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Memorial and Genealogical Record

Representative Citizens of Indiana

Edition De Luxe

JACOB PIATT DUNN

1912

B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY

U4DIANAPOLIS. INDIANA

1506561

FOREWORD

By words and by actions the personality reveals its quality, its
force, its direction of pui-pose. The invisible spirit embodies it-
self in signs of service and in language. Words also are deeds,
and actions are symbols of the inner being which we can not see,
nor touch, nor weigh. Hence the value of a biography which
writes out a life by telling a story of what one has said or done.
But since speech is forgotten and actions fade away in the clouds
of a distant past, we also listen to those who have been witnesses
of the conduct, companions of the journey, sharers of the benefits
and benedictions of those whom we have lost a little while to
find again. 91G5S

There come trooping the children and the grandchildren
who inherit the results of the good life, but have no image, no
memory of the author of the blessings of a worthy soul; and
they are ennobled, inspired, sobered by the proud discovery of a
family chief whose name was held in honor by men of sagacity
and prohity; they are enriched by reading the record in which
their ovna. names are linked with that of one who illumined the
page of domestic annals with honorable fame.

It is with these values of biography in mind that we un-
dertake the task, at once so sweet and so full of pain, of recalling
a few of the typical, significant and thus revealing words and
deeds of a noble and wise friend and give more enduring form
to the estimates and appreciations of some who knew him well.

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INDEX

Page

Adams, James M., M. D. 681

Aldag, Charles 355

Alfrey, Henry 629

Alfrey, Moses 530

AlllBon, Noah S. 385

Armstrong, Addison F. 672

Anrentz, Solomon A. 605

Baker, KlUlan 169

Ballard. John W., M. D. 202

Bamett, James 628

BinUey, Charles C. 134

Blppus, George J. 452

Blake. William 275

Bllven, Ethan Clark 212

Bolton, Isaac J. 577

Borgmann, William F. , 753

Boseker, Christian 590

Boatlck, John 281

Brandriff, Alfred D. -_. 165

Brown, J. L. 651

Bunch, Robert A., M. D. 598

Carnahan, William L. 244

Cheney, James 769

Clark, Francis 635

Certla, Peter 102

Claypool, Solomon 664

Cobum, Henry 36

Coburn, Henry P. 37

Cobum, Capt Peter 37

Colerlck, Walpole G. 761

Colfai, Schuyler 612

Cox, Prof. Sheridan 741

Cox, Timothy B., M. D. 684

Crawford, Samuel 132

Cummtngs, Marshall F. 381

Davidson, Hon. Thomas F. 373

Dawson, Major Byron 42

Page

Defenbaugh, George W. 463

DeWald, George 89

DeWald, Mrs. Sophia A. 106

Domer, Frederick 721

Draper, Fred C. 476

Draper, Harry L. 475

Draper, Isaac P. 472

East, David C. 506

Eastman, Joseph, M. D. 580

Blllngham. Lewis G. 614

Emhardt, John 392

Engle, Rev. Willis D. 424

English, William H. 749

Falrbank. Carolyn Randall , 64

Fatout. Joshua h. 401

Flanner, Francis W. 465

Fleming, William 24

Fletcher, Stoughton A., Sr. 18

Fletcher, Stoughton J. 18

Frelburger, Simon 417

Gerard, David W. 295

Ghere, William H. 625

Gilbert, Edward 366

Grande, August 538

Grayston, Frederick S. C., M. D. 705

Grolt, John W. 292

Hall, John W. 545

Hamilton, Joseph 227

Hanna, John 647

Hanna, Jnmes Parks 548

Hanna, Samuel 109

Hanna, Samuel T. 284

Harrison, Benjamin 9

Harrison, Louvisa E. L.. 662

Harrison, Gen. Thomas J. 657

Page

Harrison, William Henry 9

Hartley, John J. 542

Haugh, Benjamin F. 273

Haugh, Benjamin O. 273

Hayden, Frederick J. 151

Heck, Charles E. 689

Hendricks, Maj. Abram W. 268

Hendricks, Thomas A. 686

Hettler, Capt. Christopher F. 220

Hinton, Samuel 602

Hirschman, Jacob C. 353

Hltt, John W. 594

Hitt, Maj. Wilbur F. 593

Holland, Hon. George 47

Holmes, Lewis W. 695

Honan, Thomas M. 699

Hosbrook, Daniel B. 619

Hovey, Gen. Alvin P. 617

Howard, Lewis N., M. D. 129

Jackson, Andrew 214

Johnson, Gralton 561

Johnson, Grafton, Sr. 561

Johnson, Sylvester 84

Kemper, Gen. William H., M. D. 481

Kercheval, Edward R. 596

King, David 310

Kirkpatrick, Thomas M. 487

Knight, Charles S. 776

Kramer, James T. 622

Laboyteauz, James M. 525

Lane, Henry Smith 95

Leonard, John 208

Levering, William H. _ 249

LUly, Col. EU 729

Llnsday, Nathaniel R. 713

Lulck, George 332

Lyle, William B. 412

M
McAfee, John R. 217

McCaskey, George W., M. D. 342

MacDougall, John 430

Marsee, John L. 428

Marsee, Rev. Joseph 427

Meyer, Dlederich 569

Miller, Hiram W. 57

Page

Morrison, Henry Y. 673

Morton, Oliver P. 746

Muhler, Charles F. 234

Murray, Thomas 478

Nelligan, John 123

Nelson, Isaac D. G. 438

Noble, Gen. Charles H. 404

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O'Brien, William H. 409

Oliver, Dandridge H., M. D. 125

Overstreet, Gabriel M. 642

Overstreet, Hon. Jesse 641

Owen, Robert Dale 671

Paris, Walter S. 634

Piepenbrlnk, Albert J. 335

Pixley, George W. 445

Polk, Ralph B 764

Pritchard, William T. 654

Purviance, James M. 702

Rabus, George 767

Randall, Franklin P. 188

Rastetter, Louis 493

Reagan, Jesse, M. D. 497

Remmert, Herman J. 652

Ried, Samuel M., M. D. 519

Riedmlller, John M. 257

Riedmiller, John M., Sr. 209

RudisUl, Henry 737

Schissel, Otto ^ 449

Seidel, Edward 253

Slbert, William F. 398

Sloan, William G. 206

Sloane, Edward W. 736

Smith, Henry B. 637

Snider, George W. 158

Somers, Orlando Allen 513

Somerville, Theodore E. 369

Sommers, Henry G. 1 185

Spann, John M. 260

Stevenson, John 433

Sturgls, Charles E., M. D. 358

Summers, James 122

Pace

Tarklngton, John S. 66

Tarklngton, Newton Booth 66

Taylor, David H. 161

Thomas, Mason B. 313

Tibbies, John Henry 181

Traugott, Jacob 395

Trentman, August C. 176

Trentman, Bernard 236

Velsey. Seth M. 277

Vollmer. William H. 609

yoorhe«B, Daniel W. 679

W
Wallace, David 361

Page

Wallace, 0«n. Lew 361

Webb, Marlon A. 71

Webster, George C. 337

Westfall, George 726

Westfall, Harvey 725

Wlegel, William 345

Wilding, James 555

Williams, James D. 511

Wilson, Dr. William N. 377

Wlnans, Mrs. Arrabella 73

Wlnans, Ur. Henry Clay 74

Woodworth, Benjamin S., M. D. 349

Woolery, Freeman R. 666

Woolery, William 666

T
Tandes, Simon 711

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BENJAMIN HARRISON.

The comment has often been truthfully made that deserved
appreciation of really great men is too frequently withheld imtil
death awakens society, or a nation, to a sense of its loss. This is
less true of Benjamin Harrison than of most distinguished per-
sonages. There was never a period in his illustrious career when
his mental equipment was not recognized by friend and foe alike
as of a superior order. None ever failed to credit him with high
moral purpose, time nobility of character, sterling sense of justice,
able and comprehensive statesmanship and firm adherence to the
loftiest of political, social and business ideals. This unanimous
concession to his worth and greatness wholly disarmed the tem-
porary determination due to partisan exigency, and entirely
shamed those few of his pretended political friends who could not
debauch his integrity nor swerve his independence. The ruinous
results of defeat for a second term of the Presidency but served
to confirm the sober and general judgment that he had been too
soon and too hastily deprived of the helm of state. Nor did he
disappoint any intelligent opinion of his exceptional qualities of
head and heart by retirement from public life, but, on the con-
trary, continued to add to acquired esteem by a constant display
of ability and usefulness which were recognized and appreciated
almost as much abroad as at home. In this respect he stood
almost alone in American history as an exception to the rule that
Presidential honors were a sufficient crown, and that all after-life
could afford to bask in idle serenity, with its inevitable entail of
rust and obscurity. As the one chief executive who measured up
to the stature of any predecessor in all that concerned purity and
strength of administration, and contributed to the progress, sta-
bility and general welfare of the country, so he remained the one
all-around statesman and jurist of his day, whose primacy was
without dispute, and whose judgments found respect without
reference to party predilections. "At his death his place was as
easily that of the first American as when he enjoyed the distinc-
tion and attracted the homage due to the chief executive. This
universal estimate of his exalted character became more pro-
nounced after his sudden departure. The restraints of politics

were removed. Sentiment assumed free and open expression.
He was deliberately re-weiglied in all his attributes of character,
in all his accomplishments, in all his relations to public and civic
affaii's, and what had been the common verdict was only rendered
the more emphatic. Honors, no matter how profuse, were all too
insufficient for the distinguished dead. iMuuruing, however sin-
cere and general, was but a feeble expression of the deep-seated
sense of the bereavement. It was Benjamin Harrison who had
been gathered to his fathers. The model man and statesman,
through critical, yet most kind, analysis, through symjjathetic
eulogium, and through touching dirge, was assigned his de-
servedly exalted, and, no doubt, permanent, niche in the hall of
fame, there to stand as an encouragement to noble, statesmanlike
endeavor, and an inspiration to the youth of our land.

Benjamin Harrison, the twenty-third President of the United
States, was the descendant of one of the historical families of this
country. The head of the family was a Major-General Harrison,
one of Oliver Cromwell's trusted followers and fighters. In the
zenith of Cromwell's power it became the duty of this Harrison
to participate in the trial of Charles I, and afterward to sign the
death warrant of the King. He subsequently paid for this with
his life, being hung October 13, 1660. His descendants came to
America, and the next of the family that appears in history is
Benjamin Harrison, of Virginia, great-grandfather of the subject
of this sketch, and after whom he was named. Benjamin Har-
rison was a member of the Continental Congress during the years
1774-5-6, and was one of the original signers of the Declaration
of Independence. He was three times elected governor of
Virginia.

Gen. William Henry Harrison, the son of the distinguished
patriot of the Revolution, and who became the first (territorial)
governor of Indiana, and ninth President of the United States,
was a native of Virginia, bom in the town of Berkeley, Charles
City county, February 9, 1773. He was the grandfather of the
subject. The former's father, Benjamin Harrison, was in com-
paratively opulent circiimstances, and was one of the most dis-
tinguished men of his day. He was an intimate friend of George
Washington, and was conspicuous among the patriots of Virginia
in resisting the encroachments of the British crown. In the cele-
brated Congress of 1775, Benjamin Harrison and Jolin Hancock
were both candidates for the office of speaker.

Having received a thorough common-school education, Will-
iam Henry Harrison entered Hampden Sidney College, from
which he was graduated with highest honors after the death of
his father. He then went to Philadelphia to study medicine.
But upon the outbreak of the Indian troubles he abandoned his
medical studies and entered the army, having obtained a commis-
sion of ensign from Pi'esident Washington. lie was then but
nineteen years old. From that time he passed gradually upward
in rank until he became aid to General Wayne, after whose death
he resigned his commission. He was then appointed secretary of
the Northwestern territory. This territory was then entitled to
but one member in Congress and Captain Harrison was chosen to
fill that position. In the spring of 1800 the Northwestern terri-
tory was divided by Congress into two portions. The eastern
portion embraced what is now the state of Ohio, and the western
portion included the present states of Illinois, Indiana and Wis-
consin and was called Indiana territory. William Henry Har-
rison, then twenty-seven years old, was appointed by John Adams
governor of this territorj% and inunediately after also governor of
upper Louisiana. He was thus ruler over almost as extensive a
realm as any sovereign upon the globe. He was superintendent
of Indian affairs, and was invested with powers nearly dictatorial
over the now rapidly-increasing white population. The ability
and fidelity with which he discharged these responsible duties
may be inferred from the fact that he was four times appointed
to this office, first by John Adams, twice by Thomas Jefferson and
afterward by President Madison. When he began his adminis-
tration there were but three white settlements in that almost
boundless region, now crowded with millions.

The vast wilderness over which General Harrison reigned
was filled with many tribes of Indians. About the year 1806 two
extraordinary men, twin brothers, of the Shawnese tribe, rose
among them. One of these was called Tecumseh, or the "Crouch-
ing Panther"; the other, Olliwacheca, or "The Prophet." Tecum-
seh was not only an Indian warrior, but a man of great sagacity,
far-reaching foresight and indomitable perseverance in any enter-
prise in which he might engage. He was inspired with the high-
est enthusiasm, and had long regarded with dread the encroach-
ment of the whites upon the hunting grounds of his fathers. His
brother, The Prophet, was an orator, who could sway the feelings
of the untutored Indian as the gale tossed the tree tops beneath

which they dwelt. Governor Harrison made many attempts to
conciliate the Indians, but at last the war came, and at the famous
battle of Tippecanoe, on November 7, 1811, the Indians were
routed with great slaughter. When near the Prophet's Town
three Indians of rank made their appearance and inquii'ed why
Governor Harrison was approaching them in so hostile an atti-
tude. After a short conference arrangements were made for a
meeting the next day, to agree upon terms of peace. But Gov-
ernor Harrison was too well acquainted with the Indian character
to be deceived by such protestations. Selecting a favorable spot
for his night's encampment, he took every precaution against sur-
prise. The wakeful governor between three and four o'clock iu
the morning had risen, when the Indians made a sudden attack,
but the General soon had his troops in order and saved the day.
He now had all his energies tasked to the utmost. The British,
descending from Canada, were of themselves a very formidable
force; but with their savage allies, who burned, plundered and
searched every remote farm house, scalping and torturing the
scattered settlers, the wide frontier was plunged into a state of
consternation. Governor Hull had made the ignominious sur-
render of his forces at Detroit. Under these despairing circum-
stances. Governor Harrison was appointed by President Madison
commander-in-chief of the Northwestern army, with orders to re-
take Detroit and to protect the frontiers. Harrison won the love
of his soldiers by always sharing with them their fatigue. His
whole baggage, while pursuing the foe up the Thames, during the
war of 1812, was carried in a valise, and his bedding consisted of
a single blanket lashed over his saddle. Thirty-five British
officers, his prisoners of war, supped with him after the great bat-
tle of the Thames, in which his old Indian foe, Tecumseh, was
killed. The only fare he could give them was beef roasted before
the fire, without bread or salt.

In 1816, General Harrison was chosen a member of the
national House of Representatives, to represent the district of
Ohio. In Congress he proved an active member, and whenever
he spoke it was with force of reason and power of eloquence,
which arrested the attention of all members. In 1819 he was
elected to the Senate of Ohio; and in 1824, as one of the presiden-
tial electors of that state, he gave his vote for Henry Clay. Tlie
same year he was chosen to the United States Senate. In 1836
the friends of General Harrison brought him forward as a candi-

date for the Presidency against Martin Van Buren, but he was
dctVatcd. At the close of Mr. Van Buren's term, he was re-
nominated by his party, and Harrison was unanimously nomi-
nated by the Whigs, with John Tyler for the vice-presidency. The
contest was very animated. General Jackson gave all his influence
to prevent Harrison's election; but his triumph was signal. The
cabinet which he fonned, with Daniel Webster at its head as
secretary of state, was one of the most brilliant with which any
President had ever been surrounded. In the midst of these bright
and joyous prospects, General Harrison became suddenly ill and
died a few days later, on April 4, 1841, just one month after his
inauguration as President.

Gen. William Henry Harrison's son, John Scott Harrison, fell
heir to his father's farm at North Bend, on the Ohio river, a few
miles below Cincinnati. He had already acquired political pron^-
nence, having served as governor of Northwestern territory and
subsequently as a member of Congress in the lower house, from
1853 to 1857. He died in 1859 at Cincinnati.

Benjamin Harrison, the immediate subject of this memoir,
and the son of John Scott Harrison and wife, was bom at North
Bend, August 20, 1833. He was a slender, wiiy stripling of seven
years when the notable campaign in which his grandfather was
elected President was going on. Its spectacular appeals and
scenic wonders made a vivid impression on the boy's mind. The
life of young Benjamin was quite like that of the average farm
boy of those times. His father was not a man of large means and
was able to give him a good education, but nothing more. When
fourteen years of age he was sent to Gary's Academy, Walnut
Hills, a suburb of Cincinnati, where he remained for two years,
and where one of his classmates was the famous writer, Murat
Halstead. In the fall of 1850 he entered Miami University, Ox-
ford, Ohio, and in June, 1852, he was graduated from there with
high honors. After graduating he determined to enter upon the
study of the law. He went to Cincinnati and there read law for
two years. At the expiration of that time young Harrison re-
«'oived the only inheritance of his life; his aunt dying, left him a
lot valued at eight hundred dollars. He regarded this legacy as
a fortune, and decided to get married at once, take this money
and go to some Eastern town and begin the practice of law. He
sold his lot and, with the money in his pocket, started out with his
young wife to fight for a place in the world, having married, in

1853, Caroline Lavina Scott, the daughter of the principal of a
female school at Oxford. Of the two children born of this union,
the eldest, Russell B. Harrison, became a mining engineer, after-
wards gained the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the Spanish- Amer-
ican war, and is at this wi-itiug engaged in business in Indian-
apolis. The youngest, Mary, married James R. INlcKee, formerly
an Indianapolis merchant, but later a resident of New York. Mrs.
Harrison died a few years before the Presidential election in 1892.
Mr. Harrison married, in 1896, ^Irs. j\Iary Scott Lord Dimmick,
a niece of his first wife. Of this union, one child, Elizabeth, was
bom, who lives with her mother in the picturesque Harrison
homestead in Indianapolis.

It was in the year 1853 that Benjamin Harrison left his na-
tive community in Hamilton county, Ohio, and took up his perma-
nent residence in Indianapolis, which was even at that time a
town of promise. He met with slight encouragement at first,
making scarcely anything the first year. He worked diligently,
applying himself closely to his calling, and in due course of time
had built up an extensive practice and took a leading rank in the
legal profession, in fact, became one of the leading lawyers of the
state.

Manifesting an abiding interest in public affairs, Mr. Har-
rison was nominated for the position of supreme court reporter,
and then began his experience as a stump speaker. He canvassed
the state thoroughly, and was elected by a handsome majority.
In 1862 he raised the Seventieth Indiana Volunteer Infantry for
the Union army and was chosen its colonel. His regiment was
composed of the rawest of material, but Colonel Harrison em-
ployed all his time at first mastering military tactics and drilling
his men; when he therefore came to move toward the east with
Sherman his regiment was one of the best drilled and organized
in the army. At the battle of Resaca, Georgia, he especially dis-
tinguished himself, and for his bravery at Peach Tree Creek he
was made a brigadier-general, General Hooker speaking of him in
the most complimentary terms.

During the absence of General Harrison in the field the su-
preme court declared the office of the supreme court reporter
vacant and another person was elected to the position. From the
time of leaving Indiana with his regiment until the fall of 1864 he
had taken no leave of absence, but having been nominated that
year for the same office, he got a thirty-day leave of absence, and

during that time made a brilliant canvass of the state, and was
elected for another tenn. He then started to rejoin Sherman,
but on the way was stricken down with scarlet fever, and after a
most trying siege made his way to the front in time to participate
in the closing incidents of the war.

In 1868 General Harrison declined a re-election as reporter,
and resumed the practice of law. In 1876 he was a candidate for
governor. Although defeated, the brilliant campaign he made
won for him a national reputation and he became one of the lead-
ers of the Republican party, and was much sought, especially in
the East, to make speeches. In 1880, as usual, he took an active
part in the campaign, and was elected to the United States Sen-
ate. Here he served six years, and was known as one of the
ablest men, best lawyers and strongest debaters in that body.
With the expiration of his senatorial term he returned to the
practice of his profession, becoming the head of one of the strong-
est firms in the state of Indiana.

The political campaign of 1888 was one of the most memor-
able in the history of our country. The convention, which as-
sembled in Chicago in Jime and named Mr. Harrison as the chief
standard bearer of the Republican party, was great in every par-
ticular, and on this account, and the attitude it assumed upon the
vital questions of the day, chief among which was the tariff, awoke
a deep interest in the campaign throughout the nation. Shortly
after the nomination delegations began to visit Mr. Harrison at
Indianapolis, his home. This movement became popular, and
from all sections of the country societies, clubs and delegations
journeyed thither to pa,y their respects to the distinguished
statesman. The popularity of these was greatly increased on
account of the remarkable speeches made by Mr. Harrison. He
spoke daily all through the summer and autumn to these visiting
delegations, and so varied, masterly and eloquent were his
speeches that they at once placed him in the foremost rank of
American orators and statesmen. On account of his eloquence as
a speaker and his power as a debater he had been called upon at
an uur,>mmonly early age to take part in the discussions of the
great questions that then began to agitate the country. He was
an uncompromising anti-slaven^ man, and was matched against
some of the most eminent Democratic speakers of his state. No
man who felt the touch of his blade desired to be pitted with him
again. With all his eloquence as an orator he never spoke for

oratorical effect, but his words always went like bullets to the
mark. He was purely American in his ideals and was a splendid
type of the American statesman. Gifted with quick perception, a
logical mind and a ready tongue, he was one of the most distin-
guished impromptu speakei's in the nation. OrigiBal in thought,
precise in logic, terse in statement, yet withal faultless in elo-
quence, he was imiversally recognized as the sound statesman and
brilliant orator of the day. His term of office as President of the
United States expired on ^larch 4, 1893. He evinced his ability
to govern wisely by the selection of his cabinet, fitness being the
prime object, seeking a working as well as an advisory body,
with the great James G. Blaine as the head, as secretarj' of state.
His administration is too well known to review in detail here. It
was an administration in which duty was met honestly, courage-
ously, promptly and with ability, one which filled the letter of the
platform of pi-inciples, one in which the President daily grew and
strengthened in the public mind, and won the implicit faith of the
country, one which typified American honor in all its foreign rela-
tions; it stood for American industr}% the home wage-earner,
domestic manufacturers, expanded commerce, enlarged markets;
an administration of good judgment, liberality and public spirit,
in its efforts to re-create a navy and establish coast-defenses com-
mensurate with the power, dignity and necessities of a great
nation. It was an administration whose President saw new mar-
kets opened for American products in nearly all the American
republics to the south of us and in most of the continental states
of Europe. He saw for the first time in our history the exports
of our manufactures in iron exceed our imports, and the triumph-
ant establishment of our iron and steel utensils, tools, etc., in the
best markets of the globe. No administration ever negotiated
so many treaties looking to reciprocal trade relations and com-
mercial expansion. Immigration laws were rigidly enforced, cost
of collecting internal revenues was reduced, men made of Indians
by enlisting them as soldiers, for the first time in our history; the
railway postal service was applied to trans-Atlantic mails, the
free delivery system extended to gmall towns and lottery adver-
tisements through the mails were broken up. A system of pork
and beef inspection was established, which secured the entr}' of
pork and beef products into foreign ports. Our credit was
strengthened both at home and abroad, the burden of debt made
lighter on the people and millions of dollars were released which

the previous administration had horded in the treasury, and re-
stored them to proper circulation in the channels of trade and
commerce. He prevented the passage of a free and unlimited
silver coinage act, thus saved the country from certain evils
which such an act would have entailed. The question of Chinese
immigration was settled for ten years. Four new states were
admitted. Oklahoma was opened to settlement, and reservation
after reservation added to the public lands. No other President
ever stood so firmly for purity and freedom of the suffrage. His
was a business administration.

After his term of office expired, Mr. Harrison, while avoiding
the whirlpools of politics, continued to be active in civic affairs,
and he continued to grow greater and greater in public estima-
tion. His law practice grew large and in importance and he was
retained in a number of notable cases, one of which was that of
the dispute between Great Britain and Venezuela, he represent-
ing the latter, and the matter was settled to the entire satisfaction
of Venezuela.

The death of Benjamin Harrison occurred after a brief ill-
ness on March 13, 1901, the announcement of which cast the
nation in gloom, for he was universally loved and admired.

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STOUGHTON J. FLETCHER.

One of the most conspicuous figures in the recent history
of Indianapolis was the late Stoughton J. Fletcher, a man actively
identified with the business and industrial interests of the city,
and for many years widely known as one of the leading financiers
of Indiana. Equally noted as a citizen whose career, useful and
honorable, conferred credit upon the community and whose
marked abilities and sterling qualities won for him much more
than local repute, he held distinctive precedence as one of the
most progressive and successful men that ever inaugurated and
carried to praiseworthy termination large and important under-
takings in this locality. Strong mental powers, invincible cour-
age and a determined purpose that hesitated at no opposition so
entered into his composition as to render him a dominant factor
in the business world and a leader of men in large enterprises.
He was essentially a man of affairs, sound of judgment, keen dis-
cernment and farseeing in what he undertook, and every enter-
prise to which he addressed himself resulted in liberal material
rewards. His extensive business interests were the legitimate
fruitage of consecutive effort, directed and controlled not only by
good judgment but also by correct moral principles. He forged
his way to the front over obstacles that would have discouraged
men of less heroic mettle, gradually extending the limits of his
mental horizon until he was not only one of the leading financiers
of this section of the state, but also one of the best developed
intellectually, ha\dng always been a student and kept fully
abreast of the times, and one of the most influential in civic and
social circles, worthy in every respect of the high esteem in which
he was universally held.

Stoughton J. Fletcher was bom in Indianapolis, in 1851, and
was the son of Stoughton A. Fletcher, Sr., and Julia (Bullard)
Fletcher. Owing to the prominence of the father and the Fletcher
■ ancestry it is deemed advisable to here give at some length a rec-
ord of the same before proceeding with biographical memoir of
the immediate subject of this review.

Stoughton A. Fletcher, Sr., was bom in Ludlow, Vermont,
August 22, 1808, the youngest of fifteen children bom to Jesse and

lAic.y (Kc3'es) Fletcher, who were iiunibcred amoug the tirst set-
llers of Ludlow, whither they I'emoved froui their native state of
Massachusetts and where they passed the residue of their lives,
lie was reared in his home coimnunit}', aud he received excellent
educational advantages, according to the standard of the locality
at that jjeriod. His brother Calvin had become a resident of In-
dianapolis in 1821, and was the first lawyer of the little village in
the wilderness. In 1831, when twenty-three years old, Stoughton
A. Fletcher likewise left the old home in Vermont and cast his
fortunes in the frontier embryonic city in the heart of Indiana,
lie came here with little capital, but with ambition and a willing-
ness to work, and upon his arrival here he secured a position as
clerk in a general store, and later engaged in the same line of
enterprise on his own responsibility, becoming one of the pioneer
merchants of Indianapolis. He met with financial success, and
in 1839 he opened a i)rivate baidcing establishment, thus becoming
one of the city's first bankers. He opened his bank in a small
room on Washington street, and from this little establishment he
evolved a banking business which has long held precedence as one
of the largest and most important in the entire state. He had the
sagacity to make his banking facilities keep pace with the growth
and development of the city, and his large success in this field
stands to his lasting credit as an able financier. He amassed one
of the largest fortunes and most appreciable estates to be noticed
in connection with the annals of the city of Indianapolis, and upon
his career as a citizen and business man there rests no shadow,
for he possessed that sterling integrity and honor that dominated
aud guided his course; lacking these, such success could not have
boon achieved, in that popular confidence and good will are req-
uisite concomitants that are not accorded unless deserved. He
wielded large and generous influence in connection with the civic
development and progress of the city in which his interests were
•so long centered, and his loyalty was of the most insistent order.
Though he never consented to become a candidate for public office,
his aid and influence were ever given to the support of measures
and enterprises projected for the general good of the community.
The banking business that he established nearly three quarters
<'f a century ago has been continued without interruption, but
with various changes, regulated by commercial expediency and
by the demands Itorn of civic progress. Thus it is most consonant
tlmt his name is i)erpetuated in the Fletcher American National

Bauk of the preseut day, and the same stands as a lasting monu-
ment to his great skill and finesse as a financier as well as to his
rectitude and sterling worth as a man.

Stoughton A. Fletcher, Sr., was thrice married, first with
Maria Knapp, who was born and reared in the state of New York,
of which union two daughters, who still survive, were bom, Mrs.
Laura K. Hyde and Mrs. Maria F. Ritzinger. Mr. Fletcher's
second wife was known in her maidenhood as Julia Bullard, a
native of ^Massachusetts, Stoughton J., the immediate subject of
this menioii', having been one of the five children born to this
imion, only one of whom, Allen ]M., of the ancestral homestead in
Vermont, survives. After the death of his second wife, Mr.
Fletcher was united in marriage with Mrs. Julia A. Johnson, who
sui'vived him a number of years, living in Indianapolis until her
death; this union was without issue.

The death of Stoughton A. Fletcher, Sr., occurred on March
17, 1882, having attained the psalmist's allotted three score years
and ten.

The genealogy of this family may l)e traced back to Robert
Fletcher, w^ho was a native of one of the northern counties of Eng-
land, probably Yorkshire. He emigrated to America and settled
at Concord, ^Massachusetts, in 1630, where his death occurred on
April 3, 1677, when eighty-five years of age, leaving four sons,
Francis, Luke, William and Sanmel. Stoughton A. Fletcher, Sr.'s
father, Jesse Fletcher, was a son of Timothy Fletcher, of West-
ford, ^[assaehusetts, and he was born in that town on November
9, 1763, and was preparing for college under his elder brother, the
Rev. Elijah Fletcher, of Hopkinton, New Hampshire, when the
war for independence came on and interrupted his progress. He
joined the patriot army and served in two campaigns of six or
eight months each toward the close of the war. Jesse's brother,
Elijah, was the pastor of the church in Hopkinton from January
23, 1773, until his death, April 8, 1786. The second daughter of
Rev. Elijah Fletcher was Grace, a most accomplished and attrac-
tive person, who became the first wife of the great American
statesman and orator, Daniel We))ster. Col. Fletcher Webster,
Avho fell at the head of his regiment' in the second battle of Bull
Run, August 30, 1862, received at his christening the family name
of his mother. The daughter of Grace's brother, Timothy
Fletcher, Itecamc the wife of Dr. Brown-Sequard, the famous

^I>{•(•i;llist of Paris, lYance. Jesse l^'letcher was about eighlceii
vcars old when lie married Lucy Keyes, of \\'estfoid, who was
honi on November 15, 1765, being therefore hardly sixteen years
of age when she married. The young couple emigrated from
Westford to Ludlow, Vermont, about the year 1783, and were
among the first settlers of the place. From that time until the
day of his death, in February, 1831, Jesse Fletcher lived on the
same farm. He became influential in public affairs and lield a
number of local offices there, and in that town all of his hfteen
children except the eldest were born. His widow survived until
1846.

Stoughton J. Fletcher, of this review, was the third Stough-
ton Fletcher that has lived in Indianapolis, beginning with
Stoughton A., Sr., then Stoughton A., Jr., who is also deceased,
tile latter being the nephew of the former; the fourth is Stoughton
A., the son of Stoughton J.; the fifth Stoughton is the young son
of Stoughton A. and a grandson of Stoughton J.

Stoughton J. Fletcher grew up under his parental roof-tree
and received the advantages of a liberal education, and he l^egan
his business career when only eighteen years old, taking up bank-
ing in Indianapolis. At that time he had just returned to Indi-
anapolis from Waltham, Massachusetts, where he had been in
school and he took a position in the banking institution now-
known as the Fletcher American National Bank. After working
as a clerk for some time he was promoted to the position of ]mying
teller, which he held for a long time. He inherited a half interest
in the bank when his father died in 1882. Before that time the
bank was owned by Stoughton A. Fletcher, Sr., and Francis ]\L
Ciuirchman, and was a private institution. Allen M. Fletcher
took over the interest of ^Ir. Churchman in 1882, and then he,
with his brother, Stoughton J., managed it for several years.
Later Stoughton J. became the sole owner of the bank, and it was
••onducted as a private institution until 1898, when it was changed
to tlie national plan and became known as the Fletcher National
Hank. Some of the stock was sold at that time, but Stoughton J.
I'Metclier ccmtinued as practically sole owner, and was president
"f tile institution until his health ))egan to fail, about 1901:. He
was thou succeeded by his son, Stoughton A. Pletcher. In the
summer of 1911 the Fletcher National Bank was merged with the
Anici-ican National Bank, under the name of tlie Fletcher Ameri-

can National Bank, which is now considered one of the leading
banking houses of the Middle West.

As a banker Stoughton J. Fletcher believed in devoting all
his time to his banking business. When he was actively connected
with the bank he usually reached his office at seven o'clock each
morning and at one o'clock each afternoon had returned from
limch. At three o'clock each afternoon he ceased work in his
office. He kept up this daily routine of work for years. It was
said of him that he would do a day's work before the employes
would reach the bank. Mr. Fletcher managed his bank to the
exclusion of everything else and took practically no time for out-
side work. He was not fond of travel and for man}' }ears did not
leave the bounds of Indiana, preferring to remain at home with
his family, his home life having been ideal.

Failing health compelled Mr. Fletcher to give up the banking
business some four or five years prior to his death, and he bought
a large farm adjacent to Gallatin, Tennessee, twenty-six mUes
northeast of Nashville. This fai-m he called Laurel, in memory
of his wife, who preceded him to the grave twenty-five years.
She was known in her maidenhood as Lizzie Laurel Locke, daugh-
ter of Josiah Locke and wife. She and Mr. Fletcher were married
thirty -five years prior to his death, and until her death they lived
at Ohio and New Jersey streets.

At his Gallatin farm he devoted most of his time to stock
raising. On the farm is a palatial residence, and he lived there
^vith a number of servants. Occasionally he visited in Indian-
apolis. Laurel farm was kept highly improved, and was well
stocked with thoroughbred horses. On the farm are a number of
substantial and convenient bams and a mile race track.

Although living a secluded life, seldom leaving the farm or
receiving callers, he showed a great interest in the town of Gal-
latin. Shortly before his death he started the construction of a
large hotel building there.

Mr. Fletcher's death occurred at his fann on Saturday, De-
cember 25, 1909, when he was fifty-eight years old, and thus ended
the life of one of the most successful bankers Indianapolis lias ever
known, having been at the time of his death vice-president of the
Fletcher National Bank and practically the sole owner. He also
owned the bank property, the old Fletcher homestead at Ohio and
New Jersey streets, whei-e he was born and reared, other Indi-

nimpolis real estate and stock iii several corporations, besides his
vahmhlc estate of several hundred acres at Gallatin, Tennessee.
I lis wealth was estimated at over a million dollars.

Aside from Stoughton A. Fletcher, the son, three daughters
Miirvive, namely: Mrs. Julia Fletcher Barnard, of Pasadena, Cali-
fornia; Mrs. Louisa Laurel Tarkington, and Miss Hilda Fletcher,
all (»f Indianapolis.

The funeral of Mr. Fletcher was held in Indianapolis on De-
i'cniber 28, 1909, and interment was made in Crown Hill cemetery.

HON. WILLIAM FLEMING.

It is the dictate of our nature uo less thau of enlightened
social policy to honor the illustrious dead; to bedew with affec-
tionate tears the silent urn of departed genius and virtue; to un-
burden the fvdlness of the surcharged heart in eulogium upon
deceased benefactors, and to rehearse their noble deeds for the
benefit of those who maj' come after us. It has been the com-
mendable custom of all ages and all nations. Hence the following
feeble tribute to one of nature's noljlemen. The biographers of
some great men saj^ that they grew ashamed of their lo^^•ly origin
and wished never to be reminded of their early years; but the late
William Fleming, for over a quarter of a century one of Indiana's
prominent citizens, was of too simple and sincere a mould to
affect any such weakness. He was proud of his humble begin-
nings, because they showed how high he had climbed, and more
than that, they fitted in with his hopeful, helpful philosophy of
human life that merit will have its reward and that in this free
country, which he loved, although born under an alien flag, and
early taught other customs and manners, young men may still
look forward to success and honor as confidently as at any time
in its history as the prizes of fidelity, courage and indomitable
energy. An humble son of Erin, of the lowliest beginnings, he
nevertheless belonged to the highest nobility of the race. No ac-
cident made his career; no opportunity offered itself to him. He
made his opportunity; he achieved every step of his career, often
in the face of obstacles that would have overwhelmed souls of less
sterling mettle. The basic principle by which he strove and con-
quered was loyalty; wdien he recognized a duty, the service gave
him joy, a joy that was second only to the consciousness of work
well done. He was universally recognized as a splendid citizen,
one of Fort Wayne's leading men of affairs, progressive in all
that the term implies; a man of lofty character, stmdy integrity
and unswei'ving honesty. During the pioneer period he shared
fully the trials and difficulties known to the early settlers of a
new country. He was one of the sturdy figuivs u]ion which the
burdens of the new community fell, and lie boiv his i)art in the
general upbuilding of the same manfully and wfll. ami the reeord

mI 1 1 lose (lays is oue of tireless and unseltish devotion. Truly tlie
^^(Ml he did lives after him.

William Fleming was born in the famous vale of Avoca,
• Minity Wieklow, Ireland, having been born not far south of the
.if V id" Dublin, on June 17, 1828, and he was the son of Luke and
Sarah (Holt) Fleming. He was the second of a family of ten
cliildrcn. Until fourteen years of age he attended the national
sfliool in his native country, and was then sent to Dul)liu to con-
liimc his studies. When he was eighteen years old the family
(•migrated to America, arri-ving safely, after a tedious voyage, at
(Quebec, Canada, but while lying in quarantine in that harbor, the
father and four of the childi'en died. The bereaved mother, with
the three surviving children, all boys, then came to Fort Wayne,
Indiana, where she passed her remaining days, dying at the age of
sixty-nine years. William Fleming had the responsibility of car-
ing for his mother and the rest of the family. Never having any
responsibilities before, he found the experience very trying; but
he went to work with a will and learned the stone cutter's trade
under James Humphrey, specializing as a carver. A man pos-
sessed of such force of character as he was could not, however,
content himself in that occupation, and it was but a short time
imtil the young man was lapng the groimdwork of a fortune and
of a life of eminence and honor. He was naturally endowed for a
higher place, and sought to put to the best use the talents that had
been given him. For a time he engaged in teaching school. He pos-
sessed a warm, genial nature and soon made friends of all his ac-
(|uaintances, and it was not long before he impressed himself upon
the community as a young man of rare natural attributes and fine
promise. He was very industrious and temperate in his habits,
of (juick perception, energetic, ambitious and honorable.

Mr. Fleming soon interested himself in politics and became
idriitificd with the Democratic party, of which he was destined to
become one of the leading spirits. He was still a very young
man when he was elected marshal of Fort Wayne. The marshal
was then the only peace officer of the town — the sole guardian of
tlie lives and property of the people, by day and night. Here, as
in most frontier towns, there was a Tough and disorderly element,
which occasionally broke out in violent demonstrations and had
been in the habit of having things its own way upon such occa-
sions. This element soon discovered that in the young marshal it
had inoi-e than a match. His determination, finnness and courage

gave him an easy victory the first time his official duty brought
him in conflict with these roughs, and so long as he remained
marshal they were kept in complete subjection. Subsequently
he was appointed by Sheriff JNIciMullcn as a deputy in that office,
and, having continued to perform his duties most faithfully, he
was elected sheriff of Allen county for two tcniis, or nearly two,
having been appointed to fill out an unexpired term and later
elected to a second term. He then served two terms, or eight
years, as county clerk, retiring from the latter office in 1866. For
the next twelve years Mr. Fleming never held nor sought any
official position, but in 1878 he was nominated by the Democrats
for state treasurer and was duly elected. In 1880 he was re-
nominated, but suffered defeat with the remainder of the ticket.
This ended his official career. He was a prominent factor in the
councils of his party and during his active political life was in-
variably a delegate to the Democratic national conventions. He
had been recognized for more than a quarter of a century as the
leader of the Democratic pai'ty in the northern part of the state,
and one of its leaders in Indiana. He was a Democrat who was
sincerely attached to his party, who warmly cheiished its prin-
ciples, and who was faithful to it through good and evil report.
No man ever lived in Indiana who was his superior in the faculty
of organization. He was, indeed, a born leader of men. His
knowledge of human nature was extraordinary. He read men at
a glance, and without employing any of the arts of flattery or
flemagogism, or seeming to strive for their favor, he won them to
him and influenced their words and actions unconsciously to
themselves. In his death the Democratic party in this state lost
one who had been a tower of strength to it for nearly a genera-
tion. While he was a strong partisan, he was not offensive, nor
did he antagonize those who held views different to his o^^^l. He
carried into politics that same sagacity and shrewdness which
characterized him in his business transactions. He was a trusted
leader of his party, and as such his advice was sought not only by
the leaders throughout the state, but in the nation as well. He
was frequently made a member of the Democratic state central
committee, and he possessed a thorough knowledge of men and
measures, always cognizant of the best methods of obtaining suc-
cess. In all positions of public trust he served with distinction
and credit to himself and his party. His judgment is said to have
had more weight in the deliberations of the state eentral commit-

1(1- than that of auy mau in the i^tatc. For years lie was the rec-
Miiizcd Iiead of his party in his home city and county, and so
Imiu as he was its leader that party never knew defeat in either
. iiy or county.

lint Mr. Fleming was something more than a politician. In-
,1. cd altliough he had never lost his taste for or his interest in the
contests of politics, he had been for many years more actively
idriititit'd with business than with politics, and as a business mau
lie hud few equals in Fort Wayne and the northeastern section of
Indiana, and no superiors, being industrious, enteiprising and
.successful in all he undertook. He had a rare genius for affairs.
lie was a man of keen penetration, of great foresight, of untiring
sagacity, of peculiar aptitude for combination and organization.
Mis .sound judgment of men and values, his extensive knowledge
of practical matters, his nerve, courage and pluck made him a
groat force in the world of commerce and finance, as great, in-
deed, as he was in that of polities. He was a financier of great
skill. He was largely engaged in banking, manufacturing and
kindred enterprises for many years, and at his death was the con-
trolling spirit in half a dozen of the most important business un-
dertakings in the state. He was one of the originators of the
New York, Chicago & St. Louis railroad and was a director of
tliat road until it was sold to the Vanderbilt interests. He was
for a long time editor and proprietor of the Fort Wayne Sentinel,
and the policy of the paper under his management was always
such as to command respect, not only from his 0"\vn party, but
Ironi his political opponents as well. He was for some time
I rcasuro-i- of the Indiana School Book Company, president of the
Saliinouie Mining and Gas Company, vice-president and acting
I 'resident of the First National Bank of Fort Wayne, and was
|>i<>l)al)ly the largest individual stockholder in each of the three
I'anks of the city. In both an official capacity and as a stock-
li<)lder he was interested in a large number of the greatest indus-
tii's and corporations in this city. He was president of the Hart-
'"I'd City Paper Company. He was actively engaged in these
•natters \mtil his death. There are few public enterprises in Fort
"yiic but what in some way show the genius and forethought
' '^'''- I'^l^niing, and being closely identified with many of them,
."■ "■""•'^t'qucutly amassed large wealth. He was always enterpris-
'"K an<l jMiblic spirited, building up and advancing the city— his
ic.ni,.__^vlicrover and whenever the opportunity was offered. He

was not a lover of muiicy for its own sake, lie did not hoard it.
But he was fond of the excitement of money making, lie liked to
plan and execute great business projects, and especially those
which had an element of novelty and presented risks and ob-
stacles which would deter a less courageous and resourceful man
from engaging in them.

William Fleming was twice married. Jn January, 1850, lie
led to the hymeneal altar Anna McLaughlin, who passed away
on August 18, 1854, leaving two children, Luke ^L, who was for
some time an assistant to Warden ^iurdock, at the penitentiary
in iNIichigaii City, Indiana, and Mary E., who married Dr. L. J.
Willien, one of the leading physicians of Teire Haute, and to
them these children were born, Dr. William F. Willien, of Fort
Wayne; ]\Irs. Gertrude Riemau, of La('rosse, AVisconsin; Ileieu L
Willien, ]Mrs. Fred Eisemuan, of Boston, and Leon J. Willien. The
second marriage of Mr. Fleming took place on July 7, 1859, when
he wedded Helen Frances Mayer, of Fort Wayne, a daughter of
George and Catherine (Ililler) Mayer, natives of (iermany. She
was one of seven children and, besides herself, jjut one survives,
Mrs. John H. Fleming, of Indianapolis, who is a widow.

The following children blessed the second marriage of Will-
iam Fleming: Catherine S., who married Dr. James Dinnen, of
Fort Wayne, he being on the state medical board, and they have
these childi'en: William Fleming Dinnen, of Cleveland, Oliio;
Helen F., Dr. James Frank, Celeste, Josephine, Richard J.,
George A., Robert, and Charles. Helen G. Fleming, second of
the subject's children, who married A. B. Trentman, |)assed away
eight years ago, leaving these children, Helen ^1., who married
Dr. H. 0. Bruggemau, he being at this writing in Paris, accom-
panied by his wife, where he is in quest of furthering his pro-
fessional knowledge; Stephen A. Trentman, wlio married Addie
Smith, of Hartford City, Indiana, now lives in Chicago, and they
have an infant son, Harry Smith Trentman. Georgia F. Fleming,
third of William Fleming's children, married William AT. Mc-
Kinnie, of Fort Wayne, and they have five children, Coiald Flem-
ing iNfcKinnie, Linda Fleming AIcKimiie, Cliarlotte Fleming Mc-
Kinnie, William Fleming McKinnie, a twiji, died in infancy, and
W. Fleming McKinnie. M. Celeste Fleming, n)urth of the sul)-
jcct's children, is living at home. Stephen B. Fleming, who mar-
ried Innis Dougall, of Fort Wayne, and who was a candidate for
state .senator on the Democratic ticket, in 1012. has these childi-en,

M ,,\ .h.srpbiue aud Geraldiue Frances Fiemiiig. William A.
I I'.iiiiii-S the sixth child in order of birth, who married Celia
, , ,';,nV.'^'l' I'ort Wayue, died May 6, 1911. Sadie M. Fleming, the
x-uuiiKcst of the family, lives at home. And Sister Mary Helen,
.'.r S(. Mary's-of-the-Woods.

William Fleming was a devoted member of the Inunaculate
Tallifdral, true and faithful, and rendered that church not only
|,'.yal service, but substantial financial support. His family are
;ils<t loyal Catholics.

Hon. ^Villiam Fleming was summoned to his reward on Janu-
nry V.i, 1890, at his beautiful residence. No. 1031 West Berry
sh'ret, Fort Wayne, at the age of sixty-two years, after a pro-
tracted period of failing health, all of which he bore with sublime
I'urtitude.

