JAMES N. BOURNE is one of the wide-awake, enterprising businessmen of Coatesville, where he has lived since 1876. For a time after coming here he was engaged in the livery business, but since December 1877, has engage in the drug business, in which he has built up a large trade. His father, William S. Bourne, was a native of Garrard County, Ky., and one of the pioneers of Putnam County, Ind., where he died, in Jefferson Township in September 1872, and where his wife still lives. They had a family of eight children. James N. is the only one living in Hendricks County. He was born in Jefferson Township, Putnam Co., Ind., in 1847. He remained with his parents till after the breaking out of the war of the Rebellion, when he enlisted, in March 1864, in Company A, Twenty-seventh Indiana Infantry. He participated in some of the most important battles of the last years of war, including the Atlanta Campaign and Sherman's march to the sea; thence to Washington, where he was in line at the grand review of the army. He married Sarilda J. Hill, a native of Putnam County, Ind., daughter of Andrew J. Hill. They have had five children---Everett, Maggie, Bertha, James A., and Ralfo. Bertha is deceased.

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D.W. CAMPBELL, merchant, Coatesville, is a native of Jennings County, Ind., born in 1844, a son of Luther J. Campbell, one of the early settlers of that county. He remained at home till eighteen years of age, and in 1862 enlisted in defense of the Union, and was assigned to the Eighteenth United States Infantry, and served six years. During the war his regiment operated with the Eastern army, and he participated in a number of severe engagements, and during General McClellan's peninsular campaign formed a part of General Butler's command. After the close of the war he served on the Western plains three years, and there had many thrilling experiences. The regiment was stationed at different forts doing garrison duty. In November 1866, they were transferred to Fort Phil Kearney, and were there at the time of the slaughter of Captain Fettemore and his command, the particulars of which may be of interest to our readers, as our subject was directly concerned in the transaction. Mr. Campbell, as Sergeant, was detailed with a party of men to go some distance from the fort to procure fuel, and Captain Fettemore, with ninety-six men accompanied them as guard. They were considerably annoyed by the Indians, and when nearing the fort on their return Captain Fettemore determined to turn back and attack them, while the wooding party proceeded to the fort. This was a fatal error, as he was decoyed to a ravine and at once attacked by thousands of Indians on both sides, and the entire party slaughtered, not a man escaping. After the expiration of his term of service Mr. Campbell returned to Indiana and soon after located in Coatesville and settled down to the peaceful vocation of a merchant. He has been successful in this branch of business, and is now the oldest merchant in the village. He has a fine brick store, which he erected in 1877, and has also, one of the best residences in the town. He has built up a large trade, his annual sales amounting to $40,000. He was married in 1869 to Mary A. Allen, of Putnam County, Ind. They have two children---Lenna and Flora.

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JAMES CHRISTY, section 29, Clay Township, is one of the pioneers of Hendricks County. He was a son of James and Elizabeth Christy, and when a child moved with them from Virginia to Putnam County, Ind., where they both died. In 1828 he came to Hendricks County and settled on land entered by his father in 1828. He has been a successful financier, and has by industry and energy made of his land a good farm and acquired a competence for his old age. He has been thrice married. His first wife was Harriet Kinsler. Their only child, a daughter, died in infancy. His second wife Kesiah Vice. To them were born three children---Mary, James A. and Robert K. His third and present wife was Nancy Flinn. They have had two children---William Sherman and Charles. The latter is deceased. William Sherman was born June 5, 1865, and lives with his parents on the homestead. He is an industrious, enterprising young man, intelligent and well educated, and takes an active interest in all enterprises of social or mental benefit.

