”History of Cass County, Indiana”
Edited by Thomas B. Helm
Brant & Fuller, Chicago, 1886
City of Logansport

JOHN D. JOHNSON, proprietor of the Johnson Hotel, is a native of Scotland, and dates his birth from the 29th of September, 1839. He received a good education in the schools of his native country, and early engaged in the drug business, at which he served seven years' apprenticeship. At the end of that time he went to Liverpool, England, and engaged as clerk in a drug house, in which capacity he continued until 1866, when he came to the United States and engaged in the restaurant business, at Sandusky, Ohio. In 1877 he removed to Springfield, Ohio, and took charge of the European Hotel, of which he was proprietor until 1879. In the latter year he came to Logansport and purchased the well known Gehring House, on the Pan Handle Railroad, which he ran three years, and then replaced it with the elegant new Johnson Hotel, one of the most popular public houses in northern Indiana. The new hotel is a brick structure, 82-1/2 x l65 feet, three stories high, and supplied with all the conveniences found in first-class hotels. Mr. Johnson is a popular landlord, and since coming to Logansport has done a very satisfactory business. He was married, April 13, 1873, to Miss Elizabeth Kerns, of Seneca County, Ohio. He is a member of' the Masonic fraternity and K. of H.

”History of Cass County, Indiana”
Edited by Thomas B. Helm
Brant & Fuller, Chicago, 1886
City of Logansport

JOHN McJOHNSTON, sixth son of John and Elizabeth (McDowell) Johnston, is a native of Wells County, Indiana, born June 4, 1842. He grew to manhood in his native county, received a fair English education in the common schools, and at the age of sixteen engaged to learn the carpenter's trade, at which he served an apprenticeship of one year. In September, 1861, he entered the army, enlisting as private in the Thirty-fourth Indiana Infantry with which he served until rnustered out in 1866. He was with his command in many of the most noted campaigns of the War, including the siege of Vicksburg, all the battles of Sherman's celebrated Georgia raid, and was wounded a short time before the expiration of his term of service, in a small engagement in Texas. Mr. Johnston was a gallant soldier, and feels justly proud of his military record. He came to Logansport in the fall of 1866, and the following spring engaged in the grocery business with Mr. Deckard, which was continued five years. He then effected a partnership with E. R. Crook, which lasted about two years, when the firm suffered a severe loss by fire. In 1871 he engaged with George C. Horne in the manufacture and sale of sash and doors, and f our years later purchased his partner's interest and continued the business with good success until 1879. In the latter year he became a partner in the manufacturing firm of Hagenbuck, Parker & Co., with which he is still identified. Mr. Johnston is an active business man and courteous gentleman. He belongs to the G. A. R., Royal Arcanum, and takes considerable interest in political affairs, voting with the Republican party. Mr. Johnston's marriage with Miss Emma Campbell, of Cass County, was solemnized in October, 1868. To Mr. and Mrs. Johnston have been born the following children: Harry, John (deceased), Martha and Robert R.

”History of Cass County, Indiana”
Edited by Thomas B. Helm
Brant & Fuller, Chicago, 1886
City of Logansport

JAMES M. JUSTICE, M. D., was born in Fayette County, Ind., September 21, 1817, and is the second son of Joseph and Delilah (Juel) Justice. His grandfather, James Justice, fought in some of the most sanguinary battles of the Revolution and was with Washington at Valley Forge. After the close of the war he settled in Pennsylvania, where his third son, Joseph, was born. In the year 1810 he went with his family, to Cincinnati, Ohio. His son Joseph, the following year, located a land claim in the White Water Valley, two miles southwest of where Cincinnati now stands. The Indians at that time, incited by the British agents, were often very troublesome to the settlers, and the block-house of the pioneers was often their most effective protection. In the war of 1812 Mr. Justice and his friends were compelled to go to Cincinnati and remain until the success of the American Army made it safe to return. After his marriage, in 1815, he permanently located in the White Water Valley and hewed a farm out of the forest. His son James was born in the second year of this frontier life. Amid the active labors of the farm he received a fine physical training and such mental culture as was attainable in the log-cabin schoolhouse three months of the year. His religions instruction was all that Christian parents, with but few privileges and books, could give. He was sent to the county seminary, at Connersville, when twenty years of age, and there acquired a fair English education and the friendship of Samuel W. Parker and Caleb B. Smith, young men whose lives were afterward closely identified with the growth and political history of southeastern Indiana. He studied medicine in the office of Dr. Jefferson Helm, an eminent physician of Rush County, and was licensed to practice, by the White Water Medical Association, in 1840. The young Doctor followed the tide of emigration to northeastern Indiana, and with no capital but a fair knowledge of his profession, a vigorous constitution and determined energy, he settled in Camden, Carroll County, at that time a village of less than a dozen cabins. A surgical case was brought to him on the day of his arrival, which afforded him the means of support for several weeks and brought him into favorable notice. He soon acquired a lucrative practice in the counties of Carroll, Cass, Howard and Clinton. In December, 1841, he married Zenith A. Norris, of Rush County. Her active sympathy in her husband's professional career has greatly strengthened his hands and added to his success. In 1847-48 he attended the Ohio Medical College, and graduated with the degree of M. D. At Camden he accumulated, by economy and industry, a, large property. In 1859, desirous of giving his children better educational facilities, he moved to Connersville and entered into practice with his brother-in-law, Dr. Gregg. Dr. Justice has always been deeply interested in political matters. In 1840 he was an active supporter of Gen. Harrison, and in 1844 was zealous in the cause of Henry Clay. In 1860 he canvassed a large portion of Indiana for Abraham Lincoln, and subsequently, at the urgent solicitation of a warm personal friend, the Hon. D. D. Pratt, he removed to Logansport, where he now resides, earnestly forwarding its growth and prosperity. His medical practice extends through the counties of Pulaski, Howard, Miami, Cass, Carroll, White, Fulton and Stark. He has always been a warm advocate of anti-slavery principles - first as a Whig, and afterward as a Republican. He was active in the support of the Government in suppressing the Rebellion, and freely aided with his money and influence in the enlistment of volunteers and forwarding supplies. He was commissioned as surgeon of the One Hundred and Tenth Indiana Volunteers by Gov. Morton, during the invasion of the State by Morgan. In 1864 he was delegate to the Baltimore convention from the Ninth District. The same year he was commissioned as pension surgeon by Abraham Lincoln, which position he still holds. He was presidential elector in 1868 from the Eighth District, and canvassed the State that year for Grant and Colfax. Dr. Justice is noted for liberal contributions to all public and private charities, and with his wife has been for many years an active member of the Christian Church. As a public speaker he is forcible and eloquent, as a citizen and neighbor is highly esteemed. Though sixty-nine years old, he enjoys excellent health and is engaged in superintending a large farming interest in addition to his active professional work. He has three living children, viz.: Dewitt C., a prominent lawyer of Logansport ; Priscilla and Frank L., also a lawyer at the Logansport bar.

