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PRESIDENTS, BOARD JUSTICES,
John Coates, 1825-26; Samuel D. Woodworth, 1826-29; John Odle, 1829-31.
Justices attending more or less, 1825-31-George Ritenour, Ward; David Frazier, Washington; Noah Johnson; Isaac Barnes, West River; John Odle, White River: William Rowe, George T. Willson; Curtis Voris, Ward; David B. Semans, Greensfork; William Hunt, West River; William Massey, Ward; Jesse B. Wright; Samuel D. Woodworth, White River; John Nelson; Daniel B. Miller, Ward; John Jones; John Coates, White River.
AUDITORS.
Charles Conway, 1818-39, did the business now belonging to the Anditor's office; A. K. Eaton, 1841-45; Nathan Garrett, 1845-59; Elisha Garrett, George O. Jobes, 1859-61; Thomas L. Scott, 1861-65; W. E. Murray, 1865-74; W. D. Kizer, 1874-78; George N. Edger, 1878-82
OLERKS.
Charles Conway, 1818-39; George W. Monks, 1839-53; Henry H. Neff, 1853-61; J. B. Goodrich, 1861-69; Henry T. Semans, 1869-78; Richard A. Leavell, 1873-77; John W. Macy, 1877- 81; I. P. Watts, 1881-85.
TREASURERS.
Josse Johnson, 1818-24; John B. Wright, 1825-29; James B. Liston, 1829 -30; John Odle, 1831; Jeremiah Smith; Zacha- riah Puckett, 1838; Andrew Aker, 1839-40; John Neff, 1844; Thomas W. Reece, 1847; Simeon H. Lucas, 1850; Ira Swain, 1855-57; John W. Jarnagin, 1857-61; E. F. Halliday, 1861-65; A. M. Owens, 1865-69; James H. Bowen. 1869-73; Simon Ram- sey, 1873-75; Harrison P. Hunt, 1875-77; O. C. Gordon. 1877- 81; Calvin Puckett, 1881-83.
It is nearly impossible to trace these things back to those old times. This list is partially incomplete.
RECORDERS.
Charles Conway, 1818-39; W. C. Willmore, 1839-53; Will- iam Barres, 1853-61; J. S. Cottom, 1861-65; F. A. Engle. 1865 -69; John W. Williamson, 1869-73; W. C. Brown, 1873-77; D. C. Braden, 1877-81; O. F. Lewellen, 1881-85.
SHERIFFS.
David Wright, 1818-19; Solomon Wright, 1820-24; Thomas Wright, 1825-27; Eli Edwards. 1820-31; Jeremiah Smith, 1833; Nathan Garrett, 1837; Robert Irvin, 1840-44; Nathan Reed, 1844-48; William Kizer, 1848-52; Amer Forkner, 1852-56; William M. Campbell, 1856-60; A. H. Jenkins, 1860-64; Joel A. Newman. 1864-68; William M. Campbell, 1868-70; D. F. Ford, 1870-73; W. W. Macy, 1873-74; W. A. W. Daly, 1874- 78; W. W. Macy, 1878-80; R. V. Murray, 1880-82.
CORONERS (SOME OF THEM.)
Solomon Wright, David Heaston, Benjamin Ramsey, William R. Finn, Martin A. Reeder, John H. Peake, R. H. Grooms, Jon- athan Edwards, Isaac R. Ford, John D. Carter.
SURVEYORS (PARTIAL LIST.)
Moorman Way, Samuel D. Woodworth, Jeremiah Smith, C. S. Goodrich, Edmund B. Goodrich, Anderson D. Way, Thomas C. Puckett, Enos L. Watson, Pleasant Hiatt, Charles Jauna, Phi- nehas Pomeroy, Ephraim C. Hiatt, Michael C. Gaffey, A. M. Russell (elected 1882).
SCHOOL EXAMINERS (SOME OF THEM.)
Jeremiah Smith, George W. Monks, Samuel D. Woodworth, Moorman Way, Carey S. Goodrich, Isaac F. Woud, William A. Peelle, J. J. Cheney, Pleasant Hiatt, J. G. Brice, A. J. Stake- bake, Charles W. Parris, Daniel Lesley.
DRAINAGE COMMISSIONERS.
James D. Bowen, 1881; R. C. Shaw, 1881; M. C. Gaffey (ex-officio), 1881.
JUSTICES.
