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JOHN O. FRAME, Justice of the Peace, born in Hunt- ington County, Indiana, June 16, 1843, is the third of a family of six children born to Felix G. and Mary M. (Alexander) Frame both natives of Preble County, Ohio, where they were married, and removed to Huntington County, Indiana in 1840. The father was a wagon-maker by occupation, which he followed at Warren, Indiana, and was also engaged in keeping hotel. In the year 1849, he removed to Huntington where he remained one year, then removed to Iowa, remaining one year, then returned to to Hunting- ton where he resided until 1853. In the latter year he removed to a farm eight miles from Huntington, where his death occurred the same year. His widow survives him and lives at Andrews, Indiana. John O. was reared on a farm in his native county and was educated at the common schools. At the age of eighteen he enlisted as a private in Company F Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served until the close of the war, when he was honorably discharged as Ser- geant. He participated in the following engagements: Port Gib- son, Champion Hill, siege of Vicksburg, Red River campaign and numerous other engagements, performing many gallant services for
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his country. After the war he returned to his native county and engaged in farming for a number of years. In 1875 he embarked in the mercantile business at River, Indiana, and was appointed the first Postmaster of that place. He remained in business there until 1877, and in the following year removed to Xenia and engaged in the tin and stove business for a short time, and subsepuently took up the Insurance and Collecting business. In April, 1886, he was elected Justice of the Peace. In 1870 Mr. Frame was appointed and took the census of five townships of his, Huntington, County. He was married February 26, 1866, to Miss Ellen Miller, daughter of Leander H. Miller. Mrs. Frame was born July 22, 1846, in Wayne County, Indiana. Five children were born to this marriage: Effie M., Mary D., Laura E., Charles O. and Horace E. Mr. Frame is a Republican, a member of the Masonic fraternity and G. A. R., and has always favored the advancement of all laudable pub- lic enterprises.
E. K. FRIERMOOD, M. D., is a native of Clarke County, Ohio, where he was born December 29, 1843, second of ten children born to Jacob and Elizabeth (Baker) Friermood, who were also natives of Clarke County, Ohio, the former born in 1820 and the latter in 1822. The father is a farmer by occupation, and in 185I removed with his family to Grant County, Indiana, where he now resides, and is well known and universally respected. The mother died in 1883. Dr. Friermood received a good prac- tical education at the common schools, and also attended school at Sprinfield, Ohio. In 1867 he began the study of medicine with Dr. Kimball, of Xenia, with whom he continued two years, and in February, 1869, graduated from Rush Medical College at Chicago. He soon after located at North Grove, Indiana, for the practice of his profession, where he remained for a short time, then removed to Wabash, Indiana, where he remained until 1877, in which year he located at Amboy, where he has since remained in active practice. He has secured a large and successful practice, and has the confidence and respect of the community. The Doc- tor took an active part in the late rebellion, enlisting August 16, 1862, in Company I, Ninety-ninth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and faithfully served until the close of the war. He was in the follow- ing battles: Jackson, Miss., Dallas, Tex., the Atlanta campaigns, Mission Ridge, was with Sherman in the memorable march to the sea, and was at Washington, D. C., at the Grand Review. In November, 1870, he was married to Catherine V. Thomas, a native of Clarke County, Ohio. Seven children were born to this union, these five yet living: Wilbur R., Elizabeth, Georgi- ana, Flora and Florence (twins). In 1880 the Doctor was elected Trustee of his townsbip, which office he creditably filled to him- self and all concerned. He is a member of the Grant County
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and State Medical Societies, also the Masonic order, and is a staunch Republican.