”History of Cass County, Indiana”
Edited by Thomas B. Helm
Brant & Fuller, Chicago, 1886
City of Logansport

DEWITT C. JUSTICE, a prominent member of the Loganport bar, and eldest son of Dr. James M. and Z. A. (Norris) Justice, is a native of Carroll County, Ind., and dates his birth from 1846. His early educational training was acquired in the city schools of Logansport, and in 1867 he entered the Michigan University, at Ann Arbor, in which he took a thorough literary and law course, graduating from both departments in 1869. He had previously pursued his legal studies under the late Senator D. D. Pratt, and in the fall of the above year was admitted to the Cass County bar, where his abilities and thorough professional training soon won for him a conspicuous place. Mr. Justice's practice in the courts of Cass and other counties presents a series of successes and he stands high professionally among the lawyers of northern Indiana. He wields a political influence for the Republican party and has been an important factor in local politics. He served as city attorney of Logansport , but has never been an aspirant for official honors, preferring to devote his entire attention to his profession. He was married, in 1869, to Miss Maggie Preston, of Logansport.

”History of Cass County, Indiana”
Edited by Thomas B. Helm
Brant & Fuller, Chicago, 1886
City of Logansport

BENJAMIN F. KEESLING, one of the successful business men of Logansport, is a native of Henry County, Ind., and the son of Peter and Margaret (Loy) Keesling, parents born in Virginia and Pennsylvania and of German lineage. The subject was born February 18, 1850, received a good practical education in the schools of New Castle, and at the age of twenty began life as a clerk in a general store, in which capacity he continued until April, 1874. In the latter year he came to Logansport and engaged as clerk in the drug store of J. Needham & Co., with whom he effected a copartnership one year later, which lasted until 1880. He purchased his partner's interest in that year and has since continued the business by himself, having at the present time one of the largest and best furnished drug houses in northern Indiana. Mr. Keesling has been successful in all his undertakings and has a business reputation much more than local. He has accumulated a handsome competence since coming to Logansport and is deservedly classed among the city's representative business men. He is a Republican in politics and belongs to several secret organizations, in the deliberations of which he takes an active part. On the 18th of February, 1875, Mr. Keesling was married to Miss Anna B. McCune, of Middletown, Ind., which union has been blessed with the birth of one child, Arthur B. Keesling, born August 29, 1877.

”History of Cass County, Indiana”
Edited by Thomas B. Helm
Brant & Fuller, Chicago, 1886
City of Logansport

HENRY I. KELLER, one of the prominent merchants of Logansport, was born in Lancaster County, Penn., May 15, 1848, and is the second son of Christian and Margaret (Immel) Keller, parents natives of the same State and of German lineage. Mr. Keller grew to manhood in his native county, received a good practical education in the public schools, and at the age of twenty began life for himself as salesman in a dry goods house in the city of Lancaster, where he continued until 1869. In that year he came to Logansport and engaged as clerk with Merriam & Rice, in which capacity he continued until taking an interest in the house in 1880. He is now a member of the firm of Keller, Troutman & Co., one of the largest, most elegantly arranged and successful dry goods houses in northern Indiana. Mr. Keller is a careful business man and is perfectly familiar with all details of the dry goods trade. He is a courteous gentleman and well entitled to a place among the representative merchants of Logansport. He was a soldier for a short time in the late war, enlisting in April, 1863, in Company A, Eighty-seventh Pennsylvania Regiment, and serving until July of the same year. In October, 1871, he was married to Miss Barbara H. Denlinger, of Lancaster, Penn., a union blessed with the birth of two children: Harry G. and John M. Mr. Keller takes an active interest in political affairs, votes the Republican ticket, and belongs to the Masonic fraternity.

”History of Cass County, Indiana”
Edited by Thomas B. Helm
Brant & Fuller, Chicago, 1886
City of Logansport

THEODORE S. KERNS, agent Vandalia Railroad, is a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, and the eldest son of Thomas and Sarah (Scowden) Kerns, parents born in Germany and Vermont, respectively. Mr. Kerns was born July 3, 1813, and passed his youth and early manhood in his native city, in the public schools of which he acquired a good practical education. At the age of sixteen he began learning telegraphy, at which he continued until 1861. In April of that year he entered the army, enlisting in Company D, Eighteenth Indiana Infantry, with which he served three years, and at the end of that time re-enlisted in the same regiment, and remained until the close of the war. Mr. Kerns shared the vicissitudes of war with his regiment in twenty-seven bloody battles, and has a military record of which any one might feel proud. He was captured October 19, 1864, at Cedar Creek, Virginia, and taken to Richmond, where for six months he remained closely confined in the celebrated Libby prison-pen and at Salisbury, N. C. He participated in all the campaigns in which his command was engaged, and had the good fortune to pass through the war without receiving all injury. At the expiration of his term of service Mr. Kerns returned to Cincinnati, where in the latter part of 1865 he accepted a position as night clerk in the Indianapolis, Cincinnati & Lafayette, now known as the Big Four Railroad. In 1868 he engaged with the Indianapolis & St. Louis road, for which he worked a number of years, nine of which were spent at Nokomis, Ill. Severing his connection with this road, Mr. Kerns returned to Cincinnati and engaged in the wholesale boot and shoe business, which he carried on for a limited period, and later resumed railroading, serving two years as general baggage agent for the Cincinnati Southern. In November, 1882, he took charge of the Vandalia office at Logansport, where he has since continued. In connection with his railroad business, Mr. Kerns is dealing extensively in coal, doing a large shipping business over various roads. He was married February 28, 1867, in Cincinnati, to Miss Katie Selmon, of Newport, Ky., a union blessed with the birth of one child, Flora, born February 2, 1868. Mr. Kerns is a Republican in politics, and a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity, having taken a number of degrees, including that of Sir Knight.

