After the war Mr. Powell assisted in establishing the First National Bank of New Castle, of which he was made vice-president. In 1868 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention which met in Chicago, and in 1872 he took an active part, as a delegate at Philadelphia, favoring the renomination of General Grant.

In 1876 he was a delegate to the Cincinnati convention and earnestly advocated the nomination of ex-Governor Morton for the presidency. At Chicago, in 1880, he was one of the noted “306;” and being strongly in sympathy with that movement, he firmly supported the cause of General Grant.

In 1871 Mr. Powell was appointed by President Grant, Supervisor of Internal Revenue and for nearly five years he administered the duties of that responsible position faithfully and well. In 1877 he became President of the Bundy National Bank, in which position he served about four years. Since retiring from this office he has devoted himself to his many business interests.

Mr. Powell was married in 1842 to Elizabeth, daughter of Judge David Hooper, of Wayne County, who bore four children – Henry L.; Elizabeth, who died young; Kate, wife of W. H. Elliott; and Orlistus W., deceased. Mrs. Powell died in 1881. In 1883 Mr. Powell married Miss Melvina Conway, of Wayne County.

From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
The Bar of Henry County.
Page 365 and 366.
Submitted by: Jeanie

Hon. E. B. Martindale was born in Wayne County, Ind., Aug. 22, 1828. His parents moved to Henry County in 1832 and settled on a farm four miles east of New Castle, where he was brought up to farm life until the age of sixteen, when he was apprenticed to the saddler’s trade. In attending school during the winter months, and afterward working at his trade on Saturdays, and attending the county seminary during the week, he obtained at twenty a fair English education. He studied law and practiced that profession in New Castle form 1850 to 1862, during which time he held one term the office of District Attorney and one term the office of Prosecuting Attorney for the counties of Wayne, Henry, Randolph and Delaware. In 1861 he was appointed Judge of the Common Pleas Court. In May, 1862, he removed to Indianapolis, and has from that time to the present been connected with many leading enterprises which have contributed to the growth and prosperity of the city. In 1876 Judge Martindale purchased the Indianapolis Journal which he conducted very ably until 1880. He is now engaged in the insurance business in Indianapolis.

From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
The Bar of Henry County.
Page 366.
Submitted by: Jeanie

James Brown, a very able and successful attorney, was born in Henry County, Aug. 7, 1828. His parents were Isaac and Mary (Mendenhall) Brown, natives of North Carolina, who came to Liberty Township, Henry County, in 1825. James was reared on a farm, and after attending the pioneer schools, went to the Union Seminary in Wayne County. He learned the blacksmith’s trade when a boy and worked at it for about five years. When about twenty-two years old he entered the office of Grose & Mellett as a student and remained about two years. Being admitted to the bar, he at once began practice, and soon after became the partner of General William Grose, a relation with continued until Mr. Brown was elected District Prosecutor. In this office he served two years, and subsequently was appointed to fill out an unexpired term. After this he resumed practice in partnership with Hon. R. L. Polk, with whom he continued about eight years. The partnership was dissolved on Mr. Polk becoming Judge. He next practiced in partnership with Joseph M. brown, and is at present the senior member of the firm Brown & Brown, his son, W. A. Brown, being the junior partner. As a skillful and competent lawyer, Mr. Brown stands among the foremost in his profession. He was married in 1852 to Elizabeth A., daughter of William Carpenter, Esq., of Wayne County, and has three children – Mary A., wife of William Albright; W. A. and Fannie A.

From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
The Bar of Henry County.
Page 366 and 367.
Submitted by: Jeanie

