Progressive Men and Women of Kosciusko County, Indiana
B. F. Bowen, Publisher
Logansport, Indiana
1902

MRS. SUSAN SARBER.
This lady is the daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth (Keister) Hartman, and was born in Richland county, Ohio, February 19, 1831. John Hartman, her grandfather, was a native of Germany, but came to America and settled in Pennsylvania. He was married in the latter state and to him were born these children: Samuel, John Henry, Isaac, Simon and one daughter. Isaac Hartman, who had in his early manhood learned the cooper's trade, married Elizabeth Keister and to them were born five children, as follows: Isaac, who died when only nineteen years old; Julia, who became the wife of E. M. Baker and is deceased; Elizabeth, who married William Mollenhour and now resides in Mentone; Susan, subject; Simon, who married Miss Martin and after her death married Catherine Deardorff, lives in Warsaw; Jacob, who died when he was nineteen years old. Isaac Hartman came from Hancock county, Ohio, to Kosciusko county, Indiana, in the year 1850 and settled on a farm in Seward township. His daughter Susan received a fair education in Ohio, and after coming to this state was united in marriage with Lyman Latimer on June 5, 1853. She lived happily with him until his death in 1862. On March 11,. 1866, she was united in marriage with Christian Sarber. The Sarber family is of German descent, but in this country hails from Pennsylvania. They resided in Kosciusko county, where they had one hundred and sixty acres on section 35 in Harrison township. To Mr. and Mrs. Sarber five children were born, as follows: Nettie, born July 19, 1868, who became the wife of Austin Blue and lives in Franklin township; Anna, born March 8, 1870, became the wife of W. J. Blue and resides in Harrison township; Julia, born December 27, 1871, married Albert Whetstone and lives in Jonesboro, Grant county, Indiana; Isaac, born September 13, 1873, married Miss Myrtle Rockhil1 and lives in Mentone.

Mr. Sarber was a kind husband and a useful citizen. He possessed excel1ent principles and good morals and the world was better for his having lived in it. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, as is also Mrs. Sarber, and he was trustee of the church at the time of his death, September 1, 1880. He was a Democrat in politics and took much interest in the affairs of his party. He was well respected by all who had the honor of his acquaintance. He was a farmer and stock raiser and was more than ordinarily successful, and at the time of his death left an estate valued at about thirty thousand dollars. After his death Mrs. Sarber moved from the farm to Mentone, moving in 1894, and her daughter lives with her there at this time. She has a large circle of friends and takes much interest in the work of her church.

Progressive Men and Women of Kosciusko County, Indiana
B. F. Bowen, Publisher
Logansport, Indiana
1902

ELMER M. EDDINGER.
In these days of large commercial transactions, when credits cut a large factor in the daily round of business, the province of the banker is very wide and very important. The excellence of the banks of the present as compared with those of the past gives to all classes of business men first-class security for their deposits, assistance when they are in need of ready money to move their business, and a means of exchanging credits that could be accomplished in safety no other way. In a large measure the success of the present time in all branches of business is largely the result of the present banking methods. It is quite common for the stockholders of the banks to be business men of prominence in the community farmers, merchants, manufacturers and professional men, all of whom are known to the depositors and their standing well established. This gives stability to the bank and confidence to the community. Such is the confidence in the bank of which the subject of this sketch is cashier.

