"Counties of Howard and Tipton, IN" published in 1883 by F.A. Battey & Co., Chicago, IL
Jefferson Township

HENRY JACKSON FLOYD is a native of Iowa, in Linn County, in which State he was born March 17, 1853; his parents, William and Isabella (Ruse) Floyd, both natives of Ohio, and of French and English descent respectively, located in Jefferson Township, Tipton County, Ind., in 1853, where Henry, our subject grew to manhood on his father's farm; his opportunities for education in his earlier years were very limited, on account of the straitened condition of his parents finances; he continued to assist in supporting his parents until he was twenty-three years of age, at which time, with his own accumulated means, he began educating himself at the Northern Indiana Normal School; here he attended for four years, at the end of which he was regarded as a very good scholar. During his college career, he began teaching during vacations in the public schools, carrying that on in connection with the business of farming, and soon built up a reputation second to none in his township. Henry is the fourth child of a family of eleven children, five of whom attained their majorities, but only three of them are now living. Henry was married, April 26, 1881, in Tipton County, to Miss Jennie C. Melson. They have one child, Bayard F., born March 18, 1882. Our subject owns a good residence where he lives, in the town of Kempton, and a piece of land lying north of the town; he is yet a young man, temperate and industrious in his habits, and a prominent and consistent member of the I. O. O. F. and the M. E. Church.

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Jefferson Township

JOHN FOSTER, farmer, was born in Johnson County, Ind., November 30, 1832; his parents, Richard and Lucinda (Coons) Foster, were of German descent and natives of Virginia; he grew to manhood on a farm, and enjoyed the limited advantages of about three months' schooling each year, but being the possessor of a strong, active mind, his business relations and career have made him a well-informed man. In 1849, he located in Tipton County, in the east corner of Prairie Township, then an unbroken wilderness. The manner in which their grain was ground in that day was by means of the old horse-mill, now an obsolete piece of machinery. Our subject has been twice married - first to Miss Mary Stevens, of Johnson County, Ind., August 5, 1854, who died November 3, 1865, and by whom he has had five children, three of whom are living, viz.: George D., Arminta and Emeline; his second marriage occurred August 10, 1866, to Miss Martha E. Barr; by her he has had nine children, seven of whom are living, viz.: Edward E., Mary E., Frederick F., Dora B., Richard E., Perry, and an unnamed infant girl. He enlisted, February 6, 1865, in Company K, One Hundred and Fifty-third Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and was discharged September 13, 1865. Until his return from the army, he had not been very successful in business, but since that time, by close application and untiring industry, he has succeeded in increasing his capital, then about $2,000, to nearly $10,000, invested mainly in good farms. Mr. Foster is known in the community in which he lives as a pious and moral citizen, unswerving in his allegiance to his church and first to contribute to deserving charitable enterprises.

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Jefferson Township

RICHARD H. FOSTER was born January 15, 1844, in Johnson County, Ind., and is the son of Richard and Lucinda E. (Coons) Foster; his father located in Tipton County in 1850, and entered 800 acres of Government land, the patents being signed by President Taylor. Richard H. Foster spent his youth on a farm, and received a very limited education, having access to no public schools in his early childhood; he was married, November 22, 1866, to Miss Sarah E. Barr, and lived on the old homestead until 1880; he then moved into his new home, one-half mile east of Goldsmith, having purchased a farm and erected a beautiful residence; he haw seven children - Flora D., Albert N., Laura A., Clarence E., Mary L., Etta L. and Mabel. Mr. Foster has been industrious and economical, and has been a successful farmer; he owns 260 acres of good farm land, well improved; he is a liberal donor to churches and public institutions, and he and his wife have been consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Hopewell for eight years.

