Brice, Benjamin
William, soldier, lawyer, jurist, was born in 1809, in Virginia. He
became a lawyer; was a judge of common pleas in 1845; and was adjutant-general
of the state in 1846. He was promoted brigadier-general in 1866; and in 1872
was retired from active service as a major-general. He died Dec. 4, 1892, in
Washington, D.C.
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Broadus, John Albert,
clergyman, author, was born Jan. 24, 1827, in Virginia. He was president of the Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary. He was the author of Preparation and Delivery of
Sermons; Lectures on Preaching; Sermons and Addresses; and Jesus of Nazareth.
He died Jan. 24, 1895, in Louisville, Ky.
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Brochus, Perry E., lawyer, jurist, was born in Virginia. He was an early emigrant
to Utah, and in 1850 was
appointed a United States judge for that territory. He died in Utah.
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Brockenbrough, J. W.,
lawyer, jurist, was born in Virginia.
He was appointed a judge of the United States district court of Virginia.
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Brodhead, Daniel,
soldier, was born in 1736 in Virginia. He raised in 1775 a company of riflemen
who served in the battle of Long Island. He was appointed colonel of the
eighth Pennsylvania regiment; and in 1778 led a successful expedition against
-the Muskingum Indians. He made two important treaties with the Indians. He
was for many years surveyor-general of Pennsylvania. He died Nov. 15, 1809, in
Milford, Pa.
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Brooke, George
Mercer, soldier, was born in Virginia. In 1814 he was brevetted
lieutenant-colonel for gallant conduct in the defense of Fort Erie; and in
1814 was brevetted colonel for distinguished services in the sortie from Fort
Erie. He was brevetted brigadier-general in 1824; and was brevetted
major-general in 1848. He died March 9, 1851, in San Antonio, Texas.
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Brooke, Robert,
statesman, lawyer, governor.
He was the third governor of Virginia
in 1794-96. He died in Virginia.
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Brooke, Walter,
lawyer, United States senator, was born Dec. 13, 1813, in Virginia. For two years he taught school in
Kentucky; and then began the practice of law in Lexington, Ky. He was United
States senator from Mississippi in 1852-53 to fill a vacancy. He took part in
the civil war. He died Feb. 19, 1869, in Vicksburg, Miss.
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Brown, John
B., politician, was born July 16, 1807, in Richfield, N.Y. In 1849 he
removed to Virginia, where he became prominent in politics in that state. In
1856 he was one of the electors for Fremont; and in 1860 was a delegate to the
Chicago convention, where Lincoln was nominated. On his return he was thrown
into prison on the charge of circulating incendiary documents. At the
beginning of the civil war the confederate authorities offered one thousand
dollars for his apprehension. He subsequently received an appointment in
Washington. He died Dec. 9, 1867, in Washington, D.C.
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Buckner, Richard
A., congressman, was born in 1763 in Virginia. In 1823-29 he was a representative from
Kentucky to the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth congresses. He was a
presidential elector in 1841. He died Dec. 8, 1847, in Greensburg, Ky.
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Buford, Abraham,
soldier, was born in Virginia. He was appointed colonel of Morgan's
eleventh regiment Virginia in
the revolutionary war. He died June 29, 1833, in Scott County, Ky.
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Burnett, Richard,
colonial governor. In 1652-55 he was colonial governor of Virginia.
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Butcher, John B.
John B. Butcher was born in Decatur County,
Ind., near Greensburg, January 20, 1843, and is the son of William and Sadona
(Hancock) Butcher. His father is a native of Virginia, and his mother of
Kentucky. They came to this county in 1854, and settled in Ervin Township. At
that time J. B. Butcher was eleven years old, and since has lived in this
county, where he received a common school education. In the summer of 1861, he
attended the graded school seven weeks at Kokomo, under Prof. Baldwin, at
which time, when only eighteen years of age, September 21, 1861, he enlisted
in Company H, Thirty-fourth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He served
three years, and was mustered out at Indianapolis September 24, 1864. He was
in battle at New Madrid, Mo. ; Riddle's Point, Mo. ; Fort Pillow, Tenn. ;
Grand Prairie, Ark. ; Grand Gulf, Miss. ; Port Gibson, Miss. ; Fourteen Creek,
Miss. ; Champion Hills, Miss. ; siege of Vicksburg ; Jackson, Miss.; and Grand
Coteau, La. After the war, Mr. Butcher returned home and worked with his
father three years. He was married October 27, 1867, to Sarah J. Thomas, a
native of Cass County, Ind. They have three children—Orville 0., Mary M. and
Angie Monette. When he was married, he purchased the land where Hiram Pickett
now lives, and the next fall purchased the farm where he now resides. He has a
farm of 164 acres, about 110 under cultivation, and raises grain and stock. He
is at present Trustee of the township, and he and wife are members of the
United Brethren Church.
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Byrd, Charles W., jurist, was born in Virginia. In 1803 he was appointed
United States judge for the district of Ohio.
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Campbell,
Alexander, physician, surgeon, United States senator, was born in
1779 in Virginia. He began
the practice of medicine in Kentucky; and in 1800 was a representative in the
Kentucky state legislature. In 1803 he moved to Ripley, Ohio; and in 1806 was
a representative in the Ohio state legislature. In 1810-13 he was a member of
the United States senate from Ohio; and in 1813-23 was a member of the Ohio
state senate. He died Nov. 5, 1857, in Ripley, Ohio.
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Cann, James Ferris,
soldier, lawyer, was born Dec. 11, 1868, in Savannah, Ga. He attended the
Georgia military academy; and
graduated in law from the University of Virginia. He is president of the
Citizens' club; and secretary of the Savannah volunteer guards. He served as
captain of company K, second regiment Georgia volunteer infantry, also as judge advocate
and provost marshal of the fourth army corps during the Spanish-American war;
and he is now captain of
company C, first regiment infantry Georgia volunteers.
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Chew, Robert S., government official, was born
in 1811, in Virginia. He entered the service of the government in his youth;
and had served in the state department more than forty years, when he was
advanced to the chief clerkship. He died Aug. 3, 1873, in Washington,
D.C.
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Craig, Lewis S
Born in Virginia; entered the army as second lieutenant
of the Second Dragoons, October 14, 1837; transferred to Third Infantry,
August, 1838, and in March, 1840, made assistant commissary of subsistence. He
was promoted to first lieutenant in June,
1840; to captain in June, 1846; served with distinction in the Mexican
war, and was brevetted major for gallant conduct at Monterey, and
lieutenant-colonel for Contreras and Cherubusco, where he was
wounded.He was killed by deserters while in the performance of
his duty, near New River, California. June 6, 1852.
Submitted by: Frances Cooley
Duncan, John E.
