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History of Rush County Indiana 1888 Brant & Fuller Chicago James M. Forbis James M. Forbis, farmer, is a native of Guilford County, North Carolina, born October 1, 1848. He was the son of Madison and Elizabeth (Gilbreth) Forbis, both of whom were also natives of Guilford County, North Carolina, of English descent. His father was the son of John and Mary J. Forbis, and his mother was the daughter of James and Mary Gilbreth, all of whom were natives of North Carolina. In 1859, he accompanied his parents to Adams County, Ill, and four years later they returned eastward to this State, and located in Hamilton County, where he was employed for two years in his father’s saw mill. In about 1865, they removed to Henry County, and a year later they located in Knightstown. They remained in Henry County altogether eleven years, during which time he worked in his fathers saw mill, in about 1872, they went to Cumberland County, Ill, and eight months; later removed to Indianapolis. A year later our subject came to Rush County, and on the 10th day of May, 1874, he was married to Miss Sarah A Haskitt, who was born in Ripley Township, November 24, 1853, being the daughter of Henry and Maria (Coffin) Haskitt, both of whom were natives of North Carolina, the former of Perquimons County, and the latter of Guilford County. Her father was the son of John and Mila (Holloway) Haskitt, and her mother was the daughter of Zachariah and Phebe (Starbuck) Coffin, who were natives of the island of Newfoundland and Nantucket, respectively. Ever since their marriage Mr. And Mrs. Forbis have occupied their present home, where the former has pursued the avocation of a farmer. He and wife have a farm of 340 acres about 250 of which are in cultivation. They are the parents of three children: Leona, born July 6, 1875, Ada M, born November 25, 1877, Eve J, born April 25, 1881, all of whom are living. Our subject and wife are members of the Friends’ Church. In politics, the former is a Republican.

Surname: Haskett, Hawley, Daubenspeck, Pigeon, Thomas, Hall Compendium of Biography Of Henry County, Indiana B. F. Bowen 1920 MRS. IZORA HASKETT. It is with a high degree of pleasure that the biographer essays the task of presenting the salient points in the life record of the well known and highly respected lady whose name forms the caption hereof. She now holds the responsible position of postmistress of Straughn, Dudley Township, Henry County, Indiana, and by the thoroughly efficient and painstaking manner in which she has discharged the duties of that position has won the highest esteem and regard of all the patrons of the office. Her methods are systematic and business-like and she evinces her capacity to handle any business, which comes to her in the line of her duties. She is the daughter of Josiah M. and Anna M. (Hawley) Haskett, and was born in the township in which she now lives, on the 12th of March 1866. The paternal grandparents of the subject were natives of North Carolina, but moved to Henry County, Indiana, where they spent the rest of their lives. They were farmers and the father of the subject was reared to the life of a farmer. He attended the common schools and received a fair education. The subject’s maternal ancestors were from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, though her mother’s immediate family was from Virginia. They came from that state to Henry County and settled down to the life of farming, and their Anna M. Hawley was reared to maturity, receiving in the meantime a good common school education. After her marriage to Josiah M. Haskett they located on a farm in Dudley Township, this county. Their union was blessed by the birth of seven children, briefly mentioned as follows: Izora, the subject: Alvin C. married Effie Daubenspeck and lives at Griffin Station, Indiana, where he has a general store and is employed on a railroad; C. E. married Esther Pigeon and conducts a general store at Lewisville. Indiana; Clarence, a farmer, married Verna Thomas and lives in Spiceland Township; Clessie, a farmer who lives in Dudley township, married Blanche Hall; Chauncey D. and Borgie, who make their home with Mrs. Haskett and their brother Clarence. Izora Haskett was reared on the home farm and is indebted to the common schools for her education. On the 18th of December 1884, she was led to the marriage altar by John W. Haskett (no relation, though of the same name). He was a native of Henry County and was born June 28, 1859. He was also reared on a farm and received a good education, completing it at the State Normal School. He took up the profession of teaching and for a number of years was a teacher in the schools of Henry County. After their marriage they located on a farm, which he operated during the summers, teaching school during the winter months. In 1891 he received the appointment as postmaster at Straughn and in connection established a general store. In the spring of 1893 he moved to Spiceland, but in the following autumn returned to Straughn, remaining there until his death, which occurred September 3, 1894. He was a member of the Knights of Pythias and was well known and highly respected by all who knew him. After his death Mrs. Haskett continued the management of the store and in May 1901, she received the appointment of postmistress of the office at Straughn. She is the mother of one child, John Chesleigh, born September 27, 1887. He attended the common schools, was a leader in his classes and is now in his second year in the high school. Mrs.Haskett and her son are members of the United Brethren church and are active in the performance of their religious duties. By her uniform courtesy, amiable disposition and genuine worth she has won for herself a warm place in the hearts of the citizens of Dudley Township.

Before I would worry about other family members taking the remaining girls, I would search the families that lived on each side of the father. Pat H. reaghgeny@aol.com

Surname: Colburn, Sherman, Coombs, Stanton Compendium of Biography Of Henry County, Indiana B. F. Bowen 1920 E. R. COLBURN. Fulfilling all of life’s requirements according to his highest ideal of right, aiding the spirit of enterprise and improvement, and using his influence for what benefits humanity and builds up the community, it may be truly said of the worthy subject of this review, “he has made the world better by living in it.” He is one of the old residents of Dudley Township for a number of years has been identified with the commercial interests of the thriving town of Straughn, though now living a somewhat retired life in the enjoyment of the fruits of his labor. Mr. Colburn is a native of New England, born in Vermont on the 2nd day of May 1827. His parents, Giles and Sylvia (Sherman) Colburn, were also natives of the Green Mountain state and descendants of Scotch and Irish ancestors. The subject of this sketch was reared in Fairfield, Vermont, and enjoyed the advantages of a good education in its public schools. When a young man he went to Ohio and after a few years there came to Indiana in 1865, locating at Monticello, White county, where he began working at the trade of wagon and carriage making. On the 23d of July of the same year he was united in marriage to Miss Francese E. Coombs, the daughter of Charles and Emeline (Stanton) Coombs, of New York. The Coombs family is of French descent: the original ancestors of the Stanton’s came from England and were early settlers of York state. The family is wel1 known in American history, having produced a number of noted men and women, among whom was the distinguished states-man, Edwin M. Stanton, secretary of war during President Lincoln’s administration. The father of Mrs.Colburn was a wealthy farmer and stock raiser, making a specialty of fine Morgan horses, in which he met with marked success: he also dealt in lumber quite extensively and became one of the wealthy men of his county, having accumulated an estate valued at seventy-five thousand dollars. He was a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity, a leading Democrat and took an active interest in public and political affairs. He died in 1862, his wife preceding him to the grave by some years Mrs. Colburn was born July 27, 1847, and acquired a good education in the common school and high school of her native place, being a graduate from both. She taught two terms of school in New York and later came to Fort Wayne, Indiana, where she first met the gentleman who afterwards became her husband. In 1883 Mr. and Mrs. Colburn took up their residence in the village of Straughn, where they opened a general store, which proved a very successful venture. The business has been carried on with satisfactory financial results for over nineteen years and is still the leading establishment the kind in the place and one of the best local business houses in the county outside of the larger towns. Mrs. Coburn gave personal attention to the store for a number of years, but at the present time her son is the manager and as such has greatly increased the trade, building up a large and lucrative business. This son, Stanton S. by name, born on the 18th of August, 1879, was graduated from the common schools, also from the Dublin high school, and is a bright young man of excel lent habits and superior business qualifications. Mr. Colburn has been a life-long active member of the Masonic and Odd Fellows fraternities and with his wife belongs to the Methodist church. He is a man of good mind, which has been strengthened by much reading, and he keeps himself well informed on the leading questions of the day. He has a wide acquaintance with history, politics, economics and kindred subjects, while his knowledge of the world’s best literature is by no means limited. He is a gentleman of varied attainments, highly esteemed by the people of his town and nothing in the form of criticism has ever been made against his integrity or personal honor. His character has always been above reproach and the rectitude of his intentions has never been questioned. He has pursued the even tenor of his way, quietly and unobtrusively discharging the duties of citizenship as becomes a loyal American and doing all within his power to promote the material and moral good of the community. Mrs. Colburn is noted as an energetic and untiring church worker, epically in the Sunday school where her abilities have long been recognized and appreciated. From the time of moving to Straughn until about two years ago she was one of the school’s most popular and efficient teachers. Intellectually she is well qualified for leadership in religious work, possessing tact and executive ability, which, with her beautiful Christian character, make her not only valuable in her church but also a potent factor for good in the community at large.

