Progressive men and women of Kosciusko County, Indiana : to which is appended a comprehensive compendium of national biography, Part 30

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Publication date: 1902
Publisher: Logansport, Ind. : B. F. Bowen
Number of Pages: 1350


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The following children were born: ACHT 1 ... barn September to, 1849. Who martie A section 30. Franklin township. p. the marriage of his children H race Tucker nas given cach six thousand dollars. to which Abert has greatly added since his marriage. He now owns two hundred and fifty acres of fine land in this township and has these children : Elmore, Ifa b., 19. Ivin, Roy, John, Milie. Frank C. and Unic. Rosela, born in December, 1853. became. the wife of Jonathan Tinkey and resides in Seward township; they have three girls and one boy: Laura Vertie. Alta Merva. Neille A. and Horace Grover. Hollis C., born in February. 1857. married Nettie Alexander and lives in Franklin township: they have six children, Oren, Marion, Charles. Horace. Merlie and Ernie. Horace Tucker and wife have nineteen grandchildren and nine great- grandchildren, and all of them five within sound of their grandfather's Heter bell. and very often avail themselves of its Kind ... invitation. The life of Mr. Tucker affinis many interesting features. He began at the i atom on his land, which was at first co :- ered with heavy timber. He cleared much of it himself, but was at all times a kiter of labor and know how to manage hired me .. The first spring he planted six acres of our among the stumps. He broke the govat. with a pair of ranaway oxen beinging : some one else, and yoked then ap tal pa. them to work when they came to his barn for something to cat. Slowly he advanced. and improved the place. In 1871 he cam- meneed the erection of his present brick serving as justice of the peace, etc. He was house, which was the first in the to wishiy a bem rat and a member of the Presby- to be supplied with steam heat. The house


he f with one hundred thousand du Har- : AWert, who married and lives in Mentore, Haline is quite wealthy: Regents, who worked Miss Jane Blue and Gives at Fran- late Ment. Hommesste is engaged exten- sively in the stock business: Livona, who became the wife of John Vandermark, is accessed. John Tucker and his son Horace came to Kosciusko county in 1846 for the purpose of inspecting the land and, if found satisfactory. of buying a tract. Horace selected tant bought one hundred and sixty acres in sections 19 and 20. Franklin town .- ship. The father returned to Ohio, leaving Notice to date a sith opening. when We are returned to Ohio, walking the stole distance of two hundred miles, re- quiring aimant a week to do it. Horace re- tranet in cotto by some time working on ists father's farm until his marriage Jan- Mary .3. 1848, to Miss Bliza Johnsen. Machter of Brands and Anna ( Fleming) polisen. The Johnson family were origin- Ba Irdand. Wiliam Johnson, the grand Father of Mrs. Horace Tucker, came From Ireland to America immediately after W- marriage. He settled in Pennsylvania. where the Rather af Mrs. Tucker was born. Cash - Klaring, an dele, was a soldier in the war .i .812. Francis Johnson was a Back saith tid a sickle maker. He moved to ONE, where he passed the remainder of his days. He was prominent in his life time.


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orsifal caolars, exclusive of his : nitt pump h. the townships Hatte Ms large barn, and at


the is the eventy. Mr. Tucker Mis Het capacity to get ahead in the At : Why he has made in his various


Hi Mars. Nach of this large ser. i den tati in the rearing and marketing the stock, having for forty-two year- maten speciality of this isiness. The Wa- adet man a ship a car load of live stock Han Warsaw in 1850. The handle, high game cattle and horses, and is an excellent Page ti stick. He now has one hundred ad twenty head of as fine steers as are to hivand in this county. He is very liberal DEE Bendiactions, contributing freely in i. die charentes in this portion of the county nos tosisting every worthy undertaking. .he Has given to his children about twenty- vest asand dollars. In p fitles he is a Re- Scan and was a Whig before the Repub- Pat party was formed. He has served as trustee of the township, and also as treas- free, that has been mentioned in connection Rx the of unity commissionership. He has Base piece a tract of about one thousand eyes of land and keeps about one hundred :end of cattle the year round. He ships an- bandy about one hundred head of swine. Hayoo he sold eight thousand dollars wat of fat and graded cattle. He and his We are the most prominent people in this :ant of the county. Mr. Tucker is distin- suisbed for his upright conduct and steady Malis. for his industry and intelligence, and Er his sagacious business methods and high sense of honor. His long life and that of


so that it. the future their children and chil- dean's collares shall rise ap ted can the ...


