, but has also improved his land making it an attractive and comfortable place for his family to live on.
In 1881 in July, Mr. Ball married Miss Edith A. Runyan, a daugh- ter of Ira and Emeline (Slinger) Runyan. The two children of their marriage are Cecil W., a graduate of the University of Indiana, and Irwin, who married Verne Spitsmessmer.
Mr. Ball has filled all the chairs and is a past noble grand in the Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows, and is also affiliated with the Knights of Pythias, the Masonic Order, the Modern Woodmen of America, and the Improved Order of Red Men. He is a man of good judgment and stands high in the esteem of his home community, and has been honored with places of trust and responsibility. He has served as trustee of Boone township, and has done much to improve education in this township.
DALE J. CRITTENBERGER. A resident of Madison county, since Sep- tember 1, 1878, Dale J. Crittenberger was at one time a school teacher in this county, served as county superintendent of schools from 1883 to 1887, and sinee that time has been best known as a newspaper man and publisher. Mr. Crittenberger is the editor of the Madison County Weekly Democrat, and also a stockholder and editor of the Anderson Daily Bulletin. He is one of the best known among Indiana's news- paper men, and has long been prominent in the councils of the Demo- cratic party in this state.
Dale J. Crittenberger was born in Harrisonburg. Va., on December 31, 1855, of German ancestry. He was one of five children of Isaac and Sarah (Kuhns) Crittenberger. His mother died in 1859. and the death of his father occurred in 1904. Mr. Crittenberger had three sisters, Esta, Lydia and Jennie, and one brother, Hensel. Of these the former two are living. They are Mrs. Lydia Gillespie of Elwood and Mrs. Esta Ringo of Middletown.
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Together with his parents, Mr. Crittenberger left Virginia in 1856 and came to Jefferson township, Henry county, settling about five miles east of Middletown. In the year 1874, Mr. Crittenberger entered Indiana University, from which institution he became a graduate in 1878. He received a degree of Bachelor of Arts for his work in the state institu- tion. Upon completing his work at Indiana, Mr. Crittenberger came to Anderson to make his home. On September 1, 1878, he passed the bar examination and for five years practiced law with Charles L. Henry, now of Indianapolis.
From 1883 to 1887, Mr. Crittenberger served as the county superin- tendent of schools. At the close of his term of office, he bought the Anderson Democrat, then being printed with headquarters in the Bronnenberg block. Since that time he has been actively engaged in newspaper work with exception of a few years. After several years, in 1889, Mr. Crittenberger established the Daily News, a Democratic even- ing paper. Starting in the following year, he acted as a trustee of the Indiana State Normal at Terre Haute for two years. In 1893 he was elected to the postmastership, and he served in that capacity for one term. In the year 1904, Mr. Crittenberger went to Indianapolis where he managed the Indianapolis Sentincl for a year. After returning to this eity, he spent several years with his newspaper, and on September 1, 1908, the Daily News was consolidated with the Anderson Bulletin also an evening publication. During the 1911 session of the senate, Mr. Crittenberger acted as secretary and spent a large portion of his time in Indianapolis.
On June 2, 1884, Dale JJ. Crittenberger and Miss Effie A. Daniels were married. Mrs. Crittenberger was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Daniels, then residing at 413 West Eighth street. By this union, four children were born: Dale John, Juliet Virginia, Willis Dale and George.
Mr. Crittenberger is affiliated with Mt. Moriah Lodge No. 77 F. and A. M., and Anderson Commandery No. 32, Knights Templar. He has been a Mason for the last thirty years. While attending Indiana uni- versity, he was a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity, and at present is a member of the Sigma. Chi Alumni Association of Anderson.
ELBERT E. KIDWELL. The junior member of the firm of Campbell & Kidwell, lawyers at Elwood, Mr. Kidwell represents the fourth gen- eration of a family which has been residents in Madison county since the earliest pioneer times, his great-grandfather having entered land from the government and having begun and performed an important share in the strenuous labors involved in the preparation of this country for permanent civilization. This is the oldest or one of the very oldest families in the northwestern portion of Madison county near the pres- ent city of Elwood, where the residence of the different members of the family have been for nearly eighty years.
Elbert E. Kidwell was born in Elwood, December 28, 1884, a son of Ira A. and Anna (Lorah) Kidwell. The founder of the family name and fortunes in Madison county, was the great-grandfather Starling G. Kidwell, who was born in Wayne county, Indiana, and came to Madi- son county in 1835. Among the first settlers here took up land from the government and the great plant of the American Sheet & Tin Plate Company now occupies a portion of that old homestead. He cleared out a farm from the woods and swamp in this section, made a valuable
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and profitable homestead and spent the rest of his life in this vicinity. Representing the next generation was Jackson Kidwell, grandfather of the Elwood lawyer. He married Mabala Quick. He was by occupation a school teacher and farmer, and was reared on the place one mile south of Elwood which has been mentioned as the home of his father. He died there in middle life in 1861, while his wife passed away in 1860. Their five children were named William F., Ira A., Margaret E., Louisa, who was the wife of Thomas Reid and Jennie, who was the wife of Isaac T. Boyden. The maternal grandparents of Mr. E. E. Kidwell were Andy and Jane (Burns) Lorah, who were natives of Pennsylvania and early settlers in Madison county, applying their industry to the making of a farm on land that in the early day was a practical swamp. They drained and cleared a first class farm, reared their family there, and then moved to Elwood, where they passed away, he in 1893 and she in 1910. Their children were Anna, Ella and Grant.
Ira A. Kidwell, the father, was born in Madison county, while his wife was a native of Brookville, Franklin county, this state. They had only two children, Albert E. and Edna, twins. The father was born and reared in the little community center which at that time was known as Quiney, but has since become the site of the flourishing city of Elwood. For thirty-two years he was engaged in the milling busi- ness, but has since retired, and now lives quietly in Elwood. For some time he served as a member of the city council, and was also on the board of public works. He is a member of the Christian church, while his wife is a Methodist.
Elbert E. Kidwell was reared in Elwood, which has been his life- long home, attained his education in the public school, and after grad- uating from the high school in the class of 1904 entered the law department of the state university of Bloomington, where he was grad- uated LL. B. in 1908. After his admission to the bar on November 26, 1906, he was more or less active in his profession at Elwood, and in January, 1909, began his regular practice in this eity. In August of the same year, he became associated with Mr. B. H. Campbell, and they have enjoyed a generous share of the legal business in this section.
On October 26, 1910, Mr. Kidwell married Miss Dorothy Armfield, daughter of Dr. T. O. and Ella (Cook) Armfield. Mrs. Kidwell was born in New Lancaster, her parents being natives of this state and now residents in Elwood. She was the third of the following four chil- dren: Iva; Jesse T .: Dorothy and Clarenes. Mrs. Kidwell is an active member of the Methodist church in Elwood. Fraternally Mr. Kidwell is affiliated with the Quincy Lodge No. 230, A. F. & A. M., with the Loyal Order of Moose, and belongs to the Phi Gamma Delta College fraternity. In polities he is one of the young Progressives of this part of Madison county, and during the campaign of 1912 was candidate of his party for the office of state representative. His residence in Elwood is at 115 South Eighteenth street.
CHARLES RUSSELL QUINN. One of the valuable farms of Madison county which has been brought to a state of high cultivation through modern methods and intelligent treatment is that occupied by Charles R. Quinn. Mr. Quinn belongs to the younger generation of progress- ive farmers, is thoroughly familiar with every detail of his vocation, having been trained therein since early boyhood. He was born October
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