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TABLE OF CONTENTS - 3 INTRODUCTORY - 11 COMPENDIUM OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY - 13 COMPENDIUM OF LOCAL BIOGRAPHY - 223 INDEX TO PART I COMPENDIUM OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF NATIONAL CELEBRITIES. Abbott, Lyman 144 Adams, Charles Kendall 143 Adams, John 25 Adams, John Quincy 61 Agassiz, Louis J. R. 137 Alger, Russell A. 173 Allison; William B. 131 Allston, Washington 190 Altgeld, John Peter 140 Andrews, Elisha B. 184 Anthony, Susan B. 62 Armour, Philip D. 62 Arnold, Benedict 84 Arthur, Chester Allen 168 Astor, John Jacob 139 Audubon, John James 166 Bailey, James Montgomery 177 Bancroft, George 74 Barnard, Frederick A. P. 179 Barnum, Phineas T. 41 Barrett, Lawrence 156 Barton, Clara 209 Bayard, Thomas Francis 200 Beard, William H. 196 Beauregard, Pierre G. T. 203 Beecher, Henry Ward 26 Bell, Alexander Graham 96 Bennett, James Gordon 206 Benton, Thomas Hart 53 Bergh, Henry 160 Bierstadt, Albert 197 Billings, Josh 166 Blaine, James Gillespie 22 Bland, Richard Parks 106 Boone, Daniel 36 Booth, Edwin 51 Booth, Junius Brutus 177 Brice, Calvin S. 181 Brooks, Phillips 130 Brown, John 51 Brown, Charles Farrar 91 Brush, Charles Francis 153 Bryan, William Jennings 158 Bryant, William Cullen 44 Buchanan, Franklin 105 Buchanan, James 128 Buckner, Simon Bolivar 188 Burdette, Robert J. 103 Burr, Aaron 111 Butler, Benjamin Franklin 24 Calhoun, John Caldwell 23 Cameron, James Donald 141 Cameron, Simon 141 Cammack, Addison 197 Campbell, Alexander  180 Carlisle, John G. 133 Carnegie, Andrew 73 Carpenter, Matthew Hale 178 Carson, Christopher (Kit) 86 Cass, Lewis 110 Chase, Salmon Portland 65 Childs, George W. 83 Choate, Rufus 207 Claflin, Horace Brigham 107 Clay, Henry 21 Clemens, Samuel Langhorne 86 Cleveland, Grover 174 Clews, Henry 153 Clinton, DeWitt 110 Colfax, Schuyler. 139 Conkling, Alfred 32 Conkling, Roscoe 32 Cooley, Thomas McIntyre 140 Cooper, James Fenimore 58 Cooper, Peter 37 Copely, John Singleton 191 Corbin, Austin 205 Corcoran, W. W. 196 Cornell, Ezra 161 Cramp, William 189 Crockett, David 76 Cullom, Shelby Moore 116 Curtis, George William 144 Cushman, Charlotte 107 Custer, George A. 95 Dana, Charles A. 88 "Danbury News Man" 177 Davenport, Fanny 106 Davis, Jefferson 24 Debs, Eugene V. 132 Decatur, Stephen 101 Deering, William 198 Depew, Chauncey Mitchell 209 Dcknson, Anna 103 Dickinson, Don M. 139 Dingley, Nelson, Jr. 215 Donnelly, Ignatius 161 Douglas, Stephen Arnold 53 Douglass, Frederick 43 Dow, Neal 108 Draper, John William 184 4 - TABLE OF CONTENTS—PART I. Drexel, Anthony Joseph 124 Dupont, Henry 198 Edison, Thomas Alva 55 Edmunds, George F. 201 Ellsworth, Oliver 168 Emerson, Ralph Waldo 57 Ericsson, John 127 Evarts, William Maxwell 89 Farragut, David Glascoe 80 Field, Cyrus West 173 Field, David Dudley 126 Field, Marshall 59 Field, Stephen Johnson 216 Fillmore, Willard 113 Foote, Andrew Hull 176 Foraker, Joseph B. 143 Forrest, Edwin 92 Franklin, Benjamin 18 Fremont, John Charles 29 Fuller, Melville Weston 168 Fulton, Robert 62 Gage, Lyman J. 71 Gallatin, Albert 112 Garfield, James A. 168 Garrett, John Work 200 Garrison, William Lloyd 50 Gates, Horatio 70 Gatling, Richard Jordan 116 George, Henry 203 Gibbons, Cardinal James 209 Gilmore, Patrick Sarsfield 77 Girard, Stephen 137 Gough, John B. 131 Gould, Jay 52 Gordon, John B. 215 Grant, Ulysses S. 155 Gray, Asa 88 Gray, Elisha 149 Greeley, Adolphus W. 142 