200 - MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY ber of the Jefferson County Medical society and of the Indiana Medical association, and is the examiner for the John Hancock Life Insurance Company. Doctor Denny is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, both the subordinate Lodge and Encampment, the Knights of Pythias, and the Modern Woodmen. When the People's bank was organized he became one of the stockholders and was for a time on the board of directors. On Nov. 30, 1893, he was married to Miss Jennie Childs, of Franklin, Ind., and they have two children, Leota and Neva. The doctor and his wife are members of the Baptist church. PROF. GARFIELD HOARD, superintendent of the Jefferson county schools, Madison, Ind., was born on a farm in Graham township of that county, Nov.11, 1878. He is a son of Adam and Electa (Roseberry) Hoard, both natives of the county. His paternal grandfather came from Kentucky at an early date and passed the remainder of his life as a Jefferson county farmer. His maternal grandfather, Samuel Roseberry, also a farmer, was one of the first settlers of the county, taking land from the government. During his life he was a prominent citizen, holding several local offices. Professor Hoard's father still resides on his farm in Graham township. Like most farmer boys, Professor Hoard received his primary education in the district schools. After graduating from the Central Normal college, at Danville, Ind., he took a course in the medical department of the Kentucky university. Giving up the notion of becoming a physician he returned home and for several years was engaged in teaching in the common and high schools of his native county. In June, 1903, he was elected to his present position, being the youngest man to ever hold the office. His youth seems to be in his favor, however, as he brings to the office vigor and ambition, as well as a practical experience of the needs of the public schools. Professor Hoard is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and of the Improved Order of Red Men. Politically he is a Republican and takes an active interest in his party's success. He has frequently been called upon to serve as a delegate to conventions and stands high in the councils of his party. On June 15, 1903, about MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY - 201 two weeks after assuming the duties of his office, he was united in marriage to Miss Emma C. Lamb, a native of Spencer county, Ind., and a highly esteemed young lady. JAMES WHITE, contractor and builder, Madison, Ind., is a native of Scotland, having been born at Blackwood, Closeburn parish, Dumfrieshire, April 17, 1842. When he was about nine years of age his parents, James and Elizabeth (Gibson) White, came to America. On New Year's day, 1851, they embarked on a sailing vessel at Liverpool and after a very tempestuous voyage, during which they had to put into port at the Island of St. Thomas, Danish West Indies, for water, they landed at New Orleans. From there the family proceeded up the Mississippi and Ohio rivers to Madison, where they arrived on March 22d. The father found ready employment in a sash and door factory and later as a carpenter at the shipyards, where he assisted to construct the marine ways. In the old country he was what is known as a wood forester on a large estate, where his father before him had served in a similar capacity. His duty was to look after the cutting and replanting of trees, the repairing of all buildings on the estate, and protection of the fishing, etc., the estate being on the river Nith only a short distance from the sea. For ten generations the eldest son of the eldest son in this family has borne the name of James. The subject of this sketch received his first schooling in the primary schools of Scotland, and finished his education in the public schools of Madison. He then served an apprenticeship at carpentering with his uncle, Alexander White, who was at one time mayor of the city. On July 22. 1862, he enlisted in Company F, Seventieth Indiana infantry, commanded by the late President Benjamin Harrison; and served until June 25, 1865, when he was mustered out at Washington, D. C. During his military service he was an orderly sergeant, in the department of the West, and marched with Sherman to the sea, taking part in all the engagements of that memorable campaign. After the war he returned to Madison and resumed work at his trade. In March, 1868, he formed a partnership with a Mr. Cochran, the firm being known as Cochran & White, but after two years he purchased his partner's interest. In 1873 he formed another partnership, this time 202 - MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY with Robert H. Rankin, under the firm name of Rankin & White, and this association lasted until the death of Mr. Rankin in August, 1887, since which time Mr. White has conducted the business alone. During the existence of thefirmi of Rankin & White they built the woolen and cotton mills. Many of the principal buildings of Madison have been erected by Mr. White and his business extends to other towns and cities in Southern Indiana. Mr. White takes a deep interest in all things relating to the municipal welfare and in 1878 was elected to the city council. After a service of twelve years in that body he declined further honors, but in May, 1904, he was again elected to the council on the Republican ticket. He has been an Odd Fellow ever since 1866 and was for over twenty-five years the treasurer of his lodge. He is also a Knight of Pythias, a member of the Grand Army of the Republic and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. On Dec. 4, 1867, Mr. White and Miss Margaret J. Kellaway, a native of Dorsetshire, England, were united in marriage. They have four children living: James K., Jessie M., Margaret E., and Charlotte B. Mr. White and his family belong to the First Presbyterian church and he is well known for his charitable deeds. JOSEPH H. BARNARD, D.D., pastor of the Second Presbyterian church, Madison, Ind. was born in Juniata county, Pa., Feb. 9, 1838, his parents being Joseph and Elizabeth (Hoke) Barnar both natives of the Keystone State. His paternal grandfather, also named Joseph, came to this country, early in his married life, his children all being born in this country. He came from the north of Ireland, where a family of English Barnards settled shortly after the time of Cromwell, and who were the ancestors of the family in America. The Hoke family is of German extraction. Joseph Barnard, father of the subject, was a carpenter by trade all his life. He and his wife had five sons and two daughters, only one of whom is deceased. Rev. Joseph H. Barnard received his early education in the old log school house of the country districts. At the age of twelve years he entered the Tuscarora academy, where he studied four years. In 1854 he was admitted to the sophomore class in Lafayette college, graduating from that institution in 1857, MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY - 203 standing second in a class of thirty-one and taking one of the honorary degrees. He was also the salutatorian of his class. He then took a three years' course at the theological seminary at Princeton, N. J., graduating in 1860, when he was licensed and ordained by the Presbytery of Huntington, Pa. For a short time he was at Tyrone and Birmingham, Pa., and was then called to the pastorate at Bellefonte in the same state. In 1866 he came West and for about three years was engaged at Waukesha, Wis. He was then called to Kankakee, Ill., where he remained for seven years, at the end of which time he accepted a call to Muscatine, Ia. Here he remained until 1883, when he came to Madison. During the twenty-one years that he has been in charge of his present church he has seen it grow to be one of the most influential congregations in Southern Indiana. In 1888 his alma mater conferred on him the degree of D.D. as a recognition of his distinguished services in the ministry. Dr. Barnard is Dean of the Presbytery of New Albany; one of the trustees of Hanover college; and has been chosen commissioner to the general assembly four times, where he has served on some of the most important committees. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and of Juniata Tribe, No. 24, Improved Order of Red Men. On June 6, 1861, Dr. Barnard and Miss Martha Gray Grubbs, of Springfield, Ill., were united in marriage. Four children born to this union are now living. George Grey is one of the most noted of American sculptors, in fact has won the highest honors ever conferred on an American sculptor. He was awarded a gold medal at the Paris exposition of 1900, and received a similar recognition at the Pan-American exhibition at Buffalo in 1901. He is a member of the Societe Nationale des Beaux Arts, Paris; the National Sculpture Society; the National Academy of Design, and the Architectural League of New York. His work may be seen in the art galleries of both this country and Europe. He is now in Paris engaged in making the statuary for the new State capitol at Harrisburg, Pa. Evan, another son, is a prominent ranchman in Oklahoma. May is the wife of James Hargan, a Madison capitalist, and Martha is the wife of William Bancroft, a well known publisher of New York City. PROF. FREDERICK M. BOOTH, proprietor of the Indiana Business college, Madison, Ind., was born at Moville, Woodbury county, Ia., April 20, 1877. He was educated in Highland Park college of Des Moines, Ia., graduating in 1899, and for the next two years was employed as a commercial teacher in Sioux Falls college. On Sept. 1, 204 - MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY 1901, he purchased the Indiana Business college, which was then run on a comparatively small scale, and set about its improvement. Securing new quarters, occupying the entire third floor of the Richert building, 323-325 East plain St., he began to advertise the merits of the institution. Since then the attendance has increased, keeping four teachers employed day and evening. All commercial branches, shorthand and typewriting are the principal studies. Shirley Bondurant, a graduate of this school, is said to be the fastest operator on a typewriter in the world. So far Mr. Booth has been fortunate in placing the graduates of his school in good paying positions. Professor Booth is a young man of more than ordinary ability, and is fired with a determination to rise by his own efforts. As a teacher he is thorough, conscientious and original and the results of his work can be seen in the character of those who graduate from his school. On Aug. 6, 1901, he was married to Miss Rose Cabhal, a native of Des Moines, and they have one little daughter, Edyth Helen. Professor Booth is a Congregationalist and his wife is a member of the Christian church. CLARENCE J. ROBERTS, a promising young attorney, of Madison, Ind., was born on a farm in Jefferson county, Oct. 21, 1873. He is a son of Daniel A. and Perintha (Robinson) Roberts, the former a native of Ohio and the latter of Indiana. The family carve originally from Lancashire, England, some of its members being among the early settlers of Southern Indiana. Daniel A. Roberts has always been a farmer and still resides on his farm a few miles from Madison. He has held the offices of township trustee and county commissioner and was a soldier in the Union army during the Civil war. Clarence acquired his early education in the common schools, after which he attended college at Hope, and at Mitchell, Ind. At the age of sixteen he began teaching in the common schools. Three years later he began the study of law at Madison and in 1894 he was admitted to the bar. In 1896 he was elected prosecuting attorney, holding the office for one term, and is at the present time the county attorney. He has a high standing in the profession for one so young, and he enjoys the respect of both bench and MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY - 205 bar in Jefferson and the surrounding counties. Mr. Roberts is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Improved Order of Red Men. He was married May 2, 1897, to Miss Eliza E. Stewart, a native of Jennings county, Ind., and they have two children: Albert S., aged five years, and Bernard S., who is still in his infancy. Mrs. Roberts is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. DANIEL W. FISHER was born in Sinking Valley, Blair county, Pa., Jan. 17, 1838. After a common school education he prepared for college partly at Milnwood and partly at Airy View academy in Central Pennsylvania. He entered the sophomore class in Jefferson college, in the autumn of 1854, and graduated in the summer of 1857, receiving one of the honors of his class. He then entered the Western theological seminary of the Presbyterian church at Allegheny, Pa., and completed the course in the spring of 1860. He was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Huntingdon in the spring of 1859, and spent the summer as a missionary in Jackson county, in what is now West Virginia. In the spring of 1860 he was ordained by the same Presbytery as a missionary to Siam. Providential circumstances hindered his sailing and in the autumn he with his wife whom he had married in the spring, went to New Orleans, where he became the pastor of what is now the Memorial Presbyterian church. The war coming on, about the last of June of 1861 he voluntarily and contrary to the wishes of his people returned to the North. In August he was invited to become the regular supply of the First Presbyterian church of Wheeling, Va., and in January he became the pastor. Here he continued until April, 1876, when he resigned and went abroad for some months. On his return, after some time he temporarily took charge of the Second Presbyterian church of Madison, Ind. In July, 1879, he was elected president of Hanover college, and has ever since continued in that office. Dr. Fisher while a pastor at Wheeling received from Muskingum college the degree of D.D. and he has twice been honored with an LL.D. since he became a college president,—once by the University of Wooster and once by Washington and Jefferson. President Harrison appointed him a member of the commission to examine the United States flint. He was a member of the committee of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian church which prepared the way for the revision of the Confession of Faith, and also a member of the commission which revised the Confession. Ile has frequently been a member of the General Assembly of his 206 - MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY church, and as such has held important chairmanships. He was the chairman of the special committee which secured the organization of united Presbyterian bodies on foreign mission fields; has been the moderator of the synods of Wheeling, Pittsburg and Indiana, and was in one Assembly a prominent candidate for the moderatorship. Dr. Fisher has written and published much, mainly in the line of his church and college work, and for the newspapers and higher periodicals open to such discussions. He has also published many sermons. He has three times gone abroad, the last time having with him his wife and daughter and going as far