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JAMES F. ELROD was born in North Carolina, Aug. 29, 1824, a son of Joseph and Catherine Elrod, the former born in 1806 and the latter in 1810. In 1834 Joseph Elrod and his family, and John Gambold and George Fansler and their families left North Carolina to seek homes in the wilds of Indiana, and after a journey of six weeks arrived in New Garden, ten miles north of Richmond, Wayne County. The father lived but two years after his settlement in the new country, and after his death, in 1836, the mother moved to Hendricks County with her family, and settled on forty acres of leased land in Franklin Township. She died in Coatesville, Sept. 10, 1877. The family consisted of seven children, four of whom are living---Jesse F., Barbara Ann, Charles and Joseph. Jesse F. Elrod was twelve years off age when he came to Hendricks County. He remained with his mother till manhood, and in connection with farming was engage in milling several years. In 1863 he bought the farm where he now lives, on section 31, Clay Township, adjoining the village of Coatesville, which contains 108 acres of choice land, and is one of the pleasantest homes in clay Township. He was married to Lydia Pursell, a native of Marion County, Ind., born June 8, 1834, daughter of Benjamin and Mary (Strong) Pursell. The former lives at Tuscola, Ill., but the latter has been dead many years. Mrs. Elrod died Sept. 28, 1884, leaving her husband and children to mourn the loss of a true and affectionate wife and mother. The children are four in number---Samuel H., Charles W., William F. and Mary A.

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JOSEPHUS B. GAMBOLD, of the firm of Draper & Gambold, general merchants, Coatesville, Ind., is a son of John C. Gambold, one of the pioneers of Hendricks County. John C. Gambold was born in Pennsylvania, in November 1805. His parents died when he was a child and he was placed in a family named Green and with them went to North Carolina and was reared in a Moravian settlement. He was married to Nancy Swaim, a native of that State, and in 1834 they came to Indiana in company with Joseph Elrod and family located in Wayne County. In 1835 he moved to Hendricks County and settled in Clay Township. In 1856 he started for Minnesota, and before reaching his destination, at Dalhi, Delaware Co., Iowa, in January 1857, his wife died. The family remained in Minnesota till 1859, and then returned to Clay Township, where the father died June 2, 1870. His family comprised ten children six of whom are living---Levi S., Eri A., Louisa C., Mary J., Josephus B. and Cynthia A. Josephus B. Gambold was born in Clay Township, Oct. 18, 1839. Aug. 7, 1861, he enlisted in Company A, Twenty-seventh Indiana Infantry, and served three years and two months. He participated in the battles of Winchester, Cedar Mountain, Antietam, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg; was transferred west and participated in the Atlanta Campaign. He escaped without injury save a slight wound at Dallas, Ga. After his return from the war he was employed by the Terre Haute and Indiana Division of the Vandalia Railroad till 1872, and the next three years by Pierson, Fellows & Stanley, merchants of Coatesville. In 1882 he formed his present partnership with Mahlon B. Draper. He was married to Mary E. Brown, of Putnam County, Ind. They have two children---Charles and Ella E.

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WILLIAM GREENLEE was a native of Hendricks County, Ind., born in September 1839. His father, Abner Greenlee, settled in Marion Township in 1829, and there he was reared and educated. He enlisted in October 1861, in the Fifty-first Indiana Infantry, and served in the defense of his country three years, two months and ten days, participating in many important campaigns and battles. He was in General Buell's command at Shiloh; was at Stone River, with General Streight on his noted raid, at Franklin, and later with General Streight on his noted raid, at Franklin, and later with General Thomas at Nashville, where he was discharged Dec. 17, 1864. He returned to Hendricks County, and in 1865 bought the farm on section 28, Clay Township, where he has since lived. He is a model farmer and has one of the pleasantest homes in the township. He has been twice married. His first wife, Martha Bryant, is deceased. His present wife was Melinda J. Pierson, daughter of Ervin Pierson. He has had two children, only one of whom is living---Ernest, born Sept. 16, 1876. His eldest son, Emerson, died in infancy.

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MILTON E. HADLEY is a representative of one of the most prominent pioneer families of Hendricks County, and is one of the oldest living natives of the county. He was born in Center Township in December 1829, a son of Simon T. Hadley, the second Clerk of Hendricks County. He has lived in Clay Township since 1870 and owns a fine farm on section 32. He now resides in the village of Amo. His wife was Jane Phillips, daughter of John Phillips. They have no children, but have an adopted daughter---Sarah.

