On August 19, 1852, Mr. Thompson was united in marriage with Miss Sarah J., daughter of Jacob Emery. Shewas born November 30, 1836, and is of German descent, her grandparents coming from Germany. To this marriage eight children were born, as follows: Two that died in infancy, George E., Josephine E., William H., Mamie A., John H. and Austin H. Mr. Thompson's first wife died in 1873 and he chose for his second wife Elizabeth Oberly, and upon her death, two years later, he wedded Lucinda Milton, ,who was born in Franklin county, Virginia, February 4, 1833. When she was ten years old she was brought from Virginia to Ohio, thence to this county, arriving in 1849 and settling near Sevastopol, where they remained for some time and then, removed to a farm three miles east of Mentone. She was first married to David Hubler. Henry Hubler, her brother-in-law, assisted in raising the first regiment in this county for the Union army. After she was married she lived at Palestine and by her first husband had two children, Martha Ellen and Nellie Etta. Mr. Hubler died July 5, 1878. Mr. Thompson is one of the substantial citizens of the county and takes much interest in public affairs. He is an influential Republican and takes pride in the splendid principles of his party. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, joining at Elkhart, and being dimitted to Mentone, and is now master of Lodge No. 576 there. He stands high as a neighbor and friend.

Mrs. Nancy J. Milton, the mother of Mrs. Thompson, died December 23, 1894, at the remarkable age of one hundred and two years. She was an early settler of this county and was a good Christian lady and a member of the German Baptist church. She raised seven children to maturity. Her husband, Andrew Milton, was a native of Virginia, and moved to Indiana about 1849. He was a good man, had no enemies and always spoke a good word for everyone. Both Mr. and Mrs. Milton were highly esteemed by all who knew them.

Progressive Men and Women of Kosciusko County, Indiana
B. F. Bowen, Publisher
Logansport, Indiana
1902

AMASA GARWOOD.
This well-known and distinguished farmer and stock raiser is of English descent, his ancestors coming from old England about four generations ago and settling in the state of New Jersey. Those who came over were three brothers, and after staying here for some time two of them returned to their native country, but the other remained and from him are descended the people of that name in this country; at least, no other of the name is known to have crossed the ocean. This settlement must have been made either before the Revolutionary war or immediately afterward. At that time the West was a wilderness, so that no settlers came farther westward than did they. Even New Jersey was at that time wild, the woods covering the soil and shutting out the light of day. The French settlements and Pittsburg were about the only settlements that dotted the vast expanse of country stretching from the Alleghany mountains to the Pacific coast. William Garwood, father of the subject of this memoir, is a direct descendant of the brother who remained in this country. He grew up in New Jersey, his native state, and was reared to the life of a farmer. Upon reaching maturity he wedded Miss Alice Cole and to this marriage was born one child, John, Garwood, yet living. Upon her death William Garwood married Miss Margaret Scott, who presented him with five children, as follows: Joshua S:, who married Miss Sarah Gaskill, yet lives in Stark county, Ohio, and is engaged in farming; Alice, the eldest, became the wife of Joseph B. Cattell and is now deceased; Wi11iam died when he was five years old; Amasa, subject; Abraham S., who died when he was a small boy. About the year 1832 William Garwood left New Jersey and started for Ohio by way of the lakes. He was taken sick at Detroit and unfortunately died, and his stricken family continued on to their destination and located in Stark county, Ohio, where the mother bought sixty-five acres of land where Alliance now stands. At that time Stark county was very wild and the land was covered with dense timber which was filled with wild and savage animals. John Garwood, the son by her former husband, soon after the death of his father returned to New Jersey. After a time Mrs. Garwood received a proposal of marriage from Jonathan Michener, and accepting the same they were married, and to this union two children were born, Jane and Hannah. Her second husband dying, she wedded again and outlived her third husband.

