150 - MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY Miss Jessie Waldo, the daughter of Frederick J. Waldo, the veteran editor of the Recorder at Rising Sun, Ind. To this union there have been born two children, Waldo and Lucinda. Mr. Kelly is a member of the Kinghts of Pythias and both himself and wife belong to the Universalist church, which was the faith of their parents before them. JOHN A. GEX, a wealthy farmer and stock raiser of Carroll county, Ky., residing near Ghent, was born in Gallatin county of that state, Feb. 15, 1819. He is a son of Anthony and Cyrena (Price) Gex, the former a native of Switzerland and the latter of Gallatin county, Ky. His grandfather, Louis Gex, came to America about the beginning of the nineteenth century; his father, Anthony, came with his uncle, Luke Obousier, in 1802. For some years the family lived in Vevay, Incl., where Louis Gex was a merchant. He went to New Harmony, Ind., where he passed the remainder of his days, and his son, Anthony, settled in Gallatin county. There he became a successful farmer, was active in politics as a Whig, a member of the Universalist church, and reared a family of ten children, John A. being the second of the family. At the age of twenty-one years John A. Gex decided to adopt the life of a river man and for about nine years was engaged in boating on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. He then bought a farm of 200 acres and turned his attention to stock raising. Adding to his first purchase of land he now has a fine farm, over 450 acres, besides 1,000 acres of good farming land in Missouri. In his early political life Mr. Gex was a Whig, but since the dissolution of that party he has affiliated with the Republicans, though he has never been what might be called an active politician. He is a Master Mason in good standing, and both himself and wife are members of the Christian church. In April, 1848, Mr. Gex was married to Henrietta Brookin, a daughter of Robert E. Brookin, a well-known farmer of Clark county, Ky. To this union there were born five children. Robert E. is a farmer in Missouri; Anthony, Maria, Louis and Louise are all deceased. All his children were educated by private teachers and fitted for useful stations in life. Mrs. Gex, the wife and mother, died in 1901. N. C. BROWN, M.D., a prominent physician and surgeon of Ghent, Ky., is a native of `kythe county, Va., where he was born, Feb. 10, 1840. He is the eldest of ten children born to John A. and Sarah (Tartar) Brown, both natives of Wythe county. Eight of their children are still living and all are reasonably successful in life. The MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY - 151 paternal grandfather, Christopher Brown, was born in Pennsylvania, of German parentage, but settled in early life in Virginia. The father of Doctor Brown is a farmer of Wythe county, but his mother died in igoo. Doctor Brown received a common school education, after which he attended Roanoke college for three years, and then took up the study of medicine. In 1861 he enlisted in Company H, Forty-fifth Virginia infantry, and was made first sergeant of the company. Ile was captured a short time before the final surrender and was a paroled prisoner at the close of the war. He then renewed his studies, which had been so rudely interrupted, and graduated from Washington university in 1870. After practicing two years in Virginia, he located at Ghent, where he has attained eminence in his profession and has a lucrative practice. Doctor Brown keeps up with the march of medical progress by reading the leading medical journals, and he is regarded as one of the most progressive of Carroll county physicians. He is a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity and is a Knight of Pythias. Politically he is a Democrat of the highest type: one who firmly believes in the doctrines taught by Jefferson and defended so heroically by Jackson. He has been married three times. His first wife, to whom he was married in 1868, was Sarah, daughter of Rev. Samuel D. Gaines, and a sister of Dr. F. H. Gaines of Carrollton. Of the three children born to this marriage, J. Samuel is a physician at Harrison, lIo.; Hubert is a clerk at Mount Pleasant, Mich., and Lulu is the wife of Albert Schirmer, a Carroll county farmer. Mrs. Brown departed this life in 1874, and in 1877 he was married to Kate McClure, nee Linsley, a native of Carroll county, and a daughter of John C. Linsley, a well known citizen. One daughter, Josephine, now the wife of T. North of Houston, Tex., was born to this union. The death of the second wife occurred in 1881, and in 1884 Dr. Brown was united in marriage to Annie Saunders, a daughter of Joseph and Mary Saunders of Carroll county. Dr. and Mrs. Brown are both members of the Methodist Episcopal church. THOMAS J. COCHRAN, a well known farmer near English, Carroll county, Ky., was born in Boone county of that state, Oct. 31, 1835. His great-grandfather cane from Scotland at an early date and settled in the Carolinas. He is said to have been the first white man to settle in Mason county, Ky., and at one time owned practically all the county. In the course of his long life on the frontier he was captured three times by the Indians and spent altogether about fourteen years in captivity. His son, Thomas, the grandfather of the subject of 152 - MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY this sketch, grew to manhood in V1ason county, but later removed to Fayette county, where he passed the remainder of his life. He was a successful farmer. While living in Fayette county his son, William Cochran, the father of Thomas J., was born. He was married in Boone county to Miss Mary E. Foster, daughter of Jedediah Foster, who was of English parentage. To this marriage were born four children. Nannie married M. J. Corbin, a farmer of Carroll county; Thomas J. is the second of the family; Robert W. is a physician of Madison, and Minnie M. died at the age of sixteen years. In 1877 the family removed to Carroll county, where the father bought 400 acres of land on the Kentucky river, and there followed the vocation of farming up till his death, in February, 1894. His wife died in March, 1902. Both were members of the Christian church and carried the tenets of their religion into their daily lives. Thomas J. Cochran received a good, practical education and has been a tiller of the soil all his active business life. In 1884 he went to Florida, where he became interested in the production of oranges, which he carried on successfully until 1896, when he returned to Carroll county. While in Florida he served two terms in the lower house of the state legislature and was then nominated for state senator, but declined for business reasons. Mr. Cochran bought 350 acres of good land when he came back to Carroll county and he has easily acquired the name of one of the best farmers in his vicinity. He is an active Democrat and is at the present time the magistrate for English precinct. Doubtless he has inherited his taste for public matters, as his father was county magistrate for many years. Mr. Cochran is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, holding the office of worshipful master in the former and vice grand in the latter at English. On March 29, 1879, he was married to Miss Hallie E., daughter of John T. Lewis of Carrollton, and they had one son, named William Terrell. Mrs. Cochran died in Florida in 1896, but her remains were brought back to Carrollton and buried in the cemetery, where some of her relatives rest. Mr. Cochran was again married on March 7, 1900, this time to Florence Bosworth, a daughter of Henry Bosworth, a farmer of Fayette county. She was born on the farm where she now resides as the wife of Mr. Cochran. One daughter has been born to the second marriage, Minnie Mary. Mrs. Cochran is a devoted member of the Methodist church. MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY - 153 CHARLES C. COGHILL, farmer and capitalist, of Carroll county, Ky., was born in that county, where his family have been among the representative citizens of that section of Kentucky for four generations. His great-grandfather, James Coghill, was one of the pioneers of the county, coming from Virginia at an early day when the country all around Carrollton was but little better than a wilderness. His son, Z. W. Coghill, who was the grandfather of Charles C., cleared a farm and lived there all his life. He married Elizabeth Long, a native of Scott county, Ky., and they reared a family of six children—Robert O.; Elsie, deceased; James, a farmer in Carroll county; Sarah, married Robert King and resides in Kansas; Corda, deceased, and Amanda, deceased. Robert O., after the death of his father in 1839, became the manager of the farm, being at that time but thirteen years of age. In 1866 he bought out the other heirs and thus became the owner of the old homestead, which his father had redeemed from theprimeval forest. At one time he owned over 400 acres of fine land in the Ohio valley, and still owns over a half section. He married Eliza Chowning, a native of Carroll county, and to this union there have been born five children; Charles C., the subject of this sketch; Kate, at home; Nellie, Mrs. Fred Haskell of Vevay, Ind. ; Lena, at home, and one child who died in infancy. Charles C. Coghill, the eldest of the family, and the only son, now manages his father's farm, and is distinguished as one of the most modern and progressive farmers in the county. Besides his farming interests he is interested in other lines, being a director in the Carrollton National batik, and magistrate of his precinct. He is an active and enthusiastic Democrat, one who stands firmly and unflinchingly with his party on all the great questions that are today before the American people for solution. In his political convictions he reaches conclusions as he does in his business affairs—by close and candid investigation and the exercise of a high order of intelligence. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias: is married and has two interesting children. GEORGE HOAGLAND CONWAY was born on the Hoagland farm in Hunter's Bottom, on the Ohio river. His ancestors came, from Wales to Virginia soon after the Cromwell rebellion. The more immediate ancestors of the Kentucky Conways can be traced back to Peter Conway, who was born in Fauquier county, Va., Oct. 14, 1746, and married Mary James, Nov. 15, 1769. John Conway, their son, was born Oct. 16 1770. He married a Miss Hopwood, and in the fall 154 - MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY of 1802 brought his wife and three little children, with his negroes, to Kentucky, buying a tract of land in what is now Trimble county, near Milton. He was a man of remarkable memory and well informed on the Bible, being for many years a noble worker in the Baptist church. He still owned his farm at the day of his death, which occurred in the ninety-second year of his age, leaving seven children, five boys and two girls. Peter Conway, his fourth child, was born in what is now Trimble county, March 23, 1803. He married Mary Caroline, daughter of Cornelius Hoagland, in 1828, and moved on the part of the Hoagland farm belonging to his wife in what is now Carroll county. Mary Caroline Hoagland, his wife, was born April 2, 1798, in Morristown, N. J. Her father, Cornelius Hoagland, was born April 12, 1750, and married Mary Trittle, who was born Dec. 15, 1757. He and his oldest son, Moses, came to Kentucky in the year i800, and bought a tract of land nearly three miles in length along the Ohio, reaching from Hoagland's Branch to Milton. At that time all of this section was a perfect wilderness, and only a few white men lived there—Bristow, Geo. Boon and one or two others. A man by the name of Hunter had been there several years before, following hunting and trapping for a living, and that gave the tract the name of Hunter's Bottom. He had his camp on what is now the Conway farm, near the mouth of Locust creek. In the spring of 1801 Cornelius Hoagland brought his wife, eight children, his brother John, his sister Anna, and several negro slaves from New Jersey to settle in his new home in Hunter's Bottom. There were two children born in this new home. While overseeing a clearing on his farm a burning limb fell on Cornelius Hoagland, killing him, July 6, 1806. He left a wife and ten children whose average age at death was over eighty years. Six of them lived to be long past ninety. Peter Conway and his wife, Mary Caroline Hoagland, had six children; Mary Jane married Captain Oldham of Oldham county, for whose ancestors the county was named; he was a captain in the Union army in the Civil war and died soon afterwards, leaving two children, James Peter, a physician in San Antonio, and Mary Caroline, who lives with her mother at Carrollton, Ky. George Hoagland Conway is still living on the old Conway homestead and has lived in Hunter's Bottom all his life. He was married in 1889 to Jessie Thompson, who was born in Newport, Ky. One daughter, Mary Caroline, blessed this union. She was born March 28, 1897; Richard lives half a mile from the homestead; William Harvey resides in Oldham county, Ky.; Clinton and John Martin are both deceased. MIMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY - 155 REV. IGNATIUS M. AHMANN, rector of St. John's Catholic church, Carrollton, Ky., was born in the city of Dorsten, Prussia, Oct. 12, 1865. While studying the classics under Dr. Krampf Bismarck instigated the "Kulturkampf," closing the ecclesiastical seminaries in the German empire. This led Father Ahmann to conic to America to finish his preparation for the priesthood. After arriving in this country he studied under Drs. Dyer and Dumont, the latter now a professor in the Catholic university at Washington. He was raised to the clerical state in the cathedral of Baltimore, June 11, 1887, by Cardinal Gibbons of that city. After a three years' course in theological studies, he was ordained priest in the cathedral at Covington, Ky., by the Rt. Rev. Camillus P. Maes. The first appointment of Father Ahmann was that of assistant pastor at Newport, Ky. In 1894 he was made the rector of St. John's Catholic congregation at Carrollton. This congregation had its origin in 1850. When the smallpox epidemic spread over the city of Cincinnati several German Catholic families sought refuge from the disease in Carrollton. There they were without church or priest until the following autumn, when Bishop Spalding of Louisville sent Rev. Father Leander Streber once a month to visit them. The corner-stone of the church was laid on the last day of July, 1853, Rt. Rev. Martin J. Spalding officiating. The first church building costa little over $2,000. Before it was completed the congregation was taken from the Louisville diocese and attached to that of Covington, under Bishop Carroll. In 1861 a modest parsonage was erected by George Beyer, at a cost of $400, and about the same time a school house was built at a cost of $277. From the time of the laying of the corner-stone to 1870 the congregation was attended by Fathers Schaffroth, Winaud, Weissenberger, Gregorius, Froelich, Watson, Englebrecht, Stephany and Schiff. Father Stephany erected a new school house in 1865 at a cost of $2,000. In 1870 Father Schmidt, now of Dayton, Ky., lifted the last dollar of the indebtedness that had for so many years been a burden to the faithful little flock. He was succeeded by Fathers Kollopp and Richartz, who served until 1894, when Father Ahmann took charge, as already stated. During the last ten years the congregation has enjoyed a satisfactory growth and prosperity and it is today One 156 - MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY of the leading religious organizations of Carrollton. Father Ahmann is at present engaged in