JESSE ALEXANDER, ex-County Treasurer, was born in Butler County, Ohio, May 34, 1827. His parents, Robert and Lucy (Wilson) Alexander, in 1831 removed to Tippecanoe County, Ind. Here they resided until 1842, when they located in Tipton County, Ind., where Jesse has ever since resided. After the last mentioned date, his father removed to Illinois, in Adams County, in which State he still resides at the advanced age of seventy-eight. Our subject attended the common schools. He engaged in farming, in which occupation he had been brought up, in Prairie Township of Tipton County. He commenced with a farm of eighty acres, half prairie and half timber. He is now the possessor of 240 acres of land, 200 acres of which are under cultivation, the balance consisting of timber, and all of it well drained by tile and open ditches, and well set in blue grass. During eleven years, in connection with his other business, he ran a threshing machine during the summer and fall seasons, having purchased the first thresher that was brought to the west part of the county. Politically, he is a Democrat. During a period of twenty years, ten terms, he acted in the capacity of Assessor of Prairie Township. He has been many times a delegate to the Democratic County Conventions, and twice a delegate to the State Convention. In 1879, Mr. Alexander was elected to the office of County Treasurer, and discharged the duties of that position for one term of two years. One other public service of our subject that deserves special mention, is the laying-out of Fair View Cemetery, which was performed by him and Mr. Fred Wilcox. It is well arranged and beautifully situated. Mr. Alexander was married September 27, 1849, in Tipton County, to Miss Maria Kemp. The issue of their marriage consists of eight children, viz.: Clara, Mary J., Margaret, David H. and George F.; also three deceased, viz.: Abraham D., Florence H. and Lucy. He resides on North Main street, in Tipton, in a nice residence, of which he is the owner. Mr. Alexander is practically an abstainer from intoxicants, although he has never signed the pledge.

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DAVID H. ALEXANDER was born in the western part of Tipton County on September 30, 1862. His father, Jesse Alexander, located in the county at an early day, and has been County Treasurer. His mother is a sister of David Kemp, one of the wealthiest and most prominent farmers in the county. David received an excellent common school education, and afterward took- a thorough commercial course at the Bryant & Stratton Business College, Indianapolis. In the spring of 1881, he began the study of law at Tipton, in the office of Judge John Green and James N. Waugh, composing the firm of Green & Waugh. At the September term of the same year, he was admitted to the bar. He had closely pursued his legal studies, and shown abilities which would doubtless have given him a high rank in this learned profession had he not chosen to enter the field of journalism. In February, 1882, he purchased from Mr. S. R. Williams, the then proprietor. a half-interest in the Tipton Times, a Democratic weekly, published at the county seat, which had a State reputation for the ability displayed in its management. Mr. Alexander afterward became, and is now, the sole owner of this newspaper. Although young in years, he has been a careful observer, and this, added to natural tact, an active brain and an energetic disposition, has enabled him to achieve success beyond his years. In politics, he is, of course, a thorough Democrat, and earnestly believes that the principles of that party should prevail in the conduct of the Government. His life gives bright promise of a career of great usefulness, and if his future shall be judged from his past, it can safely be predicted that he will surmount every obstacle which may arise, and, as the years come and go, rise step by step into broader fields and higher duties.

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N. H. ALLEN was born at Dover, Wayne Co., Ind., July 21, 1838. While he was yet a small boy, his father removed to Rush County. Here he grew up, enjoying such opportunities for education as the country at that time afforded. After having acquired a fair education, he commenced the study of dental surgery at New Castle, Henry Co., Ind., under a gentleman by the name of Hamilton, and his brother. After having mastered his profession, he located in Anderson, Ind., and opened a dental office in 1862. After residing in Anderson for five years, he, in 1867, removed to Tipton, Ind., where he has continued in the practice of his profession ever since, with the exception of six years spent at Crawfordsville, Ind. Dr. Allen was married at Tipton, February 19, 1869, to Miss Melinda Lyons, whose death occurred during his residence at Crawfordsville. His family consists of two children, Willie E. and Grace May. The Doctor has an elegant office in the Overman Block, and is the possessor of a large and lucrative practice. His professional reputation is not confined to Tipton County, as he is regarded as one of the best dentists in the State.

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DR. A. J. BARKER (deceased), one of the leading physicians, not only of Tipton County, but of this part of the State, was born in Baxter County, W. Va., March the lst, 1840. At an early age, he removed to Washington Court House, Ohio, and thence to Tipton, in 1860, where he resided until his death. His education was such as the meager course of study presented by the frontier school afforded. In his youth, he learned the trade of a harness-maker, and pursued that calling until after he had attained to manhood. While working at this trade, during intervals of leisure, he applied himself to the study of medicine. In the winter of 1566-67, he attended a course of lectures at the Cincinnati Medical College, and, returning to Tipton, entered at once upon the practice of his profession. He was very successful, and in the winter of 1875-76, after several years' practice, he completed his professional education at the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Indianapolis. At the time of his death, be was the possessor of a large and lucrative practice and a handsome property, principally in real estate. The library left at his death is regarded by his brother physicians as one of the finest collections of medical and scientific works in the county. In the spring of 1863, he was married to Josephine Parker, eldest daughter of Dr. Isaac Parker, and by whom he was the father of five children, viz.: Nellie, Nettie and Blanche, who are living, and Lorena, who died in infancy, and an infant son, who died at birth. In the winter of 1881-82, he was seized with an attack of typhoid fever; from this he partially recovered, only to be seized by that dread enemy of his family, consumption. Under this he rapidly failed, and with a mind clear to the last, and a courage that defied the destroyer, he sank peacefully to rest February 4, 1883, at the age of forty-three. His remains were interred with Masonic honors, of which fraternity he was a prominent member, in Fairview Cemetery. His life was an exemplification of what may be accomplished by self-denial, industry and a determined will.