In the annexed article, we give such of the Justices as we have been able to discover. To find out the earlier ones has been a difficult task, and some, doubtless, have been omitted. They are given as much as possible in the order of service. No name, however, is given more than once, though many persons have served several terms.
Jonathan Green, in Green Township, served sixteen years. Thomas Hough, lately resigned, was Magistrate some twenty-five years. James Wickersham, John Johr.son, William Hendricks, Jacob Elzroth and others, held their offices for many years. The last named was Justice of the Peace about forty years.
O. O. Thompson, Philip K. Dick, Henry Debolt, Royal H. Davis, Nathan G. Lamb, Joseph Edger, William Drew. Benja- min Pursail, William S. Hunt, Nathan Reynard, Nathan Reed, Henry W. Hill, A. B. Webb, William Hebb, Winston E. Harris, served at least two terms each.
It will be no wonder if some of the names are credited to the wrong township, since, in many cases, no clow as to residence was to be found, except names of bondsmen, which indication might mislead.
Franklin-George E. Thomson, Seymour Allen, Joseph Edger, Jerry F. Pence, Samuel M. Betts, William F. Studabaker, David W. Porter.
Doubtless several of the names classed as unknown belong to Franklin, but which ones we cannot tell.
Green -G. V. Shaylor, Jonathan Green, Samuel Shaylor, Alexander Bodd, Jesse Z. Parshall, Thomas E. Harbour, Philip Bushaw, Silas T. Gordon, Philip Barger, Robert J. Budd, A. B. Webb, William Hebb, Robert Miranda, James B. Somerville, Marshall Dearmond, Harmon Hubbard, Charles S. Jones, Silas S. Clark, William H. Harrison, Luther L. Moorman.
Greensfork -Ephraim Bowen, David Semans, James C. Bowen, Willis C. Willmore, William N. Jackson, Christian Snidow, Isaac Overman, Mahlon Thomas, S. G. Hart, Thomas Hough, Nathan Harris, James D. Bowen, John W. James, David H. Caffey, Johu Harlan, Wright M. Turner, James W. Locke.
Jackson- James Wickersham, James C. Constable, Benjamin Devor, George Debolt, Henry Debolt. Thomas Devor, J. A. Jones, Benjamin F. Kemp, Royal H. Davis, Josoph McFarland, Edward Sinnons, Robert B. Wilkerson, Elihu Lanter, Abraliam Lambert.
Monroe-Winston E. Harris, Goorge W. MeGriff, Samnel S. French, James B. Somerville.
There have doubtless been many more, but we are not able to designate them.
Nettle Creek-William Shellabarger, William C. Hendricks. Jacob Crouse, Henry Leeka, Hamilton Snodgrass, N. G. Lamb, W. Crouse, J. E. Maulsby, Miles Halliday, Stephen B. Cunning. ham, John H. Williams, Hugh Woods, James R. Ronth, Henry Vantress, F. H. L. Davisson, Aaron Sanders, Floyd M. Brewer, C. B. Murray, John C. Clevinger, Fremont Garrett, Cornelius Curry, Clement R. Strahan, Martin L. Canada.
Stony Creek-David Vestal, George W. Smithson, Malachi Davis, Andrew J. Dye, Gideon B. Wallace, Thomas Aker, Aaron Shaw, O. O. Thomson, Peter S. Miller, Solomon Semans, John McIntyre, Philip K. Dick, Joseph B. Branson, George W. Clev- enger, Charles Emerson, Aaron Sanders, David Ford, Sherrod W. Reece, Thomas W, Thornburg, David Stanton, John Jessup, Abram Symons, Jacob Dick.
Ward-William Massey, Curtis Voris, George Ritenour, Daniel B. Miller, William Odle, John Wilson, Moses A. Morris, J. W. Jellison, John Stick, Joseph Edger, Jamos Addington, Isom Boswell, John Mock, William S. Campbell, William Drew, Henry V. Sipe, George R. Miller, Benjamin Pursail, Joseph S. Baker, Wellington Stewart, John L. Addington, Benjamin F. Bundy, Thomas L. Addington, John M. Collett, John Allbright, David F. Hawley, Henry T. Warren, Jacob R. Lucas,
Washington-David Frazier, Noah Johnson, William Juy,
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HISTORY OF RANDOLPH COUNTY.
Uriah Ball, John Johnson, William Engle, Henderson Murray, William Farlow, Charles F. Powell, Thomas J. Colvin, Zimri E. Hinshaw. I. V. D. R. Johnson, Jesse Cook, George M. Bascom, William H. Thornburg, Thomas N. Rash.
