Clinton County, Indiana Biographies
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MABBITT, David L.
McBRIDE, Joseph A.
McCLAMROCH, Charles B.
McKINNEY, Charles W.
MILLER, George H.
MILLER, John David
MILLER, William H.
MILLER, William S.
MUMMERT, Jacob A.
NEALIS, Jesse Blaine
NORRIS, William H.
PAINTER, Mrs. Elizabeth B. ,
PETER, Anise W.
PETER, Nicholas
PHILLIPS, John T.
PRICE, John T.
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MABBITT, David L.
     Some people forget that a worn soil is a hungry soil-a soil
whose breathing is difficult because its organic matter is exhausted,
and whose natural mineral elements of plant food have been depleted
by constant crop-ping-a soil that does not furnish a suitable home
for the manufacturing bacteria-a soil that constantly pleads through
its stunted, scrawny, half-nourished plant growth, for material with
which to satisfy its hunger.  One hundred bushels per acre crops are
never grown on such soil, and a resort to stimulants in the form of
so-called "complete fertilizers" only hasten land ruin.  One of the
progressive farmers of Jackson township, Clinton county, who has long
understood fully the above facts and who has thus avoided wearing out
his soil and has kept it as strong as when it was in its virgin state
by proper rotation of crops, the application of proper natural and
artificial fertilizer and other well established methods is David L.
Mabbit, who is at present trustee of his township.
      Mr. Mabbitt was born on May 21, 1862, in Owen township, this
county.  He is a son of W. L. and Catherine (LONG) MABBITT.  The
father was born on April 8, 1829, in Union county, Indiana, and his
death occurred on December 13, 1911. The mother was born on October
10, 1832, in Butter county, Ohio, and she was three years old when
her parents brought her to Clinton county in 1835, being thus among
the first settlers here. William Mabbitt, paternal grandfather of our
subject, was born in Maryland in 1793, from which state he removed to
North Carolina and from there to Union county, Indiana, in 1815.  His
death occurred in 1875 in Clinton county on the old Mabbitt
homestead.  He was a fine type of the rugged, honest pioneer.  He
came to Indiana on horseback and entered land from the government
when this country was still a territory.  Grandfather Long was born
in 1792, and Grandmother Long was born in Virginia in 1806.
     W. L. Mabbitt, father of our subject, was reared under pioneer
conditions and helped develop the home farm from the wilderness He
attended school only one month, but could read and write, and was a
self-made man.  He followed farming all his life.  He was a Democrat
in politics, but was never a candidate for office.  He joined the
Masonic Order in 1850, being a charter member of Middle Fork and Wild
Cat lodges.  His family consisted of nine children, only two of whom
are now living.  These were: Mrs. Martha BROWN (dec.), Warren (dec.),
George W., killed by lightning; Eliza (dec.), Mrs. Lucinda PLOTT and
David L., of this review, the only two living at this writing; Mrs.
Emma BRONSON (dec.), Charles and Frank also deceased.
     David L. Mabbitt grew to manhood on the home farm where he
worked during crop seasons.  He had excellent educational advantages,
having attended the common schools in his home community and, later,
Purdue University at Lafayette, Ind.  After leaving school he engaged
in the milling business for several years in Sedalia, this county,
and built up a good trade, later trading his mill for a farm in
Jackson township in 1890.  Thither he moved soon after, and here he
has continued to reside to the present time with the exception of one
year spent in Frankfort and two years in Sedalia.  He has been very
successful as a general farmer paying special attention to stock
feeding, ranking among the leading feeders in the county for many
years, preparing annually large numbers of cattle and hogs for the
market.  He owns one hundred and seventy-three acres of valuable and
well improved land, all tillable but about thirty acres, which is in
woods.  The place is well tiled and on it stand an excellent set of
buildings.  These improvements were made by Mabbitt himself.  He has
one of the most attractive rural homes in the county.  He raises
jersey cows, Poland-China and mixed breeds of hogs; horses, mostly
Norman and Percheron, and Plymouth Rock chickens.
     Mr. Mabbitt was married on December 24, 1885, to Laura A.
WILSON, who was born in Clinton county, September 15, 1865.  She is a
daughter of William B. and Nancy (TINKLE) WILSON.  Mrs. Mabbitt's
Grandfather Wilson came to Clinton county in an early day.  Her
father, who is still living, has always been a carpenter.  He is a
native of this county.
     Mr. and Mrs. Wilson were the parents of four children: George,
Joseph, Dora and Laura A., wife of our subject.  Mrs. Wilson was a
member of the Methodist Episcopal church.  Mr. Wilson belonged to the
I. 0. 0. F. and the Red Men.  He has been a justice of the peace, and
in politics is a Democrat.
     The union of our subject and wife has resulted in the birth of
four children: Catherine A., born September 14, 1887, married Earl
JACKSON.  They live on a farm in Jackson township, and have two
children, Edward and Louis D.   Louis D., our subject's second child,
was born on July 25, 1890, and in October, 1912, he married Catherine
TAPKIN.  They live on the farm with our subject.  Claude M. was born
February 8, 1893, and died December 27, 1903; Ethel M., the youngest
of the family, was born on September 2, 1898, and is now attending
school.
     Fratemally Mr. Mabbitt is a member of the Masonic Order,
Frankfort Lodge, NO. 54, also the Improved Order of Red Men, Woodmen
of the World, and the Modern Woodmen, all of Frankfort.  He is a
member of the United Brethren church, and politically he is a
Democrat, and has long been more or less active in local party
affairs.  He was appointed to the office of trustee of Jackson
township in January, 1913, and is discharging the duties of this
office in a highly satisfactory manner to the people.
Source: Pages 560 - 562 History of Clinton County, Indiana.... With
Historical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical
Records of Many of the Old Families. By Hon. Joseph Claybaugh.
Published 1913 by A. W. Bowen & Company - Indianapolis, Indiana
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McBRIDE, Joseph A.
      Foresight is one of the greatest assets of the individual.  The
average man has a good hindsight. We all know what we should have
done yesterday, what investments ought to have been made last year.
The real problem is to know what to do today.  There have aIways been
great opportunities in Clinton county for the young and rniddle-aged
men who were not afraid to go into the fields and work and wait for
time to bring them recompense for their years of toil.  Yes, both in
the country and in the town, there have been for a century, and are
yet, great opportunities in Clinton county awaiting the man of
foresight and industry.
      One of the well known citizens of Washington township who has
been alert to the present day opportunities in the locality, of which
this history treats is Joseph A. McBride, who was born here on the
old homestead October 27, 1863.  He is a son of Thomas McBride,
deceased, one of the pioneer settlers of this county, who was born in
Butler county, Ohio, and was a son of William McBride, who was born
in Ireland, of Scotch-Irish parentage.  He emigrated to the United
States when young and here spent the rest of his life.  Both William
McBride and his wife, Sarah, are deceased and are buried in this
township.  They were the parents of four sons and one daughter.
      Thomas McBride was born in 1836, was reared amid pioneer
conditions, and received a meager schooling in a log school house.
He married Margaret J. FICKLE, also of a fine old family, a daughter
of Joseph Fickle, who was a son of William Fickle, the latter having
been one of the largest landowners in Clinton county, owning at one
time two thousand and five hundred acres, most of it having been
bought of the government.  He came to this county about 1832.  Joseph
Fickle's mother was known in her maidenhood as Elizabeth BROWN, a
daughter of Judge Brown, a leading citizen here in his day.  The
following children were born to Thomas McBride and wife: Joseph A.,
of this review; Frank A.. Ira, Charles and AIpy. Two children died in
early life.  The father was a Democrat, and both he and his wife are
members of the United Presbvterian church.