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RANSON P. BARR, a farmer of Tipton County, was born in Jennings County, Ind., May 16, 1820, and is the son of Henry Barr. His father was born February 18, 1792, in Tennessee, and was married December 27, 1814, to Martha Lemaster, in Henry County, Ky. He settled in Jennings County, Ind., and afterward in Decatur County, where he died April 6, 1876. He was a successful farmer and at his death was worth $15,000. His wife, Mrs. Martha Barr, died February 6, 1877, at the age of eighty-two. The subject of this sketch was reared in Decatur County, Ind., where be engaged in firming until 1858. He then removed to Tipton County, and located in Prairie Township, where he cleared out a farm on land he had entered in 1849; here he remained until January, 1852, when he removed to Tipton County, where he has since resided. He owns a farm of 240 acres, on which his sons reside, and also a residence in Tipton. Mr. Barr was married, November 30, 1843, in Decatur County, to Miss Mary C. McIlvain, who died November 10, 1873. They had nine children - Martha, E., Sarah E., John S., Mary F., Henry N., Lucy A., Ranson B., William A. and Elmer E. He was next married, February 18, 1875, in Miami County, Ind., to Augusta Williams. Mr. Barr is an excellent citizen, and he and wife are identified with the M. E. Church.

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HON. R. B. BEAUCHAMP, one of the leading lawyers of the Tipton bar, is a native of Grant County, Ind., where he was born October 3, 1845. His father, Curtis Beauchamp, was born in Wayne County, Ind., July 20, 1818, and remained in his native county until his twenty-first year, when he removed with his parents to Grant County, Ind. There, on the 7th of January, 1842, he was united in marriage to Miss Rachel Schooley, who was also a native of Wayne County, having been born there October 14, 1824, but removed with her parents, when she was quite young, to Henry County, Ind., whence, after a short residence, she again removed with them to Grant County. In 1844, Isaac Beauchamp, then the only child of Curtis Beauchamp and wife, died, being at the time only a few weeks old. This infant and our subject were the only issue of Curtis and Rachel Beauchamp. When the subject of this sketch was about one year old, his father removed with him to Miami County, Ind., where he had entered 160 acres of land from the Government, on the present site of Amboy. That section of country was then an almost uninhabited wilderness, but he soon had a large portion of his wild tract of land converted into a productive farm. His death occurred in Grant County, Ind., on July 2, 1866. We was an earnest believer in the Christian religion. He lived a strictly honest and honorable life. The mother of our subject resides in Tipton, on the same lot that contains the residence of her son. R. B. Beauchamp received his education from the common schools of the State and the high school of Marion, the county seat of Grant County. Several years were spent in teaching, when, in 1869, he took up the study of the law at Marion, Ind. After two years' study, he removed to Tipton, and entered upon the practice of his profession. In 1872, after a residence of one year, he was elected District Attorney of the district, including the counties of Tipton, Hamilton, Howard, Clinton and Grant. But the General Assembly of 1872-73 abolished Common Pleas Courts and the office of District Attorney, so that Mr. Beauchamp only discharged the duties of that office about three months. In 1874, he was elected Prosecuting Attorney for the Thirty-sixth Judicial District, composed of the counties of Howard and Tipton, and filled that office for one term of two years. Up to the year 1878, Mr. Beauchamp had always been an energetic Republican, but becoming dissatisfied with the position taken by that party on some of the leading questions of the day, he transferred his allegiance to the Democratic party. As an indication of the feeling existing between him and his new political associates, it is only necessary to say that at a mass convention of the Democracy of Tipton County, held in the Opera House, in the spring of 1882, he was unanimously chosen as the candidate of that county for Congress. He was married in Lawrence County, Ill., October 25, 1871, to Miss Carrie Frazer. They have a family of two children, consisting of Carrie E. (known as Bonnie), and Ora E. Beauchamp. Mr. Beauchamp was at one time the partner of Judge N. X. Overman, and, on the election of that gentleman to the bench, succeeded to his extensive and lucrative practice.

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JOHN O. BEHYMER was born in Rush County, Ind., April 9, 1855, and in 1861 removed with his parents to Grant County, where he resided until 1874. During the first few years of his life, he did not have the advantage of schooling, and at the age of ten summers could not read. He entered the public schools at the age of eleven, and before he was of age had a good common school education. He passed his first examination in 1875, and obtained a first-class license as a teacher in the common schools. He came to Tipton County in the fall of 1876, and secured the school at the Burket Schoolhouse in Madison Township, which he taught with much success. He purchased an interest in the News office at Windfall in 1877, and while he was one of the proprietors he continued teaching until February, 1880. He was married to Anna E. O'Banion, of Tipton, March 11, 1880, and purchased one-half interest in the Tipton Weekly Times during the same month. He remained one of the proprietors of the Times until February, 1881, when he disposed of his interest. He established the Tipton Saturday Express March 19, 1881, which paper he conducted successfully until he sold it March 24, 1883. During his career as editor of the Express, he spoke his sentiments fearlessly on any and all subjects, advocating that which he thought was right, and denouncing that which he believed to be wrong. During the political contest of 1887 the Express, under Mr. Behymer's management, was renowned for its true Democracy, and was ever found battling for the success of the Democratic ticket. The Express had a large circulation in the county, and was doing its share of the legal printing when it was sold. It is needless to say that Mr. Behymer was an uncompromising Democrat. He has recently purchased the Winamac Democrat, the party organ of Pulaski County, and will shortly remove thither.

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W. L. BERRYMAN, proprietor of the saw and tiling mill, also dealer in hard and soft lumber, is a native of Marion County, Ind., where was born March 28, 1840. His father, Sampson Berryman, was born in Fauquier County, Va., March 22, 1812, while his father, James Berryman, subject's grandfather, was fighting the battles of his country in the war of 1812. Sampson Berryman's parents moved to Fayette County, Ky., where he grew to manhood. Afterward he removed to Marion County, Ind., and was there married in 1837 to Miss Virginia Royster. He, in 1844, removed to Cass County, where he followed farming until his death February 3, 1870, leaving a wife and nine children living. His widow, born in 1817, is still living, and makes her home with her son, and is a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Berryman, the subject of this sketch, was reared on his father's farm in Cass County. On attaining his majority, he began life as a chopper of cord wood and making ties, which he followed for four years. In 1865, he was employed as sawyer in a mill at $3 a day. He spent eighteen months at this, when he bought the mill and has continued in that business with satisfactory success for seventeen years, excepting the years 1873 and 1874. The first of these years he had a contract to grade twenty-thee miles of road-bed for the St. Louis & Toledo Railroad; he graded about, seven miles of said bed, when the company broke up, and left Mr. Berryman the loser of about $5,000. The second of the above-mentioned years he engaged in grading and graveling Jefferson street, in the town of Tipton, and in that venture he lost $2,000. He then resumed the saw mill, and in 1875 located a mill at Tipton, and has been doing a good business ever since. He is one of the managers of the Kleyla Theater, having it leased with another party for one year. The Tipton Fire Company, recently organized, chose him as their Captain. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., in which order he has filled all the offices, both in the subordinate lodge and in the encampment. He is also a member of the Red Men. He is a Democrat, and has filled the offices of Town Trustee and Town Marshal. He was married in Cass County, November 21, 1867, to Miss Catherine Diller, who departed this life August 23, 1882. They had two children, viz.: Winnie M. and Sampson, deceased.

