lie was an infant when his father, also named
Joseph C. Silver, moved with his family to
i\[ason County, Iventucky. I )urii)g the second
War with (ii-eat llritain the latter joined
" Dick '" Johnsuii's mounted ritlenien, moved
his family to Montgomery County, Ohio, and
started for the seat of war; b>it before he
was called upon to participate in any engage-
ment he was thrown from his horse, and from
the injuries lu^ thereby reccix'eil in his iirea>t
he died in 1S20, aged abnut thirty-three
3-cars. Ills M-ife, ju'e Ulioda .lohiisoii, snr-
vi\-ed until she reached the advanced age of
seventy-eight years, when she died in Greene
County, Ohio. Tiie jiateriial grandparents of
the subject of this sketch were Nathan and
Hannah (Woodward) Silver, who moved from
New Jersey to Ohio about 1808, and finally
died at their home upon a farm ten miles
south of Dayton, the former in 1818, and the
latter a number of years previous. Air.
Silver, our subject, as he grew up learned the
trade of carjienter. Soon after he was mar-
ried, in the winter of 182S-'2'J, he purchased
the lease of a water-power saw-mill in Aiont-
gomery County, Ohio, wliicli shortly aflei -
ward burned down on his hands, leaving him
in debt and with no resources but bis own
indomitable pluck and energy. Friends otlei'cd
to assist him, but after some hesitation he
respectfully declined to receive any contribu-
tions, being determined to put himself ujion
bis feet again, which he indeed succeeded in
doing. In 1831 he moved to Fort AVayne,
this State, and was the tii-st to bring a steam
saw-mill into Allen C!onnty, which he set up
in running order. While living in the north-
ern part of that county he cleared 200 acres
of land, on wiiich he followed farming; and
during his residence there he was elected
justice of the peace for a term of live years,
but at the end of two and a lialf years lie re-
si'nied the otKce. Subsequently he was elected
constable, and was also appointed deputy
sheriff of Allen County by Sherift' J. L.
Sweeny, and he served in these relations for
a term of two year,s, during which time lie
resided at Fort Wayne. In the spring of
1855 he moved to iJlulfton, purchasing 200
acres of land near the town, anticipating a
rise in value on acccjunt of the prosjiect of
railroads; but these were deferred so long
that Mr. Silver was obliged l<> sell at very
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little iidvaiicc. lie al.^o l)uni,'lit live-stock,
sliippinii; it t<.) tin- I'^ast. At this jilace lie
al^fi iiui-cliaseil a sa'w-inill, wliicli too was
Imi-iK'il ilcwii, lint he relniilt ;niil fan the mill
alxiut I'onr years h>no;ei', ami then sold it and
devoted his attention more closely to the
real estate Imsiness. For a year or so past
lie has retired himselt' I'nun active business
cares. ^h\ Silver was married October 10,
1«'2S, to :\largaret Fitts, daiijrhter of Philip
and Mary (Ilendrickson) Fitts. Her father
died in ls25, but her mother is yet living at
the great age of ninety-seven years. Mrs.
Silver was born January 18, 1810, and the
aged and venerable couple have now passed
their "golden wedding"' day by nearly nine
years. Their children have been — ]\Iinerva,
deceased; "William, living at Morgan ville,
Kansas; Philip W., residing in J )e Xalb
County, this State; Samuel 1)., at Denver,
Colorado; Henry Clay, who died at Shreve-
port. Louisiana; "Winlield Scott, attorney at
law in Phititon; Mary, deceased, besides two
others who died in infimcy.
.^T^ATIIANIEL GEEENFIELl), a pronii-
"jj L-ii nent citizen of Lancaster Township,
M,'^' where he resides on section 28, has
been identified with the interests of "Wells
County since 1852. In the spring of that
year he came here from "Wayne County,
Ohio, and erected a hewed log house on his
land, 120 acres of heavily timbered land, which
he had purchased in J unc, 184G. After erect-
ing his house he returned to Ohio, and in
September, 1852, moved his family to liis
pioneer home in AVells County. Mr. Green-
lield is a native uf AVayne County, Ohio,
born September 13, 1821, a son of Zachariah
and Jane (Forsyth) Greenlield, his father
born in Paltimoro County, ]\Liryland, May
15, 1798, and his mother in the County
Tyrone, Ireland. . I une 25, 1792. They were
married July 7. 1^21, in AVayne County,
()liio, and to tliem were born two ehildren —
Nathaniel and Pebecca Jane. The latter
was born in Wayne t'ounty, Ohio, January
28, 1828, and was married to John Shafer,
November 1, 1818. To them were born two
soijs — James N. Greenfield, Ijorn August 2G,
1819, died September 30, 1865, and AVinslow
B., born Octolier 3, 1851, died February 18,
1800. John Shafer was born in Stark Coun-
ty, Ohio, July 17, is20,and died near wliere
he was born December 21, 1879. Mrs.
