History Of Rush County Indiana 1888 Brant & Fuller Surnames In This Biography are: Priest, Fletcher, McKee, McConnell, DAVID F. PRIEST was born in Anderson Township, Rush County, Ind., November 30, 1844. He is the son of David and Martha A. (Fletcher) Priest. The father was born in Montgomery County, Ky., June 30, 1808. He was the son of Powell Priest, a native of, Virginia, and of Welsh descent, who settled in Kentucky while quite young. The grandfather of our subject, Powell Priest, removed from Kentucky to Wayne County, Ind, in the year 1820, and two years afterward was among the first to seek a home in Rush County. They settled on the farm on which Lewis Winship now lives, and helped to develop this farm, on which he died and is buried. The father of David F. grew to manhood here and assisted in the farm work. He married, on March 29, 1832, Martha. Fletcher, and soon after purchased the farm of eighty acres on which he subsequently resided. He acquired additions to this by economy and frugality until at his death he owned 240 acres of land. This farm is just south of his father’s farm in Anderson Township. He was the father of four children, all-living, viz.: William P., Ezekiel, Della J. and David F. The father died October 23, 1877, after having lived a very busy and useful life. His companion survived him a few years, and on September 17, 1881, she passed away. David F. worked on his father’s farm and attended the schools of the neighborhood. In 1864 he entered the Northwestern Christian University (now Butler), at Indianapolis, and remained two years. On September 1, 1869, David married Rilla Fletcher, who was born January 3, 1848, a daughter of Walter and Louisa (McKee) Fletcher, a native of Kentucky. Mrs. Priest’s maternal grandfather was for several years a member of the Kentucky Legislature. Her mother’s brother, Samuel McKee, was a Republican Member of Congress from Kentucky, about the close of the war. After their marriage David and his wife began housekeeping on the home place, and here resided until the death of the mother. He subsequently purchased the McConnell farm and lived here two years. The children of this union are: Walter W., Bennie, died in infancy; George, Meta, Anna and Frank. In February, Mr. Priest sold his farm and removed to Rushville, where he now resides. He is the obliging proprietor of the city omnibus lines, and in politics is a Republican.

History Of Rush County Indiana 1888 Brant & Fuller Surnames In This Biography are: POWER, Smisor, Murray, JOHN H. POWER, a prominent citizen of Rushville, was born in Anderson Township, February 21, 1846, being the son of John D. and Mary A. Power, who were natives of Kentucky and Ohio, respectively, the former being the son of Richard Power, and the latter the daughter of John Smisor. He was reared upon the old Power homestead in his native township, helping to clear the ground and cultivate the crops in summer and attending the district school in winter. His father died when he was but twelve years old, after which he continued upon the farm with his widowed mother until he reached the age of twenty-two. A year previous to this he had engaged in agricultural pursuits for himself, and after spending one year in this manner, upon the old homestead he became the tiller of another farm in Anderson Township. He and Miss Viola Murray were united in marriage October 27, 1871. Mrs. Power was born in Rushville Township, June 7, 1853, being the daughter of James and Evaline Murray, both of whom were natives of Indiana, the former of Franklin County, and the latter of Anderson Township, this county. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Power continued to reside upon a farm in Anderson Township, until in January, 1875, when they removed to Jackson Township. In October, 1883, they removed to the city of Rushville, residents of which they have been ever since. The attention of Mr. Power is still given to the management of his farming interests, and in this connection he possesses a rank among the most substantial and prosperous farmers of the county. Besides a splendid farm in Jackson Township of 205 acres, he is the owner of two tracts of land — one containing forty-six acres and the other 172 acres, in Rushville Township. His Rushville home is a beautiful resident on North Main Street, the location of which is alone evidence of its appearance and comfort. Mr. and Mrs. Power are members of the Christian Church. Their only child, Miss Mate E. Power, was born August 23, 1873, and is also a member of the Christian Church. Politically, Mr. Power is a Democrat. He is one of the enterprising and well-to-do men of the county.

History Of Rush County Indiana 1888 Brant & Fuller Surnames In This Biography are: PERRY, Walker, Moore, ROBERT W. PERRY was born in Montour County, Pa., January 4, 1849. He was the sixth of eight children born to James and Elizabeth (Walker) Perry, natives of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, respectively, the former of English, and the latter of Irish descent. His boyhood and early youth were spent in his native county, upon a farm. While there he became a member of the Pennsylvania State Militia, whose duty it was to guard the capital of the State against Gen. R. E. Lee. About 1866, he went to Milton, Pa., and took charge of the car works at that place, a position he retained between two and three years. He was then engaged in the patent right business between one and two years. In 1872, he came to Rushville, and became employed as foreman in a planing mill. A year later he became a contracting carpenter. About three years later he took an interest in a planing mill. He retired from this soon afterward, and he has since followed the pursuit of a contracting carpenter. He was married May 2, 1877, to Laura A. Moore, daughter of Daniel and Anna Moore, of Rushville. She was born in Union County, Ind. Mr. and Mrs. Perry have had two children: Pearl, born September 16, 1879, and Elmer May, born May 2, 1683. Our subject and his wife are members of the Christian Church. In politics, Mr. Perry is a Republican.

