History of Tipton County Indiana, Part 26

Author: M. W. Pershing
Publication date: 1914
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Number of Pages: 701

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Dan Waugh is a native son of Indiana, having been born in Rock Creek township, Wells county, on March 7, 1842. He is descended from sterling ancestors, his paternal grandparents having been natives and life-long resi- dents of New York state. Of their children the following four are remem- bered, Dan, Lansing, Betsy and Archibald B. The subject's maternal grand- father was Rev. Elijah Sutton, who, in an early day, came from Ohio with a large family and settled in Wells county, Indiana, where he entered a tract of several hundred acres of wild land. This he afterwards divided among his children as they grew to maturity and married. He was not only a very suc- cessful farmer, but was a well-known Baptist preacher of the pioneer type. He died in Wells county, Indiana, at an advanced age, his wife dying in Ohio. Their family included the following children: Oscar F., Norville, Rhoda, Mary, Miranda, Lydia and Nancy, besides whom they also reared a granddaughter. Andalusia, who shared equally with the above children in the division of the property. These children all grew to maturity, were mar- ried and reared families in Wells county and died and were buried there. They all lived on the original land settled by the grandfather, and their fami- lies became quite numerous, so that for many years the reunion of the Sut- ton family in Wells county was an event of more than ordinary importance.

Archibald B. Waugh, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in New York state, where he was reared and where he became a farmer by vo- cation. In young manhood he came to Indiana, settling on land in Wells county, which he cleared and developed into a splendid farm, and here his children were born and reared. He married Nancy Sutton, a native of Ohio, and to them were born four children : Elijah, now deceased: Dan, the im- mediate subject of this sketch: James, deceased, and Archibald, who lives near Bluffton, Indiana. The mother of these children died in 1864, and the father bravely tried to keep house for awhile, but could not farm and con-

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duct his affairs satisfactorily in that way, so he disposed of his property there and went to Missouri; where he remained several years. Returning to Indiana, he located at Tipton, where his death occurred in 1876, at the age of about sixty-six years. Religiously, he was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, while early in life he was a strong Abolitionist. Though a man of public spirit and taking an intelligent interest in public affairs, he never sought public office for himself.

Dan Waugh was reared on his father's farm in Wells county, attending the old log cabin school house in the vicinity, whose methods and equipments were both very primitive, slabs being used for seats and slabs on pins around the wall being used for writing desks. The subject attended winter school from the time he was six until eighteen years of age, when he responded to his country's call for defenders and enlisted as a private in Company , Thirty-fourth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, with which he served a little over three years He took part in many important battles, skirmishes and campaigns, among them being Champion's Hill, the Vicksburg campaign. and all the battles leading up to that historic siege. After the conclusion of peace, Mr. Waugh returned home and attended a private school taught by Professor McCleary, and in the meantime also took up the study of law. which he was ambitious to make his life work. In 1866 he was admitted to the bar and at once came to Tipton and entered upon the active practice of his profession, in which he was busily and successfully engaged until 1884, when he was elected judge of the thirty-sixth judicial circuit for a term of six years. Before the expiration of his judicial term Judge Waugh was elected to rep- resent this district in the fifty-second Congress and was re-elected to the fifty-third Congress. His services in the national legislative body were emi- nently satisfactory to his constituents, but the Judge declined re-election, and returned to Tipton, resuming the practice of his profession. The Judge has been much more than eminently successful in his legal career, as is indicated by his long and praiseworthy record at the bar. He is a master of his pro- fession, a leader among men distinguished for the high order of their legal ability, and his eminent attainments and ripe judgment has made him an au- thority on all matters requiring a profound knowledge of jurisprudence. Well informed in his profession, faithful to his clients and the law, and possessing a rare equanimity of temper and kindness of heart, Judge Waugh has not only gained high prestige in his profession, but he has also gained to a notable degree the confidence and good will of the people generally. A man of vigor- ous mentality and strong moral fiber, he has achieved signal success in an ex-

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acting calling and is eminently deserving of the large prestige which he en- joys in the community with which the major portion of his life has been identified. Judge Waugh owns a splendid farm of two hundred acres adjacent to the city of Tipton, one part of which forms the highest point between Peru and Indianapolis, the north half draining into the Wabash river and the south half draining into White river. He also owns the business block in which he has his office, as well as several residence properties in the city of Tipton.

