Mr. Gannon was born in 1871, on a farm in Jennings County, and is a son of Norman and Nancy (Sullivan) Gannon. His paternal grandfather, Thomas Gannon, was born in New York, and was a young man when he answered the call of the West and made the long and difficult overland trip to the virgin fields of Indiana, where he secured a tract of land and developed a farm and a home. A man of sturdy industry and good management, he lived to see his farm flourish, and at his death was accounted one of substantial men of his locality. About ten years after the arrival of his parents in Jennings County, Indi ana, Norman Gannon was born in 1845 in the midst of pioneer surroundings and grew up among primitive surroundings, his education being acquired in the public schools of his day. He followed the example of his father in the way of a life vocation, and throughout his career was an agriculturist. He was a man of high character and commendable qualities, and while he did not seek public office was the possessor of some influence in his locality, and a citizen who shared in the furtherance of good movements and enterprises.

The only child of his parents, Wilbur N. Gannon attended the public schools of Jennings County and the high school at Vernon following which he entered Indianapolis University, from which institution he was graduated as a member of the class of 1890. On leaving the university Mr. Gannon secured employment as a clerk and then entered the service of the Union Transfer & Storage Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, with which con- cern he rose to the position of secretary and treasurer, and held that post for thirteen years. He likewise became the owner of a farm, which was operated by a tenant farmer, and for four years was identified with the North Vernon Lumber Company, North Vernon, Indiana. In November, 1922, Mr. Gannon was elected county auditor of Jennings County for a term of four years, and in 1926 was re-elected for a like term in the same capacity. His record has been one of conscientious service and excellent accomplishments, and few county officials are held in greater confidence by the people they serve. He has always been a stanch Democrat and exerts much influence in his party. During the World war he served two months in the First Officers Training Camp, at Fort Harrison, but was not, called for active service. He is a member of the American Legion, the Business Men's Club of North Vernon, the Country Club, North Vernon Lodge No. 59, A. F. and A. M., and the Knights of Pythias.

Mr. Gannon married for his first wife Miss Bertha Pearce, who died in 1914, leaving two children: Elsie, the wife of Dr. Leslie M. Davis professor of business administration at Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York; and James Kingsley, who is employed by the United States Government. In 1919, at Washington, D. C., Mr. Gannon was united in marriage with Miss, Sallie Elizabeth Noble, of Indianapolis, Indiana, and they have no children. Mrs. Gannon is a charter member of the Woman’s Rotary Club of Indianapolis. Mr. Gannon has one granddaughter, Virginia Jane, the daughter of Doctor and Mrs. Davis. The family belongs to the Baptist Church and has been generous in its contributions thereto, and active in all of its movements and enterprises.

INDIANA ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS OF AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT Vol. 3
By Charles Roll, A.M.
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1931

CHARLES J. BREITENBACH, of Madison, has lived in that community practically all his life. He is a good business man, a traveling salesman and poultry man and one of the public spirited factors in his home community.

He was born at Madison in Jefferson County, Indiana, December 19, 1892. His father, Joseph C. Breitenbach, was born at Cincinnati and has lived in Madison since early manhood. For a number of years he followed the trade of saddletree maker, but is now retired at the age of sixty-seven. His wife, Margaret O'Boyle, was born in County Galway, Ireland, and came to the United States when a girl of sixteen. She is now sixty-five. Of their four children the two living are Maria and Charles J. The daughter is the wife of S. J.. Zapp, a baker in Kentucky, and they have four children, Alma, Reta, Maria and S. J., Jr.

Charles J. Breitenbach grew up at Madison, attended St. Michael’s School, and since boyhood has had an industrious career with a pleasant and profitable routine of work. For a time he clerked in a shoe store, was for several years a traveling salesman for the Elmer E. Scott Grocery Company, and since 1922 has been on the road as a trayeling salesman for the Diamond Crystal Salt Company. He also owns a farm, and has specialized in poultry growing.