History Of Rush County Indiana 1888 Brant & Fuller Surnames In This Biography are: PAVEY, Back, Kennedy, Monfort, ABSALOM PAVEY, hardware dealer, was born in Decatur County, February 4, 1849. He was the son of Washington and Sarah A. (Back) Pavey, both natives of Kentucky, the former of Irish descent. His boyhood was spent in Milford, Decatur County. At sixteen he accompanied his parents to St. Paul, Decatur County. In 1865, our subject went to Shelbyville where he became a sales-man in a hardware store. Two years latter he took a like position in Franklin. Less than two years later he removed to Martinsville where he clerked in a hardware store two years. He was then transferred to a wholesale hardware house in Indianapolis. He came to Rushville in 1877, and took a position in the hardware store of J. B. Kennedy, with whom he remained five years. In 1882 he entered into a partnership with A. Brown in the hardware business. He sold out to Mr. Brown out two years later and immediately afterward he opened up another hardware store for himself. May 11, 1871, he was married to Mary S. Monfort by whom he has two sons, Henry W. and Jesse D., both living. Mr. and Mrs. Pavey are members of the Missionary Baptist Church; the former is a member of the K. of P. Lodge, and in politics he is a Republican. He has been a member of the City Council ever since the city was organized.

History Of Rush County Indiana 1888 Brant & Fuller Surnames In This Biography are: PARSONS, Dill, Barnes, Mauzy, REV. JAMES L. PARSONS was born in Des Moines County, Iowa, October 11, 1841. His parents were Matthias and Mary A. (Dill) Parsons, who had moved to that State from Rush County, but when he was two years of age, they returned to this county, where they have since resided. James L. remained with his parents until reaching the age of twenty-one, having in the meantime taught two terms of school. In September, 1860, he entered what is now Butler University, at Indianapolis, and in that institution obtained a liberal education. August 12, 1862, Caroline M., daughter of Silas and Rebecca (Barnes) Mauzy, became his wife. Her parents were among the leading early settlers of the county, the father having died September 10, 1876, and the mother now lives in Union Township in her seventy-eighth year. For a short time after his marriage, Mr. Parsons was engaged in teaching school and farming, but the following year resumed his studies in the University. Beginning in the fall of 1864, he pursued his studies in the University of Kentucky, at Lexington, for one year. After that he entered regularly upon his ministerial duties, for which he had specially prepared himself. His first charge was at Ashland, Ohio, and since April, 1866, has been almost constantly engaged in the ministry of the Christian Church. During this time he has been stationed at Noblesville, Anderson, Logansport, New Albany, Indianapolis, Kokomo, and Richmond, in this State, at Chicago, Ill., and New Orleans, La. At Logansport and New Albany, his success was marked, and at all those places in which he has been, he has left a name of which he may feel justly proud. In 1884, he returned to Rush County, and has since then been a resident of Rushville. The Christian congregations at Cambridge City, Dublin and Greensburg, have for some time been under his charge. Rev. Parsons is rapidly gaining an enviable fame as a lecturer, and is also recognized as an eloquent, advocate of the Master’s cause. Mr. and Mrs. Parsons are the parents of two children, named: Lola Pearl and Mary R.

History Of Rush County Indiana 1888 Brant & Fuller Surnames In This Biography are: OSBORN, Brann, Howell, THEODORE OSBORN, of the firm of Brann & Osborn, proprietors of sawmill and lumberyard, was born in Union County, this State, January 22, 1846. He was the seventh of eight children—four sons and four daughters—born to Larkin and Mary (Howell) Osborn, with whom he came to this county in 1852. They located upon a farm about two miles south of Rushville, where the father spent the rest of his life, his death occurring in October, 1863. He will be remembered by the older residents as “Uncle Larkin,” by which title he was familiarly known all over Rush County. His wife and the mother of our subject resides at present in Rushville, and is now in the seventy-seventh year of her age. His paternal grandfather was Thomas Osborn, a native of Kentucky. His three brothers were: Aaron T., Lewis L. and Lucien B., the first of whom is deceased. His four sisters were: Sarah J., Mary E., Clemma A. and Julia E., the last of whom is deceased. He was raised upon his father’s farm, and as early as seventeen he assumed the full management of the farm, his father having died many years before. He continued upon the farm until in 1880, when he went to Marshall County, Kan., where he spent some time looking after some land interests he had there. In 1882, he returned to Rushville and formed a partnership with Noble Brann in the lumber trade, which has occupied his entire attention ever since. In politics, Mr. Osborn is a Republican.

History Of Rush County Indiana 1888 Brant & Fuller Surnames In This Biography are: Osborne, Armstrong, Eads, Evans, JOHN H. OSBORNE, the present Recorder of Rush County, and one of her worthy and honored citizens, was born in the village of Fairfield, Franklin County, this State, January 27, 1821. He was the oldest of nine children — five sons and four daughters — born to James and Alice (Armstrong) Osborne, the former a native of South Carolina, of Scotch descent, and the latter a native of Scott County, Ky., of English descent. His father was the son of John Osborne, also a native of South Carolina. His mother was the daughter of John and Elizabeth (Eads) Armstrong, the former of whom was born near Fredericksburg, Md., and the latter was born in Kentucky. When our subject was but five years old his parents came to Rush County, but three years later they returned to Franklin County, where he was reared upon a farm. When he was twelve years of age, he went to live with his grandfather, John Armstrong, with whom he remained until he was twenty. At that age, he went to Metamora, Franklin Co., where he remained a few months, then went to Fayette County, and there worked upon a farm one year. He then returned to Metamora and there was employed as a clerk in a store one year. He was married, February 25, 1845, to Nancy Evans, a native of Franklin County, born August 11, 1823, and was the daughter of William Evans, one of the early settlers of Franklin County. After his marriage, Mr. Osborne farmed two years, and then took up the avocation of a teacher, to which his attention was directed four years. He then took a position as clerk in a store of Metamora, and from that time until 1858, his attention was given to clerking, farming and school teaching. In 1858, he moved to this county and engaged in general merchandising at New Salem. He opened his store April 6, 1858, and sold out in 1864, giving possession April 6th, of that year. He then removed to Waldron, Shelby Co., and took a position as traveling salesman for a wholesale house in Cincinnati. He was thus employed one year. He then became a resident of Indianapolis, and engaged there in the dry goods business. ‘He resided in that city until 1874, during which time his attention was given to the dry goods trade, to selling on the road and to the real estate business. In 1874, he returned again to this county, and engaged in the dry goods trade at New Salem. In 1876, he was the candidate of his party for the office of Recorder, but was defeated. In January, 1876, he moved his family to Rushville. In 1878, he was elected County Recorder by his party, and took the office in 1879. In 1882, he was re-elected. Mr. and Mrs. Osborne are the parents of one child, George W, born July 11, 1848; now a resident of Pittsburgh, Pa. Mr. Osborne is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and an ardent Republican in politics, lie is an honest man, an efficient and trustworthy official and one of the esteemed citizens of Rush County. He and wife are the parents of one adopted daughter, Dora Osborne, who has been with them since four-and-a-half years old. For the past ten years she has occupied a position as teacher in the Rushville High School. They had another daughter of their own named Angeline G., born in December, 1845, died in June, 1846.

