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bath, August 26th, his last on earth, he had another paralytic attack from which, owing to his weakened condition and long enfeeblement, he failed to recover. On August 28, 1894, at the age of forty-six years, nine months and eighteen days, this devoted Christian, faith- ful minister and exemplary citizen closed his earthly career, deeply lamented by a large circle of friends in Fort Wayne and surround- ing country.
On June 26, 1877, was solemnized the marriage of Rev. Mr. Hughes and Miss Elnora J. Bash, only daughter of Solomon and Rebecca Bash, of Fort Wayne, a most fortunate and happy union which resulted in the birth of five children, Carrie E., Charles B., Edith R., Herbert and Gladys.
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ALFRED DAUGHERTY.
An honored veteran of the war of the Rebellion and a well- known pioneer and business man of the city of Fort Wayne, Mr. Daugherty richly merits a place of distinction in this compilation, while he is at the time of this writing serving as trustee of Wash- ington township, while to him have been accorded other marks of high popular confidence and esteem in the community which has been his home for so many years.
Mr. Daugherty is a native of the old Buckeye state, having been born in Stark county, Ohio, on the 9th of May, 1840, and being a son of James and Rebecca Daugherty, the latter of whom is living, at the venerable age of ninety years. The father of the subject died when the latter was an infant, and the circumstances of the widowed mother were such that Alfred was necessarily placed in the care of others. He was reared in the home of a blacksmith in Ashland county, Ohio, and under the direction of this foster parent he learned the blacksmith trade, to which he continued to devote his attention as a journeyman until there came the call of higher duty when the Confederate states inaugurated armed rebellion against the Union. In response to President Lincoln's first call, Mr. Daugherty enlisted as a private in Company D, Forty-fourth Indiana Volunteer In- fantry, having been a resident of Allen county, Indiana, at the time. He proceeded to the front with his regiment and was an active participant in the battles of Shiloh and Fort Donelson, though his command was principally assigned to scouting service. In the bat- tle of Shiloh the subject received a severe wound in the left leg, the injury being so severe as to necessitate the amputation of the member below the knee. He was confined in the hospital for a period of three months before the amputation was made, and thereafter was for one year a member of the invalid corps, after which he
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received his honorable discharge, having made a great sacrifice in his country's cause but having gained the honors which will ever redound to his credit as a true patriot.
After the close of his military service Mr. Daugherty returned to Indiana, and in 1864 he was united in marriage to Miss Martha E. Johnston, daughter of David Johnston, who was at that time engaged in the grocery business in Logansport, this state, both he and his wife having died forty years ago. Of the three children of Mr. and Mrs. Daugherty we record that Ulysses E. is identified with a large wholesale business in the city of Portland, Oregon, where he was formerly secretary of the Commercial Club; Walter W., who is a contracting plasterer of Fort Wayne, remains at the parental home; and Nellie M. is the wife of John Vought, a con- tractor and builder of this city. In 1864 Mr. Daugherty took up his residence in Fort Wayne, which was then a town of about eight thousand population, and here he has ever since maintained his home, having resided for thirty years in his present attractive home- stead, at 1821 Wells street, where he has also conducted a shoe shop for many years, though now practically retired from active business, aside from that involved in his official duties as township trustee. For nine years he was a mail carrier in connection with the local postoffice, and he thus formed a wide acquaintance in the city, where he has a host of loyal and prized friends. In 1880 he was first elected to the office of trustee of Washington township, and he has served in this capacity for somewhat more than eight years in all, having been re-elected at varying intervals and his present term extending to January, 1905.
In politics Mr. Daugherty has ever been a stalwart advocate of the principles of the Republican party, and he is an influential fac- tor in its local ranks. At the time of this writing, in 1905, he is president of the "Teddy" Republican Club, the largest organization of the sort in the city, while at one time he served as chairman of the Republican central committee of the county, ever taking an active interest in the party cause. In a fraternal way he is one of the valued and popular comrades of Sion S. Bass Post, No. 40, Grand Army of the Republic, of which he is past commander, while his is also the distinction of being a charter member of Camp No.
