Parke County Indiana Biographies - M
MILLER
Dick Miller, a prominent figure in Indianapolis financial circles, being president of the City Trust Company, is a lawyer by profession, and represents families that have been identified with Indiana for over a century. He was born in Parke County, Indiana, January 12, 1871, son of James N. and Sarah A. (Snow) Miller. His grandfather was Tobias A. Miller, of Butler County, Ohio. Located in Franklin County, Indiana, in 1803 and moved to Parke County, Indiana, in 1817. Mr. Dick Miller's father was born in 1827 and his mother in 1826. They lived together on the same farm in Parke County for fifty-eight years. James N. Miller died in 1908. He was a Methodist, was a greenbacker and later a Bryan democrat, and he took the keenest interest in politics and in all public questions. Dick Miller is the youngest of fourteen children, seven of whom are still living. He attended the common schools near the old farm when a boy, also a graded local school, and the Friends Academy at Bloomingdale. Later he graduated from Indiana University and took his law course in the Indianapolis University Law School. He practiced law in Terre Haute from April, 1897, to 1901. In 1897 he served as a member of the State Legislature one term. Since 1901 his home has been in Indianapolis, where he has since been engaged in buying and selling of investment securities. He was formerly a member of the firm Miller & Company, and on January 1, 1918, this business was absorbed by the City Trust Company, Mr. Miller going with the company as president and general manager of the investment department. He is also chief owner of the Hogen Transfer and Storage Company, which has a capital investment of $200,000. He is president of the Business Men's Indemnity Company. This is a company writing health and accident insurance. Mr. Miller is a Knight of Pythias and a Mason. June 28, 1906, he married Miss Catherine Trimble, of Indianapolis. - Indiana and Indianans: a history of aboriginal and territorial ..., Volume 4, Page 1568, By Jacob Piatt Dunn, General William Harrison Kemper
MITCHELL
Abel Mitchell, farmer, Bridgeton, was born December 18, 1835, in Raccoon township, and is the son of Robert and Elizabeth (Bell) Mitchell. His father was born in Virginia, September 3, 1793, and died March 12, 1838. He moved from Virginia to Kentucky, from there to Raccoon township, Parke county, in 1817 or 1818. He lived in different parts of this township until his death. He was justice of the peace and associate judge for a number of years, holding that position when he died. He was in the war of 1812, and in politics was a democrat. He was a man of considerable information, and was a useful member of the community in which he lived. Mr. Mitchell's mother was born in Ohio, August 15, 1798. She is a member of the Dunkard church, and lives with her son on the old homestead. Mr. Mitchell was reared on the farm. He began farming for himself when twenty years old. He was married January 3, 1858, to America Bell, daughter of John and Ellen (Damson) Bell. She was born January 2, 1838. They have had nine children John R., born October 7, 1858; Sarah E., August 19, 1860; McClellan, December 23, 1862; Emily A., July 24, 1865; Horatio S., July 2, 1868, died August 26, 1869; Lee, April 26, 1871; Frederic A., August 6, 1874; Hampton W., January 17, 1877, died December 12, 1879. Claude C., April 7, 1879. Mr. Mitchell has been township trustee, president of the Bridgeton Union Agricultural Society four years in succession, treasurer of the society four years, and is now vice-president. He has 500 acres of land, where he lives, just east of Bridgeton, and forty acres in Jackson township. He raises considerable grain, and has traded in stock and shipped hogs to some extent. In politics Mr. Mitchell is a democrat, something of a reader, and takes an active interest in the welfare of society. - Beckwith, H. W.. History of Vigo and Parke Counties, 1880, Page 256
MOORE
Jacob Moore, the pioneer of the family of Moores in the county, was a native of Kentucky. His wife, Amanda Rice, was also born in Kentucky. They came to Douglas county in the spring of 1834. In the same year he purchased from Sigler Lester forty acres of land, and afterward added about two thousand more. He died in 1860, and his wife in 1863. They had ten children; the eldest of whom William T. Moore was born in Parke County, Indiana, September 5, 1830. – Historical and Biographical Record of Douglas County, Illinois by John M. Gresham, 1900, Page 279
MORRIS
Thomas Morris, farmer, Coloma, is one of the old and respected citizens of Parke county. He was born in Wayne county, North Carolina, July 12, 1812. His father died when he was quite young, and in 1826 his mother and the family removed to Parke county and settled close to Coloma. Mr. Morris was raised a farmer, but has been engaged in various kinds of business. He has dealt in stock and has been in the mercantile business in Rockville, Montezuma, Plainfield and Coloma. Mr. Morris has been one of the successful business men of Parke county. He is the owner of about 400 acres of fine improved land in the county, and other property. He has always been a strict member of the Society of Friends, and has cast his vote in unison with the republican party. He began in life a poor boy, but by hard work and a strict attention to business he has honestly earned what property he has. - History of Parke County - - Beckwith, H. W.. History of Vigo and Parke Counties, 1880, Page 180
MURPHY
Clinton Murphy, deputy county auditor and insurance agent, Rockville, was born in Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio, March 14, 1846. His early life was spent in learning the miller's trade. He was educated at Indiana Asbury University. On September 11, 1862, being then but sixteen years of age, he enlisted at Greencastle in Co. H, 43d Ind. Vols. and on November 3 was transferred to the 18th U. S. Inf. This was the only body of regular troops in the Army of the Cumberland, and comprised four regiments. The subject of this notice was the youngest soldier in the command. He fought with gallantry at Hoover's Gap, Chattanooga, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge (being slightly wounded at the latter place), Buzzard Roost, Resaca, New Hope Church, Kennesaw Mountain, Smyrna Church, Peach Tree Creek, and in the closing battles of the Atlanta campaign, Ezra's Church and Jonesborough, resulting in the immediate fall of the city. He was promoted from a private to a sergeant. His whole service was in the 14th Army Corps, under Gen. George H. Thomas. He was honorably mustered out at Louisville, Kentucky, November 3, 1865. His discharge bears this endorsement: "Character excellent,"-an unusual and proud compliment. In 1871 he was appointed assistant postmaster at Rockville. Since 1875 he has conducted an insurance agency at Rockville, comprising eight of the most reliable companies before the public. In February 1877, he became employed as deputy auditor of Parke County, a position which he still occupies. Mr. Murphy is a young man of correct habits and superior business qualifications, and is universally respected. - Beckwith, H. W.. History of Vigo and Parke Counties, 1880, Page 155
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