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Feb. 13, 1858, married John Turner ; and Elmer N., born March 15, 1862, is engaged in the grocery business at New Castle, is married to Mary Cook and they have two children-Georgia and Maxwell. Mr. Harlan was made a Mason in White Water Lodge, in 1871, and later in life became a member of Bethel Chapter, No. 250, Royal Arch Masons.
James Russell Helms, an efficient farmer of Abington town- ship, was born in that township, May 17, 1850. Ile is a son of Isaiah Helms, given extended mention on another page of this volume, in the sketch of Michael IIelms. James R. Helms received the scholastic training afforded by the district schools of Abington township and then learned the trade of a farmer under the able preceptorship of his father, with whom he worked until 1871. In that year he rented land of his father and farmed under such ar- rangement for several years. When his father died the estate was divided and James R. became the owner of the farm where he re- sides, consisting of eighty acres, to which he has since added thirty- four acres adjoining on the north, and here he has since resided in a residence which he built in 1877. In his political views Mr. Helms has always been a staunch Republican, and fraternally is prominent- ly identified with Lodge No. 154. Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows, at Abington, in which local organization he has for years been prominently connected. He is a member of the Dod- dridge Methodist Episcopal Church and his wife is a member of the Green's Fork United Brethren Church. On Oct. 25, 1877, oc- curred Mr. Helms' marriage to Miss Emma Rachel Albertson, born at Walnut Level, near Hagerstown, this county, Sept. 15, 1856, daughter of Cyrus O. and Martha A. ( Brooks) Albertson. Mr. Al- bertson was born in Richmond, Ind., March 27, 1833, and his wife near Economy, June 5, 1835. They now reside near Green's Fork, in the extreme northern part of Center township. One child was the issue of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Helms-Daisy, born April 17, 1879, and she resides at home with her parents. To the parents of Mrs. Ilehns there were born four children: Mrs. IIelms is the eldest : Olive J. is the wife of Ezra Clements, of Fountain City ; India A. became the wife of Warren Irvin and is deceased ; and Ora B. is the wife of Cortez II. Jones, a carpenter of Centerville.
Robert E. L. Hartman was born in Washington township, Wayne county, Indiana, April 15, 1868, son of Sampson and Emma E. (Kuster ) Hartman. The paternal grandfather was Henry Hartman, born in' York county, Pennsylvania, in February, 1793; married Catherine Otstott, born in the same county in 1796; was educated in that county and lived there many years. In 1828 he migrated to Wayne county, Indiana, and located north of East Germantown, where he resided five years, and then removed to Washington town- ship, where he purchased a farm of 240 acres, cleared it, erected the necessary buildings, and continued agricultural pursuits until he retired, about twenty years before his death, in February, 1881. His wife passed away in 1874. During this period of years thirteen children were born : Emanuel, Mary M., John, Sarah, Henry, Susan, Frederick, Catherine, David, Lydia, Malinda, Wilson, and Samp-
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son-all of whom are deceased, excepting Malinda, who is the wife of Samuel Turner, and Sampson, the youngest, who was born in Washington township, Wayne county, Feb. 4, 1841. Ile was educat- ed in the schools of that township, and began his independent career, working on a farm by the month, which he continued about five years. He then rented a farm until 1901, when he purchased a farm upon which he has made improvements in the way of fences, etc., and carries on general farming. Sampson Hartman is a man of sterling integrity, of generous impulses, and has gained a high place in the esteem of his friends. On May 19, 1866. he was mar- ried to Miss Emma E. Kuster, who was called to the better land, Jan. 25, 1906. She was a daughter of Isaac Kuster, of Hamilton, Ohio, and the mother of three children: Alice Josephine, deceased ; Robert E. L., of East Germantown; and Henry E., of St. Joseph, Mo. Robert E. I .. Hartman was reared in Wayne county and re- ceived his educational training in the public schools of Washington township. In his boyhood days he became engaged in the patent right fence business, operating in Jackson and Harrison townships one year, after which he ably assisted his father on the farm until Sept. 5, 1891, when he was married to Retta Crull, a daughter of Michael and Levisa (Shank) Crull, of Jackson township. Our sub- ject and his estimable wife have been blessed with a daughter, Mabel Lee. In 1891 Mr. Hartman rented a farm and continued farming and condneting a threshing outfit until he purchased a farm of 100 acres, which he superintends and operates, but devotes the greater part of his time to the buying and shipping of live-stock, which has gained for him a worthy reputation as one of the most extensive shippers of the county. In politics he uses his ballot and influence in favor of the Democratic party. Fraternally he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the En- campment of Walnut Lodge, No. 156, and of the Free and Accepted Masons, Cambridge Lodge, No. 5.