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61, Union Veteran Legion. Mrs. Daugherty is a devoted member of the Free Methodist church. Mr. Daugherty is a man of genial nature and sterling attributes of character, and during the long years of his residence in Fort Wayne he has held the unqualified esteem and good will of our people and stands as a worthy and loyal citizen.
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DAVID KRILL.
Amid the stress and turmoil of the "madding crowd's ignoble strife," he may consider himself fortunate who is removed there- from and is identified safely and independently with the great funda- mental industry of agriculture, whose rewards are generous and whose influences beneficent in all ways. Among the representative agriculturists of Allen county is numbered Mr. Krill, whose well improved and attractive homestead is located in section 34, Wayne township.
Mr. Krill is a member of one of the fine old pioneer families of Indiana, of which he is a native son. He was born on a farm near Murray, Wells county, Indiana, on the 7th of November, 1856, and is a son of John and Sophia (Henline) Krill, the former of whom was born in Berks county, Pennsylvania, of stanch German an- cestry, while the latter was born in Stark county, Ohio, their mar- riage being solemnized in Wells county, Indiana, about 1850, so that it is shown that the name borne by the subject has been identified with the annals of our great commonwealth for more than half a century. The Henline family came to the state in 1848, and the father of the subject took up his abode here about the same time. He was a miller by trade and followed this vocation prior to com- ing to Indiana, where he turned his attention to farming. In 1866 he came to Allen county and purchased a tract of partially im- proved land in Wayne township, paying six thousand five hundred dollars for one hundred and forty acres. This was known as the old Fairfield farm, and was later traded to the county for use by the county infirmary as a poor farm. Three years later the county purchased its present poor farm, two and one-half miles nearer the city of Fort Wayne, and Mr. Krill again secured possession of his original place, to which he later added forty-two acres. He assumed
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a burden of debt to about one-half the value of the farm at the time of purchase, but by good management soon cleared this indebtedness, while he eventually became one of the substantial farmers of the county, his landed estate being one of the valuable ones of Wayne township at the time of his death. He passed away on the 23d of January, 1889, at the age of sixty-seven years, and his widow still resides on the old homestead. being eighty years of age at the time of this writing, in 1905, and being in somewhat delicate health. In politics Mr. Krill was originally a Whig and later a Republican, but he never sought office and was not active in public affairs. He and his wife became the parents of four children: William H., who owns and operates sixty-three and one-half acres of the old homestead; David, the subject of this sketch, who owns a similar portion of the old farm; James, who died at the age of twenty years; and Samuel, who is a successful farmer near Decatur, Adams county, this state.
David Krill was associated with his father in the work and management of the home farm until the death of the latter, when he received sixty-three and one-half acres of the land, and here he has ever since continued to reside, while he has made his farm one of the best in this section of the county. The farm is equipped with one thousand rods of tile drain, and the improvements throughout are of the best, including good buildings. The farm lies five and one-half miles south of Fort Wayne, is well supplied with water and as reclaimed represents as fertile farming land as can be found in Allen county. Mr. Krill brings to bear progressive methods in his farm work, devoting his attention to diversified agriculture and to the raising of live stock of excellent grade, while he stands high in popular esteem in the community which has long been his home and in which he has won a success of no indefinite order. In politics he accords allegiance to the Republican party, but he has never al- lowed his name to be considered in connection with public office. Both he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, being identified with the Union chapel, located about one-half mile distant from their home.
On the 20th of December, 1888, Mr. Krill was united in mar- riage to Miss Hettie Greider, who was born and reared in Allen
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county, being a daughter of David Greider, a prominent farmer of Pleasant township. She was born in Pleasant township, on the 24th of June, 1863, and while she was a child her parents removed to the vicinity of the Krill homestead, in Wayne township. Mr. and Mrs. Krill have three sons, all of whom remain at home, Charles, Frank and Albert. David Greider came from Pennsylvania to Al- len county, Indiana, in 1822, his wife coming some time later. They resided in Pleasant township up to the time of their death, the father dying on the 26th of June, 1905, and the mother on July 24, 1896. They were the parents of twelve children, ten of whom grew to maturity, and nine are still living. Mrs. Krill was the ninth in order of birth.