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Jefferson Township

CHARLES FOSTROM, a son of Mathias and Annis A. (Johnson) Fostrom, was born in Sweden January 13, 1846; he lived on a farm, and attended the common school until he was fourteen years of age, when he began an apprenticeship at the blacksmith trade; he worked three years for nothing, and then took charge of the shop as foreman for six months; he went on board a vessel at Stromstad as a sailor, and was on the sea constantly for three years; he landed at Providence, R. I., September 4, 1368, poorly clad and penniless; here he worked in a brick yard, and later in a blacksmith shop at Haverstraw, N. Y. After spending one year in Haverstraw, he engaged as a day laborer in the construction of railroads, and filled the positions of hand foreman, road master and train conductor; he followed this business for ten years, in the States of New York, Pennsylvania and Indiana, and during this time was married to Miss Anna C. Gustafson, of La Fayette, a native of Sweden, who had been in the United States about two years; he located in Kempton, Ind., September 15, 1877, and engaged in the business of general merchandise; he sold out the first year, and engaged in the grain business, which he has successfully pursued to the present time; in 1879, he added hardware and agricultural implements to his business; he was elected Township Trustee by the Republican party in April, 1880, and has made a creditable record. Mr. Fostrom is carrying a stock of $6,000, and has made his business successful; he is a liberal donator to all public enterprises, and has been a consistent member of the I. O. O. F. for five years.

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Jefferson Township

HENRY J. GOFF, fanner, was born in Stokes County, N. C., in 1848, and is the son of Washington J. G. and Rebecca W. (Sturdivant) Goff, who came to Indiana about the year 1853 and located in Hamilton County, near Noblesville. The subject of this sketch spent his boyhood days on the farm, and has always been engaged in agricultural pursuits; he located in Tipton County in the year 1870, and was married, October 4, of the same year, to Miss Martha E. Ploughe. This union has been blessed with five children - Laura L. (deceased, aged three gears), Benjamin W., Henry C., James T. and Hettie M. Mr. Goff started in life entirely dependent on his energy and good judgment; he has been afflicted with ill-health since he was fifteen years of age, and has had much sickness in his family, but he has been energetic and industrious and has made a successful farmer; he is rather venturesome and speculative, yet cautious and discreet in all his undertakings, and has been fortunate in real estate trades. He takes great interest in improved stock, and assists all public enterprises. He was a member of the Grange organization during its existence, and in politics he is a stalwart Republican.

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Jefferson Township

DAVID GOODKNIGHT, farmer and stock-dealer, was born in Virginia in 1818, and is the son of Leonard and Martha E. (Fernower) Goodknight. His grandfather, Samuel Goodknight, was a soldier under Washington in the Revolutionary war, and his wife's father, Owen T. Rees, was taken prisoner at Hull's surrender at Detroit, Mich., August 11, 1812. Our subject, at the age of two years, removed with his parents to Ohio, where he spent his boyhood days. He came to this county October 15, 1851, and entered land in Jefferson Township. He came from Fayette County, Ohio, in a covered wagon, with his wife and family, when Tipton County was wet and marshy. He now owns about 600 acres in this county, and is a dealer in stock, buying while they are young, and feeding them until ready for market. Mr. Goodknight was married, October 5,1839, to Christie A. Rees, of Fayette County, Ohio. Nine children have blessed this union - William H., Samuel, Isaac N., Margaret A. Stephenson, Martha J. Wilson, John G., Christie A. (deceased), and two who died in infancy. Mr. Goodknight was, in an early day, a Whig, but later voted the Republican ticket, and is now a member of the Greenback party. He has been an Odd Fellow for twelve years, and is one of the charter members of the Kempton Lodge.

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Jefferson Township

SAMUEL GOODKNIGHT, one of Jefferson Township's energetic farmers, is an Ohio man, being born in Fayette County, of that State, April 17, 1842. His parents, David and Christie A. (Rees) Goodknight, were natives of Virginia. He was reared on a farm, and was brought to Jefferson Township in the autumn of 1851. His school privileges were limited to the log schoolhouse of this (Tipton) county twenty-five years ago. On the 19th of November, 1863, he was married to Miss Matilda Moon. They have ten children, eight of whom are living, viz.: John H., Jane B., Margarette J., William H., Ora E., Flora E., Cora D., James A,, and Christiana, who died at the age of three, and one other that died in infancy. After his marriage, he resided, until 1870, on his father's farm. At that time, he and his brother, Isaac, purchased the old Goar farm, which joins Kempton on the east, and on the east half of which our subject now resides. The spring following this purchase, his house and contents were entirely consumed by fire, and himself and family left homeless and with a debt of $6,000. The ensuing autumn, a fine car-load of hogs, with which he expected to make a payment on the above mentioned debt, was lost by the cholera. Although things were getting desperate, he did not lose his determination to pull through the storm, and he succeeded in doing so, paying the last cent in 1876. He has always been noted for his energy and determination, his motto, which is a good one, being that "to attempt is to succeed." He is a very successful farmer and stock-raiser, making a specialty of breeding fine cattle, of which he has a superior collection. Last year (1882), he erected one of the finest frame residences on one of the most desirable locations in the west side of the township. He has never had a law suit, and never had occasion to pay a lawyer's fee. He is an honest, industrious citizen. He owns 140 acres of land, free of all incumbrances, and is, politically, a stalwart Republican.

