From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
New Castle and Henry Township.
Page 492.
Submitted by: Jeanie

Seth Hutson is a native of Henry County, Ind., and was born April 4, 1840. He is a son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Modlin) Hutson, natives of North Carolina. His parents moved to Indiana in 1823 and settled in Henry County, on Duck Creek, where they remained thirty-five years. They then sold the farm on which they originally settled and bought one near Sulphur Springs, but afterward bought a farm near the one first owned, where the mother died in 1878 and the father in 1880. They have a family of thirteen children. Seth Hutson spent his early life on a farm, and received a common-school education. He has always followed agricultural pursuits. He married in 1866 Marilla Bennett who died twelve years later leaving one daughter - Adila. In 1878 he married Mrs. Elizabeth Stephens, widow of Harrison Stephens. They have one child - Martha May. Mr. and Mrs. Hutson are members of the Wesleyan Methodist church.

From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
New Castle and Henry Township.
Page 492.
Submitted by: Jeanie

Frank P. Ice was born in Prairie Township, Henry Co., Ind., Sept. 22, 1854, a son of Andrew J. and Rachel (Clawson) Ice. He remained with his parents till manhood, receiving a good education in the common schools. He began the grain and lumber trade in Mt. Summit, shipping principally to Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1880 he came to New Castle and formed a partnership with Samuel Winings, the first name being Ice & Winings. They carry a full stock of farming implements, grain, seed, etc. Mr. Ice was married in 1883, to Rebecca A., daughter of Henry and Mary Hernly, of New Castle. In politics he is a Democrat. In 1882 he was a candidate for County Clerk, and made a strong run against one of the strongest men in the opposition party. He is a Knight Templar Mason, and a member of the Knights of Pythias.

From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
New Castle and Henry Township.
Page 493.
Submitted by: Jeanie

