USA > Indiana > Fountain County > Past and present of Fountain and Warren Counties, Indiana, Volume 2 > Part 32
USA > Indiana > Warren County > Past and present of Fountain and Warren Counties, Indiana, Volume 2 > Part 32
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61 | Part 62 | Part 63 | Part 64 | Part 65 | Part 66
Mr. Bodine is independent in politics, preferring to vote for the best man rather than the party. He has never sought public office. He is a self-made man and is deserving of much credit for the large success which has been his as a result of his indomitable efforts.
SAMUEL W. WATERMAN.
The family name of the subject of this sketch is familiar throughout the county of Fountain and it has long been as highly esteemed as that of any other in this part of the state. It was in honor of the immediate subject of this sketch that the village of Waterman received its name, and to him is due the credit of attracting attention to the place and making it an important trading point for a large and enterprising community. The name Waterman has always been a synonym for progress and the several members of the family from the early days of the locality's development to the present time have con- tributed much to the general development of the various communities of their residence and won and retained the respect of all who knew them.
Samuel W. Waterman, a successful farmer and stock raiser of Fulton township, was born in Fountain county, Indiana, April 6, 1868. He is the son of Cale W. and Edmonia (McCormick) Waterman. Cale W. Waterman was born in Vermillion county, this state, in 1840, and he spent his life principally at Silverwood, and was a successful attorney and farmer. He was, for many years a justice of the peace and a notary public, and as a public servant he was
640
FOUNTAIN AND WARREN )UNTIES, INDIANA.
very popular and was very busy looking after the affairs of his offices, his law practice and his farm, and he became one of the well known and influen- tial men of this section of the state. As noted above, the town of Waterman was named for him. His death occurred in 1898. His widow is still living, making her home in California, with her son. The elder Waterman was a stanch Democrat and was a local leader in his party, influential in its affairs for many years. Fraternally, he belonged to the Free and Accepted Masons.
Six children were born to Cale W. Waterman and wife, named as follows : Juletta, Richard, Samuel W. of this sketch; Charles, who is living in Cali- fornia ; Mary and Worth.
Samuel W. Waterman grew to manhood on the home farm and there he worked when a boy. He received a good practical education in the common schools, and early in life took up farming for a livelihood. He is now the owner of a very productive and well improved place consisting of ninety-five acres, seventy of which is under cultivation. He carries on general farming, and he lives on the old home place, which he has kept well tilled so that it has retained its original fertility. . He has remodeled the buildings, and every- thing is well kept. His yard is filled with large, fine old forest trees, and his home is a pleasant and attractive one. He has made his own way and secured his own competency, having never depended upon any one.
Mr. Waterman was married in 1897 to Lottie Randolph, daughter of William Randolph, a well known family of this county, mention of whom is made in other parts of this history. Two children have been born to the sub- ject and wife, namely : Ruth and Helen.
Politically, Mr. Waterman is a Democrat, but has never been especially active in public matters. Fraternally, he belongs to the Knights of Pythias at Silverwood and the Modern Woodmen of America.
WILLIAM M. GLOVER.
This retired farmer and honored citizen is a native of Fountain county, Indiana, and the sixth in a family of eight children, whose parents were William and Katherine (Walker) Glover, both early settlers of Indiana, mov- ing from the eastern part of the state to Fountain county during the pioncer period. By occupation William Glover, Sr., was a farmer and stock raiser. He located about eight miles north and seven miles west of Veedersburg, where he cleared a farm and in connection with tilling of the soil did a thriv- ing business for some years hauling grain, timber and merchandise from
WILLIAM M. GLOVER AND FAMILY.
6.11
FOUNTAIN AND WARREN COUNTIES, INDIANA.
Veedersburg and Lafayette to Chicago. There being few good roads at that tune, he was obliged to use as many as six horses to his wagon and the trip to and from his destination frequently required from a week to a week and a half. Ile added considerably to his income by means of freighting and in due time became quite a well-to-do farmer and widely known citizen whose word was considered as sacred as a written obligation. While acting as clerk at a sale of goods in a tannery he, with about fifty others, was injured by the giving way of the floor in which the merchandise was stored, a beam pinning him to the earth and breaking his back, from the effects of which he died twenty-four hours after being rescued. This lamentable event occurred in the year 1848.