JOHN E. HARRISON, dealer in Boots and Shoes, was born in Darke County, Ohio, September 25, 1830, the eldest child in a family of eight born to Harvey and Minerva J. (Downing) Harri- son. His parents were natives respectively of Barren County, Ken- tucky, and Darke County, Ohio, the former born in 1804 and the latter in 1809. The father was a physician and farmer, and came to Darke County, Ohio, where he married, engaged in farming and, where, in conjunction with farming, followed his chosen profession, and conducted a large and successful practice until his death, which occurred in 1865. His widow still lives on the old home in Darke Connty, Ohio. The paternal grandfather of our subject was Jesse Harrison, a native of Kentucky, where he followed agricultural pur- suits and died in his native State. The maternal grandfather was John Downing, a native of South Carolina. He married Margaret Phares and removed to Ohio in the early settlement of that State, and where he died at the advanced age of ninety-seven years. His wife died during the late war. John E. Harrison was raised on the old homestead in his native county, where he received a common school education. September 9, 1861, he enlisted in Company G, Forty-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served until August, 1865, when he was honorably dischared as Second Sergeant. He participated in the following engagements: Lewisburg, Va., May 22, 1862 ; siege of Knoxville, December, 1863, and Beverly, W. Va., and other engagements. He was captured by the enemy and taken to Libby Prison, where he was held thirty-five days, and passed through all the horrors of southern prison life during the war. Returning from the war to Ohio, he engaged in the mercantile busi- ness till 1869, in which year, he removed to Xenia, where he also engaged in the mercantile business, and later, in the boot and shoe business. Mr. Harrison is among the leading men of Xenia, and by strict attention to business has an established trade, which requires his entire attention, and which he justly merits. He is a Republi- can in politics, and commander of Post G. A. R. He was united in marriage on February 15, 1855, to Miss Harriet Benson, a native of Darke County, Ohio. Two living children by this union-Minerva E. and Nora J.
PETER HELMS, an old and highly esteemed citizen of Miami County, Indiana, was born in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, Janu- ary 24, 18II. He is the fifth of a family of six children born to Frederick and Mary (Wilson) Helms, natives respectively of Penn- sylvania and Maryland. Frederick Helms was by occupation a farmer and in 1820 removed with his family to Ohio where he resided until his death. Jacob Helm, the paternal grand-father was a native of Germany and came to America previous to the Revo-
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lutionary war, in which he served his adopted country. He later engaged in keeping hotel near Bradford, Pennsylvania, where he died at an advanced age. The maternal grand-father was Caleb Wilson, who was a native of Maryland and of Irish extraction. Peter Helms was reared on a farm, and his educational training received in the common schools, and at an early age learned the carpenter's trade at which he worked for a number of years. In the fall of 1848 he came to Miami County and settled in Union Township where he lived three years, then removed to Jefferson Township, and thence in 1863 to Jackson Township, locating on his present farm, which consists of 160 acres of fine and well improved land. Lydia Jacobs, a native of Pickaway County, Ohio, born March II, 1820, a daughter of Charles Jacobs, became his wife in the year 1840. This union was blessed with the following family: Riley, born November 29, 1840; Oron, born February, 1845; Mahala, born October 3, 1847: Harmon, born March 24, 1850; Charles, born June 14, 1854; Isaac, born January 22, 1857 and Allen, born February 2, 1862. Mr. and Mrs. Helms are highly respected in the community in which they live. He has always advocated the cause of the Democratic party, having cast his first ballot for Andrew Jackson in 1832.