Levi Allen Jennings, an enterprising and successful business man of New Castle, Henry County, was born on the 6th of May, 1834, in Wayne County, Ohio. He is the son of Obadiah and Mary Jennings. His father was descended from the Jenningses of England, where many of the same name and relationship have attained positions of trust and great personal influence. His mother was of German extraction, coming from that patient and industrious stock that has produced so much of the wealth and stalwart character of the great State of Pennsylvania, of which State both Mr. Jennings's father and mother were natives, and where they continued to reside until their marriage. When Ohio and Indiana were still new, and spoken of by people beyond the Alleghanies as "the West," Mr. Jennings's parents crossed the mountains in a wagon drawn by a single horse, and settled in Ohio. There they engaged in farming, or, more properly speaking, in opening and improving a farm, and farming. In these occupations the subject of this sketch spent his boyhood, only alternating the labors of the farm with such brief terms of neighborhood schools as offered chances for gaining a little rudimentary learning, until he was eighteen years of age. During these years of his minority, however, his brain was not idle, and the hard toil of his willing hands by no means exhausted his energies or extinguished his ambition. Nerved by the desire for knowledge and the purpose to be and do something worth living for, he made the best use of such limited facilities as were afforded for storing his mind with useful information. Thus, like many another ambitious boy who has risen to eminence, he often carried his books with him to the field, and memorized rules and definitions as he walked behind the plow. In this way he added to the little gained in the short winter terms of neighborhood schools, until by the time he had reached the proper age to support himself at school he had acquired a fair knowledge of the primary branches of learning. He then, with the consent of his parents, entered the college at Hayesville, Ohio, remaining there through two collegiate terms, and going thence to the high school at Ashland, Ohio, where he continued for two and a half years, mastering much of the mathematical and scientific courses, and giving considerable study to English language and literature, and also to Latin and Greek, which he began to read and translate with readiness and ease. At the end of this time, however, it became necessary for him to pause in his studies and engage in teaching for a while to secure the means to enable him to finish his collegiate course. Here was a break in the chain that was never welded again, and which caused his life-work to be directed into the channel for which nature had most amply fitted and qualified him and where his restless and determined energy, which had enabled him under adverse circumstances and with little to incite his aspirations, to store his mind with useful knowledge and lay the foundations of the future successes, might find full play and produce adequate results. For, during the progress of his first winter's term of school, he was offered a position as principal deputy in the clerk's office of the Common Pleas and District Courts of Ashland County, Ohio, by his uncle, a prominent banker of Ashland, the county seat, who had just been elected to that office. Accepting the offer, he filled the place with fidelity for three years. At the close of his time in the clerk's office he embarked in the boot and shoe trade with a man who, much to Mr. Jennings's surprise and loss, proved to be a bankrupt. Seeing his excellent qualities as a business man, the Ball Reaper & Mower Company soon after this engaged him as their agent, in which capacity he labored for three seasons. In 1867 Mr. Jennings left Ohio and removed to Indiana, and settled in New Castle, where he has since remained; and in that same year began business there in conjunction with his father, and, soon after, with his brother. The next year he opened a planing-mill, lumber-yard, and sash and door factory, which business he has followed ever since, with singular activity, and at the same time care and scrupulous attention to all the details and minutiae of the trade. For several years past he has been extensively engaged in the manufacture of furniture, turning out all grades of work, from cheap to very fine and costly, and his lumber trade has assumed large proportions. In 1877 he erected a fine brick business house, 132 feet deep and four stories in height - including the basement - in which he carries on a large and constantly increasing business in furniture, carpets, hardware, and house-furnishing goods. His sales, altogether, amount to about $150,000 per year. In the spring of 1883 Mr. Jennings erected a large and elegant brick furniture factory, main building 40 x 100 feet, five stories high, and fire-proof engine-house, 20 x 35 feet, and dry-house, 18 x 21 feet. This manufactory, the largest in Henry County, is provided with the latest and best of machinery, driving by an engine of 100 horse-power. The building and dry-house are heated throughout by steam and in all its features is admirably and conveniently planned - admitted by experts to be one of the best in the State. Not only has Mr. Jennings greatly promoted the industrial growth of New Castle, but he has also added to its architectural excellence by erecting the best buildings in the town. Mr. Jennings lives in a beautiful home, his house being a handsome frame upon the summit of a gentle elevation that overlooks the little city. His grounds are tastefully laid out, planted in forest trees, ornamented with shrubs and flowers, while two beautiful pools of water, fed by a strong spring, add their attractions to the cool and pleasant surroundings. He was married on the 2d of December, 1858, to Miss Martha W. Coffin, a lady of excellent family, good mind, and fine musical ability. She is a woman of pleasant manners and fine personal appearance. The result of their union has been three children, two of whom survive - a son, Winslow De Vere, and a daughter, Helen Ettie. The son, like the father, displays a fondness for business, and exhibits much the same energy that has led to his father's successes; while the daughter is a highly accomplished lady and a musician of much excellence and promise. Mr. Jennings is an outspoken, square, prompt business man, who has made his way by indomitable energy and pluck. He takes a deep interest in the progress of his adopted town, and has done much to advance its material interests. In politics he is well informed and possessed of decided opinions, which he does not seek to conceal. He is a Republican. While not loud or pretentious, he is deeply interested in the spread of religion and morality, and has been an active member of the Methodist Episcopal church since 1871. Mr. Jennings's character stands very high. He is a man of sterling integrity and is widely known and respected. In addition to the above, it is but justice to add that the successful construction of the New Castle & Rushville Railroad, of which Mr. Jennings is a Director, and was for one year President, was largely due to his efforts in securing the necessary aid from the people of the various townships along the line, and to his zeal and energy in pushing the enterprise forward. This fact is so well understood by railroad men that upon the recent organization of the Evansville, Knightstown, & Toledo Railroad Company he was unanimously elected to the presidency of that road, which is confidently expected to be one of the best and most successful of the great north and south lines. These facts establish Mr. Jennings's reputation for energy and business capacity better than any fulsome phrases or adulation could possibly do. They mark him as the peer of any man in his section of the country, and fully justify the high estimate placed upon him by the business community in which he lives.

