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MEMOIRS
OF THE
Lower Ohio Valley
PERSONAL AND GENEALOGICAL F
WITH PORTRAITS
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
1
VOLUME II
MADISON, WIS. FEDERAL PUBLISHING COMPANY
1905
1307903
INDEX, VOLUME I
A PAGE
PAGE
Adams, J. M.
305
Brown, N. C.
150
Adams, W. M
241
Bruce, A. J .
141
Ahman, I. M
155
Bulthaup, Henry 104
Ahrens, Theodore
.296
Buttorff, P. C ..
218
Akers, Hiram
315
C
Alford, T. A. 67
Campbell, William. 384
Anderson, G. S.
220
Cannon, Thomas 238
Anderson, Jacob
79
Cardwill, G. B 223
Anderson, J. R
.365
Annis, D. A.
126
Archibald, J. A.
30
B
Cisco, J. M.
185
Badger, G. W .221
Bardes, Louis 45
Clark, G. M.
260
Barker, R. M
.145
Clause, Martin
66
Barnard, T. H 202
Clegg, Edward. 209
Barth, August. 254
· Cochran, T. J. 151
Coffey, John. 49
Bauer, J. M 83
Coghill, C. C. 153
Bax, Laurence. 308
Cole, J. E
210
Beinkamp, C. M 87
Coll, B. A.
209
Berry, A. S. 53
Collins, James
48
Berry, J. L
273
Collins, S. H.
109
Bitz, L. A.
353
Colt, R. H
88
Bohne, E. C.
.284
Columbia, G. C.
85
Boluss, Thomas .379
Comstock, F. D.
31
Bond, Marc L
95
Conaway, C. H.
102
Bond, R. C
94
Connor, F. D. 225
Contri, L. G 179
Bonser, R. J . 51
Conway, G. H 153
Booth, F. M
203
Conway, Richard 156
Bosworth, C. A . 29
Conway, W. H. 95
235
Bowton, James 131
Corson, J. W. 135
Breed, W. J. 41
Cottingham, T. B. 118
127
Brill, J. R. 373
Coulter, J. P. 101
Brimson, W. H 206
Cowen, B. R. 27
Brisby, E. L
235
Cowen, Jos. B
41
Brock, T. J 215
Cox, J. B. 360
Brown, G. G .282
Cragg, H. C.
39
V
Bond, R. L
174
Bourland, I. N 403
Coolman, E. B.
Brewer, J. H .295
Cottingham, W. A.
Carney, M .. 381
Carroll, John W 26
Cash, R. B
401
City National Bank. 380
Baschang, Jacob. 46
$15.00 (2x)
vi
INDEX
D PAGE
Daily, John. .409
Daniel, William .317
Gosney, J. H 65
Dant, J. P. .305
Grabfelder, Samuel. 286
Darling, A. W. 139
Graham, J. L 181
Daughters, A. P
115
Grant, Mark. 326
Davies, C. H. 346
Davis, C. W 32
Day Leather Co 259
Deatherage, G. W 171
Denny, G. E. 199
Devous, J. L. . .397
Deweese, J. S
157
Dilger, H. F. 214
Dimick, C. C. .392
Dimick, G. F. .391
Doherty, Martin. .408
Drake, C. R. 180
Duck, Robert.
133
Durr, P. W
38
Durrett, R. T 274
E
Edwards, G. T 396
Elder, W. H. 22
Ellis, J. T. 164
Ellis, Robert. 170
Ellspermann, J. C 325
Emmert, E. J.
.108
Heustis, J. E 125
Hickey, M. J 303
Hill Family
73
Hindman, Biscoe 289
Hite, W. W
290
Hoagland, E. P.
165
Hoard, Garfield. 200
Hoffer, Tobias.
269
Holloway, O. T 26
Holtz, E. W ..
367
Holzhauer, L. P 148
Howard, P. J. 387
Huddleston, R. F.
122
Huelsmann, J. H 47
I
Ingalls, M. E.
17
Isherwood, J. W.