Wayne -- Samuel Downing, David Polly, Andrew J. Dixon, Thomas J. Mason, John Commons, Levi Graves, James White- sell, Thomas Evans, Henry P. Mote, James Nichols, John Down- ing, Finley Maloy, Thomas J. Mason, Nathan Woodbury, James B. Ross, B. F. Graves, Uriah Ball, Seth M. Whitten, Samuel R. Bell, Andrew McConnell, Miles Scott, Joshua Harlan, Eben- ezer Tucker.
White River-John Wright, John Way, John Coates, John Odle, John Sample, S. D. Woodworth, Joel Ward, Jesse B. Wright, Horace L. Rawson, Benjamin Wheeler, Alvin C. Graves, Oliver Walker, Jacob Elzroth, Paul W. Way, Silas Colgrove, Asahel Stone, S. B. Cunningham, Josiah Montgar. Robert Way, David Lyle, Stephen Coffin, Fielding P. Merryfield, Solomon Yonker, Thomas North, Aaron Shaw, Seth Moffitt, Samnel Helm, James S. Cottom, William D. Frazee, Nathan Rynard, Henry W. Hill, John K. Martin, J. J. Cheney, Joseph Merryfield, George Cox, John Gray, Ira Tripp, Nathan Reed, James S. Engle. Silas A. Cropper, Charles L. Lewis, A. H. Patty, Stephen J. Hick- man, Benjamin F. Marsh.
West River-Joshua Wright, Elijah Arnokl, William Hunt. Ira Swain, Sylvester Hollister, Jonah Peacock, Elza Lank, Jr .. Daniel Worth, Bela W. Cropper, Nathan G. Lamb, Jesse Z. Paschal, William S. Hunt, Richard Jobes, Robert B. Cowgill. Samuel French, John Charles, Silas A. Cropper, W. C. Jobes, Samuel Ruble, Albert J. Hawley, Thomas Kimbrough, Isaac Jenkinson, Thomas Mills, William R. Parsons, William P. Harris, Joseph T. Thomas, Winfield S. Robertson, David B. Lamb.
Unknown -- John Nelson, 1827: George F. Willson. 1827: Joseph Hall, 1829; William Rowe; James Smith, 1831; Samnel Peacock, 1837; Robert Millman, 1840; .. Willam S. Campbell. 1840; Bekjamin Inman, 1840; Jason Overman, 1840; John H. Williams, 1846; Wellborn Stuart. 1847; David R. Gray. 1848; George H. Miller; Isaac P. Woodard. 1864; Almiran Titus. 1857; Wilson Nichols, 1857; William N. Maxwell, 1866; John W. Butler, 1866; James M. Clevenger, 1867: J. J. Fulghum. 1865; James A. Sullivan, 1866.
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It may seem strange, yet it is true, that to find who have been the Justices from the beginning is a thing hardly possible, at least withont more time and pains than we have been able to devote to the subject. For Township Trustees, see Education and Schools.
ATTORNEYS.
Persons admitted to practice in Randolph Circuit Court in early times were:
October, 1818, James Rariden.
May, 1819, John A. Daly.
June, 1820, James Gillmore, Isaac M. Johnson.
August, 1822, Charles W. Ewing.
April, 1823, Charles H. Test, Lot Bloomfield.
August, 1823, Martin M. Ray, William Steele.
August, 1826, Amos Lane.
February, 1828, Septimus Smith.
August, 1828, Foster P. Wright.
February, 1829, John D. Vaughn, John S. Newman, Caleb B. Smith.
At some time, George W. Daly, Oliver H. Smith, William A. Peelle.
Angust, 1830, Hiram Bell, Gustavus A. Everts, Samuel Big- ger
February, 1832, William J. Brown, Henry Cooper.
August, 1832, Samuel W. Parker, David Kilgore, Davul Cole- rick.
February, 1833, Thomas C. Anthony.
February, 1834. Zachariah Puckett.
November, 1835, William J. Renner. May, 1836, Joseph Anthony. May, 1837, Joseph S. Sullivan, Jeremiah Smith.
March, 1841, Andrew J. Harlan, James Hanna. May, 1838, James W. Borden.
April, 1839, Moorman Way, James Perry, Hugh T. Reed, John Brownlee. Morrison Rulon, Silas Colgrove.
October. 1839, Richard Winchell, Moses Jenkinson, Jacob B. Julian, E. A. McMahon.
