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>Surnames: Cotton, McDonald, McKinney
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> >From "Biographical Memoirs of Wells County, Indiana," Logansport, B. F.
> Bowen, 1903, pp. 190-191.
>
>George W. Cotton
>
>In calling to mind the dealer in live stock, persons will picture him as a
>hard-riding, hard-drinking, hard-sweating individual genial and kind
>enough in his way but rough of language and uncouth of manners. Whether or
>not it is the life they lead in driving over the country, purchasing
>stock, driving them to the station to be shipped and keeping up a night
>and day vigilance upon them while in transit, that gives them the
>distinguishing traits of character referred to, it would be difficult to
>assert. Certain it is, however, that the great majority of those who
>actively engage in purchasing, driving and shipping live stock to the
>commercial centers of the country would never be called upon to impart
>instructions in good breeding to the pupils of a young ladies seminary. In
>this as in all other things there are some very notable exceptions. One of
>these is George W. Cotton, a resident of Bluffton, Wells county, Indiana,
>the subject of this sketch. His career amply shows that a man may be
>truthful, honest and moral in any respective calling; in other words, that
>to be possessed of the virtues mentioned, including abstinence, it is not
>necessary to become a theological student or a minister of the gospel.
>
>The Cotton Family was one of the first families to locate in Wells
>County. It is now more than sixty-two years since Samuel G. Cotton and
>his good wife Dianah, who were natives of Holmes county, Ohio, decided to
>make their home in that locality. After investing in a number of tracts
>of land in Rock Creek township, he finally purchased the farm which has
>since been known as the Cotton Farm and by the labor of his hands and
>sweat of his brow, made it what it now is, one of the best improved and
>most productive pieces of land in the county. Here he lived until the
>latter part of his life, when he moved to Bluffton, where his wife died in
>1895. His death occurred in Chicago May 21, 1902. He was widely known and
>because of his excellent qualities he possessed the esteem and regard of
>all who knew him. The county is largely indebted to him for its early
>development.
>
>Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Cotton, father and mother of George W. Cotton, were
>parents of five sons and one daughter. George W., the subject hereof, was
>born Aug 1, 1851 and was the youngest child of the family. He was
>educated in the common schools of Rock Creek township, later in the graded
>schools of Bluffton, eventually going to Marion where educational
>facilities were supported to be better. Outside of the time occupied in
>his studies, he worked upon his father's farm until he attained his
>majority, when he engaged in business for himself, buying and selling live
>stock. He was, indeed is yet, what is termed in these latter days "a
>hustler," and the competitor who gathered in more animals than he did
>during the course of a year had to get up earlier in the morning, move
>faster during business hours and prolong his labors later at night than
>the average stock buyer is in the habit of doing. His negotiations are
>conducted calmly, coolly and generally satisfactorily. He always pays
>the highest price permitted by the conditions of the market and
>during the long and active life has paid to the farmers of Wells and
>adjoining counties hundreds of thousands of dollars. At different times
>he was associated in business with his brothers, Cyrus and Frank, but for
>the last fifteen years he has been alone. That he has been most
>successful is amply attested by the volume of business he has done. His
>shipments are made to Chicago, Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Buffalo and others
>points. His long experience both as to the markets and the stock, have
>brought to him a penetration and judgment that seems almost infallible.
>
>April 27, 1875, Mr. Cotton was married to Miss Josephine McDonald, who is
>a native of Noble county, Indiana. To them have been born eight
>children: Bessie, the first born, is the wife of Hamer McKinney; Marshall
>S.; Ralph C.; Franklin F.; Hazel D., and Ruby; two are dead. Mr. Cotton
>was a Republican and always voted with that party until 1884, when he
>transferred his allegiance to the Prohibition party, with which he has
>since steadily voted. He has two separate occasions occupied a place upon
>the county ticket of the Prohibition party, once for sheriff and at
>another time for representative, but in Wells county they seldom elect to
>office any other kind of people than Democrats. Prohibitionists are
>especially obnoxious to them, hence it is unnecessary to say that he was
>defeated each time. He and his wife are members of the Baptist church of
>Bluffton, are zealous in all charitable and Christian work and give of
>their substance quite liberally to every worthy cause. While a moral,
>upright Christian man, Mr. Cotton is not a long-visaged, canting,
>pretending personage. He is warm-hearted merry and jovial, a man whose
>friendship you would be induced to court and whose loyalty you would never
>question in any emergency.