On the 7th of March, 1870, Dan Waugh was united in marriage to Alice E. Groves, daughter of Dr. J. M. Groves, and to this union have been born four children, Maud P., Belle, Nina and Walter W., who died in early child- hood, Maud P., who is an accomplished musician, having studied that art in this country, as well as in Germany and France, is a teacher of music in Washington, D. C. Belle is living at home. Nina, who is the wife of Clarence Fowler, also lives in her father's home. Judge Waugh and his wife are car- nest and faithful members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Tipton, of which he is a member of the board of trustees. Politically, Judge Waugh was formerly allied with the Republican party, but since the campaign of 1912 has indorsed the Progressive movement. Fraternally, he is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, and also belongs to James Price Post No. 203, Grand Army of the Republic, of which he is a past commander, and he has been signally honored by his comrades, having been elected commander of the department of Indiana, the highest office within the gift of the Grand Army of the Republic in the state, in 1911, and he served for one year.

Mrs. Waugh is a native of the state of Ohio, of which state her parents also were natives and who were early settlers of Tipton, Indiana. Her father was a successful physician and attained to a ripe old age. Her mother died during the Civil war.

HARRY MILO BAKER.

In the constant and laborious struggle for an honorable competence and a creditable name on the part of business or professional men. there is little to attract the reader in search of a sensational chapter, but to a mind thor- oughly awake to the true meaning of life and its responsibilities there are noble and imperishable lessons in the career of an individual who, early thrown upon his own resources and without other means than a sound mind. fertile perceptive faculty and a true heart, conquers adversity and, not only

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· wins a position in the business world, but, what is equally as great, the de- served esteem and confidence of his fellow men. Such a man was Henry Milo Baker, for many years a prominent business man of Tipton, Tipton county, Indiana, who has been called to close his earthly accounts and take up his abode in the "windowless palaces of rest." His name was long so intimately associated with the material and civic interests of the community where he resided as to reflect great credit upon the locality and at the same time gain him the undivided respect of all who knew him because of his well directed life.

Harry Milo Baker was born in Tipton, Tipton county, Indiana, June 5, 1873, the son of William and Mary Catherine (Smith) Baker, natives, re- spectively, of Pennsylvania and Indiana, the mother of Tipton. The father of the subject came from the Keystone state to Tipton, Indiana, when he was a young man and was married here. For twenty-one years he was ticket agent for the 1., P. & C. Railroad Company, after which he engaged in the grocery business until his retirement, his death occurring September 14, 1907, while his wife passed away December 26, 1904. They were of the Presby- terian faith. During the Civil war William Baker was a lieutenant and served under Gen. Lew Wallace for several years.

Harry Milo Baker was reared in Tipton and attended the public and high schools, after which he learned the baker's trade, which he followed all his days, conducting a bakery and restaurant on East Jefferson street. On October 30, 1893, he was united in marriage to Cora May Lane, daughter of Aaron and Amanda ( Johnson ) Lane, and two children were born to this union, Mary Magdalene and Warren Clark Baker. Mr. Baker died May 17, 1907, aged thirty-three years and eleven months. He and his wife were mem. bers of the Christian church, to which Mrs. Baker still belongs. Fraternally Mr. Baker was affiliated with the Modern Woodmen of America, and in politi- cal matters he gave his support to the Republican party.

Mrs. Baker was born in Tipton, Indiana, July 24, 1875, her parents being natives of the Hoosier state, the mother of Jennings county, and Mrs. Baker was one of the following family of children : Belle is the wife of L. O. Thomas, of Tipton : Maggie married E. F. Miller, of Kendallville, Indiana ; Cora May; two died in infancy. Mrs. Baker's father was a soldier in the Civil war, a member of the One Hundred and First Regiment Indiana Vol- unteer Infantry. Mrs. Amanda Lane married for her second husband Christ- opher Frazee, and they live in Tipton, being the parents of three children by this union: Walter died in his twentieth year; one died in infancy: Nellie

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married George Roscoe Small and is the mother of two children, Delbert and Walter. The maternal grandfather of the subject's wife was James Johnson. The father of Christopher Frazee was John Frazee, he and his wife, Mary (Leach) Frazee, being natives of Ohio and pioneers in Tipton county, where they died on the farm they cleared.