Amasa Garwood remained with his mother until he was twenty-nine years old, working in the meantime at home or wherever he could do best for all concerned. On September 20, 1857, he was united in marriage with Miss Mary C. Brush, a native of New York, and of German descent. To this marriage six children were born, as follows: Minnetta J., born August 29, 1838, became the wife of William Nelson and lives in Fulton county; Alice L., born August 17, 1862, became the wife of Clanthus Borton, of Franklin township; Joshua, born October 2, 1864, married Miss Matilda Baker ,and resides in Harrison township; Maud M., born August 14, 1873, is unmarried and lives with her father; William C. and Fannie M. are deceased. Mr. Garwood's first wife died August 16, 1886, and on September 24, 1889, he wedded Mrs. Mary E. Stuart, the widow of Charles Stuart, her maiden name having been Williamson. Eight years later his second wife died. In 1852 Mr. Garwood came to Indiana in the interest of a man who was moving out, bringing for him a load of household goods and stopping in Hancock county. In 1854 he again visited this state and taught school in Turkey Creek township, this county, and two years later came again and taught a term of school in Harrison township. In 1857 he moved his family to this county and settled on eighty acres of woodland in section 35, this township, and erected a small log cabin on the same and began to clear off the timber. He afterward added to this tract and cleared in all about one hundred acres. He steadily improved his farm, cleared off the trees and now has one of the best farms in this part of the county. He has been successful to a high degree and is one of the county's best and most progressive farmers and citizens. He is well known and is respected by everyone who has the right to cal1 him friend. He is now nearing the other shore and in the course of nature must shortly take his departure, but he rests in the assurance that his life has been worthily spent and that the good he has done far outshines the bad. He is a sterling Republican and cast his first presidential vote for the great emancipator, Abraham Lincoln. He has occupied various positions of honor and trust bestowed upon him by his fellow citizens, and always to his own credit and the satisfaction of his constituents. The county has no better citizen.

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Progressive Men and Women of Kosciusko County, Indiana
B. F. Bowen, Publisher
Logansport, Indiana
1902

HENRY E. NEFF.
Born amid humble surroundings and educated in the rugged school of experience, Henry E. Neff never courted the fickle goddess Fortune nor did she cast in his cradle a golden scepter. Early in life deprived of a father's wise and gentle guidance and obliged to rely upon his own resources for a livelihood at an age when boys most need a parent's admonitions, he manfully assumed the responsibility of his mother's and younger brothers' and sisters' support and that he discharged this duty well and faithfully is attested by those who were acquainted with the circumstances and who we1l knew the superior material which entered into his physical, mental and moral composition.

Mr. Neff was born in the town of Winchester, Preble county, Ohio, May 3, 1854, the son of Daniel and Susanna (Snyder) Neff, both natives of the county of Preble. The ancestors on both sides of the family were early pioneers of Ohio, settling in Preble county when that part of the state was on the very outskirts of civilization and taking an active interest in the agricultural development of the country. Daniel Neff died when Henry E. was a small boy, leaving the family in such circumstances that the children were thrown upon the world at comparatively early ages. To provide for the mother's necessities and for those too young to be of any assistance in the way of procuring a livelihood, the subject worked at any kind of honest toil that he could find to do and in his own language was "kicked around from pillar to post" for several years and compelled to undergo many hardships to earn sufficient means with which to supply the modest wants of the family. The deep and tender regard with which he treated his mother and the younger members of the family and the many vicissitudes he experienced for their sakes show him to have been animated by true and lofty motives. Young Neff continued to shoulder the responsibility of the family support in his native state until young manhood, when he moved to Miami county, Indiana, thence subsequently to the county of Elkhart, settling in the town of Benton. He secured a temporary home in that place and, as formerly, turned his hands to any kind of employment he could find and continued to look after the interests of his mother until her death. From that time until they were old enough to take care of themselves he was the mainstay of his younger brothers and sisters, meanwhile earning the reputation of an industrious and reliable young man and winning the confidence and respect of those who employed him.

On the 7th day of August, 1879, Mr. Neff was married to Miss Esther I. Harshner, daughter of Isaac W. and Rachael (Foster) Harshner, who came to Kosciusko county in the year 1861. Mr. Harshner bought a quarter-section of land near the village of Etna Green and became a prosperous farmer and prominent citizen of that community. He lived on the place where he originally located until his death and enjoyed the reputation of one of Etna township's most enterprising and prosperous men. He served in the war of 1861 and took part in a number of battles during that struggle. Mrs. Neff was born December 11, 1858, in Morrow county, Ohio, and was a miss of three summers when brought to the new home in the county of Kosciusko. She received her educational training in the public schools and at the time of her marriage was one of the popular young ladies of the neighborhood in which she lived.

