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Prairie Township

I. T. NASH was born in Fayette County, Ind., September 18, 1839; he is the fifth of a family of seven children born to Richard and Margaret (Moffitt) Nash, natives of Pennsylvania, and of Scotch-Irish descent; he was reared on a farm, and obtained a common school education. On the breaking-out of the rebellion, Mr. Nash enlisted in the United States Army in August, 1862, and was assigned to Company C, Fifth Cavalry, Ninetieth Regiment, under Capt. Farley; his term of service lasted only about nine months, on account of various misfortunes; he was first prostrated by the exposure, and an accident which occurred, he being run over by a horse. When he was recovering, he was taken with lung fever, which, rendering him unfit for service, he was discharged in April, 1863. After his return home, and when he had sufficiently recovered, he engaged in the carpenter trade, which he pursued until the date of his marriage. That event took place October 5, 1867, the bride being Miss Elizabeth Keeler, a native of Ohio, and the daughter of Cortz and Maria L. (Looker) Keeler, natives of Maine and Ohio, and of Scotch-Irish descent. Shortly after his marriage, our subject removed to Prairie Township, Tipton Co., Ind., and located on an eighty-acre farm, which he had previously purchased; he has since added forty acres; his farm is well improved and supplied with all necessary implements. It is ornamented with one of the finest residences in Prairie Township; his marriage has been crowned by the birth of one child, namely, Richard C., born April 20, 1869; he is an active Republican, having cast his first vote for Lincoln in 1860; he is also a prominent member of the I. O. O. F., and his wife is a consistent member of the Friends' Church.

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Prairie Township

ROBERT NASH was born in Fayette County, Ind., June 19, 1824. He is the elder of two children born to Richard and Mary (Hasting) Nash, natives respectively of Virginia and Ohio, and of Scotch-Irish extraction. He was reared on a farm and worked in summer, attending the common school during the winter. His life until his twenty-seventh year was spent on the farm of his parents. At about that time, he was united in marriage to Miss Ruharna E. Styers, a native Hoosier and a daughter of Benjamin and Barbara (Jones) Styers, who were natives of Ohio. After his marriage, Robert continued his agricultural pursuits until September 5, 1855, when he removed to Tipton County, where he purchased 160 acres situated in the primeval forest, and, erecting the typical pioneer's cabin, he began clearing a farm. By good management he has increased his firm until he is now the owner of 305 acres of the choice land of Prairie Township. He has built a handsome brick residence. His marriage has been crowned by the birth of eight children, viz.: D. A., born July 17, 1855; B. F., born November 22, 1858; W. F., born August 28, 1861; Ida J. (now Parks), February 21, 1863; Charles L., March 19, 1865; Oliver P., September 18, 1867; Arta A., November 2, 1872, and Della, January 10, 1877. Mr. Nash is an active Republican, and in his earlier days was a Whig. Both himself and wife are consistent members of the Friends' Church, and are liberal donators to all charitable institutions.

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Prairie Township

JOSIAH OREM, a veteran farmer of Prairie Township, was born July 2, 1806, in Dorchester County, Md.; his father, Samuel Orem, was a soldier in the war of 1812, and his mother, Sarah (Jones) Orem, had two brothers who participated in the struggle of the Revolution; both his parents were of English extraction, and natives of Maryland, and our subject was the eldest of three children born to them; they migrated to this State (Indiana) in 1817, and located in Switzerland County; there they remained until his wife died, when Samuel came to this (Tipton) county, and resided with his son (our subject), who had previously located here, until his death. Josiah remained with his parents until he was about twenty-seven years of age, enjoying very meager opportunities for obtaining instruction, because of the scarcity and remoteness of schools, but his quick intellect enabled him to pick up a great deal of information; when he began life for himself, the routine of his existence consisted of farming during the summer, and in boating his produce to the best market. In 1843, he located on that part of the Indian Reserve now known as Howard County; after a residence there of about four years, he located in the northwestern part of Prairie Township, on 160 acres, which constitutes his present residence. He never received anything in the way of financial assistance, and all his possessions came to him through hard labor. He was married, September 2, 1832, to Ann Orr (now deceased) a native of Pennsylvania, and the third child born to Joseph and Nancy (McDonald) Orr, both of whom mere of Irish descent. This union was crowned by the birth of twelve children, viz.: Sarah J. (deceased), Nancy, John (deceased), Martha M., Joseph, Samuel P., Alexander N., Levi, Eliza L. (deceased), William (deceased), Lorenzo D, and Mary M. All of his children have received a liberal start from him, and he still has sufficient to supply his old age; he has been a member of the Christian Church for thirty years, and his wife was also an active member of that denomination up to the time of her death. They were both, during its palmy days, members of the Grange. Politically, he is a Democrat, having cast his first vote for Gen. Jackson.

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Prairie Township

A. H. PENCE was born in Marion County, Ind., August 10, 1853, and is the first of a family of eight children born to Enoch and Elizabeth J. (Sinks) Pence, natives of Indiana, and of German and English extraction. His parents came to this (Tipton) county in the fall of 1870, and located on a farm of sixty-seven acres, and were followed by our subject in the spring of 1871. A. H. was reared on a farm, working through the summer and attending the district school in the winter. His education is a fine one, acquired in the common and graded schools of the State, and at the National Normal School at Lebanon, Ohio, and with money earned by his own unaided labor. He has taught twelve terms in the public schools of this and other counties, averaging six months to the term, and has succeeded by his energy in winning a position in the front ranks of his profession. He was married, March 12, 1882, to Miss Mattie Martin, a native of Missouri, and a daughter of Colin C. and Jemima (Ferguson) Martin, natives respectively of Indiana and Kentucky. He is an active and consistent member of the Christian Church, and also belongs to the Masonic Lodge located at Prairieville. Politically, he has always adhered to the Democratic party, and is one of its most energetic workers; he is a wide-awake young man, and has a promising future.

