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S. H. DILLIN is one of eleven children born to Samuel and Jane (McMahan) Dillin. He was born in Dubois County, Ind., July 7, 1852. The father was a native of North Carolina, and came to this State with his parents when only about eight years of age. He married, and purchased 760 acres of land in Dubois County, where he located and remained until his death, April 23, 1875. He was an industrious and prosperous farmer, and one of the largest land holders in the county. He was twice married, and was the father of sixteen children. The last wife is yet living in Dubois County. Our subject remained with his parents until his majority, and then married Hester Ann Dillin, daughter of Benjamin and Eliza Dillin, and began his career as a farmer. He bought 140 acres of land, and his father gave him 200 acres more. Here he located and has since lived. To him and wife were born these children: Charles W., Samuel E., Benjamin F., Frederick T., Lella and Alice. Mr. Dillin is a Republican, cast- ing his first vote for R. B. Hayes. In 1880 he was elected town- ship trustee, and at the end of two years was re-elected, proving an efficient officer. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., and his wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
JOHN A. GREEN, a native of Indiana, was born in Dubois
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County, January 1. 1843. and is one of eight children born to Lewis and Sarah ( Ritchie ) Green, who were natives of Kentucky. Lewis came to this State in his youth and followed farming as an occupation. In 1932 he was married and afterward bought 280 acres of land in Madison Township. Dubois County, where he lived thirty-two years. He afterward sold out and purchased 280 acres in a different part of the same township. His death occurred May 11. 1850. The mother is of Scotch-Irish descent. and a daughter of a Methodist minister. She came to Indiana from the Blue Grass State, when there were only a few white people in the county. She is now an agile, bright old lady of seventy- seven years. John A. was raised and educated in his native county, the first twenty-one years of his life being passed in aiding his parents on the home farm. Being a strong Union man. he enlisted in Company M. Tenth Indiana Cavalry, February 7. 1864. Shortly after. when out on duty. he was captured at Hol- low Tree Gap, Tenn., and taken to Andersonville, where he was held for four months, when he was paroled and delivered up at Vicksburg and came home on furlough and did not enter the field again as hostilities had ceased. September 21, 1865, he married Elfa Banta who was born October 6. 1847, in Washington County. Ind. They have five children: Grace. Culvin, Neanian, Lewis and Roscoe. After his marriage he settled on the old homestead, where he now lives. He is a well to do farmer and owns 320 acres of land. He is a Republican, casting his first vote for U. S. Grant. He and wife are members of the Presby- terian Church.
GEORGE M. GREEN. a prosperous young farmer of Madi- son Township, Dubois Co., Ind .. was born August 22. 1864. and is a son of William H. and Rhoda (Shoemaker ) Green. Will- iam H. is a native of Kentucky, and is of Irish descent, born 1821. He came to Indiana with his parents when an infant, and made his home with his mother as long as he remained unmar- ried. August 15. 1850, he married Martha Damans, born June 20, 1835. To them were born four children: Mary E., Sarah E .. Amelia and Minerva, all of whom are dead except Minerva. His wife dying in 1861, he took for his second wife, the mother of our subject. To them were born three children: George, Isabelle and Florilla. He was well to do, owning as high as 580 acres of good land. all of which he accumulated by his own efforts. In politics he was a Democrat, being one of the leading men of his party. He was county commissioner of the Third District for fifteen consecutive years, and was then elected township trustee for one tern. At the expiration of his trusteeship, he was again elected county commissioner for three years, thus forcibly illus- trating his popularity among the pente as an upright and honest
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man. His death occurred January 14, 1884. Since his death, his widow remains on the farm with her children. Our subject works on the farm at home, and is a straightforward young busi- ness man.