William Walker, father of Mrs. Glover, moved from castern Indiana to Fountain county in an early day and settling in the dense woods, addressed himself to the formidable task of clearing and developing a farm. This in due season he accomplished, and in the course of a few years became one of the leading agriculturists in his section of the country, also a citizen of high character and wide influence. He devoted his life to the tilling of the soil, enjoyed the esteem of a large circle of friends and acquaintances and died many years ago, leaving to his descendants the heritage of a name against which no breath of suspicion was ever uttered.
William and Katherine Glover had eight children, namely : Elizabeth, de- ceased ; James, also deceased, married a Miss Furr, and was a farmer by occu- pation; Almira, the third in order of birth, is the wife of J. S. Wood; Savan- nah married A. M. Ward, who died in the army ; Mrs. Prudence Lacy is de- ceased; William M., the subject of this review; Mrs. Mary E. LaBaw is the widow of a union veteran, who lost his life in the late Civil war; and Indiana, the youngest of the number, died some years ago.
William M. Glover was born in Fountain county on June 15, 1841, and grew up to the full measure of manhood amid the bracing air and wholesome discipline of country life. At the proper age he was put to work on the farm and during the winter seasons in his youth attended school in an old log build- ing not far from his home, where he made substantial progress in the common school branches, constituting the course of study. Reared to the pursuit of agriculture, he chose that honorable calling for a vocation and followed the same in connection with stock raising until his retirement from the farm when he purchased a small grocery store in Covington, having rented his farm to his son-in-law for a period of five years. At the death of his son-in-law, the subject returned to his farm where he continued to reside until retiring from active life and moving to Veedersburg, where he has since made his home.
(41)
642
FOUNTAIN AND WARREN COUNTIES, INDIANA.
Mr. Glover has always been a great lover of the horse, and while engaged in farming raised a number of very fine animals which he disposed of from time to time at fancy prices. He also devoted considerable time to the thresh- ing of grain, for which he was especially prepared with a splendid separator. his reputation in this line of work being second to that of no other man in the county similarly engaged. Since his retirement he has lived a life of quiet and content in Vecdersburg, where he is widely known and greatly esteemed for his many estimable qualities of manhood and citizenship. On the . 8th day of January, 1863, he was united in marriage with Miss M. E. Coffing, whose birth occurred March 21, 1843, and whose father. Andrew Coffing, was a native of Fountain county and a gentleman of high standing in his community.
Mr. and Mrs. Glover are the parents of nine children, namely: L. Burton, who died at the age of ten months ; Elmer, whose first wife was Mattie Smith, after whose death he married Emma Quiggle; Della, wife of William Barkley, lives near Osborne Prairie, where her husband is engaged in agri- cultural pursuits; Ann married R. A. Crane, a resident of Veedersburg ; George S., the fifth in order of birth, is noted elsewhere in these pages; Abbie M., widow of the late S. Boatman, lives on the farm in Fountain count: which her husband formerly operated; James Albert married Anna Wolf and is engaged in farming near Osborne Prairie; Berle, who married a Miss Quiggle, lives in Fountain county, his twin brother, Paul H., having died in early life. Mr. Glo er is a firm believer in revealed religion and for a period of thirty- five years has been a deacon in the old Christian church, with which body his wife and several of his children are identified. Politically, he gives a hearty support to the Republican party and fraternally holds membership with the Knights of the Maccabees, at Covington.
JACOB M. TEEGARDEN.
Jacob M. Teegarden, the gentleman of whom the biographer writes in this connection, is widely and favorably known for his success in various lines of activity and the brief record here presented may be studied with profit by those whose characters and achievements are still matters of the future. Mr. Teegarden was born September 24, 1850, in Fountain county, Indiana, being a son of David and Martha (Jarrett) Teegarden, a reference to whom may be found in the sketch of J. R. Teegarden on another page of this work. The
643
FOUNTAIN AND WARREN COUNTIES, INDIANA.
