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Mundy, Alanson, mustered in Feb. 16, 1865, ont Aug. 30, 1865.
Nichols, Henry, mustered in Feb. 16, 1865, died at Indian- apolis, Ind., March 28, 1865.
Partridge, Joseph, mustered in Feb. 16, 1865, out Aug. 30, 1865. Sams, Abdillah, mustered in Feb. 22, 1865, out Aug. 30, 1865. Sutherland, W. G., mustered in Feb. 22, 1865, out Aug. 30, 1865.
Wilson, Henry, mustered in Feb. 16, 1865, out Aug. 30, 1865.
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Company H.
Richardson, Henry, mustered in as Corporal March 7, 1865, out as Sergeant, Aug. 30, 1865.
Company K.
Everhart, J. M., commissioned Captain March 16, 1865.
Rogers, Madison, commissioned First Lieutenant March 16, 1865.
Young, J. T., commissioned Second Lieutenant March 16, 1865.
Hyler, C. J., mustered in as Sergeant Feb. 16, 1865, out June 21, 1865.
Everhart, Edmund, mustered in as Sergeant March 16, 1865, out Aug. 30, 1865.
Barron, Justus, mustered in as Sergeant March 10, 1865, out as private Aug. 30, 1865.
Taylor, Orrin, mustered in as Corporal Feb. 16, 1865, out Aug. 30, 1865.
Woodworth, George, mustered in Feb. 15, 1865, out Aug. 30, 1865.
Calvin, J. P., mustered in as Corporal Feb. 16, 1865, died at Indianapolis, March 28, 1865.
Laughrie, James, mustered in as Corporal Feb. 16, 1865, out Aug. 30, 1865.
Evans, Robert, mustered in as Corporal Feb. 16, 1865, out as Sergeant Aug. 30, 1865.
Douglas, D. C., mustered in as Corporal Feb. 16, 1865, out Aug. 30, 1865.
Jackson, W. H., mustered in as Corporal Feb. 16, 1865, out Aug. 30,1865.
Abrahamson, Eugene, mustered in Feb. 16, 1865, out Aug. 30, 1865.
Brugh, Wilson, mustered in March 4, 1865, out Aug. 30, 1865. Babcock, David, mustered in Feb. 16, 1865, out June 13, 1865. Beck, P. S., mustered in March 4, 1865, out Aug. 30, 1865.
Chaffee, Addison, mustered in March 4, 1865, out July 1, 1865. Cole, Charles, mustered in March 3, 1865, out Aug. 30, 1865. Dewitt, William, mustered in March 4, 1865, out Aug. 30, 1865. Dawson, M. D., mustered in Feb. 15, 1865, out Aug. 30, 1865. Dotts, Philip, mustered in Feb. 16, 1865, out Aug. 30, 1865.
Donehue, Henry, mustered in March 4, 1864, out Aug. 30, 1865. Debow, James, mustered in Feb. 16, 1864, out Aug. 30, 1865.
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Everett, Benjamin, mustered in Feb. 16, 1865, out Aug. 30, 1865. Freygang, Edward, mustered in Feb. 15, 1865, out as Princi- pal Musician Ang. 30, 1865.
Fleagel, David, mustered in March 4, 1865, out June 6, 1865. Griffith, B. F., mustered in Feb. 17, 1865, out Ang. 30, 1865. Gilbert, Joseph, mustered in Feb. 16, 1865, out Aug. 30, 1865. Graham, Seymour, mustered in March 4, 1865, died at Fred- erick, Md., April 3, 1865.
Gillatt, Nelson, mustered in March 3, 1865, died at Baltimore, Md., April 22, 1865.
Hunt, Joshua, mustered in Feb. 16, 1865, out Ang. 30, 1865. Hayden, Oliver, mustered in Feb. 16, 1865, out May 27, 1865. Jackson, Benajah, mustered in March 3, 1865, out Aug. 30, 1865. Lemeranx, Isaac, mustered in Feb. 16, 1865, out Aug. 30, 1865. Leavitt, W. W., mustered in Feb. 15, 1865, out as Corporal Aug. 30, 1865.
McEntire, W. C., mustered in Feb. 16, 1865, died at Indian- apolis, March 19, 1865.