: Burke, Richards, Ferris, King, Ewing, Durfrees, Millikan, Forkner, Greenstreet Compendium of Biography Of Henry County, Indiana B. F. Bowen 1920 GEORGE W BURKE, M. D The readers of this volume will peruse with pleasure the following brief sketch of the life career of one who for many years was held high in the esteem of the entire community in which he resided. A physician of marked ability, a surgeon of rare skill, a citizen who always had the best interests of the public at heart and a man whose personal life was commendable, his removal by death was the occasion of general regret and his memory is cherished by many who had become deeply attached to him. George W. Burke was born February 22. 1841, in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, and was educated at the Chambersburg Academy in his native county. He commenced the study of medicine under Dr. J. C. Richards, of Chambersburg, and later took a course of lectures at the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia. Soon afterward he entered the army as assistant surgeon of the Forty-sixth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, his command being assigned to the Army of the Potomac. In the fall of 1863 he was transferred to the Twentieth Army Corps under the command of General Hooker. He served his country in its military services three and a half years and was a gallant soldier as well as an expert surgeon. He received an honorable discharge at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in July 1865, and immediately returned to the medical college for the purpose of completing his medical education, and was graduated from that institution in 1866. The following year he came to Indiana, locating in New Castle, this county, but shortly afterward located in Sulphur Springs. He was actively engaged there in the practice of his profession until 1870 and then returned to New Castle. He soon demonstrated the fact that he was a thorough master of his profession and having readily won the public confidence, soon built up an extensive practice. While he gave his attention to the general practice, he paid especial attention to surgery, in which he was probably the peer of any physician in this county. Aside from his professional duties Dr. Burke also took a keen interest in the public welfare and was induced to accept the offices of town trustee and school director, serving in the former office two terms and one term in the latter. On the 1st of March 1898, Dr. Burke was nominated for the office of clerk of the Henry circuit court, was elected, and assumed the duties of that office October 29, I900. He entered upon the duties of the office with a light heart and buoyant spirits, although to many of his close friends it was known that he had misgivings about being spared to serve his term of office. It came sooner than anyone expected, as only a few weeks elapsed until he was stricken and left the clerk’s office, never more to return. His death occurred October 17, 1901, at the home of Dr. S. Ferris, where he had engaged rooms a short time before his sickness. The funeral occurred the following Sunday at the Christian church and was attended by a large number of people. The Grand Army of the Republic and Independent Order of Red Men had charge of the services and at the cemetery both orders observed their burial ceremonies. The services at the church were conducted by the pastor, Rev. Ewing, assisted by Revs. King and Dungan. Dr. Burke was an active member of the Henry County Medical Society, the Grand Army of the Republic, the Historical Society and the American Medical Society. He was also physician for the Panhandle and Lake Erie & Western railroads. Following is a complete copy of the will of Dr. Burke: November 22, 1899. This is my last will, and I, being of sound mind, do bequeath as follows: First—That all my just debts be paid. Second—That all notes, accounts, judgments, etc., be collected. Third—That the proceeds of my estate, real and personal, be equally divided between Jerome B. Burke, Mary E. Burke, Ellen J. Durfrees, all of Washington, D. C., and J. W. Burke, of Austin, Texas, being my brothers and sisters. Fourth—I desire that my library, books, instruments and whatever may be in my office or in my room or stairway of said room, together with harness and buggy with Ed. Peed, be sold at public auction or any part at private sale satisfactory to the best interest of my estate. Fifth—I appoint my good friends, Thos. B. Millikan and Mark E. Forkner, my executors with right and power to dispose of keepsakes of any kind which they may find in my possession, to my known friends, and to execute my will in their good judgments, they to destroy all, accounts, books and papers of no value after settlement is complete, and I bequeath to my good aunt and noble woman, Elizabeth Alsbaugh, my iron bed stead. GEORGE W. BURKE. M. 0. Waters and J. A. Greenstreet, witnesses.