DR. JEREMIAH S. KELSEY, one of the leading physi- cians of Xenia, is descended from a family of that name, who were of Puritan stock, dating back to the early days of the colonies. His paternal grandfather, William Kelsey, was among the first to volun- his services in 1812, in which war he died. while fighting for the principles of his country, his wife being before marriage Miss Martha Stansell. The father of William Kelsey, at the age of thirteen was, with an elder brother, captured by the Indians, and on trying to make their escape the eldest brother was killed and scalped, the Indians compelling the surviving brother to carry his brother's scalp. He afterward made his escape and located in Montgomery County, Ohio, where he was known as one of the most prosperous agriculturalists of the county. The grandfather on the maternal side was John Miller, an early settler of Ohio, but removed to Carroll County, Indiana, in 1852, where he died at the age of eighty-four years. The parents of our subject are Thomas and Athelia Kelsey, natives of Montgomery County, Ohio. The father was a farmer by occupation and removed to Carroll County, Indiana, in 1850, where he resided until his death, which occurred at the age of sixty-five. His widow survives him and resides in Carroll County. Dr. Kelsey is the second child in a family of five born to his parents, his birth occurring November 29, 1842, in Dayton, Ohio. After receiving his preliminary edu- cation in the common schools of his native State, he completed his schooling with a collegiate course. He began the study of
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medicine at Delphi, Indiana, under Dr. E. W. H. Beck, and dur- ing the winter of 1863 and '64 he attended the Medical Depart- ment of the State University at Ann Arbor, Michigan. He later entered the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati, from which institution he graduated March 15, 1866. In the same year he began the practice of his profession in Carroll County, Indiana, where he was successfully engaged until March, 1886. At the latter date he removed to Xenia, and began practicing in part- nership with Dr. A. D. Kimball, and this firm ranks among the first practitioners of the county. Dr. Kelsey is an enterprising and esteemed citizen, and a member of the F. and A. M. He was married June 23, 1870, to Miss Mary Koutz, a daughter of Rev. W. P. Koutz, who is a graduate of the Logansport schools, and an esteemed lady. Five children were the fruits of this union, viz: Mary B. (deceased), Thomas W., Eleanor B., Julia R. and George F.
JOHN KENDALL was born in Holmes County, Ohio, on March 272 1845. John and Susannah (Yadee) Kendall were his parents, both of whom were of German descent. Both were child- ren when they moved from Pennsylvania to Ohio, and there they were married, there the subject of this sketch was born, he spend- ing his boyhood there at work upon his father's farm. In 1863, he, with his parents, removed to Miami County, Indiana. The father died the same year he moved there. Mr. Ken- dall has four brothers and sisters, by name Abraham, Barbara, Diana and Lydia living. The 16th of December, 1866, John married Diana Shrock, a daughter of Benjamin J. and Mary (Keck) Shrock. To this union were born seven children, viz: Sarah Ann, Mary, Alvin, Benjamin, Angeline, Abe and Diana. Diana and Mary are deceased. On April 19, 1877, his wife also passed away, and, after remaining a widower for five years, he was on the 4th day of June, 1882, married to Mary Alice Aldrich, a daughter of John and Annie (Alian) Aldrich. Four children have since blessed this union : Edna May, Eda Maud, Charley and Elizabeth. Mr. Ken- dall is a firm believer in the principles of the Democratic party. He began life a poor boy, and has, by dint of industry and perseverance, gained one of the best little farms in the township. It contains 150 acres, and has finely improved buildings. Mr. Kendall is an enter- ยท prising, energetic young farmer and a number one citizen.
A. B. KIMBALL, farmer, was born in Coshocton County, Ohio, May 23, 1828, son of Abner and Nancy (Jeffreys) Kim- ball, natives of New Hampshire and Pennsylvania, respectively. The father removed to Coshocton County, Ohio, in about 1822, where he engaged in farming, which vocation he followed with encouraging success, making it his life work. He died in Ohio at the advanced age of ninety-six, his wife dying at the age of
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sixty-one. The paternal grandfather, Moses Kimball, was a native of England, was married to Jemima Clement, and came to America in colonial times. He was a blacksmith by trade, took an active part in the Revolutionary war, and at the battle of Bunker Hill had his thumb shot off. He subsequently removed to Ohio, where he died near the town of Warren. Joseph Jeffreys, the maternal grandfather, was also a native of England, was married to a Scotch lady and emigrated to Amer- ica, settling in Pennsylvania, later removing to Ohio, where he passed the remainder of his years. Our subject was reared on a farm in his native county, receiving a good academic educa- tion, and at the age of twenty-three began life for himself as a farmer. In 1860 he removed to Miami County, Ind., and located on his present farm, the larger portion of which was at that time a dense forest. He cleared his farm, which contains eighty-two and one-half acres, and by industry has made it one of the most productive in the township. On March 20, 1851, he was united in marriage with Lydia J. Liggett, a daughter of Isaac and Ruth (Ewing) Liggett, natives of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Kimball was also born in Pennsylvania, Dec. 4, 1827. To them three children have been born, whose names are Moses F., born Nov. 2, 1852, died July 31, 1859; Einley A., born March 19, 1857, and Frank J., born August 3, 1871. Mr. Kimball is held in high esteem as a worthy citizen, and himself and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, with which he has been identified since the age of fourteen years.
