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another cast of Warsaw, which he had par- chased previously and on which he resided. several years, then gave it to a missionary society. About 1887 Mr. Hays returned to Warsaw and. in partnership with Andrew Pre, engaged in the đồng trade, but in the meantime continued to speculate in real es- tate in Kosciusko county, taking ummi- pre ved hands and even improved farm, when he saw a bargain.
Umtil 1872 Mr. Hays was a Whig and a Republican, but when Herace Greeley. whom he had always admired, was not- nated for the presidency of the United States by the Democratic party, he voted the ticket headed by Greeley and Brown. He was in favor of the colonization of African, under a protectorate of the United States government, and had become disgruntled with the Republican party when it brought the slavery question before the legislature instead of laying it before the people. . Vi- though he takes a lively interest in public affairs, he has never sought an office for himself.
Mr. Hays joined the Methodist Episco- pal church in Warsaw about 1844. and on finding that he was prospering financially he felt it to be his daty to his Maker to keep only sufficient money for his actual needs and to make good use of his sarplus. He calculated that ten thousand dollars ought to be enough for any one person and that any surplus should be expended for mis- sienary purposes and for extending the me fluences of Christianity into heathen lands. and for that reason became active in mis- sionary work. In 1887 he donated to the General Methodist Missionary Society real estate valued at upwards of one hundred thousand dollars, an agent of the society. in
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Kars of seph Baker, acting as trustee -cing a it that the home is properly Grillet Mr. Hays has simply re- o. t. ale have a his home and shine a property, which wets him in annuity Fabout fifteen hundred dollars. Mr. Hlays i missed nated considerable cash to the ane society, and in igot donated to the worth fadiana Methodist Conference a home saperanimated and work-out minister. the church, this donation amounting to be thousand, four hundred and twenty- ate de Mars and thirty-four cents, including lots b: Winona Park, on which is a welding twenty-eight by sixty-two feet. three stories and basement in height, and surrounded with verandas. This home was depleted by Mr. Hays before the donation tas mhade, being built in the winter of 1900. : bers the name of the Hlays Memorial building is under the control of a board of anagers and yields a handsome income. ve hundred dollars of which is included or exited to the annuity of fifteen hundred Mars already alluded to as reserved for
in 1887 Mr. Hays had been left with . a few thousand dollars, but with natural sites sagacity he resumed trading and grovere all he had lost and after expending le amounts already mentioned and much re in benificencies and charities never to - known, he is still worth at least thirty . usand dollars. No words at the com- and of the writer can express an adequate a. of the estimation in which such a man Exijan Hays should be held by the peo- of Warsaw and Kosciusko county, and wer themselves fall short in their endeavors express what they feel in this respect.
Mr. Hays is also a natural genius and a Skillful inventor. being the patented of set- eric valuable inventions, among which are vehicle brakes, Fence posts, THE Rocks, car couplings and two different horse detachers. Ma Plays was united in the heart bonds . i matrimony, six miles cast of Warsaw, November 4. 1846, with Miss Mary S. Stin- son, a native of Pike county. Ohio, and a dangliter of Jacob and Sarah ( Wilson) Salon, but the only child born to this con- gentil union died in infancy. Mr. Hays is a strong talvacate of temperance, but be- lings to no secret society, being a strict Methodist and being well content with the society and companionship of his brethren in the church.
HON. LEMUEL W. ROYSE.
