James M. Seller, attorney, Crawfordsville. James and Mary D.Seller were natives of Virginia and went to Kentucky, then came to Montgomery county, Indiana, in 1827.   Mr. Seller had been a captain in the Black Hawk war. He first came in the spring and started the clearing and planted a small crop, then returned to Harrison county, Kentucky, hiring a man to erect a hewn-log cabin of fair size, and two stories high. This cabin is now owned by Marshall H. Seller, east of Crawfordsville. It has been boarded and celled. Into this Mr. and Mrs. Seller and four children moved in the fall of 1827. They bought 280 acres. Mr. Seller became quite an active man in politics, first as a whig and later a republican. He was county commissioner for several years, and in the winter of 1843-4 he represented the county in the state legislature. He died December 24, 1874, and his wife is still living. He was an elder in the Presbyterian church, of which Mrs. Seller is also a member.

William A. Seller, son of the above, was born September 20, 1823, in Harrison county, Kentucky. He was married October 10, 1844, to Elizabeth Wilson, who was born November 24,1824, in Martin county, Ohio. They farmed one year in Walnut township, then two years in Franklin township, and in 1849 they bought twenty acres of land, and added to this till they now own 230 acres. Mr. Seller was first a whig, then democrat, and now a national. They have two children : Louisa J., now Mrs. Peterson, and James M.

James M. Seller was born December 20, 1845, in Montgomery county, Indiana. He derived his education from the common schools and academy. In 1869 he began the study of law with James McCabe, of Williamsport. He further studied with John M. Butler, of Crawfordsville. After studying one year he went to Illinois, where he was engaged in teaching for three years, and at the same time pursued his studies. Returning to Indiana he associated himself with John W. Smith for the practice of his profession, in 1872, in Williamsport. In 1874 he located in Crawfordsville, where he has become established. In 1876 he formed a partnership with James Wright, and this firm still continue to do business under the firm name of Wright & Seller. Mr. Seller is a staunch democrat, and in 1880 was a candidate for the state legislature. Mr. Seller was married May 1, 1877, to Laura Heaton, daughter of James Heaton Sr., one of the oldest settlers in the county. She was born May 1, 1846. They have had two children: William, born June 9, 1878, and an infant (deceased). The Heatons are related to Gen. W. S. Hancock, and figured in the revolution. Mr. Seller is a Mason, and an active temperance worker. Mrs. Seller is a member of the Methodist church.

Jere Redenbaugh, farmer, New Ross, was born in Jefferson county, Indiana, May 25, 1824. His father, Henry Redenbaugh, was born in Ohio, and his mother, Mary (Douglas) Redenbaugh, was born in England, near London, and came to America in 1800 with her parents. They moved from Ohio to Jefferson county, Indiana, and in 1827 came to Montgomery county,'bringing three children: Alonzo J., Jere, and Mary. They lived the first year in Scott township, in a house of the rudest description, boards being laid across the sleepers for their bedstead. Leaving Scott township they leased thirty acres for three years of William H. Lynn, in Union township. This they cleared, for which they received $100 in money. With this little purse Mr. Redenbaugh purchased eighty acres of land in Scott township, upon which they lived till his death, which occurred in 1855. Mrs. Redenbaugh is still living in Boone county, Indiana, at the advanced age of eighty-one years. She is a member of the United Brethren church. Mr. Redenbaugh's father and brother were under Harrison in the war of 1812, and his brother George is now a resident of Fountain county, Indiana, and is eighty-seven years old. Mr. Redenbaugh was a democrat all his life.

Jere Redenbaugh, son of the above, has spent all his life on the farm. In 1847 he was married to Elizabeth Corn, daughter of William and Sarah Corn, who came to Montgomery county in 1830, and settled in Scott, then in Clarke township. There Mr. Corn died in 1859, and Mrs. Corn in 1874. Mrs. Redenbaugh was born in Kentucky. They have six children : Williams, Sarah J., Eliza E., Nancy E., George W., and Andrew. After marrying, Mr. Redenbaugh leased a farm of Isaac Elston, in Union township, on which he lived five years. He then lived one year in Scott township. Remembering that a rolling 6tone gathers no moss, he purchased forty acres, on which his present commodious house stands. He has been a thoroughly successful farmer, having added to this forty acres till he now has the W. 1/2 of S.E. 1/4, and E. 1/2 of S.E. 1/4 Sec. 28, and twenty acres, the E. 1/2 of S.W. 1/4 of S.W. 1/4 Sec. 28. In 1868 he built his present residence, 18x36, with hall 10x36, and kitchen 18x18, all brick; also large barn. He is now in easy circumstances. He is democratic in politics, and a supporter of progressive movements.

T. A. Brown, school teacher, New Ross, was born in Clarke township, Montgomery county, July 19, 1850. His father, William A. Brown, was born in Kentucky, and his mother, Elizabeth (Gose) Brown, in Virginia. William A. came with his parents, when he was a boy, to Montgomery county in 1828, and settled in Clarke township, where his father died the month following their arrival here, and was the first buried in the Davis graveyard. The Goses came to Boone county about 1829, when Elizabeth was small, and in the year following their arrival Mr. Gose died.   William A. and Elizabeth some years after were married, and settled on the old homestead, which he bought from his brothers. There they have toiled in clearing and improving their land, not a stick having been cut before they came. The Indians camped on the creek close by. They are members of the Methodist church. He votes the republican ticket. T. A., the son of William A., for the first twenty-two years of his life lived on the farm, attending the district school as much as possible, spending six months at the New Ross graded school, which enabled him to secure a certificate authorizing him to teach, which he did for one term. He sought further instruction at Valparaiso, Indiana, state normal school, teaching in the winter and schooling himself in the summer. His experience of ten terms' teaching well fits him for his present position as principal of
the New Ross school. He has always met with success in his work, never leaving a school which he could not reengage. He carries a certificate of the first grade. He taught two years at Colburn, Tippecanoe county, one session at Transville, and three years in Walnut township. Mr. Brown was married May 14, 1878, to Thalia Walters, daughter of William and Julia A. (Fritter) Walters. She was born in Iowa January 19, 1857. Her parents are from Ohio, and now of Carroll county, Indiana. Her father is a blacksmith. He served three and a half years in the civil war, and is a republican. Mrs. Brown is assistant teacher in the New Ross public school, and holds an eighteen months certificate. She is a member of the Christian church. He is a republican. Mr. and Mrs. Brown are yet young, and the future lies promising before them.

Andrew J. Routh, farmer (retired), New Ross, was born March 4, 1815, in Butler county, Ohio, and is a son of Jesse and Nancy (Douglas) Routh. Jesse and Nancy Routh wore natives of North Carolina, and moved with their parents to Tennessee, then to Ohio, where they were married. They next moved to Clarke township, Montgomery county, Indiana, arriving September 15, 1828. They settled on Sec. 21, and there, in 1837, Nancy Routh died. Jesse Routh married again, and moved to Boone county, and in 1843 came to Walnut township, this county, where he owned an interest in a small mill just south of what is now New Ross, the first mill in the township. There he died in 1844. He was a democrat, and both he and first wife were members of the Baptist church. His father was wounded in the arm in the revolution. Andrew J. Booth spent his youth with his axe and plow in clearing and stirring the soil. He attended school in the log house, with oiled paper windows, slab seats, etc., when he could. He learned the carpenter's trade, and worked at that business in connection with farming, but he has farmed more or less all his life till of late yearn. He retired from constant toil on account of inability to labor, caused by a stroke of paralysis. For the past eleven years he has lived in New Ross. Mr. Routh was married in 1835 to Sarah A. Agee, daughter of Elizabeth Agee, who came to the county about 1834. In 1838 Mr. and Mrs. Routh moved to Walnut township, and bought a farm of forty acres in Sec. 35; sold this afterward and bought a much larger farm in the same section. He has since purchased a house and lot in New Ross. His wife died May 14, 1874. She, with her husband, was a member of the Christian church. Two children, Martha J. and Acenith, are deceased. James L. died in the war, after contracting a severe cold in the battle of Nashville. The four living are in Walnut township. Mr. Routh has been quite a prominent republican. In his young days he was for many years a constable, and later he has been justice of the peace fourteen years, township trustee three years, and school director for twelve years. When he looks about and beholds the many changes, he is proud that he has been able to contribute in muscle and brain toward the conversion of the wilderness into wheat and corn fields, with here and there a village, school or church.