Greeley, Horace 20 Greene, Nathaniel 69 Gresham, Walter Quintin 183 Hale, Edward Everett 79 Hall, Charles Francis 167 Hamilton, Alexander 31 Hamlin, Hannibal 214 Hampton, Wade 192 Hancock, Winfield Scott 146 Hanna, Marcus Alonzo 169 Harris, Isham G. 214 Harrison, William Henry 87 Harrison, Benjamin 182 Harvard, John 129 Havemeyer, John Craig 182 Hawthorne, Nathaniel 135 Hayes, Rutherford Birchard 157 Hendricks, Thomas Andrew 212 Henry, Joseph 105 Henry, Patrick 83 Hill,David Bennett 90 Hobart, Garrett A. 213 Holmes, Oliver Wendell 206 Hooker, Joseph 52 Howe, Elias 130 Howells, William Dean 104 Houston, Sam 120 Hughes, Archbishop John 157 Hughitt, Marvin 159 Hull, Isaac 169 Huntington, Collis Potter 94 Ingalls, John James 114 Ingersoll, Robert G. 85 Irving, Washington 33 Jackson, Andrew 71 Jackson, "Stonewall" 67 Jackson, Thomas Jonathan 67 Jay, John 39 Jefferson, Joseph 47 Jefferson, Thomas 34 Johnson, Andrew 145 Johnson, Eastman 202 Johnston, Joseph Eccleston 85 Jones, James K. 171 Jones, John Paul 97 Jones, Samuel Porter 115 Kane, Elisha Kent 125 Kearney, Philip 210 Kenton, Simon 188 Knox, John Jay 134 Lamar, Lucius Q. C. 201 Landon, Melville D. 109 Lee, Robert Edward 38 Lewis, Charles B. 193 Lincoln, Abraham 135 Livermore, Mary Ashton 131 Locke, David Ross 172 Logan, John A. 26 Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth 37 Longstreet, James 56 Lowell, James Russell 104 Mackay, John William 148 Madison, James 42 Marshall, John 156 Mather, Cotton 164 Mather, Increase 163 Maxim, Hiram S. 194 McClellan, George Brinton 47 McCormick, Cyrus Hall 172 McDonough, Com Thomas 167 McKinley, William 217 Meade, George Gordon 75 Medill, Joseph 159 Miles, Nelson A. 176 Miller, Cincinnatus Heine 218 Miller, Joaquin 218 Mills, Roger Quarles 211 Monroe, James 54 Moody, Dwight L. 207 Moran, Thomas 98 Morgan, John Pierpont 208 Morgan, John T. 216 Morris, Robert 165 Morse, Samuel F. B. 124 Morton, Levi P. 142 Morton, Oliver Perry 215 Motley, John Lathrop 130 "Nye, Bill " 59 Nye, Edgar Wilson 59 O'Conor, Charles 187 Olney, Richard 133 Paine, Thomas 147 Palmer, John M. 195 Parkhurst, Charles Henry 160 "Partington, Mrs." 202 Peabody, George 170 Peck, George W. 187 Peffer, William A. 164 Perkins, Eli 109 Perry, Oliver Hazard 97 Phillips, Wendell 30 Pierce, Franklin 122 Pingree, Hazen S. 212 Plant, Henry B. 192 Poe, Edgar Allen 69 Polk, James Knox 102 Porter, David Dixon 68 Porter, Noah 93 Prentice, George Denison 119 Prescott, William Hickling 96 Pullman, George Mortimer 121 Quad, M. 193 Quay Matthew S. 171 Randolph, Edmund 136 Read, Thomas Buchanan 132 Reed, Thomas Brackett 208 Reid, Whitelaw 149 Roach, John 190 Rockefeller, John Davison 195 Root, George Frederick 218 Rothermel, Peter F. 113 Rutledge, John 57 Sage, Russell 211 Schofield, John McAllister 199 Schurz, Carl 201 Scott, Thomas Alexander 204 Scott, Winfield 79 Seward, William Henry 44 Sharon, William 165 Shaw, Henry W. 166 Sheridan, Phillip Henry 40 Sherman, Charles R. 87 Sherman, John 86 Shillaber, Benjamin Penhallow 202 Sherman, William Tecumseh 30 Smith, Edmund Kirby 114 Sousa, John Philip 60 Spreckels, Claus 159 Stanford, Leland 101 Stanton, Edwin McMasters 179 Stanton, Elizabeth Cady 126 Stephens, Alexander Hamilton 32 Stephenson, Adlai Ewing 141 Stewart, Alexander T. 58 Stewart, William Morris 213 Stowe, Harriet Elizabeth Beecher 66 Stuart, James E. B. 122 Sumner, Charles 34 Talmage, Thomas DeWitt 60 Taney, Roger Brooke 129 Taylor, Zachary 108 Teller, Henry M. 127 TABLE OF CONTENTS—PART I. - 5 Tesla, Nikola 193 Thomas, George H. 73 Thomas, Theodore. 