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Cicero Township

JOHN H. AKERS, a farmer owning 120 acres in Cicero Township, Section 25, half of which is under cultivation, is a native of Owen County, Ky., and was born May 24, 1825. He was reared in his native county, and at the age of twenty-two went to Louisville, where he worked about five years. In 1850, he removed to Johnson County, Ind., and engaged in farming until 1864, when he came to Tipton County and located on his present tract of land. His land is fertile and productive, and he keeps a number of cattle and hogs. He raises sixty bushels of corn to the acre, and about twenty bushels of wheat. Mr. Akers was married in Johnson County, Ind., in the fall of 1850, to Miss Mary Ann Graham, a daughter of James Graham. Mr. Akers is a worthy citizen in his community, and he and his wife are consistent members of the church.

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THOMAS B. BATES is a native of Butler County, Ohio, where he was born January 17, 1846. In his early childhood his parents removed to Henry County, Ind., where he grew to manhood. In August, 1863, he enlisted in the Twenty-third Indiana Battery. He served in Burnside's campaign, Sherman's campaign to Atlanta, and Thomas' campaign to Columbus, Franklin and Nashville against Hood. He was honorably discharged July 3, 1865, and returned to Henry County, where for a time he engaged in farming. On November 8: 1872, he was married to Miss Sarah E. Leavell, in Tipton County, and immediately thereafter removed to Tipton, this county, where he engaged in farming. In 1875, he was appointed Superintendent of the County Farm, which position he held for eight years. He owns 140 acres of fine land in Section 15, of which seventy acres are under cultivation, and the remainder is timbered land, well set in blue grass. His cultivated land is drained by 1,050 rods of tile ditching, which has a fine outlet in a large open ditch. His farm is well stocked with cattle, hogs, etc., and particularly worthy of mention are twenty-five fine cows. In the spring of 1863, at the request of the citizens of Tipton, he started a dairy, and every morning and evening supplies said citizens with the best milk obtainable from thoroughbred cows. Mr. Bates is a Democrat, and takes an active part in political affairs. In the campaign of 1880, he was Chairman of the Democratic County Central Committee. He was again chosen in 1882, but owing to the urgency of his business matters he could not serve. He is a member of both the Masons and Odd Fellows.

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FRANCIS BECK, a native of Germany, was born November 4, 1829. His father, John Beck, emigrated to America in 1838, resided one year in Pennsylvania, and then removed to Wayne County, Ind. About three years later, he removed to Tipton County, and entered eighty acres of timber land in Cicero Township. He resided in this county until his death, which occurred in 1875, at the age of seventy-six years. The subject of this sketch, in 1864, purchased the home farm of eighty acres, and hits since resided on this. He has added sixty acres to this, and has his land well drained, with sixty-one acres under cultivation. Mr. Beck was married, in 1864, in this county, to Miss Elizabeth Curnutt, who died in 1865. He afterward married, in 1867, Mrs. Sarah Doversberger. They have six children living-John, Edward, William, Charles, Lorunze and Annie. Mr. Beck is a successful farmer, and is an active member of the Democratic party.

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JAMES BENNETT, a native of Rush County, Ind., was born January 12, 1828, and spent his youth in his native county. He came to Tipton County in October, 1814, and entered land near Sharpsville. After residing here four years, he returned to Rush County, purchased a farm, and lived there eight years. He then sold his farm in Rush County and returned to Tipton County, purchased 160 acres near Sharpsville, and remained here about twelve years. He then sold this farm and located in Indianapolis, where he managed a boarding-house for some time. After this, he lived two years in Hamilton County, two years in Rush County, and, in 1880, returned to Sharpsville, and shortly purchased a farm of 140 acres, where he now resides. He has sixty-five acres under cultivation. Mr. Bennett was married, in 1844, to Miss Mary Brookbank. She died August 23, 1864, leaving two children - Hester A. and Mary E. He next married, December 26,1865, Levinia A. Smith. This union has been blessed with two children - Harriet J. and Margaret E.

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DR. SILAS BLOUNT, medical practitioner, farmer, minister of the Gospel and ex-County Judge, is a native of Ross County, Ohio, where he was born October 10, 1800, two years before Ohio was admitted into the Union. He is the son of Cyrus and Elizabeth Blount, the former of whom went to Highland County, Ohio, purchased land, and erected a house, but was prevented from removing to his new home by his death, which occurred in 1802. His widow and family of seven children removed to their Highland County home and there our subject grew to manhood. He has been twice married, first, in 1822, in Highland County, Ohio, to Miss Elizabeth Miller, who died December 24, 1822; his second marriage occurred September 17, 1827, to Miss Barbara Miller, his present wife, who was born September 6, 1809. He remained in his native State until 1841, practicing medicine and engaging in agricultural pursuits. In 1841, he located in Tipton County, Ind., on 160 acres of land, which he had previously purchased. Since then he has added eighty acres, and is now the possessor of 240 acres in Section 22, Cicero Township, 120 acres of which are under cultivation, and the remainder in woods pasture. He is also the owner of two dwelling houses and lots in Tipton, and three houses and lots in the city of Indianapolis, situated in Butler's Division, on Broadway. He and his wife are members of the Christian Church, and are the parents of eight children living, and two deceased, viz., Brazilla M., Louisa J., Cyrus N., Mary M., Elizabeth M., Jacob B., Barbara P., and Alcinda T.; also Eli V., died October 29, 1859, aged twenty-two years, after having graduated at the Northwestern Christian University, completed his legal studies, and been admitted to the bar; and the other child dead is Mytelena, an infant. Dr. Blount has always been an enthusiastic supporter of higher education, and no pioneer of Tipton County ever made ampler provision for his children in that respect than he has. He has spent at least $910,000 in educating them, and every one of them, with perhaps one or two exceptions, are graduates of classical colleges. His occupations have been various. As above mentioned, he has practiced medicine for many years. He sold goods at West Kinderhook, and was for some time Postmaster at that place. He was one of the first Associate Judges of Tipton County, and served eleven years. He has never lost an opportunity to administer the Gospel. Politically, he is a Democrat. He is now in his eighty-fourth year, but, notwithstanding his advanced age, is in excellent health.

