HISTORY OF CLAY COUNTY                                  445

general farming almost exclusively until 1908, when he turned his atten-
tion almost entirely to the culture of fruits of all kinds. In this line of
industry he had previously had encouraging success, for in the fall of
1906 he gathered from his orchard, the largest in this section of Clay
county, his first crop of peaches, which amounted to twelve hundred bush-
els, and also about one thousand bushels of apples. Embarking, therefore,
more extensively in horticultural pursuits, Mr. Coble now has thirty acres
of his land set out to fruit trees, principally peaches and apples, and finds
no trouble in marketing his harvests at a good price.
    On September 4, 1873, Mr. Coble married Hattie A. Brill, who was
born in Vigo county, Indiana March 17, 1855, a daughter of William
Brill. William Brill was born in Lowden county, Virginia, a son of Sam-
uel Brill, who was a native of Virginia. He married Mary H. Johnson,
who was born in Guernsey county, Ohio, where her father, David John-
son, a native of Ireland, lived until after his marriage with Mary Mur-
doch. William Brill came with his wife and family to Indiana in 1853,
and after living for awhile in Perry township, Clay county, bought land
in Riley township, Vigo county, where. for five years he carried on farm-
ing. Selling out then, he returned to Perry township, where he followed
his trade of a carpenter for a number of years, residing here until his
death, February 16, 1899. His wife died several years before he did,
passing away March 9, 1875. Mr. and Mrs. Coble are the parents of
three children, namely: Estella May, born June 4, 1875, is the wife of
Howard Huff, of Perry township; Rue L., born May 6, 1881, married
Zoe Bennett, and is a resident of Perry township; and Edsil D., born
June 8, 1888, is a telegraph operator, and lives at home. Politically Mr.
Coble is a steadfast Republican, and religiously he and wife are active
and valued members of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which he was
steward from 1870 until 1897, and of which he has been a trustee since
the erection of the church at Gory. They have two of the old parchment
deeds, one dated October 1, 1835, under the hand and seal of President
Andrew Jackson, and the other dated September 5, 1838, under the hand
of President Martin Van Buren. They are valuable relics and are the
eighth of their kind found in Clay county so far. The estate or homestead
of Mr, and Mrs. Coble is known as “Sunny Side Fruit Farm” and shows
extra care in detail.

    WILLIAM H. CUTSHALL.—An extensive, skilful and progressive agri-
culturist, William H. Cutshall is actively engaged in his independent
vocation on one of the pleasantest and most desirable homesteads in Dick
Johnson township. It is located on section twenty-six, and with its fer-
tile and well-tilled acres and its comfortable set of farm buildings, gives
visible evidence of the wise manner in which the proprietor has employed
his time and means. A son of Henry Cutshall, he was horn in Coshocton
county, Ohio, September 28, 1853. His grandfather, William Cutshall,
was born on a farm near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. His great-grand-
father Cutshall, who emigrated to the United States from Germany,
bought land near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and was there employed in
tilling the soil until his death, He was very successful in life, acquiring
a large estate.
    Leaving his native state when a young man, William Cutshall located
as a pioneer in Coshocton county, Ohio, and from the government bought
a piece of land lying one and one-half miles east of the present site of