History of Lawrence, Orange and Washington Counties, Indiana
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GAYER KNIGHT
Miller, was born July 2,1813, in Guilford County, N. C., and is a son of Andrew and Ruth (Starbuck) Knight. Andrew was a Virginian by birth, but when yet small moved with his parents to North Carolina where he married. In 1816 he and family immigrated to Washington County, Ind., and settled eight miles west of Salem, where he died in 1857. , Gayer Knight passed his youth amidst the hardships and privations incident to pioneer life, and was raised on his parents farm. When nineteen years old he engaged his services as fireman in the woolen and cotton spinning-mills at Salem, a position he retained twenty-eight months; then began the machinist's trade with Thomas and Elias Tassey. Being of an economical disposition he saved his earnings carefully, so that in 1852 with $2,000 he purchased a half-interest in his present business. Twelve years later he purchased the other half, since when he has carried on quite an extended trade. In politics Mr. Knight is a Republican, and for-over thirty years he and wife have been members of the Presbyterian Church. In 1832 his marriage with Mary, daughter of George and Nancy Crawford, was solemnized, and four children have been born to them: Eliza (deceased), Amanda A., George (deceased) and William H. (deceased). They also have one adopted child whose name was Oliver Smith now Oliver Smith Knight

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A. LANNING
Dentist, was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, November 4, 1837, a son of R. A. and M. J. (Bunnell) Lanining, who were also natives of Ohio and of Irish-German descent. About 1848 the family moved to Monroe County, Ind., where R. A. died in about 1853. His widow yet survives him and resides in Lawrence County. A. Lanning resided with his parents through youth, assisting his father at the millwright's trade and attending district school. When sixteen he began life's battle on his own responsibility, and from that time until manhood assisted his widowed mother in the care of the family. August 16,1860, he married Miss E. M. Killian, who is yet his companion, the mother of two children, deceased, and a member of the Christian Church. In August, 1862, Dr. Lanning became a private in Company F, Ninety-third Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and was made Second Sergeant. He served in the battle of Jackson, siege of Vicksburg, and at the engagement at Greentown, was captured June 11, 1864. For three months he suffered the horrors of Andersonville, then was prepared for exchange, but owing to his capture being previous to the time of the ones articled for, he was rejected. Being satisfied with his experience already obtained at Andersonville, he determined to risk an escape. This was successful, and on the same train that bore Union exchanged prisoners he too went North. After a brief furlough he rejoined his regiment in time to take an active part in the battle of Nashville, where December 15 he was shot in the left knee joint by grape shot, and the same evening had his limb amputated at the field hospital. He was honorably discharged in October, 1865. Coming to Salem he began working at dentistry, and has here built up a successful and lucrative practice. He is a Republican, and a member of the I. 0. 0. F., G. A. R. and Methodist Episcopal Church.

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JOHN C. LAWLER
Attorney at law, is a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, where he was born January 13, 1843, a son of John C. and Susan (Cahil) Lawler, both of whom are now dead. At twelve years of age he was left fatherless, and in 1855 his widowed mother with the family came to Washington County, Ind., engaging in farming and tanning, and here July 29, 1863, Mrs. Lawler died. Previous to the death of his father, the subject of this sketch had good schooling advantages, but since then he has never attended school one day. June 3, 1861, he enlisted as a private in Company G, Thirteenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and serving through the battles of Rich Mountain. Greenbrier, Alleghany, Cold Harbor, and various skirmishes around SuffoIk, Va., and elsewhere, he was honorably discharged July 1, 1864 by reason of expiration of term of service. The winter of 1864-65, he was employed on the bride railway department near Nashville, and in 1866 resumed the tanning business in Monroe Township, this county. He continued that and farming until April, 1871. when he moved to Salem where he has since been actively engaged in legal pursuits. In April, 1867, he was elected Trustee of Monroe Township, and in October of the year following was elected Representative to the.Lower House of the State Legislature. Owing to the difficulty of that session over the Fifteenth Amendment he resigned his seat, but was re-elected at the special election. Christmas day, 1866, he married Miss Eliza A. Robertson, by whom he is the father of six children, named Jessie (desceased), Hallie, Minnie, Edna (deceased) John A. and Ella. Mr. Lawler is a Democrat and an Odd Follow, and Mrs. Lawler is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

