Class _L5J3l2^^ Copyright N^ COPYRIGHT DEPOSIT. i>T HISTORY O F W A R R I C K AND ITS PROMINENT PEOPLE From the Earliest Time to the Present; Together with Interesting- Biographical Sketches, Reminiscences, Notes, Etc. '^Uvo-v-. LLUSTRATED NINETEEN HUNDRED AND NINE CRESCENT PUBLICATION COMPANY B o o n \ i 1 1 e , Indiana '^9 V b \H^ ^ TO T TI A T () X E Whose encouragenienl aiul aid resulted in this work THIS V O L U iM E is (iratefullv Dech'iated. LIBRARY of CONGRESS Two COBies Received MAY 17 1909 Copyriunt tntry g CLASS A[ ^ XXc. NO COPYRIGHT 1909 BY MONTE M. KATTERJOHf PREFACE. Tliis volume is doubtless one with many faults, for no history extant is free from errors. Great care was taken in preparing the matter found herein, and all discrepancies were eradicated. I n- just criticism cannot rectify the errors that are sure to apjiear, and the author feels assured that all thoughtful jjeople will recognize and a])preciate the undertaking, also realize that a i)ublic benefit has been accomplished. The biographical sectioii is devoted to the record of men, living and dead. If it is incomplete, the fault cannot be justly attributed to the author. Many people were solicited, but on mone- tary grounds refused to support the publication. Those who read this book, and who know what constitutes a true history, will agree with the author that this volume is sujierior to any ever published in this county, inasmuch as its fine illustra- tions are a single history within themselves. Submitted to the people of Warrick County by MONTE M. KATTERJOHN. A|)iil, 1909. «£L.C^_ A Iron ^ CO o X ts o O O >■ Eh 2 D O o « o < Indian Traditions—Murder of Athe Meeks—The last of the Shawnees 1ESS tlian one hundred years ago the territory that now comprises[]Warrick eounty was but a boundless field of trees, with here and there only a little path, beaten by wild animals, wending its way through the thick forest to some small stream ^ or watering place. This whole section of country was then a wilderness, in which the red man reigned supreme, and doubtless the wigwams of the savages were located where what is now the streets of the capital of Warrick county. One hundred years ago the rays of civilization had not i>enetrated oiu' forest and tlie advent of tiie white man was in the future. Scattered along the banks of the Ohio river and in the interior of the now Warrick county were the rustic, artless wigwams of the savages. These Indians were principally Shawnees. Situated nt^ar the mouth of Cyjiress creek, on the banks of the Ohio, was an Indian village, \\hich, for many miles arountl, was their central point. Tradition says that this village was composed of some hundred wigwams and six hundred braves with their families, but its sudden disappearance upon the advent of the white man permits little to be known regarding it. The Indians that inhaliited this section of country were generally friendly and peaceable. While they had a few disturbances, the only white man known to have been cruelly murdered by them in this county was a farmer named Athe Meeks. On the banks of Pigeon creek, a short distance from where the iron bridge now stands, lived Settedown, Chief of the Shawnees, with his squaw and only son. Old Settedown was a large man and possessed great muscular strength. He preferred to live in sohtude and had erected his wigwam remote from the village of his tribe. He displayed remarkable skill at the Indian's shooting matches and was always willing to participate in the amusements of the wliite man. Tradition claims he was wealthy and owned many horses and much cattle besides an extensive farm, the eastern boundary of which is now Second street in Boonville. Athe Meeks was an old squatter who made a Hving for his large family by fishing, trap- ping and hunting. Meeks looked vipon Chief Settedown as a nuisance and the redskin retali- ated by looking upon Meeks as a trespasser. The Indian accused Meeks of molesting his traps and fishing nets, and Settedown was accused of stealing the squatter's pigs. The hatred be- came bitter and Settedown plotted for vengeance. Early one morning in May, 1811, several of Settedown's warriors led by "Big Bones" went to the cabin of ISIeeks, there surrounded it and patiently awaited the time when they might j)i oceed upon their purpose. The son of old man Meeks was the first to come outside the cabin and was attacked by the Indians, being shot through the wrist and severely tomahawked. Hearing the noise outside of the cabin the old squatter rushed outside only to be shot dead by "Big Bones." William Meeks who had surmised the whole affair rushed from the cabin and repaid "Big Bones" by shooting him and then started out in pursuit of the other redskins who had not taken to flight. The younger Meeks had crawled to a place of safety in the forest and remained there for several hours after William Meeks had returned to the cabin to fortify it. The boily of the older INIeeks had been dragged into the house and placet! under a bed. By crawling with his knees and elbows the younger Meeks made his way to the cabin and secured admission. As soon as news reached the white settlement at French Island a band of settlers started out for the Indian village to secure justice for the recent outrage perpetrated. Tradition has Warrick and Its Prominent People. two entire! V (lifFereiit stories of tlie affair from here to tlie death of Chief Settedown. Arriviiif^ at the Indian caini) the men found it deserted, ei<;;lit hoiii.s or more having elapsed since the murder and tlie Indians hud sufficient time to f^et safely Ijeyond the reach of their pur- suers. However, the party secreted themselves in auil)ush surioundinf? the deserted cam]) to watch for the return of the Indians. \\ nijflitfall an Indian, wl.o had Keen out huntinronday in .\ugust, 181C. occurred the first County and State election under the new form of government. This election resulted in Daniel (irass being elected State Senator from the counties of Po.sey, Perry and Warrick. Hatliff Boon was elected Representative from Warrick in the State Legislature. This was the debut of Ratlitt" lioon in public life. He was afterwards elected to various offices of honor, among them that of Representative to Congress for several terms and Lieutenant-Governor of the State. In 1818 the Legislature passed a bill organizing the coimties of Vanderburgh on the W-\RRicK AND Its Prominent People. west, and Spencer on tlie east, of Warrick, tluis reducing the latter to its pi-esent limits. How- ever, Warrick still remains one of the larii;est counties in the State. The first white man .saitl to have settled in Warrick county was John Sprinkle, a native of Pennsylvania. He founded the town of Sprinkles1)urjr and which is now known as Newburg. Mr. Sprinkle removed from his native state to Henderson county, Kentucky, in the year 1712 where he lived until 1803, when he removed to where Newburg now stands. During his resi- dence in Kentucky he had received the title of Major of the State Militia, and was a man of honor and high social standing in his community. He died in 18"21. Felty Hay and James Iauu also settled in the vicinity of Sprinklesburg shortly following the advent of Sprinkle in Warrick county. A man whose entire baggage consisted of an axe, gun and a limited supply of ammuni- tion was Baily Anderson, one of the first jirominent settlers of the present Wiirrick county. While l)uilding his cabin he lived in a tree. Tiie tree was long afterwards known as "Hailv's Roost." BRACKENRIDGE HOMESTEAD, RAZED IN 1908, WHERE LINCOLN STUDIED LAW By fastening jjieces of timber across two substantial branches of the tree, and spreading over them the skins of wild animals, Baily Anderson fovmd repose in his pioneer home. Following Anderson were four other families, namely the Briscoes, Sheltons, Vanadas and Arnolds. A son, INIr. Vanada, still lives at the present day, being but a mere boy when he came to Warrick county with his father. ^lany other families soon followed and immigration as yet has not ceased. How the Townships were named— Their locations and settlement of. ANDERSON. Anderson town.ship is situated in the southern part of the county, on highly elevated though arable land, and borders on the Ohio river. The first settlement was made in this town- 10 Warrick and Its Prominent People. sliip in tlie year 180;j In- Baily Anderson, in lionor of wlioin it was named. Amonjj the early settlers were Solomon Vanada, William IJiisc-oe and Joseph Arnold. BOON. Boon, the central and largest townshij) in the county, was one of the earliest settled. Its first resident was Rat lift' Boon, first re{)resentative of Warrick county in the Lei^fislature, and later Congressman for si.xteen years, and twice elected Lieutenant-(iovernor, serving a part of one term as acting Governor. In honor of Mr. Boon the township was given his name. Among those settling shortly after Boon were Hudson Hargrave, Joseph DeForest, William Webb, Ed- ward Baker and Jacol) Johnsoii. WARRICK COUNTY JAIL, MAIN STREET, BOONVILLE, IND CA:\rrBELT.. This township which lies in the western part of the county was named in honor of its first resident, Thomas Campbell, a man much esteemed by his fellow citizens, and on whom was bestowed various offices of trust and honor. It is claimed that John Luce was the first set- tler of Campbell township, but no authority goes to prove out the claim. Isham West, Jo.sei)li McDonakl and Philip Miller located in the same vicinity soon after the settling of Campbell. (iHEEK. Richard Greer located in Greer town.ship in 18'2.) and it is fioni him that the townshij) derived its name. Larkin Birchfield was also an early settler in (Jreer township, locating there in 1827. Greer is located in the northwest corner of the comity west of Hart and north of (^imp- bell. George Taylor and Jose[)h Fields were two of the early settlers. Warrick and Its Prominent People. 11 HAHT. From Associate Jiulife of the Circuit Court, John Ilart, Hart township derives its name. This tt)\vnshiji is the northwestern part wf the county and Ijvnnville is the principal town located therein. James Hinman settled in the townshi]) in 1814. Elijali Boyd, Charles ]Morane, who once rejiresented Warrick county in the State Senate and has a national reputation as a Mexican War veteran, and was WEST SIDE OF BOONVILLE PUBLIC SQUARE once Governor of Oregon, and a candidate for Vice-President of the United States on the Breck- inritlge ticket in 18G0. The township is often called "Little Lane" on account of its smallness. The first settlers were Daniel Cook, Jasper Hanby and David Whittinghill. OWEN. Owen township, which lies adjoining Lane, Boon, Hart and Pigeon townships, was organized in 1848 out of the territory of Skelton. Robert Dale Owen was honored by this townshij), which took his name. The first residents of the townsiiip were the families of l*hillips and Gentry. Matthew Gentry, ex-county commissioner, settled in tliis locality in 1822. OHIO. From the broad and rolling Ohio, does Ohio township, lying in the southwe.stern part of the county, get its name. The township was first settled by John Sprinkle in 1803. Early settlers were John V. Darby, Gaines H. Roberts and Felty Hay. Vl Warrick and Its Prominent People. PIGEOxN. I'ifjeon t<)\viislii|) llvs in tlic iiortlieasfern corm'r of the coiinty, and is indebted to Little l'i Democratic party, and, being the only pajier pub- lished in the county, was very i)rosperous. In December, 1865, John Fleming was succeeded in its jjublication by E. L. Crawford, the paper being then conducted under the firm of Moore and Crawford. In January, 1868, being aged and in feeble health, he retired from the editorial 10 Wakrick and Its Prominent People. management of the Enquirer and sold his interest in it to Thomas H. Martin. Craw-ford and Martin continued its pubhcation, with Martin as editor. In March, 