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Jefferson Township

WILLIAM A. GREEN, physician and druggist, son of Samuel and Alice (McGannon) Green, was born in Jennings County, Ind., November 25, 1858, and at the age of six years removed with his parents to Tipton County. He began the study of medicine in 1878 under Dr. Pitzer in Sharpsville, Tipton County, and the following winter attended college in Cincinnati. He came to Kempton March 10, 1879, and began the practice of medicine, and in January, 188, opened a drug store, and is at present practicing in connection with the drug business. Mr. Green was married, January 29, 1880, to Miss Ella M. Wells, whose parents were among the early pioneers of Tipton County. This union has been blessed with one child, Howard Clifton, born December 26, 1882, Dr. Green started in life empty-handed, but with energy, brains and nerve he has been successful in establishing a good practice. He is a prominent citizen, and has always voted the Republican ticket. His father, Samuel Green, was in the army in the Eighty-second Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and died near Gettysburgh, Penn., February 5, 1863.

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Jefferson Township

ENOS HENKLE, an early settler of Tipton County, was born in 1822 in Pendleton County, Va. Is the son of Joab and Mary (Lawrence) Henkle, both natives of Virginia, who settled in Tipton County in 1851. Enos Henkle came to this county in 1849, and located in Jefferson Township. He was married to Miss Susan Phares, of Virginia, in September, 1846. This union has been crowned with twelve children - J. W., born June 16,1847; Joab, born April 16, 1849; Ambros, born October 3, 1851; George N., born November 12, 1853; Sylvanus, born October 15, 1855; Jacob, born March 4, 1858, and died October 20, 1866; Mary C., born March 4, 1860; Martha F., born June 13, 1862; Susan E., born August 12, 1865; Virginia B., born July 6, 1869; Sarah J., born January 2, 1871; and Enos C., born October 4, 1876. Mr. Henkle resides on the farm he entered in 1849. He has been an industrious, successful farmer, but for many years has been unable to work, owing to chronic neuralgia. He still superintends the farm. He is esteemed for his kind and benevolent character, and is a consistent member of the Christian Church.

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Jefferson Township

WILLIAM HINKLE, farmer; was born in Pendleton County, Va., July 27, 1824. His parents, Joab and Mary (Lawrence) Hinkle, were natives of Virginia, and of English descent. They moved to this (Tipton) county in 1851, in company with the subject of this sketch, and both died here in Jefferson Township, the former in 1859, aged sixty-two years, the latter in 1861, aged sixty-six years. William was the fourth in a family of nine children, of whom seven are now living. He was reared on a farm, and has never departed from agricultural pursuits. He was married in his native county, on the 30th of September, 1845, to Miss Sydney Vandevender, a daughter of William and Mary (Cuberty) Vandevender, both of whom were natives of Virginia. By this marriage he is the father of eight children, seven of whom are living - Sarah E. Lutz, born April 20, 1849; Adam H., January 28, 1851; Hester J., February 7, 1854; Elvina C. Bozell, March 30, 1857; Isaac B., September 17,1859 (who died at the age of two years); Mary B., November 27, 1861; Laura E., March 24, 1864; and Sylvanus L., January 24, 1869. On coming to this county, he located in Jefferson Township, east of Normanda, and purchased forty acres of land, which he farmed for two years, when he traded for eighty acres on .the present site of Goldsmith. Here he cultivated the soil for ten years, when he sold his farm, with the view of emigrating to the West. But when the time for separation drew near, the strength of those ties of friendship and the force of old associations held him back and refused to be broken. He then purchased what is known as the old Eli Teter farm, situated just south of Goldsmith. There he now lives on what is regarded as one of the prettiest locations in the county. It is well improved and ornamented with a beautiful residence, cottage style, erected in 1882. He has been a member of the Christian Church for nearly twenty-two years, his wife and children being members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Financially, he is in easy, independent circumstances. He has always been noted for his liberal patronage of all charitable and religious enterprises and public improvements.