J
Jackson, J. H.
119
Jacobs, J. F
168
Jahrries, C. A
324
Jaquith, O. S.
90
107
Galbreath, E. E. 35
Gardner, S. J. 268
Gebhart, J. F. 272
Gex, J. A.
.150
Gibson, G. H. D 220
H
Habermel, J. F
.313
Haines, Wesley 175
Hanlon, Thomas 229
Hargan, James
316
Hargitt, Thomas 130
Harris, J. T 166
Harris, W. J 328
Harrison, W. G 243
Hartman, William 62
Hatch, H. S ..
196
Hegewald, Charles
257
Henderson, G. W. 80
Henning, E. C. 343
Enslinger, Frank 265
Esslinger, Isidor .378
F
Faller, E. M. 258
Fegenbush, C. J .307
Fisher, D. W 205
Fitch, Harris.
116
Fleischman, Julius. 19
Fogle, T. E. 246
Foster, Joseph. 395
Fox, E. C ... 77
Francisco, Hiram.
184
Frohock, T. J
405
Furnish, W. H
172
G
Gaines, F. H 142
PAGE
Gordon, H. L 20
Graydon, T. W 44
Green, Henry 262
Green, J. M. 173
Greene, W. H. 99
Griesbacher, George. 362
Grimes, J. W 103
Grose, W. V. 244
vii
INDEX
PAGE
Jenkins, Pleasant. 312
Jett, A. N. 147
Manus, Frank. 264
Marshall, Curtis 189
Marshall, Orrin. 322
Mattison, H. A. 336
Mayfield, F. M 213
Meddis, S. S. 299
Meek, T. H. 106
Melish, C. B. .198
Meyer, J. F. 123
Miller, E. D 354
Miller, G. H. 71
Mobley, J. G 393
Monfort, E. R. 24
Montgomery, H. C. 211
Morris, R. J. 233
Morris, R. W 227
Moser, George. .264
Kramer, Louis.
.372
Kraft, J. S.
243
Kratz, Christian
382
266
Krementz, J. T L
Laughlin, C. E 366
Laut, George 370
Laut, H. S.
371
Leap, John.
77
Lee, E. M.
86
Lehmann, J. S. 143
Lemmon, Amos. 311
Leopold, J. F. 76
Libbert, E. J. 113
Little, S. W
.342
Little, W. F. 352
Logan, D. A.
406
Logan, J. R 400
Logsdon, J. J. 398
Lohstroh, W. F 56
Lovell, H. L. 42
Lutz, B. C ..
219
Lyon, V. W. 212
Mc
McArthur, P. 57
McCallister, William 23
McGehee, W. S. 404
McIntire, William
385
McIntyre, G. B.
245
McKinley, G. W.
216
McLean, W. A. 261
N
Nevitt, G. W 124
New Albany Pub. Lib 242
Newman, W. P 134
Niebaum, E. H
112
Niklaus, L. W
197
North, H. J.
138
North, L. L. 169
Nowlin, A. E. 84
Nowlin, C. W
132
Nowlin, R. J.
121
Nye, W. S.
.317
O
O'Brien, W. H 81
Oertel, J. F. 298
Osborn, J. H .363
Ott, A. J.
.338
Owen, W. T. 158
P
Parker, R. T. 68
Parks, G. B. 222
Parsons, Byron 330
Patterson, A. B.
110
Peak, W. F. 176
Pentland, J. A. 36
Perkins, W. T. 32
Pernett, J. S.
207
Jeunesse, Remi. 302
Johnson, C. R. 194
Johnson, Richard.
.188
Johnston, D. E K
119
Kanzler, Christ 356
Kellner, J. F 280
Kelly, Walter 149
Kerr, T. R.
.390
Kessler, Anton.
