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HENRY MEHLIG, druggist, was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., May 14, 1847. When he was only six years of age, his parents removed to Johnson County, Ind.; he attended the high schools of Edinburg and Franklin, and in 1862 engaged in railroading; he was brakeman on a passenger train two years, and in 1864 came to Tipton County; he clerked in a drug store until November, 1868, when he engaged in the drug business for himself; he carries a stock of $2,500, and does a business of $4,000 annually; he is a member of the I. O. O. F., and has filled all the offices in both branches of the order. Mr. Mehlig was married, June 13, 1870, in Tipton, to Miss Mary C. Morgan. They have had three children - Jessie E., Henry M., and Paul A., deceased.

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CAPT. ISAAC H. MONTGOMERY was born in Crawfordsville, Montgomery Co., Ind., on the 5th of February, 1828; his parents, Archibald and Cynthia Montgomery, formerly lived in Jefferson and Scott Counties, Ind., but at an early day moved to Montgomery County. After living in Crawfordsville and vicinity several years, they moved into Clinton County, where they lived on a farm a few miles south of Frankfort until the year 1841, when they again removed to what was then known as the Indian Reserve, settling near the present site of the village of Normanda, in this (Tipton) county. At this time, the Captain was only thirteen years of age, subject to all the hardships incident to a frontier life. Being compelled to labor incessantly, and being deprived of all the advantages of our present splendid system of schools, it might be presumed that his early education was neglected, but not so; he made good use of every opportunity to enrich his mind and store up valuable information, until he acquired a good education; for a number of years he taught school, and was considered one of the beat teachers in the county. In July, 1862, he recruited a company for the Seventy-fifth Regiment, was elected Captain, and went into the field with the regiment; he continued in command of the company, at his post on all occasions, on every march, in every battle or skirmish in which the regiment was engaged until after the battle of Missionary Ridge, on the 25th day of November, 1863, in which engagement he was injured in the spine by a fall, received while climbing said ridge during the engagement. This injury was of such a nature that he was totally unfitted for marching or fatigue duty, but he continued with his company until May, 1864, when he was discharged for disability. He then returned home, and in the following September he was appointed Deputy Provost Marshal for Tipton County, which position he filled until the close of the war, discharging the onerous duties of that office with much credit to himself. It is a fact worthy of remark, that, while he was an active and efficient officer, living up closely to the code, he was highly honored, respected and esteemed by his subordinates, not one of them having an occasion to cherish any ill-feeling toward him. At the close of the rebellion, 1865, he went into the mercantile business in Tipton, and here, as on the farm and field of battle, he was successful. The Captain has been twice married, his first marriage occurring in 1848, to Miss Elizabeth J. Evans, a native of Owen County, Ind., and who died in 1866, leaving to his care a family of five children, viz.: W. B. (now in Kansas), Dora, Belle, Andrew D. (also in Kansas), and Lizzie; his second marriage occurred in 1866, to Mrs. Sarah J. Evans, widow of M. P. Evans. By this marriage they have one son, Isaac Marion, living, and one daughter deceased, Dell B., who died May 8, 1883. Besides the distinguished part played by him in the late war, the Captain has filled various civil offices, namely: Trustee of Jefferson Township ten terms; also the office of Justice of the Peace, which he resigned to enter the war. Both he and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church.

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JOSEPH A. MOORE, one of Tipton's enterprising men, was born in Wayne County, Ind. His father, Thomas Moore, removed his family, while Joseph was quite young, to Madison County, and settled near the Tipton County line. Here Mr. Moore grew to manhood. On attaining his majority he commenced the avocation of a farmer, which he followed until 1874. At first he purchased eighty acres of land, which he has so increased by judicious purchases from time to time, that he now owns 380 acres in Tipton and Madison Counties. In 1874, Mr. Moore was elected Clerk of the Tipton Circuit Court, which office he held for one term of four years. After his election, he removed to Tipton and has resided there ever since. After his term of office expired, he occupied his time by looking after his farm, and in partnership with Dr. Newcomer built the Opera House. After the completion of the Opera House (1879), he engaged in the drug business, on the south side of Jefferson street, near the post office, and continued in that business until February, 1883, when he sold out to J. C. F. Evans. Mr. Moore was married on the 26th of March, 1857, in Madison County, Ind., to Miss Angeline Armfield. The fruits of that marriage mere two sons - Azroe F. and Asbury M. Moore. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and is politically a Democrat, by which party he has been honored with the highest office in the county. At present he is not engaged in any business except a general superintendence of his property.

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THEODORE M. NANCE, furniture dealer, of the firm of Young & Nance, was born in Franklin, Johnson Co., Ind. His father, James H. Nance, now a resident of Indianapolis, was born in South Carolina January 23, 1819. When James was sixteen years of age, his father removed to Johnson County, Ind.; there, in 1843, he was married to Miss Elizabeth Lay, of that place, the mother of our subject. The issue of their marriage consists of three children, namely: Theodore M., Mrs. Jennie Young, and Mrs. Katie Bowlin, all residents of Tipton. Theodore M. ' was reared in Johnson County. In 1860, he was sent to school at Greencastle, Ind. In 1861, he enlisted in Company I, Twenty-seventh Indiana Volunteers. His company was organized under Banks, First Division, First Brigade, Twelfth Army Corps, and was afterward under Slocum. He participated in the following battles: Ball's Bluff, Winchester, Cedar Mountain, Antietam, Chancellorsville, Fredricksburg, second battle of Bull Run, Lookout Mountain, Mission Ridge, Goldsboro, Peach Tree Creek, and all the battles fought during Sherman's campaign to the sea. He acted as scout from Atlanta through to Savannah, and went to attend the grand review of all the troops at Washington, and was mustered out of service July 5, 1865. He was also in the battle of Gettysburg, where he was wounded in the throat, which has ever since obstructed his speech. After his discharge, he returned to Edinburg, whence, after remaining a few days, he came to Tipton. In September of 1865, he engaged in the saloon business, and has continued it ever since, with the exception of one or two years. In July of 1882, he connected himself with Mr. S. G. Young in the furniture and undertaking business. They carry a stock of $4,500, and are doing a good business. Mr. Nance was married at Tipton, January 1, 1868, to Miss Lavica E. Parker, daughter of Dr. Isaac Parker (deceased). They have two daughters, namely, Capitola and Maud. Politically, he is a Democrat, and is a member of the I. O. O. F., both of the subordinate lodge and the Grand Lodge at Indianapolis. He is the owner of a brick business building, two fine dwellings, and two good farms, approximating $12,000 in value. He is also a member of Knights of Honor.