erecting a beautiful Gothic church at a cost of $5o,000, from plans made by Leon Coquard, the well known architect of Detroit, Mich. On Sunday, Oct. 5, 1902, was the grand celebration of laying of the corner-stone. The Knights of Columbus of Cincinnati arrived early in the morning with Hill's select military band, and many strange priests came with them. About eleven o'clock the Rt. Rev. Bishop C. P. Maes, D.D., arrived with his chancellor, Rev. James L. Gorey, the silver-tongued orator, who delivered the festive address in the afternoon. Col. Lewis E. Casey, the editor of the Kentucky Commonwealth, and Miss Mary Florence Taney, the famous author of the "Kentucky Pioneer Women," graced the city. Miss Taney had composed a poem and dedicated it to Rev. Father Ahmann. Mr. Levassor of Cincinnati had set it to music, and it was played for the first time by the band on this occasion. Miss Taney is a relative of former Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, and through him related to Francis Scott Key, author of the "Star-Spangled Banner." Chief Justice Roger B. Taney was married to Miss Key, sister of the composer of America's national hymn. For this memorable occasion Rev. Father Ahmann has written his book "Forget-Me-Nots of Past and Present," an historical work. The Golden Jubilee was celebrated in a worthy manner in the city and county of Carroll, named in honor of the distinguished Catholic legislator, statesman and signer of the Declaration of Independence. When completed, St. John's will be a monument to the self-sacrificing spirit of the priest who has toiled so faithfully and patiently for its erection, and an ornament to Catholicism in the State of Kentucky. RICHARD CONWAY, a well known farmer near Milton, Ky., is a native of Carroll county, in that state, where he was born May 25, 1833, and is the third child born to Peter and Mary (Hoagland) Conway. (For ancestry, see sketch of George H. Conway.) At the age of twenty-one Richard began farming for himself. For a time he rented land, but after the war he went to Missouri, where he bought land in Knox and Davis counties. Subsequently he returned to Carroll county and took charge of a farm there. In i88o he purchased 119 acres on the Ohio river, five miles below Carrollton. To this he has added until he now has one of the finest farms on the river, consisting of 240 acres, good buildings, etc. His residence stands upon a mound constructed by the ancient Mound Builders, and relics of this extinct people are abundant on his farm. In digging a cistern a few MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY - 157 years ago Mr. Conway unearthed two skeletons, each more than seven feet long. Mr. Conway has been twice married: first to Miss Fannie Baker, a daughter of William and Anna Maria (Ambrose) Baker, and by this marriage he had one daughter, Fannie Baker. Her mother died in March, 1883, and on Dec. 8, 1889, Mr. Conway was married to Margaret J. White, a daughter of William Sylvester and Elizabeth (Rauch) White, the former a native of Carroll county and the latter of Montgomery county, O. Mrs. Conway's father was the son of William and Jane (Hoagland) White, and her grandfather was also named William White. His mother, Margaret Hoyt, who was twice married, was the first white woman to live in Cincinnati. They came to Cincinnati while the place was nothing but a fort, later coming to the place known as "Hunter's Bottom," in Carroll county, and for many years he was engaged in boating on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. He was a major in the state militia in an early day. The father of Mrs. Conway left home with a capital of thirty-five cents; learned the plasterers' trade; worked at it in Indiana and Kentucky; later went to Missouri and farmed until 1863; married in that state, and Mrs. Conway was born near St. Joseph. Mr. White served with General Price in the Confederate army; had two brothers killed in that army; returned to Kentucky and took care of his parents during their lifetime; went to Kansas in 1883, and died there in 1899. His widow still lives at Pittsburg, Kan. They had a family of twelve children: Mrs. Conway, Henry C., George L., Mary E., Harriet V., William Sylvester, Emma S., Adeline A., John E., Martha J., Sarah and Julia. All married except the youngest. Mr. and Mrs. Conway have three children: Mary E., Richard and George White, all at home with their parents. Mr. Conway is a Democrat politically and takes a keen interest in all questions pertaining to public policy. He is a member of the Baptist church, and his wife belongs to the Methodists. JAMES S. DEWEESE, a farmer and stock raiser near Milton, Ky., was born in Carroll county of that state, March 13, 1857. He is the youngest of thirteen children born to Cornelius and Hannah (Gresham) Deweese, the father a native of Kentucky and the mother of Maryland. The paternal grandfather was a native of Pennsylvania, a descendant of the old Knickerbocker stock of New York. After reaching his majority he went to North Carolina and later became one of the pioneers of Mercer county, Ky. Cornelius Deweese was left an orphan at a tender age and was reared by John P. Thompson, whose grandson, Pliil. Thompson. afterward became one of the promi- 158 - MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY neat lawyers of Kentucky. At the age of fourteen years he left Mr. Thompson's home and began the battle of life for himself. For three years he followed boating on the Kentucky river, then went to Louisville, and at the age of twenty was the manager of a hotel known as the Wall Street House. Later he bought the hotel and cleared $100,000 there in four years; sold out and went into the commission business; later followed flatboating on the Mississippi river until his health failed; made a fortune in this business; came to Carroll county in 1845; built the finest residence between Cincinnati and Louisville; made a specialty of fine stock, taking numerous prizes at fairs; was called the "Potato King" of the Ohio valley; helped to organize the first Odd Fellows lodge in Louisville and the lodge at Milton; died April r, 1896, and his wife, March 28, 1884. He left the largest estate ever left in Carroll county. He and his wife had a family of thirteen children, four of whom are still living: Cornelius, residing in Louisville; Virginia, wife of B. F. Fitch, a Methodist minister of `Winchester, Ky.; Hannah, widow of S. B. Hitt, and lives in Louisville, and James S., the subject of this sketch. Mr. Deweese received a good education, and was for some time associated with his father in business. In 1886 he came into possession of his father's farm, by purchasing the interests of the other heirs, and since then has improved the farm until it is one of the finest and most productive in Carroll county. He has over i,000 acres of fine land and gives much of his time and attention to the production of tobacco. Ilis residence is fitted with all those conveniences to be found in the modern city residence, is connected by telephone with Carrollton and Madison, Ind., and is noted for its hospitality. Mr. Deweese was married May 25, i88o, to Miss Anna M. Alexander, a native of Jacksonville, Ill., and a daughter of John T. and Mary A. (Deweese) Alexander. During the sixties her father was the "Cattle King" of the world, owning 36,000 acres of land in Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. Deweese have two children: Cornelius, in business in Louisville, and Annette, at home with her parents. W. TALBOT OWEN, M.D., deceased, an eminent physician of Kentucky and Mississippi, was born at Port Gibson, in the latter state, Nov. 3, 1829. His family was originally from Virginia, his grandfather, John Owen, being one of the early settlers in Shelby cotunty, Kv., shortly after the Revolutionary war, in which two of his brothers fell while fighting for the cause of liberty. Dr. James Harvey Owen, the father of Dr. W. T. Owen, was born in Shelby county; began the practice of medicine in early life; practiced in Missouri and Mississippi MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY - 159 for many years; located in Louisville, where he owned a large drug store at the time of his death. Dr. W. Talbot Owen grew to manhood in the city of Louisville and graduated from the university there with the degree of M.D. For some time practiced his profession in Mississippi, but later returned to Louisville, and was for six years professor of the principles and practice of medicine in the Kentucky School of Medicine. During that time he gave the foundation of a medical education to hundreds of young men, who have since had cause to remember him as a painstaking instructor, and one who was well grounded in his subject. After giving up his chair in the college faculty he practiced in Louisville until his death, which occurred on Jan. 17, 1892. Dr. Owen married Miss Sally E. Hoagland, a daughter of Moses T. Hoagland, a prominent citizen of Carroll county, Ky., and a distinguished soldier of the Confederacy. (See sketch of Ellen P. Hoagland.) To this marriage there was born one daughter, Carrie, who graduated from Holyoke college, and studied both music and art. She married J. E. Bowman, and they live with her mother, first at Louisville, where both mother and daughter are members of the Fourth and Walnut Street Christian church, and since the death of Dr. Owen on the farm owned by Mrs. Owen in Carroll county, and which had formerly been the summer residence of the family. CYRUS S. TANDY, a successful farmer and stock raiser of Carroll county, Ky., residing near the town of Milton, is of Irish extraction and can trace his anccstry back to that of Naptha Tandy, who was exiled from Ireland at a very early date. The great-grandfather, John Tandy, was one of the pioneers of Carroll county, coming from Virginia about the close of the Revolutionary war. One of his sons, named Roger, married Sarah Wayland, daughter of another old Carroll county, pioneer, and one of the children born to this union was Samuel Tandy, the father of the subject of this sketch. Samuel married Emarine J., daughter of William Spicer, who was also one of the early settlers of that section of Kentucky. Samuel Tandy died in the year 1885, and his wife in 1894. Cyrus S. Tandy was born in Carroll county, Nov. r8, 1858. He received a good education and lived with his father until 1885. On February 25th of 160 - MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY that year he was united in marriage to Adclia Guiltner, whose ancestors came from Germany during the Colonial period. Her great-grandfather, Bernard Guiltner, was a native of Pennsylvania, but came to Kentucky along with the tide of immigration in the early part of the nineteenth century, and settled in Bourbon county. At the time his son, Francis, the grandfather of Mrs. Tandy, was a boy. He came to Carroll county in 1820, bought the place now owned by Mr. Tandy and built the house in which he lives. This farm of 400 acres he owned until his death. Mrs. Tandy is a daughter of David and Martha (Jesse) Guiltner. On her mother's side she is descended from some of the oldest families in Kentucky. Her great-grandfather, Samuel Jesse, was one of the early Baptist preachers of the Ohio valley, and her grandmother was a daughter of Col. Virgil McCrackin, who was killed in the war of 1812. Mrs. Tandy is the eldest of three children. Philip is a physician in Illinois, and Thomas resides in Madison, Ind. Her father died in 1881 and her mother in 1901. Mr. and Mrs. Tandy have a family of seven children: Pauline, David G., Ella Jean, Roger P., Nannie B., Cyrus S., Jr., and Mary Jessie. All are at home with their parents. Mr. Tandy now owns over 400 acres of fine land and has one of the best farms in the county. He takes an active interest in politics as a Democrat, and has held the office of county assessor. RICHARD JACOB WOOLLEY, manager of the "Owens Farm," in Carroll county, Ky., is a son of Daniel Vertner and Elizabeth McDowell (Jacob) Woolley, and was born April 14, 1872. His father was a native of Lexington, Ky., and his mother was born in Cooper county, Mo. The ancestry on both sides have been prominent in the annals of the country. Aaron K. Woolley, the grandfather, was a professor of mathematics at West Point; afterward professor of law in the University of Kentucky at Lexington; practiced law there for years; circuit judge of Fayette county; member of the legislature, and prominent in politics. He married Sally H. Wickliffe, daughter of Robert and Margaret (Howard) Wickliffe, of Mercer county, Ky. Her father was a millionaire and was an eminent lawyer. Margaret Howard's father was a son of the Duke of Norfolk's youngest son. Daniel V. Woolley, father of Richard, was a successful farmer near Lexington for some time; went to Arkansas about 1875; returned to Kentucky eight years later; removed to Madison, Ind., the same autumn; still later went to Northfork, Mason county, Ky., where he died in Februarv, 1899. On the maternal side the grandfather was Col. R. T. Jacob, whose father, John J. (better known as John I.) Jacob, was born in MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY - 161 Baltimore, Oct. 20, 1778, and came with his father to Kentucky in 1790. The more remote ancestry can be traced back to a John Jacob, who came from England in 1665 and settled in Maryland. Col. R. T. Jacob was a wealthy farmer near Westport, Ky.; prominent in Democratic politics; colonel of the Ninth Kentucky cavalry during the Civil war; elected lieutenant-governor of Kentucky in 1863; served as commissioner of parks for the city of Louisville for several years, and waL. one of the best known men in the state in his day. In early life he went with Gen. J. C. Fremont to California. His first wife was Sarah. a daughter of Thomas H. Benton, to whom he was married Jan. 7. 