History of Fountain County, Indiana
by H. W. Beckwith
Published by H. H. Hill and N. Iddings, Chicago, in 1881
Fulton Township - Biographical

Aaron F. Randolph (deceased) was born in New Jersey in 1795. He there learned the brick-mason and plasterer's trade in New Brunswick, and when twenty-one years old located at Lawrenceburg, Indiana. He was there married to Margaret Carmon, a native of New Jersey, and in 1832 emigrated to Fountain county, where he bought 640 acres of land in Fulton township, on what is known as Silver Island. About 1833 he buried his wife, who left four children. He next married Charlotte Lunger, daughter of Isaac and Mercy Ann Lunger. Her mother was born in New Jersey, and father in Ohio. He died in 1838, and she in 1871, aged eighty-four years. Mr. Randolph worked at his trade till death. He was successful and highly respected. For some time he was township trustee. He died in 1858. He was a whig. He was not connected with any church, but was pious, never having been known to swear. He was a cousin of Gov. Randolph, of New Jersey, and in his father's brother's, Stephen F. Randolph's, house, on the bank of the Raritan river, Washington had his headquarters in the revolution. Mrs. Randolph, wife of Aaron F., died August 15, 1862, aged fifty-two years. She was a member of the Baptist church. She left five children by her marriage: Harrison, Henry, Mary (now Mrs. Wallace Darnell), Margaret (deceased), and William.

History of Fountain County, Indiana
by H. W. Beckwith
Published by H. H. Hill and N. Iddings, Chicago, in 1881
Fulton Township - Biographical

Henry C. Randolph was born May 26, 1838, in Fountain county, Indiana, on the homestead. He remained at home till he was sixteen years old; then farmed four years in Tippecanoe county. On October 18, 1860, he was married to Clara O. Cook, daughter of Barney and Hannah Cook. She was born in New York, August 20, l84l. Her father died when she was an infant, so she was raised by her mother and stepfather, Dr. William Jones. Her mother died Febrnary 21, 1866, and her stepfather in 1865. After marriage Mr. Randolph settled on part of the home farm. He has dealt largely, especially of late, in grain and stock. He owns 120 acres of land, his home-place, and 140 acres in Parke county. His dwelling cost about $3,000. He is solidly republican, and was county commissioner one term. His brother William served three or four years in the civil war, in Co. E, 97th Ind. Mr. and Mrs. Randolph are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.

History of Fountain County, Indiana
by H. W. Beckwith
Published by H. H. Hill and N. Iddings, Chicago, in 1881
Fulton Township - Biographical

John A. Kiger, farmer, Waterman, is a son of George and Rebecca (Reid) Kiger. His father, George Kiger, was born in Pennsylvania, and in 1827 moved to Rockbridge county, Virginia, and there five children were born to him: John A., Rebecca, Sarah A., Martha, and Mary. In l827 he moved to Parke county, Indiana, and in 1833 bought the saw-mill of Furgeson & Beckelhymer, in Fountain county. He buried his wife in Parke county in 1829, and he next married Mary Reynolds, who, after his death, moved to Illinois. He fought in the war of 1812. But one child, John A., is living. John A. Kiger was born February 6, 1816. Many a day has young John hauled saw-logs, and then worked till late hours in the mill of his father. At his father's death John bought out the heirs and controlled the mill for some years. He has secured 412 acres of land by his hard work, a part of which he has given to his children. He is a staunch republican, and has been active in the church and temperance work. He first was a member of the Baptist church, in which he was deacon, but later joined the Methodist church. Mr. Kiger was married Febrnary 2, 1837, to Eliza J. Dodson. She was born in Kentucky June 28, 1817, and died Febntary 25, 1857, leaving nine children: George (spent three months in camp life), Elias (died at Frederick, Maryland, in the civil war), James (spent eight months in the late war), Elizabeth, Sarah A., Caroline, and William; Rebecca and Alexander, deceased. Mr. Kiger was next married to Martha E. Nevins, October 7, 1860. She was born in Parke county, Indiana, April 29, 1839, and died February 21, 1866, leaving four children: Charles, Oscar, Ettie, and Edgar. He was last married to Nancy, daughter of William and Margaret (Odell) Bullington. She was born April 4, 1830, in Parke county, Indiana, whither her parents had come in 1825. Her father was born in Pittsylvania county, Pennsylvania, April 22, 1800, and in 1807 went to Kentucky, and in 1815 came to Indiana, and in 1825 to Parke county. He aided in the removal of 1,200 Indians, going with them from Mansfield, Indiana, to St. Louis, being in their company twenty-three days. Mrs. Kiger is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. One child, Marga, died December 25, 1870.

History of Fountain County, Indiana
by H. W. Beckwith
Published by H. H. Hill and N. Iddings, Chicago, in 1881
Fulton Township - Biographical

John Burnsides, farmer and stock raiser, Snoddy's Mills, is the most extensive land owner and farmer in Fulton township. Mr. Burnsides' father, William, was born in Pocahontas county, Virginia, in 1790. He served a short time in the war of 1812. The mother of John, Margaret (Calison), as born in Pocahontas county, Virginia, in 1800. There they were married, and in 1826 moved to Champaign county, Ohio. They next lived one year in Dayton, Ohio. In 1834 they became residents of Fountain county, where Mr. Burnsides bought 400 acres of land. Here he made the usual pioneer improvement; a task which, to the Indianaian, is not so gigantic as it would seem to one raised on the prairie. In 1851, disposing of his farm to his son, he moved to Knox county, Illinois, where he farmed till his death, which, occurred in February 1877; his wife's death occurring in 1871. She was a member of the Methodist church, and a good christian. He was an upright, honest man, and a life-long democrat. They brought five children with them, and two children were born to them in Fountain county: John, Elizabeth, Anthony, Isaac, William, Mary, and George. John Burnsides was born November 21, 1819, in Pocahontas county, Virginia. He remained at home mostly till thirty years of age. He was schooled in ' Nature's" university. To demonstrate his success we have but to say that from calloused hands and grit as his beginning, guided by a careful judgment, he has stored his present possessions. February 22, 1862, he was married to Nancy Lewis, daughter of Charles Lewis. She was born in New York, in 1821, and came with her parents to Parke county, Indiana, in an early day. Her parents died in Parke county. Mrs. Bnrnsides has added her share to the success of her husband. After marriage they settled where they live, owning about 1,300 acres of land. Both are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and strict temperance people. They have three children living: Albert, Anna May, and Ora Bell; deceased are Charles, Hattie, and an infant. Mr. Burnsides looks well to the education of his children. Politically he was a democrat till forty years of age, and since has been a strong republican.