Michael Helms, deceased, was one of the successful and pro- gressive farmers and stock growers of his native county, and was the owner of a fine homestead farm in Abington township. He was born in Abington township, this county, Feb. 24, 1848, a son of Isaiah and Jane ( Russell) Helms, the former a native of Abington township, born on the old Helms homestead, Jan. 25, 1814, and the latter was born in Center township, which lies contiguous to Abing . ton, Dec. 5. 1819. The paternal grandfather, Michael Helms, was born in the State of Virginia, whence he came to Indiana in an early day and took up Government land in Abington township, where he reclaimed a farm from the forest wilds and passed the remainder of his long and useful life, ever secure in the confidence and esteem of his fellow men. The members of the family were all a hardy class of pioneers. Isaiah Helms was reared to maturity in Abington township, where he was afforded the advantages of the pioneer schools, and here he eventually became an extensive land owner and became known as one of the substantial farmers of the county, where it was his to well uphold the honors of the name which he bore. lle died Jan. 27, 1874, and his wife passed away
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April 16, 1896. They were the parents of thirteen children: Mar- garet died in infancy ; Nancy is the wife of Mathias Ranck, of Abington township; Elizabeth became the wife of Ransom Chees- man and is deceased; Lucy is deceased ; Jane is the wife of Henry Fricker, of Dublin; Francena is the wife of Elihu Hiatt, of Abing- ton township; Michael was the next in order of birth; James R. is given extended mention on another page of this volume; Phoebe is the wife of John B. Peirce, given extended mention on another page of this volume; Mary became the wife of Henry Peirce, of Washington township, and is deceased; Joseph resides in Wayne township; Eveline, deceased, was the wife of Thomas Clevenger, of Centerville; and Matilda G. is the wife of John Eddie Burris, also given extended mention on another page of this volume. The subject of this sketch first attended school on the old Ranck place in Abington township, later a school near his late residence, and also attended school for a time in Centerville. Ilis entire active career was one of consecutive identification with agricultural pur- suits, in connection with which he was very successful, as he brought to bear progressive ideas and mature judgment in the handling of the various departments of his farming enterprise, which included diversified agriculture, the maintaining of a good dairy herd and the breeding of excellent grades of live stock. He resided at home until twenty-four years old and then purchased the farm where his widow resides. The tract consisted of eighty acres, but he added to it until he owned 102 acres of as fine land as can be found in the township. He made numerous improvements on the farm, on which he provided an effective drainage system, be- sides reclaiming a number of acres on which the native timber was still standing, and in 1895 he erected the commodious residence which his widow occupies. In politics he was a Republican, but gave his support to men and measures meeting the approval of his judgment. He died Aug. 7, 1911. On Aug. 15, 1872, Mr. Helms was united in marriage to Miss Martha Ann Russell, born in Cen- ter township, March 22, 1852, a daughter of Vinnedge and Jane ( Rich ) Russell, late well known citizens of this section of the state, the former born Dec. 10, 1811, and died Dec. 19, 1887; and the latter was born Oct. 21, 1817, and died Aug. 15, 1851. Mr. and Mrs. Ilelins became the parents of four children-Joseph I., Mary E., De Witt R., and Mattie J., the two last named being deceased. Joseph I., the son, was born Aug. 19, 1874, and was married Aug. 3. 