From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
New Castle and Henry Township.
Page 493 to 496.
Submitted by: Jeanie

Joshua C. Jones, a prominent farmer of Henry Township, was born in Liberty Township, this county, July 8, 1831, a son of Jacob and Melinda (Chappell) Jones, natives of North Carolina, his father born in 1793 and his mother in 1802. They came to Henry County in 1830 and lived in Liberty Township a year; then moved to Blue River Township where they remained until 1881 when they sold their farm and are now living with their youngest daughter in Delaware County, Ind. Of a family of seven children all are living save one son, James, who died at the age of forty-eight years. Joshua C. was married when twenty-five years of age to Mary A., daughter of John and Abigail Collingsworth. He settled on rented land but afterward bought land on Flat Rock, which he soon sold. In the spring of 1865 he bought the farm where he now resides, containing 160 acres of good land. Mr. and Mrs. Jones have eight children - John, Amanda (wife of S. J. Pressel), Charles M., Frank R., Rosetta, Emma, James H. and Clement C. Mr. Jones is a member of the New Castle Lodge, No. 91, F. A. M., and Chapter No. 50, R. A. M. He and his wife are members of the Christian church.

From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
New Castle and Henry Township.
Page 496.
Submitted by: Jeanie

Ed. Kahn. - One of the leading and most prominent business houses of New Castle is the dry-goods house of Ed. Kahn. It is the largest house of the kind in Henry County, and commands a large trade, not only in this county, but in the adjoining counties of Wayne, Delaware, Madison, Randolph and Hancock. The salesrooms are 20 x 132 feet, running from street to street, making one of the largest and handsomest in the city. He carries a first-class stock of dry-goods and notions and is able to compete with any house in the State. He studies the wishes of his customers and endeavors to fully supply their wants. Mr. Kahn is an experienced merchant, having spent the greater part of his life in this line of business. His house is one of the most reliable commercial institutions of this city and is well deserving the success attained. Mr. Kahn is a native of Lorraine, France, now Germany, and was born in 1848. He spent a part of his youth in his native country and came to the United States a poor boy. In 1868 he came to New Castle, Ind. He was for a time in partnership with David Kahn, now of Indianapolis, but since 1879 has been carrying on business alone. In 1878 he was married to Sallie Heller, a most estimable lady, a daughter of Moses Heller, Esq., of Knightstown. Mr. Kahn began life in meager circumstances and has been the architect of his own fortune. By energy, pluck and close application to business he has won for himself an enviable reputation for honesty and square dealing and is a citizen of whom the people of New Castle may well be proud.

From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
New Castle and Henry Township.
Page 496 and 497.
Submitted by: Jeanie

William S. Kaufman, architect and builder, New Castle, Ind., was born in Union County, Ind., Dec. 29, 1848, a son of Elias and Mary (Rhodes) Kaufman, natives of Pennsylvania, who came to Indiana in an early day and settled in Union County. His mother is now a resident of Wayne County. He attended the academy schools of Brownsville, and when a young man began to learn the carpenter and stair-builder's trade in Cambridge City. He subsequently went to Indianapolis and studied architectural drafting, and finished his trade. He then located in Indianapolis, and remained there until 1876, when he moved to New Castle and opened a shop. He is a complete master of his trades, as many buildings in this and adjoining counties will prove. He superintended the building of the new insane asylum at Richmond, Ind. He was married in 1875 to Eva, daughter of James C. Peed, of Henry County. They have four children, a son and three daughters. Mr. Kaufman is a member of the Knights of Honor.

From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
New Castle and Henry Township.
Page 497.
Submitted by: Jeanie