History of Fountain County, Indiana
by H. W. Beckwith
Published by H. H. Hill and N. Iddings, Chicago, in 1881
Fulton Township - Biographical

William Titus, farmer, Snoddy's Mills, is one of the best citizens of Fulton township. His father, Stephen Titus, was a native of New Hampshire, and the father of Stephen, John Titus, was wounded and taken prisoner at the battle of Long Island, and died in the revolution in the struggle for independence. Stephen migrated to New York, and there married Nancy Saturley, a native of New York, whose father was also wounded and captured at Long Island, but died at home, virtually a sacrifice on his country's altar. Stephen Titus fought in the war of 1812, and his brother John, a patriot, was one of the ten who reconnoitered the Indian quarters and was killed. After marriage Stephen and wife moved to Pennsylvania, and then to Brown county, Ohio, after spending a short time in Kentucky. There, in 1824, he buried his wife; in 1830 moved to Clarke conuty, Indiana, and in 1836, to Fountain county, where he bought 700 acres of land. His second wife, Sarah Printy, died in 1833. He died August 30, 1851, and in 1855 his third wife, Sarah Beadle, died in Illinois. In his family were fire children by first union, four by the second, and one by the third. He was a democrat, and a member of the Christian church. He was left an orphan when young, and fought the battles of life alone. William Titus, son of Stephen and Nancy (Saturley) Titus, was born January 8, 1816, in Higginsport, Brown county, Ohio, and came with his father to Fountain county. Being at that time twenty years of age, he immediately made war on the surrounding wilderness, and in his slow but sure way chopped down and destroyed the common enemy, converting forest into fields of grain. In 1840 he married Mary A. Dodson, daughter of Elias and Elizabeth Dodson. She was born in Oldham county, Kentucky, June 4, 1814. When married they settled where they live, but under very different cirurnstances. Their house was log, 18x18, hewed, for seven years. He then built his present dwelling, the third frame house in that section. Mr. Titus was not alone in his clearing, for his wife toiled many hours a day in piling and burning brush, and grubbing roots. They commenced with no team, and he made rails to make the first payment on his first horse. They now have 320 acres. Both are members of the Christian church, and he is a Mason. They have had but one child, Elizabeth M., who died in 1851, aged three years.

History of Fountain County, Indiana
by H. W. Beckwith
Published by H. H. Hill and N. Iddings, Chicago, in 1881
Fulton Township - Biographical

Samuel Harvey, farmer, Snoddy’s Mills, is a son of Joshua and Alis (Chew) Harvey. His father was a native of North Carolina, and his mother of Virginia. They were married in Ohio, Alis Chew being his third wife. In 1838 they moved to Fountain county, Indiana, and bought 240 acres of land, and saw and grist mill. She died April 10, 1847, and he April 10, 1849. They were Quakers. He was a whig and a bitter anti-slavery man. They left nine children. Samuel was born July 14, 1828, in Clinton county, Ohio. His life has been spent on the farm and in his father's mill. He has experienced all the hardship of pioneer life. At his father's death the estate fell to Samuel. He followed milling several years, furnishing his mill with steam apparatus. In 1860 he sold, and since has given all his time to farming. He served six months in the civil war, in Co. H, 150th Ind., under Col. Taylor, and received an honorable discharge. Winfield Scott Hancock was his general. Mr. Harvey is thoroughly republican. He was married October 20, 1843, to Mahala S. Dodson, daughter of Elias and Elizabeth Dodson, early settlers. She was born in Kentucky, January 30, 1821. Both are members of the Baptist church. They have had eight children, three of whom are dead.

History of Fountain County, Indiana
by H. W. Beckwith
Published by H. H. Hill and N. Iddings, Chicago, in 1881
Fulton Township - Biographical

Daniel Wann (deceased) was born near Reading, Pennsylvania, in 1806, and was a son of Jacob and Elizabeth Wann. His father owned and superintended a ferry and hotel on the Susquehanna river, near Reading. He moved to Pickaway county, Ohio, where he died. His wife died in Indiana, at Daniel's home, in 1850, aged eighty-six. He was a teamster in the war of 1812. Daniel worked at the ferry when a young man, and was a teamster the greater part of his life. In 1828, while single, he entered Vermilion county, and in 1840 carne to Fountain county, where he took a half-interest in 600 acres of land and a saw-mill, with his brother-in-law, John Underwood. He died October 23, 1865. He was first married in 1833, to Susanna Givens. She was born in Virginia in 1812, came to Parke county 1826, and died 1844, leaving six children: William, John, James, Elizabeth (dead), Elisha, and Margaret (dead). He next married, in 1845, Charlotte (Lunger) Randolph, who was born in New Jersey about 1810, and came with her parents to Fountain county about 1830. She died about 1861, leaving six children by this union, but was the mother of sixteen children. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, as was also Mr. Wann's first wife. Mr. Wann was a whig, then republican. He left property to each of his children. Wm. Wann, son of Daniel and Susanna (Givens) Wann, was born January 17, 1834, in Vermilion county, Indiana . He was married Decernber 9, 1838, to Margaret Randolph, daughter of Aaron and Charlotte Randolph. She was born in Fountain county January 17, 1842. After marriage he rented 400 acres of land of his father, and has farmed quite extensively since. His wife died July 3, 1864, leaving two children: William and Robert. Mattie was deceased, and William died in June 1877, aged fifteen years. Mrs. Wann was a Methodist . Mr. Wann was next married November 30, 1865, to Nancy I. Fultz, who was born in Vermilion county, Indiana, in 1843. Children by this union: infant (dead), and Nancy I. She is a member of the United Brethren church. Mr. Wann is a republican and a Mason.