172 Thurman, Allen G. 90 Thurston, John M. 166 Tilden, Samuel J. 48 Tillman, Benjamin Ryan 119 Toombs, Robert 205 "Twain, Mark" 86 Tyler, John 93 Van Buren, Martin 78 Vanderbilt, Cornelius 35 Vail, Alfred 154 Vest, George Graham 214 Vilas, William Freeman 140 Voorhees, Daniel Wolsey 95 Waite, Morrison Remich 125 Wallace, Lewis 199 Wallack, Lester 121 Wallack, John Lester 121 Wanamaker, John 89 Ward, "Artemus" 91 Washburne, Elihu Benjamin 189 Washington, George 17 Watson, Thomas E. 178 Watterson, Henry 76 Weaver, James B. 123 Webster, Daniel 19 Webster, Noah 49 Weed, Thurlow 91 West, Benjamin 115 Whipple, Henry Benjamin 161 White, Stephen V. 162 Whitefield, George 150 Whitman, Walt 197 Whitney, Eli 120 Whitney, William Collins 92 Whittier, John Greenleaf 67 Willard, Frances E. 133 Wilson, William L. 180 Winchell, Alexander 175 Windom, William 138 PORTRAITS OF NATIONAL CELEBRITIES. Alger, Russell A. 16 Allison, William B. 99 Anthony, Susan B. 63 Armour, Philip D. 151 Arthur, Chester A. 81 Barnum, Phineas T. 117 Beecher, Henry Ward 27 Blaine, James G. 151 Booth, Edwin 63 Bryan, Wm. J. 63 Bryant, William Cullen 185 Buchanan, James 81 Buckner, Simon B. 16 Butler Benjamin F. 151 Carlisle, John G. 151 Chase, Salmon P. 16 Childs, George W. 99 Clay, Henry    81 Cleveland, Grover 45 Cooper, Peter 99 Dana, Charles A. 151 Depew, Chauncey M. 117 Douglass, Fred 63 Emerson, Ralph Waldo 27 Evarts, William M. 99 Farragut, Corn. D. G. 185 Field, Cyrus W. 63 Field, Marshall 117 Franklin, Benjamin 63 Fremont, Gen. John C. 16 Gage, Lyman J. 151 Garfield, James A. 45 Garrison, William Lloyd 63 George, Henry 117 Gould, Jay 99 Grant, Gen. U. S. 185 Greeley, Horace 81 Hampton, Wade 16 Hancock, Gen. Winfield S. 185 Hanna, Mark A. 117 Harrison, Benjamin 81 Hayes, R. B. 45 Hendricks, Thomas A. 81 Holmes, Oliver W. 151 Hooker, Gen. Joseph 16 Ingersoll, Robert G. 117 Irving, Washington 27 Jackson, Andrew 45 Jefferson, Thomas 45 Johnston, Gen. J. E. 16 Lee, Gen. Robert E. 185 Lincoln, Abraham 81 Logan, Gen. John A. 16 Longfellow, Henry W. 185 Longstreet, Gen. James 16 Lowell, James Russell 27 McKinley, William 45 Morse, S. F. B. 185 Phillips, Wendell 27 Porter, Corn. D. D. 185 Pullman, George M. 117 Quay, M. S. 99 Reed, Thomas B. 151 Sage, Russell 117 Scott, Gen. Winfield 185 Seward, William H. 45 Sherman, John 99 Sherman, Gen. W. T. 151 Stanton, Elizabeth Cady 27 Stowe, Harriet Beecher 27 Sumner, Charles 45 Talmage, T. DeWitt 63 Teller, Henry M. 99 Thurman, Allen G. 81 Tilden, Samuel J. 117 Van Buren, Martin 81 Vanderbilt, Commodore 99 Webster, Daniel 27 Whittier, John G. 21 Washington, George 45 Watterson, Henry 63 COMPENDIUM OF LOCAL BIOGRAPHY PART II. BIOGRAPHICAL COMPENDIUM OF DARKE COUNTY. Adams, George 225 Albright, Daniel T. 243 Albright, Johnson K. 421 Albright, Peter 454 Albright, Philip 242 Alexandre, Joseph 434 Allen, Benjamin M. 654 Allen, James 243 Allen, William 245 Allen, William 653 Allread, James I. 382 Allread, S. William 730 Alter, Henry 355 Anderson, C. M. 286 Anderson, Lewis C. 702 Armacost, Christopher M. 620 Armstrong, Hugh 501 Armstrong, Hugh L. 469 Armstrong, Peter 464 Arnold, George 669 Arnold, Henry 230 Arnold, Isaac N. 241 Arnold, John C. 414 Arnold, Mrs. S. J. 230 Avery, James B. 645 Bailey, John L. 262 Bailey, Martin V. 243 Bailey, Mrs. Samuel 554 Baker, Charles 731 Baker, Thomas 280 Beachler, Henry 583 Beam, R. K. 