Colonel George W. Lennard, the subject of this sketch, was born near Newark, Licking Co., Ohio, March 5, 1825. Deprived by circumstances of early educational advantages, he reached the age of sixteen years without having learned to read or write. By determined energy, which so highly characterized him in later life, he made such use of his meager opportunities that in 1847 he was prepared to commence the study of medicine, a profession to which he then expected to devote his life. In March, 1850, he received the degree of Doctor of Medicine from the Eclectic Medical Institute of Medicine of Cincinnati. He located at New Castle in 1851, to engage in the practice of his profession. Though young in years he became from the first a successful physician. He soon discovered that the practice of medicine did not open to him the field in which to gratify his ambition so he retired from it at the expiration of two years, and purchased the New Castle Courier office, and was connected with this paper as editor and publisher for some eighteen months. He next studied law and graduated with honor at the law school of Cincinnati, in 1855. In this profession he became a successful practitioner. He was married June 10, 1852, to Miss Clarinda Woodward, a noble lady, daughter of Asahel Woodward, one of the first settlers of New Castle. In 1861, when the tocsin of war sounded through the land, he was one of the first to respond, and his energy and influence were thrown at once into the cause and his labors from that time forth were earnest and untiring in behalf of his country. He was among the first to volunteer as a private soldier. On the organization of Company C, Thirty-sixth Regiment, he was elected its First Lieutenant, from which position he was shortly called to the Adjutancy of the regiment. His gentlemanly bearing, prompt attention to duties and fine soldierly qualities soon attracted the attention of his superior officers, and he was tendered by General T. J. Wood, a position on his staff with the rank of Captain which was accepted, and for some time filled with such a degree of credit as won for him the unanimous and hearty encomiums of his brother officers. Because of his prompt and manly discharge of every duty, Governor Morton, Dec. 2, 1862, gave him a commission as Colonel and assigned him to the Fifty-seventh Regiment. In all the varied and responsible positions to which he was assigned, his career illustrated the highest type of our citizen soldiery. His duties were performed with skill, bravery and success. In all the engagements in which his regiment participated he was conspicuous for his gallant bearing and was highly complimented. At the battle of Stone River, Dec. 31, 1862, he was severely wounded in the right leg from a musket shot which resulted in a tedious confinement, but from which he afterward sufficiently recovered to rejoin his regiment. He afterward led his gallant regiment in the hard-fought battles of Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, Mission Ridge, Rocky Face and Resaca. At the battle of Resaca, May 14, 1864, he was struck by a shell which shattered his right knee and inflicted a shock from which his system never rallied. Asbury L. Kerwood, one of his soldiers, in a well-written history of the regiment, gives the following account of his death:

“Death of Colonel Lennard.

“There were probably few officers, connected with the army who were more solicitous or took a deeper interest in every movement in which their command should participate than did Colonel Lennard. Immediately after the last change of position, the Colonel advanced to the open ground in front, dismounted, and was engaged for several minutes in conversation with General Newton and other officers, concerning the disposition of the regiment. The consultation over, he turned to go back to the regiment; and just as he was in the act of mounting his horse a shell from the enemy passed through his right knee, shattering it to pieces and mangling it horribly. The horse, much frightened, dashed on toward the regiment, and in a few moments a pair of stretchers were provided on which to bear away the body of the Colonel. Gloom and sadness took possession of every man as he was borne back to take his farewell of the men who had almost learned to love him. ‘Now, take good care of the boys, Major,’ were the last words he ever said in hearing of the command. General Wagner, when he heard of the fall of the Colonel, was deeply moved, and was afterward heard to say he had lost his best man. Soon afterward the Colonel was carried to a house three-quarters of a mile in the rear, and a member of the regiment, Sergeant W. W. Sims, remained with him until after his death.”

Kind, courteous, and affable with all – one of Nature’s own gentlemen. Never was a man more popular among his neighbors and acquaintances than was Colonel Lennard. His friends were warmly attached to him and no man ever lived in Henry County who made a deeper impression upon her people, or whose death was more sincerely mourned. He was about five feet and ten inches high, well proportioned, always appropriately apparaled, dark hair, dark gray eyes – a handsome man. Just prior to his death he had been nominated to the State Senate and it was confidently predicted by those who knew him that he would have been transferred from the Senate to a seat in Congress. Hallowed indeed must be the cause which demands the sacrifice of such noble men. It is to be hoped that God in his infinite mercies will never again permit the day to come when our common country shall be divided, section against section, in terrible war. His widow remained single and died of brain fever at her home in New Castle, June 1, 1879, highly respected and loved by all who knew her.

