Asa Hunt is a native of Highland County, Ohio, born May 5, 1807, the fifth of seven children of Asa and Sarah (Gifford) Hunt. In his youth he assisted his father on the farm, and later worked three years in a carding and woolen mill. When he was twenty years of age his father died, and the management of the farm devolved on him till the estate was settled by his elder brothers. He was married when twenty-three years of age, to Lydia Stephens, of Highland County. After his marriage he settled in Clinton County, Ohio, and twelve years later moved to Hancock County. In 1851 he moved to Hamilton County, Ind., where he lived twelve years, and thence to Indianapolis. He lived in Indianapolis five years and a half, and in 1870 exchanged his property there for property in Plainfield, where he has since lived. He owns one of the finest houses in Plainfield, built by Mack Shideler, located on Long Mound, one of the pleasantest sites in the township.
To Mr. and Mrs. Hunt have been born six children--Mary A., Levi S., Cyrus A., Gideon, Eunice and Jesse L. They are members of the society of Friends. In politics he is a Republican.
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William Hylton, a prominent farmer and stock-raiser of Lincoln Township, was born in Grayson County, Va., July 5, 1829, a son of Samuel and Elizabeth Hylton, natives of Virginia. His parents came to Hendricks County, Ind., in 1835, and for a short time lived near Cartersburg, then removed to Washington Township where the father died in January, 1842. Of a family of six children, but two are living--William and Tamanda J. Wesley, Eli, Stephen and Nancy E. are deceased. William Hylton was reared and educated in Hendricks County. His early life was spent on a farm and since attaining manhood he has engaged in agricultural pursuits. He owns a fine farm of 160 acres and his residence and farm buildings are comfortable and commodious. He was married in September, 1850, to Margaret J. Barlow, daughter of John and Martha Barlow, early settlers of Montgomery County. To them have been born nine children, but five of whom are living--Theodra A., Viola,
Lillie B., Maggie and William H. Charles W., John S., Martha and Mary E. are deceased. Mr. Hylton has been prominently identified with the Presbyterian church many years, and is serving as Deacon and Elder at the present time. He has served as Commissioner of Hendricks County three years.
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William M. Jenkins was born in Guilford County, N.C., Oct. 15, 1833, a son of John and Rebecca Jenkins, early settlers of Hendricks County. He was reared on a farm, receiving a good education in the public schools. He remained at home till April, 1861, when he enlisted in Company A, Seventh Indiana Infantry, and served three months. In February, 1862, he enlisted in the Sixty-third Indiana Infantry and served till the following August, when he was discharged on account of ill-health. He then returned to Hendricks County, and has since devoted his attention to agriculture. He has a good farm of seventy-five acres on section 22, Lincoln Township, all under cultivation. Mr. Jenkins was married in January, 1863, to Hannah L. Reed, who died in March, 1867, leaving two children--Luella W. and John L. In November, 1876, he married Elizabeth J., daughter of James W. and Rachel Townsend, of Fountain County, Ind. To them have been born three children--
George M., Katie A. and Susan L. Mrs. Jenkins is a member of the Presbyterian church.
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Joseph P. Lewis was born in Bracken County, Ky. While he was a lad his parents moved to Indiana, stopping in Fayette and Rush counties. Joseph went back to Kentucky and was married to Louisa Leak in June, 1834. He moved to Hendricks County in 1835, and lived there continuously until his removal to Nebraska April 1, 1885, where he went to join his children in Custer County. He could related many interesting experiences of pioneer life, such as how the settlers beat their corn into meal in a hominy mortar, and attended mill at Crawfordsville for several years, going one day and returning the next on horseback, which he did many times. On the death of his wife he married a widow lady, Mrs. Eliza Bell, of Hendricks County. They have several children. Uncle Joe, as he was familiarly called by everybody, left a host of friends and well-wishers behind him.