History of Fountain County, Indiana
by H. W. Beckwith
Published by H. H. Hill and N. Iddings, Chicago, in 1881
Fulton Township - Biographical

John M. Wann, second son of Daniel and Susanna (Givens) Wann, was born January 17, 1837, in Vermilion county, Indiana. He remained at home till his father died, taking the home responsibilities till after the sale. He enlisted in Co. E, 115th Ind., six months' service, then reenlisted in the one year's service in Co. C, 154th Ind. At the close of the war he returned home, and was married in March, 1866, to Jane Jones, daughter of Solomon and Margaret (Bradburn) Jones. She was born in Vermilion county, Indiana, in 1842. After marriage they settled south of Lodi, where he bought 120 acres of land. In about five years he sold, and bought or traded for his present place. He occupies the house built by his father, and owns 137 acres in his home place, and fifty acres in Parke county, and has cleared his share of Fountain county. He is a republican. He and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. They have had one child, Luzety (dead). James Wann, brother of John, served in the 31st Ind. Vols during the civil war, and was veteraned; and Elisha, also a brother, served in the 71st Ind. a short time.

History of Fountain County, Indiana
by H. W. Beckwith
Published by H. H. Hill and N. Iddings, Chicago, in 1881
Fulton Township - Biographical

Solomon Stanton (deceased) was born April 10, 1812, in Guilford county, North Carolina. His parents, Benjamin and Elizabeth Stanton, were natives of the same state, and moved to Huntington county, Indiana, and died. Her father fought in the revolution. Solomon was raised on a farm , and in youth dug for gold in the mountains of his state. He was there married September 6, 1836, to Charity Swaim. She was born in Guilford county, North Carolina, January 16, 1801. They lived in North Carolina till 1841, when they emigrated to Parke county, Indiana, and settled in Liberty township. Mr. Stanton left his family at Sylvania while he built a log " mansion." It was a mansion for those days, for it measured 18 x 36, parlor and kitchen, and over the parlor was an "up-stairs," which few could boast. Here the family lived, and in that house Mr. Stanton died July 27, 1850. He was a member of the Old School Baptist church, and a democrat. He left a wife and four children: Elizabeth, Martin L., Michael R., Letishey, living. John M. died July 26, 1844. Mrs. Stanton died December 2, 1873. She was also connected with the Regular Baptist church.

History of Fountain County, Indiana
by H. W. Beckwith
Published by H. H. Hill and N. Iddings, Chicago, in 1881
Fulton Township - Biographical

Martin L. Stanton, son of the above, was born January 11, 1839, in Guilford county, North Carolina, and was brought to Indiana by his parents. His boyhood days were spent in the forest and common school, his youth somewhat in clearing. When eighteen years old he began teaching, and followed it eight years, in winters. He was married October l7, 1861, to Margaret J. Callison, daughter of Anthony and Martha Callison. She was born in Fountain county, Indiana, June 8, 1843. Her parents were natives of Virginia, and moved to Fountain county about 1837, where he died March 28, 1844, aged forty-five years. She was born in 1810, and is living. Both Methodists. After marriage Mr. Stanton settled and lived in Parke county, Indiana, till 1868. He then, with his brother, secured 140 acres of the Richardson heirs, and has since purchased his brother's interest and added more. He has also built a large house and barn. Mr. Stanton is a successful farmer, a thorough republican and a Mason. He was one term township trustee. Mr. and Mrs. Stanton are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.

History of Fountain County, Indiana
by H. W. Beckwith
Published by H. H. Hill and N. Iddings, Chicago, in 1881
Fulton Township - Biographical

Ambrose S. Holladay, farmer, Waterman, is a son of Gideon and Martha (Coon) Holladay. Gideon Holladay, a native of Berkshire county, Massachusetts, was a farmer and mechanic. He was justice of the peace for years; also at one time high sheriff of Schenectady county, New York, and for some years a member of congress. He died in New York about 1829. His wife was born in Duanesburg, Schenectady county, New York. She was the mother of thirteen children, and died in Cleveland, Ohio, about 1864. She was a member of the Baptist church. Ambrose S. Holladay was born in Duanesburg, New York, October 17, 1809. He was raised on a farm, and at his father's death assumed the responsibilities of home. He early engaged in dressing calves, buying and selling, being quite successful, financially, but security for others ruined him. He owned two mills, 160 acres of ground, and much stock, all of which he placed in the hands of those whom he had secured, to the amount of $13,600. He turned westward to retrieve his losses. Money was offered him, but he refused, and arrived in Cleveland, Ohio, one shilling in pocket. There he was offered a partnership in the wholesale grocery honse of his brother, J. J. Holladay, about 1837, and largely through his foresight the firm was able to weather the panic of 1837. In 1843 Mr. Holladay came to Covington, Indiana, and engaged in selling goods for five years. He then erected two warehouses, one on the canal and one on the river, and engaged in the grain trade. The failure of the canal again destroyed his fortune. He then bought twenty acres of land in Fulton township, Fountain connty, and began farming. By industry and care he has added to his farm till he owns 180 acres, mostly cleared. He is a republican. Mr. Holladay was married in 1852 to Abigail Kies, daughter of Archibald and Hannah Kies. She was born in Killingly, Connecticut, November 4, 1815; was educated at the Charlestown, Massachusetts Seminary, graduating in seven different languages. She taught a select school in Plainfield, Connecticut, and was assistant in Smithville (Rhode Island) Seminary. She then came west to assume the preceptresship of Fort Wayne College, but taking sick she was obliged to forego the position. She taught at Goshen and South Bend, and was then recalled to Fort Wayne College, where she spent two years. She then taught a select school at Lodi, where she has taught the district school several terms. Mr. and Mrs. Holladay have two children, Hannah S. A. and Ambrose S. Jr.