Compendiumof Biography Of Henry County, Indiana B. F. Bowen 1920                                                   THOMAS WILHOIT.                             Surnames: Douglas, Bowers, Huston, Henshaw, Maloney, Wertz,McKee, Jackson,                    Pickering, Baughn, Allshouse                Thomas Wilhoit, late proprietor of the Pine Grove ShorthornStock Farm at Middletown, Henry County, Indiana, was born in Adams county,Ohio, March 20, 1822, His parents, Moses and Nancy (Douglas) Wilhoit, werenatives of and married in Kentucky, but, from that state removed to Ohio, withone child, and there resided until   September, 1831, when they came to Henry County, Indiana, and settled on what is still known as the Wilhoit farm, three and one half miles south of Middletown. The land was then deep in the forest and was entered by Moses Wilhoit from the government, and on which he died at the age of seventy years, his wife dying when eighty-four. This venerable couple were the parents of nine children, all of whom reached mature age save one, who died when ten years old.The Sons of this family were as follows: John, who went to Iowa about the year 1840, but later removed to Oregon, where he died when eighty-one years old;Thomas, whose name stands at the head of this biography; Joseph, who went to Fulton County, Indiana, about 1863, and there passed the remainder of his life;Benjamin, the only surviving son, lives in New Castle, Henry county, Indiana.Of the daughters, Elizabeth was married to Henry Bowers, but is now deceased;Leonora, also deceased, was the wife of Asa Huston; Sarah Ann, who was married to Calvin Henshaw, and Margaret, who was the wife of William Maloney, are likewise deceased, and Mary died when but ten years old. The late Thomas Wilhoit was reared on the parental farm in Ohio until nine years old and was then brought to Indiana where he was reared to manhood in Henry County. February 22, 1844, he married Mary Huston, who was born in Wayne County, October 20, 1824, a daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Wertz) Huston, natives of Pennsylvania who were married in Ohio and thence came to Indiana and resided in Madison County and in Wayne County until 1833. Their daughter, Mary, was twenty years old when she was married in Adams Township, Madison County. The Wilhoit and Huston families lived but five miles apart and attended the same church, the Methodist Episcopal at Mechanicsburg, and were therefore quite intimate. Soon after his marriage, Thomas Wilhoit and his two surviving brothers each received twenty acres of the home farm and each built a cabin, but Thomas soon afterwards purchased the tracts owned by his two brothers and finally bought his father’s share in the property. Thomas lived ten years in his cabin on his twenty acres following the occupation of farming, and in 1855 built the Wilhoit residence near the old home; later he added eighty acres to his home place, but just opposite, and still later added two-thirds of an eighty-acre tract adjoining.   Ever in the lead, Mr. Wilhoit began breeding shorthorn cattle about 1851. He first bought two heifers and a bull from Milton Thornburg, of Wayne County, for which he paid thirty-five dollars per head, the stock being unregistered. His neighbors  signalized the act as an insane one and the ridicule caused him to sell one of the animals. Later on he purchased the samebreed in Kentucky, paying for some of his animals as high as five hundred dollars per head, and about 1880 bought the shorthorn bull Athelstand II, for which he paid three hundred and fifty dollars.This animal was  of the best prize-winning blood of that time and his use marked one of the most strikinge pochs in American Shorthorn history. His exhibits in the ‘eighties were marvels of substantial flesh, and he was classed among the greatest breeders of the time.   Mr. Wilhoit was a man of few words, but was thoroughly practical in his under- takings. His herds at times numbered from ninety to one hundred head, and his exhibits were made at all the great state fairs of Illinois,Missouri, Iowa, Indiana and Ohio, and at one time he had the finest herd in United States. He always realized good prices in making sales, getting from four hundred to six hundred dollars per head and more than once refused one thousand dollars each for choice heifers. He continued to make exhibits of his stock up to the latest years of his life and never lost faith in his method of breeding; even when stock fell off in price he kept his own registered, believing that a reaction would take place. He lost three head of his finest animals a few months before his final sale, but at his death, which occurred August 21, 1893, he had acquired a handsome competency. In politics Mr. Wilhoitwas quite active as a Republican and served his fellow citizens as such for four years in the capacity of county commissioner. In religion a Methodist, he donated land for a church edifice, which was erected in 1888, and is still known as the Wilhoit church, and of which he was a trustee, steward, etc. To the marriage of Thomas and Mary (Huston) Wilhoit were born two children,Tabitha Ellen and Nimrod Scott. Tabitha Ellen has been twice married, first to James McKee and, secondly, to Benton Jackson. She now resides in Shirley, Henry County, and has two children, Ida, wife of F. E. Pickering, who conducts the old Wilhoit farm, and Roscoe McKee,residing on the old McKee homestead. Nimrod Scott Wilhoit son of Thomas and Mary, married May Catherine Baughn and died in his thirtieth year. Nimrod Scott wedded May Catherine Baugh, and by her had two children, Charles Clarence, who is married and resides in Middletown and Pearl, deceased, who was the wife of Artemus Allshouse, of Cadiz, Indiana. Thomas Wilhoit, outside of stockbreeding, was also engaged to a large extent in the development of Middletown’s enterprises. He aided in starting the bank, was its largest stockholder and its vice-president, and also largely interested in pike roads. Mrs. Wilhoit is a member of a family of eleven children, of whom one brother and       one sister beside herself are still living, and no residents of Middletown are more highly respected than Mrs.Wilhoit. She has spent over half a century in this township, and has watched its growth from a veritable wilderness to its present high plane of civilization, having also witnessed the laying of all the railroads in the county. She is a devout member of the Methodist Episcopal church and is greatly beloved because of her kindly spirit and noble deeds.          q

Compendium of Biography Of Henry County, Indiana B. F. Bowen 1920                                                       ADAM V.HARTER                      Adam V.Harter, the present recorder of Henry County, Indiana, was born in   Honey Creek, Fall Creek Township,this County, November 2, 1876, his parents being Ferdinand A. and Mary E. (Benbow) Harter. Mrs. Mary E.Harter being a native of Henry County, a record of her genealogy will first be given.  Adam V. Benbow, father of Mrs. Harter, was born in North Carolina and was of Welsh ancestry, his grandfather having been one of three brothers who together came in a sailing-vessel over the ocean to America and were sold under what was known in early days as the “apprenticeship” system—that is to say,they had no funds with which to pay their passage money at the start and the captain of thevessel which brought them to a port in the new world “sold” their time and labor to any person in want of “help,” the length of service and rate of wages being adjusted to Suit the circumstances. Of the three brothers, it is  known that one settled in Maryland, one in North Carolina, but of the third nothing definite is known as to his destination or fate. Of the North Carolina “apprentice” the Benbow family of Indiana are lineal descendants. Barclay Benbow, grandfather of Mrs. Harter, came from North Carolina to Henry County, Indiana, in an early day, accompanied by his son Adam V., entered land in Prairie Township and there passed the remainder of his life. Ferdinand A. Harter, father of the subject, was a son of David Harter, a native of Virginia, who settled in Preble County, Ohio. David Harter was a blacksmith by trade, which he worked at until leaving Preble County, Ohio. From Preble County, Ohio, he moved to Wayne County, Indiana, where his son Ferdinand A. was born. When David Harter came to Henry County, Indiana, he entered land in Jefferson Township,cleared tip in course of time two farms, and was extensively engaged infarming. He died in 1887, when past eighty years of age.  Ferdinand A. Harter was married in JeffersonTownship, purchased the old Harter homestead, and with him his father spent thelast eight years of his life. Ferdinand A died May 13, 1900, in his seventieth year, and his widow now lives with her son, Adam V., in New Castle. Ferdinand A. passed his earlier years in farming, and also erected a sawmill on his farm. He and his father also ran the first steam thresher in Henry County about 1860.The engine was made in Richmond. Indiana, and in connection with the thresher was a chaff separator.  In 1884 they built a sawmill, in which the thresher boiler was utilized in conjunction witha new one, and their services were largely in requisition in Henry and adjacent Counties. Ferdinand A. and his father were both Republicans in politics. David was a Dunkard in religion, while Ferdinand A. and wife were among the originalmembers of the Christian church at Mount Summit, of which Adam Benbow was a prominent member. Peter Harter, a brother of Ferdinand A., lost his life in the battle of Chickamauga, and two brothers, John and Oliver, still live in Jefferson Township in the vicinity of Sulphur Springs. To Ferdinand A. and MaryE. (Benbow) Harter have been born nine children, namely: Theodore, a farmer at Honey Creek: John, a mechanic at Mount Summit: William also a mechanic and at present in Arkansas; Frank, principal of the East school at New Castle; Adam V., the subject of this memoir; Elmer, in New Castle: Lillie, wife of Frank Lester, on the old farm: Rose, wife of Fay Rader, of Sulphur Springs: and Ethel, who is deputy recorder. Adam V.Harter was educated in Sulphur Springs and early became an accomplished musician. He for about nine years taught piano and organ playing in nearly every part of Henry County, In November 1900, he was elected county recorder on the Republican ticket, and took possession of the office on the 17th of the same month.  The duties of the office are performed by him self and sister and have given entire satisfaction to the public. In fact, all the male members of the family are Republicans, and Frank Harter has succeeded in          keeping the party intact in his district, although living in a strongly Democratic Township. Frank was also in his early days a schoolteacher and followed the vocation fifteen years. The two brothers, the sister and the mother live together as one family and are held in the highest possible esteem in the social circles of the city and township. Adam V. still owns a part of the old homestead, which consisted of one hundred and sixty acres and was first owned by his grandfather