356
Kevekordes, Theodore. 325
Kinstler, M 75
Koch, Andrew 350
Koch, J. A. 355
Kolker, G. H
35
Kopp, William
300
Muench, Julius
.294
Mundt, Walter .319
Myerhoff, C. H 344
M PAGE
Maag, Fred .. . 40
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INDEX
Perry, T. W 213
Pfender, Christopher 69
Poole, E. C. .328
Poschinger, Mathias .297
Posey, F. B 374
Powell, J. P. 178
Prosser, C. A.
.239
Protsman, W. O. 140
Puls, H. A. J
309
R
Ralston, W. G. .348
Ransdell, B. W 167
Rauschenbach, T. E. .368
Rechtin, T. E. .358
Rickwood, S. G. 349
Rider, Edgar. 399
Riedel, Andrew .320
60
Riedlin, William.
47
Roberts, C. J
204
Roberts, G. M.
89
Rogers, J. W.
.402
Rohrman, John. 293
Rose, B. S. .351
Rowlett, W. W .270
Ruby, J. T. .267
Ruehrwein, William. 38
Rump, Henry.
137
Ruston, Thomas
361
S
Saunders, J. D .335
Scarborough, James 347
Schaefer, Joseph .364
Schenck, A. J
182
Schroeder, A. H
359
Schroeder, C. F
359
Schwab, G. D 323
Schwan, J. A. .371
Schwartz, Hubbard. 54
Scott, C. B.
230
195
Searcy, Bartlett. 163
Searcy, R. T 163
Shanks, John
120
Shaw, Archibald 89
Shaw, C. W
73
Shaw, J. F
78
Sherlock, E. J. 321
Sherriff, J .; T 88
Shirley, W. A. 161
Shoemaker, W. M. 292
Shopbell, Clifford .329
Shrader, F. L. 228
Shrader, W. A.
.304
Shutt, J. F. 237
Shutts, F. B. 107
Sink, W. G. 136
Slider, E. T
.255
Smith, E. Q
.369
Smith, E. R.
369
Smith, Edwin
96
Smith, H. J
98
Smith, T. J. .43
Spaeth, H. P. 111
Spencer, J. W .377
Spivey, A. T. .394
Stahlhefer, H. W 327
Stanley, H. J 29
Stark, W. E. 114
Stoner, G. \ .208
Stoy, L. A.
232
Stoy, L. R.
252
Stoy, P. R.
251
Strunk, I. G 248
Sulzer, Louis. 191
Sutton, George 91
Sutton, H. H
93
Swales, Francis
129
Swearingen, E. L.
278
T
Tandy, C. S 159
Tandy, Nannie S. : 177
Tandy, Willis .165
Thatcher, F. S
72
Thomas, J. W 192
Thornton, J. T 61
Thuman, C. J. .341
Toggweiler, J. A
310
Tucker, F. A.
34
U
Umbreit, Charles
.250
Utz, W. C.
234
V
Van Dusen, E. W.
50
Vanosdol, A. D.
.186
PAGE
PAGE
Scott, E. E.
Sebree, F. P.
144
Riedel, Daniel.
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INDEX
PAGE
Varner, G. W
339
Wilkins, J. W
383
Varner, W. T.
357
Wilkinson, R. C 366
Vernia, E. P.
268
Wilks, W. J.
407
Vinyard, A. A.
.386
Winders, H. M. 389
Winterberger, Alois 411
W
Waite, R. W 253
Waldo, F. J 133
Wall, M. A. 217
Walter, Frank
.301
Waltz, S. S.
287
Warder, J. H. 218
Y
Webber, C. D. 97
Young, B. H.
276
White, James.
201
Young, J. J
186
Whitney, J. H.
33
Wilcox, F. H
247
Wilder, J. H.
113
Woolley, R. J. 160
Wright, J. C. 114
Wright, J. F 63
Wright, S. F
59
Wulber, W. C 105
Wymond, R. J. 110
Wartmann, J. W .376
Z
Zollman, Charles.
...
.216
PAGE
INDEX, VOLUME II
Ackerman, O. P A PAGE
406
Bucher, Eberhard. 253
Allen, E. C. 359
Buckman, B. Z. 135
Anderson, J. C. .306
Austin, J. B. 143
Buckman, J. M 134
B
Baker, C. M 388
Barger, Jacob. 329
Barret, H. P.