EDWARD A. GLEZEN, M. D., one of the old settlers of Dubois County, Ind., was born May 20, 1824, in Wayne County, Penn., and is a son of James and Susan (Hammond) Glezen. The father, who was of French and English descent, was born in Massachusetts, in 1777. The mother was born in 1786 or 1787, and was married to James Glezen, in Massachusetts. They lived for some time in Pennsylvania, and then Mr. Glezen came to Indi- ana to found a home for his family. He bought forty acres of land and commenced to clear and build a house, and then sent for his wife and children. The letter miscarried, and when the family, after a toilsome journey of twenty-one days, reached the new home (in May), the father had been dead three months. Our subject was educated in the primitive schools of his boy- hood, and at the age of eighteen, he began the study of medicine under the direction of Dr. Leslie, of Petersburg, and in connec- tion took a course of lectures under Dr. Davidson. At the end of three years, he located at Highbanks, Pike Co., Ind., and began practicing. He remained there one year and then moved to Ireland, Ind., where he has since lived. He purchased 202 acres of land, and in connection with his practice carried on farming, in which he has had excellent success. March 14, 1854, he married Mary Dillin, born March 4, 1836. To them were born ten children: Susan (deceased), Jane A., Carrie E. (de- ceased), Martha A., Sarah D., Blanche, Samuel A., Grace B., Joseph H. and Mary J. (deceased). Although Dr. Glezen has suffered many of the hardships of pioneer life, yet he has sur- mounted each and every one of them, and is now a leader in his profession, and a well to do citizen. He owns 404 acres of land, 300 of which are under cultivation. He is a warm Republican, casting his first vote for Zachary Taylor. He is a Mason and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and his wife of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
ELIJAH S. HOBBS, one of the old settlers of Dubois Coun- ty, Ind., was born January 24, 1824, in Washington County, Ind., and is one of a family of ten children born to Elisha and Lyda (Coffin) Hobbs. They were both of English descent and natives of North Carolina; the father was born October 10, 1788, and the mother in 1789. They came to this State in 1814, and bought 100 acres of land, and soon after 160 acres more. The father died in 1846 and the mother in 1865. Our subject attended the primitive schools of his times, during the winter seasons, until he was grown, when he attended the county seminary five months. In
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1×44 he began teaching school, continuing at that work nine win- ter and one summer term, meeting with good success. September 12, 1854, he married Hannah Macy, to whom four children were born: Ada, Zeno, Lyman and Belle. The two sons are working on farms for themselves, Lyman in Kansas and Zeno near home. Belle is a teacher by profession, and has attended the State Nor- mal School at Terre Haute, for two years. Mr. Hobbs moved to Dubois County in 1854, and by degrees purchased 480 acres of land which make him an excellent living. He lost his wife Octo- ber 22, 1864, and June 7, of the next year, he married Margaret Lemmon, born August 3, 1835. He is a member of the Cumber- land Presbyterian Church, and may be called one of the first citi- zens of Dubois County, for by his industry and good management he has cleared up his farm, which was a wilderness when he set- tled on it, and now has a beautiful fertile farm. In politics he is a strong Prohibitionist, and cast his first vote for Zachary Taylor.
JOHN D. KOONS. farmer, of Madison Township, Dubois County, Ind., was born August 11. 1850. His parents were John and Barbara (Cooper ) Koons, who were natives of Germany, and came to this country in 1853. They settled in Ohio, and remained there about seven years farming, and the father working at the carpenter's trade. In 1860 he moved to Scott County and bought forty acres of land where he remained until his death which occurred about 1866. When the parents came to this country, our subject was but three years old. At the age of fif- teen he left home and worked for about four years as deck sweeper on steam-boats plying on the Ohio, Mississippi and Red Rivers, afterward becoming night watchman. In the spring of 1874, he married Milda Widdle, a native of Indiana, to whom one child (now deceased ) was born-Jacob. Her death occurred the next year after marriage. September 6, 1877. he married Alatha Curry, born June 9, 1840, in Dubois County, Ind. They have one child-Elzie Melbarn. Mr. Koons started with but fifty- three acres of land. but now owns 135 acres. In politics he is a Democrat, casting his first vote for Horace Greeley. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., and his wife is a member of the Regu- lar Baptist Church.
CAPT. JOHN M. LEMMON. one of the prominent farmers of Dubois County, was born November 22, 1837, and is a son of John and Elizabeth ( Simmons ) Lemmon, natives of Kentucky. The father was born in 1802. and came to this county in his youth, where he married and bought 230 acres of land and began his career as a farmer. He was among the first settlers of the county, there being only two or three families preceding him. He died in 1872. and the mother in 1841. Our subject was raised at home, but without a mother's care, she having died
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when he was a child of four years of age. His education was acquired in the district school near his home. He remained at home working for his father until the war broke out, when he enlisted in Company E, Twenty-fourth Indiana Infantry, July 6, 1861, serving for three years. He took an active part in the bat- tles of Shiloh, Fort Donelson, Port Gibson, Champion Hill, seige of Vicksburg and many others. He enlisted as a private, but was soon promoted to first sergeant, then was commissioned second lieutenant by O. P. Morton. He proved to be an efficient officer, and was raised to the rank of first lieutenant and then to captain, December 29, 1863, which office he retained until the close of the war. He married Vinna Parker, and bought a farm of 120 acres in Dubois County, and commenced farming. In 1881 he bought a home in Ireland, Ind., where he has since lived. He now owns 220 acres of land, and is a successful farmer. He is a strong Republican, and belongs to the Masonic fraternity. He and wite are members of the Cumberland Pres- yterian Church.