David W. Kinsey, Cashier of the Citizens' State Bank of New Castle, Ind. This gentleman represents one of the oldest as well as influential families of this section of Indiana. He is the youngest son of Lewis and Catherine Kinsey. His father and grandfather moved to Wayne County, Ind., when the former was a lad of twelve years of age, continuing to live in said county until he was twenty years of age, when he married Catharine Shultz, who was a native of Pennsylvania, and immediately thereafter settled in Henry County on a small farm situated one-half mile north of where the town of Millville now stands, where on the 1st day of February, 1846, David, the subject of this sketch, was born. The family lived here until the spring of 1847, at which time they moved and located on a farm about six miles east of New Castle, in Liberty Township, where the father and mother and such children as remained at home continued to live and carried on farming operations until the year 1872 when they again moved, locating on a farm three miles northwest of Hagerstown, in Wayne County, where they now reside. They are members of the German Baptist church and for many years the father has been a minister in the church. His family consisted of five children - Martin, Anna, Sarah J., Catherine (who died when about six years of age), and David, our subject, who spent his youth upon his father's farm, attending the common schools during the winter season until the year 1864. He enlisted as a private in Company G, One Hundred and Thirty-ninth Indiana Infantry, serving in this capacity for about six months and until the discharge of his regiment. After his return home he attended the New Castle schools, teaching school during the winter months, and was a law student part of two years; was admitted to the practice of law in 1869, but soon after entered the office of the county clerk and clerk of the Circuit Court as principal deputy, acting in this capacity until the death of the Clerk, H. H. Hiatt. Mr. Kinsey was then appointed by the Board of County Commissioners, Clerk, to succeed Mr. Hiatt, continuing to act in such capacity until the next general election. He remained also with his successor in office one year. July 1, 1873, at the organization of the Citizens' State Bank, Mr. Kinsey was chosen Assistant Cashier, filling this position one year, at the end of which time he was made its Cashier, which position he still holds. He is also a Director in this bank, having served in this capacity for several years. Mr. Kinsey has served as a member of the Board of School Trustees of his town since 1880 having been elected to such position in 1879. In 1870 he was married to Sophia J. Shirk, a most excellent lady, and the daughter of Benjamin Shirk, ex-State Senator. They have one daughter, Edna, now ten years of age. He with his wife are members of the Evangelical Lutheran church.

From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
New Castle and Henry Township.
Page 497 and 498.
Submitted by: Jeanie

William Kissel, M. D., is a native of Lancaster County, Pa., born in May, 1822. He received his primary education in his native county and his higher in Franklin. He began the study of medicine in Bradford County with Dr. John Gettey, an eminent physician of Martinsburg, Pa. He took his first course of lectures at the University of Philadelphia, and graduated from Starling Medical College, Columbus, Ohio. He began the practice of his profession in St. Thomas, remaining there three years. Then went to Bradford County, and in November, 1852, came to New Castle, Ind., In 1866 he went to Pennsylvania and remained a year. He then returned to New Castle, but shortly after went to Cambridge City and remained till 1877, when he came again to New Castle. The Doctor has a good practice and has been successful both professionally and financially. Dr. Kissel has been twice married. His first wife (who was Sophia Bugert) died in 1854, leaving two children, a son, now of Muncie, and Susan E., wife of T. T. Bearer. His present wife was Barbara Young, a native of Pennsylvania. They have one child - Anna A.

From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
New Castle and Henry Township.
Page 498 and 499.
Submitted by: Jeanie

Asahel W. Lennard, attorney at law, New Castle, Ind., is a native of Henry County, born in 1859, a son of Colonel George W. Lennard. He was educated in the public schools of New Castle, and then entered Antioch College, at Yellow Springs, Ohio, remaining there four years. Returning to New Castle he began reading law in the office of Judge J. H. Mellett, and afterward spent a year in the Central Law School of Indiana. He was admitted to the bar in 1880, and the following year was elected Treasurer of New Castle, and re-elected in 1883 without opposition, still holding the position.

From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
New Castle and Henry Township.
Page 499.
Submitted by: Jeanie

William C. Livezey is a native of Henry County, Ind., born Nov. 16, 1840, the eldest son of Anthony and Permelia (Roberts) Livezey, his father a native of Pennsylvania and his mother of Ohio. His parents came to Henry County in 1838 and settled two miles north of New Castle; subsequently moved to Prairie Township, where the mother died in 1854, and where his father still lives. They had a family of three sons and three daughters, all living. William C. received a common-school education. He has always followed agricultural pursuits and now owns a fine farm of 144 acres, with good residence and farm buildings, where he lived since 1870. He was married in 1862 to Nancy, daughter of Elijah and Sallie Stout. They have six children - Leander, Arthur, James, Oscar, Albert and Laura.

From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
New Castle and Henry Township.
Page 499.
Submitted by: Jeanie

James Loer is a native of Hamilton County, Ohio, born May 29, 1816, a son of Thomas and Sarah Loer, his father a native of Pennsylvania and his mother of Kentucky. He was married in 1837 to Joanna, daughter of John and Elizabeth Stout, who had moved to Henry County, Ind., in 1830. In 1838 he came to this county and settled in the woods two miles east of New Castle, where he cleared and improved a farm, remaining there twenty years. In 1858 he sold his farm and bought another a few miles north, which he still owns. It contains 258 acres, 200 acres under cultivation. In the fall of 1861 he moved to East New Castle, although he still carries on his farm. Mr. Loer is a stockholder in the Citizens' State Bank, New Castle. He and his wife are members of the Christian church. They have had five children; but three are living - Thomas B., Elizabeth (wife of G. L. Koons, of Iowa) and Sarah M. (wife of Harvey Davis).

