never were the affairs of any county better
or more honestly administei-ed. His records
are neat, legible, perfectly formed, accurate,
complete and excite the admiration of the
most skilled attorneys. AVhen he removed
from his farm near Murray he brought his
dry goods store with him and continued in
that business for a sliort time, his store being
a log cabin on Market street, the town being
then in the woods with heavy timber and
thick underbrush in all the streets. lion.
John Studabaker became his rival in business,
his store being also on Market street, and
they cleared the brush out of the street
so that they might be able to see from their
boarding-house, a square away, to their re-
spective places of business. Mr. Hale tells,
among man}' instances of his early pioneer
life, of a young limb of the law who landed
in Bluffton with the avowed intention of
practicing his chosen profession. He sought
Mr. Ilale and asked permission to make the
clerk's office his law office for a short time,
which request was granted, and the young
lawyer sat down to work. Concluding it
would be well to advertise his business, he
wrote his card on a sheet of paper and posted
the same on a tree standing at the crossing
of ]\Iain and ]\Iarket streets. When Mr.
Hale went to supper he walked up and read
it, and after the young lawyer's name, in large
letters, were the words " Eterney at Law."
Jlr. Hale informed the young man of his
mistake, who immediately tore down the ad-
vertisement and left town; he located in an
adjoining county, and now bears the honora-
ble title of "Judge." Tlius, l)y a mistake in
spelling, the town lost a lawyer, judge and
citizen, ilr. Hale was always a Democrat, his
first vote for President being cast for Andrew
Jackson. He never was, however, much of a
politician, according to the usual application
of that term, and never electioneered for
himself; it is said that he once started out
for that purpose, but was so disgusted with
the business that after going a few miles in
the country he turned his horse toward home
and never tried it again. When the civil war
broke out two of ilr. Hale's sons enlisted,
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niul ivt the liattle of Mission llidge Jolm D.
was shot tliroiij^li the body, and lay in the
hospital at Chattanooga, Tennessee. Mr. Hale,
even then an old man, went to Cliattanooga
and brought him liome. In 1858 Mr. Hale
retired with his family to his farm, where he
still lives at the ripe old age of eighty-six
years. Truly he has been a faithful servant
to the people of Wells County; has served
them long and well, and he in return has
been well rewarded by the love and confi-
dence of the people. His strict economy has
enabled him to lay up sufficient property to
keep him comfortable in his old age, and his
temperate habite have given him strength of
mind and body, enabling him to endure the
hardships of jiioneer life and to resist the
ravages of disease, and now at the age
of eighty-six his mind is clear, his memory
good, his hand steady and he is in the full
enjoyment of all his senses, with a prospect
of many more years of a happy existence.
In his earlier life he became a member of
the Universalist church, and was for .many
years a trustee of that church at Bluft'ton, and
is still a believer in the doctrines as taught
by Ballou, Cliapin and others. He also
joined the ilasonic lodge at Bhiffton, and
was for many years a member of Bliitfton
Lodge, No. 145, and still believes in their
teachings and lives in the hope of a blessed
immortality.
^P^ILLIAM DOUGHERTY, deceased,
\Wwlt ^'itber of Hon. Hugh and John
l'^:|S?j Dougherty, who are classed among
the active and enteriirising men of Blutfton,
was born in Westmoreland County, Pennsyl-
vania, June 20, 1820, a son of Hugh Dough-
erty. His parents were natives of Ireland,
the motln'r being of Scotch- Irish ancestry.
They left their native country for America
in 1818, bringing with them their only child,
Betsy, who is so well and favorably known as
Aunt Betsy JMiller, she having married the
late Daniel ^liller, and both were numbered
among the pioneers of AVells County. Six
children were born to the parents of our
subject after coming to America — Margaret,
widow of John Tillman; William, whose
name heads this sketch; Hugh, deceased;
John, of Jay County; Anna, wife of Craw-
ford Edington, a merchant of Poneto, Indi-
ana, and Edward, deceased. The father tirst
settled in Westmoreland County, Pennsylva-
nia, where he followed farming until 1831.
In that year he removed with his family to
Darke County, Ohio, and settled on a farm
near Greenville, where he died about 1833.