History Of Rush County Indiana 1888 Brant & Fuller Surnames In This Biography are: Orwin, Conrad, Hilligoss, Justice, W. S. ORWIN, jeweler was born in Washington County, Pa., September 25, 1849. He was the son of Henry and Hannah (Conrad) Orwin, both natives of Pennsylvania, of German descent. He was reared upon a farm, receiving an ordinary common school education. When he was five years old his parents came westward to Indiana, and located in Cass County, where our subject spent his youth. At eighteen he began learning the jeweler’s trade, in Logansport. After working at the trade three years he took a position as traveling salesman for J. S. Pool, of Louisville, Ky., in which capacity he continued three years. After spending eight months at his trade again, he engaged in business for him-self in Logansport. In 1878, he removed to Rensselaer, and in the fall of 1879, he came to Rushville and has here conducted a first-class jewelry store ever since. He now has the leading store of the kind in Rushville. He was married November 22, 1875, to Delilah A. Hilligoss, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth (Justice) Hilligoss. She was born in Rush County. They are the parents of four children: Willis H., born October 3, 1876, Bessie H., born January 10, 1878; Myrtie, born January 29, 1881, and Josie, born June 17, 1884. Mr. Orwin is a member of the Christian Church, the F. & A. M., the K. of P., and Royal Arcanum societies, and a Republican in politics.

History Of Rush County Indiana 1888 Brant & Fuller Surnames In This Biography are: Orme, Jones, Morrison, Henry Orme, one of the leading farmers of this county, was born in Virginia, October 25, 1823, son of Nathaniel and Sarah (Jones) Orme, and is of Scotch-English descent. The parents of our subject were both natives of Virginia, and both died in Notaway County, Mo. When our subject was one year of age, his parents emigrated from Virginia to Fleming County, Ky., where they remained seven years and then came to Rush County and settled in Rushville Township, and subsequently removed to Walker Township. About 1852, they removed to Missouri. Mr. Orme is the third in the family of five children, three of whom are now living. He was reared on the farm and attended school a short time during the winter. In 1867 he settled where he now resides, and has 326 acres of good land. The marriage of Mr. Orme occurred June 8, 1848, to Miss Minerva Morrison, who was born in Fleming County, Ky., September 22, 1830, and came with her parents to this county in 1840. They have seven children, viz.: Mahala, William M., Phidella V., Elbert, Flora B., Emma and Royal. Politically, Mr. Orme is a Democrat and is a very enterprising farmer. The father of Mrs. Orme died in 1846 and her mother in 1840.

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----- Original Message ----- From: Terry Newman To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 10:59 PM Subject: NEED HELP LOCATING MADISON COUNTY SHERIFFS Hello listeners!! I would like some help in trying to locate pictures of past Madison County Sheriffs. Below is a list from 1914-1823. If there is a connection with any of these men please contact me for I am doing a research trying to find picture and information. My picture framing shop has been requested by Sheriff Richwine of MNadison County to make a "Past Sheriff's" Wall I will be doing these me in two entries so it won't be so long thank you in advance. Terrry Newman James H. Snell 1866-1869 David Carver 1870-1871 Albert Ross 1872-1873 John McCallister 1874-1875 { died in office} Andrew Griffith 1875 {appointed to fill McCallisters term} Thomas McMahan 1876-1879 Randy Biddle 1880-1881 Thomas Moore 1882-1885 A.I. Makepeace 1886-1887 James Ethison 1888-1891 W.W. Vandyke 1892-1893 John Starr 1894-1897 Manville D. Moore 1898-1901 Truman M Houston 1902-1903 Soloman Smelser 1904-1907 jOHN w mOUNTAIN 1908-1912 WILLIAM J. BLACK 1913-1914

Hello listeners!! I would like some help in trying to locate pictures of past Madison County Sheriffs. Below is a list from 1914-1823. If therte is a connection with any of these men please contact me for I am doing a research trying to find picture and information. My picture framing shop has been requested by Sheriff Richwine of MNadison County to make a "Past Sheriff's" Wall I will be doing these me in two entries so 8it won't be so long thank you in advance Samuel Croy 1823-1927 William YOung 1828-1830 John C. Berry 1831-1832 Andrew Jackson 1833-1836 Joseph Howard 1837-1840 W.B. Allen 1841-1875 John H. Davis 1846-1849 Willaim Roach 1850-1853 Benham Nelson 1854-1855 Burkett Eads 1856-1857 Lanty Roach 1858- ? David Watson 1859-1860 Benjamin Sebrell 1861-1863 William Nelson 1864-1865