>
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>I have cottons on my side of the family and was wondering it you could
>tell me wether or not you have these names George W. Cotton Born Aug 1
>1851 Married Josephine McDonald April 27 1875 Mr. and Mrs. Samuel
>Cotton are his parents can you give me any Information on these people
>thank you in advance Jody Bickley
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>I will post names and news items of interest. Below are items from page 1.
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>WYATT CASE IS ON TRIAL TODAY
>Former Bluffton people are seeking divorce in the Marion courts.
>
>Marion, Ind., Jan 4. -- Judge R. M. Van Atta's time was entirely occupied
>Wednesday in the hearing of the Wyatt divorce case, which was brought to
>the Grant superior court on a change of venue from Huntington
>county. Rachel Wyatt of Warren is seeking a divorce on her complaint, and
>Charles T. Wyatt is asking that he be granted the decree of his
>cross-complaint.
>
>Wyatt, the defendant, is a barber, and is twenty-seven years of age. He
>was married when he was twenty years of age. It is said that his wife is
>from seven to ten years his senior. The Wyatts first lived in Marion
>after their marriage in 1904 and later they lived at Warren, Liberty
>Center, Huntington and Bluffton.
>
>Mrs. Wyatt alleges that Mrs. Rose Colbert, wife of James Colbert of
>Marion, is responsible for the trouble between her and her husband. The
>Colberts and Wyatts formerly lived as neighbors at Liberty Center, where
>Mr. Wyatt and Mr. Colbert were partners in the barber business.
>
>Mrs. Wyatt produced letters for the inspection of the court that are
>alleged to have been written by Mrs. Colbert, though they are
>unsigned. Mrs. Wyatt testified that the letters were in the handwriting
>of Mrs. Colbert. The letters were not especially sensational, though they
>fixed a place of meeting between the writer and Wyatt. Mrs. Wyatt and her
>husband separated several months ago, but were runited and again lived
>together until last August. After they had been reunited following their
>first separation Mrs.Wyatt gave to her husband the letters she had taken
>from his pockets. Now the letters are not to be found. Wyatt denies that
>his wife gave him such letters. She testified that she again recovered
>letters that had been written to him. One or two of the letters that
>Wyatt received were read to the court.
>
>Mrs. Wyatt also testified that her husband once struck her with his first
>(sic) knocking her down and that he told her he hated her like a
>rattlesnake. The defense undertook to show that Mrs. Wyatt threw a stove
>lid at the defendant, and that he struck her in self-defense. The
>plaintig (sic) had her inning at the forenoon session of court, and the
>defendant was expecting to introduce his evidence at the afternoon session.
>______________________________
>
>ANNOUNCE MARRIAGE.
>
>Announcements of the marriage of Miss Lillian Heche, of Pomona, Cal., were
>received here by relatives of the young woman. She is a duaghter of Mrs.
>and Mrs. Ferdinand Heche, formerly of Vera Cruz, and is well known in the
>county. She is a musician of note and her husband is a professor of
>music. They will live at Pasadena, Cal.
>______________________________
>
>Frank Turner, of Marion, arrived yesterday for a short visit with
>friends. Mr. Turner was formerly employed at the Chandelier and piano
>factories in this city, but is now working in a piano factory at
>Monroeville, Ohio.
>______________________________
>
>FRATERNITY HAS ANNUAL ELECTION
>Plans were also complete for many social events soon.
>
>At the regular meeting of the Phi Delta Kappa fraternity held last
>evening, the semi-annual election of officers was held and the new
>officers assumed their duties at once. Besides the election, other
>importont (sic) business was transacted, and plans were laid for a number
>of social events, to be held within the next few months by the local
>chapter. The Bluffton chapter is one of the most active, of any in the
>fraternity and is now trying to install chapters at several different
>cities in Indiana and Ohio.
>
>The officers chosen last night, and who will serve for the next six months
>are as follows: Harold Tribolet, president; secretary and treasurer, Paul
>Tribolet; master of cermonies, Ray Burgan; vizer, Virgil Simons;
>sergant-at-arms (sic), Clinton Fetters; assistant, Ralph Sleppy; inner
>guard, Leon Grimes; outer guard, John Walmer, house committee, Milton
>Spitler, Herman Ashbaucher and Francis McFarren.
>______________________________
>
>PRETTY WEDDING AT VERY (sic) CRUZ
>Miss Grace May Bluhm and Joel Reinhard were married Wednesday.
>
>A very petty (sic) wedding occurred at the Reformed parsonage on Wednesday
>afternoon when Grace May, the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
>Bluhm, was given in marriage to Joel Reinhard of Auburn, Ind. Rev. W. H.