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SHERIOD BRADBURY.
This honored citizen and progressive farmer of Wayne town- ship is a representative of one of the well-known pioneer families of Allen county, where he has lived from the time of his birth. His personal standing in the community entitles him to consideration in this compilation, as does also his worthy genealogical history, which bespeaks intimate identification with the industrial and civic up- building of this favored section of the old Hoosier state.
Thomas Bradbury, father of the subject, was born in England, and came to America about the year 1831, when about twenty years of age. He made Indiana his destination and located in Allen county soon after his arrival in the United States. Here he was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Cooper, who was born in Ohio and who came with her parents to Allen county when a child. Her father, Cornelius Cooper, was one of the early settlers in Pleasant town- ship, and in that same section Mr. Bradbury took up his residence after his marriage, locating in the midst of the virgin forest and erecting a log cabin as his place of abode. During the construction of the Wabash & Erie canal he worked on the same, and in the meanwhile he instituted the development of his farm, which lies along the line of the Lake Erie & Western Railroad, in Pleasant township, seven miles distant from the city of Fort Wayne. This original homestead comprised one hundred and sixty acres, and he eventually accumulated two other quarter sections of good land in the county, so that he was enabled to give a good eighty-acre farm to each of his eight children, besides devising to each a considerable sum of money. He was a man of energy and ability and was thus able to attain marked success in temporal affairs, while his life was so ordered in all its relations that he commanded the uniform confidence and respect of his fellow men. He was one of the most extensive
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farmers of the county and also gave much attention to the raising of high-grade live stock. He died in 1870, and his widow survived until 1899, when she passed away at the age of sixty-seven years, having been a revered member of the family circle of the subject of this sketch during the closing years of her life. Of the eight chil- dren only two remain resident of Allen county-Sheriod and his sister Mary, the latter being the wife of William Dalman, a well- known farmer of Pleasant township. The father of the subject was a great student of the Bible, reading the sacred pages time and again and being familiar with all portions of the book. In politics he was a stanch adherent of the Democratic party, ever taking a loyal interest in public affairs, especially those of a local nature.
Sheriod Bradbury, the immediate subject of this review, was born on the old homestead farm in Pleasant township, this county, on the 12th of February, 1852, and his educational advantages were those afforded in the public schools of the locality and period. He remained associated in the management of the home farm until the death of his honored father, and upon attaining his legal majority had been presented with a farm of eighty acres, partially improved. After the death of his father he remained with his mother on the old homestead, to whose operation he gave his attention, as well as to that of his own farm. In 1899 he disposed of his holdings in Pleasant township and purchased his present fine farm, in section 12, Wayne township, where he has ninety acres of excellent land, eligibly located and maintained under a high state of cultivation. On the place he has made the best of improvements, including. the erection of substantial buildings. His attractive and commodious farm residence, of nine rooms, was builded in 1903, and is modern in design and appointments. He devotes his attention to diversified agriculture and also raises a good grade of live stock, in the feeding of which he utilizes much of the produce of the farm. Though never aspiring to the honors or emoluments of public office, Mr. Bradbury has ever been mindful of the duties of citizenship, exercis- ing his franchise in support of the principles of the Democratic party and being essentially progressive and public-spirited in his attitude. His wife is a zealous member of the Methodist Episcopal church.
On the 3d of March, 1878, Mr. Bradbury was united in mar-
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riage to Miss Elizabeth Koons, who was born and reared in Pleasant township, this county, being a daughter of George and Harriet (Richard) Koons, who were married in that township, where the respective families settled in an early day, in the same neighborhood as did the Bradburys. Both Mr. and Mrs. Koons were born in Pennsylvania, and they were young folk at the time of the immigra- tion to Allen county. Mr. Koons settled in the woods and there reclaimed a good farm, upon which both he and his wife continued to reside. Mrs. Koons died nearly thirty years ago, and her hus- band survived her by many years, his death occurring in 1898, in Fort Wayne, where he passed the last decade of his life, retired from active labors and enjoying the well-earned rewards of his former years of toil and endeavor. Mr. and Mrs. Bradbury have two chil- dren, Cora, who is the wife of Samuel Smith, a commercial traveler, residing in the southern section of the city of Fort Wayne, and Herschel, who remains at the parental home, assisting his father in his farming operations.