: Bundy, Allen, Elliott, Forkner, Mellett, Gray, Hovey Compendium of Biography Of Henry County, Indiana B. F. Bowen 1920 JUDGE EUGENE H. BUNDY In no profession is there a career more open to talent than in that of the law, and in no field of endeavor is there demanded a more careful preparation, a more thorough appreciation of the absolute ethics of life or of the underlying principles which form the basis of all human rights and privileges. Unflagging application and intuitive wisdom and a determination to fully utilize the means at hand, are the concomitants which insure personal success and prestige in this great profession, which stands as the stern conservator of justice; and it is one into which none should enter without a recognition of the obstacles to be encountered and overcome, and the battle to be won, for success does not perch on the falchion of every person who enters the competitive fray, but comes only as the diametrical result of capability. Possessing all the requisite qualities of the lawyer and jurist. Mr. Bundy stands today among the distinguished members of the bar of Henry County, Indiana. Judge Eugene H. Bundy is a native of the Hoosier state, having been born at New Castle on the 10th of October 1846. His father, Col. M.L. Bundy, was one of the early pioneers of the eastern part of Indiana and is today one of the oldest living members of the Indiana bar. In his youth Eugene H. Bundy attended the common schools, proving an apt pupil and making marked progress in his studies. In 1861, at a time when the country was in the throes of a civil conflict, he was appointed to the position of a page in the lower house of the state legislature. This was the “war legislature,” of which Hon. Cyrus M. Allen, of Vincennes, was the speaker. His position threw the subject into contact with many eminent persons and there were not many men of prominence in the state at that time with whom he was not personally acquainted, he there forming acquaintance-ships which have in the passing years ripened into warm personal friendships. During the following year Mr. Bundy filled a clerk-ship under his father, who at that time was, a paymaster in the army. In this position he served for about two years, being located the greater part of the time at Detroit and, Indianapolis. After his return from his, military services the subject entered Miami University, at Oxford, Ohio, the late Prof. David Swing being at that time the principal of the institution. He completed the work of the preparatory and freshman years, but took the work of the sophomore year at Union College, Schenectady, New York, where ‘he remained one year. Then returning to Oxford he completed his course at the university in June 1869, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Three-years later, in consequence of a continuation of his literary studies, that institution conferred upon him the degree of master of arts. Mr. Bundy had been strongly inclined to the legal profession as a life work, a fact not to be wondered at when it is remembered that his father was a lawyer and his mother’s brother, Judge Jehu T. Elliott, was one of the most profound and best known jurists of the state. In obedience to this inclination he entered his father’s office and after a course of reading and study was admitted to the bar in 1870. Soon afterwards he entered into a partnership with Mark E. Forkner, an association which continued for six years. In 1876 this partnership was dissolved and Mr. Bundy became associated with Judge Mellett, then just retiring from the bench. In 1880, the subject was nominated by his party for the position of state senator and at the ensuing election was elected by a majority of over five thousand votes. He represented the district composed of Henry, Delaware and Randolph counties and served during the sessions of 1881 and 1883. His record in the senate was an enviable one and so commended him to the members of the Republican Party that in 1884, he was nominated by that party for the position of Lieutenant Governor. He made a vigorous canvass, but in the landslide of that year went down to defeat with the balance of the ticket. Two years later, upon the resignation of Lieutenant-Governor Manson, Mr. Bundy was repeatedly solicited to accept the nomination for the office, but declined the honor. In 1887 he was named by Governor Gray as one of the commissioners to superintend the construction of the hospitals for the insane at Evansville, Richmond and Logansport and acted in this capacity until the completion of those institutions, when he resigned. In February 1889, he was appointed by Gov. Alvin P. Hovey to the judgeship of the fifty-third judicial circuit, newly created by legislative enactment, and at the ensuing election, in 1890, he was elected to this position by the people for a term of six years. In 1889, upon his elevation to the bench, the partnership which had existed between Judge Mellett and himself was dissolved.On the 6th of July 1870, occurred the marriage of Eugene H. Bundy and Miss Bettie M. Mellett, the only daughter of Judge J. H. Mellett, a most happy and congenial union. Judge Bundy’s life career thus far has been a most commendable one. In the legislature he was industrious and conscientious in the discharge of his duties, a strong partisan, yet always tolerant of the views of others. Because of his admirable equipment, love of the law, devotion to his profession, thoroughness in the grasp of cases before him and his inflexible integrity, he is eminently qualified for the position of judge and during his long service on the bench has administered the law with impartiality, ability and justness.

I am looking for two great-great-aunts: Ida Stubbs and Katie Stubbs. Ida and Katie are the daughters of Sylvanus T. Stubbs (born in Ohio) and Nancy Jane Allen (born in Indiana). Sylvanus and Nancy married in Lake County, Indiana in the 1860's. They moved to Kansas about 1866 and Nancy Stubbs died in Kansas in 1873. After the death of Nancy, I can't find Ida or Katie with their father or anywhere in Kansas. I believe that the 2 girls went with other family members in other states. I am looking in Indiana and Ohio because of family history. Here is what I know about them: Ida Stubbs Born in about 1866 in Indiana Probably alive in 1920's I have a marriage record for an Ida Stubbs to an Eli Edmonds in Lake County, Indiana in 1886. I am trying elsewhere to confirm that this is my Ida. Katie Stubbs Born around 1871-1873 in Kansas Definitely alive in late 1905. Probably alive in 1920's Maybe married a Kelsey (sp?) or a Cavanaugh? Anyone else working on this family? Thanks, Rebecca _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

Hi Sue, There is no index for what I have, I will scan ahead, and see what I can conjure up for you. Thanks for reading, Lora

Surname: Brooks, Geohegan, Downey History of Rush County Indiana Brant & Fuller 1888 Chicago WILLAM M. BROOKS An enterprising and progressive farmer of Noble Township was born in Nicholas County, Ky., July 7, 1841, and is of English lineage. He is the seventh child born to Mosley and Susanna (Geohegan) Brooks, natives of the same County, the former born in 1805, and died in 1873, the latter born 1803, died in 1871. The paternal grandfather, Zachariah Brooks, was a native of Virginia, who, at an early date, removed to Kentucky, where he died at the age of ninety years. His maternal grandfather, a native of Delaware, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and died in Kentucky. In 1851, the family came to Rush County. Our subject received a common school education, and his occupation has always been that of a farmer. He now resides on the old Brooks homestead, and is the owner of more than 500 acres of land. In 1862, Mr. Brooks enlisted in Company I, Fifty-fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry. After serving seven months, he resigned on account of physical disability. The marriage of Mr. Brooks was solemnized October 6, 1869, to Miss Laura D. Downey, born in Warren County, Ohio, November 4, 1849. They are the parents of seven children, viz.: Minnie D., born 1870; Cora D., born 1871; Harry D., born 1873; Edith E., born 1875; Ida F., born 1878; William M., Jr., born 1884, and Leslie R., born 1887. Mr. Brooks is a staunch Republican and a member of the G. A. R. For four years he was Trustee of Noble Township. Mr. and Mrs. Brooks are members of the Christian Church.MELVIN W. BROOKS was born in Nicholas County, Ky., April 18, 1844; son of Mosley Brooks. The subject of this sketch came with his parents to this county, when but five years of age, and received a common school education. At the age of eighteen years, he enlisted in the Fifty-second Regiment, Company G, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, under Col. Wolf and Capt. Ross Guffin. He participated at the battle of Fort Donelson where he was wounded. He was a true and brave soldier and at the end of three years and eight months was honorably discharged, came home and resumed the occupation of a farmer, and now owns a farm of 175 acres of well- improved land. The marriage of Mr. Brooks was solemnized April 23, 1867, to Miss Alice A., daughter of Horatio and Nancy (Townsend) Culver, natives of New York and Ohio. Mrs. Brooks was born January 31, 1849, and is the mother of the following children; Fannie, Forrest, Charles, Sadie, Mertie, Vernon and Oliver M. Politically, Mr. Brooks is a Republican, and also a member of the G. A. R. Mr. and Mrs. Brooks are members of the Christian Church.