CHARLES ( MCCOWN. M. D., of Ireland, Ind., was born August 23, 1856, in Harrison County, Ind., and is a son of John N., and Ruth ( Miller ) Mccown, who were also natives of In- diana. The father was born in 1813, and is a farmer by occu- pation. In 1861 he moved to Crawford County and bought 200 acres of land where he has since lived. His wife died March 19, 1883, at the age of sixty-five years. Our subject received his ed- ucation in the district schools near his home, and began teaching school in 1876, and continued at that work for three years. At the age of twenty-two he commenced the study of medicine, and in 1880 entered Louisville Medical College, and graduated from that institution as an M. D., in February, 1882. He located in Den- ning, Hamilton Co., Ind., and began practicing his profession. He remained there one year and then came to Dubois County, locating in Ireland. March 8, 1883, he married Lizzie Harris, daughter of John A., and Martha Harris. She was born August 28, 1861. They have one child, a daughter, named Ruth. Dr. McCown is a young man just starting in life, but he is building up a good practice. He is a Republican, casting is first vote for James G. Blaine; he is also a member of the Masonic fra- ternity.
BURR MOSBEY. Among those who volunteered their ser- vices for the suppression of the Rebellion and fought valiantly for their country's cause, was he whose name forms the subject of this sketch. Born August 13, 1843, in Indiana, his early life was passed on his father's farm. At the age of seventeen he went to Appanoose County, Iowa, and worked on the farm for three years, and then returned home and enlisted in Company K,
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Sixty-fifth Indiana Infantry. He was actively engaged in the battles of Knoxville, Resaca, Atlanta and Franklin, and many minor engagements. He received his discharge June 22, 1865, and re- turned home and led to Hymen's altar, Selina Banta, May 12, 1867; she was born December 21, 1844, and is a daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth Banta. Mr. and Mrs. Moshey are the parents of nine children: Minnie, May, Myron (deceased), Maurice, John H., Mvra Elizabeth, Charles Omer, Edwin B. and an infant. Our subject bought 160 acres of land soon after marriage, and at the death of his parents he inherited eighty acres in Madison Township. He is a highly successful farmer and has a com- fortable home. He is a stanch Republican, casting his first vote for U. S. Grant. His parents, Burr and Mary ( Armstrong ) Mos- bey, were natives of Kentucky. The father came to Indiana in his youth ; he was born in 1810, and died in 1542. The mother was born in 1806, and died in 1870.
JOHN P. NORMAN, merchant, of Ireland, Ind., was born December 26, 1839, in Dubois County, Ind., and is one of a family of seven children born to John A. and Brittania ( Dillian . Norman, both natives of North Carolina. The father left his na- tive State in his youth and came to Dubois County and bough: 690 acres of land in Madison and Bainbridge Townships. H :- (leath occurred June 29, 1849. The mother is yet living and is in her eightieth year. Our subject received his early educatic= from the primitive log schoolhouse of his day, and passed his boyhood on the farm aiding his mother. September 23, 1855. he led to Hymen's altar Harriet Stewart, born July 15, 1840. F. them were born nine children: Emma C., John O., Mary ide- ceased), Elizabeth, Robert S., Louisa (deceased), Alice Jane. Hattie May and Flora Ethel. After marriage John P. located on the old place and commenced his career as a farmer. At the breaking out of the war he enlisted in Company E, Fifty-eighth: Indiana Volunteers, serving three years. He took an active part in the battles of Stone River, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge and numerous minor engagements; was wounded at Stone River and Chickamauga, but not seriously. He received his discharge in November, 1864, and came home and resumed farming, and spec- ulated in stock. He owns 414 acres of land, 250 acres under cultivation. In 1872 he bought an interest in a flour-mill. In connection with the mill, he entered into partnership in a general merchandise store, and now conducts the business individually and is doing extremely well. He is a warm Republican, casting his first vote for Abraham Lincoln, he and family are members of the Presbyterian Church.