Hon. Lemuel Willard Royse. senior member of the well-known and popular law firm of Royse & Shane, Warsaw, Indiana, is a native son of Indiana and was born in Kosciusko county, near the village of Pierce- ton, Washington township, on the 19th day of January, 1847. His father, George W. A. Royse, was a native of New Hamp- shire, and his mother, Nancy ( Chaplin) Royse, was born near the Bennington battle- ground, in the state of Vermont. The elder Koyse was a blacksmith by trade; he mar- ried Miss Chaplin in Wood county. Ohio, in 1833. and the same year located in Kesei- usko county, Indiana, subsequently, about 1853. changing his abode to Larwell. Whit- ley county, this state, where his death oc- curred in 1859. After the death of his in- ther Lemuel went to live with a farmer in
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Whitley county, for when he worked until Sixteen years of age, devoting his cartings the meanwhile to the support of his widowed mother and the family. He attended pab- be school in the neighborhood, His par- sued his studies at home and at the age vi eighteen began teaching. He continued ed- neational work eight consecutive winters. working on the farm in the summers, and it was white thus engaged that he began reading law. In the spring of 1872 he en- tered the law office of Frazer & Encell, of Warsaw, where he remained two summers, being admitted to the bar in September. 1873. The following summer he began the practice of his profession at Warsaw, and subsequently, 1875. formed a partnership with Edgar Haymond, which lasted until the latter gentleman's election to the judge- ship of the thirty-third judicial circuit in 1890. in the year 1876 Mr. Royse was elected prosecuting attorney for the circuit composed of Kosciusko and Whitley coun- ties and discharged the duties of the posi- tien in a manner which added greatly to his reputation as an able and painstaking law- ver. He was untiring in his efforts to con- serve the interests of law and order, and during his incumbency many offenders were brought to the bar of justice and not a few criminals sent to the state prison. In the month of May. 1885. he was further hon- ered by being chosen mayor of Warsaw, which office he filled three successive terms, having been re-elected in 1887 and again in 1886. As the city's chief executive he proved both capable and popular, serving the people faithfully and sparing no pains to promote all interests pertaining to the good of the municipality. For a number of years Mr. Royse has been one of the Republican
leaders of northern indiana, and it was im recognition of efficient political services, as well as on account of his eminent fitness for the position, that he was nominated and triumphantly elected in Tyg & represent the thirteenth congressional district in the lower house of the national legislature. He received at this election a plurality of four thousand, one hundred and forty-one vote -. a fact which attests his popularity with the people, and his of urse as congressman fully justified his constituents in the wisdom of their choice. His career as a member of the: august body is replete with duty ably and faithfully performed, he having taken an active part in the public discussion and de- Hiberations on the floor, besides making his influence felt in the several committees on which he served. Mr. Royse was a member of the Republican state central committee from 1880 to 1890 inclusive, and also served as a delegate to the national convention at Minneapolis, which nominated Benjamin Harrison the second time for the presidency. He has long been a potential factor in state politics and in matters local has been a leader and trusted adviser for many years, much of the success of the party in Kosciusko county and throughout the thirteenth district being directly attributable to his well-conceived and splendidly executed plans. He is an effective campaigner and while energetic and untiring in promoting the interests of the cause he represents is honorable in his methods, never resorting to the wiles of the professional partisan nor making use of anything savoring in the least of disreput- able practice.
As a lawyer Mr. Royse evinces a famili- arity with legal principles and a ready per- ception of facts, together with the ability to
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Hogy the one of the ofiler, which has west practice of law with Bertran Shane, Esq .. with the reontati a of a sound and safe prac- the partnership being recognized as one of the strongest, safest, as well as one of the most popular and successful legal firms in the northern part of the state. The names of these two gentlemen are generally found in connection with all important care- tried in the courts of Kosemsko county, and their well-known abilities have caused their serv- ices to be utilized at many other than their own bar. diner. Years of conscientious work have Bought with them not only increase . i acce and reputation, but also that growth aged knowledge and that wide and ac- errate judgment the pression of which constitutes marked excellence in the profe- Sat In the trial of cases