John E. Duncan, a prominent farmer of Taylor Township, is
the second son of John and Nancy (Sargeant) Duncan, natives of Virginia and
Indiana. John E. was born October 10, 1842, in Hancock County, Ind., and his
father died about six weeks later. His mother subsequently moved to Rush
County, and he remained with her, helping to support the family until he was
twenty-one. After this, he worked out two years and invested the proceeds in a
threshing machine, and by this means made his start in life. Selling his
interest in this, he next invested in a farm with his brother, and later sold
this and came to Taylor Township, Howard County, where he has since resided.
He now lives on a fine farm of 200 acres, well cultivated, with all modern
improvements. He was elected Trustee of Taylor Township in the spring of 1878,
and was re-elected two years later by the Democratic party, of which he is one
of its most active workers. Mr. Duncan was married August 30, 1866, to Miss
Delana North, a native of Rush County, Ind. This union has been one of
universal happiness, and has been blessed with four sons —Omer C. born
November 20, 1867 ; Charley E., born February 8, 1873; John C, born November
31, 1878 ; and Roscoe K., born April 19, 1882. Mr. Duncan is one of the
representative farmers of Howard County and also an extensive stock-raiser and
dealer, shipping to various points ; he is one of the liberal and progressive
men of Taylor Township and one of its most respected citizens.
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Fremont, Mrs. Jessie Benton
,
born in Virginia, in 1824. She is a daughter of the late Hon. Thomas Hart
Benton, of Missouri, who was conspicuous as editor, soldier and statesman, and
famous for thirty years in the United States Senate, from 1820 to 1851. During
the long period of Col. Benton's public life Jessie Benton was an acknowledged
belle of the old regime. She possessed all the qualities of her long and
illustrious ancestry, illuminated by her father's record, and was the center
of a circle of famous men and women. She became the wife of John Charles
Fremont, the traveler and explorer, who was born in Savannah, Ga., in 1813.
Gen. Fremont is known to the world as the "Great Path Finder," and a "Grateful
Republic" recognized his services. In 1849 he settled in California and was
elected senator for that State. He received in 1856 the first nomination ever
made by the Republican party for president. His wife was a prominent factor 1n
that campaign. A major-general's commission was conferred in 1862, but General
Fremont was more famous as explorer than as statesman or general. In 1878 he
was appointed Governor of Arizona, where both he and Mrs. Fremont were very
popular. Then closed the long and honorable public life of the Pioneer of the
Pacific. In all these public positions Mrs. Fremont won renown in her own
right. As a writer she is brilliant, concise and at all times interesting. Her
extensive acquaintance with the brightest intellects of the world enabled her
to enter the field of literature fully equipped, and since the death of Gen.
Fremont she finds pleasure in her pen. The memoirs of Mrs. Fremont will find a
large circle of readers. She is now a resident of Los Angeles, Cal., and lives
with her daughter. Congress has recognized the services of "The Great
Explorer" and given his widow a pension of two-thousand dollars per annum. Her
published books are "Story of the Guard, a Chronicle of the War," with a
German translation (Boston, 1863), a sketch of her father, Thomas H. Benton,
prefixed to her husband's memoirs (1886), and "Souvenirs of my Time" (Boston,
1887). She is passing her days in quiet retirement.
(Source: American Women by Frances Elizabeth Willard,
Mary Ashton Rice Livermore, Vol. 1, 1897. Transcribed by Marla Snow)
Gilson, William
William Gilson was born in Rush County, Ind., January 20,
1828, and is the son of David and Margaret (Boon) Gilson, natives of Virginia
and Tennessee, and of Irish and German descent; his father was born in 1794,
and came to Rush County about the year 1821. He entered forty acres of land
two miles north of Rushville, and subsequently added forty acres to this ; he
afterward sold this tract, and purchased 160 acres one mile further north,
upon which he is now living, enjoying the fruits of a successful life; he was
an early pioneer of Rush County, and he and wife are prominent members of the
Baptist Church. William Gilson was reared upon his father's farm, and received
the advantages of a common school education; he engaged in the saw mill
business for five years, and in 1861 he sold his mill, came to Howard County,
and purchased a farm of sixty acres, two miles northeast of Jerome ; he
returned to Rush County, and was married to Ivy A. David, born July 27, 1837,
daughter of Jacob and Catharine (Kiplinger) David, of German descent. Shortly
after his marriage, he located on his farm in Howard County, where he lived
until August, 1874, when he exchanged this farm for 110 acres two miles
southeast of Jerome, upon which he is still living. Mr. Gilson is an active
politician in the Democratic ranks, but cast his first ballot for Zachariah
Taylor in 1848. He was Treasurer of the Grange movement, and his wife is
identified with the Christian Church. Mr. and Mrs. Gilson have had the
following children: Margaret C, born May 28, 1863, died August 25, 1864 ;
David E., born February 27, 1865; Jacob B., born April 26, 1867 ; and John F.,
born August 30, 1869, and died August 21, 1871.
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Githens, Lemuel M.
Lemuel M. Githens, one of the prominent farmers of Taylor
Township, was born in Rush County, Ind,, September 15, 1838, and is the son of
Samuel A. and Jane E. Githens, natives of New York and Pennsylvania, and of
English descent. He was reared on a farm and received a common school
education, and shortly after his majority was married to Permelia Miller,
daughter of Archibald and Ann (Barber) Miller, natives of Virginia. Four years
after his marriage, Mr. Githens located in Grant County, Ind., and there
cleared a farm of 200 acres. This he subsequently sold, and purchased 270
acres in Taylor Township, Howard County, upon which he still lives, and which
has all necessary improvements. Mr. and Mrs. Githens have had eight
children—Rosalie A., John M., Eliphalet, Susan, lona, Luvina, George and
Labetta, five of whom are yet living. Mr. Githens was a prominent member of
the Grange movement, holding the position of Worthy Master, and is an active
politician, voting with the Republican party.
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Gossett, John
John Gossett was born in Union County, Ind.,
August 1, 1824, and is the son of Joseph and Rebecca (Warnock) Gossett, of
German and Irish descent. In 1830, his parents moved into Henry County and
were among the first settlers. Joseph Gossett entered land, built a log cabin,
and not having time to split out their puncheon flooring, or to build a
chimney before winter set in, they built their fire in the middle of the room.
Joseph Gossett is said to have been the first Justice of the Peace of Henry
County, holding the office continually for thirty-two years, with the
exception of one term, and was holding the office at the time of his death. He
was considered as good a scholar in the common branches as there was in the
county. The subject of this sketch has led a farmer's life, and lived at home
until he was twenty-two years of age. He was married in Henry County, in 1848,
to Miss Elizabeth Fadely, of Virginia. They have had eight children, three of
whom are living—Rebecca C, Elizabeth A. and Nancy J. Mr. Gossett lived on the
home farm until the death of his father, when he sold out and came to Howard
County in 1861, and purchased the place where he is now living. He is the
present Township Trustee, now serving his third term. He has been a member of
the United Brethren Church since his sixteenth year. His wife is also a member
of the same church. His father was a soldier in the war of 1812. After serving
his first term, he enlisted a second time and received a land warrant of 160
acres. John Gossett has held several of the minor offices in the township. In
an early day he was a Whig, but since the organization of the Republican party
he has always voted that ticket.