52
Barret, J. R.
32
Barret, J. H.
32
Barret, J. H., Jr.
35
Barrett, Strachan.
60
Barter, L. E. 119
Bean, H. M
297
Bean, J. M ....
.338
Carroll, Charles 319
Beck, Christopher
.251
Cassidy, G. P. 385
Caulton, D. E. 132
Bennett, Fred. .367
Bennett, H. S .106
Bennett, Z. A. 212
Berry, W. M 142
Bethel, J. T. 48
Bingham, S. H 170
Bishop, J. P. . . 168
Bishop, J. T.
172
Bishop, U. S. 152
Blackard, F. G 342
Coffman, W. C. 145
Colbert, J. T.
389
Combs, G. W. 287
148
Bockstege, Frederick
94
Boetticher, Edward. 88
Bondurant, A. A.
344
Book, T. B. 59
Cooley, F. W.
74
Cothron, L. H. 199
Covert, C. G. 68
Cowper, R. B. 201
Cowper, W. F 198
Crabb, R. W. 131
Craney, Robert. .
159
Crenshaw, J. H.
373
xi
C
Caldwell, Peter
401
Callicott, F. E. 314
Cambron, C. Z. 130
Cambron, J. M 141
Champion, W. B 191
Chapman, G. H 122
Charles, A. L.
190
Clark, W. C. 341
Clarke, W. I. 196
Clements, A. W 137
Clements, G. W 125
Clements, S. L 157
Clopton, J. A. 211
Blackard, H. P. 289
Blue, J. S. 138
Boaz, H. C .. 45
Compton, W. H
Connor, J. W. 407
Cook, F. W. 84
Cook, H. N. 98
Bosse, Benjamin. 83
Bowling, J. M. 290
Bowling, J. W 322
Bozarth, H. P. 335
Bradley, B. B. 240
Brashear, Walter. 53
Bruce, R. J 282
PAGE
Buder, E. A. 228
Bush, J. W 200
Bush, P. H 206
Butler, W. N
255
Butsch, Alfred. 81
Becker, G. J. 264
Buckman, J. E 133
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PAGE
Cruz, J. B. . 151
Cunningham, G. A. 77
D
Davenport, A. F 268
Davis, L. B .214
Davis, R. M 284
Denby, Charles.
100
Devous, Joseph
280
Dewey, E. S.
233
Dewey, W. S
230
Dillard, Jonathan
297
Dixon, Henry 37
Dorroh, C. C 184
Dorsey, J. L. 30
Douglas, S. W. 63
Downen, Felix.
387
Drury, G. L
139
Dunn, M. C.
47
Dyer, H. R 167
E
Edwards, Leonard. .304
Edwards, W. G. 302
Ehs, A. P. 267
Emig, Martin, Jr. 98
Ensle, J. F.
72
Esslinger, J. A.
76
Evans, S. G.
93
Evans, Thomas 209
F
Farnsworth, R. P. 40
Feith, Mrs. M. E 263
Ferrill, J. P.
.396
Feuchter, Charles 237
Fitzgerald, E. P. .366
Foster, I. A.
377
Foster, G. C 64
Fraser, A. S.
362
G
Galligan, J. H. .221
Garnett, B. R 184
Gilbert, John. 398
Gilbert, M. F
231
Gilbert, W. B
224
Gillen, James. 345
Glasscock, T. H. .307
Goad, W. B 165
Gordon, L. W 327
Graham, J. T. 177
Grassham, C. C. 195
Grassham, Montgomery 180
Grassham, R. H. 182
Greaney, J. B.
252
Greaney, W. P. 250
Green, Reed. 222
Gregg, F. A. 288
Gregg, H. C. 292
Gregory, C. E 262
Griggs, J. N. 147
Grumley, John
.302
Gwaltney, Amariah. 308
H
Hale, Josiah, 27
Hales, J. W 270
Hall, S. J. 408
Halliday, Douglas
243
Halliday, E. W
248
Halliday, H. E 241
Halliday, H. L
242
Halliday, W. R. .353
Harrelson, George.