In its accoimt of this event the Fort Wayne Daily Gazette
spoke in part, as follows: "It is not saying too much to assert
tliat in the death of William Fleming the city of Fort Wayne has
lost one of her best, most enterprising, and representative citi-
i,,.„.s_a man who in his lifetime did as much toward the develop-
iiiciit and building up our beautiful city as any other person with-
in its c(mfines. Nor was his life a sordid and selfish one. "While
lie cared for his interests and his own as becomes a prudent and
wdrthy man, yet his hand was ever open to anyone in need or in
• listi-ess. He did not boast of his chanties, yet many people in
l-'ort Wayne and elsewhere have abundant reason to be glad and
thankful for liis kindness and generosity. A large part of the
liistniy of Fort Wayne is his history. He has been so closely
iticiitified with her many interests that it is absolutely true that
inurh of the rapid advancement of the city has been the product
"I* his efforts, the results of his endeavors. Nor was he a man
wild sounded his own praises. Quiet and unassuming, he pur-
sued the even tenor of his ways, and few outside of the immedi-
;itf circle in which he moved were aware of the power he exerted
"\cr men and measures. Yet such is true, and today on all sides
'^ litard the statement that Fort Wayne has lost a benefactor.
Ills udfth was not confined to this city, for all over the state he
^^ as knowii and honored, aud es]>ecially was he regarded as a wise
'"inisclloi-, and he possessed the esteem and confidence of all.
>^nicc liis death there has been but one opinion expressed by the
'"'"I'l*- — an honorable, honest, upright and moral citizen, a man

I'i'cat business capacity and .sagacity. One prominent gentle-

man was heard to say, 'Were I asked to give the distiuguishiug
characteristic of William Fleming, I should say it was fealty and
loyalty to his friends at all times and under all circumstances.' "
The following extracts are taken from the Fort Wayne
News, under date of January 14, 1890: "Among men of affairs,
there was no more conspicuous figm-e in this city, coimty or state,
than William Fleming. A typical, self-made man, he had won
his way from poverty to wealth, from obscurity to prominence,
from humble surroimdings in youth to tho social and political
distinction that crowned liis mature years. He w^as peculiarly a
sagacious man. He possessed in a remarkable degree that qual-
ity' which, for want of a better term, we call 'business sense,' and
this enabled hiin readily to grasp all the features of a business
proposition; to reject that which promised little, and to secure
for himself and his coadjutors the large fruits of speculative in-
vestment. He was in no sense a narrow-minded man. Broad and
liberal in his ^dews on all questions, he was not often willing to
engage in little enterprises, and the only failures he ever knew-
were the projects of this class. Although he was not a great man,
he was emphatically a big man; recognized everywhere as brainy,
shrewd and successful. The acknowledgment of his possession
of these attributes was not circumscribed by the confines of his
own home. He had repute among his peers in other cities and in
other states, and whether in Fort Wajme, or Indianapolis, or New
York, leading men in financial and political circles were glad to
avail themselves of his superior judgment and sound advice. He
was a great friend and admirer of Grover Cleveland, President
of the United States, in fact was closely allied with the big men
of his party in his day. A Democrat of the old school, he was
unflinchingly loyal to his party, although he was free to criticise
such errors within it as suggested themselves to his mind. He
was a good listener, but said little. William Fleming was never
ostentatious. He was not a dress-parade citizen. No one ever saw
him in any other character than the quiet, unobtrusive, thought-
ful man that he w\is, and no book publisher was ever eloquent
enough to win from him an autobiography, or to secure the ma-
terials for a biographical sketch. ISfany of his intimate friends
never even saw his photograph. INIodest, unassuming, and tire-
less in his application to business, he was not often seen in public
places. Of indomitable energy and possessing astonishing will
i^ower, almost u]) to the day of his death he held control of his

ir isivf business affairs. The same tenacity of purpose that
! harartcri/.i-il his actions through life, enabled him to fight the
'.I.Masf tliat for years had held him in its fatal grasp, and that
NM.iil.l loiiK' !>K<> li^^6 ■^^'^^ *^® victory over a less determined vic-
tim William Fleming was a charitable man, but his giving was
,lu4ivH uiiostontatious, known only to himself and the objects of
Ills licDcfactions. His donations to his church and its institutions
»\,ic iiuinerous and large, and we doubt if any worthy charity
, \rr sought assistance at his hands in vain.

"It is in the home circle that a man's real character is most
1 1 Illy shown. Tried by this standard, William Fleming was a
mince among his fellows. No kinder, truer, more devoted hus-
band, no fonder, more indulgent parent than he lived in this or
any city. It is the testimony of those who have known him
ill rough the years of his domestic life, that no harsh or complain-
iic; word toward any member of his household ever passed his
lips, but, not\nthstanding, amid the sufferings and vexations in-
rich'ut to everyday life, he maintained a degree of cheerfulness
tliat would have been an honor to anyone less grievously afflicted
in point of health than he. Let this, then, be "William Fleming's
n-owning glory, that, although he was a good citizen, a success-
ful business man, and a strong and sagacious leader in his party,
III- was what is nobler and better than all of these, a loving hus-
band and devoted father. Would there were more like him in
Jill rospccts."

Among the extensive articles on the death of Mr. Fleming,
Hie Indianapolis Sentinel, of which he was a part owner, eon-
••ludcd a first-page column of its issue of January 14, 1890, as fol-
lows: "Those who only knew Mr. Fleming in politics or biisiness,
'li<l not know the best part of the man. Only the members of his
l.iiiiily, or those who had enjoyed the privilege of intimacy with
liim, could freely appreciate his great worth. Presenting an ex-
'••nor to the outside world sometimes deemed harsh and forbid-
•lin-^'. his family and intimate friends knew him as the kindest,
i-'fiif lest, tenderest of men. A more loving and indulgent husband
••md fatlior, a more faithful and devoted friend, never lived. He
wjiH thoroughly wrapped up in his family, and his happiest hours
"I'l-i' tliose passed in their society, while his chiefest pleasiire was

'» «'ontribute to their happiness. Mr. Fleming impressed every-
'•no wlif, name in even casual contact with him as a man of re-
"i.'irkal)lo natural endowments. He carried the. impression, even

to strangers, of great braiu power, a strong will, large reserve
force. The son of a poor Irish immigrant, his early education was
slender. But he had educated himself. He had been a life-long
student of books and men and things. He had a remarkably good
laiowledge of English literature. He had read not only history,
and finance and science, and political economy, but polite litera-
ture— poetry, fiction, essays, etc. He was especially familiar
with Shakespeare, Addison, Goldsmith, Charles Lever, Dickens
and Fielding. His memory was phenomenal. He never forgot
anything that he read. He literally devoured newspapers, and
almost until the day of his death he kept fully abreast with the
mai'ch of events all over the world. Few non-specialists were
better informed touching inventions and discoveries, the new
processes of manufacture, the latest achievements of science. He
was indeed a many-sided man, and a most interesting man on
every side. JNIr. Fleming was a sincere Catholic. He was a
generous giver to his church and to other worth}^ causes. H<'
leaves a fortune estimated at three-quarters of a million dollars.
He had been an invalid much of the time for nearly twenty
years. A little more than a year ago he had an attack of heart
failure, which brought him near death's door. Only his phenome-
nal will power enabled him to rally from this illness, and to add
the year that has since elapsed to his life. A braver, more per-
sistent fight against death was never made than that which has
just ended in the flight of this strong yet tender spirit.

" 'His life was gentle; and the elements
So mixed in him that nature might stand up
And say to all the world. This was a man.' "

Under the caption of "Hon. William Fleming," the Fort
Wayne Sentinel printed these lines editorially :

" 'I have been d^ang for years;
Now I shall begin to live!'

'•'As we were about going to press last evening we received
the sad announcement of the death of our sincere and steadfast
friend, companion and eoimsellor, Hon. William Fleming. To
know him was to love and respect him. Throughout his whole
public career he bore a spotless reputation for honesty, truthful-

H and sincerity. He was what he professed to be and was
iM'vrr known to turn his back upon a friend in whom he had confi-
,lcn.-c and faith, ile was large-hearted, liigh-toned and honor-
iil.lc and in all the relations of life so bore himself as to command
ilir conlidencc and respect of all with whom he was associated.
Ill- was an aide and consistent advocate of the principles of the
Democratic party and occupied a high position in its county, state
and national coimcils. He was a natui'al-born leader and always
led by keeping himself in the background. He was truly loved
|i\' those who knew him best. The rich sought his society, the
|.i.(ir liis counsel and advice m their day of trouble, and the de-
serving never appealed in vain. Over the river, dear friend.
May it be well with thee."

Wc quote verbatim the following account of William Flem-
ing's funeral, the article occurring in a Fort "Wayne paper, under
(late of January 18, 1890:

"The remains of the honored and lamented William Fleming
lie in the silent home of the dead. His funeral yesterday morn-
ing was a fitting tribute to his memory, for never in the histoiy
of Fitrt Wa}Tie did the personal worth of any of its dead attract
s<» many prominent men to the graveside. In keeping with the
••liarniing modesty of the deceased, every evidence of pomp Avas
banished from the obsequies. The mountain of flowers — tender of-
ferings of relatives and friends — were hidden inside the altar rail-
ing, and a profound grief pei-meated the vast multitude that occu-
pied almost every seat in the great cathedral, and the tears of the
family at the final leavetaking were not shed alone. The scenes
when the remains were removed from the home circle are shad-
owed from description, but long after the closing honors did the
sympathetic fountain liberate its flood of tears. The services at
the eliurch consisted of requiem high mass with the impressive
pray<'i-s for the dead, and viewed with the altar draper}' and ob-
se. pi ions garments of the officiating clergymen, the picture was
inspiring. To Catholics it was not new, but the large number of
iion-ratholios present witnessed the ritual with the greatest in-
terest. At the close of the mass and during the final prayers,
^ i«'ar-r,('neral Branmier ascended the pulpit, and rarely, if ever,
ditl he look upon such a diversified assemblage. The distin-
cuishod priest was at his best, however, and at no time in his
^3)

career did he excel his effort yesterday. He quoted his text from
the book of Job, chapter xix:23, 27. Ju .substance he said:

" 'My dear friends: On occasions of this kind I always
speak to and for the living, so I shall say a few words this morn-
ing. The death of those near and dear to us reminds us of the
emptiness of life. The object of life is to acquire the possession
of God. There is misery whence hope has fled, and faith in God
and our future state is the only thing whieJi makes life worth
itself. Hearts must ache, but God will give consolation. There
are the blackness and gloom of death before me — there is grief in
that cofl&n, but mercy and comfort come from heaven. "Dust
thou art, 0 man, and unto dust shall thou return." The mighty
potentate before whose nod nations tremble; the powerful king
and conqueror in Avhose path follow destruction and desolation;
whose banner has blazoned upon it the record of ruined homes
and broken hearts; the philosopher, whose brain is busied with
mighty truths and great investigations ; the laborer, the merchant
— all these must bow, when the harshness of death comes, and
acknowledge a higher power and a greater glory than their own
or earth's. But what becomes of the soul of the Christian? Is
death the beginning of an everlasting sleep, as the votary of pleas-
ure would have it? Is it the end of all? There is everlasting
happiness where God dwells, where eternal glory looks upon the
soul and sorrow is no more, because sin is unknown, and men's
lives and souls belong to God. This life is a state of probation
for a better and holier. ]Men's passions, which make life dreary
and heavy, fade like the mist of the morning before the sunrise of
God's presence. Therefore, there is consolation for the Christian
even in the' pall of death.

" 'Is there any comfort in that cofl5n before me? Is this all
that is left of "William Fleming? No; there are his memory and
his soul. One wall always be dear to his family and friends; I
hope the other is now looking into the face of God, as a reward
of an honest life well spent by the promptings of a noble soul.
Wti speak of him as a Christian with a faith which was as simple
nud quiet as the features of his honest face — a faith which felt
that he was God's and God would be his; a faith which listened to
the Catholic church and its dictates with the confidence that
"here is my God and hopes for eternity."

" 'He was bom in Ireland, the Gethsemanc of Christianity,
where persecution and grief made hope stronger and charity more

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(lent A vdUiig boy in Fort Wayue, he had the keenness of

t.i. 111. I ami tilt' iinivory of a mauly heart. He was an example
,m a M.iiiij,' man to this congregation. Earnest and sincere, few
xxnrdM Mini all honesty to those about this church make his record.
\n II iilizrii, and one holding office of trust, he was as energetic in
1 r. lidt lilv in discharge of his duties in one, as he was conscien-
tiiiiis ill Ids accounting to the public for the responsibilities of the
..iIht. lie was a keen-minded, quiet, but ambitious citizen of

..it Wayne; always alert in the advancement of the city's inter-
. >is. n.s the numerous improvements for the city's benefit, trace-
able to his ingenuity and grit, will attest — but always ambitious

.. Im! i|niet and thoroughly honest in his work. JXGoG

"*!lis wife's great grief and children's aching hearts are
Milnit but mysteriously awful, pain-laden manifestations of the
\ <»i<l ill tlie Fleming homestead. There he lived and ruled and loved
with the devotion of a faithful husband, with the anxious solicitude
nf II fond father. This grief is sacred because the love was earnest-
ly iiuitual. His life for many past years was full of martyrdom,
watched kindly by a devoted wife. The anxious, dragged look
of wearing pain w^hich always characterized his face never disap-
peared luitil death and God bade him sleep peacefully beneath the
enflin'.s cold lid. Death to him, while ravaging and restless, had
n<» pain except in thought of separation from wife and children;
he had, however, the consolation and cheer of Catholic faith, wdiich
"iii(»unis not as those without hope." Of his charities to the

I r, and especially the oi-phan, we might say that the left hand

never knew the worth of the goodly right hand. His heart ached
«heii pity cried, and children's voices, orphans' voices were
impels' demands. He gave freely because heaven begged, and I
mil Miire tlie souls of the orphans of this diocese have swelled in
i^'iatefnl prayer-songs pure and sweet in the ear of God, and I
trust liiat heaven's best benedictions wall come on his soul like the
lefreshing dew of the mom.

" 'lie was an honest, manly man, and Christian peace to his
""III. le.st to his ashes! Amen.' "

After the sermon the cortege left the church, and a long line
"f lairiages followed the remains to their last resting place in the
^""lily lot in the Catholic cemetery.

til

HENRY COBURN.

To offer in a work of this province an adequate resume of
the strenuous and useful career of the late Henry Coburn would
be impossible, but, with others of those who have conserved the
civic and commercial progress of Indianapolis, he may well find
consideration in the noting of the more salient points that have
marked his life and labors. He was long a dominating power in
connection with the retail business interests of Indiana's capital
city, where he was engaged in the lumber business for a period of
forty years, and after his retirement from this field of enterprise
he here conducted other extensive operations, achieving a position
as one of the substantial capitalists of his native state, gaining
his success through normal and worthy means, and he stood for
three quarters of a century as a singularly admirable type of the
progressive, honorable and broad-minded man of affairs. His
record is too familiar to the readers of this work to require any
fulsome encomium here, his life speaking for itself in stronger
terms than the biographer could employ in polished periods. It
left its imprint upon those who came in contact with him, and the
youth, hesitating at the parting of the ways, could do no better
than to follow the example he set. He reached the advanced age
of seventy-four years, heaven having lengthened out his life be-
yond the Psalmist's allotted three score and ten until he was per-
mitted to witness the vicissitudes of the most remarkable epoch
in the world's business and inventive history, in all of which he
was an interested spectator, and, indeed, played no inconspicuous
part in pushing forward the wheels of civilization in his own
locality. There is no doubt but that his long life was due to his
sterling character, his consen'ative habits and his pure thinking.
He was even-tempered, patient, serupiilously honest in all the re-
lations of life, hospitable and charitable, and his many kindly
deeds were actuated solely from his largeness of heart, rather
than from any desire to gain the approval or plaudits of his fellow
men.

Henry Coburn was born at the old picturesque family home-
stead in Indianapolis, September 17, 1834. He was the son of
Henry P. and Sarah (Malott) Coburn. Owing to tlie prominence

HENRV COBURN

vi tlio father iu this state in pioneer times, we here deeiu it advis-
iihle to give a brief outline of his life before proceeding willi that
of the iuunediate subject of this memoir.

llemy P- Coburn was born at Dracut, JNIiddlesex county,
Mussachusetts, in 1790. There the family settled during the old
colonial days, having emigrated there from England, the first of
the name emigrating with the Puritans in the latter part of the
.seventeenth century, settling on the east bank of the Mcrrimac
river, iu Middlesex county, Massachusetts. Descendants of the
original settlers still own and occupy the land there puichased
from the Indians over two centuries ago, and the recorded title is
given as being received from "John Thomas, a Sagamore of
Natic." Capt. Peter Coburn, the paternal grandfather of Henry
P. Coburn, was born in 1737, at Dracut, where he spent his entire
life, dying in 1813. He served in the patriot army during the
Hevolutionary war, in which he held commission of captain of his
company. He commanded a company of minute-men at the Lex-
imgton alarm and was in command of his company in the battle of
Buuker Hill, where his company was a part of the regiment of
Col. Ebinezer Bridge. He married Dollie Varnum, who was born
in 1739 and whose death occurred in 1765. Peter Coburn, Jr.,
»im of Capt. Peter Coburn, was also a native of Middlesex coimty,
-Massachusetts. He engaged in farming all his life. He was but
a boy during the war for independence, but he fought at Bunker
Hill and continued in the ranks until the close of the war. He
married Elizabeth Poor, who was born in 1766 and whose death
occurred in 1841. They reared a large family.

Henry P. Coburn, father of the subject of this sketch, and the
son of Peter and Elizabeth (Poor) Coburn, was reared on the old
liome farm iu New England, and there received a good education,
having been graduated from Harvard University in 1812, receiv-
ing the arts degree, later beginning the study of law and soon
gained admission to the bar in his native state. Not long after-
ward he came to Indiana, in 1816, first locating at Cory don, then
'•apital of the newly admitted state. Soon he purchased a tract of
land near Blount VeiTion. In a few years he ranked as one of the
leading members of the bar in Indiana, and he continued to prac-
tice in Corydon until after Indianapolis had been made the state
capital, but in 1824 he removed to the little village which repre-
sented the new seat of govermnent. During the remainder of his
life he followed the work of his profession in Indianjipolis, and he

was one of the busiest lawyers in the central part of the state,
being called to various counties.

Mr. Coburn was a stanch advocate of educational privileges,
and he was perhaps the first to advocate the adoption of the free
public school system in this locality. For many years he was a
tinistee of the Marion County Seminary, lie was one of the first
promoters of the county library, was a member of its first board
of trustees and also served as its treasurer, and in that connection
he had much to do with the early financing of the library. He
held various offices of trust. He was the earliest and most active
advocate for temperance. He took an active interest in the work
of the Presbyterian church, of which he was long a faithful
member.

While residing at Corydon, Hemy P. Coburn was united in
marriage with Sarah JNIalott, a native of Louisville, Kentucky,
and a daughter of Hiram Malott, an excellent old pioneer family.
Mr. Cobiu-n's death occurred in 1854, about two years after leav-
ing the office of clerk of the supreme court, his widow surviving
imtil 1866. Four sons and one daughter were born to them, all
now deceased. The daughter, Caroline, married Dr. Robert F.
Bence, of Indianapolis, whom she survived, and her death oc-
curred in 1903. The eldest son, Augustus, was drowned in Lake
Superior at the age of forty-two years and his body was never re-
covered; he had amassed a fortune in copper. The second son,
John, died in 1908, at the age of eighty-two 3'ears. He was a
judge, a general in the Union army, a member of Congress for
eight years, and typified everything that belongs to a first class
city. One son died young, and the other, Henry, is the immediate
subject of this sketch.

Henry Coburn 's childhood and youth gave to him lasting
memories of the conditions and associations of the pioneer capital
village which then gave slight evidence of becoming one of the
leading cities of the Union. He received a good common school
education, attended the old j\Iarion County Seminary, and he also
had the advantages of a home training of superior quality. In
1859, when twenty-five years old, he .became identified with the
lumber industry, being successful from the start as a retail dealer,
and soon his close application, persistence, sound judgment and
good management made him an important factor in the local com-
mercial world, and it is worthy of remark that he was for a longer
period engaged in this line of endeavor than any other person in

liiilmnni)<>li*<. "''^d °^^® attained in this connection a worthier or
1111.10 (|intiiictive success. In this business he was associated with
hiH falhcr-in-law, William H. Jones, until the death of the latter
III IMii;, and thereafter he conducted it under title of Henry
r..l.(jrn l/Uinl)er Company, until 1903, when he retired from the
ilrld lliat li'Ul so long engaged the major part of his time and atten-
limi. I If was both a wholesale and retail dealer, even before the
iilMtve mentioned partnership. Ke and Mr. Jones received theii"
liunl)er from the northern forests, and shipped by the car loads
•ivrr a vast territory. The yards were first located at the comer
«.f Delaware and New York streets, but as this property increased
in vahie, they moved to the present location of the Henry Cobura
Warehouse & Storage Company on South Capitol avenue. Mr,
Cohurn was president of the company, directing its affairs with
tiiucli ability and satisfaction of all concerned, his long association
with tlic lumber trade having made him an authority in connection
(herewith. After withdrawing from the lumber business Mr.
< 'obuni conceived the idea of using the site of his former yards for
the establishing of a storage warehouse of the most modem type,
lieing led to thus utilize the property largely by reason of the ex-
ecHent shipping facilities controlled by him. He completed the
eicetion of his extensive warehouse in 1906, the structure being
essentially fire-proof, six stories in height, with basement, giving
?<even acres storage capacity, and massively built of steel and
hriek. Tliis is the only storage warehouse in the city containing
tracks on which a train of cars can enter to receive and unload
freij^ht (if various kinds. Mr. Coburn was very successful from
a financial standpoint and at the time of his death he owned con-
triiiling .stock in the last named company and as president of the
•♦iitne gav(! his personal supervision to the executive management
"f the l)usiness.

.M r. Coburn was married on May 8, 1862, to Mary Jones, who
was born and reared in Indianapolis and educated in the local
''chool.s. She is the daughter of the late William 11. and Jane (Sim-
<i»x) .loiu's, both of whom were bom in the vicinity of Chillicothe,
Ohio. Tlie parents of Mr. Jones brought him to Indianapolis
"hen he was a boy, in 1824, and here his father died in 1827. He .
served an apprenticeship at the trade of carriage-making and to
this line of work he devoted his attention for many years, and
'uter in life was associated with Mr. Coburn in the lumber busi-
'•esH, as })efore related. And, as also before related, his death oc-

curred in 1886, liis widow surviving many years, passing to her
rest on June 27, 1910. They were both members of the First
Baptist church, and he belonged to the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows. They were the parents of three daughters: jMary, the
widow of Mr. Coburn; Anna, who is the widow of Frederick B.
Brownell, formerly engaged in the manufacture of street cars in
St. Louis, ]\Iissouri; and Fannie J., who is the wife of James S.
Cruse, a well known real estate dealer of Indianapolis. Mrs.
Coburn is a lady of culture and refinement and has long been a
favorite in social and club circles of the capital city, having taken
a very active interest in literary, art and other clubs, and she was
at one time president of the Indianapolis \Voinan's CIuIj. She is
a consistent member of the First Baptist church. Mr. Coburn
aflSIiated with the Presbyterian church and was a liberal con-
tributor.

Henry Cobm'n was a public-spirited man and took a great
deal of interest in the development of his native city and his sup-
port could always be depended upon in furthering any movement
having for its object the general good. He was a member of the
Indianapolis Board of Trade, the Columbia Club and the Com-
mercial Club. Politically, he was a stanch Republican, but was
never a seeker after pubhc office. He owned a beautiful modern
residence at No. 1409 North Pennsylvania street and from there
he was called to his eternal rest on May 3, 1909.

To Henry Coburn and wife were born the following children:
Mary married Wilbur B. Allen, who was a successful real estate
and insurance man of Indianapolis and who later removed to the
Hood River country in Oregon where he is engaged in the culture
of apples; his three children are Coburn, Maynard and Mary.
William H., who is engaged in the lumber and coal business in
Indianapolis, married Helen Irwin, and they have three children,
Daniel, Anna Barbara and Helen. AVilliam H. Coburn is a gradu-
ate of Yale University and is one of the promising yoiuig business
men of this city. His wife is the daughter of the late Daniel P.
Erwin, who was a wholesale dry goods merchant of Indianapolis.
Augustus Cobui-n, who is likewise a graduate of Yale University,
is now engaged in the lumber business in his native city, owning
the Michigan Lumber Company; he married 7\nnie Peek, daughter
of B. B. Peck, deceased, state manager at Iiidiaiiai)olis of the Mu-
tual Life Insurance Company of Kentucky. His family consists
of three children, Augustus, Benjamin Poclc and Catherine.

1 1 If. ANCESTRAL HOME OF CAPT. PETER COBURN, WHO LED THE
YEOMEN OF DRACUT AT CONCORD AND BUNKER HILL

llciirv 1*. Cobuni, who was for some time secretary and treasurer
i.f llic Henry Cobura Warehouse & Storage Company, and who
wnM j;raduated from Yale University, is now living in the Hood
l^ivrr country, Oregon; he mairied Louise Erwin, daughter of the
liitc Daniel P. Erwin, deceased. Myla L., the youngest child of
I h'liiy Coburn, of tliis review, is the wife of Frank F. Powell, who
succeeded the subject of this memoir at his death as president of
llic lloiry Cobura Warehouse & Storage Company, and who is a
iialive of Cincinnati, Ohio, where his father was a prosperous
Imrdwnre merchant. Mr. Powell is a graduate of Princeton Uni-
viTsity. lie was born and reared in Cincinnati. To Mr. and Mrs.
INtwell one child has been born, Mary Elizabeth.

Pei-sonally, Henry Coburn was the soul of honor, a man of
pleasing address, a genteel gentleman, genial and kindly and was
popular with all with whom he came in contact. By a life con-
niKtont in motive and because of his many fine qualities he earned
I he suicere regard of all and his name shovdd go down in the his-
tor}* of Indiana as one of the truest and most representative of the
untive sons of her capital city.

i-auy JB- J- iriihl'Mtf-^fiii'irfffi''"^ '''"'' '''''•'''^•'^''''*^ '''''' •

will'. liaviiiK served as a second lieutenant, Daniel Dawson de-
Nolcd Ins lilt- to fanning in Kentxicky and his death occurred in
ilml Htatc. His faniilj' consisted of the following children: Lucy,
.liiliii ^^'., Iraiiiotta, Crecde and Martha, all of whom later in life
|...)itiil in Indiana and Illinois.

•Iiiliii W. Dawson, fatlier of the j\Iajor, also followed agri-
ciiUdinl jun-suits. Upon reaching manhood he married Sarah
.Inliii'^un, a daughter of Bailey Johnson and wife, on whose farm
\hv birtli of the subject occurred. Bailey Johnson came to Indi-
iiiia in an early day and entered land in the wilderness of what is
now .luhnson coimty, his farm lying near the present site of
Kraiikliu, and there he spent the remainder of his days. AVhen
iidvaiiccd in years John W. Dawson retired from fann life and his
(Iratli occurred in Indianapolis when over eighty-five years of age,
hiH wife passing away about 1841.

Byron Dawson spent his boyhood on the home farm where he
wu.xcd strong in mental and physical powers under the sturdy
iliMcipline, and as he was reared under the influences and condi-
liiiiiH of what may be termed the middle pioneer period in Indiana,
it rail he readily understood that his early educational advantages
wrre Konicwhat meager, being confined to the district school. Like
many another of alert mentality, he has effectively overcome the
Itandicap of early years, and through the lessons gained under the
« IMC lioad-master, Experience, he has become a man of broad and
ivact information in regard to men and affairs. After spending
"••vrnd years on the farm of his grandfather, the subject came

• " live with his father, who had bought a fann in Marion county,
Indiana, in 1847, the year the first railroad was extended through
Hi in <-oiinty to Indianapolis. He remained with his father until
111- became of legal age, assisting in clearing and improving the
farm in Perry township, often hauling cord-w^ood into Indian-
"I'oliM. then a small town. When a little boy Byron Dawson and
''i'« lialf-lii-other, deciding to make a little spending money for
'liiiiis.lves, i)icked a large wooden bucket full of cherries, which

• '•ey luouglit to Indianapolis, seeking a market, but customers
*^«if not iilentiful. Late in the afternoon they traded the cher-
"•••♦ for two small tin cups upon which the words "A Good Boy"
'^ ••«••• Htaniped, and the youngsters hurried home to exhil)it the
"iirht e»i|,H to their admiring brothers and sisters; however, they

'"'•dly felt that they had been adequately rewarded for their hard
'^"ik and this was their last venture in this direction. It is inter-

estiiig to compare the eager, hustling throngs of the capital city
of today with the few ti'aders at the then typical country towu.
But the bo)''s cherry picking and wood hauling days were to give
way to larger affairs in due course of time, and later Byron as-
sisted ]iis father in building the Shelbyville pike, one of the first
good public roads in this part of the state. Like many young
men of his day, Byron Dawson felt the wanderlust spirit directing
his course to the great West, and in 1860 he went to Kansas where
he worked on a farm until March 1, 1861, when he went to Pike 's
Peak in search of gold, but his quest for the precious metal in the
great Rockies of Colorado was not crowned with success, the smn
total of the gold discovered by him scarcely filling a goose-quill.
This he had made into a ring which he later presented to his step-
mother.

During his stay in the West the great war between the states
began. In those days news traveled slowly in the West, but Lin-
coln's call for troops to suppress the rebellion finally reached .Mr.
Dawson, and he hastened east to take part in the conflict, enlisting
as a private in Comjjany L, Forty-fifth Regiment, Third Cavalry,
from Indiana. He was mustered in as first sergeant, September
5, 1862; he was honorably discharged on August 31, 1864. On
September 1st of that year he was promoted to second lieutenant
of the Third Indiana Cavalry, and on April 1, 1865, he was trans-
ferred to the Eighth Indiana Cavalry, and on iSIay 4th of that year
he was promoted to captain of Company A, and on July 20th fol-
lowing he was honorably mustered out, after a gallant and faith-
ful career as a soldier, in which he participated in all the battles
of the regiment. He was with Shennan's army in the Atlanta
campaign, to Savannah and through the Carolinas, being a mem-
ber of Kilpatrick's cavalry.

After the war Captain Dawson returned to Indianapolis and
engaged in the grocery business about a year, during which time
he received a commission of second lieutenant of the Ninth United
States Cavalry, July 28, 1866. The same was accepted on May
10, 1867. On July 30th of that year he was promoted to first
lieutenant. Remaining in the regular army, he was promoted to
captain on April 4, 1879, and he retired from the service on June
15, 1888. On April 23, 1904, he was made major and retired by
the war department. During his career in the regular ann>'.
Major Dawson was stationed at various forts in the West, and ho
traveled all over the United States, being frequently in the saddle

( I .Uvii at n tiiiu! iu pursuit of Indians. Often Ins quarters were
.„*| .'.« r.il.iHH Willi dirt floors. He relates many interesting remi-
,!i„ri,..-i. of liiH varied and interesting career in the service of his
...Muii V NvliK-h he performed ably, conscientiously and in a manner
li.l'i . \iilfd tlic admiration of his comrades and the confidence
.,f Uto m\t\u'ru>r otiicers.

Mnjoi- Dawson devoted twenty yeai-s of Ins later life to agri-
...ItiiKil pursuits with a large measure of success, retiring from
.,. lur hfr ill March, 1911, selling his finely improved farm of one
i.oinlrr.l aixl tweuty-five acres in Marion county, Indiana. He
.(ill owns a valuable stock farm of three hundred and six acres
it> M(.nlk'«'"i<'«y county, this state, also eighty acres in Washing-
l«.n iMWiiship, Marion county, besides consideral)le very desirable
Mrtl .Ntate in Indianapolis.

'riie Major is an active member of the Loyal Legion and of
• lir (Irand Army of the Republic, and he belongs to the Masonic
.'I, Iff aiitl Sons of the American Revolution.

On April 26, 1870, Major Dawson was united in marriage
*Mlli .fcnnie H. Caldwell, a native of Scotland, and to this union
iliiir rliildren were born: Mary Elizabeth, who married Jefferson
Knlcii. hvcs in Indianapolis, and is the mother of these children,
r<'iiHt, (}(.I(li(« and Bertha. Bertha Dawson married Fred Bar-
••<»•; llicy live in St. Louis and have two children, Archibald' and
< 'iilliarinc. (\itliarine S. Dawson man-ied Claude Fields and they
•»»<' ill Iiidianai)olis. Major Dawson's first wife was called to her
" »» on April 11, 1881, and on :May 20, 1889, he married Elizabeth
•' <"<'P|mI, a (laughter of Christian Coppel and wife; she was the
"i.lovv <.f..);nues P. McGuire. Mrs. Dawson was born in Chilli-
■""•<•. Ohio. Sc]»tember 22, 1851. She is the daughter of Christian
"I. I r/iiojina (Ban-inger) Coppel. Her father was a life-long
f iiiiiir. His death occurred at Chillicothe and he and his wife
'«»«• liiniftl in the CJrand View cemetery there. Christian Coppel
" i< nHiiilK-n-d as a man of exemplaiy character and many com-
">' n.lalilc traits. He served in the Civil war under (leneral Rose-
•"""«. with a regiment of Ohio infantry. He saw much hard
"«>i<-f an<l was in Libby ])rison three months, and while there
•'•kiii-HM overtook him on account 'of which he was later dis-
"»»i:«m| fn.ui the army, after being exchanged. Three of his sons
■"•••filHo in the Union ai-my.

< hristian ('((ppol's family was a large one, his fourteen chil-
*'" " '"'"1^ named as follows: Caroline; Christian; William, who

was a Federal soldier, was killed and buried at Murfrcesboro,
Tennessee; John, now deceased, went into the arni}- as a fifer boy,
later sei'ving in the infantry; Christena, James, Elizabeth, Gott-
lieb, Edward, Jennie, Charles, Anna (deceased), Josephine, and
Frank.

Major and Mrs. Dawson enjoy marked popularity in connec-
tion with the social activities of the capital city, Avhere they have
a wide circle of friends.

JUDGE GEORGE HOLLAND.

Nu .ninpriHliuin such as the province of this work defines in
, ».«iitiul liiuitJitious will serve to offer tit memorial to the life
i.H.|\....,Mi.liHhments of Judge George Holland, for a long lapse
f ,,.,.« ..lie of tlie best known legal lights in eastern Indiana— a
„.«n i.-iiii.rkal)le in the breadth of Ms wisdom, in his indomitable
,,,Tvrr(iuce, liis strong individuality, and yet one whose entire
i.fr IwkI not one esoteric phase, being able to bear the closest
.. nidny. True, his were "massive deeds and great" in one'^sense,
9I..I y.t liis riitirc accomplishment but represented the result of
liir ill iitili/ation of the innate talent which w^as his, and the
,|iir.MiiiK of his efforts along those lines where mature judgment
Aii.t rurc di.sci-imination led the way. There was in Judge Hol-
la i>. I II weight of character, a native sagacity, a far-seeing judg-
«••« lit niid a fidelity of purpose that commanded the respect of all,
l.til uinitcr tlian these was his unswerving integrity, and "an lion-

• "t iiiiui is tlio noblest work of God."

• i.M.rK'c Holland was born in Westmoreland county, Pennsyl-
» niiiii. S.-pt('Hil)('r 28, 1811, and was the son of John and Ann (Hen-
•I. r»oji) llolluiid, who had settled in that county some nine years
l-rrviuunly, being poor Protestant peasants from northern Ire-
:iimI. wIhtc they grew to maturity and were married and where
11^.. iif tiirir children w^ere born, and from there they emigrated
'•• Aiiirrica in 1K02. Not long after the birth of their son George

• >i.v iii.ivrd to Ohio and made their home near Zanesville until
I**I7. \\\uu they settled in Franklin county, Indiana, the father
I'UT.Iuminjf a farm upon the west bank of Whitewater river, about
M»i- iinl<M Iroiii Hrookville, the county seat, making a partial pay-
"M-m ii|H.ii fJio place, expecting soon, as a result of his labors, to
'"»»'• «li<- iiioiicy to discharge the remaining obligation. Death,
l,..u,.v,.r. M«.t aside his plans, for in the autumn of 1818 both the
'-•••••r ntid niDther were stricken with a malignant fever, and
-^'•ilr fhrir iK.dics were interred in a cemetery of their adopted
l|»i»'l »iv the hands of strangers, their seven children, all yet in
""■"" »">'">rity, wore ill at home, unable to attend the funeral.
n..r.- wrr,. „ix sons and a daughter, and on this side of the
N'lnmi.- they had no relative. It was a sad fate, made still harder

by cruel treatment which was meted out to them, and of which
George Holland wrote in an autobiograi)hy foiuid among his
papers after his death :

"We now first began to learn something of the great world
around us. Its rush and roar we had before heard only in the dis-
tance; but those being gone who had kindly preserved us from
exposure and had borne for us all the cares of life, we found our-
selves helpless and vmprotected, afloat upon the ciu'rcut. We
tasted, too, for the first time, the bitter falsehood of human nature.
The man of whom our father had bought his land came forward in
the exigency and charitably administered the estate. His bene-
volence was peculiar. It resulted in ai^propriating to himself the
real and personal property, and turning us, the children, as pau-
pers, over to the bleak hostilities of the world."

In Indiana, at that time, it was the custom, on the first ]\Ion-
day in April, to gather the poor of the county at the court house
and hire them out to such persons as would engage to maintain
them at the lowest price. The winter being passed in the cabin
of a neighbor, Mr. Holland and his four brothers were conveyed
by the overseers of the poor to Brookville, on the first Monday in
April, 1819, to be thus placed in the care of the lowest bidder.
Although but seven years of age, JNIr. Holland deeply felt the
humiliation of the position, but kind-hearted people of Brookville
interposed in behalf of himself and his brothers, and found per-
manent homes for them as apprentices until twenty-one years of
age. Thus it was that he became an inmate of the home and a
member of the family of Robert John, a man who had no property,
but was possessed of a kind heart and proved a benefactor to the
boy. In -return, however, Mr. Holland was most faithful to ^Ir.
John, and for many years was his active assistant in whatever
work he engaged. When he was about thirteen ]\lr. John pur-
chased an interest in a printing office, and Mr. Holland began
work at the case and press, soon gaining a practical knowledge of
the business and becoming a good workman. When Mr. John
became sheriff he served as deputy, and on retiring from office he
worked in a woolen factory which his employer rented, having
charge of a set of wool-carding machines for two seasons. In the
summer of 1830 Mr. John was elected clerk of the circuit court,
and took charge of the office in February, 1831, ^Ir. Holland again
becoming his deputy. This was about eighteen months ])efore he
attained his majority. His experience in the office had determined

,,,,„ , „k,. tli(! practice of law his life work, and on coming of

,, T lir \n%nn rcadiuj; without the aid of a teacher. The county
,1,1 1, John .M. .Jt)hn.son, witnessing his ambitious efforts, per-
il,Ml. 't| liiiii to nsc his law library, and at the same time to read
^\\ iIh' iinMccllaiicuus vohimes he could procure, thus daily broad-
MiiDK liiH K*'"^''"''^ •''^ ^^'*^^^ ^^ professional knowledge. He was al-
^in^ •• n iiHiii of scholarly tastes, and through life found one of his

• l.irf M.tirrcs of i)lcasure among his books. A short time before
iillaiiiiii^ Ills majority he successfully passed an examination,
nii.l \v«M .'idiuittcd to the bar. One who knew him well, in re-
fi If iiiK to his early life, said: "As a boy and youth he was gentle,
kind ntid considerate, full of energy, and possessed of the most
ini|<iniilal)h- perseverance. His vigorous and unremitting efforts
l<) rdiicalc and i)repare himself for the profession of his choice in
till' midst u\' irksome and exacting duties, and his early struggles
ill the profession, in the face of poverty and ill health, indicate
»hi' luToicr spirit and fixedness of purpose which even then distin-
Kiiinhrd liiiii, and which he afterward so conspicuously displayed
iiiidrr Mich trying circumstances."

Mr. Holland had not a dollar at the time of his adixdssion to
1h«' liar, lie, liowever, borrowed fifty dollars, purchased a small
Jnw lilirary at auction and opened an office in Brookville. About

• In* timo he secured the office of coimty assessor and the outdoor
< K«rri«<(- jtroved very beneficial to his undermined health, while
«ln< mil II IT (tf his business made him acquainted with many people
'"I'l ihiiH paved the way for future law practice. He received
" >< iit\ -livi' dollars for his official services, which enabled him to
»'j'^*' llw borrowed money. He was not only well equipped for

• » iTtifoMsional career by a comprehensive knowledge of the prin-

■ 'i''"» of jurisprudence, but his experience in the clerk's office had
••'<«ii him a thorough and practical knowledge of forms and prac-
< -'v. ()|„. fpoin whom we have before quoted, said of him: "His
«^ilv KiM'f.'SH nt the bar was marvelous and may be attributed
"niiily to flip thorough knowledge of his profession, which he
■«"i'or.-(| by tho most indefatigable reading and study. He read

■ ^•■rvihiiit,' ho could get hold of in the way of general and pro-
•••"••iiil literature. Pew lawyers.of the day at the Indiana bar

" *""" "" """•"•ii^rhly grounded in the principles of law and as famil-

■'*^ with thf !']nglish and early American reports as he was. His

'^?•' of professional reading was most extensive and included

""*" "^ *'"' '■'"■•' works in black-letter lore that could then be pro-
(0

cured. At the same time, and in fact almost during his entire life,
even when in later years he was almost overwhelmed with finan-
cial cares and responsibilities, his delight was in general litera-
ture— it was his rest and recreation — and in historical, political,
scientific and religious learning his mind was a cyclopedia of
facts. While he liad none of the elements of a popular speaker,
consequently, made no mark as an orator, he was a logical and
persuasive reasoner before a jury, and had great force in present-
ing an argument to a court. The care with which he prepared his
cases, the skill and shrewdness he displayed in their management,
his unrivaled power in dealing with a complicated and tangled
chain of issues and circumstances, together wdth his extensive
professional knowledge, made him a most fonnidable opponent in
the lower courts, and gave him an excellent reputation at the bar
of the supreme court, where he was admitted to practice in May,
1835, when twenty-four years of age."

Prosperity attended his efforts for many years. The import-
ant litigated interests entrusted to his care brought him handsome
financial returns, and much of his capital he judiciously invested
in property and added not a little to his income through wise
speculations. At length, however, disaster overtook him. Hon-
orable himself, he was slow to distrust others, and when those in
whose worthiness and friendship he relied implicitly washed him
to go security for them he complied. It was in November, 1853,
that some of his merchant friends failed, leaving him to pay their
indebtedness of fifty thousand dollars. This seemed a great deal,
but was nothing compared to what aw^aited him. In November,
1854, he awoke to the realization that he was endorser for a
broken and bankrupt merchant for one hundred thousand dollars
in blank, all due within sixty days and for which he was unmis-
takably liable. Utterly discouraged and disheartened, in the
midst of his gloom and desolation, yet encouraged by his sym-
pathizing wife, he resolved that with the help and blessing of
God he would pay the debt, and resolutely set to work to accom-
plish the task, with an abiding faith that he would live to accom-
plish it. And he did live to accomplish it after a struggle of
twenty-one years, paying the last of these just fourteen days be-
fore his sudden death, and never was a word of suspicion breathed
against his fair name. Anxiety pressed heavily upon him and
he suffered a purely nervous fever, from the effects of which he
never recovered, but he paid off dollar for dollar. The true char-

. 1. 1 mI iln' man uuw sliouc forth; his ideas of commercial honor
i'.mI ii.tii'iilv wfit; of the highest character and his determination
).. ,M\ lli.it awlul (h;bt, most of it fraudulently put upon him, was
.i.(!,Mi.|\ llxtd. 'I'lic liuancial skill and business ability he dis-
|.Um.| (It tliiH riKical period in his affairs; the zeal and ingenuity
J,, . \liiltil<'il ill K< ttiiig extensions of the bank paper upon which
I., «,in li/ilih*. until lie could have time to turn about and handle
I, I* |.i.ipi-ti\ ; his unvarying success in disposing of the latter to
(!.!• I.rni /idvantagc; in making, wlien necessary, new and ad-
^.ihirtK.ons loans, and generally, in meeting his obligations
|.r^.iii|-il.\ a.H llicy became due, are simply marvelous. When one
...iiBi.l. iH thai all this was done in connection with the exacting
tlnii.i nf n large law practice, which he never suffered to be neg-
l««l«i|. ii indicates more strongly than words can express the

• tiniKlli and fertility of his mind and his great business and pro-
f> ««iiihnl capacities.

Ill May, IH(if). .Indge N. II. Johnson died suddenly, leaving a
wnniicy (ill the beiicli of the criminal court of Wayne count}', and
\<> \\tv pusiliiiii Mr. Holland was appointed. Previous to this time,
tii« ti(il\ child, (ieorgiana, had married Charles C Binkley, a
x-uiii; lawyer, wliom Judge Holland admitted into partnership
III lim liiisiiiess. this connection continuing until his elevation to
llic ImiicIi. Ill .Inly, 18G1, he had determined to remove to Rich-

"• I. nnil ill .May, 1862, had established his family in the new

l»"iMc. When elevated to the bench he was in very poor health,
'•'it lift.- II f,.\v mouths spent at Martha's Vineyard, Massachu-
"tt«, lir ntunied nuich improved, and with characteristic energy

• '.t. I. .1 (i|M.ii his judicial labors. He was re-elected to that office,
><-l ri.IimniKt.Ted justice without fear or favor until the court was
'.''•hOiiil l,y lei;islative act. His professional brethren spoke of
'■■III nn i.ii.- of the foremost lawyers of Indiana of his day and his
♦•"■f.l nilects lioiiorupon the bench and bar of the state.

^\ Immi twenty- three years of age. Judge Holland was united in

pnin:.- with I'^li/.aheth John, daughter of Robert John, in whose

*'" '"■ "'"^ reared, and he never lost an opportunity to ac-

^'■'"^ \'-\v.,- h\H indebtedness to his wife and her parents for all that

y^ !*<•.• to ),i,„. To her mother, Mrs. Asenath John, he attrib-

• ! ^ ". ti"" '""'''*'""'^ '"^"fl honorable influences which penneated

«Mf 1 .' ' "" *" ^'" "''^^'^^^"cc and encouragement of his wife he

I'^nnrff 'I" "'"'"''^•'^ which crowned his many years of effort in

'"« "" Ihc debts of another. As intimated above, one daugh-

ter, Georgiana, was born to this marriage, and from the time of
their removal to Richmond, ^Ir. Holland and his wife and Mr. and
Mrs. Binkley and their children lived in one family. In 1849,
having no son of their own, they adopted Edwin Holland Terrel,
then only nine months old. He was left motherless at that age,
and his father. Rev. Williamson Terrel, was an itinerant Metho-
dist minister. The boy proved entirely worthy the love and ten-
der care bestowed upon him. For some years he was a prominent
practitioner at the bar in Indianapolis. Having married at San
Antonio, Texas, he removed there and entered the practice at that
place. Soon afterward he drifted into railroad and a number of
other enteiprises, resulting very successfully. In 1888, his merit
and qualification being well known to Benjamin Harrison, Presi-
dent of the United States, he appointed him United States min-
ister to Belgium, which place he filled in a manner that reflected
much credit upon his ability and distinction to the close of the
administration. He died in San Antonio, July 1, 1910.

In politics Judge Holland was a stalwart Republican, and in
1860 he was a delegate to the national convention in Chicago,
which nominated Abraham Lincoln for the Presidency. In the
spring of 1842 he acknowledged his belief in the Christ and was
ever afterward a follower in His footsteps, having an abiding faith
in the Christian religion. He was always at his place in the
church, and manifested his belief in that practical spirit of help-
fulness of the One who came not to be ministered unto but to
minister. Death came to him unexpectedly on November 30,
1875, but his upright life had fully prepared him to meet it, and he
passed from earth as "one who wraps the drapery of his couch
about him and lies dowTi to pleasant dreams."

No death in Wayne county was ever more universally la-
mented than that of Judge Holland, well known throughout the
state. He was a man who regarded home ties as most sacred and
friendship as inviolable. Emerson says: "The way to win a
friend is to be one," and no man in the locality of which this
biographical compendium deals had more friends than he. He
was a man of very sympathetic and generous nature, a pleasant
companion, and especially congenial to those who cultivated all
that was highest and best in life. Resolutions of the highest
respect were passed by the bar of the county and circuit and the
bar of Brookville, his old home, and the sympathy of the entire
community was with the family. Although thirty-seven years

liavr (li.s.solved into the mists of the irrevocable past siuce Judge
lliillaiKi was suimnoned to take up his work on a higher plane, he
in wi'll rcnienibered by all who knew him, his memory is cherished
in the liearts of his many friends, and his influence still remains
(tN n blessed benediction to those among whom he walked on the
hi^'hwiiy of life.

The Judge's widow made her home with her daughter until
fjilli'd to join him in the Silent Land on December 15, 1904. She
\\i\H a woman of beautiful Christian character, and many worthy
4it tributes of head and heart.

CAROLYN RANDALL FAIRBANK.

The family of which Mrs. Carolyn Randall Faiibank is a
creditable representative has been a promiueut one in north-
eastern Indiana since the pioneer period and, without jnaking
any invidious comparison, it can with propriety be said that no
other name is better known in Allen county. Honored and re-
spected by all, there is today no woman in this locality who
occupies a more enviable position in the various circles in which
she moves than she whose name forms the caption of this brief
biographical review, the name of this estimable lady being a
familiar sovmd to the people of the city of Fort Wayne, where she
has done such a commendable work in clubs, civic and social
circles, and the record of her life outlined in the following para-
graphs will doubtless be read with interest by many friejids and
acquaintances who have learned to prize her for her beautiful
character and useful life, which has been as an open book in which
there are no pages marred or soiled by conduct unbecoming true
womanhood, and whose influence has always made for the good of
the large circle of friends with whom she associates. She is a lady
of unusual tact and soundness of judgment; these and other com-
mendable attributes, coupled with her industry and gracious per-
sonality, render her popular with all classes and she has won and
retained a host of friends and admirers wherever she is known.