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Hartwell, Henry,
was clerk of the council in 1677 and other years. On June 10, 1691, Gov.
Nicholson wrote to England that there were vacancies in the council and
recommended for one place Henry Hartwell, a member of the House of Burgesses.
The governor seems to have given him a pro tempore appointment at once, for he
was present in council July 5, 1692. On March 2, 1693-94 the committee for
trade and plantations agreed to move the King in council that Col. Henry
Hartwell be added to the council in Virginia at the recommendation of the bishop of
London, and on July 18, 1694, Gov. Andros wrote that Col. Hartwell had been
accordingly sworn. He left Virginia
for England in June, 1695, and never returned, but for some time his
name was retained on the roll of the council. In 1699 he, with the Rev. James
Blair and Edward Chilton, prepared an account of the colony which was
published under the title of "The Present State of Virginia." Hartwell became a resident of London
and died there in 1699. His brother, William Hartwell, was captain of Sir
William Berkeley's body guard during Bacon's rebellion, and through him in
female lines the family is still represented in Virginia.
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Hite, Thomas
R.
Thomas R. Hite was the fifth of thirteen children
born to Alexander Hite,a native of Virginia, and Mary A. (Lowrey) Hite, a
native of Kentucky. He was born March 30, 1837, in Rush County, Ind., and was
reared on a farm, attending school during the winter. He came to this county
in 1856, worked on a farm about one year and then returned home ; then shortly
came again to this county, and July 30, 1858, was married to Lydia A. Willis,
a native of Indiana. She was the daughter of David Willis, a native of
Tennessee, and Lydia (Cogshell) Willis, a native of North Carolina. Her
parents came to this county in 1851 and made for themselves a good home in
Centre Township. Mr. and Mrs. Hite have had nine children—David A., born June
19, 1859 ; Edgar L., born April 13, 1862; James E., born January 6, 1865 ;
Elmer E., born March 7, 1868 : Lew E., born November 25, 1870 ; Elizabeth,
born August 25, 1873; Rolly and his twin brother (deceased), born June 19,
1876 ; and Susan B., born October 8, 1880 (deceased). Mr. Hite resided for
several years in Union Township, but is at present living on a good farm of
forty acres in Centre Township. He has always voted the Republican ticket, and
is an active worker in his party. He is a friend to education and takes a
pride in trying to educate his children.
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John R. & Mary Hooper
Family Biography
Jones, Catlet
Born in Virginia, about 1750, accompanied Daniel Boone to
Kentucky, and was one of the twelve settlers who rescued Boone's daughter, who
had been captured by the Indians, and while guarding the "corn-patch" with
Boone was severely wounded.After serving
throughout the revolution, he joined the Society of Friends, became a
preacher, and in 1801 immigrated to Ohio. He died in
Columbiana County, Ohio, in 1829.
Submitted by: Frances
Cooley
Lacy, Sheriff,
lawyer and register in chancery, was born May 7, 1853, in Randolph County; son
of Abner Wise and Martha (Brewster) Lacy, the former a native of Maury County,
Tenn., who settled in St. Clair County, where he held numerous official
positions and was at the time of his death, in 1887, probate judge of the
county; grandson of William and Mary (Wise) Lacy who lived in Virginia,
Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama, and of Sheriff and Malinda (Wortham) Brewster
of South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama. He received a common school education
in St. Clair and Talladega Counties, and read law in the office of Bradford
and Bishop, in Talladega, 1879-81. He was licensed to practice his profession
the latter year, and in 1882, located at Jasper, where he has since resided.
In 1883, he was appointed register in chancery for Walker County and has
continued to fill that office. He was a member of the Alabama legislature,
1898-99; county solicitor, Walker County, 1886-87-88; for several years a
member of the board of aldermen, Jasper; member city board of education. He is
a Democrat; and a Baptist. Married: December 24, 1876, to Mary Ella, daughter
of John Marion and Ruth (Skinner) McCollough, of Macon County, the former a
native of Anderson District, S. C, a Confederate soldier under Hood and was
killed in Peachtree Creek battle, near Atlanta, Ga. Children: 1. Ernest
Renfroe (q. v.); 2. Cecil Justus; 3. Clyde; 4. Pauline; 5. Ruth; 6. Lorene.
Residence: Jasper.
[History of Alabama and dictionary
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Lamaster, William
William Lamaster, a prominent farmer and resident of
Cassville, is the eldest of a family of eight children born to Isaac and Susan
(Nabours) Lamasters, natives of Kentucky and Virginia, of French descent.
William was born, January 12, 1827, and received a limited education in tho
common schools ; he remained upon the farm with his father until October 10,
1852, when he was married to Charlotte Crone, daughter of Henry and Mary
(Clines) Crone, natives of Pennsylvania, and of German descent. Mr. Lamaster,
shortly after his marriage, moved upon a farm near Waupecon, and here remained
until the spring of 1865, when he sold out and purchased 160 acres in Howard
County, adjoining Cassville ; to this he has added more land, and now has 240
acres of well-improved land, with all necessary improvements. Mr. and Mrs.
Lamaster have had six children—Rosie Henderson, William H., Martha J. Woody,
Sarah Lovinia, Charles Wesley and Mary Ettie, four of whom are living. Mr.
Lamaster is an active worker in the Republican ranks, having cast his first
ballot for Zachary Taylor in 1848. Both Mr. and Mrs. Lamaster are prominent
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
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Lambert, Joseph
Shomo teacher, Baptist minister, was born on March 8, 1869, at Mount
Pleasant, Monroe County; son of Andrew Jackson and Josephine Henrietta
(Shaunfield) Lambert, who lived at Mt. Pleasant, the former a farmer, who was
ordained a minister in the Missionary Baptist church when he was twenty years
old, and was actively engaged in the ministry fifty-eight years, who after his
wife's death, moved to Bay Minette, Baldwin County, and spent the last six
years of his life there, the latter who was born in Mobile, shortly after her parents came from
Germany, who was left an orphan in infancy and was reared by relatives;
grandson of Andrew and Rebecca (Hurst) Lambert, who moved to Alabama from
Georgia in pioneer days, settled in Mt. Pleasant, Monroe County, and, late in
life moved to Claiborne. He received his early schooling from his father and
mother, and from Prof. William M. Webb, at Perdue Hill; entered Howard college
in 1889 and attended two sessions regularly; taught school at Bluff Springs,
Fla., 1891-1892: returned to Howard college, September, 1892, and was
compelled to withdraw in March, 1893, because of ill health. He taught school
until 1901; was appointed county superintendent of education for Baldwin
County to fill an unexpired term by Supt . John W. Abercromble, February,
1901; was successively elected to that office every term until 1917, when he
entered the service of the State department of education of Alabama. He was
ordained to the ministry in the Bay Minette Missionary Baptist church in
January. 1895, and has served as pastor in the towns of Bay Minette and
Flomaton, and in country pastorates. He is a Democrat; a Mason; an Odd Fellow;
and a Knight of Pythias. Married: May 15, 1900, at Mobile, to Lennie, daughter of Richard Montgomery
and Nannie (Farmer) Simmons, who lived at Adairville, Ky.; grandaughter of Dr.
