Ripley County, Indiana
Biographies
SHACKELFORD,
J. H
Farmer and stock-raiser,
section 1,
P. O. Elkhart. Born at Cincinnati, Ohio, August 5, 1837. Was raised in
Ohio county, Indiana, until
thirteen years of age, then moved with his parents to Ripley county,
and was there raised to manhood. He early learned the trade of
gunsmith, and followed that
business until 1860. He enlisted July 15, 1861, in company D,
Thirteenth Indiana infantry. Participated in the battles of Pea Ridge,
Port Gibson,
Champion's Hill, Black River, siege of Vicksburg, and others. He was
wounded in the battle of Cedar Creek,
Virginia, and sent to Baltimore Hospital, where he remained about six
weeks, when he was removed to Hoddington Hospital, Philadelphia. He was
afterward transferred to Camp
Morton, Indiana, where he remained until the close of the war. Mustered
out Sept. 28, 1865. He was married June 10, 1864, to Miss Mahala
Williamson,
of Ripley county, Indiana. They have eight children: Katie E. (born
August 22, 1866), Sarah F. (born
October 24, 1867), Alpheus Y. (born November 24, 1868), Charles H.
(born October 19, 1869), John E. (born June 22, 1871), Lula (born
November 7, 1875), Warren H. (born
September 7, 1877) and Emma (born January 22, 1879).
HENRY WESER
Henry Weser. Along the
highways of Green township lie many pleasant farmsteads with their wood
lots, variegated grain fields and meadows, and the barns and dwellings
which crown the picture of honest thrift and profitable industry. One
of these is the Catalpa Grove Stock and Grain Farm of Henry Weser,.
located on section nine. Its owner is a practical man of modern
agriculture, and out of his own industry and the assistance of a
capable wife has produced all the prosperity which they enjoy.
Henry Weser is a native of Indiana, born in Ripley county, March 1,
1858, a son of Christian and Elizabeth (Yantman) Weser. Both parents
were born, reared, educated, and married in Germany, came to the United
States when young people about twenty years old, locating in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and four years later moving to Ripley
county, Indiana, about 1848. In 1881 the family moved to Howard county,
where the father spent the remainder of his days. There are six living
children of the Weser family: Philip, of Indianapolis; Ed, of Kokomo;
Lizzie, wife of F. H. Schultz, of Dayton, Ohio; Josephine, wife of
Christ Brier, of Cincinnati, Ohio; Joseph, of Indianapolis; and Henry.
On a farm in Ripley county, Indiana, Henry Weser was reared to manhood
and from there moved to Howard county. His education was obtained in
the common schools of Ripley county. After following various
occupations, chiefly farming, for some years, he was married on March
10, 1886. The name of his wife was Susan S. Martin, who was born in
Howard county, May 22, 1867, grew up and attended the public schools of
that county, and belonged to a well known family there. On March 25,
1886, only a few days after their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Weser moved to
Green township in Grant county, locating on a place two and a quarter
miles south of Swayzee. They lived there and prospered for about
seventeen years, and on December 3, 1903, located on their present
estate of one hundred and twenty acres, four miles south and a mile and
a half west of Swayzee. Their home is the old McClain farm, and in
improvements and crops measures well up to the best farms to be found
in Green township. Mr. and Mrs. Weser began their married career with
little capital, and all they have has been made by their united efforts.
Mr. and Mrs. Weser have seven children, named as follows: Clara E. is
the wife of John E. Hannah, of Howard county, and they have one child,
Burle; Frank is a graduate of the common schools, is still unmarried
and lives at home; Edna B. is the wife of William Roneker and has one
child, Agnes; May E. is a graduate of the common schools and the
Swayzee high schools; George A. graduated from the common schools;
Orpha T. and Josephine B. are the youngest of the family. Mr. Weser is
affiliated with the Modern Woodmen of America, and the Improved Order
of Redmen. In politics he is a Socialist, and has never interested
himself actively in party affairs, although at one time he was
candidate for county commissioner from his district in Grant county. He
is a stock holder in Intelligencer, a Socialist publication issued at
Marion.
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HARRY H. SHUCK
Harry H. Shuck proprietor
of a gasoline filling station, automobile accessory store and
vulcanizing plant in North Meridian street at Portland has only been a
resident of this county for the past five or six years, but there are
few men in the county who have a wider acquaintance than he. Mr. Shuck
was born in Ripley county, Indiana, March 18, 1883, and is a son of
James H. and Anna (Rochat) Shuck, who are now living at North Vernon,
this state, fames H. Shuck was born in Switzerland county, Indiana.
When he was a child he moved with his parents to, Ripley county, where
he grew to manhood, learning there the blacksmith trade. In time he set
up a shop of his own and was thus engaged at Marble Corner and at New
Marion, later moving to North Vernon, where he is now living retired.
He and his wife were the parents of four children, of whom the subject
of this sketch is now the only survivor. Harry H. Shuck was but a child
when his parents moved from Ripley county to Jennings county. When he
was eight years of age he went to Johnson county, where he made his
home with his uncle, and in the schools of this latter county he
received his schooling. He early turned to commercial pursuits and
presently became engaged as a salesman in a hardware store at Franklin,
Ind., where he remained until 1916, in which year he came to Jay county
and became engaged as a clerk in the hardware store at Pennville. Two
years later he went to Portland, where he became engaged as a clerk in
a hardware store. A year later he bought the Crown filling station in
North Meridian street and has since been engaged in business at that
point. In addition to his filling station Mr. Shuck carries a full line
of automobile accessories and has also added to his establihment a well
equipped vulcanizing plant. On July 27, 1904, Harry H. Shuck was united
in marriage to Bonnie Patterson, who was born in Johnson county,
Indiana, a daughter of Benjamin and Mollie Patterson, and to this union
one child has been born, a daughter, Mary Evelyn, who is now attending
the Portland schools. Mr. and Mrs. Shuck are members of the Christian
church and are Republicans. Mr. Shuck is a Freemason, affiliated with
the local lodge of the Free and Accepted Masons (No. 107) at Franklin.
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