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G. Dallas Lind, M.D., Professor of Natural Sciences and Drawing in the Central Normal College at Danville, was born near Carlisle, Cumberland Co, Pa., Oct. 30, 1847. When about two years old his parents, Samuel and Catharine (Myers) Lind, moved to Clarke County, Ohio, where he was reared on a farm until he reached maturity. He attended the common schools till he was twenty years of age, and in 1867 attended a Normal School at New Carlisle, Ohio, about six months, after which he taught a country school near his home till 1869. He then attended the National Normal School at Lebanon, Ohio, from which he graduated in the scientific course in the class of 1870, after which he taught school and read medicine one year, and in the winter of 1871-'72 he took a course of lectures in the Physio-Medical Institute at Cincinnati, Ohio. In the spring of 1873 he located at Clinton, Mo., where he practiced medicine six months, after which he practiced in
Hamilton, Iowa, until the fall of 1879, when he was engaged as Professor of Natural Sciences at Danville. In March, 1883, after taking a partial course of lectures in Central College of Physicians and Surgeons, he received the degree of M.D. In the spring of 1884 he began to teach drawing as well as the sciences in the Central Normal College. He is the author of the following works: "Method of Teaching in Country Schools," "Normal Outlines," "Easy Experiments," "Blank Speller," "Teacher's and Student's Library," and "Man."
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Hubbard B. Lingenfelter, farmer, resides on section 7, Center Township, where he settled in October, 1867. His father, Volentine Lingenfelter, was born in Winchester, Clark Co., Ky., in 1809, and was there reared and learned the saddler's trade, which he followed a number of years. In 1851 he moved to Hendricks County, Ind., and bought the farm now owned by J.E. Dougherty. He engaged extensively in stock-raising, making a specialty of short-horn cattle and mules. He brought with him from Kentucky a herd of short-horns, and was the first to engage in that industry in Hendricks County. He subsequently moved to Hamilton County, Mo., where he still lives. His family consisted of four children--Hubbard B., Prudence, wife of L.S. Shuler; Margaret, wife of Captain Augustine Dunn; Mary, wife of George Allen. Hubbard B. Lingenfelter was born in Kentucky in 1842. He was reared a farmer and has followed that avocation since attaining manhood. His
home, which contains 107 acres, is one of the most pleasantly located in Center Township, and his improvements have nearly all been made by himself. He married Mary Nave, daughter of Christian C. Nave. They have three children--Margaret, Benjamin and Scott.
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Judge Alexander Little was one of the first settlers of Hendricks County. His parents, Thomas and Mary (Campbell) Little, came to the United States about 1770 and located in Virginia, removing later to Mercer County, Ky. Their family consisted of eight children--Molly, Nancy, Sally, John, Peggy, Jane, Thomas and Alexander. The mother died March 25, 1808, and the father Dec. 5, 1814. Alexander Little married Rachel, daughter of William and Ann Robinson, and to them were born twelve children--Anna, born Aug. 27,1801, married Robert McKnight; Polly, born Jan. 20, 1803, married James Green; Pasty, born Oct. 30, 1804; Betsy, born May 4, 1806, married John Canary; John, born April 12, 1808, married Nancy Rawlings, who died and he afteward married Jane Beasley; Samuel, born April 26, 1810, married Rebecca Green; Rachel, born June 24, 1812, married James Richardson; William, born March 5, 1814, married Sarah Downard, who died and he subsequently
married Mary Lee; Rebecca, born April 29, 1816, married three times--first, Josiah L. Wines; second, Jacob Welch, and third, Aaron Wilhite; Joseph, born Feb. 22, 1818, was killed when a young man by being thrown from a horse; Robert, born Dec. 23, 1819, married Mildred Thompson, and after her death Maria Worth; Sarah, born Oct. 22, 1823, married Joseph Simpson, who died and she then married John Wilhite. In an early day Judge Little and his family moved to Washington County, Ind., and in 1830 came to Hendricks County. While in Washington County he was a Lieutenant and then Major in the first militia organization of the State. He held several offices of trust; was Associate Judge, and served several terms in the Territorial Legislature. After coming to Hendricks County he served one term of three years in the State Senate. He died July 26, 1849. His wife died Sept. 7, 1851.
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Dr. John L. Marsh was born in Brown Township, Hendricks County, Dec. 27, 1851. His father, Jonas Marsh, was one of the first settlers of the county having moved from East Tennessee to the county in 1837 and lived continuously upon the same farm until his death in 1877. During this time he helped to clear the forests, drain the swamps, make roads and convert the wilderness into broad grain fields. He reared a large family of children and gave them a liberal education. Some are graduates of Asbury University and all have occupied prominent positions in the social and political affairs of the county. One son has been County Clerk eight years and is now a prominent attorney at Greenfield; another son is an attorney, and the youngest is a physician, the others being farmers. To his children he bequeathed a record of a sterling character and Quaker honesty which he in turned received from his father who was a Quaker of the strictest faith. John L.