273 Beem, Ralph D. 736 Beers, Charles 320 Beers, David and Theodore 245 Bell, Hiram 245 Benson, James M. 700 Bickel, Henry M. 684 Bickel, Joseph M. 473 Biddle, John 484 Bigler, Cyrus 261 Bireley, Harvey H. 659 Bireley, William J. 238 Bish, Henry J. 594 Bishop, T. L. 614 Bolles, Charles H. 595 Booker, Isaac N. 649 Bowers, Wilson S. 313 Bowman, David P. 245 Bowman, David W. 637 Bowman, Jonathan 244 Boyd, Samuel 229 Brandon, Riley M. 534 Breaden, John E., Sr. 462 Breaden, John E., Jr. 245, 467 Bristly, Henry C. 695 Brown, Marshall A. 348 Brown, Noah W. 662 Brown, Reuben 305 Browne, William A. 668 Bryson, Morris 619 Bryson, Joseph 328 Bulcher, Joseph J. 697 Burns, Daniel 292 Byrd, Abraham 916 Byrd, George S. 642 Byrd, Japheth 538 Calderwood, Andrew R. 237, 243-5 Calderwood, Elmer E. 490 Calderwood, George 237 Calkins, Charles 245 Carnahan, John 229 Caupp, Daniel 459 Chenoweth, Charles W. 629 Christopher, David o. 578 Clark, Arthur L. 728 Clark, Hiram 567 Clark, John C. 350 Clawson, Henry A. 555 Ciear, David A. 300 Coblentz, Harrison 291 Cole, Henry M. 318 Cole, Joseph 331 Compton, John A. 243 Conover, Ezekiel S. 736 Coppess, Adam S. 712 Coppess, Frederick 513 Coppess, Harmon C. 407 Coppess, John S. 517 Corwin, Joseph W. 401 Cox, William 243 Cranor, Jonathan 242 Creviston, James B. 248 Culbertson, Edmund 478 Darke Co. Children's Home 862 Davison, Oscar F. 357 Dean, Aaron 232 Deardoff, Isaac F. 549 Denise Family, The 608 Detling, Mary E. 365 Devor, Elijah 232 Devor, James 232 Devor, John 229, 232 Devor, William 227 Downing, Andrew J. 312 Drill, Daniel L. 388 Dunkle, Charles E. 252 Dunn, A. L. 689 Eidson, Francis M. 276 Eikenberry, A. L. 548 Emerson, William H. 236 Emrick, George 288 Erisman, Christian 251 Erisman, Henry 621 Eury, Sarah 744 Ewry, William 283 Farra, Eleanor 608 Fischbach, John G. 257 Fisher, Eli A. 424 Folkerth, William 231 Ford, Philip M. 719 Ford, Royston 673 Foureman, David C. 590 Fowler, Hanson T. 406 Frampton, Adam C. 506 Frank, John G. 303 Frankmann, Adam 616 Fritz, John H. 749 Frizell, J. W. 242 Frost, James 453 Fry, Allen 661 Fry, Phebe 723 Garber, Harvey C. 369 George, William E. 746 Gibson, Samuel 700 Glander, Edward 436 Gordon, Frank S. 432 Grillot, Benjamin L. 717 Groff, Christian D. 592 Grusenmeyer, Valentine 633 Guntrum, William E. 591 Halderman, Jacob 302 Harley, George W. 360 Harper, William M. 640 Hart, Solomon D. 704 Harter, Albert 298 Harter, David F. 405 Harter, Elias 244 Hartle, David 634 8 - TABLE OF CONTENTS—PART II Hartle, Franklin P. 447 Hartman, Samuel V. 534 Hartzell, Daniel J. 529 Hartzell, Jonas W. 437 Hartzell, Philip 631 Heeter, John F. 397 Henne, Daniel 676 Hercules, Jacob L. 322 Hershey, Emanuel 753 Hershey, John T. 315 Hickox, Eli 243 Hill, George W. 513 Hill, Harvey 409 Hill, John R. 505 Himes, John T. 611 Hindsley, William W. 675 Hollinger, Jacob 725 Hoschouer, John 606 Housholder, L. R. 417 Huddle, Levi 570 Hufnagle, John 630 Huhn, Morris 623 Hyde, A. H. 244 Hyer, Jesse R. 588 Irelan, Aaron A. 320 Irwin, William J. 576 Jacobi, Henry C. 445 Jamison, Robert B. 582 Jefferis, William E. G. 617 Jobes, Allen L. 243 Jobes, D. H. R. 239 245 Jones, Alonzo L. 698 Judy, Alfred H. 252 Judy, Swan 246 Kara; Henry 482 Katzenberger, Charles L. 457 Katzenberger, Frances I. 562 Katzenberger, Franziskus M. 559 Katzenberger, George A. 527 Keinble, Samuel R. 326 Kepner, Harrison A. 510 Kerlin, John D. 463 Kerlin, Oscar C. 589 Kerlin, William K. 460 Kester, Philip 290 Kiester, William H. 