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Prairie Township

ROBERT H. PYKE was born in Rush County, Ind., January 9, 1831, and is the fourth of a family of eight children born to John W. and Nancy (Hastin) Pyke, natives of Pennsylvania and Ohio, of German and Irish descent. His parents located in the western part of Taylor Township, Howard Co., Ind., in 1856, and his father, with the assistance of his sons, developed one of the finest farms in that county. Our subject remained with his parents during his minority, receiving from the common schools his education. His father having entered 120 acres of land near Windfall, in Tipton County, at a cost of $225, Robert purchased the same, paying $125 down, and the remainder in easy payments, and shortly after traded it for eighty acres lying west of Sharpsville in the woods. He now has sixty acres cleared and in cultivation, and supplied with all the modern improvements; he has also succeeded in adding an additional eighty acres, and now has a fine farm of 160 acres. He was included in the draft in the fal1 of 1863; was in the battle of Kingston; he was mustered out of service in June of 1864. Robert was married, May 16, 1852, to Miss Lucinda Styers, a native Hoosier, and the sixth of a large family of children born to Benjamin and Barbara (Jones) Styers, both natives of Ohio and of German extraction. They have had nine children, viz.: Orestes, Barbara E., John F., Robert E., Laura, William M., Howel1, Sherman and Charles (deceased). Both himself and wife are consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Politically, he is an active Republican. He is an industrious citizen, and enjoys the esteem of the community.

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Prairie Township

FREDERIC RAMSEYER, the present Surveyor of Tipton County, was born in Switzerland County, Ind., November 5, 1826. His parents were Daniel and Martha (Hawkins) Ramseyer. The former, who came to this county in 1813 and died in Switzerland County, Ind., at the age of seventy-eight, was a native of the Republic of Switzerland, in Europe, and was a nephew of the celebrated Marshal Murai of France. The latter, of English descent, is still living, at the advanced age of eighty-one years. Our subject is the oldest of a, family of eleven children, eight of whom are still living. He was reared on a farm, and when he had reached his twentieth year he enlisted in the Third Regiment Indiana Volunteers, for the Mexican war. He served one year, and during that time participated in the battle of Buena Vista and several minor engagements, and returned home in July of 1847. After this, he spent his time in teaching and traveling until the year 1866, when he was united in marriage to Miss Adelia Heaton, daughter of Joseph W. Heaton, of Howard County, Ind. Their marriage has been crowned by the birth of eight children - Oscar V., Flora, Philip E., Abigail, Daniel, Ada B. (died May 2, 1876, aged eight years), John and Simon P. Frederic removed to the township of Prairie, county of Tipton, in the year 1859, and located on the farm he now owns, which then was a comparative wilderness. By persistent effort and close economy, he has succeeded in accumulating a competency. As a citizen, he is universally esteemed, and possesses a large circle of friends. He has always been a Democrat, and was elected in 1882 to the office of Surveyor, the duties of which he is now discharging with credit to himself and satisfaction to his constituents.

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Prairie Township

PHILIP RAMSEYER, farmer and blacksmith of Prairie Township, Tipton County, Ind., was born in Switzerland County, Ind., December 19, 1827, and is the second in a family of eleven children born to Daniel and Martha (Hawkins) Ramseyer. In the year 1848, Philip came to this county - then known as the Indian Reserve - on a prospecting tour, but made no purchases. In 1853, he returned and settled in Howard County; he remained there about fourteen years, working at his trade, that of a blacksmith, and manufactured the first breaking plow ever made in the county. In order to learn his trade, he, at the age of seventeen, apprenticed himself to William Malcombson, of his native county, with whom he worked for four years before setting up for himself. After residing for the time above mentioned in Howard County, he sold his interest these, and removing to Prairie Township, Tipton County, purchased forty acres of land situated in the woods, which he has since cleared and put in a fine state of cultivation, and supplied with all the necessary buildings, implements, etc. He still works at his trade, at which he makes about $600 per annum, while his sons manage the affairs of the farm. He was married, December 31,1855, to Miss Eunice A. Roby, a native of Indiana, the third of a family of seven children born to John and Hannah (Chesterson) Roby, natives of Ohio, and supposed to be of English descent. Their marriage has been blessed with seven children, of whom five are living, viz.: Arpecia, John C., James M., Cebern, Laura; also Arthur and Eurelean, deceased. His education was received at the common schools; he never had any assistance in a financial way, but has accumulated his present property by hard work. Politically, he is an uncompromising apostle of the Democratic creed, and one of the most active workers in his party.

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Prairie Township

OBADIAH RAMSEYER, farmer and blacksmith of Prairie Township, Tipton County, Ind., is a native of Switzerland County, Ind., where he was born June 29, 1832. He is a son of Daniel and Martha Ramseyer. Obadiah was reared on a farm, and resided with his parents until he attained his majority. At that time he was married to Miss Susanna Posten, daughter of Levi Posten, of Jefferson County, Ind. They have a family of nine children, eight of whom are living, viz.: Emma J., married; Martha, also married; Daniel, died at the age of nine; William and Preston (twins), Nancy A., George B. McClellan, Elizabeth and James A. After his marriage, he removed to Howard County, Ind., and worked at his trade (blacksmith), which he had learned in his youth. In the year 1859, he removed to Prairie Township, Tipton County, Ind., where he now resides, engaged in farming and working at his trade. He served one year in the United States Army during the late civil war, and participated in several engagements, principal of which was the siege of Mobile. Politically, Mr. Ramseyer is a Democrat, and cast his first vote for James Buchanan for President. At present he is filling the position of Postmaster at Groomsville, Tipton County, which he has occupied for eight years. As a citizen, he stands high in the estimation of his fellows.

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Prairie Township

CORNELIUS T. SAMUELS was born in Washington County, Penn., July 12, 1818; his parents were James and Ann Samuels; his paternal grandfather was a native of Dublin, Ireland, a hatter by trade, who, emigrating to America in 1779, entered the American Army under Gen. Washington. Our subject was reared on a farm, but, owing to the scarcity and remoteness of the schools, and the incapacity of the teachers of that day, his educational training was very limited. However, having a natural taste for literature and a quick intellect, he has acquired a fair business education. In 1819, he removed with his parents to Franklin County, Ind., where they resided until their death. He remained at home until his twenty-first year, when he commenced life for himself as a farm hand, at $8 per month. On the 24th of November, 1842, he was married to Miss Susanna Howell, daughter of John Howell, one of the pioneers of Franklin County. By her he is the father of seven children, six of whom are still living. Two years after his marriage (1844), he removed to Iowa Territory, and thence in 1845 to Decatur County, Ind., whence, in 1865, he removed to Tipton County and located on the farm which he now owns. Then it was in an undeveloped condition, but it is now one of the best farms in the county. Cornelius has always been a Democrat; his reputation in the community is that of a courteous, industrious and honest citizen.