Mrs. Cora M. Baker was reared in Tipton and attended the public schools of this city. After her marriage she assisted her husband in his bakery and restaurant business until his death. For the last seven years she has conducted a hotel, her present hostelry being located at the northwest corner of Independence and Madison streets. Of a home-like character, the place has become noted for its splendid table and clean, well furnished rooms. By her capable management she has made a success of the business and has made a host of friends, who hold her in high esteem.

HIRAM HEATH.

A citizen of the United States can wear no greater badge of honor than the distinction of having served the government in the memorable four years of war between the states. It is indeed a sacred family inheritance of renown, to be prized like a jewel by all his descendants and kept bright and untar- nished. But the ranks of the old phalanx are fast going down before the only foe they cannot defeat and ere long none will be left to recount the actual experiences of that memorable four years of sanguinary history. One of the valiant old "boys in blue" who has already answered the last roll call is he whose name forms the caption for this paragraph, a man of whom it is a de- light to speak, for his life was commendable. He grew up amid pioneer con- ditions and did well his part in making the great Hoosier state what it is today.

Hiram Heath was born July 27, 1839, in Jefferson county, Indiana, near Brooksburg, the son of William and Martha ( Rogers) Heath, the father a native of South Carolina and the mother of Kentucky. They were the par- ents of a large family of children, namely : Benjamin, Samuel, John, Asbury, Hiram. Wiley, William, Thomas and Rachel. The father of these children had been married before his union with Martha Rogers, his first wife being named Brook, and by that union were born four children, Melinda, Sarah and two sons whose names are lost. William Heath, the father, was always a

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farmer and settled in Jefferson county, Indiana, in pioneer times, where he and his wife died at advanced ages. They were members of the Methodist Epis- copal church.

The paternal grandparents of Hiram Heath were Samuel and Sarah Heath, natives of South Carolina, who came to Indiana at an early date, lo- cating in Jefferson county, where they spent their lives. They were the par- ents of three children, Samuel, William and Elizabeth.

Mr. Heath's maternal grandparents were Benjamin and Rachel Rogers, natives of Virginia and pioneers in Kentucky, from which state they came early to Jefferson county, Indiana, where they spent their days and reared the following children: Rachel, Martha, Maria, Benjamin, John, Edward and William.

Hiram Heath was reared on the farm of his parents in Jefferson county, and came to Tipton in 1868, purchasing eighty acres of land two and one- half miles southwest of Sharpsville, to which was subsequently added forty more acres, and here he reared his children, continuing there until 1911, when he bought a nice home at No. 228 South Independence street, Tipton, where he died.

Mr. Heath was a soldier in the Civil war and was a corporal in Company H, Sixth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, serving four years and tak- ing part in a number of the hardest-fought battles of that memorable con- flict.

On June 1, 1871, Hiram Heath was united in marriage to Atlanta Brooks, daughter of James and Sarah ( Maybury) Brooks, who was born in Jefferson county, Indiana, December 13, 1845, her father a native of North Carolina and the mother of Pennsylvania. they being pioneer settlers in Jefferson county, Indiana, the mother's people coming to that county from Ohio. The parents of the subject's wife spent their lives in Jefferson county, the father's death occurring there in December, 1870, in his sixty-second year, and the mother's in 1880, at the age of seventy-two. They had ten children : James, Mordecai, Francis, John, Wesley. Humphrey, Uzillah. Sarah, Indiana, Atlanta and Mary Catharine. The paternal grandparents of Mrs. Heath were Mordecai and Mary (Vernon) Brooks, natives of North Carolina, who died in Jefferson county, Indiana, at an advanced age. They were the parents of the following children: The father of Mrs. Heath, Humphrey, Ann, Abigail, Mary and Eliza. Mrs. Heath's maternal grand- parents were James and Izuba (Jenkins) Mabury, natives of Pennsylvania. who removed from that state to Ohio, where the grandfather died, the wife

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subsequently removing to Indiana and locating in Jackson county. She was married a second time, her second husband being Jacob Kester. To the first marriage were born four children : Mrs. Heath's mother, Uzillah, Catharine and John. One child, Charles, was born to the second union.