After his marriage Mr. Neff located at Etna Green and turned his attention to farming, renting land in the vicinity of the town and prospering in his undertaking. Subsequently he purchased a good residence propecrty in the village and continued agricultural pursuits on land leased for the purpose until he had accumulated considerable money, having been a careful and judicious farmer and a skillful manager in matters of finance and business. After spending a number of years as a tiller of the soil Mr. Neff sold his home in Etna Green and engaged in the mercantile business in Goshen as a grocer. This enterprise proved fairly successful, but not being to his taste he disposed of his stock after one year's experience behind the counter and, returning to Etna township, resumed farming, which he has since carried on with encouraging results.

He is an industrious man and has greatly improved his place and brought it to a prosperous condition, making of it one of the best farms in the township of Etna. Mr. Neff stands high in the estimation of the people of his neighborhood and is never behind in enterprises having for their object the promotion of the county's material interests. In a quiet and unostentatious way he has labored earnestly for the moral advancement of the community, being a man whose most prominent aim has been to benefit his fellows and lead them in the direction of right living. He possesses a deeply religious nature and subordinates every other consideration to the duty he owes to God as a member in his visible kingdom. For a period of twenty years he has been an active and consistent Christian and a member of the church, during which time he has filled various important positions, such a class leader, teacher in the Sunday school and superintendent of the United Brethren church at Etna Green. At the present time he is one of the pillars of the Etna Green congregation and his daily life is an eloquent exponent of the faith which inspires him to do so much to spread the truths of the gospel and impress them upon the minds and hearts of his fellow men. Mrs. Neff is also a zealous member of the church, active in general religious work and a leader in the various societies of the local congregation at Etna Green.

Mr. and Mrs. Neff have never been blessed with children of their own, but some years ago they opened their home to an orphan boy, William Worley, son of Mr. Neff's sister, and lavished on him all the wealth of parental love. They gave him the advantages of a good education, reared him to a life of usefulness and at this time he is a telegraph operator at Selba, Indiana, about one year since they took into their household a young girl by the name of Madge Stockberger, whom they expect to raise to womanhood. This kindness to the unfortunate speaks louder than words in praise of the generous natures of these two sincere Christians, natures full of love for the Master.

Mr. Neff was reared a Republican and remained loyal to that party until about fifteen years ago, when by reason of its vacillating course upon the liquor question he withdrew his allegiance and became a Prohibitionist. He is an uncompromising enemy of the saloon and believes that the only way to successful1y cope with the evils of strong drink and crush the nun power in this country is by stringent legislation to the end that the awful curse shal1 no longer be permitted to destroy the bodies and souls of men and entail untold suffering upon the innocent under the sanction of law. Personally Mr. Neff is a dean, pure man, never having been intoxicated, uses tobacco in none of its forms, while his private character has always been unassailable. His life may be safely imitated by the young and the great amount of good which he has done in the world will never be fully known until the last great day when the books shall be opened and every man receive due credit for his works, his actions and his influence.

Progressive Men and Women of Kosciusko County, Indiana
B. F. Bowen, Publisher
Logansport, Indiana
1902