Mr. Tucker Har related Several In front concerning its early experiences in Sis county which are deemed worthy of thenten. here. Sugar maple tree were it that the quite plentiful and Mrs. Tucker har on her co is stove made though magie staat . het the family through an entire puff. manufactured the cloth ing the family Gottes, fest cutting the wool front the sheep. then cording, spinning, and weaving it into cloth. Many a time has Mr. Tucker been busy clearing his land that he has had : burn the brush and log heaps at night. The first table used in the home of this pi neer family was an ordinary goods box. This was superseded by a rude bench made of clapboards. Their bedhead was a four- inch stick laid at the extreme otter cute ni shorter posts stick horizontally into augas holes in the wall, and all covered with chp- boards on which to make the bel. Nr. Tucker was an expert aver of the sickle and many times has reaped forty dozen of wheat in one day. He helped tend the first thresh- ing machine used in Richland county, Oni. . Ile has now in his home an old Seth Themas clock which was brought from Richland county and is over sixty-five years old, and has also several of coverlets used in the pioneer days. In 1901 Mr. Packer si sixty-three walnut logs for the remarkable price of six thousand three hundred and thirty dollars. He has now in his possession an old sheepskin parchment deed, dated Tay 5. 1837. and signed by President Martin Van Buren, and which is now highly valied by Mr. Tucker as a relic.


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1 Her Mouthand radas, exclusive of this achest wind nit pump in the township Je ta bal tis large barn, and it in present time his farm is the of the most waive is the county. M.r. Tucker Bis We aree expacity & get ahead in the Att : to be bas trade in his various - wastetime about one hundred B & Mars. Much of this Mange sur. the taste in the rearing and marketing Wie stek, having for forty-two year- manda speckity of this business. The Wi afet man : ship a car load of live stock Ma Warsaw in 1856. He handles high gta ettie and horses, and is an excellent Folke of stick. He now has one hundred -ad twenty head of as fine steers as are to found in this county. Te is very liberal gijs hendiactions, contributing freely in " the churches in this portion of the county od Resisting every worthy undertaking. has given to his children about twenty- vorstand dollars, hip dites he is a Re- CS fcan and was a Whig before the Repub- First party was formed. He has served as trustee of the township, and also as treas- ver, and has been mentioned in connection Rx the county commissionership. He has ne piece a tract of about one thousand eres of land that keeps about one hundred Head of cattle the year round. He ships an- wady about one hundred head of swine. I tyto be sold eight thousand dollars wahl of Rt an Igraded cattle. He and his we are the most prominent people in this of the county. Mr. Tucker is distin- filed for his apright conduct and steady this. for his industry and intelligence. and in the sagacious business methods and high rose of honor. His long life and that of


Was good wife are filled with rig the a deus. so that it the ittare their children and only- dren's oflares shall rise up and call them.


Mr. Tucker Was related Sever Iniden concerning his early experience in this wanty which are deemed worthy of mentei here. Sugar maple tree- were at that the quite plentiful and Mrs. Tucker has on ter co is stove made enough maple stage . that the family through an entire year. manufactured the cloth for the fly duties, these cutting the west from the sheep. . then cording, spinning, and weaving it into cloth. Many a time has Mr. Tucker been ,- busy clearing his land that he has halt : . burn the brush and log heaps at night. The first table used in the home of this pioneer family was an ordinary goods box. This was superseded by a rude bench made of clapboards. Their bedstead was a four- inch stick laid at the extreme Mitter ende mi shorter posts stuck horizontally into augue holes in the wall, and all covered with chop- boards on which to make the Bed. M. Tucker was an expert user of the sickle and many times has reaped forty dozen of wheat in one day. He helped tend the first thresh- ing machine used in Richland county. Ohh . He has now in his home an old! Seth Theatas clock which was brought from Richland county and is over sixty-five years old, and. has also several old coverlets used in the pioneer days. In tyol Mr. Tucker Si sixty-three walnut logs for the remarkable price of six thousand three hundred and thirty dollars. He has now in his passes an old sheepskin parchment deed, dated Valy 5. 1837. and signed by President Matin Van Buren, and which is now highly valued by Mr. Tucker as a relic.