To Mr. and Mrs. Heath were born five children, namely: Clarence lives in Tipton and runs the old home farm: Florence died in her twenty- first year, unmarried; Nellie lives at home; Elmer died in infancy; Armand died in his fifteenth year.

Hiram Heath died January 29, 1913, in Tipton, Tipton county, Indiana, at the age of seventy-three years and six months. He was a faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal church, as is also his widow. Mr. Heath was an honored member of the Grand Army of the Republic, while, fraternally, he was affiliated with the Free and Accepted Masons at Sharpsville.

WILLIAM L. BERRYMAN.

Prominent in the business and social life of Tipton, Indiana, pre-emi- nently distinguished for his splendid ability in carrying to completion im- portant public enterprises and enjoying marked prestige in many things, aside from his pronounced business ability, William L. Berryman stands out a clear and conspicuous figure among the successful men of a part of the Hoosier state noted throughout the commonwealth for its high order of intelligence and business talent. Characterized by breadth of wisdom and strong individuality, his achievements but represent the utilization of innate talents and a resourcefulness that hesitates at no opposing circumstances, pave the way and ultimately lead to great achievements. It is not the inten- tion of the biographer in this connection to give a detailed history of his busy. influential and interesting life, but rather to note, incidentally, his con- nection with various phases of the development of Tipton county.

William L. Berryman was born in Marion county, Indiana. two miles from Mount Jackson, in a log cabin, March 28, 1840, the son of Sampson and Virginia (Royster) Berryman, natives, respectively, of Virginia and In- diana, who were the parents of ten children, namely: Charles, deceased ; William: Roscoe, deceased: Mary, who died in her nineteenth year, was the wife of John Bright, of Cass county, Indiana : Nancy Adeline is the wife of a Mr. Hardin, and is living in Houston, Texas: Jerome died at Logansport in 1908; Alonzo and George Cecil live in Anderson ; Jennie is the wife of Lewis

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Rogers, a pension agent, and lives in Washington, D. C .; John died in Texas in 1912.

The father of William L. Berryman was reared in Lexington, Ken- tucky, and was a cabinet-maker for many years, and afterwards a farmer. He came to Indiana in 1828 and settled in Marion county, near Indianapolis, and in 1844 removed to Cass county, where he spent the rest of his days, his death occurring in 1870, in his fifty-sixth year. His wife, who was a member of the Lutheran church, died in 1883, at the age of sixty-seven.

Mr. Berryman's paternal grandfather was William Berryman and his wife was a native of Turkey. The grandfather was raised in Virginia, but moved to Kentucky in an early day. He was a soldier in General Jackson's army and was at the battle of New Orleans. In Kentucky he followed farm- ing to the end of his days. He had three sons and two daughters: Arthur, Sampson and William, the daughter's names being lost to history.

The paternal great-grandfather of the subject of this review was Thomas Berryman, a native of Virginia and of Scotch descent. He was a soldier in the Revolution and had a brother, Benjamin, who also was in that struggle.

The maternal grandfather of the subject was named Royster and he was born in Kentucky. His wife came from Virginia and was an English lady, he being of German descent. They were early settlers in Kentucky and also in Indiana, locating near Connersville, in the Hoosier state, where they died at advanced ages, the grandfather on the home place and his wife at Delphi. . They were the parents of a large family of children, namely : Peter, William, Roscoe, Charles, Polly, Tharpe. Jane Van Meter, Nancy Webb. Of these children. Roscoe became the father of thirteen children. nine boys and four girls, all of whom lived to maturity, four of the sons being in the Civil war.

William L. Berryman was reared on a farm near Logansport. Cass county, Indiana. ITis early education was acquired in an old-fashioned sub- scription school in a log cabin, he afterward attending the public school a short time. Until he reached the age of twenty-two years Mr. Berryman lived at home and assisted in the labors of developing his father's place. After leaving the parental roof tree, the subject's first occupation was chop- ping cordwood and making saw logs, which he engaged in for about four years, the first thousand dollars he saved being made in this way. Mr. Berry- man then worked in a saw-mill for eighteen months, and at the expiration of this time purchased the mill and for twenty-seven years followed the milling and lumber buisness, his business rapidly growing and becoming one of the