”History of Cass County, Indiana”
Edited by Thomas B. Helm
Brant & Fuller, Chicago, 1886
City of Logansport

JULIUS C. KLOENNE, civil engineer, is a native of Prussia, Germany, born October 1, 1817. He received a good education in the schools of his native country, and early manifested a decided taste for mathematical studies, in which he became unusually proficient. At the age of fourteen he began the study of civil engineering, and in 1834 joined the engineer corps of the German Army, with which he served until 1849. In the latter year he came to the United States, making his way direct to Logansport, which city he has since made his home. On reaching this country he engaged in the active work of his profession, which, with the exception of the time spent in the army and a term as county recorder, he has since successfully continued. Mr. Kloenne volunteered April, 1861, in the Seventeenth Indiana Infantry, entering the service as captain of Company K, and serving a period of three years. He was in a number of hotly contested engagements, and received a severe wound at the battle of Cheat Mountain, W. Va. He was largely instrumental in organizing the Fifty-fifth German Regiment, but owing to its consolidation with the Sixtieth Regiment, he failed in being promoted colonel. In 1862 Mr. Kloenne was elected on the Democratic ticket recorder of Cass County, the duties of which position he discharged in an eminently satisfactory manner until 1867. In 1865 he was elected county surveyor, re-elected in 1870, and in 1871 was elected city engineer, which latter office he filled by successive elections for five years. Mr. Kloenne has been a very efficient officer, and is an authority on all matters pertaining to his profession. He is an intelligent and courteous gentleman, and takes an active interest in all enterprises for the public good. He was married, November 2, 1850, to Miss Magdalena Luy, of Germany. To Mr. and Mrs. Kloenne have been born the following children: Dora, Charles, Anna, Mary, Emily and Julius.

”History of Cass County, Indiana”
Edited by Thomas B. Helm
Brant & Fuller, Chicago, 1886
City of Logansport

REV. HENRY KOEHNE, the subject of this biographical sketch, is the pastor in charge of the St. Joseph's Church. Logansport, one of the largest German Catholic societies in northern Indiana. Father Koehne is a native of Prussia, born in Westphalia on the 2d of June, 1835. He attended the common schools of his native country until twelve years of age, at which time he entered upon a more advanced course of study, attending college nine years, with the object of the priesthood in view. He completed his education, both literary and theological, in Germany, and at the age of twenty-five came to the United States, and shortly afterward was ordained priest, his first charge being the church in Henry, Ill., over which he exercised pastoral control from 18 63 to 1870. In the latter year he was transferred to Danville, Ill., and after remaining in charge of a congregation in that city two years, came to Logansport and accepted the pastorate of St. Joseph's Church, with which he has since been identified. This congregation, at the time of Father Koehne's arrival, numbered but few families, scattered throughout the city and country, but under his able administration and the power and force of his preaching, it has so largely increased that there are now over 200 families belonging. The large and imposing temple of worship now in process of construction, one of the finest church edifices of northern Indiana, is a monument to the energy of Father Koehne, to whose efforts the movement toward the erection of the building are almost wholly due. He has the unbounded confidence of the members of his congregation, and by his generous impulses and eminent social qualities has made friends with all classes, irrespective of church or order. "His life has been fraught with good works, and the future awaits him with bounteous and abundant rewards. "

”History of Cass County, Indiana”
Edited by Thomas B. Helm
Brant & Fuller, Chicago, 1886
City of Logansport

REV. BARNARD KROEGER, pastor of St. Bridget's Church, Logansport, is a native of Oldenburg, Prussia, where he was born in 1833. He attended the schools of his native country until his seventeenth year, when he came to the United States and located temporarily in Cincinnati, going thence to Teutopolis, Ill., where he found employment as clerk in a dry goods house. He continued merchandising four years, and at the encl of that time returned to Europe, where he remained a short time, coming back to the United States the following year and entering Mount St. Mary's College, at Cincinnati, where he pursued his studies for a period of two years. He made rapid progress during that time, and to further his education afterward became a student in the Benedict College near Pittsburgh, Penn., where he remained six years. His acquirements in theology were steadily added to, and in 1863 he was deemed to be qualified for admission to the priesthood, accordingly was ordained August 2 of that year. His first work was in the city of Fort Wayne, where he remained a short time, coming to Logansport September 8, 1863, as assistant to Rev. Father Hamilton, who was in charge of the only Catholic congregation in the city at that time. January 5, 1864, he went to Peru, where he was instrumental in building the Church of St. Charles Barromeo, and where he remained with great acceptance until 1872. In the latter year, at the earnest request of Bishop Leuers, he took charge of the St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum, at Rensselaer, Ind., and continued in that capacity until March 1, 1875, when he was appointed pastor of the St. Bridget parish at Logansport. He found the parish in debt and greatly in need of a suitable house of worship, but with his characteristic energy he put his shoulder vigorously to the wheel, and in a few months extricated the society from its former position. The church edifice was dedicated August 15, 1873; and the noble school building erected a few years later is a monument to the energy and determination of Father Kroeger. Father Kroeger is a man of generous impulses and kindly heart. He has won a lasting place in the hearts of his congregation, and his eminent social qualities have made him friends among all classes and orders. "Under his administration and the power and force of his ministry, he has largely increased the membership of his congregation, a conclusive evidence of the reverence his people repose in him for his ability and teachings." His life has been fraught with good works, and his kind words of admonition have induced many to abandon the ways of sin for the better way leading to virtue and holiness.