D. G. and Frances (Edmonson) Simmons, the former a native of Virginia, who
moved to Adairville, Ky., early in life. Children: 1. a son, d. in infancy; 2.
Margaret Josephine, b. March 21, 1902. Residence: Montgomery.
[History of Alabama and dictionary of Alabama biography,
Volume 4 By Thomas McAdory Owen, Mrs. Marie (Bankhead) Owen, 1921 –
Transcribed by AFOFG]
Lapton, Nathaniel Thomas
Lapton, Nathaniel Thomas, chemist, born in
Virginia, Dec. 19, 1830; died in Auburn, Ala., June 12, 1893. He was graduated
at Dickinson College in 1849, and, after spending two years in study in
Heidelberg, became Professor of Chemistry and Geology in Randolph-Macon
College and in the Southern University of Alabama. In 1871 he was elected
President of the State University of Alabama, taking also the chair of
Chemistry; in 1875 he became Professor of Chemistry in Vanderbilt University,
where he remained eleven years; and in 1885 was appointed State Chemist of
Alabama and Professor of Chemistry in the Agricultural College of that State,
holding both offices till his death. Dr. Lupton was chairman of the chemical
Section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1877;
vice-president of that association in 1880; and Vice-President of the American
Chemical Society in 1889. He was author of "The Elementary Principles of
Scientific Agriculture."
(Source: Appleton’s Annual
Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events 1893. Vol. XVIII.
Published 1894. Contributed by Robyn Greenlund)
Lock, Elias
Elias Lock was born in Preble County, Ohio, and
was one of ten children born to Abraham and Rebecca Lock, both natives of
Virginia. Elias Lock came to this county in 1850, purchased eighty acres in
the timber, and at once began to clear his land and improve it. He was married
in Preble County to Miss Sarah Ann Brown, about four years previous to
locating there. He came overland with his wife and two children, and is still
living on the same farm where he first settled. He now has a good home, with
good improvements, and fine large brick house. Mr. and Mrs. Lock have had ten
children, nine of whom are living, seven boys and two girls. Mr. Lock saw the
first locomotive that crossed the Wild Cat Bridge, every one in the
neighborhood turning out to see the sight. He now owns ninety-two acres in
Centre Township and one hundred acres in Howard Township. Mr. Lock has been a
hard-working farmer, has spent his entire life in agricultural pursuits, and
is now enjoying the fruits of his labor. His father, Abraham Lock, was a
soldier in the war of 1812.
[Source: Counties of
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Mallory, Stephen
Russell, naval officer, lawyer, legislator, congressman, was born
Nov. 2, 1848, in Columbia, S. C. In 1869 he graduated from the Georgetown
College at Washington, D. C. He entered confederate army in Virginia in the
fall of 1864, and in the spring of 1865 was appointed midshipman in
confederate navy. He was admitted to the bar by the supreme court of Louisiana
in 1872, and removed to Pensacola, Fla., in 1874, and began the practice of
law. He was elected to lower house of the legislature in 1876, and was elected
to the senate in 1880 and was re-elected in 1884. He was elected to the
fifty-second congress, and was re-elected to the fifty-third congress as a
democrat.
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Maple, David
David Maple is the fourth son born to David and Frances
(Gore) Maple, natives of Virginia, and of German and English descent. His
father came to Indiana and purchased a farm in Shelby County, and is at
present living near Shelbyville. His parents had eight children, all of whom
are yet living—Martha, Nerva, John W., Emily, Melvin, William, David and
Missouri. The subject of the sketch was born December 23, 1855 ; was reared
upon a farm and received a common school education. He remained at home until
November 1. 1877, when he was married to Mary C. Lee, born January 1, 1859,
daughter of James F. and Liza A. Lee, of Shelby County. Mr. Maple engaged in
farming in Shelby County until August, 1882, when he came to Howard County and
purchased forty acres in Centre Township, two miles northwest of Tampico, and
it is here he now resides on a good farm with all necessary improvements. Mr.
and Mrs. Maple have two children—Nora, born September 11, 1878, and Celesta,
born October 17, 1880. Mr. Maple is an active supporter of the Republican
party, having cast his first ballot in 1876 for R. B. Hayes.
[Source: Counties of Howard and Tipton Indiana Historical
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McClelland, Robert
Robert McClelland, son of Samuel and Margaret (Cooper)
McClelland, was born in Lawrence County, Ind., February 16, 1834, and is of
Scotch-German descent. His father emigrated from Pennsylvania to Kentucky, and
in 1827 located in Lawrence County, Ind. ; his mother emigrated from Virginia
to Indiana in 1819. The subject of this sketch, when but two years old,
removed with his parents to Hendricks County and there remained until 1842.
His father, desirous of finding a home, in the reserve, took a claim in
Harrison Township, Howard County, and commenced the erection of a cabin. But
cold weather set in before it was completed, and they moved into a cabin on
the south part of the tract Robert now owns. This claim his father held and by
hard work he and his sons cleared up the heavy forest. Robert McClelland
received a somewhat limited education, and worked for his father until he was
twenty-four years of age. He taught one term of school in the winter of 1858.
He experienced a great loss in the death of his father in 1855, and in 1863
located on his portion, eighty acres, of the homestead. He still lives upon
this, and has made it an excellent grain and stock farm. He was Assessor of
Clay Township in 1867-68. He has for several years been an active member of
the Masonic fraternity, and casts his ballot with the Democratic party. He was
married, April 30, 1859, to Mary E. Smith, of Clay Township. They have had two
children—Margaret A. and Edwin A. His wife died February 6, 1880; his mother
still lives with him, a veritable monument of the pioneer days.
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McIntosh, E.
E. McIntosh is the ninth of twelve children born to Jacob
and Nancy (Minor) Mcintosh, natives of Virginia and North Carolina his parents
came to this State in 1809, locating in Union County, where the subject of
this sketch was born February 29, 1821 ; he worked on the farm until he was
eighteen years of age, when he began work in a buggy factory near Newport,
Ky., in company with his brother. This vocation he followed for over twenty
years, during which time he purchased a farm in Union County ; he subsequently
sold this, and located on a farm in Henry .County, where he remained for
twenty-two years. In the spring of 1873, he came to this county, and located
in Taylor Township, where he now resides. Mr. Mcintosh, being born of poor
parents, received but a limited education ; he was compelled to work and help
maintain the family, but he has a good practical education, which he has
obtained through his own efforts. He was married, October 30, 1845, to
Elizabeth A. Elder, a native of Indiana. Nine children bless this union
—William M., Missouri E., Alpheus W., James W., Elizabeth A., Charles E.,
Lilly B., John M. and Ira E. Mr. Mcintosh is liberal in politics, and votes
for the man rather than for the party. He and wife have been members of the
Christian Church for over thirty years, and during twenty-eight years of that
time Mr. Mcintosh has preached the Gospel.