ROSCOE KIMPLE was born in Peru, Indiana, June 23, 1861. He is the eldest of a family of three children born to Henry and Maria A. (Weesner) Kimple, natives of Wabash County, Indiana. In 1859 the father removed to Peru, where, in partner- ship with Judge Ross, he was engaged in the mercantile business for a number of years. In 1866 he returned to his native county, and resided until his death, which occurred in 1869. His widow survives him and resides at Xenia. Roscoe received a good practical education, graduating from the Somerset, Indiana, High School at the age of sixteen. He then taught school in Wabash County for three years. During the winter of 1882-3 he attended the law department of the Ann Arbor University in Michigan, and in March, 1883, was admitted to the bar at Ann Arbor; also to practice in the Supreme Court, and was the same year admitted to the bar at Wabash County, Indiana. He soon after located at Kenia, where he has since been in the active practice of his profession, excepting for a short time, during which he in partnership with A. L. Lawshe, established the Xenia fournal, and with whom he continued until 1884. Mr. Kimple is a Repub- lican in politics and one of the promising young men of the county.
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ABRAHAM L. LAWSHE, editor and proprietor of the Xenia fournal, is a native of Wabash County, Indiana, born at the town of Somerset on the 6th day of October, 1860. His father, Henry D. Lawshe, was born in Lambertsville, New Jersey, July 9, 1816, and early learned the carpenter and builder's trade, at which he worked several years in the city of Philadelphia. He subse- quently came to Indiana, locating at Elizabeth, Switzerland County, where on the IIth day of May, 1844, he was united in marriage with Mrs. Hester A. Burgett, daughter of John and Ann (VanTas- sell) Richmond, of New York. Mrs. Lawshe was born in the town of Allensville, Indiana, in 1820, and by her marriage with Mr. Law- she had a family of eight children, four of whom, Thomas, Oscar, Dr. Isaac F. and A. L., are now living. Mr. and Mrs. Lawshe moved to Wabash County in the year 1853, and settled at the vil- lage of Somerset, where they still reside. They are both perman- ent members of the German Baptist or Dunkard Church, and have ever been noted for their active exertions in the interest of that denomination. A. L. Lawshe received a good education in the graded school of Somerset, and at the age of seventeen, appren- ticed himself to learn the printer's trade in the office of the Wabash Courier, Wabash, Indiana, where he continued two years, going to Indianapolis at the end of that time, in which city he finished his trade in the printing and job office of Randall & Fish. He then accepted the position of foreman on the Wabash Courier, and after remaining in that capacity until 1883, established a job printing office in Wabash, which he continued until December, 1884, when he came to Xenia, and in partnership with Roscoe Kimple, founded the Xenia fournal, one of the most successful local papers in Northern Indiana. He purchased his partner's interest at the end of the first year, since which time he has been sole editor and proprietor, the paper under his management having won for itself a reputation sec- ond to that of no other in Miami County. Mr. Lawshe is a natural born journalist, a pungent and forcible writer, and with a determina- tion to adhere to his profession, has before him a very promising future. He is a man of strong convictions, fearless in the expression of his opinions, and, although a Republican, is independent in the discussion of leading political issues of the day. On the 18th of Octo- ber, 1882, was solemnized his marriage with Miss Ann Sweetser, daughter of James and Mary (Lowman) Sweetzer, a union blessed with the birth of two children.