east as Palestine. His wife was Amanda D. Khououns, Ravenswood, W. Va. They have three children. The eldest, W. L. Fisher, of Chicago, is well known as the secretary of the. Reform League of that city. The second, Dr. Howard Fisher, is a physician practicing in Washington, D. C. The third is Edith Fisher, the only daughter. WALTER HENRY BRIMSON of Cincinnati, Ohio, general superintendent of the B. & O. Southwestern, was born at Norwalk in that state. His early education was received in the common schools at Norwalk and later at Norwalk academy, from which he graduated in 1870. Immediately after graduation he entered the railway service with the Cleveland & Toledo Railway Company as a messenger in the telegraph department. He served successively as telegraph operator and chief operator on that road; secretary to the superintendent; train despatcher; train master, superintendent of telegraph and superintendent on the Cincinnati, Sandusky & Cleveland; chief despatcher of the Lake Erie & Western; train master and superintendent of telegraph of the Chicago & Indiana Coal Railway; superintendent of the Duluth & Iron Range Railroad; despatcher on the Minnesota division of the Northern Pacific; assistant superintendent of the Pacific division of the same road and from 1892 to Aug. 1, 1895, was superintendent of the Rocky Mountain division of that, road at Missoula, Montana. On Nov. 1, 1895, he was appointed superintendent of the Brainerd & Northern Minnesota railroad, resigning that position in June, 1896. On May 1, 1897, he went to the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern at Chillicothe, MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY - 207 O., from which position he was promoted to that of general superintendent at Cincinnati on Feb. 1, 1898. On Oct. 16, 1872, he married Frances D. Drake of Sandusky, O. JOHN S. PERNETT, of Jeffersonville, Ind., sheriff of Clark county, is a son of Samuel and Naomi (Bowman) Pernett, both natives of Indiana. The father was Born in Switzerland county, April 5, 1837, and was in later life engaged in merchandizing at Bethlehem in Clark county. He died there on Oct. 25, 1873. The mother was born in Clark county, Sept. 9, 1840, and is still living. They had six children, viz.: Edward S., Emanuel, Emma, Charles E., John S. and Eva. After the death of her first husband the mother married a Mr. Jackson, and one daughter, Goldie Jackson, has been born to this second marriage. On the paternal side Mr. Pernett is of Swiss extraction, his grandfather, David Emanuel Pernett, having been born in that country, March 2, 1797. While still a young man he came to America and died at Bethlehem, April 26, 1858, being associated with his son in mercantile pursuits at the time of his death. The maternal grandfather was John Bowman, a native of Hamilton county, Ohio, born Oct. 25, 1814, and died Aug. 31, 1889. The grandmother, Isabella Bowman, was born Jan. 24, 1818, and died Dec. 10, 1898. John S. Pernett was born at Bethlehem, Sept. 26, 1869. He attended the common schools of his native township, then in succession the normal school at New Washington; the Borden institute; the Bryant & Stratton business college of Louisville, Ky.; DePauw university at Greencastle, Ind.; and in 1893-94 was a student in the law department of the State university at Bloomington. In 1894, soon after leaving college, he was appointed trustee of his township to fill out an unexpired term, and afterward taught for two seasons in the common schools. Shortly after Herman Rave took charge of the sheriff's office he appointed Mr. Pernett to the position of deputy, and in 1902 he was elected on the Democratic ticket to succeed Mr. Rave, though he did not assume the duties of the office until January, 1904. He was elected to a second term in 1904. Mr. Pernett was married on Nov. 12, 1899, to Miss Lotta, daughter of Charles W. and Mildred Vaughn, of Louisville. 208 - MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY GEORGE W. STONER, recorder of Clark county, Jeffersonville, Ind., is a descendant of one of the oldest families in that section of the state. His great-grandfather, Valentine Stoner, was one of four brothers who came from Germany prior to the Revolutionary war. Upon reaching this country they separated, each settling in a different colony. Valentine served in the Continental army during the Revolution, being at the battle of Lexington, the first outbreak of the war. After the war was over he came West and settled in what is now Clark county. His son, Jacob Stoner, the, grandfather of George W., was born after the family came to the county. During his infancy he was hidden in a hollow log to escape the Indians the time of the Pigeon Roost massacre. At the time of his death he owned nine farms of eighty acres each one for each of his children. Alfred Stoner, the father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Clark county in 1829 and died there in 1900. There are now some of the sixth generation from Valentine Stoner living in the county. George W. Stoner is of the fourth generation and was born on his father's farm, Oct. 9, 1862. He received his education in the public schools and after leaving school engaged in farming and buying timber, continuing in these occupations until elected recorder of the county in 1902. Mr. Stoner has been actively identified with the Democratic party ever since he attained his majority and his election to the office of recorder was but the well merited reward of a faithful supporter of Democratic principles. He took charge of the office in 1903 and is now serving the second year of his four years' term. In 1881 he was married to Miss Maggie B. Dismore, the daughter of one of Scott county's representative citizens. Her father, Richard Dismore, is a son of Nathaniel Dismore, who came over from Ireland in 1798 and settled near Clark's Fort on the Ohio river. There are now some of the fifth generation of his descendants living in the counties of Scott and Clark. To Mr. and Mrs. Stoner there have been born the following children: Elmer, Arthur, Ethel, Bertha, George Dewey, Mattie and Maggie B. MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY - 209 CAPT. EDWARD CLEGG, chief of police, Jeffersonville, Ind., was born on a farm in Clark county, of that state, July 23, 1870. His parents, William Harrison and Mary Clegg, were both natives of Scott county, the father born June 20, 1842, and the mother, April 8, 1845. They had a family of six daughters and three sons. Edward Clegg was educated in the common schools and after leaving school entered the employ of the Ohio Falls Car Works, where he remained for ten years. At the end of that time he was appointed a patrolman on the Jeffersonville police force, and has ever since been connected with the police department of the city. As a patrolman he made a model officer, which led to his promotion in the force. On Jan. 1, 1903, he was appointed chief, a fitting recognition of his fidelity and efficiency in subordinate positions. Politically Captain Clegg is a Republican and in 1902 he received the nomination of his party for the office of sheriff, but was defeated with the rest of the ticket. He is a member of several fraternal organizations, chief among them being the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Captain Clegg married Maggie Roster, a daughter of John and Ellen Roster. Both her parents, now deceased, were natives of Ireland. To this marriage there have been born four sons: Joseph H., Eugene A., John War., and Franklin E. Captain Clegg has passed his entire life in the county where he was born. He is interested in promoting the general welfare of Jeffersonville and Clark county and realizes that an orderly community is necessary to the industrial and commercial prosperity of the people. Consequently he has introduced various reforms since becoming chief of police that tend to improve the moral conditions of the city and give better protection to person and property. BERNARD A. COLL, of Jeffersonville, Ind., treasurer of Clark county, was born in the city of Pittsburg, Pa., Oct. 22, 1862. He is a son of Maurice and Maria (Herron) Coil, the former a native of Ireland and the latter of New Orleans, La. Maurice Coll came to America in his early manhood and located at Pittsburg, where he was for many years associated with the foundry and machine works of Maffett, Coll & Nold. In 1869 he came to Indiana as a machinist I-14 210 - MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY in the employ of the Pennsylvania railroad company. Bernard at that time was but seven years of age. Soon after coming to Jeffersonville he entered the parochial school of St. Augustine's church and attended that institution until he was about sixteen, receiving a good practical education. He began his business career as a retail grocer in Jeffersonville, and continued in that vocation for twenty years. He then took a position as traveling salesman for the wholesale grocery house of H. C. Armstrong, of Louisville, Ky., but after three years returned to the retail grocery business. Two years later he was elected treasurer of Clark county on the Democratic ticket. At the close of his first term he was honored with a triumphant re-election and is now serving his second term. Mr. Coll is a genial gentleman, who owes his political success largely to his "mixing" qualities. As a public official he has won the reputation of a careful, efficient, and conscientious officer—one who realizes that in his public capacity he is the servant of the people, rather than their master. Consequently his treatment of all who have business with the treasurer's office is uniformly courteous, which has added materially to his popularity. He was married on Feb. 22, 1892, to Miss Carrie A., daughter of Galen and Bridget Meadows, of Clark county. Mrs. Coll died on Aug. 16, 1902, leaving onedaughter,, Edna K., now twelve years of age. CAPT. JOHN E. COLE, chief of the fire department of the city of Jeffersonville, Ind., was born in the State of Maryland, Aug. 5, 1857, his parents being Godfrey G. and Mary (Sweeney) Cole. The father was a native of Vermont, a stone cutter by trade, and died in 1857. The mother was born in Ireland, and is still living at the age of seventy-five years, having been born in 1829. Their family consisted of two sons and one daughter. John E. Cole was educated in the Jeffersonville city schools. After leaving school he entered the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, in March, 1874, and remained with that company until 1883, when he was elected city marshal of Jeffersonville. He served as marshal for eight years, when he returned to railroading as yard master for the Illinois Central until June 23, 1902, at which time he was appointed to a position as pipeman in the Jeffersonville fire department. His promptness, his aptitude and his fidelity won for him the approbation of his superiors, which naturally led to his promotion, and in 1904 he was elected chief of the department. Some years ago Mr. Cole was married to Miss Catherine, daughter of Patrick and Mary Carroll, and to this mar- MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY - 211 riage there have been born the following children: Marie, aged twenty-three years; Amy, aged twenty-one; John, aged nineteen; Edwin, aged seventeen; Harold, aged fifteen, and Clarence, aged thirteen. HON. HARRY C. MONTGOMERY, judge of the Fourth judicial circuit of Indiana, which is composed of Clark county, was born in Jeffersonville, the county seat of that county, April 9, 1870. His father was Capt. John R. Montgomery, for many years a pilot on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, a native of Kentucky, who removed with his parents to Clark county in 1840, and served during the Civil war as a captain in the United States navy attached to the Mississippi river gunboat flotilla. After the close of the war he was a pilot in the Cincinnati and New Orleans passenger trade, dying in 1873 of yellow fever, contracted while in that service. Captain Montgomery married Miss Mary L. Mauzy, who was born May 10, 1840, near Salem in Washington county, Ind. Mrs. Montgomery resides with Judge Montgomery in Jeffersonville. He has no brothers; his sisters are Miss Sadie L. Montgomery, principal of the training school for teachers of Springfield, Ill., Mrs. Jessie L. Abbott, and Mrs. May L. Wear of San Angelo, Texas. Judge Montgomery was educated in the public schools of Jeffersonville, at DePauw university, Greencastle, Ind., and at the university of Louisville, Ky., from the legal department of which last named university he graduated in 1895 with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. He was admitted to the bar in Clark county in 1895, since which time he has practiced his profession in Jeffersonville. He was elected prosecuting attorney of the Clark circuit court in 1896 and re-elected in 1898, serving as such until 1900. In 19o4 he was elected to the position of circuit judge which he now holds. He has probably a larger acquaintance and more sincere friends than any other man in Clark county. As a man his character is above reproach, as a lawyer he has enjoyed the confidence of all who have had dealings with him, as a judge he has neither friends nor enemies, and cares not whether litigants are weak or powerful; rich or poor; nor what their station in life may be; they have all the same privileges before him, and their 212 - MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY causes are decided strictly according to the law. He is a good lawyer, a conscientious judge and an affable gentleman, who has for his friends all law abiding citizens. VICTOR W. LYON, city engineer of Jeffersonville, Ind., was born in that city, June 26, 1853, his parents being Maj. Sidney S. and Honora (Vincent) Lyon. The father was born at Cincinnati, Ohio, in the year 1807. He was a geologist, paleontologist, civil engineer and artist of sonic note. In 1848 be located at Jeffersonville, where he passed the remainder of his life. He was Prominentt in the Masonic fraternity and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and was always interested in the promotion of the public welfare. He died June 24, 1872. The mother of Victor W. Lyon was born in Cork, Ireland, in 1818 and died Feb. 22, 1900. Victor was educated in the public schools of his native city, after which he attended the Union College at Ann Arbor, Mich. He began his business career as a clerk in a pork packing establishment at Jeffersonville. In 1880 he was elected surveyor of Clark county and served by re-election for fourteen consecutive years. From 1891 to 1894 he was city engineer of Jeffersonville, and again from 1898 to 1902. He was then appointed railroad surveyor for the Louisville city railroad and served in that capacity until June 3, 1903, when he was again elected city engineer of Jeffersonville, for the term ending in 1905. Mr. Lyon is a member of Myrtle Lodge, Knights of Pythias, to which he has belongedeyerr since 1880, and he was for some years active in the Uniform Rank of the same order. ee is also a member of the First Presbyterian church of Jeffersonville, with which he united in1892. He was married on Nov. 23, 1886, to Bliss Gertrude Pettit, daughter of Thomas and Mary Pettit, of Clark county, and they have two daughters and a son, viz: Mary, aged fifteen years; Mildred, aged thirteen, and Sidney, aged ten. MEMOIRS OF TILE LOWER OHIO VALLEY - 213 FRANK M. MAYFIELD, a promising young lawyer of Jeffersonville, Ind., and prosecuting attorney for the Fourth judicial circuit, composed of Clark county, was born at Little York, Washington county, Ind., July 21, 1870. He is a son of James H. and Mary (Hartley) Mayfield. His father was a native of Tennessee, and was for many years a well known farmer of Washington county, where he died in 1891, his wife having died in 1874. The subject of this sketch was educated in the public schools of Jeffersonville, after which he graduated from the New Albany business college. In 1896 he entered the Indianapolis law school, from which he graduated in 1898. The same year he was admitted to the bar in Clark county, where he practiced his profession until 1900, when he was elected to the office of prosecuting attorney. Being young and ambitious as well as a close student of everything pertaining to his profession, he made an efficient prosecutor during his term of two years. His work received the approval of a re-election in 1902 and he is now serving his second term. Admitted to the bar only six years ago, and having four years of public service to his credit, is a record of which any young lawyer might feel proud. In his practice Mr. Mayfield has won the respect of his brother attorneys by his dignified demeanor and his knowledge of the law, and a successful future is predicted for him by those who know him best. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, the Knights of Pythias, the Modern Woodmen, and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. On Nov. 16, 1900, he was married to Miss Julia L., daughter of George W. and Lucretia Felker, of Clark county, and to this marriage there has been born one daughter. THOMAS W. PERRY, city treasurer, Jeffersonville, Ind., was born at Utica, in the same county, Sept. 7, 1860. His parents, William R. and Letitia (Robinson) Perry, were both natives of Clark county, the former having been born at Utica in 1832, and the latter at Bethlehem. The father was for a number of years engaged in the lime business at Utica. He died in 1889, and the mother in 1896. They had nine children, of whom the subject of this sketch and Samuel R. are the only ones now living. Thomas W. Perry received his primary education in the Jeffersonville public schools. In 1887 he entered the Cincinnati school of pharmacy and graduated two years later. In 1891 he embarked in the drug business in Jeffersonville, and continued in that line until 1902, after which he was the local agent of the Standard Oil Company for some time. From 1897 to 214 - MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY 1901 he served with distinction in the, city council, and in 1902 was elected school trustee. In these official capacities he made friends by his straightforward course in public matters, which led to his election to the office of city treasurer in May, 1904. Mr. Perry is a prominent Knight of Pythias, being a member of both the Lodge and the Uniform Rank. He is also a Knight Templar Mason and a member of the Royal Arcanum. He was married in 1882 to Miss Rosa, daughter of Selby and Anna Bennett, of Prather, Ind. She died in 1890, leaving three children: Ethel, Irvin and Halbert. In 1891 Mr. Perry was married to Cora A. Swartz, of Utica, and to this second marriage there has been born one daughter, Letitia. HENRY F. DILGER, city attorney of Jeffersonville, Ind., was born in Perry county of that state, Feb. 26, 1865. His parents, Joseph and Rosina Dilger; were both natives of Germany. They moved to Southern Michigan in March, 1865, and remained there until the fall of 1871, when they moved to Spencer county, Ind. The mother died in 1884 and the father in 1891. Henry F. Dilger, the subject of this sketch, attended the country schools of Spencer county until he was fourteen years of age, when he went to work in a sawmill. In 1884, seeing the needs of an education, he started to school again, beginning work where he left off five Years before. After two years, during which time he worked as a farm hand in summer, to earn money to carry him through school in winter, he began teaching in the public schools of Crawford county, Ind. After teaching two years in this county he taught one year in Kentucky, and after that two years in Clark county, Ind. In 1892 he began the study of law in the office of H. D. McMullen & Son of Aurora, Ind., and during the school year of 1892-93 was a student in the law school at Danville. He was prevented from completing the course of study on account of friends to whom he had loaned his earnings having become bankrupt. He therefore came to Jeffersonville and entered the law office of George H. Voigt, one of the leading attorneys of the Clark county bar, and in 1894 was admitted to the bar. In 1897 he returned to the school room and taught until 1900. He then resumed the practice of law in Jeffersonville, and May, 1904, was elected to the office of city attorney. Mr. Dilger is a fine example of a self made man. Beginning his career as a helper in a sawmill when only fourteen, he has steadily climbed the ladder to his present position. His success has not made him vain, however, and to his friends he is the same genial gentleman under all circumstances. The only fra- MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY - 215 ternal organization to claim him as a member is the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In 1899 Mr. Dilger was united in marriage to Miss Annie L., daughter of Christopher and Elizabeth Meyer, of Clark county. To this marriage there has been born one son, Frank H., now four years old. Mr. Dilger owns a beautiful home in Jeffersonville, and is one of the substantial and progressive citizens of the city. THOMAS J. BROCK, a prominent attorney and representative citizen of Jeffersonville, Ind., was born at Borden, Clark county, ndd., July 9, 1876. His parents, Francis Marion and Abigail (Brown) Brock, are both natives of Indiana, the father having been born at Martinsburg, Washington county, July 22, 1849, and the mother near Borden, Nov. 7, 1854. Francis M. Brock is a minister of the Christian church. Their family consists of two sons, Thomas J., the subject of this sketch, and John B. Thomas J. Brock was educated at the Borden institute, graduating in the normal, scientific and academic courses in 1892. He then studied law in the same institution and in 1898 was admitted to the bar. He established an office in the city of Jeffersonville and began the practice of his profession, soon acquiring a good clientage and winning a high standing at the bar. Upon reaching his majority Mr. Brock cast his political fortunes with the Democratic party, and in every campaign since that time he has been an active factor in shaping the destinies of the Clark county Democracy. In September, 1900, he was elected to the office of city attorney, and held the position until he was succeeded by Henry F. Dilger, who was elected in May, 1904. Mr. Brock is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons and the Knights of Pythias, in both of which societies he is deservedly popular because of his high social attributes and sterling qualities. He was married on Dec. 23, 1894, to Miss Ada Littell, a native of Clark county, and daughter of Milburn and Rachel (Thomas) Littell. To this marriage there have been born two boys, Howard Curtis, aged eight years, and Byron Jennings, aged six. 216 - MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY CHARLES ZOLLMAN, of Jefferson ville, Ind., one of the leading lawyers of the Clark county bar, was born at Charlestown, in that county, March 1, 1875. His father, William Zollman, was born in Prussia, Nov. 7, 1842. When he was twelve years of age he came with his parents to America, and after a long and tedious voyage on a sailing vessel landed at New York in 1854. The following year the family came West and settled at Charlestown, where William Zollman grew to manhood and married Elizabeth, slaughter of Charles and Elizabeth Bohmer. She was born at Charlestown in December, 1850. To this marriage there were born two sons, Charles and Christopher. The parents still live near Charlestown, where the father is a well known farmer. Charles Zollman received his primary education in the public schools, after which he attended a normal school in Scott county, and in 1898 entered the law department of the University of Louisville. He graduated from this institution in 1900 and the same year was elected on the Democratic ticket to represent Clark county in the state legislature. He began the practice of law in 1901 at Jeffersonville, and in 1903 formed a partnership with Burdette Lutz, In 1902 he was again elected to the legislature. During both terms as representative he served on some of the important house committees and was always alive to the interests of his constituents. When the Clark county Democratic convention met in March, 1904, he received the nomination for prosecuting attorney, and was elected the succeeding November. Mr. Zollman is a member of the Improved Order of Red Men. As an attorney he has a high standing at the bar, as a politician he is recognized as a good organizer and a mixer, and as a man he enjoys the respect and esteem of his acquaintances because of his intellectual and social qualities. GEORGE W. McKINLEY, of Borden, Ind., county assessor of Clark county, was born in that county, March 3, 1855, his parents being Jeremiah and Elizabeth (Packwood) McKinley. The father was born in Kentucky in 1800, and came with his parents to Clark county when he was but six years of age. There he grew to manhood and was for many years one of the best known farmers in the MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY - 217 county. He died March 3, 1883. The mother was born in Virginia on New Year's day, 18o7, and died in Clark county on her seventieth birthday. George W. is the youngest of a family of thirteen children. He received a good common school education in the schools of Wood township, and upon reaching his majority adopted the life of a farmer, in which he has been successful. Mr. McKinley has always taken an active interest in public affairs, and in 1895 was elected assessor of his township. In this office he served for five years, or until 1900, when he was elected assessor for the county. His term expires Jan. 1, 1907. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Modern Woodmen of the World, and is popular in both of these well known societies because of his genial disposition and his many sterling qualities. He was married in 1877 to Miss Carrie M., daughter of J. B. and Isabel Miller, of Floyd county. Four sons and two daughters have been born to this union, viz.: Evart M., Tolimer, Bertha B., Hattie Z., Jacob and Morris. Their ages are respectively twenty-six, twenty-four, twenty-two, nineteen, seventeen and twelve years. MICHAEL A. WALL, of Jeffersonville, Ind., deputy sheriff of Clark county, was born in the city where he now resides, April 16, 187o. His parents, John and Elizabeth (Cook) Wall, were both natives of Ireland. They came to America in 1863, and located at Jeffersonville, where the father followed his trade of blacksmithing until his death in 1883. The mother died on the day that MichaeI was one year old. Michael A. Wall received a good practical education in the Jeffersonville public schools, after which he learned the trade of bolt maker and worked at that occupation until 1895. He was then for about two years in a commission house. In 1897 he was appointed to a place on the police force and served for about six years. When Sheriff Pernett took charge of the office on Jan. 1, 19o4, he appointed 12r. Wall to the position of deputy, a position for which his long service with the police department gave him especial qualifications. He was married in 1899 to Miss Lula Gobin, daughter of Adam and Maggie Gobin, of Henderson, Ky. Three children have been born to this marriage: Henry Edward, twelve years of age; Margaret Evelyn, aged seven, and Helen Louise, aged four. 218 - MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY JOSEPH H. WARDER, city clerk of Jeffersonville, Ind., was born in that city, June 17, 1878, and is a son of Luther F. and Elizabeth (Lewis) Warder. The father was born in the State of Kentucky, Dec. 2, 1841, and came to Jeffersonville when he was about twenty years of age. There he was employed in the railroad shops and government work until his death, which occurred June 12, 1902. He took an active interest in public matters, and was for several years mayor of the city. He served one term in that office in the early eighties, and again from 1887 to 1891. His wife was born in Clark county, Ind., Feb. 23, 1842, and is still living. Joseph H. received his education in the public schools, graduating from Jeffersonville high school in 1897. From 1899 to 1901 he was a student in the Louisville, Ky., law school, and in the latter year was admitted to the bar. He began practice at Jeffersonville, and soon won a high standing in his chosen profession. Mr. Warder has always taken an active part in political contests, and is a splendid example of the younger school of Democrats. In 1904 he was chairman of the city central committee, being elected city clerk the same year. Notwithstanding his political activity he has many warm personal friends among the opposition, because of his genial disposition and general good fellowship. He belongs to the Improved Order of Red Men, which is the only fraternal society to claim him as a member. PORTER C. BUTTORFF, secretary and treasurer of the Indiana Chain Company, and manager of the Indiana Manufacturing Company, Jeffersonville, Ind., was born in Nashville, Tenn., April 12, 1866, and is a son of Henry W. and Mary E. (Kokes) Buttorff. The father was born in Carlisle, Pa., Aug. t8, 1837, and the mother in Virginia in 1845. She died in 1891. Their children were Porter C., Lucy, Ethel, Mary, Lizzie, Hattie, Alice, Henry, Ella and Isabel. Henry W. Buttorff was educated at Carlisle and at the age of twenty, after learning the trade of tinner, went to Nashville. There he worked for a time at his trade, forming a partnership with W. H. Wilson. After a time he bought out Mr. Wilson and formed the firm of Phillips, Buttorff & Co. In 1881 this concern was incorporatecl tinder the name of the Phillips & Buttorff Manufacturing Company, with a capital stock of $400,000. Annual dividends of ten per cent were paid up to 1890, when a stock dividend of twenty-five per cent was declared. From that time until Jan. 1, 1904, the annual dividends amounted to eight per cent. At that time a cash dividend MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY - 219 of twenty per cent was paid. The stock now amounts to $500,000 and the undivided profits to $830,000 more. Porter C. Buttorff received a high school education in Nashville, and in 1884 graduated from a technical school at Worcester, Mass. For about a year he was engaged with the National Sheet Metal Roofing Company, of New York City, after which he returned to