      Joseph A. McBride was reared on the home farm and he received a
common school education.  He spent eleven years as a teacher, giving
great satisfaction, his services being in much demand.  He was
married on March 10, 1886, to Hattie V. HARSHMAN, a daughter of
Martin V. Harshman, a well known resident of Washington township, a
son of Henry Harshman, a pioneer of Clinton county, who came here
from Butler county, Ohio, in an early day.  Mrs. McBride's  mother
was known in her maidenhood as Eliza HENDERSON.  Her death occurred
in, 1875, leaving four children: Mamie O., Hattie V., Sylvester H.,
and Claude S. Her husband died in Frankfort at the age of
seventy-seven years.
      Mr.  McBride owns the old Fickle homestead, one of the best
farms in the township, and he has kept it well improved and well
cultivated and the buildings carefully repaired.  He carries on
general farming and stock raising.  He has a silo, ten by  thirty
feet.  He is agent for a silo concern and has sold forty within the
past four months.  He is an enthusiast on the silo question and knows
all about its value to the farmer.
      To our subject and wife have been born four children: Elsa P.,
Elmer Earl died when six years old; Thomas M. died when eight years
old, and Ruth.  Politically, our subject is a Democrat.
Source: Pages 454 - 455. History of Clinton County, Indiana.... With
Historical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical
Records of Many of the Old Families. By Hon. Joseph Claybaugh.
Published 1913 by A. W. Bowen & Company - Indianapolis, Indiana
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McCLAMROCH, Charles B.
      Whether the elements of success in this life are innate
attributes of the individual, or whether they are quickened by a
process of development, is impossible to clearly determine.  Yet the
study of a successful life, whatever the field of endeavor, is none
the less interesting and profitable by reason of the existence of
this same uncertainty.  In studying the life history of Charles B.
McClamroch, prominent business man and leading agriculturist of
Kirklin township, Clinton county, and one of the substantial and
enterprising citizens of this section of Indiana, we find many
qualities in his make-up that would insure success in any career if
properly directed.  In his case, it has resulted in a life of good to
the community, and to himself and family.  The splendid success which
has come to Mr. McClamroch is directly traceable to the salient
points in his character.  With a mind capable of planning he combined
a will strong enough to execute his well-formulated purposes, and his
great energy, sound judgment, keen discrimination and perseverance
have resulted in the accumulation of a handsome property, and at the
same time he has proven himself in every way to be a worthy son of a
worthy sire.
      Mr. McClamroch was born December 8, 1861, in Kirklin township,
Clinton county.  He is a son of Robert and Elizabeth J. (HOLLCRAFT)
McCLAMROCH.  Robert McClamroch was born in Butler county, Ohio,
October 24, 1834.  His ancestral record is traceable through several
generations to Scotland, from which country his great grandfather
emigrated to America in our Colonial days, and settled in North
Carolina.  In this state his son, James McClamroch, grandfather of
Robert McClamroch, was born, grew to manhood, there married Elizabeth
CORNELL, and was the father of the following children: Thomas, father
of Robert; James, John, Mrs. Martha J. LONGFELLOW and Mrs. Sarah
BEAL.  Thomas McClamroch was born in August, 1808, in North Carolina,
but a year later the family removed from that state to Butler county,
Ohio, settling on a farm.  There he grew to manhood, and was united
in marriage to Nancy BILDRIDGE, who was born in Ohio, November 15,
1815.  The parents of Mrs. McClamroch were Daniel and Sarah (WOODS)
BALDRIDGE, both natives of Ohio and members of old and highly
respected families of Butler county.  After his marriage Thomas
McClamroch engaged in farming, which he carried on in Ohio until
1838.  Then he emigrated to Indiana, locating in Boone county, where
he purchased a tract of wild land, which he afterward cleared and
developed into a good farm.  He possessed abilities as a trader, and
during a residence in Boone county, covering a period of about eleven
years, he became the possessor of over eleven hundred acres of land,
besides other valuable property.  In 1849 he moved to Indianapolis,
from which time until his death, December 15, i859, he lived a life
of retirement.  He was a man of excellent judgment and intelligence,
an earnest member of the Christian church, which he assisted
liberally with his means, and until 1854 he supported the Democratic
party, but after that year was a strong adherent of the principles
taught by the Republican party.
      Robert McClamroch was four years old when brought by his
parents to Boone county, Indiana.  In his youth he assisted his
father in the work on the farm, and such education as he gained was
that afforded by the common schools, which he attended during the
winter season until he was twenty-one years of age, when he entered
what is now Butler College, then known as the Northwestern Christian
University, at Indianapolis.  He then accepted a position with the
old Idianapolis, (sic) Cincinnati & Lafavette Railroad Company, now
the Big Four, as bridge repairer, holding the position four years.
February 7, 1858, he married Elizabeth HOLLCRAFT, daughter of Abraham
Hollcraft and wife, and of this union seven children were born: Mary
F., married to C. K. SMITH; Charles B., the subject of this sketch;
Thomas (dec.), Abraham A., James.  Nancy, married to Nathan FRITH
(dec.), then to H. C. McCLAMROCH, and Grace, married to James LUCAS.
The mother of the above named children, passed to her rest on
November 8, 1896.
      For two years after his marriage Robert McClamroch engaged in
farming on the old homestead, removing then to Indianapolis, but not
being satisfied with his residence in the capital city, he moved to a
farm in Kirklin township, Clinton county.  This was in the early
sixties, and here he continued to reside until the year 1891. Many
years before this date, however, he had become an important factor in
the business world.  His mind had a financial trend and he gradually
became interested in banking affairs.  This interest took practical
shape in 1874, when he was made director in the Farmers' Bank at
Frankfort.  In 1881 he was made president of the institution, a place
which his integrity and ability retained for him continuously up to
the time of his death.  The demands of his business in the county
seat became such that in 1891 he moved to Frankfort and retained his
residence there up to the end, the final summons coming to him on
January 22, 1900, at the family residence on South Jackson street.
      In a business way he was eminently successful, and he left what
was probably the largest estate in Clinton county, estimated at a
fourth of a million dollars, his holdings consisting of several
hundred acres of Clinton county real estate, city property, a large
stock in the Farmers' Bank of Frankfort and valuable holdings of
realty in Indianapolis and Marion county.  He also carried heavy life
insurance.  In attaining to this high position in the business and
financial world Mr. McClamroch retained to a remarkable degree the
good will and confidence of those with whom he had transactions.
Many indeed, are there now among Frankfort and Clinton county
citizens who were materially helped by him.  In judging human nature
he had few superiors, having the rare faculty of closely estimating a
man as to his business and personal integrity.  This endowment stood
well to his advantage and to that of the institution of which he was
the head, but it can truthfully be said that he never used this
faculty as an oppressor.  He was of decisive character, open in his
expression and tenacious in his purpose, and while never losing sight
of a full and complete regard for the rights and privileges of
others, he was unyielding in protecting that which he clearly thought
his own.  Personally he was unpretentious, unassuming and always
courteous.  He appeared to have no higher ambition than to be holiest
and successful, and none who knew him well ever questioned but that
he was both.  In a social way he was pleasant and generous to his
friends.