1870, Wilham Swint pur- chased the Enquirer from them and assumed full control as editor and publisher. Mr. Swint owned the paper several years when G. Homer Hazen, a young lawyer purchased the stock and has been its editor and manager ever since. This paper uufler his management is one of the most prosperous rural weeklies in the State. Up to 1866 educational matters received h'ttle attention in BoonviJlc. The only .schools known were the subscription schools taught about three months in each year, to which parents would subscribe a stipulated amount as tuition for the instruction of their children. In 1860 the Boonville graded school was instituted and has been continued ever since. There are two buil(h'ngs, over twenty-one teachers, high scliool officials included, and nearly a thousand |)Upils attend. More regarding the sciiool instructors will be found under another ca])tiou. GUM STREET SCHOOL BUILDING, BOONVILLE, IND Monday night, April 1, 1867, the county treasurer's office in the court house was forcibly entered and robbed of $8,000, $6,000 in greenbacks and $'■^,000 in county orders. When the r<)bl)ery was discovered and made known tlic town was tinown into a pandemonium. Groups of astonished men would gather on the streets and discuss it, and the news of the daring out- rage was a shock to the entire connnunity. James II. Masters, county treasurer, offered a re- ward of $500 for the recovery of the money, and $500 for tlie ai)|)rehension of the robbers, $1,000 for botii, but no clue to the tliieves or the money was ol)tained. Following this event came a series of similar occurrences. Severaliiouses fell j^rey to incendiaries and stores were burglarized. The village seemed infested by a band of ilaring villians, and the people were now tiioroughly aroused to vigilance. Watchmen patroled tiie streets night "after night for weeks afterward and every person was on the alert. However, beyond the hanging of a supposed incendiary Warrick and Its Prominent People. 17 until almost dead in tryinu)|)riateness of the village's name is i)erceptible for more reasons than one. It was truly a Miller's burg. I'iie first merchant of whom anything is remembered is John Rasor. Sanuiel Parker and Moses Condit were the first to teach school in this vicinity. In 1859 the M. E. church was erected there, and in 1878 a school house. The old Wabash and Erie (^mal passed by tiiis place, and at the time of its operation, Miller.sburg was most prosperous. The abandonment of the canal and remote situation of the village from any commercial outlet have been imj)ediments to its growth. Its population is 150. Wakrkk and Its Prominent People. 23 LYNNVILLE, situated about ten miles north of Boonville, in Hart township, was laid out by John Iaiiu alter wlioni it was named. Lynn opened a saddle and harness shop in the place in 1839, and Daniel Zimmerman opened a store in 1840. Amono; the early business men were the Kirkpatrick brothers, Vanaiia bi others, James JNIcGill and Hubbard Taylor. The first church was erected by the Methodists. The village, which is one of the largest in the county, was almost burned down in 190(5. It has a good representation of the various business pursuits and has one flour mill. Population, 4(j7. FOLSOMVIIjLE, lying in tiie southeastern part of Owen township, about eight miles northwest of Boonville, was laid out on land owned by Riley Rhoads and Benjamin Folsom, on the !27th day of January, 1859. The first to engage in business here was Daniel Rhoads. It is declined in j)rominence diu-ing the last fifteen years and its population today is only 160, while eighteen j'ears ago it was above two lumdred. A VIEW OF MAIN STREET IN BOONVILLE IN WINTER SELMN, lying in the northeast part of Pigeon township, fifteen miles northeast of Boon- ville was laitl out on land owned by George Taylor. Originally it was called Taylorville in honor of INIr. Taylor, but there being another jost office in Iniliana bearing the same name, Taylorville was changed to Polk Patch and again to Selvin in 1881. Among those who first engaged in business at Selvin were George Taylor, Mark Reavis, Henry Evans and Joshua Whitney. A flouring mill was established in Selvin at an early date by Messrs. Oatly and Day, and later owned by J. F. Katterjohn, ex-auditor of Warrick county, now deceased. I'opulation 150. This village had a population of "250 twenty years ago. OTHER TOWNS — Yankeetown, situated in Anderson township, ten miles soutJi of Boonville, was laid out by Thomas Day, on Aj^ril 9, 1858. The early inhabitants were principally Yankees, hence the name. The Evansville Rail- ways Company's Rockport branch passes through Yankeetown, which has a population of "ZOQ. 24 Warrick and Its 1*ro.\unent People. Elberfeld and Tennyson are both enterprising villages of Warrick county. Both have hanks with capital of $25,000 and also the complete line of business institutions that go to make thriving little towns. Tennyson is located on the Louisville extension of the Southern Railroad. The poi^ulation of Tennyson is 302 and of Elberfeld, 200. Chandler is another enter]>rising little town. It has a population of nearly 205, and most of the people there are miners, caused by the large number of coal mines that have been opened up in that vicinity during the past five years. Warrick's First Mail Route—Drilling for Salt in 1814— Grinding Corn In 1812 the first mail route through this section of country was estabhshed, which was from New Harmony to Louisville, via the present site of Boonville. The mail was carried on horseback by John Williams, two weeks being rec|uired to make the round trip. The carrier METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. BOONVILLE, IND. was frequentl}' delayed by bad weatherand high water. The letters and parcels were often soiled and it was almost an impossibility to read them. Later the mail route was changed so it in- cluded Evansville, and later ran from Evan.sville to Corydon, through Boonville. In 1814 a party of men began drilUng for salt at the mouth of Cypress creek. The well is there today and bubbles up .salt water. The men did not get sati.sfactory results and aban- doned the ])roject. The well is located on the farm of Dr. Wilson. Bread made of flour from wheat was almost unknown in the early days of Warrick's history. The first bread of the kind was used about 1819 when a trader from Louisville came down the river with flour and exchanged it for chickens. Corn was ground at a "hor.se mill" in Spencer county, from which the people mafle corn bread. For years it was the custom to take corn to Kentucky to be ground. Wabrick and Its Prominent People. 25 Early Warrick County Courts^ A Trial in Pioneer Days The earliest records show that court was first held at the home of Baily Anderson, who had settled in Anderson township in 1803. On the 14th day of June, 1813, the first court was called to order at the home of Anderson, when were present, the Hon. Benjamin Park, Esq., the first representative in the National Congress; John Johnson, attorney for the U. S.; N. C. Claypool, clerk; Sam R. Mars, sheriff. Many ludicrous things happened in the early days of the Warrick court. Aca.se dated Sept. 13, 1823, reads, "Ratliff Boon vs. Joseph DeForest, debt 75 cents." The verdict was rendered in favor of the plaintiff. The lawyers for a criminal in a certain case asked the judge to throw the case out of cow rt, since there was not sufficient evidence to convict. This is exactly wliat the judge did. He said. "Well, ez the evidents ain't sufficient to SOUTHERN RAILWAY STATION, BOONVILLE, IND. konvik the man, I'll throw the whole bizness out," and rising from his seat he threw the docu- ments concerning the case out of the window and discharged the prisoner. Warrick in the War—Morgan's Guerrillas— The Home Guards At the beginning of the war with IVIexico, many young men from the j)ioneer comity of Indiana hurried away to join the army. Records show that Warrick county was well repre- .sented in the war in which "Old Hickory" participated. Warrick county was one of the foremost in responding to the call for soldiers to put down the rebellion in 1861. Being a border county, the danger and excitement were consequently very great. Those who were unable to go to the front and participate in the trials and dangers of id Warrick and Its PROiuxENX People. battle, served as home guards at home. However, further than being badly frightened by Col. John Morgan's guerrillas. Warrick suffered no intrusion from the enemy. Warrick county boys were represented in the following companies: Company E, 120th Indiana Volunteers; Company I, '25th Indiana Volunteers; Company I, 53rd Indiana Volun- teer Infantry; Company K, i'ind Indiana Volunteers; Com|jany E, (j5th Indiana Volunteers; Company H, 25th Indiana Volunteers. Shocking Murders— The Keith-Kifer Murder— Moh Law— The Roth- Keeler Affair— The Feud Between the Williams and Leighs. In May of 1900 the body of a young lady was discovered in Pigeon Creek by a cattle drover. Who she was and how she came to her death for many weeks was a mystery. Nora Kifer had disappeare;re.s.sional District in the National Hou.se of Representatives, was l)orn in Georgia, about the year 1780. He was a cou.sin of the great pioneer, Daniel Boone, and was also a son-in-law to Baily Anderson, one of the earliest settlers of this comity. His parents moved to Warren County, Kentucky, while he was very young, and at Danville, in that State, he learned the gun.sniith's trade. In 1809 he came to Indiana Territory through the in- fluence of his kinsman, liaily Anderson, and was probably the first to settle in what is now Boon To\^^lship, this county, which was named in honor of him. The land upon which he settled and hved during his residence in Warrick County is situated about two miles west of Boonville. Colonel Boon was one of the most prominent men in Indiana during its early idy, and determined to become a lawyer. Accordingly he read some law under his uncle, John A. Brackenridge, and in the fall of 1852 he entered the law school JUDGE JOHN B. HANDY ()4 Warrick .\nd Its Prominent People. at Louis\-ille, Kv. Durinjif tlie sprinare moments. He also received instruction from many of the most able lawyers of the time. He was admitted to the Warrick County bar in 1893, and began the practice of law in Boonville in partnership with Hon. Chas. W. Armstrong. It was while he was a partner with ISIr. Armstrong that he secured the greater jiart of his legal education. His pathway led through the hard school of experience, and he fought his way single handed and alone. By his o^\'n efforts he succeeded in attending the Law School, Department of the University of IndianapoUs while under the management of ex-President Benjamin Harrison, and the late Judge Wilham O. Fishback. Of an even and judicial turn of mind and learned in law, being an indefatigable worker and ajjplying hunself diligently, previous to his election to the judicial bench in 1904, he was recognized as one of the ablest attorneys in this section of the State. In politics. Judge Kiper is a Republican and has accepted several positions with his party organization, being chairman of the comity organization in 1900. Up to the tune of his election as Judge, he served as County Attorney. In the campaign of 1904 Judge Kiper was nominated at Lincoln City, as the Republican candidate for Judge of the Secontl Judicial Circuit. He made an active campaign and this re- sulted in his election by a substantial majority. During the time that Judge Kilmer has been on the bench, some of the most celebrated cases, involving many important legal questions, have been tried before him, and his rulings and decisions have been generally considered just and fair. Our subject was married to Nannette Zimmerman of Lynnville, Ind., on July 1, 1897, and three children are the result of this union, two sons and