History of Fountain County, Indiana
by H. W. Beckwith
Published by H. H. Hill and N. Iddings, Chicago, in 1881
Fulton Township - Biographical

William Printy, farmer, Snoddy's Mills, is a son of William C. and Caroline (Titus) Printy. William C. Printy was born in Kentucky, in 1800, and raised mostly in Ohio. There he married Caroline Titus, daughter of Stephen Titus. In 1831 they settled in Clark county, Indiana, where she died and where he lives. He is a democrat and a Presbyterian. His father served eight years in the revolutionary war. His son, James F., served three years in the civil war, and his step-son, Thomas J. Printy, lost a leg on the march to Richmond, under McClellan. His family numbers eleven children, eight of whom are living. William Printy, subject of this sketch, was born February 5, 1831, in Brown county, Ohio, and lived with his father till twenty-three years old. When nineteen he learned the cooper's trade, but has followed farming nearly altogether. Mr. Printy was married June 22, 1855, to Sarah C. Hartman, daughter of John P. and Catharine (Day) Hartman. She was born in Jackson township, Fountain county, Indiana November 27, 1834. Her people came to Fountain county in an early day. Mr. Printy owns 120 acres of land, which he has largely rescued from a wilderness. From the usual log house he has promoted himself. He is a democrat. He and his wife are Methodists. They have six children living and three dead.

History of Fountain County, Indiana
by H. W. Beckwith
Published by H. H. Hill and N. Iddings, Chicago, in 1881
Fulton Township - Biographical

Richard M. Waterman (deceased) was born in Coventry, Rhode Island, November 3, 1808. He was a son of Caleb Waterman, the son of Richard, the son of Amaziah, the son of Richard, the son of Nathaniel, the son of Richard Waterman, who came from Bristol, England, to Boston, with Roger Williams in the ship Lion, A.D. 1631. He resided several years in Salem, Massachusetts; went to Providence in 1638; was before the general court of Massachusetts in May 1644, and found to be "erroneous, heretical and obstinate in his religion," and was banished upon pain of death if he ever returned. Richard M., the great-great-great-great-grandson of him persecuted for his religious views by those who had sought a new home on account of persecution, suffered themselves at the hands of sectarian England, abont 1831 sought residence in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Slavery turned him bitterly against that section, so he located, in 1832, in Eugene, Vermilion county, Indiana. He had graduated from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, before coming west, and entered actively his profession in the west. For twenty-five years he practiced in Eugene, his business extending twenty miles up and down the Wabash, and as far as seventy-five miles westward. In 1857 he purchased 400 acres of land in Fulton township, Fountain county, Indiana, and made his residence here. He built a large dwelling and made other improvements. He engaged entensively in grain, pork, and dry-goods business at Lodi, or Waterman post-office, till 1861. Southern secession caused his anti-slavery principles to assert themselves, and although fifty-three years of age he enlisted in the 31st Ind. reg., a sacrifice to his country. On his departure he asserted that "the war would end when the negroes were freed." Being too old to go as a private he was elected orderly sergeant, and in about one year was appointed to the captaincy of Co. A, 31st Ind. Vols., which position he filled through the war. He fought at Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Corinth, Stone River, Chickamauga, Resaca, Rocky Face Ridge, etc. He was worshipful master of the regimental lodge of Freemasons of his regiment, and was presented by the lodge with a cane, the stick of which was taken from Lookout Mountain, the silver taken from a well at Bowling Green, where a rebel had hidden it, and the gold the lodge bought. Having fought many good fights he returned to his family. His son, Cale W., met him at the Wabash, and his first words were, "I've come home to die." The fatigue and hardships of army life had proven too much, and he expired August 23, 1865, about six days after his return. But
"The hours of pain have yielded good
Which prosperous days refused;
As herbs, though scentless when entire,
Spread fragrance when they 're bruised, "

and out of the pain and death of him and thousands of other braves came the perpetuity of a great government. Mr. Waterman was married in Berks county, Pennsylvania, to Lucretia Meredith, who died two years after marriage. He next married, in 1837, Pamelia Hosford, of Eugene, Indiana. She was born in Vermont in 1815, and died in October 1870. Mr. and Mrs. Waterman were members of the Cumberland Presbyterian church. He was an enthusiastic republican, and an abettor of all school and progressive movements. In the family were seven children: Cale W., Robert, Milo H., Benjamin C., Elizabeth, and Emily; Mary A. (deceased). Three sons were also in the civil war. Robert enlisted in Co. A, 31st Ind., as private, and became a captain. He was severely wounded in the neck and body at Franklin, Tennessee. Milo H. served in Co. E, 116th Ind., six months, then in Co. I, 149th Ind., in which he became sergeant. Benjamin, too young to enlist, accompanied his father. Cale W., now owner of the home property, was born December 14, 1839, in Eugene. He was married in 1861, to Edmonia McCormick, daughter of David and Mary McCormick. She was born in Cabell county, Virginia, July 30, 1836. After marriage Mr. Waterman took charge of his father's business till 1867, when he settled the estate. He then spent seven years in the dry-goods business at Eugene, then occupied the home farm, which he owns. He deals largely in stock, and is also engaged in railroad extension. In politics he was a warm republican till 1876, when he espoused the greenback doctrine. Mrs. Waterman is a member of the Baptist church. They have six children.