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JOHN BOULTON is a native of Tennessee; his Father, Peter Boulton, came to Franklin County, Ind., where our subject spent his boyhood days. He engaged in the shingle business for some time, and, since then, he has followed agricultural pursuits. In 1865, he removed to Decatur County, Ind., purchased a farm and remained there about five years; he then sold out and bought a farm in Jennings County, where he remained until 1872, when he came to Tipton County, purchased a farm two and a half miles south of Tipton, and lived there till 1853, when he sold out and purchased eighty acres in Section 34, Cicero Township. He built a neat residence and moved into it; he has forty acres under cultivation. Mr. Boulton was married, February 25, 1850, in Butler County, Ohio, to Miss Mary E. Byrum. They have ten children living - Annie J., Jemima,, Thomas, Mary E., John F., Lewis, Doc, Lincoln, Flora and Eva.

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JOHN BURKHART, farmer, is a native of Germany, where he was born September 1, 1814; he remained in the Fatherland until he attained his twentieth year, when he emigrated to America. After his arrival in this country, he resided in Lancaster County, Penn., one summer, and then in the State of Ohio until 1844, when he moved to Union County, Ind. Here he lived four years; he then removed to Tipton County and located in Cicero Township; he is the owner of a farm containing sixty-eight acres, four miles west of Tipton, under good cultivation; he also owns a fine residence on North West street, Tipton, which he occupies as his home; he has always followed the occupation of a farmer since his residence in this county, and has been very successful; he is a Democrat, and he is a consistent member of the Christian or Disciples' Church. Mr. Burkhart was married, February 22, 1838, in Butler County, Ohio, to Miss Sarah Bridges. The issue of their marriage consists of eight children, viz.: Enos L., Thomas W., Jane, Mary, Daniel B., Alonzo G., Maria and Sarah.

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THOMAS W. BURKHART, a farmer, was born in Butler County, Ohio, May 16, 1841; his parents are John and Sarah (Bridges) Burkhart. Thomas vas reared on a farm, and, when he attained his majority, engaged in farming on a tract of timbered land containing 200 acres, situated in Section 33, Cicero Township, Tipton County; his present farm of 120 acres he has since acquired, and moved on it in 1863, where he has resided for twenty years; he has 100 acres under cultivation, splendidly ditched and unsurpassed for fertility; he averages annually on this land fifty bushels of corn and from fifteen to eighteen bushels of wheat; he raises a fair amount of stock, consisting principally of hogs and cattle; he was married in Tipton County March 22, 1863, to Miss Emily Egler. They have five children, namely, Mrs. Ada A. Beckett, Eddie E., James C., Francis H. and Malay C. Politically, he is a member of the Democratic party.

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A. G. BURKHART, a Tipton County farmer, was born in this county February 10, 1851, and has always made this his home. He attended the common schools of the county, and subsequently attended Butler University two years. He was married, November 9, 1875, in this county, to Miss Serena A. Mount. Four sons bless this union - Arthur E., Claude M., Halley C. and John W. After his marriage, Mr. Burkhart engaged in farming on rented land, and in 1875 purchased eighty acres in Cicero Township, and has since been able to add forty acres to this; he has about sixty acres under cultivation, has a good dwelling, and a first-class barn which he built in 1883 at a cost of $1,000. Mr. Burkhart is a prosperous farmer and prominent citizen; he is identified with the Democratic party, and is an active worker.

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ALEXANDER G. CARSON, a Tipton County farmer, sas born November 19, 1838, in Marion County, Ind., where he remained until he was about twelve years old; he then removed with his father, Alexander Carson, to Tipton County, and settled on a farm in Prairie Township. In 1870, his father sold this farm, removed to Clinton County, and settled near Michigantown, where he died April 17, 1580, at the age of seventy-six. For more than half a century he was a devoted Christian, and a member of the Baptist Church; ten children survived him. The subject of this sketch came to Tipton County and settled in Cicero Township, and purchased a small farm of forty acres; he subsequently sold this and purchased another farm of eighty acres, upon which he moved in 1876. He has continued farming since with good success; he has about fifty acres under cultivation, and his land is of very fertile soil, producing seventy-five bushels of corn to the acre; he built a good residence upon it in the fall of 1882. Mr. Carson was married in Marion County, Ind., January 1, 1862, to Miss Mary E. Rabourn. They have two children - William Sherman and Ida Belle. Mr. Carson is a Republican in politics, and he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

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H. L. CLARK, Farmer, is a native of Fairfax County, Va., and was born August 22, 1815. When he was seventeen years old, his father, Josius M. Clark, removed to Harrison County, Ky., where he remained until his death, April 21, 1845, at the age of severity-five. H. L. Clark, engaged in farming a short time in Kentucky, and was married, February 13, 1838, in Harrison County, Ky., to Miss Elizabeth Peld. He removed to Randolph County, Ind., in 1840, and later located in Rush County; he came to Tipton County in 1856, and located upon Section 30, on eighty acres of land, forty acres of which he entered; he came to the county by wagon, and cut his way through the forest to reach his lot; be built a house and succeeded in clearing sixty-five acres of land. Mr. and Mrs. Clark had five children - Josius M., ex-County Surveyor, Caroline M. Winans, William W., Marion E. (deceased), ex-County Recorder, and Hannah J. Glass (deceased). Mrs. Elizabeth Clark died January 10, 1880. Mr. Clark is an old pioneer and early settler. He is a worthy citizen in his community, and an active member of the Democratic party.

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JAMES COE, farmer, was born in Frederick County, Va., January 8, 1842, and spent his youth in his native State. He enlisted in 1861 in the confederate army in Company D, Thirty-third-Regiment of Virginia. He was in Stonewall Jackson's command, and engaged in battle at Port Republic, seven days' fight near Richmond, Slaughter Mountain and Bull Run. In 1863, he came to Ohio, and two years later located in Tipton County, Ind. In 1867, he purchased fifty acres of land in Tipton County, of which he has forty-two acres under cultivation. Mr. Coe was married, August 11, 1866, in this county, to Miss Sarah J. McMurtry. They have four children living - Melda V., Richard L., Eva Sophia and Mary Lucy. Mr. Coe is a well-to-do farmer and a popular citizen in his community.