mister excess by reset of their personal guides the felt the tapress of their in- Mellan le upon the business and growth of Hidr place of residence and affect for good. sache isolations as are embraced within the sphere of their ateities, unwittingly per- base Balle notamments more enduring than mathe bolsk or granite shaft. Of such we Have the unquestioned right to say belongs the gentleman whose name is well known throughout Kosciusko county and promi- Henty associated with those whose reputa- tions and service exceed the boundaries of the state. Hon. George Moon, deceased.


Gorge Mom was born in county Lon- denderry. Vedland, July 11. 1810. He Was ahd . f twenty years when, in .836, he left His native land and sought a home in the new world beyond the seas. Landing in storica. he made his way to Pennsylvania, where he remained for one year in the town EMauch Chunk, and in April, 1837, jomed the tide vi emigration then rapidly setting wand the Western wilds beyond the Alle- States, landing in Leesburg. Indiana. . t. Nhow'es then lived about three miles Satt of Warsaw, and the subject hand sto ... The family in Pennsylvania. EN- wat Archibald, a cousin of George Moon. Recompassion him to Indiana for the purpose " mailing land. George went to Lees- burg and hired out at eight dollars per month to John B. Chapman, who owned a


live yoke of cattle. Here he retinal : : Six months, but was arable to procure kent. Brach Sickness ir an fever and agre pre- valled at that time, muni it was a : theori- How to find whole families stricken with that terrible malady. The families of a Mr. Fich and a Mr. Dinky were sorely afflicted und out of the thirteen souls there were cheven deaths. The country was very That and swampy and the few physicians were unable to successfully cope with the disease. then almost a scourge. Some went to La- ityette for care. In 1839 Mir. Moon came to Warsaw, which was afterward his home until his death. Three years prior to this date the town was laid off and the following year, 1837. the first building was erected. Six families comprised the settlement in 1839, and it was not until the0 that the hamlet could beast of a population of two hundred and fity. Mr. More taking the census. Hon. John B. Chapman, a lawyer, and at that time member of the legislature. named the county and selected the site for County seat, being the owner of one of the three eighties which it embraced. and named the town Warsaw. The jail was a two- story log structure. There were no doors below and prisoners were let down into the lower room from the second story. The Ol. itame court house stond where the Baptist church now stands, In the fall of 1838 Mr. Moon became a clerk in the store of Met- calle Beck, a merchant of Leesburg, who shortly afterward set Moon up in business with a small stock of goods at Warsaw. Trade was light and the growth of the town was slow. He sold goods in Warsaw for


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: : d. His tter purchases were made at With Money brother to our subject. i. .. Masch Chunk, Pennsylvania. Bet ardand six of seven years be- . company with his cousin Archibald. site me bey. tought eighty acres Hand Are Made entered a tract of the For the twenty teres six miles south of Moran. That winter Moon and Archibabi Wen a Lessing and engaged in general Werehandling. continuing business until the Peter's death in 1854. He had accumu- tto a handsome property, aboat forty-five wand dollars, and Archibald also became Westby. Jonathan Moon left a family, Als. Mary (Non) Ciney, Warsaw, be- in the ely child now in the county. His Bbw is How the wife of Thomas J. Chap- www. Warsaw.


