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"Judge Kent then addressed the assemblage and in his earn- est tribute he told of how Heury Y. Morrison had worked to bring railroads to Frankfort. "He was a man of tremendous energy.' said Mr. Kent. "Al he wanted to know was, is it right ? That question being settled in the affirmative, all che was a matter of detail that could be accomplished by hard work, and that he was
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ever ready to give for MR. county. It evige man wethis country deserved a moment in the court Lot . ange, Fint. math 0. Henry Y. Morris m. The generations to come will reap the hing- fit of the tremendous energy of Homy Y. Morrison. He was a Christian man, a good man Whenever he saw wrong stalking about, his idea was to hit it and hit it hard. As a lawyer he was
T 1 he thought ought not to be brought. And then when the case was brought he threw his whole energy into it." The speaker paid a tribute to the deceased as a husband and father and spoke of the splendid family that he had feared, hi conelnding Judge Kent said that Mr. Morrison had died in the triumph of a Christ- ian faith.
"W. R. Moore: "The resolutions that have been read recite very faithfully my knowledge of Hony Y. Morrison. He was a man of kindly nature, and I have loved him for the kindness he has shown to my friends. Ils persistent energy left its impress on his community as no other man has. I remember his kindness to me when I was going to school here, and of how he would en- courage me. He was a man of upright character, a lover of the right, and ever the foe of that which debased.' The speaker then recited how Mr. Morrison had, with the assistance of a few others, conducted a vigorous fight on vote buying during a campaign, and of how the great force of character of the man had impressed it upon the minds of everybody and convinced them that he meant just what he said in every instance. 'And it was but a short time ago,' continued Mr. Moore, 'that his own son proclaimed those same principles in a speech at Crawfordsville. It was Henry Y. Morrison speaking through his son.'
"J. W. Strawn: 'I remember very well when I first saw Henry Y. Morrison. It was at a political speaking which my father took me to-the first political speech I ever heard. Henry Y. Morri m was one of the speakers, and I came away feeling that he was one of the greatest men in the world. Iremember how, in later years, when I was first starting out in the study of law, he took me kindly by the hand and encouraged me, and of- fered me all the help he could give. And as the years went by, that kindly interest continued. He was over the same, kindly, encouraging, fre. There was no Joke aristocracy about Hony Y. Morrison. He was a man who > honesty of purpose was never
questions 1, and we all legge I hay whenthe word went but we conld always tely on ir.
"Joseph D. Gray: 'I was not my good fortune to know Henry Y. Morrison while he was in active practice. All I know of that port of his life is what I have heard his neighbors and those who practiced with him soy, and it has been a recital of 1 it is my experience that one always know where he stood on a question. He always stood for that which he believed to be best for his fellow men, and he had the comage of his convictions. As has been said by others here, there was no dervit, no hypocrisy about the man. He stood squarely on all questions and never equivocated.' In conclusion, Mr. Gray referred to the splendid drainage law that Mr. Morrison had passed, and which had in- creased the value of Indiana lands from teu to twenty fold.
"Joseph Combs: 'I never knew Mr. Morrison as a lawyer, as he was retiring from practice about the time I was beginning to practice, but I knew him as a man. as a citizen, and I know that he deserves the tributes paid to him here today. What has been said here today is the truth. He was a man on whose word you couldl rely.'
"Charles Guenther: 'Henry Y. Morrison had practically withdrawn from practice when I entered upon practice. He left his impress on this community in its material growth as well as in its educational and moral growth. He always stood for that which uplifted his fellos men.' At this point Mr. Guenther paid attention to Mr. Morrison's drainage law and to his efforts in securing railways for Frankfort. 'Frankfort is today a great railway center. Stop to think about it, you can get on the cars here and go anywhere-north, south, cast, west. All honor to him to whom the honor of this splendid state of affairs is due! As a man he had a character that we might all be proud of. Homy Y. Morrison's word was as good as his bond.'
"HI. C. Sheridan: " always regarded Henry Y. Morrison as a leading citizen, and my father and my grandfather always so regarded him.' Mr. Sheridan spoke of Mr. Morrison's drainage law that did so much for this county. . When you say of a man that he was an honest men and a leader in the community in which he reside, you have said about all that can be said about him. I venture to say that no man has erected to himself' a higher momument than has Heury Y. Morrison. That moment is the esteem of the per le. By his effects he made this not only one of
the greatest colding the bad word, but one of the greatest America.'