John Stipe, farmer, Orth, is a son of Joseph and Mary Ann (Stone) Stipe. Joseph Stipe was a native of Germany, and his wife of Virginia, He went to Virginia when a child, and went to Kentucky, and was there married. In 1816 he settled in Ripley county, Indiana, and in 1829 located in Franklin township, Montgomery county, where he entered eighty acres in Sec. 35, and added to the eighty till he owned 169 acres, and forty acres in Walnut township. He died in 1858, at the age of seventy years, and his wife followed in 1863, aged seventy-six years. He had served in the war of 1812. John Stipe, son of the above, was born in Ripley county, Indiana, in 1820. He remained at home till thirty years old. In connection with Jonas A. Jones he built a saw-mill in Shannondale, which occupied his attention three years. He then sold, and bought 160 acres of land. He added to this till he owned 320 acres. He now owns 240 acres, well stocked, a large barn, and a handsome two-story brick dwelling, containing sixteen rooms, erected in 1870, at a cost of about $6,500. He is eminent among the successful farmers. In politics he has been a life-long democrat. He was married in 1853 to Ann Eliza (Higgason) Robins, widow of Jacob Robins, who was married to Ann Eliza Higgason, by whom he had four children: Wm. R. (dead), Mary J., James H. and Sarah A. In 1850, while in Crawfordsville in the doctor's care, he died. He was a member of the Presbyterian church, so, also, was his wife. She was afterward, as stated, married to John Stipe, and is still living.   She was born in Kentucky, and came with her parents to Franklin township in 1830, at the age of four years. Wm.E. Robins, son of Jacob and Ann Eliza Robins, served in the battles of Fort Donelson and Pittsburg Landing, was taken sick and died at Evansville, Indiana. The daughters are married and living in Boone county, and James H. was married to Miss L. P. Crawford, of Missouri, and now owns 160 acres of land in Secs. 2 and 3, Walnut township. He has controlled a drain tile factory on his farm for several years. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Stipe are Joseph W., married in 1874 to Elizabeth Evans, daughter of Wm. B. and A. A. Evans, of Walnut township. They farm in Boone county. The. second son is John W., at home. Mr. and Mrs. Stipe and their parents have contributed their share of toil toward the development of Montgomery county.

James B. Jessee, farmer (retired), New Ross, was born in Russell county, Virginia, October 13, 1803, and was the son of Archie and Nancy (Browning) Jessee, both natives of Old Virginia. James studied his books but forty or fifty days, his education being derived by looking over the shoulders of others, and gathering from observation.   He adapted himself to any trade, now farming, then carpentering or blacksmithing, or sat on the bench of a shoemaker.   Mr. Jessee was married in September 1827, to Nancy Candler, daughter of Squire John Candler, of Virginia,   She was born in April 1808. In 1829 Mr. Jessee, wife and babe, emigrated to Indiana and settled in Montgomery county.   His uncle, Wilson Browning, came the same year and entered the land on which New Ross now stands, and Mr. Jessee having nothing but a few household goods and $8 in cash, lived the first year with his uncle, whose wife being lame Mr. Browning proposed that Mrs. Jessee keep house, and all life together, which was agreed to by the second party.   Some three or four years after, Mr. Jessee received from his brother $60, which was due him, and by putting what he had to this and borrowing $20, and paying 120 per cent interest, he purchased eighty acres of land on which he still lives. He has added to his farm till he owned 240 acres.   He now lives with his son, I.W. Jessee, on the homestead, about one fourth of a mile south of New Ross.   Mr. and Mrs. Jessee had seven children: Martha, Dorothy, Jane, Dosha A., now Mrs. G. T. Dorsey; Thomas J., who died at Pittsburg Landing, during the late civil war; James M., now of Aurora, Illinois, who enlisted three times in the civil war; and I.W., at home.   Mr. Jessee has always been a warm whig or republican. He and wife are Methodists.   His memory is still fresh, and he remembers well the war of 1812, in which his father was captain of a light horse company.   His father was also a member of the Virginia legislature for twelve or fifteen years, and his grandfathers Jessee and Browning were in the revolution, the latter having been a captain and having lived to be 102 years of age. Mr. Jessee has been a prominent man in his vicinity for fifteen years, and was justice of the peace. In his old age he is a great reader and good converser. His settlement of Montgomery county is further noticed in the general history of Walnut township.

Honorable James H. Harrison, fanner and stock-raiser, Ladoga, was born December 7, 1807, in Shelby county, Kentucky, and is a son of Joshua and Sarah (Paris) Harrison. Sarah Paris was a native of Green county, Tennessee. Her father, Robert Paris, emigrated to Kentucky with the first white family in those regions. Before he died he declared history to be wrong concerning the settlement of Kentucky, asserting that the Boone family were taken sick in East Tennessee when on their way to Kentucky, and that the Kenton family moved on and were the first family to winter in that state, the Boones following in the succeeding spring. Robert Paris was very exact and truthful, and became aroused whenever he read or heard contrary history. He was a soldier in the revolution, and also fought the Indians. He killed at least four Indians, whose scalps he wore to his shot pouch. Joshua Harrison was a native of Maryland, and early accompanied his parents to Kentucky, where he lived in the fort known as Burnt Station, at Beardstown. There he grew to manhood, married, and had a family. In 1829 he and son Robert made a trip to Montgomery county, Indiana, and entered 240 acres of land two miles west of Ladoga. He returned to Kentucky, and in January 1830 James H. joined his brother Robert in the wilds of Montgomery, and put in a crop. In the following fall he made two trips to his native state, and aided in moving the family to their new home. There were eleven children. they lived on that farm until 1854, when the mother of the family was thrown from a buggy and killed. This sad event made a change. Joshua Harrison made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Senator Harney, of Ladoga, where he died August 8, 1870, aged ninety years, two months and two days. He had fought in the war of 1812-15, and represented the county in 1840 in the legislature. He was whig and republican, never having voted for but one democrat, Thomas Jefferson. He professed  Christianity but never united with the church. His wife was a Methodist. Nine of their children are living. James H. Harrison, the principal subject of this sketch, was married July 26, 1833, to Elizabeth, daughter of George and Rebecca (Kelley) Watkins, early settlers of Scott township. She was a native of Montgomery county, Ohio. After marriage Mr. and Mrs. Harrison settled four miles east of Ladoga, where he worked at $8 per month, and bought the first eighty acres. In three years he sold out, and in 1836 bought the S.E. 1/4 of Sec. 31, Walnut township, of John Pottenger, where he 6till lives. He has 360 acres in the home farm, seventy-five acres in Vermilion county, Illinois, 240 acres of well-improved land in Kansas, and has given to five children one and one-fourth sections, and to another $1,000 in cash. Mr. Harrison has dealt very extensively in stock, especially in mules, during the last thirty years. He has paid out as high as $50,000 a year for stock. He at one time owned a fiat-boat, which he run down to New Orleans, and met Abraham Lincoln in the same business, his first acquaintance with the then future president. He was a whig, and cast his first vote for J. Q. Adams. He has traveled extensively through the south. In 1843-44 he represented Montgomery county in the state legislature. He was a member of the session in which Hon. G. S. Orth and Gov. Williams received their first experience. He has attended all the political conventions held in the district, except two, and takes an active part in the campaigns, never tiring till the victory is won or lost. Like his father, he has aided all measures of a progressive nature. His wife, for so many years his helpmate,and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, died March 2, 1879, at the age of seventy years, five months and twenty-seven days. They had eleven children: Robert W., Charles B. (dead), John K. (dead), Wm. C. (dead), Joshua P., James H. Jr. (dead), Thomas H., Sarah R., Louisa J. (dead), Mary E. (dead), and Carrie S. Four sons, Robert W., John K., Joshua P. and Thomas II. served in the civil war, Joshua P. having been eight months in Andersonville prison, and at Savannah, Charleston, and Florence. Mr. Harrison was a home-guard. Eight of his children he has graduated at school. His second marriage took place August 26, 1880, to Mrs. Sarah (Zirkle) Robinson.

Bainbridge Hall was a distant relative of Commodore Bainbridge, after whom he was named. He served under Jackson at New Orleans and in the war of 1812. He married Polly Nichols. Both were natives of Virginia and in early times went to Kentucky. There the slavery spirit became bitterly odious to Mr. Hall, and he sought a home in Indiana. He made several trips through this section, but was not pleased with the outlook. Finally he moved his family in 1831, and settled on a part of Sec. 16, T. 17, R. 3 W., or what is Brown township, on which he took a lease. In 1834 he entered 80 acres in Sec. 15,  and soon added a few acres more. He also entered 400 acres in Walnut township for his children There, on the Brown township homestead, Mr. and Mrs. Hall lived and experienced all the hardships and privations together with the peculiar pleasures of frontier life. Mr. Hall was very strong in whig principles, and outspoken in favor of tariff. He and wife were members of the Regular Baptist church. Mr. Hall died September 6, 1855, and was followed fifteen days later by his helpmate of so many years. Their family numbered ten children: Anderson, who died December 14, 1876; Elizabeth and H. L, now of Walnut township; Sarah, now Mrs. Harris, of Nebraska; John R., of Union township; William B., of Clinton, Illinois; Francis, who died at the age of twenty-five years; Benjamin, who died at the age of twenty-three years ; Y. P., of Brown township; Samuel Q., of  Walnut township, and Mary E., dead.

H. H. Hall was born m Kentucky, September 13, 1812. His life has been spent on the farm. He remained at home until after his majority, then worked out by the month. On March 24, 1840, he was married to Catharine Wasson, daughter of Alex, and Jane Wadeon, who came to Montgomery county about 1826. Mrs. Hall was born April 10, 1814, in Shelby county, Kentucky, also the nativity of her husband. Mr. and Mrs. Hall settled on their farm which his father had entered. This farm embraced the W. 1/2 of S.W. 1/4 Sec. 38. They began the task of hewing a farm from the dense timber, and the exceedingly wet ground made this no easy task. He afterward bought 40 acres more, being the N.W. 1/4 of N.W. 1/4 Sec. 32. He has also built a good house and barn. In politics Mr. Hall is an out-spoken republican. Mr. and Mrs. Hall are earnest members of the old Regular Baptist church. They have had eight children: Mary J., James A., deaf and insane; Benjamin F., Sarah £., Louisa E., Alex. B., Robert S.   One child, Emily, is deceased.