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LUTHER T. BUNCH, Clerk of Tipton County, is a native of Wayne County, Ind., where he was born November 16, 1840. When he was eleven years of age, his father removed to Tipton County, and settled in Jefferson Township. Here Mr. Bunch grew to manhood on his father's farm, enjoying the limited advantages afforded by the public schools of that day. He engaged in farming for awhile, and also followed carpentering. In 1871, he removed to Tipton, and accepted the position of Deputy Clerk, which he held for over seven years. In 1878, he entered the Auditor's office as Deputy, and discharged the duties of that position for four years, at the end of which time he was elected by the Democracy of the county to the office of Circuit Clerk, which position he now holds. Mr. Bunch was married in Tipton County, February 3, 1559, to Miss Margaret A. Overman. They have a family of seven children- Olive E., wife of J. M. Fippen ; Jerry O.; Saretta J., wife of J. W. Metlin; Silvester L., Mollie, Nathan and Hubert. Mr. Bunch is a Democrat; also a member of the I. O. O. F., and himself and wife belong to the Christian Church.

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DR. W. H. CASTER, a retired physician of Tipton, Ind., was born in Clermont County, Ohio, September 15, 1811. While the Doctor was yet young, his father, in 1819, removed to Wayne County, Ind., where he purchased a farm; here our subject was reared, gleaning from the common schools all the instruction that could be extracted therefrom. In 1833, he began the study of medicine in New Castle, Henry Co., Ind.; he attended lectures and graduated at the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati in 1851, having previous to that event, however, practiced his profession for several years. After his graduation, he resumed practice at New Lisbon, Henry Co., Ind., where he afterward formed a partnership with Dr. W. Van Nuys. In 1861, he removed to Lewisville, of the county last named, where he engaged in the drug business for ten years, and then retired from active business life. In February, 1883, he removed to Tipton, where he now makes his home. He is the owner of a handsome residence property on North Independence street, and is also the possessor of several residences and business rooms in Lewisville. Dr. Caster was married in Wayne County, Ind., October 8, 1810, to Miss Agnes Heaston. There is no issue of their marriage living. Politically, he is a Democrat, and also a member of the Masonic fraternity.

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RAPHAEL CHARLES, blacksmith, and manufacturer of wagons, carriages and buggies, is a native of Wurtemberg, Germany, where he remained until his seventeenth year, when he emigrated to America, landing in New York City in May, 1854. He at once came West, and located at Clarksburg, Decatur Co., Ind., where he began learning his trade; he remained in that place until 1870, when he came to Tipton. After his arrival here, he engaged for one year in farming, at the end of which time he purchased a blacksmith and carriage shop and residence, and again pursued his trade, which he has continued to follow ever since with success. Besides the property above mentioned, he is the owner of a farm of eighty acres, situated four miles nest of Tipton, in a good state of cultivation; he is an industrious, energetic citizen, and holds in high esteem the Masonic fraternity, of which he is an honored member. His shops are situated on the corner of East and Jefferson streets, near the Wabash Railroad, and are always well stocked with specimens of his handiwork, in the shape of wagons and buggies, which customers can purchase at a bargain. Mr. Charles was married in Decatur County, Ind., February 11, 1861, to Miss Sarah Werner. They have a family of three children, viz.: Antony, Sue Ellen and William.

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JABEZ T. COX, attorney, was born in Clinton County, Ohio, on the 27th day of January, 1845; he is a son of Aaron and Mary A. Cox; his parents moved to Hamilton County, Ind., in 1850, and took up their residence on a farm between Noblesville and Westfield. Jabez went first to the country schools, but finished his education at the Westfield Academy, where, in that day, a very thorough course was taught. He began teaching when only sixteen years of age, having when that old obtained a two years' license to teach. In 1868, he began the study of law in the office of Judge James O'Brien, of Noblesville, but shortly after entered the army as a volunteer. At the close of the war, he renewed his legal studies in the office of Judge N. R. Overman, at Tipton, and was soon admitted to the bar. In 1867, he was married to Miss Jane Price. He practiced his profession in Tipton until 1869, in which year he purchased tile Frankfort, Ind., Crescent, newspaper, which he edited until the spring of 1872, when he returned to Tipton, and formed a partnership in the practice of law with Judge Overman and Noah W. Parker. Upon the withdrawal of Mr. Parker, the firm became Overman & Cox, and so continued until 1875, when, his wife's health failing, Mr. Cox removed to Hutchinson, Kan. In 1878, he was nominated by the Democrats for Attorney General of that State, and, although he ran 28,000 votes ahead of his ticket, he was defeated by a small majority. In search of health for his invalid wife, he became a resident of Canon City, Colo., in 1879, arid in 1882 was the candidate of his party for District Judge, the district being composed of six counties, and notwithstanding the district was largely Republican, he was defeated by a little more than one hundred votes. His wife dying in October, 1882, Mr. Cox returned to Indiana, and is now in the successful practice of his profession at Peru; he is s thorough lawyer, and one of the most successful advocates in the State.