one daughter, Kenneth R., James Clintt).! and Agnes Lucile. Judge Kijier resides in Boonville and is highly respected by his fellow citizens. He is a member of the Masonic and several other fraternal societies. His measure of success is the result of close api)lication to his profession, and by his un- aided efforts has overcome many of the obstacles incident to the life of a country school boy, surrounded by moilerate circumstances. Judge Kijier is closely attached to the interests of his home city and county, and stands among those who assist in their develoinnent. Besides being well versed in the law, the judge has acquired an enviable reputation as a public sjxjaker of no little ability, and frequently dehvers public lectures on educational anil moral subjects. Judge J. W. B. Moore was born near Waterloo, Seneca County, N. Y., on the 5th day of November, 1801. He was an only child, and early left an orphan, his father having been lost at sea leaving him and his mother in limited circumstances, but j)ossessed of a small farm near Waterloo. The son worked on the farm in the spring and summer and attended such schools as the county attorded in the autumn and whiter. He early obtained a thorough knowledge of W.AJtRK'K AA'D Its Prominent 1'eople. the theory of the practice of bookkeeping, which was of great advantage to him in later hfe. ^Vllen he was about eighteen years old he became very anxious to read law with his uncle, Joel W. Bacon, then a distinguished lawyer of Western New York, but his niotlier hatl, from some cause or other, imbibed an unreasonable prejudice against the profession, and she determined that he should not in any event become a la\vyer; and, being a woman of more than ordinary firmness, she had her way. She afterwards induced him to apprentice himself, as was then the custom, to Dr. Wells, the leading physician and surgeon of that locality, with whom he re- mained some two years. His mother, meantime marrying a second husband, and the profession JUDGE J. W B. MOORE of medicine being distasteful to him, he finally concluded to abandon it and come West. He had some difficulty in obtaining his mother's consent, who always had great influence over him. and for whom he always retained the greatest affection and reverence. This was, howe\er, at last obtained, and he started on horseback, with but a scant supply of money, and without any well defined notions as to where he would stop. His journey must have been inexpressi- bly tedious and lonesome. Shortly after he started he took the ague, with which he was afflicted at frequent intervals 76 Warrick and Its Prominent People. for some two years and more. The chill ^^•oukl come on frequently when he was in a wilder- ness, far from any habitation or hmuan beings. At such times he would get down from his horse, unsaddle, tie the horse to a tree, using the saddle for a pillow and the blanket for a cov- ering. When sufficiently recovered, he would mount and pursue his journey. He traveled westward imtil he arrived at Indianapolis, which had been recently laid out, and designed for the capital of the State. Here he found an uncle, Seth Bacon, who owned a saw-mill, and who gave him employment in it until something better should offer. His uncle was very kind to him, which the Judge afterwards had ample opportunity of repaying with interest. The luicle, in liis old days, lost his j)roperty and became broken in health and energy, with a large family on his hands to support. The Judge, hearing of his condition, visited him, and brought him from the central part of this State, and after providing him with the necessary supplies, placed him on a good farm, where he remained until his death. Folsomville now stands on a part of the farm. After working awhile in the mill, as has been stated, he obtained a school which he taught until he made the acquantance of James Linton, of Charleston, Clark County, Indiana, where he afterwards moved. This gentleman was a merchant, and employed young Moore to sell goods and to keep books. He went with Mr. Linton to Charleston, where he remained several years. After remaining awhile with JNIr. Linton, he obtained emjilojiuent of Mr. Austin, in the capacity of salesman and bookkeeper. Soon after going to Charleston he united himseK with the old school Presbyterian Church, in which faith he had been reared. Finally he went into business with IVIr. Shockly, as a partner, receiving a part of the profits for his services as manager, salesman and bookkeeper. On the third day of December, 1827, he and Orra M. Shelby were married. She was the youngest daughter of Isaac Shelby who was then, and who had been for some years, clerk of the Cl-irk County Circuit Com-t. Soon after his marriage he moved his family to Rockport, Spencer County, bringing with him a small stork of goods, but no capital except unlimited credit at Louisville, which was then the emporium of this section. Having remained in business at Rockport about a year he sold his stock of goods, and bought of John Williams the farm upon which Henry Beeler resided for many years. He immediately moved to his farm, and was, in the com-se of years, elected Probate Judge of the County, which he held luitil elected clerk of the Warrick Circuit Comt, receiving his certificate of qualifications, which was then required by liw before he could be commissioned, from Judge Goodlet, father of N. M. Goodlet, Esq., a former resident of Evans\'ille. In 1844 he was re-elected clerk and recorder for seven years, and it was universally conceded that he was the best clerk in Southern Indiana. In 1856 he was elected Judge of the Common Pleas District, composed of this and Vanderburgh Counties, ami served a term of four years. In 1861 when President Lincoln issued his first proclamation for 75,000 men. it created intense e.Kcitement in this locahty. The President was pronounced a tyrant ami usurper, and the call was characterized as miconstitutional, and an outrage upon the South. Judge Moore took the side of his country, procured posters to be struck and to be put up, calling meet- ings all over the county, at which he appeared, justified the action of the President and urged young men to enlist, to maintain the integrity of the Union. In 1862 he, notwithstanding his age, en- listed as a private in Capt. Pace's Company, 1st Ind. Cavalry, Governor Baker commanding, and went with his regiment to the southwest and particijjated in the battle of Frederickstown. He remained with his regunent nearly two years, but a soldier's life proved too much for his constitution, and he wjis compelled to accej)t a discharge, much against his wishes. He was a man of great firmness of will and energy of purpose of what he conceived to be right. When he moved to the farm as has been mentioned, it was like all others, incum- bered with deadened timber, which had to be removeil before it could be cultivated witli any success or i)rofit. It was then the universal custom to have whiske\' at all log rollings, barn raisings, etc. He determined not to have whiskey on his farm, and so e.\pressed himself. His Warrick ajvd Its Prominent People 77 neighbors remonstrated, and assured him that he would not be able to get his logs rolled, barns raised or harvesting done without it. lie jiersisted in his determination and to the credit of the neighbors, be it said, not one refused to assist him. The good example he set was soon fol- lowed by all, and thus a pernicious, degrading custom was entirely abrogated. When he moved to this county he found no Presbyterian Church, nor any Presbyterians; but believing it to be his duty to unite himself with some one of the numerous families of the Church of God, he chose the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he remained a consistent and acceptable member from about 18S0 until the time of his death. In those early days MRS J. W. B MOORE preachers were few, and chiu'ch houses still fewer. His house was often used as a preaching place and was always a welcome house to the itinerant, those moral heroes who worked out the way for the car of progress, and to whom we are greatly indebted for our advanced positions in respect to religion and intelligence. Thus lived and died an honest man, a sincere Christian, a kind husband and an indul- gent father, of whom it may be said that his last days were his best days. He left a widow, the wife of his early years, also two daughters, ]VIi-s. T. W. Hammond, now deceased, and Mis. J. B. Ashley, and two sons, Isaac S., deceased, and Robert D. O. Moore; several grandchildren, and a large circle of friends to mourn his loss. Warrick and Its Prominent People. Robert A. Smith was born in Boonville on June 13tli, ISST. He attended the subscription school in Boonville and then attended the Indiana State University, from which he was a graduate in 1850. Upon his return to Boonville he became Comity Auditor, from which office he resigned three years later to become private secretary to Gov. Gorman, the second territorial governor of Minnesota. Mr. Smith arrived in St. Paul on May 11, 1853, and besides his duties as secretary to Gover- nor Gorman, also served as territorial librarian. In 1856 Ramsey County picked him out and held him twelve years as county treasurer. Then for three terms he was city alderman in St. Paul, serving two terms as president of the council. Meanwhile he sandwiched in two terms in the Legislature of Minnesota, ser\'ing in both branches, the House and the Senate. Later while postmaster of St. Paul, he resigned in his fourth year to become Mayor, which office he heltl seven consecutive times. Althougli a Democrat in a Republican city, his true worth allowed him to stand for more than a half century in the fierce light of public office and not to be discredited. At the present time, Mr. Smith is behind the curtain in politics in St. Paul, having served out his last term as mayor of that city and retired. He has witnessed the growth of St. Paul from an unorganized village to its present grand proportions, and dm-ing his mayoralty, every department of municipal activity has called forth praise from cities all over the land as being worthy of imitation. Boonville little realizes the esteem in which Mr. Smith is held by the people of St. Paul and Minnesota. They only know that he is a Warrick County product, and are proud of the fact. When the former mayor visited Boonville some three years ago he found, that with one or two exceptions, no one knew him as the bare foot boy that had formerly run and played in the streets of their town. He found that even the Court House, in which he was the first to hold office (the court house torn down to make room for the present edifice) was gone. Although eighty-one years of age, Mr. Smith's days are far from being numbered. He still has many years of hearty life before him, and Boonville patiently awaits his return to the home of his youth. He is one of the great, good men of the nation, and of him the Boon- ville peo{)le are proud indeed. ROBERT A SMITH Warrick and Its Prominent People. 