This book has no cover, and no index, and no author. I bought it on Ebay; it just has the insides, but it is full of Indiana biographies. I am not researching this family, just thought I would share. I do not know anymore about these families or these surnames. NOTE: I don’t know if there is any additional mention of this family in the book, it has no index. I do not want to sell this book. I am typing the biographies from it. Typed by Lora Radiches: Surnames in this biography: Harden, Carmichael, West, Jordan, Gilmore, ROBERT D. HARDEN, owner of the Harden Electrical Company at Columbus, was interested in everything electrical from early boyhood. He attended Purdue University for a time, but most of his education in a technical way has been acquired by practical experience and by long and continued study of a wide range of literature bearing on the general subject of electricity and particularly automotive engineering. Mr. Harden was born at Columbus, Indiana February 26, 1898. His grandfather, David Harden, came from Pennsylvania to Indiana and settled in Bartholomew County just before the Civil war. He was a farmer. Mr. Harden’s father is Benjamin F. Harden, a highly esteemed citizen of Bartholomew County. He is a farmer, served as road supervisor and for two terms was county highway superintendent. He married Minnie Carmichael, of Bartholomew County, whose father, W. T. Carmichael, was a well-known old-time physician and a veteran of the Civil war. Robert D. Harden is one of two children, his sister, Naomi, being the wife of Harry West, of Indianapolis. Robert D. Harden attended school at Columbus, graduated from high school and was in Purdue University in 1917, and while there was enrolled in the Student Officers’ Training Corps. In 1918 he and Roy Jordan organized the Jordan Sales Company and for one year handled automobile trucks. In 1919 Mr. Harden established his electrical business, at 516 Third Street, and after three years bought his present location and constructed a new building in 1926. At this location 331 Franklin Street, he has 2,500 square feet of floor space, has complete installation of machinery and other equipment for electrical laboratory work, and for a general electrical service. He specializes in automotive electric service, handles automobile parts as a jobber and does radio service for 200 dealers in Indiana. He is a member of the Automotive Electric Association and is affiliated with the Fraternal Order of Eagles. Mr. Harden married Miss Helen Gilmore, of Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana. They have two daughters, Betty Jean and Rose Mary, both attending school at Columbus.

This book has no cover, and no index, and no author. I bought it on Ebay; it just has the insides, but it is full of Indiana biographies. I am not researching this family, just thought I would share. I do not know anymore about these families or these surnames. NOTE: I don’t know if there is any additional mention of this family in the book, it has no index. I do not want to sell this book. I am typing the biographies from it. Typed by Lora Radiches: Surnames in this biography: Golden, Hedges, Reeves, Shipman, Smith, Prewitt, Essex WALTER GOLDEN. The City of Columbus contains a number of men who with few early advantages have made their way laboriously to positions of prominence in various lines of activity. In this class is Walter Golden, president of the Golden Iron Foundry Company, Inc., who has been identified with this line of business since the age of fifteen years, when he assumed a man’s responsibilities. His career has been typical of the energetic sons of the Hoosier State who have requested no assistance, but have desired merely the opportunity of working out their own destinies through the application of their native and acquired abilities, enterprise, perseverance and ability. Mr. Golden was born at Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana, July 21, 1881, and is a son of Andrew J. and Sarah C. (Hedges) Golden. Barney Golden, the great-grandfather of Walter Golden, was born in Virginia, and about the year 1838 came to Indiana, settling on an undeveloped property in Clark County, where he developed a productive farm and established a comfortable home, and for years was engaged in agricultural operations, although the latter part of his career was devoted to mercantile interests. George Golden, his son, and the grandfather of Walter Golden, was born in Indiana, and grew up on the Clark County homestead. In his youth he learned the trade of locksmith and subsequently became a merchant at Jeffersonville, where he did a large business in selling supplies and equipment to the great horde of hopeful emigrants who were making the long, dangerous trip by covered wagon to the promised land of California during the “gold rush” of 1849 and 1850. He continued to be a substantial businessman of Jeffersonville until his death. Andrew J. Golden, the father of Walter Golden, was born, reared and educated in Clark County, and during the war between the states served as a soldier of the Union army in an Indiana volunteer infantry regiment. For forty years he was a foundryman at Jeffersonville and other points and became well known in that industry, as well as a public-spirited citizen of integrity. He married Miss Sarah C. Hedges, a native of Iowa, and a daughter of a veteran of the Mexican war, and they became the parents of nine children. Walter Golden attended the public schools of Clark County until he was fifteen years of age, at which time he secured employment with the American Car & Foundry Company. Four years later he moved to Columbus, where he became an employee of the Reeves Foundry and remained with that industry until 1914, when he became the organizer of the Columbus Foundry Company. This concern continued in operation until 1924, when it was dissolved and Mr. Golden became one of the organizers and president of the Golden Foundry Company, Inc., his present official associates being Charles Shipman, of Indianapolis, vice president; and S. E. Smith, of Columbus, secretary and treasurer. The plant of this concern is thoroughly equipped to do all kinds of gray iron casting, of any size, and is capable of handling any contract no matter how large the proportions. The plant covers six acres of land, employs 105 people on an average, and makes castings for manufacturers all over the United States, although its principal territory is in the Midwest states. Mr. Golden is known as one of the leading businessmen of his part of the state and is active in civic affairs, being a member of the Chamber of Commerce and of the board of directors of the Kiwanis Club. During the World war his plant was active in producing war materials and Mr. Golden did much to aid in the success of the numerous drives of all kinds, to which he was a liberal contributor. He is a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason, a Knight Templar, a member of St. John’s Blue Lodge at Columbus and of Murat Temple of the Mystic Shrine, and also belongs to the Improved Order of Red Men. Mr. Golden married Miss Ethel Viola Prewitt, of Columbus, and they have one daughter: Loraine, who is the wife of Louis Essex, of Columbus.