Morse, E. D., mustered in Feb. 10, 1865, out Aug. 30, 1865. Morse, E. R. mustered in Feb. 15, 1865, out Aug. 30, 1865. Morse, Orrin, mustered in Feb. 16, 1865, ont May 19, 1865. Miller, George, mustered in March 4, 1865, out Aug. 30, 1865. Newville, Solomon, mustered in Feb. 16, 1865, out Aug. 30. 1865. Norton, A. A., mustered in Feb. 16, 1865, out Aug. 1, 1865. Nolen, Meseck, mustered in Feb. 16, 1865, out May 17, 1865. Otto, Christian, mustered in Feb. 16, 1865, out Aug. 30. 1865. Pillsbury, Nehemiah, mustered in Feb. 16, 1865, out Aug. 30, 1865.
Pillsbury, Daniel, mustered in March 7, 1865, out Aug. 30, 1865. Packer, Oliver, mustered in Feb. 17, 1865, out Sept. 12, 1865. Phenicie, George, mustered in Feb. 16, 1865, out Aug. 30, 1865. Parsons, Seymour, mustered in Feb. 16, 1865, out May 9, 1865. Rupley, George, mustered in Feb. 16, 1865, out Ang. 30, 1865. Rima, William, mustered in Feb. 16, 1865, out as Corporal Aug. 30, 1865.
Rhodes, Richard, mustered in Feb. 16, 1865, out June 7, 1865. Rummel, David J., mustered in Feb. 17, 1865, died at Indian- apolis, March 8, 1865.
Ruth, Daniel, mustered in March 7, 1865, out Aug. 30, 1865. ยท Rosenberger, Daniel, mustered in March 4, 1865, out as Ser- geant Aug. 30, 1865.
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Reed, John M., mustered in March 3, 1865, out Aug. 30, 1865. Reynolds, William, mustered in March 6, 1865, out Aug. 30, 1865. Shero, Franklin, mustered in March 4, 1865, out July 31, 1865. Saterson, Godfrew, mustered in Feb. 16, 1865, out Ang. 30, 1865. Stocker, Dewitt C., mustered in Feb. 16, 1865, out Aug. 30, 1865. Swartz, Jacob, mustered in Feb. 16, 1865, died at Indianapolis March 10, 1865.
Smith, Alonzo A., mustered in Feb. 10, 1865, out May 17, 1865. Welds, M. O., mustered in Feb. 16, 1865, out Aug. 30, 1865.
Williamson, James, mustered in Feb. 16, 1865, out Ang. 30, 1865.
Williams, Washington, mustered in March 4, 1865, out Aug. 30, 1865.
REUNION.
Steuben's veterans often have attended 'celebrations at points outside the county, but the first attempt at holding a reunion at Angola was not made until as late as 1879, or sixteen years after the last of the armed bands were sent peacefully to their homes after the suppression of the rebellion. Sept. 9, 1879, a very suc- cessful meeting was held, after due preparation.
At the preliminary meeting held July 26, previously, twenty- five veterans attended, and elected the following officers: President, Newell Lewis, of Angola; Vice-Presidents, Irenus McGowan, of Mill Grove; Frank Green, of Jamestown; J. D. Mawhood, of Fre- mont; R. H. Johnson, of Clear Lake; G. W. Powers, of York; Charles Stafford, of Scott; G. W. McConnell, of Pleasant; George Twichell, of Jackson; D. Gillespie, of Salem; George E. Young, of Stenben; Lew Griffith, of Otsego; John Williams, of Richland; Secretary, E. J. Fitch; Treasurer, O. Carver; Marshal, E. G. Me- lendy; Chaplain, William Keyes; Executive Committee, Lawrence Gates, E. G. Melendy, Irenus McGowan, Samuel Beight and Mar- vin Butler.
At an early hour on the 9th of September the inhabitants of Angola were awakened by the firing of a military salute, and soon after the streets were alive with people. Those who had flags, or who could beg or borrow them, soon decorated their places of business with the red, white and blue in honor of the reunion. The morning trains brought large delegations of ex-soldiers and others from the surrounding towns, and by ten o'clock there was a perfect jam, it being almost impossible to move in the vicinity of the public square. The old battle flags of the Twelfth, One Hun-
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dred and Twenty-ninth, One Hundredth, Forty-fourth, Eighty- eighth and Seventy-fourth Indiana regiments were exhibited near Kinney & Co.'s bank, and attracted universal attention.
