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Emory G. Melendy, attorney at law, Fremont, Ind., was born in Chenango County, N. Y., Oct. 29, 1841, a son of Norman and Sophia (Welch) Melendy, his father a native of Vermont, and his mother of Connecticut. In 1845 his parents moved to Steuben County, Ind., and soon after to Branch County, Mich., where the father died in 1855. He was a prominent man of his day, taking an active interest in the growth and development of the county. Mrs. Melendy is living in Branch County. To them were born eleven children, seven in New York-Lois B., now Mrs. Devine. Richmond W. enlisted in Company A, Twenty-ninth Indiana In- fantry, and was appointed First Lieutenant, and afterward pro- moted to Captain. After the war he studied law, and was admitted to the bar. In 1872 he was elected Circuit Judge of his district. He died at Eaton Rapids in September, 1883. Daniel W. is a farmer in Nebraska. Squire W. enlisted in the First Michigan Infantry, and participated in the battle of Bull Run; he died in the fall of 1864. Sally S. is the wife of James Hughes, of Branch County. E. G., our subject. Edward N. enlisted in August, 1862, in the Nineteenth Michigan Infantry. He was captured at Spring Hill, Tenn., and was incarcerated in Libby Prison; died from the ef- fects of cruelty and exposure soon after leaving the prison. Mary E. is the wife of James M. Lindsley, of Detroit, Mich. Abbie M., now Mrs. M. B. Wakeman, of Branch County. John M., of Eu- reka, Cal., is a prominent attorney. Horace died in infancy. E. G. Melendy was but fourteen years of age when his father died, and from that time his maintenance and education were the result of his own efforts. When twenty years of age, Aug. 27, 1861, he enlisted in Company A, Twenty-ninth Indiana Infantry. He par-
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ticipated in the battles of Shiloh and Stone River, serving till August, 1863, when he was discharged, and the following fall en- listed in the One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Indiana Infantry, and was appointed Orderly Sergeant. He was at the battle of Resaca, Decatur, through the Atlanta campaign, at Franklin and Nash- ville. In February, 1865, he was promoted to Adjutant of the regiment. They were sent to North Carolina via Washington, and were with General Sherman at Kingston, and from there were sent to Charlotte, N. C., where they were mustered out Sept. 13. Soon after the war he began the study of law, and was admitted to practice in all the courts. He has a fair law practice, and also gives some attention to collecting and insurance. May 5, 1868, Mr. Melendy was married to Alma Follett, a daughter of Jolm W. and Angeline Follett, early settlers of Steuben County. They have one child-Maud. Mr. Melendy is a member of the Masonic fra- Lodge, No. 210, chapter, council, and ternity, Northeastern
Apollo Commandery. He is Master of his lodge, and has repre- sented it in the Grand Lodge of the State. He is also a member of Steuben Lodge, No. 231, I. O. O. F., and Kilpatrick Post, No. 45, G. A. R. He has passed all the chairs of the subordinate lodge, and has been a representative to the Grand Lodge of I. O. O. F. of Indiana. In politics Mr. Melendy is a Republican and has served as a delegate to the State convention.
