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Author: Dawn_Maddox_Montgomery
Surnames: Johns, Haughton, Dyson, Sinnison, King
Classification: biography
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Standard History of Adams and Wells Counties, Indiana
John W Tyndall for Adams County
O E Lesh for Wells County
The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago and New York, 1918
Page 552 - 553
Henry E Johns
Henry E Johns is the present trustee of Nottingham Township and a citizen of high standing and of many business relationships with that section of Wells County. Mr Johns is a farmer and stockman and has spent practically all his life in this county.
He was born in Harrison Township near Vera Cruz July 5, 1870, a son of John S and Trissa (Haughton) Johns. His father was a native of Ohio and his mother of Adams County, Indiana. John S Johns was brought to Wells County by his parents when he was two years of age. The grandparents located on a farm near Vera Cruz, taking up the land from the Government, and spent the rest of their days there. John S Johns grew up in that locality when everything was comparatively new and rough, and after reaching his majority bought a farm nearby. He did business on an extensive scale as a trader in land, and owned real estate here and elsewhere. His death occurred in Arkansas, while his wife died in Harrison Township of Wells County. The father was a democrat. There were in the family four sons and five daughters, and five are still living' Lenora, a graduate of the common schools and now pursuing her profession as a graduate nurse at Bluffton; Alonzo, a farmer in Arkansas; Roswel!
l, a farmer in Union Township of Wells County; Cora, wife of J D Dyson of Nottingham Township, and Henry E.
Henry E Johns lived on his father's farm until he was ten years of age, and after that was in the home of his uncle, George Sinnison, for whom he worked and as opportunity afforded attended the district schools of Adams County. At the age of seventeen he started out to make his own living, at first as a wage earner by the month and later for a time he drove a huckster wagon.
On September 17, 1892, Mr Johns married Miss Clara King. Her parents, Adam and Elizabeth King, are both now deceased. Mrs Johns received her early education in School District No 3 of Nottingham Township. After their marriage Mr and Mrs Johns lived on the King farm a year, then for four years lived south of Reiffsburg, and then bought their present farm of a little more than sixty-one acres and later acquired 140 acres in section 8 of Nottingham Township. Mr Johns has come to prosperity through the avenue of hard work and honest dealing, and is now enjoying a liberal prosperity. As a stockman he specializes somewhat in high grade Belgian horses and some of his animals were awarded the first premium at the Bluffton Street Fair. He is also one of the directors of the Bank of Petroleum, of which Amos Williams is president, Samuel Warner, vice president, and Henry Shott, cashier. Mr Johns is also a stockholder in the Poneto Farmers Elevator Company.
He has taken quite an active interest in democratic politics, but even more in the substantial welfare of his community, and it was a general recognition on the part of his fellow citizens of his qualifications that caused him to be elected trustee of Nottingham Township. He has filled that office since January 1915, and his administrative work in connection with the public schools has been especially credible.
Mrs Johns is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Reiffsburg. They have two sons. Raymond, a graduate of the common schools and the Petroleum High School, was a teacher for two years but is now a soldier in the National Army, having enlisted at Louisville, Kentucky. Fred F, born in April 1898, has also finished the work of the Petroleum High School.
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Author: Dawn_Maddox_Montgomery
Surnames: Templin, Johnson, Carey, Chalfant, Falkner, Campbell, Bales, Booker, Hill, Pucket, Chenoweth, Settle
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Standard History of Adams and Wells Counties, Indiana
John W Tyndall for Adams County
O E Lesh for Wells County
The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago and New York, 1918
Page 551
Sanford H Templin
No man in Wells County stands higher in general esteem than does Sanford H Templin, a substantial farmer of Nottingham Township, and a director of the Bank of Petroleum. His life history presents much that is interesting and the perseverance and industry with which he overcame handicaps, indicate clearly very important elements of his character.
Sanford H Templin was born October 11, 1845, in Henry County, Indiana. His parents were Terry and Rachel (Johnson_ Templin. His father was born in Highland County, Ohio, a son of Robert and Eunice Templin, both born in Ohio but of English extraction. When Terry Templin married Rachel Johnson, me married into a Welsh family and secured a most estimable wife. They settled on a farm in Ohio but in 1830 moved to Delaware County, Indiana, his parents accompanying him, and they all located in the same neighborhood, but Robert Templin and his wife died in old age in Howard County, Indiana.
For a number of years Terry Templin followed farming and then embarked in a manufacturing business, opening a small factory, foundry and shop at Blountsville, where he manufactured agricultural implements and if he had possessed a larger working capital, would have been a successful business man. As it was, when his death occurred, January 23, 1855, he left his widow and the survivors of their family of thirteen children, with little means. The children of Terry Templin and wife were as follows: Sarah A, born February 23, 1829, deceased; Nancy J, born November 3, 1830, deceased; Mary E, born December 5, 1832, deceased; Lancey J, born December 20, 1834, deceased, was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church; Eunice, born December 30, 1836, deceased; Catherine, born March 5, 1838, wife of Ephraim Carey, of Dallas, Texas; Elizabeth, deceased, born May 24, 1843, was wife of Alexander Chalfant; Grace A, wife of William Falkner, of Nottingham Township, Wells County; Sanford !
H; Rachel L, born October 17, 1847, deceased; Charles E, born July 10, 1851; Asenath A, born June 24, 1854, wife of F M Campbell, of Randolph County, Indiana, and Letitia, deceased. The mother of the above family died April 17, 1884.