History of Fountain County, Indiana
by H. W. Beckwith
Published by H. H. Hill and N. Iddings, Chicago, in 1881
Fulton Township - Biographical

Andrew J. Alenduff, farmer, Attica, was born in Franklin county, Indiana, March 26, 1822. His father, Frederick Alenduff, was born near Cincinnati, and lost his father, who was killed by the Indians when he was ten months old. Nancy Meredith was the name of Mr. Alenduffs mother before marriage. This family arrived in Davis township November 2, 1827, and his father entered the eighty and erected his cabin where the subject of this notice lives, on Sec. 5, T. 91, R. 6. He next entered eighty acres of timber and eighty of prarie, then he and an uncle together entered eighty acres of timber. Deer and turkeys were plentiful, and the two first years these people depended on the rifle for their meat. A few Indians might yet be seen, and lodge-poles were left sticking in the ground, and indicated where the main body of them had wintered. These were within a stone's throw of Mr. Alenduff’s door-yard. Mr. Alenduff was mamed August 19, 1849, to Maria Emperley, who was born October 26, 1829. Nine children have been born to them: Elizabeth, October 10, 1850; Mary Jane, December 3, 1851 (wife of William D. Lake, of Warren county); Frederick M., April 23, 1854, died January 6, 1878; John E., February 18, 1856; Annie, April 23, 1860 (wife of Hosea Thompson); William M., June 24, 1862; Ella, May 26, 1865; Marion, October 22, 1868, and Eddie, February 16, 1876. Mr. Alenduff owns ninety-three acres of cultivated land and fifty acres of timber. He has been constable of Davis township one term of two years, and is a republican.

History of Fountain County, Indiana
by H. W. Beckwith
Published by H. H. Hill and N. Iddings, Chicago, in 1881
Davis Township - Biographical

Archibald Roberts (deceased), Attica, was born in Hardee county, Virginia, March 13, 1800. His mother was Mary Bosely. His father, Archibald, served as a soldier nearly throughout the revolution. Mr. Roberts began life as a laborer, and worked ten years for $8 per month. The first year of this period he was in Virginia, the remainder on the Scioto bottoms not far from Chillicothe. In 1828 he came to Davis township and entered two eighties, and about 1830 married Anna Taylor, by whom was born to him one child, George. His wife died and October 24,1839, he married Miss Phebe Alenduff. She bore six children: William H., Frederick M., Mary (deceased), Joseph H., Jasper, and Charles A. Three of Mr. Roberts' sons were in the army. George was a member of the 76th Ill. Vols. three years; William enlisted in the 86th Ind., but got sick and after about six months was discharged for disability. He served on the Bragg-Buell race. Frederick served out two enlistments. (See his biography.) Mr. Roberts died greatly respected, May 23, 1867, having provided an ample inheritance for his family, leaving to them 500 acres of real estate, inclnding 140 acres of woodland. He also gave a farm to each, George, William, and Frederick. The former has 175 acres where he lives, near Milford, Iroquois county, Illinois. Mrs. Roberts has been in the communion of the Methodist Episcopal chnrch since 1857. She was born January 22,1820, and was the daughter of Frederick and Nancy (Meredith) Alenduff. Her grandfather Meredith was a soldier of seven years and six months' service in the revolution; he fought at the Cowpens, and Guilford Court House, and was wounded in the last battle. He ran away from home at the age of fourteen and went into the army. His twin brother was also a soldier. During the latter part of his life he lived near Oxford, Ohio. He came here once to visit his friends. The old veteran used to rehearse with animation his recollections of the revolution.

History of Fountain County, Indiana
by H. W. Beckwith
Published by H. H. Hill and N. Iddings, Chicago, in 1881
Davis Township - Biographical

Joseph Brown, farmer, Attica, was the fourth child in a family of ten children, by Michael and Hester (Lutz) Brown, and was born in Wythe county, Virginia, July 19, 1804. His grandfather, Andrew Brown, was a soldier in the war of the revolution. In 1815 his father emigrated to Warren county, Ohio, and settled with his family near Lebanon. On February 27, 1827, Mr. Brown was married to Lucy Johnson. In 1829 he came west, and stopped in Tippecanoe county until the following season, when he moved into Fountain county, and bought and improved the eighty acres of land on which he now lives, in Davis township. This is the E. 1/2 of S.E. 1/4 Sec. 32, T. 22, R. 6. Subsequently he made additions to his farm. In 1832, owing to the low state of his wife's health, and in compliance with the importunities of relations, he went back to Ohio with his wife, where she died in three weeks and three days after their arrival, her death occurring October 18. He remained there two years, but prior to his return was married to Sarah Camblin. This event took place January 5, 1834, and the next fall they came to their home in Indiana. By his first wife Mr. Brown had two sons and one daughter, as follows: William, Hester Ann, wife of Nelson Cavitt, of Iroquois county, Illinois; and James J., an interesting child which was living with its grandparents in Ohio, and died there in its third or fourth year. His second wife was the mother of three sons and three daughters: Mary Eleanor, Michael, Lucy Jane, Sarah, Joseph, and George C. All but Lucy Jane died in infancy. She married William Thomas Dickerson, who enlisted September 12, 1861, in Co. K, 33d Ind. Vols., and served to the end of the war. He was captured and confined four months in Libby prison, and then exchanged. He reenlisted as a veteran volunteer, and was mustered as such March 9, 1864. He served on the Atlanta campaign, the march to the sea, and the campaign of the Carolinas, doing duty continuously, until at the battle of Bentonsville he received a very severe wound in the lower jaw. This seriously impaired his health, and was instrumental in prodncing his death, which occurred November 9, 1877. His last muster out from the military service was on June 26, 1865. Mr. Brown'e second wife died February 14, 1865. He married again August 2, 1866, Louisa J. Dickerson, who died Monday, December 2, 1878. Mr. Brown at one time owned 336 acres of land, but he has given to his children and reduced his estate to 200, nearly all of which is under cultivation and in a good state of improvement. He cleared about 100 acres. The only democratic vote he ever cast was for Gen. Jackson for president in 1828. At the next election he voted with the Clay men, and after that, the whig party having assumed a definite organization, he acted with that until it was superseded by the republican. He has belonged to the latter since. For fifty years he has been a devout Christian and faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He has acceptably filled the offices of class-leader, steward, and church trustee. "Uncle Joe," as he is reverently called by everyone, is indeed a father in Israel, whose pious life will long be remembered as a sweet savor of good things. His last two wives were communicants in the same church.