Marsh, the youngest son, at the age of eighteen entered the office of Dr. William Trees as a medical student. In 1872 and 1873 he entered a course of lectures in the Louisville Medical College and was in attendance at the United States Marine Hospital for the remainder of the year. The next year he attended the Ohio Medical College receiving the degree of M.D. at the close of the term. He was the youngest member of the graduating class being just twenty-one years old. After leaving college, in 1874, he located in Warrington, Hancock County, and commenced practice with his preceptor. In 1877 he moved to Greenfield where most of his relatives lived, and where he built up a fine practice. Not being satisfied he determined to move to Indianapolis but friends persuaded him to go to Brownsburg as it was close to the city and otherwise desirable. This he did in the fall of 1881, and has practiced medicine at this place for the past four years. During
this time he has enjoyed a fine practice built up among strangers and without assistance, opposed by the local profession on account of his liberal ideas and belief in progressive medicine, as his idea of medical practice is to use any remedy in any manner that will most speedily cure disease and relieve suffering. In 1879 he commenced the publication of a medical journal at Greenfield, devoted to liberal medicine. This proved a success and soon gained a good circulation. The next year it was moved to Indianapolis where it is still being published with some modifications by its original editor in conjunction with other parties. The office of publication is 118 North Illinois street, at which place the Doctor has a consultation office. In 1883 the Beach Medical College was organized on a liberal basis, and the chair of physiology was given to Dr. Marsh, which position he still retains, as the college has proven a success financially and otherwise.
The Doctor's motto of professional life has been to be honest and upright with his patrons and to never slander or speak slightingly of other practitioners but to attend strictly to his own business. The Doctor's social life has been a pleasant one. In 1875 he married Laura E. Trees, daughter of John W. Trees, of Warrington, Ind., who has contributed largely to his success in life. She attends to her domestic duties to the almost entire exclusion of fashionable life and sees that home is what it should be. During the ten years of married life three children have been born to them. Florence, the eldest, died at the age of four years and this was the greatest affliction the family has sustained as she was a child of unusual promise. Mabel, the next, is now five years old and is a beautiful and intelligent child, having her mind enriched by travel and contact with people until her knowledge is greater than many grown people. Katie is the baby and
bids fair to make another Florence. The Doctor each year leaves the cares of business and with his family takes a trip to some of the fishing resorts and spends a few days in boyhood pleasures and takes a renewed lease on life. They have a nice residence with his office near by, in one of the best localities in Brownsburg.
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William R. McClelland, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Hendricks County, was born near Clermont, Marion Co., Ind., June 21, 1846, where he lived until reaching his majority. He was reared a farmer and was educated in the common school during the winter terms, working on his father's farm the rest of the year. He is the second of six sons of Jonathan D. and Eliza J. (Wilson) McClelland. On leaving home he was married to Miss Sadie, daughter of James and Rachel (McPhetnage) Nichols, Oct. 9, 1872. They have one child--Harry Nichols. Mr. McClelland is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church at Danville, in which he has served as Steward, and has been Superintendent of the Sabbath-school. He is a member of Silcox Lodge, No. 123, I.O.O.F., of Danville. He ha passed all the chairs and is a member of the Grand Lodge of the State of Indiana.
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Robert McGee was born in Kentucky in 1820, and at the age of ten years he came with his parents, William and Elizabeth (Asher) McGee, to Indiana, they settling one mile northeast of Danville. His father was of Scotch-Irish descent, a native of New Jersey, and his mother was of German descent, a native of Kentucky. His father entered land in Center Township on which he lived till his death in 1842, his wife having died in 1836. The subject of this sketch was reared in this county after his tenth year, and received a limited education by attending a subscription school in Danville during the winter terms. After his father's death in 1842, he became part owner of the farm by purchases, which he sold in 1845, and the same year purchased his present farm in Center Township, four miles east of Danville. Oct. 6, 1859, he was married to Sarah English, of Rush County, Ind. They have four children--Craig, a farmer of Washington Township; Mary Elizabeth,
Sarah Jane and Martha Jewel, living at home. Mr. and Mrs. McGee are members of the Christian church at Danville. In politics he is a Republican.