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Jefferson Township

LORENZO D. HINKLE, a farmer of Jefferson Township, was born in Pendleton County, Va., May 14, 1838; his parents were Joab and Mary (Lawrence) Hinkle, both natives of Virginia, Joab being born November 27, 1796, of German descent; married, November 19, 1816, and died April 14, 1859. Mary was born May 1, 1794, and died April 25, 1861. They located in Jefferson Township, Tipton County, Ind., in 1851, and both died in their new home; our subject is the last of a family of nine children, seven of whom are yet living, six in Indiana and one in Virginia. He was reared on a farm, and, in his limited school course, never knew any reader except Robinson Crusoe, until he reached his fifteenth year. Coming to a new country did not improve his educational advantages. July 25, 1861, he was married to Miss Mary E. Teter. She was born in Hamilton County, Ind., January 12, 1812, and is the third of a family of seven children born to Jacob and Melvinai (Harper) Teter, who located in Hamilton County in 1839. The former died in 1853, aged thirty-five years, and the latter in 1880, aged sixty-five. After his marriage our subject remained at the old homestead, taking care of his parents until their death. His marriage has been crowned by the birth of seven children, five of whom are yet living, viz.: Mrs. Laura E. Vandevender, born October 1,1863; Rosa Lee, born July 13,1867; Virginia Malvina, born June 5, 1869; Jerome Wesley, born November 22, 1871; Oscar Harper, born December 28, 1873; the others died during infancy. In 1863, he sold his farm in Tipton County and bought one in Hamilton County, remaining there until 1877, when he purchased the old George Teter farm, which had been entered prior to any other north of the Reserve line. On this farm he now resides. It is in a high state of cultivation, and is one of the best in the township; himself and wife are both members of the Wesleyen Methodist Episcopal Church, she having been identified therewith since her sixteenth year, and he for about eight years. He is a man of enterprise and public spirit, and has succeeded by his industry in accumulating a competency for his old age and the benefit of his family. Politically, he is a Republican, although his political views are governed by a wise discrimination as to men who claim his suffrage.

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Jefferson Township

SILAS SYLVESTER JACKSON was born in Hancock County, Ind., April 20, 1853, and is the son of James and Louisa (Davis) Jackson, natives respectively of North Carolina and Ohio, and married in Rush County, Ind., about 1836. The family first settled in Tipton County in 1864, but in 1870 returned to Hancock County, and thence moved to Madison County, where Mrs. Louisa Jackson died in 1875. At the age of sixteen, Silas S. Jackson began life on his own account, and for two years supported a widowed sister and her children. In 1878, he located in Kempton and started a wagon-making shop, which he successfully conducted until 1881, when he took the general agency for Charles Fostrom's extensive agricultural implement trade, which position he still holds. Mr. Jackson is a member of I. O. O. F. Lodge, No. 482, and is an active Republican politician. He possesses considerable business talent, and is noted for his liberality, both of mind rand heart.