AVilliam Dougherty was reared to the avoca-
tion of a farmer in Darke County, Ohio. He
was united in marriage June 7, 1811, to Miss
Jlargaret Studabaker, of Darke County,
where she died August 15, 1860, at the age
of thirty-nine years. Mr. Dougherty became
a resident of Adams County, Indiana, in
1874, where he made his home until his
death, which occurred June 2, 1879, at the
age of fifty-nine years.
1H0MAS WALLACE, deceased, was a
\y<. native of Ireland, born in county Done-
gal, January 1, 1813, a son of James
and Nancy (McClure) AVallace, who were
natives of the same country. He grew to
manhood in his native land, remaining with
his parents until after his majority, and
in his youth received a common-school educa-
tion by attending the schools of his neighbor-
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family to America, tbey locating in "Wayne
County. Two years later our subject came
to Wells County, Indiana, and entered ninety
acres of Government land in Ilock Creek
Township, which he cleared and improved.
He was united in marriage in 1851 to Miss
Agnes Crosby, a native of Berwickshire,
Scotland, and a daughter of Thomas and
Christina (Kelley) Crosby, who left Scotland
for America in the year 1850. Ten children
were born to Mr. and ^Mrs. Wallace, of whom
only four survive, their names being as
follows. — Christiana, Maggie, Mary and
Martha. ]\Ir. Wallace followed agricultural
pursuits on his farm in Rock Creek Town-
ship until 1864, when he retired from
active life and removed to Blufl'ton, where
he made his home until his death. He was
an active and consistent member of the
Presbyterian church, and was highly esteemed
by all who knew him. Mrs. Wallace is also
a member of the Presbyterian church. In
his political views ilr. Wallace athliatedwith
the Ilepubliean party. lie was an active and
public-spirited citizen, and was always inter-
ested in any enterprise for the benetit or
advancement of his town or county.
f[OHN LANCASTER, retired farmer,
1 Chester Township, was born in AVarren
County, Ohio, February 24, 1810, son of
John and Rachel (llaskett) Lancaster. Ilis
father was born and reared in Bucks County,
Pennsylvania, and when he was twenty years
of age went to Florida with two friends, and
was there married to a daughter of David
Brown, who died in that country. lie after-
ward removed to South Carolina, where he
worked at his trade, that of shoemaker and
tanner, and was there married to Rachel
Haskett. They remained several years in
South Carolina, and in 1796 removed with
their four children to Miami County, Ohio,
settling about seven miles southwest of
Troy. They traveled the entire distance by
team. When they went through Cincinnati,
that great city of to-day, there were only
about seven cabins on the hill, and the resi-
dents tried very hard to get the travelers to
remain there. Dayton was on tlieir route,
and it also contained liut few cabins, and
ilajor Williams, a noted !iian of that day,
was the storekeeper. When they settled in
IMiami C'ounty they were far removed from
white neighbors, and quite near the Indians.
They lived there eight or ten years, then re-
moved to Warren County, where again they
were early settlers. In 1820 they moved to
Clinton County, near Wilmington, and in
March, 1S33, they sold their property and
came to Grant (bounty, Indiana, locating
upon the spot where Jfarion now stands.
The fiither died \n the fall of that year, and
on the 9th day of September his wife started
back to Miami County, where she died at her
brother's in 1840. She was born and reared
on Bush River, South Carolina. John fol-
lowed the fortunes of the family for some
time after his marriage, taking care of his
mother in her last days. In 1837 he came
to Wells County and camped out until fall.
In the meantime he cleared six acres of
land and hauled the logs to the place selected
for his cabin, which he built that fall.