720 Kipp, Conrad 729 Knoderer, Christian 479 Knorr, Anthony T. 665 Knox, John R. 246, 375 Knox, R. A. 243 Kruckeberg, Herman F. 385 Lansdowne, James M. 475 Larimer, John W. 507 Layer, W. A. 596 Lephart, Henry 258 Litten, Cyrus 718 Livingston, William A. 279 Long, Barton W. 299 Longenecker, Frank 569 Longenecker, Harvey 525 Lot, L. B. 245 Loy, Michael 408 Ludy, Samuel 354 Ludy, William 352 Maher, Thomas C. 435 Mansfield, Lewis 532 Marker, George E. 573 Marker, Isaac 752 Marker, Leonard 622 Martin, D. W. K. 533 Martin, Jacob B. 384 Martin, Luther 727 Martin, Mrs. Robert 229 Martz, George J. 568 Martz, Jacob T. 246 Matchett, C. G. 243, 245 Matchett, William H. 243, 499 Mayer, Charles H. 346 McAlpin, Alexander 244 McCabe, James 255 McClure, George H. 705 McCool, James Y. 358 McDonald, Joseph 245 McDonald, Mark 678 McEowen, Henry H. 399 McGriff, Jesse A. 681 McGriff, Price 324 McGriff, William P. 285 McKay, John W. 326 McKibben, Hugh T. 624 McNutt, John 724 Medford. Uriah 706 Meeker, David L. 245, 626 Meeker, J. T. 246 Meier, Charles 708 Meier, Frederick 707 Menke, Bernhard 581 Miesse, Gabriel 240 Miller, Amos P. 267 Miller, Daniel 557 Miller, John F. 430 Miller, Lewis C. 353 Miller, Thomas B. 751 Miller, Thomas C. 605 Mills, Catharine 564 Mills, Harrod 244 Mills, James 545 Minnich, Samuel B. 281 Mohler, John 757 Monger, Thomas H. 361 Morningstar, John H. 657 Mote, Casville 456 Mote, Irvin 679 Mote, Joseph 571 Mote, William C. 477 Netzley, Allen 427 Netzley, Eli 427 Netzley, Jesse 431 Newbauer, George D. 438 Newkirk, J. M. 242 Niswonger, George F. 710 Noggle, George M. 663 Northrop, C. B. 244 Nyswanger, Alex 404 Ortlepp, E. 493 Otwell, E. W. 524 Parent, John 307 Paulin, Samuel 310 Pearson, William 244 Peters, Abdel 638 Peters, John J. 393 Phillips, Monroe 709 Pierson, Jacob S. 243 Pleasant, William C. 665 Plowman, Mary J. 364 Poe, Andrew 441 Putnam, David. 542 Putnam, Edwin B. 244 Rahn, George W. 603 Rarick, Charles W. 308 Reed, Finley R. 540 Reichard, William 389 Reichard, William J. 691 Replogle, Francis M. 730 Replogle, Jacob 726 Reppeto, William H. 282 Requarth, William 294 Rhoades, Abraham 602 Richardson, Ephraim C. 452 Ries, John H. 382 Ries, William L. 379 Riesley, Gotleap 449 Rike, William H. 485 Roberts, D. Q. 748 Robertson, William L. 341 Robeson, Thomas J. 440 Robeson, William 446 Rogers, Charles C. 755 Rogers, Elmer C. 756 Roland, Charles 691 Roland, Charles W. 613 Royer, Henry J. 343 Ruh, George 721 Runkle, William 523 Rush, Andrew 228 Rush, Andrew W, 363 Ryan, Daniel H. 323 Ryan, Frank L. 317 Sater, J. W. 245 Schaefer, Christian 415 Schlechty, George 579 Scribner, Abraham and Azor 228 Scribner, Rachel (Devor) 229 Sear!, Russell 376 Seitz, Anna E. 744 Seitz, Enoch B. 740 Shafer, Job M. 520 Shelley, Thomas J. 339 Shepherd, Stephen 658 Sherry, Elizabeth 269 Sherry, William H. 597 Shields, Abraham 429 Shields, George 598 Shields, William 337 Shives, Thomas A. 600 Shivly, Jacob W. 243 Shuff, Easam 426 Sigafoos, George W. 470 Sigerfoos, George W. 738 Small, John H. 492 Smith, J. W. 243 Snodgrass, B. F. 243 Snodgrass, Clement 243 Snyder, Daniel 344 Snyder, Elias D. 311 TABLE OF CONTENTS—PART II - 9 Snyder, James A. 503 Spencer, John F. 297 Stahl, Anna W. 552 Stentzel, John J. 367 Stephens, John 314 Stevenson, Walter 244 Stiles, Thomas D. 235 Stocker, Jacob R. 446 Stover, Daniel W. 716 Straker, Henry 455 Stubbs, William Y. 751 Studabaker, Abraham 230 Studabaker, David 231 Suter, John R. 693 Swinger, David 423 