At ten o'clock the marshals began to form the procession, and promptly at 10:30 the veterans took up their line of march in the following order :
1. Marshals.
2. Angola Cornet Band.
3. Drum Corps.
4. Forty-fourth Indiana Regiment.
5. One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Indiana Regiment.
6. Seventy-fourth Indiana Regiment.
7. Twenty-ninth Indiana Regiment.
8. Thirtieth Indiana Regiment.
9. Boys' Cornet Band, Pleasant Lake. 10. Representatives from the Twenty-fifth, One Hundred and Fourth, One Hundred and Seventy-seventh, One Hundred and Eighty-second, Twenty-ninth, Fifty-second, Seventy-first, Sixty- eighth, Twenty-first, Forty-ninth, One Hundred and Second, Eleventh, Twentieth, Sixtieth, Thirty-eighth, Fifty-seventh, One Hundred and First, Seventy-sixth, Twenty-fifth, One Hundred and Eleventh, Twenty-first, One Hundred and Thirty-first, Fourteenth, Sixty-fifth, Tenth, One Hundred and Seventy-ninth, Eighty-second, One Hundred and Eighteenth, One Hundred and Twenty-third, Twenty-sixth, One Hundred and Ninety-fifth, Thirty-second, One Hundred and Ninety-seventh, One Hundred and Forty-second, One Hundred and Twenty-eighth, Eighty-eighth, One Hundred and Fifth and Sixth Ohio Infantries; Second and Third Ohio Cavalry; First and Nineteenth Ohio Artillery; First Ohio Sharp- shooters; Ninth, Twenty-first, One Hundred and Twenty-eighth, Twentieth, Eighty-eighth, Forty-first, Ninetieth, Thirty-eighth, One Hundred and Eighteenth, Thirteenth, Nineteenth, Fifty- second, Thirty-second, Thirty-fifth, Eighty-fourth, One Hundred and Forty-seventh and Eighty-ninth Indiana Infantries; First, Fifth, Seventh, Second and Twelfth Indiana Cavalries; Twenty-third Indiana Light Artillery ; First, Fifth and Eleventh Indiana Heavy Batteries ; One Hundred and Forty-second, Forty-second, Sixty- first, Tenth, Thirteenth and First Illinois Infantries; Sixty-fifth, One Hundred and Fifty-fourth, Seventy-fifth, Twenty-third, Thirty- third, Forty-second, Fiftieth and One Hundred and Seventeenth New York Infantries; Twelfth and Thirty-seventh Wisconsin In- 26
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fantries; First Wisconsin Artillery ; Eighteenth, Fifteenth and Sixth United States Infantries; Fourth, Seventh, Twenty-first, Six- teenth, Eleventh, Seventeenth, Thirteenth, Second, Thirtieth, Twenty-eighth and Eighteenth Michigan Infantries ; Sixth and Ninth Michigan Cavalries ; Fifty-sixth Pennsylvania Infantry ; Second and Fifty third Kentucky Infantries ; Fourth Iowa In- fantry ; Third Iowa Artillery.
11. Eighty-eighth Indiana Infantry.
12. Angola Fire Department.
There were more than 700 soldiers present, many of whom were from other counties and States, and eighty distinct commands were registered. The procession marched to Wickwire's Grove, where a previously prepared programme of exercises was carried out. The ladies who had taken upon themselves the providing and arranging of the dinner tables did nobly. Owing to the ab- sence of General Gibson, who was expected to address the audience, but whose attendance was prevented on account of sickness, the time was taken up and the meeting well entertained by a number of short, impromptu speeches by soldiers and others. General Lewis J. Blair, of Waterloo; Judge Melendy, of Centreville, Mich., and Captain J. K. Morrow were among the speakers.
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CHAPTER VI.
THE BAR.
EARLY LAWYERS. - FIRST RESIDENT ATTORNEY. - SKETCHES OF THOSE WHO HAVE PRACTICED HERE .- PRESENT BAR .- SKETCHES OF PROMINENT ATTORNEYS.
The pioneer members of the bar of Steuben County were from abroad, mostly from Fort Wayne. From our earliest courts until 1849, the legal business of the county was done chiefly by non- resident attorneys. At the head of this list stands the name of Charles Ewing, who, in his time, was considered the ablest jurist of the West. Among other prominent lawyers from the Summit City, who, during this time, took an active part in the legal mat- ters of the county, may be mentioned the names of Breckenridge, Colerick, Ferry, Dawson, Johnson, Cooper and Coombs. The last named, still at Fort Wayne, is the only one living.