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MORDECAI HADLEY is a representative of one of the leading pioneer families of Hendricks County. His ancestors were early settlers of Pennsylvania. Subsequently one branch of the family moved to North Carolina, another to Kentucky and a third to Massachusetts, for whom Hadley of that State is named. The grandfather of our subject, Joshua Hadley, was a member of the North Carolina branch, and was born May 23, 1743. He married Ruth Lindley, who was born at London Grove, Pa., March 25, 1745. Their son, Joshua Jr., was born in Chatham County, N.C., Dec. 13, 1783, the thirteenth of sixteen children. Joshua, Jr., was married twice. His first wife was Lydia Hiatt, by whom he had one daughter, who grew to womanhood and married William White, and died several years ago. Mr. Hadley's second wife was Rebecca Hinshaw, who was born in Randolph County, N.C., Feb. 20, 1789. Their family consisted of eleven children. Ten of whom grew to maturity. In the fall of 1838 they came to Hendricks County, Ind., and settled in Clay Township. At that time their two eldest children were married. Mr. Hadley died Aug. 23, 1847. As is characteristic of all members of the society of Friends, he was strongly opposed to slavery, one object of his leaving North Carolina b being to escape the evils resulting from it. He was a man of decided convictions, strong in the support of what he believed to be right, and equally earnest in denouncing what he believed to be wrong. He was a well-educated man and for some time a teacher in his early life. His wife survived till April 19, 1882, dying at the age of ninety-three years. She was a woman of great energy and fortitude, and strong religious convictions, and a devoted Bible student. She was a frequent attendant at church, riding horseback when between eighty and ninety years of age. Mordecai Hadley was born in Chatham County, N.C., June 30, 1827, and was ten years of age when his parents moved to Hendricks County. He was educated in the schools of his adopted county, remaining with his parents till manhood. He has been twice married. His first wife, Sarah Jane Clark, was born in Chatham County, N.C., in July 1827, and died in October 1877. His present wife, Susan Lindley, was born in Chatham County, N.C., May 16, 1842. Mr. Hadley is one or the leading citizens of Clay Township, representing its most prosperous agriculturists.

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W.N. LAKIN is the proprietor of the carriage and wagon factory, Coatesville, Ind., one of the principal enterprises of the town. He is a native of Illinois, born in 1845. His father, William H. Lakin, is a native of Ohio, moving thence to Illinois about 1845, and in 1859 coming to Hendricks County, Ind., and locating in Plainfield, where he still lives. W.N. learned his trade of his father, and was for some time associated with him in business in Plainfield. He then went to Danville and remained a year, and in 1869 located in Coatesville. In 1875 he erected a commodious building to accommodate his growing trade, and in 1885 built an addition, 20 x 45 feet in size, as a storeroom for his carriages and agricultural implements, which is a leading feature of his business. He carries on a general blacksmithing business. He is one of the most prosperous businessmen of the town and one of its most influential and enterprising citizens. He married Louisa C. Gambold, daughter of John Gambold, a pioneer of Hendricks County. They have one son---Otto F.

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GEORGE W. McCLOUD, proprietor of the livery and sale stables, Amo, Ind., was born in Lee County, Va., Dec. 27, 1811. His father, John McCloud, died in 1819, and in 1830 his mother, with her four children---George W., Nancy, Thomas and Archlif, moved to Hendricks County, Ind., and settled in Franklin Township. Of the family, George W. is the only one living. He married Eunice Bray, a native of Kentucky, daughter of Henry Bray. To them were born twelve children, seven of whom are living. His wife died several years ago and he subsequently married Elizabeth Elliott, who died Jan. 14, 1885, leaving two children.

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DANIEL OSBORN, one of the pioneers of Hendricks County, was born in Hart County, Ky., in 1811. In 1829 his father, Daniel Osborn, Sr., emigrated with his family to Hendricks County, and settled in what is now Franklin Township, and lived where he first settled till his death, in 1839. His wife survived her husband till 1855. They had a family of seven children, two sons and five daughters. Of these there are living Margaret, Chirstina, Daniel and Mary. Daniel Osborn Jr. married Mary Broadstreet, a native of Clark County, Ind. She died in 1882. Mr. and Mrs. Osborn had twelve children, none of whom are living, eight sons and one daughter.