Wolves, bears, deer and all kinds of wild
game were abundant. He has killed as many
as 500 deer in Wells County, and also several
bears. There was a corn-cracker at Warren,
fourteen miles distant, but he frequently had
to go to Fort Wayne, and even to Cambridge,
seventy-five miles away, to get his milling
done. He at one time paid $18 for 100
pounds of flour and a barrel of salt. He
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was married in Clinton County, Oiiio, I^Iarcli
1, 1S33, to iliss liutli Shields, a native of
JJerkeley (!ounty, Virginia, and a dauj^hter of
John and Ann (Kobison) Shields, natives of
Virginia, and of Irish descent. Her parents
removed to Clinton Countj' when she was
hut a year old, and from there they moved to
AVilmiiigton, the county seat, where her
motlier dietl in 1S23, and her father in Sep-
tember, 184:4. (Jf the eight children born
to ilr. and Airs. Lancaster, only four are
living. Xathan married Mary Stone; Ania-
ziah married jNIatilda Ilolloway; Susan is the
wife of AVilliam Mclntyre, and lives near
]\[ill Grove, Blackford County, and Mary
Miranda is now Mrs. Van Horn. The de-
ceased are — John William, Martha Ann,
George and Lewis. John William was a
member of the Seventy-lifth Indiana Lifan-
try during the late war. He lay sick at
]\rurfreesboro a long time, was brought on
the cars to JIuntington, and from there in a
spring wagon, dying the third day after
reaching home. lie left a wife, formerly
Alargaret Helms, and one child. Mr. and
Mrs. Lancaster are members of the Christian
church, and in politics he is a Republican.
TILLIAM J. NEWIIARD, merchant
l<lW;\]| at L'^niondale, came in 1859, with his
r=oj;^ wife and three children, from Mahon-
ing County ,Ohio, and made a location in Union
Township, Wells County, Indiana. He pur-
chased his land, which was all in the green
with the exception of ten acres. He was a
farmer in Ohio, and followed that avocation
for man}' years after locating in Indiana.
His cabin was the tirst that was built upon
liis land, and is still standing, one of the few
monuments of pioneer life to be seen in that
neighborhood. His parents, Samuel and
Elizabeth (Weaver) Newhard, were natives
of Lehigh (Jounty, rennsylvania, and in the
borough of Allentown our subject was born.'
While residing in i'ennsylvania ]\Ir. and J\[rs.
Samuel Newhard became the parents of tliree
sons and one daughter — Samuel F., AVilliam
J., Hillworth and Ellen M. In 1837 the
family removed to Ti'umbull, now Mahoning
County, Ohio, and there another son was
born — Charles W. The death of the mother
occurred in that county, but the fatlier is still
living, at the ripe old age of eighty-three
years. William J. is the only child that
came to this State. December 15, 1853, he
married Aliss Mary A., daughter of Joseph
and Elizabeth (Hart) Ashburn, and they be-
came the parents of seven children, six
of whom are living — Sarah E., wife of
Enoch Taylor; Henry N., who married Ollie
Cotton, and William F. were born in Ohio;
Emma E., deceased, wife of Clark Scott,
Samuel AV., who married Annie Meeks, Ida
Ij. and Oscar O. were born in this county.
Mrs. Newhard died August 18, 1874, and in
October, 1875, Mr. jS'ewhard married Miss
Eliza Crum, of Mahoning County, Ohio.
After coming to AVells County Mr. Newhard
made several purchases of land, and now owns
220 acres of linely improved land. After the
new town of Uniondale was platted, in 1883,
he hicgan to purchase grain, and was the lirst
to engage in that business in the village. In
1884 he built a residence in the village, leav-
ing his sons, Henry H. and Samuel AV., in
charge of the farm. Prior to his removal to
Uniondale he had formed a partnership with
Henry AV. Lipjiey in the mercantile business,
and this enterprise was the first of its kind
in the new town. In 1884 Mr. AV. F. New-
hard became associated with his fatiier in the
grain trade, and in 1886 Mr. Lippey also be-
came a partner. Mr. Newhard was elected
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justice of the peace of Union Towiishij) in
1877, and served four years. He lias never
Leen an aspirant foi' ollicial positions, l)ut at-
tends strii'tly to liis Imsincss. Sint'o Aui!;ust,
1886, he has purchaseil and shipped thirty-
eight carloads. This enterprise is steadily
growing, and a warehouse, 16 x 35 feet, was
built in 1SS4. In ^[arch, 1886, a postotHce was
established at Uniondale, chiefly through his
instrumentality, and lleiiry W. Li]>pey was
appointed po&tmaster, J\Ir. Xewhard serving
as deputy. The otHce is located in their
store, making it a central ])lace for trade.
!Mr. Xewhard is not only a pioneer farmer,
but is one of the fii-st business men of
Uniondale, one of the most thriving villages
of its size along the line of the Chicago it
Atlantic liailroad.