1848, and by whom he had two children, Richard T. and Elizabeth McDowell. Thomas H. Benton was in the United States senate for thirty years from Missouri. He married Elizabeth McDowell, c daughter of Colonel, and a sister of Governor McDowell of Virginia. After the death of his first wife in Louisville, Jan. 4, 1863, R. T. Jacob married Laura Wilson of Lexington, and to this marriage there were born John D., William J., Donald R., Laura W. and Brent Cook. Daniel and Elizabeth Woolley had a family of eight children, viz.: Vertner, deceased; Sarah H., wife of Dr. J. M. Latham of Alabama; Berta W., Mrs. Howard M. Barrett of Birmingham Ala.; Leila M., Mrs. B. J. Mays of Florida; Thomas B., married Mary B. Holland and resides at Johns, Ala.; Mary P., wife of J. E. Cuzzort of Memphis, Tenn.; Preston, unmarried, and the subject of this sketch. After acquiring a good education, Richard J. Woolley turned his attention to farming, especially the breeding of high grade stock. At the age of nineteen he took charge of the well known Preston & Norfolk stock farm of 2,400 acres in Trimble county, and managed it successfully for twelve years. At the end of that time he went to Carroll county as the manager of the Owens Farm, where he has been since. He owns property in both Arkansas and Kentucky and is one of the best informed stock breeders in the latter state, which has been noted for generations for its blooded horses and fine cattle. Mr. Woolley is an unswerving Democrat, and is one of the leading members of that party in his county, though he bases his political convictions upon the principle involved rather than a desire to hold office, and is not a candidate for any position in the gift of the people. W. A. SHIRLEY, one of the leading business men of Sanders, Carroll county, Ky., was born in that county, and is a son of John W. Shirley, a native of Gallatin county. The grandfather, Miley Shirley, came from Virginia at an early date, and the more remote ancestry came I-11 162 - MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY from Ireland. Miley Shirley was a prominent farmer of Gallatin county, where he held the office of county assessor. He was a Whig until that party was disbanded, and after that was a Democrat. John W. Shirley was a teamster and farmer. He did overland freighting before the advent of the railroad; finally settled in Carroll county and took up the occupation of a farmer until his death in the fall of 1881. His widow still lives on the old homestead. Both parents were members of the Christian church. They had nine children, viz.: W. A., the subject of this sketch; T. M., who was burned to death in his infancy; G. W., now associated with his brother in business; Ellen, deceased; J. E., a farmer in Carroll county; F. F., in the livery business at Sanders; F. W., a dealer in fine horses at Sparta, Ky.; Nora, wife of Walter Kennedy and resides on the old homestead; F. B., deceased. In the fall of 1886 W. A. Shirley traded a team and wagon for a stock of drugs at Eagle Station; followed this business until the fall of 1889; in 1890 came to Sanders and opened a general store; sold out in 1891 and for awhile operated the livery business now owned by J. C. Griffith; formed a partnership with his brother in 1892 and embarked in the business of general merchandizing, dealing in tobacco and live stock; built a large store in 1900, and a fine residence since. Mr. Shirley is an active Republican; has been frequently sent as a delegate to conventions; served as a member of the county council; and in 1901 was appointed postmaster. He and his brother have the largest mercantile establishment in Sanders, carrying a complete stock of general merchandise and machinery. Mr. Shirley is also a director in the Sanders Deposit bank, which was organized on July 23, 1904, with a capital stock of $15,000, and of which G. W. Deatherage is president. He is also interested in the Eagle Valley Lithia Water Company. Mr. Shirley was married on Dec. 5, 1878, to Miss Susie K. Southworth, a native of Owen county, Ky., and a daughter of James and Lucy Southworth of Scott county. To this marriage has been born one son, Arthur W., born Sept. 20, 1880, and on Dec. 28, 1898, he was married to Miss Rosa D. Williams. They have one son, Russell M., born Nov. 5, 1902. Mr. Shirley and his son are both members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias, and the father is also a member of the Daughters of Rebekah. He and his family all belong to the Christian church. Mr. Shirley is a fine specimen of a self-made man. All he has and all he is have been the result of his own efforts through the exercise of his industry and intelligence. MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY - 163 BARTLETT AND ROGER T. SEARCY, well-known farmers, of Carroll county, Ky., are both natives of that county, the former born Dec. 2, 1834, and the latter Aug. 18, 1837. Their father was R. W. Searcy, a native of Madison county, Ky., where his father, Richard Searcy, settled in an early day, coming from North Carolina. A few years later he removed to Carroll county, located on White's run, cleared a farm and lived there until his death. Some time in the twenties R. V. Searcy married Ellen P. Wayland, and the following children were born to this union: William H., who died in infancy; John James, now residing in Carrollton; Richard IV., deceased; Bartlett and Roger T., the subjects of this sketch; Susan, who married L. O'Neil and after his death A. Wilson. and now a widow ; Martha E., wife of J. W. Gardner, living on till old home farm. This farm the father bought in early life and lived upon it until his death in the spring of 1882. His wife died some time in the seventies. Bartlett and Roger T. married sisters, Nancy E. and Pauline A. Spicer, daughters of William and Catherine (Coghill) Spicer, who came from Virginia in the pioneer days of that section of Kentucky in which Carroll county is situated. Catherine Spicer died on March 28, 1864, and William Spicer oil Nov. i8, 1884. Bartlett and Roger T. Searcy began life as farmers in Carroll county, but after six years Bartlett sold out and went to Gallatin county, where he remained for ten years. In 1876 he and his brother Roger bought the old Spicer farm in Carroll county, consisting about 200 acres of good land, and lived there until 1884, when the bought the farm where they now live. This farm consists of over 300 acres, with a beautiful residence overlooking the Ohio river, and is located in Carroll county, about two miles above the town of Milton. They have no children, and the two families occupy the same house. Both are Democrats in politics, and in their tastes and inclinations they are as much in harmony as they are in their political affiliations. 164 - MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY JAMES TANDY ELLIS, poet, author and journalist, of Carrollton, Ky., was born at Ghent, in the county where he now resides, June 9, 1868, and is a descendant of some of the oldest families in America. One of his paternal ancestors, John Ellis, was one of the grantees in the second charter of the Virginia company, which was granted by King James I., May 23, 1609, and on the maternal side his great-great-grandfather, John Tandy, was married in Fluvanna count,, Va., to Judith, daughter of Henry and Judith (Guelph) ,Martin, Mrs. Martin being a sister of George III., King of England, and also of the Duke of Gloucester. The grandfather of Mr. Ellis, James B. Tandy, was a native of Carroll county, Ky., where he was a successful business man and died at the advanced age of eighty-three years. James Tandy Ellis is a son of Dr. Peter Clarkson and Drusilla (Tandy) Ellis. His father was a native of Bourbon county, Ky., but settled in Carroll county when he was still a young man and there practiced medicine for many years. The subject of this sketch received his primary education at Ghent, afterward attending the Agricultural and Mechanical college at Lexington, and subsequently taking a full course in vocal and instrumental music at the Cincinnati conservatory. He is the author of several popular songs, as well as a number of instrumental pieces; is a contributor to magazines and other periodicals; has published a book of poems and also a hook of stories and sketches of Southern life and character; was for a time the vice-president of the water-works company of Owensboro, but resigned to take up newspaper work in Washington, D. C., going there as secretary to Congressman A. C. Stanley of Henderson. Mr. Ellis is a member of the Masonic fraternity, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Improved Order of Red Men, the Knights of Pythias, and was for four years a major in the Third regiment of Kentucky State Guards. He married Harriet Bainbridge Richardson, the accomplished daughter of Col. \William Richardson of Fayette county, Ky., and to this union there have been born two children, one of whom died in infancy, and the other, a little daughter, bears the name of her grandmother, Drusilla Tandy. MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY - 165 ELLEN P. HOAGLAND is a member of one of the oldest and most highly respected families of Carroll county, Kv. She was born in that county, her parents being Moses T. and Sallie (Payne) Hoagland. The father of Moses T. Hoagland was named Cornelius and was born in New Jersey in 1778, of Holland parentage, His ancestors brought the first brick to New York city, during the period of the Dutch occupancy of Manhattan Island in the early half of the seventeenth century. Cornelius Hoagland married Mary Huff, the daughter of a wealthy gentleman in New Jersey, and carne to Kentucky in 1801, where he became a successful planter. His son, Moses T., was in business in the city of New Orleans for several years. During the Civil war he played a considerable part as a member of Gen. "Stonewall" Jackson's staff. After the war he returned to Carroll county, where he built a beautiful residence, overlooking the Ohio river, and there passed the remainder of his life, enjoying the happy reflections consequent upon an honorable career and the esteem and friendship of his neighbors. Moses T. and Sally Hoagland had a family of nine children. Ellen P. is the subject of this sketch: Mary J. married a Doctor Moore, and both are now deceased; Caroline was the second wife of Doctor Moore, and is also deceased; Mary C. married Dr. S. E. Hampton and lives on the old hone place. Two children died in infancy; John died at Lexington, Ny.; Addie lives on the old homestead; Jackson is dead, and Sarah M. is the widow of Dr. W. T. Owen. Ellen and Addie live on their old home farm with their nephew, Doctor Hampton. They have inherited the noble traits of a long and honorable ancestry and have the regard of all the good people in the community where they have passed so many happy years, unbroken except for the sorrow occasioned by the death of some loved one. WILLIS TANDY, civil engineer and teacher of Sanders, Carroll county, hy., is of Irish extraction and is a descendant of that Napier Tandy who was hanged by the English government for leading a revolution. Achilles Tandy, the great-grandfather of Willis, was the first of the family in America, coming with four of his brothers to the United States at an early date, and all located in Kentucky. His son Roger married Catherine Whalen, became a successful farmer in Carroll county, and had a family of thirteen children, one of whom, Scott Tandy, married Nancy C., a daughter of John and Sally (Bledsel) Tandy, and this couple were the parents of the subject of this sketch. Scott Tandy embarked in the merchandizing business at Ghent in 1845, but in 1852 he sold out and followed farming from that time 166 - MEMOIRS OF TILE LOWER OHIO VALLEY until his death, on the last day of December, 1892. His wife died in 1895. She was a member of the Christian church. Scott and Nancy Tandy had a family of five children: Willis, Sallie, Nannie, Kate and June C., the last named being deceased. The other girls live on the old home place and manage the farm. Willis Tandy was born at Ghent, Carroll county, Sept. to, 1850. After completing the course in the common schools he graduated from Ghent college in 1869, and from the law department of the Indiana university in 1875. Later he graduated in civil engineering from the college at Danville, Ky., and was for years with the United States survey, working from the East to the Pacific coast. Since then he has been engaged in teaching, with the exception of three years he was in the drug business at Ghent. In 1902 he came to Sanders. Mr. Tandy was married on July 4, 1877, to Miss Loulie Hawkins, daughter of Richard and Amanda (Shouse) Hawkins, natives of Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Tandy have eight children: Inez, Scott, Loulie, James R., Stella, Josie, Amanda and Harlan. All the children received good educations and all are home except Scott, who resides in Louisville. Mr. Tandy is a Master Mason in good standing and a Knight of Pythias. His wife belongs to the Baptist church. Few men have a higher standing in the community than Willis Tandy. He has all that independence of spirit that led his illustrious ancestor to become a revolutionist; is well educated, a close student of the times in which he lives; understands his duties as a man and a citizen and discharges them without fear or favor; and is popular in his neighborhood for his many sterling qualities. JOHN THOMAS HARRIS, a successful farmer and cattle dealer, near Sanders, Carroll county, Ky. was born in Owen county of the same state, Sept. 26, 1851. He is a son of Fred and Elizabeth Harris, and his grandfather, Frederick Harris, who was a native of Virginia, was one of the pioneers of Mercer county, Kv. He had a family of ten children, five boys and five girls: Fred, Nimrod, John, Andrew, Nicholas, Eliza, Ellen, Emma, \annie, and one other. All lived and died in Kentucky except Nicholas, Emma and Eliza, who went to Indiana and passed the remainder of their lives in that state. John Harris, the father of the subject of this sketch, came to Eagle Station, in Carroll county, in 1857. In 1864 he located at Sanders and died there in the following year. His wife died on Sept. 13, 1901. He was an active Democrat, and both himself and wife were members of the Baptist church. They had five children. Nannie lives in Sanders as the widow of M. L. Sarlls; William died at the age of twenty-seven MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY - 167 years; John Thomas; Mollie married John Stonestreet and lives in Owen county, and Emma is deceased. All the children received a good common school education, and at the age of twenty-one years John Thomas started in to farm for himself. Two years later he bought the farm he now owns and occupies, consisting of 127 acres of as good land as there is in Carroll county. Here he does a general farming business, his specialty being the buying and fattening of cattle for the market. Mr. Thomas was married on Feb. 17, 1874, to Jennie Jones, a daughter of Benjamin G. and Jane (Sebree) Jones, the former a native of Owen and the latter of Scott county. Mrs. Harris' father is a successful farmer of Owen county. Mr. Harris is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias. He and his wife belong also to the Daughters of Rebekah and the Rathbone Sisters, and both are members of the Baptist church. They have no children. B. W. RANSDELL, head of the firm of B. W. Ransdell & Co,. tobacco buyers, of Sanders, Ky., was born in Owen county of that state, Oct. 27, 1854. He is a son of B. F. and Nancy J. (Chandler) Ransdell, both natives of Owen county, where the grandparents, Zachariah and Nancy (Duvall) Ransdell, were among the pioneers, coming from Culpeper county, Va. B. F. Ransdell was a surveyor and for over twenty years held the office of county surveyor in Owen county. He and his wife were both Baptists and he was an active Democrat. She died in 1869 and he in 1871. They had a family of seven children, the subject of this sketch being the eldest; Louisa, Nannie, Alice and Roxy are deceased; Susan A. is the widow of G. Webster and Emmett is a farmer in Owen county. B. W. Ransdell attended the academy at Harrisburg, Owen county, for four years; taught school for awhile; was county surveyor of Owen county for four years; farmed there until 1896; sold out then and came to Sanders; bought a farm of 110 acres adjoining the town; organized the firm of B. W. Ransdell & Co., and handles over 500,000 pounds of tobacco every year. In addition to his tobacco trade, he still owns his farm and carries on a general farming business. The firm of which he is the head is the largest establishment in the town and one of the 168 - MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY largest of its kind in that section of Kentucky. Mr. Ransdell is a Democrat of that unwavering kind found in Old Kentucky, and takes an interest in all questions relating to public policy. In fraternal circles he is a well known figure, being a member of the Free and Accepted Masons and the Knights of Pythias. He was married on Oct. 20, 1875, to Florence, daughter of H. C. and Emma Vallandingham, one of the oldest families in Kentucky. Mr. and Mrs. Ransdell have five children: B. F. is a traveling salesman in Missouri; Ed. Porter is a farmer in Owen county; Rosa married Charles Reed of Owen county; Mary is Mrs. R. McNeill of the same county, and Katie is at home. All the children are well educated, and the girls are interested in music. Both parents are members of the Baptist church and are consistent practitioners of their faith in their daily lives. J. F. JACOBS, deceased, formerly proprietor of the Blue Lick Springs hotel, at Sanders, Ky., was born at Sandfordtown, Kenton county, in the same