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Prairie Township

WILLIAM SCUDDER, an energetic farmer, is a native of Switzerland County, Ind., where he was born May 21, 1840; his parents, Henry and Maria (Boyd) Scudder, were each of English descent; he is the fourth of a family of five children, of whom four are now living; he grew to maturity on a farm, although he became an orphan at the early age of eight years. When he reached his twenty-eighth year, he removed to Tipton County and located on his present desirable farm. At the age of twenty-four, he started in business for himself, and at the same time was united in marriage to Miss Eunice Rodgers, of his native county. They have had born to them nine children, eight of whom are living, viz.: Evaline, born October 13, 1864; George, born April 18, 1866; Alford, born August 12, 1868; Lucilla, born December 23,1870; Denton, born April 16, 1873; Emma, born November 27,1875; Ora and Cora, twins, born December 12,1880, (Ora, died in infancy); and Elias, born March 6, 1883. Starting with no capital, save pluck and industry, and a fair education, he has succeeded in accumulating a comfortable living. Both himself and wife have been consistent members of the Missionary Baptist Church for twelve years.

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Prairie Township

WILLIAM A. SHUCK was born in Henry County, Ky., May 28, 1834; he is the son of Samuel and Sarah (Frazier) Shuck, natives of Kentucky; his mother was his father's third wife, and he was the second of a family of seven children. During his youth, his school privileges were limited, and he acquired what education he possesses after his majority. He was married, August 12, 1855, to Miss Levina Black, of his native county, daughter of William and Sarah (List) Black. This union has been crowned by the birth of five children, viz.: William P., Amanda Cardwell, Mary J. Smith, Hallia Shuck, and Wyat, aged thirteen. After his marriage, he farmed in Shelby County, Ky., until 1872 (excepting two years), at which time he removed to Prairie Township, purchasing eighty acres of land in the green woods; he has since, by persistent industry, made a fine farm, and has added twenty acres; he is quite popular, and was elected to the office of Justice of the Peace in 1878, the duties of which he discharged very creditably for four years; he is regarded by many of his friends as a coming county officer; he has been a consistent member of the Christian Church since his sixteenth year; he was once an Odd Fellow; he was the first successful cultivator of tobacco in the county, and has given it his attention for several years; he is a man of broad and liberal charity. Mr. Shuck's father .and mother died in 1883 and 1872 respectively, the former aged eighty-three years.

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Prairie Township

HENRY A. SINKS was born in Marion County, Ind., August 31, 1857; he is the son of John and Margaret (Hoover) Sinks, native "Hosiers," of German extraction, and is the first child in a family of three born to them; he lived with his parents until the death of his father, which occurred in the year 1866. After that event, he resided with his uncle, Gilbert Vansickle, until he attained his eighteenth year, when he began working for himself. The savings, accumulated by days' labor for various persons, together with some little assistance from his father's estate, constituted the capital with which he started in life; his education, acquired from the district school, is very practical in its nature, and embraces a knowledge of the common school branches; his migration to this (Tipton) county took place in 1867. January 7, 1879, he was married to Miss Nancy C. Orr, of this (Tipton) county, and the fifth of ten children born to Robert and Jemima (Fanchier) Orr, natives respectively of Indiana and Pennsylvania, and of Irish and German descent, the former of whom came to the then "Reserve " in a very early day. One child was the issue of their marriage, viz.: Bertie, born October 10, 1879, and departed this life November 24,1881. He and his wife are both consistent members of the Christian Church. Politically, he is an active aggressive Democrat. He is an energetic, wide-awake young man, and is at present overseeing his father-in-law's farm.

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Prairie Township

JOSEPH A. SOMERS, physician and surgeon, Groomsville, Ind., was born in Henry County, Ind., December 30, 1843; his parents, Dr. John and Lydia (Mealyza) Somers, natives of Pennsylvania and of German descent, were married at Middletown, Ind., in 1838. His mother dying when Joseph was quite young, his father removed to Tipton County in 1856, and located on the farm which he still makes his home. Joseph was reared at Jerome, in Howard County, receiving quite a liberal education, and, forming a taste for books and study, he began the study of medicine under his father and applied himself thereto very closely, save a short time spent in traveling. The last years of his study he spent with Dr. Zeek, of Windfall, after which he practiced his profession there for one year. From there he went to Nevada, where he practiced for two years, thence to Groomsville in 1874, where he now has a very extensive country practice. In 1866, he was married to Miss Louisa Wise, by whom he is the father of one child, a boy aged fourteen; his wife died June 17, 1870. His second marriage occurred November 27, 1873, to Miss Sarah J. Ray, of Nevada. At one period of his life (1864), he embarked in the mercantile business at Windfall, but the dishonesty of his partner brought disaster, and he has since confined himself strictly to the practice of his profession; he and his wife are consistent members of the Missionary Baptist Church, he having been identified therewith for a period of thirteen years. Politically, he is a Democrat, and was elected by that party to the office of County Coroner in the fall of 1882. He is a man noted for his public spirit and his temperate habits.

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Prairie Township

HARRISON SMITH was born in Sullivan County, Tenn., June 22, 1824. His parents, Jeremiah D. and Elizabeth (Arrants) Smith, were of English descent, and were both natives of East Tennessee. In 1829, they moved to Johnson County, Ind., and remained there until their death, Jeremiah dying in 1846, and Elizabeth in 1862. Our subject is the fifth in a family of eight children. He was reared on a farm, and about all the education he ever received was obtained by home study. He remained with his father until February 22, 1844, when he was married to Miss Margaret A. Foster, daughter of Richard and Lucinda (Coons) Foster. In 1849, he removed to Prairie Township, Tipton County, Ind., and entered of the Government 120 acres of land near where he now lives. His experience has been that of all pioneers, who, by hardships and self-denial, have wrought a home from the stubborn wilderness. By his first wife he is the father of fourteen children, eight of whom are now living - Francina, Lucinda, Richard H., Isaac V., Jeremiah D., Marion S., Sarah, Adella, Ida F. (died at birth), Nathan T. (drowned in Wild Cat Creek at the age of seventeen), Mahala E. (died at the age of five), John A. G. (died aged ten months), William S. (died at the age of two), and Clara B. (died at birth). His estimable wife, Margaret A., died December 5, 1881. His second marriage occurred January 20, 1883 to Mrs. Sophia Richardson (nee) Jacobs, of Johnson County, Ind. Harrison has served two terms as Justice of the Peace of Prairie Township, and won golden opinions for his impartial dealings. He was a member of the Grange during its existence. He is a liberal-minded, public-spirited citizen, and has been for forty-four years a consistent member of the M. E. Church, to which his contributions have never been wanting. He has provided very handsomely for his children, having given them 240 acres of fine land, but is still the possessor of an estate containing 320 acres.