Captain John K. Morrow, a native of Richland County, Ohio, was born in Mansfield, March 5, 1827, a son of James Morrow, a native of Dublin, Ireland, and Mary (Turk) Morrow, a native of Scotland. James Morrow came to America in his early manhood. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and was wounded at the battle of Lundy's Lane. He subsequently returned to his native country, and was married in Scotland to Mary Turk. In 1816 they came to the United States, and lived a year in Allegheny County, Pa., and in 1827 moved to Mansfield, Richland Co , Ohio, where he died in 1848. He was a sculptor and builder, and a very fine artisan. After the father's death John K. moved to Williams County, Ohio, with his mother, where she died in 1854. He received a liberal education, and at the time of his father's death was attending Oberlin (Ohio) College. He was then obliged to leave school, and began teaching to support his mother and sister. In the meantime he began the study of law in the office of Case & Foster, and in 1853 was admitted to the bar at Perrysburg, Wood County. He soon after began the practice of his profession at Bryan, Ohio, and
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in 1856 went to Lagrange Centre, Lagrange Co., Ind. In Janu- ary, 1857, he established the Lagrange Standard, the first paper of the county. The motto of his paper was, " Eternal Hostility to the Extension of Slavery." In 1862 he enlisted in the One Hundredth Indiana Infantry, raising Company C, of which he was commissioned First Lieutenant. He was at the battle of Vicksburg at the time of Sherman's defeat, Jackson, Miss., the siege and capture of Vicksburg, second battle of Jackson, Mission Ridge. March 4, 1864, he resigned on account of failing health. He was commissioned Captain of his company June 3, 1863. When he left the regiment the officers gave him the following let- ter, expressive of their esteem and fraternal friendship:
" BELLEFONTE STATION, ALA., March 4, 1864. "CAPT. J. K. MORROW, Company C, One Hundredth Indiana: " DEAR SIR: We have just learned of the acceptance of your res- ignation, which reminds us that we are to be separated from a brave soldier and true friend, and one who has shared for a long time with us the hardships and privations of a soldier's life. Your soldierly bearing and your generous heart has won for you the confidence and esteem of the officers and men of the entire regiment, and it is with much reluctance that we part with you. You will leave the field of strife, and when you retire to a quiet home, surrounded by family and friends, we trust that we will not be forgotten; that your influence will ever be on the side of right and support of our brave old flag.
" Very respectfully,
"W. H. VERNON, Captain Company D. " JOHN W. HEADINGTON, Captain Company H.
" GIDEON RATHBUN, First Lieutenant Company H. "J. M. CARR, Captain Company G.
" LEONARD AKER, First Lieutenant Company F.
" A. H. LINHART, Second Lieutenant Company F.
"J. W. GUSINGER, Lieutenant Company E.
"T. C. DALBY, Captain Company I.
" NOAH S. COTTERLIN, First Lieutenant Company I.
" ED. FORBES, First Lieutenant Company C.
" J. H. MORE, First Lieutenant Company A.
"ORLA J. FAST, Captain Company B.
" ED. GOLDSMITH, First Lieutenant Company B.
" W. H. GEA, Adjutant One Hundredth Ind. Infantry." In 1865 Captain Morrow moved to Angola, where he has since
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lived. He has established a good record as an attorney, and has served on the bench as Judge pro tem. He has held the office of Justice of the Peace two terms. He was married May 5, 1853, to Mary A. Coblentz, a native of Ohio, of German descent. To them have been born three children; but two are living-James H. and John M. Captain Morrow is a member of the Knights of Honor and Grand Army of the Republic.
Frank M., Powers, attorney at law, Angola, Ind., was born in York Township, Steuben Co., Ind., April 2, 1860, a son of Calvin and Lucy A. (Gilbert) Powers, his father a native of Allegany County, N. Y., and his mother of Ohio, and early settlers of Steu- ben County, locating in York Township in 1836. Frank M. Pow- - ers received a good education, attending the district schools of York Township, and the graded school of Angola. In 1878 he came to Angola, and while attending school began the study of law, and subsequently entered the office of Woodhull & Croxton. He was admitted to the bar in 1881, and has since practiced in Angola. Mr. Powers is a young man of good address and fine ability, and is building up a good practice. His courteous man- ners and affability make him a general favorite in society, and his close attention to business and strict integrity have won him the esteem of business circles.
