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Subject: [NCROOTS] Bales, Jackson, McMullen, Melvaney, Peacock, Cox, Fouts, Boyd, Fisch, Eagle, Bis
Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2003 19:31:36 EST

This book has no cover, and no index, and no author. I bought it on Ebay; it
just has the insides, but it is full of Indiana biographies. I am not
researching this family, just thought I would share. I do not know anymore about these
families or these surnames. NOTE: I don’t know if there is any additional
mention of this family in the book, it has no index. I do not want to sell this
book. I am typing the biographies from it.

Typed by Lora Radiches:



Surnames in this biography are: Bales, Jackson, McMullen, Melvaney, Peacock,
Cox, Fouts, Boyd, Fisch, Eagle, Bishop, Shockney,


HON. ALONZO L. BALES. One of the most honored and dignified of the jurists of
Indiana, Hon. Alonzo L. Bales, has proved his ability, his sense of justice
and his knowledge of men and the motives which govern him for a number of
years, and is still the incumbent of the circuit bench of the Twenty-fifth Judicial
Circuit, and one of the leading citizens of Winchester. He was born in
Randolph County, Indiana, September 25, 1864, a son of William D. and Rebecca A.
(Jackson) Bales. William D. Bales was born at Dalton, Wayne County, Indiana, in
1843, and his wife was born in Randolph County, Indiana, August 23, 1846. The
paternal grandparents were John and Nancy (McMullen) Bales. John Bales was born
in Jefferson County, Tennessee, in 1807. In the spring of 1816 he and his
father, Jacob Bales, came to Indiana and settled in Wayne County, between Economy
and Hagerstown. Jacob Bales and his wife, Sarah Melvaney, were natives of
North Carolina, and charter members of the Society of Friends, Quakers, in their
neighborhood, in 1820. The maternal grandparents of Judge Bales were John and
Susannah (Peacock) Jackson, he born in Randolph County, Indiana, in 1824. His
father and mother were Samuel and Jemima (Cox) Jackson, of North Carolina.
Judge Bales’ paternal grandparents were married in Henry County, Indiana, January
1, 1832, and the grandfather was a carpenter by trade. The maternal
grandfather was a merchant and farmer, while William Peacock, the maternal
great-grandfather, was associate judge for a number of years, so that Judge Bales had very
solid forebears and upright citizens behind him from the start. His father
for many years was engaged in farming in West River Township, Randolph County,
Indiana, and he died in 1918, the mother having died in 1918. They belonged to
that splendid type of Americans now passing. Work to them was a duty
cheerfully performed without thought of distinctive reward. They reared their children
to respect the laws, to attend church, and to work for their living, and did
not ask of life more than the satisfaction that comes of faithful performance
of what was laid upon them. Judge Bales attended the common schools, and had a
short period in the Winchester High School, which preparation enabled him to
secure a license to teach at the age of twenty years, and for the following ten
consecutive winters he was engaged in teaching. During this decade he
employed his leisure time in studying law, and in 1891 was admitted to the Indiana
bar. In 1&95 he established his residence at Winchester, and began the practice
of his profession. On September 1, 1892, Judge Bales was married to Miss
Martha Fouts, born in Wayne County, Indiana, a daughter of Henry and Mary (Boyd)
Fouts, also natives of Wayne County. Judge and Mrs. Bales became the parents of
the following children: Ralph W., who resides at Indianapolis, Indiana,
secretary and manager of the Indiana Dairy Products Association, William H., who is
an attorney at Muncie, Indiana, and both of these sons are overseas veterans
of the World war; Mary, who is now at home, has held clerical positions at
Winchester, Indiana, and Cleveland, Ohio; and Ruth A., who married Prof. Max H.
Fisch, of Cleveland, Ohio, professor of philosophy in the Western Reserve
University. Mrs. Fisch was graduated from Butler University. Both the sons were
graduated from DePauw University, and Mary was a student of DePauw University and
Wayne College. Mrs. Bales died in April, 1901. In June, 1905, Judge Bales
married Miss Emma Eagle, who was born at Winchester, Indiana, a daughter of Edmund
and Gertrude (Bishop) Eagle, he born near Chester, Pennsylvania, and she at
Cincinnati, Ohio. During the War Between the States Edmund Eagle served, with
the rank of captain, in Company H, One Hundred and Twenty-fourth Indiana
Volunteer Infantry. There is one son, John Eagle Bales, now a student of DePauw
University. Judge Bales is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of
Winchester, and one of its trustees. Since 1904 he has been the teacher of the Men’s
Bible Class, and is otherwise active in church work. Very active in politics,
Judge Bales was early called upon to accept public office, and from 1898 to 1900
was prosecuting attorney of Randolph County. When he completed his term in
office he formed a partnership with John W. Macy and James P. Goodrich, but two
years later Mr. Macy became circuit judge, and Alonzo Nichols took his place
in the firm, which became Nichols, Goodrich & Bales, and this association
continued until 1918, when Mr. Nichols was elected to the appellate bench, and Mr.
Goodrich, governor of Indiana. In 1920 Judge Bales was elected judge of the
Twenty-fifth Judicial District and reelected in 1926. One of the leading Re
publicans, he served as precinct and county committeeman. His fraternal
affiliations are with the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, the Knights of Pythias and
the Improved Order of Red Men. Several years ago he served for a year as
president of the Winchester Kiwanis Club, and for many years he has been a member of
the Indiana State Bar Association. In 1914 Judge Bales was nominated for
circuit judge, but was defeated by Judge Thomas Shockney, an intimate friend. The
hardships and necessary struggles of his early days developed in Judge Bales
those qualities of mind and character so essential to advancement in his
profession. His life has been one strictly of work. His fidelity to every trust
reposed in him, together with his natural ability and intelligence, have steadily
advanced him, and made of him one with a statewide character.

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