ALBERT TUCKER.
This gentleman is a splendid example of the successful American farmer and stock raiser. With comparatively little to start with, he has made a large fortune by shrewd and honorable business methods. He is the leading farmer and stock raiser of the county and one of the largest in the state. His farm is almost like a principality, and he is certainly a prince among farmers. He is a younger brother of the old settler and farmer, Horace Tucker, and is one of the ablest financiers of this section of the state. He was born February 21, 1831, and is the son of John and Mary (Warde) Tucker. (See record of Horace Tucker elsewhere in this volume for account of the parents.) The children of these parents were Horace, Aurelius, Albert, Serena, Regulus and Livona. Albert Tucker was reared on his father's farm and received an unusual1y good education, for his methods from his earliest childhood were to make the most of his opportunities. He excelled in mathematics, thus at an early day showing his readiness with figures. All his education was secured at the old log schoolhouses during the winters and his summers were spent at hard work on his father's farm. His last winter of schooling was passed when he was nineteen years old. This was in Richland county, Ohio, where the old home stood. When he was about twenty years old, or in January, 1850, he concluded to start out for himself and accordingly, in company with Abe Huston, came on foot to Kosciusko county, Indiana, but on the way the roads became something awful and the two young men stopped and took a contract to clear seven acres of land to eighteen-inch stumps in seven days. By that time the roads had become frozen and they continued their journey. Horace Tucker had preceded them, and with him they found a home until they could get their bearings. Upon his arrival here Albert Tucker possessed twenty dollars in money. His father had previously bought a tract of one hundred and sixty acres in Franklin township, this county, for five hundred and seventy-two dollars, and this land he gave to his son Albert. This gave the latter a fine start, but it required time and a vast amount of labor. At first he took jobs at clearing other people's land and when he was not thus employed he worked at his own, and in this way made his first clearing in the dense forest which covered the land. His object in working out was to get money with which to stock his farm and pay his running expenses. Mr. Tucker, as he progressed in the world, put his money as fast as made into land and at one time owned twenty-seven hundred acres, worth about sixty dollars per acre, thus making his landed possessions aggregate about one hundred and sixty-two thousand dollars. If to this is added his stock and other interests, it wilt be found that he was worth fully one hundred and eighty thousand dollars, all made by himself except the first one hundred and sixty acres given to him by his father. This shows what can be done by the American farmer who is governed by honesty and sound business methods. At one time Mr. Tucker was employed by the officers of the Nickel Flate railway to secure the right of way through two townships. He bought the land where the town of Mentone now stands and laid out the lots in 1881 and offered them for sale at from seventy-five to one hundred dollars per lot, making considerable money at that venture. He named the town Mentone, after a city in France. Since 1897 he has resided in Harrison township. In 1859 he began to raise stock of the better grades and ship the same when ready for the markets. He made unusual progress and put his money into land. At one time he was one of the heaviest dealers in Durham stock in the northern part of the state. His farming operations were a1so very large. At one time he had out four hundred acres of wheat, which yielded him ten thousand bushels and was sold. He had out as high as three hundred acres of corn. He has grazed on his own pastures as many as four hundred and twenty-five head of fattening cattle. This shows the enormous extent of his operations. It is not necessary to say that to manage this vast and complex industry it required ability of the highest order. Mrs. Tucker is a member of the United Brethren church. Mr. Tucker is a Republican, but has never been an office seeker. He is the strongest single business factor in this county and his honesty and good name are above reproach.

On September 26, 1858, Albert Tucker married Miss Mary E. Frame, a young lady who was visiting her aunt, Mrs. Henry Black, where the subject first met her. One child was born to this union, Alla M., born July 5, 1859, who became the wife of William -----, and died in 1895, being the mother of two children, Ocie and Earl. Subject's first wife died November 8, 1860, and he then married Miss Sarah Blue, of Franklin township, and to this marriage was born John R., born May 5, 1862, and died June 25, 1864. The second wife of Mr. Tucker died May 4, 1864, and he chose for his third wife Catherine McNeal, of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, to whom he was married January 14, 1866. To this marriage was born: Norman, born August 28, 1867, who upon reaching manhood first married a Miss Banks and later married Miss Nellie Creechbaugh, and lives in Lake township, this, county; Charles M., born July 10, 1870, married Miss Sue Iler and lives in Franklin township, being one of the wealthiest farmers of that township; Lee, born February 5, 1874, possessed unusual mental gifts and undertook to educate himself better than the ordinary; he finished in the schools of this county and then went to Ann Arbor and entered the law department of the University of Michigan. Greatly to the sorrow of all who knew him, he died June 10, 1892. He was a boy of great promise and would have made his mark in the world had not fate ruled otherwise. Curtis, born September 4, 1876, died August 22, 1878; Kellie, born September 10, 1880, died October 16, 1881; Ora G. born March 30, 1883, married Miss Nora Sarber and lives in Franklin township; one other child, the eldest, died in infancy. The third wife of subject died April 21, 1889, and on December 28, 1897, he married Mary Odell, whose maiden name was Baker, her parents being Abraham and Lethe (Huffman) Baker.