Samuel Q. Hall, farmer, Ladoga, son of Bainbridge and Polly (Nichols) Hall, was born September 8, 1828, in Shelby county, Kentucky.   He came while very young, accompanied by his parents, to Montgomery county, and since his arrival has lived here, with the exception of about nine months in 1856, which he spent in Iowa. He owns 190 acres, for 110 of which he paid his father $400, and for 80 which he subsequently purchased he paid $1,600.   His land comprises the E. 1/2 of S.E. 1/4 Sec. 32 and 30 acres of the south end of E. 1/2 of N.E. 1/2 Sec. 32; also the E. i1/2of S.E. 1/4 Sec, 32. Mr. Hall was married September 8, 1857, to Martha Hall, of Monroe county, Indiana.   She was born February 1, 1830.   They have four children: Mary E., Anderson N. Amanda F. and Benjamin H. Mr. Hall is a thorough republican and a successful farmer.   He looks back to the time when his mother chopped the frozen meal from the sack just brought from the distant mill by his brothers, and mixed it with water, then baked and gave it him and the others to eat. Those were early times and he notes the change.

David Spohr (deceased) was born in Augusta county, Virginia, February 7, 1802. His parents were Pennsylvanians. Mr. Spohr was married to Selena J. Foster, daughter of Wm. and Mary A. Foster, the former a native of Virginia, and the latter of Maryland, and their fathers came from Ireland. In 1832 Mr. and Mrs. Spohr came to Montgomery county, Indiana, bringing two children, Nancy J. and. John. Here they entered the E. 1/2 of S.E. 1/4 Sec. 10, T. 18, R. 3W, patent signed by Andrew Jackson. They soon built a fashionable cabin, and settled amid all the privations and hardships, beginning with but $80. Mr. Spohr died July 1, 1878. He and his wife were Presbyterians. In the early Jackson days he was a democrat, but when Jackson vetoed the Bank bill Mr. Spohr became a bitter whig and later a more bitter republican. Mrs. Spohr still lives on the place at an advanced age. John Spohr, second child of the above, was born in Rockbridge county, Virginia, December 4, 1881, and was eight months old when his parents brought him to the wilds of Montgomery county. In- bis boyhood the axe, maul, wedge and hoe were his daily companions. Three months in a year were supposed to be set apart for his education, but were a load of wood wanted, or milling to be done, it was, " John, I suppose you better stay out of school today." When eighteen years of age he was allowed to begin for himself. He first worked for Jonathan Martin at $9 per month. With his little earnings he was enabled to attend school at the Quaker institution at Darlington, through the spring, summer and fall. He then taught three months in the Detrick log school-house in Franklin township, for which he received $50. In the winter of 1852-3 he taught three months for $60, in the school-house on S.E. corner of Sec. 14, Walnut township, then went again to the Quaker school. He was prevented from farther teaching by ill health, and his eyes would not allow him to study. Mr. Spohr made a trip west, and invested his earnings in lands till he owned 480 acres. In 1871 he bought his present home farm of 100 acres for $5,000. He paid $2,000 down, and good crops and fortunate sales of western lands paid the other $3,000, so that now he has a good farm, also pleasant $800 house clear from all encumbrances. His farm comprises the W. 1/2 of S.W. 1/4 Sec. 11 and S. 1/2 of S.W. 1/4 of N.W. J1/4Sec. 11. He also owns 160 acres in Shawnee county, Kansas, which overlooks the capital of that state. Mr. Spohr was married July 27, 1876, to Mrs. Catharine (Routh) Inlow, daughter of A. J. and Sarah A. Routh, early settlers in Walnut township.   She was born January 9, 1843, in a little log cabin on the banks of Raccoon creek. When married to Mr. Spohr she had two children by her first husband: Ida B. Inlow and James I. Inlow. They also have one boy, left in the care of Mr. Spohr at the death of the mother; this is Henry F. James. Mrs. Spohr with her daughter is a member of the Christian church. Mr. Spohr is a Mason, also a member of the anti-horse thief association. He is one of the warmest republicans in the county, and a successful farmer.

William J. Inlow, farmer. New Ross, was born December 6,1833, in Montgomery county, Indiana, near Ladoga.   His parents, Abraham and Susan (Sparks) Inlow, were natives of Kentucky, and came to Montgomery county in the fall of 1828, and settled on 160 acres of land two miles northeast of the present site of Ladoga.   The land is now owned by G. G. Myers.   On that farm they toiled to change it to productive soil, and there they listened to the howl of the wolf. November 23, 1857, Mrs. Inlow closed her toils on earth, and was buried on the farm.   April 16, 1860, Mr. Inlow passed away, and was buried near his wife.   They were both members of the Christian church.   He had been a whig, but in his last days he was a strong republican.   When war threatened, he was called away, and among his last words when talking to his sons, were " Boys, be true to your country."   EIis father was in the war of 1812.   William J. Inlow spent his life on the farm till the spring of 1866.   March 15, 1866, he was married to Miss Emarine Sparks, daughter of William and Catharine Sparks, of Kentucky.   She was born November 2, 1833. Her parents were leading farmers of Nicholas county, Kentucky. April 1, 1866, Mr. Inlow settled in Valley City, now New Ross. Then there were seven cabins and no store.   Mr. Inlow bought a small stock of goods, and first used a wood shed as a store, then in the following spring moved into his new store-building.   Mr. Inlow's improvements to the town are fully mentioned in the general history of the town.   He has continued to live here, and for some years has resided in the suburbs on his pleasant farm.   When the Anderson, Lebanon & St. Louis railroad was projected Mr. Inlow was appointed solicitor for stock and right-of-way for Montgomery and Boone  counties.   He was also school trustee.   Mr. and Mrs. Inlow have but one child, Eddie, born December 18, 1866, in New Ross. Mrs. Inlow is a member of the Christian church.   Mr. Inlow is a republican.   He now oversees his farm, not being strong enough to do much work.   He has seen rapid changes in New Ross and surrounding country since 1866.

Wm. W. Ward, farmer, Mace, was born February 16, 1835, in and Lydia (Lafuse) Ward. His parents came from Union county, Indiana, to Montgomery county about 1834 and settled southeast of Crawfordsville, where they bought 160 acres of land. There they spent their remaining years. Mr. Ward was born in 1801, in Ohio, and died May 8, 1877, and Mrs., Ward was born 1802, in Union county, Indiana, and died July 7, 1870. They were widely known, and did much toward developing the soil and increasing the prosperity of the county. They were earnest Christian people, and members of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Ward was a democrat, then a republican. His elder brothers were in the war of 1812. In their family were eight children: James, Julia A., Samuel J., Wm. W. and Mary E.. Alfred, John L. and Elizabeth deceased. William W. when nineteen years old began life for himself. For some years he farmed the home place.' In 1857 he bought twenty-six and two-thirds-acres of land adjoining his father's. He sold this and bought seventy acres near Shannondale. He then traded for the farm of eighty-two-acres on which he now lives, and has added to his possessions until he now owns the W. 1/2 of S.W. 1/4 Sec. 6, and E. 1/2 of N.W. 1/4 Sec. 7, and W. 1/2 of N.W. 1/4 Sec. 33. He enlisted in August 1862, in Co. K, 86 Ind. Inf., under Col. George F. Dick. He was engaged at Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, all the battles in the Atlantic campaign; was at Franklin and Nashville, and was discharged in June 1865, when he returned to the quiet pursuit of farming. He was married December 31, 1857, to Mary A. Linn, daughter of William H. and Eliza Linn, early settlers of Montgomery county. They have two children: Lillia F. and Eliza J. Mr. and Mrs. Ward are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He has been a life-long and staunch republican, and is to-day one of the successful farmers of the county.

Samuel Imel was born in Virginia, and Susan Imel, his wife, was a native of North Carolina. They emigrated to Ohio in an early day, then to Wayne county, Indiana, and in 1836 settled on the N.1/2 of N. W. 1/4 Sec. 31, and E. 1/2 of S.W. 1/4 Sec. 30, Walnut township, Montgomery county, Indiana. This farm they improved. Mr. Imel died in 1861, at the age of sixty-one years, and his wife departed to her rest in 1871, aged seventy years. Mr. Imel was an early whig, and later a democrat. Mrs. Imel was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and a consistent Christian lady. Their children numbered seven, three of whom are living: one in Iowa, one in Boone county, Indiana, and Frederick Imel, a resident of Walnut township, and subject of this sketch. He was born January 8, 1828, in Wayne county, Indiana, and came while young to Montgomery county. Here he attended the pioneer log school and learned to cypher a little, but his education was mostly derived from sources outside the school-room. He has made farming his life-work. Mr. Imel was married in 1854, to Martha J. Harris. They have had two children: Samuel S., now a young man, and a babe (deceased). They are members of the Methodist church. Mr. Imel is independent in politics. They have seen great changes in their years, and have contributed their toil toward the present development.

