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Mr. Adolph Sagebill was born in Europe in 1816. At the age of eighteen he came to America. About four years afterwards his father started to join him but died at sea. Mr. Sage- bill spent his first five years in this county in the
State of Ohio. In 1840 he became a citizen of Clark county. In 1843 he purchased the farm where he still resides, in Union township. In 1842 he and Miss Cynthia Ann Griswold were united in marriage, and they had two children, both of whom are now deceased. She died in 1846. Mr. Sagebill married his second wife, Martha L. McDoland. Their family consists of six children, three married and three single. Mr. Sagebill is a member of the Christian church and politically is a Democrat.
Colonel John Carr was born in Pennsylvania, July 3, 1784, moved to Kentucky in 1797, and remained about three years, when he moved to Silver Creek township, Clark county, where he married in 1806. In 1807 he moved upon the farm where his son M. W. resides and still owns. Here he moved into a small log-house, where he resided until his death, the time being sixty-one years. He reared a family of ten children, five sons and five daughters, four of whom are still living-M. W. and John D. are the only surviving sons, and Mahala and Marilda are the surviving daughters. John D. is married, has five chil- dren, and is farming with his brother, M. W., who is still single; Mahala is the wife of Robert Gray, and resides near Crawfordsville-their family consists of ten children ; Marilda is the wife of Norris Rittler, resides in St. Louis, and has four children.
Isaac Haws was born in New York State in 1809. At the age of eight he came to Clark county with his father, Jason Haws, who made that his home till his death, which was in 1856, living to the age of eighty-nine. He reared a family of ten children, only two of whom are living, the others dying before they reached ma- turity. Mr. Haws and his brother Elijah, who resides in Utica township, comprise the family left. When Mr. Isaac Haws was twenty-two years of age he and Miss Elizabeth McGuire were united in marriage. They lived happily to- gether till death broke the tie in 1874. They reared a family of eight children, seven of whom are still living, five sons and two daughters. They are each married, and taking an active part in the great battle of life in different parts of the United States. Mr. Isaac Haws is a member of the Christian church, and he and his five sons are all sound Republicans.
Mr. J. J. Haws, son of Isaac Haws, was
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born in Union township, Clark county, in 1838, and made his home with his father until he was sixteen years of age, when he commenced the life of railroading, commencing on the old New Albany & Salem railroad when strap iron was used for rails. Here he served as brakeman one year, and then engaged with the Louisville & Nashville road as brakeman for the same length of time, then was baggage-master for one year, after which he took charge of a train as con- ductor. He remained with the company twenty years, three years of that time being employed as passenger agent in Louisville. At the expira- tion of this time, it being March, 1878, he re- signed his position and turned his attention to other avocations. The first year he engaged in farming where he still resides in Blue Lick. The second year he joined his interests in the mercantile business with T. McDietz, and started a cooper-shop, running ten hands at home. In the spring of 1881 he started a cooper-shop at the Ohio Valley Cement mills, where he runs twenty-four hands. In the western part of Mon- roe township he is running a saw-mill and stave- factory, where he makes a sufficient number of staves to make all his barrels, which number about three hundred per day, and furnishes the Ohio Valley Cement company with barrels. He has in his employ forty-five men and runs sev- eral teams. In the saw-mill and stave factory he has for a partner Colonel J. T. Willey. He is also raising blooded cattle. In the year 1863 he and Miss Mary Dietz were united in marriage. They have no children. He is a member of the order of Odd Fellows.
Mr. James M. Gray was born in Union town- ship, Clark county, Indiana, in 1839. He is a son of Jonathan Gray, who was also born in Union township, Clark county, in 1813. His father's name was David Gray, and cams to Clark county from Pennsylvania some time previ ous to 1800. Mr. Jonathan Gray made this county his home till his death, which was in 1856. He married, in 1836, Miss Matilda Carr, who died in 1871 at the advanced age of sixty. Their fam- ily consisted of three sons and two daughters, all of whom are living. J. M., the oldest and the subject of this sketch, married, in the year 1865, Miss Maria Guernsey, who was born in Monroe township, this county in 1843, daughter of Mr. Burrett Guernsey, a very prominent citizen of this
county till his death, which was in 1868. Mr. J. M. Gray has one son, now fifteen years of age, Edgar L. Mr. Gray's early life was turned to farming and he still oversecs his place, the old homestead south of Memphis. In the year 1870 he united his interests with his present partner, Mr. W. C. Coombs, in the manufacture of hominy mills, meeting with reasonable success. Both Mr. Gray and wife are members of the Christian church. Politically he is a good, sound Republican.