Nashville, where he was associated with his father's company until 1901. About the beginning of the present century he built the works of the Indiana Chain Company, and in 1901 was made secretary and treasurer. Mr. Buttorff's training has been of that character that makes strong and successful business men. Under his direction his company has come rapidly to the front as one of the leading manufacturing industries about the Ohio Falls. He is a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity and the Knights of Pythias. Some years ago he led to the altar Miss Cornelia Johnson, daughter of Stephen Johnson of Nashville. She was born in that city June 20, 1870 To this marriage there have been born two sons: Henry, aged thirteen years, and Gordon, aged six. BURDETTE C. LUTZ, a popular and successful attorney of Jeffersonville, Ind., was born on a farm near that city, June 28, 1875. His paternal grandfather, Joseph Lutz, was a native of South Carolina, who came to Clark county, Ind., in his early manhood, and there followed the occupation of a farmer for many years. Henry J. Lutz, the father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Clark county in 1845. He married Rhoda B., daughter of William Gibson, one of the old settlers. She was born in 1850 To this marriage there were born seven children, five sons and two daughters. Burdette C. Lutz was educated in the public schools, the Charlestown high school, and in 1900 graduated from the State University of Indiana, at Bloomington, with the degree of LL.B. He first began the practice of law at Sellersburg, in 1901, but in March, 1903, he formed a partnership with Charles Zollman and located in Jeffersonville. Notwithstanding both members of this firm are young men a good clientage has been built up, few firms in the city occupying a higher standing at the bar. On the election of Mr. Zollman as 220 - MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY prosecuting attorney of Clark county Mr. Lutz was appointed his deputy on Jan. 1, 1905. Mr. Lutz is a member of the Knights of the Maccabees, which is the only fraternal organization to claim his membership, and he belongs to the Christian church. GEORGE S. ANDERSON, founder, Jeffersonville, Ind., was born at Port Fulton, in that state, Feb. 1, 1840, his parents being Charles C. and Mary (Lanciscus) Anderson. The father was born in New York in 1811. In early life he came to Cincinnati, where he worked in a foundry until its removal from the city, when he went to Port Fulton. That was in 1832. A few years later he came to Jeffersonville, where he became the head of the firm of Anderson, Robinson & Goss, founders, and continued in that line until his death in 1890. The mother was born in Pennsylvania in 1818, but came to Jeffersonville in her childhood. She died in i880. George S. Anderson is the second in a family of eight children. After an education in the public schools he began his business career in his father's foundry. In 1884, in company with his brothers, Charles and Robert, he succeeded to the business. Upon the death of Robert in 1903 his interest was taken by W. H. Lang. The foundry is one of the oldest and best established in the city and has an extensive patronage. Mr. Anderson was married in 1862 to Miss Kate S. Watson. Of their family but one son, William, is living. Mr. Anderson is a member of Advent Christian church. GEORGE H. D. GIBSON, of Charlestown, Ind., is one of the best known lawyers in Southern Indiana. He was born at Charlestown in September, 1851, his parents being Thomas Ware and Mary (Goodwin) Gibson. The father was born in the city of Philadelphia in 1815. When he was six years of age he came with his parents to Indiana, the family locating at Lawrenceburg. Ile was educated at West Point, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1837, and from 1851 to 1876 practiced his profession at Louisville, Ky. He was a member of the Indiana constitutional convention of 1851 and was two terms in the state senate. At the beginning of the Mexican war he raised a company in Clark county, and served through the contest, holding a commission as captain. His wife was a daughter of Amos and Amelia Goodwin, of Clark county. She was born May 20, 1820. George H. D. Gibson is one of a family of three children now living, two sons and a daughter. He was educated at the Kentucky Military institute, at Frankfort, and in 1874 was grad- MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY - 221 uated from the law department of the University of Louisville. He practiced at Charlestown from 1874 until 1876, serving as prosecuting attorney of Clark county during the year 1875. From 1877 to 1892 he practiced in Louisville, but resided in Indiana all the time. In 1880 he was elected a member of the Indiana legislature and reelected in 1882. In 1892 he was elected judge of the Fourth judicial circuit of Indiana, consisting of Clark county, and held the office for a full term of six years. Since his retirement from the bench he has devoted most of his time to agricultural pursuits, especially the raising of Hereford cattle. For many years Judge Gibson took an active interest in political matters. As a Democrat he was called upon to take the stump in every campaign, and few speakers in his section of the state could better hold an audience or make a more instructive speech on public issues. He is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. In 1896 Judge Gibson was married to Miss Virginia C. Van Hook, daughter of William and Martha Van Hook, of Charlestown. GEORGE W. BADGER, clerk of the Clark circuit court, Jeffersonville, Ind., gas born at Charlestown, in that county, Dec. 29, i86o, his parents being Christian G. and Lercen M. (Green) Badger, the former a native of Prussia, and the latter of Clark county. Christian G. Badger was a tool-maker by trade. He came to America when he was eighteen years of age and located in Clark county. There he served as auditor of the county for eight years and as county treasurer for two years. He died in 1887, aged sixty-eight years. His widow is still living with her son, the subject of this sketch, and is eighty-one years of age. George W. Badger was reared in Charlestown and received his education at the Barnett academy and the public schools of that town. At the age of nineteen years he commenced teaching and followed that occupation for about three years, when he began to learn the printers' trade, but later changed to that of wheelwright, learning the latter trade in Indianapolis. After working awhile at his trade in Indianapolis he entered the employ of the Central Ohio Wheel Company, at Galion. After a short period in their shops as a mechanic he 222 - MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY entered their office, and from this position became their traveling salesman. In 1886 he left the road and came home, and in the year 1888 was elected trustee of Charlestown township on the Democratic ticket. He served one term of two years and six months. In 1892 he was assistant doorkeeper of the National house of representatives at Washington; from 1895 to 1899 he was superintendent of the Clarksville public schools, near Jeffersonville; was elected county auditor in 1898, taking the office the following year; served one term of four years and two months, and in 1902 was elected clerk, taking office Feb. 27, 1904. Mr. Badger is well calculated by nature for a political leader, and in all the councils of his party he stands high, because of his quick discernment, his sound judgment and his readiness to assist in the execution of any plan proposed for the defeat of the enemy. Few Democrats in Southern Indiana are better known or more generally trusted. The Masonic fraternity is the only secret organization of which he is a member. On Nov. 6, 1887, he was married to Miss Jennie Campbell; of Charlestown, and they have four children living: Amelia, Karl, Maurice and Mildred, aged respectively fifteen, twelve, eight and four years. GEORGE B. PARKS, auditor of Clark county, Jeffersonville, Ind., was born in that city, Nov. 16, 1876, and is a son of Floyd and Barbara Ella (Lutz) Parks, both natives of Clark county. On the paternal side the ancestry is of English and Scotch origin. William Parks, the great-grandfather of George B., was at one time an extensive land owner on Manhattan Island. His son; Lyman, who was born in New York, married Rachel Lavinia Lewis, a native of Virginia, and this couple came to Indiana, settling in Clark county. They are the grandparents of the subject of this sketch. Floyd Parks is a well known druggist of Jeffersonville. On the maternal side the grandparents, Henry and Mary Lutz, of German descent, were both natives of South Carolina. Floyd and Barbara Parks had seven children: Flora, now deceased, was the wife of F. M. Coots, of Jeffersonville; Lyman, a wholesale coal dealer and alderman of the same city; George B., the subject; Emma, wife of Herbert C. McMillin, a Clark county farmer; Floyd, Jr., a clerk in his father's MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY - 223 drug store; Ella, and William, the last named dying ininfancy. George B. Parks graduated from the Jeffersonville high school in 1894; spent the years 1894-95 in taking a mechanical course at Purdue university; entered the State university in the fall of 1895; took the four years' course there in three years, graduating with the degree of A.B. in 1898; was elected president of his class in his senior year—a class of 187 members; entered the law department of the University of Louisville in 1898 and graduated in 1900; was immediately afterward admitted to the bar and began practice as the senior member of the firm of Parks & White; took an active part in Democratic politics, and was elected auditor of Clark county in November, 1902, at the age of twenty-six years, receiving a majority of 460 over his opponent. He took charge of the office on Jan. 1, 1904, and enjoys the distinction of being the youngest county auditor in the state. The success of Mr. Parks is due to his intelligence, his thorough training, his indomitable energy and his genial disposition. He is a member of the Improved Order of Red Men and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. In the Red Men he is chairman of the committee on by-laws in the Great Council. On the occasion of the celebration of Jeffersonville's centennial in 1902 he was grand marshal. In politics he has frequently served as delegate to state and congressional conventions, and was a delegate to the national convention at St. Louis in 1904. HON. GEORGE BENNETT CARDWILL, ex-judge of the circuit court of Floyd county, Ind., deputy clerk of the United States court for the Southern district of Indiana, and United States commissioner, was born in the city of Cincinnati, O'., Sept. 17, 1846, his parents being John H. and Caroline B. (Montgomery) Cardwill, the former born in Rutland county, Vermont, May 18, 1814, and the latter in Sussex county, N. J., born July 14th, of the same year. The father was reared in Central New York, where he learned the trade of tanner and currier, and about 1836 or 1837 he came Nest. After visiting a number of places, among them Chicago and Indianapolis, then mere villages, he decided to locate at Cincinnati. For some time he pursued his trade there, but later 224 - MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY became connected with the firm of A. M. Taylor & Co., wholesale dealers in leather and findings for the shoe and harness trades. In 1850 this firm sent him to Louisville as their representative, and it was in that city that judge Cardwill received his first schooling. In 1856 the family removed to New Albany, where the husband and father formed a partnership with W. S. Durbin, father of ex-Governor Durbin, of Indiana, for the purpose of conducting a tannery and grist-mill at New Philadelphia, in Washington county, not far from New Albany. This partnership lasted for several years, and the firm carried on a successful business. John H. Cardwill continued to reside in New Albany until his death, Sept. 5, 1899, being at the time one of the oldest and most highly respected citizens of the city. His widow and four children are still living, the eldest being the subject of this sketch; Ann Eliza and Mary E., of New Albany, and John H., of St. Louis, Mo. Mary E. Cardwill is the regent of Piankeshaw Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, which chapter she organized. The Cardwill ancestry can be traced back to the middle of the eighteenth century, to William Cardwill, who came from England in 1747, to New London, Conn., where he married Elizabeth Burch, and became the founder of the family in America. His son William married Sybil Griswold, a daughter of Elisha and Susanna (Merrill) Griswold, related to the same family as Governor Griswold of Connecticut. Coming down to the next generation, John Griswold, a son of William and grandfather of the subject, married Rachel Train, the daughter of Isaac Train, an old Revolutionary hero, and a member of the family from which the celebrated George Francis Train descended. William Cardwill, the great-grandfather, was a soldier in the Revolution. On the, maternal side the grandparents were William and Ruth (Swezy) Montgomery, both natives of Orange county, N. Y., where the family were among the early settlers. In 1817 William Montgomery left Sussex county, N. J., came West and located on the present site of the Cincinnati zoological gardens, where the girlhood of judge Cardwill's mother was spent. Judge Cardwill was educated in private schools at Louisville and New Albany and at Wabash college. Owing to his father's financial reverses he was thrown on his own resources in early life. For a time he tried merchandizing, but finding it uncongenial he entered the office of Stotsenburg & Brown at New Albany, read law and was admitted to the bar. His youth kept him from joining the army in the Civil war, but he took part in the famous Morgan raid. Ever since reaching his majority he has been an enthusiastic Repub- MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY - 225 lican. He organized and was the first president of the local Lincoln league; was secretary of the Republican county central committee in 1886; represented his district as an alternate to the presidential convention in 1888; nominated for prosecuting attorney the same year, but was defeated owing to the immense majority to overcome; appointed by Governor Chase in 1892 to fill out the unexpired term as judge of the circuit court, the vacancy being caused by the death of Judge George V. Howk; nominated for the legislature as the joint representative of Floyd, Harrison and Crawford counties; elected by a majority of 264 votes, although each of the counties in the district was ordinarily Democratic; appointed deputy clerk of the federal court at New Albany in December, 1897; about the same time appointed United States commissioner; has been active in building up the public library of New Albany; was one of the organizers and third president of the Commercial club; member of the Indiana chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution; also of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity; one of the