386
Harrington, J. W
311
Harris, J. W.
148
Harth, J. F. 71
Hastings, Samuel 244
Haynes, C. C. 354
Heeger, E. G 69
Heilman, G. D
73
Hemenway, J. A. 114
197
Henson, C. G.
54
Herbert, Louis 400
Hercules Buggy Co. 103
Hessian, C. E
348
Heyns, William 96
Hick, T. B .. 383
Hickman, R. T
58
Hite, J. W
158
Hite, W. P. 160
Hodges, John.
236
Hogan, J. T
279
Holland, R. M. 305
Houston, G. L.
.324
Hovey, A. P. 17
Howell, Lee. .112
Howell, W. A 320
Humphrey, B. F. .164
Huston, J. H
99
PAGE
Hendrick, A. G.
xiii
INDEX
Inman, William.
I
PAGE
.293
J
Jennelle, J. J
219
Jourdan, John
87
K
Karges, A. F.
86
Keaton, C. L., Jr 347
Kellenaers, C. A. J. 126
Kellenaers, Theophilus
.405
Kimmel, S. H
39
King, C. L. 55
Kinsall, D. M .. 274
Kleymeyer & Klute 41
Kluge, William
266
Koepke, Martin.
97
Kratz, C. W.
65
L
Lambert, M. E. 272
Lancaster, Charles .361
Landram, G. W 207
Langan, P. T.
358
Lansden, J. M
238
Lasher, O. C 194
Lawler, R. E
.374
Lilly, J. E.
136
Lindle, W. G
162
Little, L. P. 25
Logsden, Joseph 370
Logsdon, J. E 391
Logsdon, T. B. .390
Lowery, J. S
188
Lutz, W. M. 118
Mc
McBane, A. M. L. 325
McCue, Josiah. .310
McCurdy, W. H 104
McFarland, R. C
46
McKeaig, G. W.
172
McKernan, W. R.
312
McKnight-Keaton Co
347
McKnight, W. A.
M
347
Magner, A. S .363
Markwell, W. S .. 156
Marstall, Herinan
44
Martin, J. T. .
149
Mattingly, C. I.
123
PAGE
Mattingly, G. E. 123
Mayer, Jacob
95
Menzies, G. V 19
Merritt, R. N.
129
Miller, J. A.
216
Mills, Edgar. 277
Mitchell, James .369
Mitchell, L. P. 186
Moore, G. W.
332
Morlock, F. A
121
Moss, S. J.
187
N
Naas, Frederick
299
Neal, M. R.
185
Nellis, F. D. .365
New York Store Co.
348
Noggle, C. P
174
Noggle, G. W.
175
Nunn, J. B.
169
Nunn, W. H.
166
O
Ogden, H. H. 91
Old State Nat'l Bank 76
O'Rourke, James 376
Orr, David.
395
Overby, W. H
49
P
Parker, L. P.
261
Pendleton, G. H.
245
Penn, J. W.
193
Phillips, W. S.
.333
Pierce, J. A.
182
Pike, Sylvester.
127
Pittman, C. E 82
Powell, J. H.
38
Powell, L. W
43
Pride, J. D
178
Q
Quick, J. A.
.379
R
Ragon Brothers.
105
Rankin, J. E.
31
Reed, Charles
222
Reed, J. B
.246
Reid, Dent
282
Reid, Robert.
.309
Rennie, J. T
247
xiv
INDEX
PAGE
Rheinlander, John. 79
Rice, Edward. 294
Richards, A. J 404
Richeson, A. G
276
Turner, J. B.
331
Twitchell, La Fayette 392
Tyner, J. J 189
Roberts, E. F. 150
Robinett, Blueford. 384
Robinett, Joseph. 372
Robinson, J. H 349
Roche, J. S. 215
Roney, J. M 162
Rosencranz, A. C
89
Rudd, G. A .. .210
Rudolph, R. M.
