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1890, was celebrated his union to Miss Alice Hanagan, born on the Jackson King farm, near Centerville, Nov. 3, 1871. She is a daugh- ter of David and Elizabeth (Black) Hanagan, natives of Wayne county, where the father was born May 22, 1846, and the mother, Oct. 30, 1842. The father was always a farmer by occupation and resides in Center township. To him and his good wife were born seven children: Ida May is the wife of R. A. Malott, of Marion, Ind .; Mrs. Wright is the second in order of birth; William D. re- sides in Indianapolis; Myrtle is the wife of Alpheus Kenworthy, a farmer near Connersville; Etta resides with her father in Center township; Lilith is the wife of Charles Wambo, a farmer, of Cen- terville ; and Gaar is a farmer and resides in Center township. To Mr. and Mrs Wright one child has been born-Teresa Elizabeth- born May 3, 1909. Mr. Wright is a member of the Masonic order, being a Past Master of Centerville Lodge, No. 417, and he is also a member of the Eastern Star, as is his wife. His intention is to spend his days on this farm in Abington township.
James Rariden Meek, deceased, was born near Earlham Col- lege, Richmond, Feb. 16, 1823. His parents-Joseph and Gululma (Smith) Meek-were natives respectively of Kentucky and North Carolina, and were very early settlers in Wayne county, a part of the farm upon which the widow of James R. Meek resides having been bought from the government by the father, and they con- tinued to reside here until their respective deaths. James R. Meek received his education in the district schools of Abington township, where he was married Dec. 31, 1848, to Miss Catherine E. Adair, born near Springfield, Clark county, Ohio, Dec. 24, 1831, daughter of Alexander and Matilda (Hoover) Adair, who, in 1842, came to Indiana and settled near Union City, but afterward resided in Ab- ington township. To James R. and Catherine E. (Adair) Meek were born eight children: The first one, born Nov. 12, 1849, died in infancy ; John W., born Feb. 9, 1851, conducts a stock ranch in Western Nebraska ; Joseph, born Dec. 20, 1853, is a physician and surgeon and resides in Boston, Wayne county ; Marquis de Lafay- ette, born May 9, 1856, is a farmer and retired physician and re- sides in Abington township, near Abington; Alexander, born Sept. 2, 1858, is deceased : James R., born June 13, 1862, resides in Idaho; David C. E., born July 17, 1864, resides at home with his mother ; and Charles Alfred, born June 4, 1872, is a farmer and resides at Centerville. The father of Mrs. Meek is thought to have been born in Ohio and her mother was a native of Virginia. The father was a carpenter by trade, and after coming to Indiana and following that occupation for a time in Union City, he came to Abington township and located on a farm. Some years later he went back to Union City, but again returned to Abington township and later removed to Terre Haute. Thence he removed to Missouri, where he and his wife spent the remainder of their lives. James R. Meek resided at the parental home until married. He began the study of medicine some years Before this event, and after he was married began the practice of that profession in Jonesboro, Grant county, in partnership with an older brother. After four months he took
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a dislike to the profession and, giving it up, returned to Abington township and purchased a small farm adjoining the old Meek homestead. After his father's death he purchased the interest of the other heirs in the estate and thus obtained a farm of 115 acres, where Mrs. Meek resides. He taught school in winter and operated his farm in summer until too old to continue teaching. While never aspiring for office, he believed in the principles of the Republican party, and the confidence and esteem of his political associates were manifested by election as trustee of Abington township, and he also served as assessor and constable, filling every position with credit to himself and his party. His death occurred in Abington township, July 29, 1900. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. To the parents of Mrs. Meek were born eight children, four of whom are living, and of these Mrs. Meek is the eldest ; Amanda is the widow of Mr. Bordner and resides in Union City ; Samuel resides in Northern Indiana; and Andrew resides in Union City. Since the death of Mr. Meek his widow has continued to reside on the farm, which her son, David C. E., operates. She has for years been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church at Abington.