>Schroer, officiating. After the ceremony the newly weds drove to Bluffton
>to spend the night with Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Ashbaucher. On Thursday they
>started for Auburn, where the groom has a beautifully furnished home in
>readiness.
>
>Both parties are well known in this vicinity, and thus we all join in
>wishing them a long and happy life.
>
>Mr. Reinhard, is a former resident of Wells county, but has lived in
>Auburn for the past few years.
>______________________________
>
>COMMISSIONERS INSPECT BRIDGE
>Contracts for supplies were awarded at session Wednesday afternoon.
>
>The board of Wells county commissioners made a trip to Jefferson township
>to inspect a bridge in section 20, which had been reported as very
>dangerous. It was found that the structure was rotting and a new concrete
>bride (sic) will be installed. The bridge is between the George Harter
>and George Glass farms. Surveyor Decker accompanied the commissioners on
>their inspection trip. This afternoon the board adjourned until tomorow (sic).
>
>Late Wednesday afternoon the Leader store was awarded the contract for dry
>goods, clothing and shoes to be used at the county orphan's home and infirmary.
>
>W. A. Gutelius was given the contract for drugs for the ensuing year.
>
>The disenfectant (sic) contract was awarded to an Indianapolis firm.
>______________________________
>
>FARM IS SOLD.
>
>A farm of 40 acres owned by John Cossairt, southwest of Poneto, was sold
>today to Ensley Pursifull, of Clinton county. The deal was made by Hale &
>Markley and the consideration was $5,600. Mr. Cossairt will give
>possession March 1.
>______________________________
>
>WILLIAMSON IS AGAIN A WINNER.
>William J. Smith, of Ossian, also won prizes at Indianapolis show.
>
>The Longfield Poultry farm, owned by Dwight WIlliamson, pulled down some
>big prizes at the Indianapolis poultry show Wednesday. Mr. Williamson
>shipped some of his finest Rhode Island Red fowls to the big event and on
>the single combs won the following prizes: First, cock, second, third,
>hen; first, third, fourth, cocerel; first, second, third, fourth, pullet;
>first, pen.
>
>On the Rose Comb Rhode Island Reds he won the following prizes: Second,
>cock; third, fourth, cockerels; third, fourth, pullets; first, pen.
>
>The biggest poultry raisers in the United States showed the finest of
>their fowls at the Indianapolis show and Mr. Williamson came out unusually
>well.
>
>On the bronze turkeys, William J. Smith, of Ossian, won second and third
>on cockerel and second on pullet.
>______________________________
>
>One of the men about the Denison today who is not talking much, but who
>knows the political game to a fare-you-well is B. A. Batson, the Democrat
>chairman of Wells county. Mr. Batson is one of the men who have given
>Wells county the record of being one of the banner Democrat counties in
>Indiana, and he is so modest about it that he is content to be city
>engineer of Bluffton.
>
>Bob Stine, of Bluffton, is meeting up with a large number of his
>Democratic friends. Mr. Stine is not particularly ambitious, but his
>friends say that some day he would make a splendid attorney general.
>______________________________
>
>ICE WEATHER.
>
>A continuance of the present weather will mean excellent ice on the pond,
>owned by Messrs. Ralph Morrow and Frank Waugh, within a few
>days. Arrangements will be made to commence the cutting as soon as the
>ice is thick enough.
>______________________________
>
>JOHN WAGNER IS CALLED BY DEATH
>Had charge of construction of "Muncie" line - well known here.
>
>John C. Wagner, superintendent of construction of what is now the Lake
>Erie & Western railroad, between Muncie and Ft. Wayne, and well known to
>many of the older citizens of Bluffton, died at his home in Ft. Wayne
>Wednesday morning. Death was due to spinal meningitis. Mr. Wagner was 69
>years of age and had been an invalid for five years.
>
>Mrs. Wagner was a native of Indiana, being born at North Vernon. He was
>employed at Muncie when the Ft. Wayne, Muncie, Louisville and Cincinnati
>railroad was started and he was induced to take charge of the work as
>superintendent. After the completion of the road he served as roadmaster
>and had under his charge the bridges, buildings and the purchasing
>dpeartment of the road.
>
>Mr. Wagner's last work prior to the breaking down of his health, was
>superintending the taking up of the old natural gas line between Bluffton
>and Ft. Wayne. The funeral services will be held Monday morning.
>______________________________
>
>CARNALL CHILD BURNED BROTHER
>Small son of Mr. and Mrs. John Carnall had peculiar accident.