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DR. M. V. B. NEWCOMER was born in Wayne County, Ind., October 30, 1836. When he was quite young, his parents removed to Hamilton County, where he attended the common schools, and grew to manhood. He taught in the public schools of Hamilton and Tipton Counties for eight years. In 1857, he came to Tipton, and while teaching in the schools he began the study of medicine under Dr. A. M. Vickrey. He graduated at the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati in 1867, having practiced for two years previously. Dr. Newcomer has confined himself strictly to legitimate practice, and has gained an enviable reputation in his profession; he is half-owner of the opera building on the northwest corner of the public square, and has a fine residence and office. He was married at Tipton the 14th of December, 1865, to Miss I. J. Wilson. They have had three children - Ora B. and Clelia C., now living, and Ethel May, deceased.

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JUDGE NATHAN R. OVERMAN, one of Indiana's most distinguished jurists, was born April 11, 1827, in Randolph County, Ind.; he was the second son of it family of eight children. Living on the frontier, there were but few opportunities for education within his reach--only an occasional school term of two or three months during the winter seasons. The advantages of an education were, however, early impressed upon his mind by home influence. On winter evenings, the pole cabin was provided with a huge fire of logs and hickory bark, around which parents and children would gather, studying and reading. The mother, who was an orphan from infancy, had not learned the alphabet at the time of her marriage, but afterward became a good writer, and was a diligent and careful reader during the remainder of her life. The father, who at that time could only read and write, soon became proficient in the primary branches, and afterward taught school in the neighborhood. Well does the Judge remember when he and his father having reached the rule of three, the latter doubted their ability to proceed. The effort was made, however, the son being the first to solve the difficulty. Six of the eight children became teachers in the schools of Randolph and Tipton Counties. Judge Overman is enthusiastically fond of the natural sciences, and for the last few years has devoted much of his leisure to geology and kindred pursuits; his excellent collection of fossils and objects of antiquity, including some of the finest specimens yet found, is equal, perhaps, to any private collection in the State. The services rendered by him to the State Geologist are honorably acknowledged by Prof. E. T. Cox in his reports. At the age of eighteen, he commenced teaching in the winter schools, working the remainder of the year with his parents. At that time, the stick and clay fire-places were being replaced by more commodious brick chimneys, and brick-making became a branch of industry. The father and son each year after harvesting the crops manufactured a small quantity for the market, the latter becoming an efficient molder and burner of bricks. While thus engaged, he commenced the study of law in the summer of 1849 with Gen. Brown, who was at that time studying with Judge Peelle, of Winchester. Texts from Blackstone were copied on bits of paper tacked to the brick gum and committed to memory by him while at work. Late in the fall of the same year, Judge Overman removed with his father's family to Tipton County. In the spring of 1850, he received $5 as the proceeds of thirteen days' labor, and of it expended $4.50 in the purchase of Blackstone's Commentaries, which now occupies a prominent position in his well-filled library. For eleven years, he continued alternately teaching, farming and brick-making. In June, 1861, he commenced the profession of law in Tipton, and in 1863 was admitted to practice in the Supreme Court, and in the federal courts a few years later. As a speaker, Judge Overman is earnest, logical and convincing. As s practitioner, he is untiring, faithful and formidable. In the fall of 1878; he was elected Judge of the Thirty-sixth Judicial Circuit, carrying by a majority of 1,232 his own county, which has generally given less than 400 majority for his party. Judge Overman was married, May 27, 1854, to Miss Mary J. Cox, of Clinton county, Ohio, by whom he has five children - Alice, the eldest, married to John P. Hutchings, of Tipton; Eva, married to James N. Waugh, attorney, of Tipton; Charles, Lizzie and Fred, together with the parents, constitute the present household.

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DR. ISAAC PARKER (deceased), one of Tipton County's representative men, and one who was for many years closely identified with her interests, was born in Highland County, Ohio, December 4, 1822; his parents being poor, his education was limited; but this defect in his early training was so far removed by his energy and application in after years that he came to be regarded by all his neighbors and fellow-citizens as a man thoroughly posted in all those matters pertaining to the business affairs of life. During his thirteenth year, he was mail carrier between Hillsboro and Columbus, Ohio. After this he was, of his own choice, apprenticed to the tailor's trade. On the board he not only became a skillful workman, but readily picked up various kinds of useful knowledge. Before he attained his majority, he was married to Miss Jane Rittenhouse, who urged him to study the profession of medicine, and by whom he was the father of eight children - D. H. Parker, of Indianapolis; N. W. Parker, of Lynchburg, Ohio; Mrs. Dr. Barker, Mrs. Thadeus Nance, Mrs. E. B. Martindale and James I. Parker, of Tipton; two are dead, dying in infancy; he emigrated to Tipton in the fall of 1847, and entered into the practice of medicine, having had some years' experience in that profession in Ohio. By the year 1852, he had accumulated considerable property, and being a fluent speaker, he was chosen by the Democratic party to contest with Judge Green for the Legislature, from the district composed of the counties of Tipton and Howard. The Doctor was elected by something over one hundred majority, it being, if our memory serves us right, the only time Judge Green was ever beaten before the people. After this he continued the practice of his profession, but traded considerably in real estate, after engaging in the dry goods business. Some twenty-five years ago, he moved to and resided in Noblesville some six or eight months. Returning he brought on a stock of goods; he was in partnership with the Hon. N. J. Jackson at the time of that gentleman's death, in the fill of 1863. In 1865, he owned a dry goods establishment, a warehouse, the Tipton Flouring Mills, and paid taxes on $20,000 in real estate. In the year 1867, his wife died. This was followed by an illness that continued some three months, during which he was the greater part of the time delirious. While prostrated under this attack, important notes maturing, he awoke to find himself a bankrupt. From these losses - domestic, financial and physical - he never entirely recovered. Often has he remarked to the writer, "I am liable to drop off at any moment." In 1868, he was married to a Mrs. Taylor, a German lady, by whom he has one son, Victor. In February of 1874, while transacting business in his office, he was stricken with apoplexy. He never recovered consciousness, and expired peacefully. Dr. I. Parker was a devoted friend, husband and father. He had his faults as have all men, but so kind-hearted and benevolent was he, that a, forgiving public gladly covers them with the mantle of charity. He was widely known, both as a physician and merchant, and some years ago was a politician.