339
S
Sanks, H. G. 267
Sanders, F. N 296
Sanders, W. J. 295
Satterley, William .381
Schatz, William
364
Sellers, Elijah. 57
Sellers, Elijah, Jr.
61
Siddall, J. P
271
Siebman, A. L.
378
Sihler, Charles 67
Smith, C. L 355
Smith, Elmer. 258
Soaper, R. H. 36
Sonntag, M. S.
108
Stacey, Britton
394
Stanley, A. O. 28
Steagala, Joseph. 260
Stephens, H. T. 259
Stevens, C. R.
193
Stiles, W. H ..
300
Strickland, H. C. .269
Strong, J. E.
340
Stuart, Lester 403
Sturgis, S. P.
176
Sullivan, J. C.
343
Sutherland, W. H
356
T
Tadlock, E. L 357
Taylor, J. R 128
Taylor, N. P. 50
Teare, William 124
Thomas, Cyrin
158
V
Veatch, Abbott.
26
W
Walker, J. P. 62
Waller, M. R. 140
Waller, William 153
Walsh, Thomas 116
Walters, J. B 368
Warner, J. B 351
Wathen, Ignatius 161
Watson, J. W 179
Wenger, J. W 257
West Side Bank. 91
Whitehead, John. 173
Whitledge, H. E. 132
Willard Library
108
Willis, J. C. 229
Wilson, C. H. 202
Wilson, G. M. 204
Wilson, G. S. 153
Wilson, Harrison 55
Wilson, W. W. W 51
Winston, J. S. 171
Winston, P. H. 155
Winter, Claude. 352
Wisehart, R. J. .380
Wiseheart, Marshall .. 317
Wolflin, J. C.
146
Wood, E. W .. 24
Woodford, B. F
254
Woolfe, J. T. 181
Worthington, G. N 70
Y
Yearwood, E. F. 117
Yewell, Martin.
24
Young, J. W.
382
Z
Zabler, Francis.
408
Zirkelbach, W. J.
303
Zutt, J. C.
92
PAGE
Threlkeld, W. T. 205
Towles, W. A. 21
Turner, C. W. 331
Riggle, E. H.
.235
Rittenhouse, Henry. .397
MEMOIRS
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PERSONAL AND GENEALOGICAL WITH PORTRAITS
VOLUME II
ALVIN PETERSON HOVEY (deceased), soldier, lawyer, states- man and ex-governor of the State of Indiana, was born near Mount Vernon, Posey county, Ind., Sept. 6, 1821, and died at Indianapolis, while serving as governor, Nov. 23, 1891. His parents both died while he was still in his boyhood and he began life for himself as a brick mason. While working at this occupation he spent his evenings and leisure hours in reading law under the tutorage of John Pitcher, of Mount Vernon, and in 1843 was admitted to the bar. He soon won for himself a name among the leading lawyers of Southern Indiana, served as prosecuting attorney with signal ability and in 1850 became the judge of the circuit court of the First judicial district. When the time came to select delegates to the consti- tutional convention of 1852, he was chosen to represent his county and although one of the youngest members of that body he was one of the most intelligent and active, and the organic law of the state today bears the impress of his high emprise and strong personality. At the age of thirty-two he was appointed to a place on the supreme bench of Indiana, being the youngest man in the history of that tribunal to sit as one of its justices. In 1856 Presi- dent Pierce appointed him district attorney for Indiana, where he fully sustained the high character of the office until removed by President Buchanan because of his attitude in supporting Stephen
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A. Douglas when a split occurred in the Democratic party. When the Civil war broke out he at once began the organization of a company, which became a part of the First regiment of the Indiana legion, of which he was commissioned colonel. When the Twenty- fourth Indiana infantry was mustered in he was given the command of the regiment and joined Fremont's army in Missouri. For gallant conduct at Shiloh he won the rank and insignia of a brig- adier-general. At Champion Hills he again distinguished himself and won the rank of major-general. General Grant in his Memoirs makes special mention of General Hovey's conduct in this engage- ment. In 1864 he was appointed to raise ten thousand new troops and it was ordered that none of them should be men of families. The result was that a large number of boys enlisted under the call and they became known as "Hovey's Babies." But when they were fully initiated they proved to be good soldiers and on the great "March to the sea" rendered a good account of themselves. Late in 1864 General Hovey was appointed military commander for Indiana and while serving in that capacity played an important part in the prosecution and conviction of the leaders of the Knights of the Golden Circle, a treasonable organization. After the war was over General Hovey was appointed minister to Peru by Presi- dent