>
>Don Carnall, the four-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Carnall,
>accidentally burned his brother, James aged two in the eye with a hot
>poker last evening. The children were visiting with their grandparents,
>Mr. and Mrs. Carnall, on South Johnson street, and the older boy was
>trying to brighten up the fire in the hard coal burner. He was walking
>around the stove, carrying the hot poker, when he run the end of it into
>the baby's eye. It is not thought the injury will prove of a serious
>nature, but it occasioned the child a great deal of pain, and the eye is
>swelled shut and baldy inffammed (sic) today.
>______________________________
>
>LONG ILLNESS IS ENDED BY DEATH
>John Kelley Davis, prominent farmer, passed away this morning.
>
>J. K. Davis, a prominent resident of Liberty township, died at 1:40
>o'clock this mornin. Death was due to Bright's disease from which he had
>been a sufferer for nearly a year. In spite of his declining health, Mr.
>Davis had been able to be about until during the month of November, when
>he was taken to his bed. Since that time he had been confined to his home.
>
>John Kelley Davis was a son of Martin Van Buren and Ellen Davis, and was
>born, April 2, 1864. When the deceased was a small boy his father joined
>the Union army and an illness resulted in his death. He was buried in the
>south, the exact location not being known to the relatives.
>
>John K. Davis was a thrifty farmer and at the time of his death he was the
>owner of two hundred acres of land in Liberty township. He was the father
>of five children, three boys and two daughters, who with the wife and his
>aged mother, Mrs. Ellen Smith, of Blackford county survivie.
>
>The funeral will be held at Boehmer church at 11 o'clock Saturday morning.
>______________________________
>
>WIDOW WILL GIVE REWARD OF $200
>Bert Tinkle, of Liberty Center, assisting in search for murderer.
>
>Mrs. Wade Robinson of Landesville will give a reward of $200 for the
>catpure of the bandits and murderers who robged (sic) her of a beloved
>husband and her children of a devoted father.
>
>The giving of this reward was authorized Wednesday afternoon by Mrs. Robinson.
>
>Friends and neighbors of the murdered man propose to increase the reward
>to $500 by subscribing an additional $300 to the amount offered by
>Robinson's widow. Webb Lugar is among the friends of the dead man who is
>leading in the movement to reaise a fund to be used in running down the
>murderers.
>
>Mrs. Robinson is anxious that the slayers of her husband be captured and
>punished, and she is determined to use her own personal resources to aid
>in bringing them to justice. She will gladly give $200 to have the brutal
>murder avenged.
>
>"I hope the men who made our children fatherless are captured and
>punished, by the law. If a reward will make their capture more certain I
>want to give it," said Mrs. Robinson Wednesday.
>
>Because no administrator had been appointed and Robinson's estate had not
>been settled, Mrs. Robinson was in doubt at first to whether she could
>legally make use of the money in offering a reward for the arrest and
>conviction of the bandits, but it was stated Wednesday afternoon that his
>question had been settled and that the reward would be offered.
>
>Bert Tinkle, of Liberty Center, a brother of Mrs. Robinson, came to Marion
>Wednesday afternoon and consulted a lawyer. The lawyer advised him that
>it could be arranged so that the reward could be legally given.
>
>The sheriff will at once send notices of the reward to officers in every
>party of the country.
>______________________________
>
>BLANCHE CHAPEL W. C. T. U.
>
>Blanche Chapel W. C. T. U. met at the home of Mrs. Flo Starr, Wednesday
>afternoon. After the devotional service which was in charge of the county
>president plans were discussed for the furthering of the work. The next
>meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Fanny Murray, with the following
>program: "The Purpose of the Meeting" by the local president; a short talk
>on "What the Memorial Fund has Accomplished," and the "Work of Miss
>Willard" by the county president. "Quiz on the Annual Report" by Mrs. Flo
>Starr. Mrs. Hannah Carnes will conduct a twenty minutes spelling match
>using only temperance words. This list will include proper names also and
>the outlook is encouraging for a very interesting time. This meeting will
>be held February 7 at 1:30 o'clock. Everyone is cordially invited,
>friends and neighbors being very welcome.
>______________________________
>
>ARRANGE FOR TRIAL.
>
>Portland, Ind., Jan. 4 -- Preparing for the trial of the $10,000 damage
>suit brought by Mary J. Justus, of Bluffton, against the Fort Wayne and
>Wabash Valley Traction company, following the death of her husband, Lewis
>C. Justus, in the wreck on the company's line September 21, 1911 (sic), in
>which 43 persons lost their lives, attorneys spent the greater part of the
>day in the circuit court here today. This is the first of the claims
>resulting from the wreck, to reach the trial stage, practically all the
>remainder being compromised. The company denies liability on the ground
>that Justus was riding on a pass. It is expected that the case will be
>tried at the present term of court.