From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
The Bar of Henry County.
Page 367 thru 369.
Submitted by: Jeanie

Thomas B. Redding, a leading attorney and a very accomplished scholar, was born in Henry County, Dec. 27, 1831. His parents were Iredell and Anna (Nixon) Redding, who were among the early settlers of this county. Thomas B. Redding, after attending the common schools and the Henry County Seminary, entered Indiana Asbury University, where he took a full classical course, graduating in 1854. He received the degree of Master of Arts in course, and has since had the degree of Doctor of Philosophy conferred upon him by the Iowa Wesleyan University. He began his career as a school teacher at the age of sixteen. After leaving college he taught school in Richmond for one year. In the winter of 1854-‘5 he was a reporter for the Sentinel of that city. He next took charge of the New Castle Seminary for a year, and at the expiration of that time became editor of the New Castle Courier. Meantime he had been reading law, and having been admitted to the bar, he abandoned journalism to engage in his profession. In 1857 he was elected Prosecuting Attorney on the Republican ticket, but resigned soon after. In 1858 he engaged in the practice of law in Chicago in partnership with Hon. G. A. Johnson. In 1860 he returned to New Castle, where his practice soon became extensive. Mr. Redding has steadily kept up his linguistic and scientific studies since graduation from college, and is a member of several prominent scientific and literary associations. He has served as a Trustee of Asbury (now De Pauw) University and has ever exhibited a deep interest in educational matters. Mr. Redding was married in 1858, to Sarah W., daughter of Rev. Elijah Corrington, of the Central Illinois Methodist Episcopal Conference, and has one daughter – Rosa M., a graduate of her father’s Alma Mater, and now a teacher in the New Castle high school.

From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
The Bar of Henry County.
Page 369 and 370.
Submitted by: Jeanie

Hon. David W. Chambers, senior member of the law firm Chambers & Hedges, was born in Union County, Ind., March 19, 1836. His parents were Alexander B. and Isabella (Mason) Chambers, natives of Scotland. They settled in New Castle, where the father died in 1867 and the mother in 1860. David W. Chambers passed his early life upon a farm. After coming to New Castle, he attended the schools of the town, and afterward entered the sophomore class of Indiana State University at Bloomington where he graduated in 1858, ranking second in his class. After studying law for about two years in the office of General Grose, he was admitted to the bar. At the beginning of the war he enlisted in the Eighth Indiana Regiment, in which he served three months as a private. He re-enlisted in the Thirty-sixth Indiana and was made First Lieutenant of his company. In November, 1862, he was promoted to the rank of Captain, and so served until mustered out in September, 1864, participating in many battles and campaigns of the regiment to which he belonged. He was wounded twice; at Chickamauga and at Lookout Mountain. Returning to New Castle he was nominated and elected, by the Republicans, as Representative to the Legislature. In 1866 he was re-elected. In 1867 he was elected Prosecuting Attorney of the judicial circuit composed of Henry, Hancock, Grant and Delaware counties, and, by re-election, held this position for five years. In 1872 Mr. Chambers was a delegate to the convention which nominated Greeley for the Presidency. In 1876 he was nominated for Congress by the Democrats and Greenbackers of the Sixth District; and although the district was then strongly Republican, lacked only 216 votes of being elected. In 1880 he was one of the Hancock electors. Mr. Chambers has held many local offices; he is a member of the Presbyterian church; also of the Odd Fellows, and has held every grade of office in the lodge and encampment. In 1865 he married Emma H., daughter of Hon. M. L. Bundy, by whom he has three children living – Mary C., Walter S. and Emma Lillian.

From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
The Bar of Henry County.
Page 370 and 371.
Submitted by: Jeanie

Hon. Exum Saint, son of Exum and Mary A. (Pickering) Saint, was born in Henry County in 1838. His father died a few months before he was born. Mr. Saint received his education in the schools of New Castle and at Antioch College, Ohio. He then taught school, and after reading law in the office of Mellett & Martindale, was admitted to the bar. In 1861 he went to Iowa, where he enlisted as a private in the Fourth Iowa Cavalry. By successive promotions he reached the rank of Captain of his company. After being mustered out of the service in the fall of 1865, he returned home and was soon afterward appointed a clerk in the Pension Department at Washington. He served about twenty months as a clerk, and was then appointed a Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue in the State of Iowa, in which capacity he served about eighteen months. He then returned to New Castle and engaged in the practice of law, which he has since followed. In 1873 he was appointed by Governor Hendricks Circuit Prosecutor for the circuit composed of Henry and Hancock counties, to fill a vacancy. In 1878 he was elected a Representative to the Legislature from Henry County, serving a term of two years. He is at present Commander of the New Castle Post of the G. A. R