”History of Cass County, Indiana”
Edited by Thomas B. Helm
Brant & Fuller, Chicago, 1886
City of Logansport

DR. A. H. LANDIS was born in Butler County, Ohio, February 14, 1821. He was the youngest son of Philip Landis, an early settler of that region. He was born and raised on a farm, and in addition to the knowledge acquired in the old log schoolhouse near his home, spent several years at the seminary at Miltonville, in the same county. At an early age he commenced the study of medicine with Dr. Rigdon, of Hamilton, Ohio, and later attended medical colleges at Cleveland and Cincinnati, graduating from the Ohio Medical College in 1840. The same year he settled down in the practice of his profession in Millville, in his native county. In 1850 he married Miss Mary Kumler, daughter of Dr. Daniel Kumler, one of the prominent men of the county. He responded to the call for volunteers early in the war of the Rebellion, and entered the service as surgeon of the Thirty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He participated in the battles of Shiloh, Hoover's Gap, Tullahoma, Chickamauga, Rocky Face, Tunnel Hill, Resaca, Pine Mountain and Kenesaw Mountain. At Chickamauga, while attending to the wounded, he was taken prisoner, and was in the hands of the enemy for three months, most of the time in Libby prison. At Kenesaw Mountain he was severely wounded, having a leg fractured by a twelve-pound cannon ball. He was mustered out of the service with his regiment September 25, 1864. During the service he contributed largely to Northern newspapers and periodicals, several of his letters, descriptive of prison life and graphic pictures of battles, having been embodied in works on the Rebellion. The sacrifice his country claimed precluded his ever again entering upon the practice of medicine. With his family he removed to Seven Mile, Ohio, in 1868, and in 1875 he removed to Logansport, where he has since resided. To Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Landis have been born seven children, all of whom survive: Katie J., Frances Q., Walter K., Charles B., John H., Kenesaw Mountain and Frederick D. None of the children are married. Dr. Landis was originally a Whig, but became a staunch Republican with the birth of that party, and with the Republican party he has ever since been identified.

”History of Cass County, Indiana”
Edited by Thomas B. Helm
Brant & Fuller, Chicago, 1886
City of Logansport

GEN. HYACINTH LASSELLE was of French extraction, his ancestors having emigrated from Savigny-sur-Orge, in the diocese of Paris, about the year l860, to Montreal, Canada, at which place they remained nearly a century. In the fall of 1776, his father, Col. James Lasselle, having been appointed to the Indian agency at the Miami village of Ke-ki-ong-a, adjacent to the present site of Fort Wayne, removed to that place with his family. At that time there were no other white people at that point save a few English and French traders without white families. The place was a populous one for an Indian village, and for years noted for its prominence in Indian affairs. Here, on the 25th of February, 1777, Gen. Lasselle was born -so far as known, the first white child born in the State outside of Vincennes. At the time of La Balm's attack upon Ke-ki-ong-a, in 1780, a general dispersion and flight of both whites and Indians took place, Mr. Lasselle and his family among others. In the confusion incident to the escape by pirogue down the Maumee, his only daughter was drowned. Making their way along the borders of the lake to Detroit, and from thence over the lakes and down the St. Lawrence, they arrived at Point Claire, a short distance above Montreal, where the family resided. Gen. Lasselle received his early education at Montreal, where he remained until he was sixteen years old. In August, 1793, he left that city with his brother James for Detroit, where the latter at that time was extensively engaged in the Indian trade, and subsequently took a position as clerk in that establishment. The trip from Montreal to Detroit was made in pirogues and batteaux, occupying about two months in the passage. Remaining in Detroit until the following spring, he went with his brother to a branch house in Auglaise (Defiance), whence, after a stay of a few months, he returned to Detroit. In the fall of the same year (1794) he left, in charge of a stock of goods belonging to his brothers James and Francis, and located at Fort Wayne, where he continued, trading with the Indians, chiefly Miamis, about two years. At the encl of that time, in the fall of 1796, he purchased a stock of goods from his brothers, with a view to begin trade on his own account on the lower Wabash, at the mouth of Little Vermillion River. On the route, however, meeting with obstructions on account of ice, he stopped temporarily at the residence of Chief Godfroy, a few miles above Peru, and opened a trade with the Miamis. When the obstructions had been removed, he proceeded to the point originally contemplated, reaching there about the 1st of February, 1797, and soon secured an extensive trade with the Kickapoos, Pottawattomies and Weas. After he had been in business some three months at this point and had secured about 100 packs of furs and pelts, he left for Vincennes with five or six packs of dressed and shaved deer skins which he proposed to exchange for provisions, specie transactions being out of the question. I n a few days he returned up the Wabash, and toward the last of May he arrived and established himself in trade at a spot afterward known as Che-poy, on the western bank of the Wabash, a little way above the present town of Independence, in Warren County, where he traded for about four years with the Pottawattomies, Miamis and Kickapoos. From this point, also, he sent out clerks with merchandise to trade with the Indians at their villages on the Big Vermillion, Kankakee and Yellow Rivers, moving with pack-horses from village to village. In May, 1801, he moved from this place, and again located on the Mississinewa, where he remained about four years, and at the encl of that time in (1805) he returned to Vincennes, where, during that year he was married to Miss Julia Bosseron, a daughter of Maj. Francis Bosseron. Here, also, he continued to trade almost exclusively with the Indians until the commencement of hostilities in 1811. His general trade with the Indians was very extensive, investing, sometimes, as much as $40,000 annually. These goods were sold exclusively for furs and peltries, which were transported by pirogues along the water routes, and by pack-horses overland, to Detroit, where they were sold or exchanged for goods. Goods were generally shipped in the fall, and furs and peltries in the spring. He joined the active militia at Vincennes, after the attack on Tippecanoe, and on the 18th of August, 1812, was commissioned a lieutenant in the First Regiment of Militia, in Indiana Territory. In October, of the same year, he accompanied the expedition of Col. Hopkins against the Peoria Indians, as a volunteer guide, and while out, in company with John B. La Plante, of Vincennes, by a dexterous but hazardous movement, escaped an Indian ambuscade especially prepared for them. On the 12th of April, 1813, he was appointed by the President first lieutenant of a company of United States Rangers, under command of Pierre Audri. In the summer of 1813 he accompanied the expedition of Col. Russell against the Mississinewa towns. In March, 1814 and again in January, 1815, he was in temporary command of Fort Harrison. In the spring of the latter year, he raised a company of mounted riflemen, for special service, and on the 30th of June, was commissioned captain by Gov. Posey. Again, in September of this year, he was in command of Fort Harrison, which ended his active military career. Subsequently, on the 2d of November, 1818, he was commissioned lieutenant-colonel of the First Regiment; on the 4th of October, 1821, as aide-de-camp in the militia to the governor, and on the 13th of April, 1825, as major general of the Sixth Division of the State Militia. He removed from Vincennes to Logansport in the spring of 1833, where he continued to reside until his death which occurred January 23, 1843.