Mr. H. H. Coombes was born in Clark county, Indiana Territory, in August, 1810. He was a son of Joel Coombes, who became a citizen of this county in 1801, formerly a resident of Penn- sylvania. He was married in Kentucky and moved to Washington county in March, 1816, where he lived about three years and returned to Clark county and resided there till his death, which was in 1853. In 1847 H. H. Coombes moved upon his farm, where he still resides in Union township. His father's family consisted of four sons and two daughters, Mr. Coombes being the only surviving member. His brother William was killed at the battle of Buena Vista. The others died at different ages. In the year 1837 he and Rachel Hougland were united in mar- riage. They have had a family of fourteen chil- dren; three only are living. Both Mr. and Mrs. Coombes are members of the Christian church. Politically he is an old Jackson Democrat, for whom he cast his vote. Mr. Coombes' father was a Tippecanoe soldier and appointed captain of a company of sixty men and stationed at the block-house at the Pigeon Roost massacre. Mr. Coombes served his county as sheriff during the years of 1857-58-59.
George W. Bowel was born in Clark county in March, 1817. He is oldest son of Mr. Basil Bowel, who emigrated to Indiana from Pennsyl- vania in 1811. He was at that time a single man. In 1814 he and Miss Catharine Pown- ston, a native of Pennsylvania, were united in marriage. They began life together in Union township, where they raised a family of seven children. George W. Bowel, the subject of this sketch, was married in 1847 to Miss Martha Williams, whose father came to the State in a very early day. Mr. Bowel's family consisted of four children, two of whom are living.
William C. Coombs was born in Clark county,
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Indiana, in September, 1831. He is a son of Jesse and Mary Coombs, who were married in 1809. Jesse Coombs came from Kentucky in 1808. His father, Jesse Coombs, Sr., was killed by the Indians about the year 1790. William C. Coombs was married, in 1860, to Miss Re- becca M. Nugent, of Charlestown. Their family consists of three children who are still living. Mr. Coombs is one of the patentees of the Coombs & Gray Eclipse Hominy mill, which they are now manufacturing in Memphis.
C. H. Coombs was born in Clark county, In- diana, in 1848. He is the fifth son of Jesse J. Coombs, an early settler of the township. Mr. C. H. Coombs was married in 1878 to Miss Alice Dietz, of Union township. He is a mem- ber of the firm of J. D. Coombs & Brother, pro- prietors of the Silver Creek Flouring mills, of Memphis, Clark county, Indiana.
Madison Coombs was born in Clark county, Indiana, in 1835. He is the third child of Jesse Coombs. Madison Coombs was married in 1856 to Miss Mary White, daughter of Absalom White, of Memphis. Their family consists of four children, all of whom are living. He has for the last ten years been a leading merchant in Memphis, and is at present station master of the Jeffersonville, Madison & Indianapolis railroad at Memphis.
Dr. Joseph C. Drummond was born near Charlestown in November, 1835. His father, David, came from Kentucky to Indiana, in 1800, he being only three years of age. His grand- father, James, emigrated from Pennsylvania some time previous to 1800. His family consisted of twelve children, who are now numbered among the first settlers of Clark county, Indiana. David Drummond, father of Dr. Drummond, is now living with his third wife in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. Three of his sons are living. The Doc- tor is the youngest living child. He was mar- ried in 1858 to Miss Sarah E. Carr, who died in 1873, leaving a family of six children. He was married again in 1875 to Miss Narcissa Gasa- way, of Jefferson county, Indiana, by whom he has one child. He is now a resident of Indian- apolis, engaged in the practice of dentistry.
Mr. J. T. Hiestand was born in Washington county, Indiana, September 26, 1846. At the age of twenty-five he commenced doing business for himself by engaging in carpentering, which
he pursued for about five years, at times running a steam thresher. At the expiration of this time he commenced the saw-mill business, which he has since followed, and carried on a stave factory in Jefferson county, Kentucky, six months in 1880. In October, 1880, he purchased a fine portable saw-mill, with all the late improvements, costing about $2,000. He was married, March 12, 1873, to Miss Katie Dietz. They have two children, Harry and Jennie, aged seven and four respectively. In politics he is a Republican, and is a member of the Knights of Honor.