Surname: Holaday, Harvey, Pierce, Covalt, Smith Compendium of Biography Of Henry County, Indiana B. F. Bowen 1920 CHARLES H. HOLADAY The subject of this sketch is a worthy representative of one of the oldest families of Henry County, the name Holaday having been closely interwoven with the history and development of this section of the state for over three-quarters of a century. The Holaday’s are of English origin, the remote ancestors of the American branch of the family having settled in North Carolina in the time of the colonies. As early as 1826 the subject’s paternal grandfather moved from that state to Henry County, Indiana, and entered a tract of land in what is now Liberty Township where he cleared a farm. He was one of the earliest pioneers of this section and a man of great industry and energy and withal of excellent moral character. After having some years in Liberty Township he disposed of his original place and bought a farm in the Township of Blue River, on which he lived until his death at the age of eighty-four. He was twice married and appears to have literally carried out the Master’s injunction to multiply and replenish the earth, as he became the father of twenty-three children, nearly all of whom grew to mature years and became useful in their respective spheres of life. Andrew Holaday, father of the subject, was about one and a half years old when brought by his parents to Henry County. He was reared on the farm in Liberty Township, received his education in the early subscription schools and for a number of years was one of Henry County’s successful teachers. Later he became a farmer and so continued to the end of his days. Andrew Holaday was twice married, the first time to a Miss Harvey, who bore him five children. His second companion, who also became the mother of four children, was Miss Mahala Pierce, a sister of Alvin E. and W. D. Pierce, of this county. The oldest son by this wife is Lewis, a well-known minister of the Christian church living in Sullivan County, this state; Charles H., of this review, is the second in order of birth, after whom comes Orlo, a resident of Delaware county, and Otto, the youngest, also lives in the County of Delaware. Charles H. Holaday was born in Blue River Township, Henry County, Indiana, on the 15th day of May 1868. When he was six years old his mother moved to Henry Township, his father having died in Blue River Township April 17, 1874. When he was thirteen years of age the family moved to the Township of Liberty where he grew to manhood and where his life has been spent to the present time. His educational training embraced the branches taught in the common schools and at the age of seventeen he began earning money for himself by working as a farm hand at monthly wages. Mr. Holaday, on the 14th day of August 1885, was joined in wedlock to Miss Eliza A. Covalt, a daughter of Chmire and Mary A. (Smith) Covalt, the parent’s natives of Drake County, Ohio, but residents of Henry County at the above date. After his marriage he rented a farm and for a period of three years carried on agricultural pursuits, in that way meeting with encouraging success the meanwhile. At the expiration of the above time he purchased a farm in Liberty township on which he lived until March, 1901, when he sold the place at a good figure and bought his present home, formerly known as the old Paul farm. Mr. Holaday has made many substantial improvements on his place and is accounted one of the representative agriculturists of the township in which he lives. He possesses good judgment and tact in the management of this affair and is a young man of splendid business capacity, well fitted for the enviable position he occupies in the community. Politically he votes the Republican ticket and while taking an active interest in public affairs and keeping himself well informed upon the questions of the day, is not what is usually termed a politician. He is a firm believer in revealed religion and since 1899 has had charge of the church of God at Chicago Corners, as its regular elder. He has been preaching for some years and is a sound reasoner, clear and concise in his exposition of holy writ and at times rises to heights of eloquence in his pleas to men to forsake their sins and accept the pure, simple terms of the gospel. He also ministers to a congregation in Grant County, where his labors have been very effective in strengthening his brethren numerically and spiritually and in winning souls to the higher life. Mr. Holaday is a sincere Christian in all the term implies, his daily life and conversation, as well as his public ministry of the Word, being a potent factor in awakening and keeping alive an interest in sacred things among the people with whom he mingles. His life has been fruitful of much good and, judging by the past; it is safe to predict for him a larger field of usefulness to come. Mr. and Mrs. Holaday have an interesting family of three children whose names and dates of birth are as follows: Perry L., April 30, 1888; Otto C., October 20, 1890, and Clarence, who was born on the 8th day of March, 1893.

Smith, Maple, Goar, Spencer, Fletcher, Carr, Wisehart, McMeans, Lybrook Compendium of Biography Of Henry County, Indiana B. F. Bowen 1920 JAMES M. SMITH Few communities are favored with a more intelligent and enterprising class of citizens than that of Dudley Township, Henry County, Indiana, and of these there can none be mentioned who deserve more favorable attention than the gentleman whose name opens this biographical sketch. James M. Smith is the son of Robert and Elizabeth (Maple) Smith, and was born in Franklin Township, Henry County, Indiana, on the 20th of April 1839. His grandfather, Isaac Smith, was a native of Kentucky and was a veteran of the war of 1812. He was noted as a hunter and many stories are told of his prowess in that line. He removed from his native state to Fayette County, Indiana, and subsequently removed to Iowa, where his death occurred. Robert Smith, the father of the subject, was born in Kentucky August 25, 1804, was reared to manhood in that state and learned the trade of a miller. He ran a gristmill in his native state for a while, but while yet comparatively young came to Indianapolis, in company with a brother, and assisted in the construction of the second brick building erected in that city. At that time, that city was closely surrounded by dense woods and Indians were plentiful. After remaining a short time in Indianapolis he returned to his native state, but in 1824 brought his family with him to Indiana, locating in Franklin Township, Henry County. He entered land about a mile and a half northeast of Lewisville and here he erected the little log cabin in which they made their future home. He was ambitious and energetic and transformed this land into a neat and valuable homestead. He was one of the constructors of and assisted in building the National road running from Richmond to Terre Haute. He was a Christian in the fullest sense of the term and exemplified in his daily life the teachings of the man of Nazareth. Though reared in a southern state he was one of the early Abolitionists, and was utterly opposed to slavery, being fearless in his denunciation of the system of holding human beings in bondage. He maintained a membership in the Presbyterian Church and died in that faith at the advanced age of ninety-six years. To him and his wife there were born the following children: Martha E. is the wife of Henry Goar, a prominent citizen of Tipton, this State; Thomas J. has long been a prominent citizen of the state of Illinois; Margaret A, is the wife of Cyrus Spencer, a resident of Middletown, this county; Mary E. is the widow of the late Lewis Fletcher, of Harper, Kansas, but formerly of Henry County, Indiana; Phoebe J. is the wife of Robert B. Carr, ex-sheriff and ex-clerk of Henry County, but now of South Dakota; James M., the subject; Elmira M., the wife of Willis Wisehart, of Middletown, this state; John R, ex-marshal of New Castle and ex-deputy sheriff of Henry county, now lives at Indianapolis. James M. Smith, the immediate subject, was reared under the parental roof and attended school in Franklin Township and at Knightstown and was engaged in teaching school for twenty years during the winter months. He afterwards took up the study of the law and was admitted to the bar, though he did not follow that profession. After his marriage he lived on a farm for a while and then moved to New Castle that he might accept the position of deputy clerk under Robert B. Carr. In 1875, at the conclusion of his official duties, he located in his present home and has resided here without interruption since. He has a fine and well-improved farm, worth probably one hundred dollars an acre: and is engaged in the general pursuits of agriculture, also giving some attention to the raising of livestock. He has been fairly successful in his operations and today ranks with the most progressive agriculturists of Henry County. On the 17th of December 1868, Mr. Smith was united in marriage with Miss Leora A. McMeans. She was the daughter of Nathaniel and Catherine (Lybrook) McMeans, and was born in Lewisville, this state, December 31, 1847. Her grandfather, Thomas E. McMeans, was a native of Tennessee, but came to Union county, Indiana, in1819, and to Franklin Township, Henry County, in 1834. He was an active participant in public affairs, served at one time as sheriff of Union county and died at Lewisville, Indiana, at a ripe old age. Nathaniel McMeans was seventeen years old when he arrived at Lewisville. He was a harness maker by trade and followed that occupation for a number of years. He later bought a farm, which he cleared and improved, and then moved into the city of New Castle, but subsequently returned to farming, buying the place which is now the home of the subject. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Straughn, of which he is a trustee and of which Mrs. Smith was a charter member. Both are active workers in the Sunday school, of which Mrs. Smith has been superintendent for a number of years and in which Mr. Smith has taught a Bible class for thirty years. In politics the subject is an ardent Republican and has always taken a keen interest in the success of his party. In the campaign of 1888, when Benjamin Harrison was the Republican nominee for the Presidency, Mr. Smith and wife and R. L. McMeans and wife formed a quartet, known as the McMeans Glee Club, and sang at many political meetings, acquiring a very enviable reputation through Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. The subject served as justice of the peace in his Township for a number of years and administered justice in a very impartial and satisfactory manner. Mr. Smith possesses strong and positive traits of character, which have won for him a high place in the public esteem. He has always endeavored to he just and such has been his record. His deeds are the best line with which to measure his life, and his good works and beneficent influence will make his enduring monument. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are descendants from two pioneer and highly respected families of Henry County, and are justly proud of their ancestry.