This book has no cover, and no index, and no author. I bought it on Ebay; it just has the insides, but it is full of Indiana biographies. I am not researching this family, just thought I would share. I do not know anymore about these families or these surnames. NOTE: I don’t know if there is any additional mention of this family in the book, it has no index. I do not want to sell this book. I am typing the biographies from it. Typed by Lora Radiches: Surnames in this biography: Hess, DeHoff, Dosch, Dean, Homshire, Mulford, Ellenwood, CHARLES F. HESS is one of the progressive businessmen of the younger generation in Fort Wayne, where he was manager of the Select Tire Service, Inc., the well-equipped headquarters of which are established at the corner of Wayne and Clay streets. Mr. Hess was born at Avilla, Noble County, Indiana, November 12, 1890, and is a son of Adam and Emma (DeHoff) Hess, the former of whom was born in that county, January 21, 1854, and the latter of whom was born at Swan, that county, February 28, 1865. Adam Hess, whose death occurred in the City of Kendallville, Noble County, April 8, 1915, was reared on the old home farm in that county and received the advantages of the public schools of the period. In his youth he learned the trades of carpenter and cabinetmaker, which he first followed at Avilla and later in the City of Kendallville, where he was associated with the McCray Refrigerator Company during a period of about twenty years. His five children survive him. His first marriage was with Miss Amelia Dosch, who died at the birth of her only child, and subsequently was solemnized his marriage to Miss Emma DeHoff, who survived him by nearly fourteen years, her death having occurred February 26, 1929. Adam Hess was a son of George and Magdalene (Dean) Hess, who were born in Germany and whose marriage was solemnized in Pennsylvania. George Hess was reared and educated in his native land and was about nineteen years of age when he came to the United States and established his residence in Pennsylvania, whence he came to Indiana in 1848 and gained pioneer honors in Noble County, where he became a substantial farmer and where he remained until his death, in 1889, the death of his widow having occurred in 1894, and both having been earnest communicants of the German Lutheran Church. Mrs. Emma (DeHoff) Hess was a daughter of Anthony and Elizabeth (Homshire) DeHoff, whose marriage occurred in Ohio, whence they came to Noble County, Indiana, in the early ‘60s. Mr. DeHoff was born in Pennsylvania and his death occurred on his farm in Noble County, Indiana, in 1876, his widow having survived him by many years and having been of venerable age at the time of her death, in 1900, both having been members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The early education of Charles F. Hess was acquired in the public schools of Avilla and Kendallville, Noble County, and after completing his studies in the high school in the latter city he was a student two years in Northern Ohio University, at Ada. There after he passed two and one-half years as a traveling salesman for the H. K. Mulford Drug Company, and gave eighteen months of similar service in connection with the drug department of the Armour Packing Company, Chicago. In 1917, shortly after the nation entered the World war, he volunteered for service in the United States Army and was given assignment to the aviation corps, with which he was in service at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, when the armistice brought the war to a close, he having received his honorable discharge November 25, 1918. There after he passed a year in Akron, Ohio, where he pursued a course of study and had practical experience that gave him authoritative knowledge of the automotive tire business. March 15, 1920, he came to Fort Wayne and engaged in the tire business, under the title of Charles F. Hess Company, and January 1, 1929, he organized and effected the incorporation of the Select Tire Service, of which he continued, general manager until January 1, 1931, and which is one of the leading concerns of this kind in this part of Indiana, its substantial business being based on effective and invariably reliable service. The handsome headquarters of the corporation are established in an attractive building of white brick and here 11,400 square feet of floor space are utilized. The concern is represented in membership in the Fort Wayne Chamber of Commerce, and Mr. Hess has membership in the exchange Club. Mr. Hess is a stalwart in the ranks of the Republican party and was city manager of the Hoover campaign in Fort Wayne in the national election of 1928, while in 1929 he was made representative of the Eleventh yard on the Republican city committee of Fort Wayne. He was nominated in May 1929 and elected Councilman of the Eleventh ward, being one of two Republicans out of nineteen members on the city ticket elected. On September 3, 1929, he was appointed supervisor of the census for the Third Indiana Census District, which is the Twelfth Congressional District, covering six counties. In the Masonic fraternity Mr. Hess is a past master of Home Lodge, No. 342, A. F. and A. M., his maximum York Rite affiliation with the Fort Wayne Commandery of nights Templars, and he has membership in Cadessia Grotto of the Veiled Prophets, of which he was Monarch in 1930, besides being affiliated with the American Legion of which he is Past Commander of Murchland Post No. 320 at Monroeville, Indiana. December 13, 1917, marked the marriage of Mr. Hess to Miss Clare Ellenwood, who was then a teacher of art in the Fort Wayne public schools, and the two children of this union are Joan, born December 21, 1920, and James C., born February 18, 1927. The family home is maintained at 3321 Hoagland Avenue.