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Meyers, Edwin P.
Edwin P. Meyers, Postmaster at
Jewell, is a native of Hamilton County, Ohio, where he was born December 25,
1836. His parents, James and Mary (Powell) Meyers, were natives of Virginia;
they came to Daviess County, Ind., in 1840, where our subject was reared until
he was twelve years old. He then went to Franklin, Johnson County, where he
attended college. Upon the breaking-out of the war, he enlisted and was in
service over three years. During this entire period he served as Orderly upon
the Staffs of Alexander McDowell, McCook, and subsequently with Gens. Kirk and
Rosecrans. He was honorably discharged in 1864, and returned to Franklin,
Ind., where, November 3. 1864, he was united in marriage to Miss Nancy Wiley,
daughter of Spencer Wiley, of Franklin. His next venture was in the mercantile
trade at Galveston, Cass County, which proved disastrous. In 1875, he came to
Howard County, locating at Jewell, Clay Township, where he has since resided.
He has been Postmaster of Jewell since his residence there, and is now serving
as Justice of the Peace. He is a member of Galveston Lodge, No. 244, A., F.
& A. M., and a member of the Missionary Baptist Church. Mr. Meyer was
formerly a Republican, but is now a Greenbacker in politics. Mr. and Mrs.
Meyer have two children —Louis S. and Charles E.
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Miscellaneous
Family Notes
Nation, James R.
James R. Nation was born in Delaware County,
Ind., in 1837. His father, Enoch Nation, was born in Tennessee, in 1804, and
his mother, Sophia (Thompson) Nation, was a native of Virginia; both were of
English descent, and were among the early settlers in Delaware County. Enoch
Nation collected the first taxes in that county and carried the money on
horseback to Indianapolis ; he was elected County Commissioner, and later
Probate Judge, serving in the latter capacity for eight 'years, when he moved
out of the county. James R. Nation was married, in 1859, to Miss Rebecca J.
Paul. They have one child—Effie Curry. He remained in Delaware County until
1861, when he enlisted in the Eighth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and
was appointed Sergeant ; he was discharged in September, 1862. after which he
went on a farm for one year, when he recruited a company and was elected
Captain; he went into camp at Camp Wayne, Richmond, Ind., moved to Camp
Carrington, Indianapolis, thence to Camp Shanks, and on the 21st of January,
1864, ninety-three of the company were mustered into the United States service
at Indianapolis. Mr. Nation was in battle at Linnville, Tenn., Laurenceburg
and Florence, Ala. He was captured at Sulphur Branch September 25, 1864; was
held prisoner at Meridian, Miss., paroled and passed through the rebel lines
November 14, 1864, He went to Camp Benton, St. Louis, thence to Camp Chase,
Ohio, and was exchanged there January 17, 1865; he joined his regiment at
Gravely Springs, Ala., and went to Vicksburg, thence to New Orleans, after
which he returned to Vicksburg and was mustered out there. He held four
commissions during his service, the last being that of Major. He then returned
home and in January, 1866, moved to Howard County, where he purchased eighty
acres of land. Mrs. Rebecca Nation died December 21, 1869, and Mr. Nation was
afterward married to Miss Mary A. Clevenger, of English and German descent.
They have had four children, two of whom are living—Gertie and Lloyd. Mr.
Nation is now living a comparatively retired life on forty acres of his land
in Jackson Township, doing a broker's business ; he also owns thirty three
acres in the same township, besides property in Sycamore ; he is a Republican,
and has always taken an active part in the politics of his county, having
served on the Central Committee for a number of years. He has been a member of
the Masonic fraternity for about ten years, and is a man highly respected in
his community.
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MATTHEW NELSON, 1821.*
Born in
Virginia, 1778. Removed to Tennessee. Trustee of
Rittenhouse Academy, Roane county, 1809. One of Commissioners to superintend
building of Court House at Kingston, 1809. Member of Legislature from Roane
county, 1813. Treasurer of East Tennessee,
1815-1827. Appointed Trustee of East Tennessee
College, 1821. Treasurer of Tennessee,
1843-1845. Died in 1853. (Goodspeed
History, Knox County Edition.)
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* Explanatory
Note. The
date set opposite the name of each Trustee
indicates the year of his first connection with
the University as Trustee; either by election by the Board
of Trustees pending confirmation by the Legislature, or by
direct Legislative appointment without previous election by the Board.
Pitzer,
Frank M.
Frank M. Pitzer is the first of six children born to
George C. Pitzer, a native of Virginia, and Clarinda (Snodgrass) Pitzer, a
native of Ohio. His parents came to this county in the fall of 1847, and
located in Harrison Township, where they now reside. F. M. Pitzer was born
March 31, 1849, in Howard County, Ind., and has always made his home in this
county. He assisted his father in clearing and cultivating the old homestead
in Harrison Township, and his father rewarded him for his labor with a good
farm of ninety-four acres in Centre Township. Upon this he is living, engaged
in agricultural pursuits and dealing very extensively in thoroughbred
Poland-China hogs. Mr. Pitzer was married. May 14, 1871, to Miss Lyda A. Hunt,
a native of Indiana. Three children bless this union—Harry P., born January
28, 1872 ; Pearl D., born December 9, 1874, and Myrtle C, born February 4,
1879. Mr. Pitzer is an active member of the Republican party, and joined the
I. O. O. F. at Alto in 1875. He is a prominent farmer, and a worthy citizen in
the community in which he lives.
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and Biographies]
Powell, L. U.
L. U. Powell was born in Boone County, Ind., in 1835, and
located in Howard County in 1844. His father, Lemuel Powell, was a native of
Virginia, born 1808, and his mother, Sarah (Miller) Powell, was born in Ohio,
1807. L. U. Powell was reared on a farm, and received very little education in
his youth. In September, 1857, he was married to Miss Sarah A, Larrison, of
Howard County. They had one child — Hiram A. His wife died and Mr. Powell was
again married February 25, 1862. He had eight children by his second
marriage—Cintha E., William H., Vola, Charles (deceased), Lemuel W., Eddie
(deceased), Eva and Lowell. Mr. Powell enlisted August 12, 1862, and went into
camp at South Bend. He was enrolled at Indianapolis in the Ninety ninth
Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, as a private. He came back as First
Lieutenant, and had charge of his company on the march to the sea. He engaged
in battle at Jackson, Miss., Mission Ridge, Dallas, Kenesaw Mountain ; was at
the siege of Atlanta, where he received a wound in the hand; on the march to
the sea; at the surrender of Vicksburg and the burning of Columbia. He was
mustered out at Washington, and received his discharge at Indianapolis, after
which he came home and went on his farm. He now has his farm under good
cultivation, with convenient house, and is now building a fine barn. He is a
charter member of the G. A. R. Post at Xenia, and has been a member of the
Masonic fraternity since 1861.