Thomas E. Harris, farmer, New Ross, is one of the old settlers of Walnut township, and has been among her most prominent citizens. Mr. Harris was born September 15, 1804, in Buckingham county, Virginia. His father, James Harris, was a native of the same place, and became a leading planter, and was a life-long democrat. He died in 1853 at an advanced age.  His father, John Harris, and grandfather to Thomas E., fought in the revolution, and was at Yorktown when Cornwallis surrendered. The Pendletons and Freemans, famous in Virginia, are relatives of the Harrises. The mother of Thomas E., Ellen (Staples) Harris, was an amiable woman, and died in 1835 from sorrow at losing her son while he was at medical college at Philadelphia. Thomas E. Harris was raised on the Virginia farm. At the age of twenty-two, in 1826, he was married to Rebecca Powers, and raised nine children, four of whom are living, and following successful occupations and upright lives, which is very gratifying to their father. These four children are: John F., James S., Mary A. and Martha E. In 1836, in the fall, Mr. and Mrs. Harris, with their family, emigrated to Montgomery county and settled in Walnut township, where he now lives. He bought ninety-five acres of the N.W. 1/4 of Sec. 25. Here he built a cabin and proceeded to prepare for future years. Many were his privations and hardships, yet happiness and love reigned within the
cabin of round logs for six years. About 1842 Mr. Harris built a hewn log house, and was very particular to make it "neat" The bricks he molded and burned for the chimney. This house was 18x24,  "with upstairs," and two rooms below. This was his habitation for sixteen years. He then erected a fine frame house, 18x30, with all 16x18, two stories. In 1868 he lost this by fire, yet, nothing daunted, he built his present commodious dwelling, 28x33, two stories, at a cost of about $2,000. He has added to his original ninety-five acres till he now owns 381 acres, besides having given some away. Soon after coming to the township he was elected justice of the peace and afterward served as township trustee and inspector of elections.   In 1850 and 1851 Mr. Harris represented Montgomery county in the legislature and was offered the nomination again, but refused. He has been a life-long democrat and has been respected by both parties. His contributions to church purposes and benevolent causes have been liberal, and his life has been one of uprightness and integrity. He has been a member of the Baptist church for many years, also church clerk. Mr. Harris has been three times married. His first wife, who shared his early toils, died in 1853, aged forty-four years, and rests in the Pisgah grave-yard. He next married Mrs. George, an estimable lady, who died in 1862. His last wedding took place in latter part of 1862, to Mary Johnson, daughter of Clement and Nancy Johnson, old settlers of Montgomery county. There are two children by the last union: Virginia J., born July 30, 1863, and Robert E., born June 30, 1876. Mr. Harris appears quite prominent in the general history of the township. Perhaps no man has done more toward developing Walnut township than has Mr. Harris.

Robert B. Green, attorney, New Ross, was born April 30, 1836, in Miami county, Ohio, and is the son of George W. and Mary (Hendricks) Green. His father was born in Pennsylvania and his mother in North Carolina. They were farmers and Baptists. R. B. Green was raised on the farm till nineteen years of age. He then attended the Tippecanoe, Ohio, Academy, from which he graduated in 1856 in the scientific course. He paid his own school expenses by working mornings, evenings and Saturdays, thus mixing muscular toil with mental exercise. Leaving school he engaged in the manufacture of lumber, which he followed more or less till 1873. In the mean time he also taught school eight winters. In 1873 Mr. Green began the study of law with R. B. F. Peirce, of Crawfordsville, with whom he was associated till 1880, when he became connected with M. W. Bruner, He settled in New Ross in 1872, where he practiced in connection with study. He is rapidly establishing an extensive practice in the different avenues of his profession. He now owns two houses and three lots in New Ross. During the dark days of the rebellion Mr. Green was not asleep. In 1862 he enlisted in the hundred-days service, and in 1864 he re-enlisted for one year, when he staid till the close of the war. Ho was at the battle of Rich Mountain, Kentucky, and some minor skirmishes. During the last year he became cook in the hospital at Indianapolis, then steward, and finally sergeant. For years he has been a member of the order of Odd-Fellows. Mr. Green was married in 1863 to Martha Caldwell, of Boone county. She died June 20, 1878, and is buried at Shannondale, Montgomery county.   She left three children: Viola M., Fanny R. and Carrie J. Mrs. Green, with her husband, was a member of the Christian church. Mr. Green is a solid republican. He is town clerk, and town attorney, and notary public.

Harrison Linn, deceased, was born November 4, 1813, in Butler county, Ohio.   He was there married to Eliza Corrington, of Butler county, also.   About 1837 Mr. and Mrs. Linn emigrated to Montgomery county, and bought land east of Fredericksburg, two miles. Selling this they purchased 160 acres in Sec. 6, Walnut township. By patient toil and economy 265 acres were their possessions when Mr. Linn died, June 6, 1877.   He was buried at Oak Hill Cemetery.   All hie life he had been an energetic, progressive man, supporting liberally all measures he thought profitable to the county or township.   He was a prominent member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and a warm republican, but never sought office. His father was a revolutionary soldier, whose last words upon leaving home for the war of Independence were, slapping his hand on his thigh, "Here goes for liberty."   He and wife, James and Ells Linn, were Pennsylvanians.   From such parents Harrison received his birthright, which has been transmitted to his children. Mrs. Linn now lives with her son, George W. Linn.   George W. was born January 4, 1855, in Walnut township, on the homestead. He has made farming his life work.   He was married February 27, 1877, to Jennie Freeman, daughter of Samuel and Lucy Freeman, of Mace, Indiana.   She was born March 17, 1858.   They have one child, Ethel.   Both are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He is a republican, also a member of the Knights of Pythias and Good Templars. Mrs. Linn's parents came to Montgomery county when young and settled with their parents in Union township, Montgomery county.   Her father is a native of Iowa, and her mother of Kentucky. They moved to Mace in 1874 and are Methodists.

J. C. Martin, merchant, Mace, was born February 22, 1842, on the old homestead. Evi Martin, his father, was born February 20, 1796, on Mill creek, ten miles north of Cincinnati. About 1806 his parents moved to Lebanon, Ohio, and lived there five years, then in Troy, Ohio, till 1827. He was married August 19, 1819, to Ann Mills. She was born October 4, 1799, near Lebanon, Ohio. In 1827 Mr. and Mrs. Martin turned their faces west toward Indiana, and arrived at his father's house in Union township, Montgomery county, November 26, 1827. Mr. Martin soon entered the S. 1/2 of S.W. 1/4 Sec. 7, and N. 1/2 N.W. 1/4 Sec. 18, T. 18, R. 3 W., what was afterward called "Walnut township. About the middle of December he built a cabin, made a bedstead of two poles, one post, two augur-holes, and bed-cord brought with them. February 4, 1828, the family moved into their new abode, the fifth cabin built in the township. Mr. Martin was soon attacked with a light form of asthma, and for three continuous years he was unable to lie down to sleep. Mr. and Mrs. Martin, by energy and economy, gathered a competency for old age. In 1854 they moved to Linn county, Iowa, where they remained till 1865. They then sold and returned to Indiana and lived with their son, J. M. Martin, till June 1867, then went again to Iowa, to their son Samuel, in Mahaska county. After one year they lived with their son Isaac, at Center Point, Iowa, till June 6, 1871, when they again returned to Indiana to make their permanent home with J. M. Martin. In their old days Mr. Martin sold his place and put his money, over $3,200, in a bank'; the bank failing, the savings of a lifetime were lost, a severe stroke to the old people. In 1830 they united with the Regular Baptist church, and were baptized by Rev. John Lee, the first Baptist preacher of their
region, and Mr. Martin's house became a favorite place for pioneer worship. In his prime days Mr. Martin supported whig principles, but later became a radical republican. Mr. and Mrs. Martin are the oldest people in Walnut township, and have lived together in happiness for sixty-one years. They sent six sons to the civil war, all of whom returned. J. C. Martin was educated mostly in the field, and in 1854 went with his parents to Iowa. June 25, 1861, he enlisted in Co. C, 5th Iowa, under Capt. John L. Grubb. He fought in about twenty battles, and was neither hurt nor captured. He was always present when his regiment was engaged. A few of the battles in which he took part are Iuka, Corinth, Champion Hill, all the battles in the rear of Vicksburg. At Vicksburg Mr. Martin made himself famous among his company by an act of bravery. A volunteer was called for to reconnoiter the enemy's position, and Mr. Martin immediately stepped forward. Twice he examined their positions and reported, and explained the mode in which the charge should be made, declaring the charge possible. So near to the enemy was he that there were a thousand chances of his being shot to one of his safe return.   The charge was ordered, but the captain being killed the sergeant refused to make the charge, whereupon he was threatened with death from Martin's gun, and the arms of another. Just then orders came not to go. The cowardly sergeant was reduced to the ranks, and J. C. Martin promoted to the place. In a letter written by an officer of that day, in years since, appear these words regarding . the daring deed: " Had that act been done under the eye of a Napoleon, the actor would have worn a marshal's cross." Mr. Martin was also at Mission Ridge. He made two trips north on recruiting service, a veteran furlough. Was in the rear at Atlanta, also was at Franklin, Nashville, Spring Hill, and Pulaski. In the meantime the 5th Inf. had been transferred to the 5th Iowa Cav., and under Gen. Wilson he was in Wilson's raid. August 17, 1865, Mr. Martin was discharged. He returned to Iowa, and in 1865 came to Montgomery county, Indiana. He farmed in Franklin township till 1873, when he engaged in general merchandising in Mace, which he still follows. In 1880 he erected a very fine residence in Mace, costing about $1,800. Mr. Martin was married January 21, 1869, to Miranda Hutchings, of Franklin township, this county. She was born in Union county, Indiana, September 16,1849. They have three children: Elmer G., Everett J. E., and Arthur J. Mr. and Mrs. Martin are Methodists. He is thoroughly republican.