he is uniformly arcotts to court and opposing contre. sing little for display, never losing a point Er the purpose of creating a favorable in- Mr. Royse is a member of the Independ- ent Order of Odd Fellows, having passed all the chairs in the local lodge to which he belongs. He is also a member of the Im- proved Order of Red Men and the Knights of Pythias. He was happily married on the Toth day of July, 1883, to Miss Bella Me- Intyre, of Hillsdale. Michigan, a union re- sulting in the birth of one son, James, who died in childhood. cesion, but seeking to impress the jury other by weight of facts in his favor and by fear, logical argument than by appeal to passion or prejudice. In discussions of the principles of law he is noted for clearness of statement and candor : he seeks faithfully . of fire ground and having once found it atinng can drive him from his position. .is real for a client never leads him to unge an argument which in his judgment is not in Marinony with the law, and in all the import- . litigation with which he has been con- EDSON B. SARBER. Heated no one has ever charged him with anything calculated to bring discredit upon Edson B. Sarber, the son of Thomas B. and Martha A. (Timmons) Sarber, was born in Allen county, Indiana, March II, 1864. The Sarber family are of German descent, two boys, Andrew and John, hav- ing emigrated from Germany to America about the year 1775. The cause of Amer- ican independence enlisted the sympathy of these young men and both became soldiers in the Revolutionary war. After the war closed they settled in Pennsylvania and Ed- son B. and his paternal ancestry are de- seendants of Andrew. Andrew was married in Pennsylvania and to him were born five children, Adam, Christian. John, Hannah and Susan. 'insdi of cast a reflection upon his profes- By a straightforward, honorable urse he has built up a large and lucrative vad business and financially has been suc- vestal far beyond the average of his calling. .His Hfe affords a splendid example of what American youth, plentifully endowed ich good common sense, energy and de- termination, may accomplish when directed and controlled by earnest moral principles. He has made for himself a permanent place a. the history of his county and state and sands to-day among Indiana's broad- minden, successful, self-made men. Since Son the subject has been associated in the
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What. Surfer was the great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch. He was reared " mailed on a farm in Lucerne county, Pessylvania, where he was married to Catherine Ensten in 1803. They remained in their native state for a few years, but as Ohio offered advantages not found in Penn- sylvania to those who desired to "hay up" something for their children, they gatheral together their personal effects and with it Joke of oven and in true pioneer style moved to Franklin county, Ohio. This was in a8.2 and they had no sooner arrived in their new home than the father enlisted as a soldier in our second war for independence, : the war of 1812. To Adam and Cath- Fine Sarber nine children were born, name- A : Sarah, Abraham, George, Christian, Elizabeth, John, Hiram, Lucinda and Will- Ran. With one exception (Lucinda, who died while young the children all grew to .indeed and womanhood. All became Prosperous men and women, each accumu- inting a creditable fortune. Two of the Stildire ... Abraham and William, were teach- vis. William also practiced medicine and was ranked with the most successful of that profession in his day .
Abraham Sarber, the grandfather of Edson B., was married to Louisa Hendren :.: Franklin county, Ohio, in 1828, and sub- seguemy moved to Kosciusko county, In- What, settling in Palestine in 1840. Kości- asko county was then in its infancy, hence Wortham Sarber is ranked with the early Finkers of the same. He engaged in the
willing business in Palestine, but soon sold His interest in this business and moved onto a finn in Harrison township. He taught successfully several terms of school during the winter. By skillful and economical man-
ingement on the part of buch hinself and wife they made for themselves a e mini- able home. besides aiding in a substantial manner each of their children. Eight chil- dren, William Il .. Adam Ti .. Melissa, Amanda R., Mary L., Thomas B., Dorothy e. and john F., were born to this union, All received a fair education for the ad- vantages offered, six of the eight having taught school at some period of their Nie. Thomas B., the father of the subject of tlus sketch, was born in Palestine, Kosci- usko county, Indiana, on October 4, 1842. and with the exception of one year all his life has been spent in the county of his birth. With the exception of one year spent in the Warsaw public schools, his educational ad- vantages were limited to the country dis- tricts. He was united in marriage, May 24. 1863. to Martha A., daughter of William .1. and Catherine ( Dunnuck) Timmons. The parents of Martha A. were of English de- scent, the ancestors of her father having sex- tled in Delaware and those of her mother in Maryiand in an early day.