state, April 26, 1857, and died at Sanders Feb. 27, 1901. He was a son of Frank and Catherine Jacobs. His father was a native of Germany and was a shoemaker by trade. They had eleven children. J. F. Jacobs followed farming until 1876, when he came to Sanders where he was for a long time the agent of the Louisville & Nashville railway and the Adams Express Company. He was also for four years postmaster of the town. In i88o he leased the Blue Lick Springs hotel and four years later bought the property, improved it, and made a popular resort, and was for some time after this the agent for the railroad and express companies referred to. He built one of the nicest residences in Sanders and took a lively interest in every movement for the upbuilding of the town. Politically Mr. Jacobs was a Democrat and was always ready to do his part to secure a victory for his party. From early life he had been taught by experience to depend upon his own resources and was a fine example of a self-made man. His genial disposition and his straightforward course made him a host of friends, who sincerely lamented his death. Mr. Jacobs was married on Jan. ro, 1882 to Miss Ella Cannon, a native of Ironton, Ohio, and a daughter of Patrick and Mary Cannon, both natives of Ireland. Her father was a miller by trade and had a family of twelve children. Mr. and Mrs. Jacobs had ten children, viz.: Katherine, Josephine, Julia, Frank, John, Florence, Churchill, Stella Winifred, Stella Maude and Roberta C. All are living at home with their mother except Stella Winifred, who died in childhood. Mrs. Jacobs is the agent for the railroad company, and Katherine and MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY - 169 Frank assist her in discharging the duties of the position. Josephine is a milliner and dressmaker. The girls are all interested in music, and the family are all members of the Catholic church. Mrs. Jacobs still owns the hotel, which has fifteen large rooms, a splendid lawn, and the guests have free access to the Lithia and Blue Lick springs. LEONARD L. NORTH, deceased, a retired farmer of Sanders, Carroll county, Ky., was born in Owen county, Ky., Dec. 4, 1828. He is a son of John and Elizabeth (Lyons) North, and a grandson of William and Mary (Callaway) North, of Virginia, where both the North and Callaway families were early pioneers. John North, the father, was born in Virginia in 1787. His father died soon afterward and his mother married Joshua Bake who came with the family to Owen county, Ky., in 1798. John North and his brother William both grew to manhood, John living in Kentucky and William in Virginia. The former followed the life of a farmer in Owen county, near Dallasburg, until 1836, when he removed to Carroll county, and located near Carrollton. Here he lived until his death, in 1850, his wife having died in 1846. He was an active Democrat in his day and he and his wife were consistent members of the Baptist church. Of their eight children, Amanda, William, John, Shelby, Docia and Lizzie are deceased. Leonard, the subject of this sketch, departed this life Oct. 3, 1904, leaving James, who lives in Kansas City, Mo., the only survivor. Leonard L. North attended the common schools, acquiring a good English education. At the age of eighteen he united with the Baptist church at White's Run, and continued a true, consistent Christian gentleman all his life. At the age of twenty years he went to Owen county, near New Liberty, and lived with an uncle and aunt, Governor Watson Cull and wife, acting as foreman of a large plantation and controlling a large number of slaves. For several years he was a partner with Mr. Cull in trading in live stock in Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio and the Southern states. At the age of thirty years he went to Missouri and bought land, but sold out two years later and returned to Carroll county, where he bought a farm near Carrollton, in February, 1859. On May 31, 1859, Leonard L. North was united in marriage with Miss Nancy Evelyn Howard, 170 - MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY daughter of Thomas and Martha (Riley) Howard of Owen county. To this union were born four children, viz.: Thomas H., who married Miss Eva Garrey of New Liberty, Ky., a very successful tobacco buyer, and has a beautiful home in New Liberty; Mattie N., widow of Dr. Collin Ball of Bedford, Trimble county, Ky., and with her son, Collin North Ball, now lives with her mother; Artamecia B., now Mrs. Joseph A. Kemper, a widow, with one son, Leonard North Kemper, and lives with her mother; Drusilla H., wife of James F. Ramey, cashier of the First National bank of Eddyville, Ky. Mr. and Mrs. Ramey have two children, a son, Leonard, and a daughter, Evelyn. Both parents are full graduates of Cherry Brothers' Business college of Bowling Green, Ky. Mrs. Kemper has been a very efficient music teacher for a number of years. Mr. and Mrs. North were both consecrated members of the Baptist church at Sanders, Ky., in which he held the office of deacon for many years. He made his own way in the world by his industry, frugality and intelligence, as well as a strict adherence to correct principles. \While he enjoyed a generous measure of prosperity, it has not been at the expense of his fellow-men, for he has helped others to better conditions and not one cent of the possessions he left but what was justly acquired. Naturally, he had the respect and friendship of those around him and when he joined the "silent throng" the world had been made better for his having lived in it. ROBERT ELLIS, dealer in general merchandise, Sanders, Ky., was born in Ghent, in the same county, Dec. 6, 1844, his parents being Timothy and Olivia (Nevins) Ellis, both natives of Henry county, Ky. The grandfather, David Ellis, was a Virginian, but came to Henry county at an early day and there passed the remainder of his life, becoming a well-to-do farmer. Timothy Ellis was for many years a blacksmith at Ghent and died there in 1865. He and his wife were both members of the Christian church. In early life he was a Whig, but in later years he affiliated with the Democratic party. He and his wife had ten children, only three of whom are now living. Robert is the subject of this sketch: J. W. is at the head of a college at Plattsburg, Mo., and Bettie is now a Mrs. Huffman of St. Louis. In September, 1862, Robert Ellis enlisted in Company F, Capt. T. M. Barrett's company in Colonel Giltner's regiment, and served as a private until 1864. After the war he attended school for awhile and then taught for twelve years in Gallatin county. He then clerked in a store at Sparta for about three years, and in 1874 went into business there for himself. He remained at Sparta until 1880, when he MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY - 171 came to Sanders and opened a general store. Since then he has bought a nice home, has built up a large patronage, and is one of the thrifty citizens of the town. Mr. Ellis is an enthusiastic Democrat, has served as chairman of the district committee and on the executive committee of the state, though he has never been a candidate for office. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, both Lodge and Chapter; the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias, and has a high standing in his various lodges. In 1872 Mr. Ellis was married to Sallie, daughter of Solomon and Elizabeth Ellis, and by this marriage tie had four children. His wife died in 1881, and in 1885 he was united in marriage to Mary, daughter of J. M. and Esther Elmore, of Owen county. Four children were born to this union. Of the eight children of Mr. Ellis, Bertha is the wife of Dr. Stallard of Sparta; Sallie is Mrs. Lee Hunt of the same place; Solomon, Robert E. and one child who died in infancy are deceased; Elizabeth, John W. and Esther are at home. All received good schooling and are popular with the young folks of Sanders. Mr. and Mrs. Ellis are members of the Christian church. G. W. DEATHERAGE, president of the Deposit Bank, Sanders, Carroll county, Ky., was born in Gallatin county of the same state, March 20, 1843. He is a son of Granville and Elizabeth (Hayden) Deatherage, and a grandson of Bird Deatherage, who lived and died in Rockingham county, N. C., where Granville was born, the only son of his father's family of four children. Granville Deatherage came to Kentucky when a young man, spent several years as a farrier in Gallatin county, and later came to Sanders, where he died. In his day he was one of the local leaders of the Democratic party, and he and his wife were both members of the Baptist church. They had a family of eleven chilren, the subject of this sketch being the fifth. The maternal grandparents of Mr. Deatherage were Jeremiah and Nancy (Cross) Hayden, of Culpeper county, He was a veteran of the Revolutionary war, and after the independence of the United States was established he came to Kentucky, became a successful farmer, and reared a family of six children. G. W. Deatherage began life as a farmer on rented land. In 1872 he bought 172 - MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY a small farm in Carroll county, and lived there for fifteen years, adding to his farm by purchase until he now owns 300 acres of good land. He makes a specialty of breeding polled Angus cattle. Mr. Deatherage is a Democrat in politics; a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and, in addition to being president of the bank at Sanders he is a stockholder in the Carrollton National bank. He is what might be aptly termed a "man of affairs" and has been successful in all his undertakings because he has mixed brains and industry together in the proper proportions. In 1864 he was married to Miss Sallie Bruce, a daughter of Henry Bruce, and they have a family of nine children: Annie is now Mrs. O. H. Sanders of Owen county; Maggie is Mrs. John Weldon of Carroll; Delia married Arthur Cox, county attorney; William is deputy county clerk; Jennie May is the wife of Joseph Newton, a minister of the Non-sectarian church of Dixon, Ill.; Tilden is a merchant who married Miss Georgia Holton and lives in Sanders; Nina Lee is at home, as are Myrtie and Katie C. Jennie and Mvrtie are accomplished musicians. Mr. Deatherage and his family belong to the Baptist church. WILLIAM H. FURNISH, a farmer near Sanders, Carroll county, Ky., is a native of the county, having been born there July 31, 1843. His parents, Benjamin and Kitty (Hawkins) Furnish, were both native Kentuckians, the father of Gallatin and the mother of Mercer county. James Furnish, the grandfather of William H., was a Virginian, but came to Kentucky in the early part of the nineteenth century, settled in Gallatin county and there followed the occupation of a farmer until his death. Benjamin Furnish grew to manhood in Gallatin county, but after his marriage bought a farm of 161 acres in Carroll and lived there the rest of his days. He was an active Democrat in his day, and his wife was a devoted member of the Baptist church. They had a family of four sons and two daughters, three of whom are yet living. William H. Furnish was educated in the common schools and has been engaged in agricultural pursuits all his life. When he was about forty-five years of age he bought the old home place, built a good residence, and is one of the representative farmers of his neighborhood. Mr. Furnish takes a commendable interest in public matters, and although not an active politician, is one of the reliable Democrats of Carroll county. He and his wife are members of the Baptist church and are always ready to assist in the good work of their chosen denomination. He was married on May 11, 1864, to Miss Henrietta, daughter of Flurrinoy and Narcissa Pate, both natives of Switzerland MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY - 173 county, Ind., but now living in Owen county, Ky., where the father is a successful farmer. Mr. and Mrs. Furnish have two children, Mary T., wife of William Woblen, of Owenton, and Benjamin B., who lives in the city of Covington. They have also taken a boy, named Man-ford Bryson, to rear, and who is treated as though he was their own soil. JOSEPH M. GREEN, dealer in general merchandise, at Easterday, Carroll county, Ky., was born at New Madrid, Mo., Nov. 9, 18 3. The first of his family in America was Robert Green, who came from England in the year 1710. He was the son of William Green and was born in 1635, being seventy-five years of age when he came to this country. He married Elinor Dunn, of Scotland, and they had the following children: William, Robert, Duff, John, Nicholas, James and Moses. Soon after coming to America he settled in Virginia, on a tract of land which was successively in Essex, Spottsvlvania, Orange and Culpeper counties. Robert Green died in 1748, at the age of one hundred and thirteen years, and his will is recorded in the Orange county court house. He was one of the first vestrymen of St. Mark's parish. William Green, a son of this Robert, was born in Essex county, was vestryman of St. Mark's parish from 1749 to 1770, married a Miss Coleman and one of the sons born to this union was Francis Wyatt Green, the great-great-grandfather of the subject of th:s sketch. He participated in various wars against the Indians and won the title of Colonel. Joseph M. Green is a son of Thornton Green, a grandson of Joseph, and a great-grandson of Francis W. Green. The grandfather was a soldier in the war of 1812 and fought at the battle of New Orleans. He married Susan, daughter of John Ball, who died in 1852 at Columbus, Ky. Joseph and Susan Green had the following children: Dr. Norvin, who was for a time the president of the Western Union Telegraph Company, and who married Martha, daughter of James English; Nevil, married M. J. Morris; John B., who died in infancy; Lawrence, died at the age of thirteen years; Thornton, father of the subject; Warren, died at the age of thirteen years; Benjamin F., died in infancy. Thornton Green came with his family to Kentucky in 1854, located at Columbus, where he ran a saddlers' shop 174 - MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY until 1865, when he went to Owen county, and in 1870 came to Carroll county, where he followed farming until his death in September, 1900. He was an active Democrat in his day and reared a family of eight children, viz.: Daniel S., who married Minnie Todd and now lives in Colmbus, Ky.; Joseph, the subject of this sketch; Norvin, who married Ida Stratton and has two children; Mollie, who married William Erwin; James, Rennie, Annie, and Jennie. Joseph received a common school education and at the age of twenty-one began life for himself as a farmer, but after the first year gave it up and event to Cincinnati, where he was for three years in the employ of Charles Bodman & Co., in the tobacco business. In 1882 he went to Missouri and remained there two years, one of which was spent on the farm. He served as town marshal of Rockville, the home of Jesse James, the outlaw. After two years in Missouri he went to Oregon, where he engaged in farming and merchandizing until 1894, when he returned to Kentucky. He located at English, where for three years he conducted a general store, then farmed for two years, was then in the mercantile line at English until March, 1904, when he came to Easterday and opened a store at that point. Mr. Green is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and :n politics is a Democrat. He was married on Nov. 20, igoo, to .Miss Sally, daughter of Lyman Guinn, of English, and they have a family of two children, Florence and Mary Alice. Mrs. Green is a member of the Christian church. ROBERT L. BOND, a farmer and stock raiser, living near Ghent, Ky., was born in Carroll county of that state, Aug. 18, 1836. His grandfather, John Bond, came to Kentucky from