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Prairie Township

ISAAC V. SMITH, son of Harrison and Margaret A. (Foster) Smith, was born in Tipton County, Ind., August 24, 1851. Being unmarried, he has always resided with his father, excepting when attending school or teaching. He received a good common school education, but being desirous of further knowledge he subsequently attended the Normal Schools at Lebanon, Ohio. In 1875, he began teaching, and continued until 1881, meeting with success. Having a natural taste for agricultural pursuits, he has turned his attention entirely to his farm and the care of his stock. Mr. Smith is politically a Republican. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. Lodge, No. 324. He possesses good conversational powers, and by his genial disposition has secured a large circle of friends. In 1881, he sustained a severe loss by the death of his mother, to whom he was deeply devoted.

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Prairie Township

JOHN W. SMITH farmer and lumber dealer, is the son of William M. and Mary A. (Cochran) Smith. He was born in Fayette County, Ohio, September 23, 1840. His father was a native of Virginia, and his mother of New Jersey; he was reared on a farm, and received a common school education. In 1851, his parents removed to Tipton County, Ind., where his mother died; his father is still living. John W. remained at home until 1860. On February 16, of that year, he was married to Miss Sarah A. Stafford, daughter of the Rev. Charles W. Stafford, of Clinton County, Ind. This union has been blessed with eight children, all of whom are living. Mr. Smith is one of our enterprising citizens, and has good business abilities. He is liberal to the poor. In polities, he is a Republican, and adheres strictly to the principles of his party.

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Prairie Township

JOSEPH L. STOOPS, farmer of Prairie Township, was born in Switzerland County, Ind., February 11, 1841; he is the fourth of a family of five children, four of whom are yet living in Texas, Indiana and Missouri, born to Eliakim and Elizabeth (Pierce) Stoops; his father was a farmer and blacksmith, a native of Pennsylvania, and of German extraction; his mother died in 1842, when he was only a little over a year old. He was reared on a farm, and his educational advantages consisted of an attendance of three months at the district school after he had attained the age of twenty. On account of injury received in youth, which incapacitated him for manual labor, he has devoted himself to study, and by so doing has acquired a fund of valuable information. Remaining on his father's farm until he reached his twenty-third year, he was, October 4, 1863, married to Miss Ellen Huston. She was the seventh in a family of thirteen children born to William W. and Eliza (Kirkland) Huston, the former a native of Pennsylvania and of Irish descent, the latter a native of Louisiana and of German descent; was married to the former in her native State, and located in Indiana in 1837, where, February 11, 1839, Ellen was born. Joseph's marriage has been crowned by the birth of two children - Lulu, born July 26, 1864, and Irvin, born November 25, 1866. Remaining in his native county until 1873, he removed to Patriot and engaged in the business of a butcher and stock dealer, and in one year suffered a loss of $200. Prior to that time, he had by industry accumulated sufficient to purchase the farm he now owns. His farm is a good one, in a fair state of cultivation, and is in the oldest settled part of the community, having still standing the first house ever built upon it. In May, 1883, he, in partnership with Mr. O. McCreary, purchased the mercantile business of Thomas Land, at Groomsville, and it is unnecessary to say that the energy and business tact of the new firm insures its success. He has been a Mason since 1873, and is now a member of the Prairieville Lodge; himself and family are members of the Missionary Baptist Church. In 1882, he received the Republican nomination for the office of Township Trustee, and although defeated, greatly reduced the opposing majority; he is a popular, public-spirited and worthy citizen.

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Prairie Township

WILLIAM EVAN STRATFORD, of Prairie Township, was born in Switzerland County, Ind., May 25, 1847. His parents were Joshua and Eliza (Hollcroft) Stratford, natives of Kentucky, and William is the second in a family of six children, John the eldest, dying at the age of thirty-one years. His father was a farmer, and marrying in Switzerland County, he, in 1852, with his wife, located in Prairie Township, Tipton Co., Ind., on the farm where they both died, Joshua, July 14, 1868, and Eliza, June 19, 1882. William grew to manhood on a farm, and obtained a good practical education from the common schools. He was married, August 25, 1869, to Miss Elizabeth C. Henry, daughter of Elisha and Judah (Halley) Henry. They went to housekeeping on the old homestead, where they still reside. Himself and wife have been consistent members of the Missionary Baptist Church for a number of years; he is also a member of the Masonic Lodge, No. 554, located at Prairieville. He is the owner of seventy acres of fine land partially cultivated, and ornamented by a fine little residence. In the spring of 1882, he was elected to the office of Assessor for his township, and is filling that office creditably.

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Prairie Township

WILLIAM R. SUITE, one of the well-to-do farmers of Prairie Township, was born in Delaware County, Ind., April 1, 1827. He is the third of a family of six children born to Alexander and Sarah (Stout) Suite, natives respectfully of Tennessee and North Carolina, and of English descent. His grandfather was a Revolutionary soldier, and two of his uncles (Suite) participated in the war of 1812. His father located in the western part of Howard County, on a pre-emption claim, in the fall of 1840. He soon sold his claim, and, investing in several more in Tipton County, he disposed of them in like manner. When our subject was eight years of age, his mother died, and he was bound out by his father to a man named John Schooley, with whom he remained about three years, at the end of which time his father again married, and William was taken home. About this time his father settled in what was then Hamilton, but now Tipton County. He remained with his father until he attained his majority, when he started in life for himself, with no capital, save his disposition to labor. He has since then become the possessor of 208 acres of fine land, eighty acres of which he sold to his son, leaving a farm of 128 acres, beautifully located, well improved, and supplied with all necessary implements. His father becoming feeble in his old age, William took him to his home, and made his pathway to the tomb as smooth and pleasant as loving hands could do. Our subject was married, March 29, 1849, to Miss Lucy A. Fanchier, of Kentucky, born November 29, 1824; she was the first of a family of fifteen children born to John B. and Sarah (Broills) Fanchier, natives of Virginia, and of French and English descent. Eight children have crowned this marriage, of whom three are now living, viz.: George W., born January 10, 1850; Issac, born July 31, 1857; Abigail (now Myers), born December 4, 1860. He and his wife are members of the Christian Church, with which they have been associated from youth. He is also a member of the Masonic fraternity, and holds that order in high esteem. Politically, he has always voted the Democratic ticket, save one vote cast for Lincoln for President. In 1882, his party elected him to the office of Road Superintendent. He is an energetic, commendable citizen.