From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
The Bar of Henry County.
Page 371.
Submitted by: Jeanie

Hon. Robert L. Polk was born in Henry County on the 12th of October, 1841. His parents were Robert H. and Hannah (Hodgin) Polk, the former of Irish, and the latter of English descent. Robert H. Polk removed from North Carolina and settled in Henry County in the year in which the subject of this notice was born, and engaged in farming. The family removed to the town of New Castle when the son was eleven years old. Thenceforth he enjoyed good educational privileges, attending the Henry County Seminary for two years while Ferris and Abbott were its preceptors. Subsequently he attended the Bryant & Stratton Commercial College, Cleveland, Ohio, then entered Whitewater College, Centreville, Ind., which was then in charge of the well-known author and educator, Prof. W. H. Barnes. Here he remained one year, then returned to New Castle to carry into effect his long-cherished ambition of becoming a lawyer. He was admitted to practice in the spring of 1863, and at the same time was taken into partnership by his preceptor, James Brown, Esq. This partnership continued until 1872. Mr. Polk was then elected Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, and held the office until it was abolished in the following year. Resuming his law practice, he continued it until the fall of 1876, when he was elected Judge of the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit, comprising the counties of Henry and Hancock. This position he filled with honor and credit until his death, May 7, 1881. Always a diligent student, and possessed of a mind of great brilliancy, his legal attainments were of the highest order. His decisions showed him to be a man of sound judgment, ready and skillful in analysis. Judge Polk was connected with the Republican party from the election of Lincoln in 1860. He was a prominent member and class-leader in the Methodist church, and all of his public and private life showed the he was a conscientious Christian. In 1865 he married Miss Harriet Mahin, daughter of Rev. Milton Mahin, D. D., and was the father of five children.

From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
The Bar of Henry County.
Page 371 and 372.
Submitted by: Jeanie

Hon. Mark E. Forkner, Judge of the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit, was born in Henry County, Jan. 26, 1846, and is a son of Micajah and Elizabeth (Allen) Forkner, early settlers of the county. His education was obtained in the common schools and at the New Castle Academy. At the age of eighteen he began the study of law with Hon. J. H. Mellett, and in 1866 he was admitted to the bar. He opened an office in New Castle and began practicing in the winter of 1866-‘7, and during the same winter was appointed Deputy District Attorney for Henry County. In the spring of 1867 he became the law-partner of Judge Mellett, a relation which continued until 1870 when Mr. Mellett was elected to the Judgeship. Upon the dissolution of this partnership, Mr. Forkner became associated with Hon. E. H. Bundy in practice and the partnership continued for six years. Thenceforth, until called to the bench, Judge Forkner practiced alone. His career as a lawyer was successful from the beginning and his practice became very extensive. Taking an active part in politics, he gained considerable reputation as a stump speaker. In 1874 he was elected by the Republicans a member of the State Legislature, in which capacity he served one term. In 1881, on the 11th of May, he was appointed Circuit Judge, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Judge Polk. In the fall of 1882 he was elected for a full term. As a Judge, he is able, efficient and popular. A sound and candid reasoner and a ready speaker, he discharges the duties of his responsible position acceptably to all. Judge Forkner’s success in life is due solely to his talents and his own exertions, and in calling him to the bench the people of Henry County conferred a merited honor upon one worthy to bear it. On the 22d of June, 1869, he married Miss Rebecca Donahue, of New Castle, by whom he has had two children.

From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
The Bar of Henry County.
Page 372 and 373.
Submitted by: Jeanie

Hon. Eugene H. Bundy, of the firm Mellett & Bundy, attorneys, was born in Henry County, Oct. 10, 1846, and is the son of Judge M. L. and Mrs. Amanda Bundy. He was educated at Miami University and at Union College, New York. In 1869 he began the study of law and in 1870 he was admitted to the bar. In the fall of 1870 he engaged in the practice of his profession in New Castle and has since continued it most successfully. Mr. Bundy was chosen State Senator in 1880, for a term of four years and has served with honor in that capacity. In 1870 he married Miss Bettie M. Mellett, daughter of Judge Joshua H. and Mrs. Catherine Mellett. One daughter, Nellie C., has been born of this union. Mr. Bundy stands very high both as a citizen and a member of the legal profession.