Elmer M. Eddinger was born in Fulton county, Indiana, March 20, 1864, and is the son of Frederick and Elizabeth (Burgh) Eddinger. The Eddinger family are of Germanic descent and originated in this country in the Keystone state, where the father of subject was born and passed his early youth. He was brought to Fulton county, Indiana, when yet a boy and there he grew to manhood. He made the acquaintance of and married Miss Elizabeth Brugh, who had lived in the same neighborhood and had attended the same school. Their marriage occurred in February, 1863, and to them were born three children, two boys and one girl, the latter dying. The two sons were the subject and his brother, Alvin E., who was born November 9, 1869. The latter married Miss Georgia Ferguson and they reside at Logansport, Indiana, he being a conductor on the Panhandle railroad. The father was a man of learning and piety, having joined church in his boyhood, and had such perfect control of himself that he was never known to lose his temper. He was of a buoyant disposition and always looked on the bright side of things. He died when the subject of this memoir was six years of age, July 3, 1870, and his funeral was attended by a large concourse of people, for he had many friends. After his death the efforts of the subject were directed mainly toward assisting his mother. He remained with her until he was sixteen years old, securing, in the meantime, a good education at the common schools. He learned the trade of milling from his step-father, for whom he worked for five years for his board and clothes, receiving ten dollars per month. He worked four months for this wages, but in March, 1881, he started for Illinois, having at the time about twenty-five dol1ars. He secured a job with a miller at Parkville, Illinois, for ten dollars per week and board, which was much better than he had done at home. He worked thus for two years, and then came to Sevastopol in the spring of 1883 and found employment in a grist-mil1 at thirty dollars per month and board. In September, 1884, he secured employment in the grist-mill at Mentone, the one now standing, which he assisted in equipping. There he remained until October, 1887, when he bought a one third interest in the mill, the firm name being Mentzer, Tucker & Company. In February, 1890, Mentzer sold out to John W. Nichols and the firm name became Eddinger, Tucker & Company. February 20, 1892, Mr. Eddinger sold his interest in the mill and June 21, 1892, opened the Farmers' Bank of Mentone, the officers of which were as follows: A. C. Manwaring, president; M. E. Hise, vice-president; E. M. Eddinger, cashier; L. D. Manwaring, assistant cashier. In 1894 this bank bought out the Citizens' Bank, and then the officers became L. D. Manwaring, president; M. E. Hise, vice-president; E. M. Eddinger, cashier; Allen Bybee, assistant cashier. The bank has a paid-up capital of twenty thousand dollars and is in first-class shape. In his responsible position of cashier, much of the burden of the success of the bank falls on Mr. Eddinger's shoulders, but the responsibility could not be better placed.

On June 19, 1886, Mr. Eddinger was united in marriage with Miss Rosa V., daughter of Milton E. Hise, of Sevastopol, and to this union three daughters were born, as follows: Tural, born June 17, 1888; Oral C., born September 18, 1889; and Helen C., born February 14, 1895. In politics Mr. Eddinger is a Democrat, but does not take much interest in party affairs. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, having been past master and has also been representative in the grand lodge three times. He is the present treasurer of the local lodge. Mrs. Eddinger is a member of the Baptist church of Mentone. Mr. Eddinger is very highly respected and his good name is never called in question.

Progressive Men and Women of Kosciusko County, Indiana
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Logansport, Indiana
1902

LYMAN L. MOLLENHOUR.
This well-known farmer and stock raiser is a descendant of one of the oldest families in the county. They came from Hancock county, Ohio, in 1828, or about that time, and settled in the wilderness when there were not more than half a dozen families in what is now this county. It would be difficult to describe the country at that time. Dense forests covered the land and stretched away in every direction, untouched by the hand of man. The Indians were still here and were usually friendly enough, but sometimes were just the reverse, and there was no telling when they might take it into their heads to dig up the hatchet and go on the war path. All species of game known to this latitude abounded, such as bear, deer, wolves, panthers, etc., and it required constant vigilance to save the stock from their depredations. It was not safe for people to be in the woods at night without fire. While al1 of the family were required to work hard in clearing off the big trees and the brush, yet the boys found plenty of time to hunt and the wild animals afforded excellent sport. The father of the subject passed through these experiences, but the subject came at a little later date and missed some of the wilder sport. He was born in Franklin township, this county, January 6, 1860, and is the son of Wil1iam and Elizabeth (Hartman) Mollenhour. (For sketch of the parents see the biography of Amos T. Mollenhour in this volume.) The old Molllenhour farm in part is now occupied by the thriving town of Sevastopol. It is hard to realize that this place so short a time ago was a wilderness, but such is the fact which actual observers can substantiate. The subject of this memoir was reared in this township on his father's farm. His father dying when he was five years old, he was put to work early to assist his mother, and thus at a tender age became familiar with hard work. As he became older he worked out and applied his wages to assist his mother. He was sent to school during the winters and managed to secure a fair education, his summers being spent at work in farming. Upon reaching manhood he met and married Miss Mary J. Morgan, daughter of John and Catherine (Sarber) Morgan, her parents being pioneers of this section of the county. Griffith Morgan was born in Australia and came to this country at a very early day, settling in Franklin township, on sections 10 and 11. There he lived until the day of his death. His son John, the father of Mrs. Mollenhour, was reared and married here. To him and wife were born thirteen children, as follows: Henry, Tilden, Sarah, William, George, Mary J. (subject's wife), Hiram, Rosella, Griffith, Humphrey L., Jennie, Isadora and Charles. These children were reared in this county in the woods where they helped to clear off the trees. To subject and wife were born these children: Rosa P., born June 14, 1882, became the wife of Vernon Jones and lives in Seward township; Minnie M., born January 7, 1884; George E., born February 18, 1886; Wilbur O., born December 19, 1887; Chancy O., born November 9, 1889; Harvey H., born January 12, 1892: Lydia C., born October 30, 1896. When subject was married he and his wife put together their little hoard and bought twenty-four acres of the old farm. He later became interested in the saw-mill at Sevastopol in partnership with his brothers, John and Isaac, continuing for seven years. He then bought his brothers' interests and continued in that business for a total of fifteen years. He then bought the farm of one hundred and sixty acres he now owns, of Sol Ansberger, and moved there in the spring of 1899. He made enough money in the mill business to pay for his farm and is now known as one of the substantial citizens of the county. Mrs. Mollenhour is a member of the Methodist Protestant church. He is a member of the Red Men's Lodge at Burket. He cast his first and last vote for the Republican party and stands for its principles. He is respected by everybody.