Hon. John B. Howe, of Lima, practiced here during this time. Afterward came Andrew Ellison, of Lagrange (now one of the wealthiest men in that county), and Judge Morris, of Auburn (now of Fort Wayne), both able jurists and able men in their pro- fession. The first resident attorney at law of the county was Robert L. Douglass, who came here from Ohio in 1839. He is said to have been an able, energetic lawyer. He remained here until 1849, when he removed to Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Daniel E. Palmer was the second resident attorney. He was born among the Delaware hills, in Delaware County, N. Y., Jan. 10, 1816. He read law with Judge Tiffany, of Lenawee County, Mich. He was the first lawyer admitted to practice in Noble County, this . State, and came from there here in the spring of 1840, and at that time was admitted to the bar, but did not commence active prac- tice until 1841; he continued in practice here for about thirty-five years, when the infirmities of age compelled him to retire from practice. In his day, he was considered good, and his opinions were well respected by the legal profession. At times he had a large though not a paying practice. Mr. Palmer was Auditor of
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this county, by appointment, from 1844 to 1847; he was Circuit Prosecutor in 1849-'50, and Common Pleas Prosecutor from 1852 to 1854.
Hon. Edward R. May graduated at Yale College in 1838, and although one of the youngest members of his class, he had ac- quired a reputation which gave promise of future distinction. After leaving college, he was for two years engaged in teaching school in the East. Having, at the same time, entered upon the study of the law, he was in due time admitted to the New London County Bar, in the State of Connecticut. Influenced by the hope of benefit to his health, he removed to Angola, this county, and was here admitted to the bar in 1843. By skill in his profession, and by heartily identifying himself with the public interests, sus- taining and promoting the cause of education, of temperance, and the institutions of religion, he rapidly acquired position and in- finence. He was a member of our State Legislature. He was also a member of the State Constitutional Convention. He went from here to California in the year 1852, and returned the same year, when his forecasting mind fixed upon St. Paul, Minn., as a point of commanding importance in the future Northwest. He had hardly located there when, Aug. 2, 1852, after only a few hours' sickness, he died of cholera.
Dr. James McConnell, the first County Clerk, resigned his office in 1843 to enter the legal profession, and enjoyed a fair and in- creasing practice until his early death, in 1844.
Hon. Alanson W. Hendry was an active practitioner from 1843 to 1865, when he engaged in the mercantile business for some years, and is now engaged in extensive agricultural pursnits. He was a member of the State Senate, and has held other offices of trust and responsibility .
Jesse M. Gale commenced the study of law with Mr. Hendry, and soon went into partnership with him. He retired from active practice in 1883, but is still a resident of Angola.
Leland H. Stocker began the practice of his profession in 1855, and was an active member of the bar till 1881.
From 1850 to 1860 there may be mentioned, as accessions to the bar, the names of Howard, Tinker and Blake.
In 1860 William G. Croxton came here from Columbiana County, Ohio, and began practice in partnership with A. S. Blake. Soon afterward, upon the removal of Blake from the county, he formed a partnership with A. A. Chapin. This partnership lasted for
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about three years, when Mr. Croxton entered into partnership with Hon. Joseph A. Woodhull. Mr. Chapin had a very success- ful practice in Kendallville for a number of years, and in 1883 sought a wider field in Fort Wayne. Mr. Woodhull began the practice of his profession at Fremont in 1859, and removed to All- gola in 1860, engaging in partnership with Daniel E. Palmer. He is still an active member of the legal profession.
E. B. Glasgow was for several years an active lawyer, and also dealt extensively in real estate. A few years since he went to Kansas. He was twice elected to the State Legislature. Captain John K. Morrow came here from Lagrange in 1864. and com- menced practice here with Daniel E. Palmer, and is still engaged in a good business.
The above are the early lawyers of Steuben County. The present bar, arranged in the order of admission to practice, is as follows : W. G. Croxton, J. K. Morrow, J. A. Woodhull, E. G. Melendy, G. B. Adams, D. R. Best, S. A. Powers, A. Paterson, B. F. Dawson, W. W. Birce, W. M. Brown, E. A. Bratton, J. B. Langworthy, Joseph Butler, F. M. Powers, Cyrus Cline and W. C. Chadwick.
BIOGRAPHICAL.
