SCOTT COUNTY, INDIANA
BIOGRAPHIES
William H.
McClanahan
William H. McClanahan was born in
Scott county, Indiana, on October 4, 1840, and is a son of Francis and
Armilda W. (Moore) McClanahan, both of whom are now deceased. The
subject came from a long line of sterling ancestors, who were
characterized by loyalty to the national government in time of war, his
paternal grandfather, Robert McClanahan, having served in the war of
1812, and four uncles were Union soldiers during the Civil war. The
subject was reared on the paternal farmstead in Scott county and
received his education in the public schools of the neighborhood. On
the outbreak of the Southern rebellion he enlisted, on July in. 1861,
as a private in Company C, Thirty-eighth Indiana Volunteer Infantry,
with which he went to the front, his enlistment having taken place at
Lexington. Indiana. Soon after his enlistment he was taken ill with
measles and this, with resultant diseases, for several months
necessitated his confinement in hospitals at Woodsonville. Columbia,
Nashville and Madison. Indiana. He was granted a thirty-day sick
furlough from the Woodsonville hospital in December. 1861, which was
later extended to sixty days, at the expiration of which period he
reported for duty at Franklin, Tennessee. He received an honorable
discharge and on his return to civil pursuits he took up the vocation
of farming, which he followed with splendid success until a few years
ago when he retired and is now living in Franklin. He has a pleasant
home on East King street and is engaged in dairying, in which he is
meeting with splendid success, having a comfortable and attractive
place of ten acres, on which he is spending his latter days in
comfortable retirement.
On January T, 1863. in Scott county. Indiana. Mr. McClanahan was
married to Rebecca E. Flemming, who was born in Scott county, Indiana,
on September 27, 1840, the daughter of Archibald and Mary (Hogeland)
Flemming, both of whom are deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. McClanahan were
born two children. Frank and Perry. Perry McClanahan inherited to a
marked degree his father's patriotic disposition and military instinct,
and at the outbreak of the Spanish war he enlisted as a private in
Company E, One Hundred and Fifty-eighth Regiment Indiana Volunteer
Infantry, with which he did faithful and courageous service during that
brief struggle. He is still a member of the regular army, stationed at
Washington. D. C., in the marine service. The family's splendid
military record is further enhanced by the fact that Mrs. McClanahan
had two brothers in the service, William and Reid Flemming, both of
whom served in Indiana regiments, and William died during the service
from disabilities contracted therein. Their father, Archibald Flemming,
served in the Indian wars and achieved a splendid record as a soldier.
Fraternally, Mr. McClanahan keeps alive his old army associations by
his membership in Wadsvvorth Post No. 127, Grand Army of the Republic,
in which he has held a number of official positions. Religiously he is
a member and, with his wife, a prominent worker in the Presbyterian
church. By his advocacy of wholesome living, pure politics and honesty
in business, Mr. McClanahan has long enjoyed the undivided respect and
esteem of all who know him, being regarded as one of Johnson county's
most substantial and worthy citizens.
Source: History of Johnson County, Indiana By Elba L. Branigin
JAMES GAMBLE
James Gamble, a prominent and well known resident of Colfax township,
where he owns three hundred acres of rich farming land, has retired
from the active work of the fields and now rents all of his property
save a tract of twenty acres a half mile from Coin, on which he makes
his home. His birth occurred in Scott county, Indiana, on the 9th of
May, 1842, his parents being Alexander and Elizabeth (Carlile) Gamble.
The father, who was born in County Cavan, Ireland, April 6, 1811,
accompanied his parents on their emigration to the United States in
1821, the ocean voyage consuming twelve weeks. The family home was
established in Carroll county, Ohio, where Alexander Gamble remained
until 1842, when he took up his abode in Scott county, Indiana. There
he purchased land and continued to reside until called to his final
rest on the 2d of November, 1891. His wife, who was born in Carroll
county, Ohio, June 6, 1819, died on the 13th of May, 1890. The paternal
grandparents of our subject both passed away in Carroll county, Ohio.
In the family of Alexander and Elizabeth (Carlile) Gamble there were
nine children, as follows: Margaret, deceased, who gave her hand in
marriage to Nathan Morgan; James, of this review; Robert, who resides
on the old home place in Scott county, Indiana; John, who is deceased;
George W., a resident of Washington county, Indiana; Sarah J., the wife
of David Morgan; Mary M., the wife of Asbury Still, of Washington
county, Indiana; Martha Isabelle, who is the wife of W. Lynch, of Scott
county, Indiana; and Amanda Ellen, the wife of Wilbur Christie, of
Scott county, Indiana.