”History of Cass County, Indiana”
Edited by Thomas B. Helm
Brant & Fuller, Chicago, 1886
City of Logansport

HON. CHARLES B. LASSELLE was born at Vincennes, Ind., on the 12th of October, 1819, descending in a direct line from the old stock of French pioneers who explored and settled the Wabash Valley. His paternal ancestors emigrated from Savigny-sur-Orge, in the diocese of Paris, about the year 1680, and settled in Montreal, Canada, where they remained nearly a century afterward. Mr. Lasselle's mother was born at Vincennes, Ind., in the year 1787. She was the daughter of Maj. Francis Bosseron, of Revolutionary memory, who afterward distinguished himself in the civil and military transactions of the lower Wabash. In 1833, Charles B., with his father and mother, moved from Vincennes to Cass County, settling on the north side of the Wabash, three miles from Logansport; subsequently becoming a resident of the town. During the spring and fall of 1833 he attended school in the old "Seminary" then the only school in the State north of the Wabash. In 1836, he attended the Indiana University at Bloomington, remaining there until 1839. Soon after his return from college, he began the study of law in the office of the late Hon. D. D. Pratt, and was admitted to the bar in the fall of 1842. In 1847, he was elected prosecuting attorney of the judicial circuit of which Cass County was then a part, and served one term of three years, in which he achieved a fair measure of success. About the same time, and for a few years before and after his election, he was assistant editor and publisher of the Logansport Telegraph, a weekly newspaper, of which his elder brother, Hyacinth Lasselle, Jr., was proprietor. In this connection he evinced great talent, developing a clear and methodical style of composition, at once expressive and attractive. His editorial experience naturally diverted his attention from the strictly literary to a consideration of the political questions of the day, by which he conceived a desire for political preferment. Being a close student, his inclination led him to a careful examination of the working system of the State and National governments. Thus he became, in a limited sense, a politician, without being especially an aspirant for office. In 1862, he was elected over Hon. D. D. Pratt, to represent Cass County in the State Legislature, and, two years later, was reelected to the same position, having served his constituents acceptably during the previous term. In 1868, he was a candidate for senator from the district composed of the counties of Cass and Fulton. In 1869, and again in 1870, he was re-elected his own successor, the vacancies occasioned by his resignations. This ended his legislative career, and he again devoted his time to the practice of his profession. Mr. Lasselle, for many years past, has given much time and attention to the history of Cass County, and to the entire Wabash Valley. Indeed his opportunities have been such as to enable him to utilize the large fund of material at his command for these purposes. He has furnished historical sketches for this and other localities in the State, and otherwise contributed extensively to the general history of the county. To him, therefore, great credit is due for the judicious care he has manifested in preserving from oblivion the records of the past.

”History of Cass County, Indiana”
Edited by Thomas B. Helm
Brant & Fuller, Chicago, 1886
City of Logansport

BENJ. F. LOUTHAIN, postmaster of Logansport, is a native of Cass County, Ind., born in Tipton Township on the 27 th of December, 1847. His father, William P. Louthain, is a native of Ohio, and the son of George Louthain. Williarn P. Louthain came to Cass County about the year 1843, and settled in Tipton Township, where he still resides. He is one of the representative farmers of Cass County, and served as sheriff, from 1875 to 1879. His wife, Elizabeth (McGrew) Louthain, was born in Indiana, and is still living. B. F. Louthain was reared to agricultural pursuits and received his educational training in the schools of his native township and the high school of Logansport. He engaged in teaching about the year 1867, and continued the profession until 1873, attending school at intervals in the meantime. He began the study of law in 1875, and the latter part of the same year, became deputy sheriff under his father, the duties of which position he discharged for a period of four years. He purchased a half interest in the Logansport Daily and Weekly Pharos in 1877, and two years later become editor of the same, and as such has wielded an influence for the Democratic party of Cass County until the present time. He is an active politician, alive to all the interests of his party, and from 1882 until 1885 served as chairman of the County Central Committee. He was a member of the city school board from 1882 until 1885, and in June of the latter year was appointed by President Cleveland post-master of Logansport. Mr. Louthain is a public-spirited citizen, and has met success such as few attain in a much longer life. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and for a number of years has been an active worker in the Odd Fellows order. He has been twice married - the first time in July, 1873, to Miss Louise Wilson, of Tipton Township, daughter of Andrew J. and Ellen Wilson, who bore him three children, all deceased. In May. 1881, was celebrated his marriage with Mrs. Matilda Emslie, daughter of Hon. John Davis, of Logansport.

”History of Cass County, Indiana”
Edited by Thomas B. Helm
Brant & Fuller, Chicago, 1886
City of Logansport

DR. JAMES B. LYNAS is a native of Dearborn County, Ind., born February 14, 1835. His father, William Lynas, was born in England, and his mother, whose maiden name was Lucinda Burnett, was a native of Ohio. Dr. Lynas was raised on a farm, and at the age of ten removed with his parents to Henry County, Ind. He began the study of medicine when about seventeen years of age, came to Logansport in 1861, and five years later began the practice of his profession, which he has since successfully continued. In 1868 he began the manufacture of the popular family remedies which now have an extensive sale throughout the entire United States. Among the most widely and favorably known of these medicines are the Catarrh Remedy, Hoosier Cough Syrup, Ready Relief, Rheumatic Liniment, White Mountain Salve, Egyptian Salve and Liver Pills. The Doctor's business has increased beyond his expectations, the sales of his medicines amounting to about $10,000 per year. He was married July 4, 1862, to Miss E. Reed, of Fort Atkinson, Jefferson County, Wis. Mr. and Mrs. Lynas have had four children, three of whom - Mary E., W. T. S. and George - are living. Dr. Lynas is public-spirited citizen and takes an active interest in politics, voting until the Democratic party.