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Prairie Township

JAMES TERRELL, an influential farmer of Prairie Township, was born in Clinton County, Ohio, February 14, 1831. He was the fifth of a family of nine children born to John and Jane (Wert) Terrell, native Virginians, and descended respectively from Scotch and Welsh ancestors. Our subject remained until his thirtieth year at the home of his parents. His education was obtained from the common schools of the country, at a time when a house built for school purposes was unknown, and when any vacant house was used for educational purposes. He located in Tipton County in the fall of 1862, and purchased forty acres of land in Prairie Township. This he soon disposed of, and, purchasing another forty, he soon increased it by the addition of eighty acres, and still further until he is now the possessor of 160 acres, beautifully situated and supplied with all necessary improvements in the way of buildings, implements, etc. He was started in life with a cash capital of about $400. His present possessions are amply sufficient to enable him to live at his ease the remainder of his life. He was married to Catharine Schaefer January 13, 1858. She was of German nativity, and the eldest of a Gamily of six children belonging to John G. and Catharine (Miller) Schaefer, both of whom were natives of Germany. This marriage was blessed with five children - Charles, John, Margaret J., Catharine and Mary. Both are consistent members of the Missionary Baptist Church, and he is a member of the Alto Lodge, I. O. O. F. Politically, he is a Republican, and has been twice elected to the office of Justice of the Peace, each time for a term of four years.

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Prairie Township

WILLIAM J. TYNER, one of the representative men of Tipton County, was born in Franklin County, Ind., January 12, 1822. He is the youngest and only survivor of a family of fourteen children born to William and Martha (Hamilton) Tyner. His Father, of German and Welsh descent, was born in Abbeville District, S. C., in April, 1771. In April, 1803, he left his native State and removed to Kentucky. Thence, in 1805, in the month of April, he removed to the Territory of Indiana, and located in what is now Franklin County, where for two years his only neighbors were Indians. From there, in April, 1807, he removed to Decatur County, Ind., where he resided until his death, September 18, 1854. Every change of his life was made in the month of April. Our subject lived with his parents until he attained his majority, and on the 6th of October, 1842, he was married to Miss Margarette Hamilton. His school privileges in his youth having been limited, he remedied that defect by close application at home, by which he obtained a fair business education. Starting in life with no cash capital, he was, shortly after his marriage, prostrated by an attack of rheumatism, which lasted about two years. At the end of that time, he found himself about $300 in debt, and with nothing that he could call his own. Removing to Prairie Township in an early day, he settled on a farm of 120 acres, the one he now owns, which was then a wilderness, but by industry he has increased his original tract until now he is the owner of a half-section (320 acres) of as fine land as there is in the county. Himself and wife joined the Regular Predestinarian Baptist Church in June of 1862, and have since been consistent members. He has been Justice of the Peace for a period of twenty years. He is a typical pioneer, liberal to all deserving charities, and one who has proven by his life the success of a determined will. Politically, he is a Democrat.

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Prairie Township

EDWARD L. WHEATLEY was born in Dorchester County, Md., September 30, 1835. His parents were Jesse and Magor (Owens) Wheatley, and were of Scotch descent. Edward L. grew to manhood on a farm, and during his youth had very meager opportunities for acquiring an education. He resided with his parents until he was fourteen years of age, when the death of his father compelled him to go forth and seek his own livelihood. When he reached his majority, he removed to the State of Ohio. In the year 1858, he came to Tipton County, and located near the farm he now owns. When the late rebellion broke out, he enlisted in the United States Army, Company C, One Hundred and First Indiana Volunteers. During his term of service, he participated in the memorable engagements of Milton, Tenn., Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Chattanooga and all those that occurred from Ringgold, Ga., to Atlanta, and at Jonesboro, thence with Sherman to the sea. After the war, he returned to his family and farm. He has been twice married, the first time to a daughter of David Campbell, one of the pioneers of Tipton County. His second marriage occurred March 9, 1862, to Miss Mary A. Campbell, daughter of William Campbell. By her he is the father of seven children, six of whom are living. Starting in life with limited circumstances financially, and having had in full measure his share of misfortune, he has nevertheless succeeded in accumulating a fair competency and a good farm. Politically, he is a stanch Republican. He enjoys the respect of his fellow-citizens.

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Prairie Township

WILLIAM WHITE, a Prairie Township farmer, was born in Switzerland County, Ind., March 8, 1832. He is the eldest of seventeen children born to John and Polly (Kelso) White, the former of Irish and the latter of German descent. William was reared on a farm and had very meager opportunities for obtaining an education. He remained with his parents until he attained his majority, when he started in life for himself with no capital other than a determination to succeed. On the 13th of February, 1853, he was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Smith, of his native county, who has borne him six children viz.: John, died in infancy; Sarah A., now married; Mary J.; Malinda, married; Emily, died at the age of fourteen, and William P. He removed to Prairie Township, Tipton Co., Ind., in October of 1855, and settled on the farm he now owns, then in the wilderness. He has always been a skillful trader, and by industry and diligence has succeeded in accumulating a competency for his declining years. He still retains the shoes worn by him in infancy.