John W. Morgan, now a resident of Centerville, whose energy and determination have acquired for him a home and farm in this county of his nativity, was born in Center township, Wayne county, April 26, 1853. His parents were James W. and Elizabeth (Abden) Morgan, born in Pennsylvania, the father on March 7, 1813, and the mother on Jan. 2, 1816. The elder Morgan worked in a still house in his native State, though his father was the owner of a fine farm, and in 1844 came to Indiana (see sketches of Gilbert and Henry L. Morgan). John W. Morgan was educated at the district schools of his native township, and early in life, in 1875, left the parental roof and rented a farm in Abington township, which he operated at the time he was married, and which he continued to farm about twenty- three years and then purchased fifteen acres in Center township, having an undivided interest in the home farm, and later he pur- chased forty acres in Abington township, having sold the fifteen acres to his brothers. Still later, he added sixty acres to this tract, and afterward fifty-five acres. Previous to this he had purchased a residence property in Centerville, where he resided three years, and later purchased 16.44 acres adjoining an eighty-acre farm which Mrs. Morgan inherited. He now has 211.44 acres in one tract and forty acres in another. He disposed of his property in Centerville, and aside from the three years, during which he resided there on account of the school advantages, he resided continuously in Abing- ton township, on one or the other of his farms, until June, 1911, at which time he removed to Centerville, having built new build- ings in the summer of 1911. He operates his land in a general way and a number of years was engaged in the breeding of Poland China hogs. His chosen occupation has always been the life of a farmer and in this vocation he has prospered. His industry and activity have won for him a home in the county of his nativity and he is looked upon as a man of ability and strength of character.
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In politics he follows the doctrines of the Democratic party on all national issues, but regarding the administration of local affairs is independent. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church at Lucas Grove, in Abington township, his wife also being a mem- ber of the same religious body. On Jan. 10, 1875, Mr. Morgan led to the altar Miss Sarah E. Stevens, born in Abington township, Jan. 11, 1853, daughter of Robert and Sarah (Plessinger) Stevens, the former born in Abington township, May 10, 1817, and the latter in Pennsylvania, Feb. 19, 1814. Of the union of Mr. and Mrs. Mor- gan were born seven children. Pernina Ann, born Jan. 28, 1876, is th wife of Daniel Tice, a farmer in Webster township; James W., born Oct. 1, 1878, married Ollie Wood, is a teacher by occupation, and resides in Madison county, Indiana ; William E., born Sept. 15, 1881, died Sept. 16, 1899; Grover T., born July 15, 1884, married Nettie Lamott, is a farmer, and resides in Abington township, on his father's farm; Myrtle, born Nov. 15, 1887, is the wife of Ross Petty, a farmer in Jackson township; Roy A., born Jan. 1, 1890, is also farming on his father's farm; and Raymond, born June 5, 1893, is a member of the class of 1915 in the Indiana University. Mr. Morgan is a member of the Masonic order at Centerville, the Red Men at Cambridge City, the Knights of Pythias at Centerville, and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Abington, and has served in all the chairs of the local organization of the last named fraternity. The father of Mrs. Morgan was a land owner in Abing- ton township and was a tiller of the soil until he was compelled to retire, and he died in April, 1900, the mother having passed away in June, 1887.
Charles David Miller, deceased, was born in Richmond, Ind., May 8, 1870, the third child of Lewis and Elizabeth (Neingert) Miller, the former a native of Germany and the latter of Indiana, now deceased. The son received his education in the schools of his native city and of Abington township, and remained at home until twenty-two years old. On June 15, 1892, he was united in mar- riage to Miss Ethel P. Snyder, born near Brownsville, Union coun- ty, July 19, 1874, daughter of Oliver T. and Katharine (Keller) Snyder. Mrs. Miller's parents now reside at Ladoga, Ind. After lis marriage, Charles D. Miller rented a farm in Abington township belonging to his wife's grandfather, and there resided twelve years. He then purchased the farm where his daughter, Ruby B. Smoker, now resides, having previously bought the forty acres adjoining this tract, and there resided continuously until his death, Oct. 1, 1910, and there the widow and children resided until June 1, 191, when Mrs. Miller took up her residence in Centerville. Mr. Miller was a successful man in his business ventures, owning at the time of his death eighty acres of land, which constituted one of the most neatly equipped farms in the vicinity. To Charles D. and Ethel P. (Sny- der) Miller were born four children : Ruby B., born Sept. 13, 1893, was married on Dec. 28, 1910, to Earl Smoker, son of William Smoker (see sketch) and they reside on the Miller homestead ; Bertha Katharyne, born July 25, 1895; Edna May, born May, 12, 1897; and Morris D., born July 2, 1904; the three last named resid-
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ing at home with their mother. Mr. Miller was a member of the Lutheran church and in his political views was a Republican. He served as director of the Abington and Centerville pike several years. Mrs. Miller's parents were born in Union county, Indiana, and to them were born two children: Carrie, wife of David Re- ville, of Center township, and Mrs. Miller. Mrs. Miller attends the Christian church.