Mr. Breitenbach is a Republican in politics, is a member of Saint Mary's Catholic Church, belongs to the Knights of Columbus and the United Commercial Travelers Protective Association. He married, January 7, 1914, Miss Mary F. Krue, daughter of Henry and Rosalia Krue. Mr. and Mrs. Breitenbach have an interesting family of children: Joseph E., born October 31, 1914, Mary M., born June 17, 1915, Richard C. born April 7, 1919, Anna L. born January 7, 1924, and Patricia J., born June 1, 1926.

INDIANA ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS OF AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT Vol. 3
By Charles Roll, A.M.
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1931

FRANK CARL MOSBAUGH, of Cambridge City, is one of the surviving veterans of the Civil war. He was with an Indiana regiment and for fifty years after the war pursued a very active career. He is a former postmaster of Cambridge City and for many years was in the publishing business there.

He was born at Cambridge City, October 21,1844, and his people were among the first settlers of that Wayne County community. He is a son of Francis and Louisa (Von Bauer) Mosbaugh. His father was born at Offtsein, Hesse, Darmstadt, Germany, May 9, 1809, and his wife was born August 26, 1812. Her father, George Christian Von Bauer, was born February 24, 1792, and was one of Napoleon's body guards and was an eye witness to the burning of Moscow. He brought his family to the United States, lived for a few years at Philadelphia, was naturalized as an American citizen in 1856 and died February 15, 1878. Francis and Louisa Mosbaugh were married July 18, 1837, in New York City and in 1838 moved to Cleveland, Ohio, and three months later, in November, 1838, arrived at Cambridge City. Francis Mosbaugh had come from Germany to New York September 26, 1836. On coming to Indiana he bought three lots and put up a house in 1839. He was the first shoemaker at Cambridge City and he made boots and shoes for people living all over that part of Indiana. He followed his trade until his death on June 7, 1854. His widow survived him until October, 1896.

Frank Carl Mosbaugh was educated in public schools. He was not yet seventeen years of age when he enlisted in Company A of the Eighth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, on April 12, 1861, as a musician. He was present at the battle of Rich Mountain, West Virginia, one of the first battles of the war. Later he veteranized and in 1862 he reenlisted in Company I of the Fifty-fourth Indiana Infantry, as orderly sergeant. He was on guard duty in Kentucky for four months and after being discharged he served in the Home Guard during the Morgan raid. For four years Mr. Mosbaugh was engaged in flour milling, the greater portion of the time with the Great Mills, Minneapolis, Minnesota. After returning to Wayne County he became a clerk in the postoffice at Cambridge City, in 1876, and later was appointed postmaster and gave altogether ten years of service in that capacity. He became a stockholder at the time of the organization of the Cambridge City Tribune, and was an important factor in the financial and business management of that paper until April 1, 1925. Mr. Mosbaugh was elected and served seven years as trustee of Jackson Township and in 1905 was elected recorder of Wayne County for a term of four years. He is a Republican.

Mr. Mosbaugh married, August 1, 1882, Miss Alice Lackey, who was born at Cambridge City, daughter of Sanford and Jane (Murphy) Lackey, her mother a native of Fayette County, Indiana, and her father of Chillicothe, Ohio. Her father, with other members of the family, came to Indiana and platted the first section of East Cambridge City, in 1833. He owned a large tract of land and he gave the name Cambridge to the town, this later being changed to Cambridge City. He was the first postmaster there. As a farmer he specialized in the breeding of horses. Mr. and Mrs. Mosbaugh had three children: John Lackey, with the Sinclair Oil Company at Springfield, Massachusetts; Robert P., a dentist practicing at Oxford, Ohio, and Karl C., who was born in 1890 and died in 1896.

Mr. Mosbaugh and family are members of the Episcopal Church. He is a Mason and is the only living charter member of Cambridge Lodge No.9, Knights of Pythias. He is a former commander of the Grand Army Post. His brother George enlisted in the spring of 1865 in Company H of the One Hundred and Forty-sixth Indiana Infantry. His sister, Henrietta M., married Lewis G. Kiees, the Civil war soldier who for many years was a mail carrier at Cincinnati and she served as post- mistress and deputy postmistress at Cambridge City for fourteen years. Mr. Mosbaugh's sister Margaret W., born December 25, 1853, when thirteen years of age went to live with her sister, Mrs. Kiees, in Cincinnati, attended school there, graduating from high school in 1872 and she gave the greater part of her life to educational work. She taught at Cambridge City, at Mishawaka, Newport, Kentucky, and was teacher of mathematics for twenty-eight years in Woodard High School. She died October 31, 1909. A son of Mrs. Kiees, George F. Kiees, is a prominent architect in New York City and a daughter, Grace Margaret Kiees, born July 6, 1871, has for many years been a teacher of music and art, formerly teaching in Boise, Idaho, Minneapolis and Indianapolis, and is now art teacher in the public schools of Cincinnati.