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WILLIAM LINDLEY
(deceased), was born March 28, 1797, in North Carolina, and was a son of Samuel and Mary (Braxtan) Lindley, who were also natives of the Old North State, from whence they emigrated to what is now Washington County, Ind., in 1811. He was raised a farmer, such being his occupation through life, and September 27, 1821, married Nancy, daughter of Joseph and Mary Moore. This lady, was born March 21, 1804, and died June 1, 1852, without issue. For his second wife, Mr. Lindley married Martha H. Hollowell, January 11, 1853, and the following, named children were the results of their union: Mary H.. born November 2, 1853, and now Mrs. Thomas Louden; Nancy M., April 22. 1856, died October 20, 1865; Elnora T., July 8, 1859; William B., October 7, 1861, and married Miss Katie A. McCorkle, and Charles N., September 10, 1865. Mrs. Lindley is the danghter of Nathan and Mary (Trueblood) Hollowell, who were among the early pioneers of this county, the former having been an old school teacher. William Lindley was a man of deep religious convictions; his life was a record of good deeds, and his friendship far extended to all. He died April 30, 1876, beloved by all who know him, a member of the Society of Friends.

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DAWSON LYON
Retired, is of English ancestry, and was born in Madison, Ind., February 3, 1816, son of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Davis) Lyon, both natives of Pennsylvania. They married in their native State, and moved to Madison, Ind., in about 1811. ln 1815 Jonathan came to Salem, and bought a number of town-Iots, and in 1816 moved his family to Salem, where he at once embarked in the mercantile business. In 1824 he was elected County Clerk, having previously represented his county in the Legislature. He was one of the successful business men of his day and died esteemed by all, in 1855; his wife having preceded him in 1832. Our subject came to Washington County with his parents when but two months old, and has always been a resident of the county. At the age of sixteen years he began for himself by clerking, and at twenty years of age engaged in the mercantile bnsiness at Salem, where he did a prosperous business until 1878. Mr. Lyon was also connected with the First National Bank of Salem during its existence. For the past few years, Mr. Lyon has retired from active life, having acquired a considerable fortune. April 13, 1843, he married Martha Newby, daughter of Micah and Mary D. (Coilfin) Newby, they were natives of North Carolina, and came to Washington County in 1815. Mrs. Lyon was born in Washington County, Ind., July 19, 1823. To Mr. and Mrs. Lyon have been born the following, children: Henry, a merchant at Decatur, Ills.; Ella, wife of James Baynes, now of Alexandria, Dakota, and Lizzie, wife of H. D. Henderson, a prominent druggist of Salem. Henry served in the Fifth Indiana Cavalry during the war. Mr. Lyon is a stanch Republican.

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ROGER MARTIN
(deceased), a native of County Kerry, Ireland.. was born June 2, 1805. His parents, Alexander and Orpha Martin, were both natives of the Emerald Isle, where they lived and died. When a small lad, Roger was left motherless, and home with a step-mother became unpleasant. He ran away at fourteen years of age, and shipping before the mast came to the United States. At Baltimore he served an apprenticeship at shoe-making then began for himself at Lynchburg, Va., where, in 1832, he married Martha E. Cornell. In 1833 they traversed the entire distance from Virginia to Salem, Ind., in a wagon, and made the latter place their home until death. Mr. Martin served as road master of the old N. A. & S. Railroad, until the opening, of the Rebellion. He was a stalwart supporter of Lincoln's administration, and for his outspoken views against disloyalty incurred the hatred of the latter class. He assisted in recruiting the Fifty-third, Sixty-sixth, Eighty-first, and another regiment of Indiana infantry for the war, and on the organization of the Fiifty-third, was made Major of the regiment, and as such went into active service. He resigned to help recruit the Sixty-sixth. of which he was commisioned Lieutenant-Colonel, afterward Colonel, serving as such until the close of the war. After the war he served the L. N. A. & C. Railroad Company, as purchasing agent, until his death, January 10, 1873. He was first a Whig, in PoIitics, then a Republican, and belonged to the I. 0. 0. F and Presbyterian Church. Of the twelve children born to him and wife, only four are now living. Alexander Martin, the oldest child. was a Captain in the Thirty-eight Regiment; was mortally wounded at Murfreesboro. and died at New Albany.