Sanford H Templin attended school in both Henry and Delaware counties but his father died when he was ten years old and heavy responsibility fell on his young shoulders. He was naturally a cheerful and industrious boy and had no difficulty in securing work from the neighboring farmers but when, in the natural course of events he found himself anxious to start a home of his own, he found that the support of his father's family had exhausted his earnings. He had chosen a noble woman, however, for his companion, one who showed confidence in his ability and good judgment, and on February 4, 1847, the wedding of Sanford H Templin and Judith M Faulkner took place. She was born in Randolph County, Indiana, January 16, 1847, a daughter of Solomon and Ruth (Bales) Faulkner. Solomon Faulkner was born in Virginia, March 26, 1799, and his parents were David and Judith Faulkner, natives of Wales. In 1825 he married Ruth Bales, who was born August 26, 1808, a daughter of John and Loi!
s Bales. In 1828 Mr and Mrs Faulkner settled on a farm in Randolph County, Indiana, and lived there during the rest of their lives. They had fourteen children as follows; Isaiah M, born September 16, 1826, died August 27, 1895; Nathan, born November 29, 1827, died January 27, 1895; Jason and Jabert, twins, born November 22, 1829; Jabert died the same day but Jason lived until October 21, 1834; Mary, born January 15, 1832, is the widow of Jacob Booker; Rachel, born December 27, 1833, is the widow of Henry Hill; Jesse, born January 21, 1836; Phoebe J and Betsey E, twins, born March 17, 1838, the former is the wife of Aaron H Pucket, the latter died December 7, 1882; John A, born November 29, 1841; William, born September 13, 1842, a resident of Wells County; Lois A, Born May 25, 1844, is the wife of William Williams; Judith, who is the wife of Mr Templin; and Martha E, who was born June 1849, died February 22, 1854.
After their marriage Mr and Mrs Templin located near Windsor, in Randolph County, where Mr Templin bought nine acres and bound the agreement by paying a small sum and afterward by chopping cord wood paid the rest of the price, and spent two years scoring timber to be used in building bridges. As a wedding present the father of Mrs Templin gave her a cow, three sheep and a half dozen chickens and the necessary household utensils. Not to be outdone by her husband in industry, during the first year on the farm, Mrs Templin took 125 pounds of wool from her sheep, and with her own busy hands carded and spun it and turned it over to a weaver and it was made into cloth for the use of her family.
Mr and Mrs Templin remained on the farm he had secured through a trade with his brother for three years, and then traded his interest for a place of eighty acres, thereby incurring an indebtedness of $400. He cleared and improved this land and did a large amount of ditching, and this work aided in making him an advocate of township draining and he was one of the chief promoters of the construction of the Wilson Creek ditch. As time went on he added to his holdings until now he has an exceedingly valuable farm of 160 acres, the result of hard work and frugality. At the time of marriage he declared he would always own a place of his own and never pay rent and he has brought his to pass through his good management.
Mr and Mrs Templin have had three children, namely; Letitia Jane, who was born November 8, 1865, died December 31, 1909, the wife of George Chenoweth; Carey, who was born November 27, 1867, is a farmer in Nottingham Township; and George, who was born March 20, 1870, Married Ollie Settle, and they live in Nottingham Township. Mr and Mrs Templin have ten living grandchildren and two living great-grandchildren. Mr and Mrs Templin have been active in the United Brethren Church to which all the family belong. Mr Templin is influential in the republican party, has served as a member of the county central committee and has been a delegate to state conventions.
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Author: Dawn_Maddox_Montgomery
Surnames: Robison, Merriman, Dumbauld, Weimer, Eicher, Williamson, Snider, Sturgis
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Standard History of Adams and Wells Counties, Indiana
John W Tyndall for Adams County
O E Lesh for Wells County
The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago and New York, 1918
Pages 541 - 542
Homer E Robison, DDS
The world instinctively pays deference to the man whose success has been worthily achieved and whose prominence is not the less result of an irreproachable life than of natural talents and acquired ability in the field of his chosen labor. Dr Robison occupies a position of distinction as a representative of the dental profession in Bluffton and the best evidence of his capability in the line of his chosen work is the large patronage which is accorded him. He is associated in the practice with his father, an old and reliable dentist in this city, and the firm is known as Robison & Robison.
Dr Homer E Robison was born in Bluffton, Indiana, February 9, 1877, and he is a son of Dr P L and Willametta (Merriman) Robison, the former of whom was born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and the latter in Whitley County, Indiana. The Robison family, originally from Scotland, was founded in America in the old colonial era of our national history by John Robison, great-great-grandfather of Dr Robison of this review. He came to this country and settled in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, where he married Barbara Dumbauld. He was a loyal and patriotic citizen and served throughout the period of the War of the Revolution. He and his wife were the parents of one son, John, whose birth occurred in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, October 30, 1785. In 1803 John Robison married Catherine Weimer and to them were born eight children, of whom William W was the youngest son; he was born in 1824 and in 1847 married Sophia Eicher. To them were born four children, two of whom died !
in infancy. Concerning the other two, Catherine became the wife of William C Williamson of Kanorado, Kansas, where she died September 22, 1917, and Peter Lohr is the father of Homer E.
William W Robison purchased the old homestead in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and lived on it until 1859, when he sold it and came to Indiana, locating in Union Township, Adams County. He was engaged in farming operations for a time and then studied for the ministry and was ordained a Baptist preacher. He had charge of the Baptist Church at Bluffton for a period of thirteen years and went thence to Columbia City, where he remained three years. In March, 1880, he accepted a call to Auburn, Crawford County, Ohio, and there his cherished and devoted wife died April 13, 1881. He was summoned to eternal rest in 1898.
