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J. Emery Signs Not
alone are those worthy of biographic honors who have moved along the loftier
planes of action, but to an equal extent are those deserving who are of the rank
and file of the world's workers, for they are not less the conservators of
public prosperity and material advancement.
Through all the gradations of life recognition should be had of the true
values, and then should full appreciation be manifested, for there can be no
impropriety in scanning the acts of any man as they affect his public, social
and business relations. Viewed
from whatever standpoint, the career of J. Emery Signs, one of Clear Creek
Township's prosperous farmers, is worthy of consideration in this connection.
He is one of the worthy native sons of Jasper County, his birth having
occurred on March l, 1850, in Clear Creek Township, and here he grew to manhood
and he has always been identified with the agricultural interests of this
locality. He is the son of James
and Sarah (Kintz) Signs, the father born in Indiana is living in this Township,
and the mother, who was born in Summit County, Ohio, died in this Township.
Their family consisted of four sons and one daughter, namely: J. Emery,
of this review, is the eldest; Mrs. John W. Long lives in Eden Township,
Marshall County; Charles 0. lives in Olathe, Kansas; John' is a resident of
Collins, Iowa; Lee lives on the old home farm in Clear Creek Township, this
County. Mr.
Signs, of this review, was married on November 7, 1880, to Ida May Hampton, who
was born in Clear Creek Township, November 5, 1861, the daughter of William R.
and Sarah Ann (Deeter) Hampton, the father born in Kentucky and the mother in
Pennsylvania. They came west,
spent their last years at Gering, Nebraska, the father dying on December g,
1904, and the mother passing away on December 4, 1903.
Their family consisted of twelve children, ten of whom grew to maturity,
one son and one daughter dying in infancy; they were named as follows:
Theodore is living in Juniata, Nebraska; Cornelia Kimberly is living at
Gering, Nebraska; Caroline Hidy is a resident of Mapleton, Kansas; Dora Adeline
died about fifteen years ago; Ida May, wife of Mr. Hampton of this sketch; Hulda
Porter, of Towanda, Kansas; Jennie Hughes, of Mapleton, Kansas; Commodore lives
at Gering, Nebraska; William also lives there; Russell R. lives in Independence
Township, this County; Albert lives at Gering, Nebraska.
These children were born in Clear Creek Township, this County, of which
their parents were early settlers, having lived here many years before moving to
Nebraska. To
Mr. and Mrs. Signs have been born two sons and four daughters, namely: Earl,
born September 27, 1882, died April 11, 1888; Sarah Pearl Jones, born November
14, 1887, lives in Sherman Township, this County; Jessie Belle Shuey, born
August 14, 1890, is living north of Collins; Alta, born February 8, 1893, is
living at home; Ora, born November 5, 1896, is also a member of the family
circle; Orville Edwin, born January 18, 1899. They were all born in Clear Creek
Township. One grandchild, Gwendolyn
Fern Shuey, was born on May 10, 1911. Mr.
Signs has been very successful in a business way, and he is the owner of one
hundred and nineteen acres in Clear Creek Township, which comprises one of the
best improved and most productive farms of this locality, on which stands a
modern, well furnished home, and he has laid away a competency for his old age. Politically,
Mr. Signs is a Democrat, and he has been Township trustee and a member of the
local school board. Fraternally, he
belongs to the Modern Woodmen of America at Mingo. The Past and Present of Jasper County, Gen. James B. Weaver, Editor-In-Chief, 1912 B.F. Bowen Co., Indianapolis, IN, p. 1199 |
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