"Res. H. R. Sort, of the Bodyvitrin church, joined his tribute with the other. He said: 'If I had not been a minister, in all probability I would love howog legyen. Habe pleasure in adding a few words to what already has been said. I knew enough about Honny V Man J appreciate him as a man and especially as a Christian. One of the things which impressed me was bis thorough conscientious ness. His was not a conscience that was clastie, that could be stretched here, there and in any direction to meet any demand, but his was a conscience keeuly alive and sensitive to the higher things. His life was a daily ser non. He was a sermon clothed in flesh and blood. He was a good man. The meaning of good is fitted to an cud. And so he was a good man. He was fitted to the end for which God creates man -to live in the world and by precept and example teach uprightness, purity and Godliness.'
"Judge Claybangh: After telling of his industriousness and of how he impressed every one as being possessed of a vigorous individuality, Mr. Claybangh said: 'From the time I first knew him-many years ago -- to the day of his death, he was a man whose word was never doubted. If he believed he was right on a certain question he stayed with that question and went up or down with it.' Mr. Claybaugh then referred at length to the drainage law, of which Mr. Morrison was the father, and told of how it not only added wealth to the commonmity, but health also. In the old days chills and fever were very connon and the death rate was high by reason of the vast swamps that were every- where, but which were drained by reason of the passing of the Morrison drainage law. 'I remember of his kindness to me when I was a boy. He would take me by the hand and say: "Joseph, how are you getting along ?" Or, "I heard you make a speech the other day, and I want to compliment you. Keep on in your work," etc.' Judge Claybangh then read the names of Leander MeCluirg, John Barner, B. K. Higinbothan, Marcellus Bristow, Porry Gard, Allen E. Paige, Samuel HI. Doval, J. N. Sims, Tru- man H. Palmer, Henry Y. Morrison, and said, 'All of these were my associates. When I look around now there is not a single man living who was here when I came to the bar. When a man dies the public estimate is generally the correct estimate of what that man was.' In conclusion Judge Olaybaugh read the address de- livered by Homy Y. Mori on at the John Barner memorial meet ing."
DANIEL W. VOORUBE3.
One of Indiana's greatest men of a past generation, and - good one of the La ling primi ... ... ever known, was Daniel W. Voorhees, who also ranked among the leading statesmen of the Middle West in hi day and generation. He was born in Butler county, Ohio, September 26, 1827, and was brought to Indiana by his parents when two months old. The family settled in Fountain county, where Mr. Voorhees grew to manhood on a farm about ten miles from the town of Covington. His father, Stephen Voorhees, was a native of Mercer county, Kentucky, and a descendant of an old Holland family, many rep- Presentatives of which were among the early settlers of the East- ern states in the tine of the colonies. His mother was Rachel Elliot, born in Maryland of Irish ancestry, and who married Stephen Voorhees in the year 1821. The early farm experience of Mr. Voorhees proved of great value to him in later life, and served to bind him in ties of sympathy with the common people.
Mr. Voorhees atten led the common school, such as the carly days afforded, in his neighborhood, and Jater entered Asbury (uow DePauw) University, at Greencastle, Indiana, from which institution he was graduated in 1819. Taking up the law as his li e work, he soon afterwards entered the law office of Lane & Wilson, Crawfordsville, and on his admission to the bar began the practice of his profession at Covington, Fountain county, where he soon effected a co-partnership with Hon. E. A. Hamegan in 1852. In June, 1853, Mr. Voorhees was appointed by Governor Wright proseenting attorney of the circuit comt, in which posi- tion he soon established a fine reputation as a criminal lawyer. In 1856 he was nominated by acclamation Democratic candidate for Congress, but was defeated by two hundred nd fifty majority in a district previously Republican by two thousand and six hun- dred majority. In 1857 be removed to Terre Haute, and the fol- lowing year was appointed United States district attorney for the state of Indiana by President Buchanan. He was elected to Congress in 1560 and 1862, and in 1801 was again a successful candidate, but in the last election his majority of six hundred and
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thirty-four vou vas composted by his competitor, Hogy D. Washburn, who boomer de i. they sagain cheted in 18, re-elected in 1870, but m 1872 was defeated by Morton C. Hunter. In 1859 Mr. Voorhees was retained as counsel to defend Colonel 1 30'in Brown as an accomplice of the latter in the celebrated Harper's Ferry raid and his speech at the visa status over delivered before an American jury, and it gained him a national reputation. It was listened to with rapt attention by a vast audience, and was afterwards pub- lished all over the country and in Europe in several different languages.
