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ment. While not exactly a bona fide resident of our town at the present time, he is closely identified with its inter- ests and is always ready to speak a good word for it. By strict business integrity and being an outspoken advocate of fair play, Mr. Babcock has made a large circle of friends who admire these traits of character. In August, 1889, he was married to Miss Elsie May Preston, a native of Illinois, and at the present time they have two handsome boys, aged respectively three and a half and one and a half years. He has a nice home at Goodland, and is never more happy than when in the "bosom of his family." He is not a member of any church. Politically he is a Democrat. He has been a member, much respected, of the Knights of Pythias for the past seven years. Besides his duties on the "Press," Mr. Babcock conducts a flour and feed store at Goodland, and has built up a good trade in that line, the business at that place being in the hands of a hired assistant.
ALEXANDER LITTLEFIELD,
Late a Corporal of Co. "I," 55th Regt. of Illinois Vet. Volunteers Infantry, enlisted August 6, 1861, at Mendota, LaSalle county, Illinois. He was wounded at Vicksburg, Miss., May 22, 1863. He re-enlisted February 22, 1864, in the same company and regiment for three years more, or during the war. He was mustered out of the United States army with his regiment at Little Rock, Ark., August 14, 1865. His regiment was with Gen. Sherman's com- mand during the late war, and it marched with him in his great march to the sea. The regiment was organized at Camp Douglas, Illinois (Chicago), with 949 men. They lost, killed in battle 105, the number wounded was 343, the number captured was 55, the number which died in southern prisons was 12, the number of miles marched by the regiment was 3,240, the number of miles moved by steam boats was 5, 850, the number of miles moved by rail- ways was 2, 875, making the total number of miles traveled
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by the regiment during its service 11,965. Our subject bought a farm north of Remington in the spring of 1869, and has been a resident of Carpenter township ever since. Mr. Littlefield has a second lieutenant's commission in his possession, having been commissioned lieutenant of the Remington Guards, December 1, 1881. His commission having been signed by the Governor of Indiana, Albert G. Porter, and E. R. Hawn, Secretary of State.
JACOB S. BARNES.
This prominent business man, now the largest ship- ping merchant of the town of Remington, is a Kentuckian. He springs from old colonial Virginia stock, his ancestors being among the early founders of that State. Elijah Barnes, his grandfather, was born near Richmond, Va. He was one of the pioneers of Kentucky, where he was con- temporaneous with Daniel Boone. He opened a farm in the wilderness, near the present site of Lexington, Ky. Benjamin Barnes, his son, was the father of our subject; he was born in Nicholasville, Ky., became a substantial farmer, and there he spent all his days. He married Jane Schaeffer, daughter of Jacob Schaeffer. To Mr. and Mrs. Barnes were born three children: William, John and Jacob S. Mr. Barnes was a well-to-do farmer and a respected man. He died about 1858. His widow married Samuel Harmon. Seven children were born to this union; Sallie, James, Fleena, Maggie, Samuel and Thomas. The mother, Mrs. Harmon, died July, 1893, aged sixty years. Jacob S. Barnes, our subject, was born February. 16, 1857, on his father's farm near Perrysville, on the famous battlefield of that name. He was about six years old when that battle . was fought. The house was on the turnpike, 300 yards from where Gen. Bragg placed his batteries. The con- federate officers notified the family to move in the fore- noon. The battle opened heavily in the afternoon. The family retired to a position about three miles from the field to the home of a Mr. Edwards. Our subject, then a small
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child, heard the roar of the cannon, and saw the soldiers of both armies as they marched to the field. The third day the family returned to their home. Soldiers lay dead within a few rods of the house; five thousand men having fallen on that field. The family found their home not much dis- turbed, and Mr. Harmon, the step-father of our subject, assisted in the burial of the dead. Our subject received a common school education, and learned the farming busi- ness. He was married at Perrysville, Ky., to Marinda Shults, daughter of J. C. Shults. To Mr. and Mrs. Barnes have been born five children: Myrtie, Henry, Norman, May and Daisy. In 1883, Mr. Barnes left Kentucky, and in March, 1884, he came to Remington, Indiana, and en- engaged in the shipping trade. From small beginnings he rapidly enlarged his trade, and after six years he found that it required a heavy capital, and in 1891 he formed a co- partnership with J. N. Bull and J. H. Whitehead, the business requiring a capital, of $15,000. The firm ships from 5,000 to 10,000 tons of hay each year, the business extending to all points in the United States, as far east as Fall River, Mass., and to the far south. The firm name has become a synonym of fair dealing and integrity. They purchase large amounts of hay within a radius of forty miles of Remington. Their barns have a capacity of 1, 000 tons, their full capacity being utilized. Socially Mr. Barnes is an I. O. O. F. In politics a staunch Democrat. He is ranked as a leading business man in Jasper county, and stands high as a citizen, is self made, having evolved his business from small beginnings.
