Mason, a daughter of Leonidas ]\Iason, ]\I. D.,
of Hlurt'tou. She was reared principally in
AVells County, receiving good educational
advantages. She graduated from the Blulf-
ton High School in the class of 1878, and is
also a graduate of the O.xford College, of ( )x-
ford, Ohio, graduating from there in the
class of 1881. Mr. and Mrs. Grimes are the
parents of two children— Lena, born at Bluff-
ton, November 15, 1883, and John Leo, born
at IJluffton, July 10, 1880. In politics lAIr.
Grimes alliliatcs with the Democratic party,
lie is a charter member of Blutfton Lodge,
No. 92, K'. of 1'., of which he has passed all
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the cliairs, and is a iiiomljer of tlie grand
lodge of tlie State. He is also a Knight of
Honor and has jiasscd all the chairs of JilutY-
ton Lo<lge, i^u. ISHS, and is a member of the
irraml lodtrc of the State of Indiana.
'<( ^^OXATHAN STAYER, farmer and
M : stock-raiser, Iiock Creole Township, was
"."vi horn in JLontgomcry County, Ohio, Au-
gust 28, 1825, a son of Henry arid Anna
(Swatzell) Staler, who wero natives of Penn-
sylvania, and of German descent, the former
a son of Adam Staver, and the latter a
daughter of Henry Swatzell. Adam Staver
was one of the first settlers of Prehle County,
Ohio, and oui- subject's parents wore among
the first settlers of Montgomery County.
Jonatlian Staver was reared on a farm in
his native county, and received his education
mainly by private study during his leisure
hours. He lived with his parents until
reaching his majority, wiien, in 1846, he was
married to Miss Sarah llhoads, who was born
in Montgomery County, Ohio, of German
ancestry, and was a daughter of John Tlhoads.
After his marriage Mr. Staver followed farm-
ing in ]\Iontgomery County for five years.
Mrs. Staver died in 1851, and in September,
1854, he married IMiss Minerva Hoops, a
daughter of Evan and Susannah (Sheets)
Hoops, who wore natives of Virginia and of
English ancestry. They settled in Montgom-
ery County, Ohio, in an early day, where
Mrs. Staver was born. In August, 1857,
Mr. Staver came with iiis family to Wells
County, and purchased 160 acres of heavily
timbered land, wliicli ho began to clear and
im]irovo, and by persevering industry and
years of toil he has brought liis farm under
a high state of cultivation, and has added to
his original piychaso until he now has 2S()
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acres, all of which is well improved. lie
bcti-an life with limited moans, but by his in-
domitaltlo energy combined with good man-
agement he has succeeded in accumulating
his present fine property. In politics ho
casts his sufi'rago with the Democratic party.
Both he and his wife are members of the
Lutheran church, and respected citizens of
Rock Creek Township. Ry his first marriage
Mr. Staver had three children — Lydia, de-
ceased, was the wife of Isaac Langle; Mary
is the wife of Jacob Wolfgahn, and Sarah is
the wife of James Losh. To his second
marriage were born nine children — Eliza,
widow of Allen Oldfather; Lizzie, wife of
Elemuel I^Hller; Amanda, wife of Jonathan
J'ender; Ellen, widow of Philip Eichhorn;
John, living on the old homestead, married
Ellen ^Hllor, and four who died in infancy.
ILLIAM KIRKWOOD, Sr., a prom-
inent citizen of Nottingham Town-
H ship, is a native of Pennsylvania,
born in Franklin County, January 15, 1820,
the youngest son of William and Soi)hia
(Goshard) Kirkwood. The father of our sub-
ject was born in County Duldin, Ireland, a
sou of William Kirkwood, who immigrated
to America with his family when his son
William was throe years ohl, settling in the
State of Pennsylvania. There the father of
our subject grew to manhood, and married,
his wife l)eing a native of Pennsylvania, and
of Gorman descent. They were the parents
of eleven children, nine of whom reached
maturity, and four still survive. The father
was a farmer by occupation, aud followed
arrricultural ])ursuits in Pennsylvania until
his death in 1823. His widow moved to Ross
County, Ohio, with lior family in 1834, and
live years later settled in Fairfield County, of
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the Siinie Stiite, wliere she died at the
iii,'e of ninety years. Tiie mother i)eiiig in
limited eireumstunees after tiie death of her
husbanil, o\ir subjeet was obliged to earn liis
own living from an early age, and when six-
teen years old went to learn the tanner's trade
in Ross County, serving an apprentieeship of
three years, lie then worked as a jtnirney-
nian in Fairfield County for four 3'ears. In
1^43 he was united in marriage to Jliss Su-
annah Gehrett, a daughter of Henry and
Susannah (Feon) Gehrett, who left Berks
County, Pennsylvania, for Ohio when l\[rs.