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MILLARD F. COX, attorney, is a son of Aaron and Mary A. Cox, who came to Indiana from Ohio in 1850, and located in Hamilton County on a farm between Noblesville and Westfield. His father was born in Clinton County, Ohio, on the 25th day of September, 1820, and his mother was born in Greenup County, Ky., on the 1st day of October, 1827, her maiden name being Skaggs. Greenup County was named in honor of her ancestor, Gov. Greenup. Her father dying when she was nine years old, her mother removed to Ohio, where Mary was married to Aaron Cox on the 29th day of October, 1843. Millard was the fifth child born to them, and this event occurred on the farm in Hamilton County on the 25th day of February, 1855; he began going to the country schools when five years old. Subsequently, upon the removal of his parents to Noblesville in 1866, of which town his father was appointed Postmaster by President Johnson, he attended the town schools there until 1871, at which time he went to Frankfort, and entered the Cresent newspaper office, then owned by his brother, Jabez T. Cox; he worked in that office until the following spring, when, his parents having become residents of Tipton, he went to that town, where he attended school in the winters of 1872-73 and 1873-74. During the summer of these years, he worked in the Times printing office, and a part of the time in a brick yard, and on a farm. In the winter of 1874-75, he taught school until February, and from that time until the following July worked at the printing trade. In August, 1875, he went to Indianapolis and immediately began the study of law in December; in March, 1877, he was admitted to the Superior Court bar, and he successfully passed the examination required for admission to the bar of the United States District and Circuit Courts. Some time in February, 1578, he was admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court; he became Assistant Reporter of the Supreme Court in November of that year, and from that time until the fall of 1880 he wrote hundreds of syllabi which appear in the published reports covering that period. In December, 1880, he returned to Tipton and began the practice of law; he is a Democrat in politics, and in 1882 was the candidate of his party for Prosecuting Attorney for the counties of Tipton and Howard; he was appointed Master Commissioner of the Circuit Court in September, 1831, but resigned the office in February, 1883; he is now practicing lam in Tipton.

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JAMES EGLER, deceased, was a native of Maryland, born February 9, 1803, and when young moved to Kentucky with parents, remaining there until he attained his majority. His parents dying, he was reared by an uncle, and subsequently learned the fancy chair-maker trade. About 1831, he migrated to Centerville, Wayne Co., Ind., and located, working at his trade; here he remained until 1837. In 1836, he was married to Miss Catherine Deal, a native of Ohio, born August 8, 1817, daughter of John Deal and Mary M. Lantz Deal, natives of Pennsylvania and Germany respectively. They became settlers of Indiana in 1830, and in 1838 or 1839 came to Tipton County, locating in Jefferson Township; here they remained until their deaths. The mother died in 1850, and the father in 1875. In 1837, James Egler and wife removed to Hamilton, now Tipton County, locating in Cicero Township upon 160 acres of land; subsequently added forty acres. This they cleared up and improved, remaining upon this land until 1864, when they sold and purchased another piece of 187 acres. Upon this land they remained until they came to Tipton in 1875, retiring from active labors. Mr. Egler died July 1, 1882; he was a member of the Christian Church, as is also his wife. They were subject to all the privations of pioneer life. Mr. Egler is one of the oldest settlers now living in Cicero Township. There were no roads at that period, and it was five miles to nearest neighbor. Tipton at this time was not occupied by a white person. Wild game were in abundance, and Indians plentiful, during the fall and winter, upon hunting expeditions. Mr. Egler has two children living - Mary E. Manlove and Emily Burkhart; three deceased.

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J. C. F. EVANS, known to every one as "Mont," is a native of Tipton County; he is the son of M. P. Evans, as excellent a citizen as Tipton ever had, who rendered up his life in the service of his country during the late rebellion. Mont was born on the 25th of September, 1854; he was raised in Tipton, and educated in her common schools, and afterward at Wabash College, Crawfordsville. At the age of thirteen years, he commenced clerking, and continued in that business for seven years, when, on account of failing health, he took up the vocation of a farmer and pursued it until January, 1883, when he purchased the drug store of A. F. Moore & Co., one door east of the post office. He is doing a fine business, and carries a stock of $4,000, consisting of drugs, books, stationery, paints, oils, carpets and wall-paper. The upstairs of his place of business is beautifully and conveniently arranged for displaying carpets and wall paper. He was married at Tipton, November 5, 1874, to Miss Eva Shank, and has a family of three children, namely, Caleb, Jessie and Mary. Politically, Mr. Evans is a Republican, and is also a member of the Odd Fellows.

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JAMES M. FIPPEN is a native of Hamilton County, Ind., where he was born on the 19th of March, 1852; he grew to manhood in his native county, and acquired such an education as the common schools afforded. In the month of March, 1878, he commenced the study of law in the office of the Hon. Dan Waugh; he was admitted to practice his profession at the bar of the Tipton Circuit Court in May, 1879; he at once opened a law office in the Overman Block, where he is still to be found. Since his admission to the bar, he was for a short time in partnership with Mr. John P. Kemp, but the partnership was dissolved in about one year. Mr. Fippen was married, April 11, 1882, to Miss Olive E. Bunch, eldest daughter of Hon. L. T. Bunch, Clerk of the Tipton Circuit Court; he is a young man of fine social qualities and popular proclivities; he is politically a Democrat, and has been once elected City Clerk of Tipton; he has recently completed an abstract of the titles of all the lands in Tipton County, and intends to unite the abstract business with his legal practice.

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JOHN FORRER, a miller, was born in Lancaster County, Penn., March 17, 1826; he was reared near Dayton, Ohio. On the breaking out of the Mexican war, being then twenty years of age, he was commissioned in the United States Army as First Lieutenant, and was with Gen. Scott in his campaign to the City of Mexico. He was married, April 1, 1850, to Miss Mary Cooper, daughter of James Cooper; he entered into the milling business, which he continued to follow until his death. After pursuing his business in the town of Brookville and Connorsville, he, in 1875, came to Tipton, where he remained until his decease, August 30, 1879. Politically, he was a Republican, and was a member of the Presbyterian Church; he was temperate in all respects; he left a widow, Mrs. Mary Forrer, born in 1825, and two children, one son and one daughter, viz., De Orville and Louisa.

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ORVILLE FORRER, druggist, is a native of Indiana, and was born in Franklin County July 8, 1855; he grew to manhood in his native county, enjoying good opportunities for obtaining an education. At the age of nineteen, he went to the oil regions of Pennsylvania, and located at Parker's City as telegraph operator. In 1878, he came to Tipton and engaged in the drug business, and continued therein for two years, at the end of which he disposed of his business and made a trip for his health through New York and Canada, when he returned to Tipton and resumed his former occupation. He was married at Olean, N. Y., January 9, 1881, to Miss Genevieve Porter ; they have one child, a daughter, named Blanchard. Mr. Forrer is an energetic young business man, with a host of friends and a bright future before him. Politically, he is a Republican, and has recently become a member of the Masonic fraternity, which he holds in great esteem.