In 1817 Mr. Daniel Guernsey came from New York to Clark county, Indiana, bringing his family of nine children with him. He was an educated man, being a graduate of Yale college. His second son, Seymour, was a married man at the time of their emigration to Indiana. His wife was Miss Mehetable Beardsley, of a Con- necticut family. They raised a family of four sons and two daughters. Of the sons Seymour, Daniel, and Elim B. are living, and one of the daughters, Mrs. Anna Mitchell. Elim B. is the present auditor of Clark county; Seymour is a prominent farmer and citizen of Henryville. The latter was married in 1832 to Miss Jane Evans, who died in 1870, leaving a family of four children. The oldest is the present post- master at Henryville; Daniel, the other son, is a farmer living on the old homestead. The daughters are in Kansas. Mr. Guernsey was married again in 1872 to Mrs. Celestia Sander- son, of Clark county. Daniel (second son of Seymour Guernsey, Sr.,) was born in Clark county, Indiana, in 1821. He was married in 1842 to Miss Elizabeth Biggs, of the same county. She is a daughter of Mr. Abner Biggs, and was born in 1823. They have six sons and two daughters. Mr. Guernsey has most of his time paid attention to farming, but was four years postmaster at Memphis during President Lincoln's administration.
Dr. James Madison Reynolds is a descendant of one of the early settlers of Union township, Clark county. His grandfather, Mr. Richard Reynolds, moved with his wife Sarah from Ken- tucky. About the year 1858 he was killed on the railroad. His family consisted of nine chil- dren. One of his sons, James Madison, Sr., was the father of the subject of this sketch. He was born in Clark county in 1831, and died in
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1850. His wife was Miss Catherine Smith, who after the death of Mr. Reynolds married Mr. Hancock. Dr. Reynolds was born in 1851, nearly six months after the death of his father. He graduated in the Ohio Medical college at Cin- cinnati in 1873, since which time he has prac- ticed medicine at Memphis, Indiana, with suc- cess. The Doctor was married in 1870 to Miss Matilda A. Combs.
J. A. Burns was born May 24, 1826, in Carr township, in Clark county, and has ever lived in the State with the exception of six years in Iowa. His father, Micah Burns, a native of Vermont, came to Indiana in an early day and located in Clark county, where he died in 1877, in his eighty-second year. Mr. J. A. Burns is engaged in milling at New Providence and does an extensive business. He was married in 1848 to Miss Christina Baker, daughter of Jonas Baker. They have five children: Sarah J., Micah, Charles P., Adaline, and Emma. Mr. and Mrs. Burns are niembers of the Christian church.
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T. S. Ransom was born December 12, 1839, in Harrison county, Indiana. His father, Hiram R., a native of New York, came to Indiana in an early day. He died in 1874. Mr. Ransom, the subject of this sketch, came to Clark county in 1866 and went into- mercantile business at New Providence, where we now find him. He was married September 4, 1867, to Miss Laura Kelly, daughter of Franklin Kelly. They have one child, William E., born September 27, 1874. Mr. and Mrs. Ransom are members of the Chris- tian church.
Samuel Denney was born September 30, 1817, in Washington county, Indiana. His father came from Virginia in an early day, and was among the pioneers of this part of Indiana. Mr. Samuel Denney is a cabinet-maker and carpenter by trade. He was married May 5, 1875, to Mrs. Shaw, widow of the late Isaac Shaw. There is one child, Elizabeth F. Shaw. Mr. and Mrs. Denney are members of the Baptist church.
Samuel Mckinley was born April 27, 1836, in Wood township, and has always resided in the county. His father, James McKinley, came from Kentucky to Indiana in 1810 or 1812. Mr. Samuel Mckinley is engaged in a tannery at New Providence. He was married in 1858
to Miss Louisa Schleicher, of Clark county. They have ten children. Mr. and Mrs. McKin- ley are members of the Christian church.
Richard L. Martin was born July 14, 1844, in Washington county, Indiana. His father, Manoah Martin, died in 1866. Mr. Richard L. Martin came to Clark county in 1850. He has a farm of three hundred and seventy-five acres. He was married in 1871 to Miss Angeline Rob- inson, daughter of James Robinson. They have one child, Ora, born May 8, 1875. Mr. and Mrs. Martin are members of the Christian church.
William Burns was born February 6, 1820, in Carr, Clark county. His father, Micah Burns, came to Indiana in 1814. Mr. William Burns was married in 1841 to Miss Sarah M. Dow, daughter of Henry Dow. They have four chil- dren. Mr. and Mrs. Burns are members of the Advent church.
Joel Amick was born September 26, 1839, in Oregon township, Indiana. His father, Riley Amick, a native of Carolina, was an early settler in Clark county. Mr. Amick, the subject of this sketch, followed farming till 1873, when he went into business at New Market. He was married, in 1860, to Miss Nancy J. Coctores, daughter of Elias Coctores, of Clark county. They have three children-Rosa A., William P., and Charlie G. Mr. and Mrs. Amick are members of the United Brethren church.