§ACOB AVARXEK, farmer, Nottingham
Township, was bory in the town of AVash-
",â– <. ington, Pickaway County, Ohio, Novem-
ber 17, 1812, son of Leonard and Eve (IJiddle)
"Warner, of German ancestry, who removed
from l^ennsylvania to Pickaway County,
whore they jiassed the remainder of their days.
The father ilied about I8;j7, and the mother
about 1874:. Jacob was reared in his native
county, and commenced his career on the
farm when so young that he had to reach up to
take hold of the plow-handle. In 1836 he left
(Jhio, and with wife and one child started for
Indiana by team, and after a trip of seven
days arrived at their new home, which was
about a half mile north of their present home.
Mr. Warner had entered llJO acres of land
from the tiovernment prior to removing here,
and after his arrival he entered eighty acres
more for two young men who assisted him in
clearing his farm. The tirst year he suc-
ceeiled in getting about tifteen acres cleared,
wliicli gave liim a good .-^tart. lie brought
with him twi) bushels of corn and one bushel
of potatoes, which was all he was aljle to get
until he raised these articles for himself. Ho
worked away, adding a little to the clearing
each year, until he now owns 210 acres ot
land, with 150 acres cleared, lie used to go
to Winchester, a distance of thirty miles, to
get his milling done, and in order to get
there lie and his neighbors had to clear the
way through the forest. Mr. Warner was
mairied in 1S36 to Miss Rebecca Gilbert, a
luitive of Adams County, Pennsylvania, who
died in ^[arcli, 1848. J!y tliis union were six
children, three living — Leonard, Jonathan,
who resides in Prown County, Kansas, and
])avid. The deceased are — Benton, Daniel,
and one that dieil in infancy. !Mr. Warner
was married to his present wife in 1849.
She was formerly i\[is6 Sarah Gehrett, a
native of J'erks County, Pennsylvania, and
daughter of Henry and Susanna (l-'eehan)
Gehrett. ller father died in that county,
and her mother died in Fairfield County, ()hio.
To this union ten children were born, six ot
whom are living — Rebecca, wife of Sylvester
]\Ieyers; Samuel, who mari-ied Louisa Keller;
Jacob, who married Josie Kai'nes; Henry,
husband of Sarepta J. Ninde; Kve, now ^[rs.
George King, and Andrew, who married Ida
Smith. The deceased are — George, Andrew,
Sarah and Susaniui. Mr. Warner has been
identified with the interests of AVells County
for more than half a century, and has wit-
nessed its growth from the time it was a wil-
derness, containing the Indian wigwams, until
it has arrived at its present prosperous condi-
tion. In early days he was accustomed to
shoulder his rifle and kill deer and other game,
which was the only meat the country afforded.
He was the first supervisor of Nottingham
Township, and sei'ved as its trustee for many
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years. lie lias been a life-long Democrat,
and has never changed his political faith.
He is the oldest pioneer in the township.
J^IIILIP EICIIIH^KN, deceased, was born
k'^t in Baden, German}', Jnne 8, ISOS, a
^^K son of John and Philicia (Berkchicker)
Eichhorn. He was reared on a farm in his
native country, remaining there until 1835,
when he immigrated to America and located
in Crawford County, Ohio, where he was
married January 8, 1837, to Miss Margaret
Hassler, a daughter of Frederick and Barbara
(Baker) Hassler, who were also natives of
German}'. They left their native home May
8, 1833, in the ship Eserliart, and after a
voyage of ninety days, landed at l?altimore,
August 8 followiTig. Fi'om Baltimore they
started by team for Crawford County, Ohio,
and four weeks later arrived at IMansfield.
Here ^Ir. Hassler purchased a farm, where
lie and his wife passed the remainder of their
days. After his marriage ^[r. Eichhorn set-
tled on his father-in-law's farm, where he re-
sided until coming to AVells County,
Indiana, in .March, 1804, where he purchased
4(30 acres of land in Rock Creek Township,
and about the same time he bought 360
acres of land in Huntington County, and spent
the rest of his life on his farm in Rock
Creek Townshi]). He died October 11, 1804.