James K. Everson, proprietor of New Ross saw-mill, New Ross, was born August 26, 1847, in Union township, Montgomery county, Indiana, His father, George W.. Everson, was born in Pennsylvania, August 28, 1807, and his mother, Rachel (Hankins) Everson, was born in Ohio in 1808, and died in Montgomery county, Indiana, April 2, 1877. They were farmers and came to Montgomery county about 1832, and settled near Crawfordsville. Mr. Everson still lives in Union township at the age of seventy-three. He has been a close adherent to the democracy all his life. He is a member of the Christian church, so also was his wife. James K. Everson, son of the above, and subject of this sketch, was raised on a farm and worked for his father till eighteen years of age, when his father gave him his time, and he took charge of the home farm, which he tilled on the shares for eight years. Leaving home he became a partner in the saw-mill at Mace with Eli Meiser, where he remained two years, then bought the saw-mill at Beckville. In October, 1877, he traded for the saw-mill at New Ross, which he owns. Here he employs six men in the mill, also from six to twelve hands with teams, hauling logs, besides choppers. He manufactures all kinds of hardwood lumber native to the forest of the region. He ships very largely to Bloomington, Illinois. Mr. Everson began the world's battle poor and with but little education, but with care and by industry he has thus far well succeeded. In 1880 he finished a pleasant dwelling in New Ross, at that time the best in the town. He is strictly democratic in politics. He was married November 2, 1868, to Hannah Everson, daughter of Stephen M. and Sarah (Horton) Everson, of Ohio. She was born in Ohio, September 2, 1852. They have one child, Sadie, born December 6, 1870. Mrs. Everson is a member of the Christian church. Robert Finch farmer and tile manufacturer, Mace, is a son of Henry and Sarah (Swindle) Finch.   Henry Finch was a native of Tennessee, and his wife was born in Virginia.   In an early day they emigrated to Union county, Indiana.   There he died in 1847, aged fifty-five years, and she came to Montgomery county, where she died in 1858, aged fifty-five years.   Mr. Finch paid but little attention to
politics.   Mrs. Finch was a member of the Christian church.

Robert Finch was born in Union county, Indiana, March 16, 1829. He lived there till 1848, when he came to Montgomery county. He first squatted for about two months near the spot on which school
No. 3 now stands.   Then two years on the land on which the central school is now located.   He made several more moves in the vicinity of Crawfordsville, but! concluding that a renter's fortune would ever be extremely small he purchased, in 1856, 160 acres, the S.E. 1/4 of Sec. 20, paying $1,100.   In 1858 he sold, and bought 160 acres in Secs. 5 and 8, for which he paid $2,500.   Since then he has sold and bought till at present he owns a good farm of 180 acres. He has increased the value of his farm by erecting a large dwelling, 40 x 40, two stories high.   He also controls the tile factory on his place, and receives liberal patronage.   He has handled a great deal of stock, and now feeds the greater part of his produce.   He received but little schooling, yet has a practical knowledge of business, transacting not only his own but much for other people.   He is solidly democratic, and in 1880 was nominated for county commissioner on the ticket of his party.   In 1851 Mr. Finch was married to Christiana Hipes, of Montgomery county.   Mrs. Finch died April 13, 1875, leaving a family of five children.   Mr. Finch was next married to Isarelda Cason, daughter of "Wm. and Martha Cason, of Walnut township.   She was born in Union county, Indiana.

Isaac N. Miller, farmer and stock raiser, New Ross, was born in Greene county, Ohio, December 13, 1826. He is a son of Robert and Hannah (White) Miller, both natives of Pennsylvania. Robert Miller's father, Isaac N., and mother were born in England, and emigrated to America prior to the revolution, in which war he was a captain. Mrs. Hannah (White) Miller's parents were born in Ireland. The Whites are descendants of the old Scotch Covenanters, and drifted into United Presbyterian ism. Robert arid Hannah came to Greene county, Ohio, about 1805. There they farmed till death. He died in 1833, and she in 1834.  At the age of nineteen years Isaac N. worked on the farm, then began carpentering, which he followed for about twelve years. In 1848 Mr. Miller traveled westward, and stopped at Ladoga, where he followed his trade. March 8, 1849, Mr. Miller was married to Nancy A. Corn, daughter of "William and Sarah E. (Allen) Corn, and cousin of the Hon. Joseph Allen (deceased), of Montgomery county. She was born October 26, 1829, in Montgomery county, whither her parents had come about the year 1828. About 1857 Mr. Miller purchased about eighty acres of land in Sec. 33, Walnut township, and became a farmer, in which occupation he has been eminently successful. He has added to his first eighty acres till now he owns 2561/2 acres. A stately residence costing $3,000 and a large barn add great value to the well cultivated farm. He keeps a great deal of stock, and, as asserted by the appraiser, his farm is the second best in Walnut township. In politics Mr. Miller is true and outspoken. He was rocked in a whig cradle, and has ever sought to perpetuate the principles of republicanism. He has been an Odd-Fellow since 1849, and is also a Knight of Pythias. He and wife are members of the Missionary Baptist church. They have four children: John W., George A., Henry A. and Benjamin F.

James G. Johnson, merchant, Mace, was born September 1,1837, in Butler county, Ohio, and is the son of Jesse R. and Mary (Wheat) Johnson. Jesse Johnson was a native of Butler county, Ohio, and a farmer and butcher, and kept hotel, etc. He also filled the offices of township trustee and assessor. He was a strong democrat all his life, and died in 1873. He was a resident of Walnut township from 1855 till 1863, when he moved to Hendricks county, where he died. His wife, Mary (Wheat) Johnson, was a native of the island of Mackinaw, and now lives in Hendricks county. Her grandfather Wheat, also Mr. Johnson's grandfather, were in the war of 1812 and were wounded. James G. Johnson spent his youth in the town school at Westchester, Ohio, till seventeen years old. He came with his parents to Walnut township in 1855 and followed the plow till about 1877, when he engaged in merchandising in Fredericksburg, and also in loaning money to some extent He still sells a general line of goods in Mace and does a fair trade. Mr. Johnson is quite a prominent democrat. He has been township trustee and assessor, and represented Montgomery county in the legislature in the regular and special sessions of 1869. He again made the race in 1874, but was beaten by P. S. Kennedy, of Crawfordsville. He has been clerk in, the Presbyterian church, also elder.   His parents were members of the same church.   He was married, June 1, 1858, to Mary J. Loop, daughter of Andrew and Elizabeth {Airheart) Loop, whose sketch appears elsewhere. She was born September 14, 1846, in "Walnut township. They have had five children, two of whom are living: Ida, married to Dr. J. T. Sellers, of Roachdale; she was born June 26, 1859; William O., born April 12, 1867.   Mrs. Johnson is also a Presbyterian.

Andrew Loop, farmer, Mace, is among the old settlers of Montgomery county. He was born March 24, 1816, in Augusta county, Virginia. His parents, Christian and Eve (Airheart) Loop, were natives of Pennsylvania. They became residents of Virginia, and in 1834 moved to the western edge of Boone county, and settled so near Montgomery county that they felt at home when on this side of the line. In 1855 they sold the Boone county farm and bought near Beckville, in Walnut township. Mr. Loop, at death, left 220 acres. He did all his business in German, although he could write his, name in English. He was a life-long democrat. He died September 20, 1879, aged ninety-one years. His wife died November 1866, aged sixty-seven years. Both belonged to the German Lutheran church. Andrew Loop, son of the above, and subject of this sketch, when twenty-one years of age, began life for himself. He worked one year for his father, then bought 160 acres of land, namely the N.W. 1/4 of Sec. 21, T. 18, 3 W. When he had the 160 clear of encumbrance he purchased the eighty acres south of it. He soon went to Iowa and entered 1,000 acres. This he afterward traded for eighty acres near his home farm. He has traded, bought and sold, till he now owns 384 acres, with good house, etc. He also owns a large dwelling in Mace, where he now lives in easy circumstances. His success in farming is judged by the accumulation of property. Mr. Loop has been a life-long democrat, and somewhat prominent in the township. He has twice been lieutenant of the home militia. He was constable in his young days, and since has been justice of the peace for over eight years, and township trustee two terms and is now notary public. Mr. Loop was married December 27,1837, to Elizabeth Airheart, daughter of Peter and Elizabeth Airheart, who came to Indiana in 1834 with the Loops. She and her three sisters walked from Virginia to Indiana, a distance of over 600 miles. Mr. and Mrs. Loop have seven children: Sarah E., Mary J., Christian F., Harriet E., Amanda C,
William C. and Virginia, twins, and Lydia E. Elizabeth is in Kansas and the rest are in Montgomery county. Mrs. Loop is a Methodist and Mr. Loop is a Presbyterian.   They have contributed their share of toil toward the development of the county, physically as well as morally and spiritually. Web. Bowers, merchant, New Ross, is a son of William and Sarah (Chenoweth) Bowers. The latter was born in Indiana and
former in Ohio. William Bowers was a merchant in Lebanon and Crawfordsville. He was a good speaker, and twice stumped the northern part of Indiana in behalf of the immortal Lincoln. At La Fayette convention he was a candidate for the nomination for congressman, but was beaten by Godlove S. Orth by a few ballots. He was, while in Crawfordsville, a candidate for the nomination for state's attorney. In later years he became a democrat. Although he had but little education he wrote quite extensively for the Cincinnati "Enquirer" and Louisville "Courier." Some years before his death he became a minister of the Christian church, and one of the most successful workers. In 1872 he went to Arkansas and organized thirty-two churches, and baptized over 400 persons. He also wrote for the church papers. He died in Arkansas, November 13, 1876, after preaching five years. Web. Bowers, son of the above, was born October 25, 1853, in Lebanon, Boone county, Indiana. At the age of fourteen years he was apprenticed to learn the harness trade, which he followed for six years. He then engaged in the mercantile business in Arkansas for four years, during which time he was deputy postmaster one year and postmaster one year. In 1874 he came to New Ross, where he engaged in the drug trade. He carries a stock of from $900 to $1,000, with sales of about $5,000 per year. He handles school books, stationery, etc., with
his drugs. He was married January 29, 1877, to Victoria Rowe, daughter of Squire Charles and Caroline (Jackson) Rowe, whose sketch appears elsewhere. She was born June 16,1863. They have one child, Zoe. Mr. Bowers is a republican and an Odd-Fellow. He and wife are members of the Christian church.