>______________________________
>
>NOTICE.
>
>Bluffton W. C. T. U. will meet Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the lady's
>parlor of First M. E. church. Everyone welcome. Mrs. Lena Poulson,
>Pres.; Mrs. Nettie Conklin, Sec.
>______________________________
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>Surnames: Harter, Sowards, Chalfant, Shepherd, Cotton, Graham, Buckner,
>Mounsey, McIntire, Decker, Clark, Ashbaucher, Markley, Kinsey, Arnold,
>Mock, Brown, Mullis, Flum, Krewson, McCorkle, Hartman, Smith, Buckingham,
>Schott, Fox, Blocher, O'Brien, Conrad, Stalter, Klopfenstine, Eichhorn, Burris
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>I have a very tattered and incomplete copy of this newspaper, and am
>posting names and news items that may be of interest.
>
>TOWNSHIP VICE PRESIDENTS
>George Harter - Jefferson
>T. J. Sowards - Lancaster
>Abner Chalfant - Harrison
>Sanford Shepherd - Nottingham
>Lewis Cotton - Union
>William Graham - Rock Creek
>John Buckner - Liberty
>Geo. Mounsey - Chester
>Phaniel McIntire - Jackson
>____________________________
>
>D. N. Decker, of Barbers Mill, left Thursday for Hagerstown, where he will
>visit a few weeks. He was accompanied here (sic) by his brother George.
>
>____________________________
>
>OUR FIRES.
>
>The city of Bluffton had, last year, just thirteen fires. April and
>October were months that showed none. These thirteen fires cost $737.50
>to fight them, that is, the firemen drew that much, not counting
>chemicals. This is an average of $56.73 cents per fire and is certainly
>a small cost when the results are brought into consideration. The worst
>fire of the year was the Myers & Fetters hoop mill fire which cost $134.25.
>
>If the department had a new ball nozzle its fire equipment would be
>greatly improved, as they are immensely better than the style now in use.
>
>While our fire fighting apparatus is not as costly or as flashy as that of
>some other cities yet the boys do the work in good shape and you may rest
>assured that you will be well looked after if you have a fire.
>____________________________
>
>R. L. Clark of Buckeye was in the city Thursday enroute home from a short
>visit at Lima, Ohio.
>____________________________
>
>Miss Nettie Ashbaucher and Miss Bertha Markley went to Lima, Ohio,
>Thursday to visit relatives.
>____________________________
>
>Mrs. Essie Kinsey and children returned to Craigville Thursday after visit
>with her mother, Mrs. Emma Arnold.
>____________________________
>
>Mrs. Mabel Mock, daughter of Wm. Fox and wife is the mother of a ten pound
>boy. They are at the home of her parents and both are doing well.
>____________________________
>
>County Commissioner Asa S. Brown, of Rock Creek township, has rented his
>farm to Mr. Mullis and will move to this city and make it his future home.
>____________________________
>
>Albert Flum and J. S. Krewson, of Ossian, were in the city completing the
>transfer of a portion of the McCorkle farm to Mr. Flum. He now owns 40
>acres of the farm.
>____________________________
>
>Mrs. Wm. Hartman and daughter Minnie returned from New Haven where they
>visited a daughter and sister. They were guests of friends here Wednesday
>night and went to Craigville today.
>____________________________
>
>Samuel B. Smith, aged 73 and a prominent citizen of Huntington, is
>dead. He was the owner of the Grand View Hotel block and was for many
>years a saloon keeper, but was not in that business the past few years.
>____________________________
>
>Dr. Buckingham, who lived near Geneva, was found dead in bed Wednesday
>morning. He lived with his two children, his wife having been taken to
>the insane asylum a short time ago. Death was due to intestinal cramps.
>____________________________
>
>John Schott, of Nottingham township, was arrested Wednesday by Constable
>Fox on a charge of bastardy preferred by Sarah Blocher. He was brought
>before Squire O'Brien, tried and bound over to the circuit court. His
>bond was fixed in the sum of $150.
>____________________________
>
>A jolly crowd of nine persons came in from Vera Cruz today and went to
>their home near Ft. Wayne. In the crowd were John, Eli, Mrs. Lea, Minnie,
>Katie, Jacob and Alpheus Conrad, Henry Stalter and Albert Klopfenstine,
>and they have been visiting relatives at Vera Cruz and Geneva.