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JAMES I. PARKER, attorney at law, Tipton, is the youngest son of Dr. Isaac and Jane (Rittenhouse) Parker, and was born in Tipton, Ind., April 22, 1857; his education was obtained in the public schools of his native county, and at the Northwestern Christian University of Indianapolis. In his seventeenth year, he entered upon the career of a pedagogue, and engaged in teaching in Tipton and other counties of the State, for a period of ten years, with the exception of one year; four years of that time were spent in the district schools of his native county, three years in the public schools of Tipton, and two years as Superintendent of the Public Schools of Lewisville, Henry Co., Ind. Having always cherished a desire to enter the legal profession, he in 1874 took up the study of law, in the office of his brother, N. W. Parker; in September of 1875, he was admitted to the bar, and at the same time entered into a partnership with his brother; in December of the same year, he dissolved that partnership, and went to Lincoln, Ill., where he spent seven months in the office of Messrs. Hoblit & Foley, two of the ablest attorneys in Central Illinois; returning to Tipton in July of 1876, he was nominated by his party, the Democratic, for the office of Prosecutor of the Thirty-sixth Judicial Circuit, being but nineteen years of age, and therefore ineligible; he nevertheless carried his own county by a majority of 417 votes, but was defeated in the district by 359 votes. In the fall of 1876, his brother, N. W., removed to Indianapolis, and being left without the use of a library, and no means to purchase one, he returned to teaching; in 1878, he accepted a position offered him in the public schools of Tipton; he remained in those schools three years, and in 1881 removed to Lewisville, Ind., and took charge of the public schools at that place, and conducted them with flattering success for two years. In April of 1883, he returned to his native place and entered into the practice of law, in partnership with John A. Swoveland. On the 28th day of October, 1880, he was united in marriage to Miss Frances U. Guffin, of Tipton. They have one son, namely, Herbert C. Mr. Parker is now attending strictly to the practice of his profession, and the business of the firm to which he belongs is rapidly increasing. Politically, he is an uncompromising Democrat, and is a member of the Masonic fraternity, which order he holds in high esteem.

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C. F. PATTERSON, a teacher by profession, is a native of Tipton County, Ind., where he was born June 6, 1862. He is the son of Benjamin F. and Lydia (Plummer) Patterson. His father, one of the prominent men of Tipton County, war born in Fayette County, Ind., September 6, 1838, and grew to manhood in Fayette and Shelby Counties. He removed to Tipton County and engaged in farming and dealing in stock in Wild Cat Township. Here he was married, September 5, 1861, to Miss Lydia Plummer, of which marriage our subject was the only issue. In 1861, he removed to Carthage, Mo., where he purchased a farm and remained for two years, at the end of which he returned to his former farm in Tipton County and remained there until his death, which occurred October 23, 1880. Politically, he was an active member of the Democratic party, and also a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity. The youth of our subject, Charles F., has been chiefly passed in his native county, on his father's farm, and various schools of the county, in which he has labored as an instructor of the young. At the age of twelve, he entered Spiceland Academy, in Henry County, Ind., at which institution he completed the academic course of study. He afterward entered the Central Normal College, at Ladoga, Ind., where he remained for three years, completing the teachers' and the scientific course. After receiving his diploma at Ladoga, he returned to Tipton, where he entered upon the profession of teaching, in which he has been very successful. Among the schools in which he has taught are the district schools of Wild Cat Township, the Sharpsville Graded Schools, of which he was Principal, and the Grammar Department of the Tipton Public Schools. He resides on North West street, Tipton, with his mother, in a very nice residence, of which he is the owner.

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M. W. PERSHING, editor and proprietor of the Tipton Advocate, was born January 15, 1849, in Warsaw, Kosciusko Co., Ind. He is the eldest of five children, all now living, born to David R. and Sarah M. (Sellers) Pershing, natives of Pennsylvania and Ohio respectively. They were married in Wabash County, Ind., in 1848, and are of German descent. Mr. David R., during the greater part of his life, has been a journalist. He conducted papers at Warsaw and Rochester. He was editor of the Fort Wayne Daily Gazette, also of the Muncie Times, besides being connected with other papers throughout the State. He and his wife are now living at Muncie, Ind. He is now in the mercantile business. Prior to the war, he was a Democrat, but is now a Republican. He has been prominent in public life, both as a journalist and as a public officer; he is a member of I. O. O. F. M. W. Pershing received a good education, and at nineteen years of age became a school teacher in his native county. A year after, in association with S. T. Montgomery, he established the Kokomo Journal, a Republican paper. Twelve months afterward, it was sold to the Kokomo Dispatch. In 1876, for a period of three months, he edited the Tipton Republican. In September, 1878, he established the Tipton Advocate, which has achieved eminent success. This paper has a sound financial basis, the subscription list is large, and in addition there is a good job-work trade. Soon after starting this paper, he received the nickname of "Marvelous Persimmons," which has since become his well-known title. Mr. Pershing is a zealous Republican, and a most valuable and efficient worker for his party in Tipton County. He is an able and forcible writer, and, through his editorials in the columns of the Advocate, has done much to reduce the heavy Democratic majority in the county; he is always to the front in all measures of public improvement, and is well posted on the questions and issues of the day; he is a member of I. O. O. F. December 5, 1872, he was married to Mrs. Melissa A. Cox, of Tipton, a native of Union County. They have one child, Cora E. Both Mr. and Mrs. Pershing are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