History of Fountain County, Indiana
by H. W. Beckwith
Published by H. H. Hill and N. Iddings, Chicago, in 1881
Davis Township - Biographical

Mrs. Ann Watson, widow of Samuel Watson, Attics, was the daughter of William and Luan (Malatt) Van Meter, who were born in Virginia, married there, and emigrated to Ohio. In Butler county, of that state, where they lived, Mrs. Watson was born August 27, 1824. About 1832 or 1833 the family came to Davis township, and settled in the neighborhood of Uncle Joe Brown's. Here she was reared, and obtained a common education at a pioneer log school-house. April 3, 1844, she was united in marriage with John I. Dunkin, who was born February 10, 1817. He had previously been wedded to Margaret Dunkin, a cousin, who died within a year. He began on the place where Mrs. Watson lives, his father first buying him a piece of land, to which he added till his home embraced 240 acres, mostly arable. He died Jnne 30, 1861, and she and her son, John, have bought the rights of the other heirs. Bating her third, John will own this desirable property. Mr. Dunkin was a man of quiet disposition, inclined to charity, and respected by all his neighbors. His children were Marion Dunkin, born February 19, 1845; Van Meter, June 23, 1847; Mary Elizabeth, December 21, 1849 (wife of Cyrus Houts); Reason, April 15, 1853 (died Febrnary 19, 1854), and John W., February 25, 1856. Van Meter lives in Vermilion county, Illinois, where he owns 250 acres of prairie land, and is a thriving farmer. Mrs. Watson was married a second time, to Samuel Watson, who was born near Cincinnati in 1825, and died April 6, 1874, aged forty-eight years and six months. He was twice drafted for the army, but "paid out" each time at a total cost of $2,200. Mrs. Watson is not connected with any church, but has always liberally contributed to the support of the churches, and my other worthy objects appealing for aid. Her mother is still living on the old homestead near West Point.

History of Fountain County, Indiana
by H. W. Beckwith
Published by H. H. Hill and N. Iddings, Chicago, in 1881
Davis Township - Biographical

Alexander T. Sayers, farmer, Odell, Tippecanoe county, was born in Jackson township, of that county, November 21, 1840. He was the youngest son of Robert and Elizabeth (Frogge) Sayers, who were early emigrants to Tippecanoe county, having arrived there from Virginia in 1831. He learned to follow the plow when a boy, and has solidily devoted himself to that calling since, and from 1871 to 1877 united the stock trade with farming. He received a good English education, attended the graded public school in his township, and lacked but one year of graduating. In 1864 he was a student in Bryant & Stratton's Commercial College, at Indianapolis, and was graduated in the course. October 1, 1867, he married Miss Caroline, daughter of Samuel and Anna Carter. (See sketch of Samnel Carter.) They have five children: Julia, born July 2, 1868; William, March 13, 1870; Agnes, September 11, 1873; Robert, October 28, 1877; Samuel, May 26, 1880. Mr. and Mrs. Sayers are cornmnnicants in the Methodist Episcopal church, and he is a democrat and highly respected citizen.

History of Fountain County, Indiana
by H. W. Beckwith
Published by H. H. Hill and N. Iddings, Chicago, in 1881
Davis Township - Biographical

Samuel Carter, farmer and stock buyer, Odell, Tippecanoe county, was born in Ross county, Ohio, October 18, 1809. He was reared a farmer, and has always followed that occupation, but for a number of recent years has also dealt in stock. In 1833 he came to Indiana, and made his home about Redwood Point, in Warren county, for a year; then he came into the Shawnee neighborhood. In 1835 he bought where he now lives, and the succeeding year, May 27, was married to Anna, daughter of James F. Mills, an original pioneer settler in Davis township. They have had six children: Margaret E., born March 27, 1837 (married Stephen Beach; died November 3, 1868); Amanda, August 4, 1838 (died next day); Elizabeth, October 18, 1840 (wife of Alexander Bever, of Hillsboro); James F., September 18, 1842; Caroline, November 3, 1844 (wife of A. T. Sayers), and Robert, December 6, 1847. Mr. Carter and his wife are prominent members of the Baptist church. He has filled the office of trustee of his township, and is one of the leading and substantial men of the community. In politics he is a democrat.

History of Fountain County, Indiana
by H. W. Beckwith
Published by H. H. Hill and N. Iddings, Chicago, in 1881
Davis Township - Biographical

Trustum Beverly, farmer, Attica, eldest son of John and Rachel (Turnage) Beverly, was born near Cheraw, South Carolina, November 11, 1800. When he was an infant, Dr. Mendenhall emigrated, with his family in a four-horse wagon and a carriage to Highland county, Ohio, and his parents came also in the aforesaid four-horse wagon. In 1840 Mr. Beverly moved to this county, bringing his aged parents with him. In the last war with England his father had served in the army a year and a half on the northwest frontier. When he reached here Mr. Beverly had but $100. He rented a farm in the north part of Richland township, the one owned by Samuel Dimmick, and lived on it six years. In the spring of 1850 he moved to his present place, which he had purchased the autumn before, a place of 138 acres, situated in Sec. 13, T. 21, R. 7, to which he has since added thirty acres of timber. He was married, in 1826, to Elizabeth Lowe, and by her had two children, who are living. John was born April 19, 1826, and Esaac December 13, 1828. She died in September, 1829, and he married again in 1838, this time to Sarah Houver, widow of Jacob Houver. Her maiden name was Waymeyer. She died June 28, 1875, and was the mother of six children by her first husband. They were Elizabeth, whose husband, Frederick Kinley, of Iowa, was killed at Lookout Mountain; Margaret, who married John S. Lewis, of Vermilion county, Illinois, and died, leaving two children, Rachel, who married John Waymeyer, and died with children, and George E., who was a soldier over three years in the late war, and now lives in Iowa; Jacob W., living at Waynetown, and Melinda, wife of Clark Downey, of Iowa. Elizabeth lives in Nebraska. At Margaret's death Mr. Beverly took her children, who were then very small, to raise. Both are now living with him on his farm. Their names are Jasper T. and Jacob H. The former married Miss Emma R. Deeter. They have two small children, Mark D. and Allen M. Lewis, who play with childish mirth around their great-grandfather's knee, to delight and soothe his failing years. Mr. Beverly has always derived great pleasure from hunting, and used to make trips to Illinois for this purpose before the prairies were taken up. He has been a Mason and an Odd-Fellow twenty-five years. He voted first for Jackson, in 1828, and after that he joined the whigs, and next the republicans. This venerable man of eighty looks back on the greatest changes ever witnessed by any generation.