Carol}Ti Randall Fairbank, the fourth of a family of ten chil-
dren, was bom in Fort "Wayne, at the picturesque old Randall
homestead, No. 409 East Wayne street, which historic and com-
modious residence has been occupied by the family for the past
seventy years, having thus stood through all the vicissitudes of
the interesting period that marked the wonderful growth of this
city from a straggling Indian trading post and military fort on
the frontier to one of the important metropolises of the Middle
West. The subject still occupies the old home, in which throng
myriad pleasant memories, clinging beneath the "roofs that
heard her earliest cry." Few are fortunate enough to spend their
after days in the old home, so beautifully described l)y Tcimyson,
for no other place is ever found to compare with it, and a "charm
seems to hallow us there." She is doubly blessed in that \\ ith her

I* fi

., .1.11 Ihi- ak'i'l mother, now eighty-four years old, a woiuau of
i;'ii..i..iiM pcrsniiality aud beautiful Christian faith, who recalls
iiuiiiv interesting rcminisceuces of tlie early days, for Mrs.
rirti'ilJin I'. Ivanthdl has been a most interested spectator to the
,|r\rlM|Mm-nt of her chosen city. The latter 's son, Irwin Kandall,
I. »|n.> Ntill a luembcr of the home circle.

.Mrs. J''airbaidv grew to womanhood in her native city and
rr«'«-ivril her early education in the Fort AVayne public schools,
l.ilir iiiicncU'd St. Mary's Institute, in Carlisle, Pennsylvania,
wh.-ic kUv made an excellent record for scholarship.

In ISSO she was united in marriage with Clark Fairbank, in
I".. It Wayne, a man of excellent business characteristics and ex-
1 mi'laiy lial)its, who passed to his rest in 1908. To this union one
wiiiMiiiic (laughter was born, Agnes Randall Fairbank, who be-
niiiif the wife of James L. Taylor, Jr., of New York City.

.Mrs. I^'airbank has always been greatly interested in club
nfTairs of Fort Wayne, also in public questions, and she is one of
tlir Irading women of her city and state, widely known and iu-
iliiriilial, a woman of rare talent and versatile powers, very fond
of htcrary and historical pursuits, devoting most of her time to
ihvuv lines. As a writer she wields a forceful, graceful and enter-
tnining pen, giving every evidence of rare literary gifts, and
V. halfvtT she gives to the public is eagerly read by a wide and
«lt|»i-cciative audience. She is a w^orthy member of Trinity
JijOHcopal church, of Fort Wayne, of which she has been a liberal
»'i|.|..iitci- for many years. She is one of the leading lights in
l"<al literary clubs, and she very ably officiated as president of
'hr .\it: A.^.sociation and School of Fort Wayne. She has been
I'lrMidriit of the Morning Musicale for years, and its pronounced
-•'iiifsH lias been due very largely to her efforts. She is intensel.v
ni!<Tistc{| in the Daughters of the American Revolution, and she
'':••« oiVii-iated as regent of the same on two different occasions,
""•I '■Ik- lias always held office in the local chapter since its found-
•"it. She is interested in everything pertaining to Fort Wayne,
*«ry laix'riy because her honored father alwaj's had such a strong
"■biiuation and faith in his chosen city. It was through Mrs. Fair-
* 'nu H elTorts that the relic room in the Allen county court house

eMl)iJ,lis|ip(]^ It is one of the most interesting places, from the
•• tii<l|i(.iiit ,,f ^i^g j.^]jg admirer, in northern Indiana. ^lany of
'*' '*'■'"■'< i>re those of her father, w-hich he prized verv highly and
'''"•''•■"••• "f great value.

One of the most commendable works of Mrs. Fairbank as
regent of the local chapter of the Daughters of the American
Revolution, known as the ISIary Penrose Wayne Chapter, is her
work through the city council of Fort Wayne and the park board
of the city to secure the historic battle ground where General
Harmer met the Indians in 1796 and was defeated. This ground
will be used as a public park. It is a beautiful spot and is pleas-
antly located in the eastern part of the city. The people of Fort
Wayne love her and greatly appreciate her efforts. She repre-
sented the local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revo-
lution at the Continental Congress in Washington, D, C, several
times, also represented the same in various state committees,
always discharging her duties in a manner that reflected much
credit on herself and to the eminent satisfaction of all concerned.
She is a lady of culture, refinement, profound education, broad-
minded and progressive, and possesses that rare quality known as
personal magnetism which renders her popular with all with
whom she comes in contact.

'0(/J(p^'^^

i-^

HIRAM W. MILLER.

Agriculture has been the true source of mau's dominion on
earth ever since the primal existence of labor and has been the
pivotal industry that has controlled, for the most part, all the
lields of action to which his intelligence and energy have been
devoted. Among this sturdy element of Marioli county of a past
generation, whose labors profited alike themselves and the com-
uiunity in which they lived was the late Hiram W. Miller, for
many years one of the substantial and best known farmers and
business men of Indianapolis and vicinity. An enumeration of
the representative men of this section of the state who have fin-
ished their labors and been transferred by the fate that awaits
all mankind to a higher plane of action, would be incomplete
without specific mention of this popular, influential and honored
gentleman, whose memory vn\l long be revered by a wide
acquaintance. A member of one of the old and highly esteemed
families of Marion coimty, this state, he stam])ed the impress of
his individuality upon the conmmnity and added luster to the
uutamished escutcheon of the name he bore, having always been
scrupulously honest in all his relations with his fellow men and
leaving no stone unturned whereby he might benefit his own con-
dition as well as that of his neighbors and the locality of his resi-
'leuce, consequently he stood in high favor with all classes.

Before proceeding with the life record of the subject, the
i)iographer deems it advisable to give the genealogy of the gen-
erations of Millers as compiled by John W. Miller, in view of the
prominence of the members of this sterling old family. This rec-
ord of the family of Anthony Miller, as translated from the
<'ennan, is as accurate as it is possible to make it, the main facts
"1 the history of the six generations embraced being concisely set
forth. Tradition has it that the parents of the paternal grand-
father spent their lives in Germany and that their three children,
><"iis, emigrated to America and here made their future home.

We first hear of Anthony iMillcr, who was born in Diellen-
'•"rg, county of Beillsteiner, province of Nassau, Germany,
March 9, 1747, and was christened the same month. There he
K^ow to manhood, and when twenty-two years old set sail for our

shores, landing at Pliiladelphia, Pennsylvania, on October 18,
1769, accompanied by his two brothers, John and Jacob, and the
long voyage was made in a sailing vessel. Anthony Miller was
the grandfather of the subject of this memoir, and in relating the
incidents of this voyage he is remembered to have said that the
vessel was becalmed in mid-ocean, the ship lying perfectly still
for three days and nights, the aii- being so calm that a feather
dropped overboard would fall straight to the water, and he would
always finish by saying that if they hadn't got any wind they
would be there yet, and he would then give a hearty laugh. The
three brothers w^ere millwrights by profession, and in making a
tour through the vmsettled part of the state of Pennsylvania they
came upon an old abandoned grist-mill and they all three began
a close examination of it, not knowing that a number of hostile
Indians were lying in ambush ready to kill any white person that
they might chance to see. After the trio of brothers had finished
inspecting the old grist-mill and had satisfied their minds as to
its construction, they proceeded on their journey, John being
in the lead as they emerged from the mill. He was killed in-
stantly as the savages opened fire on them. Anthony and Jacob
both ran away, not knowing how large a party of red men had
attacked them and not having any weapons of defense of any
kind. The Indians pursued them and Jacob was captured, An-
thony making his escape, but he never heard what became of his
brother Jacob. It is supposed that he was tortured to death, for
that was the period of the Revolutionary war when most Indian
tribes were endeavoring to exterminate American citizens. Thus
deprived of the companionship and sympathy of his younger
brothers and being in a strange coimtry, Anthony Miller's life
was everything but pleasant. On Januaiy 17, 1775, he was united
in marriage with Kathalene Clafsatlerin, he being then in his
twenty-eighth year. He was still li^dng in Poimsylvania at that
time. To this tmion the following children wore born: Katha-
lene, bom May 14, 1776, and christened on June 9th following;
Magdaline, born July 28, 1778, was christened on Septem])er 4th
follo-sving; Sussana, bom ]\Iarch 26; 1780, was christened on Sep-
tember 21st following; a son was bom on April 25, 1782, and died
in the following month, unnamed; John, bom February 25, 1783,
was christened on IMarch 27th following; ]\Iaria, 1)om April 28,
1786, was christened on June 15th following, and hor death oc-
curred on April 21, 1808, when lacking but a week of her twenty-

second birthday; Elizabeth, born November 26, 1788, was chris-
tened on December 28th following; Daniel, born March 20, 1791,
was chiistened April 30th following; Henry, bom May 6, 1793,
was chiistened on May 29th following; Rebecca, born April 4,
1798, was christened on April 19th.

The above named children married as follows: Kathalene
and Samuel Cadwalarder were married on January 27, 1798; JMag-
daline married Fred Adelspirger, jNIay 28, 1800; Sussana married
lleni'y Ricksetter, February 19, 1807; Maria died unmarried;
Elizabeth married Adam Ridenauer; there is no record of Re-
becca's marriage; John never married so far as is known; Daniel
mari'ied Polly Shook; Henry married Mary Shook, sister of Dan-
iel's wife. Some of these children settled in Ohio, some in jSIary-
land. The records show that upon their marriage they were
given household property amounting to somewhere near twenty
dollars each and thus started out in life.

The death of Anthony Miller occurred on August 1, 1834,
when past eighty-seven years of age.

Henry Miller, mentioned above, who was a native of Pennsyl-
vania, married Mary Shook, as stated above; she was bom in
October, 1794, in Virginia, and to them seven children were bom,
in Frederick county, Maryland, namely: Samuel, father of the
subject of this memoir, was born January 21, 1819; Elias, bom
April 19, 1825, died August 11, 1845, when twenty years old;
Elizabeth, bom October 15, 1826; John, who compiled this gene-
alogy, was born April 8, 1829; Andrew was bom September 8,
1830; Maria was bom April 25, 1832; Mary Ann was bom August
18, 1836. -.

It was on October 1, 1837, that the Miller family, numbering
forty-seven people, bade farewell to their old IMaryland home.
There were seven households represented, the heads of which
were Henry and Mary Miller and their children, Samuel, Elias,
Elizabeth, John W., Andrew J. and Mary Ann; Adam and Eliza-
beth Ridenour, the latter a sister of Henry IMiller, and their chil-
dren, Polly, Daniel, Peggy, William, Sarah, Adam Jr., ]\Iorton,
Elizabeth and Susie; Henry Shook, brother-in-law of Henry
Miller, and his wife Poll}', whose maiden name was Wilhide, and
their children, Jacob, John, Josiah, Elias, Polly and Sarah ; Na-
thaniel Rice and his wife Polly, who was a daughter of Adam
Ridenour, and their children, Harriet, Louisa, William and Mary;
Manasses Creeger and his wife Peggy, who was the daughter of

Adam Ridenour, and theii- children, Mary and Adam; Zebulon
Creeger, his wife Sarah, who was the daughter of Adam Riden-
our; Thomas Waltman, his wife Mary Waltman and their chil-
dren, Henry, Magdalena and Thomas, Jr. Jacob Wolf and Tobias
Foss, who also came, had been in the employ of Henry Miller.
The first six families named were all related.

Two of the nine teams were four-horse, and the trip was not
without some hardship, but was enjoyed by the party, which ar-
rived at Indianapolis on November 1, 1837, liaving been just one
month on the road. Henry Miller rented a house here and the
family spent the winter in it, and after sixty-three years the
house was still standing. Henry Miller later purchased a farm
northwest of Indianapolis, on the state road ininning from this
city to Lafayette, and moved to it in March, 1838, and they set to
work with a will to get their first crop planted. The farm con-
tained three himdred and twenty acres, which came to be owned
for the most part by Hiram W. Miller, the itmnediate subject of
this sketch. For this valuable land Henry Miller paid twelve dol-
lars and fifty cents per acre and on that faitn the children of the
Miller family grew to maturity. The other families that came
here from Maryland with Mr. Miller aU soon scattered, some
going on farther west. The Miller family experienced the hard-
ships incident to life in a new coimtry. Malaria was prevalent,
as well as other ailments, and many of the family became ill the
following fall when they went to work on the raw ground, and
the family log cabin lacked many comforts.

Of this family of children, Samuel Miller married Peggy
Klingensmith and they became the parents of four children:
Hiram "Wesley, subject of this sketch; Laura, John and Henry.
The death of EKas Miller occurred in 1845; Elizabeth IN [iller mar-
ried Jonathan L. Holmes and they became the parents of these
children, Mary Ann, Elias, John and William; John W. Miller
married Rachael J. Padgett and to them these children were
born, M. Lizzie, George E. and Effie, and two others deceased.

- Andrew J., son of Henry Miller, married Angeline Ward,
and three children were bom to them. Flora, Clarence and Louis;
Maria, daughter of Henry JNIiller, married William IMcCaw and
they had one child, Alice; IMary Ann, daughter of Henry Miller,
married William R. Ward and to them these children were bom,
Martha Ellen, IMary Jane, Henry Russell and Naomi Catherine.

Laura Miller, daughter of Samuel Miller, married Emanuel

Mrvrrs; John Miller, son of Samuel, remained single; Henr} , son
,.f Sjiiimu'I ^Miller, married and lie and John Miller went West a
iiuiiiIxT of years ago and now live in Oklahoma. Elizabeth Miller,
(laiiK'i^i^r "^ John W. Miller, married Herbert R. Brown; George
i:. Miliar, son of John W. Miller, married Lida Holmes and they
liiivr tli(\so children, Raleigh W., Cora E., Charles R. and Ralph
I-;. I'llVie E. JMiller, daughter of John W. Miller, manned Ralph E.
I»iitfli; Flora iMiller, daughter of Andrew J. Miller, married John
Troast and they have two children, Helen and Walter. Clarence,
sMii (if Andrew J. Miller, is man-ied and has two children, Ernest
iiiKJ I^isscll. Lewis, son of Andrew J. Miller, is married and has
Olio child, Florence. Alice, daughter of Maria McCaw, a daugh-
lor of Henry Miller, married Frank Henseley and they had one
child, Grace, who married Harry Tliomas. Martha Ellen, daugh-
ter of John R. and Mary Ann Ward, the latter the daughter of
Henry Miller, married James Todd and they had one child, Callie.
Later James Todd died and the widow married William Cliney
and three children were bom to them, William, Evelyn and Ruby.
Mnry Jane, daughter of John R. and Mary Ann Ward, mar-
ried Christian Meyers and they had one daughter, Helen.
Ifenry Russell, son of John R. and Mary Ann Ward, mar-
ried Agnes Todd and they had two children, Elizabeth and
Hurry. Naomi Catherine, daughter of John R. and Mary
Ann Ward, married Jacob Clevenger and they had three children,
Ward, Wayne and Haskell.

Samuel INIiller devoted his life to farming and made his home
wilh his son Hiram W., of this memoir, imtil his death. Maria
Miller, mentioned above, lived in Indianapolis until her death, in
.lanuary, 1912. Andrew Miller, who formerly lived at the Sol-
fliers' Home at Danville, Hlinois, now lives with his daughter in
Indianapolis. John W. ^Miller, who compiled the genealogy of
his laniily, lived in Meadville, a suburb of Butte, Montana, until
his death, about the year 1909.

Hiram Wesley Miller, the immediate subject of this review,
was lM,rn March 2, 1845. He grew to maturity on the farm pur-
••hasod by his grandfather, Henry INIiller, and lie received his edu-
'■'■•< ion in the common schools of his day. He developed a splendid
I'hysif|ue and while in his youth did the work of a matured man.
Arter the death of his mother, ]\Largaret Miller, in 1868, his
fiitlier, Samuel Miller, continued to reside on the homestead until
'"« death in 1904 at an advanced age. The STibject was indus-

trious and temperate and always honest, and from this sure fomi-
dation he never departed during all the years of his useful and
active life.

Mr. Miller always spoke of himself as an old-fashioned, prac-
tical farmer. On his splendid farm of nearly eight hundred acres
he raised the staple cereals, wheat, com and oats, and always
kept his ground highly fertilized. He had a large dairy in con-
nection with his farm. The place was noted for its large and well
arranged farm buildings. At the time of his death there were in
his granary more than four thousand bushels of wheat. Mr.
Miller was thought to be worth in farm and city properties more
than half a million dollars. He was a lover of good live stock and
always kept large numbers of high grade stock of various kinds,
being an excellent judge of all varieties.

Mr. Miller was one of the organizers of the State Bank of
Indiana in 1892. This bank occupied the comer of Washington
and Illinois streets in the old Bates House. He was director of
this bank and was its president at the time it sold out its busi-
ness in 1901 to the Columbia National Bank, of which he was a
director from that time until his death. He was probably the
wealthiest farmer in Marion county.

The death of Hiram W. IMiller occurred on Friday, April 22,
1910, at the age of sixty-five years. Death came suddenly, al-
though he had been in failing health for six weeks, but had not
been confined to his home, two miles west of Riverside, much of
that time.

Mr. iMiller was active in public affairs, always ready to assist
in any way in such movements as were calculated to be of general
benefit to the community of his residence, and he was for many
years a prominent Democrat, being elected in 1878 and again in
1880 as trustee of Wayne township, Marion county. In 1884 he
was nominated by acclamation on the Democratic ticket for
treasurer of Marion county. He was duly elected and served one
term, declining to make the race a second time. As a public
servant he discharged his duties in a manner that reflected much
credit upon himself and with eminent satisfaction to the people.

Fraternally, IMr. Miller was a worthy member of the Free
and Accepted INfasons, and in his church relations he attended the
Methodist Episcopal church, of which he was a liberal supporter.
The funeral services were conducted by Rev. W. P. McKinsey, of
Plainfield. An unusually large number of coimtry and town peo-

,1 . wrn! present. The room in whieli the body rested was banked
,1 'li with beautiful tioral tributes, flowers and wreaths being sent
1,\ niiiiiv irieiids and aequaintances, the last friendly offerings of
111. HIV who aduiirod the man for his estimable qualities. The Rev.
M.-Kiiisey told of a personal interview with Mr. Miller a few days
|.i mr to bis death in which the latter stated that he was prepared
i,,r (Icalh and had no misgivings as to the future. Burial was
iii.idf in (,'rown Hill cemetery.

On April 30, 1869, Mr. Miller was imited in marriage with
IJizabcth Myers, a woman of man}' admirable characteristics and
ji daii^'liter of a fine old pioneer family. To this union seven chil-
dren wci'c born, three of whom died in childhood. Those living
lire, William E., who married Sallie Searight, of Nashville, Ten-
nessee, November 14, 1895, has a successful hardware business on
Massachusetts avenue, Indianapolis; his wife passed away on
April 26, 1909; Emma May married Walter E. Ervin, Jime 17,
!S!»(J, lives in Streator, Illinois, and is the mother of two children,
Kdbcrt Miller and "Walter Evan; Estella married Rev. Joseph L.
Stout, April 16, 1900; they live in Indianapolis, and to them two
rliildron have been bom, Hiram Miller and Joseph L., Jr.; Samuel
.1., who married Katherine Light September 21, 1904, has a hand-
some home near the family homestead and is building up a large
•lairy.

.^^any men who had known Hiram "W. Miller spoke in high-
est teiTTis of him as a man and neighbor. At his funeral one was
'leard to say, "I am a man of small affairs, and Mr. Miller was a
man of large affairs, but he always had time to talk with me and be
friend]}'." Former Judge Clay Allen said, "I bought wood of
Hi ram Miller thirty years ago, and always received the biggest
eonl t over bought." Trustee George D. Hardin of Wayne town-
^iiij) .'(aid, "Wayne township loses a citizen who will be missed
"11(1 whose place will be hard to fill."

At a called meeting of the board of directors of the Columbia
National Bank of Indianapolis, the following resolutions were
'""■•iMitiiously adopted:

"Whereas, in the death of Hiram W. Miller this bank has

'"^t a director whose counsel was always wise, and always just,
'ind.

Whereas, in all our relations with him we have always
'f"ind him to be a man of sterling integrity and of the highest

ideals — a man whose word was literally as good as his bond;
therefore, be it

''Resolved, that this board desires to express, inadequate
though it must be, its exceeding great sorrow over his death, and
that our deepest s}Tnpathy be extended to his family in this hour
of their great bereavement; and

"Resolved, that these resolutions be spread upon the records
of this board and a copy be sent to the members of his family."

By his genial disposition Mr. Miller early won a large circle
of friends and as the years passed the bonds of friendship, formed
in these early associations, only grew the stronger. To him there
was no time so delightfully spent as in the meeting and greeting
of the companions of his youth. It has been said by those who
knew him best, that he never betrayed a friend. He loved the
country life and nothing appealed to him so much as the life of a
farmer. From the day he entered the little cottage wdth his
young bride, there rose before him the vision of a fine and highly
developed fann and a comfortable home. Years ago he was able
to realize the dreams of his early manhood. There was no place
he loved so well as his home and he was never so happy as when
he had his family about him. In the later years of his life his
affections seemed to center in his grandchildren and, as he often
said, "When the grandchildren come home it puts new life in
me."

All the hospitality which was so dear to him Mr. Miller was
ready to share with his neighbors. The poor and unfortunate
always found him ready to give them assistance. He felt the
obligations of his citizenship. There never was a time when he
was not interested in the welfare of his country. There came a
time when he believed that he could serve the community as a
public officer and he accepted the offices enumerated in a preced-
ing paragraph, not from a desire to gain publicity, but because
he believed it his duty. He always attributed his election to the
interest of his personal friends, whose faith in his integrity was
stronger than party ties. The confidence of the public was never
betrayed by him.

In business ]Mr. Miller was very conservative and it was sel-
dom that his judgment was at fault in any business proposition.
Men of large affairs sought his counsel in important business
affairs. And in connection with his large fanning and banking
interests he conducted an extensive brick business. He especial-

1, ,1. icivi'd praise as oue of the organizers of the Columbia

»^,, .,1 |{;iiik, which was later merged into the National City

|i,iiik and wliicli has become one of the first financial institutions
..f Indiana. He was greatly interested in the success of the bank
Aiid nn II director gave much time to these interests.

Mr. Miller was not altogethci- absorbed in things temporal,
I. til had an interest in moral and religious life of the community.
Ill' served many years as trustee of the Methodist church.
I liiin-lics. hospitals and charitable institutions found in him a
ri'tijy .mipporter. There are many churches throughout Marion
rnnnty that received help from him.

In sununing up the life of this worthy and useful man, we
run truly say that the family has lost a loving father, the com-
tniiiiily a good and faithful neighbor, his personal associates a
»i/iniich friend, and the state and nation a loyal citizen. Peace-
fully lie passed from .those who loved him most, "out of the land
of liie Here to the land of the There."

"Sunset and evening star.

And oue clear call for me.
And may there be no moaning of the bar

When I put out to sea.
Though such a tide as moving seems asleep,

Too full for sound or foam.
When that which drew from out the boundless deep,

Turns again home.

"Twilight and evening bell,

And after that the dark,
And may there be no sadness of farewell

When I embark;
l''or though from out this bourne of time and place

The flood may bear me far,
1 hope to see my Pilot face to face.

When I have crossed the bar."

(5)

NEWTON BOOTH TARKINGTON.

In the domaiu of literature Indianapolis has gained a place of
distinction and pre-eminence, being now, by universal consent, the
successor of Boston as the literary center of America. No state
has produced such a brilliant galaxy of stars in the literary firma-
ment as has Indiana. To give a comprehensive reason for this
would be indeed quite out of the question, whether it has been
the result of the meeting of the sterling pioneer element of the
East and the West, or a superior system of education, or whether
there is greater natural inspiration and more effort is being made
to produce literature here than in othei' states must be left to con-
jecture. But the state should be proud of its eminence in this
respect. Among those who have contributed materially to its
prestige as a literary center, stands Newton Booth Tarkington,
who is a native son of the Hoosier capital and whose productions,
marked by gracious fancy, depth of thought and adroit polish,
have given him a high reputation and a stanch following among
the readers of the best in the fields of fiction and dramatic art.
It is, of course, extraneous to the functions of this publication to
enter into manifold details concerning the career of the many rep-
resentative citizens whose names find a place within its pages and
in the case at hand it can be hoped to present only a succinct but
we hope accurate and worthy tribute to this talented son of the
great commonwealth of Indiana.

Booth Tarkington (as the reading world knows him, the name
Newton being dropped for literary purposes) was born at what
is now No. 520 North Meridian street, Indianapolis, Indiana, July
29, 1869. He is the son of John Stevenson Tarkington and Eliza-
beth (Booth) Tarkington, each representing prominent old fami-
lies. The father, for half a century a well knoAvn attorney of In-
"dianapolis, was bom at Centerville, Wayne county, Indiana, June
24, 1832, the son of Rev. Joseph and I\[aria (Stevenson) Tarking-
ton. After receiving his primary education in the public schools,
he entered Asbury (now DePauw) University, Greencastle, In-
diana, from which institution he was graduated in 1852 with the
degree of Bachelor of Arts, and in 1855 the degree of Master of
Arts was conferred upon him by his alma mater. He and Eliza-

I- III li.-i'ili vvii*' iiiiiniod in Terrc Haute, this state, November 19,
lH-,7. slir was l>oni iu Salem, Indiana, in 1834. She possessed
...dtii .Himial^lf attnl)utes of head and heart, and after a happy
Ai.*l lijiiiii"iiinus wrddcd life of over a half century she passed to
I.. I ilnnnl rrst on April 17, 1909. John S. Tarkington, on Sep-
IiiiiIht 10, 191'*, married Linda II. Schulz. He has been success-
f.ilh «iiKak'<'d in the practice of law in Indianapolis since 1855,
wiiiiiiiii; and retaining a high position at the local bar, and al-
lli.Mii;!) he is at tills writing in his eightieth year he is still active
aimI |.h.\ •^icaliy and mentally strong, as a result of wholesome liv-
ttiu niitl tiiinking from his youth up. He is a man of pleasing
n<Mirhf4, genial and obliging, and is highly esteemed by a wide
. II. Ic of friends and acquaintances. He is an author of no mean
nliihl V. and in 1910 appeared a novel of more than ordinary merit
f 11.111 Ins |icn, entitled "The Hennit of Capri." He has long niani-
fi «lr.| ini jiliiding interest in public affairs, and in 1863 was elected

• ■11 llie ifepultlican ticket to the Indiana Legislature. He proved
liii patriotism and loyalty to the Union during the war of the
l{< lielliiiii by enlisting in 1864; his merit as a soldier being at once
i.i'..i;iiized, he was commissioned captain of Company A, One
llniKlnd and Thirty-second Indiana Volunteer Infantry. After
liii* fiiilliful career in the aiTny he returned home and resumed the
I'lmiiee of law, and in 1870 he was elected judge of the seventh
jiidii-inl cireiiit. During the two years that he was incumbent of
'III" important office he discharged his duties in a manner that
H ilrete.l much credit upon himself and to the eminent satisfac-

' 'f all <M>iu'enied, irrespective of party alignment, his deci-

^i"hH being noted for their fairness and profound knowledge of all
I'liiixes of jniisprudence. He has always been a loyal Republican,

• ii.j in religious matters he is a ^Methodist. He holds membership
"• the < I rand Army of the Republic, the Loyal Legion, the Beta
I •"•la IM. tin- Tniversity and Contemporary Clubs.

Hoi'tli Tarkington is a descendant of Rev. Thomas Hooker, a
'•"l<(| scholar and orator of Revolutionary fame. His great-grand-

'*"■'■ \vas the beautiful Mary Newton, who figures in the an-

»>.iIm of ,,|,| Woo(ll)riclgo, Connecticut, ilary Newton married
^^iilt'T Mootli. Mr. Tarkington was named Newton Booth after
'"• <nir|e of that name, and senator and governor of California,
**'"• was a proniijient orator during his career. The dramatic
'i""liiics of Mr. Tarkington 's writing may be evidence of a herit-
"^" fioin the iJooth familv.

Mr. Tarkiugton 's boyhood was speut in Indiauapolis in much
the same manner as that of other boys of his time, and when he
became of proper age he entered the high school, where he re-
mained two years, then prepared for college at Phillips Academy,
Exeter, New Hampshire, being graduated from that school in
1889. While there he began to display remarkable talent as an
orator and writer, besides attracting some attention as an illustra-
tor of school publications. After spending a year there he tutored
in Indianapolis a year, then entered Purdue University, Lafayette,
Indiana, where he remained one year, lie then began a course of
study at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey. Of his
career there much has been written. He made a splendid record
with the class of 1893, and was given the degi'ee of Master of
Arts two years later. There he was among the most popular men
of his time. ^lany considered it a great ti-eat to hear him tell a
story or sing a song. He wrote his first serious story for the
"Nassau Lit." It won the prize and he was shortly afterward
elected editor of the magazine. He was also an editor of "The
Tiger," the college fortnightly humorous paper, illustrated it
for a long period and gave it an important place in college litera-
ture. Together with Post Wlieeler, he wrote an opera, which he
staged and directed, taking at the same time an important part in
the cast. The play j^roved so popular that it was given for three
successive years. He was one of the leading members of the Ivy
Club, wrote a prize song, and was soloist in the Princeton Glee
Club, in which last connection he wrote some of the songs used by
the club. Poe's "Raven" was one of the pieces he set to music.
As an amateur actor he was very popular, both while in college
and later in connection with the Dramatic Club of Indianapolis.

All the while ]Mr. Tarkington was writing and submitting
stories to the Eastern magazines. In 1897 McClure's jNIagazine
ran "Tlie Gentleman from Indiana" as a serial, and it was pub-
lished in book form in 1899. After a lapse of thirteen years this
virile, representative American stor}' is still popular, having
reached an edition of considerably more than one hundred thou-
sand copies, and it is now running serially in scores of newspapers
throughout the L^nitcd States. This -was followed by one of his
most popular works, "^fonsieur Beaucaire," published in 1900.
Both these novels were dramatized, the latter being played two
years in London by Lewis Waller and eight weeks in New York
by Richard ^fansficld. "The Two Vanrevels" appeared in 1902.

I Ik II caiiu' I'l'oni his peu a satirical novel, "Cherry," in 1903, ap-
... .11 iiiK' lii'f^^ i" Harper's as a serial, then in book form.

AImiiiI tliis time Mr. Tarkington was elected to the Indiana
I,. Kislaliire, and he served one term in a very creditable and sat-
lafartoiv manner. As a result of his political career "In the
An-iia" was pul)lished in 1904. He spent the following year
al.rond, principally in Paris and London. The year 1905 saw two
,.f Ins books appear, one, "The Conquest of Canaan," being an-
i.llirr line portrayal of Indiana life, which appeared in Harper's
(iikI inter in book fonn. The other production of that year was
"'riic licautiful Lady." About this time, 1907, appeared another
iiuvclctte, "His Own People." "The Guest of Quesney " was pub-
Imlicd in 1908 seiially and in book form; and in 1909 Harper's
imlilislied "Beasley's Christmas Party." In a comedy, "The
Mnii l''roin Home," he collaborated with Harry Leon Wilson, and
flic play has become one of the most popular of recent years on
till- Aiiiencan stage, William Hodge appearing in the title role.
Mr. 'I'arkington and ]\Ir. Wilson also collaborated in the produc-
tmn of the following successes: "Cameo Kirby," in which ap-
I'fiiicd Nat Goodwin and Dustin Farnum; "Getting a Polish,"
I'liiycd by May Irwin; "Foreign Exchange," produced by Leiber
iV <'oiii|)any, who had previously produced "The Gentleman From
itidiaiia"; "Spring Time" was played by Mabel Taliaferro; "Your
llmiiblc Servant" was presented by Otis Skinner. "A Man on
lli'rscback" opened the season in San Francisco in 1912 with
.lames K. Hackett in the title role. Mr. Tarkington 's latest play,
'■|{taiity and the Jacobin," appeared serially in Harper's in the
autiiinu (»f 1912. He has won a brilliant reputation as a play-
\^ri^ht as well as a novelist, during the decade that has elapsed
-iiifc he collaborated with E. G. Sutherland in dramatizing his
" Monsieur Beaucaire."

I'olitieally, Mr. Tarkington is a Republican. He belongs to
•'"' Si),r,,,;i ('),i fi-aternity. He holds membership in the following
• lulls: IMayer.s, Lambs, Princeton, of New York; Ivy and Nassau,
"f I'rinceton, New Jersey; Cliff Dwellers, of Chicago; University,
•'"hiiubia. Country, of Indianapolis; also the National Institute of
Alts and Letters.

Mr. T.'irkington was married on June 38, 1902, and he has one
••I'd.!. f,aurel Louisa Fletcher Tarkington.

'I'lio works of Booth Tarkington are too well known to the
"••aders r.f tills v(dume to render it neeessarv for the writer to

give a critical estimate of them, aud in closing tliis article we re-
produce the following tribute from "Current Literature," in its
issue of March, 1901, in the days when Mr. Tarkington had just
awakened to find himself famous wherever the English language
is spoken:

" 'The Gentleman from Indiana' and '^Monsieur Beaucaire'
have been really genuine successes. The author is one of those
who are spoken of as having 'sprung into populai-ity. ' Back of
the spring there was in reality much and long training and prac-
tice. 'The Gentleman from Indiana' was the outgrowth of years
of preliminary writing, and of much painstaking effort in that par-
ticular story, and 'Alonsieur Beaucaire,' says Mr. Tarkington, lay
ripening two years in his desk before he ventured the final draft
for publication. Indeed, Mr. Tarkington 's success in writing was
obtained by hard, careful and painstaking labor. Indeed, this
young man is remarkable, because of a variety of talents which
only his best friends are aware he possesses. He takes an active
part in the social life of his home city. In personal appearance
Mr. Tarkington is said to bear a striking resemblance to Edwin
Booth's youthful pictures. Tall, broad-shouldered, possessed of
keen dark eyes and strong features, he would be selected from a
group of distinguished people as an unusual young man. Ask his
friends about him and they will tell you that there is none better,
and that to know him is to know a broad-minded, big-hearted
fellow, whose sjTnpathies are as wide and encompassing as his
talents are various.

"Perhaps it is the strength of his dramatic quality which
calls tor most admiration in the reading of Mr. Tarkington 's
stories. The characters live and act and move much as if they were
on the stage; very likely the author creates them and sets them
playing in his fancy in just this fashion. At any rate he makes
one feel the reality of his creations, and that it is the real art of
the author as well as of the dramatist. Mr. Tarkington is for-
tunate in possessing the qualities of both."

MARION A. WEBB.

The memory of the worthy subject of this memorial biog-
liiphy is revered by a host of friends and acquaintances among
xxliiiin he labored, having spent his energies through a long life of
•.tninKnis endeavor to make the most of his opportunities as well
OH to assist as best he could his neighbors to improve their con-
ihlioii, for he did not believe in living to himself alone, having
lit) iiltrnistic spirit and kind heart, his sympathies going out to
lliosc about him who needed assistance or encouragement, and in
III! the relations of life he proved signally true to every trust. He
possessed a social nature and by his genial and kindly attitude to
tlmsc with whom he came into contact he won the confidence and
rr.KjKM't of everyone.

Marion A. Webb, who for many years was one of the best
known traveling salesmen in northern Indiana, and one of the
rt|ircs('iitative citizens of the city of Fort Wayne during the gen-
ial ion that has passed, was born in Preble county, Ohio, March
"K IHK). AVith a sister, now Mrs. George Davis, of Chicago, he
«fiM It-ft an orjihan at an early age, and came to make his home
"itli a family of the name of Tilden, near Huntertown. When
i<l'"ut tiiirteen years of age he was taken into the family of D. S.
M"a\ cr, a well known pioneer miller, whose flouring mill at Beaver
'l.mi, soutli of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was prominent in the early
'lj|\s. Up was reared as one of the family, the companionship
^^I'li .Mr. Heaver's children being as close as that of brother to
''t'ltlH.i'. Ho was given every opportunity as to early training and
111- i-fcrivcd a good education in the common schools.

On .May 9, 1B71, Mr. Webb was imited in marriage to ]May I.
"iiiiiilt(»n, the ceremony being performed in Fort Wayne. The
^M.low survives, together with two daughters, Clara May Webb
'•'id Marian Agnes Webb, the latter at the head of the children's
'•■ I'urttnciit of the public library in Fort Wayne. Other relatives
"•"'liidi' three oousins, C. B. Beaver,Edwin L. Beaver and Minnie

lliIIV,.|.

•»li'. Wel)l)'s first employment was with the old Bond Bank,

'•h'li the site (»f the present Old National Bank, Fort Wayne.

•"'••r he eiit<.red tlie dry goods house of A. S. Evans and was

finally made a member of the firm of A. S. Evans dt Company.
This was succeeded by the wholesale dry goods house of Evans,
McDonald & Company, Mr. Webb still retaining an interest in
the partnership. When the institution failed in 1882, Mr. Webb
began his career as traveling salesman, which he continued down
to the time of his death. He had been the representative of a
Philadelphia house, as well as of James H. Walker, of Chicago,
before he took his last position with the DeWald dry goods house
in 1894. Mr. Webb was a successful salesman, very widely known
and extremely popular. He gave the utmost satisfaction to the
firm with which he was connected, greatly increasing the prestige
of the same wherever he went. His admirable qualities won warm
friends everywhere and retained them steadfastly.

Mr. Webb was a member of Post A, Travelers' Protective As-
sociation, and he was active and influential in the same. He had
for many years been identified with the Westminster Presbyter-
ian church and was faithful in his support of the same.

The death of Marion A. Webb occurred suddenly and with
little warning, at his late residence in Fort Wayne, on Monday,
August 25, 1902.

JyiAO U^-'V^V^I^*-^-'^^ Z/^T>-T-v.

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MRS. ARRABELLA WINANS.

Mrs. Arrabella AViuans was the widow of Dr. Henry Clay
Wiuaus, deceased, and a prominent resident of JNIuncie, Delaware
county, Indiana, since 1862. At the ripe age of seventy-seven,
with all her faculties keen and alert, with no premonition that
the transition time was at hand, quietly and peacefully as she had
lived, she answered the jNIaster's summons and went to dwell with
U'lm. At two-thirty o'clock, in the morning of December 9, 1908,
in the home where she had exemplified the teachings of her Lord,
by a life of devotion and loyalty to every kno\\Ti duty for over
forty-six years, and blessed by the love and constant care of her
only child, Mrs. Mary Winans Spilker, suddenly she felt the
nngel's touch, bidding her lay aside the temporal for the eternal.

"And softly from that hushed and darkened room.
Two angels issued where but one went in."

Friends who knew her best often heard her say, "Death is
only an incident in life." So to her it was the summons to life
not death.

"There is no death; what seems so is transition;

Tliis life of mortal breath
Is but a suburb of the life elysian.

Whose portal we call death."

Mrs. Winans was the daughter of Joseph and Mary Paullin,
one of the fine old families of the Buckeye state. She was born in
lier parents' rural home near Jamestown, Ohio, October 27, 1831.
iter early education was obtained at the little district school house
nearby. After attending school at the academy at Xenia, Ohio,
she obtained a license to teach, and taught one term of school in
Ross township, Greene county, Ohio, when only sixteen years of
nge.

Desirous of obtaining better school privileges for his children,
ber father moved his family to Springfield, Ohio, and Arrabella
became a student of the Ohio Conference High School, graduating

from that iustitutiou June 25, 1852. Beiug very fund of music,
and having considerable talent in that direction, she had pre-
pared herself to teach the art, and after her graduation secured a
class in nuisic in South Charlestown, Ohio, which she taught very
successfully for some time.

Talented, beautiful, ]>ossessing many womanly graces, it was
but natural that she should have a host of friends and many ad-
mirers. In the sununer of 1860 she yielded her heart and hand to
Dr. Henry Clay Winans, of Xenia, Illinois, to whom she was
united in marriage SeiDtember 6, 1860. The ceremony was per-
formed in her father's beautiful home on Prospect Hill in Spring-
field, Ohio.

A tender-hearted Christian woman, full of noble impulses,
her heart overflowed in loving sympathy for the two motherless
boys she found in her husband's home in Xenia, Illinois. Passion-
ately fond of children, she opened wide her willing arms and gath-
ered them close, while with a prayer for guidance she resolved
they should never miss a mother's love and devotion. Having
once accepted this heavy responsibilit}', she faithfully and con-
scientiously iDcrformed her duty throughout the years. By and
by a dear little baby girl came to gladden her heart and she knew
the sacred holy joj's of motherhood. From da}' to day maternal
love increased with the nestling of the baby head against her
bosom, and the soft touch of the tiny fingers on lip and cheek,
which none who have experienced can ever forget, yet she never
failed to perform her duty to those who had been committed to
her care.

Soon _after the breaking out of the Civil war Doctor Winans
enlisted as a surgeon in the army, from which he received an hon-
orable discharge on account of illness. In the spring of 1862 he
moved his family to Muncie, Indiana, and established his homo
on the same lot. No. 116 Adams street, where the old Winans
home stands today. In the fall, October 21, 1862, the daughter,
now Mary Winans Spilker, was born. Here she grew to young
womanhood and after her marriage continued to live near her
mother.

Doctor Winans died October 17, 1884, after a protracted
illness. In 1899 Mrs. Spilker came to live again with her widowed
mother in the old family residence where she lives today. To her
the old home is a hallowed spot, full of liappy recollections of her
childhood davs, and sacred memories of later vears when it be-

iito her Itlcssi'd i^rivilcge to live with mother ouce more. These
.oH' \<«rs of precious companionship for mother and daughter.
|Ih< writer knew them intimately all these years, and could not
(.III li> f*t'e tlH' tender solicitude each expressed for the other. They
..riiM-d to he singularly bound together; one life was the comple-
iiM-iit iif the other. So they lived and studied and worked together.
\ht\ listened to the call of distress, and together they gave of
llirir worldly means for its relief. Together they entertained
llirir friends and dispensed a cordial hospitality of which many
rti-ie nUul to take advantage. The library was a favorite room,
>mIIi lis cheery fire and comfortable easy chairs on either side the
Inline tiihh' which was always filled with choice books, and one
liinjeri'd long to chat with this gifted woman, who shed so much
\^^i\t^ over tlie pathway of all who chanced her way. Mrs. Winans
liml II dignified bearing, a sweet motherly face and so cordial a
liniidelasp that she won the heart at once. Her very presence
imhated sunshine and good cheer. A student all her life, she
■|H'iit many happy hours with the books she loved. If a dis-
i-oiirajjed fi'iend called, she always had a comforting word and a
helpful hook to loan them. Frequently she had little verses of
Itelpful tliought printed on cards and gave them to any she felt
iiiiKht he helped by them. Her mind was a rich storehouse filled
Milh treasures, which she freely dispensed to comfort the sorrow-
"•K. strengthen the weak, and renew hope in the weary ones of
hfe. Ih-r friends regarded it as a rare privilege to spend an even-
"•« with this noble woman whose ripened years sat so lightly upon
•"•r. She never knew what it was to retire from life's activities
"•• "hiiii any of its responsibilities. To the very end she kept her
I'hiee in tl„. front rank in the battle of life. In church, Sunday-
•'•I1....I. prayer meeting, clubs, D. A. R. social fimctions and other
I'lil.li,. gatherings, mother and daughter were familiar figures to

'he last.

■^tis. Winans' life had unfolded like a beautiful flower; full of
'•'"""^e in l„.r girlhood days, in the fullness of time it had burst
'Mm hl.M.m, .scattering its fragrance into the lives of those around
" *■• Into her life had come many of the experiences conunon
I ""• lot of mankind. The pathway had led her over many rough
I'nr.-H and through trying ordeals which had only strengthened

"" '"'lilt V of her r'hni'!ir.foT» on^ Ur^r^^A^^^A V,^,. oT,»T^,^r.+V.;„r- TT^,1^..

^1^ 'eaiity of her character and broadened her sympathies. Under
..!* il'i"^' *'>''"K circumstances, her quiet demeanor spoke of the
'"" '"■•' ^'"'t came from a trust in a higher power. Jov and

sorrow, pleasure and paiu had beeu sipped from life's elialice aud
left her sweet and pm-e, trustful and hopeful.

The close personal acquaintance of the writer with Mrs.
Wiuans warns her that she would wish her to be brief, that no
eulogy be pronounced over her. It is true that there is not much
out of the ordinary to l)e said concerning the life of the average
woman. But in every city or town there are some whose work
has been so important, and whose influence has been so great that
the record of their lives becomes a matter of connnunit}' history
and should be preserved for posterity. Such an one was the sub-
ject of these memoirs, and we recount the deeds of this woman
who was wife, mother aud home-maker flrst of all, and for this
very reason had not eonflned her work to the boundaries of the
home, but had found the opportunity and inclination to extend
her field of usefulness into the world around her, and had become
an integral part of the best things that made up the whole of the
community life. The results from kindly deeds and noble acts
are as far reaching as Time itself. As the afterglow from the
setting sun gives but a faint conception of its glories at noonday,
so the memories of a well-spent life reflect but a passing glimpse
of the beauty of a life which was hid with Christ.

A consistent member of the Presb^'terian church, the record
of Mrs. Winans' church life in Muncie covers a period of more than
forty-six years of active service. Absence from the city or ser-
ious illness were the only causes that ever prevented her from at-
tending the usual means of grace. At the regular church services,
both monaing and evening, her place was rarely vacant.

At the weekly prayer service, public worship and Sunday
school she was always found in her place, even up to the last week
of her life she attended all of these services, and was the first at
Sunda}' school on Sabbath morning to greet her class of young
boys. She was unusually successful as a worker with boys and
young men, teaching one class after another throughout the years,
and helped to organize the King's Sons, meeting with them at
four o'clock every Sunday afternoon for years. One of the sweet-
est lessons in her departure was the tribute paid by her class of
young boys. Quietly and with bowed heads they came to her
door carrying flowers, which they placed at her feet as their of-
fering of love. Almost eighty years of age and still so useful in
the Master's vineyard that she could win and hold a class of young
boys! She had learned the secret of growing old gracefully, by

k.ri>iiiK in c'i>iistaut touch with the young life around lier. Her
iMiliifiK-e had led many a young man to give his heart to God. The
tv\(i piiiver services following her death were turned into memor-
,,il sriviccs. Many were eager for the opportunity to tell what
l,rr iiillucnce had meant in the moulding of their lives. Among
iliriii .Ml'- !-<• A. Guthrie, the mayor of the city, spoke very ten-
(Icrlv (»r her helpfulness to him in his young manhood.

Her <'hurch work did not end with the Sunday school. She
wiiH alwavs an active worker in the Missionary Society, and found
lime to serve as president of the Ladies' Aid Society from October
L'!>, 18!)7, to October 27, 1898. Her pastor. Rev. B. F. Nyce, said
..f her: "The secret of her sweet life was that she always placed
the fii-st, first, and her first was her Master through all the years
of her life. We all hope to meet this lovely tender spirit in that
kIikI morning — meet her still young."

She was a prominent member of the Woman's Club since
|H7(), the year of its organization, and was most gracefully filling
the office of president emeritus at the time of her death. She was
jilso vice-president of the Monday Afternoon Club, which organi-
zation she had previously sei'v^ed as president for two temis of one
yt'iir each. Her home was frequently opened to the regular meet-
inKs and anniversary banquets of these clubs. She came very
••iirly to the club meetings and greeted each newcomer with a warm
liaiulclasp and a cheery word. The timid member reading her
lirst paper, saw her sitting with hands crossed, listening atten-
tively, and was rewarded by her words of praise at the close.
!^<»iiietimes she made the heart beat more quickly by her approv-
iiij; smile, and when she asked to take the paper home to read
KJjain, there came the thought that there had really been done
"^'iiiething worth while.

It was by such acts as these that she endeared herself to all
'•lid inspired many a woman to study and research who had felt
"•at the time for such things had long since gone by. She herself
^v».s a splendid example of her own gospel of knowledge. At the
"K<' of fifty-four she took up the regular four-years Chautauciua
•■<•ur.se, completing it creditably and passing through the "Golden
' i'lte" with the class of 1892. Not content with this, she began the
'♦tndy of the French language, and with ]Mrs. Carolyn McCulloch,
'« <'lose personal friend, translated several French books.

She was an honored member of the Daughters of the Ameri-
••au Revolution, and served as regent for one year. She had been

elected cliaplaiu for life and was faithfully fultilling the duties uf
this office at the time of her demise.