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PRICE, T. W., teacher, was born about 1808, in
Virginia. He accompanied his father to Alabama, 1817, and made his home with
James Magoffin, Magoffin's store, Clarke County. His father went on to Mobile
and died there. Mr. Price clerked in the Magoffin's store until 1829,
attending school at the same time. At the age of twenty-one, he began teaching
at Grove Hill; attended the school taught by William C Dickinson, at White
Hall, Marengo County; taught near Linden for two years; spent the year, 1832,
in travel through Virginia; returned to Linden where he taught for one year
and the following year took charge of a new academy in connection with Richard
Dickinson; farmed in Marengo County, 1835-40; took charge of the academy at
Dayton, at the same time keeping the hotel, 1840-49; opened a new school in
Creagh's neighborhood, 1849, and remained there until 1851; taught at
Rehoboth, Wilcox County, 1851-61; was admitted to the bar, and also to
practice in the supreme court, 1859; practiced alone, 1861-68, when he formed
a partnership with R. C Jones, of Camden, which continued until 1871; was
appointed claim commissioner, August, 1864, by the Confederate congress;
elected judge of the new court of Wilcox County, 1871, and continued in this
office until its discontinuation, in December, 1873. He was married in 1835
while in Virginia and to this union children were born. Last residence:
Rehoboth.
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Reaves, M. S.
M. S. Reaves is a native of Greene County, Ohio, where he
was born February 2, 1825. His father, George Reaves, was a native of
Virginia. The subject of this sketch remained in his native State until April,
1851, when he removed to Illinois; there he remained only a few months, and in
November of the same year he came to Howard County, where he has resided up to
the present writing. Mr. Reaves was one of the early school teachers of this
county. He has been identified with all progressive measures and served as
Trustee and Justice of the Peace in Clay Township eight years each. He is a
member of the Old School Baptist Church, and is a Democrat in politics. He
owns forty acres of good land located in Clay Township. Mr. Reaves was united
in marriage February 5, 1846, to Harriet Blystone, They have one child living,
Angeline, wife of John Jones, of Kokorao, and one. Louise, deceased.
[Source: Counties of Howard and Tipton Indiana Historical
and Biographies]
Robinson, Fayette
Born in Virginia,
was author of "Mexico and her Military Chieftains", Philadelphia, 1847;
"Account of the Organization of the Army of the United States, with
Biographies of Distinguished Officers", 1848; "California and the Gold
Regions", New York, 1849; "Grammar of the Spanish Language", Philadelphia,
1850; a romance entitled "Wizard of the Wave", New York, 1853; a translation
of Anthelme Brillat-Savarin's "Physiologie du Gout", Philadelphia, 1854; and
novels from the French.He died in New
York City, March 26, 1859.
Submitted by: Frances
Cooley
Robinson, Mrs. Martha
Harrison, author, was born in Virginia. She is a writer of Philadelphia who has
published a number of translations from the French, and Helen Erskine, an
original novel.
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Rodkey, John
John Rodkey (deceased), son of John and Esther
(Christian) Rodkey, was a native of Pennsylvania, and was born January 15,
1826. When but six years of age, he removed with his mother to Miami County,
Ohio, where he was reared and educated. In 1844, he came to Clinton County,
Ind., and learned the tanner's trade, which he pursued four or five years. He
then returned to Ohio and engaged in farming a short time, after which he
returned to Indiana, and located in Howard County, having purchased a large
tract of land. He improved this place until it was one of the finest farms in
the county. Mr. Rodkey was a man of fine business qualities, and assisted
greatly in developing Howard County. The large brick dwelling, surrounded by
broad acres, still stands, to show that he was not idle, but improved all
opportunities offered, to provide for his widow and loved ones, leaving an
ample share for each of his children. He died September 29, 1875, since which
time Perry, the eldest of his sons, has managed the estate. Mr. Rodkey was elected County Commissioner in 1868, and re-elected
in 1871, holding the office at his death. He was married in Carroll
County, Ind., June 4, 1853 to Eveline Fennell. She is a native of Virginia,
and was born September 25, 1827. They had five children—Perry, Laura J., Mary
C, Joseph M. and Jessie Celle. Mr. Rodkey was a member of the Masonic
fraternity, and the Republican party.
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EDWARD SCOTT, 1820. *
Born in Virginia. Removed to Knoxville. Clerk of
Tennessee House of Representatives, 1799-1807. One
of Commissioners to manage lottery for building Masonic Hall in Knoxville,
1803. Register of Land Office for East Tennessee,
1808-1815. Judge of Second Circuit, 1815-1844. Appointed Trustee of
East Tennessee College, 1820. Author of "Scotts'
Revisal" of the Laws of the State of Tennessee,
1821. Died 1844. (Goodspeed History. Caldwell's Bench and Bar.)
[University of Tennessee record, Volume 1 By University
of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1898- Transcribed by AFOFG]
* Explanatory
Note. The
date set opposite the name of each Trustee
indicates the year of his first connection with
the University as Trustee; either by election by the Board
of Trustees pending confirmation by the Legislature, or by
direct Legislative appointment without previous election by the Board.
Simpson, Dr. Solomon
Dr. Solomon Simpson, one of the prominent farmers and
merchants of West Liberty, is the youngest of a family of eleven children born
to Thomas and Sarah (Mabray) Simpson, natives of Georgia and Virginia, and of
English descent. Thomas Simpson came to Indiana in 1809, and settled upon the
creek now bearing his name, in Fayette County. His father was a soldier in the
Revolutionary war under Gen. Marion, and he was a soldier in the war of 1812.
Mr. Simpson remained upon his farm, near Connersville, until his death in
1847. Dr. Simpson was born February 15, 1815, and was reared on the farm. At
the age of twenty, he was married to Lovicia Conaway, born February 27, 1817,
daughter of James and Sarah (Sparks) Conaway, natives of South Carolina, and
of English descent. Shortly after his marriage, Mr. Simpson began the study of
medicine, and soon entered into a practice which he continued for about forty
years, twenty-five years of which were spent in Rush County; he sold his farm
in 1865, came to Howard County, and purchased 200 acres of land north of West
Liberty, where he now resides. Mr. and Mrs. Simpson had eleven
children—Marilda J. (deceased), born September 4, 1836; Mary H. (deceased),
born January 10, 1837 ; Daniel W., born October 27, 1839 ; Sarah A.
(deceased), born December 13, 1842 ; R. H. L., born July 4, 1845 ; Marshal T.