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James M. Metsker was born in Hendricks County, Ind., Feb. 3, 1856, a son of Peter and Elizabeth Metsker, pioneers of this county. He was reared and educated in his native county and since attaining manhood has devoted his attention to agricultural pursuits, owning now a fine farm, on section 28, Lincoln Township. Mr. Metsker was married April 14, 1880, to Mira A. Barlow, daughter of Harvey and Sarah J. Barlow. To them have been born three children--Robert L., Eva M. and Alpha G. Mr. and Mrs. Metsker are members of the Presbyterian church, and among the prominent young people of Lincoln Township.
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William H.H. Metsker is a native of Hendricks County, born April 3, 1849, a son of Peter and Elizabeth Metsker, his father a native of Ohio and his mother of Delaware. His parents were early settlers of Hendricks County and were prominent in assisting in its development. His father died in December, 1884, and his mother is still a resident of Lincoln Township. They had a family of eight children, but four of whom are living--John T., William H.H., James M. and Mary. W.H.H. Metsker was reared a farmer, a vocation he has followed since attaining manhood. He has been successful in his pursuits and now owns 165 1/2 acres of valuable land on section 22, Lincoln Township. He was married Dec. 21, 1871, to Melinda J. Merritt, daughter of George W. Merritt, of Washington Township. They have six children--Nora M., Cora E., Ora L., Mary E., Lillie M. and Charles O. Mr. and Mrs. Metsker are members of the Presbyterian church.
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Isaac C. Nash, a pioneer of Lincoln Township, was born March 27, 1817, in Madison County, Ohio. His parents were Thomas and Hannah Nash, natives of Pennsylvania and Virginia respectively. They emigrated to Indiana in 1825, and lived one year in Marion County. Then then came to Hendricks County, locating on White Lick Creek in Lincoln Township, where they entered eighty acres of land. About 1845 they moved to Missouri, remaining there till their death. Of the nine children born to them six are living--Margaret, Elizabeth, Isaac C., Mary S., Sarah A. and Daniel. George, Richard and Jeremiah are deceased. Our subject came to this county with his parents when a boy and was here reared to maturity. He was first married Jan. 28, 1841, to Cilicia Wilson, daughter of William and Nancy Wilson. They have had nine children--William J., Mary E., Clarinda, Thomas J., Edward F., George A., Cilicia, John and Albertus. John and Albertus are deceased. Mrs. Nash
died Dec. 13, 1860, and Mr. Nash was again married in April, 1864, to Eliza J. Faucett, daughter of Joseph and Rebecca Faucett, early settlers of Hendricks County. In 1843 Mr. Nash settled on section 2, this township, and now owns 220 acres of land. He is a member of the Presbyterian church and has served as Elder several years. His wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.
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Charles W. Neal, a prominent farmer of Lincoln Township, was born in Bourbon County, Ky., March 29, 1834, a son of Nathaniel and Sallie Neal. His mother died when he was a year old, and when he was nine his father died. His early life was spent in his native State and in Illinois, and in 1864 he came to Hendricks County, Ind., and located in the southern part of Lincoln Township where he has since lived. He owns a large farm of 400 acres, and his improvements are unexcelled in this county. Mr. Neal was married July 4, 1861, to Emma S. Bradley, of Kentucky. Four children have been born to them--Tabner, Claude, Forest, and Lorenzo; the latter is deceased. In politics Mr. Neal is a Democrat.
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Thomas Newham, a pioneer of Lincoln Township, was born Oct. 30, 1816, in Scott County, Ky., a son of Daniel and Annie Newham, the former a native of Maryland, and the latter of North Carolina. In the fall of 1826 his parents moved to Hendricks County from Marion County, Ind., where they had located a short time. They then settled on section 20, Lincoln Township, where they lived till their death, and where our subject yet resides. Here he was reared to manhood, receiving but little education, as his services were required on the farm. He now has a good farm of 130 acres of land under a high state of cultivation. In 1844 he was married to Miss Nancy Turner, of Boone County, and to them were born two children, both of whom are deceased. Mrs. Newham died in 1849, and he was married to Miss Nancy (Larimore) Morgan, of Marion County. Of eight children born to them only one survives--Robert F. Mr. Newham has held the office of School Director.