Another brother of George Moon, EM- art. come to Indiane about eight years Hier an engaged in the drug business at using. He became county treasurer. Estive neatly engaged in merchandising. : ating well and favorably known as sac- erstat business man. His widow and two John A. and Charles B., are residents Warsaw. George Moon, the subject, selling out in 1848, clerked for his : in leesburg. In 1852 he was elected the office of eventy treasurer and Was bartola a second term in 1854. An in- Die of the books by the commissioners www Sem not only well kept, but there ot tar effor therein. His memory was sexy good and while not having the Wattage of much schooling his retentive : Hand close observation served him well.


of the general assembly. Being at theline il hig, he naturally gave his felty to the then rising Republican party. Le wa- chile- man of the first Republican convention ani old Whig friends had places hin. is sos- imation and elected han by a handle the 1- jeity. Mr. Mowa making to cantes For the office. He served one year in the house and was made chairman of the committee of Ways and means, rendering valable service through his tility to forese events analyze a measure presented to the emmit- Low ing its consideration. Retiring from the legislature at the close of this term, he be- came the agent at Warsaw of the Pittsburg. Fort Wayne & Chicago raffway, and secured control of the warehouse, holding the post- tion for several years. In 1866 he was sent as a delegate to the Republican national con- vention at Chicago as a Lincol. man. He and his colleague of this district were the only original Lincoln men at the first res- sion. His personal preference was for Sew- ard, but feared he could not be elected and. did feel that Lincoln was the then coming man. After the nomination he returned home and took an active part in the cam- paign. He chartered a special wrath for the grand rally hell at Fort Wayne wing his personal means to defray the expense. Mi- though handling large sums of money be- longing to the railroad. not a cent of it was used to conduct the canvass, but was ie :- rowed from friends when necessary. He finally resigned his position with the full- road, after the election. When We stilles commenced between the north and south Mr. Moon obtained a position under a per- sonal friend who was an army quartermas- ter, stationed in Kentucky, and was soon


To paties w fred the supervision of all Sex and The WE canstay in the saddle. Where the adleri Nashville meny-three Handred horses were turned over to him. posted them in a starving condition, Four casated dying in the night. He remained there for two years or until the dose of the Var.


On The condition of peace he spent same time in Minnesota, where he Was manager For Dinie Haney at Rochester. Warning & Warsaw, Mr. Moon received wie appointment of internal revenue of- Rector in 180g. Hon. William Williams. member of e ngress for that district, was a Warsaw man and selected Mr. Moon on ac- count of his ability and in recognition of his het services. The bend required on qual- ifying was two hundred theasans. dollars. and Mr. William- secured the bondsmen. At that time the territory embraced several omgosh nat districts, with headquarters at Bart Wayne, where Mr. Moon remained. Allerward the service was divided and a col- Feest assigned to each congressional dis- det, but this did not lessen Mr. Moon's duties. Previously there were fourteen c anties under his supervision, and under Wie change it was increased to twenty-two. .... excelent care and attention he gave to the villee was productive of much good and the commissioner at Washington forwarded Mit certificate of perfection in the work. THIS was undoubtedly due to his close per- soud application to ofice duties. . All Hecases were issued by him personally, al- Et agh he had a deputy in each country. Mr. Move retired In ESSA, and the party nom-


Me representing the content of War sitions he feld, the preferment stan to the. unsought. While in the senate the cure Was not made brillant by to rule diepte. but his work was streng the committee fel? at the quiet way that is tested in our aldet legislators. One particular mettre received His active attend the wind- served the this is the seite, the second Being the one which made Judge Purple Cafted State- Senator.


In his home life Sendt ; Ma was ab- ways interested in locat matters and the a- teem in which he was heldl was emphasized by his dection to the mayoralty for Fe years, there being practically no og siti n. When first elected the city treasury was not only empty, but there was a deficit of all at six thousand dollars. a condition that had existed for yours. He believed in the dim- ination of all questions or the ries which might reasondiy be considered questionable and would not stand the test of time and experience. Hence'he did not always stand exactly in harmony with party leaders, he- lieving that party consistency to principle and party honesty were the only means to secure success.