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JUDGE JOHN GREEN, one of the pioneers of Tipton County, is a native of North Carolina, having been born in Yancey County of that State, May 20, 1807. Three years after his birth his parents removed to Jefferson County, Ind., from whence, after a residence of nine years, they removed to Jennings County, where the Judge grew to manhood. In 1828, he entered Hanover College, and remained in that institution until 1833. He then entered upon the career of a farmer, which vocation he followed for five years. In 1838, he began the study of the law, under Wilberforce Lyle, of Madison, Ind. In 1842; after four years' preparation, he was admitted to the practice of his profession, and soon after to the Supreme and United States Courts. In 1848, actuated by a desire to provide a patrimony for his children, the Judge removed to the then new county of Tipton; he purchased eighty acres of land, also two lots in the town of Tipton, for $600. The winter succeeding, he entered eighty acres and bought forty acres for $200, which he saved as his home farm, and on which he has since lived. Since coming to Tipton County he has given each of his children a farm of eighty acres. The Judge has always taken an active part in politics and has had his share of political honors. He was raised a Whig, and advocated the principles of that party until its dissolution, when he joined the ranks of the Republican party, and has ever since been a prominent and consistent member thereof. During his earlier days, he was almost continuously in the various offices of the township and county, such as Justice of the Peace, Trustee, etc.; he has filled two terms as State Senator, being first elected in 1856, and again in 1868. During his second term as Senator, occurred the exciting contest for the United States Senate, in which D. D. Pratt was sprung upon the Assembly as a "dark horse," and secured the nomination. Judge Green was a prominent factor in securing that result, having labored zealously on that occasion. In 1860, he was elected Common Pleas Judge for .the counties of Hamilton, Tipton, Howard, Grant and Clinton, which place he held for four years. Since his last Senatorial term expired, he has devoted himself entirely to the practice of the law, with eminent success. The Judge has been three times married; first, to Miss Mary Marshall, of Jefferson County, Ind., on April 14, 1829. With her he lived until her death, at Tipton, October 7, 1865; on October 29, 1866, he married Catherine A. Humerickhouse, who died October 28, 1875; his third marriage occurred September 7, 1876, to Caroline Passwater, his present wife; by his first wife he had five children, of whom three are living - Milton F., Alice B. Brandt and Mrs. Catherine G. Trout. The Judge is still engaged in the practice of his profession in Tipton, and is the most venerable attorney at the bar; he possesses the confidence and esteem of the entire community, which he bids fair to enjoy for many years to come; he owns one of the finest residences in the county, situated at the western extremity of Tipton, and is enjoying the evening of his well-spent life in the midst of prosperity, surrounded by all that adorns and embellishes civilized life. John Q. Green, the youngest son of Judge Green, was a volunteer during the war of the rebellion, serving three months, volunteering twice after, but was rejected; he was then Deputy U. S. Marshal, until the close of the war. He then entered the law office of his father; was admitted to the bar, and practiced until his death; he also served as Deputy Internal Revenue Collector about three years; his death occurred in 1866.

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WILLIAM M. GRISHAW, a member of the firm of Haynes, Grishaw & Shook, dealers in general merchandise, was born in Ripley County, Ind., June 22, 1839. When he was twelve years of age, his parents removed to Tipton County. Here he grew to manhood, having had such advantages for gaining an education as the primitive log cabin schoolhouse, with greased paper for windows, afforded. In 1861, he engaged in clerking; soon afterward, however, he embarked individually in merchandising. In 1867, he entered into partnership with Mr. Haynes at Sharpsville, and in 1870 they took in the third member of the present firm, Mr. Shook. In 1572, he was elected by his party to the office of County Treasurer, and in 1873 removed to Tipton and entered upon the discharge of the duties of his office, which he filled for one term of two years. In 1879, the firm of which he is a member established a branch store at Tipton, in No. 2, Opera Building, north side public square, where they are doing a fine business. Mr. Grisham is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and is politically a Republican. Besides his interest in the firm above mentioned, he is the owner of 300 acres of fine land, within one mile of Tipton, and a good residence in the town. He was married in Ripley County. Ind., in 1864, to Miss America Shook, by whom he is the father of five children, viz.: Ora B., Ira G., James B., Charlie R. and Harry E.

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MOSES HAAS, dealer in hats, caps, boots and shoes, was born in the Rhine Province of Germany, March 18, 1838. He remained in his native country until 1860, when he emigrated to America, and the next year enlisted in the United States Army, Company B, Sixty-third Ohio Volunteers, and was assigned to the Seventeenth Army Corps, First Division. He was with Sherman on his "march to the sea," and participated in the battle of Corinth, and all the other engagements of that memorable campaign. He served until the close of the war, and was discharged at Camp Denison, July 17, 1865. After leaving the army, he went to Illinois and engaged in driving a peddling wagon, which, proving unrenumerative, he then went to Greene County, Ind., and clerked in a store. In 1871, he located in Tipton and embarked in the clothing business, his present vocation. Since corning to Tipton his business has so increased that he now occupies one of the most commodious business rooms in the town (Kemp Block), carries a stock of from $12,000 to $15,000, and does a business annually that approximates $25,000. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and the Democratic party, and is the owner of a handsome residence, corner of Jefferson and West streets, which he makes his home. Mr. Haas was married in Marion County, Ind., April 11, 1869, to Miss Caroline Rosenthal. They have an interesting family of six children, viz., Dina, Frankie, Morris, Louis, Hattie and Albert.