79 DR. REUBEN C. MATTHEWSON Dr. Reuben Clark Matthewson, de- ceased, of Boonville, was born October 16, 1804, ill Steuben County, New York. His parents were Oliver and Agnes Matthewson, who were both liirge, healthy and robust persons, and lived to be \ery old. The father died at the age of eighty- two of ajioplexy, very suddenly; the mother, whose maiden name was Clark, of heart disease, aged about seventy-five years. She was the descendant of a highly intellectual family, and was herself a lady of very superior intellect, and it is thought by the relatives that the subject of this sketch is indebted to her for most of that ability which he displayed through his career from boj'hood to old age. The family moved from theii- home in New York in 1817 to the Towai of Princeton, Gibson Comity, Ind., where they located, and where the father and mother ever after lived, and where they died and lie buried. Young Reuben was thirteen years old at this time, and had been sent to school but little. He very early in life displayed a fondness for books and music, to which he ever clung with great tenacity, although the father wished him to be a carpenter, the trade which he himself followed. About this time young Reuben was sent to school to Dr. Ira Bostwick, a gentleman of very excellent scholastic attainments and pohshed manners. Teacher and pupil soon became warmly attached to each other and this relation was never broken until the death of Dr. Bostwick, many years after the manhood of the pupil. At a later period in life he received tuition in Princeton from WilUani Chittenden, a gentleman of very high literary attainments, and in this school he may be said to have graduated, for he never attended afterwards. He was now about twenty years old, diffident, quiet and very reserved; evincing a marked jiassion for books, and reading much in solitude. He expressed to his father a desire to read medicine, but Mr. Matthewson tried to discourage him, telling him that he did not possess the capacity of scholarship to engage in such high notions. He was, however, permitted to enter the office of Dr. Chas. FuUerton, a practicing physician in I'rinceton of more than ordinary reading for that time and place. Dr. Fullerton was also a fine musician, and teacher of both vocal and instrumental music, and here the student of medicine spent much of his leisure time in learning melodies and harmonies which were of great use to him in early life. He also studied the lan- guages, particularly Latin, French and German, and was a regular subscriber and reader of a German newspaper for many years. He was licenseil to jiractice medicine at the age of twenty- two, and at once located at Boonville, where he began his rounds in the liealing art. He was married to Miss Lorinda Baldwin of Boonville, on February 16, 1828. Miss Baldwin was a young lady of good family, a native of the State of New York, and possessed many attractive charms both of mind and person. She died August 19, 1860, a Uttle more than forty-eight years old, after a long and lingering disease, greatly lamented by all her numerous friends and rela- tives. In some business speculation in 183'2 or 1833 Dr. Matthewson became much involved financially. He therefore gave up his practice in Boonville and went to Bardstown, Ky., where he was made professor of music in the college at that place. He filled the chair with entire satisfaction for several years and then returned to his own home and the practice of his pro- fession, having made enough in the time by his knowledge of music to pay off all his liabilities 80 Warrick and Its PROivnNENT People. and start him anew. He was always a hard student of medicine, as his books of reference evince by their many marginal notes. He was a very skillful, successful and consequently a very popu- lar physician. In his diagnosis and prognosis of diseases he excelled most practioners, hence to his opinion was given great weight in critical and doubtful cases. He was never a graduate in medicine, but attended a partial course of lectures in the Ohio Medical college, of Cincinnati yet he knew more about the real and scientific principles and details of the medical sciences than most of the medical professors and teachers in the medical colleges of this day. He con- fined himself closely to his profession, wdth the exception of the time he was engaged in teaching music in the Bardsto\vn College, for nearly fifty years. His children were five in nmnber, three sons and two daughters. Two of his sons died in 1847, before they were grown; this was his first great trouble, and after this he was never known to laugh so heartily as before. His other son lived until March 22, 1906, after many years in the drug business in Boonville. Isabella Helen, the second child and eldest daughter was married in April, 1850, to Dr. W. G. Ralston. (See sketch.) Lucy Marie, the other daughter and youngest child, a very beautiful and fasci- nating young lady and the favorite of her father, was married to John Brackenridge in April, 1876, and died in June of the same year, just two months after her marriage. Dr. Matthewson was a prudent and successful business man and acquired considerable property, and was always regarded as honest and upright. He was for many years skeptical in religious matters, but later in life he often said that his former notions had undergone a change, and that he now en- tertained the hofx; and belief that the soul was immortal and would live in the future. He was entertaining in conversation, having read almost everything that he considered worthy of perusal, making him an acquisition in the social circle. His physical ap{)earance was fidl and erect; his complexion was florid; he had full sparkling hazel eyes and red hair when young, which became almost white before his death; his weight was about one hundred and sixty pounds, and his height five feet ten inches. In pohtics, he was an old Whig, and afterwards a Ilepubli- can, but was never a candidate for political favor. He filled the office of postmaster of Boon' ville for four years, from 1841 to 1845. He died June 22, 1876, of a brief illness, supposed to be heart disease; but had been in a feeble state of health for several years, which was doubtless a gradual softening of the brain. A large numl)cr of his friends and the excellent Saxhorn Band, to which he had belonged for many years, attended his funeral. He was biu-ied in Maple Grove Cemetery near the To\\ni of Boon\dlle. Author's Note — -Chas. N. Ralston, of Evansville, Ind., has in his possession, an old fiddle used by Dr. Matthewson while instructor of music at Bardstown, Ky., and Avhich his son now uses. The instrument is valued very much and passed from Reuben C. Matthewson to his son Charles C. and from him to Mr. Ralston. Warrick and Its Prominent People. 81 CHARLES C. MATTHBWSON Charles C. Matthewson, deceased, for many years one of Boonville's most promi- nent business men and a very popular druggist, was a native of Boonville, and was born June G, 1840, being one of five children born to Dr. Reuben C. and Lora (Baldwin) Matthewson, a sketch of whom is included herein. He re- ceived a common school education in the schools of Boonville, and like his fatlier, evinced a marked passion for books and read much in solitude. He read scientific and medical jour- nals and was very fond of music. Much of his learning along musical hues was taught him by his father. Likewise he was an excellent voca- list, and for many years and even up to the time of his death, he sang in the Methodist Episcopal Church choir. After completing his common school studies, the subject of this sketch began work in his father's store where he remained until the fall of 1861 when he enhsted as a musician in the regular band of the Forty-third Regiment, Indiana Volunteers, and served six months when he was mustered out with the band. Mr. Matthewson then returned to his native towoi and again took his place in his father's store where he remained until 1873, when he assumed control of the business, his father becoming old and feeble and unable to perfoim the duties of his work. Upon the death of his father in 1876, he assumed proprietorship of the drug store and conducted same until his death on March 22, 1906. During the thirty years of his proprietor- ship of the pharmacy, he became known as one of the best pharmacists in Warrick County, and his opinion always carried w^eight and strength in critical cases. Several years previous to his deatli Dr. Matthewson, as he was known, showed his love for tilings that pertained to tlie musical and the dr%na by donating the site for an opera house, and in honor of him was called "Matthewson Theater," or more connnonly, "The Matthewson Opera House." Mr. Matthewson was allowed a box in the play house and was always present at the performances, showing an immense pleasiu-e in watching the drama or musical comedy enacted. Our subject being a very prudent business man, accumulated considerable property during his Hfe time, and was a director in the Boonville National Bank for several years, having considerable stock in that banking estabhshment. He was aLso prominent in many other busi- ness transactions, and it might be said that he was foremost, din-ing his entire life time, in every- thing tending to the business or social advancement and improvement of his town and county. He was held in the highest esteem by all, and in a quiet way was very benevolent. In politics he was a Re{)ubhcan, but shunned favors. His remains lie buried at Maple Grove Cemetery near Boonville. 82 Wakrick and Its Prominent People. DR. W. G. RALSTON William G. Ralston, well knowii jJiysi- cian of Evansville and pioneer citizen of War- rick County, was born in Princeton, Gibson County, Ind., February 13, 1819, where he re- ceived his elementary education from the then imjierfect schools of Gibson Comity. His paternal grandfather, William Ralston, partici- pated in the siege of Yorktowai, when Corn- walb's surrendered to Washington, also in the war of 1812. His maternal grandfather, Major Joseph Neely, was major of a regiment in the revolutionary war, and was also in the siege of Yorktowai. Andrew Ralston (father) was a soldier in the war of 1812, having entered when he was but eighteen years old. He was married in 1818 to Miss Patsy Neely, daughter of Major Joseph Neely, of Kentucky. Their union was blessed with five chiklren, of whom the subject of this sketch was the first. William G. Rals- ton spent his early boyhood days working on his father's farm in siunmer and attending the common schools in winter. This monotonous life continued until 1840, when he realized some better results by teaching school, which he did for one year. In 1841 he located in Posey County, Ind., and began the study of medicine under tlie preceptorship of Dr. Joseph Neely, who was then practicing at Cynthiana. After a four years' course of hard study there, he located in Boonville, Ind., where he practiced medicine until 1863. He attended a partial course of lectures at Cincinnati in the Ohio Medical College and afterwards was graduated from the Medical College of Evansville. From 1845 to 1863 Dr. Ralston followed his profession in Boon- ville and the adjoining counties of Spencer, Pike and Vanderburgh. In those days when bridle paths served as highways in many i)ortions of the coimtry, the j)hysician who did a riding prac- tice, found it very laborious, and in covering the territory on horseback he endured many hard- ships that would break down ordinarily the best constitution. No matter how rough the weather, nor how dark the night. Dr. Ralston was ever ready to answer the signal of distress and his indomitable will carried him through, and it is a remarkable fact that he was never sick but one week consecutively. At the beginning of the CIaiI War he was appointed by Governor ]\Iorton surgeon of the Eighty-first Regiment Indiana Volunteers. After serving less than one year in the army of the Cumberland, and while he was still engaged with his regiment, he was appointed surgeon of the Board of Enrolhnent of the First Congressional District of Indiana. The secretary of war made the appointment without the knowledge of Dr. Ralston. He examined over 10,000 volunteers, substitutes and drafted men, and continued in that position until May 30, 1865, when he returned to the practice of his profession, locating in Evansville. He was appointed United States Surgeon at the Marine Hospital at Evansville, in which capacity he served four years, and he has also served sLvteen years as TTnited States pension examiner at Evansville, and is .still in that sernce. He is a member of I. O. O. P., Crescent Lodge No. 122, of Evansville, and for nearly three score years has been a prominent, consistent and helpful member of the Cumberland Warrick and Its Prominent People. 