Nearly the entire number of persons named were non-resi- dents of Randolph County. Only about six of them were resi . dents of the county, and of those six, barely two are living, viz., Hon. Silas Colgrove and Hon. William A. Peelle.
Residents of the county: George W. Daly, Zachariah Puck- ett (1834), Jeremiah Smith (1837), Moorman Way ( 1839). Silas Colgrove (1839), William A. Peelle,
We give below the biographies of some of the persons who have been members of the bar of Randolph County, as also a list of those who are at present, or have lately been, resident at- torneys, either at Winchester or at other towns in the county. The list is as follows:
S. R. Allen; O. A. Baker, Union City. Ohio; S. R. Bell, Union City, Ind .; A. C. Black, Farmland; Thomas M. Browne, Winches- ter; John J. Choney, Winchester; Silas Colgrove, Winchester: T. F. Colgrove, Winchester; W. W. Canada, Winchester; S. A. Canada, Winchester; C. C. Clevenger, L. A. Cranor; W. P. Deholt. L. C. Devoss. Union City, Ind .; J. S. Engle, Winchester; I. P. Gray, Union City: Alexander Gullett, gone to Colorado; Pierre Gray, Union City: B. F. Graves, Harrisville; Fremont Garrett; Winchester; B. S. Gray. gone to Portland: Miles Hunt, Losant. ville: F. A. Hay: E. M. Ives. Winchester: Allen Jaqua, Union City; L. D. Lambert, Union City; (. L. Lewis, Winchester; Martin B. Miller. Winchester; L. J. Monks (Judge), Winchester: A. O. Marsh, Winchester: W. E. Monks, Winchester; B. F. Marsh. Winchester: J. W. Macy. Winchester: J. A. Moorman, Farm- land: F. S. McFarland, Union City; J. E. Neff, Winchester; J. W. Newton, Winchester: A. H. Patty, Winchester: J. T. Spence, Winchester; C. T. Pickett, Union City. Ohio: J. B. Ross, Union City; A. J. Stakebake, Winchester; L. W. Study, Winchester: Theodore Shockney, Union City: W. E. Studabaker, Ridgeville: W. A. Thomson, Winchester; J. W. Thomson, Winchester; Moor- man Way, Winchester (deceased); Enos L. Watson, Winchester; Alexander Wood, Ridgeville: I. P. Watts, Winchester; John H. Williamson. Ridgeville: E. B. Wood, Ridgeville; S. M. Whit. ten. Union City: David Wasson, Union City: Cyrus Woodbury. Union City.
Among the lawyers prominent at the Winchester bar in for- mer times may be named Zachariah Puckett. James Brown, Beattie McClelland, Jeremiah Smith. William D. Frazee. Carey S. Good. rich, William A. Peelle, Edmund B. Goodrich, John C. Goodrich -- six of whom became Judges in this county of some degree. Six of the number are certainly dead, and perhaps some or all of the rest.
Before 1830, the resident attorneys of Winchester were very few, if any. Zachariah Puckett was admitted in 1834; Jeremiah Smith, 1837; Moorman Way, 1830; Silas Colgrove, 18339.
EDMUND B. GOODRICH, WINCHESTER.
Edmund B. Goodrich was born in Virginia, being the second son of Judge John B. Goodrich.
He married. in 1829, Ellen Bell, in Virginia, and, in 1836. Mary M. Robinson.
He had six children, and three of them are now living.
He moved to Randolph County in 1831, and became a lawyer and a merchant, and also Associate Judge of Randolph County.
He was in business with his brother Carey, and they built the brick store on the north side of Washington street, between the livery stable and Main street.
Judge G. was a Whig in politics, and a Methodist in religious conviction.
He was already prominent, and might have become more so, but misfortune overtook him.
He was a kind and estimable man, and was respected and be- loved. He had a growing property and an active business; but about 1843, he suffered heavy reverses in pork transactions, and thought he was financially ruined. He had also a severe attack of typhoid fever, and his troubles and reverses caused him tc commit suicide.
ATTY. AT LAW.
Martin 1 Mili ATTY. AT LAW.
Ino. J. Cheney EX - JUDGE. CIRCUIT COURT.
L. i Study ATTY AT LAW
Je. Engle ATTY AT / LAW
Clara R. Commons.
John Commons
JOHN COMMONS.