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Progressive Men and Women of Kosciusko County, Indiana
B. F. Bowen, Publisher
Logansport, Indiana
1902

CHARLES BAUGHER.
The gentleman whose brief life story is embodied in the following lines hails from the beautiful and historic land of Germany, where his birth occurred on the 24th day of June, 1829. He comes of a family of farmers and, until his retirement from life's active duties in 1902, followed tilling the soil for a vocation, in which he met with success that culminated in the handsome fortune which he now enjoys. Mr. Baugher's parents were Charles and Catherine Baugher, both natives of the fatherland, where their ancestors for untold generations had lived and acted their parts in the world. In the year 1847 Charles Baugher, the father of our subject, and family came to the United States and settled in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, where he lived until 1860, at which time he disposed of his possessions there and moved to Kosciusko county, Indiana, locating in the township of Tippecanoe, where his death subsequently took place. The six children of Charles and Catherine Baugher, Charles, Jacob, John, Adam, Catherine and Peter, were born in the old country.

Charles Baugher, of this review, was a youth of less than eighteen years when he bade farewell to the familiar scenes of his childhood and came to the new world in quest of his fortune. In his native land he received a fair education and after becoming a resident of the United States he turned his attention to carpentry, which trade he followed for seven years. He left Ohio in August, 1851, and came to Kosciusko county, locating in Tippecanoe township, where his services as a carpenter were soon in much demand. He started to this state with barely sufficient means to pay his way, but his industrious habits, faithfulness and skills as a mechanic commended him to the favorable consideration of the people of the community and it was not long until he had ample work to keep him busy the greater part of the time. He continued carpentry for some time after coming to this county, and by carefully saving his earnings was able to purchase sixty-five acres of woodland in Tippecanoe township, upon which he erected a log house for the reception of his wife, whom he married in the year 1852. She was formerly Miss Henrietta Gugeler, the daughter of German parents who settled in the above township in 1847.

Mr. Baugher cleared sixteen acres of his land and then sold the p1ace for a liberal price, investing the proceeds in one hundred and nineteen acres west of Webster, about thirty acres of which were in cultivation when he took possession. By industry and consecutive effort he gradually enlarged the area of cultivable land until he had ninety acres in a high state of tillage, meantime adding other improvements in the way of barns, dwelling and outbuildings until the farm became noted as one of the most valuable as well as one of the best conducted places of its size in the county. Subsequently he increased his real estate holdings by purchasing seventy-two acres more in Turkey Creek township, for which he paid three thousand dollars, and in all at one time owned one hundred and ninety-one acres of as fine land as there was in the county, which at a conservative estimate was valued at forty dollars per acre, and a part of it much more, every penny of which he earned after becoming a resident of the county of Kosciusko. With improvements since added, together with the natural increase in the value of the land as the country became more thickly populated and its resources developed, his holdings in the county represented at one time over ten thousand dollars, in addition to which he had other property, both real and personal, which made him worth considerably in excess of that amount. Of late years he has divided a part of his land with his children, endeavoring to give them a good start in life.

Mr. Baugher landed in America a penniless boy, but rich in possibilities. Actuated by a laudab1e determination to succeed, he carefully matured his plans for the future and by working carefully along the lines laid out was enabled in due course of time to reap the reward of his industry and wel1directed labors. His work at his trade proved remunerative and when he turned his attention exclusively to agriculture his habits of thrift as well as the systematic manner in which he prosecuted his work soon made him one of the most successful farmers of his township. He always possessed energy, resolution and determination, and early in life shaped his course according to the motto "If you do not find a way, make one." That his career since coming to Indiana has been a highly successful one is well known by all of his neighbors and friends, and of these he has many. He has accumulated ample means simply as the result of the growth and exercise of such qualities as industry, thrift, good management and a practical knowledge of the underlying principles of business. He always had an end and aim in view and by steadily and persistently working thereto finally reached the desired goal and found himself the possessor of an ample competency for his declining years.

Wisely concluding that he had spent enough of his life in the pursuit of material things, Mr. Baugher, in 1902, turned his farm over to other hands and bought a beautiful house and lot in North Webster, where, surrounded by all that can in any way minister to his comforts, he is now spending his days in quiet retirement. Mr. Baugher's character as a man and citizen is without a blemish and it is to such sterling people as he that our country is largely indebted for its progress and prosperity along agricultural and industrial lines. He is a plain and unassuming man, well endowed with good sense, and his many acts of kindness as well as his genial manner have won for him a warm place in the hearts of his fellow citizens.