On November 6, 1877, Mr. Vouched was appointed to sue- ceed Governor Oliver P. Morton in the United States Senate, and served by suce ssive re-election s in that distinguished body until 1895. Ife served with distinction on mauy of the committees, and took a very prominent part in the discussion of all the im- portant legislation of his time, his record as senator being equally as brilliant and connnendable as that of cougre: man. From his entrance into publie life until his death, in the late nineties, he occupied a consp hous place in the eyes of the public, and at the bar, on the stuing, or in the halls of national legislation, he was a man of mark. His powers as a parliamentary orator and a states- man are a portion of the history of the nation, and as a party leader few if any extre sed a great an influence upon the people of Indiany s he. He was a man of tall stature, over six feet in height, and weighed over two Imid. 1 pounds. He carried him- self erect and his commanding presence and dignified bearing made him a conspicuous figure in the senate chamber of in any body of men. He was familiarly known as the "Tall Sycamore of the Wabash." During his term of service in the Senate he was most a idnous in his attention to the public needs. He was al- ways present and allowed no measure of his political opponents to pass without the severest scrutiny, and with him vigilance was the price of liberty.
JAMES MADISON ADAMS, M. D.
Though many years have passed since the subject of this still favorably remembered by numy of the older residents of Frankfort and Clinton county, where for many years he was re- garded as one of the leading pioneer physicians, and because of his many excellent personal qualities and the splendid and de- finite influence which his life shed over the entire locality in which he lived so long and for which he labored so earnestly to upbuild in any way within his power, renders it particularly consonant that specific mention should be made of him in a work containing mention of the representative persons of the state in a past gen- miation. A man of high moral @ruactor, unimpeachable integ- rity, persistent industry and excellent professional judgment, be stood "four square to every wind that blows," and throughout this part of the state Doctor Adams occupied an enviable posi- tion among his fellow men.
James Madison Adams was born in Hendricks county, In- diana, April 26, 1839. and hip was called to his reward on Novem- ber 25, 1888. Although, like all children of pioneer people, his educational advantages were limited, he was ambitious and made the best use of what opportunities he had and when only seven- ten years of age he began teaching school, his first school work being at Tipton. Indiana. In order to get this school he was com- pulled to devote ten days to hard work building the old log school honse there. Not long afterwards he entered the Thorntown Acad- omy, taking a classical course, and was graduated from that in- stitution in 1861, having worked his way through school. Hle stayed ont a term to secure funds by teaching school with which to meet his expenses. He then began the study of medicine with Doctor Cotton at Kirklin. Indiana, in 1862. After remaining with the Doctor one year, the subject entered the office of Dr. Timothy B. Cox, of Kirklin, and he ren sined with the latter until Doctor Cox came to Frankfurt. In order to properly prepare himself For his chosen life work, Doctor Adams entered Rush Medical
College. Chicago, whochopped hd and med- usted. Som afterwant to Tamem praction sende a classmate. Dr. C. U. Smith, at his home town, where it can lead a very sat- isfactory patronage established, and there he remained nutil
drag business until 1872, in which gar be formed & partnership . . . leading lins of practitioners in this section of the state, the sub jeet continuing to practice here with ever-increasing showers un- til his death, his practice extending over a wide territory. After coming here he attended a course of lectures at the celebrated Bellevue Medical College, New York City. He was thus excep- tionally well equipped for his chosen life worl, and he attained a very high rank among medical men of the state in his day and generation, being frequently called to remote localities in con- sultation in serious cases and his advice was ofta sought by younger mediesi men, and it was always freely given.