John Commons was born in the year 1818, in Wayne County, Ind. His father, Issac Commons, was one of the pioneers of that county, a plain, henest man, and a good citizen. He had a family of ten children, of whom seven grew to maturity, and four still survive. John, the subject of this sketch, grew up like the average bey of pioneer days, getting a little education, by attending & country school in the winter, and working on the home farm during the re- mainder of the year. By diligent application to his leisure hours, be acquired s more practical and comprehensive atore of knowledge than the schools of that period afforded, and shortly after attaining his majority, started out to earn his living. For awhile, he taught school; later, he removed to Hillsboro, in the northern part of Wayne County, and was there engaged in mercantile pur suite, in connection with the harness business, for four years. From that place. he removed to Hellandsburg, Ohio, and was a merchant in that town for four years. Subsequently, he moved to Union City, Ind., and was engaged in the boot and shoe trade there from 1860 to 1865 While a resident of that place, he he was elected Justice of the Peace, serving two terms, or eight years, in that capacity He established the Union City Times in 1878, and was its publisher and proprietor until 1877. He sold the paper in that year, and purchased the Herald of Winchester, removing at onee to this place. Under his management, the Herald enjoys an extended eirculation, and wields a very perceptible in- finenee in the publie and political affairs of the county. Mr. Commons has always affiliated with the Republican party, and his principles and convictions are faithfully reflected in the Herald. During his short residence in this com- munity, he has become widely known, and is universally respected and esteemed. He became a Mason many years ago, in the lodge at Hillsboro, Ind., and has taken all the degrees of the subordinate lodge and chapter, and was the first High Priest of the Chapter at Union City. Ha entertains liberal views in the matter of religion, and is not identified with any church, though his parents were members of the Society of Friends
He has been twice married, first, in 1846, to Mias Elizabeth Carllale, who died leaving one daughter, now the wife of G. B. Beet, of Cleveland, Ohio. In 1860, he wedded Misa Clara Rogers, his present companion. Five children have blessed this union, viz., John R., Franky, Ally, Clara E. and Mary A., all of whom aow survive save Franky and Mary A. His estimable wife is a lady of rare accomplishments, and has long been & pillar in the social world. A more extended notice will appear in s sketch of her life, which is here annexed.
MR8. CLARISSA (ROGERS) COMMONS.
But few ladies in this county have been more prominently identified with the temperance cause and other moral and religious interests of this community than Mrs. Commons, and none ever engaged in the work with a mere unselfish
zeal, or persevered with more untiring enthusiasm. She was born in the year 1826. in Franklin County, N. Y., and is the daughter of Samuel and Ruth Rogers. Her father, himself a native of Lincoln, N. H., was a lineal descendent of John Rogers, of Litchfield. Eogland, who perished at the stake during the persecution of the Protestants in the reign of Queen Mary. From New Hampshire he removed to New York, locating in Franklin County, where he married Ruth Saunders, in 1814. In 1832, he removed with his family to Ashtabula, Ohio, where he remained during life. He died in 1861, at the age of seventy-six years, his wife surviving him until 1876, when she died, aged eighty two years. The father was a man of prominence in his qay, and was chosen to fill various responsible offices, both during his residence in New York, and after his removal to Ohio. Ruth Saunders, her mother, was of English descent, but her father was a lover of liberty, and espoused the cause of the Colonists in the struggle for Independ ence, and together with his four brothers, took an active part in the Revolu tionary war
Clarissa, the daughter, passed her early life amid the scenes of the Western Reserve, enjoying a liberal education She attended Ashtabula Academy, at Ashtabula, Ohio, and subsequently attended Grand River Institute, at Austin- burg, Ohio. In 1850, she entered Oberlin College, at Oberlin, Ohio, graduating from that institution in 1853. During her course at Oberlin, she had taught school, and spent one year at Mackinaw, Mich., recruiting her health. In 18-, she left Oberlin to teach school at Richmond, Ind., and was thus engaged until 1860. In that year, she was united in marriage with John Commons. For the next three years they resided at Hollandsburg, Ohio, and in 1863, removed to Union City, Ind. Here, during a residence of nearly sixteen years, she was identified with the Sunday scheel and other benevolent work of the city, and in 1878, esme to Winchester with her husband and family. At the age of sixteen years, Mrs. Commons united with the Presbyterian Churoh at Ashtabuis, Ohio, and in the intervening years has been a consistent Christian and an active worker in the upbuilding of the church and the spread of the Gospel. Her connection with the temperance work first began with the organization of the Temperance Alliance. She identified herself with this organization, sod was subsequently prominent in the effort known as the "Crusade"-taking an active part in this movement, and adding the weight of her influence to the peaceful endeavors of the wives and mothers who constituted that organization, to remove the evil that menaced their homes. Since the close of the "Crusade," she has been actively engaged in the work of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, and has done much, by verbal and written appeals to strengthen the temperance cause. For several years she has edited the temperance department of the Herald, and although naturally modest and retiring, she has delivered public addresses in this county and vicinity, in response to her sense of duty, in the interest of the temperance cause. And whe can say that her labor has been in vain? Gradually, but surely her cause seems to gain ground, while it is impos- sible to estimate one woman's work in this result.
