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Abram Clough, Boston Store, was born March 23, 1805, in Ken- tucky, and is a son of Thomas and Catharine (Thomas) Clough. His father was a native of Virginia, and his mother was a Kentuckian. Thomas served in the war of 1812, and Abram Thomas was in the war of the revolution. Abram Clough spent his life till twenty-three years old in Kentucky, working by the month, and also worked on the Cin- cinnati & Dayton canal. In 1828 he went to Miami county, Ohio, and March 12, 1830, was married to Mary Swailes. She was born March 2, 1815, in Miami county, Ohio. After marriage Mr. Clough rented land, and in 1843 he moved to Montgomery county, Indiana, where he bought 240 acres in Coal Creek township, on which he lives. His log cabin was built from the remains of two cabins left by the squatters. He soon cleared a small piece and planted an orchard. Mr. Clough added to his farm till he owned 340 acres, most of which he has given to his children. August 7, 1873, he buried his wife. She was a mem- ber of the Christian church. She left five children living : Bluford, Jasper, Drusilla, Boswell, and George W. Seven children are dead. Mr. Clough has worked his own way through life, and not without some degree of success. He voted first for Jackson, and still holds to the democratic faith. He is a Mason of long standing.
Among the most successful of Indiana's pioneers is numbered Mr. Hugh Meharry. Mr. Meharry was born in Virginia in 1797. His father, Alexander Meharry, was a native of Ireland, and emigrated to Virginia, then Ohio, where he was killed by a,tree falling on him. Hugh Meharry, in 1827, entered a small quantity of land in Coal Creek township, Montgomery county, Indiana. On May 29, 1828, he was married in Highland county, Ohio, to Susanna Ambrose, who was born April 18, 1812. Mr. and Mrs. Meharry immediately emigrated to their western home, where for the first year they lived in a slab and canvas tent. Their privations and struggles are further noticed in the history of Coal Creek township. Ere fortune smiled bountifully on this house- hold Mr. Meharry was deprived of his co-worker, her death occurring January 8, 1835. Mr. Meharry was soon after married to Margaret Davidson, who was born December 3, 1808. As years passed, acres were added to the Meharry farm, stock was bought and sold, until by 33
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close dealing and saving Mr. Meharry owned about 20,000 acres of land. In his later years he sold and gave to his children much of this. His benevolences also have been large. He endowed a $10,000 chair in the Bloomington (Illinois) Wesleyan University, donated an endow- ment of $10,000 to Asbury University, Greencastle, Indiana, gave $10,- 000 to the Nashville (Tennessee) Colored College, A. H. Braden pres- ent president ; he also donated $17,000 to the Nashville (Tennessee) Colored Medical College, which he and his brothers, Samuel and Alex- ander, founded. He was one of the organizers of the celebrated " Don- avan's Tennesseean Minstrels." Besides these gifts he gave 1,280 acres of land to the New York Methodist Missionary Society, and has aided largely in building churches, etc. He is a member of the Methodist church, and a warm republican of whig origin. His second wife, a queen of the home and mistress of domestic duties, closed her eyes in death February 17, 1871. She was a member of the Methodist Epis- copal church from fifteen years of age. She was the mother of five children : Maria, Harriet (dead), Mary, Alexander, Ethan (dead). Mr. Meharry is (1880) a resident of Paxton, Illinois. Alexander Meharry, the fourth child of Hugh, was born on the old homestead, June 20, 1843. He was educated at Asbury University, also received a complete business course of instruction at Eastman Business College, Chicago. Mr. Meharry owns the home farm of about 670 aeres, with large brick residence, etc. He is the patentee of a draft equalizer for cultivators, a portable derrick for merchants, a railroad joint, and a erupper fastener for harness, some of which are extensively used. He was married Feb- ruary 14, 1866, to Miss Jennie Evans, danghter of O. P. C. and E. J. Evans. She was born July 29, 1843, and died March 24, 1879, leav- ing one child, Jennie Pearle. She was a native of Kingston, Ross county, Ohio, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Meharry was next married June 2, 1880, to Miss Lizzie Ambrose, daughter of George and Margaret (Rizer) Ambrose, of Hillsboro, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Meharry are Methodists. He is a Knight of Pythias. A stronger republican Montgomery county has not.