83 Presbyterian Church. PoHtically he was originally a Whig, but has been a Republican since the organization of that party, faithfully exercising at all times the rites of citizenship. By his faithfulness and kindness in the discharge of his duties he has greatly endeared himself to every- one in Evans\'ille and vicinity. He is a man of the most remarkable energy, and while devoted to practicing medicine, he patented the "Ralston Bed Warmer," of which probably every reader has heard. Dr. Ralston was united in marriage in April, 1850, to Miss Isabella Matthewson, daughter of Dr. Reuben C. Matthewson. (See sketch.) Mrs. Ralston was born September 20, 1830, and died in 1882. Their union was blessed with three children, as follows: William M., Charles N., and Andrew G. The eldest of these died in Texas in 1885. Although past ninty years, Dr. Ralston has an excellent memory and to the author recalled many valuable incidents con- nected with primitive Warrick, the gist of which are to be found in the historical section. Edward Claire Hargrave, one of six children born to William J. and Louan (Day) Hargrave, was born on October 14, 1866, in Boonville, Warrick County, Indiana. Wliile very young his parents moved from Boonville to the country, where he attended the country schools up to the eighth grade, and then came to Boonville to attend High School. Mr. Hargrave be- gan his business career in 1884 as a clerk under C. C. Ferguson, and in 1888 he attended Bryant and Stratton's Business College at Louisville Ky. In the same year he was appointed deputy clerk and served under his father. Upon the expiration of his term as deputy clerk he turned to the insurance business, but served as deputy treasurer from 1895 to 1896. He has also served one term as member of the city council. Mr. Hargrave was married on May 14, 1891, to Cora L. Picker, daughter of C. F. Picker, and about whom a brief sketch will be found elsewhere. Two children are the result of the marriage, one boy and one girl, namely, Fred age 16 and Edith age 10. The subject of this sketch is one of Boonville's leading citizens and is an upright and honest citizen. At present he is a director of the Maple Grove Cemetery Association, and also director and secretary of the Warrick County Orphans' Home. He is a RepubUcan in politics and takes an active part in the cause of his party. He is a member of the Main Street Metho- dist Episcopal Church of this place; also a member of the Masons and Knights of Pythias fra- ternal organizations. William M. Hoggatt, attorney and counselor-at-law (deceased) was born in Orange County, December 5, 1839, one in a family of nine children born to Wilford and Elizabeth Wells) Hoggatt, who were natives respectively of North and South Carolina and who came with their respective parents to Indiana when the State was yet in its infancy. William M. was reared to manliood in his native county, receiving in youth such educational advantages as were common that day. He afterwards entered Asbury University, from which he received the degree of "A. M.," in 1863, and one year later graduated from the law department of the State University. Immediately after this he located for the practice of his profession at Mount Vernon, Ind., where he remained until 1877 engaged in active practice. In 1866 he was elected district attorney for the counties of Posey, Vanderburgh, Gibson and Warrick, retaining that position two years. From 1877 until the time of his death, twelve years later, he occupied a prominent position at the bar of Warrick County, residing in Boonville. Mr. Hoggatt was married November 4, 1864, to Isabella Bacon, by whom he became the father of two sons 84 Wakrick and Its Prominent People. Wilford 13., present Governor of Alaska, and Herbert E. The mother died in November, 1874, and July 4, 1877, Mr. Hoggatt married Mrs. Gertrude (Burtis) Nettleton. He died at Newburg, July 4, 1889, five later after he was a candidate for Reporter of the Supreme Com-t of Indiana on the Republican ticket. C GOV. WILFORD B. HOGGATT WiLFORD B. HoGGATT, the present Territorial Governor of Alaska, is anotlier example to be added to the ah-eady long hst of men, commonly called "self-made." In his early days he was given a good education, but his rise in both the business and commercial world, has been due to his own efforts. At the early age of fourteen, and the youngest member of liis chiss. Governor Hoggatt graduated from the Boonville High School, and having done so with first honors, in the face of many hardships attending, he was sent to the naval academy at Annapolis, where at the age of eighteen, and the youngest member of his class, he graduated with third honors. From Anna- polis he attended the Cokunbian University Law School and then the Coliunbia School of Mines. Gov. Hoggatt gave eighteen years to the service of his country in the na^'y, which period carried him through the Spanish-American War, during which time he had been honored by President McKinley who placed him on the Navy Board of Strategy, a position of high responsi- biUty. After the war was over he retired from the na\y in order that he might engage in the mining business in Alaska and become identified with the development of this territory. In this new calling he was successful, and soon became recognized as a representative business man. Just prexious to his appointment as governor, in 1906, he was postmaster of Jualine, Alaska. The first official move of Hoggatt was to change the capital of Alaska from Sitka to Juneau, which is more centrally and better commercially located. Mr. Hoggatt's appointment came not onlj' as showing the confidences of President Roose- velt in him, but also in recognition of the doctrine of home rule, and as such it was appreciated by the men who, through their labor and capital, were developing the business interests of every portion of tlie territory. Gov. Hoggatt is the brother of Herbert E. Hoggatt of this place. Wabrick and Its Prominent People. 85 Thomas F. Johnson, a native of Kentucky, was born near Greenville in 1791. His education was very meagre, and he worked on his father's farm until the outbreak of the second war for Independence, War of 1812. The subject of this sketch enhsted with General Andrew Jackson and fought in the memorable battle of New Orleans which took place on January 8, 1815, and ended the three years' struggle with England. Mr. Johnson returned to his home in Kentucky, and five years later was married to a girl of East Tennessee. In 1825 he came THOMAS P. JOHNSON MRS. THOMAS F. JOHNSON to Indiana locating in Gibson County where he resided and tended a farm until the fall of 1836, when he removed to Warrick County and located on the old Rathff Boon farm which is situated three miles west of Booiualle. He resided here and tended the farm until his death which occurred on March 13, 1864. He was a faithful Christian and laid off a portion of his farm on which to construct a chm-ch. IVIount Pisgah was founded there by Rev. Benjamin Hall and Israel Hemenway. Mrs. Thomas F. Johnson died on December 21, 1863. Mr. Johnson's marriage resulted in the birth of nine children, only two of which are living. Miss Mary Johnson of Boon- ville, and William Johnson, of Missom-i. An account of the life of John Johnson, a son, will be found herein. In pohtics ]Mr. Johnson was a Republican, but was never a candidate for a public office. He was a hberal obliging gentleman and was well liked throughout the county. Aside from his sterling quaUties, he was very progressive and an enterprising farmer. 86 Warrick and Its Prominent People. John Johnson, one of nine children born to JVIr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Johnson was born September 13, 1828, in Gibson County, this state. His father came to Warrick County when the subject of this sketch was six years old, and settled on the Rathff Boon farm, located some three miles west of Boon\'ille Young Johnson had little or no opportunities to secure an education, but in his maturer years studied and read considerably. In 1860 he entered in business in Boonville with his father-in-law, Israel Hemenway, and was one of the town's leading citizens. He was indus- trious and energetic. Mr. Johnson was married to Miss Mary E. Hemenway, a daughter of Israel Hemenway, on March 25, 1858. She died in 1863 after bearing two children, Ammie and Sadie E., both now deceased. He married Miss Mariamnia Hemenway, a sister to his first wife, on October 2, 1865, and to this union six children were born, namely: Maggie B., Chas. H., Jesse E., Katie H., John B., and Robert F. All are living but Jesse E. Mr. Johnson's last wife is still hving and is hale and hearty at seventy years of age. John Johnson's death occurred on December 20, 1894. The Boonville En- quirer, which printed an account of his life, said, "Mr. Johnson has always been known as an honest, genial, kind-hearted man. He and his father-in-law, Israel Hemenway, were the chief instruments in building the Cumberland Presbjierian Church of this place and he has always been one of its most faithful members. To his family he was always one of the best of husbands and no father could have been more loving and kind to his children." The death of our subject was due to a cancer of the Uver, from which he had suffered intensely several months previous to his death. The funeral services were held in the Boonville C. P. Church, Sunday, 10:30 a. in., December 23rd, conducted by the pastor, assisted by Rev. Ashcraft: and the remains were interred at Maple Grove Cemetery. JOHN JOHNSON Wakrick and Its Prominent People. 87 Mrs. John (Hemenway) Johnson was born September 12, 1838, being one of ten children born to Israel and Hannah (Hall) Hemenway. She secured a common school education and at twenty-seven years of age married John Johnson. To this union six- children were born, names of whom are mentioned in the biography of John Johnson. Mrs. Johnson is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, which was established by Israel Hemenway, her father, and also by her husband. The subject of this brief sketch resides with her two sons, Chas. H. and Robert F. on Fourth Street, and her home is located on property formerly owned by her father. MRS. JOHN JOHNSON Charles H. Johnson was born on August 27, 1869, the son of John Johnson and Mariamnia (Hemenway) Johnson. He received his education in the Boonville pubUc schools. In 1885 he entered the Boonville Enquirer office as an apprentice under William Swint, and remained there until Mr. Swint's death in 1893. He continued in the office for several years under G. H. Hazen, the present owner of the Enquirer. In January, 1899, he entered the Standard office, which was then owned by C. W. Bennett and remained there until 1905, acting as editor and mana- ger a portion of the time. In December of the same year he became identified with the Boonville Republican, a weekly paper established sometime previously by Thomas E. Downs, pur- chasing a half interest in same. In January, 1906, Messrs. Downs and Johnson piu-chased the plant and good will of the Boonville Standard, consolidating the Republican and Standard. For a short time the paper was known as The RepubUcan-Stantlard, but later the word Repub- lican was dropped and the pa{)er is now known as "The Boonville Standard," with Dowais and Johnson, publishers. Mr. Johnson occupies the position of business manager in the present establishment. The subject of this sketch is a prominent RepubUcan. He served as clerk of Boonville for four years, from May 1895 to May 1899, and as a member of the town council, from May 1901 to November 1905, serving in the capacity of president of the council. In 1905 Mr. John- son was a candidate for mayor on the Republican ticket, but was defeated by John Heinzle, the Democratic candidate, although Heinzle's majority was only forty-seven. chas, H. JOHNSON 88 Warrick and Its Prominent People. John F. Katterjohn, a native of Hamilton County, Ohio, was born December 22, 1843, one of eight children born to William and Christina (Bierbamn) Katterjohn, who were natives of Prussia. The father came to the United States about 1837, finding a home first in Virginia, when he was married. In 1842 he moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, and from there, two j^ears later, to Dubois County, Ind., where he remained until 1872, when he removed to near Selvin, in this county, where he purchased a farm and resided until his death in 1893. His wife died at the home of the subject of this sketch, on May 10, 1904, at the age of eighty- three years. Until fifteen years old our subject remained with his parents in Dubois County on the farm. He then went to Huntingburg and went to the city schools in tlie winter time and worked at the tanner's trade during the smiimer. Three years later he went to Selvin, where he remained two years learning the miller's trade. In 1863'he married Miss Elsie Hale, and in the winter of tlie same year he left home to fight his country's cause, as a member of Company D, One Hundred and Forty-third Indiana Volunteer Infantry. At the end of one year he was honorably JOHN F. KATTERJOHN THE KATTERJOHN CITY MILL discharged, and retui-ning home he purchased mill proi>erty at Newburg, which he operated until the fall of 18()7. He then returned to Selvin and engaged in milling there until 1881 when Warrick and Its Prominent People. 