early years of the subject were spent on the family homestead in Wabash township, where he first saw the light of day, and in the public schools of the neighborhood he obtained the best vacation the times afforded. He was reared to honest toil, grew up with the belief that man should carn his bread by the sweat of his face and while still quite young began tilling the soil upon his own responsibility which calling he followed with gratifying success until his twenty-fourth year, when he engaged in contracting. Mr. Teegarden's first effort in the latter line was in getting out lumber for use in railway construc- tion and during the five years that he was thus engaged his labors were quite extensive and to a marked degree successful. At the expiration of the period indicated he married and resumed the pursuit of agriculture, which he con- tinued for some years, the meanwhile clearing and otherwise improving the fine farm of one hundred sixty acres in Davis township, where he now lives and adding very materially to his reputation as an enterprising man of affairs. During the past several years he has rented his farm and given his entire at- tention to the breeding and raising of live stock, in which he has achieved marked financial success, being also one of the largest buyers and shippers of stock in his part of the country.
Mr. Teegarden has been a very active and industrious man and the ample competence now in his possession is the result of his own well directed efforts and judicious management. He cleared the greater part of his farm with his own hands, cut the road leading to the place of his first dwelling house. which he subsequently remodeled and converted into one of the most com- modious and attractive homes in the community. It was mainly by his efforts and influence that a flag station on the Wabash railroad near his place was secured and the people in the vicinity have not been slow to recognize and appreciate this and other favors obtained through his agency. Mr. Teegarden is a Progressive in politics and an ardent admirer of Colonel Roosevelt, whose leadership he is glad to acknowledge and in whose behalf he devoted all the energy at his command in the recent campaign. He has always taken an active interest in political affairs, keeps well versed on questions concerning which men and parties are at variance and is ever ready to give a reason for the principles he espouses and to defend the soundness of his convictions. In mat- ters religious he is a Methodist and a zealous member as well as liberal patron of the church and all lines of good work under the auspices of the denomina- tion, his wife belonging to the same religious body also.
Mr. Teegarden's marriage, to which reference is made in a preceding paragraph, was solemnized in 1880 with Savilla Chizum, daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth E. (Ewry) Chizum, the father a member of one of the oldest
644
FOUNTAIN AND WARREN COUNTIES, INDIANA.
pioneer families of Davis township. Mrs. Tecgarden's grandfather. Joseph Chizum, came to Fountain county when the country was a wilderness into which few white men had penetrated and was one of the first to enter land and settle in what is now the township of Davis. Mr. and Mrs. Teegarden have had three children, the oldest of whom, a son by the name of Joseph .A., is a distinguished physician and surgeon located at Indiana Harbor. In addition to an extensive private practice, he is chief surgeon of the Illinois Steel Com- pany of Gary, Indiana. Katie, the second in order of birth, who is still with her parents, is a professional elocutionist whose services are in great demand as a public entertainer. Nellie, who died in childhood, was a twin of Katie, and her death was a severe blow to the fond parents.
MAURICE M. YOUNG.
Devoting his energies to agriculture and stock raising, Maurice M. Young enjoys distinctive prestige among the most enterprising farmers in the county of Fountain. He is one of the owners of valuable landed estates in Troy township and in point of general improvements, especially in the matter of buildings, his place is not excelled by many in this section of the county. Mr. Young is one of those courageous men who started out in life with but a lim- ited amount of capital. With a liberal endowment of self-reliance, a clear brain, a strong will and a determined purpose, he overcame the many dis- couraging circumstances which marked his beginning, removed the numerous obstacles from his pathway, gradually forged to the front and in the course of time found himself in possession of the desirable property which is his today.
Mr. Young was born in McLean county, Illinois, December 25, 1868. He is the son of John William and Mary Jane ( Moore) Young, farming people, natives of Logan county, Kentucky, and Perry county, Ohio, re- spectively. The father was unable to enlist as a regular soldier during the Civil war, on account of being a cripple, but he was permitted to serve three months under his friend, Col. Jonathan Marion. He moved from his native state to Illinois in 1851 when the vast prairies there were sparsely settled, and he still owns the old homestead which was entered from the government by his father, having thus been a resident of that state for a period of sixty- one years, and he assisted in transforming the virgin soil into the fine farm that it is today. Politically, he is a loyal Republican.
MAURICE M. YOUNG AND FAMILY.
645
FOUNTAIN AND WARREN COUNTIES, INDIAN.A.