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Jefferson Township

DAVID KEMP, whose portrait appears in this work, is one of the old pioneers and eminent business men of Tipton County; he is a native of Frederick County, Md., and was born October 29, 1818, and is the son of Gilbert and Rebecca (Kefner) Kemp, natives of Maryland; his father was a miller, who emigrated to Ohio about 1823, and located in Greene County, near Xenia, where he engaged in milling. In 1833, he continued milling in Hamilton County, Ind., and in 1841 came to Tipton County and settled in Jefferson Township, where his son now resides. Here he remained until his death, which occurred in 1850; his wife died in 1848. David Kemp was the third of six children, and at the age of ten began clerking in Dayton, Ohio, where he remained clerking and attending school until 1836; he then returned to his parents in Hamilton County, and there was engaged as a e!e& anti1 1840, when he came to Tipton County and built a house. The following year he began farming and stock-raising. At this time he was without means, and what he has accomplished has been done by honest endeavor and hard work. He has since resided in Jefferson Township upon this same section of land, and has now about 1,200 acres; he is also interested in the milling business at Kempton, owning two-thirds of the Mozingo & Kemp flouring and saw mill; he was influential to a great extent in securing the Lake Erie & Western Railroad built through his section, and at one time involved himself for more than he was worth with John Green, of Kempton, to secure it, and after it was secured he laid out the village of Kempton, which has since grown to be a thriving town. He has served as Township Assessor, and for eighteen years was County Commissioner. He was in an early day a Whig, but is now one of the leading Democrats of the county, and has been since before the war; he has been a member of the Kempton Lodge, No. 482, I. O. O. F., since its organization in 1875. Mr. Kemp was married in 1848 to Miss Mary A. Price. This union was blessed with six children - Joseph, Rebecca, David H., John P., Jessie A. and Jefferson P., five of whom are living. His wife died in 1862, and he was next married in 1869 to Lorinda E. Jackson, of Tipton.

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Jefferson Township

JOSEPH G. KEMP was born in 1848 in Tipton County, Ind., and is the son of David and Mary A. (Price) Kemp. He was married in 1870 to Miss Victoria J. Parker, whose parents were old settlers of Tipton County. This union has been blessed with four children - David N., Allen. Lizzie and James B. Mr. Kemp has made his own living since he was sixteen years of age, and has taught school for five terms. He is liberal in politics, and has held the office of Township Assessor. He is a strong advocate of temperance, and became a member of the I. O. O. F. in 1875. He is a citizen highly respected by all who have the pleasure of his acquaintance. He has spent his life in Tipton County, and has watched its growth from a low, marshy wilderness, to a good county, with prosperity on all sides, and good farms on every hand.

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Jefferson Township

JOHN W. KING is the son of James V. and Levina (Wright) King, and was born in Fayette County, Ohio, January 22, 1847. The family came to Tipton County in 1853, and settled on a farm, on which John W. was reared to manhood. He was very studious in his youth, and at the age of twenty began teaching school, which he followed, in connection with farming, for five years. His mother died February 18, 1877, aged nearly sixty-five, and his father March 10, 1881, aged nearly seventy-five years, and both had been supported for some years previously through the industry and filial affection of our subject, who also erected suitable monuments over their last resting place. November 14, 1880, he married Miss Mary Jane Deal, who was born in Tipton County May 3, 1858, and is the daughter of Henry and Anna Deal. To this union was born one child - Loren- September 27, 1881. I n 1876, he was elected Assessor of Jefferson Township, and re-elected in 1878, on the Democratic ticket. He was for several years engaged as a canvasser for literary works, and was quite successful. His possessions now consist of only a few acres of land, well cultivated, however, but this will not be wondered at, when it is stated that he sacrificed a farm of forty acres in the performance of his filial duties.

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Jefferson Township

W. L. KING, farmer, was born November 26, 1849, and is the son of James V. and Levina E. (Wright) King. The subject of this sketch was reared on a farm, and received a common school education, and at the age of twenty began teaching school. He has followed agricultural pursuits the most part of his life. He came to Tipton County in 1850 with his parents, and has since made his home here. He was married in February, 1870, to Miss Phebe F. Johnson, of Tipton County. This union has been blessed with six children, all of whom are living. Mr. King is a worthy farmer, an excellent citizen, and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church in good standing.

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Jefferson Township

THOMAS LEMON, farmer, and one of the pioneers of Jefferson Township, was born in Loudoun County, Va., September 18, 1810. His parents, George and Nancy (Faris) Lemon, were of Welsh descent. Thomas grew up on a farm, having been left an orphan at the age of sixteen. He was then bound out until the age of twenty-one. After reaching that age, he entered service as a farm hand at $7 per month, at which rate he worked for seven years, four of them in one place. January 3; 1837, he was united in marriage to Miss Moriah Bodine, who has borne him three children - Ann J., married to E. W. Crane, and died 1873, at the age of thirty-six; Joseph B., born June 29, 1839; and Moriah E., born August 15, 1841. Our subject emigrated from his native State to Ohio in 1838, where he remained for four years, at the end of which time he moved to and settled upon Section 26, Jefferson Township, Tipton Co., Ind., where he resided for five years, and then located on Section 22, his present residence, the title of which he received from President Van Buren. In coming from Ohio to this (Tipton) county, he started with $50 in money and one horse, and was compelled to join teams with another man to get through to his destination. The scarcity of roads and the distance and remoteness of some of the settlements often compelled him to travel twenty-five miles to mill, and to find a store where he might do some trading. He enlisted in the United States Army in November, 1861, in Company K, Forty-seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry; he participated in the siege of Spanish Fort and Port Blakely, and was present at the surrender of Mobile; he was also for a time in the hospital at Nilson's Barracks, and at Louisville, Ky. He was among the first boat's crew that went from St. Louis to Vicksburg, and from there to Natchez and New Orleans, at which last-named place he remained until his term expired, when he re-enlisted and served until the close of the war. He is respected by all his fellow-citizens.