George B. Adams, attorney at law, Angola, Ind., was born in Fredonia, Chautauqua Co., N. Y., April 18, 1844, a son of Charles H. and Sophia A. (Clark) Adams, his father a native of Massa- chusetts, and his mother of Connecticut. His father was by trade a millwright, but subsequently embarked in land speculation, and acquired a large property. He was an old-line Whig, and a great admirer and personal friend of Henry Clay. In 1858 he moved to Coldwater, Mich., where the mother died in 1867. He after- ward went to New Jersey, and died there in 1874. George B. Adams received a good common-school education, and after going to Michigan attended the High School at Coldwater. He served in the late war. He then returned to Coldwater, and in 1866 began the study of law, and so continued for four years at intervals, working in the meantime to support himself and two sisters. In 1870 he came to Angola, and for a time thought of abandoning his profes- sion, but changed his mind, and in 1873 was admitted to the bar, and has built up a good practice. He is a strong pleader, an elo- quent speaker, and his arguments are convincing and have weight with the jury. He was appointed Prosecuting Attorney for Steu- ben, DeKalb and Noble counties by Governor Williams in 1878,
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to fill a vacancy, and in 1878 was elected, on the Democratic ticket, to the same position. In 1880 he represented his county in the State Democratic Convention, at Indianapolis. Mr. Adams was married in 1876 to Helen Darrah, daughter of Peter Darrah, of Ohio, and to them were born two children. Mrs. Adams died Nov. 18, 1883. She was a lady of rare intelligence, and had hosts of friends to mourn her loss.
Emmet A. Bratton, attorney at law and Deputy Prosecuting Attorney of Steuben County, was born in Williams County, Ohio, July 16, 1855, a son of Ira and Deborah (Thomas) Bratton, his father a native of Mifflin County, Pa., born March 12, 1829, and his mother of Bucks County, Pa. His parents moved to Ohio when young, and were there married in 1851. His father died July 18, 1882, and his mother is still living. When eighteen years of age he attended the fall term of the High School in Angola, and taught the next winter. He prepared for college by his own efforts, and in 1876 entered the freshman class of Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, Mich., and attended two years. He then came to Angola, and entered the office of Woodhull & Croxton, remaining with them till 1880, when he went to Ann Arbor, Mich., and attended the law department of the University, graduating March 23, 1881. After his admission to the bar he formed a partnership with Stephen A. Powers, under the firm-name of Powers & Bratton, which was dis- solved by mutual consent Aug. 8,1884, and since then he has prac- ticed with the Hon. D. R. Best, under the firm-name Best & Bratton. He is a young man of ability, and is gaining a good reputation in business and social circles. He is Secretary of the Steuben County Agricultural Association, and in 1884 was appointed Deputy Prosecuting Attorney. He has served his city as Clerk and Treas- urer four years in a very acceptable manner. In politics he is a Republican. He is a member of the Odd Fellows' order (lodge and encampment), and in 1884 represented his lodge in the Grand Lodge of the State. Mr. Bratton was married in 1883 to Della Rice, daughter of Dr. C. D. Rice. They have one danghter.
Cyrus Cline, attorney at law, a member of the firm of Cline & Dawson, Angola, Ind., was born in Richland County, Ohio, July 12, 1851, a son of Michael and Barbara (Orewiler) Cline. In 1853 his parents moved to Steuben County, Ind., and settled on section 16, Scott Township. Eight acres of the land were cleared and there was a good house and barn on it. In 1872 the family moved to Angola that the children might have better educational advan-
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tages, and here the father died Feb. 28, 1878. He was in early life a Whig, and afterward affiliated with the Republican party. From 1868 till 1874 he was a County Commissioner, and always dis- charged his duties in a satisfactory manner. He also held various local offices of trust, and at the time of his death was Trustee of Pleasant Township. His family consisted of eight children, two sons and six daughters, all of whom are living. Cyrus Cline was reared on the farm, and in early life attended the district schools. After his parents moved to Angola he attended the Academy one winter, and in 1873 entered the freshman class at Hillsdale Col- lege. Being in limited circumstances, he was obliged to procure his college education by his own efforts. He therefore taught school in the winter, still pursuing his studies at home, and in the spring entered his class in the college. He graduated in 1876. The following September he was elected County Superintendent of Schools of Steuben County, a position he held till June, 1883. In the spring of 1880 he entered the office of Woodhull & Croxton, and began the study of law, remaining with them till February, 1882, when he was admitted to the bar and formed a partnership with Joseph Butler, which continued till July, 1884, when he be- came associated with Mr. Dawson. Mr. Cline is a young man of fine natural ability, which, added to his close study and determi- nation to succeed, will make him one of the best and most influ- ential lawyers in the county. He was married Oct. 6, 1880, to Jennie E., daughter of Dr. Bush and Susan S. Gibson. Dr. Gib- son died in Vermont, and in 1869 Mrs. Gibson came with her three daughters to Steuben County. Mr. Cline is a member of the Masonic fraternity, lodge and chapter.