the State of Virginia in 1803 and located in Owen county, where he became a successful farmer. His son William, the father of Robert, was born Sept. 9, 1793, before they came to Kentucky. He married Harriett Scott, who was born May, i, 1798, the daughter of Rev. John Scott, a Baptist minister, born in Ireland, and who married Jane Sneid. After his marriage, William Bond located in Carroll county, took tip a homestead of wild land near Ghent and died there Jan. 12, 1863. He was a soldier of the war of 1812, in Col. Dick Johnson's regiment. His wife died only six days later. They were both members of MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY - l75 the Baptist church and had a family of seven children : Samuel, John C., Mary J., James A., Julia F., Benjamin F. and Robert L., the last named being the only surviving member of the family. William Bond was a Whig in his early life but later became a Democrat. Robert L. Bond has been a tiller of the soil all his life, except what time he was in the Confederate army during the war. In September, 1862, he enlisted in Company B, Fourth Kentucky cavalry, under Capt. John G. Scott, and served until the final surrender as sergeant of his company. He was one of forty who would not surrender on Kentucky soil but surrendered at Woodstock, Ga., the latter part of May, 1865. They were permitted to retain their horses and side arms and Mr. Bond rode home on the same horse that he furnished at the time of his enlistment, and which was with him through the entire time of his service. After the war he bought a farm in Carroll county and settled down to farming. Mr. Bond does a general farming business, his specialties being Shorthorn cattle, fine roadsters and saddle horses and fox dogs. He was one of the organizers of the American National Saddle Horse association. He is fond of fox chasing, and in 1867 won a dog collar made of Mexican silver dollars, for the best fox dog of Kentucky. He married Martha J., daughter of Richard and Priscilla (Magruder) Ramey, of Henry county, Ky., and they have a family of five children: Maynic, Margaret, Julia, James D. and Frank. Mr. and Mrs. Bond are members of the Baptist church and he is one of the best Southern Democrats in Carroll county. He is also interested in good schools and is a friend of education. WESLEY HAINES, deceased, a well known farmer near Eagle Station, Carroll county, Ky., in his day, was born in that county in 1813, and died there on March 17, 1887. His parents, Abraham and Eleanor (Dean) Haines, came from Pennsylvania to Carroll county in an early clay and started life in the woods. They lived the typical pioneer life of the log cabin but conquered all the hardships of frontier life and became successful. Wesley grew to manhood in Carroll county and upon the death of his father took charge of the old farm, where he had been born and reared. Later he bought out the other heirs and lived upon the old homestead until his death. He was one of the leading Iocal Democrats for many years and was a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church. On Oct. 22, 1859, Mr. Haines was united in marriage to Jane E. Williams, a daughter of Elisha and Zerelda (Scott) Williams, of Trimble county. William Williams, the grandfather of Mrs. Haines, came from Virginia and was one of the early 176 - MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY settlers of Trimble county, where he passed the rest of his life as a prosperous farmer. Wesley and Jane Haines had three children. Lulu married James M. Driscoll, and Bertie married Russell Craig, both of whom are Carroll county farmers. Bertie has a family of seven children. Jessie, the third daughter, graduated from the kindergarten training school and taught in the kindergarten schools of Carrollton for three years, and for four years in the state of Tennessee. All three of the children were given a good education, and all are more or less proficient in music. Mrs. Haines still lives on the farm, which she rents out. She has 150 acres of good land, all in a high state of cultivation. During his life Mr. Haines was a man of domestic habits and spent most of his time with his family. He was a Methodist. His wife belongs to the Baptist church, and the family enjoyed the esteem and friendship of their neighbors. WILLIAM F. PEAK, president of the Bedford Loan and Deposit bank, Bedford, Ky., was born in that portion of Henry county, Ky., now constituting the county of Trimble, Dec. i, 1829. He is a son of Thomas and Harriet (Walker) Peak, the former a native of Virginia and the latter of South Carolina. The grandfather, W. A. Peak, came to Kentucky in 1809 and located in Scott county, but a year later settled in Henry, where he lived the rest of his life. An old spring house that he built on his farm is still standing. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, as one of the famous "Kentucky Rifles." Thomas Peak was a carpenter by trade, and also followed farming. He was a Democrat prior to 1896, but that year, and again in 1900, he voted for McKinley. He died in March, 1902, his wife having died in 1889. Of their children George W. is a merchant at Bedford; William F. is the subject of this sketch; Lucretia married Bart Nixon and lives at Jeffersonville, Id.; Elizabeth is now Mrs. W. B. Averitt, of Trimble county; Lafayette died in Indiana; Mary, Martha, and Thomas are deceased. W. F. Peak received his education in the private or subscription schools and at the age of twenty years began his business career as a clerk in a store at Bedford; served four years in this capacity; kept hotel for two years; was elected county coroner and served four years; then elected sheriff and served two years in that office; elected both county and circuit court clerk; held the two offices for seven years; was then circuit clerk for seventeen years; was master commissioner ten years of that time; served as member of the legislature in 1883-84 and again in 1891-92-93. Since 1891 he has been interested in banking business. In November of that year he was one of the organizers of the Loan and Deposit bank, MEMOIRS OP THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY - 177 and in 1893 he was elected to the presidency, holding the office ever since by re-election. Mr. Peak is a part of the warp and woof of Trimble county. He is public spirited, in favor of good government and public improvements, and his judgment is of such a character that he is frequently consulted by his acquaintances and his advice sought in matters of importance. Besides his banking interests he owns four fine farms in the county and has an interest in several others. He lives in one of the most handsome residences in the town and is universally respected. Politically he is a Democrat and is one of the best informed men in the county on the political questions of the day. The only fraternal organization to claim him as a member was the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, to which he belonged until the outbreak of the Civil war, when his lodge was broken up. In 1854 Mr. Peak was united in marriage to Miss Margaret A. Willett, daughter of David and Margaret (Beebe) Willett, of Covington, Ky., where her father followed the trade of cooper. Of the children born to Mr. and Mrs. Peak, George W. is an undertaker at Bedford, is also an attorney and master commissioner of. the Trimble circuit court, and is married and has seven children; Lottie J., married Jack Garriott and lives at Danville, Ill., the mother of three children ; Robert F. is judge of the circuit court of the twelfth judicial district and resides at Shelbyville, Ky., a graduate of the Louisville Medical college, practiced two years, then studied law, was commonwealth attorney two years, is married and has five children; Hallie married Fall Mahoney, lives at Lexington, and has seven children; Elizabeth married L. F. Zerfoss of Ashland, Ky., and has three boys; D. H. is at home and is the cashier of the bank. Mrs. Peak and all the children are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. NANNIE S. TANDY, one of three sisters who manage a large farm near Eagle Station, Carroll county, Ky., is a daughter of Scott and Nancy C. Tandy, and is a descendant of some of the first families of Kentucky. The grandfather, Roger M. Tandy, was born on Christmas day, 1786, and came to Kentucky in his early manhood, where he reared a family of thirteen children, viz.: Scott, the father of the subject of this sketch, born Dec. 22, 1813; Richard, born Feb. 21, 1815; Catherine, Aug. 5, 1816; Nancy, Nov. 7, 1818; Russell H., March 18, 1821; Samuel S., Oct. 15, 1822; Martha, Aug. 24, 1824; Whalen, July 9, 1827; Daniel B., May 9, 1831; Mary E., March 9, 1833 ; Lucy J., Nov. 1, 1834; Seany, March 16, 1836; and Robert S., May 8, 1838. Richard, Seanv, and Lucy died in infancy. (For family ancestry see sketch of Willis Tandy.) Scott and Nance Tandy had the following children: Willis, I-12 178 - MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY now living at Sanders; Sally, one of the girls on the farm; Julius, who died in 1888; Nannie S., the subject of this sketch, and Kate A., who lives with her sisters and assists in the management of the farm. The Tandy farm consists of 214 acres of highly improved land. The sisters pay considerable attention to raising Shorthorn cattle, as well as to the production of general crops. All three attended the college at Ghent, are well educated, have studied music and art, and are ladies of culture and refinement. Their home is one of the most hospitable in that part of the county and they have a large circle of friends, who esteem them for their many womanly graces. JOSEPH P. POWELL, a farmer and tobacco buyer, living near Bedford, Trimble county, Ky., was born in that county, Nov. 25, 1849. His grandfather, Lindsay Powell, was one of the early settlers of that section of Kentucky, and his parents, Wyatt and Adeline (Law) Powell, were both native Kentuckians. The father was born in Oldham county, Dec. 14, 1829, and the mother in Trimble county, Nov. 30, 1830. Both died in Trimble, the former on Sep. 26, 1878, and the latter on Oct. 31, 1888. They had the following children: Joseph P., the subject of this sketch; John, George, and Homer, farmers of Trimble county; Lucy, wife of M. C. Rowlett, a Trimble county farmer; Eva, who married M. O. Rowlett, and is now deceased; James, deceased, and one child that died in infancy. After leaving school Joseph started in to farm for himself. Starting with no money, he rented land until the spring of 1874, when he bought sixty-five acres of his own. To this he has added by subsequent purchases until he now owns zoo acres of good land. He carries on a general farming business and does quite a business in buying and shipping tobacco. In political matters Mr. Powell has folIowed in the footsteps of his father and is a Democrat of the uncompromising type. He is always ready to do his part toward achieving a Democratic victory and in 1901 he was elected sheriff of the county. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and is always ready to assist in the benevolent work of the order. Mr. Powell was married in 1869 to Miss Nannie Adcock, whose grandfather, Joseph Adcock, was a veteran of the war of 1812, and a pioneer settler of Kentucky. To this marriage there have been born the following children: George, a farmer and deputy sheriff of Trimble county; Robert, a farmer; Amanda, Mrs. Warner Ford, of Oldham county; Rosa, wife of William Baxter and resides in Scott county, Ind., and William, who is at home with his parents. Mr. Powell and all his family are members of the Baptist church, as his parents were before him. MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY - 179 LOUIS G. CONTRI, M.D., a well-known physician and surgeon of Winona, ky., was born at Rome, Italy, Dec. 24, 1840, his parents being Evandro and ELvira (Crump) Contri, the mother being the daughter of a distinguished surgeon. The Contri family is one of considerable prominence in Italy, the father of Dr. Contri having been a member of the diplomatic corps, and the grandfather, Michael Angelo Contri, marquis of San Gemignano, was a general of artillery in the Italian army. Dr. Contri was educated at the Collegio Tolomei, and graduated in medicine from the University of Pisa, the second oldest medical school in the world. In May, i86o, he was one of the thousand, who, under General Garibaldi, landed at Marsala, under the eves of the navy of the king of Naples, and fought at Marsala, Catalafini, Palermo, St. Angelo and Caserta. In the last named engagement he was wounded and received the honors of knighthood for capturing a flag of the enemy's. In 1861 he came to America, being attracted hither by our constitutional form of government. Embarking on a sa'ling vessel he was shipwrecked off Gibraltar, but finally reached Sidney, -ova Scotia, made his way by stage to Halifax, and from there came to Boston. Endorsing the doctrine of secession, he joined the Confederate army, and being an expert swordsman was appointed drill master of the Sixth Virginia cavalry, commanded by Col. Julian Harrison. Later he was stationed at Jackson's hospital as assistant surgeon and was still later attached to Witcher's battalion. He was in charge of the provisory Confederate hospital at Hagerstown, Md.,during the battle of Gettysburg. On Sunday, July 12, 1863, he was captured by General Kilpatrick's cavalry, but escaped the same night while marching from Hagerstown to Frederick city. He was recaptured the next night while crossing the Potomac, being dressed in citizen's clothes, was treated as a spy, imprisoned in Fort McHenry, near Baltimore, and sentenced by a court martial to be shot on the second day of November. On Sunday, September 27, he again made his escape, through the influence of Free Masonry, and reached Richmond on the very day his sentence was to have been executed. He then served until the close of the war and was mustered out as captain. When the Fenian troubles broke out in Canada he organized a regiment of twelve companies in Massachusetts, raised the money to equip and transport his men and went to 180 - MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY Canada to fight against the English. Dr. Contri was made colonel of the regiment, which was attached to General Spear's command. They entered Canada about the first of June, 1866, and fought the British soldiery at Pigeon Hill and Slab City, when the United States government interfered and ordered the men to return to their homes. Dr. Contri's father having died in the meantime, he went to Europe to settle some of his affairs, and upon returning to this country in 1868, after about a year abroad, he located in Wyoming and for some time practiced in the `Vest. Later he went to Jay county, Ind., and from there to Kentucky, where he has since remained. Dr. Contri is a member of the American and Kentucky State Medical associations ; is secretary and treasurer of the Trimble County Medical society; secretary of the board of health of the same county, and belongs to the society of the medical officers of the Confederate army and navy. He joined the Masonic fraternity is his native land and is a thirty-second degree member of the order. Although reared a Catholic he is now a member of the Baptist church. As a physician he has a high standing, is a successful practitioner, and has the good will and confidence of his patients. CLARENCE R. DRAKE, clerk of the circuit court in Switzerland county, Ind., was born in that county, June 3, 1852. The Drake family is of English origin. Robert Drake, the paternal grandfather of the subject of this sketch, came from England at an early date, settling first in Louisiana and later near Boonesborough, Ky., where he became acquainted with and shared many hardships