WILLIAM H. SHAW
Was among the early settlers of Remington, and he was one of the early pioneers of northwestern Indiana. He imigrated from western New York, and located in Delphi, Carroll county, Ind., in the autumn of 1837. He has resi- ded in the counties of Carroll, White and Jasper ever since. In 1850, in company with his father-in-law,
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' Gardner Mudge, he entered 800 acres of choice prairie land in White county, Ind., embracing at this time the pleasant village of Chalmers. In 1853 the Louisville, New Albany and Salem railroad was completed from New Albany to Michigan City, Ind., and this railroad ran directly through the lands belonging to Shaw and Mudge. In 1856 they sold their lands, and our subject then moved to Bradford (now Monon), in White county, Indiana, where he resided until September, 1860, when he moved to Car- penter (now Remington), a railroad station on Carpenter's creek, in the south part of Jasper county, Ind. This rail- road was completed in that year from Logansport, Ind., to Peoria, Ill. The first stock of general merchandise brought to the town was opened in December, 1860, by Mr. Bolls, of Toledo, Ohio, under the general superintendence of our subject and Geo. B. Chappell. This stock was opened in a substantial two story building on the corner of Indiana and South Railway street, and these parties continued to do business there until 1872, when the building and goods were destroyed by fire. There having been but little com- petition their trade extended during this time over a large scope of Benton, White and Jasper counties. A mail route was established between Rensselaer and Oxford, crossing Carpenter's creek at this place, affording one mail each week for the scattered inhabitants in the south part of Jas- per county. The postoffice for this neighborhood was loca- ted four miles north of the town, and was under the care of George G. Thompson. The postoffice was soon located in town and fell into the hands of James B. Shaw, a son of our subject. J. B. Shaw held the postoffice until Septem- ber, 1861, when he resigned and enlisted in the Union army in Co. "D," 10th Reg. Ind. Vols., under Capt. Taylor, his term of enlistment being for three years. Wm. H. Shaw, our subject, was then appointed as postmaster, as the successor of James B. Shaw. The name of the town was changed from Carpenter's Station to Remington in the fall of 1860. The first gospel sermon was preached about
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this time, by Rev. E. Stephenson, a Methodist minister from Benton county, in the office of the new hotel, and after the school house was built preaching was indulged in more frequently. Rev. Horace Mayhew, a Presbyterian minister from Rensselaer visited and preached for the peo- ple here about once each month. A Union Sabbath school was organized, under the superintendency of our subject, and its meetings were held in the railroad depot until the school house was built, which became a general place of meetings, both secular and religious. Mr. Shaw is a mem- ber of the Presbyterian church.' In politics he is a Repub- lican. He is an excellent man, and highly respected by the entire community.
IRA W. YEOMAN,
Our subject, was born in Fayette county, Ohio, April 28, 1843; he came with his father and family to Jasper county, Ind., locating near Rensselaer in June, 1844. His father, Stephen Yeoman, was of English descent and married Hannah Smith, who was of German descent. To this union were born ten children, viz .: Joseph, Sarah, Elvira, James, Mary, Minerva, Elizabeth, John, Ira W. and Stephen, all of whom are now living except Sarah and John. Our subject was educated in the common schools of Jasper county, mainly, having attended one term in an academy in Dayton, Ohio. He was married at Rensselaer October, 1866, to Harriet A. Sayers. By this union were born to them nine children, viz .: George O., Minnie, Cor- nelia, Ernest, Elvira, Dell, Hattie Bell, Stephen S., Ira C. and Frances F., all of whom are now living except Minnie, Cornelia and Ernest. Our subject passed the earlier part of his life on a farm, and later taught school in the winter seasons. He crossed the plains in 1864, going to the newly discovered gold fields beyond the Yellow- stone river in Idaho Territory. He was elected Auditor of Jasper county, Ind., in October, 1867, and served as such for four years, and he was also a member of the Board of
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Town Trustees of Rensselaer for several years. He turned his attention to the study of law in 1871, and was admitted to practice in the Circuit Court in January, 1872. He has followed his chosen profession from that time to the present, with the exception of about one year, when he was engaged in the service of the Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Minne- sota railway, at Vinton, Iowa, in 1877, after which he returned to Rensselaer, Ind., and remained there until October, 1879, when he removed to Goodland, Ind., and followed his profession until March, 1887, when he again removed to his present location, at Remington, Ind. The grand father of our subject, Stephen Yeoman, was a soldier and hero of the Revolutionary war. He was an unyielding Whig, and intensely hated by the Tories for his loyalty to Colonial Government. On one occasion he was visited by a band of ten Tories, who, finding him alone, at the plow, captured him and took him to a tree for the purpose of hanging him, but upon consultation, they agreed to lash him instead, and having fastened him with his plow lines, each one of them inflicted thirty lashes by means of straps and then fled. He was found bleeding and nearly insensi- ble, from which horrible cruelty he never fully recovered. May his reward be as great as his glory is imperishable! Our subject is a genial gentleman and makes friends where- ever he goes. He is unassuming and modest, and has made a success of his profession.