Shafer is still a widow, residing in North
Lawrence, Stark County, Ohio, still hold-
ing the position of ticket agent for the
Pittsburg, Fort AVayne A: Chicago Railroad,
which position she has held for twenty-five
years. The father was one of the pioneers uf
"Wayne County, Ohio, settling in the then
wilderness of that county as early as the year
1818. He cleared a farm and erected good
buildings and enjoyed a comfortable home
in that county until his death March 25,
1876. He was a member of the Methodist
Episcopal church for over fifty years and was
a member of the first organization of that
church in that part of the country and for
one year the only sur\iving member of that
first organization. The mother of our sub-
ject died November 15, 1856. She was also
a member of the ilethodist Episcopal church
dnrinn- her married life. Natlianiel Greenfield
was early in life inured to hard labor, his
youth being spent in assisting his father
with the work of the farm. Muscle was in
demand; all manner of work required hard
muscle; ground was plowed with primitive
plows with wooden mold boards; grain was
cut with sickles and threshed with flails, and
cleaned with a sheet; horses were used by
.some farmers for ti-amping oil" grain, ])assing
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opportunity tor an education was very liinitc<l,
liis loni^-ijht term ul' sclioi.ilini;' at, any one
term being sixty-tive days, hut by persevering
indnsti-y and ]irivate study lie secured a fair
education, and wlien twcnty-tliree years of
age was (jualificd to teacli, and for a while
taught near liis old liome in Ohio. After
coming to A\'el]s County he taught the fii'st
winter in liis district, the school being held
in a l(.ig cabin with the desks fastened to the
walls of the house on tlirue sides, scholars
facing the walls. The following spring he
was elected clerk of the township board of
trustees, and through his intluence twelve
new frame school-liouses were erected in his
township. The two winters following he
taught the school in his district, and the
three following winters he was engaged in
teaching in the schools in r)lufl'ton, after
which he taught in his own district again.
Mr. (ii'cenlield was united in marriage in
AVaync Count}-, Ohio, October 2, 1845, to
j\riss Elizabeth Keuagy, and to them wjis born
one daughter, Elizabeth Jauc, September 14,
184G. Elizabeth (-Ireenfield died September
15, lS4(i. Elizabeth Jane was reared by her
gi'andparents until her grandmother Green-
lield died; then she came to Wells County,
and lived with her father until Sejttember I'J,
lSf)7, when she was united in marriage to
Jtihn AVasson. They are now living in J51uff-
ton and have a family of six children. J\lr.
(Treenfield was married to liis present wife,
Miss a\[aria Jane Sliafer, in Stark County,
Ohio, ^^ny 8, 1851, who was boi'ii in that
county Afarch BO, 1832, a daughter of John
and ICve Shafer, both of wliom died in Stark
County, the father in August, 18G1, aged
seventy-one years, and the mother at the
advanced age of eighty-four years July 31,
187(5. They were the parents of four sons
and four daughters, Mrs. Grccnlicld being I
the youngest chiM. Their daughter Mary
resides in lilull't.m, and is the wife of Ilichard
S. Jlowman, a farmer, who has retired from
active business. Afrs. Margret "^'uung, an-
other daughter, resides in Stai'k County, Ohio,
the widow of Cyrus Young. Philip Shafer,
the only living son, resiileson the home farm.
AVilliam, Susan, i\[ichael and John are de-
ceased. 'Jo Mr. and Mrs. Crcentield have
been born two children — Eva E., born in
AVells County, Indiana, November 30, 1868,
was united in marriage to Madison Powell,
jN'ovember 27, 1884, and now lives in Hebron,
Thayer County, Nebraska; Anna Jj., living at
jiomc with her parents, was liorn February 0,
1808, and graduated in the class of 188G,
from the Plutfton High School. The first
home of our subject after coming to Wells
County was replaced by a fine two-story
frame residence in 1807. His buildings for the
accommodation of his stock were all erected
with a view to comfort and convenience and
are all in good condition. He devotes some
attention to stock raising and is making a
sjjecialty of short-horn cattle, also has a few
Jerseys. He lias always been an industrious
citizen and by his persevering energy and
good management has acquired his present
tine property, he having commenced life in
AVells County on a very small capital. In
October, 1801, Jfr. (Trceniield enlisted as a
recruit in Company G, Twelfth Indiana l\\-
tantry. Ilisregimentwasassigned tothe Army
of the Potomac and was in General Ijanks'
command through ^Maryland and Virginia.