Progressive Men and Women of Kosciusko County, Indiana
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Logansport, Indiana
1902

WILLIAM J. BLUE.
This young and enterprising farmer and stock raiser is the son of the old settler and distinguished citizen, James H. Blue, and was born in Harrison township, this county, October 15, 1864. His mother was formerly Miss Phoebe Bloomer. His people are among the oldest settlers in this part of the state and are among the most prominent citizens. Many years ago his grandfather represented this county in the state legislature, and his father, a man of robust and intellectual manhood, is one of the strongest characters of this county. The grandfather came here when this county was nothing but a wilderness, and in the wilds reared his family to lives of usefulness and honor. His son, the father of subject, distinguished himself in all the walks of life and is today a splendid specimen of the American farmer of the twentieth century. Subject grew up on his father's farm near Mentone and received a good education and excellent moral training. The home life was pure and enlightened and he became a man with boundless possibilities. Desiring to see something of the West before settling down in life, he went to Kansas in 1884 and remained there about eighteen months, working at farming mainly and inspecting the country generally . Upon his return from that state he married Miss Anna R. Sarber, daughter of Christian and Susan (Hartman) Sarber, her mother being the widow of the old settler, Lyman Latimer. Mrs. Blue was born March 8, 1870. In her girlhood she received a fair education. She has borne her husband these children: Zelda H., born August 3 1, 1888; Tressa Fay, born April 4, 1890; Helen R., born December 19, 1893; Ralph W., born July 14, 1899. Mr. Blue moved upon the farm where he now resides, one-fourth of a mile east of Mentone, in Harrison township, and in 1895 he bought eighty acres of the old Sarber farm and moved upon it. He is now conducting general farming operations and has been very successful. He is a Democrat in politics, as was his father and grandfather before him, and is one of the most efficient workers of his party in this portion of the county. He has represented his township in county conventions and in other ways has shown his regard for pure civic administration. In the fall of 1900 he was elected assessor of Harrison township by a majority of twenty-four in a township whose normal Republican majority is from twenty to twenty-five. This shows the respect in which he is held and the confidence of his fellow citizens in his honesty and ability.

Progressive Men and Women of Kosciusko County, Indiana
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Logansport, Indiana
1902

