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WILLIAM C. SHIRLEY
A farmer in Orangeville Township, of which he is a native, was born August 31, 1839, to Elizabeth (Wilson) Shirley, wife of George Shirley, to whom was born a family of five children, of which William is the oldest. The subject of this sketch received a good common school education, having attended college at what is now DePauw University, a few terms. Most of the time previous to attaining his majority he rendered his assistance on the farm. March 19, 1867, he married Mary E. Hicks, to whom the following named children have been born: Charlie, Fred and Nellie. In November, 1861, he enlisted as a volunteer private in Company G, Forty-ninth Regiment, and he was honorably discharged at Indianapolis in December, 1864, that being the expiration of the time for which he had enlisted. He has been a very successful farmer, owning 280 acres of well improved land under an excellent state of cultivation.

History of Lawrence, Orange and Washington Counties, Indiana
copyright 1884 Goodspeed Brothers and Company, Chicago
Data Entry by Diana Flynn

WILLIAM COOK
was born in Berks County, Penn., October 3, 1816, the fourth child born to Daniel and Hannah (Wicks) Cook, both of whom were natives of the Keystone State and of German descent. When but ten years old he was left to battle with the realities of his life by the death of his parents, and at fifteen began the carpenter's trade, which he completed when twenty one. In 1839 he went to Indianapolis, and some time afterward worked at his trade in Illinois, Missouri and Kansas. He then came to Orange County, Ind., purchasing a saw-mill on Lost River in partnership with a Mr. Moore, which he operated for some time. At the breaking out of the war with Mexico he volunteered, and as a private, served in Company B, Second Indiana Regiment, in the battle of Buena Vista, and at the end of thirteen months was honorably discharged. Since 1850 he has been engaged in farming and is now comfortably situated, yet engaged in that location. In 1849, he married Rachel Wires, who was born in Washington County, this State, in 1820, and by her is the father of four children: Hannah J. (Mrs. Wilson), Francis M. (deceased), Washington C. and William S. Mr. Cook is a Democrat in politics, and he and wife belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church.

History of Lawrence, Orange and Washington Counties, Indiana
copyright 1884 Goodspeed Brothers and Company, Chicago
Data Entry by Diana Flynn

HERRON, S.T.
Farmer and stock shipper; Sec. 10; P.O. La Prairie (son of William and Margaret Herron) was born in Washington county, Ind. July 30, 1825, and came to this county, March, 1856; has 208 acres of land, valued at $10,400; married Henrietta Beckett, March 6, 1856; born in Clark county, Ind., Dec. 10, 1829. Seven living children: Laura A., born May 18, 1857 (died Aug. 6, 1864); John W., born April 30, 1859; Cornelius H., Feb. 18, 1861; Sarah M., April 11, 1863; Martha T. and James C., born Nov. 26, 1864; Charles E., June 13, 1868; Mary E., Feb. 14, 1872. William Herron emigrated from Nelson county, Ky., to Beardstown; thence to Washington county, Ind. where he raised a family of ten children; thence to Clark county,Ind., where he died at the age of 76. Mrs. Herron died at the age of 66. S.T. Herron's grandfather was a native of Ireland; was one of the 20 first settlers in Kentucky; was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and served eight years. His grandmother was a descendant of the Scotch; when she was eighty years old she could walk three miles. His father came to Indiana a poor man, accumulated a good property; was Captain of the militia, and held the office of Justice of the Peace for years. The subject of this sketch is one of the leading shippers of stock in the county. In 1876 he shipped Smith & Farlow, of Quincy, $50,000 worth of hogs; came to the county in limited circumstances but by industry and economy he made himself and family a pleasant home, and is one of the live men of the township.

HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY, ILLINOIS
MURRAY, WILLIAMSON AND PHELPS, p. 870

John Lyle Campbell was the grandson of early pioneer Samuel Axom Lynn. John�s father, David Given Campbell was married to Roseanna Lynn on September 19, 1822. Roseanna died of cholera in 1833. David remarried. David and Roseanna had 5 children, 2 who died in infancy. John Lyle was born October 13, 1827. John Lyle Campbell was one of the early schoolteachers in Washington County. He was the longest serving member of the Wabash College faculty. He brought the first electric light to Crawfordsville from the Centennial Exhibition of 1876. His name can still be seen on the side of the can of McCann�s �finest� irish oatmeal sporting the prizes it has earned over the years, the Steel Cut Oatmeal Award from the 1876 Philadelphia Exposition. He was a professor of physics, mathematics and astronomy at Wabash College. He married Mary Ellen Johnston. His home, built in 1856, still stands on the Wabash College campus, now known as the Arnold House, a career center. He died in 1904 . His daughter, Jane Rose, married Albert Barnes Anderson, a U.S. Federal Judge. Here is a link to an excellent article about him on the Wabash College website http://www.wabash.edu/magazine/index.cfm?news_id=4795

Arnold House, John Lyle Campbell built in 1856