Mrs. Camilla (Walker) Dill, deceased, was born in Richmond, Ind., Aug. 10, 1871. Her father, Lewis C. Walker, was born near Wilmington, Ohio, at which place he studied and practiced the profession of law until he removed to Richmond, in 1869. Her mother, Camilla Farquahr Walker, was born in Palacias, Tex., but upon the death of her father the family moved to Wilmington, Ohio, in 1847. She was married to Lewis C. Walker in 1870, and Camilla (Walker) Dill was their only child. Lewis C. Walker, the father, was elected to the general assembly in 1872, serving two sessions, and on July 23, 1873, the family moved to Indianapolis, where they have since resided. Mr. Walker was elected judge of the Superior Court in 1880, serving twelve years, and since his re- tirement from that position has been engaged in the active practice of law. Camilla (Walker) Dill was educated at the Girls' Classical School in Indianapolis, under Mrs. May Wright Sewall, graduat- ing in 1889 with high honors. She also studied music under Pro- fessors Newland, Cappes and Leckner, and in 1890 spent a year at the New York Conservatory of Music. In the summer of 1891 she traveled in Ireland, Scotland, England, Holland, and France. On June 14, 1892, she was married to Howard Albert Dill and they continued to live in Indianapolis until October, 1895, when they moved to Richmond. During her residence in Indianapolis Mrs. Dill was an active member of the Dramatic Club and of the Mati- nee Musical Club, and after her removal to Riclimond became asso- ciated with the Musical Club, the History Class, the Tourist Club, and was a charter member of the Richmond Chapter of the Daugh- ters of the American Revolution. She was also a prominent mem- ber of the First Presbyterian Church of Richmond, of which her husband is an elder. Of her marriage with Howard A. Dill were born two children-Dorothy, born in Indianapolis, March 17, 1893, and Malcolm Howard, born in Richmond, Feb. 11, 1899. Her sud- den and unexpected death, which occurred at her home in Rich- mond, April 1, 1910, was the occasion of much regret and sorrow to her host of friends. Her husband and children, with her parents, survive her.
Lewis D. Stubbs, deceased, was many years a leading lawyer and influential citizen of Wayne county and prominently identified with public affairs. Ile was the eldest son of Jesse and Mary (Jones) Stubbs and was born at West Elkton, Preble county, Ohio, July 14, 1833, on the farm on which his grandfather, Samuel Stubbs, had settled when he migrated with his family from Georgia to Ohio in 1805. After receiving the common school education of his native county, Mr. Stubbs attended William Haughton's school at Liberty; thence he went to Farmer's College at College Ilill,
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near Cincinnati, at that time a flourishing institution under the Careys. He began the study of law with Judge Haynes, at Eaton, Ohio, and later graduated at the Cincinnati Law School. He was admitted to practice in Wayne county, Indiana, in 1857, the year of his removal to Richmond. He visited Centerville the first time, Dec. 18, 1857. The case of John C. Iludelson vs. The Indiana Cen- tral Railway Company was on trial. William Grose, Oliver P. Morton, and John F. Kibbey were attorneys for the plaintiff ; John S. Newman, Jesse P. Siddall, and Samuel W. Parker were for the defendants. He had letters of introduction to Judge Perry and re- turned to Richmond with him in his buggy. In 1867 he was elected mayor to fill the unexpired term of Mayor John Finley. This was the only political position ever held by Mr. Stubbs, although he was a most indefatigable worker for the Republican cause. For many years he was chairman of the Republican County Committee and gave of his time and means liberally to the work. He was chair- man of the Congressional District and member of the State Central Committee. His devotion to politics was, however, more a matter of principle and an inheritance from public-spirited and anti-slavery ancestors, than a desire for personal advancement. As a lawyer Mr. Stubbs enjoyed a large practice, confined largely to civil cases. lle was a careful and laborious student, a man of sound judgment and comprehension of legal questions, and unfailingly courteous to those with whom his profession brought him in contact. Judge Comstock said of him : "His successes at the bar were always fairly won. * He came out of protracted and trying litigation with the respect and good will of the opposing counsel. Ile never attempted oratory. * * * His strength did not lie in his ability as an advocate, but his good sense, his industry and learning in the law, and his high character commanded for him the respectful hear- ing of every court before which he appeared. No one ever spoke slightingly of his character or his ability as a lawyer or as a man. * * No one in or out of the profession was freer from pretense or fraud." Though quiet and unassuming, Mr. Stubbs was a man of extraordinary attainments. Ilis mind was a store- house of general information, gathered from every field of litera- ture. Ile was one of the organizers of the Tuesday