History of Fountain County, Indiana
by H. W. Beckwith
Published by H. H. Hill and N. Iddings, Chicago, in 1881
Davis Township - Biographical

Frederick M. Roberts, farmer, Attica, son of Archibald Roberts, was born in Davis township, August 3, 1842. His mother, Phebe, was the daughter of Frederick Alenduff. Both his parents arrived here in 1838. He was married January 2, 1850, to Miss Maggie Duncan. She died June 10, 1871, and he married Josephine Stanley February 10, 1874. She was the daughter of Martin and Melinda (Bartlett) Stanley, and was born November 20, 1854. They have two children: Walter, born November 14, 1875, and Mary Edith, September 30,1878. Mr. Roberts enlisted July 6, 1863, in Co. D, 116th Ind. Vols., for six months, and served eight. The regiment rendezvoused and was organized at La Fayette. It went to Fort Dearborn, Michigan; thence to Detroit, and from there by the "Morning Star" steamer to Cleveland, and the rest of the way by rail to Cincinnati and Camp Dick Robinson, where it was brigaded with three other regiments. From this point the march was begun for Greenville, Tennessee. Here he spent the winter of 1863-4, scouting and marching, and was in two skirmishes. In that at Walker's Ford a soldier of Co. F was killed. Two from his company and five from his regiment were taken prisoners dnring the winter service. He was mustered out at La Fayette, March 1, 1864. His second enlistment was February 10, 1865, in Co. F, 150th Ind. Vols. The regiment was organized at Camp Carrington, Indianapolis, and served in the Shenandoah Valley. The men were mustered out at Stevenson Station, and disbanded and paid off at Indianapolis, August 5, 1865. His captain in the 116th was Abram Claypool, and Col. Kice commanded the regiment. Capt. Boswell, and Col. Taylor, of La Fayette, were his officers in the 150th. This last regiment marched from Harper's Ferry to Winchester, and was at Charleston, Virginia, when Lee surrendered. Mrs. Roberts is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and he owns a well-cultivated farm of 226 acres, and is a republican.

History of Fountain County, Indiana
by H. W. Beckwith
Published by H. H. Hill and N. Iddings, Chicago, in 1881
Davis Township - Biographical

Allen L. Dunkin, farmer, Attica. His father, Joshua Dunkin, born in Pennsylvania, came here from Ohio in the early settlement of this township. The exact year cannot be ascertained, but it is certain that he was here in 1830. He was twice married. His second wife, Mercy Keeler before marriage, a Connecticut woman, came here from Huron county, Ohio, in 1838, the consort of Daniel Perkins. The latter dying, she married Mr. Dunkin, and the subject of this biography was the eldest issue of the union, and was born December 21, 1842. His father died in 1849. His mother had two sons and one daughter by her first marriage. Only the sons, Albert E. and Frederick A., are living. Mr. Dunkin obtained a fair English education. He was fourteen months at the State Normal School of Pennsylvania, located at Millersville, Lancaster county, in 1861 and 1862, and took a short term in ornamental penmanship and pencil-drawing. He became an expert with the pen, and writes forty different plain and ornamental hands. From 1862 to 1867 he taught school and farmed; but the reqnirements of the latter business obliged him to throw up teaching, for which he has great natural taste and liking, as proved by his good success. He took two premiums at the Attica connty fair for best penmanship, and at the last exhibition had to encounter nearly thirty lady competitors. He also took a like premium at the Covington fair. He was married June 19, 1878, to Martha Ann, daughter of Dr. William and Mary Jane (Wright) Wade, of West Point. Their two children are Thomas Raymond, born June 19, 1879, and Mary Mercy, October 24, 1880. Mrs. Dunkin was born September 3, 1861. She is a member of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Dunkin belongs to the Baptist church, and is a democrat. He owns 128-1/2 acres of land, all fenced and under cultivation, except thirty-three acres of timber. He has been township trustee one term of two years, and was a candidate for reelection, but was defeated by only six votes.

History of Fountain County, Indiana
by H. W. Beckwith
Published by H. H. Hill and N. Iddings, Chicago, in 1881
Davis Township - Biographical

Francis Marion Helterbran, farmer, Attica, was born in Tippecanoe county September 25, 1841. He was the seventh child in a family of eight, by David and Ann Helterbran. When he was four years old his mother died, and at the age of eight his father broke up house-keeping and went to Peoria county, Illinois, and died there in 1864. On his father's departure he was taken by James Grady, who lived four miles east of the Shawnee mound, and kept by him until he was fourteen; then he went to live with William Pyle, two miles west of Covington. At the end of three years this man died, and after this our subject shifted for himself. He has always been engaged in farming; has been an industrious, hard-working man, and had accumulated some property before his marriage. He acquired more by his wife, who inherited from her father, Joshua Dunkin. His nuptials with Emeline Dunkin took place September 25, 1862. Her five children are all living, and were born in the following order: William V., June 19, 1863; Joshna D., October 15, 1867; Flora E., August 24, 1871; James F., September 11, 1873; Lee M., November 13, 1876. Mrs. Helterbran's mother's given name was Barbara. Her father died in 1874. He was from Adams county, Ohio. Their home, consisting of 162 acres, is the place her grandfather Dunkin bought about 1830. It is picturesquely located and well improved. The residence stands on a commanding elevation, facing the south. Mr. Helterbran was elected assessor of Davis township in each of the years 1871 and 1872. He is a democrat in politics.