G. L. PARR, M. D., and druggist of Ireland, Ind., was born October 19, 1847, in Crawford County, Ind. He is one of a
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family of eight children born to John and Ruth (Parr) Parr, natives of Virginia and North Carolina respectively. At the age of twelve years John Parr went to Lexington, Ky., where he re- mained for upward of six years, then went to Indianaoplis where he bought 120 acres of land and began tilling the soil. In 1829 he was married, and five years later sold his farm and moved to Crawford County, Ind., and bought 240 acres of land west of Leavenworth, where he and wife are yet living. He gave each of his children eighty acres of land, and now owns 213 acres. Our subject attended district school for only about fifteen months. The most of his education was obtained at home by ap- plying himself to his books at leisure time; thus his education was sufficient to admit of his being a teacher at the age of twenty- one. He remained in this business three years and then entered the Medical University at Louisville, from which he graduated as an M. D., March 3, 1874. May 7, 1872, he married Sarah Taylor. to whom was born one child, Lunsford. April 28, 1874, his wife died, and October 9, 1877, he married Ludora Thomas, who has borne him one child, Homer. In 1874 he moved to Ireland where he has been practicing his profession and selling drugs, of which he has a good stock. In politics he is a Re- publican, casting his first vote for U. S. Grant, and is a member of the I. O. O. F.
ELIJAH M. PIRTLE of Madison Township, Dubois Co., Ind., son of John and Nancy (Small) Pirtle, was born in North Carolina, 1833 or 1834. His parents were of Irish descent and natives of North Carolina, where they were married. They first moved to Tennessee and then to Dubois County, where he bought forty acres of land and has since lived. The mother's death oc- curred October 26, 1880. Our subject was raised on the farm and received a common school education. He remained with his parents twenty-two years, and in March 6, 1859, he married Matilda Mayo, daughter of George and Amelia Mayo, born June 3, 1840, in Indiana. They have four children: Mary, wife of Frederick Koons; Lucinda, Ellen and Johnnie. After marriage Mr. Pirtle located in Madison Township, where he purchased forty acres of land and lived twenty-one years. In 1884 he sold out and bought eighty acres in the same township. In politics he is a Democrat, casting his first vote for James Buchanan. His wife is a member of the Catholic Church.
THOMAS Y. RILEY, superintendent of the county poor, was born November 29, 1810, in Sumner County, Tenn., and is one of a large family of children born to James and Delphia (Rice) Riley. The father was a native of Ireland and came to the United States in his youth and married in Virginia. He lived at different times in Tennessee and Kentucky and died in
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the latter State in 1814. Thomas Y. came to Dubois County. Ind., with his mother in 1818. He remained with her until he was twenty-eight years old, when he married Elizabeth Laurence, born May 7, 1820, in Kentucky. They have had ten children: Andrew Jackson (deceased), George Washington, Sarah Ann (deceased), James K. Polk (deceased), Nancy Jane, Delphia Ann, Rachael Elizabeth (deceased), Martha Ann, Mahala Ellen (deceased) and Permelia Catherine. After marriage our subject located in Orange County, where he purchased 120 acres of land and resided for over forty years. He then came to Dubois County and lived for ten years on a farm of 120 acres. In 1881 he applied for the position of keeping the county poor and was successful in obtaining the office. At the end of three years he was re-elected. Mr. Riley is a good, humane man and the right person for the position he now holds. His wife fills the office of matron with exceptional success.
At present they have about thirty persons under their care. In politics Mr. Riley is a Democrat, casting his first vote for Andrew Jackson. He and wife are members of the Missionary Baptist Church.