In February, 1S05, he re-enlisted in the One
Hundred and Fifty-third Indiana Infantry
and served as (,)uartermaster-Sergeant. In
early days jA[r. (xreentield was a Henry Clay
AVhig, and naturally was one of the founders
of the Kepublican party in AVells Coun-
ty, lie has ever since been ])rominent
in the councils of that political party, and is
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the iicluuiwli'ilircl leader ol' his jKii'ly in Lan-
caster 'J'dwnship. jly tlie snil'iages of his
iVieiids (if Ixjtli ])artii'b lie was elcL'tfil to thu
olHcc of t(nvnshiji tiai^tec for one term, wliieli
alone t-liows his popuhirity in liis township,
lieimr tiien over 100 Democratic majority,
lie is chissed among the active and pnblic-
spirited citizens of AVells County, and is
always readv to ai<l in any cntei-prisc for the
advancenicnt of his township or county, and
hy his i^eniid manners and strict and hoiior-
ahie dealinos he gained the confidence and
esteem of the entire community.
i:"^-^:^ATT]llASW. liOWMAN is tliercsi-
\l^/\- ''*-'"'' '""'"^oC of the business of
'=r:~.-t:' FerjTuson ik. Bowman, lumber manu-
facturer?, at .Murray Station, Lancaster Town-
ship. The property is situated in the center
of section 10, wliere tliey own 200 acres of
land adjoininij their steam saw-mill, the tim-
ber from tliis land boinj:; manufactured into
lumber by themselves, and the land being as
fast as cleared pdaeed under cultivation.
Their mill is 30 x 104 feet, with a liffy horse-
power eni:;ine, and was erected in 1882. Since
acipiiriiiij^ the property the firm have made
quite extensive improvements, among the
most noticeable being iMr. IJowman's fine
residence, near the mill, and a large barn.
J\Ir. iiownnui is a native of Ohio, born in
Cdumbiana County, I'ebruary 21, 18-13, and
is a t-on of Henry and Harriet (Armstrong)
ISowman. Li iNul he was brought by his
parents to Allen County, Indiana, bis parents
still living on their property in J^a Fayette
Township. They were natives of Columbiana
County, Ohio. Our subject remained under
the lionie roof until he enlisted in the war of
the liebellion, when he became a member of
Comjiany I >, One llundi-ed and Thirty-
seventh Iniliana Infantry. lie was mustered
into the service May 1, 1804, for 100 days.
He was in service principally in Tennessee
tintil bis discharge, Se]>tember 21, 18G4,
when he retiirnel to his home in Allen
Connty, and engaged in teaching for about
two years. He was married in April, 1860,
to ]\[iss Sarah Crab, a daugliter of AVilliam
Crab, who resides in La Fayette Township,
Allen County. .Mrs. Ilowman died in INTO,
aged twenty-three years, and December 28,
1874, .Mr. IJowman married Jliss Elizabeth
Wilkcrson, who was born in Clinton County,
Ohio, but reared in Allen County, Indiana,
her hither, Thonuis Wilkerson, being a resi-
dent of La Fayette Townshiii. In 18G0 ^Ir.
Dowman engaged in the lumlier business
with his father in Allen and Huntington
counties, continuing until 1878, when the
tirni became Ferguson it Cowman. In 1882
they transferred their business to its present
location, .Mr. Ferguson residing at Ferguson
Station, Allen Coimty. ]\Ir. l!owiinin has
charge of the railroail business at Murray
Station. In politics he alliliates with the
Ke])ublican party. He is a member of the
ilasonic fraternity, belonging to Ijluffton
Lodge, No. 145, and Chapter No. 1)5. Ho is
also a comrade of Lew Dail}' Post, G. A. It.,
at Blufl'ton.