MATHIAS W. LUTES.
This well known citizen is another of the gallant boys who, about forty years ago, enlisted to save the Union. He was little more than a boy when he went out to fight his country's battles and during that ever memorable struggle he was found ready for action . He did not enter the service as some did, from motives of sport and frolic, but saw beneath the surface and realized that the South was determined to break up the Union for the purpose of establishing a confederacy of slave-holding states. From his earliest years he had been taught to hate slavery and to do all he could to obliterate in from this country's escutcheon. He regarded it as a foul blot on the old flag, so that when the rebels precipitated the conflict he was ready to take up arms to preserve the Union. Mr. Lutes was born in Fulton county, Ohio, November 23, 1843, and is the son of Henry and Mary (Donut) Lutes. The Lutes family are of German descent and natives of Pennsylvania, and when Henry was seven years old he was brought to Wayne county, Ohio, and there grew to manhood on his father's farm. He attended the pioneer schools and received a fair education for that early day. Upon attaining years of maturity he met and married Miss Mary Donut, a native of Pennsylvania and of Germanic descent. Shortly after their marriage they moved to Fulton county, Ohio, where he purchased one hundred and sixty acres of woodland and began to clear off the timber. He made a small clearing and built a rude log cabin and in this was domiciled his young wife. Here they lived and labored steadily expanding the clearing and improving the farm, which he had entered from the government, until the spring of 1859, when he sold out and came by wagon to Harrison township, this county, and bought one hundred and forty acres in section 17. This he largely improved, and final1y gave it to his children. He bought another tract in section 15, Harrison township, and upon that land he spent the remainder of his days. He was a man of more than ordinary intelligence and activity, and was among the leaders of his community. He possessed great piety, and in early manhood became a licensed local minister of the Methodist Episcopal church. He filled many local appointments for years and was regarded as a man of singular power in the ministry. He served many years as justice of the peace and his legal advice was often sought by the citizens. He passed away June 5, 1888, and his widow April 7, 1900. To their marriage four children were born, as follows: William D., who married Miss Mary Petticord and resides in Cass county, this state; Eliza A., who became the wife of Thomas Petticord and is deceased; Mathias W., subject; Nancy E., who wedded Simon Whetsone and lives in Harrison township.

Mathias W. Lutes was fifteen years old when his father came to this county. He had attended the common schools in Ohio, and continued his education after he came here. In July, 1862, when he was only nineteen years old, he enlisted in Company A, Seventy-fourth Indiana Infantry, and was mustered at Fort Wayne, Indiana. After a season spent in camp of instruction he was sent to the field in Kentucky. A little later they were transferred to the army operating around Chattanooga, and after several movements of importance he participated in the desperate and bloody battle of Chickamauga, where the union army was pierced by the rebels and sent flying back to Chattanooga. General Thomas, who saved the day, was ever after styled the "Rock of Chickamauga," as he was the rock against which the rebels flung themselves to complete the victory, though without avail. The subject was in the thickest of this fight, and this, his first important engagement, was a bloody introduction for a farmer boy to encounter. He participated in the Atlanta campaign and was under fire for one hundred and five days, during which time many battles were fought and many hardships endured. He marched with Sherman to the sea and fought at the siege and fall of Savannah. He then moved with his regiment up through the Carolinas, taking part in all the important engagements and witnessing the surrender of General Joseph E. Johnston. After this his tattered regiment, with torn flags flying and with martial pomp, marched to Washington to be reviewed by the President and the great generals, thence to be sent home to their happy families and their grateful fellow citizens. He was mustered out at Washington, D. C, June 9, 1865, after having served gallantly during three years of desperate fighting and harassing campaigns. He did not receive a wound during the war, but because of disabilities there incurred now draws a pension of six dollars per month. Two dates in connection with the military career of Mr. Lutes are indelibly stamped upon his memory. The first, April 9, 1865, was the surrender of the Rebel army under General Lee, an event which caused great rejoicing among the '''boys in blue," as well as throughout the North. Their rejoicing was turned to mourning, however, when, on April 14, came the terrible tidings of the foul assassination of the beloved President. After the war he resumed farming operations on his father's farm.

On December 24, 1865, Mr. Lutes was united in marriage with Miss Mary J. Kesling and to this marriage six children were born, four of whom are still living: Minnie M., who became the wife of Frank Creighton and resides in Harrison township; Dora E., the wife of Wilson Harmon, of Clay township; Florence, who wedded Ed. Snyder and lives in Alabama; Maude, unmarried, lives in Clay township with her sister. The subject's first wife died August 30, 1893, and on March 25, 1895, he married Catherine J. Cook, daughter of James Cook, one of the pioneers of this county. To this union one child was born, Lillie, born June 14, 1896. Mr. Lutes is a radical Republican, and is the present chairman of the township and member of the county central committee. In 1894 he was ejected trustee of Harrison township and served till 1900. While thus serving he built two schoolhouses and was the first trustee to build stone arches for the country bridges. He also did a great deal to build up the schools, and upon his retirement was presented by the teachers with a fine rocker in appreciation of his efficient services in bettering the schools. He and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He is active in church work, and is one of the most prominent men in this portion of the state.