Miron Smith, Pleasant Hill, was born in Pittstown, New York, February 19, 1800, and is a son of Simeon and Ann (Lewis) Smith, eastern farmers. His parents died in Canada, he August 5, 1828, and she July 5, 1855. Miron Smith was one of a large family, so was obliged to work from childhood. He was married April 5, 1825, to Julia A. Wilson, daughter of James Wilson, and sister to Col. S. C. Wilson, of Crawfordsville. She was a native of Cherry Valley, New York, and after marriage lived in the house of her birth, where most of her children were born. Mr. and Mrs. Smith lived in New York,
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where they followed farming till 1844, when they started for Indiana, arriving at Crawfordsville October 24, bringing three children : Lu- cina, born April 2, 1826, died November 8, 1845; Ann, who was married to Ellis Insley, an old settler of Fountain county, who had four children : Sarah E. (deceased), Achsah, Miriam, and Dr W. Ins- ley (deceased). He died October 1, 1868, leaving his wife to survive him. Ann was born November 30, 1827; Hellen, born April 10, 1830, married to Frank Kirkpatrick October 7, 1852, and died Febru- ary 2, 1857; Phebe (deceased), was born February 8, 1832 ; Elizabeth, born October 19, 1836, married January 24, 1865, to Dr. J. V. Ander- son, now of Rossville, Illinois; James W. (deceased), was born Jan- uary 8, 1840, Mr. and Mrs. Smith were almost penniless when they arrived in Indiana, not even owning a team nor able to buy. Mrs. Smith's brother, Col. S. C. Wilson, of Crawfordsville, furnished them a team and bought some young cattle, and rented them his farm in Coal Creek township. Mr. Smithi entered zealously upon his work, and after a while was able to buy 80 acres. This he sold and bought 160 acres, on which he now lives. He owns 240 acres, the fruits of in- dustry and economy. August 18, 1873, death deprived him of his helpmate. She was a member of the Methodist church, a faithful wife and loving mother. Mr. Smith is a Methodist, and has always been a democrat. Mrs. Ann Insley, since her husband's death, has made her home with her father.
Levi Curtis, one of the wealthy and permanent farmers of Coal Creek township, was born in Butler county, Ohio, in 1817. His parents, Daniel and Charlotte (Pocock) Curtis, were natives of Mary- land. They emigrated to Ohio, where they died, he in 1853, aged sixty-one years, and she in 1852, at the age of fifty-eight. They were Methodists, and he was a lifelong democrat. Levi was married in 1840 to Elizabeth Dick, daughter of Adam and Temperance Dick. She was born in Maryland in 1821, and moved with her parents to Ohio. Her people emigrated to Montgomery county, Indiana, in 1840, where he died in 1864, and she in 1874. They left 160 acres of land, being the S.W. } Sec. 34, R. 6, Coal Creek township. They were .members of the United Brethren church. Mr. and Mrs. Curtis, in 1845, moved westward and purchased ninety-two and a half acres of land in Sec. 22, R. 6 W., Coal Creek township, Montgomery county, Indiana. This land they improved and added to till they now have in their home farm 334 acres of rich, well improved land. In 1855 they built a dwelling 18×40, two stories high, at a cost of $1,600. Their place is neatly fenced, and wears the air of thrift. They also own the 160 acres formerly the Dick farm. They have long been connected
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with the Methodist Episcopal church, in which he has been an officer for many years. He is also a member of the Pleasant Hill Masonic lodge. He has been both township trustee and magistrate, and has been a juror many times. Their success is due largely to perseverance. They have had three children : Lucinda, married to John Biddle, and died April 20, 1880, aged thirty-seven years, one month and twelve days ; Catharine, now Mrs. Bever ; and Daniel, married.