INDIANA ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS OF AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT Vol. 3
By Charles Roll, A.M.
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1931

GEORGE H. HONIG, noted American sculptor, a resident of Evansville, has in the course of his artistic career executed many commissions in plastic materials, bronze and stone, and some of the most noteworthy of these were in commemoration of the Lincoln family's residence in Spencer County, which is also the native county of Mr. Honig.

He was born at Rockport in that county August 3, 1874. The genealogy of the Honig family goes back to Johann Gottfried Hennich, a citizen of Torgau, Sachsen, seventy- five miles south of Berlin on the Elb River. His wife was Johanna Susanna. Their son, Johann Gottfried Honig, also a native of Torgau, married Eva Christine Leitz at Bretten, Baden, May 2, 1765. Their son Johann Jacob, born at Bretten March 26, 1766, and died there December 20, 1812, was a wachmeister or county police chief, and later a tailor. He married May 14, 1799, Elisabetha Egetmayer, who was born November 21, 1771, and died November 13, 1836. Her brother was the chief character in a book by the German author, Hebel, under the title of The Tailor of Pensa. Jonas Honig, a son of Johann Jacob, was a cabinet maker at Bretten, where he was born March 20, 1800, and died January 28, 1848. He married, November 29, 1822, Christina Zengerle. She was born February 23, 1800, and died March 22, 1838. On April 18, 1839, he married Barbara Obhoff. There were five children by the first marriage and three by the second. The three of the first marriage who came to America were Jacob, who lived at New Orleans, entered the Confederate Army and was killed in battle during the war. A daughter, Magdalena, died at Danville, Virginia. Two of the children of the second marriage also came to America: Charles Anton, who died at Rockport; and Leopold, who died at Danville, Virginia.

Simon Honig, the fifth child of Jonas and Christina Honig, was born July 28, 1835, at Bretten, ten miles from Carlesruhe, and died at his home in Rockport, Indiana, October 22, 1929, at the age of ninety-five. He arrived at New York May 1, 1852, and his first work in this country was following his trade as a cabinet maker. After saving four hundred dollars he left New York City and in 1854 settled at Rockport, Indiana. He had a contracting business, later established a furniture and undertaking business. He organized and was a leader in the Building and Loan Association of Rockport. For many years he was affectionately known as "Uncle Simon."

Simon Honig married, September 20, 1857, at Rockport, Mary Killian, daughter of Vitus Killian, a merchant of Germany who dealt in laces, wines and other wares. Mary Killian was born at Sickingen, not far from Bretton, Germany. Her father after realizing a fortune of $10,000 from his business, sold out and placed the money in a flat wooden trunk. His wife understood the people of her own country and had faith in the steamboat officials, but when the family took passage on the flat boat which was to take them down the Ohio River to Evansville, she took charge of the treasure trunk, sat on it and never let it get out of her sight until it and her husband and children were safely landed. The Killian family located at Rockport in 1848 when Mary Killian was ten years of age.

Of the eleven children of Simon Honig and wife, three, William, Charles and Lena, died in infancy. The others were: Lucy, Mrs. Henry Kerstien, was born June 29, 1858; Vitus, born December 16, 1860, deceased; Albert, born February 20, 1863; the next two children were the sons who died in infancy, William, born October 15, 1866, and Charles, born March 4, 1867; Simon T., Jr., born August 15, 1869; Carrie, Mrs. Homer John, born April 4, 1872; George H.; Frank, born October 15, 1876; Rose, Mrs. Sid Anderson, born March 14, 1879; and Lena, born December 30, 1881.

