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SAMUEL JAMISON.
The well-known ditizen was the ffi boys who, forty years ago. west A . fight for the preservation of the Union when the shareholders undert ik to separate the slave states from the free state- and call- lish a slave republic in the southern half ; the United States. Everyone know - the re- sult-how their attempts failed after ing" years of lvody warfare and after filling the land with crippies and kantentations. H. was born in Dauphin county, Pennsylvania. May 22, 1930, and is the child of John and Anna ( Ray) Jamison. The Jamison family had settled in the Keystone state many years before and were of mixed descent, in which German and Irish predominated. The Ray family claim a Germanic descent. Jour an Anna Jamison were reared in Pennsylvania. and there met and were married, and some time afterwar i they came to the Wes .. Five children were born to them, as it !! we: Samuel, the subject, born in 1830: Mary Ann, born November 30. 1831. die in 1834 : George W. born February 20. 1825. diel in 1836: Daniel, born November i). 1835, died in 1837: John, bora january 10. 1838. John Jamison in youth learned the shoemaker's trade, which he worked at in the summers and at the pilot's profesion in the winters. His He was spent withett noteworthy event .. His son Samuel, at the
Mr. and Mrs. Stoneburner are members of the United Brethren church, in which Mr. Stoneburner has been superintendent of the Sunday-school and church clerk since its organization: for the past two years he has been teacher of the Bible class. He is also a member of Post No. 199. G. A. K., at age of eight years, was in and out a heart
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the hatter's trade, and after having served softlern Missouri. Succeeding thi- he re- his apprenticeship worked at that trade for , turned to his family and moved to North over eight years. In 1846 he left Pennsyl- English and while there existed in the Twenty ninth lowa Indantry, under Thomas I. Benton, colunch, and Andrew John is. vania and came to Kosciusko & auty, Indi- ana, walking most of the way, and located himself in Clay township: he remained with { explain, and was sent down on the Rol his uncle during the succeeding winter. In River expedition. fighting all the way. Viter that he returned to Talk Rock, Air- was in the battle and siege of this site. The next fought at Blakely, and then was transferred to the West and sent to the Ki ,
the spring of 1847 he went to work at the carpenter's trade, and assisted in building the old Pelton Hotel. the first hotel building in Warsaw. During the following winter he worked for Thomas Popham for Miteen dollars per month and continued for him ; Gimtade. At the close of the war he went to three years, laying aside his earnings. On | Mexico and then to New Orleans and was October 24. 1854. he was united in marriage , there mustered out in August, 1865. He with Miss Sylvia A. Calkins, a native bi inight in eleven hard-flight hatties, and pension of six dollars per month. He re- turned home and went into the hackster's business. continuing thus for two years. Later he sold out in lowa and removed to Nemiska and la night at that of one mentrel and sixty acres near Lineum and remained apon the same for twelve years. While Hiv- ing there his wife died, May 29. 1873. Ve ried a Southern lady, lives in Louisiana. . returned to Kosciusko county. Indiana, Mal soon afterward married Mis, Silent. datigs- ter of Samuel and Minerva C. Hall, the marriage occurring in October, age. The Balls came to this cotiy from Nix Car- ty, Ohio, in 1849. They came through in wagons and all were required to assist is. clearing away the heavy timber that covers. their land. Mr. Jamison is a Republicas. was at one time a member of the Indepen- cilt Order of Odd Fellows, and is a member of Kosciusko Post, No. 515. G. A. K., WI- Stav. In Nebraska he served as deputy sher- iff. He lived in Claypool township, this New York, and to this marriage four chil- . was always ready for daty. He draws a dren were born : Florence M .. bemn . August 11. 1855. is the wife of John Roberts and resides in Arkansas : . Meth E .. born June ty. 1800, became the wife of Emanuel Rowen and lives in Lordsburg. California: Charles E., born June 30, 1867. married in the South and resides in Louisiana; Franklin U. R., born March 9. 1872, who also mar- He was born in Nebraska and all the others in Iowa. After his marriage Mr. Jamison worked a year for Mr. Popham at the car- penter's trade, and then removed to lowa and entered forty-eight acres of land. Later he sold out and followed the carpenter's trade two years, and then moved to Johnson county, lowe, and continued his trade, and while there he bought forty-eight acres in Ringgold county, lowa, and was living there when the Rebellion broke out. At its com- nencement he enlisted in a company of scouts for three months, and saw severe duty scouting through southern Towa and county, for sixteen years, but deven months
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ago bought sixty deres in Chy township. where he now resides. He is prominent and is highly thought of by all who have the pleasure of his acquaintance.