Leland H. Stocker, retired attorney, and one of the early and prominent settlers of Steuben County, was born in Windham Coun- ty, Vt., May 21, 1817, a son of John and Betsey (Howard) Stocker. His mother was a sister of Rev. Leland Howard, an eminent Bap- tist clergyman, for whom our subject was named. Of a family of nine children eight lived till maturity. In 1833 Chester Stocker, the eldest son of the family, came to Steuben County, and entered land in Mill Grove Township, and in the spring of 1834 the father followed him and built a cabin, and the first of October the rest of the family came. His was the third cabin built in the county, and the first in Mill Grove Township. John Stocker was politically in early life a Democrat, but subsequently gave his support to the Abolition party. He and his wife were active members of the Baptist church. They both died in 1849. Leland H. Stocker was educated in his native State, and attended the Baptist Literary and Scientific College at Brandon, founded by Rev. Hadley Proc- tor. He was in his junior year when he left Vermont for the West. After reaching Indiana his time was spent in clearing the land and splitting rails. The first five years he was in the county he
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cut and split 100,000 rails. He then for a time ran a breaking team with his brother, and in 1840 abandoned the farm and began preaching for the Baptist denomination, traveling in Southern Michigan. He formed the acquaintance and became a close friend of Hon. Schuyler Colfax, who once said of him, when asked where he got his force as a speaker, "I learned it of a little Baptist preacher in Steuben County." Mr. Stocker continued preaching seven years, when, on account of hemorrhage of the lungs, he was obliged to abandon the pulpit. He took up the study of law, and was admitted to the bar in Auburn, DeKalb Coounty, in 1848. In 1856 he formed a partnership with W. I. Howard, and subsequently was a member of the firm of Stocker & Morrow three years. In 1866 he became associated with J. M. Gale, and afterward the firm was changed to Gale, Stocker & Best. He continued his law practice till 1883, when he retired to a more quiet life. Soon after his admission to the bar he was appointed Deputy Recorder and Clerk, and after- ward served six years as County Auditor. Mr. Stocker was mar- ried in April, 1837, to Lucy Mallory, a native of Castleton, Vt., born in 1818. She came with her parents to Steuben County in 1836. Mr. Stocker has passed all the chairs of the Odd Fellows' order, and is a member of the Good Templars.
Stephen Powers, attorney at law, Angola, Ind., was born in York Township, Steuben Co., Ind., Dec. 28, 1851, a son of Clark and Hannah (Ketchum) Powers. He received a good literary ed- ucation, attending the Angola High School and the Hillsdale (Mich.) College. In 1865 he began the study of law with Wood- hull & Croxton. In the winter of 1868 and 1869. he taught school in the Town Hall in York Township. In 1870 he was appointed a cadet in the U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, but resigned in 1871, an act he has always regretted. He then taught three years in the graded school of Fremont, and in January, 1874, went to Chicago and attended the Northwestern Law School one term. He was admitted to the bar of the Steuben Circuit Court at the Sep- tember term of 1874, and Oct. 1 began his practice in Fremont, Ind. May 1, 1875, he came to Angola, and was admitted to the firm of Woodhull & Croxton, changing the name to Woodhull, Croxton & Powers. In the fall of 1876 Mr. Woodhull was appointed Circuit Judge, and withdrew from the firm. A short time afterward the firm of Croxton & Powers was dis- solved, and Mr. Powers practiced alone until March 17, 1877, when he formed a partnership with A. T. Bratton, which continued
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till September, 1878. April 1, 1883, he formed a partnership with Emmet A. Bratton, which was dissolved Aug. 8, 1884, and he is now practicing alone. He is ambitious, and bends all his energies to succeed in his profession. On May 20, 1885, he was admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of Indiana. He is one of the most popular attorneys in Angola, and is regarded as a rising man by his brother practitioners. His practice has been a lucrative one, and he has a large landed estate in the county, besides consid- erable city property. In politics he is a Democrat, and has held several offices in the town of Angola, but does not aspire to official honors. He is an honored member of the Odd Fellows' order. Mr. Powers was married Oct. 9, 1876, to Dora Ferrier, daughter of William and Olive Ferrier, old settlers of Angola. They have one child-Clela.
CHAPTER VII. - MEDICAL.
PIONEER PHYSICIANS. -- UNION MEDICAL SOCIETY .-- STEUBEN COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY .- ORGANIZATION .- REQUIREMENTS .- FIRST OF- FICERS .- CHANGES IN MEMBERSHIP .- PRESENT OFFICERS .- THE STEUBEN COUNTY MEDICAL AND SURGICAL SOCIETY .- ORGANIZA- TION .-- FIRST OFFICERS. - MEMBERSHIP .- SKETCHES OF PROMINENT PHYSICIANS OF THE COUNTY.