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Jefferson Township

JOSEPH CALDWELL MANLOVE, farmer, was born in Fayette County, Ind., February 24, 1818. His parents, George and Mary (Caldwell) Manlove, were natives of North Carolina. Joseph was reared on a farm. September 1, 1843, he was married to Elizabeth Dickey, daughter of William and Margaret (Spence) Dickey. They have had born to them seven children, six of whom are now living, viz.: Rhoda I., Mary J., Elbert, William: Martha E., George E., and Margaret, who died at the age of sixteen years. After marriage he farmed in his native county for ten years on a rented farm. He in 1853, located in Section 25, Jefferson Township, Tipton Co., Ind., where he purchased 160 acres of his present farm for $400. He has never had any political aspirations, but has served one term as Township Trustee. He has always been one of the county's most enterprising citizens. He owns 180 acres of fine land, well-improved, and well-stocked with a fine quality of stock. He is regarded as an industrious, energetic, temperate and high-minded citizen. He is a liberal supporter of the church, having been for twenty-five years a consistent member of the United Presbyterian Church.

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Jefferson Township

SAMUEL MAYN, one of the successful farmers of Tipton County, was born in County Down, Ireland, January 9, 1821. He is the son of John and Jane (Shaw) Mayn, and lived on a farm and attended school in his native country until he was ten years of age, when, with his parents, he embarked in Belfast, Ireland, August 5, 1831, for America, and landed at Baltimore, Md., September 25 of the same year. From there they proceeded to Pittsburgh, Penn., and thence to Maysville, Fleming Co., Ky., where our subject remained until 1842. At that time he started out to try his fortune, having nothing except his clothing. He landed in Rush County, Ind., in October of 1842, and secured labor as a farm hand at $9 per month. He served in this capacity about seven months, and on the 15th day of September, 1843, he was united in marriage to Miss Sarah A. Straney. The young couple commenced housekeeping in very modest circumstances, and remained in Rush County until 1846. In that year he removed to Grant County, Ind., and settled on the "Indian Reserve." In 1847, the land of that reserve being put upon the market by the Government, he entered eighty acres, and succeeded, by hard, manual labor, in making a farm out of the green forest. This he retained until 1860, when he sold it, and in 1561, located in Jefferson Township, Tipton County, Ind., where he purchased 160 acres of land situated in the southeast quarter of Section 26, upon which he has ever since resided. His marriage has been crowned by the birth of thirteen children, viz.: William B., George S., Samuel H., Margaret H., Mary T., Sarah M., John, Orval N., James and Nancy J., who died at the age of fifteen, the others dying in infancy. In 1872, he had the misfortune to lose his beautiful residence by fire, but by insurance his loss was not as severe as it would otherwise have been. He is a very successful farmer and stock-raiser; he owns 160 acres of fine land, well improved; his hogs are regarded as the best breed raised in the county. His character is that of an energetic, industrious and public-spirited citizen. He has been a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church for forty years.

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Jefferson Township

F. M. MOZINGO, a prosperous miller, is a son of Milton and Margaret (Cooper) Mozingo, and was born in Indiana in 1836. His father settled on the south line of this county in 1840, and commenced to improve the farm. Four years later he traded for another place two miles north, where he remained three years. He then sold this and entered land in the Indian Reserve, in Jefferson Township. Our subject lived with his father until he was nineteen or twenty years of age, assisting him on the farm. At the age of nineteen he learned the carpenter's trade, and worked at this until he was twenty-six. He then began the mill business, which he has since continued. Mr. Mozingo was married in 1861 to Miss Sarah E. Campbell. This union has been blessed with ten children - William T., James E. (deceased), Mary Belle, Nancy M., Theodore, Josephine, David, Alfred, Matilda and Arvine. Mr. Mozingo has been a member of the I. O. O. F. since 1871, and was one of the charter members of the Kempton Lodge.