Hello, Thank-you for printing these. By chance, would there be anything on the Grahams? Thanks so much for looking. Susan Jones ----- Original Message ----- From: <Lora1957@aol.com> To: <INDIANA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 09, 2001 11:02 AM Subject: [INDIANA] Capt. James F. Watson; Other Surnames ; Watson, Hayes, Winder, Wood Compendium of Biography Of Henry County, Indiana B. F. Bowen 1920 CAPT. JAMES F. WATSON. This veteran of the Civil war and educator of youth, who laid down his ferrule to take up arms in defense of his country's flag, and is now a resident and retired merchant of Dunreith, Henry county, Indiana, was born near Canonsburg, Washington County, Pennsylvania, November 3, 1833, a son of Thomas and Jane (Hayes) Watson, who were also born in the county mentioned and of Scotch-Irish descent, their immediate ancestors having come to America from the north of Ireland, where they had their nativity. James F. Watson received an excellent common school education in his boyhood days, which was supplemented by a course in Duff's Commercial College at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. At the age of nineteen he began teaching school, a vocation he followed in all for ten years. When twenty-one years old he left his home, however, and went to Cadiz, Harrison county, Ohio, where he was engaged in teaching when the alarm of war was sounded and, seeing that the rebellion was not to be trifled with, he went to Belmont county and enlisted in August, 1862, in Company B, Ninety-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He saw service in the battle of Perryville, in which his regiment lost one hundred and seventy-five men, killed and wounded; it was then sent to Chickamauga, Tennessee, where it fell back, but was reformed and took part in several engagements in Tennessee and Alabama Until the Atlanta campaign was opened in Georgia, the regiment taking part in several severe battles before it was assigned to duty in the siege of that doomed city. It participated in the pursuit of General Hood to Huntsville, Alabama, and then went with General Sherman to the coast. Mr. Watson was appointed corporal at the organization of the company, in which capacity he served until the winter of 1862, when he was appointed hospital steward and served as such until the summer of 1864, when he was promoted to a second -lieutenancy just at the time when General Sherman set out on his famous march to the sea coast. On reaching the sea coast Lieutenant Watson was ordered to report at Memphis, Tennessee, having been commissioned as a Captain by the, war department. On reaching that city he organized a company of colored troops, which was assigned to the Sixty-ninth Colored Regiment. In command of this company and two others he was stationed at Memphis and later at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and had charge of a gang of freedmen, whom he caused while on guard duty to raise a crop of cotton near the latter place, keeping the company together all summer, the government furnishing the necessary supplies. The Captain also did court martial service and was finally honorably discharged at Duvall's Bluff in November, 1865, but was not mustered out of the service until December, 1865, when, broken in health and unfit for military duty, he returned to his young wife. Captain Watson was married at Flushing, Ohio, August 13, 1862, after he had enlisted but before departing for the war, to Miss Margaret C. Winder, an accomplished and patriotic young lady who had an uncle, Lewis Wood, living in Spiceland, Henry county, Indiana, with whom she made her home, her mother having died when young. On Captain Watson's return from the war he located at Spiceland, where he soon afterwards began merchandising with a small stock of goods, but afterward removed to Lewisville where he did a moderately successful business for five years. In 1872 he came to Dunreith as agent for the Panhandle railroad and engaged in dealing in grain for fourteen years. He also invested in land two miles from Dunreith and now owns four hundred and fifty acres, divided into three farms, on which he has made many improvements, clearing off the brush, putting up substantial buildings and laying tiling. These farms he rents out, but retains land enough to fatten from thirty to forty steers per year. He also pays much attention to hogs, in which he has great faith as income producers, and keeps up his interest in the products of his farms, which cost him from thirty-five to fifty-five dollars per acre. To Captain and Mrs. Watson have been born two children, both of whom died in childhood. The parents are member of the United Presbyterian Church, of which the Captain is a trustee, and after the burning of the old edifice in 1880 he liberally aided financially in the erection of the new. Both the Captain and his wife have been Sunday school teachers for twenty years, but about two years since Mrs. Watson had a fall in which she broke a hip, has used crutches ever since and has been forced to relinquish her work in the good cause. Her work was with the children's class, while the Captain's was with the Bible class, being a reader of the Scriptures and instructing them by explanatory remarks. For a year and a half he taught in the Friends society, but later returned to his old Bible class, above referred to. In politics Captain Watson is a stanch Republican, and takes an active interest in the success of his party. He is one of the most substantial citizens of Dunreith and one of the most honorable, and he and his wife enjoy the respect of the entire community without exception. ============================== Add as many as 10 Good Years To Your Life If you know how to reduce these risks. http://www.thirdage.com/health/wecare/hearthealth/index.html