Doctor Adrone way twice married, first on September 27, 1865, to Florence Cox, whose death occurred on December 1, 1869, leaving one child, Evelyn F., whose death occurred in 1853. The Doctor was again married on April 29. 1874, to Medora Cox, which union resulted in the birth of one son, who died in infancy. Ilis last wife is the daughter of Sammel and Amanda ( Kirk) Cox. Sammel Cox came from Ohio and settled in Clinton county, In- diana, in pioneer times and here became well established and favorably known, having devoted his life to agrienltura! pur- suits. His family consisted of but two children, Florence, and Medora, who married Doctor Adams. She is the last of her race. except two nicees, namely: Mis. Dora Melntyre, who has one child, a daughter, Ruth; and Mrs. Blanch Ihuber, who also has one daughter, Mary Elizabeth. These two ladies are the daughters of Ossien Cox, who is a balf-brother to Mrs. Dr. Adams. The Cox family has long been among the best known in Clinton county and have taken a leading part in the affairs of the same from the early days of her history, being honorable in all the relations with their fellow men and industrions, in proving excelent Jams from the raw land and establishing good homes, despite all obstacles and carly disconagements.
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busy as a gene al physician, and we To bland of i have to Ink a very active put in publie affan . Hermin dat abre studem all his life and spent many hours, when he could spare them frem pressing professional duties, over By Ilest medical works. Later in life he traveled extensively, coding Galibiyet and de Wit, also made a trip to Europe, for recreation and medical observa- tion He was a fine Are af el come up to the top of his profession, occupying a conspien is place in the medical world, from environments of the most dis- couraging nature in his early youth.
TIMOTHY B. COZ, M. L.
The late Dr. Timothy B. Cox long occupied a conspicuous 1
1 record, both as a skilled physician and a publie-spirited citizen and honorable gentleman, being without reproach, for in every walk of life he was recognized by all classes as a high-minded, talented, courteous gentleman of perfect integrity and genuine moral worth. He acted well his part in life, and while primarily interested in his own affairs he was not unmindful of the interests of others, as his efforts to advance the public good and promote the welfare of his fellow men abundan ly attested. He is Qui- nently worthy of a permanent place in the history of his state.
In giving the record of this worthy citizen we could do no better than to reproduce here the article which appeared in a Frankfort newspaper, under date of October 18, 1995, which in- dieates his high standing in that community:
"After a long illness Doctor Cox passed away at an early hour Wednesday (October 18, 1895). His death was not unex- pected, but it cast a gloom over the city.
"Timothy B. Cox, the subject of this sketch, was born in Ithaca, New York, January 9, 1817. When only a mere boy he came with his parents to Butler county, Ohio, later on moving to Decatur county, Indiana. In 1813, at the age of twenty-six, he settled at Kirklin. He attended the Ohio Medical College, from which he graduated in 1856. He returned to Kirklin township and took up the practice of incdicine, living upon a farm with his brother.
"In May, 1861, he formed a jeutnership with Doctor Dumm, of this city, now deceased, and together they conducted the busi- ness for two years. After this he continued to practice his chosen profession alone until 1870, when the firm of Cox & Adams was formed. This lasted until 1887. At this time the partnership was dissolved and Doctor Cox retired from active practice, though never entirely giving up his profession.
"Doctor Cos, at the age of nineteen, was united in marriage
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to Nie Sheppard in Predtax and
happy and contented in each other's frem and comidonet. Fight children were born to them, but only con Mrs. Tip Bickley, of the close of the Civil war. While on his way home he was killed welcome home the soldier, but a funeral was held instead of a least. Mrs. Dr. Cox passe ] away seventeen years ago, leaving her aget partner to tread down life's hillside alone.
" Doctor Cox was one of God's noblemen. Such men as he should leve everlastin life. In his profession he did much for suffering humanity. No night was too dark, stormy or cold for him. His duty was to go and be performed it in an unselfish way that endeared him to all. The high and low, rich and poor, were one great family with him, and each received the same kind and careful attention from hing. The poor he relieved oftentimes at his own expense and he never refused to answer a e Il.
"Settling in Clinton county when it was a wilderness, he fre- quently had to ride days and nights, often walking miles, to see a patient where his horse could not travel. It was this noble devo- tion to suffering humanity, his utter disregard for his own com- fort and welfare, that caused all to love the man. His entire life was devoted to his fellow creatures, and we shall not soon see his like again. In his lifetime be amassed quite an extensive for- time as a result of his labors.