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Prairie Township

SYLVANUS BOUSE, a native of Virginia, was born in Pendleton County, Va., June 22, 1821. His parents were Adam and Annis (Dolley) Bouse, the latter of whom, whose father was a British soldier in the Revolution, is still alive and in active health, at the advanced age of eighty-three. Sylvanus was reared on a farm with meager opportunities for obtaining an education, having at times to walk two miles over mountain roads to school. He was married on June 8, 1848, in Virginia, to Elizabeth J. Vandevender, and in the same year entered land from the Government in Jefferson Township, Tipton Co., Ind. He earned the money with which he paid for his land, by laboring for $8 per month, and had $25 left with which to begin life in the new country. On his trip from Virginia, which was made in a wagon, he saw but one railroad. The issue of his marriage consisted of six children, two of whom died in infancy, and four attained their majorities, viz.: Isaac, who died in his twenty-second year, William P., Alexis A. and Adam H During intervals in his farm labors, he has at times followed the vocation of a brick a and stone mason, which was of great assistance to him in his early career. He bears the reputation of a sober, industrious and honorable citizen, and has been for ten years a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and a liberal patron of all charitable enterprises. He resides on a neat farm in good cultivation, of which he is the owner.

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Jefferson Township

WILLIAM ASBURY BOUSE is a native of Virginia, and was born in Pendleton County, January 25, 1841; his parents, Adam and Annis (Dolley) Bouse, were natives of Virginia and of German descent. John Dolley, Sr., grandfather of our subject, was a British soldier, and was captured by Gen. Washington at Trenton, N. J. Adam Bouse, subject's father, served in the war of 1812, at Norfolk, Va.; he moved to Jefferson Township, Tipton Co., Ind., about the year 1850, locating in Section 4, where he remained about twenty years, and died at the residence of S. V. Phares, January 1, 1877, at the age of eighty-four. William A. was reared on a farm, and in his youth enjoyed but poor opportunities for obtaining an education. He enlisted in the United States Army in April of 1861, Company F, Eleventh Indiana Volunteer Zouaves, under Col. Lew Wallace. He participated in the fight at Romney, Va., which was among the first engagements of the war, and at the end of his short term of service returned home and was at once taken sick with the small-pox. On his recovery from that dread scourge, he worked at the carpenter's trade until July 17, 1862, when he again enlisted, this time in Company B, Seventy-fifth Indiana Volunteer Infantry. With this company, he was engaged in the fight at Hoover's Gap, and Chickamauga, where he received a lasting injury from a fall while distributing ammunition. In the engagements that followed at Chattanooga, Missionary Ridge, etc., he was in continuous fighting for two months, and in the battle at Kenesaw Mountain he received a painful wound in the thigh from an ounce ball. But nevertheless he remained with the regiment and went to Atlanta; was under fire with Sherman at Jonesboro for three weeks, and accompanied him on his victorious march to the sea, fighting his last battle at Smithfield, N. C.; he was discharged in January, 1865, and at once returned home. On September 3, 1868, he was married to Mrs. Margaret A. Newton, widow of Daniel H. Newton, who died at Tipton, Mo., and who had been a member of the Twenty-sixth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry. Her parents, Eli Hall and Margaret (Hutto) Hall, were married in Johnson County, Ind., and came to Tipton County about 1856; her father engaged in farming until his death, which occurred December 18, 1875, aged sixty-seven. Margaret, by her marriage with Newton, has one child, viz., John W., married, and a farmer. She and our subject have one child, Luella, born October 4, 1867. He farmed and traded until 1881. At that time, he removed to and property in Goldsmith, where he has since resided. He and his wife are both members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, with which they have been identified for eleven years. He is a man of temperate habits, generous impulses, and respected by his fellow-citizens.

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Jefferson Township

JOHN A. BOUSE, M. D., was born in Maryland June 14, 1852, and is the son of Rev. George and Virginia (Miles) Bouse. Being the son of a Methodist minister, he was required to make his home in various places. He attended the Pennsylvania College at Gettysburg, and began reading medicine in 1871, at Three Springs, Penn., under J. F. Thompson. He graduated in 1875, at the Medical University of Philadelphia, and also attended one course of lectures at Bellevue Hospital, New York. He commenced the practice of medicine in Clearfield County, Penn., in 1875, where he remained in practice for three years. He located at Goldsmith, Ind., in 1878, where he has won a wide reputation in his profession. Mr. Bouse was married, January 18, 1883, in Chambersburg, Penn., to Miss Minerva J. Sherk. He is a liberal donator for public improvements. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and has been identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church for seven years. He is a strong advocate of temperance, and is an instructor in the Sunday school.

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Jefferson Township

SYLVANUS BILBY was born in Fayette County, Ind., November 8, 1830. His parents, Stephen and Rebecca (Ludlow) Bilby, both died in, Fayette County, the former having been a farmer and blacksmith. Sylvanus being bound out at the age of nine when he was brought to Tipton County, was not permitted by his master the privilege of attending school, consequently his education was limited. At the age of nineteen, he rebelled against the tyranny of his master, and left his service. By economy and hard labor, he managed to secure forty acres of wild land, and February 16, 1851, he was married to Miss Susannah Basey; daughter of William and Susan Basey, pioneers of Tipton County. He and his wife immediately located on their land, determined to hew out a home. Their industry was crowned with success. In a few years he traded these forty acres for a piece nearer Tetersburg, and in 1865 he again traded, this time for the farm he now occupies, consisting of about 100 acres of fine land in Jefferson Township. It is beautifully located, in a high state of cultivation, and ornamented by a fine residence. Their union has brought them six children, four of whom are living, viz.: Sarah Frances, Marinda Thompson, Erasmus Alexander and James Andrew. Emila died, aged twenty-one, and one died during infancy. By his industry he has saved an independent competency. They have both been consistent members of church from their youth. They enjoy the esteem of all who knew them. Politically, he is a Democrat.

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Jefferson Township

HARDEN H. BUNCH was born in Wayne County, Ind., October 27, 1845; his parents, William S. and Matilda (Woolf) Bunch, were natives of North Carolina. Harden passed his boyhood days in a country town until his twelfth year, when the death of his mother occurred. For five years he worked on a farm, and when in his seventeenth year enlisted in Company K, Forty-seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry; he participated in the battles of Fort Pillow and Island No. 10, and from there his command went to Yazoo Pass, where he was transferred to the St. Louie Hospital; he remained there but two months, when he was taken as a clerk in the office of the Provost Marshal, at Columbus, Ohio, where he remained till the close of the war; he returned home and resumed work on a farm; was married, July 2, 1865, to Miss Mary Phares. Their union has been crowned by the birth of four children, of whom three are yet living, viz.: Sarah A., Everett L., Lizzie J., and Carrie C., who died at the age of five years. Harden is noted for his retiring disposition and cool and accurate judgment. In 1872, he was elected to the position of Township Trustee by a majority of eight votes, the township being very close, politically. At the close of his first term, he was re-elected without any opposition; he is a very successful farmer and raiser of stock, having about 200 acres of fine land situated in what is known as the "Indian Reserve," nearly all in cultivation and stocked with an improved quality of stock. He has always been a man possessed of a spirit favorable to public improvements and all needed reforms; he is a liberal patron of the church, having been a member of the Christian Church for seven years.