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ISAIAH WEAVER.
This honored pioneer citizen of Wayne township has been closely identified with the material and civic development of this section of Allen county and is one of that sturdy type of men to whom Allen county owes much, since in his career is represented earnest and well-directed endeavor, though there have been no spectacular features nor thrilling incidents. Such lives are the ones which have most to do with maintaining the prosperity and general well-being of every community, and a record concerning them is properly per- petuated in such publications as the one at hand.
Isaiah Weaver claims the old Buckeye state as the place of his nativity, having been born in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, on the 7th of October, 1837, and having been there reared to maturity, receiv- ing a good common-school education, while in his youth he served an apprenticeship at the blacksmith's trade, becoming a skilled artisan in the line. He is a son of Oliver and Azubah (Lord) Weaver, the former of whom was born in Vermont, of English lineage, while the latter was likewise a representative of one of the old families of New England, whither the original American ancestors came from Scotland. Oliver Weaver was a pioneer of the state of Ohio, where he reclaimed a considerable tract of wild forest land, continuing to be identified with agricultural pursuits until the time of his death. He served for a number of years as captain in the Ohio militia and was a man of inflexible integrity and strong and virile personality. Of the twelve children in the family the subject of this sketch was the youngest and he is the only one of the number living. One of his brothers was captain on canal boats when the same furnished the principal means of transportation through the interior of Ohio and Indiana; another brother was a practicing physician at Clyde, Ohio, and the third brother was a wagonmaker by trade and vocation.
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Isaiah Weaver served a three-years apprenticeship at the black- smith's trade, in Navarre, Stark county, Ohio, completing said train- ing at the age of nineteen years. During the first years of his apprenticeship he received in compensation for his services his board and the sum of thirty-five dollars, while his financial stipend the second year was fifty dollars and the third year sixty dollars. He worked as a journeyman for some time, having come to Indiana about 1858 and having worked at his trade in the towns of Wabash and Roanoke. After about one year he located in the village of Zanesville, on the line between Wells and Allen counties, and there opened a shop, the town at the time having been a thriving little place. In the autumn of 1860 Mr. Weaver removed his shop to the Allen county side of the town, and there continued work at his trade for the ensuing six years, at the expiration of which, in January, 1866, he located upon his present farm, in Wayne town- ship. Here he purchased thirty-one acres, partially reclaimed to cultivation and otherwise improved, the original residence on the place having been a log house of the type common to the pioneer era in this section. The place had been the home of Henry Robertson, one of the honored pioneers of the county. On the farm Mr. Robert- son had set out an orchard, the same being for many years one of the best in the county, while two of the original trees are still stand- ing, "bringing forth in due time their kindly fruits." On this place Mr. Weaver has ever since maintained his residence and he has made the farmstead one of the most attractive in the township. The pres- ent dwelling was erected in 1873 and the commodious and sub- stantial barn was builded in 1887. Mr. Weaver gives almost his entire attention to horticulture, though he devotes a portion of the place to general farm crops and also raises more or less live stock of good grade. He formerly sold his products in the general city market in Fort Wayne, but he gradually built up a trade of private character and of such proportions as to demand the entire products of his finely kept truck farm. He raises all kinds of vegetables, for which his place is finely adapted, while he has a good orchard and also raises the smaller fruits, for which he finds a ready local market and the highest prices.
Mr. Weaver is one of the highly esteemed and substantial citizens
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of Wayne township, and during the long years of his residence in the county he has exerted a helpful influence in connection with the material and social development and upbuilding of the community, taking an active interest in local affairs, though never aspiring to political office of any description. He has never been a party in any lawsuit and has never been called upon for jury service. In politics he gives his support to the Republican party, of whose principles he is a stanch advocate. Mrs. Weaver is a zealous member of the Wayne Street Methodist Episcopal church, in the city of Fort Wayne, the family home being two and one-half miles distant from the city limits.