>____________________________
>
>Prof. Louis D. Eichhorn left Thursday for Pittsburg, Pa., where he will
>begin a course in vocal study under eminent instructors. He will remain
>until spring and we are certain that the people of the smoky city will
>appreciate his rich voice before he leaves, for he will not remain there
>long until he will attract attention and be requested to sing. His
>gentlemanly bearing will also win him friends.
>____________________________
>
>We have just received a copy of the Salem, Ohio, News which contains as a
>leading article a discussion of the question "What have the Home and the
>State a Right to expect from the School?" by W. P. Burris. The article is
>a very able one and will no doubt attract wide attention. Mr. Burris was
>superintendent of our schools from 1881-7, since which time he has had
>charge of the schools at Salem, Ohio.
>____________________________
>
>Superintendent Rogers, of the northern Indiana hospital for the insane at
>Logansport, has issued an order that no patients shall be brought to the
>institution unless they have been previously informed where they were
>being taken. He finds that relatives of demented persons frequently
>observe secrecy in insanity preceedings (sic) under the inpression (sic)
>that the subjects will give less trouble if they are enticed to the
>hospital. Such measures almost invariably have a tendency to excite the
>patients, and render their menta (sic) condition more alarming.
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>Surnames: Bevington, Gill, Shadle, Knott, Runkle, Harrold, Alspach,
>Hodson, Perry, Good, Davis, Bailey,
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> >From "Biographical Memoirs of Wells County, Indiana," Logansport, B. F.
> Bowen, 1903, pp. 180-181.
>
>O. B. Bevington was born in Jackson township, Wells county, Indiana,
>November 6, 1860. He is a son of R. A. Bevington, born May 25, 1819, in
>Pennsylvania, and who died March 24, 1897. His maternal parent was
>Catherine (Shadle) Bevington, born in the year 1827, a native of
>Pennsylvania, who died March 24, 1887. R. A. Bevington, a few years after
>his first marriage, came to Wells county, Indiana, at a very early day,
>entered land and cleared up a farm, and remarried, his second wife being
>Lucy Gill. He then removed into Huntington county, Indiana, where he
>died. To his first union eleven children were born, six of whom are yet
>living: Clorinda, the wife of Samuel Knott, a resident of Jackson
>township; Melissa, the wife of Peter Runkle, of Jackson township, Wells
>county; Sarah, who is the wife of Dr. Harrold, a resident of Blackford
>county, Indiana; O. R., of Montpelier, Indiana; Henrietta, the wife of
>Daniel Alspach, and Oscar, now a resident of Fairmount, Indiana. The d!
>eceased children of the first marriage are Emaline E., who was the wife of
>Isaac Hodson; Martha, Ira and Catherine.
>
>The subject attended the public schools of Jackson township until he was
>about fourteen years old, when he went to work with his father and
>remained until he was twenty-four years of age, receiving his board and
>clothes for his labor. After his mother's second marriage he left
>home. He then began working by the day for Daniel Alspach, and afterward
>by the month for Walter Perry, with whom he remained one summer. He then
>went to Delaware county, Indiana, where he remained from fall until the
>holidays. He then came to R. A. Bevington's, remaining one year, when he
>went to Fulton county, Ohio, and was there for about six years. He then
>came back to Indiana, working by the day and month for about one and a
>half years, when he married Eva L. Good, a daughter of John Good. She
>died January 19, 1898. After his marriage, Mr. Bevington moved onto the
>old homestead, where he remained for about seven years, when he
>constructed buildings and removed to a farm on which he now live!
>s. After living on this place for about three months he married Elvina
>Davis, born April 20, 1878, a daughter of John and Mary (Bailey) Davis,
>both natives of Huntington county, Indiana, the father now deceased. Mr.
>Bevington is a general stock farmer and has engaged in the breeding and
>handling of cattle, hogs and horses. In the line of swine he prefers the
>Poland China breed and is an admirer of shorthorn cattle. He has five
>fine producing oil wells on his farm, which seem to be holding up well,
>yielding him a profit of about fifty dollars per month. He has devoted
>his entire life to farming and farm interests. He is the father of two
>children, one of whom is living: Martha, born December 16, 1900, died
>April 12, 1901, and Russell B., born April 12, 1902.
>
>Mr. Bevington was formerly a Republican in politics, but is now a
>Prohibitionist. Both he and wife are members of the Wesleyan Methodist
>church in Warren, Indiana, and are exemplary representatives of that
>worthy denomination. O. B. Bevington is a worthy example of the
>citizenship which is the product of our common district schools and the
>sturdy farm life, belonging to that class who naturally take up the
>vocation of the farm for their life work, and thus become a part of that
>important and influential element of our population which is the bone and
>sinew of the county and to whom the nation is indebted for the boundless
>prosperity which is ours and of which we boast.