With the advancement of civilization in every country, the phy- sician has always been found in the front rank, encouraging and assisting in the education of the masses, and in the propagation of every measure intended to better and elevate the community among whom he practiced. Dr. James McConnell will ever be re- membered as the pioneer physician of Steuben County. He set- tled in Lima, Lagrange Co., Ind., in May, 1835, and in November, 1836, came to the "Vermont settlement,"where he practiced until April, 1837, when he was elected as the first Clerk and Recorder of the county, and located his office in the log cabin of John Stayner, on Jackson Prairie, and in the fall of the same year, moved to Angola, where he continued his practice as much as the duties of his office would allow until his death in 1844. After him came his brother, Geo. W. McConnell, who is now a resident of Angola. Besides these, we find among the early physicians of the county the following well-known names: Peter W. Ladue, Madison Marsh, M. F. Morse, Alonzo P. Clark, John Moore, Love Moore, D. B. Griffin, Joyce, Pink, Stewart, Patterson, Sloss, Fitzgerald, Hoopengarner, Reynolds, Hendricks, Robinson, Will- iam Southard, L. E. Carver, Drake and Carpenter, besides the two Drs. Weicht, father and son, who were homeopathists. An Union Medical Society of Steuben and De Kalb County physi- cians was organized about 1859 or 1860, which did not exist very long and some of the early physicians whose names we have men- tioned were connected with a medical society in Lagrange County. No record exists, however, of these.
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THE STEUBEN COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY.
This society owes its existence to a few physicians who, imbued with a spirit of progress, published a call in the Steuben Repub- lican of July 18, 1863, to the physicians of Steuben County, Ind., to meet at the court-house at Angola, for the purpose of organiz- ing a medical society. This call was signed by W. Alphonso Wood, C. D. Rice, H. L. Smith and Hugh D. Wood. Pursuant to this call, a meeting was held in the conrt-honse July 30, 1863, and the society organized by the following physicians: W. Alphonso Wood, C. D. Rice, H. L. Smith, Hugh D. Wood, J. J. Hoopen- garner and J. W. Badger. The society was to be auxiliary to and under the control of the Indiana State Medical Society, and its object the advancement of medical knowledge, the elevation of professional character, the protection of the interests of its mem- bers, the extension of the bounds of medical science, and the pro- motion of all measures adopted for the relief of the suffering. To become a member, it was necessary to be a graduate in medi- cine of a respectable medical school, a licentiate of any regularly organized medical society, or to have a certificate of qualification to practice medicine from the Board of Censors, as well as to be in good moral and professional standing. The first officers of the Steuben County Medical Society were: W. Alphonso Wood, Presi- dent; Hugh D. Wood, Vice-President; Cornelius Dalford Rice, Secretary; and J. J. Hoopengarner, Treasurer.
THE STEUBEN COUNTY MEDICAL AND SURGICAL SOCIETY.
Believing that the best interests of the medical profession in Steuben County demanded the organization of a society in which the free expression of thought on the various topics in medicine and surgery would not only be tolerated but encouraged, and that by the exchange and encouragement of a true friendship they could aid one another, the following-named physicians assembled at Granger's Hall, Angola, Ind., April 4, 1876, for the purpose of forming such an organization: Drs. J. L. Hagerty, of Fremont; T. B. Williams and W. H. Waller, of Angola; T. C. Frary, of Pleas- ant Lake; H. Petree, of Hamilton; S. H. Fuller, of Fremont, and E. A. Swan, of Ray. The society was organized by adopt- ing a constitution auxiliary to that of the Indiana State Medical Society, and elected the following officers: President, J. L. Hag- erty; Vice-President, T. C. Frary; Secretary, W. H. Waller;
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Treasurer, T. B. Williams; Censors, A. E. Swan, H. Petree and S. H. Fuller. Since the organization of this society the follow- ing have become members: T. B. McNabb, S. Scofield, T. M. Sullivan, Welker, J. Merry, D. C. Mitchell, D. N. E. Brown, McHenry, G. J. Wilder, Woodcox, Ayers and M. R. Ransburg. The society has not met for a year or more, and its future is uncertain.