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1902

JOHN W. DUNLAP.
In this country of ours it is necessary that some people should follow the occupation of farming, some store-keeping, some milling, some medicine, etc. All are necessary to each other and form parts and parcels of the great body of society. There was a time when each family was almost wholly self-sustaining, when the mother made the garments and the father produced the food, but this old order of affairs has been done away with by advanced methods more in accord with our progress and institutions. The farmer can not get along without the small store-keeper in his town under the new order of things. The storekeeper likewise cannot get along without the farmer to buy his goods. The dependence is mutual and each is required to fill his position.

John W. Dunlap was born in Coshocton county, Ohio, March 8, 1839, and is the son of William and Susan (White) Dunlap. The father was born March 13, 1812, and the grandfather, John Dunlap, was born November 7, 1789, and his wife October 18, 1789. They were married near Wheeling, West Virginia, by Rev. John Pickard June 13, 1811. The fall of the same year they moved to Ohio and began farming operations. In the spring of 1812 he enlisted in one of the regiments raised in Ohio for the war with Great Britain and was soon assigned to the army of General Hull, operating in the vicinity of Detroit. When General Hull surrendered his army to the British Mr. Dunlap returned to his farm and resumed his farming operations. In the spring of 1836 he removed with his family to Coshocton, Ohio, where he resided until his death . The father of John was William Dunlap and his mother was Martha Gamble, whose ancestors were Scotch-Irish and were driven from Scotland to the northern part of Ireland during the famous Protestant rebellion. William Dunlap was the descendant of one of three brothers, John, Samuel and William, who were sent out under the auspices of some society in their country. They settled near Philadelphia, and their descendants are now scattered over the country. William Dunlap, the father of John W., was a farmer and a resident of Ohio until 1854, when he came with his family to the farm now occupied by George W. Rickel, adjoining Sevastopol in Franklin township, this county. Upon that farm he continued to reside until the day of his death, August 16, 1901. He was a man of much force of character and his good name was above reproach. He wielded in his lifetime much influence in politics and religion. In Ohio he served as assessor, and in this county he served as postmaster of Sevastopol and as justice of the peace. He was a strict man, on questions of morals and passed away with the respect of a large number of acquaintances. His good and faithful wife preceded him to the grave by about eight years.

The subject of this memoir was reared upon his father's farm, and was given a common-school education. At the age of twenty-one years he enlisted in the Union army in Company K, Twenty-fourth Ohio Volunteer, Infantry, under Captain Green, and was soon afterward sent to the field in Virginia. He did duty at first in that state and in Kentucky and participated in several skirmishes. Early in 1862 he was taken sick, was sent to the hospital and remained there until April, when he was sent home for disability. Two years later he had so far recovered as to be ready for the service again, whereupon he reported and was placed on detached duty and so continued until June, 1865, when he was honorably discharged. He returned to Kosciusko county and remained until the fall of 1866, when he began clerking in a store at Sevastopol, remaining there about one year. He then entered the store of Hudson Beck, of Warsaw, and continued there some considerable time. On January 8, 1871, he was united in marriage with Miss Martha A., daughter of Pierce and Mary (Shrack) Jeffries. She was born January J, 1843, in Richland county, Ohio, and was given in her youth a common-school education. No children have been born to the marriage of subject and wife. Later in his business career Mr. Dunlap engaged in mercantile pursuits in Akron, Silver Lake, and in the fall of 1880 in Mentone, and there he remained until his recent retirement from active business life. He is a Democrat in politics, but, aside from voting, does not take much part in the struggles of his party for supremacy. He and his wife are members of the Baptist church of Mentone. He was made a Mason in 1863 while at Rochester, Indiana, and now holds membership in Mentone Lodge, No. 576. He is also a member of the Knights Templar commandery at Warsaw. He has borne a blameless life and has the respect and good wishes of all who know him.