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Jefferson Township

DAVID CAMPBELL, an early pioneer of this county, was born in Henry County, Ky., February 1, 1816, and is the son of James and Sarah (Carter) Campbell. David Campbell was reared on a farm, and in 1846 the family located in Tipton County on the north side of the Indian Prairie, now Jefferson Township, and entered 158 acres of the most desirable land in the township. He has been one of the most successful men of the county; he was married, March 5, 1840, in Johnson County, to Miss Sarah Jenkins; he has deeded to his children 540 acres of good land, and still owns 790 acres of the best land in the county. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell have had ten children - Maria, born February 1, 1841, and died after her marriage; Newton, born December 26, 1842; Thomas R., born February 2, 1845, died in March, 1883; John, born July 16, 1847; James J., born November 3, 1850; Elizabeth, born February 22, 1853; William, born September 25, 1855, died July 15, 1879; Oliver, born August 24, 1858; Sarah F., born July 6, 1861, and Tipton D., born July 15, 1865. Mr. Campbell has assisted much in the general improvement of the county; he is liberal to the needy and distressed, and has accumulated s good fortune by industry and economy.

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Jefferson Township

NEWTON CAMPBELL was born in Johnson County, Ind., December 26, 1842. His parents, David and Mary (Jenkins) Campbell, removed with him to the Indian Reserve in 1846. Our subject was reared on a farm. His opportunities for acquiring an education, in those early days, were exceedingly limited, but by a close application to the few textbooks which he possessed, he managed to master the rudiments of knowledge. In 1862, he enlisted in Company C, One Hundred and First Indiana Volunteer Infantry. On March 20, 1863, he was wounded in the shoulder, at Milton, Tenn., by a minie ball, which relic of the rebellion he still carries, securely imbedded in his shoulder. On account of his wound, he was discharged in May, 1863. Returning home, he did such light work on his father's farm as his disability would permit of until 1865, when he began working for himself. On the 12th of April, 1869, he was united in the bonds of wedlock to Miss Sarah Smith, daughter of John D. Smith. The issue of their marriage consists of three daughters, viz.: Mary E., born March 19, 1870; Laura D., born May 22, 1874, and Adaha, born September 17, 1878. He is one of the most industrious farmers and stock-raisers in the county. He is the owner of 240 acres of land, well improved and drained, and well stocked with finely blooded stock. His residence on his farm is a large, elegant and convenient frame house. He is a quiet, honest and industrious citizen.

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Jefferson Township

JAMES J. CAMPBELL, merchant, was born in Prairie Township, Tipton County, Ind., November 3,1850, and is one of ten children born to David and Mary Campbell. James J. attended the public schools from the age of six to twenty-one, and remained on the farm with his father until 1873. He then located on another of his father's farms, and lived there alone until December, 1874, when he was married to Miss Mary E. Vandevender. They have two children - Roxey, aged five, and Carl, aged three. Mr. Campbell engaged in the mercantile business in 1879, and is now ranked as one of the prominent business men of Goldsmith. He held the office of Postmaster for five years, and in March, 1882, was nominated by the Republican party for Tovnship Trustee. He was elected by a large majority, and is now filling the office with great credit. Mr. Campbell is a young man of unusual intelligence, and is ever ready to assist charitable institutions. He was for several years a prominent member of the I. O. O. F. fraternity, of Tetersburg, No. 324, and is a member in good standing of the Masonic Lodge, No. 128, at Tipton.

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Jefferson Township

JOHN A. CAMPBELL, farmer, is a native of Adams County, Ohio, where he was born in 1833; his parents were James M. and Rebecca (Wasson) Campbell, both natives of the same county and State above named. The former was a blacksmith, stone-mason, carpenter and farmer. He remained in his native county until the year 1853, when he removed with his family of nine children to Tipton County, Ind., and settled in Jefferson Township; he purchased a farm and erected the first saw mill, with facilities for grinding corn, ever built in the township, and conducted it until his death, which occurred September 16, 1855; his wife died in the spring of 1881; of their family, of whom John A. is the third, six are now living, all in Tipton County, except one, who resides in Douglas County, Kan. Our subject was reared on a farm; when his father died, in connection with his brother, he managed the mill for one year; he then sold out his interest in the milling business and farmed for awhile on land situated in Cicero Township; he soon left that and, returning to the old home farm in Jefferson Township, he for eight years conducted it and maintained his mother and sisters. In 1865, he the farm where he now resides, situated one and three-fourths miles south of Goldsmith; he has eighty acres under cultivation and well improved. On the 8th of April, 1858, he was married to Miss Elizabeth Jane Weed, a native of Rush County, Ind., whose parents were natives of South Carolina. They have five children living - Mrs. Emma A. Cloud, Franklin U., Mary E., George A. and James C., and two deceased. He and his wife are both members of the Presbyterian Church, with which they have been identified for twenty-five years. Politically, he adheres to the Republican party, in which he is an acknowledged leader. He is a liberal donor of the church, and possessed of a commendable spirit for public improvements.