"Counties of Howard and Tipton, IN" published in 1883 by F.A. Battey & Co., Chicago, IL
Jefferson Township

SOLOMON V. PHARES, farmer, was born in Pendleton County, Va., August 2, 1823. His parents Solon and Elizabeth (Vandevender) Phares, are both natives of Virginia, and are of English and German descent. Solomon V. was reared on a farm, and was deprived of those advantages for obtaining an education enjoyed by the youth of today; he was the seventh of a family of ten children, five of whom are get living. He was united in the bonds of wedlock May 9, 1844, to Miss Mary A. Bouse, whose parents were Adam and Annis (Dolley) Bouse. He remained in his native State until the year 1851, when he removed to and located in Jefferson Township, Tipton County, Ind.; here he bought 120 acres of land. He has had born unto him five children, who are all living, viz.: Sarah E. Nelson, Annie E. McFarland, George W., Sylvanus A. and Joseph H. He is the owner of a beautiful, well-improved and well-stocked farm of great fertility, containing 160 acres of land, well supplied with good residence, barn, orchard, etc. He has given his children sixty acres of land. He served in the capacity of Supervisor of Roads for fourteen years, and has always been an earnest advocate of all public improvements. Both himself and wife are members of the M. E. Church, the latter having been identified therewith for over forty years; he also belongs to the Masonic fraternity, being a member of Austin Lodge, No. 128, at Tipton. Notwithstanding the delicate state of his health for the past eight years, he is still full of energy and controls his business with a clear head and steady hand. Having cast his first vote for Polk, he has ever since adhered to the principles of the Democratic party.

"Counties of Howard and Tipton, IN" published in 1883 by F.A. Battey & Co., Chicago, IL
Jefferson Township

GEORGE W. PHARES, one of Tipton County's most successful farmers, is a native of Virginia, and was born August 8,1850, in Pendleton County. His parents, Solomon V. and Mary A. (Bouse) Phares, were also natives of Virginia. George W. was reared on a farm in this (Tipton) county, whither he was brought by his parents in 1850; his school advantages were limited to the public school of twenty years ago, but by his diligence and application he acquired a fair education. He was married on the 3d day of December, 1871, to Miss Elizabeth Campbell, of Tipton County, whose parents were David and Mary (Jenkins) Campbell. By this marriage they have three children - David S., born March 29, 1874; William A., born August 11, 1876, and Arthur F., born September 16, 1878. After his marriage, he settled on a farm of sixty acres of his own, situated near Normanda, of this (Tipton) county; here he remained for three years, and then removed to what is known as the "Old Ennis farm," located three miles south of Goldsmith, where he still resides. He has been a very successful farmer and stock-raiser, being now the owner of 240 acres of land, the most of which is under cultivation, well improved and supplied with stock. Last year he produced 1,000 bushels of corn, 300 bushels of wheat and near fifty tons of hay. He is a man of excessive energy and industry, of commendable public spirit and possessed of broad political and religious views.

"Counties of Howard and Tipton, IN" published in 1883 by F.A. Battey & Co., Chicago, IL
Jefferson Township