AARON MICHAEL, Trustee, a native of Delaware County, Indiana, was born January 27, 1842. He is the eldest son of David and Martha A. (Brener) Michael, natives of Maryland and Ken- tucky respectively. The father came to Ohio, thence to Indiana in 1846 and subsequently settled in Grant County, where he was en- gaged in agricultural pursuits till 1866, when he removed to Wis-
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consin, where he died in the year of 1881, his wife following a year later. They were highly respected by all who knew them, and worthy members of the Christian Church. Our subject was reared on a farm, received a common school education, and on attaining his majority learned the blacksmith's trade, which he has since principally followed. He first located at Roseburg, Indiana, where he followed his trade till 1873, when he removed to Xenia and has since resided there. He is a good mechanic, commanding a large pat- ronage and is also held in high esteem as a worthy citizen, and is now filling his second term as trustee of his township. He has also served in the town council and school board. Mr. Michael was married in 1860 to Miss Hester A. Morgan, a native of Ohio. Of a family of four children born to this union, these two, Daniel R. and George R. are yet living. Mr. Michael is a member of the I. O. O. F. and a Democrat in politics.
JOHN W. MINOR, a son of John and Polly (Owens) Minor, was born the 14th of August, 1840, in Boyle County, Kentucky. The father was of English descent, and was born on July 4, 1790. He came to Kentucky and there met the mother, who was born April 18, 1799, a native of that State. They were married February 5, 1818, to which union twelve children were born- Sarah, Jeremiah, Edward, Mason, William, Dixon L., Martha Jane, Nancy, Elias, David, Logan and Johm W. Of these Sarah, William, Dixen, Martha Jane, Nancy and John are still living. Mr. John Minor, the subject of this sketch, was raised on his father's farm in Kentucky, receiving a limited education, and in 1854 the family came to Hamilton, County, Indiana. At the age of fifteen Mr. Minor began life for himself, going to Missouri, and in 1860 came back to Indiana, and, farming until February, 1865, he enlisted in Company G, One Hundred and Forty-sev- enth Indiana Volunteers, and received an honrable discharge in August of the same year. In October, 1865, he was married to Amelia Haskett, a daughter of Solomon and Lydia (Ridgeway) Haskett, a lady of English descent. This union was blessed by four children-Maud Evelina, Ulysses Kosby, Fannie Jane and John H. On March 8, 1872, John H. died, and the wife followed on January 26, 1874. John W. Minor had come to this county in 1865, settling in Harrison Township, where his father passed away November 9, 1869, and was followed by the mother one week afterwards, and in 1873 he settled on the farm on which he now lives, in section 35, Jackson Township. On September 2, 1875, Mr. Minor was married to Sarah Lind- ley, the daughter of Thomas and Peggy Lindley, natives of Orange County, Indiana. There were two children born to them -Lindley Erta, who died when little over a month old, and Cora Ethel, born December 2, 1877. Beginning life a poor boy, Mr.
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Minor has worked hard, and has by dint of industry and perse- verance gained a beautiful home of 150 acres of as fine land as any in the township, and on which are the best of modern improvements.