(deceased), born August 28, 1847 ; John C. (deceased), born February 2, 1851 ;
James T., M. D., born November 18, 1852 ; S. F., born November 28, 1854 ;
Lovicia A., born July 8, 1857, and Nancy C. (deceased born June 18, 1859. Mrs.
Simpson was an earnest supporter of religious principles until her death,
which occurred April 5, 1876. Mr. Simpson in an early day was a Whig, having
cast his first vote for President Harrison, in 1836, but later has voted with
the Republican party. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and is a
Phenomenal Spiritualist.
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and Tipton Indiana Historical and Biographies]
Slaughter, William Henry
William Henry Slaughter was born October 9, 1845, and is
the son of William Slaughter, a native of Virginia, and of Scotch-Irish
descent. William Slaughter was a farmer who came to Indiana about the year
1835, and was shortly married to Miss Pinia Beck, of Fayette County, Ind. Soon
after his marriage, he moved to Hancock County, and there purchased a farm of
eighty acres, where he has since lived. Mr. and Mrs. Slaughter have had eleven
children, seven of whom are still living—James C, Samuel, William Henry, Mary
E., Francis M., Lavinia and Robert A. Mr. Slaughter was a prominent member of
the Good Templars, and has been an active worker in the Democratic party since
the year 1881, and he and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
William Henry was reared on his father's farm, and lived at home until he was
married in March, 1867, to Louisa Johns, daughter of Mathew and Ellen
(Maggart) Johns. Her father, a native of Tennessee, and of German descent, was
a farmer and a blacksmith by trade. Mr. Slaughter, after his marriage, rented
a farm for fourteen years, during which time he purchased sixty acres of land
in Union Township, Howard County, which he rented for two years, and in 1881
removed to this county, where he has since made his home. By industry and
economy, he has been able to add forty acres, and now owns 100 acres of good
farm land. Mr. and Mrs. Slaughter have had five children, all of whom are
living—Martha E., Robert A., Minnie B., Charles E.and Francis M. Mr. Slaughter
has been a prominent member of the Good Templars' Lodge, and has closely
adhered to its principles. He is a conservative politician in the Democratic
ranks, and he and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
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and Biographies]
Springer, William M.
William M. Springer (deceased) was the son of
Nathan U. Springer, a native of Pennsylvania, and Martha (Moore) Springer,
born in Virginia. William M. was born August 18, 1809, in Butler County, Ohio,
and at the age of two years moved with his parents to Franklin County, Ind. ;
he succeeded in obtaining a fair education, and at the age of nineteen began
the tanner's trade, which was completed with John Hendricks, father of the
Hon. T. A. Hendricks. Mr. S. was married, August 11, 1831, to Elizabeth
Limpus, a native of Indiana, and shortly moved to Shelby County, Ind., in a
densely wooded wilderness, where he worked at his trade, and cleared the farm
from the woods. Mr. and Mrs. Springer had twelve children—Nancy A., Elvira,
John S. (who died in the service of his country), Levi L., Martha M., Lyda J.,
Lovisa (deceased), Mary E., Nathan U., Almira (deceased), Sarah E. (deceased),
and Jennie F. Jennie at present resides with her mother on the old homestead,
and the rest of the children are married and comfortably settled in life, Mr.
Springer was elected Trustee of Shelby County, in an early day, and in 1873
came to this county, where he lived an honest, upright life, being a friend to
the poor, and a liberal giver to all public enterprises. In early life, he was
a Whig, but in later years was a strong advocate of Republican principles; he
and wife became members of the Separate Baptist Church over forty years
ago.
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Historical and Biographies]
Stewart, Jesse C.
Jesse C. Stewart, son of Stephen and Elizabeth (Corn)
Stewart, natives of Kentucky, and of Irish descent, was born June 24, 1827. He
was reared upon the farm, but owing to necessities of labor received but a
limited education. By the early death of his father, he was left to his
mother's care. March 28, 1854, he was married to Mary A. Luery, daughter of
Solomon Luery and wife, natives of Virginia. They had one child—William L.
Mrs. Stewart (now deceased), was a prominent member of the United Brethren
Church. Mr. Stewart was married, the second time, June 6, 1856, to Emma Start,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Palmer, of this county. Three children blessed this
union—Elizabeth A. Smith, Caroline and Stephen A. Mr. Stewart enlisted in
August, 1862, under Capt. Burns, in Company F, Eighty-ninth Regiment Indiana
Volunteer Infantry, and served three years. He participated in the following
battles : Munfordsville, Ft. De Russey, Pleasant Hill, Bayou, Lamore,
Marksville, Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely. While marching from Vicksburg to
Meridian, he was wounded by the kick of a horse to such an extent as to
cripple him for life. He was discharged July 22, 1865, and in May, 1869,
married Susana Brown, daughter of Abijah and Sarah (Lewis) Brown, natives of
Kentucky. This union has been blessed with two children—John W. and Elmer B.
Mr. Stewart is one of the prominent farmers of Howard Township, and his wife
is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
[Source: Counties of Howard and Tipton Indiana Historical
and Biographies]
M. STONE & BRO., two enterprising young business men of Sycamore
Corners, are natives of Rush County, Ind. They started a grocery, dry goods
and general stock store in the town of Sycamore in April, 1882. They have been
uncommonly successful, and have done a business far beyond their expectation.
Starting with a $3,000 stock, the first year they did a business of $50,000.
They are now preparing to add an addition to their store. They anticipate
putting in a stock of agricultural implements and hardware in their present
business room, and expect to put up a two-story building opposite their
present site. This will be 100 feet in length, and will be used for their
present business. They anticipate increasing their stock with an addition of
$2,000, and will expect to do a larger and more extensive business. M. Stone
& Bro. are accommodating and energetic merchants, and in every way worthy
of the patronage so liberally bestowed upon them. Their parents, Solomon and
Mary A. (Hatfield) Stone, were natives of Virginia and of German descent.
[Source: Counties of Howard and Tipton Indiana Historical
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Swope, James M.
James M. Swope is the youngest of eleven children born to
Joseph and Margaret (Miller) Swope, natives of Virginia, and of German and
Irish descent, Joseph Swope (whose father was the first white child born in
Monroe County, Va.) came to Franklin County, Ind., in 1818, but soon removed
to Decatur, where he remained until his death in 1828. He and wife were
prominent members of the Baptist Church. James was born April 15, 1827, and
was reared upon a farm, receiving but a limited education. At the age of
twenty, he was married to Sarah A, Fulwider, born August 1, 1823. daughter of
George and Hannah (Fix) Fulwider, of Bartholomew County, Ind., and natives of
Augusta County Va. After his marriage, lie came to Howard County, and in
December, 1847, pre-empted 160 acres in Liberty Township, and April 17, 184S,
entered the same farm and remained upon this until 1851, when he sold, and
purchased 160 acres in Union Township. He has since added to this until now he
has 373 acres of fine farm land, near Jerome. Mr. and Mrs. Swope have had
seven children—Serilda C, born March 16, 1848, died November 9, 1869 ;
Corinthia, born August 12, 1851 ; Joseph, born April 3, 1854 ; George R., born
December 14, 1857; Arthur L., born July 11, 1860, died February 27th, 1878;
John M.. born March 27, 1863, and one infant. Mr. Swope is an earnest
supporter of Republican principles, and he and wife are identified with the
Separate Baptist Church.
