98                  HISTORY OF CLAY COUNTY

ington and was one of the great army’s victorious men who marched
through the city in grand review when over Pennsylvania avenue swung
suspended a banner bearing the words “The only debt which our coun-
try cannot pay is the debt which she owes her soldiers.” He was dis-
charged near Washington on the 21st of May, 1865, and was mustered
out at Indianapolis, Indiana.
    When the war was over and the country no longer needed his aid,
Mr. Jarboe returned to Terre Haute and entered the employ of the
American Express Company in the spring of 1866. The following two
years were spent in Tennessee and Arkansas in farming and carpenter-
ing. August 3, 1868, he came to Brazil and was in business with his
brother William as a grocer until June, 1876. He then turned his
attention to the insurance business and secured a good clientage in that
line. On the 1st of March, 1891, however, he withdrew from that field
and became one of the organizers of the Citizens’ Building & Loan As-
sociation of which he has now been secretary for seventeen years. In
this position he has largely had executive control of the business of the
association, which under his guidance has become a profitable invest-
ment of the stockholders and at the same time has proven of great
substantial benefit to the city and those who haven taken advantage of
its opportunities for securing homes of their own through the assist-
ance gained from the association.
    On the 14th of June, 1878, Mr. Jarboe was married to Miss Nancy
E. Lightfoot, a native of Edgar county, Illinois, born March 23, 1842.
They traveled life’s journey together for about twenty-seven years and
were then separated by the death of the wife January 30, 1905. She had
many friends in the community, so that her loss was, deeply regretted.
Mrs. Jarboe was a daughter of Thornton and Margaret (Burdien)
Lightfoot, both of whom were natives of Kentucky. On leaving that
state her father removed to Edgar county, Illinois, stopping near Paris
in the early ‘20s. There he lived for some time but spent his last days
with his children. His political allegiance was given to the democracy.
    Mr. Jarboe is also a stalwart Democrat in politics but has never
cared for office, preferring to concentrate his time and energies upon
his business affairs, in which he has met with gratifying success. He
is a member of the Roman Catholic church and is interested in all that
pertains to the welfare of his community in material, social and intellect-
ual lines. In his business he has made steady progress and as a result
of close application, unwearied diligence and carefully directed labor
has gained a creditable place in business circles, while from his labors
he has derived substantial benefits.

    JAMES F. LANKFORD.--Among the valued and highly esteemed resi-
dents of Harrison township there is no one better known in its history
than the gentleman whose name appears at the head of this sketch. He
has the distinction of being a veteran of the Civil war, and ex—sheriff
of Clay county and an important factor in advancing the material in-
terests of this part of the state, as a general merchant at Middlebury
carrying on an extensive business. A native of this township, be was
born July 8, 1845, a son of Harvey Lankford. On the paternal side he
comes of sturdy Scotch ancestry, his great—grandfather having emi-
grated with his wife from Scotland to this country, settling in North
Carolina, where Walker Lankford, the next in line of descent was
born.