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L. H. COX, farmer, is a native of Tennessee, and was born May 23, 1822. When he was quite small, his parents removed to Wayne County, Ky., and subsequently located in Johnson County, Ind., where his parents died when he was only ten years old, leaving him to do for himself. He engaged in farming, and remained there until 1849, when he removed to Tipton County and entered eighty acres near Sharpsville. He cleared sixty-five acres of this land, and in 1881 sold it and bought a farm of forty acres, which has about twenty-five acres under cultivation. Mr. Cox was married in Johnson County, Ind., August 27, 1848, to Miss Martha Ann Hendricks, a daughter of Squire Hendricks. They have had fifteen children - Almeda, Andrew, Squire T., Mary E., John M., Elisha, Robert E., Enlitious A., Emma L., Laura F., Margaret J. (deceased), Albian (deceased), James F. (deceased) Marcus E. (deceased) and Isaac J. (deceased). Mr. Cox was in an early day a Whig, and of late years has cast his vote with the Republican party.

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WILLIAM A. CURREY, farmer and stock-dealer, owning 169 acres in Section 27, Cicero Township, is a native of Franklin County, Ind., and was born November 19, 1824. He engaged in farming in his native county until 1877, when he removed to Madison County, Ind., and purchased a farm of 154 acres. Shortly after, he traded this land for his present farm in Tipton County and has since resided here. His land is mostly under cultivation, is of fertile soil and sell drained, and lies between the Pike and the Wabash Railroad; his farm produces 600 bushels of wheat and 2,000 bushels of corn annually. Mr. Currey was married in Franklin County, Ind., March 16, 1862, to Lucinda Stant. They have a family of seven children - Lucy, John and Jonathan (twins), Nora and Cora (twins), William and Charles. Mr. Currey is a live, energetic farmer; he raises and trades in stock, both horses and cattle quite extensively.
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SYLVESTER J. DE POY, farmer and teacher, is a native of Howard County, Ind., and was born September 9, 1852. He is the son of William and Catherine J. (King) DePoy. His father was born in Virginia September 2, 1823, and removed to Fayette County, Ohio, when he was quite young. He spent his youth on a farm in that county and was there married, August 29, 1849, to Miss Catherine J. King, born in Ohio, March 1, 1830. In 1850, he removed to Howard County, Ind., and purchased a farm one mile north of Kokomo. In 1860, he sold this and purchased a farm of sixty acres in Pulaski County, near Star City, where they have since resided. He has a family of seven children, four of whom are residents of Tipton County - Sylvester J., Fletcher J., Laura E., a teacher, and Ella J., a teacher. The rest of the family reside at their home in Pulaski County, viz.: Susan E., Alice B. and Willie H. The subject of this sketch remained in Howard County until he was eight years of age, when he removed with his parents to Pulaski County. In 1873, he came to Tipton, where he attended the high school three years, and has since been engaged in farming and teaching in Tipton County, and has given good satisfaction in the teachers' profession. He is identified with the Republican party and takes an active interest in the political issues of the day.

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HUGH DICKEY, ex-Treasurer and ex-Sheriff of Tipton County, was born in Fayette County, Ind., March 7, 1820, and was reared on a farm in his native county. In 1852, he came to Tipton County and settled on 160 acres of timbered land in Cicero Township. He now owns 280 acres, 200 of which are under cultivation and the remainder in pasture, well set with blue grass, and his farm is well drained with tile. Mr. Dickey is a Democrat in politics, and was elected by his party to the office of Sheriff, in 1862, and was re-elected in 1864. He was elected Treasurer of Tipton County in 1866, and served one term of two years. He was married in Fayette County, Ind., February 15, 1844, to Miss Hannah Manlove. They have two sons - George A., a farmer, residing on the home farm, and Andrew S., a physician, residing in Tipton.

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POWHATTAN H. DODD, a prominent farmer in Cicero Township, was born on September 10, 1825, in Virginia, where he remained until he was fifteen years of age. His father, Joseph Dodd, then removed to Hamilton County, Ind., and spent the remainder of his life in Hamilton and Tipton Counties. He died in Hamilton County in 1843, leaving a family of twelve children, of whom our subject was the eldest, hence the care of the family fell upon him. P. H. Dodd engaged in farming in Hamilton County till 1859, when he was enabled to buy with his hard-earned money eighty-five acres of land near Westfield. This he traded for 160 acres in Section 27, Madison Township, and in 1859 moved upon this tract of timber and prairie land, about ten acres being cleared. Here he opened a farm of 100 acres, and has met with good success. Mr. Dodd was married, September 28, 1847, in Hamilton County, to Miss Lurinda Wilson. They had four children - Lurinda J., wife of William Ressler; James Preston (deceased); William Melvin (deceased); and Milburn Jasper, who lived to manhood and died October 31, 1878, at the age of twenty-five. Mrs. Dodd died September 18, 1974, and Mr. Dodd was next married in Tipton County, Ind., September 10, 1875, to Miss Elizabeth Tingle. He owns four vacant lots in Tipton, and two good farms in the county. He gave his child a farm of forty acres and he purchased a home of twenty-five acres north of Tipton, upon which he moved in February, 1876, and let his farms out to a tenant. He is a highly respected farmer, and he and wife are members of the New Light Church. Mr. Dodd is a Democrat.

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LEWIS H. DOTY, a native of Johnson County, Ind., was born May 20, 1847. He was reared in Johnson County, and March 11, 1865, enlisted in Company E, Thirty-third Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and was in the service about six months. He was married in Shelby County, Ind., September 10, 1866, to Miss Maria Barimore. After his marriage, he located in Jay County, Ind., and engaged in farming. Here his wife died November 24, 1668, leaving one child - Samuel H. Mr. Doty then returned to Johnson County and engaged in farming. He was next married, April 3, 1870, in Johnson County, Ind., to Miss Emma Hoyt. They have four children - Flora A., Addie B., Robert E. and Carrie B. In 1874, he sold his farm in Johnson County, came to Tipton County, and purchased thirty-eight acres in Cicero Township, Section 27. His farm is composed of fertile soil, is well drained, and has twenty-five acres under cultivation. Mr. Doty is a prominent farmer, and an active member of the Democratic party.