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THOMAS J. HANCOCK, real estate and railroad agent, was born in Clark County, Ind., July 28, 1843. His parents were James T. and Catherine (Jackson) Hancock, both natives of Kentucky. They emigrated to Indiana about 1831, and were married in Washington County, Ind., in 1836. His father, a farmer, came to Tipton County in 1860, and died here in 1879, his wife following him one year later; they were highly esteemed citizens, and spent their declining years in easy circumstances. Thomas is the fifth of a family of eight children, seven of whom are living - three in Tipton County, Ind., and the remainder in Missouri and Kansas. He never had school privileges, but his application and experience have given him good business education. He was reared on a farm, and in 1861 enlisted in Company F, Eleventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served until November, 1862. During that time, he participated in the sieges of Forts Henry, Hyndman and Donelson, the battle of Pittsburg Landing and the siege of Corinth; thence he went to Memphis, Tenn., and from there to Clarington, Ark. At Helena, Ark. he was taken sick and sent to the hospital, where he remained for two months; he was then transferred to Keokuk, Iowa, where he remained under the care of Sisters of Mercy until November, 1862, when he was discharged on account of general disability. The disease acquired during his service rendered him an invalid for two years after his return home. When sufficiently recovered he engaged in farming and general trading, but his health would not admit of the labor of farming. He, in 1879, removed to Tipton, where he embarked in the real estate and railroad ticket business, which he has since continued with success. During his career as a real estate agent, he has handled more real estate than any man in the county in the same length of time, and has worked up the excursion ticket business to a degree of success never known before in the history of the county. Commencing life in limited circumstances, he has, by his energy and business ability, won for himself a handsome competence. No man has done more to advertise the advantages of the county and invite the investment of capital. October 8, 1863, he was married to Miss Mary A. Law, born in Tipton County, June 13, 1846, and daughter of William Law, one of the pioneers of the county. This union has brought him eight children, all of whom are living - Francis M., Zachariah T., Thomas F., Cora M., Captoley, William H., Mary C. and Charles Roscoe. Mr. Hancock is liberal to all deserving enterprises, having at one time donated ground worth $800 on which to erect a church, and he is in every sense a worthy citizen.

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HENRY H. HARVEY, of the firm of Wilson & Harvey, grocers, in Tipton, was born February 25, 1843, in Hamilton County, Ind. His father, Thomas Harvey, was born August 19, 1810, in Wayne County, Ind., and was married in September 1835, to Miss Anna Hoover, a native of Wayne County. He then removed to Hamilton County, Ind., located in the woods, and cleared out a good farm. He was a successful farmer, and accumulated a good share of property. He took an active interest in politics and filled the office of County Commissioner two terms. He was Justice of the Peace many terms, and in 1848 was elected by the Democratic party as Representative of Hamilton County to the State Legislature. In 1867, he removed to Wayne County, Ind., where he died July 17,1879, leaving a family of nine children. Henry H. Harvey was reared in his native county, and August 8, 1862, enlisted in Company A, Fifth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Cavalry. He was on Sherman's march to the sea, as far as Atlanta, where he was made prisoner July 31, 1864, and was confined seven months in the Andersonville Prison on half rations. He was discharged from service June 16, 1865, when he returned to Hamilton County. He attended school one year, and then engaged in teaching in Hamilton County; he worked in a printing office about two years, and learned the printer's trade. He then engaged in farming in Wayne County until 1879, and upon the death of his father he embarked in the grocery business at Richmond, Ind. Here he continued in business until the fall of 1882, when he removed to Tipton, Ind., where he has since carried on the grocery business. Mr. Harvey was married, November 12, 1868, to Miss Annie Long. They have three children - Lulu, Clinton and Frank. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. and of the Greenback party.

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ADISON HASKETT, of the firm of Tyner, Haskett & Wallace, manufacturers of hubs and heading, is the son of Elisha Haskett, and was born in North Carolina, and came with his parents to Indiana while quite young. On his father's farm he grew to manhood, after which he continued the vocation of a farmer, until the spring of 1882, with success. He then sold his farm and entered upon the business above alluded to Mr. Haskett is a member of the Democratic party and the organization of Odd Fellows, and with his wife belongs to the Christian Church. He was married, in this county, October 26, 1869, to Miss Melinda A. McLucas, and has had one son - Frank Otis Haskett.

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GEORGE F. ISGRIG, attorney, was born in Crawford County, Mo., on the 26th day of November, 1859. There, upon the banks of the Cotowa, young Isgrig was reared on a farm, plowing corn in summer, fishing and hunting through the long autumn, and attending school at the primitive log schoolhouse during the short, rigorous Missouri winter. He was a studious reader of the St. Louis Globe, the only Republican newspaper taken in the neighborhood. In 1877, he came to Tipton and attended the high school, and by close application to his studies completed the full four years' course of that institution in eight or ten months, and graduated in June, 1879. In the same month, he removed to Kokomo, and entered upon the study of the law, pursuing his studies for three years, under the excellent tutelage of J. Fred Vaile. While in Kokomo, during the campaign of 1880, he organized and became the President of the First Voters' Republican Club, containing 181 members, and during this campaign made his maiden efforts from the stump. In the spring of 1882, he came back to Tipton and was an aggressive candidate for Prosecuting Attorney of' the Thirty-sixth Judicial District until the Central Committees declared that Howard County, not Tipton, was entitled to the candidate. Then he withdrew from the race, and gave his support to the successful candidacy of Cassius C. Shirley. In February, 1882, he was married to Miss Ella Small. Mr. Isgrig is at present practicing his profession in Tipton, and is Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for Tipton County.

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ADAM JACKSON is a member of the firm of A. Jackson & Co., dealers in dry goods, groceries, boots and shoes, carrying a stock of $3,000, and doing a business of $12,000 annually. He was born in Wayne County, Ind., February 21, 1824. His father, Thomas B. Jackson, came to Tipton County in 1841, and located on 320 acres of timber land, where he cleared out a good farm. Adam Jackson engaged in farming until February, 1862, when he enlisted in Company K, Forty-second Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He was in battle at Port Gibson, Miss., and Champion Hills, Miss. He was wounded and sent to the United States hospital at St. Louis; subsequently was transferred to the Invalid Corps, and sent to Indianapolis, and Camp Burnside, where he remained until his term of three years expired. He then returned to Tipton County and worked on a farm most of the time till 1870. He then engaged in mercantile pursuits in Tipton, where he has met with good success. Mr. Jackson was married, November 26, 1870, to Miss Mary S. George, of this county. They have had four children - Ida Belle, Tessie, Arthur and Minnie May (deceased).

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JOHN P. KEMP, of the firm of Waugh & Kemp, attorneys, is a native of Tipton County, where he was born December 17, 1854; he is the son of David Kemp, and was raised in the western part of the county, on what is known as the Indian Prairie; his education was obtained in the common schools of' the county, and afterward at Asbury University, Greencastle, and the Northern Indiana Normal School at Valparaiso, Ind., at which last-named school he was graduated in the scientific course in 1878. Prior to his graduation, Mr. Kemp taught several terms in the common schools of the county; after it, however, he located in Tipton and commenced his legal studies in the office of Hon. Dan Waugh. After his admission to the bar, he practiced his profession for awhile in partnership with J. M. Fippen. This partnership was dissolved in November, 1882, and Mr. Kemp then formed a partnership with his preceptor, Mr. Waugh; he was married, on the 1lth of April, 1882, to Miss Bell Cox, at Tipton, and resides in a very desirable property on North Main street. Politically, Mr. Kemp is s Democrat, and a member of the Odd Fellow and Masonic fraternities. The firm of which he is a member stands in the front ranks of the Tipton bar, and does a thriving business.