Mrs. AVinans was actively identified with every huuiauitariau
work iu lier home city. Her words of encouragement were alwaj's
accompanied with financial support. She was the first to promote
the Free Kindergarten, one of the most potent factors for good
ever inaugurated iu Mmicie. It stands today as a living monu-
ment to the forethought of this good woman. From one school it
has grown into three and has brought joy and sunshine into the
lives of hundreds of little children. JNIrs. Wiuans was a member
of the Free Kindergai-ten board for years, served as its president,
and lastly, was elected as an honorary member for life.

In this brief summary of her life's activities, one catches but
a brief glimpse of the place she filled, and the influence she had in
the life of the community. Charitable and kind, she never lost an
opportunity to say a helpful word to all with whom she came in
contact. The man who drove her carriage, the waitress at the
table, all who have in anj^ way ministered unto her, speak of the
goodness of heart, and encouraging words of this noble-hearted
woman. She lived a life of exalted purpose, the value of which
cannot be estimated. Her death caused a feeling of sadness
throughout the city, and on every side were heard expressions of
profound respect and deep regret.

On the Monday following, the members of the Woman's Club,
Monday Afternoon Club, and Daughters of the American Revolu-
tion united in a joint memorial meeting, the like of which had
never been seen in the cit}' of ^Nluucie. The death of no other
citizen had ever called forth such a demonstration.

The large assembly hall of the Commercial Club was filled
with men and women who came to do honor to the memory of this
good woman. Mrs. Nellie ^l. Stouder, president of the Woman's
Clul), presided over the meeting. With lier on the platfonn were
^[rs. W. A. Meeks, president of the Monday Afternoon Club, and
Mrs. J. A. Ileinsohn, regent of the Daughters of the American
Revolution. The impressive service began with an invocation by
Rev. B. F. Nyce, pastor of the First Prosl)ytorian church, fol-
lowed by Miss Klarissa Koons singing, ''One Sweetly Solemn
Thought." The presiding officer said: "Sorrow is the one touch of
nature that makes all the world akin," and that "this bond of
sympathy had brought the members of these organizations to-
gether to pay their tribute of love and honor to an esteemed

fiiriid." ^' '■-''• ^^ ■ ^^ ■ ^'^ii'l^ ^i^f^ ^^^'^ 1^- ^- L. Thompson spoke
f.if tin- Monday Afternoon Club. The Woman's Club was rcprc-
H.ntfd liv Mi's- J- ^^- II- Koons and Mrs. Arthur Smith; the Daugh-
i,.|-.H of liic American Revolution b}' Mrs. W. C. Ball, Mrs. ^NFartha
Iviiis, .Mrs. J. D. Mock and Miss Emma B. Goodiu.

Mxccrpts fiom the l)cautiful tributes paid to her memory by
tlicse admiring friends, showed the high regard they had for her,
(Hill the great loss these organizations had sustained.

.Mi-s. W. W. Shirk: "Since early childhood I have known
iiihI admired Mrs. Winans for her sterling worth and beautiful
clia meter. Her charming personality, gentleness of manner,
i-JH'crfulness of disposition, earnestness of purpose, ever striving
nftcr the better things of life, have greatlj' endeared her to us all.
I became a member of the Woman's Club in the third year of its
history, and well remember the club anniversaries held in her
home. I was present at the annual banquet of our Monday After-
noon Club which was held in her home just three weeks before her
death. Wliat a blessed sweet memory that evening will be to all
who were present. Eight weeks ago today she performed her last
literary duty in the Monday Afternoon Club, when she read a
paper on 'The Palace of Versailles.'

" 'Such sweet communion had been ours.
We prayed that it might never end.
Our prayer is more than answered now —
We have an angel for our friend. ' ' '

Mrs. E. S. L. Thompson: "Our warm-hearted helpful friend,
whose large heart was full of desires and affections, was always
awakening new music in the scale of life. What impressed us
•Host was that she created a new atmosphere wherever she went,
""w l)eautiful was her good-night on earth and her good-morning
ill lieaven.

"The secret of our friend's happy and useful life was not to
•'hug to the earth earthy, but to the heaven heavenly. Into
'he mosaic of her life was woven all the touch she had with books,
"ature and human kind.

"The shock of her death was relieved by the manner of it.
Mie 'wrapped the drapery of her couch about her and lay do\vii to
pleasant dreams.' She awoke to walk the Cod-lit hills of eter-
tiitv."

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Mrs. J. V.H.Koons: i

IN MEMORIAxM.

"Waiting in the evening twilight,

Patient, hopeful, brave and true.
Softly came her loved ones' voices

Calling her beyond the blue.
When the rose is shorn, its petals

Linger full of sweet perfume,
Thus abide endearing mem'ries

Hallowing the present gloom.
For our selfish selves we sorrow

Bowed in anguish at our loss;
Let's be glad: Heaven's crown of glory

Robs of pain earth 's every cross.
Through a vision of carnations,

Roses, lilies, loved erewhile
By the heart that sleeps beneath them,

Sweetly shines her winning smile.
Essence of the gentle spirit

That with childlike power could hold
All our hearts most willing captives

In its love-encircling fold.
She is in the light — be happy.

Grieve her not with fears or tears.
Gild with love-light every pathway

Leading down the vale of years.
She is in the light, be trustful;

Wait, the Comforter will come.
We shall greet her in the morning

Where no lips with grief are dumb."

Mrs. J. D. Mock:

"A virtuous woman we read in God's Book
Is far above rubies, and when we looked
On the face of our friend we saw written there
The beauty of virtue beyond compare."

Mrs. Martha Ivins: "\NTiile building bridges into the past,
yesterday, I was led far, far into the past, to where three children

were ut play. A woman's face, a vision, appeared to us asking
after two little boys. 1 hope my sister replied to her for 1 was too
iiiucb dazed by her beauty to make reply. That beautiful face
luis appeared in my fairy stories, in my day dreams, and girlish
iinugiuings, and if I were a Raphael, i would not paint the Italian
face, or a JNIarillo, I would not paint a Spanish face, but I would
paint the face of our own friend for the Madonna.

"It was my good fortune to live near this good woman again
when a young girl, and her passing to and from church with her
little daughter by her side, was a benediction in itself.

"My latest association with her was in the chapter of the
Daughters of the American Revolution. At almost the first meet-
uig which I attended, she asked me to help her elect a certain mem-
ber to be chaplain; I promised to do so, but failed to keep my
word because some one moved to make Mrs. Winaus chaplain for
life, and I voted 'yes.'

"During the preparations for our state convention she was
more enthusiastic than many younger women, and when echoes
of praise came to us from our departing guests, she was as happy
a.s any one to hear them. One week ago last Saturday, when, in
the beautiful home of ^Irs. Van Nuys, she read the collect, the sun
kissed her silvered hair and put a blush upon her cheek, making
■so beautiful a picture that I thought, who, but she, could so w'ell
exhort us to greater loyalty to our country, greater love for our
(lag, and greater faith in God."

Mi*s. W. C. Ball: "A beautiful human flower crossed my path
oue day. So sweet was the fragrance of her life, so brave her
spirit on its battle fields, I stood enchanted with her worth; and
when as time sped on, I found her hand outstretched to me in
friendship, I gladly clasped it, and she held it close and wann for
many a month which lengthened into years.

"And as we, whom she called her friends, walked with her
(lie changing paths of life we wondered at her 'peace that passeth
iiiidcrstanding;' her love that 'knew no dissimulation,' always
'•leaving to that which was good, fervent in spirit, serving the
Lord. We found her distributing to the nccessit.v of the saints,
given to hospitality. We found her rejoicing with them that re-
.i"ieed, and weeping with those who wept.

"Like the Pilgrim's little flower — the arbutus — she was pure
and sweet; but she was more, for she had found her Lord and in
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her dail}' converse and walk with llini had come to be like Ilini in
her life of love and service.

"A descendant of those strong and dauntless men and women
of those old days, her spirit, like theirs, was strong in love of
country and its freedom, and as a Daughter of the American Revo-
lution, we held her a dear and honored member of our order, for
her sympathy was so keen and far reaching, her comprehension
of its characteristics so broad, and her efforts in its behalf so un-
tiring, that her vacant chair will mean much to us. Tlio' not in our
midst she is still helping us from another sphere."

Mrs. Arthur Smith: ''It is a fitting tribute and a sweet privi-
lege that we, the members of these chosen organizations, can unite
in devoting this hour to the memory of Mrs. Arrabella Winans,
one who was worthy of our highest honors and whose life and
labors have inexpressibly endeared her to us all. So close was the
personal touch with her large acquaintance, and so felt the im-
pulses of her helpfulness and Christian love that each says to each,
'I had a friend.' So suddenly and so lately has come the separa-
tion, that the eyes still glisten with tears, and the heart throbs
with the sorrow of our loss, and beyond that with sincere sym-
pathy for the beloved daughter whose companionship blessed so
many 3'ears of her life. Already, too, we are conscious of the in-
fluence of her joy and sweet content with life and its ministeries
which must prompt us to reach towards the same hope for the
triumph of the good which was hers.

"What of the forty-six years she dwelt among us? It would
take as many chapters as years to tell of the loveliness of char-
acter and gentleness of spirit as exhibited in her home, among her
friends and amid the world's activities. With an intelligent mind,
refined nature and largeness of heart and soul, she exemplified in
every-day life her'strong faith in Christianity, and it was for the
doing of many little things in her own sweet way that we loved
her most. A part of the atmosphere at home was the hospitalit}'
we have felt alike; her books, whose treasures were always shared
with others — the Bible most of all. Then, who has not been lov-
ingly directed to Mrs. H. W. Smith's 'The Christian's Secret of a
Happy Life,' 'for,' she said, 'it has been such a strength to me
and I fly to it so often that while I cannot do without mine, we
always keep a fresh copy on our table for our friends. ' So it was
with the music of her earlier years, the flowers always near her
and the gifts from an open hand. To her fiiends she brought the
sweet presence, the happy face, the cheery words, the kind sym-

patby aud love, therefore a welcome awaited licv iu social circles,
whose obligations she entered into with joyous enthusiasm, yet,
without for a moment shifting the steady viewpoint from which
religion and her church held highest place in all human concenis.
An early memory tells of a child watching for her coming on a
Sabbath morning into the church she loved, 'because she always
came, and because she always looked so nice.'

"In 1876 the club movement was started in ]\luncie and at
once gained licr favor as shown in the list of charter members of
the Woman's Club. To this club she gave intelligence, enthu-
siasm and efficiency. The doors of her home were often open for
our meetings and anniversaries. She served us as president and
up to the time of the twenty-fifth anniversary year was actively
interested. How well wc remember this celebration w^hen none
rejoiced more over the victories of the Woman's Club than Mrs.
Winans. About that time she felt that owing to evening meetings
her attendance must be uncertain and, unwilling to deprive her-
self of such advantages, she became a member of the Monday Af-
ternoon Club, where she found much enjoyment. Her member-
ship, how^ever, remained with the first named club, and in 1904 at
a memorial meeting she graciously accepted the place of president
emeritus and so happily lias she borne this honor that we have
felt wTiat a member expressed when she said, ' She was a benedic-
tion whenever she was present, and it always did me good just to
see her, although I wanted to throw my arms about her. '

"The Woman's Club will lose a precious name from the roll
to place it upon memory's wall, where it will stand to remind us
of a radiant example of rare usefulness and sweet devotion with
whom no selfish motive ever found lodgment."

Miss Emma B. Goodin: "Her life could be expressed by three
words, inspiration, benediction and beneficence. Inspiration, be-
cause her intellectual life kept moving on; benediction, because she
had a w^ord of commendation for all; beneficence, because she kept
reaching out to hel]) others."

With words of praise and thanksgiving, for this beautiful
life. Rev. 0. 1. Keirn pronounced the benediction.

Her life's story is ended, but the influence growing out of that
life will never end. Its fragrance wnll linger long iu the hearts of
her friends. Like the broken vase, the scent of the roses will cling
to it still.

Mrs. Zula M. Valentine,

Muncie, Indiana, June 15, 1912.

SYLVESTER JOHNSON.

Over uinety years have dissolved iu the mists of time, em-
bracing the major part of tlie most remarkable century in all the
history of the race of mankind, since the honored and venerable
subject of this sketch first saw the light of day. Heaven has
bounteously lengthened out his life until he has seen the crown-
ing glory of this the most wonderfid epoch of all the aeons of
time, rewarding him with an unusual span of years as a result
of virtuous and consistent living in his youth and years of his
active manhood, until now, in the golden Indian summer of his
life, surrounded by comfort and plenty as a result of his earlier
years of industry and frugality, ]\Ir. Johnson can take a retrospec-
tive glance down the corridors of the relentless and iiTevocable
past and feel that his has been an eminently useful, successful and
happy life, a life which has not been devoid of obstacles and whose
rose has held many a thorn, but with indomitable courage he
pressed onward with his face set in determination toward the
distant goal which he has so grandly won; a life of sunshine and
shadow, of victory and defeat, according to the common lot of
humanity since the world began, but nobly lived and worthily re-
warded, as such lives always are by the Giver of all good and
precious gifts, who has given jNIr. Johnson the longest span of
years of any of his contemporaries, a great gift, indeed, of which
he is duly grateful. 'Mr. Johnson is the founder of Irvington, the
beautiful suburb of Indianapolis, where more than forty years of
his life have been spent, and his long residence in the community
has won for him a very high place in the confidence and esteem
of his many acquaintances and friends. He has always been
deeply interested in whatever tended to promote the prosperity
of his chosen town and county and to him as much as to any other
man, if not more, is the commvmity indebted for the material de-
velopment for which it has long been noted. He has also used his
influence for all moral and benevolent enteiT^rises, being a friend
and a liberal patron of the church, which he believes to be the
most potential factor for substantial good the world has ever
known or will ever know; he has also been an earnest worker in

tlie cause of tcmpci-anee, and ho merits in every respect the high
esteem iu which he is uuiversally held.

Sylvester Johnson was bom January 31, 1822, in Union
county, Indiana, three miles southeast of Liberty. He is the son
of Pleasant and Sarah (Huddlestou) Johnson, the father a native
of Virginia and the mother of North Carolina, each rei^resenting
fine old Southern families. Pleasant Johnson devoted his life to
agricultural pursuits, and he moved with his family to the vicinity
of Dublin, Wayne county, when his son Sylvester was fifteen
years old, and there established the family home. The father's
death occurred in 1873, his wife having preceded him to the grave
in 1866. They were t}T3ical pioneers, hard-working, honest and
their hospitality was proverbial. They were Quakers, and the
subject is a Quaker b}' birthright.

Nine children were bora to Pleasant Johnson and wife, of
whom four besides Sylvester are yet living, all yoimger than he;
they are Mrs. Isaac H. Harrington, of Indianapolis; Milo Johnson,
of Brownsburg, Indiana ; John Ashley Johnson, a farmer in South
Dakota; and Mrs. Eliza Ellen Compton, of Van Buren, Indiana.

Sylvester Johnson grew to manhood on the home farm where
he helped with the general work diiring the crop seasons, attend-
ing the common schools during the winter months, later attending
the Beech Grove Seminary, south of Liberty, a school taught by
William Houghton, an uncle, an Irishman by biilh, and, accord-
ing to the subject, one of the best school teachers that ever taught
in this state. He attended three five-months tenns there, after
which he taught school for a period of fourteen years in Dublin
Academy, at Dublin, Indiana, teaching all of each year. He
gave eminent satisfaction as an instructor and took a high rank
among the teachers of that section of the state.

^Ir. Johnson always took a deep interest in politics, his
father having been a strong Whig, a Henry Clay man. The
former's next employment was as railway mail agent, between
Indianapolis and Dayton, Ohio, on the road known at that time as
the Indiana Central, which position he filled very creditably for
three years. He was then elected auditor of Wayne county and
served two terms of four years each, beginning in 1863, giving
eminent satisfaction to the people, irrespective of party align-
ment.

In 1870, Jacob B. Julian paid a visit to Indianapolis and met

Thomas A. Goodwin, who was in the real estate business, lie had
three hundred and twenty acres of land on the site of what is
now Irvington, to sell for the Sandusky family of Kentucky, who
formerly lived in Indianapolis. ^Ir. Julian and Mrs. Johnson
bought it at one himdred dollars i^er acre, paying thirty-two
thousand dollars foi' what is now worth a fabulous sum. 'Sh:
Johnson moved here in 1872, and soon afterwards built his
present home, a magnificent structure for those days, costing
twenty thousand dollars. lie shii)ped all the wood work fx'om
Wayne coimty. lie sold his lots from time to time and realized
a handsome profit, as the town Iniilt up, and he has now disposed
of aU of his original holdings, except the two and one-half acres
surrounding his home, which is one of the most attractive in
Irvington. This land is now worth fifty dollars a front foot.
He was living at Centerville when he purchased the Irvington
property, having made his home in the former town eight years,
or during the time that he was incmnbent of the office of auditor
of Wayne county. The name of Irvington for this place was
suggested by Mr. Julian, who was a great admirer of Washington
Irving, the famous American author. Mr. Johnson accepted the
suggestion. For a time their purchase did not promise very
large returns on the investment, for the panic of 1873 came along
and money was scarce and tunes were hard. But after a time
people began to be interested in this suburb and there are now
about four thousand people in Irvington, and ^Mr. Johnson takes
much pride in the fact that there is not a saloon, for he is a
vigorous Prohibitionist and says that the thing of which he is
most proud is that in every transfer of land made in that suburb
it is specifically set forth that no liquor shall be made or sold on
the premises, and if this consideration is violated the property
shall revert to the previous owner.

WTien asked how this place came to have such meandering
streets, Mr. Johnson replied: "In this way. When we got ready
to start a town, iSIr. Julian and myself went to take a look at
Glendale, near Cincinnati. The meandering streets of that
beautiful place impressed us and we adojjted that style of
thoroughfare." Of the three hundred and twenty acres they
purchased, one hundred and sixty lie north and a like number of
acres south of the Panliandle and Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
railroad tracks.

Mr. Johuson has been interested iii horticulture and garden-
ing ever since he left the farm. Even while leaching schuol he
always had a garden. He is one of the founders of the Indiana
Iloi-ticultural Society, and was its president for eleven years, and
its large success has been due in no small measure to his efforts.
He has kept well up to date in all matters pertaining to this sub-
ject and is a recognized authority on the same. He was treasurer
of the state board of agriculture for six years. His elegant home
is surrounded by fine fruit trees, shade trees, and he has an
attractive lawn, covered with shrubbery, and a splendid garden in
the rear. He has a large and convenient barn and other suljstan-
tial outbuildings. Although past ninety years old, he may be seen
working about his place on any day when the weather is fa\(']-able,
and he can do as much work as many young men, being remark-
ably well preserved. When asked to what he owed his length
of years and his excellent health, Mr. Johnson replied: "Well,
I have never tasted a drop of liquor in my life, never used tobacco
and I never swore an oath, and up to mj' ninetieth birthday I
never had rheumatism." His is the only authentic case on record
of anyone in Irvington celebrating their ninetieth birthday, but
this the subject did at his pleasant home. No. 62 Audubon Hoad,
on January 31, 1912, when many of his friends called, and many
more sent congratulations.

Mr. Johnson was married to Rachael Minor, when she was
only seventeen years of age. She was the daughter of Noah W.
and Susan (Studebaker) Minor. To this union four children were
born, namely: Francenia Augusta, who married and became the
mother of two children, died several years ago; Endorus M.,
whose death occurred in 1910, was at one time city comptroller;
Lizzie, who married James Powell, lives in Denver, Colorado,
her husband being now deceased; Oliver R., who is at this writing
superintendent of the advertising department of the Indianapolis
News, was vice-consul for two years in London.

Sylvester Johnson's first wife passed away in 1902, and in
May, 1910, he was imited in marriage with Eunice (Gilky) Brown.
She became the mother of four children l)y a fonner marriage.

In early life Mr. Johnson was a Whig, and when the Republi-
can party was organized in the fifties he ])egan supporting it
and continued to do so until 1884, since which year he has voted
the Prohibition ticket. He has served in several minor offices

since coming to Irvingtou, iucludLiig that of town treasurer for
four years. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, but is not active in the same. lie belongs to the Friends
church. He was the grand worthy chief templar of Indiana for
six years. He was trustee of Purdue University at Lafayette,
Indiana, for sevei-al years. Personally, he is a genial, obligmg
and courteous gentleman whom to know is to admire and respect,
and his friends are numbered only by the limits of his acquaint-
ance.

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GEORGE DeWALD.

In placing the name of the late (Jeorge DcWald in the front
rank of Fort Wayne's business men of a past generation, simple
justice is done to a biographical fact, universally recognized
throughout Allen county and northeastern Indiana by those at
all familiar with his history, for he was virtually the founder of
the extensive and well known mercantile house which bears his
name. A man of rare soundness of judgment, wise discretion and
business ability of a high order, he managed with tactful success
important enterprises and so impressed his individuality upon
the community as to gain recognition among its leading citizens
and public-spirited men of affairs. What of the man and what of
his workf This is the dual query which represents the interroga-
tion at least nominally entertained whenever that discriminating
factor, the public, would pronounce on the time worth of the in-
dividual. The career of George DeWald indicates the clear-cut,
sane and distinct character, and in reviewing the same from an
unbiased and unprejudiced standpoint, interpretation follows
fact in a straight line of derivation. In this publication it is con-
sistent that such a review be entered, and that without the adula-
tion of oraate phrases. The city of Fort Wayne naturally takes
pride in the work performed by Mr. DeWald, who stamped the
mark of definite accomplishment on the highest plane of industrial
activity, and consistently demands that he be given due relative
precedence in a work which has to do with those who have lived
and labored to good purpose in the great commonwealth of In-
diana in times that are past, and thence penneated the great in-
dustrial and civic life of the nation, in which he stood well to the
forefront in representative citizenship. His history and that of
the latter-day progress of Allen county is so indissolubly inter-
woven that they are pretty much one and the same, for he lived
to see and take a leading part in the upbuilding of the county and
city of his choice, and during the years in wliieh he honored this
locality with his residence no man stood higher in public esteeui.

Mr. DeWald was bom in Viernheim, IIossen-Darmstadt,
Oermany, ^fay 14, 1831, the representative of a thrifty old fam-

ily, and he grow to yoimg manlioucl and received hi.s early eduea-
tiou iu liis native community. When but a lad he often cxpi-essed
a wish to come to America,, and when only eighteen years of age
he gratified this desire of long standing by emigrating to our
shores, courageously severing home ties and giving exemplifica-
tion of his self-reliant spirit. He did not si)eud much time in the
East, but came on to the newer Middle West, locating at Fort
Wayne, Indiana, where he soon went into the employ of a small
dry goods store that was stationed at the same location now oc-
cupied by the large establishment of the George DeWald Com-
pany. Being ambitious to get a start, he put forth every effort
and, being apt to learn, soon mastered the ins and outs of tlie dry
goods business, and readily grasped the examples set by his su-
periors. Starting in at the lowest position in the little store, he
gradually worked his way up the ladder. His own diligence and
aptitude, combined with honesty and integrity in all his dealings,
placed him in the confidence of his employers, and as the business
of the firm increased young DeWald was promoted until he was
finally taken into partnership, the firm then becoming known as
Townley, DeWald & Bond. Within a few years JNIr. DeWald was
practically at the head of the firm, and it was largely due to his
efforts and business ability that the house thrived and became
one of the leading dry goods firms in northern Indiana. In a few
years, R. W. Townley, the senior member of the fimi, decided to
retire, and he was succeeded by Mr. DeWald. It was not long
thereafter until the latter became the sole manager and proprie-
tor of the business. The company was merely nominal. This was
in the year 1871. He gave it his close attention, and, being by
nature a man of keen business acumen and rare industrial ability,
the business rapidly and constantly grew until it assumed large
proportions, taking its place among the leading concerns of Fort
Wayne, and thus for a period of over forty years the sture of
George DeWald & Company has held high prestige in this section
of the state, and it still draws its patrons from over a wide stretch
of territory, the name of the firm having been slightly changed
shortly after the subject's death, it having since been known as
George DeW^ald Company, in the wholesale and jobbing lines, the
retail department having been abandoned.

The death of George DeWald occurred on June 27, 1899. His
vitality had been somewhat impaired some two years prior to

liis demise, but he had continued to give his attention to his busi-
ness and was active up to the day of liis death, which came with-
out warning. Six months to the day after his death the estab-
Ushment of the firm was destroyed by fire, December 27, 1899,
and in the following month was effected the organization of the
George DeWald Company, b,y which it is still known. Apropos
of the fire, the Fort Wayne Jourual-Giazette spuke as follows: "A
pile of blackened, smoldering ruins is all that remains of the great
dry-goods house of George DeWald & Company. This pioneer
mercantile establishment, one of the oldest in the Northwest, was
wiped out by fire before dawn yesterday morning (Wednesday,
December 27, 1899). With the DeWald building went the old
crockery store of M. F. Kaag, adjoining on the east. Both are a
total loss, with all their contents, as the losses are variously esti-
mated, but will not fall below two hundred thousand dollars. The
house of George DeWald & Company was established in the early
pioneer days, and the original building, three stories in height,
was erected in 1846. It was owned by Haitman & Jones, general
merchants. In 1849 Hartman & Jones sold out to the Townley
Brothers, who continued the business until 1854, when the finn
became Townley, DeWald & Company. In 1870 the finn George
DeWald & Company succeeded to the business. The death of
Afr. DeWald, last spring, caused a change, and in January the firm
name was to have been changed to the George DeWald Company.
The firm was one of the most progressive and most wideh' known
in the Northwest. Since 1881 a general wholesale business had
been carried on, in addition to the original retail trade. The firm
owned the building on the coi-ner of Calhoun street and the build-
ing on the east, which was connected with the store and occupied
as salesrooms, was owned by the Hugh McCulloch estate until
about five months ago, when Mrs. DeWald purchased the prcjp-
erty, for a consideration of fourteen thousand dollars."

It may be noted that the business was continued without in-
termption by this disaster, but the concern dropped the retail
trade and has since conducted an exclusive wholesale business,
its volume of business being very large and its territory l)eing
wide and new fields always being invaded. The prestige of the
concern is all that could be desired and the name remains as a
memorial to him whose energy and ability made possible the
building up of the great enterprise, while its indirect benefit to

the city of Fort Wayne canuot be estimated in metes and bounds.
A substantial, imposing new building has l)een erected on the
same site, and is one of the many modem business structures
which give Fort Wayne a metropolitan appearance. The company
was organized in January, 1900, and the officials of the same are
as follows: Robert W. T. DeWald, president; George L. DeWald,
vice-president, and William P. Beck, secretary and treasurer.

George DeWald was married on February 11, 1861, to Mrs.
Sophia A. (Lasselle) Nettlehorst, widow of Charles W. Nettle-
horst, to whom she bore two children, Hannah, who is now the
wife of John Mohr, cashier of the Hamilton National Bank, Fort
Wayne, and Francis, a son who died in infancy. Mrs. DeWald
was bom and reared in Fort Wayne, being a daughter of Francis
D. and Hannah H. (Henderson) Lasselle, both members of ster-
ling pioneer families of this city. Of the five living children,
who, well known here, survive the honored subject of this memoir,
brief record is entered as follows: Robert W. T. is president of
the George DeWald Company, as stated in a preceding para-
graph, and is one of the most successful and best kno\\ai business
men of the present generation in Fort Wayne; Mary E. is the
wife of James A. ^McDonald, of Chicago; Caroline S. is the wife of
Hemy J. Beuret, of Fort Wayne; Elizabeth M. remains an occu-
pant of the old homestead; and George L. is vice-president of the
George DeWald Company and is doing much to make the same a
continued success.

In his political adherency George DeWald was a loyal Demo-
crat, and while he heartily supported every movement looking to
the general upbuilding of the community, he never sought official
preferment, being intilnsically and essentially a business man,
and preferring to devote his attention exclusively to his store and
his home. Religiously, he was a communicant and a worthy mem-
ber of St. Patrick's Catholic church, contributing liberally to its
support. Being charitably inclined, he gave annually large sums
to the collateral benevolences of the parish and diocese. In this
church his funeral was held, and the edifice was filled with citi-
zens of all classes, who assembled to pay a last tribute of respect.
Solemn high mass was celebrated by Rev. Father Delaney and
his assistants, and the celebrant in his words of appreciation
pointed to Mr. DeWald as one Avhose life had been passed in obed-
ience to the di^Tue mandate. His earthlv existence had not been

fruitless, for he had lived in auticipatiou of the end and had
shaped his life accordingly. The highest tribute that could be
paid him as a man, according to Father Delaney, was that those
who knew him best loved him most. His life was one of com-
pleteness and worthy accomplishment, and while his death caused
a wave of sorrow to sweep over the city and county in which he
had so long made his home and in which he was so highly hon-
ored, none covdd fail to realize that in the measure of his accom-
plishments and in tlie fulness of his good w^orks his days found
fitting end and bore to those left behind the grateful compensa-
tion which is that of true nobility and worthiness.

In speaking of his death the Fort Wayne News had the fol-
lowing to say:

"Mr. DeWald had an extensive acquaintance not only m this
city but also throughout Allen county and Northeastern Indiana.
In his business and also in his private life he was a man of but
few words, but always congenial. About the store he was friend-
ly with the employes, and he always had a cheering word for a
beginner in the business. He was benevolent and gave freely in
a quiet way to charity. He shunned notoriety in all of his chari-
table acts, but it was well known that a person in need would
never be refused help by Mr. DeWald.

"Few events of recent years have caused deeper or more
widespread regret than the death of George DeWald. He had
been so long identified with the city's commercial growth, so long
regarded as a pillar of strength in the business world, and so
upright and honorable in his life, that his una waited demise was
felt as almost a public calamity. Mr. DeWald 's life story is one
of those, numerous in our western history, that serve as object
lessons to those who would mount the ladder of success. His be-
ginning Avas humble, and he owed his rise to no train of fortunate
incidents or fortuitous circumstances. It was the reward of ap-
plication of mental qualifications of a high order to the affairs
of business, the combining of keen perceptions with mental activ-
ity that enabled him to grasp the opportunities that presented
themselves. Tlais he did with success, and, what is more import-
ant, with honor. His integrity was unassailable, his honor unim-
peachable. The shrewd business man will be missed in Inisiness
circles, but it is as the gentle-mannered, kindly gentleman that
his friends will love most to remember him. Fort Wayne has lost

a sterling citizen, whose place will be hard to fill, innnuierable
poor who have known his benefactions will call his memory
blessed."

The Fort Wayne Journal and other ])apcrs printed para-
graphs of him in a similar strain, all lauding his useful, indus-
trious life and his exemplaiy character. One of them said:
"George DeWald was loved and respected not only in Port Wayne,
but in all the country rovmd. His friends were legion, and none
knew him who did not thoroughly trust and esteem him. He
made honor the comer-stone and cap-stone of his success. He
will be greatly missed from business circles of Fort Wayne, and
thousands of his acquaintances will feel a sense of personal loss."

The life history of Mi-s. Sophia A. DeWald is given in a sep-
arate and complete sketch on another page in this work. Her
death occurred April 27, 1906.

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HON. HENRY SMITH LANE.

Not too often can be repeated the life histor}- of one who
Hved so honorable and useful a life and who attained to such
notable distinction as did the late Henry Smith Lane, lawyer,
soldier, statesman and easil}- one of the most distinguished men
that the great state of Indiana has ever produced. His character
was one of signal exaltation and purity of purpose. Well disci-
phned in mind, maintaining a vantagepoint from which life
presented itself in correct proportions, judicial in his attitude to-
ward both men and measures, guided and guarded by the most
inviolable principles of integrity and honor, simple and unosten-
tatious in his self-respecting, tolerant individuality, such a man
could not prove other than a force for good in whatever relation
of life he may have been placed. His character Avas the positive
expression of a strong nature and his strength was as the number
of his days. In studying his career interpretation follows fact in
a straight line of derivation and there is no need for indirection
or puzzling. The record of his life finds a place in the generic
history of this state and that of the nation, and in this compila-
tion it is necessary only to note briefly the salient points of his
life history. And it is useless to add that both the state and
nation were dignified by his noble life and splendid achievements,
and that he stood as an honored member of a striking group of
noted men whose influence in the ci\dc and economic life of the
nation was of most beneficent order. He served as governor.
United States senator and was accorded other evidences of popu-
lar confidence and regard; the w^iile he ever ordered his course
according to the highest principles and ideals so that he Avas
found true to himself and to all men in every relation of life. To
attain prestige and success in the practice of a laborious and
exacting profession is even too great a task for most men, but
M^r. Lane not only accomplished this early in his career, but was
conspicuously identified with many interests which were calcu-
lated to subserve the general prosperity of Indiana, proved a
valuable factor in the legislative and political councils of his state
and nation, and was in that constant sympathy and touch with

the work of Christianity that stand as an earnest of effective and
zealous labor; and, while not without that honorable ambition
which is so powerful and useful an incentive in public aflaii's, he
ever regarded the pursuits of private life as being in themselves
abundantly worthy of his best efforts. So in every respect he
eminently merited the high esteem in which he was uni^•ersally
held.

Hon. Henry S. Lane was the scion of a sterling old JSoutheru
famil3% and he was born in Montgomery county, Kentuck}-, Feb-
i-uary 24, 1811. Unlike many of the young men of the West during
the early years of the nineteenth century, he enjoyed the ad-
vantages of a liberal education, and when eighteen years old
began the study of law, in which he made rapid progress. Soon
after reaching his majority he was admitted to the bar, and in
1835 came to Indiana and settled at Crawfordsville. In this
place he soon obtained a good legal practice, particulai'ly criminal
cases. Manifesting an abiding interest in public affairs, he be-
came very popular and in 1837 was elected to the state Legisla-
ture from his county, and his record there was in ever}' way satis-
factory to his pioneer constituents, his influence having much to
do with the early development of the state. He was elected to
Congress in 1840, and something of his popularity in his tlistrict
may be gained when we learn that he defeated his competitor by
fifteen hundred votes, a very large majority in that day when
the state was sparsely settled. He made such a splendid record
in this high office that he was re-elected the following election to
Congress, defeating John Bryce by an immense majority. He was
a great admirer of Henry Clay, and when he made the race for
President in 1844 Mr. Lane stumped the state for him, and no one
felt the defeat of the great Kentuckian more keenly than the sub-
ject.

At the outbreak of the INtexican war Mr. Lane engaged very
earnestly in raising troops. Coming to Indianapolis, he attended
a meeting and was one of the most active in the proceedings, his
influence doing much to fill the ranks of Scott and Taylor, who
led the hosts against the ancient walls of the Montezuinas. Ho was
placed on the committee of resolutions at the above-mentioned
meeting, and he di-ew up the resolutions in regard to the war. It
is said that no man in the state was stronger in his support of
this war than Heniy S. Lane. He raised a company of volunteers
in Montgomery county and was made captain of that company,

goiiig to Indianapolis, where the regiment was formed and was
elected major then. While in the field he was promoted to lieu-
tenant-colonel for meritorious conduct and served as such until
the regiment disbanded, provhig a most gallant and able officer,
winning the praise of his superiors and the admiration of his
troops. After the expiration of his enlistment he came to Madi-
son, Indiana, where, by his fiery eloquence and attack on certain
members of the Whig party, he caused the war spirit to pre^■ail,
and a company was foi'med from Madison and went to the front
as part of the Fifth Indiana Regiment under Col. James H. Lane.

In 1849 Mr. Lane again made the race for Congress, but was
defeated by Hon. James E. ^McDonald. He was a AVhig until the
Republican party was organized. He became identified with the
Republican party upon its formation in the fifties. In this he
soon became so popular that he was chosen president of the Re-
publican national convention in 1856, filling this position with
becoming dignity, and he was a most potent factor in the new
party.

In 1859 Colonel Lane and Col. William M. McCarty received
votes of a majority of the members of the Indiana Legislature
for United States senators. They went to Washington and con-
tested the seats held by Senators Bright and Fitch, but the Senate
voted against them. In 1860 the subject was nominated by the
Republican state convention for governor and was duly elected,
defeating Thomas A. Hendricks. While on his campaign he al-
lowed himself enough time and went to Chicago to attend the
convention at which Lincoln was nominated.

Colonel Lane delivered his message to the Legislature on
January 14. 1861, and just four days later resigned the governor-
ship to become United States senator, to Avhich high office he had
been recently elected. He gave much promise of a worthy and
popular governor, but his was the shortest term (four days) as
governor on record in Indiana.

In Congress he was chairman of the committee on pensions
and also was on the connnittee of military affairs. He zealously
snstained the government in its titanic struggle for the Union,
voting it all needful supplies and upholding its hands in every
way he could. WTien the flag was fired upon at Fort Sumter he
lost his compromising spirit, and absolute and unconditional
obedience to the law was the only condition he would offer to the
South,

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After the expiration of liis cougressional term Colouel Lane
retired to liis attractive home in Cra\vfords\ille, and never again
held pubhc office except as Indian commissioner, which office was
tendered hun by General Grant. In this, as in all his former posi-
tions as a public servant, he discharged his every duty with fidel-
ity and conscientiousness, reliecting much credit upon his ability
and to the eminent satisfaction of all concerned.

As an orator Colonel Lane had few peers in his day; he was
earnest, logical, convincing and often truly eloquent. He was an
extemporaneous speaker, and never cared whether his addresses
were printed or not. He always interested and instructed his
audiences at the same time and swayed them as one man. Relig-
iously, he was a worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal
church and a God-fearing man, honest and straightforward in all
his relations with his fellow men, consequently he ever enjoyed
their respect and confidence. He was for many years one of the
most popular men of the state, and his death on June 11, 1881,
was mourned throughout Indiana and the nation as well, for his
public career had been most potent for the general good, his
private life exemplary in every respect and he was loved by all
classes. His career is well worthy of emulation by all young men
who stand hesitating at the parting of the ways.

On February 11, 1845, occurred the marriage of Col. Henry
S. Lane with Joanna ]\L Elston, a lady of talent and culture, and
long popular with a wide circle of friends. She is the daughter
of Col. Isaac C. Elston, a prominent citizen of Craw^fordsville,
long since deceased. ]\[rs. Lane, now advanced in years, still
lives at the old Lane homestead in Crawfordsville, at which place
she has spent the happiest days of her life. Regarding this his-
toric home and its occupants, we quote the following article, even
at the risk of some repetition in a minor w^ay, which appeared in
the Northwestern Christian Advocate, of Chicago, in its issue of
^rarch 20, 1912, carrying a half-tone engraving of the Lane home-
stead; the article was written by Rev. Fred AVhitlo Hixson:

"Wooded, embowered, and ho.spitable. Lane Place lies in
quiet dignity in the very heart of the Athens of Indiana; not with
slight propriety since the people of this historic homestead have
been held in veneration and love of the city throughout all the
years of a quarter of a century. This is the home of the late
United States Senator Henry S. Lane. For natural beauty and
historical associations it shares with the homestead of the late

Geu. Lew Wallace, author of 'Ben llur,' the interest of all visitors
to the city.

"Upou the marriage of Henry S. Lane and Joanna M. Els-
ton in 1845 this j)la('e was laid out, this house of pure coU)uial type
was built and under the direction of the young bride these ample
grounds were planted with almost every variety of noble trees of
the Indiana forest. But for the broad avenue, arched by sweep-
ing maples, sycamores and elms leading from the street up to the
front piazza, which betrays the work of artist and home founder,
one might easily think this one of the groves primeval. Upon
privileged spring days, beneath its friendly wildness, children
gather armfuls of wild flowers and weave garlands of ivy and
myrtle. Its soft verdm-e of summer is tremulous with the song
of birds.

"In 1846 Mr. Lane raised a company of volunteers and went
to the Mexican war. The departure of the men was given a touch
of sentiment by the presentation of a silk flag which was made by
the ladies of the city. Upon Mr. Lane's return from the war he
was met by his wife at New Orleans and came by steamboat up
the ^Mississippi river.

"^Ir. Lane as a Whig was elected a member of Congress in
1840 and re-elected in 1842. Mr. Clay, his political idol, was then
in the Senate. Mr. Lane was one of the leaders in the organiza-
tion of the Republican party and was chainnan of the first na-
tional convention of the party which was held in Philadelphia,
.Tune 17, 1856. In 1860 he was a candidate of the party for gov-
ernor of Indiana and one of the delegates to the national conven-
tion in Chicago. This was the memorable convention that finally
nominated Abraham Lincoln for the Presidency. It will be re-
called that the convention was expected to nominate Mr. Seward.
But secession was in the air and civil Avar seemed inevitable. In
the North there was a lack of defined and determined policy, a
thorough breaking up of ]iarties and a new political alignment.
Tlie Republicans knew they could not elect their candidate with-
out the vote of Indiana and Pennsylvania, two uncertain states.
It wns f(>lt that ^Fi-. Seward's 7iomination would )>revent success
in these states and defeat the party in the national election. Mr.
Lane, who was at this time the party's candidate for the governor
of Indiana, went to Chicago determined to work for the nomina-
tion of Afr. Lincoln, believing him to be the only man, although
then comparatively unknown, who could carry the autunm elec-

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tiou aud the man best able to meet the impending crisis. At Chi-
cago he urged Hon. Andrew G. Curtin, Republican candidate for
governor of Peuiisylvania, to join forces with him in securing the
nomination of liincolu. I\Ir. Curtin, in spite of the fact that lion.
Simon Cameron of his own state was a candidate for the nomina-
tion, saw eye to eye with ^Ir. Lane in the matter. After a compli-
mentary vote had been cast by Pennsylvania for Mr. Cameron on
the first ballot, and knowing that he could not be nominated,
Pennsylvania, under Curtin, united with Lane and Indiana in an
effort that turned the tide toward Lincoln and secured his nom-
ination upon the third ballot. So eminent an authority upon the
political history of war times as Col. A. K. ISIcClure ascribes to
the powerfid influence of Governor Lane and Governor Curtin
the credit for Lincoln's triumph at Chicago. Of these two. Gov-
ernor Lane was the fii'st to advocate and iirge openly the selection
of Lincoln.

"In the autunm election Mr. Lane was triumphantly elected
governor of Indiana. Five days after his inauguration he was
elected United States senator. He resigned as governor, went to
Washington, and served with conspicuous ability through the
six years of his term, declining re-election on account of ill health.
Mr. Lane's great strength as a political leader lay in his high
character, his moral courage, his accurate judgment, and his elo-
quence upon the platform. His speeches were Avrought of com-
pelling logic and dignified oratory. At the close of one of his
great speeches in the Philadelphia national convention in 1856
there was wild excitement and a spontaneous rush of delegates
about the speaker to offer congratulations. One voice shouted:
'Heavens! He's old Demosthenes. Have you got any more like
him in Indiana?'

"Upon his retirement from the Senate and the stirring war
events at Washington he resumed his large law practice in In-
diana. His home was for many years a political iSIecca. Here
came and went many of the nation's greatest men. In the prac-
tice of his profession he was associated often with Thomas A.
Hendricks, afterwards governor and United States senator from
Indiana; Schuyler Colfax, afterwards vice-president of the United
States; Governor Joseph A. Wright; Judge Harlan, afterward
chief justice of the United States; Benjamin Harrison, afterwards
President of the United States; Daniel W. Vorhees, the great
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upou bis graduation from old Asbury bogau bis professioual train-
ing in Mr. Lane's law office.

"Mr. Lane was a devout Christiau and a loyal Metbodist. lie
was for years a trustee of Asbuiy (now DePauw) University. He
and Col. Ilicbard W. Tbonipson, secretary of tbe navy under
Hayes, were the first lay delegates of tbe Nortbwest Indiana con-
ference to tbe general conference in 1872. Tbe great men of our
cburcb of an early day met bospitable and royal welcome at bis
bome. Up tbese avenues of elms have come and gone the golden-
mouthed Simpson, the saintly Janes, Wendell Philli])s, the gra-
cious Bowman, Horace Greeley, Fowler the mighty, Joyce the
tropical, and scores of others slightly less renowned. He died in
June, 1881, universally mourned by his church and state, a man
rich in natural gifts, of varied and interesting public seiwice, his
character unassailed, his memory a proud heritage of our citizen-
ship.

"Mrs. Lane, at eighty-five years of age, with marvelous pow-
ers of body and mind, presides over Lane Place and brings down to
this day the fine spirit and traditions of one of the noblest families
of the AVest. Her mother, Mrs. Elston, was one of the five charter
members of First church, Crawfordsville. Her father was one
of tbe founders of Asbury University. Appreciating tbe urgent
necessity for such an institution, he was one of the liberal sup-
porters of the enterprise. Mrs. Lane, as a child, was present at
the laying of the cornerstone of the first building and heard tbe
oration delivered by Henry B. Bascom on that occasion — proba-
bh" tbe only person now living who was there present. She has
continued a steadfast friend and generous benefactor of tbe in-
stitution all these years. In tbe recent campaign vmder President
^fcConnell to add a half million dollars to the endowment, she was
one of the first to encourage tbe effort with a large gift. She is
active in every good work, goes out among people as much as the
average person of sixty, is keenly interested in state and national
politics, and is a constant attendant at the services of her church.
She has taken intelligent interest always in public affairs, and,
having had a wide range of acquaintance with eminent men and
women of the nation, her conversation and reminiscences are in-
forming to a degree most rare. "With all the fullness of her graces
and womanly strength and charm, she is yet averse to tbe 'new
woman.' She holds steadfastly to the belief that woman's high-
est glory is attained in the gentle art of home-making."

PETER CERTIA.

In the early days the ^liddle West was often a tempting field
to energetic, ambitious, strong-iniudcd men, and Indiana was
filled with them during tlie time she was struggling up to a re-
spectable position in the sisterhood of states. There was a fas-
cination in the bi'oad field and great promise which the new region
oT the Northwest presented to activity and originality that at-
tracted many men, and induced them to brave all the jnivations
and discomforts of frontier life for the pleasure and gratification
of constructing their fortunes in their own way and after their
own methods. It is this class of men more than any other who
give shape, direction and character to the business of a comnmn-
ity, county or state. The late Peter Certia, for a long lapse of
years one of the most substantial and prominent citizens of Fort
Wayne, became identified with the commerce of this favored sec-
tion of the country at an early period, while its trade was in its
first stages of rapid development and from the first he wielded a
potent influence in industrial cii'cles. He gave to the world the
best of an essentially virile, loyal and noble nature and his stand-
ard of integrity and honor was ever inflexible. He was a citizen
of high civic ideals, and ewr manifested his liberality in connec-
tion with measures and enterprises tending to advance the gen-
eral welfare of the locality honored by his residence, and for many
years he was prominent and powerful in political life, whose keen
disceiTunent and sound judgment augured for the general up-
building of Fort "Wayne and the state of Indiana, both during his
lifetime and the future, winning a reputation not only as a cap-
tain of industry and a leader in public affairs, but as a citizen who
was well worthy of the un(]ualified confidence and esteem in which
he was imiversally held. lie was the architect of his own fortune
and upon his entire career there rests no blemish, for lie was true
to the highest ideals and principles in business, civic and social
life and was one of the world's noble army of productive workers.
He lived and labored to worthy ends and as one of the sterling
citizens and representative men of Indiana in the generations
that are now merged with the irrevocable past his memoi-y merits
a tribute of honor on the pages of history.

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Peter Certia was born in Starke county, near Canton, Ohio,
on a farm, July 17, 1840. Tliere he grew to young manhood, and
attended the district schools in his commuuit}'. Lured by tales of
the "golden West" he left home when nineteen years of age and
went to Califoi-nia and there he began driving oxen for a liveli-
l)ood. He gained much valuable experience in the West and
liually returned to the Middle states, taking up his residence in
Fort Wayne over forty years ago and soon became successfully
launched in his business career. He conducted a grocery store
in that locality, and later he engaged in the saloon business, con-
ducting the place located in the room now occupied by the Lehman
clothing store. After moving from this place he conducted the
Aveline hotel bar, retiring from this on account of failing health,
about 1906. After that until his death, except giving his atten-
tion to his large dairy farm near Fort WajTie, which he then
owned, he was not engaged in business.

Previous to conducting a grocery store in Bloomingdale ^h:
Certia was a salesman for the Centlivre brewery. Then he pur-
chased the Bloomingdale brewery and conducted it for several
years. Retiring from this, he was in the West, in Dakota, where
for a few years he was in the milling business, returaing to Fort
Wayne to engage in the saloon business. He was for some years
the owner of extensive Dakota properties and gave much of his
attention to their development, fiuallj' disposing of his western
holdings at a handsome profit. His long business career in Fort
Wayne was immensely successful and he accumulated consider-
able realty, both in city business blocks and in Allen county farm
realty. A few years prior to his death he erected the handsome
modern residence at Washington boulevard and Ewing street, in
which he spent the balance of his days.