>
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>Surnames: Perdue, Lowery, Price, McNairy, Wall, Moss, Lee
>Classification: Biography
>
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> >From "Biographical Memoirs of Wells County, Indiana," Logansport, B. F.
> Bowen, 1903, pp. 118-119.
>
>James Perdue was born in Delaware county, Indiana, February 28, 1834. His
>father was James Perdue, Sr., a native of North Carolina, and who was a
>son of John Perdue, also a native of the same state. James Perdue, Sr.,
>married Mary Price, who was likewise a native of North Carolina, a
>daughter of Ellen (Lowery) Price, the wedding taking place in North
>Carolina. The births of both parents took place on the site of the battle
>of Guilford Court House, North Carolina, where the British were commanded
>by Lord Cornwallis and the Americans by General Greene. James Perdue,
>Sr., settled down to farming, but later came to Indiana, stopping a while
>in Wayne county, about 1830, and then came to Delaware county where he
>died, in November 1833, before James, Jr. was born. While in Delaware
>county he farmed and taught school. James, Jr., has the instrument of
>writing, in his father's hand, that the latter made of the section of land
>set apart for the purpose of the school fund in the !
>township where he settled. James, Sr., was the father of four children,
>of whom two are yet living: John, deceased; Emily J., William, now
>residing in Warren, Indiana, and James. Mary, the widow of James Sr.,
>married Francis McNairy in Delaware county and they later moved to Fayette
>county, Indiana, when James Jr. was about ten years old, and the latter
>grew to manhood in that county. He was educated in the public schools
>until he was about twenty years of age. The last term of school he
>attended was taught by a Presbyterian minister, who preached in the
>Ebenezer meeting house and taught a select term of school in an old log
>church. He had worked there during the summer, by the month, and boarded
>with the same man for whom he worked, attending the school during the
>following winter. He remained there the next summer, and in the fall
>returned to Delaware county and worked by the month for his stepfather,
>remaining with him that fall. He remained in Delaware county dur!
>ing the winter and worked until harvest the next summer. September 2,
>1855, the subject of this sketch was married to Mary Wall, a resident of
>Delaware county, Indiana, a native of Ohio, and a duaghter of Christian
>and Hannah (Moss) Wall. The parents of Mary removed to Delaware county in
>an early day, settling on the land before there was any house on it and
>when it was all in woods. The father improvised a sort of shelter tent
>with brush, in which he kept his family until he could build a
>house. Christian Wall was the father of six children: Amanda, deceased;
>Alexander, deceased; John, deceased; Margaret, deceased; David, probably
>dead, went to California and not heard from, and Mary, who married James
>Perdue, was born May 8, 1830. After his marriage James Perdue and wife
>settled in Fayette county, Indiana, where they remained for two years,
>when they removed back to Delaware county and farmed in that county from
>1857 until the former date inclusive. They came to Jac!
>kson township, Wells county, Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Perdue had six
>children, three sons and three daughters, all deceased but two. Francis
>M. has two children, Frederick and Carl P.; Walter L. was born August 23,
>1861, and died September 13, 1862; William R. was born December 17, 1862,
>and died August 19, 1882; Mary L. was born March 8, 1865, and died
>December 23, 1873; Olive, born November 7, 1866, died September 13, 1867;
>Hettie, born November 15, 1870, married Darwin Lee, now a resident of
>Jackson township, Wells county, Indiana. They have two children, Jay and
>Burle. James Perdue and his wife are members of the Christian church at
>Perry Creek. He was an elder of the church in Delaware county for several
>years, also of the church at Dillman, Indiana, until it was disbanded
>several years ago.
>
>Mr. Perdue is a member of Lodge No. 392, I. O. O. F., of Warren, Indiana,
>and has passed the chairs twice; he has been secretary and representative
>to the grand lodge, and was also deputy grand master under D. B.
>Shideler. Mr. Perdue was formerly a Democrat, voting for Buchanan and
>Douglas, but since that time he has been a Republican. He has never
>missed an opportunity to vote since he was old enough and has been active
>in politics. He served as assessor five times in his native township in
>Delaware county and was at one time a candidate for treasurer of Wells
>county, Indiana.