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JAMES G. MAY
Born at Lincoln County, Ky., April 21, 1805, is the eldest of nine children, two brothers and two sisters yet living, born to Jacob and Eleanor (McDonald) May. The May family history is briefly this: in the year 1700 a crowd of students of colleges and universities of a portion of Germany, heated by the drinking of crambambuli, a German drink, uttered treasonable sentences against the crowned heads and potentates of their native country, and threatened to deprive them of their kingly power. George May, great-grandfather ,of James G., the subject of this sketch, together with his brother John, and thirteen others, escaped arrest, and in sailor's disguise took passage for America, landing at Philadelphia in 1701. John May's descendants settled in North Carolina, Maryland and Virginia, afterward spreading to Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio. George May was the father of seven sons and two daughters; and Jacob, grandfather of James G., was the oldest. George died at Philadelphia. Jacob settled in Maryland, near Baltimore, and there Jacob, James G.'s father, was born. Jacob, the second, settled in Kentucky in 1783, at the age of ten years, with his parents. He came to Indiana in 1825, and died at Martinsburg, in Washington County in 1852. William McDonald, grandfather of James G. May, was born in Philadelphia, and his parents were natives of Scotland. He served seven years in the Revolutionary war, married a Miss Bell in North Carolina, she being a near relative of John Bell, who was a candidate for the Presidency in 1860. James G. May never remembered when he learned his letters. At six years of age he read sufficiently well to peruse the Bible, unaided. From the time he was four years old he has always been a student, and be contracted his fondness for study at the home of his childhood, where studying was always the order of the hour. When fourteen years old be entered Morrison's Academy and there acquired an extensive knowledge of the sciences. Not possessing the means necessary to take a collegiate course, he began teaching at sixteen years in his father's family, and working on the farm, at the same time pursuing privately the course his academy classmate was taking at Center College, at Danville. In ten years he mastered the course, without one day's attendance at college, and in 1823 taught his first term of subscription school. In November, 1824, he came to Indiana, and that winter taught school in Brown Township, Washington County. In 1825, be began reading law privately. The greater part of his life has been passed teaching school, 6,308 days in Washington Counkv, 1, 080 days in Decatnr County, Ind., 1,935 days in the Harrison County Seminary, 1,170 days in New Albany as Superintendent and general instructor, 308 days scattering, making a total of 10,801 days passed in the school-room. It is not necessary to add that Prof. May has made school teaching a success. In 1838 he was admitted to practice law at Rushville, Ind., and for five years, with but little else, he was located at Salem, successfully engaged in legal pursuits. From December, 1832, to November, 1834, he was editor of the Western Annotator, at Salem. He was a Jacksonian in politics up to 1833 when his views changed on the question of banking, and in 1834 he wrote the first article recommending William Henry Harrison for the Presidency. In 1856 he became a Republican which he has remained to the present time, and during the bitter struggle between the North and the South he was ever found a warm supporter of the Union, of Lincoln's administration, and often was threatened all manner of violence for his outspoken and radical stand in favor of the Union. March 5, 1829, he married Nancy, daughter of Benoni and Elizabeth (McCoskey) Armstrong, and seven children were born to their union: William W., Sarah E. (deceased), Maria L. (deceased), Mary C. W., Ben A., Gertrnde, and James D. (deceased.) Those living are all married. Prof. May and wife are members of long standing in the Presbyterian Church.

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MOCH & MAY
The leading clothiers of Salem, purchased the general clothing establishment of Levi Drom, and February 15,1884, established themselves in business at this place. With creditable enterprise they established a branch store on the north side of the square and are now operating two rooms with a full line of men, youth's and boy's clothing, hats, cups and gents' furnishing goods, trunks, valises, etc., all valued at about $14,000. The firm is composed of Sam Moch and Charles May, both of whom were reared in and near Cincinnati, where from early youth they were connected with large clothing establishments. They there learned every detail of the business-how to judge good and bad stock, how to buy, sell and ship-and purchasing their stock directly from the manufacturers instead of jobbers, are enabled to sell as low as any dealer anywhere. As business men of Salem they have been honest, courteous and obliging, and these indesponsible requisites have enabled them to already build up an extensive trade which is constantly increasing. Their clothing-house is the best in town.

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W. A. McCLANAHAN
A native of Clark County, Ind.; was born March 11, 1835, being the second of seven children, in the family of Samuel and Annis (Ashabranner) McClanahan, the former a native of Virginia and of Scotch descent, the latter of North Carolina and of German extraction. When young they came with their parents to Indiana and settled in Clark County, where they married and lived until our subject was a few months old. They then came to Washington County and settled in Franklin Township upon a farm. After a residence there they removed to Washington Township. Here Mrs. McClanahan died in 1877. The next year he was again married and is now living at Fredericksburg. W. A. McClanahan received a practical education. After obtaining his majority he worked at teaming in Salem for a year. The next year he worked in Coffin's tannery, after which be rented and worked a farm for two years. Since that time he has been engaged in teaming the greater part of the time and has made a success of his business. He was married August 3, 1856, to Martha Bowling, a native of Washington County and a daughter of John and Dorcus Bowling. They have had seven children, only two of whom Joseph E. and Abbie are living. Both he and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he is also a member of the I. 0. 0. F. In politics he is a Democrat, and a highly respected citizen of Salem.