From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
New Castle and Henry Township.
Page 499 and 500.
Submitted by: Jeanie

George Lowe, a son of David and Elizabeth Lowe, was born in Limerick, Ireland, Sept. 25, 1812. When six years of age his parents came to the United States and located in West Virginia. In the fall of 1834 he came to Indiana, and has since lived in New Castle, working at the carpenter's trade the greater part of the time. He has been industrious and a judicious manager and now owns sixty acres of choice land just outside the limits of the town and considerable valuable town property, valued at $20,000. He has served on the Town Board several years. Mr. Lowe was married in September, 1837, to M. E., daughter of John Roach, of Virginia. They have had a family of eleven children; eight are living. Mr. Lowe has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church fifty years. In politics he is a Republican and a strong advocate of temperance.

From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
New Castle and Henry Township.
Page 500.
Submitted by: Jeanie

John H. Lowrey, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Greensboro Township, Henry Co., Ind., July 9, 1841, the only son of George and Polly A. (Draper) Lowery, his father a native of Virginia and his mother of Wayne County, Ind. His grandfather, Frederick Lowery, was an early settler of the county and lived to the advanced age of ninety years. His mother died in 1865. His father is still a resident of the county. They had a family of six children; two died in infancy. The four living are - John H., Biddy I., Malinda and Christiana. John H. was reared and educated in his native county and on arriving at maturity engaged in agricultural pursuits. He now owns a good farm of sixty-five acres. He was married in August, 1868, to Rebecca C. Bond, daughter of J. and Elmina Bond, who died leaving no children. He afterward married Angelina G. Bond, a sister of his first wife. They have one daughter, Eva E.

From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
New Castle and Henry Township.
Page 500.
Submitted by: Jeanie

Rev. John B. Ludwig was born in Waldoboro, Maine, Dec. 27, 1834. His early life was spent on a farm. When nineteen years of age he learned the shipwright's trade, at which he worked several years, a portion of the time in Virginia and Alabama. He came to Indiana in 1854, spending one season in New Albany, thence to Madison. In 1861 he was married to Susan Jones, of Madison, Ind., where he resided three years. He spent the next three years in Switzerland and Johnson counties, Ind., preaching and completing his education under Prof. Jno. C. Miller. In 1868 he returned to Madison and took charge of the Christian church, remaining four years, when he resigned his charge and spent a few months in evangelical work. In May, 1872, he was called to the church at New Castle, Ind., where he labored until May, 1876, when, on account of failing health, he was obliged to resign his charge. Since then he has continued to live in New Castle, where his membership still is, and is preaching for churches in that and adjacent counties. He believes in the principle that a person can succeed best by devoting all his energies to one calling at a time, and while engaged partially in ministerial labors some years before his ordination, since then he has given himself "wholly to the ministry." Mr. Ludwig has a family of one son and three daughters. His eldest daughter is a member of the church, is married and resides in New Castle.

From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
New Castle and Henry Township.
Page 501.
Submitted by: Jeanie

Andrew J. Lytle is a native of Butler County, Ohio, born Feb. 22, 1817, a son of Lucius and Nancy Lytle. His father was a native of Pennsylvania, and when a boy ten years of age his parents moved to Ohio, where he died in 1831. His mother was a native of Mason County, Ky., and went to Ohio when a little girl. After the death of his father Andrew J. learned the carpenter's trade. In 1841 he came to Indiana, and in 1842 to Henry County, where he has since worked at his trade. He was married in Preble County, Ohio, in 1839, to Elinor Anderson, who died in 1842, leaving two children. In 1843 he married Matilda Ward, who was born Oct. 16, 1815, a daughter of Samuel and Ann Ward. They have had eight children; but two are living - Arando and Florence. Mrs. Lytle is one of the oldest native-born citizens of the county. She attended the first school in New Castle taught by Richard Huff.

From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
New Castle and Henry Township.
Page 501.
Submitted by: Jeanie