Politically he has always been a Democrat, but has never taken an active part in party affairs. He has never held official position, neither has he ever manifested a desire in that direction, preferring the quiet work of the farm to the unsatisfactory lot of the partisan and professional place hunter. In his religious belief he is a Methodist, to which church his wife also belongs, both being zealous workers and liberal contributors. To Mr. and Mrs. Baugher have been born seven children, only three of whom are living at the present time: John A., a farmer of Tippecanoe township; William F., who is engaged in farming and stock raising in the township of Turkey Creek; and Christian, whose home is in the state of Kansas.

Progressive Men and Women of Kosciusko County, Indiana
B. F. Bowen, Publisher
Logansport, Indiana
1902

GEORGE VANCE.
There are few citizens of Jackson township, Kosciusko county, Indiana, who stand as high in the esteem of their neighbors as does George Vance. He was born in Montgomery county, Ohio, January 1, 1827, is a son of Michael and Rebecca (Mil1s) Vance, and is paternally of German descent, the great-grandfather being the first of the family to come to America. He located in Pennsylvania, whence, a few years later, he removed to Montgomery county, Ohio, where he married Rebecca Mills, whose parents were from New Jersey, of French descent, and had a family of thirteen children, viz.: Curless, John, George, Mary, Rebecca, Lucy, Israel, Harrison, Lucinda, Lettie A., Harvey, William J. and Joshua.

George Vance was reared a farmer and lived on the home place until October, 1847, when he was united in marriage with Miss Margaret Milliken, a daughter of Matthew and Anna (Heckathorn) Milliken, whose parents were natives of Pennsylvania. To Mr. and Mrs. Vance have been born nine children, of whom, however, there are only three now living, namely: William J., who was born December 4, 1848, first married Mary Walters, and after her death was united in matrimony with Mary Olinger, who is also deceased; Daniel, born January 4, 1851, married Catherine Bollinger, and lives in Starke county, Indiana; and George W., born August 17, 1862, married Effa Reed, and lives in Lake township.

At his marriage Mr. Vance went to housekeeping on rented land in Ohio, on which he lived until 1854, when he came to Kosciusko county, Indiana, and bought a farm of ninety-seven acres in section 31, deep in the woods, on which he erected a hewed-log house, went manfully to work and cleared off the timber from the land, and assiduously continued his labor until he had earned enough money to pay for it. He now has a fine brick dwelling and a substantial barn and all necessary outbuildings, and has added to his possessions until he owns a half section, and at one time was worth twelve thousand dollars, all of which he secured through his own industry and excellent management.

In politics Mr. Vance has been a lifelong Democrat and has done all in his power to promote the success of his party at the polls. He has never sought public office, but in the spring of 1882, being very popular with his party, was elected township trustee on the Democratic ticket and served two years in such a manner as to show himself to be a most competent official and to the complete satisfaction of the public. In religion Mr. Vance has been a devout and consistent member of the United Brethren church for thirty years and has filled the position of trustee with commendable activity and zeal. He contributes freely to the maintenance of the church and uses his influence in every manner to advance its prosperity. He is a whole-souled gentleman and a public-spirited citizen, and is ready at all times to use his means and influence for the promotion of such public improvements as will conduce to the comfort and happiness of his fellow citizens, and there is probably not another man in the township who is held in higher esteem by the population, regardless of all sects, politics or professions.

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Progressive Men and Women of Kosciusko County, Indiana
B. F. Bowen, Publisher
Logansport, Indiana
1902

JOHN A. MOCK.
This gallant ex-soldier of the Civil war and representative citizen of Kosciusko county, with his residence in North Webster, Tippecanoe township, was born in Tuscarawvas county, Ohio, June 28, 1840, a son of John and Lydia A. (Sechrist) Mock. The parents were of German extraction and of ante- Revolutionary American descent on the paternal side, and this fact may, to some extent, account for Mr. Mock's own martial impulses and predilections.