J. B. ROSE, one of the worthy farmers of Dubois County, Ind., was born July 11, 1831, in Kentucky, and is a son of Walker and Edith (Kemper) Rose, who were also natives of Kentucky. The father followed the tanner's trade as an occupation. He married in his native State and lived and died there. His death occurred March, 1841. The mother came to Dubois County im 1858, and lived with our subject until her death August 10, 1875 .. J. B. Rose, our subject, was raised in Kentucky, receiving a very limited education and came to Indiana when he was twenty-nine years of age. December 22, 1862, he married Mary Ann Nichol- son, daughter of Richard and Susan Nicholson. She was born January 10, 1843, in Clark County, Ind. To them were born five children: Helen, Mollie, Edith, Charley and May. After mar- riage he and his brother, Albert, bought 327 acres of land in Madison Township, where he located and has since lived. In 1880 Albert died, and when the property was divided our subject received 160 acres. Mr. Rose is a promising and industrious farmer and has helped make Dubois County what it is. In poli- tics he is a Democrat, casting his first vote for Pierce. His wife is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
PETER J. SMALL, son of Nicholas and Margie (Lemond ) Small, was born October 17. 1835, in Dubois County, Ind. The parents were natives of North Carolina, married in that State and came to Indiana in 1834, where Mr. Small purchased forty acres of land in Patoka Township and has since resided. He was an industrious man. and in a few years had increased his land to 160 acres. The mother was born in 1801 and died in 1862. Our
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subject received his education at subscription schools, there being no free schools at that time. He was married, December 10, 1859, to Sarah Ann Postlethnait, born December 20, 1831, in Ohio. They are the parents of three children: Charles Marion, Sarah Alice (wife of John Stutsman ) and Elmer E. Mr. Small settled in Patoka Township, where he purchased eighty acres of land and commenced to till the soil. He remained there five years, then moved to Pike County and settled in Augusta and bought one-half interest in a general merchandise store, but becoming dissatisfied with the business, he sold out and returned to his native county and purchased 160 acres of land. November 11, 1872, his wife died, and May 8, of the next year, he married Anna Eliza Dean, born December 26, 1852, in Kentucky. They have six children: William Preston, Ida (deceased), Linnie, Myrtle, Isom Wesley, Martha Elizabeth and Effie Belle. Mr. Small has good buildings on his farm and is a prosperons farmer. A Democrat in politics, he cast his first vote for James Buchanan. His wife is a member of the Baptist Church.
WILLIAM G. STEWART. Among the pioneer families of Indiana was that of James and Pherebe ( Richardson ) Stewart. The father, a native of Virginia, came to this State when only a lad, and purchased 200 acres of land in Dubois County, and in addition inherited 400 acres more and began tilling the soil. He was among the first white settlers of Dubois County, and lived to see it transformed from a wilderness to fine cultivated farms. He was born in 1807, and died November 12, 1883. The mother was of English descent, born abont 1823 in the State of Tennessee. She is yet living on the old homestead. William G. Stewart was born in Dubois County, Ind., January 23, 1849, and received his education in the district schools near his home. He remained at home until he was twenty-one years of age, when he married Alatha Green, November 6, 1870, born in November, 1851. They are the parents of six children: James F., Harriet Lonisa, Elzora Ellen, Robert Simpson, Earl Engene and Lizzie Ann. After marriage he located on the old homestead where he now lives. He owns eighty acres of land and is an industrions farmer. He is a Republican, casting his first vote for U. S. Grant, and a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and his wife is a Lutheran.
AARON UTZ, son of Edward and Lucinda (Harmon) Utz, was born in Floyd County, Ind., March 13, 1842. His father was of German descent, but a native of Indiana, born Jannary 15. 1812. Floyd County has always been his home, with the ex- ception of nine years, which he spent in Crawford County. Our subject was raised on the farm, and at the early age of nineteen he married Elizabeth Curry, daughter of William and Elizabeth
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( Burrel ; ( m.A. She was born April 24. 1843, in Illinois. To this union were born seven children: George Gilbert, Sarah, Benjamin Edward, Martha Rebecca, Darthula Elizabeth, Jacob Milow and Spirsum Aaron. After marriage he located in Craw- ford County. where he bought forty acres of land and lived three vears. He then sold out and came to Dubois County and pur- chased 145 acres of land in Madison Township, where he now lives. Mr. Utz has a good farm, well cultivated. with good build- ings. He is a Republican, but cast his first vote for George B. MeClellan. He and wife are members of the Christian Church.
CHARLES D. WINEINGER, an energetic farmer of Mad- ison Township. Dubois Co., Ind., born September 17, 1853, is a son of John A. and Catharine ( Wineinger) Wineinger, natives of Tennessee. They were married in their native State, and after a few years came to Dubois County and bought 480 acres of land in Bainbridge and Harbison Townships, and began tilling the soil. His death occurred in November, 1882, and the mother's about 1865. Our subject received a common school education and remained at home until he was about twenty-five year- . - age. March 30. 1880, he married Cordelia Lemond, daughter .: Joseph and Charlotte Lemond. She was born December 5. 1 ... They are the parents of two children, named Ray F. and H;". illa. After marriage he purchased 220 acres of land in Madi- Township, where he located and now lives. Mr. Wineinger is si industrious and worthy man: by industry he now has a gun comfortable home, with many modern improvements. He i- Democrat in politics, casting his first vote for Samuel J. Tilde: He and wife are members of the Cumberland Presbyteri .. Church.
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