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JOHN EILER is a native of Germany, where he was born April 24, 1807. He resided in his native country until 1832, when he emigrated to America. He for some time worked by the month in Pennsylvania. He then removed to Indiana, and resided for awhile in what is now Hagerstown, Wayne Co., Ind. He built the first house ever erected in that place. His next removal was to Henry County, Ind., where he remained for eleven years. After that he spent one year in Hamilton County, and then, in 1851, moved to Tipton County, where he has since resided. He purchased twenty acres of land near the Wabash Railroad, which he soon disposed of for $500. He then bought eighty acres in Section 82, Cicero Township, which he still owns. Of his present farm, sixty acres are under cultivation; it is well drained. Mr. Eiler has been twice married. First, in Henry County, Ind., January 7, 1835, to Catherine Kiser, who died in 1860. He was married the second time in Tipton County, on the 19th of July, 1860, to Rebecca Sarver. By his first wife, he is the father of ten children, viz.: George W., Simon, Samuel, Abraham, William, Catherine, Martha, Susan, Mary and Matilda. Politically, he is a Democrat, and he and his wife are members of the Christian or Disciples' Church.

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E. C. ELLIOTT, merchant, grain dealer, farmer, etc., is a native of Kentucky, where he was born October 31, 1839, in Bracken County. In his native county he grew to manhood, and worked at the carpenter's trade, which he learned under his father. On the breaking-out of the late rebellion, he enlisted, September 23, 1863, in Company G, Seventh Kentucky Cavalry. He saw service at Green River, Elizabethtown, Monticello and various other places. But his most important military experience was when he accompanied Gen. John Morgan on his famous raid through Indiana and Ohio, in which he was captured at Corydon, Ind.; he was sent first to the United States Prison at Lousiville, Ky., then to "Camp Chase," Columbus, Ohio, and finally to Johnson's Island, Ohio, where he remained until the close of the war. He was discharged from prison in June of 1865, and shortly after went to Indiana, and located at Jackson Station, Tipton County. At that time our subject was the possessor of $65 in money. For about two years he worked in a saw mill and then embarked in the mercantile business at Jackson Station with a capital of $1,000, all he had in the world. He is now the owner of a fine brick business room, which was erected in 1874, a large grain elevator, erected in 1881, and a farm of 175 acres located in Section 26, Cicero Township, and Section 16, Liberty Township, all under cultivation excepting five acres, all of which property approximates in value $15,000. He carries a $12,000 stock of goods and does a business of $12,000 per annum, while his grain business amounts to $20,000 annually. Mr. Elliott was married, April 22, 1861, in Bracken County, Ky., to Miss Marv E. Smitson, by which marriage he has two children, Ida and Lucy. Politically, Mr. Elliott is a Democrat. He is also a member of the Masonic fraternity.

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VALENTINE FINDLING was born in Germany September 15, 1832, and, at the age of seven, emigrated with his parents to America. He was reared in Ohio, and in 1861 came to Indiana and engaged in plastering at Indianapolis till 1865, when he removed to Tipton County, and purchased eighty-two acres of land. He has since added forty acres to this, and has eighty-five acres of his farm under cultivation and well drained with tile. Mr. Findling was married, in 1861, to Miss Louisa Geyer, who died in 1868. By this union there are three children living - William, Emma and John. He was next married, in March, 1868, to Miss Margaret Kiser. They have five children - Edward, Herbert, Frank, Arthur and Lela May. Mr. Findling is a prominent citizen; is a member of the Methodist Church, and, politically, is identified with the Republican party.

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GEORGE W. FIPPIN, Justice of the Peace, is a native of Hamilton County, where he was born June 1, 1848. After attaining his majority, he, in 1869, left his native county and removed to Tipton County, where he engaged in farming and the manufacture of tiles. He has been very successfu1, especially in the last-named business, in which he has succeeded in turning out annually about $2,000 worth of tiling. He has recently disposed of his interest in the tile factory, and has turned his attention to the cultivation of a farm of forty acres, which he owns, located in Section 28, Township 21, Range 4 east. He is a member of the Masonic and Odd Fellows' fraternities, and adheres to the political tenets of the Democratic party. He also fills the office of Justice of the Peace, to which he was but recently elected. Mr. Fippin was married, June 3, 1869, in Hamilton County, to Miss Rachel E. Rushton. After a companionship of nearly thirteen years, his wife departed this life January 31, 1882. By her Mr. Fippin is the father of three children, viz.: Ardilla J., Ethlola and Alice M.

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JAMES M. FRENCH, a native of Shelby County, Ind., was born March 21, 1841. His father, John French, was born in Ohio in 1812, and at the age of seventeen, came to Shelby County, Ind., and resided in the town of Black Hawk. He was married, in 1836; to Miss Lydia Spurling, and, after her death, was married, in 1844, to Jane M. Williams. Mr. French died in December, 1864. The subject of this sketch was reared in his native county, and July 8, 1861, enlisted in the United States Army, in Company H, Nineteenth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He was assigned to the First Division and First Brigade of the Eastern War Department. He engaged in the battle at Catlet Station, Va., the second battle of Bull Run, Chantilly and South Mountain. In the latter battle he was so severely wounded in the right thigh, that eight pieces of bone had to be removed. He was unable to walk without crutches for fourteen months. He remained in the hospital at Frederick City during this time, and was discharged October 13, 1863. He then returned to Shelby County, where he engaged in farming and, in 1865, removed to Johnson County. In 1875, he came to Tipton County and purchased forty acres of land in Cicero Township, Section 28, where he has since resided. His farm is all, excepting six acres, under cultivation, and well drained. Mr. French was married, December 1, 1866, in Johnson County, Ind., to Miss Caroline Doty. They have five children living - Louis A., born January 20, 1868; Sarah A., born April 17, 1870; Charlie H., born March 5, 1872; Laura E., born December 31, 1873, and Ida, born June 8, 1876. Mr. French is a member of the G. A. R., and politically is identified with the Republican party.