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John K.Y. Patterson, son of Francis and Margaret (Ross) Patterson, was born in Fleming County, Ky., Feb. 7, 1813. His parents moved with their family to Hendricks County, Ind., in 1835, remaining here till their death. Of their family of five children, but two survive--John K.Y. and Susan. John K.Y. was married in August, 1835, to Miss Arie Shockley, daughter of James B. Shockley, of Fleming County, Ky. To them have been born ten children--James H., Francis M., William E., John W., Silas, Rosanna, Esther, Margaret E. (deceased), America and Carrie. Mr. Patterson saw much of pioneer life in his youth. He has been engaged in agricultural pursuits from his youth and has met with success. He has a farm of 196 acres of land, and resides in the western part of Lincoln Township.
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Emanuel Prebster was born June 15, 1813, in Scioto County, Ohio. His parents were John and Christena Prebster, natives of Germany. They were the parents of six children, of whom three are living--Reuben, Christian, and Emanuel, our subject. The latter came to Hendricks County, Ind., with his father's family, who entered a large tract of wild land in Lincoln Township, at that time known as Brown Township. His educational facilities were very limited, he being obliged to help his father on the farm from boyhood. Oct. 8, 1850, he was married to Mrs. Mary (Milby) Hollett, born March 24, 1821, in North Carolina, a daughter of Thomas Milby, and widow to the late Mark Hollett. To Mr. and Mrs. Prebster were born three children--Eliza C., Anderson and Everson. Mr. Prebster has been successful in his agricultural pursuits and now owns a good farm of 150 acres. In politics he is a Republican. In 1873, having for some time previous been afflicted with a
rheumatic swelling in the knee, he had one of his limbs amputated above the knee.
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Robert Salmon, a native of Ohio, was born in Hamilton County, Feb. 13, 1818, and was a son of Jeremiah and Nancy Salmon. His father was a native of Pennsylvania, and his mother of Ohio. They had a family of nine children, of whom only four are living--Robert, Jeremiah, Margaret and Nancy A. Robert Salmon was married in his native county, April 29, 1840, to Priscilla Pines, who died in 1867. They had a family of eleven children seven of whom survive--Hester A., Nancy, Susan, Clarkson, Benjamin, Jeremiah and George. Mr. Salmon married for his second wife in November, 1867, Mrs. Eliza A. (Surber) Prebster, widow of the late Frederick Prebster, of this county. Mr. Salmon is a member of the United Brethren church, and is a liberal contributor to both church and State enterprises. He resides on his farm in the northern part of this township.
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William Todd, one of the representative citizens of Lincoln Township, is a native of Chillicothe, Ohio, born Oct. 2, 1816, a son of James and Mary A. Todd. When he was two years of age his parents moved to Switzerland County, Ind., where they both died. Three of their seven children are living--William, Henry and Rose. Those deceased are--Prilly, Matilda, John and Harriat. William Todd was reared in Switzerland County. In 1836 he came to Hendricks County, and soon after went to Boone County and entered forty acres of land, subsequently buying forty acres adjoining. He lived in Boone County till the fall of 1842, when he came to Hendricks County and located in the southern part of Lincoln Township, where he lived nearly forty years. In the fall of 1880 he retired from the active labors of the farm and moved to Brownsburg, where he has a pleasant home. His farm of 115 acres is under a high state of cultivation, and the improvements are among the
best in Lincoln Township. He has been an energetic, frugal man, and is now reaping the reward of his early years of toil. Mr. Todd was married Sept. 12, 1839, to Leanna Newham, who was born May 26, 1820, a daughter of Daniel and Annie Newham, early settlers of Hendricks County. They have one child--Mary A., now Mrs. William Renick, of Brownsburg, this county. In politics Mr. Todd is a Democrat.
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Lincoln C. Tomlinson, proprietor of the livery, feed and sale stables, Brownsburg, Ind., is a native of Hendricks County, Ind., born March 28, 1859, a son of John and Harriett Tomlinson, of Plainfield. He was reared and educated in his native county, and is one of the prominent young business men of Brownsburg. He was married June 29, 1881, to Allie De Happard, of Brownsburg.
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Anderson Turpin, son of Robison and Rachel Turpin, was born in Scott County, Ky., in October, 1831. In 1834 he came with his parents to Hendricks County, Ind., where he was reared to manhood. Nov. 20, 1853, he was united in marriage to Miss Louisa E. Rupard, of Clark County, Ky. Six children have been born to them--Wilkerson, Mary E., William H., Martha E., Rachel A. and Ora A. Mary E. and Ora A. are deceased. Mr. Turpin is the owner of a fine farm of eighty acres and is meeting with success in his agricultural pursuits. He and his wife are earnest members of the Christian church.
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