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 are: Bales, Jackson, McMullen, Melvaney, Peacock, Cox, Fouts, Boyd, Fisch, Eagle, Bishop, Shockney, HON. ALONZO L. BALES. One of the most honored and dignified of the jurists of Indiana, Hon. Alonzo L. Bales, has proved his ability, his sense of justice and his knowledge of men and the motives which govern him for a number of years, and is still the incumbent of the circuit bench of the Twenty-fifth Judicial Circuit, and one of the leading citizens of Winchester. He was born in Randolph County, Indiana, September 25, 1864, a son of William D. and Rebecca A. (Jackson) Bales. William D. Bales was born at Dalton, Wayne County, Indiana, in 1843, and his wife was born in Randolph County, Indiana, August 23, 1846. The paternal grandparents were John and Nancy (McMullen) Bales. John Bales was born in Jefferson County, Tennessee, in 1807. In the spring of 1816 he and his father, Jacob Bales, came to Indiana and settled in Wayne County, between Economy and Hagerstown. Jacob Bales and his wife, Sarah Melvaney, were natives of North Carolina, and charter members of the Society of Friends, Quakers, in their neighborhood, in 1820. The maternal grandparents of Judge Bales were John and Susannah (Peacock) Jackson, he born in Randolph County, Indiana, in 1824. His father and mother were Samuel and Jemima (Cox) Jackson, of North Carolina. Judge Bales’ paternal grandparents were married in Henry County, Indiana, January 1, 1832, and the grandfather was a carpenter by trade. The maternal grandfather was a merchant and farmer, while William Peacock, the maternal great-grandfather, was associate judge for a number of years, so that Judge Bales had very solid forebears and upright citizens behind him from the start. His father for many years was engaged in farming in West River Township, Randolph County, Indiana, and he died in 1918, the mother having died in 1918. They belonged to that splendid type of Americans now passing. Work to them was a duty cheerfully performed without thought of distinctive reward. They reared their children to respect the laws, to attend church, and to work for their living, and did not ask of life more than the satisfaction that comes of faithful performance of what was laid upon them. Judge Bales attended the common schools, and had a short period in the Winchester High School, which preparation enabled him to secure a license to teach at the age of twenty years, and for the following ten consecutive winters he was engaged in teaching. During this decade he employed his leisure time in studying law, and in 1891 was admitted to the Indiana bar. In 1&95 he established his residence at Winchester, and began the practice of his profession. On September 1, 1892, Judge Bales was married to Miss Martha Fouts, born in Wayne County, Indiana, a daughter of Henry and Mary (Boyd) Fouts, also natives of Wayne County. Judge and Mrs. Bales became the parents of the following children: Ralph W., who resides at Indianapolis, Indiana, secretary and manager of the Indiana Dairy Products Association, William H., who is an attorney at Muncie, Indiana, and both of these sons are overseas veterans of the World war; Mary, who is now at home, has held clerical positions at Winchester, Indiana, and Cleveland, Ohio; and Ruth A., who married Prof. Max H. Fisch, of Cleveland, Ohio, professor of philosophy in the Western Reserve University. Mrs. Fisch was graduated from Butler University. Both the sons were graduated from DePauw University, and Mary was a student of DePauw University and Wayne College. Mrs. Bales died in April, 1901. In June, 1905, Judge Bales married Miss Emma Eagle, who was born at Winchester, Indiana, a daughter of Edmund and Gertrude (Bishop) Eagle, he born near Chester, Pennsylvania, and she at Cincinnati, Ohio. During the War Between the States Edmund Eagle served, with the rank of captain, in Company H, One Hundred and Twenty-fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry. There is one son, John Eagle Bales, now a student of DePauw University. Judge Bales is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Winchester, and one of its trustees. Since 1904 he has been the teacher of the Men’s Bible Class, and is otherwise active in church work. Very active in politics, Judge Bales was early called upon to accept public office, and from 1898 to 1900 was prosecuting attorney of Randolph County. When he completed his term in office he formed a partnership with John W. Macy and James P. Goodrich, but two years later Mr. Macy became circuit judge, and Alonzo Nichols took his place in the firm, which became Nichols, Goodrich & Bales, and this association continued until 1918, when Mr. Nichols was elected to the appellate bench, and Mr. Goodrich, governor of Indiana. In 1920 Judge Bales was elected judge of the Twenty-fifth Judicial District and reelected in 1926. One of the leading Re publicans, he served as precinct and county committeeman. His fraternal affiliations are with the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, the Knights of Pythias and the Improved Order of Red Men. Several years ago he served for a year as president of the Winchester Kiwanis Club, and for many years he has been a member of the Indiana State Bar Association. In 1914 Judge Bales was nominated for circuit judge, but was defeated by Judge Thomas Shockney, an intimate friend. The hardships and necessary struggles of his early days developed in Judge Bales those qualities of mind and character so essential to advancement in his profession. His life has been one strictly of work. His fidelity to every trust reposed in him, together with his natural ability and intelligence, have steadily advanced him, and made of him one with a statewide character.