>
>James Perdue has lived in this state all his life, a period of more than
>two-thirds of a century. He has been a citizen of three counties of
>Indiana and has been a witness of and aided in their development. While
>his life has not been essentially that of the original pioneers of the
>state, he has been conversant with most of the changes through which they
>passed, and the improved methods which has been adopted, both in work and
>manner of living. He has witnessed the development of the state of his
>nativity from a semi-border commonwealth until it occupies today a
>position midway in the great chain of highly cultivated agricultural
>domains which constitute the integral divisions of our wonderful
>country. He has acted well his part in life, seeking to improve his own
>environments and in the performance of his duties as a good citizen and
>neighbor has added to the general welfare of the communities in which he
>has lived.
>
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>nearly illegible in some places.]
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>Surnames: Sills, Blackford, Dick
>Classification: Biography
>
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>Daniel Sills
>
>Biographical Memoirs of Wells County, Indiana, 1903, pgs 363-364
>
>Daniel Sills was born on the farm where he now lives, April 20, 1843. He
>is a son of Daniel Sills, a native of Pennsylvania, born November 12,
>1804, who died September 4, 1873, and the latter was a son of Joseph
>Sills, a native of Germany. The mother of Daniel Sills, Jr., was Mary
>(Blackford) Sills, born November 9, 1806, a daughter of John
>Blackford. Blackford county, Indiana, received its name from its original
>settlers, the ancestors of Mary (Blackford) Sills. Daniel, Sr., was
>married to Mary Blackford June 22, 1826, and settled in Ohio, later coming
>to Indiana, and on March 1, 1842, moved onto the farm now occupied by
>Daniel Sills, Jr. The senior Sills devoted the greater portion of his live
>to farming and hunting, he and his sons clearing the farm where the
>subject resides. Daniel, Sr., was the father of ten children, five of
>whom are living: Elizabeth, born May 1, 1827; Katherine, born November 9,
>1828, deceased; Sarah, born April 18, 1831; Margaret, born Novembe!
>r 21, 1827, deceased; Joseph, born February 24, 1833, deceased; Michael,
>born July 15, 1838; Daniel, born April 20, 1843; John, born June 5, 1847,
>deceased, and an infant, deceased.
>
>Daniel, Jr., attended school at the Helm Corner school house in Chester
>township until he attained the age of twenty years. The longest term of
>school in those times was three months, and he did not get to go more than
>half of that time at any one term. He remained with his father, who
>claimed his wages until he was twenty-one years of age. In 1865 he went
>to Iowa and remained there that year. Excepting this one year spent in
>the west, he remained working in the home neighborhood, making his home
>with his parents until he was about twenty-five years old. He was married
>February 13, 1868, to Mary C. Dick, who was born September 8, 1845 and
>died September 13, 1898. She was the daughter of Uriah Dick, a resident
>of Blackford county, Indiana, and a native of Virginia. After his
>marriage, Daniel Sills and wife settled two and one-half miles south of
>Montpelier, Indiana where they lived for a period of eighteen months, then
>moving onto the farm where he is now living. He h!
>as remained on this farm continually since that time, it having virtually
>been his home ever since he was born, excepting the first eighteen months
>of his married life. He has been all his life what may be termed a
>general stock farmer. He has also owned and run a threshing machine in
>season for thirty-five years and has done some saw-milling. He is the
>owner of three hundred and fifty acres of land, eighty-eight of which are
>in the home place and the remainder in Blackford county, Indiana. He
>received six hundred dollars from his father as a start in life. He is
>the father of fourteen children, all of who are living, as
>follows: Alvina, born January 29, 1869; Letta F., March 7, 1870; Rosa L.
>B., December 29, 1871; Uriah D., January 27, 1873; Jennie M., April 27,
>1874; Wesley H., November 16, 1875; Addie D., September 6, 1878; Charles
>C., March 18, 1880; Elijah B., November 15, 1881; Bertha M., June 30,
>1883; Sue O., June 26, 1885; Eva A., August 13, 1887; Mary C., Mar!
>ch 18, 1890; and Daniel N., March 18, 1893.
>
>In his political views the subject has always subscribed to the doctrines
>of the Democratic party; he believes, however, in a man voting his
>sentiments regardless of party dictation. Mary C., (Dick) Sills, his
>wife, after having been a true and faithful helpmate to her husband for
>thirty-one years, passed to her reward September 13, 1898, mourned by her
>husband and children. Daniel Sills is one in whom the love of family,
>friends and country is largely developed. He has never had a desire to
>roam the wide world o'er, but has found contentment in the bosom of his
>family and his friends in the locality of his nativity. He is an
>industrious and exemplary citizen, who has found his highest happiness in
>the performance of his civic duties to the community in which he has
>lived, in providing for his family and securing a competency to meet the
>contingencies of the inevitable "rainy day."
>From: montgomery(a)parlorcity.com