Compendium of Biography Of Henry County, Indiana B. F. Bowen 1920 CAPT. JAMES F. WATSON. This veteran of the Civil war and educator of youth, who laid down his ferrule to take up arms in defense of his country’s flag, and is now a resident and retired merchant of Dunreith, Henry county, Indiana, was born near Canonsburg, Washington County, Pennsylvania, November 3, 1833, a son of Thomas and Jane (Hayes) Watson, who were also born in the county mentioned and of Scotch-Irish descent, their immediate ancestors having come to America from the north of Ireland, where they had their nativity. James F. Watson received an excellent common school education in his boyhood days, which was supplemented by a course in Duff’s Commercial College at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. At the age of nineteen he began teaching school, a vocation he followed in all for ten years. When twenty-one years old he left his home, however, and went to Cadiz, Harrison county, Ohio, where he was engaged in teaching when the alarm of war was sounded and, seeing that the rebellion was not to be trifled with, he went to Belmont county and enlisted in August, 1862, in Company B, Ninety-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He saw service in the battle of Perryville, in which his regiment lost one hundred and seventy-five men, killed and wounded; it was then sent to Chickamauga, Tennessee, where it fell back, but was reformed and took part in several engagements in Tennessee and Alabama Until the Atlanta campaign was opened in Georgia, the regiment taking part in several severe battles before it was assigned to duty in the siege of that doomed city. It participated in the pursuit of General Hood to Huntsville, Alabama, and then went with General Sherman to the coast. Mr. Watson was appointed corporal at the organization of the company, in which capacity he served until the winter of 1862, when he was appointed hospital steward and served as such until the summer of 1864, when he was promoted to a second -lieutenancy just at the time when General Sherman set out on his famous march to the sea coast. On reaching the sea coast Lieutenant Watson was ordered to report at Memphis, Tennessee, having been commissioned as a Captain by the, war department. On reaching that city he organized a company of colored troops, which was assigned to the Sixty-ninth Colored Regiment. In command of this company and two others he was stationed at Memphis and later at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and had charge of a gang of freedmen, whom he caused while on guard duty to raise a crop of cotton near the latter place, keeping the company together all summer, the government furnishing the necessary supplies. The Captain also did court martial service and was finally honorably discharged at Duvall’s Bluff in November, 1865, but was not mustered out of the service until December, 1865, when, broken in health and unfit for military duty, he returned to his young wife. Captain Watson was married at Flushing, Ohio, August 13, 1862, after he had enlisted but before departing for the war, to Miss Margaret C. Winder, an accomplished and patriotic young lady who had an uncle, Lewis Wood, living in Spiceland, Henry county, Indiana, with whom she made her home, her mother having died when young. On Captain Watson’s return from the war he located at Spiceland, where he soon afterwards began merchandising with a small stock of goods, but afterward removed to Lewisville where he did a moderately successful business for five years. In 1872 he came to Dunreith as agent for the Panhandle railroad and engaged in dealing in grain for fourteen years. He also invested in land two miles from Dunreith and now owns four hundred and fifty acres, divided into three farms, on which he has made many improvements, clearing off the brush, putting up substantial buildings and laying tiling. These farms he rents out, but retains land enough to fatten from thirty to forty steers per year. He also pays much attention to hogs, in which he has great faith as income producers, and keeps up his interest in the products of his farms, which cost him from thirty-five to fifty-five dollars per acre. To Captain and Mrs. Watson have been born two children, both of whom died in childhood. The parents are member of the United Presbyterian Church, of which the Captain is a trustee, and after the burning of the old edifice in 1880 he liberally aided financially in the erection of the new. Both the Captain and his wife have been Sunday school teachers for twenty years, but about two years since Mrs. Watson had a fall in which she broke a hip, has used crutches ever since and has been forced to relinquish her work in the good cause. Her work was with the children’s class, while the Captain’s was with the Bible class, being a reader of the Scriptures and instructing them by explanatory remarks. For a year and a half he taught in the Friends society, but later returned to his old Bible class, above referred to. In politics Captain Watson is a stanch Republican, and takes an active interest in the success of his party. He is one of the most substantial citizens of Dunreith and one of the most honorable, and he and his wife enjoy the respect of the entire community without exception.

Surname: Prigg, Campbell, Clark, Alley, Nolan, Franklin Compendium of Biography Of Henry County, Indiana B. F. Bowen 1920 GEORGE H. PRIGG George H. Prigg, deceased, was born in Dayton, Ohio, January 12, 1829, and died in Fall Creek Township, Henry County, Indiana. May 1, 1894. When about ten years old he was brought to Indiana by his parents, William and Mary (Campbell) Prigg, who were born and married in Maryland, removed to Ohio and later to Indiana, and died two and a half miles west of Mechanicsburg, Henry County, the father at the age of eighty and the mother at seventy-five. George H. was the second born in a family of four sons; Edward, who lives on the old homestead; Parker, a merchant at Howard, Indiana, and William, in Middletown, he log the other three. George H. Prigg was married at the age of twenty-three to Miss Jane Clark, at the time nineteen years old, a daughter of Jesse and Priscilla (Alley) Clark, natives of Virginia, who came to Indiana about 1831 and settled on the farm on which the widow of George H. Prigg now lives. This farm comprised eighty acres, was improved with a small cabin, in which Jane Clark was born March 25. 1833. About eight years after locating here Mr. Clark erected a hewed-log house of two stories, and in 1857 put up the present dwelling. During the Civil war the premises were bought by Mr.Prigg and, Mr. and Mrs. Clark went to Fulton County, Indiana. Whence migrated about 1885 to Lawrence county, Missouri, where Mrs. Clark died when sixty-four years old and Mr. Clark at seventy. Of a family of five, three sisters and one brother live in Fulton and Miami counties. Mrs. Prigg being the only one to remain in Henry. After his marriage Mr. Prigg rented land for three Years, then purchased a farm; he next bought a second one three years later and three years afterward bought the Clark homestead, on which Mrs. Prigg has lived all her life with the exception of about ten or eleven years. Mr. Prigg acquired in all about five hundred acres and presented to each child at his or her marriage a tract of forty acres. George H. Prigg devoted the greater part of his life to the breeding of livestock, and eventually met his death through a kick from a horse. He was very domestic in his habits and very fond of the society of his wife and children, to all of whom he was kind, intelligent and affectionate. He was a Republican in politics, but was too domestic a man to seek public office, although he was truly a public-spirited man and charitable citizen, whose death was greatly deplored by the entire community. He died in the faith of the Bristol New Light (or Christian) church and freely contributed to the aid of the congregation west of Middletown, of which he was a pious and consistent member. To George H. and Jane (Clark) Prigg were born six children, all but one of whom have been schoolteachers. They were born in the following order: John, now in Middletown; William, agent for the McCormick Reaper Company at New Castle; Martha, wife of Lon Nolan, of Frankton, Indiana; Monroe: twin of Martha, in Sulphur Springs, Henry County: Joseph, a farmer in Delaware County, and Roberta, wife of Dolph Franklin, a farmer near the old Prigg homestead. There are eight grandchildren in the family and Mrs. Prigg resides on the old farm place, but rents the farm, and is frequently visited by such of her children as are within accessible distance, while her neighbors honor her with their constant attention.