Club and a leading spirit in that coterie of broad-minded and cultured people which became famous in the annals of Richmond. In short, he was a good man and a true gentleman of the old school, a citizen whose record is without a blemish. His wife was Emily A. Mendenhall, daughter of Kirk and Amanda (Woodward) Mendenhall, born near West Milton, Miami county, Ohio, May 9, 1836. Her father was the son of Caleb and Susanna (Gardner) Mendenhall, also of that Quaker migration of 1805 to Ohio, from Georgia, on account of slavery in the South. The marriage of Lewis D. Stubbs and Emily A. Mendenhall occurred at West Elkton, Ohio, Oct. 2, 1856. The following year they moved to Richmond. Mrs. Stubbs was a beau- tiful woman, unusually energetic and equally studious with her husband, who enjoyed and encouraged her mental activity. She devoted much of her time to the study of art, for which she in-
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herited a talent from her father. She was skillful in drawing and designing and was one of the earliest china painters in the country. She was a charter member of the State Keramic League, president of the Richmond Keramic Club, and of the Sketch Club, and one of the organizers and promoters of the Richmond Art Association. She was also active in the social life of the town, a member of the Tuesday Club and other literary clubs. She was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church. Mr. Stubbs died July 8, 1902. Mrs. Stubbs died Feb. 23, 1908. Two daughters, their only children, sur- vive them: Ada L., widow of William C. Bernhardt, deceased, now librarian of the Morrisson-Reeves Library ; and Edna, wife of Rev. J. E. Cathell. They are both residents of Richmond.
John Elwood Bundy, landscape painter and director in the Art Association, is numbered among the popular and highly es- teemed citizens of the city of Richmond, where he has his resi- dence and one of the most interesting art studios in America. Mr. Bundy was born in Guilford county, North Carolina, May 1, 1853, a son of John and Mary (Moore) Bundy, likewise born in Guilford county, North Carolina. In 1858 they removed to a farm in Mor- gan county, Indiana, where they lived the remainder of their lives, the father dying in 1891 and the mother in 1893. The father was one of the honored and substantial citizens of Morgan county. Mr. Bundy was reared on the old farm and resided with his parents until twenty-four years old. He was 'educated in the district schools, supplemented by private study and reading, as the district schools did not afford many advantages in those days. When he was eight years old his drawings of familiar scenes, animals, and persons, possessed such merit as to receive the favorable comment of his neighbors, and he determined that art should be his life work. As the years rolled swiftly by he continued to sit at the feet of Mother Nature, studying her in all her varied moods. At length he went to Indianapolis, where he received instruction from B. S. Hayes, then considered the most successful portrait painter in the State, and subsequently the young man studied in New York City and was allowed the privilege of copying at the Metropolitan Mu- seum. In 1877 Mr. Bundy commenced teaching art at Martinsville, Morgan county, Indiana, and for the next ten years devoted him- "elf to his chosen vocation, doing some fine work in the meantime. Then coming to Earlham College, he' took charge of the Art De- partment and was connected therewith eight years. Ile resigned this position in 1895, in order to devote himself more exclusively to painting, and because the demands upon his time had become too exacting. Since then he has been able to fill many commissions which he has received for landscape paintings. One of his best known efforts, entitled "Early Spring," a canvass 40x60 inches, hangs on the walls of Earlham College, as does also a fine portrait of Professor Morgan, painted from life. Mr. Bundy is an artist of national reputation and has exhibited his paintings in the prin- cipal exhibitions, East and West. His fame rests chiefly on his ability to interpret the gentle words of nature, in quiet woodland, scenes, early spring with melting snows, and the tenderness of landscape in twilight. Many of his paintings are owned in the
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schools and homes of Richmond and by various collectors in all parts of the country. The most notable paintings are owned as follows: "Winter in Whitewater Valley," John B. Dougan, of Richmond; "A Trout Brook," Dr. Ilalsey C. Ives, of St. Louis; "Woodland Memories," Mrs. M. J. Clark, of Grand Rapids ; "Wood- land Pastures," Mrs. W. HI. Cole, of Duluth; "Heart of Beech- woods," Museum of Fine Arts, of St. Louis; and "Blue Spring," the Art Association of Richmond. In 1875 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Bundy to Miss Mary A. Marlatt, born and reared in Morgan county, Indiana, and they have two sons-Arthur L. and Walter E. Arthur L. has inherited some of his father's genius and is a photographer in the city of Richmond. Walter E. is a civil engineer and is located in Chicago.