”History of Cass County, Indiana”
Edited by Thomas B. Helm
Brant & Fuller, Chicago, 1886
City of Logansport

DANIEL MADER, tailor, native of Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, was born February 20, 1832. He was educated in the schools of his native country, and early learned the tailor's trade, completing an apprenticeship at the same when but seventeen years of age. He worked at the business in Hesse-Darmstadt until 1853, at which time he came to the United States and located at the city of Fort Wayne, Ind., where he remained until 1861. In the latter year he came to Logansport, and in July of 1862 entered the army, enlisting in the Seventy-third Indiana Infantry, and serving with the same until discharged on account of disability in 1863. On leaving the army he returned to Logansport and resumed his trade, which he has since followed. He was employed in the establishment of Mr. Harwood until 1885, at which time he opened a shop of his own, which he now operates, doing a good business. Mr. Mader was married, July 5, 1855, to Miss Rachel Limecooley, of Germany. To this marriage have been born the following children: Anna (wife of Israel Burns), Lucy, Fred, Kate, Bertie, Frank, John, Harvey, Alice and Edith. Mr. Mader is a member of the G. A. R. and a Republican in politics.

”History of Cass County, Indiana”
Edited by Thomas B. Helm
Brant & Fuller, Chicago, 1886
City of Logansport

W. T. S. MANLY (deceased) was born near Poolsville, Md., on the 10th of April, 1813. At an early age he removed to Virginia with his parents, after which, for various periods, he resided at Springfield, Ohio, Richmond and Indianapolis, until finally, in October, 1837, being then twenty-four years of age, and in the vigor of his early manhood, he settled in Logansport, of which place, unti1 his death, he remained an honored resident. His trade was that of a cabinet-maker, which he followed with great success, the while pursuing that course of uprightness and inflexible integrity, upon which, in after years, was based that almost unlimited confidence reposed in him by his fellow-men. By strict attention to business, and close economy, he amassed some means, and while yet a young man the furniture factory was started, and so successfully operated, as to render him a comparatively wealthy man. His sterling worth and accommodating spirit raised up for him hosts of friends, while the business of undertaking, in which he was engaged, brought him in personal communication with almost every one, and it is safe to say, that Mr. Manly came nearer being personally acquainted with every man, woman and child in Cass County than any other man of his day and generation. He was prominently identified with all the works which had for their end the public good, and during his lifetime held many positions of high trust. He successfully held the offices of street commissioner and city councilman. He was twice elected sheriff of Cass County, and twice chosen to the office of county treasurer, which latter position he held at the time of his death. His public trusts were always discharged with perfect fidelity, and as a public officer none mere more efficient. His most prominent traits of character were liberality and generosity, and none that ever applied to him in their hour of need were turned away empty. He was a friend of the poor, a counselor to the rich, and a benefactor to all. His largeness of heart, while tending to benefit the masses, also tended to make him the victim of the unscrupulous. He was one of the most unselfish of men, and the bounds of his generosity knew no race or condition. Mr. Manly died in November, 1870, mourned by all who knew him. He was twice married; the first time to Miss Caroline Conkling, who bore him the following children, viz.: William H., Esther and Adelia, all deceased. His second marriage was solemnized in 1877 with Miss Martha M. Morrison, of Logansport, and the daughter of David and Nancy (Pinkerton) Morrison; parents natives, respectively of Orange County, N. Y., and Fayette County, Ind. Mr. Morrison was one of the early settlers of Harrison Township, and died in April, 1877; Mrs. Morrison is still living at the advanced age of eighty-three years. Mr. Manly's second marriage was blessed with the birth of one child - Mary Julia Manly.

”History of Cass County, Indiana”
Edited by Thomas B. Helm
Brant & Fuller, Chicago, 1886
City of Logansport

STEWART T. McCONNELL, a son of Dr. James B. and Sarah D. (Stewart) McConnell, was born in Greenfield, Highland Co., Ohio, on the 16th of October, 1836, the third of eleven children. His early educational privileges were such as the public school system of the day afforded, and in no sense meager. At a later period, feeling that deeper draughts from the fountain of knowledge were essential to prosperity in the professional world, he entered upon a scientific and classical course in which he attained to a good degree of proficiency. Impressed with a strong desire to enter the legal profession, he embraced every opportunity to cultivate those faculties which were deemed requisite to successful practice in the future; hence, while yet a mere youth, he manifested great fondness for forensic disputation and acquired considerable skill in the usages incident thereto. His early purpose to become a lawyer was realized soon after his removal to Logansport, where, after a course of reading under the instruction of Messrs Pratt & Baldwin, eminent in their profession, he was admitted to the practice of law in December, 1861. He at once opened an office in this city, and has since remained here, actively and successfully engaged in the labors incident to his profession. His habits of industry, with other qualities which guarantee ultimate promotion, have tended to enlarge the area of professional advancement, and he stands today among those ranking highest in legal attainments. At the opening of the war of the Rebellion he took an active interest in the movements preparatory to the common defense, and would have enlisted in that service but for an accident which so crippled him as to unfit him for duty. Mr. McConnell was never a politician, but has always acted for the promotion of interests best calculated to advance the public good. His experience as a teacher in the public schools, prior to entering the legal profession, gave him all interest in the cause of popular education, which henceforth governed his impulses in that direction. He was married, April 3, 1860, to Miss Louisa Gibson, daughter of Robert Gibson, an early settler of Cass County. The issue of this marriage has been four children, but one of whom is now living. His wife died in the summer of 1884. He was again married in the spring of 1886, to Mrs. Eloise (Landis) Stuart. Mr. McConnell's higher intellectual faculties are supplemented by strong common sense and a resolute will, and their effect in oratory is heightened by the charms of a fine dignified presence and earnestness of manner.