In politics, Mr. Certia was a Democrat and until business so
closely engaged him as to prevent, he was very active in the coun-
cils of his party and exerted a great influence throughout the city
and county. In 1882 he was the Democratic candidate for sheriff
of Allen county, and although he made a splendid race he was de-
feated, but only by a small majority. The campaign for this office
was one of the most hotly contested ever conducted in this county.
After that Mr. Certia was never a candidate for office. Turn-
ing his attention almost exclusively to his large business interests,
he became one of the Fort Wayne's wealthiest men. He was a
stockholder in the First National Bank and tlie (Jerman-Ameri-
can Bank of Fort Wavne. He was one of the old and esteemed

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members of the lienevoleiit aud Protective Order uf Elks, having
been among the first to be initiated in the lodge at Fort Wayne
immediately after the close of the charter. He never held office
in this organization, but was always an acti\ e worker toward the
progress of the order. The only other fraternal orders to which
he belonged was the Independent Oi'der of Odd Fellows and the
Fraternal Order of Eagles.

Mr. Certia Avas a son of Jacob and Julia Certia, of French
descent, and he was one of six childi-en, all now deceased but Louie
Certia, of New Haven, and Mrs. Kate Rolland, of Fort Wayne.

In 1886 Peter Certia was united in marriage with Rose
Mosher, of Fort Wayne, she having been born, reared and edu-
cated here, and is the daughter of David and Rose (Eckert)
Mosher, both natives of (lennany and who have been deceased
since JNIrs. Certia 's childhood days. They spent their earlier
3'ears in Germany and came to the United States when young,
being among the pioneer settlers in Fort Wayne. They were the
parents of three children, ISIrs. Certia being the only one who now
survives. She is an active member of St. John's Lutheran church
and one of its liberal supporters. She is a member of the various
societies of the church, and is a lady of culture who is socially
prominent and who numbers her friends by the scores.

Two children were bom to Mr. and Mi-s. Certia, namely:
Magnus Peter, who married Charlotte Schick, daughter of Dr. M.
F. Schick, of Fort Wayne, and they have one son, Peter Certia.
The daughter, Evelyn INIarie Certia, lives at home and is attend-
ing high school at this writing. Mrs. Certia and her children re-
cently spent eight months in California.

The death of Peter Certia occurred on January 1, 1910, at the
age of sixty-nine years, having closed on that New Year's day a
life of singular success and one that had not been lived in vain,
for he had done much during his forty years' residence in Fort
Wa^Tie to encourage the general ui)building of the city. iNIany
young men have been helped in starting life's serious work by
him, and the good he did in many ways cannot be estimated. He
was a man of great energy and uncommon business capacity and
he prospered in almost every undertaking which engaged his cap-
ital and activity, but while laboring for his individual advance-
ment he never neglected his duties as a neighbor and citizen, con-
sequently his friends were numerous and he enjoyed a high degree
of popidarity and for a number of decades was one of the most
widelv known and influential men of F(n't Wavne.

^^'

MRS. SOPHIA ANGELINE DeWALD.

When Mrs. Sophia Angeliue DeWald pa.ssed away one inoro
name was added to the list of honored dead whose earthly records
closed with the words, "Well done, thou good and faithful ser-
vant;" but so long as memory remains to those who knew her
the influence of her noble life will remain as a source of encour-
agement and inspiration. "To live in hearts we leave behind is
not to die," for the good we do lives after us through the cen-
turies, handed down from generation to generation. Who, then,
can measure the results of such a life work as was that of Mrs.
DeWald? Her energies were devoted to the uplifting of iiunian-
ity, doing what little she could faithfully and cheerfull}'. She
recognized "the spark of divinity" in each individual with un-
erring judgment and endeavored to fan it into the flame of right-
eousness. Not to condemn, but to aid, she made the practice of
her life, and the world is better and brighter for her having lived.
But though the voice, gentle and kindly, is stilled "in the tongue-
less silence of the dreamless sleep," the spirit of her worth re-
mains as the deep imdercurrent of a mighty stream, noiseless but
irresistible. Her influence was as the delicate fragrance of a
flower to those who had the pleasure of her friendship. Her sym-
pathies were broad, and quietly, yet strongly, she called forth the
best in one, ennobling all by her OA\'n Christian character. Her
life was beautiful in its purity, goodness and Christian ^'irtues,
and her memoiy will long remain as a blessed benediction to all
who knew her.

Mrs. Sophia Angeline DeWald, a descendant of one of the
earliest families of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was bom on January 8,
1835, in a frame house which stood at the southwest corner of
Main and Calhoun streets, this city, and she was the daughter of
Francis D. Lasselle and wife, both representatives of sterling old
families. Soon after her birth the family moved to the old Las-
selle homestead, which was at that time in the country, but is now
one of the most thickly populated parts of the city, the house
having stood close to what is now known as DeWald square. The
Lasselle estate comprised mo.st of the territory now lying along

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DeWald street, on the south side, and the broad acres were
reached by a countiy road through a section now intersected b}-
scores of paved streets and tho\isands of modern residences and
business places.

]\lrs. DeWald was the last of a family whose name has been
intimately connected with the history of Fort AVayno for one
lumdred and thirty years, and \\hose members bore a leading
part, not only in the settlement of the great Northwest territory,
but in its defense of the government later on. Lasselle is a name
indissolubly connected with the growth and history of Foil
Wayne. The first ancestor of jNIrs. DeWald of which we have
definite knowledge was Col. James Lasselle, who came from Mont-
real, Canada, to the Indian village of Kekiouga, now Fort Wayne,
in the year 1776, as Indian agent for the British government.
One of his sons. Hyacinth, served as a general in the American
militia in the war of 1812. The family maintained peaceful rela-
tions with the Indians and remained at Kekionga until Labalme's
invasion in 1780, when they filed down the Maumee river in ca-
noes, and on this voyage one of the daughters was drowned by
accidentally falling from a boat. The family went to Detroit,
Michigan, but afterwards the younger members returned to
Kekionga and settled there, preferring the old homestead vicin-
ity and there they became influential in the affairs of the same and
developed good fanns, being widely known in this section of the
state for a nmnber of generations.

Tlie death of Francis D. Lasselle, father of the subject of
this memoir, occurred in the year 1861, his wife, mother of Mrs.
DeWald, having preceded him to the grave in 1845.

Sophia Angeline Lasselle grew to womanhood at the old fam-
ily homestead here, and she received her educational training in
the common schools and in St. Augustine's Academ}-. On Novem-
ber 12, 1855, when twenty years of age, she was united in mar-
riage with Charles W. Nettlehorst, which union resulted in the
birth of two children, Hannah, who married John Mohr, cashier
of the Hamilton National Bank, of Fort Wayne, and a son, Fran-
cis, who died in infancy, in 1858. In that year also occuiTed the
death of Mr. Nettlehorst. On February 11, 1861, the widow was
united in marriage with George DeWald, then a i-ising young
business man of Fort Wa^nie, a member of the firm of Townley,
DeWald & Company. The marriage ceremony took i)lace in the

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then newly erected cathedral, the pioneer missionary, Fatho' Jul-
ian Beuoit, being the officiating clergyman.

Mr. DeWald became one of the leading merchant.s and busi-
ness men of this section of the state, and at the time of his death,
on June 27, 1899, he was one of the most influential and best known
men in Fort Wayne. A complete sketch of his career aiipcars
elsewhere in this volmne.

To George and Sophia A. DeWald the following children
were born: Robert W. T., who is president of the George DcAVald
Company of Fort WajTie; Mary E., who married James A. Mc-
Donald, of Chicago; Caroline S. is the wife of Henry J. Bcuret,
of Fort Wayne; Elizabeth M., who has remained single and lives
in the old home; and George L., who is vice-i^resident of the
George DeWald Company, the well-known concern founded and
developed by the father.

In the death of Mrs. Sophia A. DeWald on April 27, 1906, at
the age of seventy-one years, one of the links connecting the i)io-
neer epoch with the present was severed. She was a Christian
by family inheritance, by training and by nature. Her ancestors
accompanied the early missionaries who planted the cross in the
wilds of Indiana, and she never wavered in the faith. Her par-
ents were members of the old church of St. Augustine, which
stood on what is now Cathedral square, and she was given a care-
ful Christian training. She was a devoted member of the Cathe-
dral congregation until the division of parishes occurred, about
twenty-three years ago, and St. Patrick's was organized, when
she transferred her membership to that parish. However, many
years prior to that division, she assisted in forming St. Peter's
congregation and lent it her aid and encouragement. Until the
day of her death she was loyal and active in her support of St.
Peter's, maintaining a i^ew and being a member of the Ladies'
Society of the congregation, although an attendant at St. Pat-
rick's. She was also a member of the Rosary Soeiety of St. Pat-
rick's church.

Always charitable, ^Irs. DeWald took an active interest in
the welfare of the orphans, and twenty-six years ago she organ-
ized the L'Orphelin Society for the purpose of assisting the Sis-
ters in charge of St. Vincent's Orphanage. She banded together a
large number of noble women of the city, who devoted all their
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and otherwise assisting in their maintenance. NcA'er a Christmas
day, never a holiday passed that did not see ^Irs. De^Vald at the
orphanage well supplied with gifts for the little ones. A touch-
ing feature of her closing days was the solicitude of these charges
of hers. Morning and evening during her illness came telephone
messages to the DeWald home inquiring after her condition, and
the Sisters always found eager listeners when they announced
the news to the little girls. Mrs. DeWald 's death was character-
ized by the beautiful consolations of religion. Her last words
were a prayer and she passed away peacefully. She exemplified
in her daily life all the grandest qualities of Christian woman-
hood. Hers was a noble character, and her charity, never obtru-
sive, and but little recognized generally, is known, nevertheless,
by hundreds of people who were its beneficiaries. She was per-
mitted to continue in the active work of life almost to the very
last. It is safe to say that no woman in Fort Wayne has ever
exerted a broader influence upon the life of the city. The highest
tributes of love and respect were paid her, and the city mounted
the loss of one who was at once friend, teacher, counselor, bene-
factor and companion. She has gone to

"Join the choii* in\'isible

Of those inunortal dead who live again,

In minds made better by their presence."

SAMUEL HANNA.

Indiaua has been especially honored in the character and
career of her active men of industry and public service. In every
section have been found men born to leadership in the various
vocations, men who have dominated because of their sui^erior in-
telligence, natural endowment and force of character. It is al-
ways profitable to study such lives, weigh their motives and hold
up their achievements as incentives to greater activity and higher
excellence on the part of others. These reflections are suggested
by the career of one who forged his way to the front ranks of the
favored few, and who, by a strong inherent force and superior
business ability, directed and controlled by intelligence and judg-
ment of a high order, stood for over a quarter of a centui-y one
of the leading men of the state, and no citizen in northern Indiana
ever achieved more honorable mention or occupied a more coji-
spicuous place in the public eye than Samuel Hanna, whose
earthly career has long been ended, but whose influence still per-
vades the lives of men, the good which he did having been too far-
reaching to be measured in metes and bounds. In this age of
colossal enterprise and marked intellectual energy, the prominent
and successful men are those whose ambition and abilities lead
them into large undertakings and to assume the responsibilities
and labors of their respective fields of endeavor. Success is
methodical and consecutive and though the rise of ]\Ir. Hanna may
have seemed so rapid as to be spectacular, it will be foimd that his
success was attained by the same nonnal methods and means —
determined application of mental and physical resources along a
rightly defined line. To offer in a work of this province an ade-
quate resume of the career of this great man would be impossible,
but, with othei-s of those who have conserved the civic and com-
mercial progress of Fort Wayne and this section of Indiana, we
may well note the more salient points that marked his life and
labors. He was long a dominating power in public utilities as
well as extensive private operations of a varied nature. He
achieved a position as one of the substantial capitalists of the
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meaut;, and lie stood as a singularly admirable tyjte of the self-
made man.

Samuel llauua was born in Scott county, Kentucky, on Oc-
tober 18, 1797, the son of James Ilanna, who removed to IJa}ton,
Ohio, in 1804, locating on a farm in the southern edge of the town.
lie was one of a numerous family of children, all of whom attained
respectable and most of them distinguished positions in life. His
early days were passed, like those of most boys in a new country,
in assisting his father to clear and develop his farm, and his edu-
cational advantages were such as were afforded l)y the primitive
schools of the locality and period. His earliest employment, aside
from his labors on the homestead, was that of post-rider, deliver-
ing newspapers to the widely scattered subscribei'S, postoflBces in
those days being limited almost entirely to county seats. In this
humble calling the young man passed considerable time, travers-
ing, from week to week, the then wilderness of western Ohio.
While still a mere youth there came a pronounced exemplification
of the inviolable integrity which ever indicated the man. In tak-
ing up a business enterprise in company with another young man,
he assmned an indebtedness and was swindled out of the goods
purchased, and while his partner secured immunity from payment
by plea of infancy, young Haima refused to resort to this method
of evasion, holding the debt as one of honor, and ultimately pay-
ing in full, at a great sacrifice, he being then but nineteen years
of age and dependent entirely upon his own resources, and the
liability incurred, three thousand dollars, a large sum in those
days. Integrity and uprightness thus early evinced, amidst
strong inducements to a contrary course, characterized his long
and useful career and gave him immense influence over his fellow
men. That he made good use of such educational privileges as
were his is manifest when we learn that he successfully taught
school for some time, his Avork being so well and thoroughly done
that his services wore in great demand. AVith his brother Thomas,
he attended the Indiana treaty at St. .Mary's, in 1818, in the
capacity of sutler or purveyor, furnishing ])oth food for men and
provender for horses, all being transported with ox teams from
Troy, Ohio, while with his own hands he hewed out the feed-
troughs for the stock. The small amount of money realized in
this connectio)! was his first substantial acquisition, the corner-
stone on which his subsequent colossal fortune was reared. Here,
too, his purpose was formed of emigrating to Fort Wayne, where

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lie was destined to act so conspicuous and inipoitaut a part in
developing the resources of the country and buildiug up a city.
It was in 1819 that he arrived here, being then in his twenty-sec-
ond year. He found the i^lace a mere Indian trading post, with
very few white inhabitants, and those merely renmants of the old
military establishment. Outside of the "post" and its inmicdiate
vicinity, there were no white settlers, and the country in every
direction, for hundreds of mik'S, was an unbroken wilderness, the
haunts of red men and wild beasts. Mr. llauna innnediately
entered upon mercantile pursuits in a small way, at what is now
the northwest corner of Columbia and Barr streets. The town
was not then laid out, but he had the sagacity to foresee its great
future possibilities. His first store- house was a rude log cabin,
which he erected principally with his own hands. He succeeded
from the first and he was soon in a story-and-a-half frame build-
ing, which was in after years replaced by a substantial brick block
of business houses. These are still retained by the family. His
trade was mostly with the Indians, and by a course of fair and
honorable dealing with them, and later with the pioneei- white
settlers, he acquired a high degree of regard and consideration on
the part of the people among whom he lived so many years. This
regard and consideration w^ent on increasing in volume and in-
tensity while he lived. His splendid fortune was thus not ac-
quired by defrauding his customers, but by superior business
sagacity, indomitable industry and rigid economy, having pos-
sessed these three qualities in an eminent degree.

From the first settlement of Fort Wayne ^Ir. Hanna, at all
times, evinced a strong desire to build up the town, to advance its
material interests in every way, and to improve and develop the
resources of the country, and, though not inattentive to his indi-
vidual interests, the cardinal purpose was kept steadily in view
during his entire career. In all meetings of the people for pub-
lic improvements or public welfare in any way he was always a
conspicuous and leading actor. He early perceived the indis-
pensable necessity of opening and improving roads and other
facilities for travel and intercomnmuication; but to fully appreci-
ate his designs in this respect, we have but to recall i)revailing
conditions at that time. As has already been remarked, Fort
Wayne, located in the midst of the wilderness, was not easy of
access, being far removed from all improvements. The surround-
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yielded by tlio chase and a vciy small (jiuuitity of com grown
ou the bottom lands in the immediate vicinity by the occupants
of the fort. Practically all provisions and supplies had to be
brought from a distance, mostly from Miami county, Ohio, by \va}'
of St. ^Mary's, being transported by wagons to the latter place,
thence on flatboats up the St. Mary's river to Fort Wayne. The
facilities for obtaining goods were little or no better. They were
purchased principally in New York or Boston, and brought up the
Maumee in pirogues, a most laborious task, or packed through the
wilderness on horses from Detroit. Tluis it will be seen that
gigantic difficulties were in the way of building a city at that
time and place. Although Mr. Hanna clearly saw and fully real-
ized them all in their fullest force, he was by no means discour-
aged. They seem to have only excited the ardor and enthusiasm
of his indomitable nature, and nerved him to redoubled effort and
determination. He and a few other public spirited men, who gen-
erally followed his lead, addressed themselves to the work of their
removal with resolute and untiring energy. The fruits of their
noble efforts the present generation is enjoying. Think of the
change from an Indian trading post in the midst of a far-stretch-
ing wilderness in 1819 to a bustling modern metropolis of sixty-
five thousand population in 1912; a well cultivated, densely peo-
pled, wealthy, productive and prosperous country in ever}' direc-
tion; canals, turnpikes, railroads, electric lines and every facility
for travel and transportation abound, bringing to the city abund-
ant supplies of produce, goods, building materials, and whatever
may conduce to the comfort and convenience of the people and
add material prosperity to the place, everything indicating thrift,
enterprise, progress, culture and prosperity. This wonderful
transformation was caused by such strong men as Samuel Hanna.
He was emphatically a general in civic life. His name is inti-
mately associated and blended with every period in the history of
Fort Wayne. No public enterprise of importance was ever under-
taken by her citizens without his concurrence and aid. In truth,
it would be impossible to write the history of Fort Wayne, with-
out, at the same time, writing a large portion of the ))iography of
Mr. Hanna. His vast and controlling influence is visible every-
where, and was potential for good wherever it extended.

Soon after conunencing operations in Fort Wayne, Mr. Hanna
was appointed agent for the American Fur Company, a respon-
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Siitisfactiou of the coni})any. lie was also associate judge of the
circuit court, aud was repeatedly elected, at that earl}- period,
and in subsequent years, a member of the state Legislature, 'file
importance of some of his services in the latter capacit}' will be
shown later in this article. As his means accunnilated, he ex-
tended his mercantile operations to other places, particularly to
Lafayette, where he was, for many years, concerned in a large
house with his brother Joseph; to Wabash, where he was con-
nected in business with his brother Hugh, and to South Bend,
with Col. L. i\L and E. P. Taylor, from all of which he realized
large returns. ITe became an extensive land owner in the Wa])ash
valley and elsewhere. He was once heard to remark in 1843 that
he could go from Fort "Wayne to Indianapolis, by way of Lafayette
and return by way of Andersontown, and feed his horse at his
ow^n cora-crib every night during his journey.

Mr. Hanna was the first postmaster at Fort Wayne, keeping
the mail in his store on Columbia street.

The American people have been informed that a dim fore-
shadowing of a canal to connect Lake Erie with the Ohio river wds
entertained by George Washington and other early patriots and
statesmen, as one of the possibilities of the far future. But they
are indebted to Samuel Hanna for the first practical conception
of that magnificent project. He opened correspondence with the
Indiana representatives and senators in Congress and secured
their favor and influence for the great undertaking. These
efforts resulted, in 1827, in a grant by Congress to the state of
Indiana of each alternate section of land for six miles on each side
of the i)roposed line, through its whole length, to aid in the con-
struction of the canal. Strange as it may seem at the present
time, a powerful opposition to the acceptance of the grant ))y the
state was organized in some parts thereof, and Judge Hanna was
elected to the Legislature as the especial champion of the canal
policy. The contest was ardent and protracted, but resulted in
the acceptance of the grant, and an appropriation to purchase the
necessar}' engineering instnnnents and procure the survey and
location of the summit level. Judge Hanna, David Burr and a
^[r. Jones were appointed canal commissionei's. The first named
went to New York, purchased the instnmients, and, returning by
way of Detroit, carried them from that city on horseback to Fort
Wayne. Civil engineers were scarce in the West at that time,
but the commissioners procured one, and immediateh- entered
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upon the survey, connuencing on the St. Joseph river, six miles
above Fort Wayue, where the feeder-dam was afterwards built,
Mr. Burr operating as rod man and Judge Ilanna as ax man, both
at ten dollars per month. The second day the engineer was taken
sick and was compelled to abandon the work, Judge llanna and
Mv. Burr alone continuing and completing the survey of the sum-
mit feeder. They made their report to the succeeding session of
the Legislature, and Judge Hauua, being again a member, secured
its adoption, and the passage of an act authorizing the construc-
tion of the Wabash and Erie canal. Thus originated and was in-
augurated almost, if not entirely, through the untiring energy,
the indomitable perseverance of these two noble pioneers, Hanna
and Burr, this stupendous work of internal improvement — the
longest continuous line of artificial water communication on the
American continent, if not in the world — and which was of such
incalculable value to Fort "VVayne and all northern Indiana. They
are very far in advance of what they would have been had there
been no Wabash and Erie canal. Indeed, it is not probable that
they would have yet been out of the primeval forests without tliat
great work. Judge Hanna was fund conmiissioner for several
years, and negotiated for most of the money with which the work
was carried on, and probably no one contributed more to the suc-
cess of the canal policy during the first and trying yeai's of its
progress than he did, according to an article in the American Rail-
way Review% in 1859, which further said, "From 182S to 1836 he
was successively canal commissioner and fund commissioner, be-
sides serving three years in the state Senate and one in the
House, representing, as senator, perhaps one-third of the entire
area of the state, and filling, in each body, for a part of the time,
the post of the canal committee. In these official stations he
evinced the same judgment, tact and force of character which,
nearly a quarter of a century afterward, enabled him to render
important service to the northern section of Indiana, the enter-
prise of completing, under financial difficulties such as would have
discouraged men less courageous in assuming pecuniary respon-
sibilities, that portion of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago
Railway lying west of Crestline."

Perhaps the wisdom and ability of Judge Hanna were never
more strikingly displayed in any single act of his life than in the
establishment and organization of the State Bank of Indiana.
Wlien the derangement of the cun-ency and financial embarrass-

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nieut consequent upon tlie veto of the United States Bank and
other kindred measures occurred, he was a member of the Legis-
lature. The President had reconuneuded the creation of more
state banks to supply the circulation retired hy the closing of that
institution. Accordingly, a charter was introduced into the Indi-
ana Legislature of such a character that Judge TIanna and other
judicious members thought it ought not to pass, lie opposed its
passage with great power and ability, and was principally instru-
mental in defeating it; but it was clearly seen that a charter of
some kind would pass at the next session. A committee was ap-
pointed to prepare a proper charter during the vacation, to be
presented when the Legislature again convened. Judge Haima
was made chairman of that committee, and to him was confided
the duty of drafting the proposed new charter. How well he per-
formed the duty may be infeiTed from the fact that it passed both
houses of the Legislature almost precisely as it came from his
hand, within a few days after their coming together, and it was
approved January 28, 18.34. Thus was created the State Bank of
Indiana, by common consent one of the best bankmg institutions
that has ever existed in this country, an institution that con-
tinued in operation twenty years, affording the people a safe and
sound currency, and yielding to the state a large accunudated
fund at its close; an institution that exerted a marked influence
on the subsequent bank legislation of many other states. No one
ever lost a dollar by the State Bank of Indiana.

A branch was at once established at Fort AVayne, of which
Judge Hanna was president much of the time, while it was man-
aged with pre-eminent skill and ability.

Judge llanna platted an extensive addition to the cit.v of Foi't
Wayne as early as 1836, and eventually he reaped large profits
from the same, though through it his affairs were much involved
for a time, ^[ultitudes have comfortable homes in this city today,
who are indebted for them to the kindness and forbearance of
Judge llanna. It was a rule with him never to urge payment of
any one who kept his interest paid up, and many were in arreai's
for even that for years together, without being distur])cd. In
1843 an o\itlet for produce and an inlet for i>eople were opened by
the opening of the canal to the lake; the country- began rapidly to
settle, and the town to improve. The sale of lots was greatly
augmented, money became more abundant, and payments more
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hazardous purchase — to enjoy the reward of his years of toil aud
embarrassment, and of his generous forbearance toward his poor
debtors. "Hanna's Addition" is a very extensive aud important
part of the present city of Fort Wayne.

For several years succeeding 1836, Judge llaniia devoted
hunself mainly to the affairs of the Fort Wayne Brancli Bank, to
the management and improvement of his estate, and to the enjoy-
ment of his domestic and social relatious; accepting, occasionally,
a seat in the Legislature of the state. During this period, his pet
project, the Wabash and Erie canal, was opened to Toledo, work-
ing wonders in the development of both towns and country, but
the roads leading to Fort Wayne were in a wretched condition
nmch of the time, and their improvement became a subject of vital
necessity. Judge Hanna and others organized the Fort Wayne
and Lima Plank-road Company, he taking the contract for the first
ten miles north of this city; others followed his example, all set-
ting to work with a will, and within two years the road was com-
pleted to Ontario, a distance of fifty miles, the first improvement
of the kind undertaken and completed in northern Indianar.
Other similar works followed, leading to Fort Wayne, among
which was the Lima plank-road. In the construction of this, as in
that of the Lima road, Judge Hanna was an active and leading par-
ticipant; he was the Hercules, whose shoulder to the wheel pro-
pelled both of these works onward to completion, through many
obstacles.

When the Pennsylvania & Ohio railroad reached Crestline
and it was proposed to extend it to Fort Wayne, Judge Hanna was
ready with his powerful co-operation. He was largely instru-
mental in inducing the people of Allen county to vote a subscrip-
tion of one hundred thousand dollars to its capital stock. This
was the turning point of the great enterprise at that time. With-
out this timely aid the work would have been indefinitely post-
poned, if not entirely defeated. In 1852 Judge Hanna, with
others, took the whole contract from Crestline to Fort Wayne,
one himdred and thirty-two miles, and began work immediately.
The company's means becoming exhausted. Judge Hanna was
finally elected president and, after considerable difficulty and de-
lay, started the work again and brought it to successful comple-
tion, the cars from Pittsburg and Philadelphia coming into Fort
Wayne in November, 1854, amid great rejoicing.

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and financial enibanassnicuts of the Oliio & Indiana Railroad, the
Fort Wayne & Chicago Railway Conipan}' was organized, and
Judge Hanua was elected president. The company experienced
much trouble in raising funds to prosecute the work, and in the
face of formidable obstacles. Judge llanna went resolutely to
work on the new line. He was thus president and chief manager
of two companies — both without money, except what his own ex-
ertions provided — whose united lines extended from Crestline to
Chicago, a distance of two hundred and eighty miles, and a lead-
ing contractor for the constniction of one of them. Such a load
of responsibility would have overwhelmed most men, but he was
equal to the occasion in every respect, the difficulties merely nerv-
ing him to exert his fullest i)owers, and caused the brightness of
his true character to blaze out in its true effulgence. In 1856 cars
began to run over part of the line. Later it was deemed advisable
to consolidate these interests and on August 1, 1856, the three
minor corporations were obliterated on terms satisfactory to
themselves, through the efforts of Judge Ilanna, and the gi-eat
Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railway Company succeMed
to their franchises and liabilities. Judge Hanua being elected vice-
president of the consolidated company, which he held the rest of
his life, the line being speedily completed and soon under suc-
cessful operation.

Remaining ever loyal to the interests of Fort Wayne, Judge
Hanna was instrumental in establishing here great repair shops
and manufactoiies that constituted an imi^ortant feature of the
city. He was associated in the work of establishing the woolen
factory, ihe great Bass foundry and machine shops, the Olds fac-
tories and other industrial inidertakings whose inception and
maintenance depended largely upon his capital.

Judge Hanna literally remained in the harness until called
upon to obey the inexorable sununons of death, his final illness
having been of comparatively brief duration. It was on June 11,
1866, that he passed to his reward, in the fullness of yeai's and well
earned honors. The city of his home and his affections returned
then its tribute of grief, appreciation and deprivation. The city
council passed resolutions of sorrow, which are reprinted further
on in this article, the bells of all churches tolled, and, amid somber
draperies on every side, a procession fully two miles in length fol-
lowed his mortal remains to their last ]-esting place, in Lindenwood
cemetery. Thus ended the pure and no})le life of ojie whose mem-

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ory must ever be cherished by the citizens of Fort \\'a}ue, which
owes so much to him. In his religious faitli he was in sympathy
with the Presbyterian church, in which he was a ruling older at
the time of his death. In a fraternal way he was a member of the
time-honored order of Free and Accepted Masons.

Judge Hanna's domestic life began on ^larch 7, 1822, when he
was united in marriage with Eliza Taylor, who was born in
Buffalo, New York, February 13, 1804, the daughter of Israel and
Mary (Blair) Taylor. Her father, who was born in Connecticut,
was a man of means. Her mother was a native of ^lassachusetts.
,Mrs. Hauna received the best educational advantages that the
common schools of her girlhood days afforded, she having at-
tended school in Buffalo, New York; Detroit, Michigan; and Day-
ton, Ohio, her parents having moved from the last named city to
Fort Wayne, Indiana, when she was eighteen years old. It was
in 1820 that she made her first trip to Fort Wayne, visiting her
sister, Mrs. Suttenfield, having come over from Dayton on a
sleigh, but, the snow disappearing, she was compelled to delay her
return. About the same time her father purchased the land east
of Fort Wayne now known as White's Addition, where he built
and occupied the house now laiOA\T3 as the Golf Club House. About
two years later she and j\Ir. Hanna were married. Her parents
did not live to a ripe old age, but her grandfather Blair passed the
centur^y mark. He served in the Revolutionary war as an officer.
He stood near General Warren when he was killed, and he par-
ticipated in the battle of Bunker Hill.

j\Irs. Hanna was in many respects a remarkable woman,
possessing nobility of character, great personal courage, and the
ability to handle the affairs of home and society with ease.
Though she already had the care and responsibility of rearing her
own eight sons, she also took into her home Samuel Chute, the son
of the first pastor of the First Presbyterian church here, an act
which the beneficiary has alwaj's remembered with affection and
gratitude. Mrs. Hanna's long life was spent in deeds of kindness
to others and she was beloved by a large circle of relatives and
friends. Although delicate in appearance, she possessed a strong
constitution and was very active all her life. She lived twenty-
one years after the death of her husband, passing away in the
sacred old Hanna homestead on East Lewis street, January 13,
1888. She left the picturesque old family residence to her daugh-
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dignity over the stately old mansiou. Mrs. Ilaima was a lo\able
and strong character, in every respect a tit helpmeet lor her dis-
tinguished husband, and her encouragement and judicious coun-
sel contributed in no small manner to his success in the various
walks of life. She was one of the most benevolent and generous
of the eai'ly women of Fort Wayne. A woman of rare personal
beauty and magnetism, high-mindLd and charitable, she num-
bered her friends only by the limits of her acquaintance. Al-
though of somewhat frail figui-e, she withstood in a marvel-
ous manner the hardships and deprivations incident to pioneer
hfe, in the days of Indians, wolves and other wild beasts of the
great woods that covered this locality during her early residence
here. She was not only a favorite in lier own family but was also
much adored by the entire Hanna family, in fact, she was so gen-
tle and noble a character that everybody loved her. During the
frequent necessary absences of her husband in his earlier career,
she bravely and uncomplainingly managed the affairs of the
household. While away on his extensive business matters or
some public service, she knew hours of privation, hours of dis-
couragement, but this grand character passed through all these
frontier experiences with rare fortitude. She left a record worthy
of imitation by her descendants, worthy of the emulation of all.
She was quiet, unobti"usive, retiring in disposition, never seeking
publicity, but when there was need for her services they were
readily and gladly forthcoming. She was much loved by those
who knew her best in all circles. She was a very active member
and one of the founders of the First Presbyterian church of Fort
AVayne, of which her husband was for man}' }ears a pillai'. In
her departure on the mysterious journey of which Plato wrote,
the world lost a lady whose compeer could not be readily found.
In her earlier years she devoted much time to charital>le work,
although always a great home woman, and the grand old home-
stead was the scene of gracious hospitality during her lifetime.
She was frequently hostess to some of the leading people of the
land. That she was a woman of remarkable vitality was shown
by her length of years, she having reached her eiglity-fifth mile-
stone when the summons came.

Thirteen children blessed the union of Jiulge Sauuiel Hanna
and wife, only two of whom now survive, the only daughter, Eliza,
who married Fred J. Hayden, a well known citizen of Fort Wayne,
a sketch of whom ai)pears elsewhere in tliis work, and Hugh

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Taylor Uauna, who resides with his sister iii the old homestead;
James Bayless llauua, tlic eldest sou, was a member of the iirm
of S. llauua tt ISous, engaged iu tlie general merehaiidising bnsi-
uess for many }ears in l'\irt \Va\ne; Amos Thomas llanna was
also conuected with the above named firm; Henry Clay Ilanna was
at one time iu the grocery business iu Fort Wayne and was also
a partner iu the fiiin of N. (J. & II, Cii. Olds & Company; Charles
Hanua was a partner iu the firm of French, llanna & Company,
manufacturers of woolen goods; Samuel Telford llanna was as-
sociated with his father iu the railroad business, being the latter's
private secretary while he was president of the (J rand Rapids &
Indiana Railroad Compau}', to which position he was elected ouly
three mouths prior to his death; Horace llovey llanna was a mem-
ber of the fiiTU of Bass & llauua; "William Willis llanna was a
partner in the firm of French, Hanua tt Company, woolen manu-
facturers.

The following resolutions, passed by the common council of
Fort Wayne at the tiuie of Judge Hanua 's death, are expressive
of the universal bereavement that pervaded the whole community :

"Resolved, that the mayor and couunon council of the city of
Fort Wayne have received, with the deepest sensibility, the an-
nouncement of the death of our great and good fellow citizen, Hon.
Samuel Hanua.

"Resolved, that, as a mark of our respect and esteem to the
memory of him we moui-u, the mayor, couunon council and officei's
of the city attend in a body the funeral obsequies, and that the
municipal offices be closed for business during the funeral.

"Resolved, that to the widow and family uoav borne down l)y
the weight of this affliction, we tender our heartfelt sympathies
and condolence, together with the assurance that we share with
them their sorrow and their tears.

"Resolved, that these proceedings be si^read upon the minutes
of the conmaon council; that a copy of the same be furnished the
daily papers of the city for {)ul)lication, that the city clerk be
directed to transmit to the bereaved family a certified copy there-
of, and that the citizens, in accordance with the proclamatiou of
the mayor, be requested to close all places of l)usinesR liotween the
hours of two and four o'clock on the day of tlie funeral.

"Resolved, that as a further mark of respect to the memory of
the lamented dead, the council do now adjourn for one week."

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guished citizeu, a meeting of cuudoleuce was held in the court
house by the citizens of Fort "\Va3ne, and addressed by Hon.
Joseph K. Edgerttm, a few brief extracts from which we herewith
append :

"One of the marked features of Judge llanna's character was
his imtiring energy. It was not in liis nature to cease to work,
until he ceased to live, and, like other greatly useful public men,
it was his fate, under the will of God, to die ere he seemed to have
rounded the full sphere of his usefulness. His teacher was the
experience of an active and eventful life. He was eminently a
man of affairs, a practical man, one of large, clear mind, and of
indomitable purpose, grasping with great power the salient points
and bearing and end of a public question, and moving toward it
strongly and surely. He belonged to the higher type of the pio-
neer class of men. He was a planter and builder, more than a
legislator. He had the hope, the courage, the forethought, the
fertility of resource, the unfaltering purpose and will that char-
acterize the planters of colonies and founders of cities. With high
elements of statesmanship in his natui'e, he was not a politician;
he moved in a higher sphere of life. He was more than a states-
man— he was the foimder of a state. With all his mental strength
and public usefulness, it was perhaps in his domestic life and
social relations that Judge Hanna appeared to the best advantage.
He was a moral, temperate, well controlled man, the idol of his
family. His was a genial, social nature; he loved his children and
his grandchildren, and young folks generally. When such men
die, not only the public heart is filled with sadiiess and abiding
sense of loss, but there is within the sanctuary of his own house-
hold a depth of sorrow that cannot be fathomed. His temper was
calm and equitable; his manners were those of the old-school gen-
tleman— plain, simple, dignified — despising sham and pretense of
all kinds. His devotion to every duty was intense, while his per-
ception of truth and worth was almost intuitive. His opinions
were positive and strong. His mental endowments and reasoning
powers were of a high order, and he had cultivated them through
many years of close observation and intense thought. His far-
seeing sagacity and prescience in the solution of great financial
problems were remarkable. He stood among the great i-ailroad
managers of the coimtry, and the great financiers of Wall street,
the acknowledged peer of the ablest, and he was always listened
to Avith deference."

JAMES SUMMERS.

The late James iSuininers, one of the pioneer business men
of Foit AVayne, Indiana, was a man who lived a helpful and un-
selfish life and did an incalculable amount of good. He was born
in Kilkenny, Ireland, August 8, 1833. He was a son of Alichael
Summers, a native of Ireland, who spent his earlier years there,
finally coming to America and establishing his home in Fort
Wa>Tie, Indiana, where he si)ent the rest of his life, dying there on
June 12, 1877.

Janies Sununers spent his early boyhood in his native laud,
and, about 1851, when sixteen years of age, he crossed the great
Atlantic to our shores, making the long voyage alone. He lo-
cated first in A'^ermont, where, in order to get a start, he worked
for fifty cents a day, remaining there a year, then came to Fort
Wayne, Indiana. Here he secured a position at the Rockhill
House, which is now the St. Joseph hospital, and he remained
there many years. His early education was meager and while at
the Rockhill House he secured a year's leave of absence and de-
A'oted the time to study. In those early days he was also employed
for a shoi-t time by the Wabash Railroad Company. In 1860, hav-
ing saved his earnings, he launched out in l)usiness for himself,
opening a grocery on South Calhoun street, and in this venture was
successful from the fii-st, his i^lace being near the Wabash depot,
and in a busy part of the city. Later he built a store at the north-
west comer of Calhoun and Baker streets, and this constituted
his principal life work. Earlier in his career he retired from ac-
tive business and devoted his attention to speculation and real
estate deals, and at the time of his death he had amassed, solely
through his individual efforts, considerable valuable property. He
left a family home at No. 219 Douglas avenue, which has been the
home of the Summerses for forty years, and is one of the pictur-
esque old homesteads of Fort Wayne, and here the many friends of
the family have been wont to gather, from time to time, sharing
the hospitality and good cheer which has ever provaikHl here.

James Summers was a fine type of the self-made man, and
he was a man of quiet and social tendencies, and liked to meet his
friends, of whom he had an unnuml)ered host. His linmc was al-

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ways liospitably opcu, and whether the guests were young jieople
or some of his old associates, there was always a warm wclcunu'.
In fact, he was an exceptional man as a citizen and as a family
man. lie was devotedly religio\is and for more than twenty years
never missed attending divine service every morning at the C'atlu -
dral, being a devout member of the Catholic faith, as are also tlic
membei'S of the family, lie was a member of all the Catholic
societies of Fort Wayne and was quite active in the same, in-
cluding the Catholic Knights of America, the Catholic Benevolent
Legion, the Ancient Order of Hibernians, and the Married Men's
Sodality of the Cathedral. Politically, he was a Democrat, l)ut
was never ambitious for office, though he took an active pai't in
local political affairs and was for years very influential in the
ranks of the party.

Mr. Summers was a great home man, and very ambitious for
his children, and gave them all the benefits of higher education.
His home life was ideal, always taking a great deal of interest in
his family, and they constituted a mutually happy household. He
was also a model business man, being ever law-abiding in business
as he was scrupulously honest and upright in private life.

On September 18, 1862, Mr. Summers was united in marriage
to Catherine Nelligan, the ceremony being performed in the then
new Cathedral, Fort Wayne, by the pioneer missionary. Father
Julian Benoit. She is the daughter of John and Johanna (Cordan)
Nelligan, natives of Ireland, who grew up and were married in
that country, ^larch 4, 1840. To them were born six children,
named as follows: Catherine, widow of James Summers; Ella,
Mary, Michael, Frank and John.

John Nelligan, father of ]Mrs. Summers, was bora in Abbey-
fail, county Kerry, Ireland, June 24, 1812. After coming to Ameri-
ca in 1851, he lived in the East a short time, then came to Indiana,
settling at Columbia City, where he continued to reside until
shortly after the death of his wife in 1873, when he removed to
Port Wayne, and continued to make that city his home until his
death, which occurred on October 4, 1897. Besides his children
he was survived by thirteen grandchildren and six great-grand-
childi-en. ^Ir. Nelligan was a member of the Cathedral parish,
and clung to his religion with all the ardor of a devoted nature,
his faith being a part of his very life. To those who knew him
his sterling qualities were known and admired, and his kindly,
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came iu contact with biiu during litV. His long illness was borne
with Christian patience, and to his last moments he was elieered
by the hope of the i)roniised reward of suffering borne during the
earthl}' pilgrimage. He was a member of tiie Glen's Sodality, the
Rosary Society, and the Sacred Heart League. He was very kind
of heart, and his many kind deeds will cause his memory to be
revered for many years. He had resided in Fort Wayne for a
period of twenty-four years, having previously been a prosperous
fanner. He had a commodious home at No. 23 West Lewis street,
Port Wayne, where his death occurred.

To James Summers and wife were born twelve children, of
whom seven are deceased. Those who, with the mother, survive
are Mary, who married Thomas Butler, lives in Indianapolis, he
being a master mechanic of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
there; they have these children, Thomas, William, Eleanor, Cath-
erine, Raymond, Gertrude and Maurice. Ella Sunnners married
Clement J. Weber, of Fort AVayne. Anna, of the Order of Provi-
dence, St. Mai"y 's-of -the- Woods, near Terre Haute, Indiana; Eliza-
beth, an accomplished vocalist, is soloist in the Plymouth Congre-
gational church in Chicago; Frank lives in Indianapolis. Those
deceased are Catherine, John, Agnes, Anna (the first), Frank
(the first), John (the first), and AVilliam, the last named, being the
seventh in order of birth.

The death of James Summers occurred Sunday, April 19,
1903, after an illness of some six months' duration, at the age of
sixty-seven years. His funeral was ^ery largely attended at the
Cathedral. Solemn high mass was celebrated, in which Father
Roche was celebrant, and was assisted by Father Delauey as
deacon. Father John R. Quinlan, of Huntington, subdeacon, and
Father Sullivan, master of ceremonies. Father Quinlan, for many
years a close personal friend of Mr. Sunnners, delivered the
funeral sennon and testified to Mr. Sunnners' sterling qualities.
The Ancient Order of Hibernians, the Men's Sodalit,v, and the St.
Bernard branch. Catholic Knights of America, attended in a body.

DANDRIDGE H. OLIVER, M. D.

The biogi*aphies of the representative nun of a ((Uintry,
either ■:■: a past or present generation, bring to light many lii(hh'n
treasures of mind, character and courage, well calcnhUcd to arouse
the pride of their descendants and of the connnunity and it is a
source of regi'et that the people are not more familiar with the
personal history of such men, in the ranks of whom may l)e found
tillers of the soil, mechanics, teachers, as well as lawyers, physi-
cians, bankers and members of other vocations and professions.
5[arion county, Indiana, has been the home and scene of labor of
many men who have not only led lives which should serve as a les-
son and inspiration to those who follow them onto the stage of
life's activities, but who have also been of commendable service
in important avenues of usefidness in various lines. The well
remembered pioneer physician whose name forms the caption of
this brief memoir was one of the useful workers in the world's
work, a man of well rounded character, sincere, devoted and loyal,
so that there are many salient points which render consonant a
tribute to his memory in this compilation. Standing as he did for
many years at the head of one of the most important and exacting
of professions, his labors were long directed for the physical
amelioration of the people of his community with such gratifying
i-esuhs. Personally, Doctor Oliver was affable and i)opnlar with
all classes and stood ready at all times to enconi-age and aid all
latidable measures and enterprises for the general good. By a
life c-onsistent in motive and because of his many fine qualities of
head and heart he earned the sincere regard of a vast acquaint-
ance, and his success in his chosen field of endeavor bespoke for
him the possession of superior attributes. Yet he was a plain,
uuassmniug gentleman, straightforward in all his relations with
his fellow men.

Dr. Daudiidge H. Oliver was born in Henry coimty, Ken-
tucky, in 1S26. the scion of a sterling old Sontheni family, and in
1S36. when ten years of age, he moved with his parents, John H.
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becaine well established, having located in Perry township. There
they engaged in general agi'icultural pursuits and developed a
good farm, through close application, from the virgin soil, and
there the family home was maintained until 1848, when the fatlier
of the subject of this review moved to ^Montgomery comity, this
state, and there spent the rest of his life, his death occurring in
1859.

Dr. Dandridge II. Oliver grew to manhood on the home farm
in Perry township and there assisted with the general work dur-
ing the crop season. He received such education as the early
schools of his day afforded, and early in life he decided to enter
the medical profession; with this end in view, he entered the
Louisville ^ledical College, from which institution he was gradu-
ated in 1857, and he at once located for practice at the village of
Clennont, Clarion county, Indiana, where he soon huilt up a very
satisfactory practice and where he remained until 1866, when he
moved to Indianapolis and established an office where he spent
the rest of his life, taking his place in the front rank of the physi-
cians of the capital city of that day and generation, enjoying a
lucrative and ever-increasing practice and establishing a reputa-
tion as a successful general practitioner that far transcended the
bounds of Marion county. He was ever a profound student and
therefore kept well abreast of the times in all that pertained to
his profession and also the current issues of the day, thus becom-
ing a broad-minded, skilled and progressive man of affairs w-ho in
every respect merited the great success which he achieved and the
high esteem in which he was held.

Gov. Oliver P. ^lorton, Indiana 's great war governor, recog-
nized his ability and sent hun to various sections of the South,
during the Civil war, on special work among the hospitals and
camps of Indiana troops, and in this capacity he discharged his
every duty most faithfully and acceptably.

Politically, Doctor Oliver was a loyal Republican and was
more or less active in the ranks, but he preferred to give his atten-
tion exclusively to his profession and was not a seeker of the
emoluments of public office; however, in 1872 his party nominated
him for the state Senate and he was duly elected. He served the
people in the Legislature with such fidelity and ability that he. was
re-elected and he served two regular and two extra sessions, dur-
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county and won the lasting gratitude of all concerned, iric.specti\e
of party alignment.

Fraternally, the Doctor was a prominent Masou, attained the
thirty-second degree in that time-honored body, holding nieiuher-
ship in the Scottish Rite and York Rite bodies, including the
Knights Templar. In his religious life he was a consistent mem-
ber of the Christian church and a liberal supporter of the same.
He belonged to the County and State Medical Societies and the
American Medical Association, and he frequently contributed
articles to various medical journals which always found a very
appreciative audience and were widely commented on.

Dr. Dandridge H. Oliver was twice married, first, in 1857 to
Martha Harding, daughter of Judge Eliakim Harding, a prom-
inent attorney and jurist of central Indiana in the early part of
the last century. Judge Harding was born in Virginia in 1800
and his death occurred in 1840. The Harding family originally
came from Scotland and located in Virginia, finally removing
from the Old Dominion to Kentucky, locating in Henry county.
They subsequently removed to Wayne county, Indiana, on the
AVhitewater, in the early decades of the nineteenth century, and
were thus among the earliest settlers in that section of the state.
Eliakim Harding was the eldest of six brothers, and when the
coxmty courts of old Marion were organized he was the first associ-
ate judge. He was a farmer and assisted in the clearing of the
land where the state house now stands. Together with his
brothers, he was one of the first families. He had l)ut one child,
^Fartha Ann Harding, who was born in Marion county, Indiana,
in 1839, and became the wife of the subject of this memoir. Here
she grew to womanhood and married Doctor Oliver, which union
resulted in the birth of one child. Dr. John H. Oliver, one of the
best kno\\Ti surgeons of Indianapolis.

The first wife of Dr. Dandridge H. Oliver having passed away
two years after their marriage, he was united in marriage, in
1868, with Theresa Iledderly, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and to
this union three children were born, namely: Dr. Roljert T.
Oliver, who for a numl)er of years has been head of the dental
department of the United States army, and who for the past three
years has been stationed at Manila, Pliilippine Islands; Dr. D. H.
Oliver, a practicing dentist in Indianapolis; and ^Irs. Anna Pix-
ley, wlio resides in San Jose, California.

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Doctor Oliver was a man of fine i)ersonal appearance, massive
physique and imposing presence, yet courteous and geutleuiauly
in manner, a big-hearted, obliging, hospitable old-time family doc-
tor who did many acts of kindness and charit}', but never with a
thought of applause from his fellow men, and when the final sum-
mons came, on February 3, 1895, when nearly seventy years of
age, his influence for good did not cease among his host of friends
and acquaintances who will long revere his memory.