1898, to Maud, daughter of Milburn (deceased) and Frances (Woods) Fender, of Abington township. The mother now resides in Centerville, and Joseph I. Helms and wife reside on a farm in Abington township. Mary E. Helms, the eldest daughter, born April 12, 1876, was married on June 8, 1898, to Jesse H. Lambert, of Fayette county, Indiana, and they reside on a farm in Center township. They have two children-Mildred, born March 6, 1904, and Mary Frances, born Sept. 3, 1910. Mrs. Ilelms is the youngest of seven children, of whom one other is living-Joseph Russell, of West Richmond. The paternal great-grandfather of Mrs. Helms was Robert Russell, a native of England, and Eva Fonts, his wife,
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was a native of Germany. The maternal great-grandfather was Adam Vinnedge, of Germany, and his wife was Margaret Simonton, of Wales. The paternal grandfather was Samuel Russell, of Vir- ginia, born July 5, 1771, and he died in 1835. Ilis wife was Eliz- abeth Vinnedge, of New Jersey, born Aug. 27, 1776, and she died in 1833. Samuel and Elizabeth (Vinnedge) Russell had ten chil- dren, of whom Vinnedge, father of Mrs. Helms, was the eighth in order of birth, and he was born in Trumbull county, Ohio. Jane Rich, his wife, was born in Guilford, N. C.
Abram Hoover, a popular farmer of the township of Jefferson, is a native of Liberty township, Henry county, Indiana, born March 26, 1854. Ilis father, Jacob Hoover, a native of Blair county, Penn- sylvania, and a farmer by occupation, migrated to Henry county, Indiana, when about fourteen years old, and there followed agricul- tural pursuits and also conducted a saw-mill. He retired at the age of sixty years and died in Jefferson township, Wayne county. The mother of Abram Hoover, Sallie Rinehart, was born in Liberty township, Henry county, and passed away in Jefferson township, Wayne county. She and her husband lived three years in Carroll county, Indiana. There were ten children in the family-eight sons and two daughters: Elias is a resident of Jefferson township; Abram is the second in order of birth; Jefferson is a resident of Oakville, Randolph county; Amos and Samantha are deceased; America Jane is the wife of George Smith, of Hagerstown; Ilorace resides in Hagerstown; Daniel and David were twins, the former deceased and the latter resides in Jefferson township; and Robert Franklin resides in Liberty township, Henry county. Abram Hoover received his schooling in the district schools of Carroll county, and Jefferson township, Wayne county, and worked upon the pa- rental farm until 1878, when he began the business of stock dealing, in which he was engaged until 1887, when he began farming on the old John Gephart farm, where he resides. Ile has greatly improved and enlarged the buildings on the place and for several years con- ducted a mixed farming and stock-raising business. He handles Hampshire sheep and Poland-China hogs for the market. Politically Mr. Hoover is a Republican, but has never aspired to public office. On Oct. 2, 1881, he was united in holy wedlock to Miss Nancy Holler, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Replogle) Holler, of Lib- erty township, Henry county, Indiana, of which happy union one son has been born-Orville-who lives at the home of his parents. Mrs. Hoover's father, a farmer by occupation, was a native of the Buckeye State, came to Liberty township, Henry county, Indiana, some years ago, and there followed his occupation. He was a mem- ber of the Republican party and the German Baptist church, in which denomination he was a minister. He and his wife are both deceased. Mrs. Hoover was born July 22, 1857.