"Doctor Cox is dead. The familier figure, bent with age, will be seen upon the streets of our city no more. The world will miss him, for in him it had a benefactor. The poor will miss him, for in him they found a true friend. All will miss him, for Doctor Cox endeared himself to all who came in contact with him. His life was one battle in which he fought for those around him. He is now at rest- - a rest for the tired body, as sweet and beautiful as is the soul that has winged its tight to its Maker. How truly can all say, 'Well done, thou good and faithful servant, rest thon in peace .? "
HON. THOMAS A. IILLA DRICKS.
One of the most distinguido I men of his day and generation States I mator From this state and Vice President of the United States, a lawyer and statesand who had few peers and no super- iors, He was the son of Maj. John Hendricks, and the grandson of Abraham Hendricks, a des enda it of the Huguenots, who emi- grated to New Jersey and there to l'omsylvania, prior to the Revolution. Abraham Hendriks was elected to the Pennsyl- vania Assembly, first in 1792, at saved four terms, the last end- ing in 1793. William Hendricks, second governor of Indiana, preceded his brother Jolm in moving to this state from Ohio, and had gained munch notoriety as a talented and public man when Majo John finally conelnded to risk bis fortune in the wilds of the new west. John Hendricks, prior to 1829, resided with his family af % nestille, Ohio. His wife, whose maiden name was Jane Thơm son, and a uiced, were the only members of the Thompson family who emigrated west. Shortly after their mar- riage Jolm Hendricks and wife moved to Muskingum, Ohio, where they lived for some thine in a rude log house, in which were born two sons, Abraham and Thomas A., the latter's birth ocemring September 7, 1819. The next year, 1820, Inred by the brilliant career of William Hendricks, heretofore spoken of, Maj. John Hendricks, with his little family, removed to Madison, Indiana, then the metropoli of the state. Two years later the family re- moved to Shelby county, at that time a wilderness, and settled on the present site of Shelbyville. Here the father commeneed to creet a house and carve a career for their hopeful son, then scarce ly three years of age. A dwelling was soon constructed, trees felled, and a farm opened, and the Hendricks house early he- came a favorite stopping place for all who saw fit to accept its hospitalify. The future Vice-President received his early edu- rational training in the schools of Shelbyville; later he entered Hanover College, in 1856, where he reunined for a greater part of the time until 1811. On leaving college be returned to Shelby- ville, and commented the study of law in the office . of Stephen
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Major, then & young . . . Mr. Hendricks went to Dal Som, Campo Fogo, where he entered the law school. Ei ht woning Gibtwas turned to Shelly- ville, passed an examination, and var possome year admitted to I hs profes ion from the first and in a short time was one of the able Fingers of the state.
In 1813 Mr. Hendricks formed the acquaintance of Eliza Mor gau, who was the daughter of a widow living at North Bend, Ohio, and two years later. Sept her 26, 1915, the two were united in the bonds of wedlock.
So soon as Mr. Hondrid' & carryel from boyhood, his sheepes as a lawyer and public mian wa assifr d. Having established an office in Shelbyville, he gained in a short time a fair competences, for as an advocate he had few equals, and as a safe counselor none surpa ed him in this se tion of the state. In the year 18IS Mr. lleu Trick, was nominated for t: lower house of the General As- sembly, was elected after a brilliant convar, and served his term with marked distinction. Jo 1850 le w. . cheyen a debate to the state constitutional conve on. in the delil rations of which he took an active part, having served on two very important commit- tous, and won distinction by a brilliant specch upon the resolution relative to abolition of the grand jury system. The following year was the beginning of My. Hendricks' career in national poli- ties. He was nominated for Congress at Indianapolis, May 16. 1851, over seye al other canpilates, made a vigorous canvass, and was elected by a decided majority. In Congress he progressed with signal ability, and vege. Hel to act on some of the most im- portant committees, and cy wi a national reputation. Scarce had Congress adjourned when he was required to make another campaign, for the constitution had transferret the congressional elections to even years, and the month to October. The Whig candidate was a man of strong characteristics and a public speaker of rage attrimments, but Mr. Bodyeks defeated him by a large a d increased majorit . In 1851, when the northern Whigs were in a charlie condition, Pro Blivery. Anti-Slavery. Free-Soilcis, Abolitionist . Kn Ownthings and Democrats com mingling in a storm of condu its a "de jon" state and congres sional ticket yok Formed for the ore. ion. Opposed to Mr. Hen dricks was a talented Indianapolis Lo or, and Mr. Hendriks
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