Mr. George H. Honig was educated in the Rockport public .schools, University of Indian a and the National Academy of New York. In 1914 and in 1915 he received Suydam medals for superior work. In college he was a Sigma Chi. Among some of the notable works of Mr. Honig as a sculptor may be mentioned the bronze group in front of the Evansville Coliseum and the fountain on the public square at Shelbyville, to say nothing of many memorial tablets, honor rolls, service rolls, statuary and bas-reliefs for schools, lodges and churches. He was sculptor of the memorial tablet to Corp. James Bethel Gresham, of Evansville, "The first Gold Star in the Nation's Service Flag ;" of the honor roll of Princeton Lodge No. 634, B. P. O. E., at the Elks Home, Princeton; of the two bronze honor roll tablets in the Eagles lodges at Anderson and Richmond; the sculptured bronze memorial in the courthouse at Bloomington, Illinois; the memorial tablet to Jacob and Anna S. Babb, at Mattoon, Illinois; a memorial tablet in Trinity Church, Evansville, erected to Judson McGrew, lieutenant in the A. E. F., killed July 26, 1918; the memorial tablet at Paris, Illinois erected to. the .soldiers of the American Revolution buried in Edgar County. The Hiker, a bronze figure at Denver, Colorado, placed by the Volunteer Veterans of Foreign Wars, was made by Mr. Honig. His life-size bronze bust of Abraham Lincoln has won him national fame. Mr. Honig is designer and creator of the six Transylvania commemorative tablets in bas-relief for the Henderson, Kentucky courthouse depicting the pioneer history of Kentucky, Daniel Boone, and the Transylvania Company; "The Treaty of Watauga,” "The First Representative Assembly of Kentucky," "Boone Starts to Explore Kentucky, "Offering to make Kentucky Fourteenth Colony," and "Laying off of Henderson Kentucky, 1797." Also the Wunderlich- John James Audubon sculptured Memorial Flag Pole, Evansville, Indiana.

The general public, no doubt, will be most interested in the markers he made to depict historical episodes in the life of the Lincoln family in Spencer County. These markers were erected under the auspices of the Lincoln Trail Club. The marker at New Hope is on the site of the Taylor Basye store, where the Lincolns did their trading. On the marker is bronze tablet inscribed with the history of the store.

On the marker in front of the Grandview Library are several tablets. One depicts the story the flatboat Joe Craig, identical with the boat operated by Lincoln on his voyage to New Orleans. Another tablet carries data con cerning the famous hunter and scout "Bill Smithers," one of the most noted characters in the early history of Grandview. A third tablet is known as the "Athletic Tablet," describing the accomplishments of two men of the Grandview section with whom Abe Lincoln used to vie in sports, one of whom was Ailliam Thurman, with whom Lincoln wrestled, and another, Jonathan Prosser, the champion broad jumper of the day. This brief account of the tablet is condensed from an extensive article that appeared in the Indianapolis Star, January 28, 1928, and which concludes with the following words: "Members of the Southwestern Historical Society declares that it is indeed fitting that George Honig should have been selected to design these markers since his grandparents were pioneer settlers of Spencer County territory, and Honig himself was born at Rockport." Served as treasurer of Southwestern Indiana Historical Society for eight years. Treasurer of Evansville Museum of Fine Arts. A member of the Historical Research and Reference Committee of the Indiana Lincoln Union.

Mr. Honig married at Chicago, June 12, 1917, Miss Aida McCoy, daughter of Dr. L. H. and Emmaline (Hatfield) McCoy. Their family record includes many noted names in the pioneer annals of Indiana, including the "Bill Smithers" previously referred to, who was a friend of Daniel Boone and a soldier of the Revolution; Capt. John Hurst, of Corydon; Henry Hurst, of Vincennes; John McCoy, who was killed at the battle of Tippecanoe. Her ancestry also shows connections with the McCarty family, the Jones family, with Capt. Joseph Bowman, who was at the capture of Vincennes, with Capt. John Bowman, the first acting governor of Kentucky. One of the ancestors of these early pioneers was the noted Jost Hite, to whom historians have assigned the chief credit for leading the movement of Pennsylvania Germans in the great Valley of Virginia. A number of representatives of Mrs. Honig's family on both maternal and paternal sides were in the Revolution, the French and Indian wars, Civil war and all subsequent wars of the nation. Mrs. Honig has at least half a dozen Revolutionary ancestors.