Adam Hill, a well known farmer of Franklin township, is a native of this county, born in the township of Franklin, March 10, 1839. son of Whitmel and Mariam ( Hollowell) Hill. The father was born in North Carolina, in 1809, and in 1826 removed to Ohio and located in Preble county. In 1834, he removed to this county, lo-
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cating in Franklin township, where he purchased land and continued to reside fifty-nine years, until his death, in 1893. He was ever thrifty and enterprising and as a husband and father was always generous and considerate. Ile was ever tolerant of the desires and opinions of others, and though willing to yield in minor matters, never compromised with that which he knew to be wrong. His devoted wife, a daughter of Adam Hollowell, died in 1861, having become the mother of six children : Miles married Jane Wright and both are deceased, the parents of three children-Adam, Hen- rietta, and Charles; William married Minerva Bunch and they had eight children-Emery, Oliver, Edgar, Harry, Anna, and three that died in infancy ; Adam is the third in order of birth ; Sallie died at the age of sixteen years; Nancy was the wife of Lot Skinner (see sketch ) ; and Marchael is the wife of Joseph White, of Franklin township, ad they have eight children-Effic, Frank, Zeddie, Oscar, Shirley, and three that died young. After the death of his first wife, Whitmel Hill married Mary Ann Harrison, and of this nnien one child was born-Elma, wife of Oliver Spencer, and the mother of two children-Harry and Edna. Adam Hill was reared and educated in his native township, attending school in District No 1 during the fall, winter and early spring months, and working on his parent's farm throughout the long summer vacation. At the age of twenty-one he left school and commenced his real work of life, but remained on his father's farm until the death of that par- ent. As he was always posessed of good common sense, frugality and foresight, at a youthful age, in 1868, he was able to purchase a farm of forty acres, adjoining the home place in Franklin town- ship, and afterward became one of the largest land-owners in Wayne county. Aside from his farming interests he is a stockholder in the bank at Hollandsburg. In politics he is a Democrat, and the reli- gious faith of himself and wife is expressed by membership in the Christian church. On July 10, 1907, Mr. Hill was united in holy wedlock to Mrs. Sarah (Benbow) Wallick, daughter of Powell and Rachel (Hyers) Benbow, of Hagerstown, Ind., but natives of North Carolina. Mr. Benbow died in 1865 and his wife died in 1902. There were four children by a former marriage of Mr. Benbow - Thomas, Anna, Louisa, and Joseph. Of his second marriage there were eight children-William, George, Martha, Archibald, Mary B., Sarah, Edward, and James.
Rudolph Hoover, a thrifty farmer and highly respected citizen of Wayne county, whose postoffice address is Cambridge City, reached by the rural free delivery, was born just over the line in Henry county, Nov. 22, 1850. He is a son of John M. and Fanny ( Ellabarger) Hoover, the former born on a farm in Fayette county, Indiana, March 2, 1824, and the latter in Lancaster coun- ty, Pennsylvania, July 11, 1827. The father removed with his young wife to Henry county soon after his marriage and there passed the remainder of his life, his death occurring Sept. 27, 1867, and his widow survived until Nov. 19, 1904. He was allied with the Democratic party and his wife was a devout communi- cant of the German Baptist church. Rudolph Hoover received