Dr Peter Lohr Robison was six years of age when his parents located in the Hoosier State. He was educated in the public schools of Adams County and Springfield Academy. In 1871 he engaged in the grocery business in Bluffton. Shortly afterward he went to Kenton, Ohio, and there studied dentistry. March 29, 1874, he returned to Bluffton, here initiating the work of his profession as a partner of Dr Thomas Sturgis, under the firm name of Sturgis & Robison. Poor health, however, compelled him to discontinue his dental practice and thereafter he was engaged at different kinds of work until 1879. In that year he again entered upon the active practice of his profession as a member of the firm of Robison & Merriman. This alliance continued for two years and after that Dr Robison practiced alone, until the year 1900. In the latter year he associated with himself his son, Dr Homer E Robison, whose name forms the caption for this review. Dr Peter L Robison is well known throug!
hout Bluffton and Wells County as an exemplary citizen and as a strictly reliable and skillful dentist. He is a member, deacon and trustee of the Baptist Church and is chairman of the county Sunday School Committee. His political adherence is with the democratic party and he has long been active in local politics. For two terms he served with marked efficiency as city clerk of Bluffton and he is enthusiastic in his support of all matters projected for the good of the general welfare. May 18, 1875, Dr Robison married Miss Willametta Merriman, a daughter of Dr Merriman, of South Whitley, Indiana. Dr and Mrs Robison have two children; Homer E and Nellie, the latter of whom is the wife of Cairo Snider of Marion, Indiana.
In the public and high schools of Bluffton Dr Homer E Robison received his preliminary educational discipline, then entering Franklin College at Franklin, Indiana. After leaving Franklin he entered the Cincinnati Dental College, and in 1896 he was matriculated as a student in Northwestern University, at Evanston, Illinois, and was graduated as a member of the class of 1898, with the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery. He stood so high in his work that he received an honorary appointment in the university and was there for two years more. In 1900 he returned to Bluffton and entered his illustrious father's dental parlors as a partner. This mutually agreeable association has continued to the present time and the firm of Robison & Robison is well known throughout Wells County.
March 29, 1899, Doctor Robison married Miss Ruby Sturgis, a daughter of J E Sturgis, of Bluffton Indiana. This union has been prolific of two children; Helen E, born June 1902 and Betty, born in February 1914. Doctor Robison is prominent in Masonic circles, being a member of Blue Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, Bluffton Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, and Bluffton Council, Royal and Select Masters. He is likewise affiliated with Bluffton Lodge No 92, Knights of Pythias, of which he was a trustee for seven years' and with the local lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He is a democrat in politics.
It is a well known fact that a great percentage of those who enter business life meet with failure or only a limited measure of success. This is usually due to one or more of several causes - superficial preparation, lack of close application, or an unwise choice in selection of a vocation for which one is not fitted. The reverse of all this has entered into the success and prominence which Doctor Robison and his father have gained. Their equipment for the profession was unusually good and they have continually extended the scope of their labors through the added efficiency that comes from keeping in touch with the marked advancement that has been made by the members of the dental fraternity in the last quarter of a century.
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Author: Dawn_Maddox_Montgomery
Surnames: Mounsey, Merriman, Williamson
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Standard History of Adams and Wells Counties, Indiana
John W Tyndall for Adams County
O E Lesh for Wells County
The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago and New York, 1918
Pages 542 - 544
George R Mounsey
Wells County has its full quota of merchants, manufacturers, professional men and bankers to whom it is indebted for its prestige among its sister counties, but perhaps it is more particularly noted for the high standards set by its agriculturists, whose energy and enterprise during the past several decades have made this locality one of the garden spots of Indiana, well as a center of agricultural production that adds to its importance at a time when the nations of the earth are looking to America with anxious eyes in regard to the food supply. One of the most productive parts of the county is the district lying in Chester Township, where is to be found the Keystone Stock Farm, one mile west of Keystone, which property is owned by George R Mounsey, a progressive and energetic farmer with twentieth-century ideas. Mr Mounsey was born at Liberty, Wells County, Indiana, February 26, 1857, a son of John and Eliza (Merriman) Mounsey.
John Mounsey was born at the foot of Mount Skedy, in Cumberlandshire, England, and was eighteen years of age when he came to the United States and settled in Pennsylvania. There he accepted whatever honorable employment he could find, but was not satisfied with so uncertain a career and accordingly, in 1841, came to Wells County, Indiana, where he purchased 160 acres of land in Liberty Township. This was largely covered with timber at the time of his arrival, but Mr Mounsey cleared a spot, built a cabin and set about to improve and cultivate his land to such good effect that he became one of the substantial men of his community and the owner of a valuable property. Mr Mounsey was one of the pillars of the Baptist Church and for many years a deacon therein, being for three years a deacon in the church located southwest of Liberty Center. He was a democrat in his political affiliation, and was known as an influential man in his party, but beyond serving as a member of the !
election board took a little part as an office holder. Of his nine children, seven are living at this time.
George R Mounsey was reared on the home farm in Liberty Township, and after completing his education in the district schools taught a class in the country for one term. Until he was twenty-five years of age he made his home in Liberty Township, but then moved to Chester Township, where he first purchased a farm in section 7. Of this he subsequently disposed to buy his present property, on a section 27, township 25, range 11, which consists of 191 acres and is registered as the Keystone Stock Farm, Mr Mounsey's favorite stock being Short Horn cattle, of which he now has a splendid herd. He carries on both general farming and dairying in addition to his cattle raising, and all three departments has achieved a pronounced success, being accounted a skilled and modern farmer of the progressive type and a good judge of cattle, as will as a business man of integrity and shrewdness. In addition to his Indiana farming land he is the possessor of 1,300 acres lying in Southern Illi!
nois,, which is being rapidly developed into a handsome estate.