      At the time of Robert McClamroch's death lengthy tributes were
paid him by the local press, which, to copy in full would far
transcend the limits of the present article, so we quote only the
following  paragraph from The Frankfort Evening News, of January 22,
1900:
      "In the death of Robert McClamroch Clinton county loses one of
its most valued and beloved citizens.  He was a man universally
esteemed.  While a man of great wealth his success never excited the
envy of the people, as is so frequently the case, and the writer has
the first time to hear an ill word spoken of him.  His charities,
while not paraded, were many.  There are hosts of people throughout
this and adjoining counties who have been recipients of financial
assistance of a substantial kind from this great-hearted modest man
who will bear witness to this statement.  His interpretation of the
word charity was not indiscriminate giving but to help those who were
willing to help themselves.  He was never known to force an honest
debtor and there are many prosperous people today who owe their
success to Mr. McClamroch's kindness in starting them in business.
He was a splendid judge of human nature-could tell the worthy from
the unworthy with wonderful accuracy, and a creditor was always safe
in his hands.  It was due to this rule which he adopted in early
life, that he won the admiration (and held it) of all with whom he
came in contact: due to this admirable trait of character that the
genuine sorrow over his death exists today throughout tile
community."
      Robert McClamroch was preceded to the grave by his estimable
wife four years, she having passed to the silent land November 8,
1896, after a lingering illness at the family residence in Frankfort.
She was born July 19, 1835, grew to womanhood and was educated at
Kirklin, Clinton county.  She was a prominent member of the Christian
church, and was always active in its work.  She was universally loved
and respected by her large circle of acquaintances to whom she was
endeared by her many virtues.  Kind and charitable, she was always
the friend of the needy and distressed, a comfort in the hour of
sorrow to those about her.  The memory of her good deeds will
continue to live on in the hearts of those who knew her.
      Charles B. McClamroch  grew to manhood in Kirklin township,
this county.  His early education, which he received in the district
schools there and in Frankfort, has been greatly supplemented by wide
study and actual contact with the business world until today he is an
exceptionally well in-formed man.
      On April 8, 1891, he married Effie BERRY, who was born in the
year 1871, in Jackson township, Clinton county, Indiana.  She is a
daughter of James and Louisa (BURCHART) BERRY, an influential and
highly esteemed family of this county, and here Mrs. McClambroch grew
to womanhood and received a common school education.  She is a lady
of many estimable attributes and is a favorite with a wide circle of
friends.
      The union of our subject and wife has been graced by the birth
of two children: Mary, born June 7, 1895, and Charles, born April 8,
1903.
      Charles B. McClamroch began life for himself on the farm in
Kirklin township soon after he had quit school.  He had much natural
ability as a judge of livestock and soon began buying and shipping on
a large scale, being very successful from the start, and he won the
sobriquet of "The Kid Stock Buyer." In this vocation he was nearly
always thrown with much older men who marveled at his good judgment
and tact.  Although known widely as a business man and banker, he has
always carried on a large live stock business, raising large numbers
annually and preparing them for the market, and he has for many years
ranked among the most extensive and progressive general
agriculturists of Clinton county.  He owns four hundred and
forty-seven acres in Kirklin township individually, and in
partnership with his brother owns three hundred and twenty acres in
another part of the same township.  He lives in a commodious,
modernly furnished and attractive home on the former tract.  His land
is all under a high state of improvement and cultivation, a small
portion being in timber and pasture.
      In the year 1908 he and Eli J. GOAR organized a state bank in
the village of Kirklin, of which he has been president for some time,
discharging the duties of the same in a manner as to reflect much
credit upon himself and to the eminent satisfaction of the
stockholders and patrons of the bank, which is regarded as one of the
soundest and safest banks of this part of the state, and its prestige
and large success has been due to the wise management, keen foresight
and honest dealings of Mr. McClamroch.
      Politically, he is a Progressive, and while he is deeply
interested in all public matters as affecting the general upbuilding
of his county, he has not cared for the emoluments of office,
preferring to devote his exclusive attention to his large personal
interests.  Fraternally he belongs to the Masonic Order, Knights of
Pvthias, and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, all of Kirklin.
He seems to have inherited many of the sterling traits of character
of his honored father, and is therefore popular with all classes and
deserving of the high esteem in which he is universally held.
Source: Pages 448 - 452. History of Clinton County, Indiana.... With
Historical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical
Records of Many of the Old Families. By Hon. Joseph Claybaugh.
Published 1913 by A. W. Bowen & Company - Indianapolis, Indiana
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McKINNEY, Charles W.
      No better representative of the thrifty and progressive younger
generation of farmers in Clinton county can be found than Charles W.
McKinney, the scion of an old Hoosier family.  He believes in
adopting the best twentieth century methods in his agricultural work
and is doing well whatever is worth doing at all; no dilatory tactics
are evidenced in his life, and he leaves no stone unturned whereby he
may benefit himself, but he takes a loyal citizen's view of the
community in which he lives, and does his duty to his neighbors and
friends by aiding in every enterprise which works for the common
good.
      Mr. McKinney was born April 7, 1869, in Sugar Creek township,
Clinton county, the son of James and Josephine (WARD) McKINNEY.  The
father was born February 28, 1839, in this county, and died in 1904,
after a worthy life spent in the pursuit of farming.  He was a
Republican politically.  The mother was also born in Clinton county
in 1843, and departed this life in 1889.  Both parents had good
common school educations.  Five children were born of the union:
Cora (deceased), Charles W., of this review; Mary, Dolly (deceased)
and Flora.
      Mr.  McKinney attended the common schools of his native county
when he was a young mail, but soon after drifted into farming, which
he has followed up until the present time.  Mr. McKinney owns one
hundred and ninety acres of fertile land in this township, all of
which is tillable with the exception of twelve or fifteen acres.  The
estate is also well tiled and the commodious home thereupon is the
handiwork of Mr. McKinney himself. The best improvements are used in
the work of the farm and they include a good silo.  Beside the
general farm work our subject carries on general breeding of good
live stock.
      On August 13, 1893, Mr. McKinney was married to Minnie
BILLINGSLEY, who was born in Shelby county, Ind., in 1870, and is the
daughter of Charles and Jane (HERNDON) BILLINGSLEY, and received a
good common school educatio. (sic)   Six children have been born of
the union: Earle, 1893; Edward, 1895; Virgil, 1897, died 1899; Pearl,
1899, Nora, 1902; and May, 1904.
      Fraternally, Mr. McKinney belongs to the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows, at Pickard, lodge No. 321.  He is a member of the
Baptist church, and is ever ready to assist them in their noble work.
The Republican party has a stanch supporter in Mr. McKinney.
Source: Pages 823 & 824. History of Clinton County, Indiana.... With
Historical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical
Records of Many of the Old Families. By Hon. Joseph Claybaugh.
Published 1913 by A. W. Bowen & Company - Indianapolis, Indiana
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MILLER, George H.
      The prosperity and substantial welfare of a town or community
are in a large measure due to the enterprise and wise foresight of
its business men.  It is progressive, wide-awake men of affairs that
make the real history of a community, and their influence in shaping
and directing its varied interests is difficult to estimate.  George
H. Miller, the present able and popular cashier of the Citizens
National Bank of Mulberry, Clinton county, is one of the enterprising
spirits to whom is due the recent substantial growth of the town
whose interests he has at heart.  With a mind callable of planning,
he combines a will strong enough to execute his well-formulated
purposes, and his great energy, keen discrimination and perseverance
have resulted in material success.