Kirkwood was a chihl. To this union the
following children have been born — Henry,
George, Samuel, ]\rary Ann, Sophia, John Iv,
AVilliain, Susan and Cerilda. About the
year 1S4:3 .Mr. Kirkwood engaged in busi-
ness for himself in Fairfield County, in com-
pany with his brother-in-law, with whom he
was associated for seven years. In the fall
of 1850 he immigrated to "Wells County,
Indiana, landing in Nottingham Township,
wdiere he purchased eighty acres of heavily
timbered land on section 14. He at once
commenced to cleai' his land, on whicli he
settled, and in connection with clearing and
making improvements on his place he followed
his trade for seven years. In 1851 he pur-
chased an additional eighty acres, and ten
years later added another eighty-acre tract,
all wild land, which he cleared and improved,
and by years of toil and close attention to his
pursuits he has acquired a comjietence for his
declining years, and surrounded his family
with all the necessary comforts of life. In
1852 Mr. Kirkwood was elected to the oflice
of county commissioner, serving in that
capacity one term. Later he served two
terms as township trustee. In 1874 he was
ar'ain elected county commissioner, which
office he filled three years with lienor to him-
self and to the entire satisfaction of his con-
stituents. j\[r. Kirkwood is a Democrat, and
is an ardent supporter of the principles of
that party. Mrs. Kirkwood is a consistent
member of the fierman Haptist church.
-Xi EVI HUFF.MAN, an enterprising farmer
;j '% and stock-raiser of Jackson Township,
'^^ residing on section 3, was born in Jack-
son Township, Wells County, Indiana, Octo-
ber 20, 1850, a son of Henry and Catherine
(Baker) Hutl'man, who were old and honored
pioneers of the county. He was reared on
the home tarm, and has always followed the
avocation of a farmer. He was married De-
cember 31, 1874, to ]\[iss Martha Ann Cole-
man, who was born in Salamonie Township,
Huntington County, Indiana, a daughter of
William and Mary Ann (McKee) Coleman,
and to this union have been born two chil-
dren— Ardella May and Josie Alma. Mr.
Huffman's first purchase was forty acres of
wild timbered land in Blackford County, In-
diana, to wdiich he afterward added forty
acres. He subsequently sold liis Blackford
County land and bought 170i acres of the
farm where he now resides, of which about
130 acres was cleared. He lived with his
parents about a year after his marriage, when
he located on his farm in Jackson Township,
but in the spring preceding their death, in
1884, he returned to the old liomestead,
where he has since resided. He is now the
owner of 288 acres of valuable land, whicii is
located in Jackson and Chester townships,
and has about 230 acres cleared and under im-
provement. In connection with his general
farminu' he devotes considerable attention to
stock-raising, in w Inch enterprise he is ineeting
with success. In politics Mr. Iluft'inan casts
his suflrage with the Republican party. He
and his wife are members of tlie German
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J'aptist fliiii-fli. Mrs. llurt'inairs father was
Ijorii on the uceau wliile liis parents where
emigrating trum Germany. lie was reared
ill I'rehle County, Ohio, and was tliere inar-
I'ied to ]\[iss ^lary Ann McKee, a native of
I'reble County. They were the parents of
seven sons and tliree daughters — Daniel,
James, Andrew, Jacob, Josiali, David, Will-
iam (deceased), Catherine, wife of Harvey
Cephart; Margaret, wife of Lemuel Colbert,
and ]\[rs. Huffman. ^Ir. and Mrs. Coleman
were among the first settlers of this part of the
country, coming by team from Ohio to Hunt-
.ington County, Indiana, when they settled in
Salamonie Township, across tlie line from
AVells County. Mr. Coleman had previously
entered tlieland and put up a shanty, in which
he and his wife lived until their death. Their
nearest neighbor in the early days of their
settlement lived si.vteen miles from them.
]\Irs. Coleman died February 2S, 1869, her
hualiand survi\'ing until I'^ebruary 24, 1873.
T.oth were members of the Preshyterian
churcli, and respected members of society.
Politically ^Ir. Coleman atliliated with tlie
llepnblican party until his death.