Samuel K. Morgan, a prominent real estate dealer of the city of Richmond, was born in the southern part of Hamilton county, Ohio, Feb. 24, 1852. His father, Samuel Morgan, was a native of Pennsylvania, born near Perrin's Mill, and his mother, Eliza (Ken- nedy) Morgan, was born in Montgomery, Hamilton county, Ohio, where she and her husband were married. The father was twenty- six years old when he came to Ohio with his father, Frank Morgan. The Morgans are of Scotch descent. The father learned the trade of a cooper in early life and worked at it until twenty-three years old, after which he followed farming a number of years. During the Civil war he was a feed contractor at old Camp Monroe, at Carthage, Ohio, where troops were recruited and supplies pur- chased and sent to the army. The family resided there when the Confederate, Gen. John Morgan, made his raid through that coun- try. After the close of the war Samuel Morgan returned to agri- cultural pursuits and devoted his attention to farming until he re- tired about ten years before his death. Hle resided at Hartwell, Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati, until about 1890, when he received his summons to another world. lle was an Old Hickory Democrat in his political views and at one time was a member of the Knights of the Golden Circle. His wife, the mother of Samuel K. Morgan, passed away in 1861, and of their union were born four sons and four daughters, all of whom grew to maturity, with the exception of the youngest, Newton, who was drowned at the age of thirteen. Frank is deceased; John resides at Anderson, Ind .; Samuel K. is the next in order of birth; Vermillia married a Mr. Clark and is deceased; Joanah is the widow of a Mr. Stevenson and resides at Robinson, Ill. ; and Mary and Clara died of smallpox in 1864. After the death of his first wife the father married Mary Emmons, of Massachusetts, and she is now living in California with her two daughters, the survivors of a family of four -- a son and three daugh- ters-born of this marriage. The father was a member of the Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows and of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church at Sherronville, Ohio. Samuel K. Morgan was educated in the Old Runyon school-house, District No. 4, of Sycamore town- ship, Hamilton county, Ohio, which he attended until twelve years old, and for two years thereafter rendered his father much able assistance about the old homestead. On the first Monday in Oc-
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tober, 1866, he came to Richmond, and from that time on for twen- ty-nine years furnished straw for the Richmond Paper Mills and did contracting and general teaming and the handling of all kinds of heavy work. In 1895 he engaged in the real estate business and the past thirteen years has been in his present location, meeting with success as the reward of honest effort and industry. In poli- tics he is a Republican and for one term served in the office of mar- ket master of the city. Fraternally he has membership in the Red Men and the Order of Moose. He is married to Ella S. Boone, daughter of Sampson and Elizabeth (Sanders) Boone, of Richmond, both deceased. The father was a farmer in carly life and a number of years was trustee of Wayne township. Ile also for thirteen years was in the employ of Gaar, Scott & Company, in Richmond. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Morgan occurred March 29, 1877, and they have two sons-Omar P. and Walter S .- both of whom are plumbers by occupation.
Henry Werking Keagy, a prominent and influential citizen of Hagerstown, this county, was born in Blair county, Pennsylvania, March 19, 1858. Ilis father, Christian Keagy, a native of the Key- stone State, married Christina Werking, mother of the subject of this review and a native of the State of Pennsylvania, where both parents lived out their allotted years and died. The father was a farmer and flour miller by occupation. He was a member of a religious sect known as the "River Brethren," while the mother had membership in the Church of God, but they were both faithful to the father's church. In politics he was a Republican. Of their union were born twelve children-Daniel, William, Mary M., Charles, Martha, James, David F., Henry W., Abram L., George M., Minnie, and Christiana, all deceased with the exception of Charles, in the bakery business at Altoona, Pa .; Ilenry W .; and Christiana, a dressmaker in Martinsburg, Pa. Henry W. Keagy acquired his elementary education in the district schools of his native State, was reared on a farm, and at the age of sixteen com- menced working out by the month. For three years he worked in Pennsylvania and the next three years in Indiana. He came to Indiana at the age of nineteen and located in Wayne county, near Ilagerstown. At the age of twenty-one he secured employment in the flour mill of Miller Brothers, at New Castle, but in a few months returned to Hagerstown and entered the employ of Zach- ariah Teeter, in the same line of business. In 1882, having accumu- lated a small capital, he purchased Mr. Teeter's interest in the lum- ber, mill and contracting business of Teeter & Werking, and has since been successfully so engaged, the firm being known as Werk- ing & Keagy. In 1891, William Werking withdrew from the firm, John M. Werking and Mr. Keagy becoming sole owners, and Mr. Keagy gives his time and attention to the management of the busi- ness, together with the office work. He is a Republican politically, and though he has never sought public office has been for two terms selected by popular vote to the office of member of the school board of Ilagerstown, and at present is the treasurer of the board.
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