George P. Tiffany (deceased) was born in Onondaga county, New York, October 180S. He moved with his parents to Ohio, and there married Mary Aldrich. They lived in Ohio until 1844, when they emigrated to Warren county, Indiana, and in the spring of 1845 came to Montgomery county. They bought land two miles south of Craw- fordsville, where they lived till 1856. They then bought the present property and moved to Coal Creek township. He owned 212 acres, which he sold in 1866, and moved one mile east of Crawfordsville. There he died in 1866. He had buried his first wife in 1848, and had married Mrs. Calista (Fox). Thomson in 1850, whom he also buried. His third wife was Mrs. Engle, who resides near Crawfordsville. Mr. Tiffany dealt quite largely in cattle. He was whig and republican, and belonged to the Methodist Episcopal church. In his first family were eight children. Wm. W. Tiffany was born January 13, 1833, in Madison county, Ohio. His life has been that of a farmer. He came with his parents to Montgomery county. March 6, 1862, he was mar- ried to Sarah M. Thomas. She was born in Delaware county, Indi- ana, March 19, 1843. Her parents, James and Joanna (Bobo) Thomas, were natives of Ohio, and came to Montgomery county about 1847. Her father died February 28, 1874, and her mother lives at Pleasant Hill. They bought 85 acres of land in Coal Creek township; sub- sequently sold, and purchased 85 acres; sold again and bought 152 acres, and disposed of this and secured 240 acres, which they now own. In 1876 they built a large addition to their residence. In poli- tics Mr. Tiffany is zealous for republicanism. He is also a strong member of the Masonic fraternity, having been worshipful master in Ashler Lodge for years. He served one year in the civil war in Co. E, 72d Ind., and fought at Plantersville and Selma. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and Mrs. Tiffany belongs to the Chris- tian denomination. They have six children : Whillie, Mary E., Char- lie A., Georgiana, Maria, and Mertella. Mr. and Mrs. Tiffany have in- dustriously toiled for what they have accumulated.
Cornelius A. Phillips, physician, Pleasant Hill, was born August 11, 1838, in Adkin county, North Carolina, and is a son of James and Margaret (Vanterpool) Phillips. His parents were natives of North
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Carolina, and moved to Lincoln county, Kentucky, where they resided ten or twelve years, then made their home in Crawfordsville, Indiana, where he died in 1878, aged sixty-five years, and she in 1856, aged forty-one years. Both were members of the Missionary Baptist church. The fathers of both were in the war of 1812 and lived to be over one hundred years old. The Phillipses are of Welsh descent, and the Van- terpools of German extraction. Cornelius A. Phillips received but a common school education, and early learned the carpenter's trade. In 1849 he came with his parents to Crawfordsville. When eighteen years of age he began the study of medicine. He read in spare mo- ments, and in the winter of 1860-61 attended a course of lectures at the Cincinnati Eclectic Medical Institute. April 16, 1861, he enlisted in Co. I, 11th Ind., being the seventh man to take his place from Montgomery county. He served in the three-months service, then reënlisted, July 29, 1861, in Co. B, 19th U. S. Inf., for five years. September 30, 1861, he was transferred to the general hospital, and for over four years he served in that capacity. He gradually rose in posi- tion till he became second assistant surgeon, which place he filled for eighteen months. He took charge of the wounded, and distributed them among the different hospitals of New Orleans, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Nashville, Louisville, etc., also treating them. This was a grand school for him. During his stay in Philadelphia, in 1864, he attended the Jefferson Medical College. At the close of the war he was discharged. He soon began the practice of his profession at Pleas- ant Hill, in partnership with Dr. J. H. Crews, with whom he stayed one year. He then practiced in Waynetown with Drs. Boss and Steele, and next changed his location to Colfax. Remaining there but one year, he located at Pleasant Hill, where he is now the leading physician. In 1872-73 he again attended Cincinnati Eclectic Medical Institute. Dr. Phillips has met with unusual success in his practice, not having lost, on an average, to exceed two cases per year since his practice began. He is a great reader, and has a library worth quite $1,000. He was married January 1, 1864, to Elsie J. Moore, daugh- ter of P. Moore, of Wayne township, Montgomery county. They have two children deceased and threel iving: Cameron A., Laura, and Anrilla. Dr. Phillips is a Methodist, and his wife is a member of the Christian church. He is thoroughly republican.