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largest in the state, his thorough knowledge of lumber being one of the most valuable assets in his work. All of the lumber used in finishing the Union station in Indianapolis and also the interior work on the state capitol building was cut and furnished by Mr. Berryman in his mill at Tipton, the subject originally locating in this county, in September, 1872, on account of the good timber for which the district was noted. In 1882 the subject built a tile and brick factory. When the Toledo & St. Louis Air Line Railroad was being built in 1873 Mr. Berryman took a contract for building the grade for a distance of twenty-two miles. On account of the panic of 1873 and 1874 the pro- jected road failed and the subject, after building about seven miles, at a cost to himself of seven thousand dollars, was unable to get a cent for his outlay. About the year 1882 Mr. Berryman was also interested in the clothing busi- ness in Indianapolis.

November 21, 1867. W. L. Berryman was united in marriage to Cath- arine Diller. daughter of Jacob Diller. an early settler in Cass county. In- diana. The maiden name of Jacob Diller's wife was Enslin. To the sub- ject and his first wife were born two children: Sampson, who died at the age of eight years, and Winona M., widow of Judge Leroy B. Nash. Mrs. Catharine (Diller) Berryman died in 1882, in her thirty-second year. On July 5. 1883. Mr. Berryman again married, his second wife being Anna Rothgery, daughter of Anthony and Gertrude (Schneider ) Rothgery, and to this union has been born one child, Frances Virginia, who has graduated from St. Joseph's Academy.

Mrs. Anna ( Rothgery ) Berryman was born at North Amherst, Ohio, March 31, 1860. Her parents were born in Germany, but were raised in Lorain county, Ohio. her mother now living in Stutgart, Arkansas, with a daughter, Margaret Lentz, the father having died at Grand Junction, Iowa, in 1800. Only two children were born to Mrs. Berryman's parents. Mrs. , Berryman grew to womanhood in Lorain county, Ohio, and was educated in the public schools. In 1885 she took up art work as a critic and has since acted as a judge of that work in county and state fairs. In 1903 she as- sembled the exhibits for the woman's department of the Indiana exhibit at the world's fair at St. Louis, having special supervision over the collection of needlework, textile fabrics and decorated china. She served in her official capacity during the fair and her work as a judge was received with universal satisfaction. During the past twenty years Mrs. Berryman's services have been in continual demand at various exhibitions and fairs, she being always a judge at the great Indiana state fair. In 1910 and 1911 she acted as judge

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at the Montana state fair. At the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at S: Louis in 1903 Mrs. Berryman was selected by the Indiana commission tc have charge of the department of woman's work, and for her work in this connections he received a grand prize and was also presented with a breastpin by the Indiana commission in token of their appreciation of her splendid services. From 1890 to 1894 she served as deputy county clerk of Tipton county, under her husband, and from 1896 to 1898 as deputy county re- corder. She is a member of the Catholic church.

In his fraternal relations, Mr. Berryman is a member of Austin Lodge No. 128, Free and Accepted Masons, while his political alliance has always been with the Democratic party. His active and earnest interest in the suc- cess of this party has been rewarded in a liberal measure. In 1890 he was elected clerk of Tipton county and served four years with credit both to him- self and his fellow citizens. Mr. Berryman received the nomination for sheriff in 1880, but was defeated on account of a split in his party. In 1910 he was appointed deputy oil inspector for Tipton county and Hamilton county, which office he now holds.

JOHN J. KESSLER.

It cannot be other than interesting to note in the series of personal sketches appearing in this work the varying conditions that have compassed those whose careers are outlined, and the effort has been made in each case to throw well focused light on to the individuality and to bring into proper perspective the scheme of each respective career. Each man who strives to fulfill his part in connection with human life and human activities is deserving of recognition, whatever may be his field of endeavor, and it is the function of works of this nature to perpetuate for future generations an authentic record concerning those represented in its pages, and the value of such publi- cations is certain to be cumulative for all time to come, showing forth the individual and specific accomplishments of which generic history is ever engendered.

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History of Tipton County Indiana, Part 26

Author: M. W. Pershing Publication date: 1914 Publisher: Number of Pages: 701

Author: M. W. Pershing
Publication date: 1914
Publisher:
Number of Pages: 701