Hon. A. W. Hendry, attorney at law, Angola, Ind., was one of the early settlers of Steuben County. He was born near Buffalo, Erie Co., N. Y., March 22, 1820, a son of Samuel and Eunice (Foote) Hendry, his father of Massachusetts and his mother of Connecticut. His parents were married in Delaware County, N. Y., Feb. 16, 1803, and before the war of 1812 removed to Erie County. Samuel Hendry was a minute-man in the war of 1812. He was an old-line Whig, and a strong anti-slavery man. In 1827 or 1828 he moved to Ashtabula County, Ohio, and in 1832 to Wellington, Lorain County. Mrs. Hendry died in Sandusky, Ohio, Sept. 3, 1853, and Mr. Hendry in Angola, Ind., April 12, 1861. They had a family of nine children, eight of whom are liv- ing. A. W. Hendry learned the blacksmith's trade of his father,
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but not liking it, he and his twin brother determined to take up the profession of law. They procured a Blackstone and Kent and studied evenings and when not otherwise employed until they were familiar with the main points of common law. In 1842 our sub- ject came to Indiana, and taught school in Orland, Steuben County, the following winter, and in the spring of 1843 went to Lima, La- grange County, where he was admitted to the bar. He then lo- cated in Angola, and practiced here till 1866, when he embarked in the mercantile business, which he continued till 1872. In 1852 Mr. Hendry was elected to the State Senate and served eight years, although he has never sought official honors. He takes especial interest in the up-building of local interests and is President of the Old Settlers' Association and Steuben County Agricultural Society. In politics he is a strong Republican. Mr. and Mrs. Hendry were at Baltimore at the time Abraham Lincoln received the second nomination for President of the United States, and at Philadelphia when General Grant was nominated for the same office. Mr. Hendry was married June 15, 1847, to Louisa Gale, daughter of Judge Thomas and Sarah (Goldsmith) Gale. They have had four children; but three are living-Thomas P., Victor, and Mattie E., wife of G. W. McBride, an attorney of Grand Haven, Mich. Judge Gale was. a native of Orange County, N. Y., and when a young man went to Ohio and located near Columbus. In 1831 he came to Indiana, and founded the town of Lima, Lagrange County. In 1836 he came to Steuben County and bought the land where Angola is now located, and in company with Cornelius Gilmore laid out the town. He also laid out the town of Augusta, Noble County. He was a member of the Legislature in 1836 and 1837. He was an old-line Whig and one of the first to advocate the anti- slavery movement.
Joseph B. Langworthy, attorney at law, Fremont, was born in Bainbridge, Geauga Co., Ohio, Jan. 10, 1858, a son of Joseph B. and Sophronia (Merry) Langworthy, early settlers of Ohio. His mother died Nov. 10, 1863, and in 1869 his father moved to Steu- ben County, where he died June 21, 1882. They had a family of eleven children, nine of whom lived till maturity. Joseph B. Lang- worthy, Sr., was in early life a Whig, but affiliated with the Republi- can party from the date of its organization. Our subject came to Steu- ben County with his father. He attended district school till he was seventeen, going winters only; then attended the graded schools of Fremont for two terms; then the Valparaiso Normal and Business
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Institute three years; was a member of the scientific class of 1877, but was taken ill and was compelled to leave a few weeks before graduating. In the spring of 1880 he began reading law in the office of Gale & Best, of Angola, and June 5, 1881, was admitted to the bar. In 1882 he attended the law department of Ann Arbor University. Immediately after his return from Ann Arbor the firm of Gale, Best & Langworthy was formed, which continued till spring of 1884, when Mr. Gale withdrew, and the firm was dis- solved. Mr. Langworthy is a talented young man, of fine address, pleasing manners, and has many friends in business and social circles. He has a promising future, being one of the rising young men of the county. He was married Jan. 7, 1881, to Carrie M. Caswell, daughter of A. M. Caswell, of Fremont.
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