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Jefferson Township

DAVID R. CAMPBELL, physician, was born in Indiana February 14, 1848; his parents, George and Martha J. (Van Kirk) Campbell, were natives of Pennsylvania. David was reared on a farm and trained to agricultural pursuits until he was seventeen years of age, when he began teaching in the public schools of the country, which profession he followed for eight years. During his career as a teacher, he learned and pursued, during the vacation of his school terms, the trade of a plasterer, working at that trade at intervals for about seven years. In 1874, he entered upon the study of medicine with Dr. Moore, of Galveston, Ind. During the winter of 1875-76, he ' attended his first term of lectures at the Indiana Medical College of Indianapolis, and in the spring of 1876, began the practice of his profession at Normanda, Tipton Co., Ind. He graduated in his profession in March 1880, at the same college where he attended his first term, his being the first name of the first class ever graduated by that institution. Dr. Campbell was married, December 51, 1868, to Miss Elizabeth Griffith, who died May 1, 1881, leaving four small children - Jesse B., George G., Mary M. and Ira M. Since his wife's death, he has kept his little family together, by giving them his closest attention in the intervals of his professional duties. He is a close and careful student, and is winning for himself a lucrative practice and an enviable reputation in his profession.

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Jefferson Township

JAMES CLOUD is the son of William and Lucy (Cornelius) Cloud, and was born December 30, 1818. The parents were of English descent, and were pioneers of Dearborn County, Ind., where James was reared on a farm. The family settled in this county in 1847, and while on a visit to Wabash County December 24, 1865, the mother died in her sixty-third year. The father died in Tipton County January 7, 1880, in his eighty-fourth year. November 4, 1841, James Cloud married Ruth Ann Basey, daughter of William Basey, of Kentucky, and this union was blessed with nine children - Thomas H. (who died at Cairo, Ill., October I 7, 1862), Sarah E., John W., Harriet (who died in infancy), James S., Martha J., Willis A., Sylvanus and Albert (the last two dying in infancy). James Cloud began life a poor man, and came to this township without a dollar left in his pocket to take possession of a forty acre lot he had purchased the previous year, without having seen it. He found his property l to be a swamp in the green wood, but he set energetically to work to redeem it, and is now the owner of a finely cultivated farm of 120 acres. In 1881, he lost the partner of his earlier and later manhood. She had been a member of the Predestinarian Baptist Church for thirty-five years, and Mr. Cloud is a member of the same denomination.

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Jefferson Township

BOSTON DAY, a pioneer of Tipton County, was born in Pendleton County, Va., in 1819, and is the son of Basil and Susan (Cookholts) Day. He was reared as a farmer, being bound out at the age of five years until he was twenty-one. He had no educational advantages until he obtained his freedom. He came west to Ohio in 1840, remained there on a farm two years, and then came to Whitley County, Ind., where he was married in 1842. From this union were five children, one of whom is living. William F. Mr. Day removed to Tipton County in 18'65, and settled in Jefferson Township, where he has since resided. He was elected Township Assessor in 1880, and filled the position with such credit and satisfaction that he was re-elected for four years in 1882, and is now filling that office. Mr. Day was a strong anti-slavery man, and a strong advocate of temperance and moral education. He is a liberal patron of all public enterprises, and has wielded great influence in the development of the county. He has one of the finest farms in the county, and is noted, at his advanced age, for his iron will and determination. He is sixty-five years of age, but assesses the township on foot.

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Jefferson Township

W. R. DUNHAM, school teacher and clerk, was born in Tipton County, Ind., February 1, 1856, and is the son of Samuel G. and Matilda (Reese) Dunham, natives of Virginia and Ohio respectively. His parents settled in Tipton County in an early day, and our subject was reared on a farm in Jefferson Township. He assisted his father in clearing his land, and at the age of sixteen obtained a license to teach. He taught his first school at the age of seventeen, and has taught thirteen terms. He took charge of the first graded school in Kempton, and has of late years taught in the winter, and in the summer clerked in the dry goods and grocery store of Booth Bros., the largest store in Kempton. Mr. Dunham was married, April 6, 1881, to Miss Laura Belle Allen, of Sabina, Clinton Co., Ohio. This usion has been blessed with one child - Wilber F. Dunham. Mr. Dunham was nominated for Township Trustee on the Democratic ticket when he was only twenty-three years of age, and was defeated by a small majority in a strong Republican township. He is a Notary Public; also is one of the Trustees of the New-Light Church, and has been a member of the I. O. O. F. since he was twenty-one years of age.

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Jefferson Township

WILLIAM H. EATON mas born in Johnson County, Ind., January 6, 1843, and is the son of James W. and Martha A. (Ragsdale) Eaton. William H. was reared on a farm, and at the age of twenty-one located in Tipton County. He was married, August 15, 1863, to Eliza A. Davenport. They had one child, and Mrs. Eaton died July 15, 1865. He was next married, June 6, 1867, to Mary J. Layton. They had one child, and his wife died July 17, 1876. He was then married January 12, 1878, to Christina Hanshew. Mr. Eaton, by industry and hard study, after his first marriage, obtained a six months' teacher's certificate. He had but a limited education, but proved himself to be an exceptional educator, as was shown by his teaching in the public schools of Tipton and Howard Counties ten consecutive years; he taught his last school in Howard Copnty under an eighteen months' license. In 1878, he removed to Reno County, Kan., where he remained on a farm for three years, but on account of grasshoppers and drought, was not successful. He filled the office of Justice of the Peace while there, one term, and in 1881 returned to Tipton County. He was elected Justice of the Peace in the spring of 1882, which office he now holds with credit to himself and general satisfaction to the citizens.

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Jefferson Township

SAMUEL P. EPPERSON is a native of Mercer County, Ky., and was born March 14, 1815. He is the son of David and Anna (Cox) Epperson; he spent his youth on a farm among slaves, his parents being limited slave owners; he received a moderate education, and was married December 31, 1840, to Miss Eliza J. Beegle, daughter of Elijah and Elizabeth (Bernaugh) Beegle. Mr. Epperson located in Jefferson Township, Tipton County, in October, 1850. He entered land as he came through Indianapolis, before seeing the country, but fortunately the selection was good; he taught one or two terms of subscription school, and for several years bought horses and shipped to the southern market. Mr. and Mrs. Epperson have had nine children - Lydia B., George W., Martha J. and Emmasetta, living; and Mary A., Ben P. and three infants, deceased. Their four living children are married, and they are left alone in their old age. They have worked and economized against many disadvantages, and have a good little farm, well improved and well stocked. Mr. Epperson enlisted in the United States service, January, 1864, in the Thirty-ninth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Mounted Infantry; he participated in all the engagements of Gen. Sherman on his march to the sea, and was mustered out in North Carolina, in July, 1865. The hardships of camp and field were too great for his advanced age, and he has been an invalid since the close of the war.

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Jefferson Township