promoters of the New Albany Charity organization, and one of the executive committee. A glance at his long and honorable career shows that he is a worthy son of an ancient and honorable ancestry, and a typical American citizen, whose example is worthy of the highest emulation. FRED D. CONNOR, deputy collector of internal revenue for the Seventh district of Indiana, at New Albany, was born in Perry county, of that state, Feb. 17, 1841, and is the son of Terrence and Nancy (Tate) Connor, both natives of Perry county, born in 1810 and 1820, respectively. His great-grandfather, whose name was originally Terrence O'Connor, was a native of Virginia. He served in the Revolution in Captain Galliher's company of Col. David Morgan's regiment. His name appears on pages 257-264 of Saffell's "Records of the Revolutionary War" as Terrence Connor, the "O" being dropped, and he was an associate of Washington and LaFayette. He was discharged at Push Creek on North river in 1779. Soon after he married Miss Sarah J. Speaks and came West, settling first in Washington county, Ky., in 1785, and in 1806 he came to Perry county, Ind., where he died Dec. 6, 1841. I-15 226 - MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY The paternal grandfather of F. D. Connor was Samuel Connor, a captain in the war of 1812, under Col. R. W. Evans. He served as a member of the Indiana legislature, was a brigadier-general of the state militia, took part in the battle of Tippecanoe, and died on his farm July 26, 1863. Terrence Connor, the father, was a farmer and river pilot, and ran a line of flatboats on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers for many years. He died on his farm Sept. zo, 1859. His wife died at Leavenworth, Jan. 8, 1879. The subject of this sketch received his education in the common schools of Perry county, and in 1859 received a scholarship in Asbury university at Greencastle. He went to Gibson county and sold books to get the money to carry him through. He was successful and realized about Shoo, but his father's death, which occurred just at that time, changed the whole course of his life. Fred being the eldest of a family of nine children, it devolved upon him to take care of the family, and the money which he had accumulated was used to pay his father's doctor bills and funeral expenses. The other eight children are John T., now postmaster of Toledo, Ill.; Terrence, a coal dealer at Baxter Springs, Kan.; George H., in the mining business in Idaho; Eliza J., a Mrs. Scribner, of Russellville, Ind.; Catherine C., Mrs. Wilson, of Roachdale, Ind.; Ada, Nrs. Miller, of Hanford, Cal.; Emily A., Mrs. Dodd, of Greencastle, Ind.; Andromedia, Mrs. Hawn, of Leavenworth, Ind. For two years after his father's death, Fred taught school. He enlisted in the Union army in company K, Thirty-fourth regiment, Kentucky volunteers, and served until the close of the war, being discharged June 7, 1865. Although engaged in several battles, he escaped without a scratch, but lost an eye as the result of typhoid fever in 1864. After the war he went to Indianapolis and was engaged as chief clerk in the United States pension office under Col. John W. Ray, pension agent for Indiana. In 1868 he came to New Albany, and later became deputy collector tinder Col. H. Woodbury. With slight intervals, during the Cleveland administrations, he has held the office ever since, serving tinder Presidents Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Harrison, McKinley and Roosevelt. Mr. Connor's first vote was for Lincoln in 1864, and he has voted the Republican ticket ever since. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, a Knight Templar Mason, and Past Grand Master of the Ancient Order of United Workmen of Indiana. On Oct. 3, 1871, he was married to Miss Harriet Sackett, and they have two daughters, Edna C. and Alma, the latter being the wife of William P. Lewis, a hardware dealer of New Albany. MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY - 227 ROBERT W. MORRIS, postmaster at New Albany, Ind., was born in that city, Nov. 10, 1858, his parents being William D. and Eliza (Cutshaw) Morris, the former a native of Virginia and the latter of Washington county, Ind. The father came to Indiana with his parents while still in his boyhood. His father, George Morris, settled at Greenville, a little village about twelve miles from New Albany, where the father of the subject of this sketch lived until some time in the forties, when he removed to New Albany, and died there on June 5, 1882, in his sixty-third year. His wife died in 1868, at the age of forty-two. Robert W. Morris is one of ten children, the eldest two of whom died in infancy, the others being Frank M., Noble D., James B., Richard A., Rebecca, Maurice, and Nathaniel. James and Rebecca died in later life, leaving six sons living and all are active Republicans. Robert W. was reared in New Albany and received his education in the schools of that city. From the age of nine to sixteen years he clerked in his father's store when not in school, and at the age of sixteen he began the battle of life for himself. His first position was that of driver of a delivery wagon for George W. Grosheider, a grocer, and later was a clerk in the grocery, remaining with Mr. Grosheider for seven years. In 1883 he was elected city clerk and was re-elected in 1885. Before the expiration of his second term as clerk he was elected auditor of the county. That was in 1886 and in 1890 he was re-elected to the auditor's office, holding altogether for eight years. In 1896 he was elected to the legislature from Floyd county, although the county was nominally Democratic, and his various political victories in such a county tell the story of his personal popularity. In 1899 he was appointed postmaster of New Albany by the late President McKinley and took the office March 5, of that year. On Feb. 9, 1903, he was reappointed by President Roosevelt for a second term of four years. As postmaster he has brought a high order of executive ability to the place and has instituted a number of reforms in the office for the betterment of the service. Mr. Morris is a Royal Arch and Scottish Rite Mason, a Knight Templar, an Odd Fellow, a Knight of Pythias, an Elk, and a Red Man. In the Knights of Pythias he belongs to the Uniform Rank, and he is a 228 - MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY Past Exalted Ruler of the Elks' lodge. He is also a member of the New Albany Commercial club. He was married Nov. 30, 1891, to Miss Nellie Emory, an accomplished young lady of New Albany. DRANK L. SHRADER, ex-mayor of New Albany, Ind., was born in that city, June 23, 1861. His parents, John and Margaret (Smith) Shrader, were both natives of Germany, but came in childhood with their parents to America. The paternal grandfather, Bossier Shrader, settled in New Albany, and there his son, John, the father of Mayor Shrader, was for half a century one of the leading furniture manufacturers and dealers of the city. He founded the well known establishment of the John Shrader, Sr., Company, now incorporated, and of which Frank L. is the president. John Shrader died March 17, 1895, in the seventy-sixth year of his age. His wife died in February, 1901, having passed the age of threescore and ten. They had eleven children, ten of whom are yet living, viz.: George B., John H., Adelia, now Mrs. Webster; William S., Edward N., Magnolia, now Mrs. Joseph Gimnich, of Louisville; Frank L., Susette, Mrs. William Holman, Ella E., the widow of Edward Holman, and Eva, Mrs. Eugene W. Walker. All reside in New Albany except Mrs. Gimnich. Charles died in infancy. Frank L. Shrader attended the public schools until he reached the age of sixteen years, when he entered his father's furniture establishment and has ever since been identified with the furniture business in the city of New Albany. In January, 1885, he severed his connection with his father and embarked in the furniture and carpet business for himself, buying the store formerly operated by his brother, John H. Shrader, the latter retiring from business. For nearly twenty years he has been one of the leading carpet and furniture dealers of the city; was one of the incorporators of the John Shrader, Sr., Company, and for the last three years has been president. Mr. Shrader is a Republican in his political opinions and in 1902 was elected mayor of the city on that ticket. His administration was marked by that high order of executive ability that has characterized his business career, and he was a popular official. He. is a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Improved Order of Red Men, in both of which societies he is universally liked because of his genial disposition and sterling qualities. Mr. Shrader was married in October, 1890, to Miss Annella D. Baldwin, a daughter of the late Thomas Baldwin, of New Albany. MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY - 229 HON. THOMAS HANLON, a prominent Democrat of New Albany, and the present auditor of Floyd county, was born in County Clare, Ireland, Dec. 25, 1842, and is the son of John and Helen (Drony) Hanlon, both natives of the Emerald Isle. When Thomas was about ten years of age his mother died and the father married Mary Mahoney. Early in the year 1853 the family embarked on the sailing vessel Mary Hale, and after a somewhat tedious voyage landed at Baltimore on March 17th, St. Patrick's day. They settled first at Princeton, N. J., but two years later came West and located at Lafayette, Ind. There the father spent the rest of his life. passing to his rest Sept. 11, 1885, at the age of eighty-four years. His widow still resides in Lafayette. Thomas was but twelve years old when the family located at Lafayette. He did not have the opportunity to attend school, as his father, in addition to being a poor man, was a cripple, and the son had to begin to earn his own living early in life. Not only did he have to support himself but he had to assist in supporting the family. But with true Irish pluck he went to work and few men would have succeeded better than he has done. First he drove a gravel cart on the Wabash railroad, then under construction; then water-boy on the New Albany and Salem railroad, now part of the well known "Monon Route." He remained with this road for twenty years, working his way up from water-boy, through the positions of freight brakeman, passenger brakeman, freight conductor, and in 1861 was placed in charge of a passenger train and continued as a passenger conductor until 1875. In 1874, while running his train he was elected auditor of Floyd county and at the close of his first term was re-elected, holding the office from 1875 to 1883. Since then Mr. Hanlon has been identified with the political affairs of his city, county and state. When his second term as auditor expired he re-entered the employ of the Monon as freight and passenger agent at New Albany. In 1884 he resigned to become a candidate for the legislature. He was elected and made a good clean record as a legislator. In the spring of 1885 President Cleveland appointed him collector of internal revenue for the Seventh Indiana district, with his headquarters in New Albany. A fight occurred in the United States senate over the appointment, the 230 - MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY late President Harrison, then a senator from Indiana, opposing his confirmation, because the appointment had been recommended by Senator Voorhees. The fight lasted for over two years but Mr. Hanlon was finally confirmed a short time before the adjournment of Congress in 1887, and he served out the remainder of the term, making his home and office at Terre Haute, Ind. Upon retiring from this position he again entered the railroad service as a passenger conductor on the Louisville Southern railroad. Here he continued until 1899, when he gave up his position to again assume the duties of auditor of Floyd county, to which office he was elected in 1898. In 1902 he was again re-elected and is now serving his fourth term in that office. His present term expires in 1908. If he lives to complete it he will have served seventeen years and two months as auditor. Mr. Hanlon is a Scottish Rite Mason, and is one of the best known and most universally liked Democrats in Southern Indiana, being now chairman of the central committee of the Third congressional, district. He has been married three times. His first two wives have been called away by the hand of death and his present wife is a sister of the late Hon. James Rice, formerly auditor of the State of Indiana, and a daughter of Patrick Rice, who in his day was a popular mer- chant of New Albany. Mr. Hanlon has no living children. CHARLES B. SCOTT, clerk of the Floyd circuit court, New Albany, Ind., was born at Scottsville, in that county, a village named in honor of his family, Feb. 27, 1866, his parents being Madison M. and Harriet (Goss) Scott. The father was born in Floyd county, Jan. 8, 1842, and died at New Albany,. April 20, 1893. The mother was born in Clark county, Nov. 20, 1846, and still lives in New Albany. The Scott family is one of the oldest, the most prominent and the most numerous in the county. The paternal grandfather of Charles B. was Rev. Robert H. Scott, an Adventist minister, and a native of the county. He died in 1904. His father, John Scott, was one of the early settlers and founder of the family. He had a large family of children, all of whom lived to maturity. The descendants of John Scott are more numerous than those of any other of the pioneers of Floyd county. His children were MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY - 231 Emily, Elizabeth, Reasor, Robert H., James V., Harbert, John, David, Wesley and Richard. Six of the sons became local preachers. Robert H. reared a family of nine children, viz.: Madison M., John G., Robert H., Jr., Anna, Jane. Emily, Sallie, Rhoda and Caroline. Harbert Scott had a family of fifteen children, all of whom are yet living, except one who died in December, 1903. On the maternal side the grandparents of Charles B. Scott were Frederick and Cynthia (Campbell) Goss, the grandmother being a cousin of ex-Gov. James E. Campbell, of Ohio. Frederick Goss was a native of North Carolina, where he was born in 1801, and died in Floyd county in 1878. His wife was a native of Ohio, where she was born in 1808, and died in Floyd county at the age of sixty-four. Madison M. Scott, the father of the subject, was for twenty-five years a merchant in New Albany. He and his wife had six children: three died in infancy and those living are Charles B., Arthur E., and Bertha L., all of New Albany. Charles B. Scott was ten years old when his parents removed to the city. He was educated in the New Albany public schools, and after graduating from the high school he took a course in the New Albany Business college. After leaving school he went into the store with his father and remained there until the latter's death in 1893, when he and his brother succeeded to the business. In the year 1891 Charles was a clerk in the Indiana state legislature, and afterward he was appointed assistant postmaster at New Albany, serving until the fall of 1897, when a change in the administration caused his removal. In 1898 he was nominated by