      Mr. Miller comes of an old and influential family.  He was born
in this county, June 23, 1868.  He is a son of Aaron Miller, one of
the highly esteemed pioneers of the town of Mulberry, who is still
living, being now seventy-one years of age.  He was born in the state
of Indiana, the son of Elias Miller, a native of the old Keystone
state.  Aaron Miller's wife was Caroline MOORE, a native of Ohio.  To
Aaron Miller and wife the following children were born: George H., of
this review; Stanley A., of Mulberry, manager of the Jay Grain
Company; Frank, a farmer, and Bertha, the wife of Dr. MARTIN, of
Frankfort.
      George H. Miller grew to manhood on the old homestead where he
did his share of the chores when a boy.  He received a good public
school education.  When a young man he started in life for himself by
learning the bricklayer's trade, and then engaging in the hardware
business which he followed successfully for a period of eighteen
years, enjoing (sic) an extensive trade in this and Tippecanoe
counties.  He carried a large and well selected stock of all kinds of
hardware commonly used by the farmer, and he dealt honestly with his
many customers so that he had no trouble in retaining them.
      In July, I912, he became cashier of the Citizens National Bank,
of Mulberry, which position he has held ever since, to the eminent
satisfaction of both patrons and officials.  This is one of the sound
and conservative institutions of the county of its kind and is
rapidly growing.  J. E. COMBS is president and F. M. GOBLE, vice
president.  It occupies a substantial brick building, which cost five
thousand dollars, and is well adapted to banking purposes.  The upper
story of the building is the Masonic hall.
      Mr. Miller was married in 1890 to Addie GANGWER, a woman of
education and refinement, a. daughter of Monroe GANGWER.  Of this
union three children were born, namely: Ruth, Howard and Kenneth, the
last named dying when fourteen years of age.
      Mr. Miller is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal
church, and of the Masonic and Knights of Pythias Orders.
Source: Pages 474 - 475. History of Clinton County, Indiana.... With
Historical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical
Records of Many of the Old Families. By Hon. Joseph Claybaugh.
Published 1913 by A. W. Bowen & Company - Indianapolis, Indiana
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MILLER, John David
      The age of the twentieth century is productive of men of quick
action, high resolve, and untiring labor and perseverance in the
pursuit of everyday affairs.  Among the counties of Indiana, Clinton
has come to occupy a identified with the prominent position by virtue
of the quality of citizens identified with the business interests of
the county.  In the main lines of commercial intercourse Clinton has
excelled, and at this writing there are even more and promising lines
being developed, which all point to a brilliant and successful future
for the section. John David Miller has helped not a little in this
growth, and he is today numbered among the representative men of his
township and county. Fair and liberal in all his dealings with his
fellows, he numbers his friends by the hundreds.
      John David Miller was born in Madison township, this county, on
December 10, 1865 and was the son of Joseph 0. and Martha A. (HAMMEL)
MILLER.  Joseph Miller was born on March 8, 1832, the son of Jacob
and Jane (MATTIX) MILLER.
      Jacob Miller was a native of Ohio and came to Indiana in 1833
and entered eighty acres of land, later bought forty acres.  He lived
the usual life of the pioneer, clearing the land, building his home,
and own improvements which, in those days, were very limited in
number and character.  The times were hard in Clinton county, for it
was practically an uncultivated state, but the land was rich, as it
is now, so the reward for the struggle was entirely adequate.  Jacob
Miller died in 1856, and his wife died in 1892.
      Joseph Miller was a farmer during his life, and also an expert
wheel-wright and shingle-maker.  He occupied the position of a
successful merchant for a few years, and was very successful in that
undertaking.  In politics he was a Democrat, and was always active in
support of that party, although he never sought public office. Mr.
Miller was a third degree Mason, and a charter member of the
Jefferson lodge. In 1862 he was married to Martha HAMMEL who was born
in Madison Township, this county, a daughter of John and Elizabeth
HAMMEL, who were among the very first settlers of this section of the
county. Mrs. Miller is still living, enjoying the comforts of old
age.
      John David Miller obtained his education in the common schools,
varying his attendance there with his work on the farm. In 1889 he
opened a grocery and butcher shop in the village of Hamilton, but two
years later, in 1891 sold out, moved to Kingman, Fountain county, and
in partnership with S. D. Alexander, opened a general store there.
During the second administration of Grover Cleveland, Mr. Miller was
appointed assistant postmaster of Kingman, and filled the office to
the satisfaction of the citizens of the town.  At the expiration of
his term he went to AIexandria, Ind., and started in the grocery
business; this was in 1897.  However, his period of residence there
was only for three months.  His next move was to return to the old
home farm in Madison township, where he remained until 1907, when he
went into the grocery and butcher shop business again at Mulberry,
and immediately made a success of this undertaking.  On January 1,
1909 he was appointed deputy sheriff under John MATTIX, a sketch of
whom is on another page of this volume, and he served four years in a
most commendable manner.  The year 1912 marked Mr. Miller's election
to the office of sheriff, and at the present time he is fulfilling
the duties of that position.
      On April 17, 1892, Mr. Miller was married to Lilly M. JACOBY,
the daughter of John and Mary C. JACOBY, who was born on January 29,
1871, in Ross township, this county. Two children have been born of
this union: Bernice E., now at home, and Troy E., who is in school.
      Mr. Miller places his political faith in the Democratic party,
under whose banner he has often won honors and office.  He is a very
active campaign worker.  Fraternally, he is a member of the Knights
of Pvthias and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.  Religiously he
belongs to the Christian church.
Source: Pages 507 - 508. History of Clinton County, Indiana.... With
Historical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical
Records of Many of the Old Families. By Hon. Joseph Claybaugh.
Published 1913 by A. W. Bowen & Company - Indianapolis, Indiana
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MILLER, William H.
      The proprietor of Sugar Mound Stock Farm, William H. Miller, is
deserving of rank among the leading citizens of Madison township,
being one of the sturdy spirits who has contributed largely to the
material welfare of his township and Clinton county. He is one of our
most extensive general farmers and stock raisers, and as a citizen is
not only public-spirited and progressive in all that these terms
imply, but is also an advocate of proper living in the home and all
relations of life. For many years he has been very actively involved
with the agricultural interests of this locality and has forge to the
front, often against obstacles, with little outside help. The careers
of such men might be studied by the younger generation with profit.
      Mr. Miller was born October 2, 1857, in Ross township, Clinton
county, on the old homestead.  He is a son of Frederick Miller, who
was born in Germany, where he grew to manhood and was educated. When
a young man he emigrated to the United States and settled in Butler
county, O., where he remained some time, then came on to Clinton
county, Ind., in 1854. locating on eighty acres of wild land.  He
began life here in a log cabin and worked hard developing a farm, but
by thrift, industry and close application he forged ahead and in due
course of time had one of the best farms and homes in Ross township.
He married Catherine REEF, in Butler county, O., who proved to be of
much assistance to him in his efforts to build a good home in the New
World.  She was born in Holland.  The father died at the advanced age
of eighty-six years, having spent his active life on the farm.  He
belonged to the Lutheran church.  The mother is still living, having
reached the ripe old age of ninety-two years.  Three children are
also surviving, namely: William H., of this sketch: Mary J., wife of
George ERDEL, and Eliza, wife of Hiram J. BELL, of Washington
township, this county.
      William H. Miller was reared on the home farm and there taught
the methods of soil tillage and of industry in general, and the
exercise of good judgment, by his father.  He received a good
practical education in the public schools.  He remained at home until
he was twenty-one years of age, when he married Alice C. CROUSE, who
came also from a good old family, being a daughter of H. B. CROUSE.