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A. B. PITZER, physician and surgeon, is a native of Ohio, having been born in that State October 13, 1845. He is the son of Davidson Pitzer, who was born in the State of Virginia in 1800, and raised in the neighborhood of Richmond in the same State. The Doctor's father served as Sheriff one term in his native county, but afterward moved to Botetourt County, Va., and again to Fayette County, Ohio. He made his last remove to Marion County, Ind., in 1849, where he resided until the time of his death, which occurred in 1851. The family then removed to Howard County, where the Doctor grew to manhood; he served in the United States Army during the late rebellion. Afterward he studied medicine with Dr. Kern at Kokomo. During his studies, he taught in the public schools of Howard County; he graduated at Ann Arbor , Mich., in 1868, also at the Indiana Medical College at Indianapolis; he practiced his profession in Sharpsville, Tipton County, until 1878, when, after one of the hottest campaigns on record, he was elected Clerk of the Tipton Circuit Court; he removed to Tipton to assume the duties of his office, which he discharged for one term of four years. During that time, he established a book and general stationery store, which business he disposed of at the expiration of his term of office in order to enter into the practice of his profession. In the campaign of 1882, Dr. Pitzer barely lost the nomination as Democratic candidate for the office of State Auditor. The Doctor was married at Sharpsville, Ind., May 24, 1870, to Miss Bell Sharpe. They have a family of three children - Watson B., Mabel and Lewis. Politically, he is a Democrat, and is also an Odd Fellow. At present he is preparing to resume the practice of medicine, and will soon be found in his office in the new Gleason Block, now in process of erection.

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ROBERT L. PORTER, Auditor of Tipton County, was born in Hamilton County, Ohio, July 18, 1848. While he was yet young, his parents removed to Darke County, Ohio, where he was reared. During his youth, he learned the silversmith trade, and has followed that occupation with but a few intermissions ever since. On the breaking-out of the late rebellion, he enlisted in Company E, Fifth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry. In 1867, Mr. Porter located in Tipton in the silversmith and jeweler's business, in which he engaged until his election as County Auditor in November, 1882. He has been four times elected Clerk of the Town of Tipton, which office he held for a period of four years; he was married in Howard County, June 8, 1872, to Miss Ella Raines. The issue of their marriage consists of one son, Clyde. Mr. Porter is a Democrat, and both an Odd Fellow and a Mason.

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ROBERT M. ROBERSON was born in Butler County, Ohio, September 25, 1838; he grew to manhood in the Buckeye State, and on the breaking-out of the late rebellion enlisted in the United States service in September, 1861, in Company B, Sixty-ninth Ohio Volunteers, and was assigned to the Fourteenth Army Corps, Second Division. He participated in the battles of Stone River, Chattanooga, Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge, and was with Sherman on his famous march to the sea, going through to Bentonville, N. C. He was mustered out in August, 1865. In 1866, he came to Tipton County and located at Windfall, where he commenced to work at carpentering, and continued until 1874, when he entered into the dry goods and grocery business, in which he continued for two years. In 1876, he was elected Sheriff by the Democracy of the county, and immediately removed to Tipton. He was reelected in 1878, serving altogether two terms, or four years. After his term of office expired, he engaged in the furniture business until the fall of 1882, when he sold out and resumed his trade of carpentering. He is at present engaged in the erection of a fine brick residence on North Independence street, at a cost of $2,000. Mr. Roberson was married in January, 1871, in Tipton County, to Miss Mary J. Nay. They have two children, namely, George and Olive. His father, Daniel S. Roberson, came to Tipton in his old age, and remained here until his death, which occurred in March, 1877, aged seventy-three years. Mr. Roberson is a Democrat, and is a member of the Masonic fraternity.

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MOSES ROSENTHAL was born in Kokomo, Howard Co., Ind., November 20, 1850; he is the son of Henry and Esther Rosenthal, and the eldest of a family of six children. When quite young, he removed from Kokomo to Indianapolis, whence, after a brief residence, he went to Louisville, Ky., and thence, at about the age of fifteen, to Peru, Ind., where, for several years, he worked in the woolen manufactory of Sterne & Co. During his boyhood, his opportunities for acquiring an education were very limited, but he manifested his disposition to take care of himself by selling papers on the streets of the different cities in which he lived, and in the performance of various odd jobs by which he could turn an honest penny. He, in 1873, located at Tipton, and engaged in the dry goods business in partnership with E. Rothschild. In 1878, he purchased his partner's interest, and has since conducted the business alone. He carries a stock of goods of general merchandise valued at from $12,000 to $15,000, and does an annual business of from $30,000 to $35,000. His business room, known as the Indiana Store, is one of the most convenient and commodious in the town of Tipton. A few years ago, he purchased and has ever since conducted the stave factory situated along the south side of the tracks of the L., E. & W. R. R., near the northern limits of Tipton; here he employs twenty-three hands .at a weekly expense of $150, and does s business of $40,000 annually. Mr. Rosenthal has been twice elected to the office of Treasurer of the town of Tipton. Politically, he is a Democrat, and is one of the best workers in his party; he is also a member of the Masonic fraternity, and has occupied prominent positions in that order. He is one of the most prominent and energetic business men in the county.

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JOHN E. RUMSEY, dealer in musical instruments and sewing machines, representing the Estey and Cymbella organs and the Singer sewing machine, was born in Mason County, Ky., April 2, 1820. His father, Charles Rumsey, removed to Rush County, Ind., in 1833, and came to Tipton County in 1849. He was a carpenter by trade, but after he came to this county, engaged in farming. He purchased a large tract of land, and resided on that until his death in July, 1872. John E. Rumsey had very limited opportunities to receive an education, but after he was grown up he attended the academy at Waveland three years. In 1852, he came to Tipton County and located on a farm during one year. He engaged in teaching and taught, his first term in the Tipton High School. He followed teaching fifteen years, after which he engaged in mercantile pursuits a short time. He then followed the life insurance business until 1872, when he was elected by the Republican party as a Representative of Hamilton and Tipton Counties. He served in the General Assembly in the special session of 1872, and the regular session of 1873, 'and soon after engaged in his present occupation, where he is doing a good business. He owns a good residence in Tipton. Mr. Rumsey was married, October 5, 1843, in Putman County, Ind., to Miss Zerelda Osborn.