John W. Hogsett, physician, Mace, was born November 8, 1835, in Augusta county, Virginia, and is a son of John and Polly Hogsett, both natives of the same county. His father was captain in the home militia, and fought in the war of 1812. He died in 1857, quite aged. The mother of the doctor was an estimable lady, and, with her husband, was a member of the Presbyterian church. She is now living in Monroe county, Virginia. Mr. Hogsett lived with his parents, in Monroe county, Virginia, from two years old till eighteen, when he left home to do for himself. He learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed near home three years, then moved to Iowa in December 1856, where he followed the same occupation. In the times of the panic in 1857 work was scarce, so he improved the time attending school in Williamsburg, Iowa, where he pursued the higher branches of common school studies. In the winter of 1859 he taught, then went to Council Bluffs, and next to Rock Island, and in the spring of 1860 worked for his brother, in Ford county, Illinois. Early in the fall of 1860 he came to Crawfordsville and started to walk to Indianapolis. Arriving at Fredericksburg, or Mace, and being pleased with the stir and business of the place, he determined to remain here. He taught two terms of school in Walnut township. In the spring of 1861, at the first call for volunteers to put down secession, Mr. Hogsett enlisted in Co. G, 10th Ind. Inf., under Col. M. D. Manson, for three months. During this time he fought at Rich Mountain. Returning he reenlisted in Co. B, 10th Ind. A few of the engagements in which he took part are Mill Springs, where he received three slight wounds from a volley fired into the company. On his way to Nashville he was taken ill and was sent into the barracks, then put in charge of detail to be returned to Louisville. Here he procured a two months' furlough. He returned at the proper time to his regiment at Corinth, and was employed in guarding the road from Courtland to Decatur, and experienced several skirmishes. He was wounded at Chickamauga, on the shoulder and breast, by spent balls. He was on the Charleston campaign, at Mission Ridge, and several minor battles around Marietta, Tennessee. He was finally discharged at Indianapolis, and returned to Mace, where he began the study of medicine with Dr. Samuel Irwin. He read till the following October, then entered Rush Medical College, Chicago. In the following year he settled for the practice at Jacksonville, Fountain county, Indiana, and at the close of two years came to Mace, and was sometime associated with Dr. Irwin. He completed his medical course at the Indiana State Medical College at Indianapolis, February 26, 1875. He was married February 17, 1869, to Rebecca A. Pogue, daughter of Silas and Betsy Pogue, old settlers of Walnut township. They have four children: Ada M., Casper W., and Daisy E. and Sherman. Mrs. Hogsett is a member of the Presbyterian church, while the doctor is a Methodist.   He is a Mason and a republican.

Homer Bowers, physician, New Ross, was born August 20,1845, in Vienna, Rush county, Indiana. His father, William Bowers, was born April 26, 1822, on a farm in Hamilton county, Ohio. When very small his parents moved to Union county, and here remained until Wm. was about fifteen, when he went to Wayne county to obtain an education.    He however learned the saddler and harness maker's trade. From here he moved to Johnson county, where he was married, January 1, 1842, to Sarah Chenoweth, who was born November 12, 1824, in Jefferson county, Indiana. Here his desire for a more thorough education prompted him to purchase a law library, to which he continually added until at the time of his death it numbered many volumes of every description, consisting chiefly of history, general literature, and religious works. From Franklin he removed to Vienna, and then to Lebanon, Boone county, where he resided ten years engaged in saddlery and harness making. He also occasionally practiced law until his health failed him, when to regain it he moved upon his farm in Tippecanoe county, four miles west of the battle-ground and seven miles north of La Fayette. After a residence of four years at this place the farm was traded to the Graham brothers for a stock of dry goods in Crawfordsville, March 15, 1861. After four years' experience as a merchant he sold his entire stock to Martin and moved to Lebanon, where he opened a saddlery and harness shop in which to employ his boys while he prepared himself for the ministry, being a member of the Christian church. September 1, 1870, he moved to De Witt county, Arkansas, where he was engaged as pastor at the time of his death, November 14, 1875. In Lebanon he actively engaged in politics, and was a candidate for the legislature on the whig ticket against Judge
Daugherty. In Tippecanoe county he was the farmers' candidate for the nomination to congress against G. S. Orth and A. S. White, which resulted in the latter's nomination. He was afterward a strong republican until he began his career as a minister. He was also a prominent Odd-Fellow in the Crawfordsville lodge. Homer lived with his parents until 1864, when he was engaged in running a branch dry-goods house in Rockville, Indiana. After his return to Crawfordsville, after nine months' mercantile experience, he began reading medicine, March 1865, in Dr. John Sloan's office. In the fall he commenced a year's course of lectures at Ann Arbor. Upon his return he began the practice of his profession in Fredericksburg, but in a few months he moved to New Ross, where he has since remained, and is now the oldest and most successful practitioner of the village. On account of poor health he open a drug store in New Ross in the fall of 1876, but in February, 1878, he again began the practice of medicine with renewed energy. Mr. Bowers had the advantage of an excellent common school education, after which he spent near two years in Wabash College, and one at Ann Arbor.
He was commissioned postmaster of New Ross March 1, 1875, and was married August 20, 1870, to Emma C. Walker, who was born February 28, 1848, at Lexington, Kentucky, and is the daughter of
Calvin and Emma (Pigg) Walker. Her father was born December 30, 1818, in Lexington, and married in April 1845. Her mother was born in 1823, and died of cholera July 30, 1849, in Lexington. Mr.
Walker came to Crawfordsville in July 1855, and is now working at his trade in New Ross, and making his home with his daughter. Mr. Bowers is the father of four children: Herbert, Aubrey, Edgar, Virgil,
and Ethel, and is a staunch republican.

John Harrison, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church, Mace, was born December 10, 1842, in Vanderburgh county, Indiana. His father, Joseph Harrison, is a native of England, and when fourteen years of age emigrated with his parents to Pennsylvania^ and three years alter to Indiana. The mother of John was born in Kentucky, and migrated with her parents to Indiana, where she was married to Joseph Harrison. She died in 1854, and he now lives near Evansville. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, as also is he. John Harrison was raised on a farm, and received a common school  education. August 4, 1862, he enlisted in Co. F, 4th Ind. Calv., 77th reg., under Col. Gray. He prided himself in being a private in the front ranks. Being in the cavalry he was mostly engaged in skirmishing and protecting the outskirts of the Union army. He was at Stone River, Chickamauga, Nashville, Franklin, and many other engagements, also experienced Wilson's raid, and aided in taking Selma and Macon. He was discharged in July 1865. When at Dandridge, East Tennessee, he was wounded in the right hand. Returning to the peaceful pursuits of civil life he determined to pursue farther his education. He spent six months at Princeton Seminary, and then eighteen months at Asbury University. He was then engaged as teacher at Russellville. He soon quit the school-room and entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal church and traveled as a supply. His license was granted in the spring of 1868, and in September, 1869, he was admitted to the Northwestern Indiana conference. He was ordained deacon by Bishop James in 1871, and ordained elder by the same bishop in 1874. His ordination was delayed each time one year on account of sickness. Mr. Harrison's labor has been on the Harmony circuit as a supply, and since admission to conference has spent one year on the Hanna circuit, in La Porte county; one year at Maxinkuckee Lake, Marshall county; two years at Lowell, Lake county ; two years at Wheeler, Porter county; two years at Winamac,. Pulaski county; three years at Pleasant Hill, Montgomery county; and is at present located at Mace.  His labors have been productive of much good.   Mr. Harrison was married September 1, 1809, to Carrie C. Cozad, daughter of the late Rev. Jacob Cozad, of Northwestern Indiana conference. She was born in Delphi, Carroll county, Indiana, July 11, 1847. They have four children : Ulela G., Bernice G., Cora E. and Genevieve. Sr. Harrison has a fine library, and is an extensive reader. He is also a republican.

C. S. Newkirk, merchant, New Ross, was born January 12,1850, m Bartholomew county, Indiana, and is the son of D. W. and L. A.(Thurston) Newkirk. His father was a native of New York, and mother of Pennsylvania. They farmed in Indiana till 1869, when they moved to Missouri, where D. W. Newkirk died, May 7, 1872, and his wife still lives. Mr. Newkirk was a life-long democrat, and a member of the Presbyterian church, his wife is a Methodist. His father fought in the revolution. C. S. Newkirk lived on a farm till thirteen years old, when he clerked in a store two years, and returned to the farm. He learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed till 1879, when he engaged in merchandising in New Ross. Here he keeps a stock of dry goods, groceries, hardware, boots and shoes, etc., first store north of the hotel. He made his advent into Montgomery county in 1870. He was married August 10,1875, to Sallie M.Fisher, daughter of J. S. and B. E. (Rice) Fisher. Both are members of the Christian church. He is a Mason, and a thorough democrat. He has made his own way in life, and now owns a house and lot, and a stock of goods.