PETER J. HARDMAN.
Peter J. Hardman, one of the venerable citizens of Warsaw, came to Kosciusko county when but a young man. He is of German descent. his grandfather having been born in Germany. His Rather, Johs Hardman, was born in Virginia, but lived in Lewis county, West Virginia, the greater part of his long life. He married Elizabeth Wagoner, a native of West Virginia. Ile
was a gunsmith by trade, was a pioneer and held radical opinions concerning siar- ery. He refused to own slaves and strongly opposed the custom. He died m Lewis county, West Virginia, in his eighty-ninth: year.
P. J. Hardman was born in Lewis conn- ty, West Virginia, October 31, 1810, and spent his boyhood years with his parents on the farm. He received the benefit of the subscription schools of his neighborhood. by which he greatly profited. Upon com- ing of age he started out to make his own way and, equipped with a horse, saddle an .! bridle, the gift of his father, he came to Champaign county. Ohio, where he found work in a wochen-mill. The factory em- ployed about thirty hands, and he began at the bottom, learning every detail and work- ing up until he was entrusted with the most careful work, that of finishing and fulling the cloth. These were successful and happy days for him. In this mill he met Hannah
because His wife. She was born i. (man- page county, Ohio. September 13. 1825. the daughter of Joseph M. and Mary M. ( Milice) Finley. Mr. Hardman remained in the mill abeat six years and by that the. having saivol some money, he and his wife, in the spring of 1851, decided to remove to Kosciusko county, Indiana, where they had friends. He had no definite idea, in coming to the commity, as to what he would do, but fel sure of a livelihood. He had not enough means to buy a farm, but did bay a botte and alaat eleven acres of land for four hun- dred dollars on time and without interest. He was willing to work and was soon basy with small jobs, cutting wood, etc. Then he began to deal in real estate. He sold his property and traded in land until he had secared more land. After a time this land. owing to its proximity to. Warsaw, became more valuable and he laid out Hardman's addition to the town. Next he built house. some of which he still owns. Most of his present means has been gained by the pru- dent management of this tract. The loca- tion was good and he held the lots, selling only as they increased in value.
At the opening of the war Mr. Mar- man heard and answered his country's call and served almost three years in the Ser- enty-marth Regiment. Indiana Volunteers. He was in the battles of Chickamauga and Mission Ridge, marched with Sherman to the sex and was in the grand review at Washington! Te Ixcame a corporate and al- though he served in the fighting ranks and there were bullet holes in his clothing. For- unately he was never wounded. He has been a Hidlong member of the Republican party and has been o ment with private at-
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fairs, willingly allowing offers to attend to public duties.
Hle and his faithful wife have lived quiet lives for many years in their pleasant home in Warsaw, which they have built and inr- proved in accordance with their own tastes and comforts. On October 24. 1807. they celebrated the happy occasion of their gold- en wedding. They reared two children. both of whom are married. Joseph is a jeweler at Rensselaer. Indiana, and Mary is the wife of John Stewart, di Denver, Colo- rado. One of the great comforts of Mr. Hardman's life has been his religion. He is a faithful member and attendant of the Methodist church and is highly regarded as one whose life is true and consistent. Ile has been a class leader in the church for twenty-five years and a member of the of- ficial board for nearly sixty years. His wife is also a consistent member of the same de- nomination, having joined the church when about twelve years of age.
CYRUS MUSSELMAN.
The subject of this biographical sketch is one of the most widely-known citizens of Jackson township. Kosciusko county, Indi- ana, and is also one of the most active and respected business men whose energy and public spirit have placed him in the fore- most rank of the prominent residents, who universally recognize in him an acknowl- edged leader in social as well as public al- fairs. He was born in Paulding county, Ohio. August 20, 1842, the sixth child in the family of fourteen that crowned the mar- riage of John and Liza ( Clemmer ) Mussel-
man, natives of Virginia and of German, ex- traction.
John Musselman, Father of Cyrus, was reared to the calling of a tammer and was also taught showmaking. While still a young man he left his native state and l- cated in Dayton. Montgomery county. Ohie, where he married Miss Cleanner, wie was of irish descent. Shortly after that an pi- cione event be removed a. Paulding county. where he purchased a tract of timbered las. erected a dwelling and such other building- as were needed and converted the tract into at first class farm. He later started a tamyard and a shoe shop, and moreover practical medicine to some extent, being a gentleman of most versatile qualifications.