LEWIS N. HOWARD. M. D.

LEWIS NATHANIEL HOWARD, M. D.

Success in what arc popularly tenncd the Icarued professions
is the legitimate result of merit and painstaking endeavor. In
commercial life one may come into ])ossessi()U of a lucrative busi-
ness through inheiitancc or gift, ])ut professioual advancement is
gained only by critical study and consecutiAc research long con-
tinued. Proper intellectual discii^line, thoi-ough professional
knowledge and the possessit)n and utilization of the qualities and
attributes essential to success made the late Lewis Nathaniel
Howard, of Indianapolis, eminent in his chosen calling and for
many years he stood among the scholarly and enterprising phy-
sicians and surgeons in a community long distinguished for the
high order of its medical talent. Doctor Howard's name will be
held in lasting honor as one of the ablest physicians that ever gave
loyal service in behalf of suffering humanity, for his life was char-
acterized not only by the most adroit professional ability but also
by the most profound human sympathy which overleaped mere
sentiment to become an actuating motive, for when a youth he
realized that there is no honor not founded on genuine wbrth,
there is a vital purpose in life and that the best and highest ac-
complishment must come from a well trained mind and an altru-
istic heart. Those who knew him well were unstinted in their
praise of his genial disposition and his superior ability. Older
men in the profession here relied upon his judgment and younger
ones frequently sought his counsel, all admitting his eminence.
The large success which crowned his life work, coupled with his
ripe experience and kind heart, enabled him to bring comfort,
hope and confidence to the sick room and he brought simshine into
many a home, much of which fled when news of his transition to
a higher plane of activity reached them; ])ut his memoir will ever
be revered by a wide circle of friends and acquaintances.

Lewis N. Howard was born in Decatur county, Indiana, Aug-
ust 16, 1838. He was the son of Edward and Clarissa (Lewis)
Howard, the father a native of Ohio and the mother of Kentucky.
In his youth Edward Howard learned the harness and saddle-
making trade, which he followed in Cincinnati several vears, then
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came to Decatur county, ludiaua, where he started in business,
biit later turned his attention to the medical profession, studying
under his father-in-law, he and Clarissa Lewis having married
after he came to that county, and to them two children were born,
Dr. Lewis N., of this memoir, and William 0., who died when he
was about thirty years old.

Dr. Edward Howard took up the practice of his profession at
Greensburg, moving to Kuightstown a few years later and there
practiced until 1854, when he moved to Indianapolis, the popula-
tion at that time being about twelve thousand, and there he met
with his usual large success as a general practitioner, spending
the rest of his life in the capital city, dying in December, 1899,
at the advanced age of eighty-five years. His widow is still living
in Indianapolis, being now nearly the age attained by her husband
when he was called from earth. She is a consistent Presbyterian,
as was also the elder Doctor Howard. The latter was very suc-
cessful in the treatment of cancer, which he made a specialty, his
fame in this particular branch of the science transcending the
bounds of Indiana and pervading many states.

George Howard, paternal grandfather of Dr. Lewis N. How-
ard, was a native of Pennsylvania and was of English descent.
After his marriage he settled in Hamilton count}', Ohio, where he
died at the age of ninety-four years. His family consisted of nine
children. He devoted his life to farming and according to family
tradition, he built the first brick house in Cincinnati.

Nathan Le\\'is, the maternal grandfather of Dr. Lewis N.
Howard, was a native of Virginia. For a time he lived in South
Carolina, then went to Kentucky, from which state he moved to
Decatur county, Indiana, where he practiced medicine until his
death, in the eighty-fifth year of his age. There were eight chil-
dren in his family.

Dr. Lewis N. Howard, of this i-eview, spent his early boyhood
in Decatur county, accompanj'ing his parents to Knightstown,
Henry county, when he was about twelve years old and spent the
ensuing four years. Coming to Indianapolis when sixteen years
old, he spent the rest of his life in the capital city. His education
was begun in the common schools and continued in the old semi-
nar}' that stood on what is now University Park. He then at-
tended Hanover College, from which he was graduated in the year
1857, then began the study of medicine and surgery under his
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^ledical College, of Indianapolis, in 1859 lie entered the Transyl-
vania ]\Iedical College at Lexington, Kentueky, whieh at that time
was ranked among the leading medical schools of the West. The
Civil war coming on, the Doctor cast his fortunes with the South-
ern Confed(U'acy, serving faithfully as surgeon through the en-
tire conflict, which practical experience had much to do with his
great success in later years. Tie won the admiration of his
superior officei's and the respect and friendship of his comrades.

Returning home after the war, he practiced his profession for
a time with his father, and in 1873 was gradmited from the Mis-
souri Homeopathic Medical College at St. Louis. During his sta}-
in that city he maintained an office and devoted part of his time
to practice. After completing his course in that institution, he
returaed to Indianapolis, where he spent the rest of his life, mak-
ing a specialty of orthopoedic siu-gery and the treatment of cancer
and chronic diseases, in all of whieh he won Avell merited success,
the last quarter of a century of his practice being confined to
office practice. He accumulated a competency, leaving a valuable
estate, including a beautiful residence in East Fifteenth street at
the time of his death. He was a Democrat and an Odd Fellow,
and belonged to the State Homeoimthic Medical Society.

Dr. Lewis N. Howard was married on February 22, 1859, to
^[ary, a daughter of George and Ethelinda (Keen) Keen, of Lex-
ington, Kentucky. She died in 1868. This union resulted in the
birth of two children, both being now deceased. In 1873 Doctor
Howard was united in marriage with Margaret McGouldrick,
daughter of Dennis and ^Margaret (Lancaster) jMcGouldrick. Her
death occurred in 1877. Doctor Howard was married in 1894 to
■^frs. Allie Crawford, widow of Samuel Crawford. She was born in
Franklin county, Virginia, and is a lady of culture and refinement,
a favorite with a wide circle of friends. She is a representative of
an excellent old Southern family, the daughter of Dening and
Frances (Deering) Hodges, the father born in Nashville, Tennes-
see, and the mother a native of Franklin coimty, Virginia. Mrs.
Howard, who is the second of a family of five children, was bora
on December 5, 1848. She has one sister living, Mrs. Ella Hender-
son, of Mead county, Kentucky. Lewis Deering, grandfather of
Airs. Howard, was born in England, and was the youngest of a
family of ten children, who emigrated to America with their
father and located in Franklin county, Virginia.

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with Mr. Crawford, uaiuely: Davis A. Ci'awfoi'd, a well known
business man of Indianapolis, and Ella May (Crawford) N orris,
who died August 24, 1899. She was a talented, highly educated
and cultured lady who was a social favorite in Indianapolis. She
was graduated from St. John's Academy with liigh lionois, and,
being a woman of marked esthetic tastes, she was a painter of
rare ability, her work being greatly admired by art critics and ad-
mirers w'herever shown. She also possessed exceptional musical
ability and her superb performing in this connection delighted
thousands. She was an exceptional beauty and added to a natural
personal charm of feature was a grace, magnetism and sweetness
of spirit that readily won and retained friends by the scores. Her
untunely death brought sorrow to many hearts. Her whole na-
ture was deeply artistic; there was a mysterious melody in her
heart, as if that young heart had wandered down from heaven
and was moaning for its home as the sea shell moans for its parent
sea. She never uttered a thought that was not fitted to purify
and beautify and make better every heart into which it sank,
never a thought that might not be cherished and spoken by an
angel in the midst of the shining hosts of the Eternal City in the
skies. Mrs. Norris had an extraordinary genius, and up to the
time of her death she cultivated it with diligence and success. She
was rising to fame when her gentle heart sank down into the
relentless tomb. She was a true lover of nature, hence in her art
creations there were birds, flowers, sunsets and everything that
entered into the makeup of her beautiful world. Hers was not a
little rippling stream of thought, but a rushing current seemingly
foreshadowing the all too short time she had to give out the beau-
tiful ideals that filled her soul. To look at her work is but to renew
one's recollections of childhood, watching the robin build its nest,
chasing the butterfly, gathering spring flowers, y)laying in tiny
streams, each scene awakening response to all alike, rich and iiooi-,
rustic or city bred. It seems such a mysterious dispensation of
Providence that the little amount of breath necessary to the life
of a glorious young lady is withdrawn while enough of zone-per-
vaded aid to make a tornado is vouchsafed to the ]>hysical being
of tens of thousands of the worthless and the vile. And how
poor seems the rich gift of genius when it lies, like the adventur-
ous bird that has outflown its strength upon the sea, a thing the
thrush might pity, as she broods quietly on her sheltered nest.
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business capacit}', sound of judgnicut and rare foresight, aud at
the same time he built up a reputation for higli grade citizenship,
having always stood ready to assist in furthering any laudable
undertaking for the betterment of his connnunity, whetlier ma-
terially, politically or morally. Jie carried the principle of the
Golden Rule into his every-day life and therefore was trusted,
ever enjoying the good will of those with whom he came into con-
tact. He was genial, obliging and kind-hearted, a man of correct
habits and charitable impulses, a manly man, whom to know was
to admire and respect. During the dark period of the Civil war
he was one of Kentucky's prominent and influential men, doing
his full share in the support of the federal government. At that
time he was a man of wealth, but the major part of his fortune
was dissipated as a result of the war; however, nothing daunted,
he being a man made of an indomitable spirit, forged ahead and
he left his widow well provided for. He was a very active member
of the Masonic fraternity and stood high in that time-honored
body. Samuel C. Crawford and Allie Hodges were mamed on
April 5, 1863. She is a member of the Order of the Eastern *Star
and is an active and consistent church Avorker, a worthy member
of Howard Place Methodist Episcopal church, which was named
after him. She is a pillar in this church and a liberal supporter
of the same. Much of the success of its various societies lias been
due to her efforts. She is a woman of pleasing personality and
her home has long been the mecca for a wide circle of close friends
who find there a spirit of good cheer and old-time hospitality.

HON. CHARLES C. BINKLEY.

Hvunan life is like the waves of the sea; they Hash a few brief
moments in the sunlight, marvels of jDOwer and beauty, and then
are dashed upon the remorseless shores of death and disappear
forever. As the mighty deep has rolled for ages })ast and chanted
its sublime requiem and will continue to roll during tlie coming
ages until time shall be no more, so will the waves of human life
follow each other in countless succession until they mingle at last
with the billows of eternity's boundless sea. The passing of any
human life, however humble and unknown, is sure to give rise to
a pang of anguish to some heart, but when the "fell destroyer"
knocks at the door of the useful and great and removes from
earthly scenes the man of honor and influence and the benefactor
of his kind, it not only means bereavement to kindred and friends,
but a public calamity as well. In the largest and best sense of tlfe
term, the late Senator Charles C. Binkley was distinctively one of
the notable men of his day and generation, and as such his life
record is entitled to a conspicuous place in the annals of the state
of Indiana. As a citizen he was public-spirited and enteiprising
to an rmwonted degree; as a friend and neighbor, he combined the
qualities of head and heart that won confidence and commanded
respect; as an attorney, who had a comprehensive grasp upon the
philosophy of jurisiirudence and brought honor and dignity to the
public positions he filled with such distinguished success, he was
easily the peer of his professional brethren of the Indiana bar,
and as a sen'ant of the people in high places of honor he had no
superiors. It is scarce less than supererogation in outlining the
leading facts in his life to refer to him as a lawyer in tlie ordinary
phraseology which meets requirements when dealing with the
average member of the legal i)rofession. He was indeed nnich
more than eminently successftd in his legal career, as was indi-
cated by his long, praiseworthy record at the bar. lie was a mas-
ter of his profession, a leader among men distuiguished for the
high order of their legal ability, and his eminent attainments and
ripe judgment made him an authority on all matters involving a
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questions growing out of its iuterprotation. lie was also pronii-
jient fraternally and in business.

Charles C. Binkley was born July 20, 1833, at Tarlton, Pick-
away county, Ohio. lie was the son of George S. and Margaret
(Lybrand) Binkley. The father was born in llagerstown, Mar}-
land, and the mother was a native of Ross county, Ohio, l)()th being
of German descent, their respective grandparents having emi-
grated from the fatherland and established homes in America.
Senator Binkley was one of live children, there having been two
sons and three daughters in the family. It should be noted that
all grew to maturity, that all married and all became successful,
active and honorable in the earnest discharge of life's duties; only
one sister now survives.

Charles C. Binkley was reared in his native village and there
he received his early education in the public schools and prepared
himself for entrance into the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Dela-
ware, Ohio, where he prosecuted his studies for some time, later
entering the Ohio University at Athens, where he completed his
essentially literary course, having made a brilliant record ^or
scholarship. Having long entertained a laudable ambition to
enter the legal profession, he began reading law at Brookville,
Franklin county, Indiana, where he became a student in the office
of Hon. John D. Howland, who later became clerk of the United
States court for Indiana. For a short period he was a deputy for
Hon. John M. Johnston, clerk of the Franklin circuit court. Prior
to entering upon the practice of his profession Mr. Binkley was
elected clerk of Brookville township, and this preferment gave dis-
tinctive evidence of his eligibility and personal popularity, for he
was a loyal Republican in his political proclivities and his town-
ship was strongly Democratic. He was admitted to the bar in
Brookville, and was soon successfully launched upon his remark-
able career.

Mr. Binkley was united in marriage with Georgiana Holland,
the accomplished daughter of Hon. George and Elizabeth (John)
Holland, a prominent family of Brookville, and he subsequently
entered into a business partnership with Judge Holland, with
whom he was associated in Brookville until 1861, and thereafter
at both Brookville and Richmond, Indiana, until the death of his
honored colleague, November 30, 1875, offices being maintained
in both places noted.

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sons aud two daughter^;, all of whom grew to maturity and mai--
ried; they are: Mrs. L. J. Tcmiileton, of Mhnieapolis, Mimicsota;
Mi's. S. Edwin Price, of Baltimore, ^laryland; Oeorgc II. Binkle}',
of Chicago, and H. C. Binkley, of Indianapolis. These children
received excellent educational advantages, and are all prominent
in the various circles in which they move.

A man of broad mental grasp and marketl business acumen,
Mr. Binkley naturally became prominently concerned in many
undertakings and movements which had distinct bearing on the
material prosperity of eastern Indiana. In 18G5 he was an active
participant in securing legislation that enabled the Whitewater
Valley Canal Company to sell to the Whitewater Valley Kailn^ad
Company the right to build a railroad on the bank of the canal.
About the same time he was elected president of the canal com-
pany mentioned, and as such executive made the transfer to the
railroad company of the right to construct its line as noted. He
continued to ably discharge the duties of in-esident of the canal
company until its waterway was no longer in iise as a means of
traffic, having been superseded by more modern and effecth-e
methods of transit, he having been the last incumbent of the posi-
tion of president.

From its organization until the time of his abcUidoning busi-
ness associations in Franklin county, in the fall of 1875, he. was
the attorney for the Whitewater Valley Railroad Company, and
was very prominently concerned in its construction and subse-
quent management. As attorney he prepared the organization for
the several hydraulic companies occupying the canal, from Cam-
bridge City, Indiana, to Harrison, Ohio, the list including the Con-
nersville, Ashland, Laurel, Brookville & Metamora and Harrison
Hydraulic companies. In 1867, about the time he removed with
liis family from Brookville to Richmond, Mr. Binkley found the
Cincinnati, Richmond & Fort Wavne Railroad Company making
a desperate effort to build its road. It had been struggling to
accomplish its object since 1854, but its efforts had not t)ccn at-
tended by any appreciable measure of success. In 1867 Mr.
Binkley was elected secretary of the company, and shortl\- after-
ward William Parry was chosen president. In these offices these
gentlemen continued — Mr. Binkley subsequently becoming treas-
urer also — until long after the road was constructed, and, in fact,
for years after the time when its line was leased, in 1871, to the
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mained a member of the board of directors of the company uutil
liis death. It is needless to say that he brought to bear his rare
executive ability, his mature judgnieut and indomitable energy
and entei-prise in shaping the affairs of the company and gaining
to it the object which it had so long struggled to attain. His
efforts in this connection umuistakably had potent influence in
placing the company and its properties upon a substantial basis.

In his political adherency Senator Binkley was ever stanclily
arrayed in support of the Republican party and its principles, and
it was but in natural sequence that he should become an active
worker in the cause and one of the leaders of his party in this
state. His peculiar ability and his loyalty to the part}' rendered
him especially eligible for political positions of high ijul)lic trust,
but the conspicuous place he held in the councils of his party was
evident when we take into consideration the fact that from the
year 1860 up to his death he was a delegate to every Republican
state convention in Indiana, with the one excejition of that of
1898, when he was absent from the state. In 1872 he was a dele-
gate from his district to the national Republican convention, h<,'ld
in Philadelphia, when General Grant was nominated for his sec-
ond terai as the nation's chief executive, and Henry Wilson for
vice-president..

It was in 1898 that Mr. Binkley was elected to the state Sen-
ate from Wayne county, and in the session of 1899 was a member
of ten, and chaii'man of two, of the important committees of the
upper house of the state legislative assembly, where he made his
influence felt for the good of all concerned, winning the hearty
approval of his constituents. He prepared, and took a leading
part in securing the passage of the bill providing for the return
of the battle flag captured during the war between the states
from Terry's Texas Rangers. The success of Mr. Binkley in a
professional way afforded the best evidences of his capabiliti<^s in
this line. He w^as a strong advocate with the jury and concise in
his appeals before the court.' Isluch of the success which attended
him in his professional career was imdoubtedly due to the fact
that in no instance would he permit himself to go into coiu"t with
a case unless he had absolute confidence in the justice of his
client's cause. Basing his efforts on this pi'tnciple, from which
there are far too many lapses in professional ranks, it naturally
followed that he seldom lost a case in whose support he enlisted.
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fully the suhjccts that are ever to the statesman and the man of
affairs of the greatest importance — finance, political economy,
sociology — and kept abreast with the thinking men of the age. A
strong mentality, an invincible courage, a most determined indi-
viduality and a sterling character so entered into his make-up as
to render him a natural leader and moulder of public opinion. He
was distinctively a man of high intellectuality, broad and human
sympathy and clearly defined principles. These attributes im-
plied predilections which naturally led him into associations aside
from his professional, business and public life. Such a splendid
i-ecord did he make during his first tenn as state senator he was
re-elected in 1902. lie was elected a member of the board of
trustees of DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana, and was
thereafter re-elected and served for twelve consecutive years,
during the greater portion of which time he was chairman of the
committee on finance. He always took an abiding interest in edu-
cational matters, in fact everything which subserved the progress
and well-being of his fellow men, and he was recognized as a power
for good throughout the state. He became a member of the StcTte
Bar Association on July 7, 1899.

From his youth up Senator Binkley was a zealous and de-
voted member of the Methodist Episcopal church and he was par-
ticularly active in Sunday school work. He was superintendent
of the Sunday school at Brookville, and as soon as his famil}- came
to Richmond he was elected superintendent of the school of the
Union Chapel, which subsequently became and is still known as
Grace ^lethodist Episcopal church. With the exception of an
interval of a few months, he was thus continued as superintendent
for twenty successive years. He served as delegate to the gen-
eral conference of the church at its session in 1880, having been
elected to represent the North Indiana conference. In 1884 he
was elected as one of the delegates to the conference composed
of representatives from all the .Methodist bodies in America to
celebrate the close of the first century of organized Methodism,
attending the conference, which was held in Baltimore, Maryland,
December 9-17, in the year mentioned.

In early life Senator Binkley was initiated into the myster-
ies of that noble fraternity, the Independent Order of Odd Fel-
lows, and in the same he rose to high distinction and ever main-
tained a live interest in its affairs. In giving the chapter in his
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take the following extracts from the Odd Fellow Talisman, whicli
printed a lengthy biography of Senator Binklc}' in its issue foi-
December, 1902:

"The last words uttered on the floor of the grand lodge at
Indianapolis by Senator Binkley, were the closing ones of an
exhortation to a lodge in trouble: 'Forget the past; and li\(' in
peace and harmony.' The records of his active life as an Odd
Fellow will be searched in vain to find a sentiment out of accord
with his last injunction. Thirty-nine years ago he came to this
chamber as the representative of Penn Lodge No. 30, and it is
doubtful if any of his co-workers have rendered to this jurisdic-
tion a more useful or varied service. He was a member of several
special committees, and of the standing ones lie served on the
committee of mileage and per diem, subordinate lodge constitu-
tions, petitions and applications, finance and accounts, giievanccs
and appeals, legislation, state of the order, degree of Rebekali,
redistricting the state and the Home. He was a faithful and able
member of the executive committee on the entertainment of the
sovereign grand lodge in 1891. He was elected to the office of
grand warden, deputy grand master, grand master, grand rep-
resentative and grand trustee. In the sovereign grand lodge he
served with distinction on the committees of the degree of Re-
bekah and grievances and appeals. He was the devoted champion
of the Rebekah branch of the order and of its treasure, 'the Home.'
Ten years before he raised the flag on a completed structure he
aroused the representatives in the Indianapolis hall to a sense of
duty by declaring that the time had come when funds were more
appropriate than resolutions. In his annual report he said: 'If
it is intended that we are to have such a home, there is vigor
enough and money enough and benevolence enough in the order
in this jurisdiction to secure it.' He lived to help with his vigor,
to give of his money and to assist with his benevolence in l)uilding
better than he dreamed. Many of us remember with what pride
he held the silken emblem of the nation's sovereignty, and with
what fervid eloquence he portrayed the constant, unswerving
loyalty of the order to the nation. To those whose minds had
conceived and whose united offerings had builded the retreat for
our wards and dependents, he foretold the benediction that has
come to him: 'In after years as the guests of this elegant lionie sit
and enjoy the comforts and luxuries furnished, will not their
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and uoble men who thus i^rovidcd for them'? In that groat day of
reckoning ma}' we not expect to hear, "Inasmuch as ye did it unto
one of the least of those, my brethren, ye did it luito me*?" '

"The chronology of Brother Binkley's career as an Odd Fel-
low came to us from his own hands, a few weeks prior to tliis writ-
ing, after he had given up hoi)e of recovery. It is as follows:

"In 1854— November 17, petitioned Tarlton Lodge No. 218,
of Ohio, for membeiship. November 24, initiated. December 1,
took traveling card. 1855 — February, was given first and second
degrees. February, was given third and fourth degrees. March
9, was given fifth and Rebekah degrees. 1861 — April 6, took final
card from Tarlton Lodge; deposited in Penn Lodge No. 30, of
Brookville, Indiana, but date not certain as records were destroyed
by fire. 1863 — November 17, admitted to grand lodge as represent-
ative of Penn Lodge No. 30. 187— —Took final card from Penn
Lodge. 1876 — February 4, petitioned "Whitewater Lodge No. 41,
of Richmond, for membership. February 11, elected, and on same
date introduced to the members. 1887 — November 17, elected
grand warden grand lodge of Indiana. 1888 — November 22, elect-
ed deputy grand master. 1889 — November 21, elected grand mas-
ter. 1890 — November 20, elected grand representative to the sov-
ereign grand lodge. 1891 — September, attended session sovereign
grand lodge at St. Louis, Missouri. 1892 — September, attended
session sovereign grand lodge at Portland, Oregon. 1882 — Febru-
ary 14, elected member of Oriental Encampment No. 28, of Rich-
mond. 1883 — December 25, elected chief patriarch. 1886 —
November 9, elected representative to grand encampment of In-
diana. For several years he served as district deputy grand mas-
ter, of AVayne county, a position of honor and importance. He
was repeatedly elected grand trustee of the grand lodge, and had
a year to serve to fulfill the term of his last election. He was at
this time, also, one of the two members appointed by the grand
lodge on the Home committee. In whatever position he was
placed, hnporiant or otherwise, he gave of his best ability and
served with unquestioned integrity. In the report of the mem-
orial committee of the grand lodge was also data with reference
to his service in the oi'der. We shall ever cherish a lively recol-
lection of the virtues of this noble brother.

"In the heart of Brother Binkley there were no fraternal
rivals. He was an Odd Fellow only. For him its principles fur-
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its ministratious a solenin duty; and in its tield of labor he was
busy. But he was uot a lodge sectarian. He lived to love oui'
fraternity; and he lived to love every other fraternity that seeks
to make man gentler, nobler, purer.

"It is not our province to wi-ite uf him iu his relations to
society, to his church, to his family, or to the state. x\t the funeral
rites in the presence of his friends and loved ones, the book of lifi'
will be opened; and the unblotted page will be read as an exani])k'
in the formation of character. In the Senate chamber there will
be fitting eulogies of his public career. The bench and bar will
enter the judgment of their sorrow; and at all these gatherings
there will be tears of sympathy for the household bereft of a
husband and father. It is ours only to point to his work within
our sphere and say, 'Well done.'

"If 'To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die,' then dead
he is not; for so long as our records are presei'ved, so long as anj'
who knew him shall themselves survive, nay, so long as there shall
stand the hospitable home he helped to build and to manage, so
long will the memory of Charles C. Biukloy be eushrhied in thQ
hearts of Indiana Odd Fellows.

"To her who loved him and those of his blood — tender watch-
ers at his bedside — in this day of grief, we offer all we can; our
sympathizing friendship, our fraternal love.

"There has passed a good, upright, noble man. The writer
has kno\\Ti hun intimately and confidentially for many years, and
I have never known an unworthy thought to have possession of
him for a moment. In 1892, for many weeks, we traversed the
^-estern country together, and whether at home, or abroad, he
was ever the pure, noble Christian man, interested in every relig-
ious, fraternal and public question. I esteemed it one of the high-
est honors that I had his friendship.

"It was the ^Titer's privilege to visit him frequently during
his long and painful illness, and though there seemed not a mo-
ment that Brother Binkley did not suffer physical agony, neither
was there a nioment in which his faith in Cod did not overshadow
his physical ills, llis faith was supreme and absolute. Death had
no terrore for him; on the contrary, it was the medium of a glor-
ious transformation to another life and a happier world. His
work, he said many times, was done; and when it was the Lord's
pleasure to call him he would be pleased to go. As the day ap-
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felt that it might be tliat he was to recover, and he planned that
he wonld discontinue all business and devote the remainder of
his life to Odd Fellowship and his church. Tie inciuired of me par-
ticularly, one day, not long since, if the order expected him to
resign these trusts in which he so much delighted. I said to him
that if he should be called away, it was my opinion tliat it was the
wish of the order that he shoidd 'die in the hariie.^^s.' This was his
great desire, and the tears coursed down his cheeks in grateful-
ness for the assurance."

The death of Senator Charles C. Biukley occurred on Tuesday
morning, November 18, 1902, in Fletcher's sanatorium, Indianapo-
lis, after an extended illness. His body was sent back to Rich-
mond, Indiana, for interment, and the funeral was held from Grace
Methodist church, of which the deceased was long a member.
The funeral was one of the largest ever held in the church and was
attended by the friends and relatives of the Senator, indicative of
the respect and honor in which he was held. The services -were
in charge of Revs. G. H. Hill, JNI. S. Marble and L. J. Naftzger, of
Kokomo, and were beautifully impressive. The intennent wa^ in
Earlham cemetery. The active pallbearers were J. Will Cnn-
ningham, R. M. Lacey, George Bishop, J. V. Carter, H. C. Starr
and W. C. Converse. The honorary pallbearers were D. B. Strat-
tan, Alden INIote, J. W. Newman, Henry Robinson, of Richmond;
Judge M. A. Chipman, of Anderson, and Enoch J. Hogate, of Dan-
ville, Indiana. Among the distinguished men of the state Senate
and Indiana grand lodge of Odd Fellows who were in attendance
at the funeral were the following: "Walter W. Ball, of Muncie;
Judge M. A. Chipman, of Anderson; W. H. O'Brien, of Lawrence-
burg; Lieutenant-Governor Newton "W. Gilbert, of Fort Wayne;
J. S. Conlogue, of Kendall ville; Secretaries Ilutsou and Fred Sny-
der, of Angola; D. S. Coats, of Winchester; Oliver Gard, of Frank-
fort; Clem Pelzer, doorkeeper of the Senate, of Bi'ookvillc; James
T. Layman, of Indianapolis; Enoch J. Hogate, of Danville; J. C.
Gochenour, of North Manchester; D. L. Crumpacker, of West-
ville; John AV. Parks, of Plymouth; Fred E. >ratson, of Indian-
apolis; II. M. Purviance, of Huntington; A. B. Darby, of Waterloo;
C. N. Thompson, of Indianapolis; G. L. Reinhard. of Bloomington;
John D. Roche, of Mt. Vernon; R. W. Harrison, of Shelby ville;
W. W. Wood, of Indianapolis; and Senators Wampler and Whit-
comb, representing both political parties and the Senate-elect, of
which Mr. Binklev was also to have been a member.

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At a session of the graud lodge of Odd Fellows at ludianapo-
lis, November 18, 1902, official recognition was taken of the death
of Senator Binkle}', of which the Indianapolis Star said in its
issue on the following morning: "At the opening of the morning
session memorial services for Past Grand Master C C. Binkley,
of Richmond, who died at a hospital in this city early yesterday
morning, Avere held. Senator Binkley was one of the most jjrom-
inent Odd Fellows in the state, and the expressions of sorrow at
his death were many and sincere. Those who made addresses at
the memorial service were T. R. Jessup, of Richmond; Grand
Scribe W. H. Leedy, of this city; Senator Barlow, of Plainfield,
and S. P. Stroup, of Shelbyville. W. II. Leedy, T. R. Jessup and
Enoch G. Hogate were constituted a committee to prepare appro-
priate resolutions to be presented to the grand lodge which meets
today."

The Richmond Odd Fellows of Whitewater Lodge No. 41,
and of Oriental Encampment No. 28, visited the Binkley home in
a body the evening following the death of the Senator to view the
remains and held the ritualistic services of the order.

The Daily Sun-Telegram of Richmond, in its issue of Wednes-
day, November 19, 1902, printed the following first page, three-
column article on the tributes paid the late Senator Binkley by
the bar association of which he had long been a distinguished
member, and owing to the state-wide prominence of the subject
of this memoir as a lawyer, and the high esteem in which he was
held by his professional brethren as well as his wide circle of
clients and friends, the account of the meeting is herewith given
in full:

"The Wayne County Bar Association met this morning at
the court room to take action on the death of Charles C. Binkley.
There was a good attendance. Attorney Henry U. Johnson
was chosen to preside and Attorney Ray K. Shiveley officiated as
secretary. Attorneys Rupe, T. J. Study and Converse were a
committee on resolutions and through ^[r. Rupe, rei:»orted in part
as follows:

" 'Tln-ee times within the .short period of six months, the
members of the bar of Wayne county have been called together to
express their sorrow and sense of pei'sonal loss, because of the
death of an honored member. First, because of the death of Will-
iam A. Peele, next that of Lewis D. Stubbs, and now that of
Charles C. Binkley, who died at Indianapolis on Tuesday morning.

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November 18, 1902. Each aud all of these, our professional breth-
ren, were of our older members; men who had long been associated
with us in the active business of our courts, and who enjoyed our
respect, confidence and esteem.

" 'As a lawyer, he was industrious, able, courteuu.s, and of
kindly disposition in his intercourse with his professional breth-
ren; always enjoying the respect and confidence of bencli and bar,
and never allowing the asperities and antagonisms of professional
business to interrupt the warmth and cordiality of his personal
friendships. lie was fortunate in that because of his kindly na-
ture he was not inclined to provoke the kind of antagonisms
which engender bitterness, and therefore through life he enjoyed
to a marked degree the personal esteem and warm friendly regard
of his professional and business associates.

" 'His was not a one-sided life. Ilis talents were varied, and
while his life was largely devoted to the work of his chosen pro-
fession, he gave largely of his time and talents to public affairs,
and to numerous business enteiprtses wherein his conservative
judgment and business sagacity was in^^ted and appreciated.
Early in his life he was actively connected with public improve-
ments and enterprises which in their nature were of, or near,
the beginnings of the later development and prosperity of our
state. He was during the greater part of his life a prominent and
influential member of the order of Odd Fellows, in which Ix-nevo-
lent order he not only rendered conspicuous and valuable service,
but he also received by the favor of his frateraal brethren the
highest honors within the power of the order in the state to be-
stow. He was a good citizen, liberal always in his counsel, his
time and his means, in all enterprises which gave promise of the
betterment of his fellow men or of the general public good.

" *In politics he was a Republican, and gave liberally of his
time and means for the support and maintenance of the ])olicies
of that party in which he ardently believed. In his church and its
various agencies, with all of which he was actively connected
most of his life, as a lawyer, as a business man and citizen, in his
fraternal associations, and as a public servant he has done his
duty as he was given to see his duty, faithfully and well. He has
borne the pain and trials of distressing illness with fortitude and
patience and in a serene faith which leaves his wide and varied
circle of friends a legacy of hope that his end is peace.

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inatcly and well aud therefore hold in high appreciation tlie quali-
ties of mind aud heart which characterized his useful life, do unite
in this brief and imperfect memorial. We extend to his family our
sincere condolence, and direct that this memorial be presented
to the Wayne circuit court with a request of the bar that it be
spread upon record, and a copy certified under the seal of the
court, transmitted to the family of our deceased brother; and that
as a mark of respect aud of our appreciation of the character,
life and worth of our professional brother we will attend the ser-
vices on the occasion of his funeral in a body.'

"After the reading of the resolutions, it was in order for re-
marks. Hon. Thomas J. Study said: 'The memorial is all that is
necessary aud proper to say. I very heartily concur in the reso-
lution.' Mr. Study said that ]Mr. Binkley was a man who desired
to have his influence cast upon the side of decency, morality and
good citizenship. As a lawyer he was enei-getic and perseveiing
in preparing his cases.

"Attorney S. C. Whitsell was the next speaker and spoke as
follows: 'I was admitted to the bar at Centerville, November 26,
1870; at that time there was on the roll of lawyers some fifty
names. Since then a majorit}^ of those who were engaged iu the
practice when I began have passed to that final judgment from
which there lies no appeal and no reversal because of error in the
record. Of the members of the bar when I began to practice, and
who subsequently became members and who have died, I recall
the following: Sylvester Ballenger, Lafe Devlin, George A. John-
son, Charles A. Ballenger, John Means, Judge Perry, John C.
Whitridge, John H. Popp, George Holland, Jesse P. Siddall, Jas-
per Holland, Herman B. Payne, William W. Wood, John Yaryan,
Jacob B. Julian, Lee Yaryan, Charles H. Burchenal, William A.
Bickle, John F. Kibbey, Lewis S. Stubbs, Earl Widup, William A.
Peele, John F. Julian aud C. C. Binkley.

" 'Somehow, on an occasion like this, as we call to memory
what we observed in the lives of those who have departed from
amongst iis, we yet see them as they were when with us. I think
we are all too prone to remember faults and not careful enough
to account for virtues. Thus it is that a few faults — a few weak-
nesses— are made to discredit many virtues. There are few men,
indeed, but have in them more of good than of evil, and fewer }'et
who receive reward by lioing given praise by their fellows for the
good thev do. "Man's evil manners live in brass; their virtues we
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write in water." On the roll of our dead there is not one but of
whom something good can be truthfully said ; and if such evil shall
be spoken by the one amongst us, who at some time in his life has
not from passion or mistake of judgment himself conunitted a
grievous wrong, who if admonished by the spirit not to speak,
lest his own faults be recalled, then will his own need of charity
and forgiveness silence his tongue. On an occasion like this we
are inclined to think more seriously on the subject of death, but
what is the use of it. Our present thoughts have been expressed
thousands of times before, and will be thought again by those who
come after us so long as time lasts. In the economy of nature
nothing is lost, so we conclude, with Wordsworth, that death is
"The quiet haven of us all." Or with Longfellow, that, "There is
no death. What seems so is transition. This life of mortal breath
is but a suburb of the life elysian whose portal we call death."

" 'As a member of this bar Mr. Binkley faithfully and hon-
estly discharged his duty. He always maintained the respect that
is due to courts of justice. He always counseled and maintained
such actions and defenses only as appeared to him to be just. He
never sought to employ means other than were consistent with
truth, and never sought to mislead the court or jury by any arti-
fice or false statement of fact or law. He always abstained, from
offensive personality. He never encouraged the commencement
or continuance of an action or proceeding from any motive of pas-
sion or interest. He was never known to reject from any con-
sideration personal to himself the cause of the defenseless or de-
pressed. He adhered so closely to our code of ethics that his con-
duct in that respect was sufficient to show that he merited the
confidence we all had in his integrity. As an honorable lawyer
his work as such was not inconsistent with his profession and
belief in the Christian religion. '

"Hon. John L. Rupe said: 'Mr. Binkley has been a citizen
of Richmond and a member of the bar since 1867. He was a man
who felt the position and responsibility of a lawj-er in the com-
munity. Tliere are questions that affect public morality and there
is responsibility resting on lawyers to aid in such matters. Mr.
Binkley always exerted his influence on the side of morality and
decency. He did what he could to maintain the dignity of the
county. He was a successful business man. His death is a dis-
tinct loss.'

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death uf Mr. Biiikley and heartily iudorsod the resohitions. He
sijoke of ^Ir. Binkley's success at the bar and said that his most
prominent characteristic was that he was in favor of those things
which promoted the general welfare of the people. He was tem-
perate in his habits, and moral in his conduct. His death is a
loss to the community, to his church and to the l)ar, and an ex-
treme loss to his family and relatives.

"Hon C. E. Shiveley said that he had known .Mr. Binkle\- in-
timately for a (quarter of a century, that he was always kind and
charitable, that his life was one that might be well emulated by
othei"S. He was a frugal man, but not selfish. He gave liberally
of his time and monc}' to the church, and to fraternal societies, for
the betterment of humanity. He always intended the right thing.
He was charitable toward the faults of others. There are few
men who could be spared with less notice.

"J. W. Newman said: 'The resolutions expressed in a mod-
erate and just way the estimate of 'Mr. Binkley. In the practice
of law he alwaj's sought for justice, in his church he did his duty
as he saw it. He professed to be a religious man, and I think that
he would prefer to be judged by the effort he made to do his duty. '

"The chair also bore his testimony as to the character and
worth of the deceased. He said he had kno^^^l ^Nlr. Binkley from
boyhood, that he was a personal friend. He was a gentleman, al-
ways kind and polite; he was liberal in distributing his means in
church and fraternities. He was a man who did his duty.

"INIr. Johnson said he heartily endorsed the resolutions, and
united with the bar in the expression of regret. On motion it was
ordered that the resolutions be adopted and spread upon the min-
utes of the court. On motion of ^Ir. Rupe, the bar decided to at-
tend the funeral in a body."

The publication known as the "State Bar Association of In-
diana" published a biographical sketch of Senator Binkley shortly
after his death, which was written by John L. Rupe and Charles
E. Shiveley, and in the review a glowing tribute was paid their
deceased brother of the bar.

From the "Odd Fellow Talisman" we take the following
tribute of J. E. C. F. Haii^er, writing from ]Madison, Indiana:

"I was shocked as I read that Brother Binkley had passed
away. Can it l)e that he will walk the floor of the grand lodge no
more? Can it be that his familiar form and bright eye, and benev-
olent face will not l)e seen again in our midst? It is hard to

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realize the sad fact. The warm-hearted phiUiiithropist, the true,
faithful Odd Fellow, the courteous Christian gentleman, upon
whose fair reputation no stain rests and whose moral integrity
was never challenged, has been taken from us. He is our associate
on earth no more, but I fondly and confidently believe he has been
translated to a better state of existence and that he is now receiv-
ing the rewards of a well-spent life. He has lived a useful life,
has fought the good fight, and we have reason to believe he is
wearing the crown of righteousness. Then, instead of bedewing
his grave with tears, let us rejoice that we have had the benefit of
his life. He has left us a bright example; let us be thankful for
it, and emulate his virtues. ' '

The following extract is taken from a Kichmoud paper, con-
taining an account of the Senator's death and a biography of his
life:

"Senator Binkley was one of the most widely known of
WajTie county Republicans, and his knowledge of Indiana affairs
and men was increased by his service in the state Senate in 1898
and 1900. He was again re-elected for a four-year term by *an
overwhelming Republican majorit.y. This was his only political
office, with the exception of a short tema as deputy clerk in the
Franklin county circuit court. In the Indiana lodge of Odd Fel-
lows, ]\Ir. Binkley was equally as well known. He was elected
grand master of the grand lodge of Indiana in 1889, and served
until 1890, and was on the rolls of the lodge as a past grand mas-
ter. In the lodge work he was conspicuous recently b}' his asso-
ciation with Senator E. G. Hogate as a trustee of the Odd Fellows
Home at Greensburg. He was also one of the trustees of the
grand lodge of Indiana. During the last session of the Legisla-
ture Mr. Binkley was chainnan of the committee on finance and
had much to do with the appropriations for the maintenance of
the state institutions voted by that General Assembly. He was a
member of the committee on federal relations and chairman of the
investigating committee which reorganized the woman's prison
and renamed the reformatory part of the institution the 'Indus-
trial School for Girls.' He was conspicuoxis in his zealous work
for the various state charitable and benevolent institutions, and
an ardent supporter of various measures introduced in the Legis-
lature and intended for their benefit."

In connection with his popularity as a public servant, we
desire to reproduce here an article which appeared in the Rich-

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juoud Palladium uudtT date of November 18, 1808, just four
years prior to Ms death. The article reads thus:

"The organization of the next state Senate, wliieli convenes
next January in Indianapolis, is now a matter of interest, and
much speculation as to the formation of committees is indulged in
in various parts of the state. Wayne county's newly elected
senator, Hon. C. C. Binkley, of this city, is one of the ablest and
most prominent members of the new body, and is mentioned by
all who attempt to prognosticate the makmg up of the connuittees
that are regarded as the most important among those to ))e ap-
pointed for the transaction of the state's business in that branch
of the legislative department. ^Ir. Binkley has been mentioned
prominently in coimection with the judiciary committee, and none
would be better qualified to occupj' a place on that committee. He
has also been approached with regard to the chairmanship of the
committee on education. With regard to that position Mr. Bink-
ley stated, however, that he is of the opinion that it had better be
filled by one of the hold-over senators, that being one of the very
important committees. He is also spoken of in connection with
the committee on finance, and would certainl}- be a safe and cau-
tious man in that capacity.

"WajTie county has been represented well in the state Senate,
but never better than she is to be in the next gathering of the
General Assembly, and every man, regardless of party, believes
that there has been a safe and able man elected to that office, in
the person of Mr. Binkley."

On the death of Senator Binkley one of the Richmond daily
papers said editorially :

"In the death of Charles C. Binkley this community has lost
an eminently useful man, one whose place cannot easily be filled.
He had ability and, what was more important, the disposition to
use it at all times for the advancement of good morals and good
principles. As a Christian gentleman he was a model for the
rising generation. As a public-spirited citizen he had few equals
in the community. In politics he was a stanch Republican whose
counsels were always wise, a Republican who was ever ready to
back up his faith with works. He stood by the party imdcr all
circumstances, because his affiliation with it was based on i^rin-
ciples from which he could not be swerved by the accidents of
politics. In his public career he was guided by the same rides
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public questiou he exercised couscieuce and \vi.sdt>iii, and gave
due weight to the opinions of those with whom he was accustomed
to act. He had the old-fashioned virtue of staying with his
friends, and for that he was held in high esteem hotli l\v political
friends and foes. ' '

Another daily paper of Richmond printed the following para-
graph, editorially:

"In the death of Senator C. C. Binkley, Richmond has lost a
citizen whose place will be hard to fill. Not only was he prominent
in his chosen profession, that of the law, but he was a leader in
church work, in lodge work and in all work which had for its aim
the benefit of mankind and the amelioratit)n of the conditions that
make for evil and distress. No man in the community ever gave
more willing and sympathetic ear to the needy than did the late
Mr. Binkley. Above all, his character as a public man was be-
3'ond reproach or even the hint of it. The entire community will
miss him and mourn with his immediate family his untimely
death."

(^(L^- /<^(/c^-^l y / / .

HON. FREDERICK JABEZ HAYDEN.

One of Indiana's representative and well known citizens was
the late Hon. Frederick Jal)ez liayden, of Fort Wayne, whose life
was well spent in activities that seemed to exercise to the full
his somewhat varied and unusual abilities; a life that carried with
it the lesson that one whose capacity, while not of the very great-
est, may yet do great work by close devotion to the work. He
was a busy man, an industiious man. He attained a place of high
degree and compelling importance in his locality in which he was
a constant quantity. One of the kind that make up the front
rank, the kind that can be relied on, a good workman in the
world's affairs, a splendid specimen of the many that do the real,
hard work of the world in places of passing importance, and do
it well. It was a kind of life that does not attract attention for
its unusual brilliance or any picturesque or erratic qualities, l^ut
the kind out of which the warp and woof of the substance that
goes to make up the continuous achievement of humanit}' is made.
It is a kind that deserves more recognition than it gets because
of that curious quality of human nature which takes rather for
granted the material substance that really is main nourishment,
and reserves its attention for the more or less unhealthy condi-
ments that excite the passing taste. Here from first to last for
the Psalmist's allotted span of years — three score and ten — was
such a hfe, useful, devoted, busy and fuller of a variety of mani-
festation than falls to the lot of many that are reckoned more
brilliant.

Mr. Hayden was born at Coburg, Ontario, Canada, on Febru-
ary 29, 1836. He was the son of Rev. William Hayden, the pio-
neer Congregational minister of that section and a person of emi-
nence in the religious world. The son received educational ad-
vantages in his native pro\'ince and eventuall}' completed the
course of study in Victoria College, from which he was graduated
in 1864. Two years later he was honored by his alma mater with
the degree of Master of Arts. After his graduation Mr. Hayden
became prominently identified with industries in the Dominion,
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Coburg & JMuniiora Raihva}- and Mining Company, of Ontario,
and this incumbency he resigned in 1H74, coming to Fort Wayne,
Indiana, where he spent the rest of his life. Earl}- in his career
he took up the study of law in the office of lion. James Cuckl)urn,
and was admitted to practice law b}' the LTpi3er Canada Law So-
ciety in the year 18t)6, and he became a lawyer of the first rank.

In 1873 Mr. llayden was united in marriage with Eliza
Hanna, the only daughter of the late Judge Samuel llanna, one
of the founders of Fort Wayne and for many years one of the
state's most prominent citizens, a sketch of whom appears else-
where in this work.

In Fort Wayne, Mr. Hayden gained distinction in business
and official circles, having at various times been honored by the
people with offices of responsibility and trust, the duties of which
he ever discharged with ability and satisfaction, and he filled a
number of important i30sitions in the business world, ever per-
forming his allotted tasks in a manner alike creditable to himself
and to those whom he represented. He was an uncompromising
Democrat and was a leader in political affairs. In the year 1864
he was elected by his party as representative from Allen county
to the state Legislature and with signal efficiency sen-ed through
two sessions. Still higher appreciation and honor was accorded
him in 1888 by his election, by the Democrats, to the state Senate
from the senatorial district comprising the counties of Allen and
Whitley, and thus as joint-senator he served two sessions in the
upper house. Senator Hayden was actively concerned in the
passage of the Australian election law in 1889 and also in the
passage of the new tax law in 1891, these being two of the most
important enactments ever made in the Indiana Assembly to that
date. While in that position he assisted in passing some advanced
legislation, and took a very active interest in promoting the wel-
fare of Purdue University. In the year 1893 he was ai)pointed by
the late Governor Ilovey as a World's Fair commissioner for the
twelfth Indiana district, and was later elected treasurer of the
Indiana board of managers for the exposition, an office which he
held with entire satisfaction to the commission and tlie people of
the state. It has been very truthfidly claimed that it was owing
to his very careful and conservative management of the funds
appropriated by the state that Indiana was enabled to make such
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until the close of the Columbian Exposition at Chicago, and to
still turn back into the state treasury the sum of nearly two thou-
sand dollars of the appropriation which had been unexpended.

One marked characteristic in Mr. liayden's life was his inter-
est in agriculture, lie had extensive real estate holdings and was
a successful raiser of high grade horses, cattle and hogs, ha\ing
been a frequent exhibitor at the Allen coimty fair, in which he
took much interest, adding to the enterprise in every way within
his power, being vice-president of the same for some time. Ik-
was for a number of years a director of the First National l^)ank,
of Fort Wayne, which he also served as vice-president, lie lived
in the old Hanna homestead, a tine old colonial house, now in-
cluded within the city iunits, but his greatest pride, dm nig the
latter years of his life was in his fine farm, one of the most desir-
able in the county. He kept it under a high state of inipn)vriuent
and cultivation. Like most Englishmen, he was a great lox ei' of
outdoor sports and recreations.