”History of Cass County, Indiana”
Edited by Thomas B. Helm
Brant & Fuller, Chicago, 1886
City of Logansport

MAJ. S. L. McFADIN, Logansport. Samuel McFadin, the fatger of the gentleman whose name appears above ,was a native of Bedford County, Penn. He rnoved to Fairfield County, Ohio, where he married Mary Graybill, a native of Washington County, Penn., in the year 1823. The marriage ceremony was performed by Rev. John Wright, father of John W. and Williamson Wright, of this city. Mr. McFadin and his faithful wife hare long slept the sleep which knows no waking. Their son, Samuel L. McFadin, was born in Greenfield Township, Fairfield County, Ohio, October 4, 1826, on the banks of the Hockhocking, and in the vicinity of "Mount Pleasant," or "Standing Stone," as it was called by the Indians – a romantic spot, beautifully described by Emerson Bennett in his story, "The Forest Rose ;" a land of rocks and hills, where the laurel, mountain tea and birch bark abound. In April, 1839, he came with his parents to the flowery prairies of Indiana, and settled on a farm a few miles north of Logansport. For a number of years he worked on the farm, and then entered upon an apprenticeship as a carpenter. After acquiring proficiency in that trade, he began to apply his knowledge to practical use, and there are still a number of buildings in this city which attest the excellence of his knowledge - notably Israel Johnson's warehouse and Philip Pollard's residence. In the year 1846, during the war with Mexico, he enlisted with the Cass County Volunteers, and was elected corporal of his company, at the mouth of the Rio Grande. The record of this company is a brave one, and one of which the survivors are justly proud. In 1850 he began the study of law with the late Hon. W. Z. Stuart, and in the same year became a candidate for the State Legislature, in opposition to the late Hon. D. D. Pratt, but was defeated in the race. Two years later he received the Democratic nomination for prosecuting attorney, and at the following election received a handsome majority over his opponent, filling the office faithfully for a term of two years. In 1856 he was elected judge of the court of common pleas, and served in that capacity four years. He filled the responsible office of mayor of the city of Logansport during four terms; was repeatedly chosen to represent his county in the State Legislature, and while serving in that capacity during the session of 1869, was re-elected mayor of the city of Logansport. He resigned his seat in the Legislature, and returned home to assume the duties of that office. In 1876 he was elected clerk of the Cass Circuit Court, and ex officio clerk of the superior court of Cass County. He became a member of Tipton Lodge, No. 33, F. & A. M. in the year 1849, and is still an active working member of the fraternity. Throughout his official life he has discharged his duty with commendable fidelity, and has proven himself worthy of the confidence of his fellow-citizens and competent to fill the offices bestowed upon him.

”History of Cass County, Indiana”
Edited by Thomas B. Helm
Brant & Fuller, Chicago, 1886
City of Logansport

JOHN W. McGREEVY, prominent member of the Logansport bar, is a native of Hamilton, Ohio, and the son of John and Mary (Gookin) McGreeyy, of Ireland. He was born October 5, 1847, and passed his youthful days in his native city, in the schools of which he received a good education, graduating from the high school before his twentieth year. He early determined to make the legal profession his life work, and after attaining his majority entered the law office of Messrs. Milligan & Christie, in Hamilton, where he pursued his studies for about one and a half years. At the end of that time 1868 he went to Delphi, Ind., and resumed his reading under the instruction of Dailey & Graham, with whom he remained until the dissolution of the firm in 1871, at which time he effected a partnership in the practice with Mr. Graham, which was continued until the fall of 1875, having moved to Logansport in the meantime. He was elected deputy prosecutor in 1878, and in 1885 was elected county attorney, the duties of which position he has discharged in an eminently satisfactory manner until the present time. Mr. McGreevy has made a creditable record as a lawyer, and is in the enjoyment of a large and lucrative practice in Cass and other counties. He wield a political influence for the Democratic party, and takes an active interest in all measures having for their object the public good. He is a member of the Catholic Church, with which he has been identified all his life, and at the present time is president of the A. O. of H. of the State, having been elected to the position in 1884, and re-elected in 1886. Mr. McGreevy was married, August 19, 1885, to Miss Sarah C. McTaggart, of Logansport, to which union has been born one child - John.

”History of Cass County, Indiana”
Edited by Thomas B. Helm
Brant & Fuller, Chicago, 1886
City of Logansport

SAMUEL McGUIRE. Mr. McGuire is a native of York County, Penn., where he was born February 15, 1828. His parents, William and Susan (Lynch) McGuire, were natives of Pennsylvania also, and of Scotch-Irish lineage. Mr. McGuire's grandfather, Peter McGuire, came from Ireland during the Revolutionary war, and was one of the early settlers or York County. The subject received a practical literary education in the schools of his native State, and early learned paper-making, which business he carried on for his father until reaching his twentieth year. He came to Indiana about the year 1848, settling in Tippecanoe County, where, in 1848, he engaged in teaching, a profession he followed until 1865, spending ten years in the schools of Tippecanoe and Carroll Counties and two years in those of Cass County. He abandoned teaching in 1865, and engaged in the insurance business, which he has since successfully continued, representing at the present time some of the largest and most reputable companies in the United States. Mr. McGuire was married, in August, lS56, in Carroll County, to Miss Martha F. Sterrett, who departed this life March 14, 1879. The following are the names of the children born to Mr. and Mrs. McGuire: James S., Henry W. (deceased), Ellis L., Samuel D., Edward C., Joseph W., Rodney S. and Geo. (deceased). Mr. McGuire is well read in general literature, and has contributed a number of poems to magazines and different periodicals. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, with which he has been identified for thirty-eight years; belongs to the Masonic order, and in politics supports the Republican party.

”History of Cass County, Indiana”
Edited by Thomas B. Helm
Brant & Fuller, Chicago, 1886
City of Logansport

JAMES H. McMILLEN. Mr. McMillen was born in Noble Township, Cass County, June 16, 1835, and is the eldest son of Andrew and Rosanna (Harper) McMillen, natives, respectively, of Pennsylvania and Ohio. Robert McMillen came to Indiana in 1827, and is one of the oldest settlers of Cass County now living. [ See sketch in Noble Township.] James McMillen was raised a farmer, and received a fair English education in the common schools, supplemented by a two years' course at Hanover College, where he made rapid progress in his various studies. In August, 1862 he volunteered in the United States service, and served as lieutenant until mustered out, June, 1863. On leaving the army, he returned to Cass County, and engaged in the clothing business, at Logansport, with W. H. Standley, and continued the same for a period of two years. He disposed of his interest at, the end of that time, and engaged in gardening, which he has since successfully continued. Mr. McMillen was married, November, 1862, to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of John McMillen, of Cass County, a union which has been blessed with the birth of four children - three of whom are living: John E., Charles S. and Bessie M. Mr. McMillen is an ardent supporter of the Republican party, and was originally a Know-nothing. He is a courteous gentleman, and one of Cass County's worthy citizens.