WILLIAM M. BROADIE.
This energetic young business man springs from good American stock. His grandfather, John Broadie, was a pioneer of Tippecanoe county, Ind. James Broadie, the father of our subject, was born in Pickaway, Ohio, and he was married in Tippecanoe county, Ind., to Mary Stidham. To Mr. and Mrs. Broadie were born four children, Eliza- beth A., Emma J., Ella P. and William M., our subject. Mr. Broadie came to Jasper county in 1874, and was a farmer. He engaged in the butcher business in Reming-
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ton in 1878, and carried on that business for nine years. He is now a stock buyer and shipper and resides in Rem- ington, Ind. Socially he is an Odd Fellow, and in politics he is a Republican. He is a good citizen and an upright man. . William M. Broadie, our subject, was born in Tip- pecanoe county, Ind., August 20, 1862, and received a common school education. He came to Remington in 1874 with his father, and learned with him the butcher business. In 1887 he formed a co-partnership in the butcher business with Charles T. Denham, purchasing the business which the elder Broadie had established. He married Lenna V., daughter of William H. and Mary (Brown) Marquess. To them have been born three children; Ella V., Mabel Clara and Max. In politics he is a Republican. Socially he. is a member of the I. O. O. F. Mr. Broadie is one of those genial and frank gentle- men who make a success of whatever business he may engage in. His well known honesty and probity is an assurance that every one will be treated fairly by him. He is a Past Grand in the I. O. O. F., and a member of the Grand Lodge, and also a K. of P.
HEZEKIAH PAXTON
The subject of our sketch, come from good old French and Irish stock. His father, John Paxton, being French, and his mother, Margaret (Copsey) Paxton, being Irish. Our subject was born on the 7th day of January, 1854, in Clin- ton county, Ohio. He has also two brothers, Perry and Robert, and two sisters, Anna and Mary, all of whom were born in Ohio. Our subject is the youngest of the family. His mother died when he was four days old, and his father died when he was four weeks old. He was then left in the care of his uncle, Charles Copsey; but he only remained with him until he was twelve years old, when he went to work for various persons and was buffeted about the world, experiencing many hard times, and much rough usage, which led him to resort to boxing, as a means of protection
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to himself. He soon became an expert in this so-called "manly art," and for five years he imparted instruction to others in the prize ring, having previously spent seven years in the practice of the art. He came to Indiana, locating in Benton county, on a farm with his uncle, when he was five years old. He remained on this farm seven years and then commenced his wandering, and finally located in Rem- ington, when he was twenty-four years old. He abandoned the prize ring in 1873, having taught only two classes since that date. He was married to Amelia Stoudt, November 25, 1878, and five children have been the result of this union, being Grace, May, Mary, Annie and Grover C., the latter of whom died at the age of about six months, during the year 1885. Our subject's business avocation is that of painting, paper hanging, frescoeing, etc., and he is an excellent artist in these lines. He reformed in 1892, and united with the Methodist Episcopal church of Remington, and since that time has lived a firm christian life and labored for the salvation of others' souls, with all the power his Master has given him, as a general christian worker in the " Vineyard of the Lord." But he makes a special business of laboring for the temperance cause, and has accomplished a great good in this line as well as in other good deeds. He is a good citizen, of whom the community is justly proud .- He is a converted pugilist and is also reclaimed from the curse of intemperance, and devotes much of his time in delivering public temperance lectures, not boastfully, but in an interesting way, to the honor of "Divine Grace." His family also belongs to his church. The following is an extract from the minutes of the Quarterly Conference of that church, dated December 18, 1893:
" WHEREAS, Our Brother, H. Paxton, since his conversion and reformation, has a burning zeal to help others. Therefore,
Resolved, That we heartily endorse him in his efforts in behalf of temperance, and declare our utmost confidence in his Christian spirit and integrity."