John McClure was a native of Adams county, Ohio, born in 1814. In 1838 he came with his parents, Nathaniel and Mary (Beever) Mc- Clure, and brother Matthias, to Montgomery county, Indiana, and settled in Pleasant Hill. In 1840 John McClure was married to Sarah A. Gregory, daughter of James Gregory, an early settler of Coal
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Creek township. Mr. and Mrs. McClure lived three years on her father's farm, and in 1845 settled on the farm of eighty acres, being the W. ¿ of S. W. } Sec. 1, R. 6 W., T. 20, which was bought by James Gregory of David Shoemaker, and is almost the first land entered in that township. Mr. McClure added to the 80 till he owned 200 acres. He died May 26, 1874, sadly missed by both family and neighbors. He was a leading member of the Methodist church, having been class- leader many years, frequently conducting class and social meetings in different parts of the township. In educational affairs he took an active part. In politics he was a strong republican. In his affairs with men he was conscientious and exact. He was always jovial and entertaining, and widely known, even by many who were strangers to him. His wife, Sarah A. (Gregory) McClure, is now living with their children. She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. The Gregorys have long been in America. It is said that Joseph Gregory came from England with William Penn. A son of Joseph moved to Virginia, where he was killed by the Indians, but left a son, Samuel. Samuel married and moved to Kentucky. He then moved to Ohio with his wife and two children, and settled seven miles north of Hamil- ton, on a creek which took his name, Gregory's creek, from his being the first settler. There he lived, and raised nine children, and buried his wife. Two sons and one daughter died in Ohio, one son and one daugh- ter in Iowa, three daughters in Fountain county, Indiana, and James and Mrs. Charlotte Clarkson came to Montgomery county, Indiana, where they also died. Samuel Gregory came in his old age, in 1834, and died at his son James' residence in 1843, aged eighty-four years. He served in the revolution, and was at Yorktown when Cornwallis surrendered. James Gregory was in the war of 1812, under Harrison. He came to Montgomery county in 1830, and settled in Coal Creek township, where he entered and bought land to the amount of 540 acres, which he deeded to his children. He died in April, 1869, aged eighty-one years. His father was an elder in the Presbyterian church, and he a member of the Christian church. He was a whig, republican, and an abolitionist. He was county commissioner for many years. He left three children : Mrs. Martha Thomas, Sammel, who died three months after him, and Mrs. Sarah A. McClure. James A. McClure, son of Jolin and Sarah A. (Gregory) MeClure, was born September 12, 1846, on the farm on which he now lives. He has spent his life on the same farm which he now owns. He was educated in the common school and Pleasant Hill graded school. When twenty years old he secured a license to teach, which he successfully followed six terms. September 12, 1875, he was married to Mary A. (Thomas) Hurt,
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daughter of James and Joanna Thomas, early settlers of Montgomery county. They have had three children : two infants (deceased), and Clarence D. Mr. and Mrs. McClure are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which he is class-leader. He is a thorough re- publican.