Four children were born to John W. Young and wife, namely. Elmer Ewing, Aletha May, Maurice M. ( the subject ) and Ernest Adelbert.
Maurice M. Young grew to manhood on the old home place in Illinois. where he helped with the various duties about the farm as soon as he was old enough, and he received his education in the common schools of his native community. Early in life he turned his attention to general farming and stock raising and this has continued to be his line of endeavor, and he has met with continued success all along the line. He has lived on his fine farm in Troy township, Fountain county, Indiana, since February, 1906. which place consists of two hundred and forty acres of well cultivated and well improved land, on which stand a pleasant home and convenient and substantial outbuildings. An excellent grade of live stock of various kinds is to be found about the place, and no small portion of his annual income is derived from this source. He makes a specialty of Duroc Jersey hogs, which. owing to the superior quality, find a very ready market when offered for sale.
Mr. Young was married on February 7, 1894, to Edith Blanche Clay- pool, a native of Illinois and the representative of an excellent family. This issue has resulted in the birth of seven children, five of whom are Tring, namely: Ruby. Elva Elizabeth, Clara May. Blanche Lucile and William Clay- pool: Fraternally, Mr. Young is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Modern Woodmen of America.
W. H. H. STEPHENSON.
W. H. H. Stephenson, a retired farmer and old citizen, is a native of Fountain county and dates his birth from the 6th day of October, 1830. He comes of an old pioneer family that settled in this county as early as 1829, moving here from Kentucky and locating in Logan township, where John Stephenson, the subject's father, bought land which he improved and on which he lived until his death in the year 1867. Jane Stallcup, wife of John Stephen- son and mother of the subject, was of Welsh descent. She died in 1835, leav- ing several children, W. H. H. being the youngest of the number and the only one now living. In early life Jolin Stephenson was a carpenter, but worked little at his trade after settling in this county, all of his time being required in the clearing and improving of his farm. When he came here the country was new and what is now one of the finest and most prosperous parts of the county was an almost unbroken prairie. While opening his farm Mr. Stephenson,
646
FOUNTAIN AND WARREN COUNTILS, INDIAN.A.
after working hard all day, would frequently spend the greater portion of the night splitting rails by the light of a lantern or the blaze of burning log heaps. lle was a man of great industry and energy, but, like many others of those strenuous times, undermined his strong constitution by excessive toil. the ill effects of which he felt in after life.
WV. H. H. Stephenson spent his childhood and youth on the farm and his memory goes back to the time when the country was new and hard work the common lot of all. When sufficiently strong to be of service he helped in the clearing of the land, splitting rails, chopping wood. piling brush, rolling logs, grabbing and the various other kinds of labor required to remove the timber and prepare the soil for tillage. During his minority he helped cultivate the farm and the meanwhile attended, as opportunities afforded, the indifferent schools of the times, the first of which was taught in a small log cabin heated by a large fire-place and furnished with benches made from split logs. The varied experiences through which he passed taught him to be industrious. frugal and self-reliant and on arriving at the age to begin making his own way in the world he was well prepared for the task before him and resolutely addressed himself to its accomplishment. Reared to agricultural pursuits, he has devoted his life to the same, and in due time his industry, economy and efficient management were duly rewarded, as the ample competency at his command abundantly attests.
At one time Mr. Stephenson owned a farm of two hundred acres in Logan township, all valuable land and well improved, but with advancing age he disposed of all but the eighty-acre tract where he now lives, which is a part of the original family homestead. He still occupies the house erected by his father in 1853, but has remodeled the dwelling from time to time and added to its capacity , until it is now a substantial and commodious dwelling and answers well the purposes which a comfortable home is intended to subserve. Having accumulated a sufficiency of this world's wealth to insure an inde- pendent and comfortable old age, Mr. Stephenson, in the year 1906, rented his farm and retired from active life, since which time he and his good wife have been living alone in the old home at peace with their fellow men, their consciences and their maker.