This book has no cover, and no index, and no author. I bought it on Ebay; it just has the insides, but it is full of Indiana biographies. I am not researching this family, just thought I would share. I do not know anymore about these families or these surnames. NOTE: I don’t know if there is any additional mention of this family in the book, it has no index. I do not want to sell this book. I am typing the biographies from it. Typed by Lora Radiches: Surnames in this biography: Elliott, Soper, Duncan, Bailey, Pote, Kelley, Bailey, Wilson, Stallings, Hickham, ELMER E. ELLIOTT is a native son of Posey County, as was also his father, and the family name has been worthily and prominently lined with the history of the famed New Harmony district of the county since the pioneer days. Thus there is satisfaction in designating Mr. Elliott as one of the distinctly prominent and progressive exponents of agricultural and live stock industry in the county, where his have been extensive operations in the buying and selling of farm properties as well as in the practical service of advancing agricultural and live stock enterprise, his home being maintained in the fine little City of New Harmony, the communal history of which has been unique in the annals of the nation. On the home farm near New Harmony the birth of Elmer E. Elliott occurred August 27, 1865, his father, John B. Elliott, having been born in the same locality, having been a skilled and successful civil engineer in the earlier years of his active career and having long continued one of the progressive exponents of agricultural and horticultural industry in his native county, his death having occurred at New Harmony in the year 1904, and his wife having survived him several years. Mrs. Elliott, whose maiden name was Helen Soper, likewise was born in the New Harmony community, whither her parents came from Connecticut and gained their share of pioneer precedence. James Elliott, great grandfather of the subject of this review, was born and reared in Chichester, England, and was one of the original colonists who came with William Owen and established the Owen Community in Posey County, Indiana, he having been secretary of the communal organization and a prominent figure in the early development of this historic colony. John B. and Helen (Soper) Elliott became the parents of seven children: William B. died at the age of sixteen years. Lina, who celebrated in 1929 her sixty-third birthday anniversary, became the wife of H. P. Duncan, a hardware merchant at New Harmony, and after his death married William Bailey, who is a retired farmer residing at New Harmony, no children having been born of either marriage. Elmer E., of this sketch, was next in order of birth. Miss May, who became a successful teacher in the public schools, died at the age of twenty-five years. John S., now fifty-seven years of age, is a civil engineer and resides in the City of Chicago. He married Grace Pote, of New Harmony, and they have three children, Nancy, Lena and John B. Anna, now fifty-five years of age, is the wife of Joseph E. Kelley, who is engaged in the banking business at Mount Vernon, Posey County, and they have two children. Morton T., now fifty years of age, is one of the successful farmers of Posey County, where he operates the old home farm of his parents, the maiden name of his wife having been Louanna Bailey. Elmer E. Elliott supplemented the discipline of the New Harmony public schools by a course in the National Normal University at Lebanon, Ohio. He has never found it expedient to sever his allegiance to the basic industries of agriculture and stock growing and has been a representative thereof in his native county since his youth. His independent operations have involved his buying and selling of various farm properties, and his landed estate in his native county now comprises a large acreage, as is evident when it is stated that he has specially fenced 800 acres for the care of his hogs. He raises cattle also and carries forward a progressive system of well-diversified agriculture. Mr. Elliott is a stalwart in the ranks of the Republican Party but has had no desire for political preferment. He is a trustee of the lodge of the Knights of Pythias at New Harmony and is affiliated also with the Masonic fraternity. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In addition to his farm estate he is the owner of valuable realty in New Harmony, including his beautiful home place. October 19, 1892 marked the marriage of Mr. Elliott to Miss May Wilson, who likewise was born and reared in Posey County and who is a daughter of Alexander and Margaret (Stallings) Wilson, both deceased, her father having been one of the substantial farmers of this county. Mr. and Mrs. Elliott have two daughters: Margaret Helen, born December 3, 1893, was graduated in Oxford College for Women, at Oxford, Ohio, and received there from the degree of Bachelor of Arts, she being now a successful and popular teacher in the Technical High School in the City of Indianapolis and having gained high rank in her chosen profession. Mary Ruth, who was born September 18, 1896, and who received from the University of Indiana the degree of Bachelor of Arts, is the wife of Willis Hickham, who is engaged in the practice of law at Spencer, Owen County, and they have two children, Elliott, born August 21, 1919, and Jane Gay, born October 1, 1924.

This book has no cover, and no index, and no author. I bought it on Ebay; it just has the insides, but it is full of Indiana biographies. I am not researching this family, just thought I would share. I do not know anymore about these families or these surnames. NOTE: I don’t know if there is any additional mention of this family in the book, it has no index. I do not want to sell this book. I am typing the biographies from it. Typed by Lora Radiches: Surnames in this biography: SCHUMAKER, Seiler, Hutchins, Reeves, ALBERT E. SCHUMAKER. Whoever, associating the name Schumaker with the delicate confections and delicious beverages which his skill has compounded for the delight of people of all walks of life, should deem the possessor of the name only an ice cream and soft drink manufacturer would greatly underestimate the qualities of enterprise which have made him something more than a prosperous business man. His career shows a man of more than passing versatility, of wide experience through contact with divers peoples, and in him will be found the persistence and thrift of the German and the enterprise of the middle-western Yankee. Albert E. Schumaker, proprietor of the Schumaker Bottling Works of Columbus, Indiana, was born at Columbus, April 6, 1891, and is a son of John and Magdalena (Seiler) Schumaker. John Schumaker was born at Baden, Province of Baden, Germany, where he received a public school education, and in young manhood came to the United States. About the year 1880 he took up his residence in Indiana and subsequently became a leading merchant of Columbus, where he spent the remainder of his career and was known as a public-spirited and progressive citizen. He and his worthy wife were the parents of three children. Albert E. Schumaker attended the parochial and high schools of Columbus, and was nineteen years of age when he entered upon his career as a clerk in the mercantile establishment of his father, with whom, however, he remained only a few years. He early became attracted to the automobile industry and for four years was connected as a clerk with several of the large manufacturing concerns, but in 1912 returned to Columbus, where he bought out the Kimsey Bottling Works. This business grew and prospered under his energetic direction and he soon bought out the Coca Bottling Works, at that time changing the name to the Coca-Cola Bottling Works, with the Coca-Cola franchise for Bartholomew, Jennings and Decatur counties. In 1916 he installed a new modern ice cream manufacturing plant, with the most up-to-date machinery and apparatus, and now supplies ice cream to the people of the three counties named. The plant, offices and storage warehouse cover about 10,000 square feet of floor space, eighteen people are employed, and eight motor trucks are utilized in making expeditious deliveries to the company’s patrons. This plant manufactures about 75,000 gallons of ice cream yearly and bottles about 60,000 cases of soft drinks of all kinds each year. Mr. Schumaker also operates a plant at Greensburg, Indiana, where four people are employed, the floor space being approximately 2,000 square feet. Mr. Schumaker is one of the leading men in the trade in his state and holds the office of secretary of the Indiana State Ice Cream Association. He belongs to the Chamber of Commerce, of which he was formerly, a member of the board of directors; the Kiwanis Club, of which he was the fourth president; and the Bartholomew County Fair Association, of which he is vice president. He is widely and popularly known in fraternal circles and is exalted ruler of the local lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. During the World war he was very active in all drives and was a four-minute speaker and generous contributor to all movements for the success of American arms. His Columbus office is situated at 816 Jackson Boulevard. Mr. Schumaker married Miss Josephine Hutchins, of Columbus, daughter of Benjamin Hutchins, a former secretary and treasurer of the Reeves Pulley Company, and to this union there have been born two children: Albert, who is attending high school at Columbus; and Helen, attending public school.