89 he came to Boonville and purchased the Star Mills, later knowii as the City Mills, and which he operated up to the time of his death in 1906. Mr. Katterjohn was a lover of his business, and was peculiarly adapted to it. He im- proved the Star Mills until it became one of the foremost flouring establishments in this section of the country. Milling as carried on by JVIr. Katterjohn was more of a science than a trade, and the mills conducted by our subject were knowai to always turn out the finest quality of flour, our staple article of food. He was a thorough miller and had made his business a hfe study, being, no doubt, the best miller in this section of Indiana. In 1882 Mr. Katterjohn was named by the Republican party to act as county chairman, and foiu- years later, after having served his party faithfully, he was a candidate for county audi- tor, to which office he was elected by a good safe majority. He was a conservative Repubhcan and always worked for the best interests of his party. He was recognized in his party ranks as an indispensable factor. The People's Bank of Boonville was organized through the work of our subject, and he became vice-president of same after its organization, which position he held until his death. Mr. Katterjolm's predominant trait was honesty, for he thought that "An honest man is the noblest work of God." He was a liberal donor to churches and was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of this place. To his union -s^-ith Miss Elsie Hale, three children were boiii, Charles M., Quincy F., and Mrs. A. R. Tweedy. The death of our subject occurred on February 21, 1906 at 3 a. m., after an illness of several weeks. He lived to be sixty-two years, one month and twenty-nine days of age. Pubhc ser^^ces were held at the Cimiberland Presbyterian Church on Friday afternoon, February 23rd at two o'clock. Rev. P. C. Lisman and Rev. R. R. Bryan, officiating. The remains were in- terred at Maple Grove Cemetery. CHAS. M. KATTERJOHN Charles M. Katterjohn, the eldest of three children born to John F., and Elsie (Hale) Katterjohn, was born at Selvin, Warrick County, Indiana, on August 14, 1865. His father was the son of William and Christina (Bierbaiuu) Katterjohn, who were na- tives of Prussia. The father of our subject became one of the best and most thorough millers in this sec- tion of Indiana, and a sketch regarding his life can be found elsewhere. Charles M. Katterjohn received a common school education at Selvin. His first occupa- tion was an apfwentice in his father's flour mill, but this did not suit him and he turned to the Boon\'ille Electric Light and Powei Company after his father moved to Boonville, and acted as electrician. After being employed by that company several years, our subject entered the service of the Cumberland Tele- phone and Telegrai)h Company and worked himself up to the jiosition of Boonville manager. This position he held several years, and when his ability as a inanagt r was recognized he was placed in charge of the Evans- ville District of the Cumberland Company's Unes with headquarters in Evansville. His family moved from Boonville to Evansville in 1904. He held this position 90 Wakrick and Its Prominent People. until 1908 when the Evans\ille District was closed by the company, and Mr. Katterjohn became a special agent of" the Cuml>erland Company. He was married in 1884 to IVIiss Eva Miller, daughter of Lewis Miller, and three children have been born to this union, all girls, namely: Ethel, age 21; Hazel, age 20 and Elsie, age 5. Mr. Katterjohn is a member of the following fraternal organizations: Elks, Knights of Pjthias, Modern Woodmen and T. P. A. He is also a member of the M. E. Church. QUINCY P. KATTERJOHN QuiNCY F. K.vrrERjoMN, one of three children born to John F. and Elsie (Hale) Katter- john, was born at Sehin, Warrick County, Iiid,. on June 18, 1870. He resided with his parents at Selvin until eleven years of age when liis father moved to Boonville and purchased the Star flouring mill. Quincy secured a common school education, attending school in Boonville, but progressed no fiui;her than the eighth grade. After working at various occupations, namely, painting, printing and engineering, he turned to the miller's trade, and under his father, became an apprentice. He has continued in the milling business ever since, and is now owner of the Elkhorn Mills of this place. He became manager of the City Mills ownied by his father, after having learned the trade, and held that position until the demise of his father. On Jmie 27, 190G, our subject purchased the Elkhorn ]Mills, and after reconstructing same, has now one of Waerick and Its Prominent People. 91 the best equipped floiir mills in this section of the State. He is a thorough miller and under- stands the wants and desires of the public by making the finest grade of floiu-, meal and feed that can be made with brains and modern machinery. In November, 1889, he was married to Miss Corna M. Aust, of Selvin, and to their union, three children have been born, namely: Raymond R., Monte M., and Fred F. Mr. Katterjohn resides in a fine new home on the corner of Second and Mill streets, just opposite the Elkhorn Mill. He is a Repubhcan in poUtics. Mr. and Mrs. Katterjohn are members of the Ben Hur lodge. John E. Kelley was born on February 2, 1870, in Boonville, Warrick County, Ind. He se- cured a common school education attending the pubUc Schools of Boonville. When about ready to complete the grammar grades, he quit school to enter the Gough mines near Boon\'ille, determined to educate himself regarding the science of mining, and to make himself a thorough miner, his ambition being to become manager and super- intendent of a mine as soon as his knowledge and circiuustances would jjermit. At the present time, after several years of toilsome efforts, he enjoys the distinction of gratifying his youthful ambition, being the present superintendent and manager of the Big Four Coal Company, which has one of the best equipped mines in this section of Indiana. The subject of this sketch also has an interest to- gether with George P. Nester and INIayor John F. Heinzle in this mine. He has held his present position for the past fourteen years. Previous to his connection with the Big Four Company, he operated the old Gough mines. Mr. Kelley has had much experience in opening mines and doing mine contract work, and his clear, clean business ways and upright citizenship won the office of county commissioner on the second district for him in the campaign of 1908. Mr. Kelley is a Repubhcan, and in the campaign mentioned above, he ran far ahead of the other candidates on his party's ticket. He was married in 1890 to Miss Emma Hefferlin, to which union two boys, twins, have been born, namely, Virgil and Earl. JOHN KELLEY Sidney B. Hatfield, one of the most prominent members of the Warrick County bar. was born in Meade County, Ky., January 30, l^ii, the third of seven children born to William and Jane (Debolt) Hatfield. A chronological account of our subject's life is as follows: Gradu- ated from University at Bloomington with the degree of "A. M." in 1864; graduated from law department of same institution in 1866; elected clerk of the circuit court by Democratic party in Perry County, in 1870; in 187-t removed to Boonville and formed partnership with G. H. Hazen; elected State Advocate for the Second Judicial District in 1880; re-elected two years later; prominent attorney of Boonxille, highly esteemed citizen and enjoys good practice. He was married to Flora A. Helton, of Bloomington, Ind., December 6, 1866, and six children have been born to this union, two sons, Frank H. and William S., following their father's vocation. 92 Warrick aad Its Prominent People. REV. P. C LISMAN Rev. p. C. Lisjlvn, son of William and Martha (Padgett) Lisman was born in Sullivan County, Ind., March 3, 1866. He secured an ex- cellent education, completing the grammar grades, the high school course and also attended college at Depauw University, Greencastle, Ind. Our sub- ject entered the M. E. Conference at W^ashington, Ind., on September 16, 1891, and his first appoint- ment as a Methodist minister was at Merom, Ind. Since then he has filled appointments at Alfords- ville, Newberry, Shoals, Oakland City and Posey- ville, all of Indiana. Rev. Lisman was appointed minister of the Main Street Methodist Episcopal Church in 1905 and came here that year. He was very influential in securing the new church building, and Avas the first pastor to preach therein. Rev. Lisman was married June 21 , 1893, to Miss Nora B. Barnhill, of Salineville, Ohio. Two children have resulted from this union, namely, Ruth and Helen. Rev. Lisman is a member of the Mason lodge. Robert J. Derr, one of nine children born to John Derr and Mary (Fehn) Derr, was born at Tell City, Ind., in Perry County on April 2, 1875. He attended school in Tell City until he was four- teen years old, when his father sold his business and moved to Boonville. Here, his father began the manufacture of soft drinks and cigars and was assisted by his son, and he is now pai-t o\vner in the BoonAille Bottling Works and the Derr Cigar Factory. The brands of goods turned out by tliese two establishments are well known in tliis section of the State, the result of much time and work on the part of the subject of this sketch. He was married October 7, 1903, to Miss Annice Cox, daughter of Mr. and IMrs. Benjamin Cox, and they reside in a beautiful home on Fourth Street. One cliild has been born to their union, a girl, named Mary Janet. He is a pojiular member of the B. P. O. E. No. 116, of Evansville, and is one of the three managers of the W. O. W. of Boonville, in which order he takes an active part. In politics he is a staunch Republican and in the campaign of 1908 was elected clerk of the Warrick Circuit Court over his opponent by a large majority. He is a leading citizen of Boonville and said that he is one of the towns' most promising young men. ROBERT J, DERR it ntigiit l)f Warrick .