In politics he always attiliated with the Dem-
ocratic party. He was an earnest member of
the Reformed church, his wife being yet a
member of the same church. She was born
November 14, 1810, and is still living in
AVells County at the age of seventy years.
Mr. and Mrs. Eichhorn had born to them
nine children as follows — Frederick, AVilliam,
John, Daniel, Elizabeth, Mary, JJavid, ilar-
garet and Philip A. Frederick was born
November 17, 1839, and died July 10,1870.
He was married and was the father of three
children. The date of William's birth was
ilarch 25, 1841. John was born December
28, 1842, was married and had two children.
He died March 15, 1879. Daniel was born
October 23, 1844. He is married and has a
family of six children. Elizabeth was born
February 15, 1847, was married, and died
January 2, 1872. Mary was born August
27, 1851, and is now the wife of Eli Iloutz.
David was born September 11, 1852, is mar-
ried, and has four children. Margaret was
born August 8, 1855, and was the wife of
Uriah Mast. She died May 6, 1874. Philip
A. was born March 9, 1856. He was mar-
ried and had two children. He is also de-
ceased, his death taking place March 23, 1883.
fOHN W. QUICK, one of the early set-
tlers of Lancaster Township, residing on
-,\, section 31, is a native of Pennsylvania,
born in Northumberland County, in January,
1821, a son of James and Jane Quick, who
were natives of New Jersey and Pennsylva-
nia respectively. The mother died on the
old homestead in Pennsylvania about fifty
years ago, and the father died not many years
ago at the home of his son Levi, in Missouri.
Of their eight children who grew to matu-
rity John W., our subject, was the eldest.
Three sons and one daughter are still living.
The youth of our subject was spent in work-
ing on the old homestead in his native State,
attending the subscription school as opportu-
nity afforded. When seventeen years old
he went with his filher's family to Franklin
Co\inty, Indiana, and one year later removed
to Henry County, aud after remaining there
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('ounty. There our subject lielped his Iktlier
to clear a farm in the wilderness, when he
left the hoine roof and began working for
liiinself. lie was married in Union County,
August 22, 1847, to Miss Cordelia Beeler,
wlio was reared in Oliio. ^^Ir. and Mrs. Quick
lived in iljidison County, Indiana, a few
years, clearing a farm from the wilderness,
which they suld, and came to Wells County,
settling on their farm on section 31, Lancas-
ter Township, in November, 1854. That
year lie occupied a log cabin, and the follow-
ing year he settleil in a more cotnmodious
log house on the site of his present fine resi-
dence, which was erected in 1873, and is one
of the best in his neighborhood. February
28, 1SG3, his wife, who had helped him to
build two pioneer homes, died. She was a
consistent member of the ilethodist church
from her youth, and always lived a practical
Christian life in all her relations as wife,
niotlier and neighbor. She left three chil-
dren — Julia E., wife of Ilobert Reynolds;
Emma K., living in Kansas, is the widow of
E. A. Pattison, and Anna E., wife of Bruce
W. Shoemaker. For his second wife Mr.
Quick married JMiss Nancy Reasor, in Octo-
ber, 1860. She was born in AVayne County,
Ohio, June 18, 1838, a daughter of John and
Sarah Reasor, who came to Wells County,
Indiana, in 1854, and are now living in Not-
tingham Township. Ily his second marriage
Mr. Quick has six children — Clara May, Ina
v., Lina ]j., Charles C, John F. and James.
Both ilr. and Mrs. Quick are members of the
Baptist church. In early days Mr. Quick
was a AVhig in liis political atHliations, later
a Republican, but during the past few years
he has been a pronounced Prohibitionist. As
a citizen Mr. Quick is highly respected. Hon-
orable and upright in all business transac-
tions, kindly in intercourse with all, he is
held in high esteem by all who know him.
llirt home is jirovided with all the necessary
comforts of life, tlie result of a life of frugal-
ity and industry.
R. HEZEKIAII DOSTER was born
July 6, 1843, in Somersetshire, Eng-
land. He immigrated with his parents
to the United States of America in July,
1848, and came to "Wells County, Indiana,
in August, 1852, where he still resides. Re-
ceived a common-school education from the
district schools, also attended the high school