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Compendium of Biography Of Henry County, Indiana B. F. Bowen 1920 FRANK BUNDY The Bundy family has long been intimately connected with the history of Henry County and doubtless no name in the state of Indiana is more familiar to the traveling public, Josiah Bundy for many years proprietor of the leading hotel in New Castle. He was born in Wayne county, Indiana, April 21, 1823, the son of George and Kerene (Elliott) Bundy. When twelve years old was brought by his parents to Greensboro, Henry County, where the father soon afterwards died. He remained with his mother until his marriage, which was solemnized in 1844 with Miss Maria J. Stanly, daughter of John and Elizabeth Stanly, and some time thereafter opened a hotel at Greensboro, running the same until 1865,when he sold out and moved to Minnesota. After a residence of six years near the city of Minneapolis he returned to Henry County and engaged in farming near Spiceland until 1876. In that year he took charge of the Bundy Hotel in New Castle, purchasing the property of George Hazard, and though at first the success of the enterprise was somewhat hampered by reason of great indebtedness, it became under the management of his sons, to whom it was turned over the following, one of the best paying hostelries in this section of the state. Mr. Bundy continued for some years to retain a relation to the property and his name was largely instrumental in attracting and retaining a large share of patronage. Josiah Bundy was a man of excellent parts and left the impress of his strong personality upon the community in which so much of his life was spent. Through the various vicissitudes, which he was compelled to encounter in the course of his life, he never lost sight of the honor and integrity that always attached to his name, and the people of New Castle and Henry County, as well as the traveling public generally always held him in the highest personal esteem. His vigorous and affable nature was transmitted in no small degree to his sons and when it was once asked of a leading citizen as to who had reared the best family of boys in New Castle, the unhesitating reply was that such honor belonged without doubt to Josiah Bundy. Mr.Bundy lived a long and useful life, devoted largely to the good of the community and the to the moral elevation of his fellow man and his death, which occurred in the year 1895, was deplored by all who knew him. Frank Bundy, son of Josiah and Maria Bundy, was born April 25, 1861, in the town of Greensboro, Henry County. He spent his childhood years in his native village and at the age of about fifteen accompanied his parents to New Castle where he became a valuable assistant in the hotel. In 1878, in partnership with his brothers Orla and Charles, he assumed control of being of the house and, as stated in a preceding paragraph, under the joint efforts of the new proprietors the business rapidly grew to large proportions until in due time a new building had to be erected in order to meet the demands for entertainment. The old building answered well the purpose for which intended until the rapid growth of the city made a structure of much greater capacity necessary. About the year 1888 the original hotel was destroyed by fire and with it several outbuildings also burned to the ground, among them being the livery barn belonging to the hotel, in which nine head of horses perished. This fire entailed a great loss, but with characteristic energy the Bundy brothers at once set about devising plans and raising means for a new building, which in due time was erected at a cost of something like thirty-six thousand dollars. This structure, which is three stories high, is made of brick, contains fifty-four sleeping rooms and is finished through out with the latest modern conveniences. Every accessory of a first-class hotel has been added, the culinary department lacks nothing to make it thoroughly up-to-date and the long and successful experience of the proprietors gives the hotel prestige as one of the best and most thoroughly conducted places of entertainment known to the travel ing public in central Indiana. The value of the house at New Castle, together with the two large and fully equipped livery barns connected therewith, is conservatively estimated at fifty thousand dollars in addition to which the brothers also own the McFarlan House at Connersville. The latter is under the management of Orla Bundy, also an experienced hotel man, its success since he assumed control being of the most satisfactory character. The consolidation of these various interests has resulted in most encouraging financial gains and the business, already large and lucrative, bids fair to assume still greater proportions in the future. Frank Bundy at an early age was obliged through force of circumstances to shoulder large responsibilities, but in every situation in which he was placed he proved equal to the emergency. After the father’s failure he took upon himself the management of the business and his career from that time to the present shows him to be the possessor of sound judgment, keen discrimination and executive ability far above the average. By reason of his father’s financial embarrassment he was not able to receive the educational training he so much desired and for several years he had sole charge of the hotel and everything connected there with in order that his younger brother might attend school elsewhere. Mr. Bundy was married in 1885 to Miss Ella Brown, daughter of D. M. Brown, of Lewisville, the result of the union being one daughter. Frances M., whose birth occurred January 21, 1900.Politically Mr. Bundy is a Republican, but in no sense a partisan or seeker after office. He belongs to the Masonic and Pythian fraternities and in religion subscribes to the Presbyterian creed, being a deacon in the church at New Castle. Mrs. Bundy also belongs to the above church and with her husband is active in its various departments of moral and religious work. To follow Rev. Thomas Rogers.

Surname: Port, Canton, Vickery, Long, Baird, Teeter, Lamberson Compendium of Biography Of Henry County, Indiana B. F. Bowen 1920 DAVID PORT The present solid prosperity and the progressive spirit which is so characteristic of this great republic is in a very large measure due to the injection into our national life of the blood of Ireland in the person of her sons and daughters who have come here in the hope of escaping from conditions which were galling and oppressive. The qualities which have characterized the natives of the Emerald Isle have enabled these emigrants under the more favorable conditions in the United States to attain to the most exalted stations in business, learning and the arts and sciences, and they are considered among the most active and progressive of the citizens of this great country. The immediate subject of this sketch is a native of Ireland, having been born near Belfast. His parents were Samuel and Eliza A. (Canton) Port. The Port family is originally from France, but migrated from that country to Ireland and their descendants have made their homes in America. The subject’s grandfather on the maternal side was a surgeon in the noted Irish Rebellion and was descended from Lord 0’ Neal. Samuel Port, the father of the subject, emigrated from Ireland in 1839 and at once located in Fayette county, Indiana. When he had come as far as Cincinnati, Ohio, he found himself with but ten cents in his pocket and a family of eight children to care for. He had learned the weaver’s trade in Ireland, though upon settling in this country he engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was industrious and saved his money and was subsequently able to buy a quarter section of land, situated one mine north of Waterloo, in Fayette County. Here he settled and resided a number of years, and being energetic and ambitious, lived to see this tract cleared up and improved. He also kept a hotel for a number of years, which is remembered as one of the pioneer institutions of that county, from which he received a source of income. The hotel was known as the Drovers’ and Movers’ home for many years during the early history of that country, and was very popular and liberally patronized. He subsequently disposed of his possessions near. Waterloo and purchased a farm two miles north of Bentonville, on which he settled, and afterward resided until death, which occurred in 1859. He was highly respected and was known far and wide. He was the father of nine children, eight of whom were born in Ireland, and of this family the subject is the only survivor. He had been fairly prosperous and at his death was worth about twelve thousand dollars. Politically he was a Democrat and in religion was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. David Port was reared upon his father’s farm and had but little opportunity to secure an education. He remained under the parental roof until he had attained his majority. After his marriage he resided upon his father’s farm near Bentonville for three years and in 1867 came to Henry County, locating upon a farm. He now possessed one hundred and ten acres of land and was successful in the operation of the farm. Besides the operation of the farm Mr. Port also engaged in the buying and shipping of livestock and found this a very profitable source of income. During the fall of 1902, Mr. Port and wife moved to Dublin, Indiana, where they now reside in retirement, enjoying the fruits of their many years’ toil. On the 10th of October 1858, David Port was united in the holy bonds of wedlock with Miss Martha J. Vickery. She was born in Rush County, this state, April 19, 1837, and is the daughter of Salathiel and Sarah (Long) Vickery. She is of Irish Welsh extraction. Her grandfather Long was a native of Virginia, and removed from that state to Ohio, thence to Indiana in 1820. He was an extensive contractor and constructed about three miles of the National road from Lewisville westward. He was a well-known and prominent man and was elected to the Indiana legislature. He was the father of nine children. To the marriage of the subject and his wife there have been born four children, as follows: Lenna A., married Clemment Baird and is now deceased; Samuel R. married Meda Teeter and lives near Centerville, Wayne county, Indiana; Lizzie L. married Lagrove Lamberson and lives in Dudley township, this county, and Maggie E., the second in order of birth, died when about two years old. Politically the subject is an ardent Democrat and has done much to advance the interests of his party. Religiously the families are affiliated with the Christian church and are active and earnest in their support of the same. Mr. Port enjoys a splendid reputation as a successful farmer and an entrprising businessman, being familiar with 17 the methods of agriculture such as the most scientific and progressive farmers have adopted to make their living financially remunerative. As a neighbor and citizen he occupies a desirable and conspicuous place and all who know him honor him for his many sterling qualities of manhood