      Sugar Mound Stock Farm, which consists of three hundred and
fifty acres is one of the show places of Clinton county.  It lies
partly in Ross and partly in Madison townships.  It has been brought
up to a high state of improvement and cultivation, scientific methods
being employed by Mr. Miller, who has proven himself to be in the
front rank of twentieth century tillers of the soil.  He is also one
of the best known and most successful stock men in the county.  He
has been a persistent and careful worker, using sound judgment and
dealing honorably with his fellow men.  His place is well tiled, well
fenced and well improved in every respect.  The Miller home is one of
the most attractive and valuable in the county.  It contains ten
rooms, elegantly furnished and equipped with a modern heating plant,
hot and cold water, and an up-to-date lighting system.  Surrounding
the house is a well-kept lawn and inviting shade trees.  He has also
a large, substantial barn and many convenient outbuildings, and there
is another splendid residence on the place which is occupied by his
son. Nearby is a model stock barn, sixty by one hundred and eight
feet.  These gentlemen have been dealing extensive in live stock for
some time, and they keep an excellent grade of all kinds.  Their
Polled Durham cattle are not surpassed by any in the state. Much time
and money have been spent in securing the very best grade of cattle
for the farm, and fancy prices are always obtained when they offer
any cattle for sale; and when they exhibit at fairs they always carry
away the premiums.
      To William H. Miller and wife five children have been born:
Daisy, wife of Rev. H. C. JOHNSON, of Rankin, ILL., a well known and
popular minister of the Presbyterian church, has two sons and two
daughters.  Marvin F., farmer and stockman, married and has one son
and three daughters: Lawrence D. and Dallas L., in partnership with
their father in farming and stock raising: and Fern, living on the
home place.
      William H. Miller and wife belong to the Reformed church, in
which he is an elder and active in the work and support of the
church.  Politically, he is a Democrat, has frequently been a
delegate to conventions and is influential in local public matters.
Personally he is genial, obliging and a man whose word is regarded as
good as, his bond.
Source: Pages 876 - 877.  History of Clinton County, Indiana.... With
Historical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical
Records of Many of the Old Families. By Hon. Joseph Claybaugh.
Published 1913 by A. W. Bowen & Company - Indianapolis, Indiana
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MILLER, William S.
      It is a pleasure to anyone, whether farmer or not, to look over
a well kept and well tilled place like that of William S. Miller, of
Owen township, for Mr. Miller's place is by nature fortunately
situated and he has spared no pains in placing it in first-class
condition in every way, he being an indefatigable and careful worker,
believing in doing as well as possible whatever he attempts.  No
slipshod methods for him. May (sic) a younger farmer could take
valuable lessons from a study of his methods of husbandry.
      Mr. Miller was born November 4, 1868, in Washington township,
Clinton county.  He is a son of Christian and Jane (TROXELL) MILLER.
The father was born March 15, I840, in Lehigh county, Pennsylvania,
from whence so many of our best citizens came.  There he grew to
manhood and was educated, remaining in the Keystone state until 1860,
when, twenty years old, he left his native state and came to Clinton
county, and here he still resides.  He has devoted his life to
general farming.  The mother of the subject of this sketch was born
March 21, 1843, also in Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, where she grew
to womanhood and was educated.  She, too, is still living.  Eight
children have been born to these parents: Oscar, Charles (deceased),
William S., of this sketch: Joseph, Sarah, Anna and Minnie, twins,
both deceased, as is also the youngest born, Adeline.
       William S. Miller grew up on the home farm and received a
common school education.  He has been twice married, first, in 1894,
to Leona YOUNG, who was born March 9, 1873, in Clinton county, and
was a daughter of Robert and Anniline (TAYLOR) YOUNG.  Mrs. Miller
died April 19, 1901, leaving three children: Chalmer, born May 9.
1895; Alma, born April 19, 1897; and Arthur, born September 2, 1899.
On July 9, 1905, Mr. Miller married Dora GOOD, who was born January
9, 1872, in Clinton county.  She is a daughter of Phaon and Sophia
(BIERY) GOOD.  The mother is deceased, but the father is living. Mrs.
Miller grew to womanhood in her native community and received a
public school education.  Of this second union four children have
been born: Clara, January 16, 1906; Sarah, June 19, 1909; Emitt, July
15, 1913, and Eunice, who died in infancy.
      Mr. Miller has always engaged in farming, and he is now owner
of one hundred and five acres, all tillable but fifteen acres, which
is in timber.  On his place are to be seen convenient buildings, and
a dwelling house of his own construction.  He makes a specialty of
raising cattle, hogs and general purpose horses, and is successful as
a general farmer and stock raiser.
      Politically, Mr. Miller is a Democrat, but is not especially
active in public affairs.  In religious matters he belongs to the
Presbyterian church.
Source: Pages 851 & 852. History of Clinton County, Indiana.... With
Historical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical
Records of Many of the Old Families. By Hon. Joseph Claybaugh.
Published 1913 by A. W. Bowen & Company - Indianapolis, Indiana
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MUMMERT, Jacob A.
     Jacob A. Mummert, for many years one of the leading general
farmers of Warren township, now living in his pleasant home in the
town of Sedalia, Owen township, was born in Cass county, Indiana,
August 12, 1874.  He is a son of Henry and Sarah Ann (PLANK) MUMMERT.
The father was born December 25, 1844, in Adams county, Pennsylvania,
and he has a good farm in Deer Creek township, Cass county, Indiana,
where he has a good farm and where he has lived since boyhood, having
come from the Keystone state many years ago.  The mother of our
subject was born August 6, 1850 in Cass county, Indiana, where she
spent her life, dying there in November, 1893.  These parents
received their education in the common schools, which they attended a
few years during the winter months.  In early life Henry Mummert
learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed for a number of
years, but finally turned his attention to farming.  He had an
exceptionally large family, seventeen children, fifteen of whom are
still living: Amanda J., Laura A., Charles O., Jacob A., Hester E.,
William D., infant daughter, died when three days old, unnamed;
Franklin P., Emma S., Stella M., Martha C., Harry and Mary, twins;
John H., Earle E., and Merle M., twins; a boy, unnamed, died in
infancy.
     Jacob A. Mummert grew to manhood on the home farm in Cass
county, and he received his education in the district schools there.
On September 8, 1897 he married Elsie V. SHAFFER, who was born in
Owen township, Clinton county, May 14, 1877.  She is a daughter of
Andrew A. and Mary SHAFFER, both now deceased.  Mrs. Mummert grew to
womanhood in her native community and was there educated in the
public schools.  Her union with Mr. Mummert has been without issue.
     Our subject began farming for himself when young in years.  He
removed from Cass county to Clinton county, in the spring of 1895,
working on a farm until his marriage, then he rented and farmed for
seven years, then purchased eighty acres of his own in Warren
township in February, 1905, and lived there until the spring of 1912,
when he moved to the town of Sedalia, where he now lives, not
retired, but looking after and helping on his farm, wherever a
helping hand is needed.  He was very successful as a general farmer
and stock raiser.  He now rents his fine farm of eighty acres, all of
which is tillable but eleven acres, of which ten acres is in timber.
He owns a thirty horse-power, Overland automobile, five passenger,
1913 model, and he and his family enjoy trips over the country.