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HENRY GOAR, one of the men prominently identified with Tipton County history, was born in Virginia November 16, 1821, where he resided until he was seventeen years of age, when, in company with his father, James Goar, he removed to Henry County, Ind., where they resided until 1840, when they removed to Jefferson Township, Tipton County. At the time of his removal to Jefferson Township, there were but few families in it. John D. Smith, who had come the year previous, and a few others, being all that were settled there. His father purchased 160 acres of timbered land and with the assistance of our subject and his brother Matt, he soon had fifty acres under cultivation. In 1847, he sold this farm and purchased a small farm in Section 27, Cicero Township, where he resided until his death, which occurred on April 13, 1855. In 1846, Henry Goar pre-empted 160 acres of land. In 1848, he located on it and commenced clearing up a farm. The first year he cleared six acres and planted it in corn; he afterward cleared about seven acres annually for several years; he now has 123 acres of very productive land under cultivation. He devotes his attention to the cultivation of the soil rather than the raising of stock. He has, for the past eighteen years, averaged about sixteen bushels of wheat and at least fifty bushels of corn to the acre, and at times has raised as high as 100 bushels of corn and thirty-seven and a half bushels of wheat to the acre. His farm is well supplied with buildings and improved machinery. Mr. Goar was married in Henry County, Ind., May 27, 1844, to Miss Martha E. Smith; they have had nine children, namely, James J., Isaac N., Nary E., Nattie A., Sarah E., Nancy C., Emma, Charles, Joseph M. Politically, Mr. Goar is a Greenbacker, and has always been prominent in the counsels of that party.

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CYRUS L. GOOD, a prominent farmer of Tipton County, is a native of this county, and was born November 12, 1844. At the age of ten, he removed with his father, Edward Good, to Hamilton County, where he was reared and educated. September 1, 1864, he enlisted in Battery D, First Indiana Heavy Artillery, and served one year. When he returned from the war, he engaged in teaching several years, and subsequently began farming. In 1871, he removed to Tipton County, locating on a farm in Section 29, Cicero Township, where he has since lived. Mr. Good was married, November 5, 1868, in this county, to Miss Phebe E. Mozingo. They have had four children - Roscoe L., Edward Mi1ton, Jessie Oris (deceased) and Cyrus R. (deceased). Mr. Good is a member of the Masonic fraternity and the G. A. R. He is an energetic farmer, and is an active member of the Republican party.

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Cicero Township

JOSEPH GOODYKOONTZ, farmer, was born in Wayne County, Ind., April 18, 1836. His father, Harvey Goodykoontz, was born in Virginia on January 26, 1813, and located in Tipton County in 1839. He was married in Wayne County, Ind., at the age of twenty-one, to Miss Eliza Wood. He died in Tipton County May 23, 1882, leaving a family of nine children. Our subject was reared in Tipton County, and was married June 20, 1858, in Hamilton County, Ind., to Miss Martha J. Murray. They have six children living - Izora, Ellen, Asher, Catherine, Lucina and Josie. Mr. Goodykoontz engaged in farming on his father's farm, and now owns 120 acres in Cicero Township. Of this he has ninety acres under cultivation. He raises a fair amount of stock.
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Cicero Township

JASPER GOODYKOONTZ, farmer and teacher, was born in Tipton County January 10, 1855, and has always made it his home. e attended the common schools of the county, Butler University at Irvington, Ind., the Northern Normal at Valparaiso, Ind., and the Terre Haute State Normal. He graduated from the latter institution June 28, 1880. He has been teaching during the winter, and farming and carpentering during the summer, and now owns a farm of fifty-three and one-fourth acres in Cicero Township. He also owns a library of 500 volumes, worth about $700. His father, Harvey Goodykoontz, son of Daniel Goodykoontz, one of the old settlers of the county, was born in. January, 1813, in Virginia. Harvey came to Tipton County in 1839, and entered 160 acres in Cicero Township, and added to this until he owned 560 acres of land in Tipton County, about three-fifths of which he put under cultivation. He married Miss Eliza E. Wood, daughter of David J. and Rebecca Wood. Mr. Goodykoontz died May 23, 1882, leaving nine children - Joseph, Daniel, Lucina, Harvey, Marion, Newton, Jasper, Franklin and Warren. Mrs. Goodykoontz and the four last-named children are at present living on he home farm.

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Cicero Township

ELIAS HALL was born in Henry County, Ind., August 12, 1830, and is the son of Hudson and Nancy Hall. Hudson Hall was born in Virginia about July, 1784, and was married in Ohio to Miss Nancy Alley; he removed to Henry County, Ind., and in 1349 came to Tipton County, purchased a tract of timber land, built a house, but did not live to remove his family to this county, his death occurring July 12, 1849. After his death, his widow removed with her family upon the farm, where she resided until her death, August 12, 1852. Of a family of twelve children, only six are living - Mrs. Rebecca Richards, Elijah, William, Nathan, Mrs. Elizabeth Singleton and Elias. The subject of this sketch came to Tipton County, with his mother, at the age of sixteen, and located in Cicero Township. He was married, April 27, 1856, in this county, to Miss Nancy Swope, daughter of Andrew Swope. He located on a farm of sixty acres in Section 4, Cicero Township, and has cleared forty acres of land. His farm is very fertile and is well drained with tile ditching.

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Cicero Township

JOHN M. HARMON, farmer, owning 120 acres of land in Cicero Township, with seventy acres under cultivation, is a native of Ripley County, Ind., and was born November 11, 1831. His father, Jacob Harmon, a native of North Carolina, resided most of his life in Bath County, Ky., and was a successful farmer of that county. He died in 1860, at the age of ninety-eight. The subject of this sketch spent his youth in Bath County, Ky., and at, the age of nineteen came to Switzerland County, Ind., and was there married March 5, 1856, to Miss Mary C. Thatcher. He removed to Indianapolis, and later, located in Hamilton County, where he remained three years. He came to Tipton County in February, 1865, and located on his present tract of land, three acres of which had been cleared. He has opened s good farm of seventy acres, and turns his attention principally to raising wheat and corn. He has a fair amount of cattle and hogs. Mr. Harmon aided in cutting the timber on gravel road No. 1. Mr. and Mrs. Harmon have had one child - Viola S., deceased.

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Cicero Township

EMANUEL HARTMAN is a native of York County, Penn.; where he was born December 16, 1815. His parents, Henry and Catherine Hartman, in 1827, located in Wayne County, Ind., where Emanuel was reared. He engaged in farming, and continued until 1850, when he came to Tipton County. He rented a farm for three years; at the end of that time, he bought and moved upon his present farm of eighty acres in Section 29, Cicero Township. He has forty-five acres under cultivation, and the remainder in wood pasture. He has been twice married the first time in Wayne County, in 1840, to Miss Lucy Russell, and in 1871 he married Libby White, of Tipton County. He has one child - Catherine. Politically, Mr. Hartman is a Democrat.