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the limited scholastic advantages afforded by the district schools of his boyhood days. On leaving school he found employment with his father and after that parent's death managed the farm for his mother. In 1884 he purchased a farm of eighty acres in the extreme southwest corner of Jefferson township, off which he cleared all the timber, with the exception of twenty-five acres, and in 1995 took possession of eighty-five acres of the old home- stead: and has thus for years been successfully conducting a gen- eral farming business, devoting himself to no one particular branch . of the science. In 1903 he built a new barn and also a dwelling house on his farm, modern in every respect, and the buildings and surrounding grounds are neatly kept. In his political relations Mr. Hoover is unswerving in his allegiance to the Democratic party, but has never been an aspirant for public office. His religious nature finds expression in attendance upon the services of the Church of God, of which he and his wife are both members. On March 18, 1877, was solemnized Mr. Hoover's marriage to Miss Mary Ellen Shafer, whose parents-Adam and Rachel ( Gepherdt Shafer -- were born respectively in Wayne county, Indiana, and Center county, Pennsylvania, the father on May 20, 1834, and the mother on Ang. 29, 1833. They were married in 1854, after which they rented what is the present Kaufman farm in Jackson town- ship, Wayne county, and lived there four years. They then moved to an eighty-acre farm in Miami county and in 1864 to Henry coun- ty, where they purchased 160 acres, what is now the John Hag- ner farm. In 18;r they removed to a place known as the Shafer homestead. in the northern part of Jackson township, where they resided until the spring of 1880, when they moved to Henry coun- ty. a short distance from the Shafer home, where they lived until the time of their deaths. They were both killed on May 22, 1902, by a Pennsylvania train, while driving across the tracks on their way to New Castle. The place known as the Shafer homestead was purchased in the early '3os by Adam Shafer, the grandfather of Mrs. Hoover. To Adam and Rachel (Gepherdt) Shafer there were born eleven children: Mary Ellen, born Ang. 12, 1855, is the eldest ; Rachel Rebecca is the wife of Daniel Wantz, of New Castle: Susan Jane is the wife of Horace Hoover; John Adam married Amanda Dashler and is a farmer in Henry county ; Emma Alice is the wife of Charles Hutchins, a farmer in Henry county ; Malinda, born April 1, 1865, is the wife of Edwin T. Bertsch, who is given extended mention on another page of this volume; Lydia, born Dec. 20, 1867, is the wife of Daniel Hoover. a farmer in Henry county; Edna, born Dec. 16, 1870, is the wife of C. H. Graver, a grocer in Cambridge City; Charles E., born April 3, 1872, married Emma Straup and is a farmer in Henry county ; Ary Frances, born Sept. 9. 1875, is the wife of John Hagner, a farmer in Henry county ; and Dora Elizabeth, born Dec. 18, 1877, is the wife of Harry Rhodes, a farmer in Henry county. Two children-Dora Ellen and William Henry-were the issue of the union of Mr. and Mrs. Hoover. Dora Ellen, born Dec. 31, 1877; married John W. Staum, a farmer of Henry county, and they have
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five children: Norman II., born Sept. 11, 1897, died in infancy ; Arlie Ellen, born July 21, 1900; Opal Rebecca, born Feb. 7, 1904 ; Edith Marcellus, born Jan. 22, 1906; and Agnes Marie, born Jan. 5, 1911. William Henry, born April 8, 1880, is a farmer in Henry county, married Sarah Hoover and they have one child-Mary Ellen, born March 28, 1904. Mr. Hoover is one of a family of nine children born to his parents: John E., born Sept. 2, 1849, is a retired farmer in Carroll county, Indiana, has been married three times and has two children-Catherine and Etta; Rudolph is the next in order of birth ; Benjamin, born Feb. 4, 1852, died Dec. 21, 1863; Amos, born Aug. 21, 1853, died Dec. 7, 1863; Mary, born April 10, 1855, is the wife of David Shellenberger, a farmer in llenry county ; Christian, born Nov. 4, 1856, is deceased; Eliza- beth, born May 26, 1859, died Dec. 11, 1863; Susanna, born Feb. 2, 1862, died Ang. 8, 1864; and Daniel, born Oct. 5, 1865, is a farmer in Ilenry county. Scarlet fever caused the death of the children who died in December, 1863. Mrs. Hoover's mother was the daughter of John and Rachel Gepherdt, of Center county, Penn- slyvania.