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Logansport, Indiana
1902

SAMUEL HAINES.
No agriculturist of Jackson township, Kosciusko county, Indiana, is better known or more appreciated for his personal worth than Samuel Haines, who is a son of Jesse and Elizabeth (Myres) Haines, and was born in Montgomery county, Ohio, October 13, 1832. The Haines family, as well as the Myres family, were of German origin, but for generations had lived in Pennsylvania, and from Lancaster county, in that state, the immediate progenitors of the families bearing those names migrated to Ohio, whence the subject of this sketch came to Indiana. Jesse Haines was born October 21, 1794, and his wife May 2, 1817.

Jesse Haines first married a Miss Kemper in Pennsylvania and shortly afterward removed from the Keystone state to the Buckeye state. He located in Montgomery, and there his wife died. He next married Elizabeth Myres, who bore him twelve children, as follows: Anna, born November 26, 1824; M. M., October 9, 1826; Catherine, October 26, 1828; John, September 12, 1830; Samuel, October 15, 1832; David, September 24, 1834; Sarah N., October 16, 1836; Rudolph, August 3, 1838; Elizabeth, October 2, 1840; Leah, January 4, 1843; Stephen, April 4, 1845; and Jesse, February 21, 1848.

Jesse, the father of this large family, was a shoemaker by trade, but owned a small lot and house where he worked by the day at his trade for many years. Later in life he engaged in the making of shaker forks and rakes, but, owing to the large family which he was obliged to support, never acquired more than a fair living, and both he and wife died in very moderate circumstances, as far as this world's goods are concerned.

Samuel Haines, in consequence of the heavy expense to which his father was subjected in his endeavor to rear a large family respectably, was early hired out by the year, and one-half of his earnings for a long time went to his father's assistance; the other half he retained in order to provide himself with clothes. This meager salary amounted to but four dollars per month for the first three years of his labor; the next two years he received five dollars per month, and then for a year earned six dollars per month. During these years he was permitted to attend school three months each year, and being very attentive to his studies and also quick to learn he acquired a very good education for that early day in the backwoods.

In 1850, being then possessed of sixty dollars in cash, Samuel Haines came from Ohio to Indiana, driving cattle for some movers from Dayton. On reaching Jackson township, Kosciusko county, he located in section 9 and was so well pleased with the locality that he has ever since made it his home. The first two years of his life here were passed as a farm hand by the day or month. He saved some money, and then worked for "Big Sam" Ulrich for one hundred and forty-four dollars per annum for four years. In this time his savings, in all, amounted to seven hundred dollars.

June 6, 1856, Samuel Haines was first joined in wedlock with Miss Esther Ulrich, a daughter of "Big Sam" Ulrich, and for twenty-two years made his residence on "Big Sam's" farm, superintending its cultivation and doing no small part of the labor necessary thereto with his own hands. During that period he began and continued to invest his capital in land, his first purchase being one hundred and sixty acres, his second one hundred and sixty acres and his third forty acres, so that he now owns three hundred and sixty acres, a1l the result of his indomitable will, industrious habits and unswerving honesty in all his transactions.

Mr. Haines was bereft by death of his first wife in 1870, and his second marriage took place in April, 1871, to Miss Elizabeth Ulrich, daughter of Samuel and Susanna (Gripe) Ulrich. The former was a native of Montgomery county, Ohio, but both the Ulrich and Gripe families came from Lancaster county, Pennsylvania.

Samuel A. Ulrich was born May 2, 1819, and when eighteen years old came to Kosciusko county, Indiana, making his first appearance here April 4, 1837. He saw Jackson township at a time when its entire voting population numbered only seven, and his own first presidential vote was cast for William Henry Harrison, the hero of Tippecanoe and the first governor of Indiana Territory. He built the first bridge across Plunge creek, and in his pioneer days killed many a wild animal, including what would today be luxuries fit for the table of an epicure - deer, turkey, grouse, squirrels, etc., but at that time they palled the appetite of the backwoodsman on account of their frequency. The Gripe family settled here in 1837, about the same time the Ulrich family came, and hence grew the intimacy which resulted in the union of the two families.

Samuel A. Ulrich was a very popular man in his day and was elected the first supervisor of Jackson township. He cut out many a rude road, which is now a graveled highway. In 1839 he assisted in constructing the first bridge across the Eel river at this point, and this was done on a Sunday, although he was a member of the German Baptist church.