Clinton Wilkins, New Richmond, was born in Brown county, Ohio, June 23, 1830, and is a son of Henry and Rachel (Slack) Wilkins. His father is a native of Pennsylvania, and his mother of Kentucky. Both moved to Ohio, and there married. In 1851 they moved to In- diana and settled in the northern edge of Madison township, Mont- gomery county. They then moved to Tippecanoe county, where Mrs. Wilkins died about 1859. He has again married, both members of the New Light church. He was a whig, and of late a republican. July 4, 1860, he was married to Charlotte E. Ward, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Ward, whose sketch appears elsewhere. She is a native of Montgomery county, Indiana. Mr. Wilkins was somewhat associated with Mr. Thomas Ward (his wife's father) in the stock business for a number of years. He then bought 400 acres of land and began business alone, dealing largely in stock. He is a thorough republican. Mr. and Mrs. Wilkins have one son, Thomas, now a member of the class of 1883 in Wabash College.
E. W. Perkins, New Richmond, was born December 4, 1831, in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. His parents, William and Lydia (Fitts) Perkins, were natives of New England, and died in Massachusetts when their son E. W. was about two years of age. The boy spent his years from two to sixteen with his grandmother Fitts. He then trav- eled in the jewelry business in the interest of his cousin. In 1850, in company with his brother, Mr. Perkins started for California, but taking sick on the way he remained in Indiana. He hired by the month in Tippecanoe county for some years. In 1856 he was married to Mar- garet Kincaid, daughter of William and Deborah (Kendall) Kincaid. Mrs. Perkins was born in 1832, in Coal Creek township, Montgomery county, Indiana, whither her parents had come in a very early day. After marriage Mr. Perkins rented land for fifteen years in Tippecanoe county. About 1871 he bought twenty acres in Coal Creek township, to which he has since added forty acres. In politics Mr. Perkins is a staunch republican, and has held a minor office. During the civil war he offered himself to his country, but was rejected on account of ill health. He is a Mason, having joined Linden Lodge, and then aided in the organization of Romney Lodge, to which he now belongs. Mr. and Mrs. Perkins have two children : Frank M. and Mattie E. Their home is well supplied with papers, proving theirs to be a reading family.
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John K. Myers, New Richmond, is a son of John and Ruth (Smart) Myers, the former born in Pennsylvania, and the latter in Kentucky. John, the father of John K., early went to Kentucky, and there married. In 1846 his wife died, and he afterward moved to Missouri, where he died in 1858. Both were members of the Christian church. He served in the war of 1812. In the family were ten children, four of whom are living : George, in Kentucky; Sally, in Shelbyville, Indiana; Mahala (now Mrs. Mahala Tribby), with John K., in Montgomery county. Her husband is dead. John K. Myers was born April 5, 1822, in Nicholas county, Kentucky, and lived at home till thirty years of age. At that time in life he began for himself. His life has been mostly confined to the farm, yet partly in saw-milling. He left the land of his birth and came to Indiana, but soon returned to Kentucky. In 1863 he lo- cated in Montgomery county, Indiana, buying, in partnership with his nephew, Leander M. Tribby, eighty acres of land, which they farm to- gether. Mr. Myers has never married. He has been a life-long dem- ocrat, casting his first vote for James K. Polk. He and sister belong to the Christian church.
Silas Hendricks, farmer, Waynetown, was born January 6, 1837, in Morgan county, Indiana, and is a son of Ambrose and Clarinda (May- field) Hendricks, both natives of Kentucky. They moved to Owen county, Indiana, then to Morgan county, where he died in 1838, and she in 1878. Both are buried in Morgan county. She was a member of the Missionary Baptist church. Silas continued to live with his mother till twenty-two years of age. He was then married, Novem- ber 10, 1859, to Sarah E. Stout, daughter of Wmn. H. and Julia Stout, of Morgan county, Indiana, where she was born January 14, 1842. Mr. Hendricks has devoted his life to the farm. In 1866 he moved to Montgomery county and bought 160 acres of land, being the E. ¿ of S.W. ¿ and the W. } of S.E. } of Sec. 27, R. 6 W., Coal Creek town- ship. He also bought forty acres in Sec. 34. In 1872 he built his present large dwelling, 25×34, two stories in the main, with kitchen 12×24, at a cost of $3,500. Mr. Hendricks is a successful farmer, and a democrat in politics. He and wife are members of the Missionary Baptist church. They have had five children : Homer D. (deceased), Beatrice M., Clara A., Effie P. and Lulu M. Mr. Hendricks had three brothers in the civil war: W. C. Hendricks, H. H. Newton, and N. J. Newton.