Francis M. Carr, M. D., was born January 3, 1831, in Charlestown township, and has ever since resided in the county, with the exception of three or four years in Washington county. His father, Absalom, was a native of Fayette county, Pennsylvania. He came to Clark coun- ty in 1806 and was one of the early pioneers of Indiana. He was a brother of General Carr, and was a Tippecanoe soldier. He died in 1876. Mr. Carr graduated at the University of Louis- ville in 1855, and has ever since practiced in Clark county. He was married, in 1854, to Miss Martha E. Coctores, daughter of Daniel Coctores, of Oregon township. They have had eight boys, seven of whom are living. Mr. and Mrs. Carr are members of the Presbyterian church.
John Scott was born in the State of Virginia in the year 1791. During the War of 1812 he went into Tennessee, volunteered, and went out with a company of militia, and was at Mobile when the battle at New Orleans occurred, Jan-
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uary 8, 1815. At the close of the war he went back to Virginia, but soon after came to Clark county, Indiana. He was married in the year 1818 to Jane Lawrence, who was born in 1792. She came to this county with her father, William Lawrence, a native of North Carolina, in the year 1814. Mr. Scott and wife were members of the Baptist, or what is now called the Chris- tian church. They were both consistent Chris- tians. He made himself familiar with the teach- ings of the New Testament, and could quote many of the passages contained therein. He was the father of nine children-two died in infancy, two after they had grown up, and five are yet living, whose names are as follows: Fin- nety, Candace, Terah, Caled, and Kerrenhap- puck. Finnety was born February 2, 1821, and married Milton Beaver; Candace was born Oc- tober 16, 1823, and married Jeremiah Noe; Terah was born December 8, 1825, and was married to Mary Ann Henderson, and they live in Owen township; Caled, the fourth of the Scott family, was born November 19, 1828, and was married to Sarah J. Covert, and they live in Oregon township; they have six children-three boys and three girls-Dora Belle, Idella Maud, Homer Clay, Jennie Ellen, Virgil Bryant, and Chester Raphael. Kerrenhappuck was born June 16, 1835, and was married to James W. Hen- derson. John M. Scott, the youngest son of John and Jane Scott, was born February 24, 1838. He was a Union soldier and died at Nashville in the hospital, of typhoid pneumonia. The Scott family are farmers by occupation or the wives of farmers. Terah Scott has been justice of the peace for Owen township for sev- eral years, and has the confidence and respect of his fellow citizens. The Scotts came of good stock and are highly esteemed by their friends and neighbors.
John Covert was born April 23, 1816, in Ore- gon township. His father, Daniel Covert, came to Clark county in 1798, and died in 1842. John Covert has been engaged in teaching the greater part of his life. He served in the army in the Fifty-fourth Indiana infantry a short time. He was married in 1849 to Miss Rachel Gifford, of Clark county. His second marriage, in 1866, was to Miss Mary J. Clapp, daughter of George Clapp, of Oregon. They have one child, Cora, born March 11, 1867. Mr. and Mrs. Covert are
members of the Christian church. Mr. Covert is a Mason.
Henry Covert was born in Oregon township May 15, 1818. His father, Peter Covert, a native of New Jersey, was an early settler in Clark county. He was a flatboatman; a man of strong constitution. He died in 1857. Mr. Henry Covert is a farmer and has one hundred and seventy acres. He was married in 1842 to Miss Mary Cotton. She died in 1862. Six children were born to them. His second mar- riage occurred in 1865, to Mrs. Sarles, of Floyd county. They have one child. Mr. Covert belongs to the Presbyterian church, and Mrs. Covert to the United Brethren.
David Phillipy was born in Guilford county, North Carolina, October 6, 1809. He came to Indiana about the year 1830 and settled in Clark county. He resided here three years and then returned to North Carolina for three years, when he came to Charlestown township, where he re- sided until his death, which occurred March 28, 1861. He was married in 1840 to Miss Anna Coble, daughter of John Coble. They had ten children, eight of whom are living, viz: John A., William Ga, Mary E., Henry F., Sarah O., David M., Samantha J., Edward T., Charity A., Daniel W. The oldest two are deceased. Mr. Phillipy belonged to the Presbyterian church, and Mrs. Phillipy a member of the Christian church.
Francis Veazey was born in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, August 10, 1809; came to Indiana in 1857; settled in Charlestown township, and engaged in farming. He had previously been a tanner. He was twice married, and was the father of eleven children, five by the first mar- riage. He is a member of the Presbyterian church. His son, James C., is now living on the old homestead. He married Miss Sarah E. Walker, of Washington township, in 1875. They have had two children-Myra (deceased) and Oma. They are members of the Presbyterian church.