In private life, and among those who know her best, Mrs. Commens is universally beloved for her amiable disposition and her uniform kindness to all. With the attsinments secured by a thorough education, she combines the quali- fications of a naturally superior mind, and is well qualified by nature for the position she occupies in society. Her family is somewhat neted for longevity- some of its members attaining advanced age-and we join in the hope expressed by her friends. that she may be spared yet many years to continue the work in her chosen field of usefulness.
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His financial condition proved, however, to be sound, and his fears were thus shown to have been groundless.
His widow is still living, at the age of eighty years (1881). The death of her husband and her other afflictions unhinged her mind, and she became insane, which sad condition has con- tinned much of the time ever since.
It is remarkable that, when hodily sickness prostrates her, she regains her mental sanity.
She has been deeply afflicted, and her share of worldly sor- row has been very great, though she is a most excellent and ex- emplary woman. Her afflicted condition has gained for her the deepest sympathy of her friends and acquaintances. But her clouded sky will soon be made clear, and upon her night of anguish the bright morn of eternity erelong will rise.
(Mrs. Goodrich died in September, 1881, aged over eighty years, having had, in truth, a life of sorrow and affliction. But her sorrow is over; her affliction is gone; she rests in peace in the arms of her Savior.)
CAREY S. GOODRICH, WINCHESTER ..
Carey S. Goodrich was born in Virginia, and grew to man- hood in that State.
He came with his mother and her family to Randolph County in 1831.
He was a prominent merchant and attorney in early times. His mercantile business he closed in 1843, but he continued to prac- tice as a lawyer through his life.
He had a wife and a family of four children. His widow still survives.
He died in 1866, being nearly sixty years old.
He was respected and influential, a valuable and worthy cit- izen, deeply interested in the substantial welfare of the commu- nity, and earnestly active in every enterprise for its promotion.
Like the rest of the family, he was a Whig in politics. and then a Republican, and an acceptable member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
COL. ISAAC P. GRAY, ATTORNEY. UNION CITY.
Col. Gray was born in 1828, in Chester County, Penn. ; moved to Urbana, Ohio. in 1836; to Montgomery County in 1839; to Darke County in 1842; to Union City, Ind., in 1855.
He was married to Eliza Jaqua, daughter of Judson Jaqua, Esq., and has had four children. two living -- Pierre and Bayard S. He was engaged, till the breaking-out of the war, in mercan- tile business.
He was appointed Colonel of the Fourth Indiana Cavalry, which position he held from September 4, 1862, to February 11, 1864.
He also raised and organized the One Hundred and Forty- seventh Regiment Indiana Volunteers, mustered in March 13. 1865, Col. Peden ; mustered ont August 4, 1865.
He was also Colonel of the One Hundred and Fifth Indiana (minute men). Served five days - July 12-17, 1803.
At the close of the war, he became a banker, organizing, with Hon. N. Cadwallader, the Citizens' Bank, of which he is a prominent stockholder and Vice President.
In 1866, he was candidate of the anti Julian wing of the Re- publican party for Congress. Entered the law in 1868, and was State Senator of Randolph County in 1868-72, on the Repub- lican ticket, of which body he took position as a leading member.
In 1870, he was appointed by President Grant Consul to St. Thomas, West Indies, and confirmed by the Senate, but declined.
In 1872, he was appointed a delegate at large for the State of Indiana to the National Liberal Republican Convention at Cin- cinnati, and, by that convention, was made the member, for the State of Indiana, of the Liberal Republican National Executive Committee.
In 1876, the Democratic State Convention nominated him by acclamation for Lieutenant Governor, aad he was elected to that office in October, 1876.
In 1880, he was a candidate before the Democratic State Con- vention, and lost the nomination by four votes, but was named by acclamation a second time for Lieutenant Governor,
Col. Gray has been a prominent business man of Union City for twenty- five years, and is highly respected by his fellow-citi- zens.
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