History of Fountain County, Indiana
by H. W. Beckwith
Published by H. H. Hill and N. Iddings, Chicago, in 1881
Davis Township - Biographical

James Williams, farmer, Attica, was born in Pickaway county, Ohio, October 16, 1816. He was the fifth child in a family of nine children by Isaac and Mary (Hendricks) Williams. His father died in 1824. His mother lived till July, 1865, and reached the age of seventy-six. From 1833 to 1838 Mr. Williams drove cattle from Ohio to New York city. He made two trips on horseback each summer, a distance of 600 miles. He began at $1 a day, but his wages were increased until as "boss driver," which he soon became, he got $2.50 for a day's work. In the fall of 1838 he came to the Wabash on business for Steinbarger, of Virginia, who was a large cattle dealer and pork-packer. Mr. Williams' brother was at this time in company with Steinbarger, and the firm was Steinbarger & Williams. Mr. Williams attended to buying hogs and packing pork at La Fayette, Clinton and Terre Haute, and was in this business two years. At the end of this time he had saved some money, and in 1840 returned to Ohio, and went one year to Blendon College, a Presbyterian school taught by Ebenezer Washburn, a very able mathematician. The boys irreverently called this school "Frog College," which greatly annoyed the sedate and dignified professor. In 1845 Mr. Williams removed to Fountain county, and permanently settled in Davis township. Early next year he went back and married Miss Sarah C. Huffman, of Columbus. They have had nine children, as follows: Joseph H. (married Miss Rebecca French), Emma A. (widow of Irvin Burkhalter, of La Fayette), Mary Josephine (wife of Robert Manning, of La Fayette), James Milton (deceased), Rebecca H. (wife of Frank Trullinger), Edwin I., Walter V., Jessie G. and Lilian B. (deceased). Except two years, from the fall of 1859 to the spring of 1862, that Mr. Williams was away, he has lived in Davis township since his first settlement. During his absence he lost by fire his brick residence, which had cost him $7,500. He rebuilt for $14,000 when inflated war prices ruled. At one time his farm contained 450 acres, but having sustained serious reverses he sold off a part, and now has 120. He has belonged to the masonic fraternity twenty-five years, and is a republican. In his prime he was a man of great bodily strength, steady nerves, and deliberate judgment. In health and physical vigor he is now but a wreck of his former self. Mrs. Williams is a descendant of the Stuarts of Scotland. Her great-grandfather was Archibald Stuart, commander of a vessel in the English navy during the American revolution. He owned large pesessions in this country, which were confiscated. His government, to remunerate him for his losses, gave him a tract of land, ten miles square, in Nova Scotia. The city of Halifax stands on part of this. Her grandfather Huffman lived in Franklin county, Ohio, where he owned the whole of Plain township.

History of Fountain County, Indiana
by H. W. Beckwith
Published by H. H. Hill and N. Iddings, Chicago, in 1881
Davis Township - Biographical

John M. Washburn, farmer, Attica, youngest child of Joseph and Elizabeth (Mann) Washborn, was born in Brown county, Ohio; March 21, 1807. In 1826 he removed with his father's family to Montgomery county, this state, and settled eight miles west of Crawfordsville. He lived there most of the time till 1849, when he came to Davis township, and made his home near where he now lives. Before he came he had followed milling seven years, and has been in the business altogether ten years. With this exception he has always been engaged in farming. He was married June 15, 1826, to Catherine Drake, of Brown county, Ohio. She was born September 4, 1807. They have had ten children: Christopher (deceased), Cornelius (deceased), Elmer (married Melinda Jane Stanley), Enoch (deceased), Joseph (deceased), William (married Emily Newlin, who died July 5, 1878), Rachel (wife of J. F. Carter), Elizabeth J. (wife of the Rev. C. J. Bolles Jr.), John (died in infancy), and Albertine (deceased). Mr. Washburn has been a professor of religion since 1854. He was converted under the labors of the Rev. Samuel Gregory, and united with the New Light denomination. When that society dissolved in time of the war he united with the Baptist church at Newtown. Mrs. Washburn made a profession at the same time that he did, and has belonged to the same churches. Mr. Washburn has filled the offices of clerk, deacon and treasurer with faithful zeal in both denominations. He and his wife are prominent members of the Salem Baptist church, and he is one of the trustees. Mr. Washburn has been a life-long democrat, and cast his first vote for Andrew Jackson for president, in 1828. He is one of the most influential and respected men of his township.

History of Fountain County, Indiana
by H. W. Beckwith
Published by H. H. Hill and N. Iddings, Chicago, in 1881
Davis Township - Biographical

John Beverly, farmer, Attica, son of Trustum and Elizabeth (Loe) Beverly, was born in Greene county, Ohio, April 18, 1825. (See Trustum Beverly's biography.) He married Elizabeth Van Meter, daughter of William and Luan (Malatt) Van Meter, who came here in the first settlement of the township. Their children were six in nnmber: Rosetta, born July 31, 1851, died November 1, 1860; Oliver T., November 2, 1856, died December 29, 1856; Alice Adeline, April 4, 1858; John Fremont, September 10, 1860; Lucy Jane, September, 14, 1862; Elizabeth, November 27, 1866, died February, 16, 1869. Mrs. Beverly died December 8, 1866, aged thirty-eight years, four months and fourteen days. Mr. Beverly's history is no ordinary instance of what frugality and steady and patient industry can achieve when intelligently united. Twenty-nine years ago he was working as a common laborer; today he owns 200 acres of rich and valuable land, forty acres being timber, the rest in a good state of cultivation. This property, the E. 1/2 of N.E. 1/4 and S.E. 1/4 Sec. 7, T. 21, R. 6, worth $9,000, has been made exclusively by himself and his family. It is pleasing to observe that this result has not been accomplished at the expense of certain considerations which cannot be ignored except to the discredit of human nature. Mr. Beverly has recognized his responsibility as a man, and the head of a family, by bringing constantly into his house books and papers, the important sources of information, without which in abundance no one need expect to keep abreast of the age. He regularly takes a full supply of newspapers and agricultural papers, and stock journals. Men who read and are students, of the times will promptly and unmistakably show it. Mr. Beverly will be found to be such a man. He is a decided republican.

History of Fountain County, Indiana
by H. W. Beckwith
Published by H. H. Hill and N. Iddings, Chicago, in 1881
Davis Township - Biographical