Politically, he is a Democrat, but has never been especially active
in public affairs.  Fraternally, he belongs to the Knights of Pythias
in Sedalia.  Religiously, he is a member of the Presbyterian church
at Geetingsville and a liberal supporter of the same.
Source: Pages 628 - 629 History of Clinton County, Indiana.... With
Historical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical
Records of Many of the Old Families. By Hon. Joseph Claybaugh.
Published 1913 by A. W. Bowen & Company - Indianapolis, Indiana
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JESSE BLAINE NEALIS
     In a county like Clinton, where there are so many men of
excellent moral character, pronounced business ability and social
nature, it would be hard indeed to determine who would be most
worthy.  There are some, however, who are generally conceded by their
neighbors to take a place in the front ranks of usefulness and
influence.  Such is the gentleman above named, who manifests an
abiding interest in the development of the community in which he
lives, and who, while managing his own affairs in so prudent a manner
as to take his place among the solid men of the county, yet finds
time to serve his fellow men in various ways.
     Jesse Blaine Nealis was born in Boone county, Indiana, on July
19, 1885, and is the son of Richard A. and Leota (RANSDELL) NEALIS.
Richard Nealis was born in the same county in July 1856, the son of
Trim and Nancy Nealis.  Trim was among the first men to settle in
Boone county, and there built up a home in the forest and cleared the
land.  He and his wife both died prior to the beginning of the Civil
war.
          Richard was also a follower of the agricultural business
all of his life, possessing seventy-five acres of excellent and
well-improved land.  Richard Nealis bore the reputation of an
industrious worker and sympathetic friend while he lived and he was a
distinct force in the upbuilding of the community in which he
resided, ever working for its betterment and development.  He married
Leota Ransdell in the early 80's, and she is still living on the farm
in Kirklin township.  Mr. Nealis died in 1904.  Richard Nealis was a
member of the Improved Order of Red Men and the Knights of Pythias;
politically, he was a Republican, and religiously was a member of the
Christian church.
     Jesse Blaine Nealis received a common school education in his
youth. His first step into the commercial world was when he began
working on the farm, and buying and selling horses on the side.  He
was very successful in the pursuit of this trade, and rapidly
accumulated enough money to buy his present livery business in July,
1913.  Mr. Nealis keeps twelve head of horses at this time, and is
able to give the very best and prompt service.  Not only does he
provide good service from his own stock, but has ample standing room
for the farmers who came into the city, at one time having sheltered
one hundred and fifty head of horses at once.  The citizens of
Frankfort are glad to patronize Mr. Nealis, for they are assured of
honest and fair treatment; the policy of overcharge and short service
has never had a place in the conduct of Mr. Nealis' affairs.  In
politics, Mr.  Nealis is a loyal Republican, and in religious matters
is an Universalist.
     In January, 1911, Mr. Nealis was married to Lucile MORRISON, a
daughter of William and Hattie MORRISON, of Frankfort.  She was born
at Middlefork, Indiana, on June 1, 1893.
Source: Page 941 - 942.   History of Clinton County, Indiana.... With
Historical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical
Records of Many of the Old Families. By Hon. Joseph Claybaugh.
Published 1913 by A. W. Bowen & Company - Indianapolis, Indiana
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NORRIS, William H.
No man of a past generation in Clinton county was held in higher
esteem than the late William H. NORRIS, who, now that life's fitful
fever is over, is sleeping in "the windowIess palace of rest." His
memory will long be revered by the vast circle of friends and
acquaintances who in life admired him, for he was a man in whom all
took a delight owing to his sterling honesty, his charitable nature,
his his patriotism and his readiness to help in the furtherance of
any movement looking to  the general building of the community. He
was a son of a pioneer in Clinton county and he himself grew up amid
pioneer environments.  We owe much to such men as his father, who
came here when the land was little more than a wilderness, and,
working long and hard, redeemed the fertile fields and the fine farms
which we of today enjoy and which now are so valuable.  We can never
say too much regarding these splendid, brave and courageous pioneers
who literally took their lives in their hands and, not counting the
cost, cast their lot in the  new country, away from the pleasant
hearthstones of their childhood and the advantages of civilization.
     William H. Norris was born May 6, 1841, on the old homestead,
near Morris Chapel, Clinton county, and he spent his entire life on
the home farm.  He was a son of Abram and Mary Norris, a well known
early-day couple who by their close application established the
permanent home of the family here when the country was new. They have
both been long deceased.  Their family consisted of eleven children,
all now deceased but two, Mrs. Edward EWBANK, of Clinton county and
Mrs. Edward WILSON, who lives in the city of Frankfort.
     William H. Norris grew to manhood on the home farm and there he
found plenty of hard work to do in assisting his father develop the
place.  He received such educational advantages as the earIy-day
schools afforded.  He always engaged in general farming and stock
raising on the home farm and was very successful, keeping the farm
well improved  and under an excellent state of cultivation, and the
buildings well repaired. At his death he owned one hundred and ten
acres of fine farm land.
     Politically he was a Republican, but never sought political
office.  Fratemally he was a member of the Improved Order of Red Men
and he belonged to the Methodist Episcopal church.
      Mr. Norris was married on December 21, 1876 to Sarah J. FUDGE,
a daughter of Moses and Mary (HARNSBARGER) FUDGE.  These parents were
early settlers in Clinton county.  They cleared the wild land and
developed a good farm, like the Norrises, and Mr. Fudge owned an
excellent farm one hundred and sixty acres at the time of his death,
which occurred in 1877, at the age of sixty-nine years, he having
been born in 1808.  His wife who was born in 1810, died in 1885 at
the age of seventy-five years. They were members of the United
Brethren church.
     To Mr. and Mrs. Norris two children were born: Lawrence, living
three miles east of Frankfort on a farm, married to Pearl MOORE, has
a daughter, Ruth; and Ethel, wife of James BRANSTETTER, a farmer of
Warren township, this county, has six children: Maurice, Fay, Vern,
Eldo, James and Ruth.
     Mrs. Sarah J. NORRIS is one of a family of five children, all
now deceased except herself and Mrs. D. L. BRANT, of Frankfort.  Mrs.
NORRIS owns her own home in Frankfort and lives alone.  She has an
interest in her late husband's farm also that owned by her father.
She is a woman of pleasing personality, kind, genial and helpful,
well liked by her many friends.
 The death of William H. Norris occurred on April 13, 1997, after a
lingering illness, and he was buried in Green Lawn Cemetery,
Frankfort.
Source: Pages 800 - 801.  History of Clinton County, Indiana.... With
Historical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical
Records of Many of the Old Families. By Hon. Joseph Claybaugh.
Published 1913 by A. W. Bowen & Company - Indianapolis, Indiana
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MRS. ELIZABETH PAINTER is living a retired life in a handsome modern
cottage in Michigantown, Clinton county, Ind.  She bore the maiden
name of Elizabeth B. COX, and is the daughter of William and Matilda
(STULL) COX.  Her father is a tanner and formerly lived in this
village, but now resides in Scircleville, Ind., and is over eighty
years of age.
     Isaac N. Painter, deceased husband of Mrs. Elizabeth B., was
born in Clinton county, in April, 1840, and died February 8, 1879.
William Painter, the father of Isaac N., came to Clinton county in
its early history and was closely idenfied with its development.  He
married Mary WILSON, and both he and she were members of the
Methodist church, while he was a Jacksonian democrat.  Isaac N.