Mr Mounsey was married October 25, 1879 to Mary A Williamson, who was born March 18, 1858, near Mount Zion, Indiana, and to this union there have been born four sons of whom three are living at this time; Otis C, a graduate of the common schools, first graduate of the Keystone High School, and also a graduate of the Indiana State University, and now looking after his father's agricultural interests in Southern Illinois; A E. a graduate of the Fort Wayne (Indiana) Business College, who is engaged in farming operations in Blackford County, Indiana; and Carey E, a graduate of the Montpelier High School and of the State University, and who was principal of schools at Mount Comfort and Keystone one year and now in the training camp at Camp Taylor, Kentucky, getting ready to be called into service in the great war. Mr and Mrs Mounsey and their children are members of the Christian Church. Mr Mounsey is a democrat in politics and has taken some interest in public affairs. He has!
also been the incumbent of several local offices, having served his community well as trustee of Chester Township from 1890 to 1895; and as county commissioner of Wells County for one term of three years.
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Author: Dawn_Maddox_Montgomery
Surnames: Kennedy, Harris,
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Standard History of Adams and Wells Counties, Indiana
John W Tyndall for Adams County
O E Lesh for Wells County
The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago and New York, 1918
Pages 550
John Kennedy
In every community situated in an agricultural section, may be found retired farmers, men whose active agricultural life is over but who retain a deep interest in the continued operation of their farms and from their long experience can give valuable advice to others. One of the well known retired farmers of Chester Township is John Kennedy, who also is an honored veteran of the great Civil war and a valued member of Montpelier Post, Grand Army of the Republic.
John Kennedy was born in Ireland, March 1, 1836. His father, Jeremiah Kennedy, was twice married and his first and second wives were both natives of Ireland. His first wife died in Ireland and his second wife accompanied him to the United States in 1839. They stopped for a shirt time near Cincinnati, Ohio, and then came to Indiana and Jeremiah Kennedy bought eighty acres of land in Chester Township, Wells County, and during the rest of his life was engaged in clearing and improving it. In the course of time he became an American citizen and later identified himself with the democratic party. He was always a faithful member of the Roman Catholic Church. To his first marriage three sons and one daughter were born. Of this family of four, John Kennedy is the only survivor. Of the three children born to his second marriage but one survives, Winnie, who is the widow of William Fitzpatrick, residing near Poneto, Indiana.
John Kennedy was only three years old when the family came to the United States. He grew up on his father's farm, attending the district schools as opportunity offered. Like many another young man of that period, the outbreak of the Civil war caused a great change to come into his life, but the country's military record shows that the farms contributed the bravest and most dependable soldiers of that long struggle. Mr Kennedy enlisted in September 1861, in Company A Forth-seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and after serving for two years, he veteranized and remained in the service until the close of the war. Although he faced danger on every side and took part in many battles, Mr Kennedy escaped sickness and wounds and was able to return practically unharmed. He has taken much interest in the Grand Army Post at Montpelier ever since it was established.
Mr Kennedy was married to Miss Lucinda Harris, who was born in Nottingham Township, Wells County, Indiana October 24, 1845, a member of one of the old families of the county. After marriage Mr and Mrs Kennedy settled on the farm in Chester Township on which they still lie and for many years Mr Kennedy conducted it with great success, and when he retired it was to leave it in the hands of his capable sons. Mr and Mrs Kennedy have a home of great comfort, pleasantly situated on the farm of ninety acres. They have four children, Frank, Nettie, Laura and Arthur, all residing at home. The entire family belongs to the Roman Catholic Church at Montpelier. Mr Kennedy has always taken an interest in public matters in the township and has given his political support to the candidates of the democratic party.
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Author: Dawn_Maddox_Montgomery
Surnames: Blue, Moore, Kunkle, Richey
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Standard History of Adams and Wells Counties, Indiana
John W Tyndall for Adams County
O E Lesh for Wells County
The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago and New York, 1918
Pages 544 - 550
Hon Michael C Blue
The following sketch contains the important facts in the life and family records of the Wells County citizen whose name has always stood for all that is honest and of good report in this community, for thrift and business integrity, for a position which all must respect. Mr Blue's life has been significant not only for its duration, but also for its performance of duties and its strength and usefulness in every one of life's important relations.
Mr Blue is one of the honored octogenarians of Wells County, and his recollections of pioneer days furnish many items that are valuable as history apart from their significance in his own career. These recollections, recorded at this time, serve to supplement sketches of is lift previously published, and altogether it makes one of the notable chapters in this publication.
Mr Blue was born in Miami County, Ohio, April 16, 1836. His birthplace was in a log cabin standing on one of the school sections of that county (section 16). He was four years of age, when he accompanied the family to Lancaster Township of Wells County, where they arrived in March, 1840. At that time the Blue family consisted of Uriah and Rachel (Moore) Blue, and their children; Mary, Lucinda, Michael D and James Blue. The Blue family came originally from Virginia and settled first in Kentucky but soon afterward went into the Miami Valley of Ohio. Uriah Blue had entered his land in Lancaster Township in 1836 and the patent still in the family was signed by President Van Buren.