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JOHN Q. SERIGHT, Deputy Sheriff of Tipton County, was born in Decatur County, Ind., October 19, 1851, where he remained until his fourteenth year. His father, John Seright, was born in 1828; was married in 1848, in Decatur County, to Miss Charlotte Stirgus, and in 1864 removed to Tipton County, locating at Windfall, where for several years he engaged in the mercantile business, which he finally sold out and invested his means in a farm, on which he resided until his death, which occurred in 1873, April 13. He left behind him a family of two sons, namely, our subject, and Lewis G., a resident of Windfall. The mother of our subject died September 25, 1860. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. John Q. Seright grew to manhood in Windfall, acquiring a good business education from the graded school of the town. His first business experience was as a clerk, after which he learned telegraphy, and after following that for some four years, he returned to his first calling, which he pursued until 1876, when he engaged in merchandising for three years, after which he again clerked until 1880, when he received the appointment of Deputy Sheriff of the county and removed to Tipton. He was again appointed Deputy by Sheriff Leavell in 1882, and is now discharging the duties of that position. He was married in Tipton County, December 12, 1875, to Miss Julia R. Wright. They have two sons and two daughters, namely, Lottie, Andrew D., Creola, Gamalia Earl. Mr. Seright is politically a Republican. He is also a member of the order of Odd Fellows. He expects when his term as Deputy expires to retire to his farm of eighty acres, lying three miles east of Windfall.

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CALEB B. SHANK was born in Wayne County, Ind., December 13, 1831, and passed his youth in the counties of Wayne and Tipton. His parents, Joseph and Marinda Shank, came to Tipton County in 1842, and entered 720 acres of land, in sections 28 and 29, Cicero Township, in which last-named section they resided; on this land his father remained until 1859, clearing out about 200 acres, erecting a good residence, substantial barn and outbuildings, and setting out an orchard. At the time last mentioned, he removed to the town of Tipton, where he continued to reside until his death, which occurred October 17, 1864. Joseph Shank was one of the pioneers of this county, being born in Pennsylvania December 17, 1802. He was united in marriage in Wayne County, Ind., January 9, 1831, to Miss Marinda Jackson, who was born June 19, 1812, in Virginia. His widow still survives him, and had left at her husband's death a family of three children, only one of whom is now living, viz., Caleb B. The names of those deceased are Nancy E. and John A. Caleb B. acquired a fair education from the common schools of the counties of Wayne and Tipton. He engaged in farming on the home farm until 1861, when he removed to Tipton and embarked in the mercantile business; after pursuing this about two years, he disposed of it and began manufacturing brick for building purposes; this business he carries on in connection with farming, and it has thus far proved very remunerative, as he has been able to manufacture and dispose of about 700,000 brick annually. He owns a farm of 150 acres, and his mother owns the same amount, in all 300 acres, in Section 12, Cicero Township, which joins the corporation limits. He also owns a residence and seven lots in the town of Tipton. The fertility of the soil of his farm is unsurpassed by any other in the county. It averages an annual production of sixty bushels of corn and twenty bushels of wheat to the acre. His corn he uses principally as feed for his stock, of which he raises a fair amount. He is a zealous Republican, and takes a great interest in political affairs. In 1880, he was appointed to take the census of Tipton County. He was married in Tipton County, October 2, 1851, to Miss Mary W. Askren. They have had three children, viz.: Marinda J., Arleva A. and John W., deceased. Mr. Shank is one of Tipton's most enterprising men, and to him she owes much of her prosperity.

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JOHN A. SWOVELAND, attorney at law, is a native of Ohio, and was born at Mansfield, Richland County, July 22, 1843. When he was quite young, his father removed to Van Wert County, Northwestern Ohio, on what was known as the Indian Reserve. There John A. remained until 1861, acquiring such an education as the common schools afforded. September 14, 1861, he enlisted in Company H, Fourth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry. His command was assigned to the Army of the Cumberland, and with it he participated in the battles of Chattanooga, Nashville, and the siege of Atlanta. He was with Sherman on his famous march to the sea until his arrival at Atlanta. He returned from that city with Thomas to Nashville. On the 28th October, 1862, he was taken prisoner by the enemy at Lexington, Ky. He was paroled the same day, and sent to Columbus, Ohio, where he remained until January, 1863, when he was exchanged, and sent back to his company. In the same year he was made Corporal and served in that capacity until he was discharged in 1864. He re-enlisted, and continued in the service until the close of the war. During his second term of service, he took part in the engagements at Tullahoma, Franklin, Tenn., and Selma, Ala. During the battle of Tullahoma, he received a painful wound in the right foot, which has slightly crippled him for life. His brigade captured Jefferson Davis, and Mr. Swoveland had command of the guard that held him in custody at the Lanier House, Macon, Ga. After the war, he returned to his home in Ohio, and attended school for one year. In 1867, he removed to Tipton County, and engaged in business. He traded largely in railroad ties and cord wood. Unfortunately in 1871 his entire stock was destroyed by fire, which financially stranded Mr. Swoveland. In 1872, he engaged in the practice of the law, at Windfall. In 1878, he was elected Prosecuting Attorney for the Thirty-sixth Judicial District of Indiana. After his election, he removed to Tipton, where he has since continued to practice his profession; his office is in the Picken Block, Room 1. Mr. Swoveland was married in Tipton County, December 26, 1867, to Miss Isabella Van Winkle. They have three children - Jessie A., Gracie M. and Sarah G. Politically, he is a Republican, and a member of the order of Odd Fellows.

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SAMUEL M. TAYLOR, proprietor of the Tipton Mills, and for a long time identified with the business interests of Tipton, was born in Wayne County, Ind., April 19, 1831. His father, Samuel Taylor, Sr., a resident of Wayne County, a very successful farmer and a prominent minister of the Baptist Church, died August 3, 1533, in his fifty-third year. Our subject was reared in Wayne and Henry Counties, obtaining his education from the common schools and County Seminary. At the age of sixteen years, he entered upon the profession of teaching, and followed it for several years, teaching in the counties of Delaware, Parke, Kosciusko and Randolph, in this State, and for a time in the State of Michigan. In 1852 he entered upon the duties of Deputy Clerk of Henry County, and while in that position he took up the study of the law; was finally admitted to the bar, but never engaged in actual practice. He afterward clerked for a time at Economy. In 1856, he removed to Kokomo, and discharged the duties of Deputy Clerk of Howard County. After one year, he came to Tipton, and was installed as Deputy Clerk of Tipton County. In 1855, he removed to Windfall and engaged in the merchandise business until 1864. In 1863, he enlisted in Company C, One Hundred and First Regiment Indiana Volunteers, and was assigned to the Fourteenth Army Corps, under Thomas; he was in all the battles fought on Sherman's march to the sea, and through to Raleigh, N. C. He was discharged from the service in August, 1865, and returned home. In 1866, he removed to Tipton and engaged in the grocery business until 1870, when he purchased the Tiptor1 Mills, and has ever since been in the milling business, at which he has been very successful; he also buys grain, and is engaged in shipping it to the various grain markets of the country. In 1874, he was elected by the Republicans of Hamilton and Tipton Counties as their Representative to the General Assembly of the State, and served one term of two years. He was again, in 1876, elected, by the same party of the same counties, as Senator to the General Assembly for one term of four years. He was married in Tipton, in 1866, to Miss Rebecca Wiggins, who departed this life June 6, 1882. By her he has a family of four children: namely, Florence M., Lora, Hattie and Augusta. Politically, Mr. Taylor is a Republican, and is also a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