Squire Charles Rowe, New Ross, was born in Devonshire, England, January 31, 1S30, and is. the son of William and Elizabeth (Bond) Rowe, both natives of Devonshire. His father was a carpenter and joiner, and in 1856 went to Australia for two years, then back to Devonshire, and died there in 1858. He had seen Bonaparte deliver himself to English authorities, and had seen the remains of the great nation builder and world destroyer when they were brought to Paris. Charles' mother died in 1878, in Somersetshire, England. Both were members of the Episcopal church of England. Charles Rowe served seven years' apprenticeship with his father, at carpentering and joining, in London. Being desirous of going to sea, in 1849 he shipped as ship carpenter in the vessel Lord Hungerford, and sailed to Madras, Bay of Bengal, Cape of Good Hope, St. Helena, and to Demarara, where their cargo of 360 coolies were disposed of. He then sailed to Trinidad with sugar and rum, and thence to London after a thirteen months' voyage. About two weeks later he shipped again, in the Vernon, to Madras, Calcutta, etc., out this time nine and one-half months. Remaining but a short time in London, he shipped the third time in the Fairy, bound for Newfoundland. Within three days' voyage of that place they fell in with an ice field, and on account of the drunkenness of the captain barely escaped destruction. At St. Johns took a cargo
of codfish, and shipped to Cuba on the Camilla, then went to Santiago, and from there to Kingston, Jamaica. At Kingston Mr. Rowe joined an English man of war, 1851, and was two years on the West India station, then went to New Orleans, January 1853. He next sailed as a sailor on the vessel Franklin Pierce, and went to Liverpool. After one week he shipped as second mate in the vessel John Cummins, and returned to New Orleans at the time of the yellow fever. He then made a trip to Cairo, Illinois, when there was but one house there. He traveled to Paduca and back to Cairo; to St. Louis, and then to Quincy, Illinois. He then worked for a time at Payson, on threshing machine frames, then at his trade ; next went into central Illinois with cattle, that he might see the country. During the following winter he taught writing lessons, then clerked in a dry-goods store. In April, 1856, he was married to Jane Ward, daughter of an emigrant from England, and whom he had met on board the vessel John Cummins. He then settled in Adams county, Illinois, where he followed his trade. He served three years in the late war. He was six weeks a private, then made first lieutenant, and finally captain. He resigned his commission at
Montgomery, Alabama, and engaged in raising cotton for one year. Leaving the south, he settled in Boone county, Indiana, in 1867, where he worked at his trade. In 1872 he moved to Walnut township, Montgomery county, where he farmed two years, and afterward worked at his trade. In 1878 he was elected justice of the peace, and has also been deputy tax collector for two years. In 1880 he moved to New Ross. M. Rowe has seen much of the world. His family have been ten children, two dead. Those living are Victoria, now Mrs. Web. Bowers; Florence, now Mrs. McLaughlin ; George, Charles, Emily, Malinda, Sophia, and Dean. Mr. Rowe is a thorough democrat, and an Odd-Fellow. Mrs. Rowe is a member of the United Brethren church, and her father was a United Brethren preacher for forty years.

Thomas T. Munhall, merchant, New Ross, is a native of Zanesville, Ohio, and was born June 5, 1841. His father, Samuel Munhall, is a Pennsylvanian, and his mother, Sarah H. (Wiggins) Munhall, was born in Newark, New Jersey. They are now living in Forest, Illinois. He is a member of the town board, and a prominent republican.   He and wife are members of the Forest Methodist church.   They have seven children, among whom is Thomas T., the subject of this sketch.   Till the war he was a farmer, and when the growl of the southern wolf was heard, and the blood of loyal men began to flow in the cause of the Union, then it was, September 7, 1861, that Thomas T. Munhall enlisted in Co. B, 11th Ill. Calv., under Capt. James F. Johnson and Col. R. G. Ingersoll He entered as a private, and by election or appointment he rose to the positions of second duty sergeant, orderly sergeant, second lieutenant, then captain of Co. D, of the same regiment.   He continued in the service for four years and forty days, during which
time he was in many battles, a few of which are Shiloh, Corinth, Memphis, Vicksburg, Black River, Jackson, Miss., Jackson, Tenn., Champion Hill, Meridian, Cold Water, Bolten, Benton, Brandon, Franklin, Egypt Station, Guntown, Grand Junction, Parker's Cross Roads, Holly Springs, Clarendon, Ark., Yazoo City, and others. His discharge papers show forty-two engagements in which he participated.   During his service he was neither sick, wounded, nor taken prisoner, and was never off duty.   When the war was over m 1865, he returned to his home, and farmed till 1872, when he went to Indianapolis, and remained three years as foreman of the stave and heading factory of Mr. A. May, of that place. He was then sent to New Ross, to take charge of the factory of Mr. May in that town.   In 1880 he took charge also of the store of A. C. May, at New Ross, and oversees both.

Mr. Munhall is an Odd-Follow and a warm republican. He is president of the town board. He was married June 7, 1871, to Mary E. Makinson, daughter of George and Sarah (Crowthers) Makinson. She was born March 2, 1845, in Sullivan county, Missouri. Her father was an English barrister, and came to America with his wife in 1840. He was also a farmer and merchant. Mrs. Munhall' s grandfather Crowthers was the celebrated Rev. Jonathan Crowthers, president of the British Wesleyan conference of 1819, and one of the most popular ministers of the Methodist Episcopal church of England, and whose wife, the grandmother of Mrs. Munhall, received baptism from the hand of John Wesley in 1790. She died at the age of ninety-five years. Mr. and Mrs. Munhall have one child, Sarah G., born June 23, 1873.

John H. Bell, miller, New Ross, is a son of Samuel N. and Sallie A. (Bowman) Bell, early settlers of Montgomery county. Samuel N. Bell was born in Virginia, and his wife was a native of Pennsylvania. He was a wheelwright and shoemaker. His father was a revolutionary soldier, and both his uncles and his wife's uncles were in the early wars of this country. About November, 1832, Samuel and Sallie Bell moved to Indiana, and settled in Walnut township, near the headwaters of Walnut creek, in Sec. 13, where they took a lease for ten years. They soon sold their lease and entered eighty acres in Sec. 1. They lived there six years, and then moved to Ladoga, working in the boot and shoe shop of John Myers for two years. For the last ten years of his life he was engaged in the grocery trade in Ladoga. He was an old-line whig and then a warm republican. His wife died December 6, 1863, and he fallowed her November 8, 1864; both are buried at Ladoga. They Wire members of the Christian church, and experienced all the toils and privations of pioneer life. In early times they had nothing plenty but venison. He killed fifty-eight deer in one winter. John H. Bell was born October 18, 1828, in Augusta county, Virginia, and was mostly
raised among the wilds of Montgomery county. He remained at home till seventeen years of age, then served two years' apprenticeship at tailoring, with Thomas Kennedy, at Ladoga. He then learned the carpenter's trade with his brother-in-law, Clinton Mills, with whom he worked till 1851, and then followed his trade himself till 1868, at which time he bought the Beckville grist mill. In 1873 he moved this to New Ross, where he still carries on the business. He has been associated, and is at present writing, with Dr. B. F. Adkins. The mill is 36x48, two stories, with three sets of burrs, and located in the western part of the town. Mr. Bell is positively a republican. He cast his first ballot for Zachary Taylor. During the war so warm was the spirit of southern sympathy that there were but three republicans near Beckville. These three, one of whom was Mr. Bell, cared for the families of those who were on the battle-field. Mr. Bell is a Mason. He was married November 18, 1852, to Charity E. Beck, daughter of Anthony and Elizabeth (Davis) Beck, of Beckville, early settlers of Montgomery county. Mrs. Bell was born March 6, 1830. They have had one child, Calvin, who died in 1863.   Both are members of the Methodist church.

T. A. Adkins, merchant, New Ross, was born in Decatur county, Indiana, March 7, 1835. He is the son of Martin and Nancy t Drake) Adkins; the latter born in Kentucky, and the former in Tennessee. Martin Adkins was one of the most successful farmers and stock dealers in Indiana. He owned at his death some 1,200 or 1,400 acres of land and one of the finest farms and mansions between Indianapolis and the Ohio river. He was a prominent democrat, and was circuit judge of Decatur county for one term. His wife is still living at Colfax, Indiana.   T. A. Adkins is a child of his father's second family, his parents having been twice married.   lie spent his youth on the farm till sixteen years old, when he was sent to school at Wilmington Academy, Dearborn county, Indiana, for two years, then to Archville graded school, and then spent two years in the scientific course at Franklin College.   Leaving college, he engaged in the dry-goods and grocery business at Eminence, Morgan county, Indiana, where he remained three years.   He was then in the livery business one year in Aurora.    Since then he has done business at Franklin, Dover, Shannondale, etc., and in March, 1875, came to New Ross, Montgomery county, where he associated himself with his brother, B. F. Adkins, in general merchandising. Their store was built by B. F. Adkins, and is two stories high, 20x80.   Here the firm of Adkins <fc Brother carry a stock of about
$6,000, with sales of about $9,000 to $12,000.   Their store-room is the largest in New Ross.   In the Adkins family T. A. is the first republican, and all the children younger than he follow in his footsteps.   He is secretary of the New Ross Union Agricultural Association, and a prominent man.    He is a member of the Order of Freemasons and Odd-Fellows.   Both he and wife are members of the Missionary Baptist church.   He was married September 25, 1856, to Mary L. Taylor, daughter of George W. and Nancy J. (Milborn) Taylor, of Aurora, Indiana.    She was born in 1831, near Aurora.    They have five children : Walker B., Benella R., Harriet L.. Pearlie, and Guy.