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MARTIN KLEYLA, proprietor of Kleyla's Theater, and one of our oldest citizens, was born in Germany September 17, 1814, at Walleitime City; he grew to manhood in his native country, enjoying those splendid opportunities for education which the admirable system of public schools in Germany afford; he was married in the Fatherland on the 22d of march, 1887, to Miss Barbara Dexheimer. In 1840, he emigrated to America and located in Franklin County, Ind., and bought a farm of twenty-one acres. In 1842, he sold his farm and removed to Union County and once more began the tilling of the soil, at which he continued until 1845, when he once more resumed his travels, and this time located in Cicero Township, Tipton County, where he purchased 120 acres of land and again devoted himself to husbandry; he afterward purchased forty-five acres south of his first investment, all of which he still owns. In 1859, he removed to Tipton and engaged in the restaurant and bakery business, in a two-story frame building which stood on the south side of Jefferson, and on the corner of it and Independence street. He had not occupied it long, however, before it was entirely consumed by fire, with no insurance, a loss to Mr. Kleyla of some $4,000; he immediately resumed his business in a little frame building which he erected on the south side of his lot for that purpose, where he met with success. In June, of 1882, he began the erection of the large and elegant theater that adorns the site of his frame building which was destroyed by fire. It has two large store rooms below, 22x100 feet, and a large apartment above theatrically arranged, with a raised auditorium, folding chairs, a large and roomy stage and splendid scenery adapted to the presentation of any drama that can be put on the boards. I t is 44x100 feet, with a gallery that will hold 200 persons; its seating capacity, above and below, approximates 1,000; it is the neatest, most convenient and most artistic in all its appointments of any opera house in the State, outside of the capital. The cost of its construction was $11,000, and it is an ornament of which every citizen is justly proud. Mr. Kleyla has a family of four children, two boys and two girls, namely, Peter Martin, Henry, Mrs. Mary Tichenor, Mrs. Amelia Achenbach. His farm is also well provided, with all modern conveniences. There is a fine brick residence standing on it, built in 1859 at a cost of $3,000, good outbuildings and all necessary machinery of improved pattern. Politically, he is a Democrat, also a member of the order of Odd Fellows, and himself and wife are members of the Christian Church.

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JOHN W. LEAVELL, Sheriff of Tipton County, was born February 11, 1842, in this county. He was reared on a farm. His facilities for obtaining an education were limited. He attended the log schoolhouse of primitive days. He learned, and for nine years followed, the trade of a tanner. He then returned to agricultural pursuits, in which he was engaged until his election to the office of Sheriff, in November, 1882. He is the owner of a fine farm of 140 acres in Madison Township, which he made his home for many years prior to his recent removal to Tipton to take charge of the duties of his office. Mr. Leavell is a Republican, and notwithstanding the fact that Tipton county is essentially Democratic, he was elected by a majority of about one hundred votes. He is a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity. March 23, 1862, he was married to Molcy Beeson. They have had four children - Madora B., William T., Benjamin F. and Leonidas.

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FRANK J. LEBO, merchant tailor, doing a good business, is the son of William Lebo, and was born in Berks County, Pena., September 16, 1859. His father removed to Hamilton County, Ind., in 1869, and located at Noblesville, where he engaged in the merchant tailor business. There our subject spent his youth, attended the high school of Noblesville, and gained a fair education. He at the age of twelve began to learn his trade under his father's instructions. We worked with his father until August, 1878, when he went to Arcadia, Hamilton County, and opened a shop for himself. He remained there until 1880, when he went to Alexandria, where he remained one year. He located in Tipton, February 20, 1882, and engaged in his present business. Mr. Lebo is a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church; he belongs to the choir and also plays the bass-violin in the string band. He is at present Secretary of the Fourteenth Sunday School District, composed of Hamilton, Howard, Madison and Tipton Counties.

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GEORGE M. LEBO, artist, who is always to be found in his attractive gallery over Vickrey's Bank, is a native of Berks County, Penn., where he was born November 25, 1861. His father, William Lebo, removed from Pennsylvania to Noblesville in Hamilton County, April 1, 1869. After a residence of ten years, he left Noblesville and removed to Alexandria, in Madison County. George was reared in the two counties, enjoying very good facilities for acquiring an education, attending for some time the high school at Noblesville. In 1876, he began studying his profession at Noblesville, where he remained for two years, and then spent one year as a student at the Indianapolis Art School. In 1879, he located at Alexandria and opened a gallery. He remained there, meeting with fair success, for three years, when, in 1882, he removed to Tipton and opened his present gallery. Mr. Lebo is a genial gentleman, and is rapidly winning his way to the good graces and generous patronage of the denizens of Tipton and vicinity. As an artist, he cannot be surpassed, and any one desiring work in his line cannot do better in the State than at his gallery.

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JOHN LONG, Recorder of Tipton County, is a native of Clermont County, Ohio, where he was born December 20. 1811. He was raised in his native county, enjoying the limited advantages for an education afforded by the common schools, at that time, of the Buckeye State. In 1837, he removed to Rush County, Ind., where he remained for twenty years, working for the greater part of the time at the wagon-maker trade in Milroy; the rest of the time he served as Justice of the Peace and Postmaster in the same place. In 1857, he removed to Greensburg, where he remained until 1865, when he removed to Tipton and engaged in the hotel business. In 1858, he was elected by the Democratic party to the office of County Recorder, which position he now occupies. Mr. Long was married in Clermont, Ohio, November 19, 1834, to Miss Nancy Williams. The issue of their marriage consists of eleven children living - Mrs. Mary McShane: Mrs. Barbara Wilson; Mrs. Elizabeth Stephens, a resident of Greensburg; James K. P.; Mrs. Margaret Lowley; Mrs. Melvina Robinson, a resident of Arizona Ty.; Samuel W., of Lincoln, Neb.; Mrs. Patience Harvey; Mrs. Orpha W. Wilson; Mrs. Luella B. Gerhold; John W. Long and Sarah H. (deceased). Politically, Mr. Long is a Democrat, and both he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

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J. W. LONG, real estate, loan and insurance agent, member of the firm of Wright & Long, is a native of Decatur County, Ind., where he was born September 30, 1858. He came to Tipton County with his parents when he was in his eighth year, and has resided here ever since. His education was acquired from the graded schools of the town of Tipton, and consequently is such as to render him fit for any of the business relations of life. He served as Deputy Recorder of the county for four years, at the end of which time, November, 1882, he entered upon his present occupation with his partner. They are doing a fine business, and are always to be found in the office in the Opera Building, northwest corner of the public square.