James Gamble obtained his education in the district schools of his
native county and remained on the home farm, assisting in its
cultivation, until he joined the "boys in blue" in their loyal defense
of the Union. It was on the 9th of August, 1862, that he enlisted from
Scott county, Indiana, becoming a member of Company F, Sixty-sixth
Indiana Volunteer Infantry
The Regiment was mustered into service at Camp Noble In New Albany and
a week later participated in the battle of Richmond, Kentucky, where
Mr. Gamble was taken priso'ner and held captive 'for about a week. He
was then paroled and, being given a thirty days' furlough, returned
home. He afterward reported for duty at Camp Noble, where he rejoined
his regiment and remained for about a month. At the end of that time
the regiment was sent to Indianapolis, where they were equipped and
then went into winter quarters at Corinth, Mississippi. The next summer
they joined Sherman's command and participated in the entire campaign
under that famous general, taking part in the battle of Atlanta on the
22d of July. In that engagement General McPherson was killed and Mr.
Gamble had his gun shot out of his hand. He went with Sherman on the
memorable march to the sea and remained with him until the time of the
Grand Review at Washington, D. C. He was honorably discharged at
Indianapolis, Indiana, on the 3d of June, 1865, and arrived in Scott
county on the I5th of the same month, returning home with a most
creditable military record.
On again taking up the pursuits of civil life Mr. Gamble became
identified with mercantile interests in Scott county, conducting an
establishment of that character until he left the Hoosier state to come
to Iowa. He started westward on the 21st of September, 1869, and, after
a slow and tedious journey by wagon, arrived in Page county on the 31st
of October. Here he purchased eighty acres of raw land, on which he
built a small house and started housekeeping, having at that time a
wife and one child. As the years passed by he brought his fields under
a high state of cultivation and improvement and, by reason of his
untiring industry and excellent management, won a gratifying measure of
success in his farming operations, so that he was enabled to purchase
more land from time to time. At one period he owned six hundred and
forty acres of valuable fanning property but was given more than half
of this to his children and his farm now embraces three hundred acres
in Colfax township. He is at present living retired in a pleasant and
commodious residence within a haft mile of Coin and rents all of his
property save the tract of twenty acres on which he resides. He is a
stockholder in the Farmers & Merchants Bank at Coin and also in the
local telephone company, and is widely recognized as one of the most
substantial, respected and influential residents of the county.
On the 20th of February, 1866, Mr. Gamble was united in marriage to
Miss Elizabeth McCullough, who was born in Scott county, Indiana, on
the 6th of March, 1845, her parents being James Y. and Rhoda (Smith)
McCullough. Their union has been blessed with twelve children, the
record of whom is as follows: Emma, living at Blanchard, Iowa, is the
wife of J. H. Hensley, by whom she has three children; Arthur,
Elizabeth and Vesta. Robert O., the assistant cashier of the Farmers
& Merchants Bank of Coin, Iowa, wedded Miss Emma Rhinchart and has
three children: Mildred, Frances and Melton. Lewis B., a resident of
Washington township, Page county, married Miss Maud Henderson and has
one child, Wesley. Edwin, living in Morton township, this county,
wedded Miss Carrie Christensen, by whom he has three children: Merrell,
Esther and Thelma. Flora, who resides on her father's old home place in
Colfax township, is the wife of Robert H. Smiley and has one child,
Marie. Chester, living in Morton township, wedded Miss Mary Mabel Lingo
and has one child, Martha. George W., who wedded Miss Mary Anderson, is
a resident of Torrington, Wyoming. Mae, who is the wife of Edward
Henderson, of King City, Missouri, has two children, Ermel and Leonard.
The other four children passed away in infancy.
Mr. Gamble has ever given his political allegiance to the men and
measures of the republican party and has been an active worker in its
local ranks. He has filled all of the township offices, was secretary
of the school board for twenty years, capably served as county
commissioner for six years and acted as township trustee for a long
period. He still maintains pleasant relations with his old army
comrades through his membership in the G. A. R. The Methodist church
also numbers him among its valued and exemplary members, for his life
has been at all times in harmony with his professions. Both he and his
wife, who is a member of the same church, have an extensive circle of
friends in this county, where they have now resided for four decades,
their many excellent traits of character commanding the respect and
esteem of all who know them.
Source: History of Page County, Iowa By W. L. Kershaw
Mark
Storen
Mark Storen is a
lawyer by profession, with about thirty-five years of membership in the
Indiana bar. He has filled many places of trust and honor in local and
state politics, and in recent years is most widely known through his
incumbency of the office of United States marshal of Indiana.
