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Porter was killed by the Indians on his way to Montana. They had a train of 18 or 19 wagons. They stopped by the way to feed, when the Indians broke in on them & killed him. He was taken in one of the wagons, hauled nearly all day & was buried by the roadside.

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At this writing (1890), lived in Dashaw Co., AR.

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At this writing (1890), lived in Chambersburg, PA.

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Bruce learned the trade of painting in the CV RR Shops in Chambersburg. Afterwards, he went to Columbus, OH, from there to Westover, OH. There he was employed by the railroad company as brakeman. In coupling the cars, he met with an accident & was found in the yard dead.

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George was a man of prominence. He was one of the leading merchants of Waynesboro. He located in Chambersburg for a short time. In 1861, he was elected County Treasurer & filled that office. He was Deputy Treasurer from 1866 to 1867; was Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue from 1869 to 1872 & held numerous other offices. He then, in 1869, moved with his family to his farm near Waynesboro. On November 2, 1886, he was elected to the PA legislature. About a month after the election, he was confined to the house with sickness, never to leave it alive. He was in consequence, unable to take his seat in the House of Representatives & after an illness of 4 months, he quietly passed away.

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The Balsley family throughout are Methodists.

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He was admitted to the Franklin Co. bar, September 1890 & was practicing law in Waynesboro, PA.

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Wilson T. Arnold was known as Jack Arnold. He was a bright student in High School, and liked to hunt. He had a .22 Marlin pump rifle with which he once shot a bird on the opposite bank of the Wabash River. He studied taxidermy via a correspondence course from Northwestern School of Taxidermy.

Wilson T. Arnold, 6657912, Cpl., Co. "E", 11th U.S. Infantry, served in the U.S. Army at Ft. Benjamin Harrison in Indianapolis, where he met Elizabeth. He was a good rifle shot. His Qualification Scorebook for April 1936 with the .30-06 Springfield rifle is in the possession of R.L. Arnold. It shows the following:

Range Fire Position Score Possible Rifle No. 1419706

200 yd Slow Standing 40 50 Practice
300 " Prone 21 25 "
300 " Sit/Kneel 42 50 "
500 " Prone 45 50 "

200 Slow Standing 46 50 Record Fire
300 " Sit/Kneel 45 50 "
500 " Prone 46 50 "

300 Rapid Prone 22 25 Practice
200 " Sitting 45 50 "

200 Rapid Sitting 48 50 Record Fire
300 " Prone 45 50 "

Jack Arnold worked as a painter for the Red Spot Paint co. in Evansville, IN. He was killed in a basement fire while on the job in August, 1938. The basement was filled with paint fumes and someone turned on an electric fan to clear the fumes. The resulting fire killed another painter and left Arnold badly burned. He died 2 days later in a hospital in Evansville. His son, Robert was 8 mos. old at the time, and Elizabeth was 2 months pregnant with Rita, who was born the following February. He is buried in a Cemetery in Stewartsville, IN.

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Robert Scherer was 41 when his first child, Elizabeth, was born. His father was 75 when Robert was born. Thus, two generations spanned 116 years, compared to the usual 40-50 years.

Robert Scherer united with the Lutheran Church in his youth and transferred his membership to the Madison Avenue Methodist Church in 1913, and remained a faithful member until his death. He had been a Sunday school teacher, superintendent and held other offices for many years and was an honorary trustee.

He attended Wittenburg College in Ohio for two years, to meet the current requirement for a teaching certificate. He taught school for many years in one-room schoolhouses in Indiana, until the requirements for teaching were raised to four years, and he became ineligible. He tried several other occupations, such as storekeeper. A photo of the Scherer store and delivery truck is in the possession of R. L. Arnold. In his later years, during World War II and afterward, he worked as custodian in the Township schools. He was probably the only custodian who could teach Greek and Latin.

He was an avid gardener, and often had an acre of tomato plants, and an acre of sweet corn. He sold some of his produce to local markets, and remarked that he felt bad that he was taking advantage of the storekeeper by accepting ten cents a dozen for sweet corn. Every year he canned jelly, jam, and pickles for the family's use during the year.

He was active in the Temperance movement, and in the Prohibition Party. He beame a strong Republican supporter, especially after the repeal of Prohibition. He believed Franklin Roosevelt to be the devil incarnate because he repealed Prohibition.

Robert Scherer was a poet and author of essays and short stories. Many of these are being assembled into a booklet by R. L. Arnold, who has the originals.

He is buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Johnson County, Indiana, as are his wife Vonnie and infant son.