F. STARIl, a progressive and enter-
prising farmer of Chester Township,
* was born in Chcstei' Township, AVells
County, Indiana, August 12, 1840, a son of
lienjamin and Matilda (Popejoy) Starr. His
father was a native of Virginia, and when
three years of age was lirought by his [jar-
cuts to Hocking County, Ohio. There ho
was reared to manhood and was married in
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tluit county to liis first wife. They caino to
AVells County among tlio farly settlers, set-
tling liere in ISIU on a ti-act nf eii^lity acres
wIiIl'Ii Mr. Starr had entered in the spring of
1830. The land was entirely nninijM'oved, not
a tree having Ijceii cut on the place. The
family came from Ohio to their new home in
AVells County in an ox wagon. They made
a hrnsli shanty on their land, in which tliey
lived until the father cleared a small space
!Uid erected a log cabin, into which they
moved as soon as it was completed. Here
Mr. Starr lost his wife the following spring,
and was snhsequcntly married to Matilda
Topejoy, the mother of our subject, and both
])arents are still living in this county, enjoy-
in;; the rest wliicli they have so well earned
by years of toil and industry. U. F. Starr,
our subject, was reared and educated in AVells
County, whei-e he has ahvays made his
home. "When twcnty-si.x years of age his
father gave him eighty acres of land of which
twenty acres had been cleared. IJy persever-
ing industry and good management he has
prospered in his agricultural pursuits, and
has added to his original eighty acres until
his home farm in Chester Township now con-
sists of lUO acres, of wdiich 125 acres liavc
been cleai-ed, and beside this he owns si.\ty
acres about a mile south of his home place,
twelve acres of this tract being cleared, lie
has erected all the buildings on his land and
made many substantial improvements about
the place. .January 1-i, 1S72, -Mr. Starr was
united in marriage to Miss Sabina Nutler, a
native of Hocking County, Ohio, whose
father w.'is an early settler of AVells County,
Indiana. Five children have been born to
Mr. and Mrs. Starr; four still living — JMary
I'lanche, Ora Otis, Oliver and (^live (twins).
Levi is deceased. J\lr. and Afrs. Slarr arc
members of the Methodist I'rotcstant church.
He is a trustee of lilancho Chapel, and is
Secretary of the (Quarterly Coid'erence, Sala-
monie Circuit, Indiana Conference. In poli-
tics he alliliatcb with the rrohibition party.
^,0I3ERT W. WILEY, farmer and stock-
V| rM' raiser, was lioi'u in liockbridge County,
"^1 Virginia, March 10, 1820, oidy son of
John and >,'ancy (Athens) Wiley, also natives
of A^irginia. The father was a son of Robert
Wiley, who was of Irish parentage. The
mother was a daughter of Wilson Athens,
who served during the entire war of the IJev-
olution. In September, 1836, the parents of
our subject left their native State and re-
moved to Preble County, Ohio, where they
resideil two years, and then removed to
Huntington County, Indiana, where they
lived a short time, and hnally settled n])on
the old Miles place in Jackson Township, this
county, where the father entered eighty
acres of Government land, and where the
l^arents passed the remainder of their days.
The father died March 14, 1857, at the age
of tifty-iive years and five months; the
mother survived him several years. They
were the parents of four children — Charlotte,
wife of Samuel (Triihth; liobert W.; ^lar-
tha, wife of John Jones, and Eliza, who mar-
rie<l Zebulon Stanton, and resides on the old
homestead. During his youth our subject
assisted his father in clearing and ini])roving
his farm, and he remained at home until he
was twenty-five years old, receiving at that
time from his father eighty acres of wild land
in Jackson Township. He worked out about
four years, then purchased 360 acres of wild
land on section 1, Liberty Township, for
which he paid ^3.50 per acre. The money
lie had earned by his own hard labor. A])ril
27, 1855, he was married to Miss Sarah
Jones, daughter of Enoch and Mary (Krier-
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UISTURY OF WEILS COUNTY.
man) Juius, wlm rciiuiviMl I'nun 1 1 iijjlilimil
( Viuiity, Oliiii, to lliiiitiiiutoii Comity, this
State, in iiii early ilay. After lii.s inai-riai;-e,
jMi-. Wiley rcnteil hunl lor aljoiit two years,
tlieii settlei] iipun liis present farm, wliieli
he has cleared ami inipi'oved, and erected line
Ijuildings. lie now owns 2S0 acres of well-
improved land, after helping his children to
a good home. JVIr. and ^Irs. Wiley have had
fourteen cliiklrcn, eight of whom are living —
John, ]\rary E., Xancy, Alexander, IMahala,
Amanila, I'crry an<l Charlotte J. The de-
ceased are — Enoch, IJenry, .lones, JIartha E.,
and two died in early infancy. Jlrs. Wiley
died April 1'^, 18S(), a worthy and consistent
nieinljer of the C'liristian church. Politically
Mr. ^Viley is a Uenu.icrat.
AC(^i] ];LTSI!EK, farmer, at Ossian, was
I'j born in Faii'lield County, Ohio, Novem-
her 22, 1822, son of Jolm and Sarah
(Derrick) linshec. His father was horn in
Sidiuylkill r!ounty, Pennsylvania, of l''rcncli
parentage, Imt being reared among the Ger-
mans in that county he le;irned their language.