LEVIN G. MURPHY, lumber dealer and leading citizen of Xenia, was born in Shelby County, Ohio, October I, 1841, is the fourth child, and one of the five children of George G. and Margaret (Arbuckle) Murphy, the former a native of Delaware, born February 29, 1808, and the latter a native of Preble County, Ohio, born in November 1813. The father in early life followed the trade of a carpenter, and in 1849, removed with his family to Miami County, Indiana, locating at Peoria, where he engaged in saw-milling and where he now resides. The paternal grand- father was Reuben Murphy, a native of Delaware, and died with the cholera in Ohio in 1849. Samuel Arbuckle, the mater- nal grandfather, was a native of Pennsylvania, was a soldier in the war of 1812, a farmer by occupation and died in Hamilton County, Ohio. Our subject was reared by his parents, his edu- cation being acquired in the common schools. September II, 1861, he enlisted in Company B, Fortieth Indiana Volunteer Infan- try, and served until December 9, 1864. He took part in a num- ber of engagements, among which were Shiloh, siege of Corinth, Stone River, in which he recived a slight wound in the left shoulder and head, battle of Tullahoma, and with his brigade was the first to enter Chattanooga. His next battles were Mission Ridge, Knoxville, Buzzard Roost Gap, in the last named he was wounded in the leg, the battle of Resaca, New Hope Church, Kenesaw Mountain, in that famous charge of June 27, 1864, where he received a wound in the left eye, totally destroying the sight of that organ, and which effectually ended his military career. He never wavered in the immediate discharge of such duties as devolved upon him, and throughout his military career was a brave and efficient soldier. He returned to Miami County after the war and engaged in the lumber business, in which he has success- fully continued. Mr. Murphy was united in marriage January I, 1872, to Miss Mary C. Slocum, and one daughter has blessed their union, Ethel, born January 19 1875. Mrs. Murphy is a native of Huron County, Ohio, born February 7, 1846. Her parents are George and Eliza (Pierce) Slocum, natives of Peru, the father born July 3, 1823, and the mother March 12, 1825. They removed to Wabash County, Indiana, in the fall of 1846, where the father died January 20, 1860. The mother is still living and resides in Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Murphy are among the best citizens of. Xenia. He is a Republican and a member of the G. A. R.
WILLIAM OVERMAN, a son of Jesse and Keziah (Stubbs)
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Overman, was born in Butler County, Ohio, on the 7th of Febru- ary, 1816. When he was seven years of age his parents moved to Wayne County, where Mr. Overman was raised on his father's farm, receiving an education sufficient to enable him to teach six winters in the public schools of the State. During his boyhood Mr. Overman staid on his father's farm helping to clear it up, and was at home more or less until at the age of twenty-nine, when he was married to Nancy Overman, a daughter of Cornelius and Rebecca Overman, and a second cousin to Mr. Overman. The young couple on the last day of 1845 came to Miami County and settled on 160 acres of land in Harrison Township which they entered from the Government. When they came here the land had not been surveyed and the Indians were still thick in the forest. Here they began to clear the land, building a little log cabin with the usual stick chimney. Here all the family, with the exception of Martha Ann, a native of Wayne County, were born. Their names are Mary Jane, Elijah F., George, Irvin C., Nathan A. and Iuna. Elijah, Irvin, Nathan and Iuna are still living. On the 6th day of July, 1869, the wife was taken away. Remaining a widower for two years he was, on the 8th of November, 1871, married to Mrs. Mary Annis, daughter of Benjamin and Mary Binford, with whom he he lived on the farm until in 1885 when he moved to Amboy, where now resides. Mr. and Mrs. O. are members of the Friends Church. Beginning life in poor circumstances, Mr. Overman has worked hard, and has, by dint of industry and perseverance, gained a fine and well cultivated farm. He is the oldest citizen of Amboy, and his family has grown to be one of the most respected in the community. There is a tradition in the Overman family to the effect that several generations ago three brothers by the name of Overman came to the United States from Germany, and from these all the Overmans of the country are descended, at any rate they are a very old family of the Carolinas, the grandfather being Isaac and the father Ephraim, to whom on the 17th day of October, 1782, was born Jesse, the father of William, Elijah and Joseph, all old residents of Miami County. Mr. Jesse Overman was a native of Pasquotank, N. C., being raised and educated on his father's farm at that place, The family left North Carolina for Virginia, and in 1807 emi- grated to Indiana, then the far west and nothing but a howling wilderness, and settled in Wayne, where the city of Richmond now stands, and burned the stumps from the place where there are now large buildings. In 1810 Mr. Overman went to Preble County, and there in the Friends' Church was united in wedlock with Kesiah Stubbs, a native of Georgia, a lady of German de- scent. Beginning his married life in Butler County, most of his family of thirteen children, by name, Henry, Eli, Elizabeth, Wil- liam, Rachel, Rebecca, Ephraim, Nathan, Enoch and Elijah,
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