Since its first organization the society has undergone two re- organizations; but these in no wise changed its first intents and purposes. Of the organizers of the society, but one is now a resi- dent of the county, Dr. Hugh D. Wood, of Angola. Dr. Rice died in 1875. Dr. W. Alphonso Wood was killed in 1868. Dr. Badger is living in Michigan; Dr. Smith in Nebraska, and Dr. Hoopengarner near Milford, Ind. Since its organization, the fol- lowing physicians have become members: Samuel Scofield, T. B. Williams, D. N. E. Brown, A. W. Carpenter, T. F. Wood, Theo- dore Mc Nabb, J. L. Hagerty, W. H. Waller, S. L. Dart, D. W. Fenton, M. F. Crain, Solomon A. Wood, Charles Bates, B. S. Woodworth, J. C. Brown, J. B. Blue, Lyman Abbott, James Mc- Lean, S. H. Fuller, D. B. Griffin, T. R. Morrison, J. H. Stough, Dr. Snooks, J. F. Jenkins, W. W. Fox, J. J. Wilkinson, A. F. Whelan, J. H. Beach, C. C. Cutter, R. F. Lipes, N. E. Bauch- man, C. Van Antwerp, J. L. Gilbert, A. C. Yengling, H. A. Clark, C. W. Goodale, Edward B. Simmons, Frank M. Crain, M. V. Ransburg, Frank Willett, J. F. Wallace, E. B. Crone, and E. R. Taylor. The following do not reside in the county, but are honorary members: J. W. Badger, J. J. Hoopengarner, A. W. Carpenter, James Mc Lean, H. L. Smith, A. F. Whelan, C. C. Cutter, N. E. Bauchman, C. Van Antwerp, A. C. Yengling, H. A. Clark, C. W. Goodale, J. F. Jenkins, and W. W. Fox.
The society has lost the following: Drs. J. H. Beach (died), T. B. Williams, Theodore Mc Nabb, J. L. Hagerty, W. H. Waller, J. B. Blue (died), J. H. Stough (in Nebraska), R. F. Lipes (in Al- Jen County), Charles Bates (died), John Brown (in Michigan), Frank Willett (in Michigan), Frank M. Crain (in Dakota), M. F. Crain (in Dakota), C. C. Cutter (died), S. L. Dart (died), and Dr. Snooks (died).
The present officers are: Lyman Abbott, President; M. V. Ransburg, Vice-President; Hugh D. Wood, Sec .; E. B. Simmons, Treas. ; T. F. Wood, S. H. Fuller and D. B. Griffin, Censors.
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BIOGRAPHICAL.
T. E. Biery, M. D., of Pleasant Lake, was born in Columbiana County Ohio, in 1841; came to Pleasant Lake in 1875. He attended a course of lectures at the Cleveland Medical College in 1868, and at Detroit Medical College in 1869, graduating in June of that year. He is engaged in the photographic business in connection with the practice of medicine.