Andrew Johnson and served in that position from 1865 to 1870, when he returned to Mount Vernon and resumed the practice of law. Two years later he declined the nomination for governor, declaring his intentions at that time to never re-enter politics. He did remain in private life until 1886, when his party unanimously tendered him the nomination for congressman from the First dis- trict. He accepted and although the district was nearly fifteen hun- dred Democratic in 1884 he was elected by a majority of over thir- teen hundred. In 1888 the Indiana Republican state convention nominated him without opposition for the office of governor and at the election in November he was victorious, defeating Col. C. C. Matson by a plurality of twenty-two hundred. The same year he was elected president of the service pension association of the United States, at the national Grand Army encampment at St. Louis, which was a fitting recognition of his labors in Congress in behalf of his old comrades in arms. In January, 1891, he received the support of the Republican members of the general assembly for the office of United States senator, but was defeated by Daniel Voorhees, the legislature being Democratic. Such, in brief, is a report of the stewardship of one of Indiana's most illustrious citizens. As a
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public official he was always conscientious and fearless in the dis- charge of his duty; as a soldier he was always to be found at his post; as a legislator his voice and vote were always on the side of right and justice, and as a man he was universally loved for his purity of character, his sympathetic nature and his generous charity. His remains rest in the Mount Vernon cemetery, in sight of the house in which he was born, where they were tenderly laid to rest by the Grand Army of the Republic, some of those participating in the last sad rites having fought under him during the war. Gov- ernor Hovey was twice married, first to Mary James, by whom he had two children: Esther, now the wife of Maj. G. V. Menzies of Mount Vernon, and Charles James, also of that city. His second wife was a daughter of Caleb B. Smith, a prominent citizen of Indiana and secretary of the interior under Lincoln.
GUSTAVUS V. MENZIES, a promi- nent attorney of Mount Vernon, Ind., and one of the Democratic leaders of the Hoos- ier state, was born in Boone county, Ky., Dec. 24, 1844. He is a son of Dr. Samuel G. and Sally (Winston) Menzies, both natives of Kentucky, where the name of Menzies has been prominent in the annals of the state for fully a century. In his day Doctor Menzies was an eminent physician. When the Civil war broke out he enlisted as surgeon of the First Ken- tucky regiment and served in that capacity during the war. His duties as an army surgeon brought on disease, from which he never recovered, and from which he finally died on Dec. 21, 1882. Gustavus V. received his early schooling in the Cin- cinnati high school. Although but little over sixteen years of age when the war began in 1861 he enlisted in the First Kentucky, of which his father was surgeon, and served in the ranks until the succeeding September, when he was appointed midshipman in the naval academy at Annapolis and graduated from that institution with the class of 1864. After completing the course he served in various positions with the European, West Indian and South American squadrons ; was flag lieutenant on the staffs of Admirals Dahlgren and Turner, and was with Poor a short time in Cuban waters, dur- ing the insurrection there in 1869. In the school year of 1870-71
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he was an instructor in the naval academy and while thus engaged he began the study of law. In 1871 he located at Mount Vernon, where he has ever since been engaged in the practice of his pro- fession. Mr. Menzies is well fitted, both by nature and education for a lawyer. He has an analytical mind, an even temper, a sound judgment, is a close student and an indomitable worker. These qualifications soon manifested themselves after he came to Mount Vernon and the result was he rapidly forged his way to the front. Few lawyers in Southern Indiana enjoy a more lucrative practice or have a higher standing at the bar. For many years he has been prominent in the Democratic