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HANNIBAL LANDON M. D.
Was born in Franklin county, Ohio, March 25, 1841. His parents are of English descent. His great grandfather came to this country from England about 1800, and settled near Johnstown, Ohio, where his father was born and reared. His father, Orrin Landon, married Miss Delilah Triplett in 1838, and moved near New Albany, Ohio, where the doctor was born and lived until his seventeenth year, when his father moved to Westerville, Ohio, to give his family an education at Otterbein University at that time, 1858, being the most popular and prosperous educational institution in central Ohio. The doctor spent four years in the college, lacking a few of months of graduating in the scientific course. The civil war breaking out in 1861 broke up the classes for 1862, and for a time closed the school. Early in 1862 the doctor commenced the study of medicine in the office of Dr. A. G. Stevenson, of Westerville, Ohio, with whom he remained two years. The winter of 1863, he attended the lectures at Starling Medical College at Columbus, Ohio. At the conclusion of his first course of lectures he was invited to enter the office of Prof. J. W. Hamilton, of Columbus, Ohio, as his assistant, which he did, and remained with him until his graduation in the spring of 1864, where he with many others was called into service, being members of the Ohio National Guards, and spent four months in the service under Gen. Butler, at City Point, Va., near Richmond. The regiment was discharged in the fall of 1864, and in the spring of 1865 a call being made for army surgeons, Dr. Landon went before the State examining board, passed their examination and was com- missioned assistant surgeon to the 188th Ohio Vol. Inf., and served with it in the department of Tennessee, under Gen. Thomas until the close of the war. After the war in 1865, he decided to pursue his medical studies farther and went to Philadelphia, Pa., and attended the course of lectures for 1865-66, graduating again from the Jefferson
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Medical College in the spring of 1866, after which he settled in practice in Ligonier, Indiana, where he remained eight years. In the year 1874, at the solicitation of Dr. S. C. Maxwell, of Remington, Indiana, he came here and took the doctor's place, he moving to Fowler, Ind. With the exception of two years the doctor has been in active prac- tice in Remington since July, 1874, and has observed the country's progress from a comparative wilderness to its present prosperous condition. The doctor is a member of the Remington Post, G. A. R., and served as pension sur- geon during Gen. Harrison's administration. In politics he is an ardent Republican. In religious belief a member of the Christian church.
JOSIAH H. ALLMAN,
Our subject, is one of the old soldier citizens of Rem- ington, and has been a prominent hardware merchant here. His ancestry gives him the sturdy blood of good old Pennsylvania stock. His father, George Allman, was a soldier in the war of 1812, who married in Stark county, Ohio, Mariah Dooley. The grand father of our subject, Ebenezer Allman, was a pioneer of Stark county, Ohio. To George Allman and wife were born nine children- Plympton, Solomon, Doctor, Manly, Josiah H., Alfred, Enos, George W. and Phoebe. The father died on his farm in Stark county, Ohio, aged sixty-nine years. He was a well-to-do farmer, and a good citizen. He had four sons in the late civil war-Plympton, Manley, Josiah H. and Enos. They all came out alive, but every one of them were in battles, Enos going with Gen. Sherman in his great march to the sea. Josiah H. Allman, our subject, was born in Stark county, Ohio, and he received a common school education, after which he learned the "tinner's trade." He married Mary C., daughter of John F. and Christina (Bower) Green. To Mr. and Mrs. Allman were born five children, all living, viz .: Alice A., Ida F., John C., Jesse D. and George H. In March, 1861, Mr. Allman
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moved to Noble county, Indiana, where he lived on a farm. In 1864 (Sept. 26th), he enlisted as a soldier in our great civil war, at Ligonier, Ind., in Co. "E," 13th Reg. Ind. Vol. Inf., and served until honorably discharged at Raleigh, N. C., June 23, 1865. He was in the battle at Fort Fisher (a hard fight), and was shot through the left arm. He was in the hospital for three months at Fortress Monroe. He returned home July 7, 1865, and farmed for three years. He then went to Ligonier and worked at his trade. In 1874 he came to Remington, Ind., and engaged in the hardware business, and did a good trade. He sold out to his son Jesse D. in 1893. Mr. Allman is an honored member of Post No. 74, G. A. R., Remington, Ind. He was Commander one year, Adjutant three years and is now Chaplain of the Post. Both himself and wife are honored members of the M. E. church. Mr. Allman has been a member of the Board of town Trustees, and he is a Repub- lican in politics. He is a respected citizen and honored by all who know him.