Mr. Musselman was very active in pol- ities and was one of the leading Democrats of Paulding county, where he served as a justice of the peace for many years. He was widely known and universally respected. the ughout the county. He lost his wife in INFO, and his own death occurred in 1893. Their six sons and eight .daughters were named as follows: David. Amos. Dian .. Mary, John. Cyrus, Eliza, Jane. William. Minerva, Ira, lda and two who died in in- fancy.
Cyrus Musselman, the subject proper of this sketch, the more important events of whose interesting and useful career are here but feebly portrayed, was reared to agricul- ural pursuits on his father's farm in Patil- ing county. Ohio, and also attended the i- triet school until old enough to be able to handle a "kit." when he was taught sive- making. He remained with his father an- til he had attained his majority and then, in 1863. decided to see something of the great West. He started for Missouri, where he
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had a brother, with whom in fotodel beroende i Was eddig, and Was journey onward to California, Hat funds tot alled to her eversting Made in Tys. Mr .. Maria C. (Center) Musscham Bel M INgo, and in June, 1897. Mr. Musselman married Mrs. Frances .A. (Lenwell) Ben- 55, a highly respected widow of Jackson town- slip, whose maiden name was Lenwell, but this union has not been blessed with off- spring. However, Mrs. Musselman was by her former marriage the mother of two chil- dren, Charles A.F of Chicago, and Frederick, who lives with his mother.
being over plentiful with han he made a halt when he had reached Kadinsky count- ty. Indiana, and accepted the position of head sawyer in a lumber yard and was's , well satisfied with the situation that he re- tained it seven years. Although he had never received any training to the busines he had probably inherited something of his father's versatility. Again there may have been something more attractive in Kosciusko county than saws, saw-logs and saw-mills, When Cyrus Musselman first married he was not in good condition financially. for on October 1, 1863, the year of his ar- rival here, he led to the altar, as his first : bunt he was abundantly supplied with a cap- bride, Miss Maria C. Clemmer, whose par- ents had come from Ohio to Kosciusko conn- ty, Indiana, several years previously and had entered from the government the farm on which Mr. Musselman now resides. Four children came to bless the union of Cyrus and Maria C. ( Clemmer ) Musselman, name- ly : Albert E., Ida V., Laban C. and Cynthia E. Of these, Albert E. was born in 1865. : acquired a sound English education and was also graduated from Musselman's Commer- cial School at Quincy, Illinois. fle fol- lowed teaching as a vocation for a number of years and taught in Indiana, Pennsyl- vania, Nebraska and California, and in the last named state married a Miss Carter ; he is at present bookkeeper for a lumber and furniture company in the Golden state. Ida V., born in 1867. is the wife of Ira Tillman and resides in the Indian Territory. Laban C., born in August, 1872, received a good common-school education, is still single and is farming the homestead for his father. Cynthia E., who was born in 1876, was an accomplished young lady, taught two terms . Musselman is a member of Sidney Lodge,
ital consisting of energy, industry and con- fidence in his ability to make his way through the world. He was temperate and frugal and after a few years labor in the saw-mill, mentioned in a foregoing para- graph, purchased a tract of land in the Woods. He subsequently sold that tract and bought the old Clemmer homestead of one hundred and forty-four acres, where he is How engaged in farming and stock raising. Mr. and Mrs. Musselman are members of the Church of God, otherwise known as the Adventists church. Mr. Musselman is deeply read in the Scriptures and is a pro- found thinker, fully capable of forming just and logical conclusions from such. Aterature as he studies. In politics Mr. Musseinan is a Democra, but has never been much of a partisan and has invariably refused to be- come a candidate even for township ( fices. although he has frequently been solicited to place his name before his fellow citizens as a nominee for various positions of honor and trust. In his fraternal relations Mr.
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No. 579. B. & .A. M., in which he has fille! the honorable ofice of worshipful master. and has represented the lodge in the grand lodge; he cherishes this order as second only to his church.
