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rell, daughter of Edmond Harrell, of Jackson County. They
have had born to them twelve children: Ziporah, Nancy E.,
Jackson W., Edmond (deceased), Erastus A., Bertha, Minnie E.,
William H., Leona, Mary E., Elias P. (deceased) and Frederick
S.   Mr. Eastin, like all soldiers, may well be proud of the humble
part he took in the defense of his country in the hour of her
peril.
 
THOMAS F. FITZGIBBON was born July 22, 1861, at Fort
Ritner, Lawrence Co., Ind., is of Irish nationality. His parents,
Marshall and Anna (Ryan) Fitzgibbon, were born in Limerick and,
Tiperary Counties, Ireland, respectively, and came to this country
in 1855, and settled on the farm where Thomas F. was born and
raised, he being the third in a family of four.  He is one of the
young men often met with who believe in special preparation
for any profession, and to this end he availed himself of the
schools about him, and in 1877 he took a course in the Camp-
bellburg Academy, under Prof. James May, in Washington
County, and in 1880 began teaching, but in the meantime he at-
tended three terms at Leesville, Lawrence County, under Prof.
D. H. Ellison, and one term at the Central Normal, at Ladoga,
Montgomery Co., Ind. He is also a farmer, which he follows
during the spring and summer of each year, and owns 115 acres
in Carr Township. In 1882-83 he completed a course in teleg-
raphy at Mitchell, Ind. In 1884 he was married to Miss Rillah
Beezley, daughter of Silas Beezley, of Kansas. To them have,
been born one child - Mamie. Mr. Fitzgibbon is a member
of the Catholic Church, and is a Democrat in politics. He.
stands high as a teacher, and is respected as an upright citizen
and as a young man he has a bright future before him.
 
GEORGE M. FENLEY was born in 1845, at Columbus, Bar-
tholomew Co., Ind., and is the fifth of seven children born to Dr.
Isaac and Mary G. (Murphy) Fenley.  Dr. Fenley came to Browns-
town in 1832, from Jefferson County, Ky., where he lived until
1844, and then moved to Columbus, Ind., moving in the meantime
to Wabash, Ind., where he lived but a short time. In 1846 he
entered the United States service in the Mexican war as first
lieutenant, but was afterward promoted to regimental surgeon of
his regiment, the Fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry. At the
expiration of the Mexican war he returned to Columbus, and in