■vnd Its Prominent People 93 MARION POLSOM Marion Foi.som was born December 12, 1853, on his father's farm three miles northeast of Boonville, the farm being known now as the "Jimmy Goad farm." His education was secured through the common schools. While Marion was quite young, Benjamin Folsom, his father, moved to Folsom ville, or what is now known as Folsomville, and there Marion worked for his father in the summer, attending school during the winter months. He married Miss Laura A. Shryock, of Folsomville, on May 2, 1872, and to that union foiu- children were born, of which Lenpha A., of Boonville, and Lucy C, of Gulf port. Miss., are living. ]VIi-. FoLsom engaged in the merchandise business at Folsomville in 1872, besides being interested in farming. Eight years later he was appointed postmaster, and after serving four years was trustee of Owen town- ship in 1886. He was re-elected upon the expiration of his first term and served until 1890. In 1898 he was elected auditor of W^arrick County and served until 1903. On April 3, 1903, he was appointed U. S. Immigrant Inspector under the Department of Commerce and Labor, and was stationed at Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. In January, 1904, he was transferred to Mata- moros, Mexico. In September of the same year he was transferred to Windsor, Canada. In December, 1906, he was sent to Gulfport, Miss., and in May of the following year changed to Niagara Falls, N.Y. In September, 1907, he was transferred to Detroit, Mich., at which station he remained until January, 1908, when he was again transferred to Gulfport, Miss., and which is his present location. On January 31, 1876, Tempa Lodge No. 521, I. O. O. F. was organ- 94 Warrick and Its Prominent People. ized in Folsomville and Mr. Folsom was one of the charter members. In August of the same year he became a member of Strangers' Rest, No. ^240, F. & A. M. Lodge of this place. In August, 1890, he moved his stock to Boonville, and in January, 1895, his business was com- pletely destroyed by fire. His store was known as the F. M. B. A. store of Boonville. The subject of this sketch is a Methodist in belief, but has been a liberal donor to all churches. In politics, he is a "Republican of the Old School." He is also a member of the Modern Wood- men and Ben Hur fraternal organizations. Thomas E. Downs was born at Boonville, Ind., December 24, 1868, the fifth of eight children born to Capt. Thos. J. Downs and IVIrs. Lydia (Williams) Downs. The subject of this sketch at- tended the public school until thirteen years of age, when he entered the office of the Boonville Standard as an apprentice. He remained there only a short time, however, and secured a position in the job rooms of the Evansville Journal Co. For several succeeding years he held various positions in job printing offices at Evansville, and at eighteen years of age he became the editor and foreman of the Huntingburg Argus. A few years later he held a foremanship in the Louisville Courier-Journal job rooms. At the breaking out of the Spanish-American War, iNIr. Downs was foreman of a big job printing office at Evansville, from which position he resigned and enhsted as a regular for service in Cuba and served during the war. At the expiration of his first enUstment, he re-enlisted for Phillipine ser\ace and served as a regular for three years. He reached the rank of sergeant-major, the highest position accorded an enlisted man He returned to Boonville and in May, 1904, established The Republican, a weekly newspaper. In the fall of 1905 he formed a partnership with C. H. Johnson, and a few months later tlie new firm purchased The Standard, the old established Repul)lican organ of Warrick County. The two plants were consolidated, the paper now being known as The Standard. IVIr. Downs is editor of The Standard and also looks after the me- chanical end of the concern, his partner having charge of the business department. The sub- ject of this sketch was married to Miss MilUe Kindermann, of Boonville, in May, 1907, and the couple now reside in their own home, a beautiful five-room bungalow, on one of the principal residence streets of Boonville. He belongs to the Knights of Pythias and Court of Honor lodges, and is a past captain of the Sons of Veterans, a patriotic organization. THOS E, DOWNS Hon. Benoni S. Fuller, deceased, a native of Warrick County, Ind., and a man whose name and public life are extensively and favorably known throughout southwestern Indiana was born November 13, 1825. His father was Isham Fuller who immigrated to Indiana in Wakrick and Its Prominent People. 95 1816 and for several years served Warrick County in the Indiana Legislature. School teaching is the opening chapter in the active life of Benoni Fuller, next was sheriff of Warrick County, and then for several years represented the county in the State Legislature, and in 1874 was elected to the National Congress, and again in 1876. He was a Democrat in all senses of the word; was an intelligent and cajiable man. He died several years ago in Boonville, an example of the old saying, "Politics doesn't pay," being penniless at the time. aUhough he served his people well, and for years was one of the most prominent figures in politics that Indiana has ever pro- duced. J. Frank Cady, one of eight children born to George W. Cady and Mary (Miller) Cady, was born September 21, 1874, at Oakland City, Ind., Pike County, where he resided with his parents until eight years old. In 188''2 his jmrents moved to Boonville where the subject of this sketch attended school a portion of the time, working in the tobacco factory dming the tobacco season. His father died in 1885. In 1892 he entered the photographic studio of W. C. Hunton of this place as an apprentice, where he re- PRANK CADY mained for three and a half years. In 1896 he opened a studio in Boonville for himself, the studio being the only ground floor studio in this section of the State. The studio was ojiened at the present location on First Street where he has been ever since. The subject of this sketch is very prominent in Photographers' Conventions, and in 1907 and 1908 was Secretary of the Indiana Association of Photographers. At the present time he is serving in the capacity of President of this Association. He has carried off various awards and medals at the District, Southern Indiana, State and National Conventions, and has been awarded more certificates of merit than any other jjhotographer in the State. In pohtics, Mr. Cady is a Prohibitionist and is an earnest worker in the cause of his party. He is a member of the Ben Hur and Knights of Pythias fraternal organizations. He is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church. He was married in 1897 to Miss Katie Hall Johnson, to which union, five children have been born, three of which are living, namely: George, age nine; John, age seven, and Grace, age foiu-. Charles F. Picker, deceased, for many years one of Boonville's most progressive mer- chants, was a native of Germany, his birth occurring on the sixteenth day of August, 1843. He was the eldest of two children born to Charles F. and Louisa (Lucking) Picker, who emigrated from the old country to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1845 where the father died four years later. Charles F. Picker, Jr., the subject of this biographical sketch, was reared and educated in Cincinnati, and at the age of eighteen years he enlisted in Company C, Sixteenth Regiment of United States Infantry, serving his coimtry faithfully three years. Our subject was in several famous campaigns of the late war, and his fighting career is one that deserves much praise and credit. After the war Mr. Picker was employed by a New Albany wholesale dry goods house as travehng salesman, a position he retained for twelve years. In 1876 he located permanently in Boonville and embarked in the dry goods and general merchandise business, which business he conducted with success up to the time of his death, which occurred on July 12, 1905. 96 Warrick and Its Prominent People. CHARLES F. PICKBK ]VIr. Picker was married to Miss Carrie H. Hill, of I^ouisville, Ky., on the 1st of April, 1865, and by her was the father of three sons, Frank, Carl antl Bert, and two daughters, Floy and IVIrs. Claire Hargrave. ISIrs. Picker died ten years before her husband, her death occurring on July 28, 189o. The subject of this sketch was one of the most prominent of Boonville citizens, being connected with the Boonville schools for many years and being a man whose interest was in the welfare of his town. He was esteemed for his strict integrity and he attained a popularity and reputation among his fellow citizens which lives after him. He was a menilier of tJie Masonic brotherhood. INIrs. Picker was a member of the INIethodist EjMscopal Church. Union W. Youngblood, the subject of this sketch is next to the youngest child of William B. Youngblood, a well known farmer of Warrick County, and was born September 4, 1872. He assisted his father on the farm and received a common sciiool education, and attended the Boonville High School, but before graduation therefrom in the Autumn of 1891 began teaching school. In the spring of 1892, he took a course in business training and stenography at Hay- Wakrick and Its Prominent People. 97 ward College, Fairfield, Illinois. During the winter of 1892 and 1893 he again taught a dis- trict school, but before the close of the term he became seriously ill with chronic dysentery and lingered in the shadow-land between hfe and death, a mere shadow himself, for four years, and tlien slowly recovered. During the school year of 1897 and 1898 he served as one of the first two truant officers of Warrick County, making his rounds during fair weather. During the summer of 1898 he organized lodges for the tribe of Ben Hur, one at Chandler, Ind., and one at IVtosky, Mich., where he had gone for his health. In the Fall of the same year he returned to tliis county, and feeling sufficiently recovered from his long illness, began the study of law in tlie office of James R. Wilson, at Boonville. At that time he did not have a dollar to his name nor did he own any property, but was in debt several hundred dollars. His only asset was his determination to be a lawyer and during the next two years he studied law and worked at various jobs by turns in order to pay his board while studying. In the spring of 1900 he went to Sioux Falls, S. D., for his health, and during that summer was employed as a law clerk in the law oflice of J. W. Boyce at that place. Returning to Warrick county that fall he again organized lodges for the Tribe of Ben Hur, one at FolsomAille and one at Heilman, in Warrick County, and on the first day of January, 1901, formed a law partnership with his old preceptor, James R. Wilson, which lasted until he was elected Procecuting Attorney in 190'-2 for the vSecond Judicial Circuit, composed of the counties of Warrick, Spencer and Perry. This Circuit was considered safely democratic and Mr. Youngblood was the first rejiublican that liad been elected to that office for many years. His administration of the office was noted for his fearless prosecution of gamblers and violators of the liquor laws. After the end of his term of office he continued the practice of laAV until January 25, 1906, when he was appointed private secretary to the Comp- troller of the Treasury of the United States. He moved his family to Washington, D. C, and served in that capacity till November, 1908, when he returned to Boonville, formed a law part- nership with Marshall R. Tweedy, and is now engaged in the practice of law. W'hile in Wash- ington, D. C, Mr. Youngblood took a course in the evening sessions of the Law School of the National University, receiving the degree of Bachelor-of-Laws from that institution. He has always been a great reader and a hard-working student and is now one of the leafiing attorneys of the Boonville bar. In 1901 Mr. Youngblood was married to Bernice Youngblood, a daughter of John W^ Youngblood, her mother being a daughter of