One of the interesting things to know is how the early families traveled when coming to Wells County. The early part of the winter of 1840 was open until the latter part of February, when it began to freeze. The road leading from Miami County, Ohio to Wells County, Indiana was new and for most of the way had just been cut out. There were no bridges over the streams or swamps and in wet mild weather a wagon could have made no progress at all. As soon as the roads would bear up a team and wagon, the parents loaded the wagon with all the household goods it would contain and then in some way managed to put in the children and set out to travel the distance of more than a hundred miles through the woods. After leaving Troy and Piqua they passed no towns except the small settlements of St Mary's and Wilshire, Ohio. Each day they made as much progress as possible and at nightfall camped out by the roadside. Thus after many stages they arrived in section 15, Lancaster Townshi!
p, where the father had previously located his claim in the northwest quarter. Besides the team of horses that drew the wagon four head of milch cows were driven along. The Blue family arrived at their destination late one evening. The horses and cows were tied to small trees, and Uriah Blue with flint and steel built a fire beside a great log. In this situation they felt themselves completely remote and isolated from all the world, and felt at liberty to say and act as they pleased. But soon after nightfall, the wolves, perhaps regarding them as intruders upon their just rights and territory, set up such a tremendous howling that it shook the wagon in which the parents and children were trying to sleep. Underneath the wagon was the old dog Pointer and he was so frightened that had he been able he would undoubtedly have sought refuge up a tree. Thus the first night spent in Wells County was not without its unpleasant features. But with the coming of morning the wolv!
es sneaked away, the family crawled out from the wagon and at the roll
call all were found to be present. The cattle were then set free and also the horses to graze or browse on twigs and grass. Uriah Blue then set busily to work seeking out a spot for the erection of his cabin. It was nearly noon before the preliminaries were finished, and then to the surprise of every one there suddenly came upon the scene some fifteen or sixteen brawny Hoosiers, who unloaded their axes and guns and without special introduction inquired where the house was to be build. When the spot was pointed out, all of them set to work felling trees, splitting clapboards, and with the aid of the family team, Barge and Tongue, the logs were quickly got together and by sunset what was then regarded as an up-to-date cabin was complete, being covered over with clapboards. Every timber that entered into the construction of the cabin had been standing as a tree in the morning, and when the task was completed the neighbors shouldered their guns and axes and went as they ca!
me. To the young boy Michael it all seemed like magic, and he never knew who these industrious and helpful men were, whence thy came nor whither they went.
The service performed by them was a most kindly one, since that very night snow of nine inches fell, and the family had every reason to be grateful for their shelter. In the meantime toward evening when they went out to round up their stock, they found the best cow down on the ice. She had ventured out over the frozen surface to get the long grass, and having fallen was unable to get up. As there was no time to bring her in before night, they pulled some of the long grass and made a bed for her, and went home intending to look after her wants in the morning. About ten o'clock that night a tremendous howling of wolves was heard in the direction where the cow lay, and the next morning on going down they found nothing of old Lil but her hoofs, part of her hide, bones and horns. Thus one of the important resources for maintaining the family was removed, and they had to fall back upon the other three cows, Pied, Spot and Cherry.
While all these circumstances were somewhat depressing, it was only a few weeks before the snow melted and the wild wood gloom changed into mirth and joy of springtime. The woods were full of deer, wild turkey, pheasants, squirrels and foxes, and almost every other kind of wild game. At break of day the wild turkey could be heard gobbling in every direction, pheasants drummed, squirrels barked, and these with the singing of wild birds made up the forest symphony which only the oldest settlers can remember. Is was not long before other people began moving in, and a short distance cast of the Blue family four families entered a section of Government land and settled each on one of the inside corners of the section, thus forming a snug settlement. These people were well to do, and soon established a sawmill which was probably the first steam mill in Wells County. Still later there was an addition to its facilities in the form of a corn crusher, which made what was known as!
"pugney".
All this time the Blue family continued to live on the northwest quarter of section 15. The four children in the meantime became Hoosierized Buckeyes, and waxed in size and took on all the characteristics of thoroughbred Hoosiers. In the meantime other real Hoosiers came out by one into the family circle until there were five native Indianans, whose names were Kate, Elizabeth, Uriah, John and Melissa. Thus the Blue family comprised nine children. These children followed the usual destiny of human kind, grew up, left the old home nest, and went to different parts of the country, and now for many years they have been dropping off one by one until at the end of this writing only two are left, Michael C and Melissa.
Uriah Blue, the father, had only five dollars left after he established his home in the wilderness. He was a cooper by trade, and this was an occupation which could be turned to advantage. The habits of industry and thrift that had been his all his life were also splendid assets to a new settler in a new country. He had always been handy with tools and close to his forest home he opened a general repair shop.. His services were soon in demand by the neighbors for miles around, and gradually his income grew until the family found themselves quite comfortable. When work was slack in the shop the time was occupied in clearing and thus by the practice of unflagging industry and the most rigid economy the Blue family became established in the world. Uriah Blue as the only cooper made all the barrels, well buckets and kraut tubs that were used.
Uriah Blue lived upon his old homestead until his death. He died firm in the faith of the Baptist Church, of which he had been a member many years. He was known as an affectionate husband and father, a good quiet neighbor and as a citizen who was honored and respected far and wide. Of the living children Uriah became a citizen of Oklahoma, and Melissa is the wife of J O Kunkle.
When all the circumstances of pioneer times are considered it does not seem strange that some of the most familiar institutions of modern life were neglected. All the energies of the pioneers, even the pioneer children, were required to clear the land, provide better houses, raise more stock and in the practical pursuits of hunting, and thus schools and churches had to be left to the individual enterprise of teachers or missionaries. Michael C Blue was a man grown past his majority before a real free public school system was established in Indiana. He was fully fifteen years old before he could either read or write, although for a brief time he had been one of the pupils of the so-called select school taught by Sallie Baldwin in the neighborhood. Such few schools as were maintained were poorly equipped with books and furniture and wretchedly conducted. Thus at the age of fifteen Mr Blue knew the letters of the alphabet and might have been able to do a little spelling, b!