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Cicero Township

ELISHA HASKETT, a farmer and one of the pioneers of Tipton County, is a native of North Carolina. He grew to manhood in his native State, when he emigrated to Tipton County in 1848, where he entered upon the career of a farmer. When our subject located in this county, the present thriving town of Tipton contained but about one dozen houses, only one of which was a frame, the rest being the typical cabin of the frontier. Mr. Haskett at the present time owns nine valuable lots and eight houses in the town of Tipton. His public services have been many and various. He has assisted in laying out many roads and ditches in the county. He votes the Democratic ticket. He has been married four times, the first marriage occurring in North Carolina, in 1839, to Miss Martha Ann Wallace, who died in 1852. His second marriage took place in 1854, to Delphina C. Davis, who departed this life in 1862. He was married the third time, in 1865, to Charlotte Cordell, and after her demise he was married in the fall of 1880 to Margaret Haskett, his present wife. He is the father of twelve children, as follows: By his first wife five, by his second wife two, by his third wife three, and by his fourth wife two. He is a member of the Grange society.

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Cicero Township

FREDERICK HOOVER was born in Wayne County, Ind., January 27, 1828. In his native county he attained his majority, and followed farming until 1862, when he came to this county, settling in Madison Township. There he remained about eight years, when he purchased a tract of land, in Sections 4 and 5, Cicero Township, containing 125 acres. Of this farm he has about seventy-five acres under cultivation and well drained. It averages fifty bushels of corn and about eighteen bushels of wheat to the acre. His corn he feeds to his stock; he raises principally cattle and hogs. During the war and after, Mr. Hoover was engaged in mercantile business, in partnership with Mr. Ad Jackson, in Tipton. At this he continued for about seven years, when he sold out his interest and returned to agricultural pursuits; he has been twice married, first in 1851 to Miss Eveline T. Miller, of Wayne County, Ind., whose death occurred in 1861. His second marriage occurred January 10, 1866, to Martha J. Manifold, also of Wayne County. By his first wife he has two children now living - Jacob M. and William N. By his second wife, he has one child, a daughter, also living, named Mary E. Mr. Hoover takes quite an interest in the culture of bees, of which he has at present twenty-eight hives in splendid condition. Both he and his wife are members of the church. He is politically a member of the Democratic party.

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Cicero Township

ISAAC HOOVER is a native of Wayne County, Ind., where he was born March 23, 1831; he grew to manhood in his native county, and engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1859, when he removed to Tipton County and purchased a tract of land containing forty acres in Madison Township. Upon this he resided until 1873, when he purchased sixty acres in Section 5, Cicero Township, which he now makes his home. Of the 100 acres which he now owns, about seventy-two acres are under cultivation and well drained. He was married, November 20, 1853, to Miss Sarah Miller, of Wayne County. The issue of their marriage consists of five children, namely, Alice, William H., Jacob, Walter and Eva. Politically, he is of the Democratic persuasion.

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Cicero Township

JOHN T. HUNTER, farmer, is a native of Muskingum County, Ohio, and was born May 26, 1827; his father, John Hunter, removed to Marion County, Ind., in 1885, and here John T. spent his youth, and attended the common schools. The subject of this sketch engaged in farming in Marion County until 1860, when he purchased 160 acres of timbered land in Cicero Township, Tipton County. He now owns a good farm of 240 acres of fertile soil, well drained, and with 170 acres under cultivation. Mr. Hunter was married, in Marion County, Ind., November 3, 1850, to Miss Elizabeth J. Higdon. This union has been blessed with a family of six children - Mary E., Margaret, Charles W., Robert C., Cora and Eva. Mr. Hunter, in 1866, built a commodious dwelling upon his farm, and he also has other good buildings. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., and politically is identified with the Democratic party; he is a prominent farmer, and is President of the Tipton County Fair Company.

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Cicero Township

CHARLES M. INNIS was born in Rush County, Ind., December 10, 1834, and was reared on a farm in that county and remained there until 1852; he then removed to Tipton County and located in Cicero Township, where he purchased 100 acres of timber land, and began clearing out a home; he has a good farm, well drained, with sixty acres under cultivation; he raises from fifty to sixty bushels of corn to the acre, and from fifteen to twenty of wheat; he has fair buildings and an excellent orchard. Mr. Incis was married in Rush County, Ind., September 11, 1855, to Miss Sarah A. Wright, who died October 13, 1882. They had two sons, James F. and William, a teacher by profession. Mr. Innis is a prominent farmer, a worthy citizen, and, politically, is an active member of the Democratic party.

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Cicero Township

J. P. KATON was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, June 26, 1817, and was reared in his native county. He left there at the age of twenty-six, and spent a short time in Iowa, after which he engaged in making linseed oil in Pittsburgh, Penn. He continued in this business about three years, and then erected a white lead factory in Zanesville, Ohio, where he continued in business three years. In 1853, he engaged in mercantile pursuits, and operated a saw and grist mill and carding machine. In 1855, he sold out this business and engaged in farming a short time. He then operated a saw mill at Cedarville, Ohio, for three years, and in 1863 removed to Tipton County and settled near Petersburg. In 1867, he purchased a farm of sixty-seven acres in Cicero Township, and has cleared forty acres, and it is here that he now resides. Mr. Katon was married in Pittsburgh, Penn., September 14, 1848, to Miss Mary E. McKee. They have three children living - Granville B., Mellville G. and Mrs. Marianne G. Reed. Mr. Katon is a well-to-do farmer and politically is identified with the Republican party.

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Cicero Township

JAMES McCOLLEY, a native of Pendleton County, Ky., was born May 2, 1819. His father, George McColley, in a very early day came to Fayette County, Ind., and three years later located in Madison County, where he remained five years. He then removed to Marion County, and resided in Perry Township about forty years. He was a shoe-maker by trade, but resided on his farm and there worked at his trade. He died about 1873, at the age of eighty-three. The subject of this sketch served an apprenticeship at the carpenter's trade, and followed this business about ten years in Rush and Shelby Counties. In 1843, he began farming in Shelby County, where he remained until 1870, when he removed to Marion County, Ind. There he remained until 1875, when he came to Tipton County, locating in Cicero Township. Mr. McColley was married, February 19, 1844, in Shelby County, Ind., to Miss Caroline McMahon. They have three children living - Jesse, Cynthia Ann Casey and Nicholas M. Mr. McColley is a prominent farmer, and politically is identified with the Republican party.