Columbus L. Myers, physician, New Ross, is a son of William and Susanah (Livengood) Myers.   The former was born in Decatur county, Indiana, and the latter in North Carolina.   William Myers' parents were from North Carolina, and lived for a time in Kentucky, then came to Decatur county, Indiana, and in 1838 settled in Fountain county, where his father died in 1855.   William still lives in Fountain county.   He is a farmer and a democrat.   His wife died September 27, 1876.   Both belonged to the Lutheran church. The Livengoods came to Fountain county, Indiana, in 1836, where Mr. Livengood still lives, at the age of eighty-two years.   Columbus L. Myers was born August 5, 1849, in Fountain county, three miles west of Alamo.   He was raised on a farm till sixteen years of age, when he entered school at Russellville.   He then spent two years at Bloomington Indiana State University.    From 1866 to 1871 he taught school.   Choosing medicine for his profession, he attended Ohio Medical College in the terra of 1871 and 1872, and Rush Medical College, at Chicago, in the term of 1872 and 1873, where he graduated.   He first located for the practice of his profession at Jacksonville, Fountain county, where he remained three years. For a short time he was in Alamo, and in 1876 he settled in New Ross, where he is establishing a lucrative and successful business. In politics he is democratic, and is a member of the order of Odd-Fellows. December 30, 1877, Mr. Myers was united in marriage to Lizzie Copner, daughter of J. W. and Sarah E.. (Wineland) Copner, of Covington, Indiana. She was born August 11, 1856, and is a member of the Presbyterian church. Her father is a lawyer in Covington, and in 1880 was a candidate for congress on the national ticket. The Copners are from Ohio, and the Winelands from Kentucky.

Jesse B. Straight, mechanic, Crawfordsville, was born July 13, 1806, in Marion county. West Virginia. He is the son of Peter and Elisabeth (Baylesl Straight His brother served in the war of 1815. Mr. Straight early learned the carpenter's trade, and has given the most of his time to that vocation since 1824. February 28, 1829, he was married to Ada Henry, of Monongahela county, Virginia. Their family have numbered ten: Mrs. Harriet Barnhouse, of Paxton; Mrs. Alcinda Kelley, of New York; Van B., in Denves, Colorado; E. W., at Crawfordsville; Mrs. Lou Gill, of Paxton; T. L., at Crawfordsville; Nathan and Mrs. Ellen Gill. dead. Mr. Straight in 1828 cast his first vote for Andrew Jackson, and has continued throughout his life a firm adherent of the democratic party, of the Jackson stripe. Prior to the war he was captain of a rifle company, and August 8, 1862, he enlisted in Co. G, 15th Va., Union army, under Capt. Sidney F. Shaw and Col. McCaslin. Thus, at the age of fifty-six, he risked his life for the welfare of his family and country. He served three years, till the war closed. He was, to a great extent, engaged in caring for his sick comrades, and toward the close of the war he had charge of a hospital ward. He had three sons who fought in the same cause: Van B. was in Co. A, 18th Ind. Vols.; E. W. was in Co. B, 76th Ind., and was promoted till he became orderly sergeant; T. L. enlisted in the 6th Va Light Art., and was wounded, and now receives a pension for pain and hardships endured in the cause. All served three years. At the close of the war Mr. Straight returned to Virginia, and in 1865 moved to Paxton, Illinois, where he followed his trade till 1876, when he came to Crawfordsville. Here he engaged in the planing-mills, in which he still continues. E. W. Straight was born in Monongahela county, Virginia, and early learned the trade of carpentering. In 1859 he went to Louisville, Kentucky, and in 1861 to Greensburg, Indiana He next became foreman of Shrader's chair factory, at Batesville, where he remained two years, then became foreman of Kimble & Sherfy's furniture factory, at Greencastle. Leaving Greencastle he came to Crawfordsville, where he was employed as foreman of the coffin factory, owned then by Robinson & Co., for three years. In 1871 he built the planing-mills, 30 x 82 , at a cost of about $8,000, on the corner of Green and Spring streets, and here, in connection with his father and brother, T. L., does all kinds of work in this line — manufacturing sash, doors, and blinds, door and window frames, and all kinds of wood work, rough and dressed lumber, flooring, siding, moulding, turning, and scroll work. They keep several hands employed constantly. This mill was an important addition to the industries of the city. Mr. Streight was married to Mary White and his brother was married to Rebecca Loyd, both ladies of Greensburg, Indiana. They own eight shares of $25 each in the new Crawfordsville fair property. All are democrats except E. W., who is a republican.

James H. Kelley, merchant, New Ross, is a son of William and Nancy . (Brown) Kelley, both natives of Perry county, Kentucky. They both came with their parents to Clarke township, this county, in 1829, and here lived for years. After William's mother died his father went to Illinois, where he died. Nancy's father died in Clarke township, and her mother in Iowa. William and Nancy were married soon after coining, and settled on a forty-acre farm adjoining his father's. They lived there three years and moved two miles west and settled on 120 acres on the north bank of Raccoon creek, about three and one half miles northeast of Ladoga. There Wm. Kelley died March 3, 1853. During life he was a democrat, yet bitterly opposed to slavery. For four years he was justice of the peace. He belonged to the Lutheran church. Hie wife, in 1859, married James Evans, who died, and she now lives in New Ross. She is a member of the Presbyterian church. In the family were five boys and four girls. James H. Kelley was born June 21, 1838, in this township. He was raised on the farm till twenty years of age, and received a limited education. He clerked in Dongola, Illinois, one year. At the first call Mr. Kelley enlisted in Co. E, 11th Ind., for three months. September 26, 1861, he reenlisted, this time in Co. E, 41st Ind., 2d Calv., as corporal. He was soon made first sergeant. He was in the engagements of Shiloh, Chickamauga, Knoxville, and at Fair Garden, Tennessee, he was wounded, receiving a fractured jaw. He was carried to Knoxville hospital, then Chattanooga and Memphis, and from there he came home. In July, 1864, the returned to the ranks, and served to the close of the war. Returning home, he engaged in the fruit tree business as traveling agent.   On October 16, 1866, he was married to Susan E. Inlow, daughter of Abraham and Susan Inlow. She was born February 20, 1838, in Clarke township. They had four children: Oscar E., William J., Mollie S. and Adie M. She was a member of the Christian church, and died February 25, 1809. Mr. Kelley, leaving the tree trade, fanned until 1871, when he removed to New Ross, and sold goods for Inlow and Hulett till March 23, 1873. Then, in connection with Wm. B. Eramert, he engaged in the hardware trade, in which he continued till the spring of 1879, when he became a member of the firm of Turner, Kelley & Co. Their store is widely known as the grange store, and they carry a stock of about $8,000, with yearly sales of from $12,000 to $15,000. Mr. Kelley has always been a strong republican. August 10, 1879, he was married to Mary J. Bruce, daughter of Peter and Esther Morris. She was born August 11, 1843. Mr. Kelley is a member of the Christian church. Mrs. Kelley is a Baptist. Her father, Peter Morris, was for years a resident of Ladoga, where he merchandised and controlled the woolen-mills. He is now a merchant, and proprietor of the woolen-mills at Lebanon. In 1880 he was a member of the Lebanon council. He was married in 1839, in Monroe county, Ohio. His wife, Esther, was born May 17, 1819, in Harper county, Maryland. She died October 5, 1878, at Lebanon, where they had resided for twelve years. In 1839 she united with the Baptist church, in Monroe county, Ohio. The following beautiful lines were written by her pastor, C. B. Allen, and dedicated to the family:

Alone, alone in the silent tomb,
Dear mother, thy body is sleeping ;
Sleep on, sleep on, sweet be thy rest,
While my soul for thee is weeping.
The hand is mouldering back to dust.
That led me when I was a child ;
The tongue that bade me in God trust.
In Death's own silent grasp is stilled.
The toils of life with thee are o'er ;
Safe in your bright eternal home
Tears shall dim thine eyes no more :
Mother, when shall I to thee come ?
And thou art gone ! no more, no more
You'll come to gladden hearts that mourn ;
Now far away on Heaven's blest shore,
You never will to earth return.
The wandering wind is sighing o'er
Thy lonely bed, oh, cherished one !
And I shall see thy face no more.
Till my short race on earth is run.
When springtime comes witti joyful hours,
And calls forth bud and fragrant bloom,
O'er thee will wave the bright new flowers.
And their strange beauty deck thy tomb.
And though 'twill of) be mine
To linger near the silent spot,
Around it will memory twine —
Mother, thou wilt never be forgot!
But it a blessed thought to me.
That lingers near at morn and even ;
It is the hope of meeting thee
On the bright peaceful shore of Heaven.