from The Republican (Danville, Indiana)--issue of March 24, 1892
Republican candidates for county office:
was born in Kentucky in 1843. With his father, he came to Indiana in 1851 and settled on the farm where he now lives. He commenced his work for the Republican party in 1856 when he was a member of a Fremont glee club. He entered the Union army in 1861, as a member of the 51st regiment Indiana volunteers and participated in all the engagements of the regiment. He was captured with General Streight and was a prisoner on Belle Island. He was wounded in the second days battle at Nashville. Returning home after being discharged in January '65, he has since engaged in farming. He was one of the founders of the Hendricks County Farmer's Insurance company and was its secretary for ten years and is now the president. Mr. Scearce, it needs hardly be added, is a true-blue Republican.