the Democracy of Floyd county for the office of clerk, and was elected in November of that year. In 1902 he was re-elected and is now on his second term, which expires Jan. 1, 1907. He served as secretary of the Democratic county central committee for ten years and is always ready to do his part to achieve a Democratic victory. In fraternal circles Mr. Scott is a member of the Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias, and is a Past Exalted Ruler of his Lodge of Elks. He has been twice married. His first wife was Miss Charlotte Van Dyke, to whom he was united on June 22, 1892. She was the daughter of Rev. David Van Dyke, pastor of the Second Presbyterian church of New Albany. She died Oct. 18, 1894, leaving one son, Van Dyke, now eleven years of age. Mr. Scott was married the second time, on Nov. 29, 1899, to Miss Frances Schindler, of New Albany, a sister of former postmaster and ex-county recorder, Charles tik V. Schindler. She was born in Floyd county on Jan. 7, 1873; served two terms as deputy recorder, and four years as money order clerk in the postoffice, under her brother. By his second 232 - MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY marriage Mr. Scott has two sons, Ivan Lamar, four years old, and Leyden, who was born July 14, 1904. Mr. Scott is a member of the Christian church and ever since his majority has taken an active interest in the welfare of his church. In all of the public positions which he has filled he has made an enviable record and has discharged the duties with credit to himself and to the satisfaction of the Patrons, Mr. Scott resides on Silver Hills, west of New Albany, one of the most beautiful suburban sites in the Ohio valley, in an attractive home and surrounded by an interesting and happy family. LEWIS A. STOY, recorder of Floyd county, New Albany, Ind., was born in Spottsylvania county, Va., July io, 1869, and is a son of Lewis W. and Mary (Anderson) Stoy, the former a native of Floyd county, Ind., and the latter of Tennessee. The paternal grandfather, Peter Stoy, was a Pennsylvania Dutchman, who settled in Floyd county in i8i8. Lewis W. Stoy was born there in March, 1829, and died there, Sept. 10, 1895. During his life he was engaged in business at Galveston, Tex., Spencer, Ind., and in Virginia, where he was engaged as bookkeeper, living on a farm in the meantime. In 1879 the family returned to New Albany, the old home and birthplace of the father and there both parents lived out their days, the mother dying in 1900. They had seven children: Mary A., Henry E., Mattie, Henrietta L., Carrie R., Lewis A. and William V. All are living except Mattic and William. Lewis A. Stoy graduated in the public schools of New Albany at the age of sixteen and commenced the battle of life as a driver of a delivery wagon for the grocery of Charles H. Breetz. After a short time he obtained a position as bookkeeper in one of the departments of the DePauw plate glass works, but three months later returned to the store of Mr. Breetz, where he remained as bookkeeper and clerk until he was twenty years old. He then accepted a place as traveling salesman for the Kentucky Flour Company, of Louisville, and followed that vocation until 1893. For several years, subsequent to this date, he operated a poultry and fruit farm near New Albany. In 1899 he removed to the city and took a position with the Prudential Insurance Company. In the meantime he had been somewhat active in political MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY - 233 work as a Democrat, and in 1902 he received the nomination of his party for recorder and was elected. Mr. Stoy is an Odd Fellow and a member of the Improved Order of Red Men, in which he has passed through all the chairs and is a member of the Great Council of Indiana. On March 19, 1890, Mr. Stoy was married to Miss Maggie Hurley, of New Albany, and they have had born to them four children: Carrie Eleanor, Edmund H., Mary A., and Virginia, the last named having departed this life at the age of four years. RAYMOND J. MORRIS, sheriff of Floyd county, New Albany, Ind., was born at Greenville, in that county, Sept. 16, 1866, and is a son of George W. and Sarah J. (Wood) Morris, both natives of Greenville, and both living, now residing in New Albany. The father is a cooper by trade and is now sixty-four years of age. He is a son of Thomas Morris, an old settler of Greenville, who died when the subject of this sketch was less than three years old. Of the eleven children born to George W. and Sarah Morris, all are living except Arthur, who died at the age of twenty-seven years. Walter M. is the telegraph operator and station agent of the Louisville, Henderson & Texas railway at Hawesville, Ky.; Jesse N. is route agent for the American Express Company at Fort Wayne, Ind.; Raymond is the subject of this sketch; Anna is now Mrs. R. Clark, of Francesville, Ind.; George A. is yard clerk of the Southern railway at New Albany; Olive and Lydia R. are at home; Clarence J. is a brakeman on the ilMIonon railroad; Nancy is a stenographer at New Albany, and Coleman is a student. Raymond J. Morris was reared and educated at Greenville; clerked there in a store for one year; started in business for himself as a dealer in agricultural implements and fertilizers; conducted this business until 1898, when be was appointed deputy sheriff under Louis C. Ripple. Always active in Democratic politics, he made friends by his general good fellowship, and in 1902, after four years in the office as deputy, he was nominated for sheriff and at the election ran 300 votes ahead of his ticket. In 1904 he was again nominated for the office, this time having no opposition. Mr. Morris is a Royal Arch Mason, a Red Man, a Modern Woodman, and a Knight of the Maccabees. 234 - MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY He was married on Oct. 2, 1886, to Miss Henrietta J., a daughter of Stephen P. Main, then of Greenville, but now of New Albany. They have had two children. Virgil R., who died in infancy, and Olive Leona, now twelve years of age. HON. WILLIAM C. UTZ, of New Albany, Ind., judge of the Floyd county circuit court, of the Fifty-second judicial district of Indiana, was born on a farm in Floyd county, Jan. 30, 1863, and is a son of Kennard and Sarah Elizabeth (Huff) Utz, the former of whom died in 1889 and the latter in 1896. They had a family of six sons, viz.: Monroe, a teacher by profession and died Sept. 16, 1893; Harvey S., a physician, who died Nov. 10, 1888; William C., the subject of this sketch; D. Sherman, a physician, now in Arizona; Henry C., also a physician, died Dec. 6, 1903; and Shelby, who died in infancy. Judge William C. Utz was reared on his father's farm, attending the common schools until he was seventeen years of age. He then entered the Illinois State Normal school, at Normal, where he attended one year, preparing himself for the work of teaching. In the winter of 1881-82 and 1882-83 he taught in the rural districts in Woodford county, Ill., and the succeeding winter was again a student in the normal school, meanwhile reading law. In the spring of 1884 he returned home, remained on the farm for one year, and in the spring of 1885 he went into the law office of Hon. Charles L. Jewett as a student, remaining there until May 12, 1886, when he was admitted to the bar. Soon afterward he went to Wichita, Kan., where for about two years he was associated with the law firm of Dale & Reed. Returning to New Albany in 1888 he opened an office in that city and practiced there until November, 1890, when he was elected prosecuting attorney. He was three times re-elected to this office. Before the close of his last term as prosecutor he was elected to the bench and since then has been judge of the district, taking the office in 1898. In the spring of 1904 he was renominated for the position without opposition. Judge Utz is a diligent student and keeps thoroughly informed on all the decisions of the supreme and superior courts of the country. In addition to this he has the judicial mind and approaches every case absolutely free from bias, rendering his decisions according to the law and the evidence. Politically he is a Democrat, but he never allows his private opinions to influence his official conduct. He is a Knight of Pythias, a Red Man, an Elk, a Modern Woodman, and an Odd Fellow, with a high standing in all the orders. On Nov. 25, 1891, Judge Utz was married to Miss Alice, MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY - 235 daughter and only child of Joshua Wiley, a steamboat captain. Mrs. Utz died on April io, 1903, leaving one son, Wiley, born Aug. 3, 1893. EUGENE L. BRISBY, city clerk, New Albany, Ind., is a native of that city, having been born there May 7, 1866, and is the second child of James M. and Mary E. (Vanderbilt) Brisby, the former a native of New Albany and the latter of Madison, Ind. James M. Brisby was born Aug. 7, 1838, and died Feb. 18, 1888. His widow, who is still living, was born June 6, 1842. The paternal grandparents were James and Priscilla (Aiken) Brisby and the maternal were Dennis and Mary A. (Gibson) Vanderbilt, all of whom have joined the silent majority. James M. and Mary E. Brisby had six children: Wallace, Eugene L., Mary Estella, Addie Gay, James Archie, and Frank Mayo. Two of these, James Archie and Wallace, are deceased. Eugene L. Brisby has lived in the city of New Albany all his life. He received his education in the public schools, leaving school at the age of fifteen to become a clerk in a drug store. He was with the firm of C. L. Hoover & Sons, as clerk, for eight years, by which time he became a proficient pharmacist. After eight years in the drug trade he took a vacation and then went to work in the DePauw Plate Glass Works. Later he went with the New Albany Steam Forge Works, where he remained for two years, followed by a similar length of time with the New Albany Manufacturing Company, in the machine shops. On Feb. 10, 1893, he had the misfortune to be caught in a railroad accident which made necessary the amputation of his left leg above the knee, rendering him a cripple for life. Upon recovery he could no longer follow his old vocations. Having, however, studied music, he worked on the Louisville and New Orleans Packet Line for some time, furnishing music to the passengers. On May 6, 1902, he was elected to the office of city clerk as a Democrat, receiving a majority of 116 votes. In the spring of 1904 he was reelected, receiving this time a majority of 631, which is evidence of his popularity and efficiency. Mr. Brisby is a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Improved Order of Red Men, in both of which he is a welcome attendant at lodge meetings, and is universally liked by his fraternal associates. EDMUND B. COOLMAN, city engineer, New Albany, Ind., was born in Portage county, O., Dec. 12, 1845, his parents being William L. and Eliza (Babcock) Coolman, both natives of that county. The 236 - MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY paternal great-grandfather, William Coolman, came from Strasburg, Germany, and after several years in Connecticut, settled in Portage county. In Germany the name is spelled Kuhlmann. William Coolman, the grandfather of Edmund, was a prominent man in the affairs of Ohio in his clay. He was twice sheriff of Portage county; three times elected to the legislature; one of the proprietors of the Cleveland & Pittsburg stage line; and one of the contractors that built the Cleveland & Pittsburg railroad. The father of Edmund B. was at one time publisher of the Ohio Star, at Ravenna, though in later years he gave up the printers' trade and became a carriage painter. He died at Ravenna in 1888, being about seventy years of age. His widow is still living at Ravenna. The Babcocks are descended from the old New England Puritan stock. Edmund B. Coolman was the eldest in a family of four children. Horace C. is a physician at Hudson, 0.; Laura A. is a Mrs. Porter, residing in Ravenna, and Eliza died at the age of twelve years. Edmund was educated in the public schools of Portage county and the city of Ravenna. He left school at the age of seventeen and joined an engineering corps then engaged in the construction of the Atlantic & Great Western railway. He remained with this corps for four years, there receiving his first lessons in the work which he has since followed. At the age of twenty-four he taught a term of school; was employed as engineer on various roads in Ohio, until 1871; then came to New Albany as constructing engineer on what is now the Monon railway. Owing to the panic of 1873 work was suspended and he entered the government service as engineer on the White river improvement in Arkansas; returned to Portage county and was engaged in merchandizing for about eighteen months at Atwater; returned to New Albany in 1881, and assisted in completing the road begun several years before the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago. In 1882 he went to Mississippi and took a contract to build thirteen miles of the New Orleans & Northeastern railway. For three years, from 1884 to 1887, he was a contractor on the Ohio Valley railroad between Henderson and Princeton, Ky., and from 1887 to 1889 he was employed as engineer with the Louisville & Nashville railroad. In 1889 he was elected city engineer of New Albany, holding the office for one term. In 1892 he went to Spokane, Wash., where he had charge of the construction of the water tower and electric transmission plant of the Walla Walla Gas and Electric Company, after which he returned to New Albany. In addition to the numerous services already mentioned he was for twelve years surveyor of Floyd county; in 1902 was again made city engi- MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY - 237 neer, and was re-elected in 1904. Mr. Coolman is prominent in Masonic circles, having taken his first degree in the order while living at Ravenna, joining the lodge of which both his grandfathers were charter members in 1813. In politics he is an unswerving Democrat and is always ready to give his reasons for his political faith. He was married in New Albany, Aug. 16, 1883, to Mrs. Sarah F. McCurdy, widow of Frank McCurdy and daughter of Capt. James C. Bentley. They have one son, William E. Coolman, now nineteen years of age. Mrs. Coolman had one son by her former marriage, now Capt. James F. McCurdv, of New Albany, captain of a company in the Indiana National Guard. JOHN F. SHUTT, chief of police, New Albany, Ind., was born in Forsyth county, N. C., June 18, 1853 and is the son of Jacob F. and Salina H. (Carmichael) Shutt, the father a native of Pennsylvania and the mother of North Carolina. In 1860, Jacob F. Shutt, being a Union man, and not liking the appearance of the situation in North Carolina, left that state and came North, settling at Hope, Bartholomew county, Ind. When the war broke out he enlisted in Company I, Sixty-seventh Indiana infantry, and served until a sunstroke compelled him to retire from the service. After the war he removed to Indianapolis, where he followed his trade of carpenter for a time; served five years on the police force, after which he engaged in mercantile pursuits, being thus employed at the time of his death, June 5, 1901. The mother