”History of Cass County, Indiana”
Edited by Thomas B. Helm
Brant & Fuller, Chicago, 1886
City of Logansport

JOSEPH T. McNARY, attorney at law and real estate agent, is a native of Harrison County, Ohio, and son of James and Harriet (Thompson) McNary, both parents born in Washington County, Penn. Mr. McNary was born September 26, 1850, and received his rudimentary education in the schools of Bloomfield, Ohio, supplemented by a course in Union College, from which institution he graduated in 1864. He came to Cass County in 1865, and one year later went to Tipton County, where for the greater part of two years he was engaged in teaching, pursuing his legal studies in the meantime. He began reading law at Peru, Ind., in 1868, with O. P. Blake, and in connection with the legal profession dealt largely in real estate in that city until 1870, at which time he came to Logansport, where he has since resided. He was admitted to the Cass County bar in 1872, and from that time until 1876 was in partnership with his brother, John R. McNary, the firm doing a general legal and real estate business, both of which were conducted with financial profit. Since the latter date he has been alone, and at the present time transacts a more extensive real estate business than any other man or firm in the county. Mr. McNary is an active politician, voting with the Republican party, and since 1881 has been a member of the city council, in the deliberations of which body he has taken a prominent part. October 7, 1873, he was united in marriage with Miss Belle Thompson, of Wabash county, Ind.

”History of Cass County, Indiana”
Edited by Thomas B. Helm
Brant & Fuller, Chicago, 1886
City of Logansport

H. J. McSHEEHY, editor and proprietor of the Chronicle, was born in Lafayette, Ind., in 1856. He graduated in the schools of his native city and in 1870 went to New York, where he graduated in both grammar and high schools - in the latter was first in a class of sixty-eight. He was for eight months purser of the steamship “City of Richmond,” plying between New York and Liverpool, and for competency in that capacity received a first-class Lloyd's certificate. the first one ever given to a person only eighteen years of age. He was for eighteen months on the New York Herald staff, the greater part of which time he spent on the Herald yacht as marine reporter. He spent one year nl Europe for the book firm of D. Appleton & Co., of New York, compiling statistics for Picturesque Europe. He came to Logansport in 1875 for the purpose of reporting Col. Ingersoll's speech, and was induced by friends to remain and start a paper. He acted upon the suggestion, and in April, 1875, the first number of the Chronicle was issued. Mr. McSheehy's career a t Logansport presents a series of continual successes and the paper has a large and constantly increasing circulation. Financially the Chronicle has surpassed the expectations of its founder as well as its friends, and now has property valued at several thousand dollars clear of all debts.

”History of Cass County, Indiana”
Edited by Thomas B. Helm
Brant & Fuller, Chicago, 1886
City of Logansport

JOHN C. MERRIAM, son of Isaac F. and Cynthia (Conant) Merriam, the former a native of Vermont and the latter of Massachusetts, was born in the town of Brandon, Rutland Co., Vt., on the 9th of January, 1819. His educational privileges in early life were limited - the best his opportunities afforded - yet, of that practical character which enabled him, at the age of sixteen years to commence his mercantile career, as clerk in a small store at Brandon. He was thus occupied during a period of less than eight years, receiving only a moderate compensation. With these earnings and savings, with his fellow-townsman, Henry Martin, in the month of August, 1843, he came to Logansport. Soon after Mr. Martin opened a store here and young Merriman was employed as clerk. In the spring of 1844, Mr. Martin started a branch store at Monticello, White County, and placed Mr. Merriam in charge. In 1845 he entered into a business partnership with Isaac Reynolds, which continued until some time in the early part of the year 1848, when he severed his connection with Mr. Reynolds and returned to Logansport. Upon his return a new mercantile firm, composed of William Chase, George P. Smith and himself, purchased the stock of goods of the late firm of Taber & Chase and became their successors in business. In 1853 the old firm of Pollard & Wilson was dissolved, and Thomas H. Wilson, of that firm, with Mr. Merriam, Elihu S. Rice and Meredith H. Thomas, formed a new partnership, under the name of Wilson, Merriam & Co. In addition to the stock belonging to the firm of which Mr. Merriam was a member, they bought that of Pollard & Wilson, thus uniting the stock and energies of the two old firms. This firm continued in business until the withdrawal of Mr. Thomas, some time in 1856, and the subsequent retirement of Mr. Wilson, when the firm was again changed, Mr. John E. Howes purchasing an interest. Messrs. Merrism, Rice & Howes remained together until 1865. At that time E. S. Rice purchased the interest of Mr. Howes, when the old firm name of Merriam & Rice was resumed. In 1871 Mr. E. L. Metzger became a partner, and the firm name was changed to Merriam, Rice & Co. Business was continued under this name until 1878, when Mr. Merriam and Mr, Rice bought out Mr. Metzger's interest in the business. In 1880 they sold the dry goods department to Keller, Trautman & Co., and continued the hardware department till March, 1884, when E. S. Rice and son, Frank M. Rice, took the stock of goods and continued in the business as E. S. Rice & Son. In July, 1845, Mr. Merriam was united in marriage with Miss Aurora N. Holton, a native of Vermont. The issue of this marriage was four children: Caryl C., Julia. L., Minnie C. and John A. The father of Mr. Merriam was a physician, and continued to practice his profession in Brandon, his native town, until the time of his death, which occurred in 1856. His mother continued to reside in Brandon, and, died in June, 1877, at the advanced age of eighty -two years.

”History of Cass County, Indiana”
Edited by Thomas B. Helm
Brant & Fuller, Chicago, 1886
City of Logansport

PETER W. MOORE. The subject of this sketch was born in Sandusky, Ohio, February 13, 1857, and is the son of James and Elizabeth (Glora) Moore; both parents natives of Ohio. He passed his youth principally in Lafayette, Ind., to which city his parents moved when he was but one year old. His primary education was received in the literary schools of Lafayette, and he later completed a business course in Kennedy's Commercial College, after which he engaged as book-keeper for a wholesale confectionery house, continuing in that capacity for a period of three years. In 1878 he came to Logansport and engaged in the wholesale and retail liquor business, which he has successfully followed, owning, at the present time, a handsome property and one of the best business houses in the city. Mr. Moore was married, in 1884, to Miss Mary Dolan, daughter of William Dolan, of Logansport.

”History of Cass County, Indiana”
Edited by Thomas B. Helm
Brant & Fuller, Chicago, 1886
City of Logansport