This book has no cover, and no index, and no author. I bought it on Ebay; it just has the insides, but it is full of Indiana biographies. I am not researching this family, just thought I would share. I do not know anymore about these families or these surnames. NOTE: I don’t know if there is any additional mention of this family in the book, it has no index. I do not want to sell this book. I am typing the biographies from it. Typed by Lora Radiches: Surnames in this biography: SCHAFER, Meyers, Schwartzkopf, Bosse, Gray, Roth, Scheidt, . HON. JOHN H. SCHAFER. One of the foremost citizens of Columbus, Indiana, active in business and civic affairs and a political leader in Bartholomew County is Hon. John H. Schaefer, banker and manufacturer and an ex member of the Indiana State Legislature. He has numerous large business interests at Columbus, an old and very important one being the Schaefer Roller Mills, of which he is sole owner and operator. During a long and active career it has been his fortune so to conduct his affairs as to win the confidence and esteem of his fellow-citizens in a high degree, and no worthwhile public movement is considered complete until his name is on its list of supporters. John H. Schaefer was born on a farm in Bartholomew County, Indiana, near Wellsboro, September 29, 1869, and is a son of Charles F. and Louise (Meyers) Schaefer. Charles F. Schaefer was born at Frankenhousen, Germany, where he was reared and educated, and when still a youth immigrated to the United States to seek his fortune, taking up his home in Indiana about the year 1850. He developed a farm in Bartholomew County, where he erected a home and made a success as a husbandman, and subsequently was engaged in the lumber business for a time. Eventually, with his brother, Albert, he erected the Park Roller Mills, at Columbus, and in this community passed the remainder of a long, useful and honorable life. Mr. Schaefer married Miss Louise Meyers, of Jackson County, Indiana, and they became the parents of six children. John H. Schaefer attended the rural schools until he was fourteen years of age, spending the summers in work on his father’s farm, and from that time forward continued to reside under the parental roof and work with the elder man in the cultivation of the rich and productive fields. He was nineteen years of age when his father embarked in the flour milling business, and the youth soon learned the trade and bought an interest in the mill in 1892. In 1903, in company with George G. Schwartzkopf, he bought the mill, of which he took active charge, and in 1925, when Mr. Schwartzkopf died, became sole owner and operator by purchasing his former partner’s interest from the estate. This has been a very successful enterprise, and during the World war was engaged in United States Government supply work. Mr. Schaefer is accounted one of the capable and reliable businessmen of Columbus. In 1916 he was one of the organizers of the Farmers Trust Company and later became vice president, a position which he held until the merger of this concern with the Peoples Bank. He was then appointed a director of the Union Trust Company, which later merged with the Irwin Trust Company to become the Irwin Union Trust Company, of which he is a director. He is a member of the Columbus Chamber of Commerce, of which he was formerly president and a director. Always a leader in civic and political affairs, he served as a councilman of Columbus from 1913 until 1917 and in 1923 was sent to the Lower House of the State Legislature as representative from Bartholomew County. During the World war he was very active in all the drives. With his family he resides in a comfortable home at 903 Fourth Street. Mr. Schaefer married Miss Mary Bosse, of Columbus, and to this union there have been born six children Rachael, the wife of William Gray, formerly in the United States Army as a member of the Mexican Border Patrol, and now a civil engineer and instructor at the experimental laboratories at Purdue University; Earl, who served in the United States Navy during the World war, married Flora Roth, and is now associated in business with his father; Louis, also engaged with his father in the milling business, who married Caroline Scheidt; Misses Ethel and Ruth, who reside with their parents; and John H., Jr., who is attending school.