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A. J. McINTOSH
Is a native of the county in which he now resides, his birth taking place October 8, 1841, and is a son of John and Sarah (Barnett) McIntosh. When but a small lad be began for himself as a newsboy on the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway, and for five years continued in this capacity. He was then employed as brakesman, then baggage-master, and by the faithful performance of his duty won the confidence and esteem of his employers, who promoted him to conductor of a passenger train, a position he retained seven years. November 18, 1868, he wedded Miss Ella S. DePauw, daughter of Washington and Sarah (Malott) De Pauw, of New Albany, and quitting, the road embarked in mercantile pursuits at Salem in 1869. He has ever since been engaged in merchandising at this place. As a Democrat he was elected Sheriff for his native county in 1882, and two years later was renominated to the same position by his party, without opposition. He is a member of the F. & A. M., I. O. O. F. and K. of P. fraternities, and he and wife are the parents of five children, named Charles D., Sadie E., Eva, Nellie G. and Wilbur C.

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ROBERT MITCHELL
(deceased) was born in Kentucky, August 21, 1803, and when seventeen years old came with his parents to Washington County, Ind. Thomas Mitchell, his father,. was born March 19, 1776, and married Elizabeth Harmon, who was born August 12, 1780. Their respective deaths occurred in this county Decomber 7, 1825, and in 1847. Robert Mitchell was one of those true men whose life is above reproach, whose character was without a stain, and a man whose career could be followed by the present generation with credit. He was a farmer by occupation, and a member of the Christian Church. August 14, 1828, he married Elizabeth Hole, who was born in Warren County, Ohio, Jannary 25, 1806, the daughter of David and Mary (Beadle) Hole. David Hole was born April 5, 1757, and died March 3, 1839. He was a Revolutionary war soldier and came to this county in 1820. Mrs. Hole was born July 7, 1767, and died April 12, 1829. To the marriage of Robert Mitchell and wife was born this family: Daniel, born January 1, 1831, killed by lightning June 11, 1879; Thomas, April 17, 1833; Mary C., October 18, 1835; Sarah, March 18, 1838; Stephen H., August 28, 1840; Minerva, September 24, 1842, died June 21, 1847; Melissa E., February 21, 1845, died June 28, 1847, and Robert H., born September 25, 1847. Robert Mitchell died April 2, 1880, an honored and respected citizen.

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C. W. MOBLEY
Was born in Clarke County, Ky., February 25, 1821. His father, Walter G., was a native of Maryland, born March 10, 1786, was a carpenter by trade, went to Kentucky when a young, man, where he met and married Elizabeth Burton, a native of Fayette County, Ky., born in 1796. In 1829 they moved to Washington County, Ind., and engaged in farming, until their deaths, the former dying, March 16, 1876, his wife in 1880. Our subject's early life was passed on his fathers farm and attending the schools of that day. He later learned the carpenter's trade and peddled clocks and tinware, continuing until 1855,with the exception of one year, when he was conductor on the L., N. A. & C. R. R. In 1855 he entered the firm of Platt, Martin & Gordon of Salem as clerk. After four years' service he bought out the firm. In 1863 he succeeded his former employer, D. B. Platt, in the manufacturing of wagons and carriages. In 1865 he established a foundry and machine-shop. In 1861 he married Mary Telle, a native of Philadelphia, Penn. There are two children by this marriage-Fannie and Charles W. Mr. Mobley's life has been one of great activity and industry and of irreproachable integrity. He is a Republican. Mrs. Mobley was born July 30, 1834.