Edward T. McCrea, New Richmond, was born April 20, 1836, in Shelby county, Indiana, and is a son of John and Elizabeth (Temple- ton) McCrea. John McCrea was a native of Saratoga county, New York, and his wife of Virginia. They moved to Ohio, and in 1835
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to Shelby county, Indiana, where she died in 1852, and he in 1859. He was a farmer, and also kept a tan-yard. In politics he was whig and republican. There were ten children in the family, three boys and seven girls, all of whom are living, the youngest being thirty-six years old. Edward T. was raised on the farm and in the tan-yard when not at school. He entered Franklin College at sixteen, where he remained three years. He then attended Hanover College in Jefferson county, Indiana, one and a half years. Returning home he raised a company of men in Shelby county for the civil war. His company was known as Co. D, 33d Ind. Inf., of which he was captain. For a long time he acted as colonel in place of Col. John Coburn, who acted in a higher position. Mr. McCrea served in the battles of Wild Cat, Ky., Franklin, Chickamanga, Buzzard's Roost, Resaca, New Hope Church, Dallas Woods, Kenesaw Mountain, Chattahoochee, Marietta, Big Shanty, Peach Tree Creek, Rough and Ready, battles around At- lanta, and many others. He was at Thomson's Station, where one- half of his regiment was captured and taken to Libby prison. He was neither wounded nor captured. He was discharged September 24, 1864, and returned home. In 1867 he settled in Coal Creek township, Montgomery county, Indiana, where he now lives. Mr. McCrea is foremost in the political affairs of his township, yet never seeks office. He is an Odd-Fellow. Mr. McCrea was married July 30, 1867, to Jessie L. Draper, daughter of Jesse Draper, of Monroe county, In- diana. She was born in Monroe county, Indiana, February 2, 1845. Both Mr. and Mrs. McCrea are Methodists. They have three chil- dren : Edward H., William, and John.
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Franklin township is situated in the east part of Montgomery county, and is described as T. 19 N., R. 3 W. It is bounded on the east by Boone county, on the south by Walnut township, on the west by Union and on the north by Sugar Creek township. This township has been changed from the original survey, which we give below. In 1831, at the May term of the county commissioners' court, Franklin township was set off as follows: Beginning at the southeast corner of Sugar Creek township (T. 20 N., R. 3. W.); thence south eight miles; thence west six miles; thence north eight miles; thence east six miles to the point of beginning. And at the September term of the same year the commissioners changed Franklin township to accommodate the survey of a new township called Walnut. This left Franklin comprising T. 19 N., R. 3 W., in which boundary it stood until 1845, when that part
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of Secs. 34, 35 and 36 in Sugar Creek township lying south of Sugar creek was taken from said township and attached to Franklin.
Franklin township in the original survey was an oblong six miles east and west by eight miles north and south. In the formation of Walnut on the south Franklin was changed to comprise T. 19 N., R. 3 W., a perfect square, with an area of thirty-six miles. In 1845 that portion of Sugar Creek township lying sonth of Sugar creek being at- tached to Franklin, extended the eastern line one mile farther north to said creek, to the north line of Sec. 36; and following Sugar creek to the southwest through Secs. 34 and 35 to the middle of R. 3 W., on the line between townships 19 and 20 N., and west to the line between ranges 3 and 4 W. This change in the northern line was made on the peti- tion of the citizens residing in these sections because of their separation from the township to which they then belonged by the waters of Sugar creek, which frequently prevented them from attending the township elections and meetings withont much inconvenience. The township embraces an area of thirty-eight miles of choice timber land now cul- tivated by an industrious and frugal people, embraces two villages, and is crossed by the Logansport, Crawfordsville & Southwestern railroad.
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