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ELI PHILLIPS, deceased, was one of the first settlers of Clay Township. He was born in Stokes County, N.C., in 1805. He was reared in his native county and there married Peggy Cosner, who was born in 1814, a daughter of John and Abigail Cosner, who came from North Carolina in 1832 and settled in Clay Township, Hendricks County, Ind., where the father died in 1849 and the mother Jan. 1, 1861. In 1833 Mr. Phillips moved to Indiana and settled on a tract of wild land on sections 33 and 34, Clay Township, on which he lived till 1867,when he moved to Amo, where he died Jan. 1, 1881. To Mr. and Mrs. Phillips were born twelve children, all in clay Township; six are living---William; Pamelia, wife of Bennet Osborn; Phoebe, wife of William Beason; Abigail, wife of William Demoss, of Kansas; Jane, wife of John Walls, of Stilesville, and Arcada, wife of Dr. H.C. Summers. Mrs. Phillips makes her home with her daughter, Mrs. Summers. She has one brother and four sisters living older than she. The eldest, Mrs. Mary Vass, was born Jan. 1, 1795.

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JONATHAN F. PHILLIPS, the eldest son of Samuel and Rachel (Newman) Phillips, resides on the southeast quarter of section 5, Clay Township. His farm contains 128 acres of valuable land, located on sections 4 and 5. He was born in Clay Township, April 16, 1840. He remained with his parents till July 1863, when he enlisted in the One Hundred and Seventeenth-Indiana Infantry for six months. He was discharged after a service of seven months, and in February 1865, enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and Forty-eighth Indiana and served till the close of the war. He was married March 23, 1868, to Makina Couch, a native of North Carolina. They have a family of five children---Alma, Lora, Aldus, Amanda and Olney.

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SAMUEL PHILLIPS, deceased, was one of the pioneers of 1836. He was born in 1808, in North Carolina, a son of John S. and Sally Phillips, who emigrated from Forsyth County, N.C., to Wayne County, Ind., where the father died, and in 1836 the mother and two unmarried children, Samuel and Sally, came to Hendricks County, and settled on section 4, Clay Township. Samuel bought a tract of land, but a few acres, of which had been cleared of the timber, and on it a small log cabin had been built. This land he cleared and improved and made his home till his death, in July 1880, and it is still the home of his widow and younger children. He was married in 1839 to Rachel Newman, a native of Randolph County, N.C., born in 1818, a daughter of John and Elizabeth Newman, who came to Hendricks County in 1837, and settled in Franklin Township, where they both died. To Mr. and Mrs. Phillips were born seven children---Jonathan F.; Susanna E., wife of Enoch Harlan; Lewis A.; Sally M., wife of William Shirley; John N., Oliver P. and Emery E. Mr. Phillips in an early day hauled a load of wheat to Lawrenceburg, which he sold for $9.00, the time occupied in going and returning being fourteen days.

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SIMON RAMMEL, one of the pioneers of Hendricks County, was born in Franklin County, Ind., Nov.16, 1818, a son of Rev. Henry and Elizabeth P. (Heward) Rammel. Henry Rammel was a native of New Jersey, and a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church. He came to Indiana in 1817, and in 1828 to Hendricks County, and settled in Danville. He organized the first Methodist society in Center Township. He died Feb.21, 1882, aged eighty-six years, one month and twenty-eight days. He was married three times and had a family of seven children, six of whom lived to maturity---Eli, a Methodist minister, died in Kansas in October 1882; Simon; Elizabeth, deceased; James, of Nebraska; Ruth, of Illinois; Lydia A., deceased; Henry, deceased. Simon is the only member of the family living in Hendricks County. He is by trade a mason and has been one of the most industrious and enterprising citizens of Danville. He has served as Justice of the Peace twelve years. He has been twice married. His first wife was Lavina Ball, and to them were born four children---David, William, Eliza and James. His present wife was Cynthia A. Griggs.

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WILLIAM RAMMEL, merchant and Postmaster, Reno, Ind., is a son of Simon Rammel and grandson of Rev. Henry Rammel, one of the earliest settlers of Danville. He was born in Danville, in 1852, and has been a life-long resident of Hendricks County. In August 1881, he located in Reno, and bought the stock of general merchandise of William Davis, and at the same time was appointed Postmaster. His is the only store of any importance in the place, and he has a good trade, his annual sales amounting to $5,000. He was married to Jennie, daughter of David Haworth. They have two children---Otis and Clara.