Painter was reared on a farm and received a good common school
education.  He married Miss E. B. COX, October 5. 1865, and settled
on a farm of eight acres and was quite successful as an agriculturist
and stock raiser.  There were born to the union of Mr. and Mrs.
Painter the following children: Iona, Florence, Charles, Beecher and
Harland, all living, and Claude, deceased.  Miss Iona is the present
post-mistress of Michigantown; Florence is married to Jacob WHITEMAN,
a prosperous young farmer; Charles married Nettie CARTER; Harland and
Beecher remain at home with their mother.  Mr.  Painter enlisted,
August 22, 1861, in company C, Tenth Indiana volunteer infantry, and
received an honorable discharge September 19, 1864.  He was in Gen.
Rosecrans campaign, in the Atlanta campaign, and with Gen.  Sherman
on his march to the sea.  He was in the wagon service most of the
time, and for his ability and meritorious service was promoted to the
rank of wagon-master. Many were the attempts of the rebels to capture
him and his train, but he evaded them all.  He died some years after
the close of hostilities. Mr Painter was a member of the Methodist
Episcopal church. In politics he was an ardent democrat and took
active interest in his party, and filled some of the minor township
offices. His daughter, Mrs. WHITEMAN, now resides upon the old
homestead settled by her grandfather, William Painter, and which was
the home of her father until his death. In 1893 his widow recovered
back and pension , amounting to $3,000 and is now receiving twelve
dollars monthly.
Source: Pages 822 - 825. A Portrait And Biographical Record of Boone
and Clinton Counties, Ind., ... Containing Biographical Sketches of
Many Prominent and Representative Citizens, Together with Biographies
and Portraits of all the Presidents of the United States, and
Biographies of the Governors of Indiana. Published 1895 by A.W. Bowen
& Co. in Chicago.
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PETER, Anise W.
      Useless to say that Anise W. Peter, farmer of Madison township,
Clinton county, has worked hard and honorably earned the reputation
which he enjoys as one of the leading farmers of his community, and
it is also needless to add that he is held in the highest esteem by
all who knows him intimately, for he is a man who throws the force of
his strong individuality into the general work of upbuilding the
township and county.
     Mr. Peter was born on the old homestead in Clinton county,
January 19, 1869.  He is a son of Franklin Peter who was born in
Butler county, Ohio, near the city of Oxford, in 1829.  From there he
came to Indiana in 1832.  He was a son of Henry Peter, who was born
September 3, 1804, in Pennsylvania: he was a son of William Peter,
Jr., also a native of the state, born 1779.  The latter was a son of
William Peter, Sr., born in 1756, a son of Rudolph Peter, one of
three brothers, natives of Switzerland, who emigrated to the United
States, here founding the Peter family which is now very numerous.
They emigrated here in the year 1743, locating in Pennsylvania.
Rudolph was a hatter by trade, having bought land which he paid for
by making fine wool hats.  The Peter family have always been
Lutherans in their religious faith, and noted for their piety as well
as industry.  It was their custom to have their children baptised
when one month old.
     Franklin Peter, father of our subject, moved with his parents in
1832 to Indiana, making the trip by wagon, establishing their home
under a huge oak tree upon their arrival in the new country.  But
being thrifty they had a good home in due course of time.  The
following children were born to Henry Peter and wife: Daniel, Eli,
Leah, Franklin, Susan, Edward and Hannah.  They are all now deceased
but Eli who lives at Ashland, Oregon, and is now eighty-two years
old, and Edward Peter who now resides at Mulberry, Ind.: Franklin
Peter, reared on the farm, married Eliza Bryan, July 8, 1855.  She
was a daughter of Simeon BRYAN, who was born November 30, 1796.
Eliza (BRYAN) PETER died July 23, 1912, one hundred and fourteen
years after the birth of her father.  Simeon Bryan married Emily
SLIPHER, a daughter of Daniel SLIPHER, one of the old settlers of
Clinton county.  Franklin and Eliza Peter had seven children, four of
whom are now living, namely: Mrs. Emily F. GABLE, wife of Robert W.
GABLE; Marcella is the wife of Peter ROTHENBERGER; Ella is the wife
of Perry A. ROTHENBERGER; Anise W., of this sketch; Ezra B., Victoria
A. And Ivy are all three deceased.  The death of the father occurred
January 31, 1889 at the age of sixty years.  He devoted his life to
farming and religiously was a member of the Lutheran church, in which
he was an elder for some time.  Politically he was a Republican.
     Anise W. Peter was reared on the home farm and he received his
education in the public schools.  He has devoted his life to general
farming and has succeeded all along the line.  He has remained on the
home farm which consists of eighty acres which he has kept under a
fine state of cultivation and improvement.  He raised a great deal of
grain and livestock, and he has kept the home and outbuildings well
repaired.  He raises fancy poultry which are admired by all who see
them, specializing on Light Brahmas and Columbian Wyandottes.  He has
taken many premiums at various exhibits.  His fine poultry finds a
very ready market over a wide territory, and he is one of the most
widely known poultry men in this section of the state.  This is part
of the thirty-two hundred acres which our subject's great grandfather
Peter entered from the government.
     Politically, Mr. Peter is a Republican, and he belongs to the
Lutheran church, being an active worker in the church and Sunday
school.
     Mr. Peter was married November 12, 1890 to Ida A. GLICK, who was
born in Madison township, Clinton county, and reared and educated
here.  She is a daughter of Allen GLICK, a well known citizen here in
the pioneer period of the county.  He was a native of Ohio, and came
to Indiana when young, and married in Tippecanoe county, to Rebecca
LECKLITNER, and to them five daughters and two sons were born,
namely: Dora, who married George BRYAN, Mrs. Emma SENSE, is a widow;
Mrs. Ida A. PETER, wife of our subject; Laura A. who has remained
single; Maude O. is the wife of Orville ROTHENBERGER; Lloyd and Floyd
are twins.
     Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Peter, namely:
Maurice Vernon, born September 14, 1896; Edna Ruth, born November 4,
1902; Genieve Lucile having died in infancy.  Mr. Peter was among the
first of the community to give a name to his farm which is now known
as "The North View Farm."
Source: Pages 773 - 775   History of Clinton County, Indiana.... With
Historical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical
Records of Many of the Old Families. By Hon. Joseph Claybaugh.
Published 1913 by A. W. Bowen & Company - Indianapolis, Indiana
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PETER, Nicholas
     Among the representative agriculturists and public-spirited men
of Clinton county who, while advancing their own interests, have not
neglected their duty to the community at large is Nicholas Peter, of
Michigan township.  Reared to a farming life, he has so applied his
energies and ability as to attain a success worthy the name, while
his present high standing in the community indicates the appreciation
of his sterling character.
     Nicholas Peter was born into this world on September 8, 1843, in
Tippecanoe county, Indiana, and was the son of Daniel and Mary
(BURKHALTER) PETER.  Our subject came to Clinton county in 1871,
settling first in Madison township.
     Daniel Peter, his father, was born on the first day of
September, 1807, in the state of Pennsylvania, and moved to Ohio when
but a boy, later coming to Tippecanoe county.  He died on December
22, 1889, after a long and useful life spent as a farmer, wagonmaker
and millwright.  He was a Democrat until the election of Abraham
Lincoln when he turned to the Republican party and there he cast his
vote ever afterward.  The mother was born in Ohio in the year of our
second war with England, and she died in July, 1865.  These parents
received very little education for that time, but could read, write
and speak German.  Ten children were born to them, the six living
being: William, Henry, Elizabeth, Nicholas, Calvin and Ervin.