John B. Blue, M. D., deceased, was born in Allen County, Ind., in 1839. He grew to maturity in his native county, and in his early manhood taught school. In 1862 he began the study of medicine, and the fall of the next year attended a conise of lect- ures at the medical department of the Michigan University, Ann Arbor. He subsequently graduated from Rush Medical College, Chicago. He located in Flint, Steuben Co., Ind., in 1864, and began the practice of his profession, but soon after moved to Newville, De Kalb County, where he remained but a short time. He returned to Flint, and in the years that followed built up an extensive and lucrative practice. A few years before his death one of his legs became diseased and amputation seemed necessary to save his life. For a time the result was favorable, and he resumed his practice, but finally the disease took a cancerous form, which ter- minated his life, July 5, 1884. He was a successful physician, and enjoyed the esteem and confidence of all his patrons. Politically, he was a Democrat, and was one of the trusted leaders and advis. ers of his party in Steuben County. He was a member of the Ma- sonic fraternity, Corinthian Lodge, Flint; Angola Chapter, No. 58, and Angola Council, No. 28. He was married July 13, 1867, to Mary H. Cleveland, a native of Jackson Township,born in 1846, a daughter of Amasa Maro and Sophronia (Lobdell) Cleveland. Her father was born in Ontario County, N. Y., in 1812, and was one of the early settlers of Jackson Township, where he died in October, 1863. His wife died Jan. 25, 1 852. Their children were three in number-Mrs. Blue; Louisa, of California, and Adelpha, wife of George Golden. To Dr. and Mrs. Blue were born three children; but two are living-Nellie M. and John. Ludellie died in infancy.
David N. E. Brown, M. D., was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, Nov. 30, 1831, a son of Rev. Levi and Phebe A. (Kirk) Brown, who settled in Richland Township in 1844. His literary education was received in this county. He commenced his medical studies under preceptorship of Dr. E. L. Pattee, of Metz; con-
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tinued with him about two years, then attended a course of lect- ures at Cincinnati Eclectic Medical College. Commenced the practice of medicine in August, 1855, in Branch County, Mich., remaining there about two years, then came to this county, and after one year in Clear Lake Township, moved to Hamilton, where he has since resided. The Doctor attended a course of lectures at Ann Arbor, Mich., in the winter of 1864-'5. He is a member of the Steuben County Medical Society. By strict methodical attention to his business and care for his patients he has won an enviable reputation, and a large practice, and is enjoying the full confidence of the people in connection with his profession. The Doctor up to 1884 has always voted the Republican ticket, but still con- siders himself a Republican. He was married Sept. 23, 1855, to Lydia Ann Hoopes, daughter of Thomas and Charity Hoopes, who was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, Dec. 5, 1828. They have seven children-John M., Mrs. Elizabeth A. Sewell, Phebe C. (died aged five years), Levi B., Sarah I., Thomas I., and Ira T.
John M. Brown, M. D., one of the oldest practitioners of Steu- ben County, was born in Great Barrington, Mass., Dec. 25, 1814, a son of Henry and Harriet E. Brown, natives of Massachusetts, but later residents of Broome County, N. Y., where they died. Our subject began the study of medicine in 1836 with his uncle, Dr. Stephen Brown, of New York City, and subsequently graduated from the Geneva Medical College. He began his practice in 1842, in Medina County, Ohio. In 1855 he came to Steuben County, Ind., and bought a farm in Richland Township, where he has since resided. He built up a good practice which he continued till 1879 when, on account of rheumatic troubles, he was obliged to sur- render a part of it to younger hands. He is a successful practi- tioner, and by his straightforward dealings has won many friends. For over forty years he has been in active practice, and to-day stands at the head of the profession in the minds of those inside and outside the medical fraternity. Dr. Brown was married in Richland County, Ohio, to Rosannah Montgomery, a native of that county, born Jan. 24, 1823, daughter of John Montgomery. To them were born three children-Huldah, born Feb. 21, 1861; John M. and Margaret. John died in infancy, and Margaret in the third year of her age. Huldah was married Sept. 2, 1883, to Samuel Brooks, a native of York Township, born Nov. 5, 1861, a son of Henry Brooks, who died while in the service of his country. Mrs. Brown died March 29, 1883. She was an exemplary Christian, a
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member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Politically Dr. Brown is a Republican. He is one of the representative men of Richland Township, public spirited and liberal, contributing with an open hand to all objects worthy his aid.
H. M. Byall, M. D., a promising young physician of Metz, in the office with Dr. Theo. F. Wood, was a graduate of the class of 1884, at Rush Medical College, Chicago. His preparatory studies were made in Huntington County, this State, and with Dr. Wood, at Metz.
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