For military services rendered in 1876 Mr. Hayden received
a beautiful silver medal from the British government and frym
the Ontario government a grant of two hundred and fifty acres
of land in New Ontario, bordering on the Nepigon river, the most
famous trout stream in the world, and this land is still retained
by Mrs. Hayden, along with much other valuable property. .

Mr. Hayden was a worthy member of the First Presbyterian
church, of which he was a liberal supporter and was active iu its
affairs for many years. He was a constant attendant up to the
time of his last illness, which resulted in his death on Sunday,
December 30, 1906, after a residence in Fort Wayne of over thirty
years, during which time he was regarded as one of the city's
foremost citizens, living a life whose influence was ever felt for
good in the communit}', and in his death the city and county sus-
tained a loss which was keenly felt by all, indeed, few men there
are who have had a more interesting and at the .same time useful
career. No man in Allen county was more thoroughly respected
in life and more honored in death than Mr. Hayden. The press,
the pulpit and the people all paid tribute to his memory, l)ut the
loss which his \\nde circle of friends and the community in general
bears is insignificantly felt beside that of his faithful and esti-
mable wife, whose sympathy and encouragement did niucli. no
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usefulness duriug the thirty-three 3'ears in whicli they traversed
the path of life in all its vicissitudes. Their home life was ideal
and happy, and although the varied work of the world often re-
quired Mr. Ilayden's absence he spent as much time as possible
by his fireside, among his many choice books and in the genial
companionship of his devoted wife, never being happier than
when at home.

Mrs. llayden was the only daughter in a family of thirteen
children, and she became the idol of the household. With many
of the happy domestic characteristics of a most charming, affec-
tionate mother, she inherited to a marked degree many of the
noble characteristics of her distinguished father. She is a woman
of superior executive ability and has filled many positions of
honor and trust. She is a stockholder of the First National Bank
and has vast interests about the city of Fort Wayne, to which she
gives her personal attention. She is modest, unassuming and
cultured, and has long been a favorite with a vast number of
friends. She takes an abiding interest in the Young Women's
Christian Association, and is on the board of directors and offi-
ciates as vice-president of this society. She was very active and
was one of the largest contributors in 1911 to the fund of one
hundred thousand dollars raised for the erection of a new Y. W.
C. A. building, which is at this writing in course of erection,. She
is president of the Women's Club of Fort Wayne, and an influen-
tial member of the Fii'st Presbyterian church, being one of the
most active workers in the same up to the time of her husband's
death. Her father and mother were founders of this church. Mrs.
Hayden has no children.

In its issue of February, 1907, the Acta Victoriana, the pub-
lication of the Victoria College, at Queen's Park, Toronto, Cana-
da, of which Frederick J. Hayden was a graduate, concluded an
article on his career with the following lines: "Victoria can well
feel proud of the work that he did and the position that he at-
tained to in the state of his adoption. Though he ])ecame a citi-
zen of the United States, he ever stood up for British and Cana-
dian institutions, and nothing delighted him better than to return
to his native town and to meet some of his old associates and col-
lege chums. Victoria has sent away many of her most honorable
graduates to foreign lands, and among them Frederick J. Hayden
was among the most influential and the most honored."

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The following memorial was adopted by the directors of the
First National Bank of Fort Wayne, January 8, 1907, on the oc-
casion of the death of Mr. llayden:

"The death, December 30th last, of Frederick J. llayden, for
ten years a member of the board of directors ut the First National
Bank of this city, closed a useful and successful career. Mr. llay-
den was primarily a business man and began his business life
after an unusually well adapted i>rei)aratiou for it. Ilis mind
had been disciplined by a long continued course of severe studs .
He had already formed those habits of persistent industry, of
method, of economj', of thoroughness, of a conscientious devotion
to duty, which were chai'acteristic traits of his whole subsequent
life, in every department of activity to wliich he was called. As
a legislator, commissioner of the state; as manager of a large
lauded estate, in the many and vaiied unclassified activities, re-
ligious and secular, whicli, after all, probabl}' make up the worth-
iest and most important part of human life, the same traits were
conspicuous, they were indicative of the man's character. Of a
conseiTative temper, prudent and cautious, he was nevertheh-'ss
fully alive to the necessity of timel\ innovations, and so was
ready promptly to consider the mei'its of new methods and in-
ventions.

"As a member of this board he had an intelligent conipre-
hension of his duties — not only of the routine work of a director,
but he had also informed himself well concerning the nature and
functions of a bank and its importance to the coumumity, so that
his opinions were well defined and were held tenaciously and with
courage.

"In private life, Mr. Hay den was a very agreeable compan-
ion. Behind a reserve which to strangers may sometimes have
appeared forbidding, lay abundant good-fellowship, a desire to
please and be pleased, which was no ineffective means of smooth-
ing the unavoidable asperities and frictions of life, and, more-
over, he could and did forgive and forget.

"Of his domestic life, it is not necessary to speak. Those
who knew him best, knew it to have l)een a beautiful one. Mr.
Hayden has left to his sorrowing friends as his choicest legacy the
remembrance of a character without a stain."

The Foit Wavne Journal-Gazette, under date of Januarv 2,

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1907, priuts tlie following oditoiial by li. tS. Taylui', uiKler llic
captiou, Frederick Jabez lla.vdeu, whieh ap})iopiiaUly cxpiesses;
the feelings of the many who knew the subject of this memoir:

"A strong man has fallen by the way. Fred J. llayden is
dead. He was my friend and 1 am not willing to let the event pass
without a word of tribute to his memory. I knew Mr. llayden
intimately from the time he came to Fort Wayne tu li\e, which
is now about thirty years ago, and esteemed him more and more
highly as years passed by. lie was a man of strong indi\iduality
of character. 1 never knew his exact counterpart in an\- other
man. A good part of this individuality was racial. He was an
out-and-out Englishman, although born in Canada. He had the
strong, sturdy, enduring qualities which have made the people of
the little island felt throughout the world. He was, before every-
thing else, a business man. He rejoiced in business activity and
enjoyed its rewards. Everything prospered in his hands. He
undertook nothing sensational or risky, but moved along on lines
of safe investment in business witli never a failure in any enter-
prise. *

"All his tastes were in harmony with these qualities of char-
acter. He was greatly fond of outdoor spoi'ts, although he allowed
himself only a moderate enjoyment of them. He was skillful with
the rod and gim. He had one piece of property which 1 think he
highly prized, although so far as I know he never saw it after he
came to Fort Wayne. It was a tract of land far in the interior of
Canada on the head- waters of the Nipigon river, where the
speckled trout grow old waiting for men to come and catch them.
He received that land, and a medal as well, for military services
rendered to the government at the time of the Fenian raids into
Canada.

"To those who did not know him intimately .Mr. llayden was
just a little bit austere. But there is another side to his character
revealed to his friends and in his home, in which he was a man of
strong affections and tendeniess of feeling. It is a good thing to
say of a man after he has gone that his wife knew a better side
of him than was ever known to anyone else. This may be said of
Mr. llayden with special tinith. His married life was ideal in the
harmony and devotion which always existed between him and his
wife. He was proud of her and she of him. There are strange

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correspondences and differences among men in this world. Mr.
Ilayden's life and activity lay along a very different path from
mine. And yet we were not only good friends, but could always
entertain each other — at least, he could always entertain me and
I believe I was able to render him the same service. 1 shall miss
him from the rapidly tliinniug circle of my old-time friends in
Fort Wayne. The faults which he had will be easy to forget; the
virtues which he had wholesome to remember and imitate."

GEORGE W. SNIDER.

Praise is always diK' to iiu'i'it and especially wlicn- jiierit is
the product of unassisted energy and i)erseverance. The self-made
man commands our highest respect. Those struggles hy means
of which he has risen from obscurity to honorable distinction can-
not fail to enlist sympathy and call forth our warmest applause.
And, too, the record of a life well .spent, of trium})h over obstacles,
of pei"severance under difficulties and steady advancement from a
modest beginning to a place of honor and distinction in the indus-
trial world, when imprinted on the pages of history, present to the
youth of a rising generation an example worthy of emulation and
may also be studied with j^rotit by those of more mature years
whose achievements have not kept pace with their expectations.
On the roster of the names of those who have been prominently
identified with the development and upbuilding of the state of In-
diana, that of the late George W. Suidei- merits a place of honor.
From his boyhood days until his death he was a resident of this
state, and in the early epoch of her development as well as in later
years his energies were effectively directed along normal lines of
industry and business enterprise through which he made distinct
contribution to the progress of this favored commonwealth. His
life was one of signal integrity and usefulness and such was his
association with business and civic affairs in Indianapolis that it
is altogether proper that a record of his strenuous, varied, useful
and honorable career be perpetuated in this publication.

^[r. Snider was born in .March, 1842, in Rush county, Indiana.
He was left an orphan at the age of two yeai-s, and was reared on
the Elston farm. He received a meager educati(m in the district
schools which he attended at intervals, but he was mostly self-edu-
cated, having been a wide miscellaneous reader and by nature a
close obser\-er. When a boy he entered a general store at Milroy,
Indiana, of which the iiroprietor was a son of Mr. Elston with
whom he lived. At the age of eighteen, after many difficulties, he
enlisted in the Sixty-eighth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and at
the suggestion of Doctor Wooden, a celebrated old physician of
Grecnsburg, this state, the subject took a i)osition as hospital

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steward, aud duriug the war yoimg Snider read niedieiue at night
under his friend, Doctor Wooden, and he also took up the study
of history and other subjects. He served very faithfully during
the remainder of the war in a manner that rellected much credit
upon himself and to the satisfaction of his suj)eriors in the Union
cause.

After his army experience Mr. Snider located at Indianapolis
as bookkeeper foi- the hardware firm of Anderson & Schofield, re-
maining in that capacity, giving the utmost satisfaction to his
employers, imtil his marriage in 1870. In the fall of that year
he, with three other young men. Doctor Schofield, William Taylor
and William Baugher, purchased the hide, leather and l)elting
business of John Fishback, at No. 227 South jNIeridian street. Each
year following Mr. Snider bought out one of these men, later
operating the business alone the rest of his life, enjoying a large
trade with a wide territory, and prospering from year to year by
reason of his close application, honest dealings with his fellow
men and the exercise of rare soundness of judgment. He was suc-
ceeded at his death by his son, Albert G. Snider, the present mana-
ger of the firm, who is ably carrying forward the splendid system
inaugurated by his father.

On August 11, 1870, Mr. Snider was united in marriage with
Alice Secrest, a lady of many estimable characteristics, and to this
union were born two children, namely: Albert G., who was men-
tioned above, married Bessie Richards, daughter of Edw'ard Rich-
ards, deceased; Lillian died when ten years of age.

Mr. Snider was very successful in his business career, as be-
fore intimated, Mrs. Snider owning a beautiful modem home on
West Twenty-first street, and he was happiest when by his own
fireside. Politically, he was a Republican, but while taking much
interest in the affair's of the party and the general advancement
of the community, he was not a public man. He belonged to the
Grand Army of the Republic, and he was an active member of the
Third Christian church and was a ver}' liberal supporter of the
same and of several missionary societies, also.

The death of this splendid citizen occurred on July G, 1898,
his ])assing away being a distinct loss to the business world, the
church and the various circles in which he moved.

Mi's. Alice Snider is a daughter of Charles Secrest, a native
of Kentucky, born in 1808, of German extraction. He was the
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age he left Keutucky and moved to Putuain couuty, ludiaua, and
there worked on a farm a short time. He was married at (Jreeu-
castle, that county, to Anna Atchison, a native of Kentucky also,
who came to Putnam county, Indiana, about the same time as did
-Mr. Secrcst, with her parents.

While living in the city of Greencastle, Mr. Secrest began
brick contracting and later moved to Parkersburg, this state,
where he engaged in the same business. In 1846 they moved to
Indianapolis, when the place was small, and they cut the timber
in a beech forest on what is now South Alabama street, in order
to put up a residence, a frame house, which is still standing, and
in this house George W. Snidei- and wife spent the first year of
their married life. There were but few sidewalks in the capital
city at tliat time, no street paving, the town being only one mile
square, bounded by South street. North street. East street and
West street. But Charles Secrest and wife, who spent the rest of
their lives in Indianapolis, lived to see wonderful changes take
place here, and the small frontier town develop into one of the
nation's great metropolises. They each attained the advanced
age of seventy-seven years, Mrs. Secrest dying first. They were
the parents of the following children: Nathan, now deceased, was
a major in a regiment of colored troops, and he became prominent
in circles of the Grand Army of the Republic; Bettie E. is the
widow of A. J. Cox; and Alice E., widow of the immediate subject
of this memoir.

DAVID H. TAYLOR

DAVID H. TAYLOR.

Change is constant and general; generations rise and pass
unmarked away, and it is due to posterity, as well as a present
gi-atification, to gather up and put in imperishable form upon the
printed page as nearly as possible a true and succinct record of
the parent's life. The late David II. Taylor was for a number of
years one of the enterprising and highly respected business men
of Indianapolis, and his life record has in it a valuable lesson,
showing that success may be achieved in the face of discourage-
ments, if one has persistency, courage and good habits, and his
career cannot fail to intei-est the young men into whose cradle
smiling fortune has cast no gilded scei)ter. Personally, Mr. Ta}--
lor was a gentleman of i)l easing address and quiet appearance,
frank and kindl}' in manner and popular with his friends and
fellow citizens. Measured by the tnie standard of excellence, lie
was an honorable, upright, courteous Christian gentleman, true to
himself and to others, and his influence wherever he lived was
always potent for good. He gave close attention to his business
affairs and amassed a suflBcient amount of this world's goods to
make his later years comfortable and free from embarrassment.
He possessed tact and discriminating judgment, and was always
ready to advise or help others, when necessary, and many Avere
eager to avail themselves of his wise suggestions in matters of
business. His home was all that good taste and kindness could
make it and his social and family relations were of the most pleas-
ant and agreeable character.

Mr. Taylor was born in Owen county, near Spencer, Indiana,
^larcli 4, 1855. lie was a son of David and Mary (Ormstead)
Taylor. The father, who was a fanner. \\a.'< a native of Kentucky,
and of Scotch extraction. He came to Indiana as a young man
and located in Owen county among the ]»ioneers and there became
very well established through hard toil and close application,
and there he and his wife spent some years, and later moved to
Daviess county, where they s])ent their remaining years. Mary
Ormstead was bom in Scotland, and when a child her father
brought her and the rest of the familv to the United States, and
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here ^Jr. OrnisU'ad became wealthy. Mrs. Mary Taylor suivi\ ed
her husbaud many years, dying in 1892.

To David and Alary Taylor the following children were
boni: David Henry, subject of this memoir; Thomas (i. lives in
Elnora, Indiana; Mrs. Harriet Lay, whose husband is deceased,
lives at Viuceunes, Indiana; Jane is the wife of James Watson,
and they live in Kentucky; Semore lives in Illinois; J. Samuel
makes his home in Vincennes, Indiana.

David H. Taylor spent his boyhood on the home farm in
Daviess county, Indiana, and he received his education in the
public schools, but, being a great reader and an extensive trav-
eler, he gained an excellent practical education for himself. When
a young man he started in life for himself Ijy conducting a livery
stable and general store at Elnora, Indiana, and he was made
postmaster there under President Grover Cleveland. He was
running the stable at the time of his marriage. Later he came to
Indianapolis and ran a produce store for one winter, then re-
turned to Washington, Indiana, the home of his wife, and there
he conducted the same line of business for six years, dealing
mostly in poultry, which he shipped to the Eastern markets. He
then went to Louisville, Kentucky, where he became manager of
the produce department for the well known firm of Herndon,
Carter & Company, shipping produce by the car loads. After re-
maining in Louisville four years, he came back to Washington
and engaged in the produce and grain business, maintaining a
grain sheller and elevator, and shipped his stuff to tlie Eastern
cities.

In January, 1907, Air. Taylor came again to Indianapolis and
engaged in business for himself as proprietor of the Pearl Street
Produce Company for three years, when he was induced by Swift
& Company of Chicago, one of the world's largest ])acking con-
ceiTis, who had long recognized Mr. Taylor's ability, to take the
management of their Indianapolis branch. After dis))osing of the
Pearl Street Produce Company to Harry Wright, All-. Taylor de-
voted his entire time to the Swift interests, regaining much of
their lost trade and adding much new business, managing their
affairs here in a manner which reflected nnich credit upon his
ability and to the eminent satisfaction of the company. He was
especially successful in securing contracts from hotels and othoi-
public houses, and secured a great holiday business. He bought.
sold, collected and, in fact, as manager of all local interests of

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this great firm, was kei)t buay and his work was highly (.•oiihiicikI-
able ill oveiy respect, for he was industrious, painstaking and
scrupulously honest. He understood as well, if not Ijctter, than
any other produce man iii the city, the various i)has(s of the
same, for it may be said truthfully that he spent practically his
entire life in the produce business, and he was at all times very
popular with tlie trade.

Politically, ]\lr. Taylor was a Democrat, l)ut he was not spe-
cially active in the ranks and never asj^ired to political offices. He
was a worthy member of the Christian church, and in his frater-
nal relations held membership in the Woodmen of the W'tuld.

The death of Mr. Taylor occurred on .Monday, January 1.
1912, at his cozy home, No. 531 East Fifteenth street, the home
now being No. 639 Hamilton avenue. The funeral services were
conducted by Kev. Allen B. Philputt, pastor of the Central Christ-
ian church, in which the subject had held his membership for
some time. Interment was made in Crown Hill cemetery.

On Noveml)er 11, 188G, David H. Taylor was imited in mar-
riage with Frances M. llorrall, and to this union four children
were born: Nola Eleanore, who married Joseph W. Peggs, of Indi-
anapolis; Harry, who died at the age of seven months; Noble H.
Taylor, who was graduated with the class from Shortridge high
school in 1911; Sarah ^1. died at the age of seven months."

Mrs. Frances Taylor was born in Daviess county, Indiana,
and there grew to womanliood and received her education in the
common schools. She is the daughter of a highly esteemed pio-
neer family of that county, where her father, John A. Horrall,
was born and reared, and she is the granddaughter of John Hor-
rall, who was also l)orn in Daviess county, this family having
settled there when the state was a wilderness and the name has
thus been well known in that section for several generations.
William Horrall, the paternal great-grandfather, came to that
locality from Carolina, before Indiana was admitted to the Union,
and he entered large tracts of wild land in what is now Daviess
county. This he cleared and imi)roved, erected a log cabin and
established the family home in this state, and the various mem-
bers of the family became extensive and substantial fanners and
stock raisers. The mother of Mrs. Taylor, who was known in her
maidenhood as Eleanf)re Davis, was born in Kentucky, from
which state she came to Daviess county, Indiana, when young,
with her i>arents, Levi and Nellie Davis.

Both of Mrs. Taylor's pureuts died in Daviess couuty, the
father passing away first. They were the parents of eight cliil-
dren, named as follows: Maria J. married Lancaster Williams,
and they are both now deceased; one of their children, Ella 1).,
makes her home with Mrs. Taylor, widow of our subject ; Jonathan
died at the age of tive years; jNlilton died at age of three years;
Seth 0. Ilorrall is deceased; Perry S. lives in Dawson Springs,
Kentucky; Martha lives in New Albany, Indiana; Frances M.,
who married the subject of this memoir, was the seventh child in
order of birth; Sarah A. is the wife of William Beaver, and they
live in Indianapolis.

Personally, David H. Taylor was popular with those with
whom he came into contact in tlie various walks of life, having
possessed to a marked degree the chai'acteristics that won and
retained warm friendships. By his kindness and courtesy he won
an abiding place in the esteem of his fellow citizens and by his in-
telligence, energy and enteii^rising spirit, made his influence felt
among his friends and associates.

ALFRED D. BRANDRIFF.

One of the best remembered business men ot' a past genera-
tion in Fort Wayne, Indiana, was the hxte Alfred D. IJrandriff, one
of the prominent pioneer merchants of this city, and a man who
did much in promoting the general upbuilding of the same. Of
Mr. Brandriff personally it may be said he was a man of
strong and active sympathies; his temperament was wann and
ardent, his feelings deep and intense, and these and other attrac-
tive characteristics unconsciously drew him an unusual luuuber
of devoted friends, upon whom, under all circumstances, he could
rely, and who, now that he has "passed over the river," revere
his memory. He was a close student of human nature and com-
prehended with little effort the motives and purposes of men, and
he was a lover of truth and sincerity. In brief, he is remembered
as a manly man, of pleasing but dignified presence, a profbimd
student of many subjects and a leader of the kind of endeavor to
which his energies were devoted through a long lapse of years.
Of spotless character and unflagging industry and energy, he rose
to a position of great usefulness and no little distinction and stood
as a conspicuous example of synunetrically developed American
manhood, and his position as one of the state's representative citi-
zens was cheerfully conceded by all who knew him.

The birth of Alfred D. Brandriff occurred in Cincinnati,
Ohio, March 2, 1817. He was the great-grandson of Timothy
Brandrith, who man-ied Elizabeth Hughes. The name was later
changed to Brandriff. He came from England and settled in Cape
May, New .Terse}'. He was the first sheriff of Cape May county.
New Jersey, in 1693, and for twenty years held the various offices
of collector, county clerk and recorder, commissioner of the pleas
and assessor \mtil his death, in 1713. He was a member of the
House of Representatives at Burlington, New Jersey, in 1697.
His son, Timothy Brandriff, sel•^•ed in the Revolutionary wnv.
Jesse, son of Timothy Brandriff, Jr., married Rhoda Garrison and
in 1805 moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, which was then a small settle-
ment. They assisted in building the old first stone meeting house,
the Weslev >rethodist church, on Sixth street. Cincinnati, Ohio.

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There Alfred U. Brandriff grew to manhood and roecivcd his early
education and business training, entering tlie active Held of com-
merce when young in years and gradually advanced himself, step
by step, through his individual efforts, until he had scaled the lad-
der of industrial success.

When yet a young man .Mr. Brandrifil" went to Troy, Ohio, and
there established a stove foundry, which, under his close attention
and masterful management, grew to large proportions in due
course of time, and the products of the same, owing to their super-
ior quality, found a ready and wide market. This he conducted
imtil the year 1851, when he came to Fort Wayne, Indiana, making
the tiip on horseback, and here he established a wholesale and re-
tail stove and hardware business, and he met with his usual suc-
cess, and soon saw his wares selling over an extensive territory.
The house of A. D. Bi-andrilf was for many years one of the prin-
cipal business houses of that city and was one of the best known
in northeastern Indiana. He gave to it his undivided attention,
kept everything under a superb system and always kept fully
abreast of the times in handling up-to-date materials and adv(}-
cated modern business methods, dealing honestly and courteously
with the public, so that he enjoyed the good will and confidence of
all who had dealings with him. Mr. Brandriff conducted the busi-
ness almost entirely alone, having had a partner only a short time
late in life.

Mr. Brandriff continued actively in the line of business in-
dicated in the preceding paragraph until 1885, when he retired
from the active affairs of commercial life and took up his residenct^
on his fine farm near Clarion, Illinois, which he kept under a high
state of improvement and cultivation, and there, on (me of the
most desirable estates in that section of Illinois, he spent the last
fifteen years of his life, having accumulated a handsome com-
petency. However, when his health began to fail he came back to
his chosen city to spend the last daj's with his children, and here
in Fort Wayne he received the summons to "join the inmunerable
caravan that moves to pale realms of shade," on June 17, 1900,
after a life of uprightness and highest worth, passing away with
no compunction for the past and with no fear for the future, hav-
ing attained the advanced age of eighty-three years.

During his business life in Foit Wayne, Mr. Brandriff was in
the foremost rank of progressive citizens. He was a director and
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and fouuders of the Lindeuwood Cemetery Association. He could
always be depended upon to sujiport any movement having for
its object the general uplift of his city and county, and was chari-
table to a fault and gave assistance to many, both by sound advice
and material aid, and if he had any enemies they were not known.
He was one of the oldest members of the First Presbyterian
church of Fort Wayne, having been identihed as treasurer of the
same at one time, discharging his duties most faithfully. He and
his wife were always veiy active in the same, he a member for a
pei'iod of nearly a half century, in fact, he was long regarded as a
pillar of this church.

Mr. Brandriff was married to !Mary A. Roberts, of Dayton,
Ohio, near which city her early life had been spent, the date of
their marriage being in 1842, and two daughters were born to
this union, Mrs. Samuel T. Hanna and ]Mrs. Alfred T. Lukens, both
of Fort Wayne. ^lary A. Roberts was descended from a long line
of patriots and founders of America, many of whom served in the
colonial and Revolutionary wars. John Roberts was an officer in
the Huguenot wars. His son and grandson, John Roberts, ,Sr.
and Jr., were in the Revolution, also Isaac Hooper and John Som-
ers, of Somers Point, New Jersey, where descendants are still liv-
ing on the old plantation. Richard Somers, master conunandant
in the United States navy, who perished in the ketch "Intrepid"
in the attempt to destroy the Turkish flotilla in the harbor of
Tripoli. She is also a descendant of William Vassall, of the
Massachusetts Bay Colony, one of the council of war in 1642
against the Indians. He was a son of John Vassall, alderman of
London who, in 1588, fitted out at his own expense and commanded
two ships, "Samuel" and "Little Toby," with which he joined the
royal navy to oppose the Spanish armada. The Vassall family
have a memorial in King's Chapel, Boston. John Vassall, Jr.,
built and occupied what is known as the "Longfelhiw-Craigie
house" in Cambridge, also several other residences, which were
kno\\T3 as "Tory Row." Other ancestors who were patriots were
John Adams, who came to Plymouth, Massachusetts, in the shii)
"Fortune" in 1621, who married Eleanor Newton, who came in
the ship "Aim" in 1623 (and who married the second time Kenelm
Winslow). Tliey were granted land by Governor Bradford and
both celebrated the first Thanksgiving day in America in 1623.
James Adams, in Marshficld ^[ilitarv Company, in 1643. John
Pease, Sr., captain Ancient and Honoral)l(' Artillery C(»mi)any,

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Boston, 1661. John Peace, Jr., capUiiu of Militia, EuHelcl, Con-
aecticut. Thomas Abbe, Eulield, Connecticut, in (Jreat Swamp
fight Ensign Walter Fairfield, representative Nenluun, Massa-
chusetts, 1689. Robert Goodale, founder, 1631, New England.
Richard Risley, who came in, ship "Griffiii" with Thomas Hooker
party to Cambridge in 1633 and in 1636 was one of the founders of
thq commonwealth of Connecticut. Ilis name is inscribed on First
Settlers monument, Hartford, Connecticut. Thomas French, who
died in 1699, Racocas, New Jersey. Robert Stuai-t, steward of
Scotland, John Tice, of Jlolhmd and Long Island. John Tice, Jr.,
served in the Revolutionary war.

The death of ]\Iary Rol)erts Brandriff occiUTcd in Fort
Wayne on February 12, 1863, and in October, 1866, :Mr. Brandi-iff
was united in marriage witli Maria Crane-Taylor, of Collinsville,
Connecticut. There are nine gi'andchildren surviving, namely:
Alary Hanna; John L. Hanna, of the Pennsylvania railroad offices
ia Philadelphia; Mrs. Frederick J. Reusch, of Petoskey, Miclii-
gan; Alfred B. Lukens, of New York; Edward F. Lukens, of Leed,
North Dakota; Clara, Grace, Lydia and Martha Lukens, of Brew-
ster, New York; also two great-grandchildivn, Elizabeth L.
Reusch and Frederick Hanna Reusch.

KILUAN BAKER

KILLIAN BAKER.

To attain a worthy citizenship by a hie that is always hon-
ored and respected even from childh<Ktd deserves more thiui mere
mention. It is no- easy task to resist the man}: temptations of
youth and early manliood and plant a charactei- in the minds and
hearts of associates that will remain an unstained figure for idl
time. One may take his place in public life through some vigor-
ous stroke of public policy, and even i-emain in the heaits of
friends and neighbors, but to take the same position by dint of
the practice of an upright life and without a craving for exaltation
and popularity, is worthy the highest i)raise and commendation.
The late Killian Baker, (me of the sturdy pioneers and substantial
business men of Fort Wayne, who was well Icnown throughout
northern Indiana for more than half a century, was a man re-
spected and honored, not because of the vigorous training of his
special talents, but because of his daily life, each day having
been one that was above ci'iticism and passed upon in tin- light
of real, true manliood. Strong and forceful in his relations with
his fellow men, he not only made his presence felt, but also gained
the good will and conmiendation of both his associates and the
general public, ever retaining his reputation among men for in-
tegrity and high character, no matter how trying the circum-
stances, and never losing that dignity which is the birthright of
the model gentleman. Consequently his influence for good in the
general upbuilding of Fort Wayne was most potent and still con-
tinues, although the material man has been engulfed in "the in-
evitable hour" which awaits all that is mortal, and he will long
be sadly missed from the various circles in which he moved, and
over which his influence was like sunshine on a field of ripened
wheat.

Killian Baker came of a sterling, uin-ight family which has
always been a prominent factor wherever it has located. He was
born in Hesse-DaiTOstadt, Gennany, December 15, 183U. He was
the son of George and Catharine (Baoschenger) Baker, natives of
the fatherland, where they grew to maturity, were educated and
manned, and when a young man the father became one of the

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provision suijpliers iu the Napoleonic wars. In 1835 (loorge Ba-
ker emigrated with his family, which consisted of eiglit children,
to the United States and iii'st settled at Pittslturgh, Pennsylvania,
where he had a half-brother. They i-emained there ahunt a year,
when the family started down the Ohi<i liver in a Hat-l)ottomed
boat, and on May 26, 1S3G, after a voyage of si.\ weeks, by way of
the St. Mary's river, lauded in Fort Wayne, on the bank at a
point opposite to what was later the site of the father's saw-
mill. However, (ieorge Baker's first ventnie here was as a black-
smith, located on Calhonn street, between Washington and Jeffer-
son streets, Calhoun street then being n(»thing more than a tan-
bark path. He subsequenth' built a saw-mill at the east end of
Superior street on the St. Mary's river, and this became one of
the best known mills in this part of the country at that time. The
elder Baker also entered a piece of land in Cedar Creek township,
Allen county. When his family took up their permanent abode
in Fort Wayne in the spring of 1836 it was then but a village of
four hundred inliabitants. George Baker also worked at the
wagon-maker's trade for a number of years and in 1848 he asso-
ciated with his four sons, John, Jacob, Henry and Killian, in cs-
tablisliing a lumber yard at the corner of what is now Superior
and Lafayette streets, which business soon assumed large pro-
portions and the family became prosperous.

Killian Baker grew to manhood in Fort \Vayne amid pioneei-
conditions, and he received his early education under Professor
McJunken and later he attended the Catholic school under Will-
iam AValters, in the first school house on Cathedral square. He w-
mained in school until he was eighteen years of age, then engaged
in the saw-mill and lumber business with his father, making that
his life work, which he followed with ever-increasing success,
until his operations covered a wide territory and he accumulated
a handsome competency. He was known for many years as one
of the leading lumbenneu of northern Indiana, being a very ex-
tensive dealer, shipping large consignments of lumber to all sec-
tions of the middle West and even to many foreign countiies. He
became sole proprietor of the business in 187H, his father and
brothers having sold out their interests. The death of the father
had occun-ed on February 29, 1870, at the advanced age of eighty
years, the mother departing this life some time iu the fifties.

Politically, Mr. Baker was a I)emoci-at, and while he was in-
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of the National Lunibermeu's Association, and the Lumbermen's
Journal often earriod a sketch of liis life and a half-tone cut of
him, for he was widely known as one of the pioneer lumber deal-
ers of the country. He was a devout member of the Catholic
church, holding membership in the Cathedral and was a great
worker in that congregation, lie was a man of charitable un-
pulses and did an incalculable amount of good in that way, but hi^
benefactions were the result of his magnanimous nature and not
from any desire to win the praise of his fellow men. His suppoj-t
could always be depended upon in furthering any worthy mo\'e-
ment looking to the good of humanity and the upbuilding of his
home city. He was a member of the Catholic Knights of America.
The family always celebrated as a holiday the 26th of -May, tin-
date of their arrival here.

The marriage of Killian Baker was solemnized on October 2U,
1859, with Anna Dougherty, whose birth occurred in Allen county,
Indiana, in 1840. She grew to womanhood not far from Fort
Wayne. They were married in the little church that stood on
the present site of the Cathedral. Mrs. Baker is the daughter of
John and Marcella (Lyons) Dougherty, who were among the pit)-
neei-s of Fort WajTie, having settled in this vicinity as early as
the year 1838. Mr. and ilrs. Dougherty were natives of county
West Meath, Ireland, and there grew up and were married,-.biit
came to the United States in 1835 and spent the remainder of
their days in Allen county, having long been residents of Areola,
where they are still gratefully remembered for their many acts
of kindness, as well as for those qualities of mind and heart that
win and retain confidence. Mrs. Baker was reared in the Catho-
lic faith and has ever been a loyal member of the holy mother
church, belonging to the Cathedral of the Immaculate Concep-
tion, in Fort Wayne. Believing every other consideration subor-
dinate to the claims of religion, she and her worthy husband were
ever untiring in their devotion to its duties and, like all true Cath-
olics, spared no pains in rearing their children according to the
principles and precepts of the church, which they always con-
sidered life's greatest and best safeguard.

The union of Killian Baker and wife was blessed by the birth
of the following children: John G., who lives at Cape Girardeau,
^fissouri; Frank J. is a resident of Little Rock, Arkansas; Mary
manned Latham F. Blee, and they made their home in Philadel-
phia, Pennsylvania, where her death occurred on March 18, 1912;

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Agues niarriod Henry .J. Taylor and they Ww in Fort VVayue, In-
diana; ^largaret A. married William 1). (lordon, their home being
in Peoria, Illinois; Charles 11. died in eai-ly childhood; ('atherine
A., now known as Sister St. Euphrasie, of the Sisters of Provi-
dence; Rosella .M., Alfred K., and Cirace A., all live at the old
homestead, No. 326 East Main street. Fort Wayne; Herbert ^\'.
died when quite \oung.

The Baker home here is one of the delightful landmarks of
Fort AVayne. For tifty-two years the family have lived there, and
there the golden wedding anniversar\' of the subject and wife was
celebrated on October 20, 1909. Only relatives were present at the
sumptuous jubilee dinner, and children and grandchildren from
far and near gathered to do honor to the heads of the family. The
dinner was an elaborate one, with decorations in gold and white,
and handsome cakes, properly inscribed, called to mind the wed-
ding cake of a half century before. There Avere many handsome
gifts, and a number of speeches and toasts, l)ut best of all wei-e
the unspoken thoughts of love and admiration that brought the
devoted children back to the homestead to prove their affection
for the honored father and mother. On that occasi<m, as at other
times, the reminiscences of the parents of early conditions in
this locality were fascinating, as they had a distinct remembrance
of many important events in life of the city. At that time they
were described as unusual peo^jle for their years and had a re-
markable interest in the affairs of the present. There were jjres-
ent not only a number of children, but grandchildren and one
great-grandchild.

Mrs. Anna Baker was one of a family of six children. Her
father left Ireland on account of the war, he being a rebel asso-
ciated with Daniel O'Conncll. lie crossed the channel to England
and sailed from there in 1835, landing in Xew York city after a
long voyage in a sailing vessel, soon sending for his family, who
later followed him to the land of the free. They came on to the
middle West, locating at Areola, Lake townsliip, Allen county,
Indiana, on a farm. The father, John Dougherty, was a man of
sterling qualities and although he found here a wild country, he
went to work with a will, never pennitting hardships f»r obstacles
to thwart him in his honest purposes, and in due cf»urse of time
he had developed from the virgin soil a fine farm and established
thereon a comforta])le home, l)ecoming (me of the leading fannejs
and stock raisers of the county, and an influential and highly es-

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teenu'd citizon, loyal to our institutions and always ready to assist
in the furthering of any laudable movement for the general good
of the counnunity. lie was known for his industrious habits, his
hospitality, broad-mindedness and esteemed by all for his exem-
plary character.

The death of Killian Baker occurred -July 8, 1910, lacking a
few months of his eightieth birthday. He had been in failing
health for ten years.

In its account of his life and death, one of the leading Fort
Wayne daily papers said, iii part:

"Aside from figuring for so many years as a prominent busi-
ness character in the city's afl'airs, ^Ir. Baker was always one of
its most esteemed citizens. lie grew up with the city. When he
first began working with his father he was eighteen years old, l)ut
he soon became recognized as a leader. He took great interest in
many of the movements inaugurated during the early years of the
historj' of Fort Wayne to permit it to grow. As year by year
more people began settling in the district about here, Killian
Baker foresaw what he believed to be a great city, and he induced
a great many to come to Fort Wayne and live. And during the
latter years of his life the deceased was fond of relating stories
and incidents of the early liistory — how the village advanced from
its population of less than a thousand to a town of several thou-
sand and then of the city's rapid growth within the past thirty
years. During all these years he devoted his life to his business
and to the welfare of the conmmnity in which he achieved a high
standing."

The funeral of Killian Baker, on July 11, 191U, was very
largely attended, and we reprint in full the fine oration delivered
by Rev. Quinlan, from the text, "Well done, thou good and faith-
ful servant, enter thou into the Joy of thy Lord."

"Every human being loves and desires to hear those words of
praise at the end of their labors, whatever they may be. There is
an inspiration, there is an encouragement, there is force, there is
power in these very words of Holy Writ, which I have quoted for
you, and every human being, whatever may be his work and labors
in life, whatever may be his object, how he loves, how he desires,
what a thrill of enthusiasm and joy is sent through his weak and
faltering heart as he stands at the end ot life, or at the end of his
labors and words like these are uttered, indicating that he has
been faithful, that he has fulfilled to the l)est of his ability accord-

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ing to the taloits that Ciod ha.s given him. tli. work, the duty, tlio
labors of life.

"0, my friends, looking into the woi-ld, take tlie business
man, take the professional man who is filled with a desire of ful-
filling his position and duty in life and if he has fultiiled his duty
well, if he has exereised the talents that (iod gave him to their
full eapacity, if he has made life and has left some woi-k Ix'hind.
that indicates noble manhood and true and sincere Christian, then
when the world says to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant,
thou hast worked well, thou hast performed thy duties according
to the highest standard and at the end of your labors the world
crowns you with the palm of victory, the world crowns you with
the laurel of praise at the end of your work.' And as these words
send the thrill of joy and sweetness and hope through the heart
of man even in a material sense, given by a material world, what
must be the happiness, what must be the joy of a man, a Christ-
ian man, when the end of his life is nigh, when there is said to him,
as far as human wisdom and foresight can judge, 'Well done,
good and faithful servant, enter thou into tlie joy of thy Lord?'

"0, my friends, there is no one with whom I am acquainted.
over whom I could say with greater truth these very words of
Holy Writ than over the remains of this good and kind and hum-
ble man, who at all times endeavored to fulfill his duties not only
to God but to man.

"0, my friends, if his old friend, that venerable man, the Rev.
Brammer, could stand here today in my place what could he not
say over the remains of his true departed friend? And I can go
back myself twenty years ago, and (me of the first men I met in
this parish and one of the first men who was high minded and an
enthusiastic soul was ]Mr. Killian Baker.

"You can recall the old struggles of this parish, what was car-
i-ied on for the welfare of this parish, whether whatever was un-
dertaken to advance its interests, whether they were spiritual or
temporal, whom did you see, alongside of that zealous and great
priest, but the man whose remains are here today, Killian Baker/
And, O, my friends, I am glad that I am pennitted to stand here
and utter a woi-d of tribute over the remains of such a grand and
noble hero.

"In days gone by, when this structure needed aid, needed as-
sistance of men like Killian Baker, men sprung up in faith, who
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deed, iu that strung and binding faitli ii'ceived at his niutiier's
kuec, and wliat has he not dune by liis example, espeeiall\' ever to
aid as far as he could religion in Fort Wayne?

"0 my friends, let us hope that he is enjoying the glory and
happiness of Heaven with his friends, with whom he associated
here iu this life; let us hope that his well-spent life, that he who
was so faithful in everything, especially in endeavoring to save
his soul to present it l)efore the judgment seat of Clod and there
obtain the rewards that were merited — eternal and everlasting
life. Let us hope that (Jod himself, that Jesus, the All-redeeming,
when he appeared before the judgment seat, that these very words
of Holy Writ which I have quoted tV)r you toda}% were spoken to
this faithful man, to this faithful husband, to this loving father
whose heart and soul were entirely taken up with the welfare of
those who constituted his home; let us hope and pray that Christ
said to him as his soul appeared before the judgment seat, 'Well
done, thou good and faithful servant, enter thou into the joy of thy
Lord.'"

Killian Baker grew up with the city of Fort Wayne, coil-
tiibuted largely to its development along industrial lines and in
due time became an influential factor in promoting its varied in-
terests. Energetic and public-spirited, he soon took an active
part in all enteiprises for the common good, gave countenance
and support to every laudable undertaking for the advancement of
both city and county, and in many matters his judgment was con-
sulted and his opinions ever carried weight in the eoimcils of his
fellow citizens. He was essentially a l)usiness man and as such
achieved a high standing in the conummity for the best interests
of which the greater part of his life was devoted. Unflagging in-
dustry, discriminating judgment and wnse foresight wei'e among
his chief characteristics and during the years of his prime his
strength and vitality as well as those clearer mental qualities
which enabled their possessoi- to take advantage of opportunities,
stood him well, in pushing to the largest success the important
undertakings in which he was engaged. Coming to the state in
the pioneer period, he witnessed the phenomenal growth of the
citv with which his life was so closelv interwoven.

AUGUST C. TRENTMAN.

Great acbievenicnts always excite adiuiiatiuii. Men of deeds
ai'e the men whom tlie world delights to honor. Ours is an age
representing the most electrical progress in all lines of material
activity, and the man of initiatix c is one who forges to the frout
in the industrial world. Among the distinctive captains of indus-
try of a past generation in the city of Fort Wayne, a place of
priority, must be accorded to the late August C. Trentman, for to
him was due the upbuilding of an industry which was not only
one of the most important in the city of his choice, but also one of
the most extensive of its kind in Indiana, while the comparatively
brief time within which these great results were obtained fuither
testify to his exceptional administrative power and executive
ability. He was in the fullest sense of the word a progi-essive,
virile, self-made American citizen, thoroughly in harmony with
the spirit of the advanced age in which he lived, while he made the
most of his opportunities and worked his way upward from a
beginning none too auspicious to a noble and worthy success. He
made good use of his opportiuiities and prosjx-red from year to
year, conducting all business matters carefully and systematically,
and in all his acts displaying an aptitude for successful manage-
ment. He did not permit the accumulation of fortune to affect in
any way his actions toward those less fortunate than he, and he
always had a cheerful \vord and a helping hand for those in need.
Indeed, J\Ir. Trentman was a most companionable gentleman and
had a host of wann and admiring friends throughout northeastern
Indiana. All who came within range of his influence were profuse
in their praise of his admirable qualities and the high regard in
which he was always held, not only in conunercial life but socially,
indicated the possession of attributes and characteristics that fully
entitled him to the respect and good will of his fellow men which
were freely accorded by all with whom he came into contact.

August C. Trentman was born in Marion township, Allen
county, Indiana, Febniary 20, 1843, the scion of a prominent old
pioneer family of this section of the state, being the son of Bernard
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iu Alleu county in the pioneer period. Bernard Treutnian was
born in Hanover, Germany, in Jid}', 1816, and there he grew ujj
and received his education, emigrating to the United States in
18:38, locating first in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he remained two
years. In 18-12 he came to Fort Wayne, where his brotlier John
had settknl two years previously, and he soon afterward began
farming in Clarion township. Later he worked on the old AVabash
and Erie canal and was employed in the City mills. In 1848 he
embarked Ln the retail grocery business and in 1864 converted
the same into a wholesale l)usiness. lie was a self-made man iu
every respect, having come to Allen county when poor in worldly
goods and, in due course of time, succeeded admirably in a busi-
ness way. His death occurred on ilarch 27, 1874.

Wliile living in Cincinnati, in 1838, ]Mr. Trentman was united
in marriage with Mary Anna Rheinert. She, too, was a native
of Hanover, Germany, from which country i;he emigrated to
America when a young girl. Her death occuired in 1859. The
subject of this memoir was one of a family of eleven children.

It was in 1840 that Bernard Trentman and his wife moved to.
Fort Wayne, and, although he found here a mere country village,
he had the sagacity to foresee its splendid future possibilities and
therefore established the family home here, and thus it was in this
city that the scm, August C, grew to manhood and received the
early advantages of a liberal education, attending both the public
schools and the Brothers' school, and completing his studies at
Notre Dame University, having made a splendid record for
scholarship in these institutions.

After leaving school young Trentman, in 1864, entered upon
Ills brilliant business career hy engaging in the wholesale grocery
business with his father in Fort Wayne. Rapidly mastering the
details of the same, the senior Trentman admitted his son as a
l)artner in 186.3, the firm name then becoming B. Trentman & Son,
this busine.'^s having been started by the father in 1848 on Colum-
l)ia street. It grew rapidly and continuously and in 1868 it was
couvei'ted into a wholesale concern and moved into larger quarters
on Calhoun street. Upon the death of the father in 1874 the son
became complete owner, succeeding to the business of which he
was so long proprietor, and he continued head of the same until
the establishment went out of business about 1895, and he himself
retired from active business life .some fifteen vears prior to his
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death. Coiuiiuucially it was for many years the hvrgest institu-
tion of its kind in Fort "Wayne and its business was of vast propor-
tions, covering a very wide territory. The Trentniau wholesale
grocery was the practical commercial school in which many of
the men who have later Hgured conspicuously in the mercantile
circles of Fort Wayne received their early training in the business
world; it was always managed under a superb system.

In addition to the grocery business Mr. Trentmau was other-
wise prominently identified with Fort Wayne Inisiness interests.
He was for some time a director in the Hamilton National Bank,
and he was a partner in tlic business of J. B. >ronning & Company,
extensive spice and tiour millers, and he was a stockholder in the
Herman Berghoff Brewing Company, all of this city. He was
treasurer of the Koeuig Medicine Company of Chicago.

The domestic life of August C. Trentman began on October
19, 1865, when he was married to Jennie A. Xierman, of this city.
She is the daughter of Herman H. Nierman, Avho was born in
Munster, Germany, in 1818, and there he spent his boyhood days.
He emigrated to America about 1832. He located in New York
City, where he was united in marriage with Mary Catharine Fel-
ger, a native of Hanover, Germany, born there in 1814. She was
young when she came to New York. The parents of Mrs. Trent-
man came to Fort Wayne, Indiana, in 1840, making the long over-
land trip by wagon and boat. ^Ir. Nierman first engaged in the
limestone business here, operating a quarry in Huntington,
Indiana. Then he engaged in the brewery business, operating
the first brewery in Fort Wayne, at the corner of Superior and
Harrison streets, and he continued successfully in this line of
endeavor until the time of his death in 1871, his wife having pre-
ceded him to the great beyond in 1864. He married, second, in
1865, Mrs. Julia Frank and their three children are Mrs. Chas.
L. Aulvire, ^Irs. Julia Lang and the last Dr. H. G. Niennan. He
was a member of the old and original volunteer fire brigade. He
was always ver}' much interested in city affairs, and he was one
of the most active and influential in the upbuilding of the city,
one of the prominent men of this section in his day. He and his
wife were worthy members of the Cathedral Catholic church, of
Fort Wayne.

Mrs. August C. Trentman was born on August 13, 1845, in
Fort Wayne, and was the third of four children, daughters, the
others ])eing ^^rs. B. H. Trentman, of No. 513 East Wayne street.

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Mi-s. Joseph B. Fox, of No. 212 Wost Sujtcrior street, of this city,
aud 2klrs. F. II. liartcincyer, of Davenport, Iowa.

The union of August V. Trentnian and wife \\as blessed by
the birth of these children, named as follows: Mae, who lives at
home, the beautiful modem Trentnian lesidence at No. 360 West
Wayne street, Fort Wayne; Carrie, of the order of the Sisters of
Providence, of Indianapolis; Augustin X., who also lives at home
with the mother; Joseph B., who married Pansy M. Smith, of
Terre Haute, resides in Fort Wayne, and they have one daughter,
Rose Mary Trentnian.

Surviving August C. Trentnian are a sister, Mrs. ^iary Muh-
ler, of Fort Wayne, aud four brothers, Henry, of Auburn; Barney
and Anthony B., of Fort Wayne, and Herman, of Pittsburgh.

Mr. Treutman was a very active member of the Cathedral
Cafholic church, of his home city, and of the Catholic Knights ttf
America. He was active and influential in Democratic politics,
but never asj^ired to pul)lic leadership or the emoluments of office,
having been content to devote his attention exclusively to his
business and his home, being best contented, when with his familv,
and therefore he belonged to no clu])s or secret orders except that
named above.