Far back in the history of the religious wars
in Europe and during the prosecution of the
war between the Catholics and Protestants,
the great-great-grandfather of our subject
was one of those who dared to assert his belief
in a i'owcr abo\c that of the J'ope. The
great massacres which followed, in which
rivers of innocent blood tlowcl on the streets,
will be well remembered by every reader of
liistory. One of the three men that escaped
the merciless swortl was the remote ancestor
of our subject. Tlie trio separated and
liushee alone nnule his way to the seacoast
where a vessel lay at anchor. Concealing
himself among the rocks used for b.allast, he
lay tor three <lays and nights before he al-
lo\\i'(l anyoiH' to sec him, the ship then being
far away on the bosom of the sea. Search
was m.'iile before the \x'ssel sailed, anil after
she weighed anchor two otlier inspections
were made, but his secure concealment lialiled
all discovery. He had been discovered by his
enraged avengers prior to liis getting on
board the vessel, but fortune favored him;
and to this circumstance is due tlic fact that a
race of men was bogtm in America, iK)t prolific,
but noted in many ways. The discovery of
Pusliec almost caused a mutiny on board the
ship. The captain desired to put about and
deliver him t(j the authorities; but between
passengers and crew a reconciliation was ef-
fected, and money was raised to ])ay his fare,
and he Avas landed in New York. It is suj)-
posed that he made his way to Perks County,
Pennsylvania, married and reared three sons.
One of these sons was John, who married
and became the father of three sons, one of
whom was Jacob, the grandfather of our sub-
ject, who married Christina Laudich, who
also bore three sons. John, the second son,
and father of our subject, married Sarali
Derrick, who boi-e three sons — Jacob,
Richard and John W. The two latter died
young, .lohii had two brothers — Jacob and
Isaac, who also married and had three sons.
Each of Isaac's sons were married and in
turn became fathers of three sons. Jacob
Pushee, our subject, was married in Laurel
Township, Hocking County, Ohio, to iliss
Olive Cave, August 1, 18i7, by David Parn-
liill, J. P. Her father, licv. Emanuel Cave,
was born in ICentucky, and was one of the
first settlers of Oliio, and when married to
Elizabeth Mouncc was unable to read or
write. His wife taught him to read, and
after his conversion he united with the
Methodist Ejiiscopal church. His ajititude
qualified him to preach the gospel, and for
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sixty-six years lie travi'leil ;iiid preached the
Word to hundreils and tlnjiisamls (A |>eo])le.
His inini.stry cdosed with liis ileatli, l)iit liis
last years were spent as a minister of the
United I'.rethi'en elmreh. In 1850 our sulj-
ject came to this county, settling in Union
Township. Twelve 3'cars later he purchased
laud in Jeft'ersou Township, lie cleared a
seventy-acre farm in ()hiii, and since coming
to Indiana he has cleared enough land to
amount to 300 acres, and at least fifty acres
of this contained trees that were cut into
logs, rolled and hnrncd with his own hands.
His location in Union Township was on the
Indian Keserve, and his land was remote from
roads. He cut his way to the tract, taking his
wife and t'amily into a rude lop cabin near his
land. Nearly all the men were young and
roI>ust fellows, ami near his ])lace was a set-
tlement of Hocking ('onnty men, wdiich he
assisted in I'olling logs and erecting their
buildings, as well as the men in his immedi-
ate neighborhood. During the seven years
following almost all the improvements were
made. The clearings were divided into
tracts, neighliors came in to help roll the
logs, and were divided into squads under the
leadership <if a captain, and much rivalry
was manifested among the ditferent com-
panies. ()»!y a i'Qw men are now left who
aided in the ]iioiicer M'ork of that day. It
was then customary to take a " dram " while
at work, as it seemed to stimulate to in-
creased cxcrtitm among tlie men. ^Ir.
llushce, long used to clearing and rollings,
was invariably chosen as a leader, and it is
well known by men wlio were then partici-
pants that his squad was never second in
the work. Perhaps no man now living has
done more to aid the pioneei-s than Mr.
Ihishce, for his heart always had a kindly
feeling for the sick or distressed. He aided
in the building of almost all the early cabins.
One of tlie most peculiar circumstances of
his life was a presentiment which caused him
to save the life of a neighbor. C'harles Earlc,
now a resident of Union Township, was dan-
geiously ill. .Mr. liushee had watched by
his bedside until he was worn out with