councils of the state and active as a public speaker during campaigns. He is at home on the hustings, is a forcible and convincing speaker and is always in demand from the beginning to the close of the contest. The political reputation and labors of Mr. Menzies have not been confined by state boundaries. For more than a quarter of a century he has been an active partici- pant in national politics. In 1876 he was the Democratic elector for the First congressional district of Indiana and cast his vote for Tilden and Hendricks. In 1878 he was elected state senator from the counties of Posey and Gibson and served in the sessions of 1879 and 1881. In the session of 1881 he was a member of the senate committee on the revision of the laws of Indiana and acted with the Hon. David Turpie, James S. Frazer and John H. Stotsen- berg, the board of revision appointed by Governor Porter for the codification and revision of the laws. In 1895 he was appointed by the United States supreme court, on the recommendation of Governor Matthews of Indiana, one of the commissioners to determine and establish the boundary between Indiana and Kentucky at Green River island near Evansville, Ind. The boundary line as established by the commission was affirmed by the court, and a dispute of long standing between two states finally settled. He has been a mem- ber of the board of regents of the Indiana State Soldiers and Sailors Monument since 1895. He was a district delegate to the national convention of 1884 and in the last three national conventions he has represented the State of Indiana as a delegate at large. At Kansas City, in 1900, he was chairman of the delegation. He was one of the Indiana leaders in the movement to secure the nomination of Judge Alton B. Parker and was prominently mentioned for the vice-pres- idency at the St. Louis convention of 1904. Mr. Menzies is a mem- ber of the State Bar Association and the United States Supreme Court and the Supreme Court of Indiana, Harrow Post of the
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Grand Army of the Republic, at Mount Vernon, the Indiana Loyal Legion, and he is as popular in fraternal circles as he is in politics or the bar association. He was married on November II, 1869, to Miss Esther Hovey, only daughter of Gen. Alvin P. Hovey, who was elected governor of Indiana in 1888, and died while in office. Mr. and Mrs. Menzies have three children: Mary is the wife of Walter A. Seymour, of New York City; Juliette is the wife of Lloyd B. Fitzhugh, of Galveston, Tex .; Winston was the captain of Company B, One Hundred and Sixty-first Indiana infantry, com- manded by Col., afterward Gov., W. T. Durbin, during the Span- ish-American war, and now lives at Mount Vernon. He married Miss Erma Wasem of Mount Vernon.
THE TOWLES FAMILY, of Hender- son, Ky., and their connections who set- tled in the Lower Ohio Valley, are descendants of one of the oldest families in America. The record extends back to Henry Towles, who came from Liverpool, England, and settled in Accomac county, Va., about the middle of the seventeenth century. He married Ann Stokely and to this union there were born two sons, Stokely and Henry. Stokely settled in Middlesex county, and Henry, who was WALTER A. TOWLES. born in 1670, settled in 17II, in Lancaster county, at the junction of the Rappahannock and Corotoman rivers, the place still being known as Towles' Point, and now in the posses- sion of his descendants. He married Hannah Therrott, and died in 1734, leaving one son and four daughters, viz .: Stokely, Judith, Ann, Elizabeth and Jane. Stokely was born in 17II, and died in 1755. After the death of his parents he continued to live at Towles' Point, and married Catherine, daughter of Thomas Mar- tin, of Corotoman, Lancaster county. The children of Stokely and Catherine Towles were: Henry, Thomas, Stokely and three daugh- ters, Mrs. Dick, Mrs. Reevely and Mrs. Payne. Henry, the eldest son, was born in 1738 and became closely connected with the history of Virginia during the Revolution; a member of the house of dele- gates in 1783; a member of the Virginia convention in 1788; county lieutenant in 1794; and clerk of Lancaster county until his death in 1799. £ Stokely, the second son, went to Goochland county, where he
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