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STEPHEN LOWLEY, Postmaster of Tipton, was born in England, January 18, 1819. He grew to manhood in his native country, learning, in the meantime, the tailor's trade. He emigrated to America in 1845, and worked at his trade in Boston, Hartford, Concord, New York, Philadelphia, Nashville and Memphis, Tenn. In 1853, he located at Indianapolis, and in 1856 came to Tipton, where he has since resided. He is a Republican, and has always been prominent in the politics of his party. He was appointed Postmaster toward the close of Lincoln's first administration, and has held that position continuously ever since, and in connection therewith he has carried on the tailor's trade. He has been twice married, first in England, in 1840, to Miss Martha Jackson, who died in Pittsburgh while he was there working at his trade; the second marriage occurred in Indianapolis, in 1854, to Miss Sarah C. Haugh. By his first wife, he has one child -George W.; by his second, one child - Ardella. Mr. Lowley, although in his sixty-fifth year, is still to be found at his post. He is a genial, sociable old gentleman, and is so closely identified with the best part of Tipton's career, that any history of the county, with his biography omitted, would be incomplete. He owns a very nice residence in Tipton, opposite the Presbyterian Church.

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PATRICK J. McCUE was born in Donegal County, Ireland, in 1854, and is the son of Thomas and Margaret (Dorian) McCue. Patrick J. was reared on a farm. He came to America in 1868, and secured a position as traveling salesman. He started in life with no money, but with plenty of nerve and energy. He traveled until 1875, when he came to Tipton County, and went into, business for himself. In 1881, he started business in Zanesville, Ohio, with $1,500 stock. His brother is now managing the business at Zanesville for Mr. McCue, who is doing a first-class business at Tipton. He was married, October 14, 1882, to Miss Sarah Welsh, of Tipton County and of Irish descent. Mr. McCue is a stanch Democrat, and he and wife are members of the Catholic Church.

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SAMUEL P. MARTINDALE, a free-thinker in religion and politics, was born in Wayne County, Ind., May 6, 1820. His father, Elder Elijah Martindale, was born in South Carolina in 1793, and died at New Castle, Ind., July 21, 1875; he was the son of John Martindale, who married Eliza Burns, a close relation of the "Scottish Bard," Robert Burns. John was the son of William Martindale, born in Philadelphia, and died in Miami County, Ind., in 1851, when over one hundred years old. William's father was born in England, and was one of the three brothers who, coming to New York, separated, and never saw each other afterward. Elder Elijah, the father of our subject, was a preacher of the Gospel. He had no superior as an exhorter, and he built up and preached for many religious societies in Eastern Indiana; he kept up family worship to the day of his death. The mother of our subject was Elizabeth Boyd, daughter of Samuel Boyd, a Revolutionary soldier. She was born November 25, 1792, and is still living at New Castle, Ind., at the advanced age of ninety-one; she enjoys all the faculties of mind, but is impeded in her locomotion by rheumatism and the stiffness of her arms and one of her lower limbs, caused by having them broken. She is the mother of fifteen children, nine sons and six daughters, fourteen of whom are heads of families. Our subject was educated by going to subscription schools three months in winter until he was about nineteen years old; he then commenced teaching in the winter and going to school in the summer. At the age of twenty-three he was married to Miss Armilda Oldaker, of Wayne County, Ind. They have four children, viz.: Josephine L., wife of Rev. J. B. Blount, of Rush County; James M.; Elijah B. and Samuel P., Jr. In 1844, our subject settled on 160 acres of land in Blue River Township, Henry Co., Ind., for which he paid $500, by teaching school at $15 per month. He lived on it for fifteen years, cleared seventy-five acres, built a frame house and sold tile entirety for $4,000. He then moved to Delaware County and bought 240 acres of land for $5,500. In 1860, he sold out far $6.000, and moved to Indianapolis to educate his children at the then N. W. C. University. In 1865, he removed to Cloverdale Township, Putnam Co., Ind., where he bought 550 acres of land, and engaged in the sheep business, which, however, was not very successful, and in 1870 he disposed of his land and removed to Tipton and engaged in the mercantile business with his two sons, under the firm name of Martindale & Sons. The business proved successful for three years, when his sons took a contract to put out all the ties necessary for the construction of the L. M. & B. R. R. through Tipton County, amounting in all to $17,000. They put out the ties, but the railroad, after taking up and paying for $10,000 worth became insolvent, which produced a financial crisis in the affairs of our subject, for the first time in a business career of one-third of a century. This cloud hung over the financial horizon for eight or ten years; but finally it was dispelled. Mr. Martindale is now engaged in the marble business. He is a member of the I. O. O. F.

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E. B. MARTINDALE, abstractor, insurance and loan agent, was born in Henry County, Ind., October 27, 1850; when he was quite young his parents left his native county, and after a residence in Delaware and Marion Counties, finally settled in Tipton, where our subject came in 1870. After his arrival in Tipton, he engaged in the mercantile business with his father and elder brother, under the firm name and style of Martindale & Sons; he continued at merchandising until 1875, when he began teaching, and taught in the public schools of the county for several years, engaging at intervals in the insurance business. In 1876, he opened up an insurance office and has succeeded in building up a remunerative business; he represents the AEtna, Hartford, Continental, the Franklin of Indianapolis, and several other leading companies. Politically, he is Republican; he is a member of the Christian Church; he is the owner of a neat little property (cottage style) on North West street, where he resides. Mr. Martindale was married at Tipton, Ind., October 4, 1871, to Miss Jennie Parker. They have one child living - Effie E., and Oscar, deceased.

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