Henry Harrison Houseworth, who became a citizen of this county about forty years ago and whose thrift and energy have given him foremost rank among his brethren, was born in Green county, Virginia, Nov. 14, 1840. He is of good American descent, his father, Walter Houseworth, having been born in Shelby coun- ty, Kentucky, in 1800, and his mother in Greene county, Virginia, in 1811. The elder Houseworthi lived a useful life, accumulated a competence, and finally passed away in 1864, his wife having preceded him by two years, dying in 1862. Walter Houseworth was educated in Kentucky and in early life engaged in farming and the manufacture of wagons. Later he moved to Virginia, was married in 1833, and clerked in a store for a time, after which he followed agricultural pursuits until his death. He was one of forty men in his precinct who voted against secession in 1861. To him and his wife were born four children: Ann Eliza, who is the widow of Junius F. Maupin and resides in Greene county, Vir- ginia; James, who died in 1853; William, who died in 1863 as a soldier in the Confederate army ; and Henry H., who is the sub- ject of this review. Our subject received his education in the schools of Greene county, Virginia, and after his school days were completed learned the printer's trade with his brother-in-law, Mr. Maupin. Later he went to Richmond, Va., and was engaged on the staff of the "Enquirer," the personal organ of Jefferson Davis, about one year. He then worked at job printing in Richmond, Va., until Lee surrendered, when he left the city and went back to the farm. One year later he came west to Fayette county, Indiana, was with his mother's brother on a farm about two years, and then came to Washington township and rented a farm fifteen years, each year being one of greater success than its predecessor. In 1887 he purchased his present farm of 160 acres, upon which he has since followed general farming. Ile has recently 'erected a new brick dwelling house to replace the one destroyed by fire
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in the spring of 1910. In October, 1865, in Greene county, Vir- ginia, occurred his marriage to Miss Martha J. McMullan, daugh- ter of William and Ann (Cave) McMullan, residents of Fayette county, Indiana, and of this union there were born two sons: Richard Henry, who resides in Washington township, is married to Isa May Hurst, daughter of Cyrus O. Ilurst, of Washington town- ship, and to them have been born a son, Marshall Henry; and William Walter is a resident of Milton., Mrs. Houseworth died May 22, 1870, and in February, 1874, Mr. Houseworth was mar- ried to Miss Eliza Jane Doddridge, born July 12, 1843, daughter of Isaac and Sarah (Weekly) Doddridge, of Washington township. Mr. and Mrs. Doddridge were natives respectively of Washing- ton county, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina. The father was educated in the schools of Washington township and followed agricultural pursuits, in which he was very successful, owning at one time over 3,000 acres of land. He disposed of considerable of this, but at the time of his death was the possessor of about 2,000 acres (see sketch of Doddridge family). Of this second union of Mr. Houseworth there is a daughter, Clara, born June 9, 1878, now a senior in the Ohio Wesleyan College, at Delaware, Ohio. Both Mr. Houseworth and his wife are members of the Doddridge Methodist Episcopal church.
Chester Craig Hudelson, who now resides in New Garden township, has had a varied business experience, in which he has encountered a due quota of unfavorable conditions, but has pressed forward with a definite aim in view and has gained a position as one of the representative farmers and highly esteemed citizens of New Garden township. He was born three miles east of Knightstown, in Rush county, Indiana, June 26, 1860, a son of David Alexander and Sarah (Turner) Hudelson, the former a na- tive of Henry county and the latter was born in Kentucky. The paternal grandfather, James Hudelson, was a farmer by occupa- tion, married Esther Craig and came from Virginia to Henry coun- ty, Indiana, in the early part of the Nineteenth century. David Alexander Hudelson was born Oct. 3, 1830, and was reared to ma- turity in his native county, where he had meager educational ad- vantages. He resided for a number of years on a farm three miles east of Knightstown, and also for a time conducted a saw mill southwest of New Castle. He married Sarah Turner in Kentucky, in 1854, and continued to reside in Henry county until his death, which occurred in April, 1881, his wife having passed away in 1866. In the family were one son and four daugliters: Mary Bell, born in 1856; Laura Dora, born in 1858, married Wallace Brosius, of Henry county ; Chester C. is the next in order of birth ; Almira Virginia, born in 1862, married H. W. Moffitt and resides on the old home place; and Lucy Jane, born in 1865, married A. C. Kirkham, of Rush county, Indiana. The mother died when the subject of this review was but six years of age. Chester C. Hudel- son had excellent educational advantages in his youth, as he at- tended the district school near his home until fifteen years old and then was a student in Spiceland Academy four years. After leav-
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