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CYRUS L. STANLEY, attorney at law, Coatesville, Ind., is a son of Samuel Stanley, one of the pioneers of 1831. Samuel Stanley was a native of North Carolina, and was there married to Anna Bowman. They were members of the Society of Friends, with strong anti-slavery principles, and not wishing to rear their children under the influence of that institution, in the fall of 1830 they left North Carolina, and with a one-horse team came to Indiana, being six weeks in making the journey. Their family at that time consisted of five children, the eldest fourteen, and the youngest two years of age. They located near Richmond, Wayne County, where, April 6, 1831, Cyrus L. was born. The same season they moved to Hendricks County and settled on the east half of the southwest quarter of section 23, Clay Township. The land was heavily timbered with no improvements. Mr. Stanley erected a log cabin fourteen feet square, and began clearing his land, which he mad his home till his death in October 1850. His wife survived him but one week. He was an upright, honest man, of quiet disposition, but decided in his convictions. He was in politics a Whig, strongly opposed to slavery, and was as conscientious in his political as in his religious views. He had a family of eight children, all of whom are living except Barkley, who died in October 1849. The surviving children are Harvey, of Douglas County, Kas.; Rebecca, of Dallas County, Iowa; Sarah, of Warren County, Iowa; William, of Parke County, Ind.; Cyrus L.; Levi, of Warren County, Iowa, and Anna Jane, of Huron, Dak. The second son, Barkley, learned the carriage-makers trade, and settled in Springville. He took a prominent part in politics; was a strong anti-slavery man, a member of the Free-Soil Party, and a delegate to the convention that nominated Martin Van Burn in 1848. He died in October 1849, leaving a wife and one child, the former since deceased. Harvey and Barkley were prominent in the early settlement of the county. Harvey was well educated and taught school a number of years. After reaching maturity he cleared a farm of his own, but in 1871 removed to Kansas. Cyrus L. Stanley has been a resident of Clay Township since his infancy. He has always given some attention to agriculture, and owns a fine farm. He was also for some time engaged in the mercantile business, and since 1870 has devoted considerable time to the practice of law. He was originally in politics, a Whig, but since its organization, has been a Republican. In 1860 he was elected Justice of the Peace, and was re-elected in 1864, but resigned before the expiration of his term, and in 1868 was again elected to the same office. He has also served as Commissioner of Hendricks County. Mr. Stanley has been twice married. In 1850 he married Lucy Elrod, who died in 1853, leaving one daughter---Mary Elma. In 1857 he married Sarah Jane Braun, a native of Ohio. They have three children---Eva Ettie, Ena Ethel, and Oscar O.

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H.C. SUMMERS, MD, is a native of Putnam County, Ind., born in 1849, a son of Benjamin F. and Marion (Collings) Summers. His paternal grandfather, Rev. Cornelius summers, was a native of Kentucky and one of the pioneer Presbyterian ministers of North Indiana. His maternal grandfather, Rev. Harvey Collings, was a native of North Carolina, and a pioneer Methodist minister of Putnam County, Ind. H.C. Summers was reared in his native county, where he received his literary education. He began the study of medicine with Drs. Holman and Johnson, of Martinsville, Morgan Co., Ind., and subsequently attended, in 1872-'73, a course of lectures at the medical department of the University at Louisville, Ky. He then returned to Putnam County and entered the office of Drs. Ellis and Smythe, at Greencastle, and later entered the Ohio Medical College, Cincinnati. After being at Cincinnati two months he was prostrated with typhoid fever and was sick about three months. This prevented him from graduating, and he returned to Indiana, and in 1874 formed a partnership with Dr. S.C. Monnet, and located at Amo. In the fall of 1877 he returned to Cincinnati and graduated in the spring of 1878. Dr. Summers was married Sept. 18, 18879, to Arcada Phillips, daughter of Eli Phillips, one of the pioneers of Clay Township.

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ABRAHAM WILLIAMSON, farmer and stock-raiser, section 28, Clay Township, Hendricks County, Ind., is a native of Somerset County, N.J., born Aug. 24, 1827. When he was twelve years of age he accompanied his parents to Ohio, and there grew to manhood. When twenty-three years of age he came to Indiana and has since been a resident of Clay Township, Hendricks County, Ind. In 1855 his father-in-law, James Kersey, Sr., gave him forty acres where he now resides, which he has improved and erected good buildings, and now has a pleasant home. He was married Nov. 29, 1854, to Mary Kersey, daughter of James Kersey. She died April 29, 1879, aged forty-three years, four months and four days, leaving five children---Rachel, Eva, Luella, Lillian and James Claude.

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