The founder of the McCoy family was Capt. Thomas McCoy, who came from Ireland. He served with the English in the French and Indian war and later was a follower of Gen. Francis Marion in fighting the British during the Revolution. Captain McCoy towards the close of the war was captured by his old commander in the French and Indian struggle, and with his son was court martialed and hanged. His son, Thomas McCoy Jr., was born three months after his execution. About 1800 Thomas McCoy Jr. and an older brother, William, freighted pioneers with wagon teams over the mountains to Kentucky. In 1815 they came to Indiana. William McCoy was a giant in stature and a noted character in the early days. He helped build the courthouse of Warrick County, Indiana. His son, Rev. John McCoy, was an acquaintance of Thomas Lincoln. John's son, Capt. Alfred McCoy, was eleven years old when he witnessed the Lincoln family pass through Jonesboro for the Illinois country. Alfred Hill McCoy became captain of a company of Union troops in the Civil war, and his sons, Watson and Lieut. Franklin also saw active service. The younger son, then only ten years old, took charge of the farm while the older members of the family were in the army. This younger son was Dr. L. H. McCoy, father of Mrs. Honig.

Mrs. Honig is a talented musician. She was graduated from the musical department of DePauw University, and took advanced training with Emil Liebling, Madame Marguerite (Melville) Lisznievski, of London, England, and Vienna, Austria, Theodor Leschetizky, of Vienna; and she was elected to a professorship at DePauw University.

INDIANA ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS OF AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT Vol. 3
By Charles Roll, A.M.
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1931

AUGUSTUS R. MARKLE, secretary of the Vigo County Historical Society, and by profession a consulting electrical engineer, has some very interesting family connections with the earliest chapters of American history in this section of Indiana.

The Markles have lived in Vigo County since 1816. He is a descendant of Abraham and Catherine Markle, the Indiana pioneers. Abraham Markle was born in Ulster County, New York. He was a miller by trade. From New York he moved over the line into Canada. Abraham Markle built one of the first frame houses at Ithaca, New York. While in Canada he was elected a member of the Provincial Assembly. Early in the War of 1812 he returned to New York to enlist in the American army, and at the close of the war held the rank of captain. He remained in New York State for a time. For his services as a soldier he was given a grant of 800 acres of land in the Territory of Indiana. He selected this land in what is now Vigo County. Abraham Markle was one of the founders of the City of Terre Haute, and the pioneer miller of that town. He died March 26, 1826, and is buried at Terre Haute.

His son, Nelson Markle, was born in Ontario, Canada, in 1807 and was a boy of nine years when he came with his parents to Indiana. As a young man he and his brother Henry operated a stage line to Lafayette. He was the builder of a mill at Rob Roy, Indiana, and operated the plant there for fifteen years. From there he moved to Brazil, Indiana, conducting an inn on the old National Pike Road. In 1850 he acquired a mill at Bowling Green and was in business there until his death in 1878. Nelson Markle married in 1830 Matilda Bennett. Her grandfather, Samuel Harris, was a soldier with a New York company in the War of the Revolution.

Nelson Markle was the grandfather of Augustus R. Markle, who was born at Bowling Green, Indiana, November 24, 1869, son of Theodore and Lorenca (Kilgore) Markle. Theodore Markle was born near Attica, Indiana, in 1842, and for several years before his death was a bookkeeper in the McKeen National Bank at Terre Haute. He died in 1922 and is buried at Terre Haute. His four children were: Augustus R.; Grace, wife of George Starr, of Lexington, Kentucky; Florence, of Terre Haute; and Paul, who married Mabel Lancaster and lives at Anna, Illinois.