EBER W. PHARES, one of the most prominent business men in the county, was born in Hamilton County, Ind., July 4, 1842. His parents were George N. and Mary (Teter) Phares, natives of Virginia. Eber was reared on a farm and obtained a fair education from the common schools, and in 1861 enlisted for three years in Company F, Eleventh Indiana Infantry. In 1863, he re-enlisted in the same regiment, where he remained until the close of the war. He participated in every battle where his regiment wads engaged, and at the close of the war, in 1865, returned to his home. After his return, he attended school for one year, and then engaged in teaching. But this field not being wide enough for his ambition, he entered the mercantile business. This he carried on successfully in Tetersburg from 1868 to 1879. During the most of this time, he was the leading saw-mill man and lumber dealer in the county. February 27, 1868, he was married to Miss Mary J. Manlove, born June 21, 1845, and daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Manlove. This union has brought them five children, three of whom are yet living, viz.: Mary Elizabeth, born September 14, 1869; Cora, born February 19, 1871; Maggie L., born November 9, 1873, died March 13, 1882 ; Lula, born July 2, 1878, died September 24, 1879, and Eber Harrison, born August 15, 1880. Mr. Phares has always been noted for his business enterprise and determined will. In 1580, he sold his mercantile business, after having removed to Goldsmith, and tearing up his mill located it in the mountains of Kentucky, on the Cincinnati Southern Railroad, where he remained one year. Selling out, he located at Williamsburg, Ky., where his company has erected the finest mill in that State. He is now the business manager of the Cumberland River Joint Stock Lumber Company, an organization destined to become very wealthy. His family is still residing in their beautiful little home at Goldsmith.

"Counties of Howard and Tipton, IN" published in 1883 by F.A. Battey & Co., Chicago, IL
Jefferson Township

FRANCIS M. PRICE was born in Jefferson Township, Tipton County, and is the son of John and Margaret F. (Alexander) Price, who were pioneer settlers in the county. His grandfather came to Indiana in a very early day. Our subject was reared on a farm, and at the age of fifteen began business for himself. He taught school for some time and made a success of this profession; he subsequently began farming, which occupation he still pursues. He was married, October 18, 1874, to Miss Margaret C. Morrett, of Clinton County, Ind. This union was blessed with two children - Elfie and John M. Mr. Price is a member of the I. O. O. F. and is one of the charter members of the Kempton Lodge. He is a well educated farmer, and a worthy citizen. He has held some of the minor offices of the township.

"Counties of Howard and Tipton, IN" published in 1883 by F.A. Battey & Co., Chicago, IL
Jefferson Township

D. S. PRICHARD, n pioneer of Tipton County, was born in June, 1811, and is the son of C. G. and Isabelle (Spears) Prichard, of Welsh and Irish descent. He was born in Kentucky, and lived on a farm in his native State until he was nine years of age, and in 1820 came with his parents to Johnson County, Ind. His father was an old, successful hunter, and D. S., at the age of thirteen, became an expert with the rifle, killing three and four deer in a day. He came to Tipton County in the year 1840, and pre-empted 160 acres of land. He settled in the green woods, and is one of the old pioneers of the county. Mr. Prichard was married, February 14, 1844, to Miss Mary Campbell, who died in 1857. He was afterward married to Miss Neoma Strop. They have had six children, four of whom are living. He has been a member of the Christian Church for forty-one years, and has held some of the minor offices of the township. He has a limited education, and is a Fair Bible scholar. He cultivates one of the finest vineyards and orchards to be found in Tipton County. His grandfather, James Prichard, at the age of eighty years, was an expert at boxing and was very athletic.

"Counties of Howard and Tipton, IN" published in 1883 by F.A. Battey & Co., Chicago, IL
Jefferson Township

ASA PRITCHARD was born in Johnson County, Ind., April 20, 1854. He is the second of a family of three children, of whom himself and brother Albert are the survivors, born to Walker and Sophia (Spears) Pritchard, natives of Kentucky, and of German and Irish descent respectively. His parents were married in Johnson County, Ind., about 1850. His father, a farmer, died about 1859. He and his brother acquired what education they have by their own efforts and industry. Asa was reared on a farm, and has never abandoned agricultural pursuits. February 12, 1876, he was married to Miss Drusilla McEntire, eldest daughter of Tirentus and Levina (Stroup) McEntire, natives of Ohio, of Irish and German descent respectively, and residents at the present time of Tipton County. His marriage has been crowned by the birth of three children, all of whom are living, viz., Elsie W., Laura and Clara. He and his wife are members of the Christian Church, Mrs. Pritchard having been identified therewith since its organization. He adheres to the principles of the Republican party, but casts his vote with a discriminating judgment. He is a temperate, industrious, public-spirited citizen, and a liberal donator to all benevolent and religious purposes.

"Counties of Howard and Tipton, IN" published in 1883 by F.A. Battey & Co., Chicago, IL
Jefferson Township