Ethell, a successful editor and publisher in the city of
Muncie, was born January 15,1834, at Utica, Licking Co., Ohio. His parents, John and Mary
Ethell, were natives of Eastern Virginia and prominent among the early
residents of Licking Co., Ohio. In January 1839, Mr. Ethell came to Muncie
with his parents, and received a good English education at the �Delaware
County Seminary, then conducted by Profs. Ferris and Abbott. In 1848, he
entered the sophomore class of the Indiana State University, at Bloomington,
but was unable to complete the course, owing to ill health. After leaving
college, he began the study of German and French, under Prof. Hoshour, at
Newcastle, IND, and, in 1851, began to learn civil engineering, and afterward
acted as Assistant engineer in the construction of the Marion and Mississinewa
Valley Railroad (now a branch of the "Pan-Handle" road), from Marion, IND.,
to Logansport, IND, and, in the same capacity, assisted in the building of the
Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad, from Fort Wayne, Ind, to Grand Rapids, Mich.
and north of the latter point.� In 1854 and 1855, he was engaged in business
at Chicago, and in 1860, located at Indianapolis, where he was city editor of
the Daily Atlas, published by John D. Defrees, now Government Printer.�
In the
fall of 1859, he was united in marriage with Miss Millie A. Turner, daughter
of Minus Turner, Esq., and, in the winter of 1861, began the publication of
the Delaware County Times, which afterward became the Muncie Times, and
continued as its editor and proprietor until the winter of 1869, when he sold
the paper to Gen. Thomas J. Brady.� He then went to Washington, D. C., where
he remained until 1872, and during this time served as foreman in the
Government printing office. The duties of this position proved disastrous to
his health, and he was compelled to abandon it on that, account.
He then
removed to the State of Kansas where he was employed as Chief Clerk in the
United States Land Office at Independence.� In February 1873, he returned to
Muncie and purchased the Liberal newspaper, changing its name to the
Muncie News. In the publication of this paper, he is still engaged. In May
1878, he began to publish the News as a daily paper, with a weekly edition on
Wednesday of each week. This venture proved a success and the paper now has a
circulation of several hundred copies daily. It advocates the cause of the
Republican Party, and wields a large influence in Delaware and adjoining
counties. (Page 191)
Charles Moore was born April 2, 1826, near Portsmouth, Ohio. His parents, John and
Nancy Moore, sold their farm in the Scioto Bottoms, near that city, in the
1880, and thence moved to Muncietown, in Delaware County, Ind, now the city
of Muncie. They entered the lands now owned and occupied by Charles W. Legg,
in Center Township, three miles east of Muncie, and settled thereon in the
early part of 1881. They were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and
were pioneers in the true sense of that word. They felled the forest, built
the schoolhouse and the church, and soon had a home where�thrift and economy,
plenty and friendship reigned. They had a family of ten children, all of whom
reached manhood and womanhood, namely: William J., Philip, Levi, John S.,
Charles W., Joseph, Milton, Enoa, Cynthia and Jemima. Cynthia was the wife of
Jacob Calvert both now deceased, and Jemima was the wife of the late James E
Wilcoxon, now deceased. John S. and Milton both died unmarried. The parents
did not live long to enjoy the fruits of their labors. In the autumn of 1838,
the mother was transferred from the church below to the church above, and the
father in the spring of 1840, was not, for God took him to live with the
loved ones gone before.
Charles was then fourteen years of age, and he found a goodly home with his
brother William until his majority, in 1847. He then attended the old
seminary at Muncie, under the management of Revs. J. S. Ferris and R. B.
Abbott. In the spring of 1850, he entered�the sophomore class in Asbury
University, graduating at the head of his class, in the summer of 1853. In
the fall of that year, he was elected Professor of Mathematics at the
Wesleyan Female College, Cincinnati,Ohio. After teaching several years, he
studied law, and entered upon the practice of his chosen profession at
Muncie, about, the year 1860, and has enjoyed a successful legal practice in
this city for more than twenty years.�
He was married in December 1855 to Sarah E., eldest daughter of Rev. G. M.
Beswick.� After her decease in 1857; he remained single four years and two
months, and in the fall of 1861, he was married to Clara J. second daughter
of Samuel P. Wilson.� They are the parents of two children, Charles E. and
Mary E. (Page 192)
John Brady as the second son of William and Julia Ann Brady (nee Lerch) and was born
in�Warren County, Ohio, September 80, 1806. During the early part of his
boyhood; the whole western part of this sentry was alive with patriotism,
which characterized the memorable engagement of 1812�18. The people of Ohio
and Kentucky pressed forward to the front with a zeal and love of country
never surpassed. The foremost to respond to the call of his imperiled country
was William Brady, the father of our subject. He enlisted in a company of
dragoons, in the year 1812 This Company formed a part of Lieut. Col.
Campbell�s expedition against the Indian village on the Mississinewa River,
which moved from Franklinton by way of Springfield, Xenia, Dayton, Eaton
Greenville, and other Ohio points.� Owing to the scarcity of horses for the
mounted Infantry, the expedition did not leave Dayton until December 14.� The
weather was unusually severe, the ground being covered with snow, which
necessitated each man�s carrying twelve days revisions and bushel of corn.
After a march of nearly one hundred miles, the fighting began, and the
companies of hardy pioneer frontiersmen waded through a set of blood to
achieve their ends. There were many noted battles fought, and William Brady
participated in the most active part of the campaign.
Among, the noted Indian chiefs who engaged in warfare with the whites in this
campaign were Little Thunder and Little Turtle the great Miami chief and
leader. Most of the Indians captured � were Miamis� (after whom Muncie, where
they had a village is named). A terrible battle was fought near where Marion,
Grant County, now stands.� After this battle, the command retreated to
Greenville, and in doing so, the soldiers suffered greatly from the severity
of the weather.� The number of men rendered unfit for duty by being frost
bitten, was three hundred and three out of six hundred.
Soon after the close of this terrible Indian engagement, William Brady died
from the effects of the exposure he had been subjected to in the spring of
1813.�
John Brady was apprenticed to John Reeves, and learned saddlery and
harness making.�
In march 1824; he removed to Indiana, settling at Richmond,
where on the 16th of March 1825, he was united in marriage to Miss Mary
Wright, who, with her mother, had emigrated to Indiana from Caroline County,
Maryland, in the year 1824.� Mr. Brady served as Justice of the Peace one
term at Richmond, being elected each time by handsome majorities.
After his removal to Muncietown in 1836, he served as Associate Judge from
1841 to 1851, and as Postmaster from 1847 to 1861. On the incorporation of
Muncie as a city; in 1865 he was elected Mayor and served from that time until
1867.� In 1871, he was chosen a member of the City Council, and served until
1873.� From 1878 to 1880, he served as TownshipTrustee, and for many years he
has been one of the City Commissioners.
His dealings with his fellow men have been that plain honest nature that
always wears.
Mr. Brady at this time lives and enjoys the blessings and courtesy that is
commendable in every respect; he has three sons, Samuel F, Thomas J, Edward
W.� Their oldest son, William, died at an early age.� Samuel F is the father of
three children, one daughter and two sons. (Page 208-9)