of Chief Shutt was born in North Carolina on June 11, 1821, and is still living in Indianapolis, hale and hearty for one of her age. The six children of Jacob and Salina Shutt were Martha J., now the widow of John Hornaday, of Indianapolis; her husband was a veteran of the Civil war; Henry A., deceased; John F., the subject of this sketch; Sarah, now the wife of John A. Kersey, a lawyer at Marion, Id.; Mary L., now Mrs. John Fleming, of Indianapolis, and James W., who died in childhood. John F. Shutt was seven years of age when his parents came to Indiana. He received the greater part of his education in the schools of Hope; worked with his father and learned the carpenter's trade ; was employed for a time in a feed store; became a contractor and builder; followed this vocation both in Indianapolis and New Albany; removed to New Albany in 1888; was appointed a patrolman in 1893; with the exception of one and a half years has been connected with the force ever since; served as patrolman, sergeant and detective, and in April, 1903, was appointed chief. In all his long career as an officer Mr. Shutt has been a conscientious performer of his duty as he saw it. Courageous, cool-headed in time of danger, and full of resources, he has been an ideal policeman. His promotions tell the story of his faithful service and as the head of the department he has the entire confidence of the people of New Albany. Mr. Shutt is a Knight of Pythias and has a high standing in his lodge. He was married on March 27, 1879, to Miss Georgia Herrell, and they have two children: Lena May and Harry B., aged respectively twenty-four and nineteen years. THOMAS CANNON, captain of police, New Albany, Ind., and the senior member of the force, was born in Danville, Livingston county, N. Y., April 1, 1851. He is a son of Michael and Bridget (Culkin) Cannon, both natives of County Galway, Ireland, where they were married in 1850 and immediately afterward came to America to seek their fortune. After one year in each of the towns of Danville, N. Y., Mount Morris, Pa., and Chicago, they came to New Albany, where the father died in January, 1897, his wife having departed this life in July, 1893. They had five children, viz.: Thomas, Michael, Charles, Mary, and Cordelia, and all are living except Michael, who was born at Mount Morris and died in New Albany, aged ten years. Charles is a glass blower by trade and lives in New Albany, as do the two sisters, neither of whom ever married. Thomas was less than three years of age when the family came to New Albany. He attended the common schools until he was about sixteen years old, when he went to work to learn the trade of upholsterer, and worked at it for some time, after which he was employed in a glass factory for several years. Then he took service on a steamboat and was for three or four years on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers between Pittsburg and New Orleans. In 1874 he was appointed a supernumerary on the New Albany police force, and MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY - 239 with the exception of the years from 1881 to 1886, he has been connected with the force ever since. During those five years he filled the office of constable with credit and efficiency. In 1891 he was promoted to the chieftainship of the department and held the position for two years. In 1893 he was elected superintendent of the force, holding that position for four years, and since then has been a captain, the change being brought about through the change in politics of the city administration. Captain Cannon is a prominent member of the Improved Order of Red Men and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He has been twice married. Some time after the death of his first wife he was married to Miss Elizabeth Dinaeldine of New Albany, the marriage taking place on Sept. 25, 1883. He has one daughter living, Catherine, now a young lady. PROF. CHARLES A. PROSSER, superintendent of the public schools, New Albany, Ind., was born in that city, Sept. 20, 1871, and is a son of Rees W. and Sarah Emma (Leach) Prosser. The former was born in Wales in November, 1848; came with his parents, Thomas and Margaret (Williams) Prosser, to this country when he was twelve years of age; began learning the trade of iron worker in a rolling mill before leaving his native land; worked at Wheeling, W. Va., Newburg, O., and New Albany; and is now foreman of the American Steel Roofing Company's plant at Middletown, O. The mother is a daughter of Thomas Leonard Leach, a farmer of Floyd county, Ind. She is still living. Rees W. and Sarah E. Prosser had a family of six children: Enoch, Charles A., Frank, Estella May, Nellie Grace, and Thomas Leonard. Enoch and Frank died in infancy. The others are all living. Professor Prosser graduated from the New Albany high school in 1889 and in the same year from the New Albany business college; was for the two succeeding years superintendent of the New Albany postoffice; from 1891 to 1893, inclusive, was a student at DePauw university; managing editor of the DePauw Bema and editor-in-chief of the DePauw Literary Magazine; vice-president of the. Interstate Oratorical association, composed of ten states; and winner of the first inter-collegiate debate between DePauw and Indiana universities. For want of funds to pursue his 240 - MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY college work he left DePauw in his junior year and was for the next two years principal of the West Market street school in New Albany. From 1896 to 1899 he was teacher of physics, chemistry and literature in the high school. During this time he spent four summers doing graduate work in the summer schools at DePauw and Indiana universities; graduated as honor man in the class of 1898 at DePauw, the only time in the history of the institution that this honor was accorded to a non-resident student; elected to the Phi Beta Kappa fraternity on graduation; read law with the Sprague Correspondence school; graduated from the Louisville Law school in 1899, winning the Edgar Thomson prize for the best essay on a legal subject; kept tip his duties as science teacher in the New Albany high school while studying law; elected superintendent of the New Albany public schools in 1899; present term expires on June i, 1905; was president of the Indiana State Teachers' association in 1902, the youngest man ever elected to the position; and is now carrying on post-graduate work at DePauw university. Professor Prosser has been in close touch with high school work ever since he graduated from the university. While doing science work in the New Albany high school he was really the acting principal owing to the advanced age of the nominal principal. Since his election to the office of superintendent he has closely supervised the work entrusted to his care, being filled with a laudable ambition to make the New Albany schools the equal of any in the country. For the past two years he has been at the head of the commission for the revision of the course of study in the graded schools of the state. Professor Prosser is a fine example of the "sound mind in the sound body." He is about five feet seven inches in height; weighs one hundred and fifty-five pounds; excellent health; interested in athletics and while in college played short stop on the base ball team. He was married on Dec.I 30, 1896, to Miss Zerelda A. Huckeby, a graduate of the Louisville Kindergarten association and a teacher in the kindergarten of that city. At the time of her marriage she was a kindergarten teacher elect in the Cook County Normal school, of Chicago. She is the daughter of Lawrence B. and Zerelda Ann (Minor) Huckeby, her father being an attorney of New Albany and her mother of the old Minor family of Virginia. Mrs. Prosser is eligible to membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution through her mother's ancestry. Professor and Mrs. Prosser have one son, William Lloyd, born March 15, 1898. Professor Prosser is a Knight Templar Mason and a member of the Phi Delta Theta and the Phi Beta Kappa fraternities. MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY - 241 WILLIAM M. ADAMS, sergeant of the police force, New Albany, Ind., was born near Elizabethtown, Hardin county, Ky., April 25, 1864, his parents being Thomas and Letitia (McMullen) Adams. The father was a wheelwright by trade and died in New Albany at the age of sixty years. The mother died in LaRue county, Ky., in 1873. When William was about twelve years old he came to New Albany, where he made his home with his sister, Mrs. John R. Morris, and started in to learn the trade of shoemaker. After a time at this occupation he decided that he did not like it and went into the blacksmith shop of Samuel Marsh, where he served an apprenticeship of three years. Following this he worked for awhile at his trade in the old New Albany Steam Forge Works. In 1883 he enlisted as a blacksmith in Troop H, Sixth United States cavalry, in the regular army, and served for five years, at the end of which time he re-enlisted in Troop F, of the sane regiment, where he served three years and three months, making a total of eight years and three months in the army. Most of this time was spent in Colorado, Nebraska, the two Dakotas, Arizona, and New Mexico. He participated in the White Mountain and Apache campaigns in Arizona, the famous Geronimo campaign in New Mexico, and the Messiah war in South Dakota, being all the time under Gen. Nelson A. Miles, the noted Indian fighter. In June, 1891, he was honorably discharged and returned to New Albany. In 1892 he went to Chicago and joined the World's Fair Columbian Guards, serving as special policeman in Machinery Hall until the following March, when he resigned and came back to New Albany to become a patrolman on the police force of that city, where he has since remained. In 1895 he was made a sergeant ; in 1897 he became superintendent and chief, holding the office for six years, when a change in the political complexion of the city administration reduced him to the position of a detective, but after a few months he was again made a sergeant. Sergeant Adams is a member of the Masonic fraternity; the Improved Order of Red Men; the Modern Woodmen; the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; and is a stanch Republican in politics. He was married March 17, 1891, to Miss Nancy Elizabeth, a daughter of Capt. John R. Morris, an old steamboat man, now residing in New I-16 242 - MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY Albany. Mrs. Adams was born in Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 2, 1861, her mother being Margaret E. (Stephenson) Morris, who died Jan. 10, 1901, aged seventy-two years. Sergeant and Mrs. Adams have had but one child: Cleon, born April 1, 1892, and died March 27, 1895. NEW PUBLIC LIBRARY.—The New Albany Public Library was organized May 8, 1884, under an act of the legislature approved on March 5, 1883. Until January, 1904 the library occupied rented quarters. In that month it was moved into a magnificent building at the intersection of Bank and Spring streets. This building was the gift of the Hon. Andrew Carnegie, who donated $35,000 for its construction and $5,000 for the proper equipment of the building in book stacks expecially and furniture. The Carnegie Library is especially adapted to all modern improvements in library work. It contains a reading room 31 by 22 feet, in which are kept about fifteen daily papers and thirty magazines, all of which are of free access to the public. The children's department is a room of the same size, in which are kept constantly on file magazines, newspapers and all popular books of a juvenile nature. At the north end of the main floor there is a stack room equipped with metal stacks and having shelving capacity of over 75,000 volumes. The building also has a public hall 50 by 31 feet, with a capacity of two hundred and ten chairs, which is used for educational purposes. The main building is go by 75 feet. The officers of the public library are Charles Day, president; William Rady, secretary; George Borgerding, treasurer; Walter G. Harrison, librarian; assistant librarians, supernumeraries from the public schools. The purchasing of books is in the hands of a committee composed of the following members: Dr. J. W. Duncan, chairman; Miss Delia Woodruff, secretary; Mrs. R. L. Stoy, Mrs. James Dunbar, Charles Needham and George A. Briscoe. The library was recently re-catalogued tinder the Dewey classification, which, with the open shelf system, has proved very satisfactory. The number of card holders now using the library is 3,103. The number of books in the library is 11,525, of which 325 are in the Government room and 1,500 are in the children's department. The library is open from 9 A. M. to 9 P. M. every day, except Sunday. The beginning of the public li- MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY - 243 brary work in New Albany was due to the public spirit and generosity of a few of its leading citizens who banded together and raised a subscription of $1,000, which enabled the library to come under the law and be supported by taxation from the city. The librarian, Mr. Walter G. Harrison, whose portrait appears, took charge of the New Albany Public Library in 1896. When it was succeeded by the splendid Carnegie Library Mr. Harrison was retained as librarian and now fills that position with great efficiency, giving it his entire attention. He has a laudable ambition to make the Carnegie Library of New Albany second to none in the country. it-Ir. Harrison is a Royal Arch Mason and a Knight Templar. He is deservedly popular and is one of the most progressive and highly esteemed young men of his native city. JOHN S. KRAFT, chief of the fire department, New Albany, Ind., was born at La Grange, Oldham county, Ky., Dec. 23, 1863. His parents, Ferdinand and Sophia (Scharf) Kraft, are both natives of Germany, the former coming to this country at the age of twenty-four, and the latter at the age of two years. They now live in New Albany. They are the parents of eleven children, viz.: Frances, wife of Jacob Kleober, of Louisville, Ky.; Robert, ex-city clerk of New Albany, now deceased; Elizabeth, wife of Captain August Reuter, of New Albany; John S., the subject of this sketch; Louisa, now Mrs. Frank Klum'b, of Louisville; Minnie, Mrs. Peter Felter, of New Albany; Ida and Emma, twins, both deceased; Alice Amelia, wife of John Raba, of New Albany; Katherine, died in infancy; and George, now in New Albany. Of the two twins Ida died at the age of eighteen years and Emma became Sister Itta in the Catholic convent at Oldenburg, Ind., where she died at the age of thirty-two. John S. Kraft has lived in New Albany since he was six years old; was educated in the public and parochial schools of that city ; learned the shoemakers' trade while still in his boyhood; worked at it until he was twenty-three years of age; was then a short time in the New Albany Plate Glass Works; then for awhile with the N. K. Fairbank & Co. Soap Works, of St. Louis; collector for the firm of Rhodes & Burford, a large furniture installment house of Louisville, for seven years; then in a similar position with John Shrader, Jr., of New Albany; started