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BENJAMIN F. NICHOLSON,
born in Washington County, Ind., November 10, 1824, is a son of Benjamin Nicholson, who was one of the prominent pioneers of this county, having come here in 1812, and forting at Young's fort until the Indian troubles were over. Benjamin Sr. purchased land in what is now Section 33 of this township, where be cleared and farmed until his death. Benjamin F. has always made farming his occupation, and by energy, and good management has secured 200 acres of as good land as there is in the county. He was Second Sergeant of his company in tbe Mexican war and was a participant in the battle of Buena Vista. As a Democrat in politics he has been called upon to ofliciate in various positions of honor and trust, among which are the offices of Townsbip Trustee, County Appraiser, County Commissioner and County Sheriff, serving two elective terms in the Iatter position. In 1848 he married Mary Johnson, who was born in this county, February 27, 1831, daughter of Archibald and Mary (Rose) Johnson. Seven children have been born to them, and are named, John W., David D., Sally A. (Mrs. J. H. Hitchcock), Archibald J., Emaline (Mrs. James Grimes), Martha E. (Mrs. S. Standish), and Maria, now, Mrs. W. J. Cauble.

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BEVERLY T. PACE
Was born in Barren County, Ky., June 25, 1845. His parents, Joseph W. and Harriet L. (Whitlow) Pace, were both natives of Kentucky. Their respective parents were natives of Virginia and North Carolina, and among the pioneer settlers of the Blue Grass State, and were people of the highest respectability. Subject's parents always resided upon a farm and to them were born a family of five sons and three daughters. The mother died in 1863. The father is yet Iiving and resides in Texas. Beverly T. Pace was reared upon the farm. October 28, 1861, be enlisted in Company K, Capt, P. S. Rush, Thirteenth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry (Union), commanded bv Col. E. H. Hobson, and served three years, participating in the battles of Perryville, Knoxville, the campaign in, and around Atlanta and numerous lesser engagements. He was mustered out at Louisville, Ky., January 12, 1865. March 30, 1865, be enlisted for one year in Company I, Eighth United States Veteran Volunteers, commanded by Gen. W. S. Hancock,. and served until March 29, 1866. The month following his last discharge be came to Salem, Ind.. where be embarked in the jewelry business, in which he has since continued. He married Miss Sarah A. Depp, a native of Glasgow, Ky., her birth occurring July 8, 1843. From this marriage three children were born: Hattie and Mary, living, and Cleofas D., dead. Mr. Pace's marriage was solemnized March 26, 1867. He is a stanch Republican, a member of the G. A. R. and I. 0. 0. F., and of the Baptist Church. Subject's father, who on the breaking out of the war resided in Metcalfe County, Ky., was with one exception the only man who voted in that county for Abraham Lincoln in 1860, and during the entire war was a stanch Union man.

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CHRISTIAN L. PAYNTER
Was born in Washington County Ind., February 19, 1824, and is the fifth born in the family of John and Catharine (Etzler) Paynter, the, former born in Maryland in 1785, and the latter in Virginia in 1793. They immigrated to Indiana in 1822 and settled on a farm three miles south of Salem, where C. L. Paynter was raised. John Paynter, was a Lieutenant in the War of 1812, and died in July, 1868. His widow died in 1879, and both were members of the Lutheran Church. Dr. Paynter secured a fair education in youth, taught school to some extent, and on the breaking out of hostilities between the United States and Mexico he became a member of Company D, Second Indiana Regiment. He served through Buena Vista, and on the expiration of his term of enlistment returned to his native county and soon afterward began the study of medicine with Dr. A. M. Jones, at Corydon. In 1853 he graduated from the Louisville Medical University, and for many years has occupied a prominent position among, the physicians of Salem and neighborhood. He is a member of the Washington County and State Medical Societies, also of the Masonic fraternity and Methodist Episcopal Church. For the past twenty years he has served as County Physician. February 5, 1856, he wedded Sarah J. Smith, of Hardin County, Ky., and daughter of John H. and Hannah (Paynter) Smith. William H., Mary L. and Horace M. are the names of their children.

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CHARLES PEDEN
A native of Clark County, Ind., and son of Darius and Jane Peden, who were natives of Pennsylvania and among the early settlers of southern Indiana, was born November 20, 1832. When Charles was four years old, Darius Peden and family removed to Washington County and settled on the headwaters of Rush Creek, where he established a saw and grist-mill, which he operated until his death in about 1865. Since his first advent in Washington County, Charles Peden has always made it his home, and by industry he has secured it good farm of 159 acres. September 28, 1856, he wedded. Rebecca Davis, who was born in this county September 5, 1837, daughter of Elias and Sarah (Pitts) Davis, who were among the old and highly respected people of this county. There have been four children born to this marriage whose names and births are: Lemuel D., February 14, 1863; Addie D., January 1, 1865; Allan T., August 1, 1867, and Carson W., July 17, 1870. Mr. Peden is Democratic in his political views, and both he and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

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