Mr. Moon was reared in the faith of the Methodist Episcopal church and had been a consistent member for many years. Brater- nally he was a member of Goshen Lange. I. O. O. F. having joined the water in 1847 : he was a charter member of Kosti- usko Lodge, No. 02. 18 Warsaw, established fifty years ago, and was its first no bile gran .. He joined the encampment at South Bant and was first chief patriarch of .lockehan itated him and dected him to the state sen- ' Encampment at Warsaw. In INFO he be-


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When theuber of the grand lodge, and was not so easy for the for gue on we fit the wardie in the work of the order. He will also has met with the most shame ni act as one of the oldest members of in of theto date, and during His way-har port manher ship was never a delinquen. Masary Bet so reached ant eminent ph - Tie was a Scottish Kite Mason, tand : pars ats active in its good work. : Set Mr. Moon welded Miss Sarah Fiatal Graves, the ceremony being per- panel at Leesburg. She was born in attaching. Virginia, tale was a young goat .a. her parents moved to Indiana. Fler Excer. William. C. Graves, was one of the wallet attorneys of Warsaw and was coan- cars for a number of years, and later a Baker and merchant. Another Mother, Conto L. Graves, is a resident of Kendali- He. After fifty two years of married Hie to estable wife and mother passed away. were the parents of four children, rees i wiem grew to maturity: Nancy Who became the wife of Daniel S. Biter. w Warsaw: Regina, deceased, who mar- William. B. Bank: and George, who .... wendy collector under his father in the eternal revenue service, and non resides at algie River, Wisconsin. Few men live to att as high a place in the cricem of the botanianity in which they live as did George ... .. and his death, which occurred on the tatil of April, 1902, was deeply mourned by brily farming. The is that theappe. in the directions-alles the power point - of severe trials and exactions. But it is astaly the case that when a person is that- Hatte, in His activities Le more then makes up if it is . sharpening di ther mite. Is that he is this enables in these three- at least. This seems like an exampleation bi the laws of compensation. fi carbed is one direction, the energies take an antall development in another. It www. seem that this is the case in the development of the subject of this sketch, for although he has been handicapped for many years he has men mustally successful in the battle for a livelihood. He was born in Stark county, Oito, July 6. 18,5 and is the Ser of John and Mary (Leider ) Heller, Bre Rather be- ing a native of Germany. When John Ileisler was a young man he emigrated from Germany to America and settled in Stark county, Ohio, There he niet Miss Mary Leider, who had come from Germany to France with her parents when she Was twelve years old and later had come to America and also settled in Stark county. In due time they were married. The par- ents of both were farmers and people . i strict respectability. John freisler was a couper by trade and worked at the same ing WILLIAM HEISLER. inany years in connection with his farming operations. His farm was situated four in this country it is an easy matter for số ag young man, the whose powers are Wiepaired, to go out in the world and Ese a good living for himself, but it is miles from Masston, Ohio, and there he re- sided until 1863 and then came to Kosci- usko evanty and died here. To himself and wHe Ave children were born, as follows :


........ . hatte who freeme the wife of Sylvester Kinsey, is also a widow ton. it- good wie married Mass Catherine Baies and apos her death wedded again. lives in Hi of may: Emanuel resides i. Mawatha, Kansas, and is married. In 1864 the father marte, front Stark county fald settled on see- dia o. Clay township, this county, buying de hasta How decupied by the subject.


Within Heisler grew up on his father's Warm and helped to clear of the timber and the thickers of brush. He remained at home unit he reached manhood and received dur- ing that time a good education at the coun- try school's. Upon reaching his majority he became afflicted with the dreaded white swelling in the of his limbs, with the result that is the end it crippled him for life. Sach se affliction would have put a damper on the spirits of almost any young man, but not so with the subject of this notice. ile determined to make the most of life, and ac- cordingly wood and won Miss Mary sales, whose parents were natives of Ger- many. Three children were born to this union, as follows: Lizzie, deceased ; Win- Med Su born July 28, 1880, unmarried and it home: William M .. unmarried and at is me, was born April 28, 1883. His Fist save Gying, Mr. Heisler afterward mar- Ho. Miss ada Good, and by her has one cand. Charles J., born July 12. 1900. A: the time of his first marriage he had saved very little, owing to his unfortunate sick- ness, but he put forth his best efforts and bygg & management succeeded in getting base and in time bought out the other heits " ... . a ravis the old farm of one hundred.