Riley Amick was born in Guilford county, North Carolina, September 15, 1815, where he lived but a short time, when his father, Peter Amick, moved to Clark county, where he re- sided until his death. Mr. Riley Amick has always been a farmer; was married in 1836 to Miss Melinda Fields, daughter of Abner Fields.
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They have had thirteen children, nine of whom are living. Mrs. Amick died about five years ago. Mr. Amick belongs to the United Brethren church, of which his wife also was a member.
George B. Bower was born October 15, 1834, in Owen township, Clark county, Indiana. His father, Daniel Bower, was a native of North Carolina. Mr. George Bower has always fol- lowed farming. He was married in 1864 to Miss Margaret Haymaker, daughter of John Haymaker. They have seven children. Mr. and Mrs. Bower are members of the Christian church.
Dr. William Taggart was born in the north of Ireland November 4, 1806, and came to this country in 1817, in company with his father, Samuel Taggart, who settled in Tennes- see. He resided there but four years when he moved to Indiana and located in Clark county. He died in 1822. Dr. Taggart studied medicine in Fayette county, Kentucky, and graduated at the University of Louisville in 1844. He has had an extensive and successful practice over the entire county. He has a farm of five hundred acres of excellent land. He was married in 1835 to Miss Sarah Faris. They had three chil- dren by this marriage: John, Mary, and Wil- liam. Mrs. Taggart died in 1841. His second marriage, in 1844, was to Miss Mary Ann Craw- ford. They have six children: Eliza, James, Josiah, Samuel, Sarah, and Henry. Mr. and Mrs. 'Taggart are members of the Presbyterian church.
William J. Bottorff was born May 3, 1824, in Charlestown township, Clark county. He has always lived in the county with the exception of three years in Jackson county, where he was en- gaged in farming. His father, John Bottorff, was a native of Pennsylvania. Mr. William Bottorff was married in 1850 to Miss Eliza J. Nett, daughter of John Nett, of Jefferson county, Kentucky. They have had eight children, five living. Mr. and Mrs. Bottorff are members of the Methodist church.
Rev. Josiah Crawford was born in Brook county, West Virginia, March 23, 1809. His father, William Crawford, a native of Pennsylva- nia, came to Indiana in 1818, and settled in Charlestown township, where he lived till the time of his death, which occurred in 1871. Rev. Josiah Crawford graduated at Hanover
college in 1836, and from the Theological school in 1839, and has preached since then-for four years in Jefferson county, Indiana, and the rest in Clark county. He was married in 1839 to Miss Amanda Stewart. She died in 1842, and in 1848 Mr. Crawford married Miss Phoebe H. Crosby, daughter of Theophilus Crosby, of Mas- sachusetts. They have had seven children. Mr. Crawford is a Presbyterian.
Terah Scott was born December 8, 1825, in Clark county. His father, John Scott, was a na- tive of Virginia, and came to Indiana in 1806. Mr. Terah Scott has ever been a farmer. He was married in 1851 to Miss Mary A. Henderson, daughter of William Henderson. They have three children-William C., Benjamin S., John P. Mr. Scott is township trustee and highly es- teemed by all who know him.
Mr. John A. Eismann was born in Carr town- ship, Clark county, in the year 1841. He is a son of Mr. Christian Eismann, who came from Germany in 1821, locating in New Albany, where he remained about twenty years, engaged at the shoe trade. At this date he moved on Muddy fork, Clark county, where he lived about three years, when he returned to New Albany, remain- ing about one year, when he moved to Sellers- burg and engaged in the boot and shoe, and grocery, and liquor business, which he continued up till his death, which was February 22, 1860. His wife was Miss Louisa Sampson, who is still living and is sixty-seven years of age. They raised a family of four children, three sons and one daughter. John A., the oldest son and the subject of this sketch, succeeded his father in business after he reached the age of twenty- four, and has since continued it. At the age of twenty-one he engaged in the railroad business; afterwards worked as carpenter three years. He is now the oldest citizen of his town. In the year 1875, November 12th, he and Mrs. Margaret Sellers (widow of A. Le Sellers) were united in marriage. They have three children, two daughters and one son. Politically he is a Democrat. He is a member of the Knights of Honor.
Mr. Lewis Bottorff was born in Utica town- ship, Clark county, March 31, 1812. His father, Henry Bottorff, was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, in 1790; emigrated to Kentucky, Jefferson county, where he married Miss Catha-
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