The first year after marriage was spent by Thomas Sarber and wife on a rested farm. From here they moved to . Men coan- ty, Indiana, where they remained one year, when they sold and moved back to Kosci- asko county, settling on the farm now owned by Rudolph Huffer north of Pale- time. Here they remained one year, when they removed to the farm, then a densely timbered tract of land, on which they still reside. With their own hands this primeval forest was transformed into a well cultivate !! farm. While they are not wealthy. if by wealthy we mean rich in the goods of this world, yet they have all they need and just enough to look after to make life a pleasure
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stad of a week. Three children. Edson twenty-one years. But another ihre fol- B .. Louisa C. (who died in infancy) sol Andrew E. ( whose biography appears else- where in this book), were born to this
The following review of the life of the Emmediate subject, Edison B. Sather, is, be- curse of its aureliographical nature, of es- pecial interest :
"I was two years old when my parents moved on the farm where they still reside The house on the farm at that time and the me which we occupied for two and a half years was an old-fashioned double-log cabin, with a stick chimney at one end. We recupied one end of the building only and the post on that portion was so full of holes that we were kept quite busy when it rainel changing our own positions and the posi- tiens of the beds to avoid being drowned d' The old shell was also infested with Bas, and we generally went to sleep with the dreadful thought that an car or a portion of wir hose would go to satisfy the appetite no one of these pesky creatures.
". commenced going to school at the age ₦four years and attended all the school in walking distance of our home until I was : arteen. By this I mean that when there Has a school in my home district I was seat to another that was near enough for me reich afont. Between school terms i det my father on the farm. My work casisted principally of picking chunks and catting the undergrowth in the strip of tim- ber which he expected to clear away the iol- wing winter.
"The next two years of my school life were spent in a graded school at Sevastopol. indiana. I began teaching at the age of six- .# and taught every year after that for
vient ci my school days at Sevastopol must not be overlooked, else this sketch we will be incomplete. It was here that I became ac- quaimed with Miss Olie Rickel, daughter of George W. and Mary ( bankas, Kicke, and-well, but this must not tara into a childish love story. Sufice it to say that va Sunday evening of September 1, 1883. heivre a few invited guests at the il me ( he's parents, we were united in marriage. If I can prove myself worthy of this noble woman, I will have realized the forest hope of my life, and I must say further that the little success which I may have achieved is due to the guidance of a kind father and mother and to the kind counsel of a true and devoted wife.
"The most of the time since we were married has been spent on the farm, having moved to the one ta part of the vid home- steal) on which we reside in present in 1888. The summers of 1800 and adot were spent in the Northern Indiana Normal School at Valparaiso. Indiana, from the business department of which I graduate. in 18gr. The summers of 1899 and 19os were also spent in this institution doing work in the scientific course.
"Thirteen of the twenty- the years of my teaching were spent in the & antry district schools and the remaining eight as prin- cipal of the Burket public school. The first day I taught at Barket I enrolled seven pupils and the primary teacher enrfest thirty-five, but before the year closed we had succeeded in building up quite : respect- able attendance, and before the opening wi our third year's work it became necessary to build an additional room and we con- fidently feel that the time is not far distant
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What a f and rerit will be added and that Seward whichit will have a high school second tour de vatside of the city of War- Star in Kirchen county.
"I was directed assessor of Seward town- by a majority of mine in 1804 and served for five years. In ,900 I was elected b. the ofice of trustee by a majority of Marty-eight. i had to resign my position as principal of the Bucket schools, to which I rast say I very reluctantly did, to assume the dirties to which I had been elected. I fedt keenty the responsibility placed upon Me and they earnest desire is to so administer the duties of this ofice as to give no one cause to regret the trust he has reposed in me."
WAARDE AND TUCKER FAMILIES.
For all should take Keep himtres fall com- tribute to the e Section of the recent. Such has been the course taken by the Bring to under consideration. Captain Josiah Warde, who married Miss Sarah Contade cine from England to the town of Henniker. New Hampshire, in 1764, where he became prominent. According to the old records. he assisted in laying out public roads there and was the first sexton of the town. Ile was also a member of the first church of- ganized, and was commissioned captain of the Eighth Company of the Fifteenth Regi- ment of state militia on March 1. 1774. lic probably saw service in some of the early wars, particularly with the Indians. ile died February 27. 1795. His son. Jose Warde, was born June 8. 1762, and married Miss Susan Booth, of New Hampshire. He died August ro, 1869. and his wife died September 20, 1800. Their daughter Polly. who was born March to. : 800, maarric : John Tucker in May, 1821. The father vi John Tucker was Ezra Tucker, who mar- ried Miss Elizabeth Pressy and settled on . the town site of Henniker, New Hampshire.