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JAMES P. THOMAS, Justice of the Peace, is a native of Wayne County, Ind., and is the son of Jesse and Nancy Thomas. When James P. was ten years of age, his fathor died, and he lived on a farm with his uncle. In 1850, he came with his mother to Tipton County, and the following year taught one term of school in this county. He then returned to Wayne County, and worked on a farm until August, 1855, when he returned to Tipton County and engaged in teaching and farming twelve successive years. He purchased forty acres of land, and met with good success in collecting property. Mr. Thomas enlisted February 28, 1862, in Company K, Forty-seventh Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and participated in the battle at Riddle's Point and the siege of Fort Thompson. He served about nine months, when he was discharged and returned home. He then engaged in agricultural pursuits two years, when he sold his farm, came to Tipton County, and embarked in the grocery business, where he remained fifteen years, when he sold out. He is in comfortable circumstances, and owns a good residence in town. Mr. Thomas was married, August 15, 1855, in Wayne County, Ind., to Miss Elizabeth J. Lewis. They have a family of five children - Martha A., Lewis J., Sheridan, Mary and David V. Mr. Thomas was elected Justice of the Peace in November, 1878, and was re-elected in 1882. He is identified with the Masonic fraternity, and is one of its most active workers.

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J. A. TICHENOR was born in Tipton County, Ind., March 20, 1840. He is a son of James Tichenor, and passed his earlier years on his father's farm, with very poor opportunities for acquiring an education. On attaining his twenty-third year, he engaged in farming for himself, which he followed until 1876, when he removed to Tipton and engaged in the hotel and livery business. Not being satisfied with it, he soon abandoned the hotel, but still continues the livery business. In conjunction with it, he also sells buggies, representing the firms of Sechler & Co., and D. W. Miller & Co., both of Cincinnati. Besides the business last named, he also farms and carries on a flourishing harness trade, in which he carries e $2,000 stock of goods. He was married in Delaware County, Ind., September 29, 1862, to Miss Mary Dale. The fruits of their marriage consist of six children, three boys and three girls, namely: Marion, Symetha J., Leroy, Luella Bell, Cora and Arvy Orial. Mr. Tichenor is politically a Democrat, and is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and of the Patrons of Husbandry.

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JOHN H. TYNER, proprietor of saw and planing mills, contractor and builder, and general lumber dealer, and who does a business of $50,000 annually, was born in Fayette County, Ind., May 27, 1841. His father, Stephen Tyner, removed to Marion, Ind., when John was about five years old, and remained there until 1873. Our subject engaged in farming for about three years. He then bought a steam saw-mill, and embarked in that business in Marion. Shortly after this venture, he lost his entire mill property by fire. Nevertheless, he, in two years, rebuilt the mill on the same spot, and resumed the business. In 1873, he disposed of his mill property, and removed to Tipton, where he entered into the planing-mill business. Shortly afterward, he added a saw-mill, and now runs the two together on one site. He was married, May 20, 1863, to Miss Louisa J. Perry. By that marriage he has three children, viz., Mary J., Martha E. and Georgia G. Tyner. Mr. Tyner is at present engaged in the erection of a number of fine buildings in Tipton. He is, politically, a Democrat, and is at this time a member of the Board of School Trustees.

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WILLIAM VAN NUYS, physician and surgeon, and proprietor of the Central Drug Store, is a native Hoosier, and was born in Switzerland County, Ind., February 19, 1882. His education was the best that could be obtained at that time, being started in the common schools of the State, and finished at Hanover College, near Madison, Ind. In 1850, he took up the study of medicine in Pleasant, Ind. He attended lectures at the University of Michigan, and graduated at the Rush Medical College, Chicago, February 21, 1855. He engaged in the practice of his profession at Allensville, in Switzerland County, in 1853, prior to his graduation. After his graduation, he removed to New Lisbon, Henry Co., Ind., and remained there, with the exception of one year spent at Seymour, Ind., until 1861. In that year, he removed to Lewisville, Henry County, and continued in practice until February, 1883, the last five years of which time he conducted a drug store in connection with his profession. At the time last mentioned, he removed to Tipton. The Central Drug Store, of which the Doctor is proprietor, carries a large stock and does a good business. The Doctor was married in Henry County, Ind., November 23, 1550, to Miss Agnes S. Heaston. They have a family of four daughters, viz.: Minnie A., Jennie B., Katie and Ophelia G. Politically, the Doctor is a Democrat; he is also a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity.

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E. C. WAITS, proprietor of the Commercial Hotel, Tipton, is a native of Brown County, Ohio, where he was born February 22, 1838; his father, William Waits, resided in Brown County until his death, which occurred January 9, 1877. His mother, born March 20, 1808, died when our subject was about nine years of age, after which he started out to do work for himself. For two years he did work on a farm, then went to Buford, Highland Co., Ohio, to reside with a physician, until he attained his majority; but shortly after he went there, the physician died, and our subject was again without a home. After this, he went to Greenbush, Brown Co., Ohio, and for about one year worked in a hotel for a monthly stipend. At the age of fifteen, he apprenticed himself to the chair-making trade, and after serving his apprenticeship, he, in 1853, removed to Madison County, Ind., where he followed farming for one summer, after which he went into the saw mill business and followed that for about one year. In 1858, he again engaged in farming, which he followed for about five years, at the end of which time he began teaming, which he followed for three years. About this time he connected himself with Stowe's variety show, as proprietor of a candy stand, in which business he was very successful; he afterward ran a huckster wagon for one summer, when he removed to Independence and went into the grocery business; he soon sold out, however, and, removing to Windfall, again engaged in the grocery business, but owing to the insolvency of his partner, Mr. Waits came out about $1,300 short in one year. After this he dealt in staves, and in 1868 went to Logansport, and for two years followed railroading. In 1870, he went into the hotel business at Jonesboro, whence, after a residence of three years, he removed to Dunkirk, Jay Co., Ind., and again acted in the capacity of a landlord; his last move was to Tipton in 1875, where he has ever since remained, continuing in the hotel business; he is now the genial landlord of the Commercial Hotel and is doing a flourishing business. Mr. Waits has been twice married; the first time to Miss Martha J. Fluner, in Grant County, Ind., March 22, 1857. By her he has three children - William F., Sarah A. and Daniel R. His first wife died March 28, 1868. His second marriage occurred March 28, 1869, to Miss Frances E. Smith, his present wife.