^/|TAMES DAILEY, one of Wells County's
^v[ pioneers and one of its prominent men,
J^c was born in Salem, New Jersey, Sep-
tember 24, 1815, a son of James and ilary
Ann (Miller) Dailey, both of whom were
born in the State of New Jersey. In 1827
the family emigrated to Cincinnati, Ohio,
and the following year removed to Franklin
County, Indiana, settling in the wilderness of
that county, and tliere our subject grew to
of a studious nature he is in a large degree
a self-educated man. IJefore reaching man-
hood he had qualified himself to teach. The
first money he earned for himself after reach-
ing the age of twenty-one years was made in
teacliing school in the neighborhood in which
he lived. After tliis liis time, nntil coming
to A\'^ells County, was spent in teaching school
and working at the carpenter's trade. He
was first married in Franklin County, Ko-
vember 1, 1837, to Lydia Carton, a daughter
of Jonathan Carton, and to them were born
five children — Charles, of Lancaster Town-
ship; Lewis was First Lieutenant of Com-
pany I, Twenty-second Indiana Infantry,
during tlie late war, being the youngest
officer in his regiment, and died in his twen-
tieth year at the liattle of Tea Kidge, Arkan-
sas; Joseph S., a prominent attorney at Bluff-
ton; Mary Ann died after reaching maturity,
and Rachel, wife of Thomas J. Sowards, of
Lancaster Township, all the children but
Cliarles having been born in Wells County.
He came to Wells County in Marcii, 1842,
with his wife and one child, having but 75
cents in cash when he reached here. His
first heme was on rented land on section 10,
Lancaster Township, of which only five aci'es
had been cleared. After living on this land
one season he removed to a forty-acre tract of
heavily-timbered land on section 21 of the
same township, which he bought on credit,
living here seven years, his time being occu-
pied in improving his property, teaching
school and working at the carpenter's tiade.
His wife died on this projierty February 13,
1850, in her thirtieth year. Mr. Dailey was
again married in Adams County April 22,
1851, to Adeline Niblick, a native of Tusca-
manhood, his youth being spent in hard rawas County, Ohio, born November 9, 182'J.
labor, assisting to clear the home farm. He Her parents, James and Anna (Carter) Nib-
received a rudimentary education , in the sub- lick, were pioneers of Adams County, making
scription schools of that early day, but being I their home three and a half miles west of the
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liLT liiotlicr <l}'iiii,^ tlifi-u August 12, 1810,
aged thirty-niue yciirs. Ilur father was uiar-
rieil again to Miss Sarah liall, and to this
union were i torn live cliiich-cn — IJeWitt Clin-
ton, Elizabetli, liacliel, Emily and Mary, all
with the exception of Emily and ^NFary living
in Chicago, Illinois. Emily resides at Toledo,
Ohio, and Jlary lives at JUuil'ton, AVells
County. ]>y Ids first marriage ALr. Nihiick
had five chihli'en—- Adeline, wife of our sub-
ject, an<l IJohert, Jesse, Susan and Caroline,
residents of Adams County. Eleven chil-
dren have lieeu liorn to the second marriage
of iMr. Dailcy, as follows — Edgar, living
with his ]-)arents; James, of Bluifton; Edessa,
wife of Lemuel Sturgis, died, leaving one
child named James 1)., who has been taken
to the home of Mr. Dailey; Dora, wife of
15enjamin Ilooner; Augusta, wife of I'eter
Ilartrnan, of Adams County; Kobert M., of
Lancaster Township; Nellie, at home; AVil-
hird died in his nineteenth year; Adeline,
John and Jesse, the three last attending
scluxd. Mr. r)ailey has met with success in
liis farming operations, and by his own efforts
has accumtdated his ])resent line projierty in
Lancaster Townshij), consisting of 100 acres
of improved land, 100 acres being under
^'ood cultivation, l^[r. Dailey was early recog-
luzcd by his fellow-citizens as fitted for posi-
tions of honor and trust, who in 1845 elected
him magistrate, which office he {ille<l until
1S50. lie was then elected county auditor,
and removed to Dlutl'ton to attend to the
duties of that office, serving in that eajKicity
two terms. In I'^SO he was one of the
Deputy United States ]\Iarshals who took the
census of Wells County. Li ISGo-'Gl) he
was the deputy and acting sheriff of the
county. He served as a member of the school
board of Blufftonfor several years. In 1867
he removed from Blutfton to his present resi-
<K-nce (Ui section 11, Lancaster Township,
lie has belli the office of magistrate in Lan-
caster Township four years, besides serving
in several minor offices, lie is a member of
the Masonic fraternity, and while living iu
llluffton was a member of the Odd Eellows
order. In jiolitics he is a Democrat, voting
that ticket since the days of Andrew Jack-
son. Of his brothers and sisters, Samuel il.,
formerly a resident of Wells County, now
lives in Arkansas; three sisters, Mrs. Emily
High, Mrs. Elizabeth High and Mrs. Mar-
garet Sutton, died in Wells County; Mrs.