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Cicero Township

JESSE McCOLLEY, son of James and Caroline (McMahon) McColley, was born November 10, 1845, in Shelby County, Ind., and spent his boyhood days in his native county. He engaged in farming in Shelby County until 1876, when he removed to Tipton County and purchased a farm of forty acres in Cicero Township, where he has since resided and followed agricultural pursuits. Mr. McColley was married in 1875 to Miss Delia McColley, who died June 4, 1877. He is a wide-awake, energetic farmer, and a worthy citizen.

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Cicero Township

JOHN S. McCOLLEY, son of George W. McColley, is a native of Rush County, Ind., and was born March 3, 1838. He was reared on a farm in his native county, and received a fair education in the common schools. He engaged in farming in Rush County until 1872, when he removed to Marshall County and purchased a farm of eighty acres. In 1880, he came to Tipton County and purchased a farm of 156 acres in Section 27, Cicero Township, and has since added twenty-five acres. His farm is of fertile soil, well drained, with 125 acres under cultivation. He was married, March 18, 1870, in Rush County, Ind., to Miss Sarah J. Green, who died August 2, 1879. They had two children - Sarah E. and Arvilla. Mr. McColley is a prosperous farmer and excellent citizen, and is identified with the Democratic party.

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Cicero Township

WILLIAM F. McCORKILL, a native of Lexington, Ky., was born August 19, 1832. His father, Bryson McCorkill, removed to Johnson County in 1837, and in 1865 located in Hancock County, Ind., where his death occurred April 7, 1865. The subject of this sketch removed to Boone County, and subsequently engaged in farming in Marion County. In October, 1872, he removed to Tipton County and purchased a firm of forty acres in Cicero Township, and cleared thirty-five acres. In 1881, he traded this for eighty acres in Section 35 of the same township. He now has seventy-five acres under cultivation, well drained with tiling, and deals in both stock and grain. Mr. McCorkill was married in Johnson County, Ind., to Miss Mary E. Rominger. They have five children - Thomas S., Cornelius B., James L., Rozaly and Charles F. Mr. McCorkill enlisted in April, 1864, in Company E, Ninth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served nearly two years; he was assigned to the Fourth Army Corps, Second and Third Brigades. He is a Democrat in politics, and a member of the G. A. R.

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Cicero Township

JONATHAN B. McLUCAS, son of John and Melinda McLucas, was born in Wayne County, Ind., December 2, 1821. He grew to manhood in his native county, and obtained his education from its common schools. In 1851, he removed to Tipton County and located on a tract of land containing ninety-six acres in Section 5, Cicero Township, all of which was timber. He now owns 161 acres in the same section, 100 acres of which are well drained, both by tile and open ditches, and are in a fine state of cultivation. Mr. McLucas was married in 1847 to Miss Amanda Miller, of Wayne County, Ind. They have three children living, viz.: Melinda., William M. and Martha. Politically, he is a member of the Democratic party, and he and his wife are both members of the Christian or Disciples' Church.

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Cicero Township

JOSIAH M. MALLERY is a native of Jefferson County, N. Y., and was born May 24, 1806. When he was twelve years old, his father, Curtis Mallery, removed to Ohio, and two years later located in Hamilton County, Ind. Mr. Mallery learned the carpenter's trade, which he pursued until about 1862; he then removed to Tipton County, Ind., and purchased 282 acres of land in Cicero Township. He subsequently sold 105 acres and gave 144 acres to his sons, and now has forty acres, twenty-five of which are under cultivation. He was married in Hamilton County, Ind., June 17, 1830, to Miss Calista Plumer, who died August 1, 1831; he then married April 26, 1833, Catherine Dorrah, who died September 28, 1834; his third marriage, September 6, 1835, was to Miss Maria L. Emmons, whose death occurred January 21, 1872. He has two children living by his last wife - Milton J. and Mrs. Jessie Bolton. Mr. Mallery is an old settler, and is a stanch supporter of Republican principles.

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Cicero Township

P. L. MOLDEN, farmer, is a native of Clermont County, Ohio, and was born May 1, 1819. He remained in his native State until 1838, when he removed to Fayette County, Ind., and in 1847 located in Tipton County; he has resided here since, and has a farm of forty acres in Cicero Township, with thirty acres under cultivation and well drained. In September, 1881, he lost his house and contents by fire, but rebuilt on the same spot. Mr. Molden was married January 10, 1844, in Fayette County, Ind., to Miss Sarah J. Fielding. They have three children living - John Thomas, Layton T. and Sherman P. L., and seven deceased, four of whom were grown - James R. A., Alcesta, Eva C. and William S. Mr. Molden was troubled from the age of seventeen with white swelling, and in 1850 he was compelled to have his right lower limb amputated. He has been compelled for many years to walk with crutches. James Molden, the father of our subject, was a native of Virginia, and was born December 30, 1793; he was reared in Kentucky and Ohio, and was married, July 30, 1818, to Miss Mary Ludlow; he removed to Fayette County, Ind., in 1838, and nine years later located in Tipton County, and here resided until his death, which occurred September 5, 1874.

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Cicero Township

JOHN T. MOZINGO, a native of Hamilton County, Ind., was born November 22, 1842; his father, Milton Mozingo, was burn July 30, 1805, in Washington County, Va., and was married in Shelby County, Ind., December 23,1831, to Miss Margaret Cooper. She was born July 31, 1804, is still living, and resides on the old home farm. Milton Mozingo came to Tipton County in 1850, purchased 200 acres of timber land, and put about seventy acres under cultivation; he was an old settler of this county and resided here until his death, February 29, 1880. Of a family of six children, four are now living - Frances M., Josephine Cooper, John T. and Phebe Ann Good. The subject of this sketch enlisted, in July, 1861, in Company C, Twenty-sixth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and was assigned, first to the Western Army, and later to the Southern Army; he was in battle at Prairie Grove, Ark., siege of Vicksburg and Morganzi Bend, Miss., and was discharged September 21,1864; he was married, September 25, 1867, in this county, to Miss Ellen Dounner. They have four children - Flora Etta, Sarah M., Elpina and Marion Edgar; he has since his marriage engaged in agricultural pursuits; he has cleared about sixty acres of land, and his farm is fertile and well-drained. Mr. Mozingo is an active politician in the Republican party, and is a member of the G. A. R.