Mr. Musselman is a citizen with broad views and of public spirit, and one who takes pride in the progress of his township and the enhancement of the public weal. Well knowing the value of good reads and bridges to the husbandman especiais, is well as to the general public, and knowing the vital importance of nearly every kind of public improvement, he readily aids with his purse and influence all projects designed to bring about substantial yet economical ad- ditions to such works as undoubtedly tend to the convenience and add to the comfort of the community. He is a warm friend vi the public-school system and an advocate of the employment of the best teachers that the school fund can possibly compensate, and also favors the erection of modern school edifices when new ones become necessary. He was a constant reader, has an excellent library for a gentleman residing in a rural district, and this is connected by wire with the Sidney Telephone Company's headquar- ters, in which company his son, Laban C .. is a stockholder. Jackson township resi- dents may well feel gratified in having in their midst a gentleman so advanced in thought, so public spirited, so liberal in monetary matters and so interested in the welfare of the township in which he has passed so many years of his useful life. 11- though he began with no capital in a pecuniary sense, he is now among the most substantial men of his township, and his life's record is well worthy of study by the rising generation.
JANDES FISTTER, DECEASED.
This genuine representative of the agri- cultural development of Jackson township. Kosciusko county, Indiana, was born in Wayne county, Ohio, June 8, 1817. 11is parents, Stephen and Elizabeth ( Newhouse) Fisher, descendants of old German fam- ilies who were represented among the col- omists of America fald who were among the bravest of the brave in the struggle for American independence. The paternal grandfather of subject settled in Virginia. whence he removed to Ohio in the early period of its history, bringing with Him Stephen, who had been born in Virginia, and the other members of the family.
Stephen Fisher was a blacksmith in his early days and was also engaged in farm- ing. He settled in Wayne county. Ohin. and carried on a blacksmith shop in on- nection with agriculture until 1834. when he removed to Seneex county and bought a tract of forest land, which he developed into a first-class farm. He came to Jackson township. Kosciusko county, Indiana, and here purchased a section and a half of iand. or nine hundred and sixty acres, a consid- erable portion of which he cleared up. and when he retired was worth about fifteen thousand dollars, which in those days was considered to be quite a fortune. To the marriage of Shephen Fisher, in 1800, 20 Miss Elizabeth Newhouse of Kentucky. were born five sons and five daughters. namely : Nancy. Susan. Sarah. Elizabet. James, Stephen, Edward. Joan, Lucinda and Robert.
James Fisher, the subject of this sketch. came to Kosciusko county, Indiana, in 183 4 and was one of the earliest settlers in Jack-
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township. He was then a single man. in June, 1841, married Miss Sarah er, a native of Berks county, Pennsyl- ia, and of German descent. The follow- year he brought his bride to Jackson nship. Kosciusko county, with the UI- family as their only neighbors, and Lib- Mills, in Wabash county, the only town in many miles, their grist being ground he latter place.
James Fisher was handy with the ax one of the best choppers in his neigh- food and within a few days after his ar- I on his farm he had his house realy for ipaney. The winter was very inclement. he succeeded .in clearing off two hun- 1 acres of his own homestead and two er tracts of forty-seven and twenty acres ectively.
To the marriage of James Fisher and ah Royer there were born children. hely: Elizabeth, Anna, Stephen, John. lia, Samuel and James. Mrs. Sarah yer) Fisher was called from earth in 3. and Mr. Fisher next married Mrs. ie Sipes.
Mr. Fisher was a very industrious farm- nd an enterprising business man, and at time had accumulated twenty-six thou- d dollars without any extraneous aid. out twelve years ago, however, he en- ed in mercantile trade at Packerton. this nty, but on this occasion failed to meet h his usual success, as he became in- red to the extent of five thousand dollars. of which he honorably liquidated of le arrangement to do so.
In politics Mr. Fisher was a Democrat, : his first presidential vote for Andrew kson, and voted for every Democratic sidential candidate from "Old Hickory's"
time up to Grover Cleveland's candidacy. Tle was undeviating in his political faith and was ever active and faithful in his efforts to promote the success of his party, and him- self served it in the capacity of justice of the peace for fourteen years. In religion he was a Presbyterian, but it was somewhat late in Hie that he united with the congre- gation at Packerton, why se teaching. He faithfully thered to aid to the sap it at which he was a Meal & melater. .. mortality. however, was never questioned. even before he became a commamican t. d.c church, and his word was never in any way questione ..
Since 1800 Mr. Fisher had been a meni- ber of Lodge No. S. E. & A. M. He was widely known throughout Kosciusko coun- ty, and was recognized as one of the model farmers of Jacks im township. Ile was pai- lic spirited and was always ready to aid in every way will projects designed for the pro- motion of the general weal, and no citizen was more sincerely respected. Mr. Fisher'. death occurred on the 7th of February, 1902, and his remains were interred in the Packerten cemetery. The estate is being managed by his son, Samuel, who resides on the homestead.