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HON. DAN WAUGH was born in Wells County, Ind., on the 7th day of March, 1842. While a boy, he attended the crude country schools of that period, and succeeded in acquiring a good common school education. When quite a young man, he taught several schools, as so many men have done who have subsequently risen to distinction. On the 9th w day of September. 1861, the war of the rebellion becoming colossal in proportions, he enlisted in Company A, Thirty-fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, which was immediately sent to the front and assigned to the Thirteenth Corps. He took part in the closely contested battles in which that corps was engaged. He was in the trenches before Vicksburg; he endured the trials and hardships of the Red River campaign; he was in the battles at Jackson, Miss., and at Island No. 10, and in that fierce and bitter struggle at Champion Hills he received a severe bayonet wound in the thigh. Upon being mustered out of the army, Mr. Waugh returned to Wells County, and shortly afterward entered upon the study of law at Bluffton, having determined to enter that profession. In 1866, he was admitted to the bar of Wells County, but in the following year, conceiving Tipton to be a better field for a young lawyer, he located in that town. Soon afterward, he entered into a partnership with Judge John Green, the oldest and one of the ablest practitioners at the Tipton bar. This partnership continued for several years, and so closely did Mr. Waugh apply himself, and such aptitude did he display for forensic encounters, that he early took a front rank in his profession. After the dissolution of this firm, he continued the practice alone, his success increasing with each year, and his business growing to large proportions. In November, 1882, he formed a partnership with John P. Kemp, an able and rising young lawyer, and the firm of Waugh & Kemp is one of the strongest in this part of the State. Mr. Waugh was married in 1870 to Miss Alice Grove, a daughter of Dr. J. M. Grove, of Tipton, and they have three children, named Pearl, Bell and Nina. A lawyer in large and active practice is very much before the people, who readily place an estimate upon his attainments and abilities. Thus it has been with Dan Waugh, and the opinion so formed of him by the public has been highly complimentary, but free from exaggeration. He is an excellent lawyer, in the strict sense of that term, and as an advocate he is earnest, eloquent and impressive. Few men in Northern Indiana can make a stronger or more feeling appeal to a jury, and few have done so more successfully, judging by the verdicts secured. In addition to this, few have gained and kept a larger practice and given better satisfaction to clients. His success at the bar is but the deserved reward of an undeviating attention to duty and of fidelity to every engagement and undertaking. When his services have been secured, he regards no work in the interest of his client as too severe, and when the case is a difficult one, his toil is frequently extreme. In politics, Mr. Waugh is a Republican, and by his discussions of public questions upon the stump, he has achieved distinction in his party, and in his own county particularly he is looked up to by his friends as a leader of party opinion. He is also a member of the Masonic fraternity. Financially, he is in very comfortable circumstances, being the owner of valuable town and farm property and a fine law library. He is yet a young man, very popular with the people, and his prospects for the future are continually brightening.

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W. W. WILSON, dealer in groceries at the Banta corner, member of the firm of Wilson S. Harvey, is a native of Montgomery County, where he was born September 16, 1845. His father, John W. Wilson, removed to Tipton County in 1859, and located at Normanda, where he resided unti1 1868, and engaged in wagon-making. At the end of that time, he removed to Tipton, where he lived until 1877, when he again removed to Clinton County, where he died April 7 of that year, leaving a widow and nine children, namely, Mrs. Lydia A. Evans, Woodroe W., C. M., Milton W., John P., Mrs. Martha E. Ward, James M., Mrs. Philena Lamb, Joseph S., all of whom reside in Kansas, except our subject and Mrs. Martha E. Ward. His mother, Mrs. Margaret Wilson, died in Labette County, Kan., September 13, 1881. In January, 1864, Woodroe W. enlisted in the United States Army, in Company B, Seventy-fifth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and was assigned to the Second Brigade, Third Division and Fourteenth Army Corps. He was with Sherman during the whole of his memorable campaign to the sea, and was in all the principal battles of that time. He was discharged in July, 1865. After his discharge, he returned home, and in 1867 engaged in the saw mill and lumber business until 1872, in Tipton. He then disposed of his interest in that business and engaged in wagon-making, a trade that he had learned under his father. This he continued until September, 1882, when he again sold out and commenced his present vocation. The firm of which he is a member carry about $2,006 stock, and are doing a good business. Mr. Wilson was married, May 20, 1872, to Miss Orpha Long, of Tipton, daughter of John Long, County Recorder. They have four children - John M., Luella, Woodroe and Nancy M. Mr. Wilson is the owner of a very nice residence in Tipton, and is politically a Republican.

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H. A. WOODRUFF, proprietor of the Farmers' Hotel of Tipton, was born in Brown County November 20, 1819; his father, Joab Woodruff, removed to Johnson County in 1821, and located on a farm near Williamsburg, where he remained until his death, June 14, 1850. The subject of this sketch engaged in farming in .Johnson County, and in 1845 located in Tipton County, where he took a claim of 160 acres in Prairie Township. In 1850, he removed to Tipton and purchased 162 acres of wild land near the town; he went to work to clear his farm; he still owns this.tract, and has enlarged it to 380 acres. He also owns eighty acres about two miles from town, and has given each of his children an eighty acre farm. In connection with farming, he in 1878 engaged in the hotel business, and has owned the hotel for some time; he was married in Johnson County, Ind., in December, 1840, to Miss Mary S. Hutto, who died March 11, 1855, in Tipton County, leaving a family of eight children - James M., John R., Mrs. Sophia Paul, Amelia M., Absalom and Joab, living; also Elizabeth, Absalom and Rebecca A., all deceased. Mr. Woodruff was next married in August, 1856, in Rush County, Ind., to Miss Eliza J. Morgan.