of the celebrated Daniel Boone. From Boonesborough he came to Switzerland county, sacrificing all his property en route to save his life from the Indians. He died, June 19, 1845, and is buried in the old Drake graveyard in Switzerland county. Clarence R. Drake is a son of Dillard R. and Hevila (Hawkins) Drake, the former a native of Ohio and the latter of Switzerland county. Dillard Drake was twice married, Clarence being the eldest child by the second marriage. The children of the first wife were Benjamin F., Mary J., and Flavius J. Those of the second wife, besides the subject of this sketch, were Robert B., born Feb. 11, 1854; Sarah E., born Dec. 20, 1856; Claretta F., born Jan. 1, 1860; Lulu F., born Nov. 24, 1863; Elmer D., born in December, MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY -181 1866; and Oscar M. and Hattie, both of whom died in infancy. Mr. Drake's mother was born, Oct. 9, 1822, and is still living at the advanced age of eighty-two years. Her father, Jonathan Hawkins, was a native of New York, and her mother, Sarah Hawkins, of Connecticut. Cretia Drake, an aunt of the subject of the sketch, was the first white child born in Switzerland county. Clarence R. Drake received his education in the common schools and has successfully fought his way upward until today he occupies one of the most important offices in his county. He was elected clerk by a majority of ninety-five votes. This in a county where the majorities rarely run over ten was certainly a victory of which any man might be proud. It tells the story better than words of his popularity, and of the confidence reposed in him by his friends and neighbors who know him best. Since coming into the office he has conducted it in the interests of the people who elected him and all who come in contact with him in his official capacity find courteous treatment. Mr. Drake married Miss Amanda Chittenden, and they have three children: Chester, born Aug. 9, 1878, is in charge of the Vevay electric light plant; Josie, born April 11, 1880, is at home with her parents; Clyde, born Feb. 23, 1882, occupies an important position at Newport, Ky. CAPT. J. L. GRAHAM, familiarly known as "Captain Jack," captain and manager of the steam ferry between Vevay, Ind., and Ghent, Ky., was born at Vevay, Oct. 28, 1869, his parents being Robert T. and Mattie (Lester) Graham. Robert Graham was born in Ghent, in 1834, and died at Vevay in 1903. He was a son of Timothy and Martha Graham, both natives of Virginia, and his wife was born at Jacksonville, Ind., in 1840. She is still living. Capt. Robert Graham founded the ferry between Vevay and Ghent and operated it for more than forty years. At first he had a skiff for persons and a hand flatboat for horses and vehicles. This was succeeded by the horse power transfer boat, which in turn gave way to the modern steam ferry boat. The present steamer is named the Eva Everett, after the twin brother and sister of Capt. J. L. Graham. Everett is now assistant engineer on the boat. The Graham family have been brought up to the business, and it is worthy of note that Miss Juna Graham, a sister of the subject of this sketch, is a successful pilot, 182 - MEMOIRS OF THE LOITER OHIO VALLEY probably the only female pilot in the United States. The Eva Everett runs from early in the morning until late at night every day in the year except when the ferry is obstructed by ice. The distance from landing to landing is about one mile, yet the little boat covers it in six minutes. Both boat and proprietor are popular with the patrons. Captain Graham and his father have both made an enviable record as life savers. During the old flatboating days the father saved a number from a watery grave, and the son has fourteen lives to his credit. Such a record speaks well for his bravery and shows that in times of danger or emergency his presence of MInd can be relied on to master the situation. Captain Graham has never married, preferring to live with his mother, to whom he has always been a dutiful son. He takes a great interest in Free Masonry-, tieing the only Knight Templar in Switzerland county, and is a member of the Christian church. CAPT. A. J. SCHENCK, of Vevay, Ind., is of Swiss descent, his ancestors being among the first settlers of Switzerland county. His great-grandparents were Philip Jacob and Marianne (Gras) Schenck, the former a native of Worms and the latter of Canton Berne, Switzerland. Philip J. Schenck died in Switzerland county, Dec. 15, 1819, his wife having died on the voyage over and was buried at sea. One of their sons, John James Philip Schenck, was born in Locte, Switzerland, Feb. i6, 1788, and died in Switzerland county in 18i3. He married Mary Julia Jacot, a native of Champdismitien, where she was born April 3, 1788, and this couple were the grandparents of Captain Schenck. His grandmother died on a farm near Vevay, Feb. 6, 1864. Coming down to the next generation, Captain Schenck's father was Ulysses P. Schenck, born in Canton Neuchatel, Switzerland, May 16, 1811. He came with his family to America in the early part of the nineteenth century and in later years was one of the busiest and most prominent men of the Lower Ohio Valley. For many years he was engaged in the river trade, being the owner of several steamers. The large amount of hay he shipped to Southern markets gave to h'm the title of "The Hay King." He organized the First National bank of Vevay, and was its president for more than twenty years, and contributed more than one-half the cost MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY - 183 of the First Baptist church building. He married Justine Thiebaud, born in Canton Neuchatel, May 29, 18o9, and to them were born eleven children: Harriet, born at Louisville, Ky., Oct. i6, 1831, and died at Ghent, Ky., Aug. 4, 1884; George W., born at Louisville Feb. 19, 1833, and died at New Orleans, Aug. 9, 1855; Benjamin F., born at Louisville, Nov. 3, 1834, died at Jacksonville, Fla., April 24, 1877; Thomas J., born at Louisville, May 30, 1836, died at Vevay, July 3 1837; Josephine L., born at Vevay, May 7, 1838, died there July 30, 1862; Emily L., born at Vevay, April 24, 1840, died there Sept. 23, 1862, Andrew J., the subject of this sketch and the only survivor, born at Vevay, Dec. 28, 1842; Justine A., born May 4, 1845, at Vevay, and died there Oct. 7, of the same year. Julia A., born Aug. 19, 1846, died Feb. 16, 1861 ; Alice, born Feb. 15, 1849, died March 28, 1850; Ulysses P., born Oct. 12, 1851, died April 30, 1892. Captain Andrew J. Schenck received his education in the common schools and Franklin college, after which he was associated with his father, from whom he received a thorough business training. In July, 1864, he became his father's partner, but subsequently became prominently identified with river shipping. His first experience was as a steward on the steamer Argosa. In 1866 he was licensed captain and pilot of the same vessel, plying between Louisville and Cincinnati. Later he commanded the steamers Sam J. Hale, H. Clay Wilson and U. P. Schenck, and was for several years a director in the Southern Transportation Company. In 1875 Captain Schenck retired from active service on the river to look after his father's large and growing business. He was taken into full partnership under the firm name of U. P. Schenck & Son, which continued until his father's death, Nov. 16, 1884. Some years later he retired from mercantile pursuits, though he is still actively interested in a number of Vevay's leading business institutions. He is director of the First National bank; the Vevay Furniture Company; and the Vevay Woolen Mills; is president of the Moorefield Turnpike Company, and a stockholder in the Vevay Ice Company, besides holding large farming interests. He is a leading member of the First Baptist church and is an enthusiastic Mason. On Nov. 5, 1889, he was married to Miss Letitia Craig, of Kansas City, Mo. Her parents, Lewis E. and Letitia (Tandy) Craig, were natives of Carroll county, Ky., where the former was born, in July, 1819, and the latter in November, 1821. Lewis E. Craig died in Chicot county, Ark., and his wife at Tipton, Mo. 184 - MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY HON. HIRAlM FRANCISCO, a prominent attorney, of Madison, Ind., and at the present time judge of the circuit court, was born in Jefferson county, Ind., Jan. 28, 1851. He is a son of Hiram and mary (McNutt) Francisco, the former a native of the State of New York and the latter of Switzerland county, Ind. The Francisco family is of Spanish origin. The McNutts came from Pennsylvania early in the nineteenth century. Judge Francisco's father settled in Jefferson county in 1840. He soon became identified with nearly every movement that had for its object the advancement of the county's welfare and was noted for his enterprise and public spirit. Although he did not seek office he was chosen to represent the county in the state senate during the sessions of 1873-75, and while a member of the legislature the interests of his constituents were carefully guarded. He died in 1895. Of the six children born to Hiram and Mary Francisco four are still living. Oliver is a farmer; Anna F. married a nephew of Senator Jesse D. Bright; George is a farmer; and Hiram is the subject of this sketch. Judge Francisco's life was passed on a farm until his fifteenth year, attending the common schools during the winter seasons. At the age of fifteen he entered a private institution in Shelby county, Ky., where he spent two years, finishing his education. He then went into the law office of Harrington & Korbly as a student and in 1872 was admitted to the bar. For one year he was in partnership with his old preceptor, Henry W. Harrington, at Indianapolis, after which he returned to the farm for two years and then began practice at Madison. In 1878 he formed a partnership with Edwin G. Leland, which lasted until 1881, when he became associated with Capt. A. D. Vanosdol, a veteran of the Civil war. The firm enjoyed a large and lucrative practice until 1902, when Mr. Francisco's merits as an attorney recommended him to the Democracy of the Fifth judicial circuit, composed of Jefferson asd Switzerland counties, for the nomination of circuit judge. At the ensuing election he was elected by a large majority and entered upon the duties of the office on Oct. 23, 1903. This office he still holds, his record as judge giving abundant evidence that no mistake was made in selecting him for the position. Judge Francisco is a charter member of Syracuse Lodge, No. 104, Knights of Pythias, and as a member of the Commercial club is active MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY - 185 in promoting the interests of the city of Madison. He was married, Feb. 11, 1877, to Miss Louisa Otto, whose parents, Henry and Mary Otto, were natives of Germany. To this marriage there have been born seven children: Mary, Helen, Louise, Martha, Georgia, Graham and. Van Edwin. Mary is the wife of Warren Francisco, general freight agent of the Seaboard Air Line, at Montgomery, Ala. Louise is the wife of Charles Horuff, of Madison, and Martha is the wife of Hon. Edward S. Roberts, private secretary of Comptroller R. J. Tracewell,. \Vashington, D. C. The family are members of the Catholic church. HON. JOHN M. CISCO, mayor of Madison, InD., was born in that city, Oct. 8, 1859. He is a son of Calvin and Ann (Scholl) Cisco, the former a native of Ohio and the latter of Indiana. They were early settlers at Madison, where they reared a family of ten children, five of whom are still living. For many years. Calvin Cisco was one of the leading butchers and meat dealers of Madison. He served in the Mexican war, was for twelve years marshal of the city, and is still living at the advanced age of seventy-nine years. John M. Cisco was educated in the Madison public schools and after leaving school became associated with his father in business. In 1882 he embarked in business for himself and by square dealing has built up a large patronage. He recently erected one of the most substantial business blocks in the city, a building of modern design, where he handles all kinds of meats. Mr. Cisco takes great interest in all matters pertaining to the welfare of the city. This led to his election as councilman from the sixth ward in 1898, and at the next. election, three years later, he was re-elected. At the close of his second term he was elected mayor, on May 3, 1904, over John G. Moore, who was a candidate for re-election. The success which Mr. Cisco has attained, both is business and politics, is due to his energy and sterling integrity and he may feel justly proud of his career. On April 4, 1880, he was married to Miss Christiana Miller, an estimable young lady of Madison, and to this marriage there have been born three children: William H., Blanche and John Calvin. All of Mr. Cisco's family except himself are members of the Catholic church. 186 - MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY JOHN J. YOUNG, one of the leading farmers of Trimble county, Ky., residing near Bedford, was born in the neighborhood where he now lives, June 11, 1833. His grandparents on the paternal side were James L. and Frances (Whitaker) Young, early settlers of Bedford, where the grandfather ran the first store and hotel in the town. He was a veteran of the war of 1812 and came from Maryland. Frances Whitaker was a daughter of Col. Aquilla WVitaker, commander of Whitaker's Station in pioneer times, and a sister of Gen. Walter C. Whitaker, who died in Louisville. In 1830 James L. Young bought the farm upon which the subject of this sketch now lives. The parents of John J. Young were James F. and Fannie M. (Hunter) Young, both natives of Kentucky. James F. was born in Shelby county in December, 1812, and is one of a family of four children. R. H., John J., Mary M., and Adeline K. Mary is married and lives in Bedford, and Adeline is the wife of Capt. Thomas English, of the Fourth Kentucky cavalry during the Civil war. James F. Young was a Whig in his early life but in later years became a Democrat. He was a member of the Catholic church and his wife was a Baptist. John J. Young enlisted in the Union army in 1863 as a private in Captain Harris's company of the Thirty-fourth Kentucky infantry. About a year later he was transferred to Company L, Fifth Kentucky cavalry, and served until the end of the war. After the war he returned home and has ever since followed farming. He owns 400 acres of fine land and is regarded as one of the prosperous and up-to-date farmers of his community. In politics he is a solid Republican and is always ready to defend his political principles. Mr. Young was married in 1877, to Georgia M., daughter of Dr. Robert Foster of Bowling Green, Ky. She was born in Allen county, Ky., was a member of the Methodist church, and died in April, 1899. On Jan. r, 1901, he was married to Cora Brewington, a native of Aurora, Ind., though they were married in Kansas. Mr. Young has one son, Robert, who is a farmer in Trimble county. Mrs. Young is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. CAPT. ARGUS D. VANOSDOL, one of the leading attorneys of Madison, Ind., was born in Jefferson county, Ind., Sept. 18, 1839, and is a son of Thomas J. and Charlotte (Eastwood) Vanosdol, the former a native of Kentucky and the latter of Ohio. His paternal grandfather, Jacob B. Vanosdol, was a Kentucky Ranger during the Indian troubles in the Northwest Indiana Territory in 1810 and the succeeding years, serving under Maj. Zachary Taylor in the defense of Fort Harrison. After the close of hostilities he returned to his home in Mercer county, MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY - 187 Ky., married a Miss Susanna Smith, and in 1818 came with his family to Indiana, settling in Switzerland county. Twenty