Swinger, John 732 Taylor, Delia V. 413 Teaford, Jonathan 578 Teaford, Norman 582 Teegarden, Moses 554 Teegarden, Moses S. 380 Teegarden, William W. 585 Thomas, Samuel S. 488 Thompson, Jeremiah 690 Thompson, William S. 667 Tomlinson, H. A. 243 Townsend, Alfred 244 Townsend, William 714 Turner, Jacob K. 641 Turner, Larkin G. 301 Ullery, Leonard 243 Vail, Aaron 715 Van Mater, Cyrenius 243 Vannoy, David J. 489 Walker, John 419 Wallace, John A. 709 Walters, Lewis P. 334 Ware, Jacob F. 480 Warner, Henry 336 Warvel, Daniel 682 Warvel, Nathan S. 266 Weaver, David 568 Weaver, Elihu 610 Weaver, George 687 Welbourn, George J. 442 Weston, W. A. 233 Wharry, John 238 Whitacre, Frank M. 411 White, Elam 754 Wiley, Francis G. 487 Williams. Henry 713 Wilson Children, The 227 Wilson, Mrs. Samuel 270 Wilson, W. J. 391 Wilson, W. M. 234 Winbigler, George H. 646 Winbigler, John J. 486 Winger, John 688 Winner, John L. 233 Winters, Job M. 650 Wise, Franklin 536 Woods, Addison J. 547 Woods, Jesse 474 Workman, T. H. 243 Young, Calvin M. 494 Young, Jacob B. 470 Yount, Henry L. 584 Zeller, Cyrus 654 INTRODUCTORY THE greatest of English historians, Macaulay, and one of the most brilliant writers and profound thinkers of the present century, has said: " The history of a country is best told in a record of the lives of its people." This is a fact which is becoming more and more recognized as our people advance in education and intelligence, and our own great Emerson, whose name stands at the head of American writers of his day, in carrying forward and emphasizing the great fact expressed by Macaulay, says: " Biography is the only true history." It was for the purpose of gathering and preserving this biographical matter in enduring form that the design for this volume originated. COMPENDIUM OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY. Regarding the fore part of this volume, " Part I," which is devoted to a "COMPENDIUM OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY," but little need be said. The lives of the great men and celebrities of America are so inaccessible to the general public, and are so often in demand without being accessible, that it has been deemed wise to gather together a vast number of the biographies of our nation's greatest men and include them in this work as a fitting preface to the life histories and biographies of the local parties which follow and embrace the latter part of the volume. It is not given to all men to become great in a national sense, but the life history of those who do, makes up the history of our nation, and as such the history of their lives should be in every home and library as a means of reference and education. COMPENDIUM OF LOCAL BIOGRAPHY. That portion of the volume devoted to a " COMPENDIUM OF LOCAL BIOGRAPHY," or " Part II," is of the greatest value, and its value will increase as the years go by. In this department of local biography is carried out the object which led to the compilation of this work, in gathering together and placing in enduring form, before it becomes too late, the life history of those who have helped to build up this region and v, ho have taken part in the progress and development in business, political, sccial, and agricultural affairs. The rank that any county holds among its sister counties depends largely upon the achievements of its citizens. Some add 'to its reputation by efficient public service, some by increasing its manufacturing or commercial 