Johnson Taylor, deceased. To them have been born one daughter, Maurine, and two sons, WilUam and Hyatt. When asked for a biographical sketch, Mr. M. H. Lockyear, of Evansville, said "Yes, I am a Warrick County product and glad of it. I was born in Cam)il)ell Township. This happened about forty-three years ago. I lived there until I was seventeen years of age. I am the son of John Lockyear. My father died when I was fourteen years old. When I left the farm, our immediate neighbors were Webb Mitchem, Stoermer, Gander, Fisher, Engel, Smith and Claridge. I attended school at what was then called the Putler School House. My teachers were Levi M H LOCKYEAR. Lockyear, I^esUe Trusler, Alvin Powers, J. M. Birchfield, Rad Moore and Miss Florence Puett. I also attended a Spring Normal conducted by Alvin Powers about two miles east of Lynn\'ille. I then went to Evansxalle and attended the Evansville Commercial College. I took a course in bookkeeping and ornamental penmanship. I guess I might say that whatever I had in the way of a start, began at that time, as this com-se had much to do with shaping my life's work. What I have been doing since then is pretty well known throughout Southern Indiana." Mr. Lockyear is an ex{iert accountant of recognized ability. He is president of Lock- 98 Wahrick and Its Prominent People. year's Business Collef>;e and one of the leading business educators in this country, and at this time is president of the National Commercial Teachers' Federation, an organization consisting of over six hundred business school proprietors and teachers. A,\RON Wilson, a native of Russel County, Ky. , and the youngest in a family of nine children born to James and Elizabeth (Fox) Wilson, was born March 18, 1827. His father was a native of Virginia, moved to Russel County, Ky., when twenty-five years old and from there, in 1858, removed to Warrick County, Ind., locating on a farm in Lane Township, where he resided until his death, September 21, 1873. His mother was a native of North Carolina and April 28, 1863, died in this county. Mr. Wilson married Martha Stephenson f.)r his second wife, now deceased. Aaron Wilson had l)ut little or no educational advantages in boyhood, l)ut after arriving at maturity, read and studied until lie became the possessor of a practical education. Coming to this counti-y with his father he bought land in Ijane Township where he lived fourteen years. Early in 1873 he moved to what is now known as tiie Aaron Wilson farm. He was one of Warrick County's best farmers, and his farm was always well stocked and November 5, 1846, he wedded Catherine Warner, who died May 3, 1853, after bearing three children, all deceased. To his marriage with Taliitha Bowling, which was solemnized iNIarch 2, 1854, three children were born, only one now living. The mother died Marcli 25, 1860. INIargaret Flynn, his third wife, to whom he was wedded September 28, 1863, bore liim one child, and died March 31, 1880. November 22, 1882, he married Dora Cromeans, and by her was the father of two children, a daughter and son, the daughter is now dead. His last wife died a few years preAious to our subject's death which occurred in 1896. Mr. Wilson was a Democrat in politics, a believer in the Baptist faith. Author's Note — Mrs. John Ehsha Madden, of Boon\'ille, ISIrs. Dorsey Reed, also of Boonville, and Aaron Wilson, of Evansville, are the three children of Aaron Wilson, who are now hving. AARON WILSON kept in an excellent state of cultivation. Benjamin Folsoii. — The word "Pioneer" always suggests to our minds hardy manhood, strength of mind and body, romance and daring, and the story of pioneer days of Warrick County would lack considerable with the sturdy, progressive personality of Benjamin Folsom omitted. His early life was not lacking in romance. Born in New York State, ]May 16, 1826, and at the age of nine years he was Ijrought to Warrick County liy a family who hatl taken a great fancy to the young lad and his adventurous spirit at that early age prompted him to leave his home and family and seek his young fortune farther West. This Vermont family settled north of Boon- ville where young Folsom grew uji industrious and energetic and having arrived at young man- hood's estate, he begun preparing to make a home for a future bride. Like many other Warrick and Its Prominent People. 99 pioneers this young man, being deprived of books and school, relied on his common sense and physical strength, and so he literally carved his futm-e out of the forests and earned the title to his first forty acres by cutting cordwood on the Ohio, and in October, 1849, was married to Miss Nancy A. Youngblood. BENJAMIN FOLSOM In 1856 they purchased and removed to a farm in Owen township, where for the growing settlement, he secured a postoffice and laid out the village known as Folsomville. Mr. Folsom was a man of deeds and his {)rogressive spirit was shown by his introduction «>f the first large flouring mill and carding machine in his locahty. It was before the days of a railroad to Boonville. The hauUng of this heavy machinery over land from Evansville was a great hardshij), and such an enterprise in an undeveloped country was a great risk, but the trans- portation, erection and operation was a success under IVIr. Folsom's management and a great convenience to the entire covmtry. He was also a partner with other progressive gentlemen of his community in bringing the first steam thresher into his neighborhood. His versatility is shown in his management of a general merchandise business, and the supervision of a large tract of land in connection with his other interests. His useful but brief life closed April 6, 1875, at the age of forty-nine years. His widow, Nancy A., and four children, Marion, Mary J., John T., and Ephraim M. still survive him. 100 Warrick and Its Prominent People. MELVILLE MCELVAINE RANKIN Melville McElvaine Raxkix, son of Josiah E. and Mary M. Rankin, was l)oin at Mt. Horeb, Tenn. He is of Scotch-Iiisli desc eiit. He graduated from Maiyville Colleije, IVnnessee, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts, in 1888; • graduated from Lane Presby- teiian Tlieological Seminary, Cincinnati. Ohio, ISf)-!; licensed to preach in 1893 and ordained to tlie ^Missionary in the Cumberland Momi- taius for one year in 1888-1889; was elected |)rin(ipal of Huntsville Academy, Tenn., and served for two years, 1888-1891; was ])astor at Mason, O., two years beginning 189(5; was pastor at Bright, Ind., four years beginning 1898; was chosen singing evangehst by the (ieneral Assembly's Connnittee in 19()'-2; be- came pastor at Rockport, Ind., in 190,'}; was chosen })astor at Boonville in the fall of 1907. Rev. Rankin was married to ^liss Erie Brown, daughter of Rev. Wm. B. and Mary E. Brown, of ]Maryville, Tenn., in 1889. Mr. and Mrs. Rankin have four children, IMelvillc Bliss, Mary Lena, Erie Brown and Myron McElvaine. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. M. M. RANKIN, PASTOR Warrick and Its Prominent People. 101 111 coinu-ctioii with tliis sketc-h the author received from Rev. M. M. Rankin a short his- tory of I'reshyteriaiiisin in Warrick County, which is pubhshed below. The first Presbyterian Church ores, the second of eight children born to John L. and India (Bass) Scales, was born in Warrick County, Ind., November 28, 1875. His father removed from Pike County to Warrick, locating in T^ane Towmship. The subject of this sketch re- ceived a common school education, and at the termina- tion of his school days, turned to farming, in which vocation he continued for many years. He was a thorough and efficient farmer and was considered by all who knew him when on the farm, as one of the best. Mr. Scales was selected by Sheriff Edward Ward to act as his dejjuty, and his excellent work in this capacity brought his name before the jiubhc, and in 1906, he was elected sheriff of the coimty on the Democratic ticket. Again in the fall of 1908 he was elected to the shrievalty defeating his opponent, ex- Chief of Pohce of Boonville, Robert Wilhams, by a large majority. Since his election as sheriff", Mr. Scales has made arrests in some of the most famous cases of the day, and is an officer of iron nerve. It might be said that there is no man who is better fitted for the position which our subject holds, than Rajanond Scales. Mr. Scales was married in 1896 to Miss Dora Erwin. She died the following year, after giving birth to one child, a girl, Florence. He was married to his present wife on December 3 1906. Mr. Scales is a memlier of the Modern Woodmen of America, Woodmen of the World aiid Odd Fellow fraternal organizations. RAYMOND SCALES 104 Warrick and Its Prominent People. MAYOR JOHN F HEINZLE Mayor John F. Heinzle, son of John G. and Elizabeth (Hahn) Heinzle, Avas born at Troy, Ind., November 16, 1866. His parents came to this country from Germany wliilc very young. The education of our subject was received in the common schools of Perry count}'. In 1880 he entered the jewelry store of Fred C. Hahn, and after three years' study purchased the store from the Hahn heirs. He continued in the jewelry business in Rockport in which place he had located until December, 1903, when he moved his store to Boonville where he had located some three years previously. The store is now known as the Heinzle-N ester Jewelry Store and is one of the best known businesses in Boonville. In 1905 Mr. Heinzle was elected Mayor of Boonville on the Democratic ticket over Ghas. H. Johnson, Republican, by forty-seven majority. Since his election to that ])osition he has filled the office in a creditable manner. He is Boonville's first mayor. Mr. Heinzle is secretary and treasurer of the Big Four Goal Gompany of this j)lace, and has considerable interest in the concern. He is a member of the following fraternal organizations: Ma.sons, Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias and Modern Woodmen. Mr. Heinzle was married on July 8, 189-i, at Rockport, Ind., to Miss Katie E. Nester, of that place. They reside on East Main Street in a beautiful home. Warrick and Its Prominent People. 1();5 MRS. JOHN F. HEINZLE Mrs. John F. Heinzle, nee Katie E. Nester, was born at Newbiirgh, Ind., September 6, 1870, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Nester. In 1894 she married John F. Heinzle at Rockport where they resided for several years. They moved to Boonville in 1900 and have resided here ever since. WAV 17 1909 106 Warrick and Its Prominent People. and Ju Family, and clii Rev. Gustavus E. Hiller, D. D., Superin- tendent of the Louisv-ille District of the Methodist Episcopal Church, comprising tiie German churches of Kentucky and Southern Indiana, was born in Germany, March 25, 1852. He came to the United States when but two years old, locating at Chicago, two years later removing to Minnesota. He was edu- cated in the State University of Minnesota and German Wallace College at Berea, Ohio, of which institution he is now a trustee. Rev. Hiller entered the ministry in 187.'3; received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from DePauw University in 1908. He has filled ap- pointments at Louisville, Ky., Covington, Ky., Toledo, Ohio, MinneapoUs, Minn., and also at many other places. He came to Warrick County several years ago, where he Uved on the farm for a few years. He moved to Boonville in the fall of 1908. Rev. Hiller was married to Miss Adelaide Diffor in 1875 at MinneapoUs, Minn. They have six children, namely, Mrs. Rev. E. Holzapfel, of Bates- ville, Ind., and Minnie, Florence, Rembrandt, Alvin lia. Since living at Boonville, Rev. Hiller has written a notable book, "The Christian which is a treatise of timely topics. This book should be read by every man, woman Id the country over, being a sj)lendid writing of its kind. rev. gustavus e hiller. d d. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 014 753 305 6 I . .1 ■ / ,1