Hannah Ileeil lives in Miami Count}', Indi- â–
ana; Joseph <lied in Franklin County, and
Mrs. Susan Allen died in Decatur County,
Indiana.
RA NEFF, of Harrison Township,- was
born in Fairfield County, Ohio, February
^ 'J, 1833, son of AVilliam and Eleanor Nefi'.
His father was born in Berks County, Penn-
sylvania, and of German ancestry. lie re-
moved to Ohio with his parents when a boy.
The mother was a native of Virginia, and a
dauiditcr of iSicholas Lape. Our subject was
reared on a farm and remained with his
parents until he reached his majority. April
8, 1854, he was married to iMiss Margaret
Stout, daughter of Jonathan and Nancy
(Christian) Stout, who was born in Fairfield
County, Ohio. Her. parents were born in
Berks County, reiinsylvania, and of German
ancestry. After his marriage ]\Ir. Neif set-
tled u])on a small farm and built the first
house in Stoutville, and laid out an addition
to the town. lie was engaged in the mer-
cantile trade two years, then sold his property
in the village and purchased an interest in
the old homestead. One year later he again
sold out aiul erected a hotel in Stoutville^
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wliicli he conducted over eiglit years, tlicii sold
and removed to Monroe, Indiana. Jle lived
there one year, then ciime to Wells County in
ISO'J, and imrcliase<l forty acres of partially
improved land on section 2U, Harrison Town-
ship, wjiere he engaged in farming, lie
subsequently purchased 100 acres on section
8, and devoted his attention exclusively to
farming until 1S83, when he turned his atten-
tion to horticultui'e. lie has ten acres in
small fruits and garden, and it has proved
a successful enter])rise. Mr. and .Mrs. IS'eff
have seven chililrcn — Catherine, wife of
Charles Stahl; Isidore, wife of Lewis Hedges,
of Harrisou Township; Amos II., a telegra])h
operator; Luella, Stella (I., Minnie and
Charles F. The parents are members of the
Presbyterian church, and in politics Mr. Neff
is a Democrat.
,^^E()rtCTE MIXELL, hotel and livery
jfliy-rp keeper at Uniondale, was born in Ma-
"^i honing County, Ohio, December 1(5,
1853, son of Daniel and Elizabeth (]\[artin)
Mixell, natives of Pennsylvania. In ISo-l
the family removed to Stark County, and a
few months later to Wells County, Indiana,
settling at Bluffton. Four years afterward
they removed to a farm near the then small
town. In 1860 the father purchased a small
farm in luick Creek Township, where he
built a house and passed the remainder of his
days. His wife is living with her son Jo-
sepli. Tlieir children were — Lucy, Catherine,
George, Joseph and Daniel. Catherine mar-
ried David Scott, wdio is deceased; Lucy
married Charles Osgood, and is also deceased;
Joseph married Harriot Wolf, and resides on
the old homestead. George was employed in
the milling business in this county several
years during his early life. November 27,
182(), he married J\Iiss Sadie, daughter of
Jlenjamin and Susan jS'etterlield, liev. Mc-
Cormack performing the ceremony. They
commenced tlieir married life in the little vil-
lage of Greenwood, and the next year re-
moved to a farm in Kock Creek Township.
One year later they returned to Greenwood,
and in 1883 Mr. Mixell built a commodious
residence in Uniondale. In 1884 its hospita-
ble doors were thrown open to the traveling
public, and it became the first hotel in the
thriving village of Uniondale. In connection
with this hotel ]\Ir. ^[ixell has a nice livery,
and enjoys the distinction of being the first
in that business. !Mr. and Mrs. Mixell have
had four children — Effie and Lucy are living,
Freddie and IJessie are deceased. Lucy, the
youngest, was born in the new hotel, and
Effie on the farm in Rock Creek Township.
The two deceased were born in Greenwood.
]\[r. ]\Iixell is a popular host, and his esti-
mable wife is one of the best landladies.