ut was wholly unable to read. Up to that time work on his father's farm or in the clearing occupied every moment at his disposal; there was no time for study. As he grew older he began to realize the advantages a man of education possessed over the one who was illiterate. It was this that first inspired in him a thirst for knowledge. It grew and developed until it became almost insatiable. With this burning desire to become a scholar he proved the truth of that old precept that where there is a will there is a way. He had no encouragement from his father, who like many of the old pioneers did not favor literary education and regarded skillful hands as much superior to mental ability. The Blue household had no books, and in this respect it was perhaps not different from many other pioneer cabins throughout that section in that day. The woods were full of wild blackberries, and when put on the market at Bluffton they commanded a price of 5 cents a quart. Michael C Bl!
ue gathered a few quarts, carried them to Bluffton four miles away, an
d the money paid him for them he used in purchasing an elementary spelling book. It seems strange that a boy who wore man's trousers would walk four miles to obtain such a book and then hug it close to his bosom all the way home. He also made barrels and invested the returns from this work in a Ray's mental arithmetic. This was his second treasure. His next purchase was a Ray's third part arithmetic. These books were not studied as modern text books are studied, but Mr Blue practically mastered the contents from cover to cover, and to a large degree the problems and rules of the mental arithmetic were committed to memory. He became so proficient in mathematics and especially in mental arithmetic that some years later when he attended a higher school at Roanoke his abilities quickly brought him to prominence among the students. Each day is was customary for the schoolroom to be divided, and the teacher would give out mental problems to each side alternately. The two c!
lasses would choose what was called a "trapper" or leader and it devolved largely upon this leader to maintain the honor of his division. When a problem was submitted, failing which a mark would be registered against that side. Thus though a green and immature boy Mr Blue was chosen trapper the second week he was in the school.
In the meantime the community where he lived had been giving some attention to schools and schoolhouses. Lancaster Township in a few years had a log schoolhouse in every district. Crude as they were they answered a purpose. Teachers were selected by a vote of the patrons of the school district, and the hiring of such a teacher was in the hands of three directors. During the winter his father's cooperage shop had its busiest season. The work was often so urgent that Michael could not be spared, but he would usually manage to steal away a few odd days each week to attend the neighboring district school One of the older histories of Wells County contains Mr Blue's description of his schoolboy costume; "My pantaloons were made of dressed buckskin, vest and cap of fawn skin, tanned with the hair on, while moccasins of deer skin ornamented my feet" Such a dress would now excite wonder and admiration, but was probably at that time not an unusual equipment.
Though he attended school only part time, Mr Blue managed to keep up with his classes by asking the girls, who attended regularly, what the lessons were, and then in the evening after all the rest of the family were in bed and fast asleep he would slip back into the cooper shop, take an armful of shavings, lay them on the hearth and with his head to the fire and from the light of one or two shavings would manage to keep up with his studies and with his class. This earnest effort took him along in his school work until in a few years he was given a license to teach a common school. He taught a term, and with the proceeds attended a select school at Murray. His record in the school at Murray was so satisfactory that it convinced his father that school attendance did not have as its chief result the making of rogues of boys. Thus converted, the father instead of attempting to keep his son at home, actually urged him to attend a higher school at Roanoke and take special cour!
se in surveying and engineering. Being proficient in mathematics, Mr Blue quickly mastered the details of his technical education, and that training proved the key which unlocked a way to his subsequent official career.
As an admiring friend of Mr Blue wrote some years ago; " By the time he arrived at the age of manhood Michael C Blue had acquired an education equal to that of any young man in Wells County and far superior to many. By teaching he had secured the means to attend school at Murray and later took a course at the Roanoke Seminary. In mathematics he especially excelled, which led him to undertake the higher branches, algebra, geometry and trigonometry, which he soon mastered and was before long reckoned as one of the most accomplished civil engineers in the northern half of the state."
At the close of the term at Roanoke his teacher, Mr Reefy, who was school examiner as well as professor, gave examinations to a number of the advanced scholars and granted a two years' license to three of the pupils, including Mr Blue. This license entitled the teachers to $2 per day for their services, while the other grades of license commanded wages of only $1.50 a day. With the certificate Mr Blue taught school in Jackson Township of Huntington County, and for eight terms was successfully engaged in teaching in Wells County.
After the close of his school career Mr Blue found himself in possession of savings amounting to $700, partly from his work as teacher and also by his ability in the chase. At that time fur brought a good price, and was easy to obtain by a good hunter. Mr Blue invested his savings in eighty acres of land, put up a cabin home, and for more than two years lived in this alone, teaching in the winter and clearing up the land in the summer.
At that stage of his prosperous affairs, on May 1, 1866, he married Miss Rhoda A Richey. He took his bride into a small log cabin, and there began housekeeping.
Mrs Blue was a daughter of William S Richey, one of the early pioneers of Wells County. A few years ago a friend and admirer of Mr Blue, and one of the latter's students when Mr Blue was a teacher, wrote without the knowledge of the subject a most interesting sketch which was published in a former work on Wells County. This sketch begins with a splendid tribute to Mrs Blue, and that portion is quoted as follows:
"Gratifying indeed must it be to the good wife and mother, as she descends the latter half of life's slope, to know that the man she loves, the husband of her youth and father of her children, attributed to her every success that has come to him in life. The more exalted the station he holds, the higher the honors that are his, the more brilliant his success, the greater the joy that thrills her heart in knowing that to her wifely care and solicitude much if indeed not all of it is attributable and that the lover of her girlhood, whose love has only intensified with the lapse of time, accords to her the full praise and credit for having made him what he is. Such a wife and mother is Mrs Rhoda Richey Blue, wife of Hon M C Blue. Beginning life heavily handicapped by poverty, unable to read or write at the age of fifteen, he managed to acquire a liberal education, particularly in mathematics, served his county as surveyor, afterwards as auditor, and later his seat in the hal!
ls of legislation. All of this he credits to his wife. It is not that he lacked the material in himself to accomplish it, but without her to guide, direct and inspire him with the unalterable purpose to dare and do, he would have been swerved from his course many a time and might have relinquished the struggle in discouragement." And still later the same writer speaks of her as follows: "She is a lady of many accomplishments, of refinement and education, a woman of splendid intelligence and sound discernment who is never deceived by blandishments and sophistry. To her penetration, good judgment and expedition in arriving at correct conclusions her husband says that he is indebted for all that he has been since he met her, all that he now is or ever hopes to be. This is a very high tribute to the sagacity and virtues of the good lady, but it is one that is verified by all her friends and acquaintances in Wells County, and their name is legion."