JOHN FISHER, DECEASED.
This wat-known farmer and auctioneer of Jackson township. Kosciusko canty, in- diana, Was born in Wayne county. O.i . July to, 1820, and was a > not Stehen and Elizabeth ( Newhouse) Fisher. The father of Stephen Fisher was a native of Germany and an early settler in Ohio, while the New-
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house family migrated to Ohio from Vir- ginia. also in an early day, and in Wayne county, Ohio, Stephen Fisher and Eliza- beth Newhouse met and were married. To this marriage there were ten children, born in the following order: Nancy, Susan. Sarah, Elizabeth, James. Stephen, Rober, Edward, John and Lucinda. Of these chi- dren four are living, three in Kosciusko county, viz. : James. Edward and Lucinda. Stephen Fisher, after marriage. detre : up a farm in Wayne county, Ohio, live there several years, then sold out and chanie to Jackson township. Kosciusko & anty, faci- ana, and purchased a tract of three hundred and twenty acres in the wilderness, which he later cleared up and converted into one of the best and most profitable farms in the township. It was on this farm that John Fisher learned to swing an ax and to plow with oxen, and when he became the owner of a yoke of cattle he was the proudest boy for miles around.
John Fisher lived upon his father's farm until past twenty years of age, when he was united in marriage with Miss Charity Bills. who was born in Seneca county, Ohio. March 6, 1828, and there acquired a good education. This union was graced with seven children, viz. : Robert, born January 13. 1847. and now the husband of Ruth Knoop : Lydia A., wife of Jacob Fisher, who is, however, of no consanguinity: Frank. born in 1851, is married to Charlotte Fisher and resides in Huntington. Indiana : Salemme. wife of Peter Catlet, residing in Wayne township; John, deceased: Marshall, who married Ada Stauffer, and resides in the state of Washington: Silas is married to Elizabeth Parrot and lives in Jackson town- ship. In 1854 Mr. Fisher came to Kosci-
usko of anty, and there was a co hummels res- dent up to the date of his death. He had inherited, as had his brothers, a quarter- section of land, and in 1852 settled on his jan, which he cleared up and handsomely improved. In 1856 the father made a clear- ing side tant appointed John as auctioneer. At that time the water was a modest young
of attetioneering as a vocation. Since :856 Mr. Fisher conducted twenty-three hundred public vendues, and his services were in de- mand for miles around, In- average being about one hundred sales per annum. Dur- ing his residence in Jackson township he took part in many log-rollings and house- raisings and was an important factor in ai- waking the general prosperity of the town- ship.
In politics Mr. Fisher was a Democrat. as are also his sons. He served as justice ( i the peace for eight years, he being a very popular man in the township, and having been elected in a district that usually was carried by a Republican majority of sixty. Ile also served as one of the three trustees of his township in the early days, and on the occasion settled up an estate of fly-the thousand dollars, which occupied his atten- tion for several years. Fraternally Mr. Fisher was made a Mason in 1856 and at the time of his death held membership in the lodge at Sidney, Indiana, in which he hold the position of tyler. When the Patrons of Husbandry were flourishing he was an active member and was one of the organ- izers of the state grange. Mrs. Fisher has long been a member of the Christian church. to the support of which Mr. Fisher was a liberal contributor.
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In January, 1901. Mr. Fisher had the misfortune to lose his dwelling and its con- tents by fire, but. being a man not easily disheartened, he soon recovered from the effects of the disaster. He was widely known in Kosciusko and adjoining counties. and being a gentleman of more than or- dinary intelligence was greatly esteemed. wherever known. His death occurred on the 2d of May, 1902, its cause being paraly- sis. His funeral took place May 4th, and was one of the largest ever held in the township.
GILES .MILLER.
Few farmers in Jackson township, Kosciusko county, Indiana, have been more successful in reaping a reward for his toi! and industry than Giles Miller, whose next appearing tract of sixty-one acres is the ad- miration of the entire neighborhood. Giles Miller is a son of Lewis and Lettie (Gar- don) Miller and was born in Clark coun- ty, Ohio, December 28, 1830. Jacob Mi- ler, grandfather of Giles, was a native of Germany, but when a small boy was brought to the United States by his parents, who settled in Pennsylvania, and there Jacob grew to manhood and married a native of his own country. He Served in the Revo- lutionary war. From Pennsylvania the
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