Their home affords tine accommodations for a
village of the sizo of Uniondale, and the
weary traveler finds there a warm welcome
and the best of cheer. Mrs. Mixell was born
in Ashtabula County, Ohio, near Jefferson.
She had eleven brothers and sisters, all of
whom came to Indiana that are living. Har-
mon Korthfield, the eldest brother, in the
winter of 1887, held the fortunate number
that drew $15,000 cash in the Louisiana State
Lottery. He is a resident of Greenwood,
where the mother still lives.
fOIIN J. HUFFMAN, a sou of Henry \
and Catharine (Baker) Huffman, was (
-is^ born in Jackson Township, A\^ells Coun- t
ty, Indiana, on the old lluffman homestead, ,
the date of his birth being iMarch 25, 1847. >
He grew to manhood in his luitivc township, j
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and his t';itlier licini; a I'iU'iiier, was also reared
to agrieulttir;d piirsm'ts, which he has fol-
lowed through life. He was united in mar-
riage Noveiuher 28, 18G8, to Miss Sarah
Caroline Tayne, who was born in Halanionie
Township, Iluntingtoii County, a daughter of
"WMlliam and Charity (Swain) Payne, her
niotlier heiiig a daughter of John and Eliza-
beth Swain. Mrs. IluH'man's parents were
married in North Carolina, and were among
the early settlers of Huntington County,
Indiana, coining to this State by team.
They lived in Huntington County until
their death, the mother dying April 10, 1801,
and the father January 19, 18G4. They were
the parents of seven children — Jolm Wilson,
born January 22, 1841, died August 11,
1855; Isaac Baxter, born November 2(5,
1842, resides in East Warren; Elizabeth
Catherine, born January 5, 1845, died No-
vember 7, 1S(U; ]\raliala Jane, born August
20, 1848, died October 3, 1874; Sarah Caro-
line, i)orn November 2, 1850, wife of our
subject; David Franklin, born January 10,
1853, lives in Salamonie Township, and
William Low, born June 30, 1854, died Sep-
tember 4, 1855. Mr. and Mrs. Huffman are
the parents of three children — Charles Mel-
ville, born September 2, 1869; Isaac Frank-
lin, born January 28, 1871, and Austin
r.alpli, born December 17, 1873. Shortly
after his marriage, John J. Ilutfman, the
subject of this sketch, removed to Hunting-
ton County, where he lived on rented land
in Salamonie Township from the spring to
the fall of the same year. He then rented
land in another part of the same township,
on which he resided three years, when he
returned to Wells County, and after living
three months in Chester Township he came
to Jackson Township, where he made his
home for three years. He then returned to
Salamonie Township, Huntington County,
where he bought eighty acres, on which he
has since made his home. Since then he has
added twenty acres to his original purchase,
his farm now containing 100 acres of choice
land. In the spring of 1885 he erected a
handsome two-story residence, 30 x 42 feet
in size, and in the spring of 1887 he l)uilt
his present fine, commodious barn. lie is
a practical farmer, as his surroundings
plainly indicate, and by his quiet, unassum-
ing manners and honorable dealings he has
gained tlie confidence and esteem of the en-
tire community. Mr. ami ^Mrs. Huffman are
members of the Pleasant Hill Christian
churcli. Politically he is a Democrat. Post-
oflice, Warren, Huntington County.
fHAP.LES .^rAPvCIIANT MILLER is
a native of Wells County, Indiana, born
"tjT^ near Murray, Lancaster Township, .May
20, 1851. He is the third of five sons and
one often children of Jacob and Mary (Sut-
ton) Miller. His father was a native of
Pennsylvania, of German ancestry, and came
to AVells County in 1837. He is by trade a
millwright, but was employed as a miller
when he first came to the county, afterward
settling on a farm in Lancaster Township,
where he still lives. The mother of our
subject is a native of Licking County, Ohio, a
daughter of Pev. Elijah Sutton, a pioneer
Baptist minister of Wells County. Charles
M. Miller lived on the home farm until sev-
enteen years of age, where he was variously
employed, teaching school during the winter
seasons. At his own ex])ense he attended
the graded schools of Bluffton, and in 1873,
with James Sewell, engaged in the mercan-
tile business at ]\[urray, the firm of Miller k
Sewell continuing until the following fall, when
L. F. Shreve succeeded Mr. Sewell. In 1879
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was eniployed as clerk i'or i\. V. McFurseii.