Less he has followed the plow thing to day. He is prosperous fand highly respected. The and wife are members of the Fatheran charen and are prominent in all worthy re- liglouis movements, He is a Democrat, takes a lively interest in all political affairs and is one of the leading citizens in this part of the county.


ANDREW P. RUPE.


It is proper that the descendants of the mit settlers, those who cleared the land of its primitive woods, should see that the doings of the early years are Mittingly re- membered and recorded. It was said by one of the greatest historians that these who take no interest in the seeds of their an- Cestors are not likely to do anything worthy to be remembered by their descendants. Could the lives of the first settler- be fully and truthfully written what an interesting. thrilling and wonderful take it would be. Think of the journey to the West, of the hardships of clearing the soil and the pleas- ure of rearing the family. Think of the più- ncer gatherings, of the shooting matches. the old subscription schools, the first churches under the branches of the trees, the camp meetings, the famous die circuit riders, the husking matches, the com. W.X. fox and bear hunts with dogs, and then presume to say that the old setter- did nt live happy lives. Such were the experiences of the subject of this sketch. Tie was born in Carroll county, Ohio, May 22. 1822, and is the son of Jacob and Mardi Price Rupe. The father, when a by, was height to America from Germany and Arst Bved in


Burgos . thats cipaye till the same the family succeeded is paditing well with For of Se dona reaching maturity jacob pacific . vertures and to square mall fall they departed satisfied. Andrew, growing up among them, became familiar with their Anguage and can talk some vi it yet. He joined them in their games, sports and Mants, and in time became very expert in the use of the ride. He became a skillin hunter and shot many deers and had more then me tussel with ones which he had wounded. He says that very few animais are as dangerous as a wounded Aver. It Charge upon the hunter and gores Him to death in a twinkling unless he can manage to evade the infuriated animal. The kad just such an experience and only barely es- caped with his life. He was very daring in his hants and would attack any animal that named the dense forests and trust to his skill and markmanship an get him out of the scrape. it is no doubt true that he has killed more wild game than the offer man now living in the county. He wie reared to hard work on the farm and in Telling the heavy trees and burning the brush. His little education was secured at the end sab- scription schools. On October 5. 1047. he married Miss Barbara Shoemaker, whose people were also pioneers of this part of the county, having emigrated here From Ohio. At the time of his marriage he had nothing but his wife, with the world bef re-him. bas neither feared the result. Seven Children were born to this union, viz: Nancy , who married twice, the second time to Levi Parish, of White Pigeon, Michigan: Eliza now lives in California: Arie is the wife of Ninge carried Aviss Martha Price, a native in the marriage recurring in Vir- is, and to thent were born Miteen chii- Bas dever sons and four daughters, as Here : Stamad, who married Miss Maria Salary and both are Received; Hannah. . die when a small girl: David, who tried Miss ilannah Tussinger and lived .. Missouri: Elmora, who became the wife ville bran. Garrett and lived in Ohio: John. We married and is deceased : Mary .A .. who What the wife of David Dodd, lived in It- wita, and Water in Iowa: Joseph, deceased. ... was married four times : Cornelius mar- Het. Bved in Michigan and died March 15. paguei, who died at the age of eighteen Acest Sarah, who was crippled in early Mie ... aver married; Andrew 1. subject; Manai, and Two others. Andrew P. Rape the only representative of this large fan .- is how living and is nearly eighty years old. In the fall of 1836, when the subject was is fifteenth year, he was brought by his Rants from Richland county, Ohio, to Giske conanty. Indiana, where the father secured one hundred and seventy-two dies in trading his farm in Ohio for the ... in Seward township. At that time the tatry was new and wild game was abund- Even the indians were still here in Fashionable numbers. Amid these sur- : ... ing. Andrew P. grew to manhood. is that they were the only white family in township, and sometimes the Indians Were anything but friendly. On one of- . James Harris and lives in Mice. Indi- Stor several of them came to the Rupe ana : Lydia, who married Aaron McCoy. more and seemed very angry about some- ' lives in South Bend. Mr. Rupe's trest wife




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