From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
The Bar of Henry County.
Page 373.
Submitted by: Jeanie

Joseph M. Brown was born in Henry County, Ind., Aug. 10, 1841. His parents were Moses and Delphia (Dowell) Brown, the former a native of Ohio, and the latter of North Carolina. Mr. Brown died in 1883; Mrs. Brown is still living. Joseph M. was reared upon the farm and educated in the common schools and at Henry County Seminary. He taught school several terms while acquiring his education. On arriving at his majority he entered the Union army, but falling ill was rendered unfit for duty. While teaching and attending school he read law under Messrs. Brown & Polk, and was admitted to the bar about 1870. In 1871 he began practicing at Knightstown where he remained two years. He then removed to New Castle where he has since pursued his profession. From 1873 to 1877 he was the partner of James Brown, Esq. He served two years as Prosecuting Attorney of the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit. Mr. Brown was married in 1874 to Miss Rachel Stout, daughter of David Stout, of Franklin County, by whom he has one child, a son, named Charles.

From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
The Bar of Henry County.
Page 373.
Submitted by: Jeanie

Adolph Rogers, son of William A. and Rachel Rogers, was born in Henry County, Aug. 16, 1847. His early life was passed on a farm. He received such instruction as was afford by the district schools, but subsequently attended the New Castle Academy for several years. In 1866 he was appointed a cadet to the United States Naval Academy, and reported at Annapolis but failed to pass the required physical examination. When quite a young man he taught school for several terms. In 1869 he was appointed Deputy Treasurer of Henry County, a position he filled for two years. A few years afterward he was appointed to the same position which he filled for a second term. On the 15th of September, 1870, he was married at Albion, Iowa, to Miss Samantha Modlin, a worthy and excellent lady. In 1872 he was a candidate for Treasurer of the county, and although he received a large vote was defeated for the nomination. On July 1, 1872, he purchased the New Castle Courier, the oldest newspaper in the county. The paper was shortly afterward consolidated with the Henry County Republican, Mr. Rogers and Elwood Pleas becoming joint proprietors of the paper. In January, 1875, the paper was sold to a joint stock company and Mr. Rogers was selected as its business manager and editor, a position he filled for two years. In January, 1877, he retired from the management of the Courier, and entered upon the study of the law in the office of James Brown. After two years’ study he entered upon the practice of law in New Castle. In 1882 he was elected Clerk of the Henry Circuit Court. His term of office began Oct. 29, 1884. He has served as a School Trustee of New Castle, and as a member of the County Board of Education. Although still a young man he has filled various responsible positions, and, we believe, has discharged every trust with fidelity, and with honor to himself.

From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
The Bar of Henry County.
Page 373 and 374.
Submitted by: Jeanie

Leander P. Mitchell was born in Fall Creek Township, Henry County, Feb. 5, 1849, and is the youngest son of Charles and Mary Mitchell who, originally from Clark County, Ohio, settled in Henry County about 1825. Charles Mitchell conducted the tanning business for some years in New Castle, his tan-yard being among the first industries of the town. He removed to Madison County, Ind., where he served as Associate Judge from 1832 to 1838. Returning to Henry County he settled in Fall Creek Township, where he died in 1863, and his wife in 1878. Leander P. Mitchell was reared on a farm and attended the common schools. When about fourteen years of age he entered the army as a musician and served about five months. He afterward attended school and taught at Mechanicsburg, then went to Spiceland Academy for two years. He then entered the law department of the State University at Bloomington, where he graduated in 1872. He is also a graduate of the literary department of the Northwestern Christian University. In the fall of 1872 he opened a law office in New Castle where he has since practiced his profession with success. In 1874 he married Miss Bettie Woodward who died in 1875. In 1870 he married Miss Gertrude Lennard, only daughter of Colonel George W. Lennard. They have one son – Lennard Harris.

From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
The Bar of Henry County.
Page 374.
Submitted by: Jeanie