Many families throughout the United States during the best forty years have gone : mach are able and expense to collect their recur's lack to the date of their first settle- ment, thus laying the foundation of a per- manent family tree in this country for the , in 1776. He had been a soldier in the French and Indian war, and when the Revo-
benefit and pleasure of all their descendants. There can be no doubt of the great import- Ilution broke out he at once exported the trice of this step. One of these days, in the cause of the colonists by entering the service. He became second lieutenant in Capadin Emory's company of Colonel Baldwin', regiment and served in various departments during the continuance of the struggle. He bought at the battle of White Plains, New emailment of estates, such a record will be : valuable to descendants. It will be found that those who do not possess such a record will not be able to establish their rights to vistaable estates that have been sent down the family line for many generations. The York, October 28, 1770, and saw much other hard service. ilis death occurrel October 26. 1864. and his wife passed away son of John and Mary ( Warde) Tucker an ? was born in Richland county. Ohio, Nover- compilation of such a record is simply a matter of self preservation for the descend- Hat And it is well, while the record is September 22, 1801. Horace Tucker is the icing tarde for the family to record col- is er! branches of the family. In this mat-
Eliza Jucker
Horace Jucker
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e. passe ais days in New Hampshire, and bitte were born five sons and one daugh- Kas us: Daniel, John, Izra. Cyrus, David and Eliza. Of this family, Bara Tucker became a soldier in the war of 18. 2; I tak Wecker also enlisted and was mustered at was not called into the service. The later became the father of our subject. The Hat resed on a farm in New Hampshire. Had received a limited education in the cary subscription schools. He possessed a good Mind and managed to educate himself to the extent that he could pass the required ex- ionination for teachers, then a function of the charts. About the year 1820 he came to Richland county, Ohio, walking the entire Estace vi about eight hundred miles. . At hat time Ohio was a wilderness, filled with low straggling settlers, many will animals wat tot a few Indians about as wild as the ...... The soil was covered with and m- Hoe feret, with scarcely a break from! seth to south of from east to west. But Mis did not daunt John Tucker, for he en- sered one hundred and sixty acres of govern- ment land in Monroe township, Richland county. He put up on this land at once a mal, rude log cabin, and remained there about a year all alone, for he was a single man and his nearest neighbor lived four miles away. He cleared a small field and att in a small crop of potatoes, and some the the following year made the trip back : New Hampshire, walking, as before, the entre distance. While there he married Miss Polly (or Mary) Warde, and soon Rerwird Le and his wife and their few Reinigings all in a one-horse wagon, start- ci ber the Ohio wilderness. Reader, do you radize what it meant for this young couple
to the start of any, the Minethen, Right hundred miles distant, away from all their friends, to be gone a Mietime, probably never to see their friends again? Such a a trip meant a great ded to the man, ist
vastly more to the woman. It meant about the same as if at the prescia day a young couple should start for the heart of Africa. All ties of the past seemed Mitted out. The young couple must live absolutely for each other. On their way out they slept in their covered wagon, camped out for the night- and cooked their own food, and continue? thus until they had arrived at their destino- tion. Horace Tucker has in his possession at the present day the skillet with which they fried their food on this long and event- ful trip. The has also a piece of his grand- mother's wedding dress. it took them thir- ty-three days to make the trip, and the last six miles he had to clear the way with his Ax to reach his log cabin with the wagon and horse. Upon their arrival they moved their few household goods into the little cabin, which he had erected on his previous trip, and thus their married life in the wilderness of Ohio began. They went to work resolutely to clear off the timber from the tract near the house, and in a few years the sunlight was let in on a considerable open tract. . As the years passed the clear- ing grew, the rude log cabin was replaced? with a larger and better one and a few more comforts were added to the pleasures of the couple. Still later a frame house was Dalf. As the years rolled around little children le- gan to appear, so that it was not as ame- some as it was the first few years. Other settlers came in and soon a considerable settlement was formed in the words. In the course of time seven children were born
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