Mr. Storen has
spent most of his life in Indiana, but was born in Columbia County, New
York, April 12, 1857. His parents, Michael and Mrs. (Whalen) Storen,
were both natives of Ireland. His father came to the United States when
about thirty years of age and married in New York. A farmer by
occupation, he lived in Scott County, Indiana, from 1865 until his
death.
Mark Storen was
eight years old when his parents came to Scott County, Indiana, and he
grew up on the home farm near Lexington. He was educated in the common
schools, and also spent two years in the State Normal School at Terre
Haute. To pay his tuition in the State Normal he taught, and continued
that work for a time after leaving school. Mr. Storen took up the study
of law in the office of Judge Jeptha D. New at Vernon, Indiana, and was
admitted to the bar in 1882. For a year before beginning active law
practice he served as a railway mail clerk between Indianapolis and
Louisville.
Mr. Storen was a
practicing lawyer of Scottsburg, Indiana, until July, 19l4. However, he
had in the meantime many other responsibilities. In December, 1884,
with Charles C. Foster he founded the Scott County Journal, a
democratic organ. This paper is still in existence. In 1889 Mr. Storen
relinquished his newspaper, having been elected county clerk of Scott
County. He served in that position eight years, having been reelected
in 1892. In 1912 Mr. Storen was elected to represent his home county in
the State Legislature, and during the following session was chairman of
the judiciary committee, a member of the committee of ways and means,
railroads committee and others. He has the distinction of being author
of the first registration law in Indiana and also was author of the law
compelling interurban railways
to carry freight, and introduced a number of other well advised
measures.
In July, 1914, Mr.
Storen was appointed by President Wilson United States marshal of the
State of Indiana, and in the discharge of those duties has had his home
at the capital city. As the executive officer of the United States
courts in Indiana it has been Mr. Storen's disagreeable duty to carry
out the orders of those courts during the recent election fraud cases
of the state. As a result of these trials there followed a wholesale
arrest of many prominent men of the state involved in the election
frauds, and it has been stated that Mr. Storen as United States marshal
was called upon to arrest more individuals than any other previous
incumbent of that office.
He is a loyal
democrat, is active in Masonry, in the Lodge, Chapter and Council of
the York Rite and in the thirty-second degree Scottish Rite, also
belongs to the Mystic Shrine, to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and the Knights of
Pythias. In 1888 Mr. Storen married Minerva E. Cravens, of Scottsburg.
They have one daughter. Merle, now Mrs. Lawrence E. Reeves, of
Indianapolis.
Source: Indiana and Indianans By
Jacob Piatt Dunn, General William Harrison Kemper
Allen H. Harrod
Allen H. Harrod was born in Scott
Co., Ind., Jan. 4, 1831. His father, Wm. Harrod, was the first child
born in Louisville, Ky., and was related to Col. James Harrod, of
Harrodsburg. In his younger days, like Daniel Boone, he spent most of
his time in the forest, hunting deer, panthers and other game. He lived
a devoted member of the Baptist Church till his death, which occurred
Jan. 28, 1835. He left a family of 10 children, of whom Allen H. was
the youngest, being but 4 years old. His mother, Elizabeth (New)
Harrod, was born in N. C., Dec. 6, 1786. When 12 years of age she moved
with a colony of 300 into Kentucky, a distance of 500 miles, the
journey being made through a wilderness with pack-horses. After the
death of her husband she labored hard to support and educate her
children, which she did well. She died July 4, 1875. Her father, Jethro
New, was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and helped capture Major
Andre, and witnessed his execution. The subject of this sketch, Allen
H., came to Illinois in 1848, and in 1850 married Ailey, the eldest
daughter of James Cox, a pioneer of Fulton Co. She was born in Canton,
Ill., Dec. 7, 1830, and possessed those noble Christian graces which so
beautifully adorn life. She died Aug. 28, 1875, leaving a family of 5
children. Mr. H. was again married March 16, 1876, to Eliza J. Babbitt,
daughter of James Babbitt. They have one child, Silva New, born Sept.
10, 1877. Mr. H. was musician in Co. I, First Board of Trade Regiment.
He is a cousin of John C. New, ex-U. S. Treasurer, now living at
Indianapolis, Ind. He has held many local offices and is an Elder in
the Christian Church at St. Augustine
Source: History of Fulton County,
Illinois; together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships,
Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History;
Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative
Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co., Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 889,
Union Township