On the 17th of October, 1861, Mr. Weaver was united in mar- riage to Miss Sarah Harter, the ceremony being performed in the home of the bride, in Fort Wayne. She was born in Stark county, Ohio, being a daughter of George and Sarah (Reed) Harter, who passed the closing years of their lives in Fort Wayne. Mrs. Weaver came to Fort Wayne when a girl and here resided for some time in the home of her brother Philip, whose name is well remembered here. Her uncle, Jacob Harter, was a soldier in the war of 1812 and was a survivor of the memorable massacre at river Raisin, where he was severely wounded, six months elapsing before he was able to rejoin his comrades in the ranks. The Harter family was early established in Stark county, Ohio, in whose history the name is a most prominent and honored one. Philip Harter, brother of Mrs. Weaver, was for many years identified with the dry-goods business in Fort Wayne, in which city his death occurred. Concerning the six children of Mr. and Mrs. Weaver we enter the following brief record, in conclusion of this sketch: Nellie H. is the wife of Jud- son B. Emrick, a representative farmer of Pleasant township, where he is also incumbent of the office of justice of the peace; Lida re- mains at the parental home; Sarah is the wife of Cornelius A. Mil- ler, a locomotive engineer, and they reside in the city of Fort Wayne; Gertrude is the wife of Arthur E. Jacoby, chief clerk in the train- master's office of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad in the city of Chicago; and Florence and Clyde still remain beneath the home rooftree.
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ELVA C. KELSEY.
One of the native sons of Allen county who is here successfully engaged in farming and stock growing, is Mr. Kelsey, whose well- improved and attractive farm property is eligibly located in section 3, Wayne township, five and one-half miles southwest of the city of Fort Wayne. He is a representative of one of the old and hon- ored families of the county, where his parents took up their residence in the early pioneer days, and thus there is double consistency in according him recognition in this compilation.
Elva C. Kelsey was born on the old homestead farm, in La- fayette township, Allen county, Indiana, on the 17th of July, 1856, and is a son of James H. and Sarah E. (Beach) Kelsey, the former of whom was born in Montgomery county, Ohio, and the latter in Rush county, Indiana. The paternal grandfather of our subject was John Kelsey, who was a pioneer of Montgomery county, Ohio, where he was a prominent hotel keeper, while he also operated a stage line in the early days, being a man of influence in his com- munity. About 1845 he removed to Rush county, Indiana, where he became the owner of a large landed estate and where he continued to be identified with agricultural pursuits until his retirement from active business. He passed the closing years of his life in Zanesville, Wells county, this state, where he died at the patri- archal age of ninety-three years. James H. Kelsey accompanied his parents on their removal to Rush county, this state, and there his marriage was solemnized. Later he came to Allen county and secured eighty acres of government land, in Lafayette township, while later he added to his homestead an adjoining tract of forty acres. The land was heavily timbered when he located on the same and he reclaimed the farm and made good improvements on the same, while he so ordered his life as to command the unqualified
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esteem of all who knew him. He was successful in his endeavors during the long intervening years and was one of the substantial farmers of Lafayette township at the time of his death, which oc- curred in 1882. His wife survived him by more than a decade, her death occurring in 1894. She was a devoted member of the Presbyterian church, while his religious faith was that of the Baptist church. In politics he was a stalwart Democrat, taking a proper interest in public affairs of a local nature but never being a seeker or holder of office. Concerning the ten children in the family we in- corporate the following brief record: George is a successful farmer of Rush county, this state; Elias M. is engaged in farming near Zanesville, Wells county; Ann is the wife of William Smith, of Fort Wayne; Elva C. is the immediate subject of this sketch; Sebell is the wife of Fred Kensinger, of Richmond, Indiana; Della is the wife of Branson Wickliff, of Wells county; Emma, now de- ceased, was the wife of Newton Richards, a merchant of Roanoke, Huntington county; Charles B. resides in Wayne township, Allen county, and is a carpenter by vocation; Oscar R. is engaged in the grocery business in Fort Wayne; and Arthur is a representative farmer of Lafayette township.
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