George Mock, great-grandfather of John A., was a native of Germany and came to America at the period when the colonies were in the midst of their struggle to disencumber themselves from the rule of Great Britain. His sympathies were at once aroused in the cause of liberty and he became a private in the army of the heroic patriots and rendered good and faithful service until it had conquered a peace which blesses his adopted country with liberty until the present hour. At the close of hostilities the war-worn hero settled in Pennsylvania, where John Mock, the grandfather of John A., had his nativity. This grandfather grew to maturity in the Keystone state, and was there twice married. To the second marriage John Mock, father of John A. Mock, was born. From Pennsylvania the grandfather migrated to Ohio, where he purchased a farm, on which he lived until 1847, when he came to Kosciusko county, Indiana, and, in April of the same year, settled one and one-half miles north of Webster on a tract of eighty acres which he had purchased while it was still deep in a forest, and from which not a single tree had been cleared or even felled. Eventually, however, he converted the forest-home into a desirable farm, on which he lived until death.

John Mock, the father of John A., about the same time that his father purchased his land in this county, bought eighty acres, also in the wilderness, where he resided seven years, then sold this farm and purchased and settled on what is known as the Quackenbush farm, where he passed his remaining years. He was not only a farmer, but later became a preacher in the German Baptist church. To his marriage with Miss Sechrist were born the fol1owing named children: Martha, John A., Polly, Elizabeth, Samantha, Levi, Ada, Joseph, Anna, Lavina, and Alfaretta. Of this family there are seven still living, John A. Mock was early trained to a backwoods 1ife and rendered much assistance in clearing up his father's eighty-acre farm, but did not neglect his attendance at the old log school house when opportunity was afforded. October 22, 1862, he enlisted in Company G, Second Indiana Volunteer Cavalry, under Capt. Lebo, was assigned to the Army of the Cumberland, and fought at Shiloh; was in the Chattanooga campaign and at Chickamauga, and during the Rebel raid led by Gen. Joe Wheeler was not out of the saddle for fourteen consecutive days. The winter of 1863-4 was passed in east Tennessee, and in the spring following his regiment joined Sherman in front of Atlanta, Georgia, which city was kept under siege until its fall, when the regiment was sent to Nashville, Tennessee, under General Thomas. It was reorganized at Eastport, Mississippi, and sent with General Wilson on his famous raid, then returned to Nashville, and was finally discharged at Edgefield, Tennessee, July 22, 1865, the war having closed three months previously. During this long service Mr. Mock sustained but one wound, and that a slight one, and was daily on duty. For his faithful service he now receives a pension of eight dollars per month.

On his return to his father's farm in Tippecanoe township, Mr. Mock hired the place for one year and married Miss Hattie James, a daughter of John M. James. This lady was more than ordinarily well educated and for several terms had taught school in Kosciusko county. After marriage Mr. Mock located in Pierceton, where he was engaged in teaming for two years, and then emigrated to Kansas and rented a farm for two years, but was driven out by the grasshopper pest. He next went to Huntsville, Alabama, where he farmed two years. Here his wife died, her remains being interred in the cemetery of that beautiful city and Mr. Mock then returned to Kosciusko county, Indiana, in 1873. To the marriage at Mr. and Mrs. Mock one child, Victor D., was born in Alabama, March 9, 1873; he is now engaged in general merchandising in North Webster, Indiana, and was married to Ida Middleton, March 27, 1893. They have one child, Ethel Harriet, born July 3, 1895. The mother of this young miss is a native of Indiana and was born at North Webster, August 16. 1871, and is the daughter of George and Barbara (Jarrett) Middleton, who were among the early pioneers of Kosciusko county, and he is probably the oldest settler now living in Tippecanoe township. In 1876 the second marriage of John A. Mock took place, the lady of his choice being Sarah Myers, who bore him one child, now deceased. Her own death occurred in 1886.

Mr. Mock, who started his business life with nothing, is now worth at least five thousand dollars clear. In politics he is an ardent Republican and. has frequently represented his locality in county, state and congressional conventions of his party. He is a notary public, and has filled several public offices with credit to himself and to the satisfaction of all concerned. During President Harrison's administration he was postmaster at North Webster; he has served two full terms and a fraction of a term as township trustee and during his incumbency of this office erected four brick school-houses in rural districts and one in town; he was township assessor three years. Fraternally he is a member of John Murry Post No. 124, G.A. R., and formerly was commander of the North Webster post. He is recognized as one of the most energetic and enterprising, as well as useful, citizens of Tippecanoe township and enjoys the respect of a wide circle of friends, being a devout member of and ex-trustee of the Methodist Episcopal church.

Progressive Men and Women of Kosciusko County, Indiana
B. F. Bowen, Publisher
Logansport, Indiana
1902