Mr. Stephenson was married in 1857 to Marilla Hughes, whose father, John Hughes, a shoemaker by trade, settled a number of years ago near where the subject lives, subsequently removing to Attica, where his death occurred. Three children constitute the family of Mr. and Mrs. Stephenson : John, a merchant of Indianapolis; Emma, wife of Frank Hatton, of Attica, and Anna, who married Charles Cole, the last named being deceased. Always an
647
FOUNTAIN AND WARREN COUNTIES, INDIANA.
industrious, hard working man, Mr. Stephenson found little time to devote to public matters, nevertheless he has ever been interested in the prosperity of his township and county and to the extent of his ability has contributed to these ends. Since old enough to exercise the rights of citizenship he has sup- ported the Democratic party, but with the exception of serving as supervisor of Logan township, many years ago, he has neither held nor desired office of any kind. Few men have lived to better purposes than he and now, as the shadows lengthen and lie and his faithful companion proceed hand in hand toward the twilight and the journey's end, they carry with them the good will and blessing of the large circle of friends with whom they have so long mingled.
HORACE NEWTON STRADER.
The vocation of agriculture was ably represented in Shawnee township for a number of years by the enterprising citizen whose name appears at the head of this sketch. Belonging to the well known Strader family that have long been identified with the material growth and prosperity of Fountain county, he was an honor to the name he bore and his part in life was ably and faithfully performed. Horace Newton Strader, son of Daniel and Frances M. (Leath) Strader, was born on the old family homestead in Shawnee town- ship, September 20, 1872. His educational privileges were such as the district schools afforded and in the more practical school of the farm he learned those lessons of industry, frugality and concentration of purpose which served su well as a foundation for his subsequent career as a successful agriculturist and progressive citizen. He early turned his attention to husbandry, which he followed with gratifying results all of his life, the meanwhile attaining to high standing for his many estimable qualities of mind and heart, and for the in- fluence for good which he ever exerted among his fellow men.
Mr. Strader was married on the 12th day of November, 1902, to Isora DeHaven, whose parents; Leroy D. and Emma (Barkley ) DeHaven, were among the well known residents of Van Buren township, the union resulting in two children, Leroy Francis, born March 15, 1904, and Emma Lucile, who first saw the light of day on December 16, 1906. In his religious belief Mr. Strader adhered to the teachings of the Christian church and throughout life he was ever animated and cheered by a living faith which proved his stay and support in the hours when earth receded and eternity opened to his view. Ile was a member of the Masonic fraternity, the beautiful and sublime principles
648
FOUNTAIN AND WARREN COUNTILS. INDIAN.A.
of which he manifested in all of his relations with his fellow men, and at one time belonged to the Plymouth Brotherhood, but severed his connection there with some years before his death. His home life was beautiful and eminently worthy of imitation, his influence was ever exerted in behalf of the right as he saw and understood the right, and as a Republican he earnestly upheld his party, believing its principles and doctrines to be for the best interests of the people. He was a good man and just, and his death, which occurred on May 19, 1910, while in the prime of his days and powers, was profoundly lamented by a large circle of neighlors and friends, not a few of whom felt his taking off as a personal loss.
Since her husband's death, Mrs. Strader has lived on the home farm, con- sisting of one hundred and ten acres in Shawnee township, and given personal attention to its cultivation and management. She is a woman of excellent character, moves in the best social circles of the community and is greatly esteemed for her high personal qualities and the gentle influence which she exercises for good among those with whom she mingles. Her father, Leroy DeHaven, was born in Troy township. September 17, 1852, and his wife, Emma Barkley, was also a native of Fountain county. They are still living and make their home with Mrs. Strader, who is the second of their three chil- dren, the others being Arta P., wife of Charles E. Brooks, of Clinton, North Dakota, and Catherine, now Mrs. Mahlon Bodine, of Troy township. The DeHaven family were Virginians, Jackson DeHaven, Mrs. Strader's grand- father, heing the first of the name to locate in Fountain county. Indiana, to which part of the state he moved many years ago.
PHILIP B. GRUBBS.
Success has been earned by Philip B. Grubbs by long and hard work in connection with agricultural pursuits and he is now enabled to spend his declining years in retirement in his cozy home in the town of Covington, sur- rounded by the comforts of life as a result of his earlier years of activity, when, for a long period, he was classed as one of Fountain county's energetic tillers of the soil and public-spirited citizens, always ready to do his full share in furthering any movement looking to the material or moral welfare of his adopted county and thus he won the respect of his neighbors and acquaintan- ces, and has always ranked as one of our worthy citizens.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.