GEORGE ECK,
Our subject, is one of the well-to-do business men of Rem- ington. He springs from sterling German and Irish ances- try. John Eck, his father, came from Germany when he was a boy only thirteen years of age, with his mother, and he became a farmer. He was married to Mary Keegan, who was born in Ireland. To them were born six children, all now living, being John J., George, Henry, Frank, Kate and Barbara. Mr. Eck settled in Indiana and moved to Illinois, but returning to Indiana he settled on 320 acres of land in Jasper county, which he had purchased in 1867. He remained on this farm which lies in Carpenter township, until he retired from the farm and located on his home- stead near Remington, where he still resides. In politics he is a Democrat. In religion he is a Catholic. He is now about seventy years of age, and still on his farm. George Eck, our subject, was born February 26, 1858, on
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his father's farm in Grundy county, Illinois. He received a common school education, and became a farmer. He came to Jasper county with his father when a boy. He was married November 23, 1880, to Annie M. O'Connor, a daughter of Timothy O'Connor, deceased. To them were born six children, Francis, Blanche, Florence, Ethel D., Ellen and Morris H. Mr. Eck is now engaged in the mer- cantile business in Remington. In religion he is a Catholic, and in politics a firm Democrat. He is a substantial citi- zen, stands well in the town, and his friendly demeanor is recognized by all.
ROBERT PARKER,
Our subject, was born in Jasper county, Ind., June 13, 1848. His youth was spent upon the farm. He removed with his parents to Monon, White county, Ind., in the spring of 1862, where he attended school until the fall of 1865, and then attended the Ladoga academy, during the school year of 1865-66. In the fall of 1866 he came to Remington and was employed as the first clerk in the first drug store established in the place, which was owned by Maxwell & Mccullough. In the spring of 1868 he was employed as a telegraph operator and assistant agent at the junction of the New Albany & Columbus and Indiana Cen- tral railroads at Reynolds, Ind. In October, 1868, he was appointed freight and express agent for the railroad com- pany at Remington, which position he held until Decem- ber 20, 1874, when he resigned to accept a position as teller in a new bank, being organized in Indianapolis. He remained in Indianapolis for fourteen months and then he returned to Remington in February, 1876, where he has since resided. Upon his return from Indianapolis he entered into a partnership with John Burger, in the lumber and coal business, at the same time opening up a banking house, under the firm name of Burger & Parker. This partnership continued for about ten years, when Mr. Burger sold out his interest in the bank to other parties
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and Mr. Parker sold out his interest in the lumber and coal business to Mr. Burger. The bank then adopted its present title, viz: "The Bank of Remington," Mr. Parker being practically the manager and director of the same, filling the office of cashier, and later he was chosen president. The bank of which he is president has a paid up capital of thirty thousand dollars, and it enjoys the confidence of the entire business community, while others have made repeated changes in ownership and management, sometimes discon- tinuing business entirely; this bank has gone steadily ahead in a safe, careful manner, being at all times able, even dur- ing two panics through which it has passed, to pay every demand in money as presented. This financial institution is a credit to our town and county, and is largely the result of twenty years of careful, untiring devotion and labor on the part of Mr. Parker. He was married in the fall of 1868 to Miss Harriet E. Black. There has been born to them five children, two boys and three girls. The first born, a son, died in infancy; the three girls and one son are now living. Mr. Parker has been and still is, a public spirited man, always ready to assist in anything for the im- provement of our town and country. Liberal in his con- tributions to all public improvements, he has been extraor- dinarily so in his gifts for school and church purposes. He was the one who, when the gravel road passing through the town north and south, could find no person far or near to purchase the bonds, without the sale of which the road could not have been built, stepped in and bought the entire issue of $14,000.00, thereby making it possible for the road to be built. He has many of the best buildings in the town, and his present home is an exceedingly commodious and handsome structure, fitted out with modern conveni- ences such as water works, furnace, hard wood floors and finishings, which would be a credit to any city. Mr. Parker was elected to represent Jasper and Newton coun- ties in the lower house of the Fifty-seventh General As- sembly of Indiana, and the duties devolving on him were
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