The marriage of Mr and Mrs Blue was blessed with six children, five of whom are still living. George Clement, born November 15, 1867; Dr Capolas Laird, born December 16, 1868; Ulvin A, Born January 21, 1870 and died in infancy; Lola Zilmy, born July 3, 1871; Winfred Phineas, born April 10, 1875; and Don I, born September 23, 1882.
A short time after Mr and Mrs Blue had begun housekeeping, a Baptist minister named Joseph Meredith, came out from Bluffton and asked Mr Blue if he did not want to be elected county surveyor. Mr Blue answered the question in the affirmative, but his wife promptly said no. However, Mr Blue and the visitor were in the majority and overruled her objections. The little log house of the Blue family contained only one room. Mr Blue disliked to ask his guest to step outside while he changed his clothes so taking his better garments under his arm he retired to the cornfield nearby and soon returned transformed into a candidate for public favor. He borrowed a horse of a neighbor and started out with Mr Meredith, who introduced him to the people and made a canvass for his election. The first point they stopped at was Rockford, after which they went through Bluffton and on to Newville. After this electioneering Mr Blue returned home and at election day he was chosen by a large m!
ajority. That was in 1867. His commission as surveyor bore the signature of Governor Oliver P Morton. At that time the county was fast settling up and the demand for surveying was great. So he was during the first summer called in almost every section of the county and in that way during his four years of office became acquainted with practically every resident. Toward the close of his four year term a friend from over in Jackson Township urged him to become a candidate for the office of county auditor. He was put on the democratic ticket of 1870, and was elected, thus stepping from one county office into the other. Mr Blue has always felt extremely grateful to the people of Wells County for the confidence they manifested in his judgment and ability at different times, but it is the general opinion that he has given full value received for every honor bestowed upon him. He filled many minor offices, such as constable, assessor, notary public and finally was accorded!
two terms of membership in the State Legislature. He represented his
county with distinction and was author of or instrumental in the passage of many valuable laws.
After retiring from his second term in the Legislature in 1895 Mr Blue resolved fully never again to accept an office of any kind or to engage in political strife. He had learned that lesson which most men who are in public affairs learn sooner or later that no one can be a successful politician and at all time do unto others as he would have them do unto him. He therefore settled down to the business of farming, and spent most of his time looking after his 400 acres of farm land, in handling the crops, raising stock and buying and shipping livestock. In 1910, when his youngest son married, the parents put him on the home place and then moved to Tocsin, where it was their intention to give over their strenuous labors and take life leisurely. Soon after he retired Mrs Blue was taken ill and was moved for treatment to the hospital at Fort Wayne, where the best medical skill was employed. Mr Blue was informed that medical science could not avail and he was advised to take !
Mrs Blue back home and employ a trained nurse and give her the best of care to make her comfortable. She passed away in February, 1912, in the blessed assurance of immortality and salvation through a Saviour's love. Thus a companionship of rare felicity and mutual benefit was ended which had begun forty-six years before. Since the death of his wife Mr Blue has found solace in his children and in attending church at Emmaus Church almost every Sunday and acting as class leader and teaching the Men's Bible Class. At one time Mr Blue was a member of the Masonic Lodge at Bluffton.
Mr Blue had a prominent part in establishing the town of his present residence. In 1882 he surveyed the Village of Tocsin,, gave it its name, and made the application for a post office there. His farm lands are close to the village, and some years ago he laid out an addition to the town.
Though it was written fourteen years ago, the sketch already referred to contains a tribute to Mr Blue which is still essentially true. "He has traveled much and read deeply, and is possessed of good memory and a most commendable habit of observation which has stored his mind with facts ever convenient to be drawn upon. He is a fluent speaker, who on occasions rises even to eloquence. In private conversation he is delightfully companionable, a man who the most casual acquaintance would treat with deference, and whom the stranger would readily mark as a personage of deserved prominence."
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Standard History of Adams and Wells Counties, Indiana
John W Tyndall for Adams County
O E Lesh for Wells County
The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago and New York, 1918
Pages 539 - 540
Oliver F Tate
One of the representative citizens and prosperous agriculturists of Wells County os Oliver F Tate,, whose valuable farm is situated on section 16, Chester Township. Mr Tate was born on this place, October 20, 1858. His parents were John and Cynthia (Beason) Tate.