in the furniture business for himself in 1901 at 1405 East Market street, New Albany, which business he still owns and manages. On May 10, 1904, he was appointed chief of the city fire department. Although he was without practical experience at the time of his appointment he was not alto- 244 - MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY gether a stranger to the duties of the position. On May 31, 1888, he was married to bliss Anna, daughter of William Merker, who was for thirty-two years chief of the fire department, and by association with his father-in-law, Mr. Kraft acquired technical knowledge of the art of fire fighting. Since assuming charge of the department he has won the confidence of the men under him, and by his management and disposition of the force in handling fires he has likewise won the confidence of the public. He is a member of the Improved Order of Red Men, which is the only order to claim his membership. Chief Kraft and his wife have one child, Frances Amelia, born Oct. 6, 1893. WILLIAM V. GROSE, mayor of the city of New Albany, Ind., a son of Solomon and Naomi (Miller) Grose, was born in Crawford county, Ind., Aug. 8, 1842. His father was a native of Lawrence county, Ind., was a brickmaker and miller by trade, and was killed in 1864, while serving in the Union army during the war. The mother was a daughter of Felty Miller, of Crawford county, and died April 13, 1865, from the effects of a paralytic stroke. William V. Grose has been a resident of Yew Albany since he was seven years of age. He has had a somewhat checkered career. After learning the trade of brickmaker with his father he enlisted in Company K, Forty-ninth Indiana infantry, as a private; was made lieutenant before the close of 1861; took part in the siege and capture of Vicksburg; the Red River campaign; numerous battles and skirmishes; and was mustered out in 1864. For several years after the war he was manager of the Louisville and New Albany Transfer Company ; was for a long time employed in the New Albany Rail Mill, and in 1895 became a solicitor for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, which position he held until May 3, 1904, when he was elected mayor of the city for the term beginning in the succeeding September. Mr. Grose's popularity is attested by the fact that he was nominated for mayor by the Democracy, of which party he has for years been an active member, and was elected by a clean majority of 435 votes, although the city is nominally Republican. Mr. Grose is a Mason, a Knight of Pythias, in which order he is MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY - 245 a member of the Uniform Rank, and the Rathbone Sisters; and has a popular standing in both societies. He has been twice married; in 1866 to Charlotte Elliott, who died in 1879. Her children living are Carrie, wife of George Hall; John K., Joseph R., and Eddie. Those deceased are William E., Etta and George A. In 1880 Mr. Grose was united in marriage to R. Belle Brown, and to this union have been born two children : Mary E. and Charles Albert. In whatever station of life the lot of William V. Grose has been cat, whether as a brickmaker, a soldier, superintendent of the transfer company, solicitor for a life insurance company, or operative in the rolling mill, he has done his duty faithfully and conscientiously, and as mayor of the city he will not prove a disappointment to those who elected him. Mr. Grose is a member of the Tabernacle Baptist church and invokes the aid of the :Master in the performance of his official functions. GEORGE B. McINTYRE, prosecuting attorney of the Floyd county circuit court, New Albany, Ind., was born in the city of Keokuk, Ia., Jan. 6, 1868, and is a son of Dr. Charles W. and Mary McIntyre, now living in New Albany, where the father is a practicing physician. Besides the subject of this sketch they have two other children: Charles W., Jr., a physician in Louisville, Ky., and Margaret. When George was a small boy his parents removed from Keokuk to Cannelton, Ind., and in 1880 to New zSlbany. Seven years later he graduated from the New Albany high school; then attended the University of Louisville for two years, after which he entered the law department of the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, and graduated from that institution in 1891. Returning home he began the practice of law in New Albany, practicing alone for about one year, when he formed a partnership with John B. James, under the firm name of McIntyre & James, which lasted until 1900, at which time Walter V. Bulliet was admitted to partnership and the firm became McIntyre, Bulliet & James. The firm is one of the strongest in Southern Indiana, having been retained in many important cases and enjoying a large clieptage. Mr. McIntyre is also well known in political circles, being one of the active and enthusiastic Democrats of his section of the state. In 1892 he was elected to the legislature, where he made a creditable record although one of the youngest members of the general assembly. In 1896 he was a candidate for presidential elector on the Bryan and Sewall ticket, and in 1898 was elected prosecuting attorney of the Fifty-second judicial district; was 246 - MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY re-elected two years later; and again in 1902; and in 1904 was nominated for a fourth term. His record as prosecutor has received the highest endorsement of his constituents, as may be seen by his repeated re-elections. He is able, conscientious and fearless, the three essential qualifications of a good prosecuting attorney. Mr. McIntyre is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias, the Improved Order of Red Men and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He was married March 8, 1894, to Miss Nellie Stevens of New Albany, and to this union there have been born two children: Mary, who died in infancy, and Ellen, now seven years of age. THOMAS E. FOGLE, judge of the police court, New Albany, Ind., is a native of Pittsburg, Pa., where he was born on Jan. 3, 1855, his parents being John K. and Mary Jane (Stewart) Fogle. The father was born in Washington county, Pa., March 26, 1826, and the mother in what is now West Virginia, Nov. 1, 1827. Both are yet living, now being residents of New Albany, where they have lived since August, 1867. For some time before that the father had been associated with the firm of S. W. Dougherty & Co., pension attorneys, now of Columbus, Ind. John K. and Mary Fogle had six children, only two of whom are now living —the subject of this sketch and Daniel S., who holds a responsible position with the great packing house of Armour & Co. of Chicago. At the time the family removed to New Albany, Judge Fogle was twelve years of age. In 1878 he graduated from the New Albany business college and the following year became the bookkeeper in the office of Thomas Baldwin, grand national secretary of the Independent Order of United Workmen of the United States. A little later he was bookkeeper for the firm of Fulton, Smith & Co., hub, spoke and wheel manufacturers of Louisville, remaining with them for two years. From 1882 to 1889 he was employed in the Ohio Falls Iron Works of New Albany. In 1889, through the .influence of J. N. Huston, then United States treasurer, he was appointed to a position in the mail service on the Louisville and Evansville Packet Line. This position he held but nine months, however, resigning to return to the MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY - 247 iron works. In 1892 he became manager of the Merchants' Ticket Register Company of New Albany, but six months later the plant was sold. For several years he was then associated with the building and decorating trades as carpenter and paperhanger. In November, 1902, he was elected justice of the peace of New Albany township, an office which he still holds, and in addition to those duties he was appointed police judge of the city by Mayor Frank L. Shrader, on Dec. 2, 1902. Judge Fogle is a Royal Arch Mason and a Knight Templar; a member of the Junior Order of American Mechanics, the Fraternal Order of Eagles and Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and in 1877 was the delegate from the State of Indiana to the national convention of the Order of American Mechanics, at Dayton, Ohio, and is also a member of the Tribe of Ben Hur. In June, 1891, he was a national delegate from New Albany Lodge to the assemblage of Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers, at Pittsburg, Pa. He was married on March 4, 1880, to Miss Belle V. Bryant, a native of New Albany, where she was born, of English parentage, April 15, 1856. To this union there have been born the following children: Carrie C., married, June 2, 1904, to Duke B. Tomlinson; Jennie; David H., married in April, 1904, to Miss Belle Wattam; William A., Diana B., George C. K. and Frank C. B. FRANK H. WILCOX, M.D., a physician and surgeon of New Albany, Ind., was born in that city, April 21, 1870. His father, Dr. Seymour C. Wilcox, was born at Franklin, Delaware county, N. Y., in 1818; graduated from the Albany, N. Y., Medical college; practiced for more than sixty years; came to New Albany in 1869, and now lives a retired life in that city, being eighty-seven years of age. The mother of Dr. F. H. Wilcox was Miss Julia Daniels. She is still living, aged sixty-four. Dr. F. H. Wilcox has one brother, George D. Wilcox of Rochester, N. Y. Doctor Wilcox received his general education in the New Albany public schools; took a course in the New Albany Business college; spent four years in the medical department of the University of Louisville, graduating with the class of 1890. Locating in his native city he soon built up a lucrative practice, and is today regarded as one of the coming physicians of Southern Indiana. He is a member and ex-president of the Floyd County Medical society; belongs to the American Medical association; is surgeon of the Louisville & Southern Indiana Traction Company, the Kentucky & Indiana Bridge and Railroad Company, and has a large private practice. Politically 248 - MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY he is a Democrat of the unwavering type, yet he numbers among his personal friends a large number of Republicans. For six years he was a member of the pension examining board and was for a similar length of time the representative of the Seventh ward in the city council. In his political positions, as in his professional career, his labors were marked by a strict adherence to correct business principles, an unswerving fidelity to the cause of those entrusting him with their affairs, and a conscientious and intelligent performance of duty. Doctor Wilcox was married in December, 1892, to Miss Portia May Fullenlove, the daughter of Martin Van Buren Fullenlove of New Albany, and they have two children: Ira F., aged eleven, and Frank Shirley, aged nine. PROF. IRA G. STRUNK proprietor of the business college at New Albany, Ind., was born in Center county, Pa., March 22, 1846. His parents, John and Nancy (Henry) Strunk, were both natives of the Keystone state, his father having been born in Berks county, Feb. 17, 1806, and the mother in North county, Oct. 30th of the same year. He died on July 17, 1884, and she on June 17, 1862. They had fifteen children, the dates and births of which follow: George H., Dec. 13, 1828; William, March 27, 1830; Mary Ann, Aug. 14, 1831; John F., Aug. 29, 1832; Margaret Jane, Nov. 27, 1833; James B., Jan. 30, 1835; Susan, April 14, 1836; Robert, Sept. 21, 1837; Thomas, March 16, 1839; Elizabeth Hays, Sept. 6, 1840; Peter W., May 19, 1842; Samuel C., Aug. 29, 1843; an infant daughter, Feb. 19, 1845, and died at the age of two days; Ira G., March 22, 1846, and Nancy C., Oct. 7, 1847. Of these children, nine boys and six girls, seven are still living. Mary Ann Holmes died Jan. 8, 1858, as the wife of John Holmes; James B. died Nov. 27, 1861, a private of the Seventh Pennsylvania cavalry, while in rendezvous at Williamsport, Pa. His was the first death in the regiment; Nancy C., died March 28, 1865; Margaret Jane Seyler, as the wife of John Seyler, died Feb. 22, 1900; Thomas, April 24, 1869; John F., Aug. 6, 1891; William, June 25, 1904. Five brothers of the nine served their country during the Civil war, viz.: James B., Samuel C., Peter W., Thomas and Robert. Samuel C. joined the Seventh Pennsylvania cavalry to take the MEMOIRS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY - 249 place of his brother, James B., who had died, and served his country continuously from the day of his enlistment to the close of the war. He was in the thickest of many battles, but always came out unharmed. Ira G. Strunk was reared on the farm near Jacksonville, Center county; attended the village school about five months in the year, after which he went to the Jacksonville seminary, under the principalship of a Miss Brown, a graduate of Oxford college, Ohio. From this school he secured a teacher's license ; he taught in the winter and attended normal school in the summer; entered Kentucky university in the fall of 1868, and "backed" the entire year that his scant means might permit him to take advantage of an education. At the close of the first year President Patterson offered him a tutorship in the Agricultural and Mechanical college, which was accepted. At the close of the second year he was forced to leave the university for lack of funds. He was given the school at Leesburg, Ky., and taught it two years, when he was offered six different schools. He declined them all, returned to Lexington, graduated from the Hollingsworth & Co.'s Business college, and was sent to New Albany, Sept. 2, 1872, as principal of one of their branch schools. On November 1st he purchased a half interest, and on the 18th bought the other half. His school continued to grow, and in Max, 1876, he admitted Prof. D. M. Hammond as a partner. In May, 1886, he retired from the school on account of ill health, selling his interest to Professor Hammond. In May, 1887, he repurchased a half interest in the college. This partnership lasted until June 18, 1904, when Professor Hammond retired on account of failing health, after a partnership of twenty-eight years. During this time they both labored persistently to keep the New Albany Business college well to the front among schools of its class, and today it enjoys a reputation second to none in the state. Professor Strunk is fitted by nature for the work before him, having had years of experience in the line of accounting, from which he gathered valuable points that were frequently presented in his class work, thereby giving his students the benefit of his experience. He has without doubt taught more students bookkeeping than any other teacher about the Ohio Falls. The longer he is in the work the more enthusiastic he seems to get. He takes an individual interest in all his students, and if he can patronize one of them he will walk out of his way to do it. His students are notably successful and may be found as merchants, bankers, manufacturers, brokers, teachers, etc., filling offices of honor and trust all over the country. He believes that the mission of the business college is not to prepare the students for effect-