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Cicero Township

GOTTLOB OFF, s native of Germany, was born December 15, 1837; he waw educated in his native country, and in 1845 emigrated to America and located at Indianapolis, where he served an apprenticeship of two years at the cabinet-maker's trade; he drove a mineral water wagon two years, and in 1861 enlisted in the United States Army in Company E, Eleventh Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served three months; he then joined his brothers in the saw mill business at ;Jackson Station, and did a good business there for ten years. During this time he also engaged in farming to a considerable extent. In 1871, he sold his interest in the mill; began clearing a farm in Cicero Township; he owns 160 acres, 100 acres of which are under cultivation. Mr. Off was married in Indianapolis, November 26, 1865, to Miss Minnie Grosse. They have five children - Anna Louisa, Ida N., John A. G., Elenora and Laura. Mr. Off is a member of the order of Druids, at Indianapolis, and of the G. A. R.

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Cicero Township

JOHN W. PAPE was born in Richmond, Wayne Co,, Ind., August 5, 1848; his parents, William C. and Mary C. Pape, removed to Tipton County in 1860, and settled on a farm about four miles southwest of Tipton where they still reside. John grew to manhood in the counties of Tipton and Hamilton, enjoying good opportunities for acquiring both a German and English education; he engaged in carpentering for some years, and also spent a short time in the harness trade, after which he drove a dray for two years; he then commenced his present business of saw milling and lumbering, and he also owns and runs a steam threshing machine during the summer; he is doing a good business ; he is a Democrat, and takes an active interest in politics; he was married in Hamilton County, Ind., May 9, 1871, to Miss Mary A. Urban, by whom he has had four children, viz.: Christina M ., Albert, Ferdinand A., and one deceased, Harmon W.

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Cicero Township

JOHN J. PAUL, a native of Germantown, Ohio, was born October 25, 1835, and spent his youthful days in Centerville, Wayne County; his father, Isaac Paul, removed to Tipton County, Ind., and purchased 320 acres of timber land, and resided on this farm until his death, which occurred August 9, 1854, when he was fifty-two years of age. He left a widow and eight children, John J. being the third child. His widow is still living, and is in her seventy-third year; she resides on the home farm. The subject of this sketch purchased l60 acres of the home farm in 1865, for which he paid $25 per acre, and has this well improved, with 135 acres under cultivation . He raises cattle, sheep and hogs, and deals in short-horn cattle, and Cotswold, Southdown and Leicester sheep. Mr. Paul was first married in Hamilton County, Ind., September 15, 1861, to Miss Mary A. Leonard, who died June 7, 1864. He married a second time in Hamilton County, Ind., May 18, 1865, Miss Caroline Dienst, whose death occurred January 3, 1878. He was married the third time, in April, 1879, to Mrs. Sophia Pressler, who had three children by her first husband - Harrison, Joseph and Julia. Mr. Paul has five children - Elizabeth, Isaac H., Thomas J., Linny and Frederick. Mr. Paul is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and takes an active interest in politics in the Democratic ranks.

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Cicero Township

ALEXANDER PENNOCK is a native of Cayuga County, N. Y., and was born September 27, 1817. He was reared in Jennings County, Ind., where he remained until 1850; he then came to Tipton County and purchased eighty acres of land, to which he has added forty acres; his farm is well drained and has eighty acres under cultivation. Mr. Pennock has been four times married; first, to Sarah Badgley, by which union there are four children living - Sarah F., Anthony E., John T. and America. His second marriage was to Rhoda Richards, who left one child - Samuel A. He was married the third time to Barbara Bennett, who left three children - Julia A., Catherine J. and Mary C. He was last married to Miss Catherine Hinkle November 15, 1873. Mr. Pennock, in 1847, enlisted in the Mexican war, in Company D, Third Indiana Regiment, and served one year. He participated in several battles, among them the battle of Buena Vista. Mr. Pennock is a prominent citizen, and politically is identified with the Democratic party.

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Cicero Township

GEORGE W. RAINS is a native of Wayne County, Ind., where his birth occurred November 8, 1817. He was reared on a farm in Marion County, Ind., near Indianapolis. He engaged in the saw-mill and lumber business in Liberty Township, Tipton County, and continued therein until 1860, when he disposed of his business and emigrated to the West. He spent about four years in Southwest Missouri, and one year in Kansas, and then returned to Tipton County, Ind., where he has resided ever since. He was married in Marion County, Ind., in 1842, to Miss Mary Griswold. They have eight children, all of whom are living - Henry C., Malinda C., Charles I., Martha T., James A., Ira H., George W. and William D.

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HENRY C. RAINS, carpenter, contractor and lumber dealer, was born in Marion County, Ind., October 22, 1842; he is the son of George W. Rains; was reared in the counties of Marion and Tipton. While attending school at Cambridge City, the war of the rebellion broke out, and he enlisted in the Nineteenth Battery, and was mustered into service August 11, 1862; he took part in some of the hardest fought battles of the war, being with Sherman on his campaign to the sea, and participating in the battles of Perryville, Ky., Milton, Tenn., Hoover's Gap, Chickamauga, Rocky Face Ridge, Ga., Chattahoochee River, sieges of Atlanta and Savannah, also at Bentonville, Jonesboro and Peach Tree Creek; he was discharged May 13, 1865, with the same company in which he entered, being one of the thirteen who returned out of 145 who went away. After his return from the service, he entered into the saw mill and lumber business, in which he has been engaged for fourteen years; he owns a saw mill with a capacity for cutting 5.000 feet per day; he is also a contractor, and is meeting with success; he owns 120 acres of land, in Sections 31 and 32, Cicero Township, of which forty acres are under cultivation and well drained by tile and open ditches. He was married in Clinton County, January, 1876, to Miss Mary Moore. They have a family of five children, viz.: Henry, Charles, Willie, Mary and Albert.

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