Many of the leading families of Indiana originated in Virginia and there John Tate, the father, was born in 1835 and came from there in early manhood to Wayne County, Indiana. Here he was married to Cynthia Beason, who was born in this county August 28, 1841. After marriage they moved to Wells County, and here John Tate, in 1857, bought forty acres of land located near Chester Center, in Chester Township. He immediately began to improve his property but his work was interrupted by the outbreak of the Civil war. In 1861 he enlisted in Company A Forth-seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry and served until incapacitated by wounds, at Helena, Arkansas, in 1863. There were two children in the family; Oliver F and Jane, who is the widow of Charles Beavington of Warren, Indiana
Oliver F Tate had comparatively few advantages of any kind in boyhood, for life was hard on the pioneer farm while the father was away serving and suffering for his country. He went to school as opportunity offered until he was thirteen years old, and then started out to face the world for himself. He fortunately found plenty of farmers willing to employ a strong, vigorous, industrious boy, and until he was twenty years old he worked in Wells County and then visited some of the western states. He remained away for about two years, but in his travels found no place that suited him better than the old home neighborhood, and came back and in the fall of 1883 settled on his present farm. He has 106 acres in Chester Township, all the result of his own industry, and has made improvements that render his property very valuable. He carries on a general farming line and raises some good stock.
Mr Tate was married on November 9, 1882, to Miss Emma Helm, who was born, reared and educated in Randolph County, Indiana. After marriage Mr and Mrs Tate settled first in Jackson Township, but subsequently moved to Chester Township. The following children have been born to them: Lula, who is a graduate of the Keystone High School; John, who was graduated from the public schools and then entered the regular army of the United States, with a rank of quarter-master-sergeant, and has served in the Philippine Islands and on the Mexican border, a young man well deserving the military honors that have come to him; Benjamin, who is the home farmer, his father's right hand man; Edna, who has completed the common school course; and Hugh, who is a student in the Keystone High School
Mr Tate is an active and Influential factor in county politics, a republican leader to some extent. He has served as school director and as a deputy township assessor and also has been a delegate to both state and congressional conventions.
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Author: Dawn_Maddox_Montgomery
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Standard History of Adams and Wells Counties, Indiana
John W Tyndall for Adams County
O E Lesh for Wells County
The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago and New York, 1918
Pages 540 - 541
Edward S Wolfe
A substantial farmer and breeder of high grade horses in Nottingham Township, Wells County, is Edward S Wolfe, who devotes himself mainly to his agricultural interests at present, but for many years was identified with the oil industry in Indiana and Ohio. Few men know more thoroughly the past and present history of that natural product in relation to this section of the state.
Edward S Wolfe was born in Jay County, Indiana, July 20, 1867. His parents were J N and Hannah L (Lacy) Wolfe. Both parents were natives of Ohio and they were married in Wells County, Indiana, but located first in Jay County, from there coming to Wells County, when Edward S was thirteen years old. He assisted his father and remained at home until he was about twenty-five years of age, in the meanwhile attending the district schools until about the age of nineteen.
After his marriage, in 1892, Mr Wolfe rented the L P Walser farm near Domestic, which he operated for two years and then went to work in the oil fields and was connected with an outfit there until 1894, when he became foreman of the Dunmore Oil Company and continued with that concern for three years. Mr Wolfe by that time has learned much and had had valuable experience and decided to go into the business for himself. He purchased a string of tools and for the following eighteen years followed oil contracting both in Indiana and Ohio. In 1899 the Wolfe oil lease was opened and he and his father became producers and he operated the well until the oil was all pumped out. Since then Mr Wolfe has been engaged as above mentioned, having a valuable farm of seventy-five acres near Domestic, and owning a one-half interest in the Three Mile Stock Farm, where a specialty is made of breeding thorough-bred Percheron horses.
Mr Wolfe was married October 27, 1892, to Miss Anna Settle, the eldest daughter of Winfield S and Elizabeth (Albertson) Settle, a family of much importance in Nottingham Township. Mr and Mrs Wolfe have had two children, the one survivor being Sadie, who was born August 20, 1893. She is the widow of Earl Barton and has one child, Frances L, who has passed her fifth birthday and is a precious treasure in the home of her grandparents.
In politics Mr Wolfe is a republican, but his life has been so closely devoted to business that he has not had much opportunity, even if he had the inclination, to be very active in politics. He is not an indifferent citizen, however, being always interested in movements that will benefit his section, and has always been liberal in contributing to the cause of charity.
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no sorry I don't. Will check census for you if you give me his name, birthdate, State/place you think he might be. My Weibel's are from Switzerland, and some settled in Indiana.
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Do you have any info on Daniel w Bender he is my great great uncle
Cheryl
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While I have no more specific information on William, some more specific details on his wife may be helpful. Rebecca Miller was born March 18, 1801 and died January 22, 1888.
They married on March 23, 1820, both being approximately the same age with Rebecca being younger by a few months to a year. He died just 11 years after the marriage and she was 30. She died just before her 87th Birthday in Bluffton, IND.
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No, I'm not a Bay. The obituary was in the newspaper that I was looking for the obituary of a relative, so I posted it.
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Are you a Bay?
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Do you have exact dates for William Thompson b. abt 1800 Virginia death between 1830-1831 Greenville, Darke Co, OH?
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Do you have anything more on Rachel like a death certificate? I am seeking more info. on her father William Bay who was a brother to my g-g-g-grandfather...I have found more siblings for him, but need parents...Also seeking ifo. on Mary Ann Bay b. abt 1835 Indiana-sister of Rachel who married Amos Quick. Mary Ann Bay married Daniel Reed b. abt 1826 Indiana in Wells County 11 Nov 1852.
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Looking for Amanda Jane Bay b. abt 1843 Wells Co, Indiana died 9 Aug 1866 (probably Wells)married to Joseph Jones in Wells County Nov 3, 1864 and had a child Nancy Jones b. aft 1864-bef Aug 1866... Wells County. Amanda Jane Bay went by Jane Bay and is the daughter of William Bay and Rebecca Miller. Rebecca Miller first married William Thompson. William Bay married (2) Rebecca Plummer. These people all knew one another, and I now have information about 3 more siblings for William Bay.
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