Samuel Haines, the subject proper of this biography, had born to him, by his first wife, seven children, viz.: Stephen, John, Samuel A., Joseph, Manda, Noah and Sarah. To his second marriage have been born four children, but all have passed away but one, Rosa, wife of Ora Michaels, of Jackson township. Mr. and Mrs. Haines are members of the German Baptist church and are highly esteemed by their neighbors for their many excellent personal characteristics. In politics Mr. Haines is a Republican. Mr. Haines' family are very comfortably situated in life, owing to the good management of Mr. Haines and the ready and willing aid of his amiable helpmate. His comfortable brick dwelling is an ornament to the neighborhood in which he lives, and his substantial outbuildings are unsurpassed by any in the township. The splendid reputation which he enjoys is wel1 deserved, and it well indeed if the township had a few more residents like him.

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1902

THERON D. BUTTERBAUGH.

One of the most active thoroughgoing and enterprising young farmers of Lake township, Kosciusko county, Indiana, is the gentleman whose name stands at the head of this biographical notice. He is a son of George W. and Lydia (Miller) Butterbaugh and was born on a farm in Pleasant township, Wabash county, Indiana, on the 18th day of June, 1872. Both the Butterbaugh and the Miller families were of German extraction, but the parents of the subject of these remarks were natives of Ohio, from which state they immigrated into Indiana and settled down to farming in Wabash county, where they were among the most respected of the agriculturists of their respective neighborhoods.

George W. Butterbaugh was born in 1846, in Lake township, Kosciusko county, and was also reared in the same locality. The Miner family came from Ohio when Lydia their daughter was about two years old. The two families settled in the same neighborhood and the children were reared in close companionship. In his early manhood G. W. Butterbaugh was a school teacher, both in Wabash and Kosciusko counties, and this vocation he followed for several years. Being now prepared to embark on the sea of matrimony, and having selected Miss Miller for his polar or guiding star, he wedded her in the fall of 1871, and at once began housekeeping and farming on rented land in Wabash county. Mr. Butterbaugh was industrious and frugal, understood his calling, and a few years later was able to purchase an eighty-acre tract just north of the William Butterbaugh place in Lake township, on which he lived until the spring of 1884, when he bought and moved upon a one-hundred-and-eighty-seven-acre tract just west of North Manchester, upon which he made the greater part of the improvements and on which he still makes his home. He is considered to be one of the most expert farmers in Chester township, Wabash county, and every thing about his premises fully justifies this reputation.

Theron D. Butterbaugh is the eldest of the three sons born to G. W. and Lydia (Miller) Butterbaugh, the two others being Abraham and Esta. Of the latter two, Abraham lives in Chicago and is married to Lulu Reed; Esta, the youngest son, is still single and lives with his father, while taking a course of study at North Manchester College in Wabash county. Theron D. was early trained to farming and has acquired a reputation equal to that of his father, taking into consideration his still comparatively young years. He is active and enterprising and belongs to that class of young men usually denominated, in common parlance, as "hustlers." He was of great assistance, in his youthful days, in cultivating the home farm, but found time to attend the district school and proved to be an apt scholar. From the country school he was advanced to the high school, and then to the State Normal School at Terre Haute, where he was fully qualified for the duties of a schoolmaster.

Theron D. Butterbaugh lived with his parents until his marriage, January 20, 1895, to Miss Mary E. Wright, who was born July 12, 1876. This felicitous union has been graced with four children, namely: Hazel M., who was born January 23,1896; Ruby May, April 8, 1897; Robert E., August 21, 1899; and Delbert Wright, July 17, 1901.

Mr. and Mrs. Butterbaugh are members of the German Baptist church, to the support of which they contribute quite liberally, and are much interested in promoting its work as well as in advancing its prosperity. In politics Mr. Butterbaugh is a Republican and assists his party in a quiet way at the polls, but has never in any sense or manner been an office seeker. He and wife are among the most esteemed farming people of Wabash and Kosciusko counties, in both of which they are widely known, and no one is better thought of than Theron D. Butterbaugh, the "hustler."

Progressive Men and Women of Kosciusko County, Indiana
B. F. Bowen, Publisher
Logansport, Indiana
1902