     Nicholas Peter received his early education in the common
schools, mostly in Tippecanoe county, his birthplace.  Being prepared
for an agricultural career, he immediately entered into that
vocation.  He moved to Michigan township in the spring of 1891, and
onto a farm of one hundred and twenty acres, all tillable with the
exception of twenty acres.  The land was well tiled.  Besides general
farming he carried on stock raising, making Poland China hogs,
Shorthorn cattle, and a mixed breed of horses his specialty.  Mr.
Peter came here to Michigantown in February, 1911, and still owns a
farm.  He has a fine two story home here, and is living a retired
life.  Mr. Peter is a devout member of the Methodist Episcopal church
and votes the Progressive ticket.
     On May 11, 1867, Nicholas Peter was united in marriage with Emma
Rothenberger, who was born in Tippecanoe county, February 26, 1848,
the daughter of George and Lydia (WALTERS) ROTHENBERGER.  Her father
was a native of Pennsylvania, a farmer all of his life, and died in
1887.  The mother of Mrs. Peter was also a native of the Old Keystone
state, and she departed this life in March, 1903.  Mrs. Peter had the
advantage of a good common school training.  To Mr. and Mrs. Peter
have been born five children, namely: Emerson, born February 3, 1868,
and married Dora VERGIN, and living in Beard, this county; one died
in infancy, unnamed; Dasiy, born August 29, 1873, married Preston
NEWHART of this county; Mabel, born January 2, 1876, and died January
17, 1895; and Lydia, born March 31, 1878, married to Clinton MAXWELL.
Source: Pages 731 - 732   History of Clinton County, Indiana.... With
Historical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical
Records of Many of the Old Families. By Hon. Joseph Claybaugh.
Published 1913 by A. W. Bowen & Company - Indianapolis, Indiana
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PHILLIPS, John T.
     Agriculture has ever been the one dominion wherein man's efforts
are directed as nature intended.  At an early day the farmer was an
agriculturist in every sense of the word, and his labors were of
direct benefit to himself and his neighbors, without the intervention
of commission men and dealers such as check the endeavors of the
modern farmer.  Among the agriculturists of Clinton county whose
names typify the industry, the prosperity and the progressiveness of
the territory, that of John T. Phillips stands high.  There is much
pleasure in sketching the life of this man.
     John T. Phillips was born March 31, 1848, in North Carolina,
being the son of Solomon PHILLIPS was a mechanic and cooper by trade,
and had, like his wife, a good common school education.  Eleven
children comprised his family: John, Ray, Mary, Millie, Henrietta,
Sally, Malinda, and Walter.  Three of the children are now dead.
Both of the parents have also passed from the land of the living.
     In 1872, John Phillips moved to Illinois, staying there until
1900.  At that time he came to Kirklin township, Clinton county,
where he now resides.  Although he obtained a slight education in the
common schools in early life.  Mr. Phillips received most of his
scholastic training after he was sixteen years of age.  He took great
interest in his work, and derived as much benefit from the limited
work he could get as most obtain from a thorough college course.
     In 1874, March 1, Mr. Phillips was married to Irene WERTS, born
in Illinois in 1857, the daughter of Jesse S. and Mary (SLUSHER)
WERTS, natives of Ohio.  Like her husband, Mrs. Phillips received a
common school education.  She was a lover of her home and children
and a loyal friend to her many acquaintances.  She was called from
this earth on July 13, 1893.  They had four children: Nellie HAWLEY,
born 1875, died June 3, 1912; Edward B., born 1877; Charles, born
1880; and Nettie, born 1885.
     John Phillips has since the day he settled in Kirklin township,
farmed with an extraordinary degree of success.  He is a self-made
man, having started without a penny and by perseverance and hard work
working himself up to his present position.  He lives now on a farm
of one hundred and twelve acres, well tiled and all tillable land.
The most modern of improvements equip his estate, including a good,
roomy house and an excellent barn.
     Mr. Phillips has not desired to enter very extensively into
public life, but has been contended to do his share of social work in
other ways.  In politics he is a Democrat.  Mr. Phillips is now
leading a retired life resting from the labors of his past years.
Source: Pages 818 - 819   History of Clinton County, Indiana.... With
Historical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical
Records of Many of the Old Families. By Hon. Joseph Claybaugh.
Published 1913 by A. W. Bowen & Company - Indianapolis, Indiana
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PRICE, John T.
      There is no vocation, however humble it may be, in which
industry and perseverance, in company with an honest purpose, will
not be productive of some measure of success, and in the business of
farming these qualities are highly essential.  Among, the progressive
farmers of the younger generation in Clinton county, who have already
attained a large measure of success is John PRICE, of whom we speak
in this cursory review.  He is descended from good Kentucky stock,
and has inherited many characteristics which have stood him in good
stead in life's battle for supremacy.
      Mr. PRICE was born January 3, 1875, in Sugar Creek township,
this county, and has lived within three miles of his home here all of
his life.  The date of his birth was the beginning of a life, the
limits of which we can not prophesy, but it is safe to say that in
the years to come his works will be pointed to with pride by his
children and his fellows.  His father was William PRICE and the
mother, before marriage, was Martha WILSON.  The father was born
October 13, 1843, in Kentucky, and moved to Clinton county, Indiana,
when he was only seven years old.  He died in 1910 after a long life
of success in farming.  He was a soldier in the Civil War, serving
four years three months and twenty days in Company E, Fortieth
Indiana Volunteer Infantry.  His two brothers and seven
brothers-in-law were also in the service.  William Price was a
Democrat in politics, and always believed in pure campaigns.  The
mother was born in Sugar Creek township on August 9, 1851, and still
lives on the old home place near the farm of John Price.  Both
parents received common school educations in their youth.  Six
children were born to them: James, John, Charles A. (dec.), George H.
(dec.), Tullia L., Tura and Ida F. (dec.).
      Our subject was married March 7, 1897, to Lettie B. ELLIS, the
daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (BROWN) ELLIS.  She is a native of
Montgomery county, Indiana.  The father is a native of Ohio and the
mother was reared in the county of her daughter's birth.  The father
is dead, but the mother still lives.  Seven children have been born
to John Price and. wife: Olive Fern, June 22, 1896; William Henry,
November 15, 1899; Flossie Myrtle, October 10, 1901; Raymond L., May
18, 1905; Bertha Florence, October 10, 1908; Hazel Valentine,
February 14, 1910, and Harvey Woodrow, July 20, 1912.
      The main part of Mr. Price's activities is confined to general
farming, stock shipping and breeding.  Outside this he deals quite a
little in real estate, and has interests in merchandise at the
Pickard Mills.  He owns 260 acres of fertile land in Sugar Creek
township, all but thirty acres of which is tillable and well tiled
and fenced.  This comprises the home place, the improvements on which
were built by Mr. Price himself.  In addition he has another one
hundred and twenty acres in Sugar Creek township and one hundred and
twenty acres in Adams county, this state, besides a house and lot in
Union City, Ind.
      Mr.  Price belongs to the Masonic Order at Pickard, also the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Improved Order of Red Men at
the same place.  Politically, he is a Democrat.  For a time he served
on the advisory board here.  He takes a great interest in education
and is a strong advocate of the country schools.
Source: Pages 720 - 721. History of Clinton County, Indiana.... With
Historical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical
Records of Many of the Old Families. By Hon. Joseph Claybaugh.
Published 1913 by A. W. Bowen & Company - Indianapolis, Indiana
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