[Source: Counties of Howard
and Tipton Indiana Historical and Biographies]
Vinson, Rev. Robert E., D.D. L.L.D.
As one of a family
that has been distinguished by its services in the Presbyterian ministry, Rev.
Robert E. Vinson, D.D., LL.D., has especially gained prominence in the work of
the church, not only through his activities in a ministerial capacity, but as
president of Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, to which office he was
elected in May, 1909, after seven years of work in the seminary as an
instructor in various branches.
Robert E. Vinson was born in Winnsboro, Fairfield County, South
Carolina, on November 4, 1876, and is a son of John Vinson, a South Carolina
merchant and cotton buyer, born in that state in Sumter County, in 1839.
Andrew P. Vinson, grandfather of the subject, was a Virginian by birth, who
moved to South Carolina when a boy, and who was a very promincnt lawyer in the
Ante Bellum days. He died in 1846. John Vinson served in the Confederate army
under General Beauregard. He enlisted at the beginning of the war from Citadel
Academy where he was a student, and served throughout the entire four years.
He was taken prisoner at Fort Sumter, but barring a few months imprisonment,
was active in the service throughout the entire period of hostilities.
The Vinson family, it
should be said, is one of the oldest in America today, the first of the name
to settle on American soil having come from France in company with General
LaFayette and they rendered valiant service during the revolutionary war.
John Vinson, father of
the subject, married Mary Brice, who was of Scotch-Trish descent, her people
having come originally from the North of Ireland, settling in the Piedmont
section of South Carolina. Two of Mrs. Vinson's brothers fought under General
Longstreet throughout the war, and two brothers of John Vinson also gave
service to the South during that unhappy time. Walker Vinson was killed in
Pickett's Brigade at Gettysburg and the other, A. P. Vinson, still lives in
Sumter, South Carolina. Ho served with the rank of Major during the war, and
is still known by his military title. Another brother, W. D., was for twenty
years a professor of mathematics in Davidson College, North Carolina.
To John and Mary (Brice)
Vinson were born the following children: Walter H., a lawyer of St. Paul,
Minnesota; William A., also a lawyer, engaged in practice in Houston, Texas;
John W., missionary to China; T. Chalmers, a missionary in Luebo, Belgian
Congo. Africa; Mrs. W. J. Culver, of San Antonio, Texas; Mrs. W. A. McLeod, of
Austin, Texas; Miss Brice Vinson, teaching in the public schools of San
Antonio; and Rev. Robert E. of this review.
Robert E. Vinson came with his father's family to Sherman, Texas, in
1887. He had his education in the public schools, followed by attendance at
Austin College, from which he took his B.A. degree in 1896. In 1899 he had his
B.D. degree from Union Theological Seminary of Virginia, after which he became
Associate Pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Charleston, West
Virginia, continuing until 1902 in that connection. In 1902 Rev. Vinson took a
special course in Hebrew and Archaeology in the Divinity School of Chicago
University, under Dr. Harper, and in September, 1902, he came to Austin,
Texas, as professor of Old Testament languages and Exegesis. In 1906, at his
own request, he was transferred to the Chair of English Bible and Practical
Theology, which he still holds, and in May, 1909, he was elected president of
the Seminary, his present office.
In 1905 Austin College conferred upon him the degree of D.D., and in
1910 the degree of LL.D: was conferred upon him by Southwestern Presbyterian
University of Clarksville, Tennessee.
Too much credit cannot be accorded to Dr. Vinson for his work along
educational lines in the state of Texas. In 1909 he formulated the plan under
which the Presbyterian Church in Texas has since operated its educational
work, and he has been chairmen of the executive agency of the Synod since
1909. This commission has under its jurisdiction seven schools in the state,
and Dr. Vinson has been field secretary since that time, raising all the money
for the support and equipment of the schools—a work that has won for him
especial prominence in the church and out of it.
Dr. Vinson was married on January 3, 1901, to Miss Katherine Kerr, of
Sherman, Texas, a daughter of John S. Kerr, a nurseryman who has been
prominently identified with the horticultural and agricultural interests of
the state of Texas for the past quarter century. The Kerrs came originally
from Scotland, as the family name would inevitably indicate, and they made
their first settlement in Mississippi. The paternal grandfather of Mrs. Vinson
was one of the earliest settlers in Collins County, Texas, and that district
is still the recognized seat of the family. Her maternal grandfather, of the
family name of Murray, was a pioneer Presbyterian Missionary to the
Trans-Mississippi country of Arkansas and Texas, and her maternal grandmother
was a Rutherford, also of Scotch descent, and a native of South Carolina.
The children of Dr. and
Mrs. Vinson are Elizabeth, born December 26, 1901; Helen Rutherford, born July
9, 1906; and Katherine Kerr, born April 5, 1911.
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Woody, Hon. Samuel
Hon. Samuel Woody was born April 14, 1828, in
Orange County, N. C. His parents, John and Mary Woody, located in Parke
County, Ind., in 1829. There he worked on the farm, attending the common
schools in the winter. His education was limited, but he has obtained a goodly
stock of general information through reading. In 1847, he came West with his
aged parents, and settled on eighty acres of land in the Miami Reserve, where
be still lives. He worked hard to pay for this farm, but he now owns 400 acres
of fine farm land, well cultivated, having all the modern improvements. In an
early day, Mr. Woody was Township Trustee for six years. In 1874, he was
elected Joint Representative from Howard and Miami Counties, and during his
term of service introduced several important bills, which afterward became
laws. Formerly Mr. Woody was a Whig, but has been a Republican ever since the
organization of that party. He has long been an earnest worker in the
temperance cause, and has ever been ready to aid in any charitable enterprise.
He has given liberally to many churches, and has assisted in building many
church buildings in the county, as well as in the city of Kokomo. Mr. Woody
was instrumental in organizing Honey Creek Township. He was married, February
11, 1849, to Miss Margaret Lybrook, daughter of John C. and Elizabeth Lybrook.
Her parents were natives of Virginia, and pioneers of Honey Creek Township.
Mr. and Mrs. Woody have had seven children—Horace G., Professor of the Kokomo
High School ; John L., of Russiaville ; William P.; M. Pearl, of Arkansas ;
Mrs. M. E. Alma Dimitt, Sarah L. and N. E. Ina. Mrs. Woody died January 6,
1883.
[Source: Counties of Howard and Tipton Indiana
Historical and Biographies]