12 - INTRODUCTORY interests, and some by adding to the general wealth and prosperity in cultivating and improving its hinds. To give a faithful account of the lives of old settlers and representative citizens of this region is to write its history in the truest sense. Each year, as it rolls its endless way along the mighty pathway of time, is thinning the ranks of those hardy pioneers and old settlers whose lives are so thoroughly identified with this region. The relentless hand of death, pursuing its remorseless and unceasing avocation, is cutting down, one by one, those whose life histories shoujd be preserved as a part of the history of the growth and development of this region. The necessity for the collection and preservation of this matter, before it becomes too late, is the object of this work. Instead of going to musty records and taking therefrom dry statistical matter and official generalities, which can be appreciated by but few, our corps of writers have gone direct to the people, to the men and women who have by their enterprise and industry, brought about the development found in this region, and from their lips have written the story of their life struggles. No more interesting or instructive matter could be presented to an intelligent public. In this department, devoted to LOCAL BIOGRAPHY, will be found a record of many whose lives are worthy the imitation of coming generations. It tells how some, commencing life in poverty, by industry and economy have accumulated wealth. It tells how others, with limited advantages for securing an education, have become learned men and women, with an influence widely extended. It tells of men who have risen from the lower walks of life to eminence, and whose names have become famous. It tells of those in every walk in life who have striven to succeed, and records how success has usually crowned their efforts. It tells, also, of many, very many, who, not seeking the applause of the world, have pursued " the even tenor of their way," content to have it said of them as Christ said of the woman performing a deed of mercy,—" they have done what they could." It tells how many, in the pride and strength of young manhood, left the plow and the anvil, the lawyer's office and the counting room, left every trade and profession, and at their country's call went forth valiantly " to do or die," for the cause and principles they held so dear. In the life of every man and of every woman is a lesson that should not be lost upon those who follow after. Coming generations will appreciate this volume and preserve it as a sacred treasure, from the fact that it contains so much that would never find its way into public records, and which would otherwise be inaccessible and lost forever. Great care has been taken in the compilation of this work, and every opportunity for revision possible given to those represented to insure correctness in what has been written, and the publishers feel warranted in saying that they give to their readers a work with very few, if any, errors of consequence. In closing this brief introductory the memorable words of Carlyle fittingly express the hope, aim, and desire of the publishers in the compilation of this volume: " Let the record be made of the men and things of to-day, lest they pass out of memory to-morrow and are lost. Then perpetuate them, not upon wood or stone that crumbles to dust, but chronicled in picture and in words that endure forever."