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R. W. WRIGHT is a native of Fayette County, Ind., where he was born March 13, 1829; his father, a native of North Carolina, removed, in 1837, to what is now Madison Township, Tipton County, but then a part of the county of Hamilton, and settled on a tract of land in the timber, consisting of a half-section, which he entered of Congress. Here the subject of this sketch assisted his father in clearing up a farm. Over a hundred acres were prepared and put in a high state of cultivation, then a substantial brick residence was erected on the cleared tract, where the father resided until the time of his death, which occurred in September, 1859, after having reared a family of seven children, four sons and three daughters, namely: Robert W.; John W., a resident of Iowa ; Asberry P., a resident of Marion County, Ind., and James T. (deceased) ; also, Mrs. Mary J. Orr, of Arcadia, Hamilton Co., Ind.; Mrs. Sarah E. Lily, of Tipton County, and Mrs. Elizabeth J. Meritt. Mr. Wright, in 1849, learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed for three years, at the expiration of which time he engaged in farming in Cicero Township, Tipton County, continuing in that business until the year 1856, when he sold his farm and removed to Appanoose County, Iowa, here he purchased land and made a farm. In 1860, he sold his Iowa land and returned to Tipton County, where he again followed farming until the year 1866, when he removed to Tipton, and engaged in the livery business. At the time of his removal to Tipton, he was elected to the office of Justice of the Peace, and about one year after he sold out his livery business and turned his attention to the boot and shoe trade, which he continued until 1869, when he sold out and entered the office of the County Auditor, as Deputy, where he remained in that capacity for a little over four years. In 1874, he was elected by the Democratic party to the office of Auditor, and served one term of four years. At the expiration of his term of office, he resumed farming for two years; he then, in 1880, entered the real estate, loan and insurance business, and has continued it ever since. The style of the firm is Wright & Long, and they are doing a good business. Mr. Wright owns a good residence on North Main street, in Tipton, as well as several vacant town lots; he was married in Tipton County, December 15, 1850, to Miss Eliza J. Blount. The issue of that marriage consists of seven children, five of whom are living. Their names are as follows: Mrs. Frances P. Winfield, Mrs. Alice B. Martz, Sarah L., Mary B. and Silas Blount; also, Jasper M. and Newton N., deceased.

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WILLIAM B. YOUNG, proprietor of the Champion Planing Mill, and one of the early settlers of Tipton County, was born in Brown County, Ohio, June 4, 1829. When Mr. Young was two years old, his father died. He continued to reside in Brown County until his seventeenth year, when the family, consisting of his mother, his sister and himself, removed to Jennings County, Ind. There, he followed farming for two years, and at the end of that time he went to Kent, Jefferson Co., Ind., and commenced to learn the cabinet trade, during which time, 1849, his mother died. After he had mastered his trade, about 1850 he removed to Tipton County, and started in the cabinet business for himself, and in connection therewith conducted a furniture store. In 1874, he erected the Champion Planing Mill, which he managed in connection with his other business until 1881, when he sold out his cabinet and furniture business. Since that time, he has devoted himself entirely to the management of the planing mill. Since its erection in 1874, the mill was once entirely destroyed by fire. But, notwithstanding the crushing loss he sustained, Mr. Young at once rebuilt it, on an improved plan, with improved, machinery, and the business of the mill has so increased that the annual amount of lumber turned out approximates 125,000 feet. Mr. Young has been twice married, first, on the 8th of June, 1848, to Miss Catharine Green, who died January, 1853; secondly, on the 4th of August, 1853, in Jennings County, Ind., to Miss Mary A. Green. By his first wife, he has two children - Seneca G. Young and Mrs. Mary I. Long. By his second wife, he has three children, viz., Ella, Lulu A. and Anna E. He has a nice brick residence on West Jefferson street. Politically, he is a Republican, is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and also of the Christian Church.

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LEVI YOUNG, dealer in poultry, hides, furs, iron, etc., also engaged in the sale of buggies, in partnership with D. C. Jones, does a business of $15,000 annually. He was born on the 19th day of January, 1849, in Howard County, Ind., where he grew to manhood. He was educated in the common school, and taught one term of a district school. He afterward dealt in stock a short time, followed clerking about five years, and spent two years in the grain trade. In 1878, he entered upon his present calling, and in 1881 located in Tipton. He was married, in Montgomery County, September 24, 1874, to Miss Fannie Wheeler, the issue of which marriage consists of three children, of whom two are living - Jessie and Fred-and one is dead - Mabel. His mother is still living at the old home in Howard County; his father, Eleven T. Young, died February 5, 1854. His remains were interred in the cemetery at Alto, in Howard County. Mr. Young is a member of Fritz's Cornet Band, in which he plays the first alto horn. He is also a member of the I. O. O. F.

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JOHN H. ZEHNER, Treasurer of Tipton County, was born in Richland County, Ohio, May 28, 1839, and remained in his native county until he was fifteen years of age. He then went to Van Wert County, Ohio. In September, 1861, he enlisted in Company H, Fourth Ohio Cavalry, and was assigned to the Army of the Cumberland. He was with Sherman on his campaign as far as Atlanta, and then returned with Thomas to Nashville, and was in the battle at that place. He then joined Wilson on his cavalry expedition. He saw Jeff Davis when he was brought into headquarters. In July, 1865, he was discharged, and immediately returned to his home in Van Wert County, Ohio. Soon after this, he made a trip through the West, traveling through the States of Kansas, Iowa, Missouri and Illinois, and finally settled at Windfall, Ind., November, 1866, where he entered into the grocery business. He continued in business at that place until 1880, when he was elected by the Democracy of Tipton County to the office of County Treasurer, which position he now occupies. Mr. Zehner was married, November 6, 1866, to Miss Rosanna Davis. They have a family of four children, namely, Walter, Bertha May, Nancy L. and John Otto. Politically, Mr. Zehner is a Democrat, and is also a prominent member of the I. O. O. F.

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