years later the family removed to Jefferson county, where the grandparents passed the remainder of their lives. The maternal grandfather was also a soldier in the war of 1812. Thomas J. Vanosdol learned the trade of stone cutter and was for many years engaged as a contractor in the towns of Vevay and Madison. The later years of his life were passed in retirement on a farm in Switzerland county, where he died in 1887. Captain Vanosdol was educated in the public schools and at the Indiana State university at Bloomington. On July 4, 1861, he enlisted in Company A, Third Indiana cavalry, and was appointed sergeant-major of the regiment. In the following February he was promoted to the rank of captain and transferred to Company I of the same regiment, and on March 9, took command of the company at Nashville, Tenn. He served in the Department of the Cumberland until May 13, 1863, when he was discharged on account of disabilities incurred in the Kentucky campaign, and at the battle of Stone River. In the meantime he had married, in August, 1862, Miss Mary Henry, daughter of Hon. David Henry, of Pleasant, Switzerland county. In the spring of 1865 his health was sufficiently recovered to enable him to again enter the service and he enlisted in the One Hundred and Fifty-sixth Indiana battalion. He was soon promoted to the rank of first lieutenant and served with his command until August, 1865, when he was mustered out with his battalion. His only brother, Christopher G. Vanosdol, was mortally wounded in Wilson's raid near Richmond, Va., in 1864, and after being wounded was captured by the Confederates and died in their hands. His grave is one of those marked "'Unknown" at Poplar Lawn, Va. After the war Captain Vanosdol's health was such that he took up his residence on a farm, occasionally teaching in the common schools, until the summer of 1870, when he had so far regained his health that he entered the law department of the State university and graduated in March, 1871. He then located at .Madison in the practice of law, where he has continued ever since. For nearly twenty-three years he was the senior member of the firm of Vanosdol & Francisco, the partnership being dissolved by Mr. Francisco's election to the position of judge of the circuit court. For four years Capta'n Vanosdol was prosecuting attorney of the Fifth circuit, his administration characterizing him as an able, conscientious and fearless official. He is well known in the political life of Indiana; is a stanch Republican; has served as county chairman in several campaigns, and as a member of the state central committee. He is also prominent in the Grand Army of the Republic. 188 - MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY During the years 1886-87 he was inspector general on the staff of Commander-in-chief S. S. Burdett, and in 1888 he was department commander of the Department of Indiana, G. A. R. For four years he was one of the board of control for the Reform School for Boys, at Plainfield, Incl., and for sixteen years was colonel of the Fourth regiment, Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias. He has received many souvenirs and testimonials from his comrades and associates in token of their appreciation, which he prizes very highly. RICHARD JOHNSON, one of the most progressive business men of Madison, Ind., was born in Belfast, Ireland, Jan.11, 1829. His parents, John and Margaret (Warring) Johnson, passed their entire lives on the Emerald Isle, where the father was a manufacturer of soap and candles, at Belfast. They had eight children, only two of whom survive; Richard, the subject of this sketch, and Bella, who lives in Belfast. Richard was educated in the private schools of his native town and upon leaving school served his time with the pork packing firm of O'Neilly, Bayly & Co., of Belfast. He then engaged in the butter business for himself but after one year gold out and came to America, landing in New York city on St. Patrick's day, 1849. He came directly to Madison, where he entered the branch house of the firm with which he had served his apprenticeship in his native land. He remained with this firm until their failure, which resulted from their embarking in the business of making starch, after which Mr. Johnson began the manufacture of starch on h:s own account. His venture was successful and he continued in that line until 1890, when he, with twenty other concerns, sold out to the trust. At that time the Madison starch works employed about one hundred and fifty people. Mr. Johnson then purchased the Eagle cotton mills, which had twice failed, and by his energy and tact built up a successful business, the mills now running every clay in the year with a force of some four hundred operatives. In igoo he established the R. Johnson yarn and cordage mills, which has also proved to be a paying industry, employing about one hundred and fifty people the year round. Besides his manufacturing interests Mr. Johnson owns one of the best farms in Jefferson county, consisting of 300 acres, though be resides in the city. MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY - 189 He is also president of the First National bank, a position he has held for several years ; president of the Firemen's and Mechanics' Insurance Company, the No. 3 fire company, and the Madison Chautauqua assembly. Few men have done so much to advance the social and industrial interests of Madison as Mr. Johnson, and none have done more. Ile came to Madison a poor boy and his business standing has been acquired by diligence, and a strict adherence to correct principles. He has two sons and two daughters, David, William J., Margaret and Anna, all of whom have been brought up to become useful members of society. David is the superintendent of the Eagle cotton mills; William J. is manager of the yarn and cordage mills; and Margaret is the wife of Manly D. Wilson, the bookkeeper of the Eagle mills. Since coming to America Mr. Johnson has crossed the Atlantic Ocean fifteen times on visits to his old hone in Ireland, which is still dear to his memory. CURTIS MARSHALL, a rising young lawyer of Madison, Ind., was born in Gallatin county, Ky., March 10, 1868. When he was six months old his parents removed to Jefferson county, Ind., where they both died before the subject of thissketch was three years old. He was adopted by a kindly old couple, and by them carefully and conscientiously reared to manhood. They were not very well to do, and consequently voting Curtis was compelled to rely, to a great extent, upon his own efforts to make his way in the world. He attended the common schools, and afterwards the private academy of Prof. A. W. Blinn at Paris, near his home. He also attended a teachers' normal school at Lancaster, Ind., one term. Until he was twenty-five years old he continued to reside in the country, teaching in the common schools during the winter months, and working on the farm during the summer. He taught in all eight schools, and in 1893 went to the city of Madison, where he entered the law office of Judge John R. Cravens, one of the ablest lawyers in Southern Indiana. In September, 1895, he was admitted to the bar, and entered upon the practice of law at once, remaining in the office of his preceptor, and upon the death of Judge Cravens in 1899, he succeeded to the greater part of that eminent lawyer's business. He 190 - MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY has built up a leading and lucrative practice in all branches of the profession, and is noted as being especially strong in real estate, commercial and probate law. At the present time he is the city attorney for Madison, and has had to deal with a number of very knotty legal problems since assuming the duties of that office, particularly in the matter of the renewal of a lighting contract with the city, which carried with it a contract to operate a street railway within the city, and to lauild and operate an electric interurban road from the city to the town of Hanover, some few miles distant. This contract necessitated the granting of certain privileges and franchises, and called for an unusual degree of care and legal skill on the part of the city attorney, but Mr. Marshall measured up fully to all expectations. Another very important matter which confronted him was the defalcation of a city treasurer, and the refusal of his bondsmen to make good a shortage of more than eighteen thousand dollars. This matter is pending yet, but there is entire confidence on the part of the citizens that the city's interests will be taken care of by the city attorney. Mr. Marshall is an influential and enthusiastic Democrat. Before reaching his majority he acquired quite a local reputation as a public speaker, and in every campaign in the past sixteen years he has either been on the stump in behalf of his party, or else has been engaged in the management of the campaign as chairman of his party committee. During the campaigns of 1902 and 1904 he was chairman of the Jefferson county Democratic central committee, and, although the county is normally Republican by 800 majority, he succeeded in cutting that majority down very materially upon the general ticket in both years, and in the former year over half the Democratic county ticket was elected—the first time a Democrat had been elected in the county for twenty-six years—and in the latter year a small part of the county ticket was elected, the county being one of the only two counties in the State of Indiana that showed a gain for the Democratic party over the vote of 1900. Mr. Marshall was also chairman of the Democratic city central committee during the city campaign in the spring of 1904, and, although Madison is normally Republican by 250 majority, yet almost the entire Democratic ticket was elected by good majorities. He was elected a member of the school board of the city of Madison in 1897 and served as a member and president of the board for a term of three years, his knowledge of school affairs, acquired by teaching in his earlier years, enabling him to fulfill the duties of that office most acceptably to the general public. In fraternal circles Mr. Marshall stands high. He is a Knight Templar Mason, and he filled the posi- MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY - 191 tion of Worshipful Master of Union Lodge, No. 2, during the years of 1903 and 1904; is a member of Juniata Tribe, No. 24, Improved Order of Red Men; a charter member of Clifty Falls Camp, No. 5751, Modern Woodmen of America, and its first Venerable Consul; has a reputation extending all over the state as a leading Odd Fellow, being a member of Madison Lodge, No. 72, of the subordinate branch of that order; of NVildev Encampment, No. 2; La Belle Reviere Rebekah Lodge, No. 624; is a Past Grand of his local lodge; is nearly always a member of one of the important committees in the Grand Lodge; is at the present time the District Deputy Grand Master for District No. 39, consisting of Jefferson county, and is ever alert in the interests of that great order, whose motto is Friendship, Love and Truth. Although he was brought up in the Christian church, Mr. Marshall belongs to no religious denomination, yet his conduct is governed by high ideas of morality and charity toward his fellow-men. He is unmarried, and is devoted to his profession, his lodges and his party work. LOUIS SULZER, proprietor of the firm of Sulzer Bros., wholesale dealers in crude drugs, Madison, Ind., was born in that city, Oct. ro, 1862. His parents, Raphael and Rachael (Heimerdinger) Sulzer, were natives of Alsace, Germany, but came to this country in 1854, locating at Madison, where the father founded the business that has since grown to large proportions. He is still living at the advanced age of eighty-five years. The mother died at the age of seventy. Two sons and two daughters of the children born to them are still living. Louis Sulzer was educated in the Madison public schools, and upon completing his education he became associated with his father in the business of buying up roots and herbs for the manufacturing chemists over the country. In time he became the manager of the firm's affairs, and he has conducted it so successfully that today it is the largest concern of the kind in the world. Foremost among the crude materials handled by the firm are golden seal, mandrake, blood root, wahoo, slippery elm, etc., the annual volume of business running from $175,000 to $250,000. Mr. Sulzer is known to all the pharmaceutical chemists of the United 192 - MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY States and throughout Europe, ni+ost of whom he supplies with the raw materials for the preparation of their various remedies. Although he never studied botany, he can readily give the scientific name of any root or herb and give its medicinal properties. Besides the office of the firm, at 318 Mulberry street, two large buildings are occupied at the corner of Second and West streets. The firm also handles thousands of dollars worth of raw furs every year. In addition to his large interests in this line, Mr. Sulzer is also connected with several other important enterprises. He is secretary and general manager of the Root-Herba Company, manufacturers of Houz's blood purifier, and a number of other remedies. He is also secretary and general manager of the Ohio Valley Shell and Pearl Company, dealers in pearls and manufacturers of pearl button blanks, with a factory at Madison. In March, 1903, he organized the People's bank and served as vice-president of the institution until May, 1904, when he resigned. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, the Independent Order of Bnai Brith, of which he is president, and is the treasurer of the Adath Israel congregation, of which he was also president for several years. On June 8, 1892, he was married to Miss Rose Lefly of Cincinnati. They have two children: Helen, aged eleven, and Rachael, aged seven, both of whom are in school. JOHN W. THOMAS, manufacturer of spokes and barrels, Madison, Ind., was born in Jefferson county, Ind., Oct. 30, 1849, his parents being Joseph and Amanda A. (Remley) Thomas. About a a century ago his paternal grandfather, John Thomas, came down the Ohio river on a flatboat from Pennsylvania and settled about two miles from Madison, where he built a two-room log house. At that time the Indians were quite troublesome in Southern .Indiana and the portholes left in the walls may be seen in the old building, which is still standing, and which is now used as a grist-mill. He lived upon the land he entered from the government until his death. The maternal grandfather, Rev. Michael A. Remlev, came from Virginia early in the nineteenth century and was a Presbyterian minister. He and his wife traveled over the country in a sort of dog MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY - 193 cart, finally locating in Jefferson county. Here he engaged in raising silk worms, and the farm where he lived is still known as the "Silk Farm." He also once owned a farm where part of the city of Chicago now stands. Joseph Thomas was a farmer in his early life, but later learned the coopers' trade, at which he worked until his death. He and his wife were the parents of nine children, only three of whom are now living: John W., the subject of this sketch, Joseph and Alice. John W. Thomas received a limited education in the public schools, the years of his youth and early manhood being spent in working on a farm. During the war he was employed on a steamboat, and after the return of peace he went to Arkansas, where he found work as a farm hand. In 1867 he returned to his old home, learned both the carpenters' and coopers' trade, and for several years worked as a journeyman, the last place he was employed being at Frankfort, Ky., Borrowing sixty dollars to start with, he began business for himself in a little shed at Madison, making flour barrels for the mills there. From this modest beginning he has built up his present establishment, manufacturing all kinds of spokes and whisky barrels for a number of the leading distilleries of the country. He ships spokes to several points on the Pacific slope, as well as to a number of European cities. Mr. Thomas is also at the head of the Madison Coal Company, owning the steam towboat Minnie and a complement of barges. He is an extensive dealer in real estate, a director of the trust company, vice-president of the People's bank a member of the Commercial club, and owner of five farms in Jefferson county, one of which, consisting of 360 arces, is the largest farm in the county. He also owns a large farm in the State of Arkansas. He served as county commissioner for two terms, and was for eighteen years a member of the city council. Mr. Thomas has always favored every movement for the upbuilding of the city and is regarded as one of Madison's most progressive citizens. No one envies him his success or popularity, for all realize that they have come to him through his energy and perseverance, and are the just reward of untiring industry. He belongs to the Knights of Pythias, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Improved Order of Red Men, and the Firemen, and in all these orders he has a high standing. In December, 1872, Mr. Thomas and Miss Susan C. Smith were united in marriage. Three of the children born to this union are now living, viz.: Gaylord, Raymond and Anna. I-13 194 - MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY CHARLES R. JOHNSON, manufacturer of engines, boilers, steamboat and mill machinery, Madison, Ind., was born in that city, Oct. 8, 1851. His father, William C. Johnson, was a native of Ripley county, Ind., having been born near the town of Versailles. He was a cabinet maker by trade and was for many years one of the leading cabinet makers, furniture dealers and undertakers of Madison. He married Miss Mary Schaffer, a native of Pennsylvania. Charles R. Johnson received his education in the public schools of his native city, afterward learning the trade of a machinist. He worked as a journeyman until 1883, when he embarked in business for himself. At first he conducted his business in a small way but in late years he has had the satisfaction of seeing it grow to generous proportions. There may be larger establishments than his but few are better equipped with modern machinery, and none excel it in the quality of work turned out. He employs a number of skilled workmen and supplies the trade in Southern Indiana and a large portion of Kentucky. Mr. Johnson has always taken a lively interest in promoting the city's interest, realizing that whatever was of benefit to the whole community was also to his private interest. In 1886 he was elected to the city council and has been a member of that body ever since, being the longest continuous service ever accorded to any one man. He has served on all the council committees and during the greater part of his official service has been chief of the fire department. He has also taken an active part toward securing a deep water channel in the Ohio river, being one of the committee to accompany the Cincinnati delegation to Washington to present the matter to the national authorities, and has attended conventions at Cincinnati, Paducah, Evansville, and other points to aid the undertaking. He was largely instrumental in securing the establishment of the Madison electric street railway, of which his son, Charles R., Jr., was treasurer and general manager for six years. He formerly owned the steam towboat Minnie, plying on the Ohio and Kentucky rivers. This vessel he sold in 1903. He and his son lease the Beech Grove driving park and conduct the annual county fairs. Mr. Johnson is a member of Madison Lodge, No. 72. Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Juniata Tribe, No. 24, Improved MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY - 195 Order of Red Alen; Syracuse Lodge, No. 104, Knights of Pythias; Indianapolis Lodge, No. 13, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and of the Royal Arcanum. In 1874 Mr. Johnson and Miss Virginia Gaumer, a native of Madison, were united in marriage. They have three children: Charles R., Margaret, and Rosetta. The son is associated with his father in btusiness. Margaret has achieved a wide reputation as a vocalist, having studied under Professor Ernestinoff, of Indianapolis, and is now the leading singer in the choir of the Second Presbyterian church. Rosetta was for three years the secretary of the Madison Light and Railway Company. ELMER E. SCOTT, wholesale grocer, Madison, Ind., is a native of that city. He is a son of John W. and Sarah A. (Protsman) Scott, and was born Sept. 28, 1863. His father was born in Jefferson county, Ind., though his ancestry came from Scotland, and his mother, who was of German parentage, was a native of Switzerland county. John W. Scott followed blacksmithing during his early life but in later years engaged in farming and conducting a retail grocery in Madison. During the Civil war he was a member of the Indiana Home Guards. In 1876 he was elected treasurer of Jefferson county, the first Democrat to hold that office in twenty years. He devoted his attention to the payment of the county debt, amounting to $178,000, and in two years succeeded in almost wiping it out. He was re-elected in 1878 but was counted out. His death occurred in 1902. He was a prominent Knight Templar Mason and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. His wife also died in 1902. They were the parents of nine children, seven of whom are living. Elias J. is the bookkeeper for the Indiana Fuel & Supply Company, of Indianapolis; William A. is state agent for the Great Western Seeding Company, with offices in Indianapolis. The others are Elmer E., Ida M., now Mrs. Patton; Anna, Nora, now Mrs. Gordon, and Bertha E. Elmer E. Scott was educated in the Madison schools, and at the Ryker's academy. Upon leaving school he was associated with his father in the grocery for several years. In 1888 he embarked in the brokerage business, having at that time a working capital of $78.00. He prospered, however, and in 1894 began the 196 - MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY wholesale business in a limited way, covering a small territory and buying just what his trade demanded. His patronage has grown until it is one of the largest in Southern Indiana. Although a busy man Mr. Scott finds time to devote to the public welfare. Politically he is a Democrat and although his county is Republican by about 800 he was elected a member of the county council and is now president of that body. He is also a member of the city council, having been elected from the Fifth ward, which, although a Republican ward by 125, elected him by a majority of 18 out of a full vote. In the city council he occupies the important positions of vice-president and chairman of the finance committee. Under his supervision a thorough investigation of the city's finances was made, resulting in the finding of a shortage of $18,651.8 in the accounts of the treasurer, all of which was collected and returned to the treasury where it belonged. Out of several shortages that have occurred in this city and county this is the first time the community has enjoyed the full settlement of a like deficit in the public funds. This result is due in a great measure to the persistent and intelligent work of Mr. Scott, who stands for the same honest administration of public affairs that he applies in his private business. Mr. Scott is a member of the Masonic fraternity and the Methodist Episcopal church, in which he is president of the board of stewards and superintendent of the Sunday school. He was married on Aug. 9, i888, to _Miss Emma M. Davis, of Madison. She was born in Cincinnati, but came with her parents to Madison when she was but three years of age. They have two children, Margaret Marie and John Elmer. HARRY SUTPHIN HATCH, M.D., a well known and popular physician, of Madison, Ind., was born in Butler county, Ohio, Jan. 21, 1867. He is a son of Metcalf B. and Martha A. (Sutphin) Hatch, the former a native of Leroy, N. Y., and the latter of Butler county. Dr. Hatch's maternal grandmother, whose maiden name was Jane Patten, was the first white child born in Butler county. Daniel Buell, a great-uncle on the paternal side, was a captain of infantry in the war of 1812 and was killed at the battle of Chippewa. His body was never found. Metcalf B. Hatch served three years as county commissioner of Butler county, and his brother, Hobart H. Hatch, served with distinction in the Seventy-seventh Illinois infantry as captain of a company. General Hatch, who is still in the service, is a cousin to the doctor, and Rufus Hatch, of Wall street fame, is a relative of the family. Doctor Hatch received his primary education in the public MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY -197 schools of Middletown, Ohio, afterward taking the degree of Ph.B. at Worcester university. In 1889 he entered the Pulte Medical college of Cincinnati, graduating with the degree of M.D. in 1892. The same year he located at Madison, where he has built up a large practice, being regarded as one of the most progressive physicians in the city. He is a member of both the Ohio and Indiana State Medical societies, and has served as secretary of the Jefferson county board of health. He keeps in close touch with the progress of his profession, is conscientious in his methods of treatment, which inspires the confidence and esteem of his patients. Doctor Hatch is a member of all the Masonic bodies of Madison, a Knight of Pythias, a Redman, and a Modern Woodman. In all these orders he enjoys a high standing and is a welcome visitor to the lodge meetings when his practice will admit of his attendance. He is also a member of the board of stewards of the Methodist Episcopal church. On Jan. 23, 1896, he was married to Miss Helen N., daughter of the late Capt. William H. and Elizabeth (Cooper) Daniel. Mrs. Hatch's father was a native of Louisville. He was a large stockholder in the People's steamboat line and was one of the best known men on the river. He became a resident of Madison about forty years ago. Her mother was born in Lexington, Ky. Mrs. Hatch is one of twins, the youngest children of her family. Doctor and Mrs. Hatch have one daughter, Helen Martha. The mother is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. LAWRENCE W. NIKLAUS, wholesale grocer, of Madison, Ind., is probably the youngest wholesale merchant in the country. For three generations his family have been engaged in the business on the same site where his store now stands. His paternal grandparents were natives of Canton Berne, Switzerland. They came to Madison, some time in the forties, where his grandfather, John Niklaus, put up a blacksmith shop on the present site of the store. A few years later he engaged in the wholesale grocery business, adding rectifying to it in 1870, and in 1884 turned the whole business over to his son, Edward G., who was born soon after the family came to Madison. The son conducted the business until 198 - MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY his death, which occurred Feb. 22, 1904, when it fell to the subject of this sketch. During his life Edward G. Niklaus was one of Indiana's prominent Democrats. He was a delegate to several national conventions of his party and was postmaster under Cleveland's second administration. He was also prominent in secret and benevolent orders, being a member of the Cincinnati Lodge of Elks, a Redman, and major of the First battalion, Fourth regiment, Uniform Rank Knights of Pythias. In 1879 he was married to Miss Mary Wharton, daughter of William G. and Ann R. Wharton, one of the old and honored families of Madison. Lawrence W. Niklaus is the only child born to this marriage. He was born July 8, 1882, and received his education in the Madison public schools, a preparatory course at Hanover college, and the mechanical course at Purdue university. Two years before the death of his father he entered the store, and since his father's death has had charge of the business, though his mother still holds an interest in it. Thus at the age of twenty-two years he has succeeded to an undertaking, the responsibilities of which might cause many an older or more experienced mau to hesitate. But so far he has been equal to every emergency, and being a young man of exemplary habits and great energy it is safe to predict his future success. Mr. Niklaus is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and of the Phi Delta Theta college fraternity. CHARLES B. MIELISH, founder and proprietor of the Charles B. Melish Pearl Button Company, of Madison, Id., was born in the city of Cincinnati, Ohio, Jan. 16, 1856. He was educated in the public schools of his native city and at Denison university, Granville, Ohio. For sixteen .ears he was connected with the Cleveland Rolling Mill Company, now a part of the American Steel and Wire Company, as superintendent of the Southwestern agency, with offices in Cincinnati. After the absorption of his company by the American Steel and Wire Company he determined to embark in business for himself. He began the manufacture of pearl buttons on a small scale in Cincinnati and finding the industry one of great promise he removed to Madison in 1901 and founded the MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY - 199 company of which he is still the head. Buildings were erected and equipped with new and modern machinery, skilled workmen were employed and the products of the factory soon found favor with the trade all over the country. The factory employs about one hundred operatives when running to the full capacity. Mr. Melish has by his sagacity and enterprising spirit thus turned the hitherto worthless musselshells of the Ohio river into an important article of commerce and spread the name of his adopted city abroad. In Masonic circles Mr. Melish is well known, being a Knight Templar and a Thirty-second degree member of the Scottish Rite. GEORGE E. DENNY, M.D., a leading physician and surgeon of Madison, Ind., was born at Bryantsburg, Jefferson county, Ind., March 23, 1870, and is a son of John W. and Victoria (King) Denny, both natives of Jefferson county. His paternal grandparents came from Kentucky and were among the early settlers of Southern Indiana, while his maternal grandparents came from Belgium in the early part of the nineteenth century. For many years his grandfather, John King, conducted a bakery in Madison. Doctor Denny's father served four years in the Union army during the Civil war. Since that time he has continued in the occupation of farming. He has served as township trustee and is at present one of the county commissioners. Doctor Denny was educated in the common schools and at Hanover and Franklin colleges. After leaving school he taught for three years and then took up the study of medicine. He attended the Ohio Medical college two years and graduated from the University of Louisville in 1893. Locating at Alert, Ind., he practiced there for six years, when he went to Chicago and entered the post-graduate hospital of that city as a resident physician. He remained in this institution for twelve months, being head physician the last half of that period. In 1901 he located at Madison, where he has established a large practice as a specialist in surgery and diseases of women. Soon after coming to Madison he founded Doctor Denny's sanitarium, accommodating ten patients. In this institution he has placed modern scientific apparatus, trained nurses, etc., making it the equal of any in the country. He is a mem-