Augustus R. Markle learned his first lessons from his mother, who was then teaching in Bowling Green schools. Later his parents moved to Kansas and while there he attended grade school. In 1874 the family returned to Terre Haute and his father became a clerical worker in the woolen mills. Mr. Markle attended the grade schools and for two years the high school at Terre Haute. After high school he was on a farm in Kansas for a time, but in 1887 returned to Terre Haute, was with the Terre Haute Buggy Company, and later took up electrical work at Columbus, Ohio, and Cincinnati. In 1890 he returned to Terre Haute and for forty years has been in his business and profession as an electrical engineer.

Mr. Markle married in 1894 Miss Elizabeth Blue, daughter of Daniel and Harriet (Ohl) Blue. Her father was a carpenter and farmer, came to Illinois from Pennsylvania and died and is buried at Aledo, Illinois. Her mother is buried at Terre Haute. Mrs. Markle has a brother, Frank D., who lives in New Orleans and married Emma Colquet. Thechildren of Mr. and Mrs. Markle are: John, now deceased, Margaret and Richard T. Margaret is now the wife of Arthur Woodcock and has a daughter, Elizabeth Jane. Richard T. is a graduate architect of the Rose Polytechnic Institute of Terre Haute.

Mr. Markle and family reside in a country home known as Ferguson Hill, about two miles from West Terre Haute. He is a genealogist of the Indiana Chapter of the Society of Collonial wars and of the Sons of the American Revolution, and a member of the Society of the War of 1812, of the Massachusetts Bay Society of New England, the Indiana Historical Society, Society of Indiana Pioneers andHistorical Society of Brooks County, Pennsylvania. He and his family are affiliated with the Episcopal Church.

INDIANA ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS OF AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT Vol. 3
By Charles Roll, A.M.
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1931

DANIEL R. BENNINGHOFF, M. D. Not onlyis Dr. Daniel R. Benninghoff one of highly-skilled physicians and surgeons of Allen County, but he is also secretary of the Fort Wayne Board of Health, former coroner Allen County, and an overseas veteran. He was born at Fort Wayne, Indiana, September 26, 1888, a son of Daniel R. and Margaret (Grieb) Benninghoff, the former of whom was born in Pennsylvania, but is now deceased; and the latter was born at Fort Wayne, a daughter of one of the pioneer tailors of the city, also now deceased. When a boy Daniel R. Benninghoff, father of Doctor Benninghoff, came to Allen County with his parents, Benjamin and Mary (Boger) Benninghoff, and here he continued to reside. Four children were born to him and his wife, of whom Doctor Benninghoff is the only survivor. The parents early united with the Baptist Church, in which they were very active.

His boyhood and youth spent at Fort Wayne, Doctor Benninghoff attended the public schools, and was graduated from Center High School in 1907. Entering the medical department of the University of Indiana, he took the full course, and was graduated therefrom in 1911, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine, and as a member of Phi Rho Sigma medical Greek letter fraternity. His interneship was served in the Lutheran Hospital of Fort Wayne and when it was completed he established himself in a general practice in this city where he has since remained with the exception of the time spent in the army during World war.

Doctor Benninghoff enlisted for the World war in 1917, was commissioned a first lieutenant in the Medical Corps, and was overseas for one year. Returned to the United States, he was honorably discharged in August, 1919.

Resuming his practice at Fort Wayne, Doctor Benninghoff was honored by his fellow citizens by his election to the office of coroner of Allen County, and held it during 1920 and 1921. In 1926 another honor was conferred upon him in his appointment to the office of secretary of the Fort Wayne board of health, and he is still most efficiently discharging the duties of that office. He is a thirty-second degree Mason, and is also a member of Mizpah Temple, .A. A. O. N. M. S.

On. J.une 16, 1923, Doctor Benninghoff was married to Miss Marie McMullen of Fort Wayne, and they have two children: Daniel William, who was born December 17, 1924; and David L., who was born March 4, 1927.

Although Doctor Benninghoff has devoted himself principally to the study of his profession and natural science, he is a profound thinker on all subjects concerning the welfare of his fellow citizens, especially along lines of modern sanitation, and he is a firm believer in the value of preventive methods in caring for the health of a community. He is a scholar of eminent ability and broad research, and a distinct asset to his profession and Fort Wayne.

INDIANA ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS OF AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT Vol. 3
By Charles Roll, A.M.
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1931