This book has no cover, and no index, and no author. I bought it on Ebay; it just has the insides, but it is full of Indiana biographies. I am not researching this family, just thought I would share. I do not know anymore about these families or these surnames. NOTE: I don’t know if there is any additional mention of this family in the book, it has no index. I do not want to sell this book. I am typing the biographies from it. Typed by Lora Radiches: Surnames in this biography: Beck, Morris, Morrison, Anderson, Coblentz, Utter, Flavius J. Beck, M. D. Old and prominent Indiana families of military repute are represented in the ancestry of one of the leading medical practitioners of Bartholomew County, Dr. Flavius J. Beck, physician and surgeon at Columbus, coroner of Bartholomew County, and formerly for twenty years health officer of Hartsville. During his long and active career he has won honor and distinction in his profession and at the same time has been a contributing factor to the success of many movements, which have made for development, progress, higher morality and better citizenship. Doctor Beck was born at Newbern, Bartholomew County, Indiana, March 3, 1863, and is a son of Dr. William H. and Sarah A. (Morris) Beck, and a grandson of Maj. Samuel Beck and John Morris, Indiana pioneers. Maj. Samuel Beck settled in Indiana in 1816, on a land grant given him by the United States Government for his services as a soldier during the Black Hawk war, this property being situated in the southeastern –part of Columbus Township, Bartholomew County, where he became an extensive farmer and a citizen who was held in great respect and esteem. He married Elizabeth Morrison, who was a native of Ireland. Dr. William H. Beck, the father of Dr. Flavius J. Beck, was born in Bartholomew County, where he received a thorough medical training, and for many years stood at the top of his profession. During the War Between the States he served as surgeon of the One Hundred and Forty-fifth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and thereafter continued the practice of medicine in Indiana as long as he lived. He was a member of the county, state and national medical bodies and a physician who always was a strict observer of professional ethics and practice. Dr. Flavius J. Beck was the eldest of his parents’ eight children, all of whom had educational and social advantages. He attended the public schools of Newbern and in 1880 was graduated from Hartsville College with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and three years later received the degree of Master of Arts from the same institution. For a time he attended the Ohio Medical College, and in 1890 was graduated from the Kentucky School of Medicine, at Louisville, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. Doctor Beck entered into medical practice at Hartsville in 1890, and continued there until 1918, when he enlisted for service during the World war, in the United States Medical Corps, was given a captain’s commission, and was sent to Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, and thence to Camp Greenleaf, Georgia, for three months of military training. He finally went to Camp Humphrey’s, Virginia, and was assigned to the Second Engineers, with which contingent he remained until receiving his honorable discharge in May, 1919. In June of that year he received his commission as major in the Medical Reserve Corps. Doctor Beck continued to reside and. practice for a time at Hartsville, going then to Indianapolis, and in 1925 established his residence and practice at Columbus, and to the climatic conditions and comfortable surroundings here he attributes, in large measure, the building up of his own health, which years of too close devotion to his professional duties had somewhat impaired. Doctor Beck married Miss Margaret E. Anderson, daughter of Silas F. and Sophia J. (Coblentz) Anderson, pioneer settlers of Bartholomew County from New Jersey. They have one daughter, Gertrude, who is the wife of Corp. Lloyd B. Utter, a veteran of the World war who served in Battery D, One Hundred and Thirty-ninth U. S. Field Artillery, and now occupies a public office at Columbus. Doctor Beck has always been interested as a good citizen in county politics, and has served honorably in such offices as coroner and health officer. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity, and is a member of the Bartholomew County Medical Society, the Indiana Medical Society and the American Medical Association. His modernly equipped offices are situated at 1021 Washington Street.

This book has no cover, and no index, and no author. I bought it on Ebay; it just has the insides, but it is full of Indiana biographies. I am not researching this family, just thought I would share. I do not know anymore about these families or these surnames. NOTE: I don’t know if there is any additional mention of this family in the book, it has no index. I do not want to sell this book. I am typing the biographies from it. Typed by Lora Radiches: Surnames in this biography: WOOLDRIDGE, Randolph, Bond, OMER WOOLDRIDGE, M. D. The medical practitioners at Columbus, Indiana, are, without exception, men of high professional standing and universally held in esteem throughout Bartholomew County, and many of them are still most favorably recalled in other sections where circumstances led to an earlier location. In 1923 this medical group at Columbus was increased, by the coming here of Dr. Omer Wooldridge, an able, experienced physician and surgeon, of Kokomo, Indiana, formerly secretary of the Howard County Medical Society and deputy treasurer of Howard County. Dr. Omer Wooldridge was born October 3, 1884, in Tipton County, Indiana, a son of Thomas E. and Mary (Randolph) Wooldridge, the latter a descendant of the distinguished Randolph family of Virginia. The paternal grandfather of Doctor Wooldridge was the founder of this family in Indiana, coming here from Kentucky prior to the War Between the States and serving as a soldier in this state. He became a man of large wealth and local prominence. Thomas E. Wooldridge, father of Doctor Wooldridge, was born in Tipton County, Indiana. Later he became an extensive farmer and an active factor in local politics in Howard County, where he still lives in comfortable retirement. With his two brothers and a sister Omer Wooldridge attended the public schools in Tipton County, and later he was graduated from the Kokomo High School, this being followed by one year in Butler College. He then located at Greentown in Howard County where he was engaged in teaching school £or five and one-half terms of school, during this period devoting all of his leisure time to medical reading preparatory to entering the medical department of the University of Indiana, from which he was graduated in 1920, with his degree of Doctor of Medicine. During 1922 he served as internee in Saint Anthony Hospital, Chicago, and then located for practice at Kokomo, Indiana, where he built up a large professional connection and won personal respect and esteem. Doctor Wooldridge was married to Miss Muriel Bond, who was born in Monroe County, Indiana, and they have one daughter, Betty Lou. With his family Doctor Wooldridge is actively interested in the work of the Christian Church and other beneficent and uplifting agencies at Columbus. He belongs to Saint John’s Lodge, A. F. and A. M., of Columbus, to the B. P. 0. Elks, and is a member of the Bartholomew County Medical Society, the Indiana State Medical Society, the American Medical Association, the Alpha Omega Alpha, honorary medical society of the University of Indiana, and the Columbus Kiwanis Club. Doctor Wooldridge believes in the election of reputable men to office in both the state and the nation, and giving them sufficient compensation for their services so that their official acts may be free from selfish influences, and they can reject dictation from interested influences. He is an advocate of compulsory education, and favors the extension of the public school system to the highest degree of efficiency. From the beginning of his career Doctor Wooldridge has found time to read and study, and takes pride in keeping abreast of the advancement in his profession. Although in the very prime of vigorous manhood, he is a successful and able practitioner, having advanced steadily since he had his first patient, and his influence in the section of the state wherein he is making his home is one that may very well be a stimulating example to those who come after him. With such admirable qualities, therefore, there is small wonder that he has been received at Columbus as he has, nor that he has been given such a whole-hearted support from its citizens.