The death of this distinguished citizen and prominent busi-
ness man occurred on August 18. 1909. In its account of this
event, one of the Fort Waj^ne papers said, in part: "August C.
Trentnian, long a citizen of Fort Wayne and foi-mer prominent
business man of this city, died early Friday morning, in Jefferson
•Medical College Hospital in Philadelphia, at the age of sixty-six
years. For many years Mr. Treutman conducted the largest
wholesale grocery business in Fort AVayne, but for the past twelve
or fourteen years he has been living in quiet retirement at his
home, No. 513 Washmgton boulevard west.

"For several years Mr. Trentnian had been in failing health.
Some years ago he sustained an attack of paralysis, and early in
the present year there developed a tumorous growth upon his
neck that caused much apprehension. He received treatment
under Fort Wayne physicians for a time, and al)out six weeks ago,
accompanied by his wife, his daughter. !Miss May, and his son.
August, ^[r. Treutman went to Philadclpliia to consult a special-
ist. A few days ago friends in Fort Wayne learned that the
patient had submitted to an operation in Philadelphia, and today
came the news of his death."

Another paper said, "P\'\v iiii'ii in Fort Wayne were better
known than jNIr. Trentnian, though of h\tc years he had not taken
an active interest in affairs. For some 3'ears he was the head of
the greatest mercantile establishment in northern Indiana, and
through his business connections he was known over a wide terri-
tory. His commercial career was everywhere spoken of as a
brilliant and successful one and he was recognized as one of the
leading wholesale grocers of the West. As a citizen he ranked
among the most prominent of Fort Wayne; in commercial circles
he was recognized as the compeer of any man in the state and his
reputation in that respect was spread throughout the West. He
was always ready to assist all movements looking to the advance-
ment of his citv.

JOHN HENRY TIBBLES.

Among the well-knowu citizeus of iiortheiu Indiana who have
finished their labors and gone to their reward, the name of John
Henry Tibbies, who was one of the prominent business men and
highly esteemed citizens of Fort Wayne for over forty years, is
deserving of special notice. lie was a product of the pioneer
epoch, he himself being a pioneer, and was one of those sterling
citizens whose labors and self-sacrifice made possible the advanced
state of civilization and enlightenment for which the Hoosier
state has long been noted. He was a benefactor in the truest
sense of the term. His career was fraught with inestimable bless-
ings to the world, for he was a man who did not believe in living
to himself alone, but desired to help those whom fortune favored
less on the highway of life, consequently his memory will long be
revered by a wide circle of friends and ac(iuaintances in Allen
coimty or wherever he was known.

Mr. Tibbies was bom in Cincinnati, Ohio, April 8, 1831. He
was a son of Henry and Mary Ann (Kirby) Tibbies, natives of
Marjiand, where they grew np and were married, and lived until
]820 when they came west and located in Cincinnati, Ohio, making
the toilsome journey from Easton, Maryland, overland, and there
they established their homes.

John H. Tibbies spent his early boyhood in Cincinnati and
attended the jiublic schools there up to the time he was sixteen
years of age when he learned the cabinet-maker's trade, but
instead of settling do^^'n and following the same, he heeded the
voice of the wanderlust spirit and started on a trip which took him
l)ractically around the world, giving him a wide and varied knowl-
edge of many foreign peoples. In 1852 he went across the plains
to the Pacific coa.st country, and after spending several months
mining he sailed for Honolulu, Sandwich islands. During the suc-
ceeding two years he visited the Samoan islands, Aukland, New
Zealand, and Australia, residing in the latter comitry little more
than a year. He then returned to America by way of England,
reaching Philadelphia in the fall of lH.i.5. He was by nature a

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keen observer, aud lator iu life talked most entcrtaiuinglN of his
travels aud experiences in foreign lands.

Shortly after returning to Cincinnati, young Tibbies went to
Cambridge City, Indiana, and later to Peru, where, on March 5,
1856, he was united in marriage to Harriet E. Could. She wa.s one
of nine children born to Solomon Could, one of the most prominent
of the early residents of that city. He was born in Massachusetts
and his wife, Eliza Elizabeth Rose, was born in Ireland. 'I'hree
brothers of the Could family originally came from England, and
all the Goulds in America are descended from them. The parents
of Mrs. Tibbies were married in the East and they came by wagon,
by way of Fort Wayne, to Peru, Indiana, when ]Mrs. Tibbies
was but eight years of age, she having been born on January 5,
1838, at Watertown, New York. Her parents were among the
early pioneers of this part of Indiana. Mr. Gould was in the
hotel and furniture business at Peiii, and was very prominent in
that section of the state for a number of years.

John H. Tibbies and wife came to Fort Wayne in May, 1858,
and they made that city their ijermaneut home. For a period of
thii-ty-two years, up to April 1, 1890, ,Mr. Tibbies was connected
with the furniture house of J. M. Miller, and after retiring from
that position he was engaged in the real estate and insurance busi-
ness. He was a very successful business man and, by persistent
effort, indomitable industry and honorable dealings with his fel-
low men he accumulated a handsome competency.

Politically, ^Ir. Tibbies was a Republican, and during the
last fourteen years of his life he was a member of the election
board of the fourth ward, Foi't Wayne. He was a member of
Kekionga Council No. 93, of the National Union, and for thirteen
years was its treasurer. He had l)eeu a member of the Wayne
Street Methodist Episcopal church for a period of thirty -six
years and one of the pillars of the same, being for many years a
member of the official board. He was a man who perfoi-med every
trust reposed in him in a conscientious and eminently satisfactory
manner, and was known to all as a man of sterling worth and
scrupulous integrity, and in every circle of acquaintance he was
most highly esteemed. Pie was a great home man, and while he
took considerable interest in public affairs he never sought office.
He was scrupulously honest, too honest, in fact, for his own good,
but he had the undivided confidence and esteem of evervone as

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a result of his honesty and genuine worth. He luul a pleasant
home at No. 1223 FairlieUl avenue, Fort Wayne, which has been
the family home for a period of thirt\'-oue years.

The following children were bora to j\Ir. and Mrs. Tibbies:
Mary, born in Peru, Indiana, was one month old when her parents
brought her to Fort AVayne. She married John Donivan, who has
been for forty years in the service of the Pennsylvania railroad,
and for many years has been passenger conductor, and he has
always been regarded as one of the company's most trusted and
faithful employes. Mr. and Mrs. Donivan live with her mother,
Mrs. Harriet Tibbies, at the old homestead. They have two
children. Harry Tibbies Donivan, who inherited from his grand-
father the desire to tra^•el, also took a trip around the world.
After his return home he settled down and married Maude Fer-
rero, of Colorado. He is now associated with the Southern Pacific
railroad and lives in Portland, Oregon. The other son, Frank
Tibbies Donivan, married Blanche Young, of Fort AVayne, and
they also live in Portland, Oregon. They have one daughter,
Dorothy Elizabeth Donivan. Emma Frances Tibbies, the sec6nd
child of the subject of this memoir, married Alfred S. Johnson,
and they live at Hermiston, Oregon, where he conducts a fruit
ranch. The youngest child of the subject and wife, Frank E.
Tibbies, married Clara Coulter, of Fort Wayne, and they have
continued to make their home in that city. They have two sons,
John Coulter Tibbies, who married Gail Spangly, of Fort Wayne,
and lives in Denver, Colorado, and Frank Raymond Tibbies.

The death of John Henry Tibbies occurred on April 22, 1900,
after a protracted illness, at the age of sixty -nine 3'ears. The
official board of the Wayne Street ^Methodist Episcopal church
passed the following resolutions on his death:

"Whereas God, in His mysterious and all- wise providence,
has called our late Brother Tibbies to his heavenly reward, and

"Wliereas, in the death of Brother Tibbies the official board
of Wayne Street Methodist church feel that we have lost a kind,
warm, true-hearted friend and co-worker, a conscientious, stead-
fast and earnest Christian in the church, and a nol)le exemplifier
of the true spirit of Jesus Christ. His family has been bereaved
by the loss of a loyal, true and loving husband and father; be it

"Resolved, that we bow in humble sul)mission to the will
of our Heavenly Father, fully believing that Bntthor Til)l)les has

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been called from tlic cluirch militant to the church triumphant,
and whilst we deeply sympathize with Sister Tibbies and her
family in their present beieavement, we confidently connnend
them to the comforting assurances given them who trust in the
promises of our Saviour and Lord Jesus Christ, and be it further
"Resolved, that a copy of these resolutions be spread upon
the church records, ])ublislied in the daily payx'rs and a co])y be
sent to the familv of our deceased brother."

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HENRY GOTTLIEB SOMMERS.

Under a popular form of government, like that of the United
States, where the denioeratic idea of eciuality is as fully developed
as the present imperfect condition of mankind will permit, we ex-
pect as its legitimate result the triumph of individual worth and
energy over all the competition that wealth and class may array
against them. Here the avenues of wealth and distinction are fully
opened to all, which fact enhances rather than detracts from the
merits of those whose energy and integrity have triumphed over
all obstacles intervening between an humble position and the at-
tainment of those laudable ends. Obscurity and labor, at no time
dishonorable, never assume more attractive featui'es than when
the former appears as the nurse of those virtues which the latter,
by years of honest and persevering effort, transplants to a higher
and richer soil; hence, the biographer of tliose men of sterling
worth whose active enterprise has won for them the distinction,
pre-eminence and commanding influence in the society in which
they move must be replete with facts which should encourage
and instruct the young. Such was the late Henry Gottlieb Som-
mers, who for many years held marked prestige in business and
civic circles of Fort Wayne, Indiana, and who by the exercise
of those talents and qualities which were cultivated from his
youth, reached an honorable position in the public mind and
earned the respect and high esteem of his fellow citizens. In
his earlier yeai"s he was a man of tireless energy and indomitable
courage, and although considerably discommoded during the last
decade of his life through ill health, he never repined nor became
discouraged, but, taking an optimistic view of things, he became
habituated to his changed condition and found much for whidi
to be thankful, not the least being the universal regard in wliicli
he was held by his fellow citizens throughout Allen county, wiiei-e
his entire life was spent and whose interests he ever had at heart
and sought to promote whenever occasion presented itself, and
he was one of the most interested spectators to the growth of tin-
city of Fort Wayne from a countn- village to a metroijolis of great
importance, performing well his part in the same transformjition.

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Mr. Soiuiiiers was born in l^'ojt Wayne, Indiana, Scptonihcr
16, 1863, and here lie grew to manhood and spent his life, lie was
the scion of a sterling old jtioneer family, the son of Frederick and
Mary (IMei'gel) Sommers, both parents natives of German}',
where they grew to matnrity, received their education and weic
man-ied. Frederick Sonuners was a miller by trade. He l)ronghi
his family to America a half century ago or more and settled in
Fort AVayne, where he established the family home, and here he
and his wife spent the rest of their lives, both being now deceased.
They became the parents of six children, and three daughters
still reside here; tliey are Mrs. George Ilumbrecht, Mrs. William
Pomeroy and ^Irs. "William Boediker, also a brother.

The parents of the subject both died within a short time of
each other, and their son, Henry (i., went to live with his uncle,
the late H. G. AVagner, in whose family he was reared, and when
he reached the age of ten j'ears he took employment in his luicle's
drug store and spent the remainder of his life in that business.
Following the death of Mr. Wagner, which occurred seventeen
years prior to that of Henry G. Sounners, the latter l)ecame owner
of the pi'operty and he retained the ownership until his death,
the business being continued by him under the finn name of H. ( i .
Wagner Drug Company. He was very successful in this line of
endeavor, kept well advised on the progress of pharmacy and his
store was one of the most popular in the city and one of the best
managed, drawing its customers by the hundreds from all ovei-
Allen county, throughout which he was known as an estimable
citizen.

Politically, ^Ir. Sommers was a Democrat and was always
loyal to his party's principles, and he served several years in the
city coiuicil as a representati\e from the second ward, for three
consecutive tenns, during which he did nuich for the permanent
good of the city, and was so officiating at the time of his death,
which occurred on April 23, 1906, at his beautiful and connnodious
home, No. 122 Washington boulevard. East, at the age of forty-
two years. He had been an invalid for some time, almost helpless,
in fact, for nine years.

Afr. Sommers was a faithful member of the Catholic church
and worshiped with the Cathedral congregation, lie was very
fond of fishing, loved children, bii'ds and flowers, and while his
early education was not extensive, he i-emained a student all his
life and by wide reading and close oliservation became a well in-

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formed man. lie always kept a pet of sonic kind about his lioiiic.
lie was a kind-hearted, good-natured and gentlemanly man who
made friends easily, and who exercised no trouble in retaining
tlieni. He was a leading member of the Retail Druggists Associa-
tion of Fort "Wayne, and immediately following his death the asso-
ciation adopted suitable resolutions on his demise.

On January 21, 1884, occuiTcd the marriage of Henry Ci. Soni-
mers and Mamie ^McCJuire, in Fort Wayne. She is a daughter of
Owen and Ann (Bowen) Mc(iuire, both parents natives of Ire-
land, where they spent the earlier years of their li\es, and, coming
to America, lived for some time at Fort Dodge, Iowa; then moved
to Fort AVayue, Indiana, nearly a half century ago, being among
the pioneei-s of this city. Owen McGuire followed railroading
for a period of sixteen years, and his death occurred on ^larch 4,
1896, and his widow's death occurred at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Henry G. Soumiers, on October 10, 1911, after a protracted
ilLness. She was seventy-seven years of age. She was a small
child when she arrived in America and hei-e she and ]\Ir. AIcGuire
were married, the wedding occurring in Crestline, Ohio, shortly
after she came here in the year 1865. Two sons and two daugh-
ters survive her. They are John ^IcGuire, who lives in Detroit;
Peter McGuire, of Grand Rapids, Michigan; Bessie McGuire
lives in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; and i\Ii"s. Henry G. Soinmers,
of Fort Wayne, the latter being the oldest daughter of this family
of six children, two of whom are deceased. Mrs. Sommers was
bom and reared in Fort Wayne and received a good education
here in the common schools. She has spent her life in this city
and has a host of friends here. Her mother was a devout member
of the Cathedral of Innnaculate Conception and one of the oldest
members of the Rosary society.

To Henry G. Sommers and wife three children were born,
namely: Frederick Owen Sommers, wIk) married Hazel Scheeman,
of Fort Wayne; they reside in Denver, Colorado, where he is en-
gaged in the railroad business. Robert Henry Sonnners, the .sec-
ond child in order of birth, lives at home with his mother; and the
daughter and youngest child, Marie Katherine Sommei's, is als(»
at home and is attending high school at this writing.

FRANKLIN PELEG RANDALL.

Conspicuous in the roll of uanies of men that have cunfeiTcd
honor upon the professiou of the law in Indiana is that of Franklin
Peleg Randall, for many years one of the most prominent and in-
fluential citizens of Fort A\'ayue, and whose lahors contributed
much to the early development iind general progress in material
and civic affairs of Allen county. He had a great versatility of
talents, and exactness and thoroughness characterized all his at-
tainments and work. In all the relations of life he was an honor-
able, upright gentleman who won the sincere respect of all with
whom he came into contact. He belonged to that praiseworthy
class of men, found now and then throughout the nation, w ho have
worked their way from somewhat discouraging beginnings to
places of leadership and high esteem, and it is still a proud boast
of our country that such victors are held of a far greater worth and
value to the Union and their fellow men in general than the so-
called aristocrat, with his inherited wealth, position and distin-
guished name. ^Ir. Randall rose paramount to environment and
all which sought to hinder hhn, while many of his contemporaries,
possessing less mettle and less fortitude, were falling exhausted
by the highway we call life, for the maxim which seemed to hold
sway over him was "Through struggle to triumph." He believed
in doing well whatever he underiook and in extending aid and
s}'mpathy to others, and thus as a residt of this humanitarian at-
tribute, his exemplary private life and his abiding public spirit,
he was held in universal esteem by all classes, and his career is
worthy of perpetuation on the pages of the history of his state
whose interests he ever had at heart.

Mr. Randall was bom in Madison county. New York, June 2,
in the memorable year 1812. He was descended from a long line
of sterling ancestors, members of which have been more or less
conspicuous in their localities in America since 1638, and he was
thus of the seventh generation of his family born on this continent.
The Randalls have been patriotic people and have fouglit in most
all our wars. The paternal grandfather of the suliject was an
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battle of Saratoga, witnessing the suireuder of Burgoync. His
father also served as au officer in the war of 1812. The latter was
a farmer in ^ladisou county, New York, and there his son Franklin
P. spent his boyhood, assisting with tlie general work about the
place during the crop seasons and attending the conunon schools
in his neighliorhood in the wintertime. lie subsequently attended
the Cortland Academy, also the Hamilton Academy, making an
excellent record in each, beconnng proHcient in mathematics, his-
tory and other studies. He always had a predilection for botan-
ical studies and even in early life evinced a desire for the study of
})lants and flowei"s. After finisliing his course in the academics, he
began his career by teaching a select school in Oneida county, his
native state. This school consisted of about sixty pupils, mostly
farmers' boys. After teaching this school two years and saving
some money, he turned his attention to the West, believing that
there were greater possibilities there for the ambitious young man
than in the older East.

Ha\'ing long entertained a laudable desire to enter the legal
profession, in October, 1835, ]Mr. Randall went to Willianxsport. ,
Pennsylvania, where he entered the law office of Judge Ellis
Lewis, who was for about fourteen years chief justice of the su-
preme court of that state, and under his guidance and tutorship
read law. In February, 1838, he was admitted to practice in the
courts of Pennsylvania and in April of the same year removed to
Port Wayne, Indiana, and commenced the practice of law. He
foimd here a straggling country village, where a few white people
and many Indians had assembled in rude dwellings. As in all
frontier communities, the school question was the most important
and as it was known that Mr. Randall was a well educated young
man he was soon elected school commissioner of Allen county and
for four years had the control of the school lands and school funds
of that county. In 1847 he was elected state senator for the dis-
trict composed of Allen, Huntington, Wells and Adams counties.
One of the most difficult tasks at that time with which the mem-
bers of the Legislature had to deal was to find means for transit
to Indianapolis. It was necessary for them to go on horseback
and the trip occupied about a week. Soon after this .Mr. Randall
received from CJovernor Wright the appointment of colonel of
state militia for Allen county, and in 1855 was promoted ])y Gov-
ernor Hammond to the position of brigadier-general of the Tenth
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director of the state prisou by (jovernor Willard aud established
many refonns in that institution. The same year he was also
elected presidential elector and voted for James Buchanan for
President, it being the only instance in which a citizen of Fort
Wayne ever voted directly for a President of tlie United States.
For many years Mr. Kandall was actively identified with all the
public affairs of Fort Wayne and prepared the first city charter,
which became a law in 1840. Later he was conniiissioued by the
city council to revise the city ordinances at three different periods.
He was city i-ecorder in 1840 and in 1841, alderman in 1843, and
again in 1855. In 1840 he was also elected city attorney for two
years aud was re-elected in 1853 and 1865. In 1859 he was elected
mayor aud was elected to the same office again in 1861, 1863, 1869
and 1871, thus sen-ing five terms of two years each. lie was the
"war mayor" of Fort Wayne aud contributed largely to the cause
of the Union. He did perhaps more for the early develo])iMent of
this city than any other man, his counsel being constantly sought
in the affairs of the city and as a public servant he discharged his
every duty with a fidelity aud ability that reflected much credit
upon himself and to the eminent satisfaction of all concerned.
His family still have in their possession many remembrances of
the Civil-war period, among which are numerous old battle-scarred
flags of regiments entering the service, from Fort Wayne, while he
was mayor.

Not only will Mr, Randall be held in i-emembrance on account
of his long official career, but by his devotion to the interests of his
cit}' and county in all projects for their advancement. For many
years he was president of the Allen Coimty Agricultural Society,
and he was very influential and an unremitting worker in the
same, its large success being due principally to his able manage-
ment. He always took great pleasure in horticulture and wa.s
considered an authority on such su))jects. The latter years of his
life were devoted almost entirely to the cultivation of flowers and
plants, of which he had many varieties, and it was always his
jileasure to invite his friends to view his collection at his residence.
His interest in gathering and pieserving the relics of the past have
saved to the student many interesting marks of bygone days and
his memoiy was stored with a seemingly inexhaustible tr(>asure of
anecdotes and reminiscences of the early history of Fort Wayne
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old and rare books, and diverse relies of pioneer times, aie among
the most valuable in existence.

Mr. Randall was twice married. .Mrs. (Jeorgc B. Dougaii of
Richmond, Indiana, is the only child of the Hrst union, which was
with Mary A. Ricd, who passed away Hve years after their mar-
riage.

During tlie time Mr. Randall was a member of the state Legis-
lature at Indianapolis he met Judge Read, also a member of the
Legislature, from Jefferson ville. Judge Read had with him at
the capital his three accomplished daughters, the late Mrs. Sarah
A. Ransom, the late Mrs. Martha A. Meriwether, and the present
A[rs. Mary J. Randall. The subject of this memoir eventually
man-ied one of the trio and took her to what was then called his
"northern" home, at Fort Wayne. To this union seven sons and
three daughters were born, namely : Three, who died in infancy ;
Frank M. Randall, who became cit}' engineer of Fort Wayne;
Mrs. Carolyn R. Fairbank, Irwin and Alfred L., all of whom estab-
lished their homes in Fort Wayne; ^Irs. J. C. Downs, who went to
Danbury, Connecticut, to live; David J. and George E., who lo-
cated in New York City.

Religiously, Franklin P. Randall was an Episcopalian and
for over forty years was vestryman and chiu'ch warden, in fact he
was a pillar in the local congregation. Politically, he was a Demo-
crat, and his theory was, once a Democrat always a Democrat, and
he was most loyal to the principles of the old party. When any
fault was found with a Democrat he would always remark that he
must have some good in him by virtue of being a Democrat. His
Democracy was of the sterling character, however, for he believed
in disciplining his party, but such punishment he thought should
come from its friends and not its enemies.

As a father, husband and friend Mr. Randall was indulgent
to a remarkable degree. No expressed wish was e^cr refused if
it were within his power to grant it. No ill will was harbored
against anyone. When young men arose to take his place in pub-
lic affairs, although he loved the excitement of politics, he re-
.signed gracefully and with no malice toward anyone. The future
to him was bright, the past serene, and he had no regrets for his
life, having always lived honorably and sought to do his every
duty as he saw and understood the right. One of his favorite
quotations was "Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof." This
great soul and distinguished citizen pas.sed serenely to his rest on
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having livcti nearly eighty years, and through all this vi^ta of
time, with its vicissitudes, no enemy arose. His passing away
was a transition to a higher plane of existence and not a death.

Something of his high standing among the members of the
Allen county bar may be gleaned from the following resolutions
passed soon after his death:

"Franklin P. Randall at the time of his death was, with one
exception, now liviiig in the city, the oldest in years and in ser-
vice of the members of the bar in Allen county.

"With body and mind strengthened by the sturdy and self-
reliant work of a farmer's son, he received his early mental train-
ing in the common school and academies of his locality, which was
supplemented by an experience of two years as a teacher. It is
not often tliat true honor, public or private, that honor which is
the tribute of cordial respect and esteem, comes to a man without
basis in character and deeds. The world may be deceived b\' for-
tune, or by ornamental or showy qualities, without substantial
merit, and may render to the undeserving a fortuitous and short-
lived admiration, but the honor that wise and good men value and
that lives beyond the grave must have their foundation in real
worth, for 'worth maketh the man.'

"Not a few men live unheralded and almost unknown be\ond
the narrow limits of the city or town wherein their lots are cast,
who yet have in them, if ambition or fortune had opened to them
a wide sphere of life, the elements of character to make statesmen
or the founders of states, or public benefactors of world-wide
fame. Compared with the blazon of fame which some regard as
the real seal or stamp of greatness, there is a lowlier, and simpler,
and yet true standard whereby to judge of them and fix their place
in the regard of their fellowmen. During his life ol fifty-four
years in this city, its people have had means to know what man-
ner of man Franklin P. Randall was. The record of testimony
was ample that he was a good citizen in the full sense of the term,
and worthy of honor and public tinist, ever doing worthily and
well the life work assigned to him here. Tie was for thirty-eight
years a niem})er of the vestry of Trinity pari.sh of the Protestant
Episcopal church, and for twenty-seven years a .junior warden
and at the time of his death was senior warden.

"Such employments and such calling for intelligence, ability,
integrity and fitness, and ever faithfully and worthily filled by
him, carrv their own evidence of the esteem in which .Mi-. Randall

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was held in this coiniimnity and of his personal interest in all tiiat
most directly concerned the welfare of his fellow citizens in his
own home. They indicate a life governed by a high and patriotic
sense of all the duties of good citizenshijj — the life of a man trust-
worthy and trusted. \\'hile Mr. Randall's efficient and patriotic
public service as mayor of the city during tiie period of the Civil
war won for him the honoralde cognomen of 'The War Mayor of
Fort Wayne,' the general tenor of his life, his tastes, his employ-
ments, were eminently peaceful. He was a lover of nature, a
lover of the garden and the fields, a lover of trees and ])uds and
flowers and othei' country things. By inherited and natural taste
and aptitude he was a farmer and an agriculturist, a florist and
well informed in theory and exj^ert in the art of agriculture and
gardening. He was prominent and active in all that concenied
the farming interests of the country, serving as president of the
agricultural societies of the county, when such existed. His rare
and costly collections of flowers and plants, native and exotic,
were ever things of beauty and joy to him, and he was free to
make his fellow citizens share in the pleasure of their exhibition.
Kindred to his taste for the rare and beautiful in vegetable nature,
was his taste for rare books and coins, and curious and historic
things, the possession of which made his home a cabinet of curios-
ities, and a source of refined pleasure to himself and family and
to many an ever-welcome visitor. For many years before his
death, Mr. Randall had withdrawn from active practice as a law-
yer and it may be doubted whether that was the best field suited
to his tastes and capabilities. But with such tasks and surround-
ings as he possessed to emplov his hours and thoughts, old age
came to Mr. Randall calmly and peacefully and the later yeare of
his useful life had no physical or mental paralysis to darken his
passage from the life that now is, to that brighter and purer and
higher life which opens beyond the grave to all such as have faith
in the eternal verity of man's immoi-tality.

"Therefore, in testimony of our appreciation of the life and
character of our deceased brother, F'ranklin P. Randall, and of
our son*ow for his death, and as our tribute to his memory, it is b.v
the members of the bar of Allen county,

"Resolved, that the career and juiblic service of Franklin P.

Randall during his life and residence in this city entitle him to

rank as one of the foremost of the venerated and now deceased

I)ioneer citizens of Fort Wavne who laid the foundation of its

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prosperity and who aided m its material and moral advaucemeiit
to its position as one of the chief cities of the state.

"Resolved, that Mr. Randall as a lawyer was well informed
in his profession and faithful to his clients and the law. His mind
was strong, judicial and well balanced, impartial and just. He
possessed a rare equanimity of temper and kindness of heart,
which won for him the sincere regard of his associates at the bar.
He was an honest and fair practitioner, and took no part in the
tricks of the pettifogger or lawyer of low degree, which sometimes
cast odium upon a profession which should ever be one of tnith
and honor. His nature was genial and social and his manners
courteous and attractive. His mind was rich in the fruits of a
long life of reading and observation. In all facts and reminis-
cences which make local history he was an authority and freely
gave of what he possessed. He had no personal enemies and pro-
voked no one to enmity, for the simplicity and cordiality of his
nature and manners invited friendship and forbade or disarmed
enmity. Has personal character was above reproach. He was a
man of robust frame and manly presence, a man of pure morals,
temperate and self-controlled. His domestic life was exemplar}-,
his home was a genial and happy one. He was an affectionate
and faithful father, and his sons and daughters have cause to
honor him and revere his memory. He was a hospitable man and
cordially responsive to all social claims, and his home was well
equipped and attractive to all whom he numbered in his list of
friends, and he had no enemies. The death of such a man, even
in the rounded fullness of a very long life, where his work had
ceased to be more than an example, is a great public loss, and not
alone his associates at the bar, but the people of the city, and all
who knew him, mourn for him as one whose place cannot soon be
filled. He leaves to his family the rich memory of an unstained
name, and to the city he loved so well and sen-ed so long and
faithfully, the record and example of an honorable and w^ell spent
life.

"Resolved, that the judges of the circuit and superior courts,
respectively, be requested to order this memorial to be entered
ui)on the records of those courts and that an engrossed copy, duly
attested, be delivered to the widow of the deceased and that the
same be also published in the press of this city.

"Resolved, that in further token of our respect, the members
of this bar will attend the funeral of the deceased."

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The above resolutions were drawu up aud sigued by sucli
familiar names as Joseph K. Edgertou, John Morris, AVilliam H.
Jones, R. S. Robertson, W. II. Coombs, C. M. Dawson, cliainnan,
and R. B. Ilanua, secretary.

The following resolution.s were drawn up 1)}" Maurice Cody
and Robert B. Ilanna, representing the conmion council of Fort
Wa}Tie :

"Whereas, it has pleased Divine Providence to take from our
midst our esteemed, honored and distinguished citizen, Hon.
Franklin P. Randall, and

"Whereas, in his death the city has lost a true, devoted and
loyal citizen, whose name is coupled with that of the early history
of the city of Fort Wayne, and up to the time of his death his
voice was always heard in the advocacy of all measures that pre-
tended to the progress and enlightenment of our city, and

"Whereas, he stood deservedly high in the esteem of the peo-
ple of this city and was called to serve them in many honorable
and responsi])le stations, having filled among others, the position
of city attorney, aldennan and mayor for five terms, all of which
offices he filled with distinguished ability and fidelity, and

"Whereas, we desire to express our appreciation of his valu-
able sendees, both as a private citizen and public officer,

"Therefore, it is resolved that these resolutions be spread on
the city record, that a copy of the same be presented to the family
of the deceased, and that all the city^ officers and the police attend
the fimeral in a body."

The folio-wing tribute to Mr. Randall was read at a meeting
of the vestry of Trinity parish. May 26, 1892:

"A little more than a year since this vestry placed upon rec-
ord its tribute to the memory of one who had for many years been
the faithful senior warden of the i)arish, the late Isaac D. Nelson.
We are now called upon to pay the same sad duty to his life-long
friend and colleague, and his successor in office, Hon. Franklin P.
Randall, in whoso death we moura the loss of the last official repre-
sentative of the earliest generation of the parish.

"Affiliated by bii-th with another ecclesiastical body, Mr.
Randall, many years since, led by a firm conviction of the just
claims of the church, was enrolled in the number of her dutiful
children. Occupying every position in the pari.sh open to a lay-
man, he has since given to Trinity church the love, veneration,
faithful, loval and earnest sennecs of his whole life. Quiet, un-

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assuiuiiig aud uuubtrusivc, he has iinpres-scd Imnseli' ami liis cluir-
acter upon the parish, aud it is reserved for the hist great day to
reveal how deep, how true, how righteous has been that impres-
sion.

"To liis owu t'auiil}-, aud to theui aiuuu, can be fully known
his whole worth as a man, as a husband, a father aud friend, and
even by them it can be fully measured only l)y the great void
measured by his death. Pure, true, ujiright, and loviugly con-
siderate of all dear to him, he has left to them in his memory an
imperishable legacy.

"A resident of Fort Wayne for over half a century, he has
been honored by his fellow citizens with all the important offices
created by the original charter of the city, of which charter he
was the author. He has also served them in the counsels of the
state. All offices, all trusts confided to him have been so admin-
istered as to conunaud the admiration and approval of all.

"In his professional and business life Mr. Randall was ever
governed b}' the law of honor, integrity and charity. The rights
of others, rather than his own, his own responsibilities rather than
theirs, commanded his attention and action. In all this his per-
sonal welfare may have suffered; his share of this world's goods
may have lessened; but he gained the respect, the admiration, and
esteem of his fellow men, the approval of his own enlightened
conscience, but above all commended himself to the all-wise Judge.
Mr. Randall was possessed of strong natural abilities and faculties
of mind, which he had cultivated carefully and sedulously, but
such was his natural and inherent modesty as to his own merits,
that to very many this was unknown. But to those admitted
within the line of his reserve he was known as a correct, a broad,
and an accurate student in many things beyond the knowledge
of most men. No man had a more profound, a truer, or a more
abiding faith in the Christian religion. To him his God was an
ever-present loving Father, aud our blessed Saviour, not only his
God, but his true elder Brother. But he lived his religion, he did
not talk it, and he lived it faithfully. Perhaps the strongest char-
acteristic of ]\rr. Randall, as known to his fellow men, was his in-
tense love of nature and of all that was beautiful in nature. Ilis
plants and flowers occupied a large part of his time and attention,
and they answered to his loving care with almost human apprecia-
tion aud response. No grounds in Fort "Wayne have ever been
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purest kind, nut only to their owner, but to all who chose to en-
joy them. Now the hand that tended them and the heart that
loved them, lie cold.

"But all this is past; in the quiet of his own ehamber, with his
loved ones around him, all his duties perfonned, his four score
years roundly filled up with usefulness, with honoi", with true com-
pleteness, Franklin P. Randall, in peace with God and with man,
passed beyond. On last Monday, as the newly rising sun set its
bright rays over a slee])ing earth, the spirit of a just man ascended
to await in the presence of the Svni of Righteousness, the final sen-
tence of his Heavenly Father, 'Well done, good and faithful ser-
vant, enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.' Peace to his ashes; to
his soul the eternal peace of God, which passeth all understand-
ing." The above tribute was written l)y the committee, John S.
Irwin, W. L. Carnahan and S. B. Bond, and Rev. A. \V. Seabrease,
rector.

The Rev. A. W. Seabrease, preaching on the following Sun-
day morning on "Our Lord's Ascension," said:

"Christ returned to heaven because it was his home. It was
his father's house. He was going to prepare a place for all who
should believe in him in every age and everywhere. His meaning
interprets itself to each one of us. For all of us 'there is no place
like liome, ' be it ' ever so humble. ' But our true home is that place
whither our dear Lord has gone. Is there not something to draw
us up thither? Some loved one of the household gone before?
Some reverend friend, some Christian man or woman whose ex-
ample we would follow in life, and in seeking that city which hath
the eternal foundations, whose builder and maker is Grod?

" 'Gone home.' \\Tio, friends, here today is not thinking of
that one of our family of faith who has 'gone home' after an
earthly sojourn of four score years to occupy the mansion that
Christ told his faithful disciples He was going before to prepare
for them that where He was they might also be? 'His hoary head
a crown of glory,' 'his eye not dim, nor the natural force of his
intellect abated,' the revered senior warden of our parish has
entered into rest. 'He is not dead, but sleepeth.' Who can doubt
but that he shall receive a beautiful crown from the Lord's hand.
We shall miss his splendid presence, his quiet, unassuming dig-
nity, his devout, reverent bearing, his hearty, earnest, audible
voice in worship, but his influence will live with us for good, a
blessed memory, a noble inspiration.

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"Franklin p. Randall held the Christian faith in its fullness,
defiuiteness and integrit}-. This was the secret of his beautiful
and consistent life. So certain was he of tlic things which he
believed and proved by his life as all sufficient that he had no
patience with the 'will-o'-the-wisj)' vagaries of uncertaiu and rest-
less minds, ever seeking for some new thing. To him the old was
better. His faith was 'reasonable, religious and lioly,' grounded
upon the reaching of Holy Scriptures and the IjooU of Connnon
Prayer. He died as he had lived, 'in conmuuiiou with the church,
in favor with his God, and in charity with the world.' The city
papers have told you the story of his public life and services. His
earnest friends who knew him well have spoken in the fulness of
knowledge and affection, in the minute of the vestry that has just
been read to you, of his religious character as they have seen it
passing before them, for lo, these many years. A single flower
is left for me, his pastoi', to lay upon his tomb. We loved him
well for his many virtues and his beautiful life. For forty-one
years he seized this parish as vestryman and church warden. For
thirty-seven of these years he was a faithful communicant at the
church altar. The last time he knelt here was on the first Sun-
day of the present month, the day of the bishop's visitation. His
last conununion was in company with twenty-two others who then
received their first. A sweet and blessed memory for them to
treasure, even looking forward to the consummation of bliss,
when, following his example of faithfulness in life, they shall
drink with him the fruit of the vine afresh in Christ's everlasting
kingdom.

"It was Mr. Randall's custom to gather his family daily in
household worship. This he did till the end came. On the day
before his death, when, too feeble to kneel in prayer, with folded
hands and bowed head, he commended himself and his to the
Heavenly Father's care. When the Master came, in the early
dawn of the first day of the week, he was ready to say with Simeon
of old, 'Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace, ac-
cording to Thy word.' His work was finished. His life was well
roimded out, and he was ready to 'go home.' Our dear friend and
brother has set us a noble example to follow. He has left a sweet
memory for all who remain to cherish. He has l)equcathed to his
children even to the remotest generation an inlieritance more
precious than that of rubies. The day goes past of tlie Christian
struggle, the clouds become less dense, streaks of golden have ap-

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peared in the west; 'At eventide it sliall l)e liglit." 'I belie\e in
the resurrection of the body. I believe in the life everlasting.' "

From the Fort Wayne News we (juote the following: "Death
has entered the Kandall homestead. At sunrise this morning,
Hon. Franklin P. Kandall, Fort Wayne's war mayor and the most
prominent figure m local political circles of a quarter of a century
ago, breathed his last, surrounded by his wife, his daughters and
those sous who are now residents of this city. Had Mr. Kandall
lived until Thursday of next week he would have completed his
four score years. He had been in feeble health, though not in a
critical condition, for several years, and has been failing quite
rapidly during the past few days. He was remarkably well pre-
served, both as to bodily and mental vigor, and nothing i)leased
him better during his later years than to recount incidents of the
early history of Fort Wayne, concerning which he possessed prob-
ably more definite data than any citizen among us. He was mayor
of the city during the entire period of the war, and no more loyal
man w^as foimd in Indiana in those trying days. He encouraged
the enlistment of troops throughout all northeni Indiana, and Jiis
broad sympathies were profoundly touched and his energies al-
ways actively exerted in the direction of securing eveiy possible
contribution for the comfort and happiness of our boys in the
field. He was a Democrat of the old school, bom, bred and reared
a Democrat; and yet he was so upright, so fair and altogether so
affable and genial, that he always retained the respect of his
political adversaries. In private life he was a Christian gentle-
man, a fond husband, an indulgent father, a royal friend and an
honored citizen. His is nearly the last of the names of the grand
men, who, like Samuel Ilanna, Allen Hamilton, Jesse L. Williams,
turned the primeval forest of a half century ago into the prosper-
ous city of today. The memory of F. P. Randall will long be cher-
ished by others than those to whom he was endeared by ties of
kinship. ' '

The Fort Wayne Sentinel had this to say: " 'Hon. F. P.
Randall is dead!' Such was the news that came to the ears and
.saddened the hearts of our citizens as they entered their various
places of business and work this morning. The old war mayor,
the honored pioneer citizen whom everybody loved and respected,
ripe in years, had passed away, having died at his residence. No.
409 East Berry street, shortly after five o'clock tliis morning.

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for it was not known that lie was st'iiously ill. Mr. Uiindall iia>l
been in vigorons licaltli until last winter when he sulVt'rcil Irnni a
severe attack of la gri])pe, which had left him in rather enfeel)le(l
health ever since. He had recovered, however, and was al)ont on
the streets, but had been more or less contined to his house since
his sickness last winter, suffering from spells when respiration
was difficult and painful, and it was during one of these attacks
that death occurred, lie has si)ent most of his time during the
last few weeks in his big ai'nichair, reading and conversing with
friends who called to see him, but moved about the house and fre-
quently ventured out into the yard. Last night he retired to his
bed early and arose this morning, as was his custom, shortly be-
fore five o'clock. He dressed himself, but had no sooner done so
when he felt one of his attacks when respiration was difficult com-
ing on him. His i)hysician was sununoned, but before his arrival,
however, ]Mr. Randall expired, dying shortly after five o'clock,
surrounded by the following members of his family: Mrs. F. P.
Randall, Mrs. Clark Fairbank, ]\Irs. Dr. J. C. Downs, Irwin Ran-
dall and Clark Fairbank. The other children of the deceased
besides those mentioned above, are ^Irs. George B. Dougan, of
Richmond, Indiana, the oldest; Frank M. Randall, the city civil
engineer of this city, A. L. Randall and George E. Randall and
David J. Randall, of New York City.

"In the death of lion. Franklin P. Randall, Fort Wayne loses
one of her most honored citizens, a man who was universally
loved and esteemed and who was closel}' identified with the city's
history, for he was ever a prominent man. In ten days, on the
2d day of next month, he would have been eighty years old, an
event that he himself, the members of his family, and our citizens
generally, looked forward to with a great deal of pleasure, for
preparations wei'e in progress to make the occasion a memorable
one, but death came and removed this grand old man from our
midst; but neither death nor time can efface his memory or detract
from the honors which his years of usefulness had won him.

"The home of Mr. Randall, on East Berry street, is a palatial
one and during his life was always open for the entei*tainment of
his many friends, and many were the occasions when the Randall
mansion was the scene of joyful happy gatherings.

"About the early history of Fort AVayne none knew more
than Mr. Randall. Tlie events of the past were firmly fixed in his
memory, and tlie writer of this freriuently had occasion to consult

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him in regard to such (kita. He always loved to give such in-
fortnatiou and treated newspaper men with courtesy. The\'
learned to love and will mourn the death of this pioneer citizen.

"For a number of years jjast Air. Randall has been leading a
quiet life, busying himself with his plants."

We quote from the Warsaw Times as follows: "Hon. F. P.
Kandall, ex-mayor of Fort Wayne, died at his home in that city
on Monday morning. The deceased was a prominent and widely
known citizen of that place, and was the war mayor of Fort
Wayne, a position which, in a city wherein so many of its people
were utterly and wholly disloyal to the government and opposed
to putting down the rebellion, was neither a sinecure nor a pleas-
ant one to occupy during those bitter, fierce da\"s when brother was
arrayed against brother and father against son. There were times
when Fort Wayne was harder to govern, with civil authorities,
than was Louisville or Nashville, where there was always military
help at hand; but during all that trying period iMayor Randall
was foimd to be the man for the place, and his wisdom and un-
tiring vigilance more than once averted a local contest betwcQU
the citizens of the town. The deceased has always been known
as authority on the earlj' and Indian history of Fort Wayne and
\acinity. He lacked only a few days of being eighty years of age,
and his life covered a period fraught with much that was of deep
and abiding interest to the people of the whole coimtry. In all
this he bore himself as a patriotic, upright citizen, looking and
working only for the good of all. During his life Alayor Randall
filled many positions of honor and trust, and bore himself up-
rightly wherever he was called. A good man has gone to his
reward and his people will mourn and miss him

"The funeral of the late Hon. F. P. Randall took place yes-
terday afteraoon. The pall bearers were: Active, Frank ]\I. Ran-
dall, Irwin Randall, George E. Randall, Alfred L. Randall, James
R. Meriwether, W. Reid Dougan, Dr. John C. Downs and Clark
Fairbank; honorary, A. P. Edgerton, J. S. Erwin, William Jones,
William T. Abbott and P. A. Randall. The funeral cortege was
a long one and was led by a squad of police followed by municipal
officers and friends of the deceased."

JOHN WILLIAM BALLARD, M. D.

It is uot always easy to discover and define the liiddcn forces
that have moved a life of ceaseless activity and large professional
success; little more can be done than to note their manifestation
in the career of the individual under consideration. In view of
this fact the life of the distinguished physician and public-spirited
man of affairs whose name ajipears above affords a striking ex-
ample of well defined purpose with the ability to make that pur-
pose subserve not only his own ends but the good of his fellow men
as well. Doctor Ballard long held distinctive prestige in a calling
which requires for its basis sound mentality and intellectual disci-
pline of a high order, sui^plemented by the rigid i)rofessi(inal train-
ing and thorough mastery of technical knowledge with the skill to
apply the same, without which one cannot hope to rise above
mediocrity in ministering to human ills. In his chosen field* of
endeavor Doctor Ballard achieved success such as few attain and
his eminent standing among the leading medical men of Indiana
was duly recognized and appreciated not only in Logansport, the
city long honored by his residence, biit also throughout the north-
ern part of the state. In addition to his long and creditable
career in one of the most useful and exacting of professions he
also proved an honorable member of the body politic; rising in
the confidence and esteem of the public, and in every relation
of life he never fell below the dignity of true manhood nor m
any wa}' resorted to methods and wiles that invited criticism or
censure. He was essentially a man among men, having ever moved
as one who commanded respect by innate force as well as by
superior ability. As a citizen he easil}' ranked with the most
influential of his compeers in aft'aii"s looking toward the better-
ment of his chosen city and county. His course was ever above
suspicion and those who were favored wdth an intimate acquaint-
ance with him were ever profuse in their praise of his manly
virtues and upright character, that of the true gentleman.

Dr. John William Ballard was born in March, 1854, near
Delphi, Carroll county, Indiana, and he was the son of Anson and
Marv (Ilornbeck) Ballard. The father came to Carroll county

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from Kentucky when a young man and was one of the early set-
tlers of the last-named county. He was a hard-working, honest
and hospitable gentleman who Ijecame ver}' well established
through his long years of persistent toil as a general farmer and
stock raiser.

Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Anson Ballartl,
namely: Margaret; Anna, who is deceased; Susan; John William,
who is the subject of this memoir; Charles N. and Emma.

John W. Ballard grew up on his father's farm and when he
became of proper age he assisted with the general work on the
same, building up a robust constitution thereby. During the win-
ter months he attended the district schools, later the Battle Ground
Academy, in Tippecanoe county, thus la\ing a good foundation
for his later higher education. From boyhood he had fostered
an ambition to enter the medical profession and with this end in
view he matriculated as a student in the Ohio ^ledical College in
Cincinnati, from which he graduated in due course of time. In
order to defray the expenses of a medical course he taught school
and thus paid his own way through college. He was a self-m^de
man in the best sense of the term. His father, having a large
family to support, could not give the subject much assistance in
starting out in life.

After his graduation Doctor Ballard began the practice of
medicine in Lewisburg, Indiana, where he soon built up a very
satisfactory practice. He then went to Lockport, where he spent
two years with increased success, then moved to Logansport about
3881, where he remained until his death, having enjoyed a lucra-
tive and ever-growing practice and taking a high rank among the
medical men of the city and county, his reputation being not un-
known in adjoining counties and remote localities of this part
of the state. He had great success as a general practitioner and
kept well abreast of the times in all that pertained to his profes-
sion. He was frequently called in consultation on serious cases
and his advice was invariably followed with gratifying results.

Taking an interest in public affairs and being popular with
the masses. Doctor Ballard was elected county coroner of Cass
county and he served with such superior ability and fidelity that
he was re-elected three times, thus serving four terms in this
important office, giving the utmost satisfaction to all concerned,
irrespective of party alignment. But he was not a politician,
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atteution exclusivi'ly to his chusi'ii prot'cissitiii. lli- wa.s an active
member of a mimber of medical associations and stood high iu
the same. Fraternally, he belonged to tlie .Masonic order and
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and lie very worthily
npheld the sublime precepts of both.

Doctor liallard was also prominent in the business life of
Logansport. During the last years of his life he became interested
in Florida land development and devoted considerable time to
that enterprise. In fact, his large practice did not prevent him
from becoming one of the most energetic, industrious and progres-
sive business men of his chosen city, and by that industry he
accumulated a goodly share of this ^vorld's goods to provide com-
fort in his declining \ears and leaving his family well provided
for. Besides his conmiodious and substantial residence, he owned
other pi'operty iu Logansport of nuich value, and he was rated
as one of the city's substantial citizens.

On November 4, 1876, Dr. John W. Ballard was joined in
matrimony with Mary E. Milroy, a lady of many estimable char-
acteristics and a daughter of Samuel and Phoebe (Conover)
Milroy. Her father was brought by his parents to Carroll county,
Indiana, when he was about two years old. He was the son of
Gen. Samuel and ]\Iartha (Houston) Milroy. General ^lilroy
was one of the prominent men of this state iu the early days of
its history and for many years was a leader iu military and civic
affairs. He was one of the framers of Indiana's constitution.
His wife, known in her maidenhood as Martha Houston, was a
cousin of Gen. Sam Houston, a noted character in Texas history
preceding the Mexican war.

To Dr. Ballard and wife three sons were born, named as
follows: Samuel M., who has spent much of his life iu the West, is
a graduate of the University of Utah; he is a mining engineer by
profession and is an expert in that line; he married Ruth Paull,
and they at present reside in the state of Idaho. Dr. Charles A.
Ballard, the second child of the subject, followed iu the footsteps
of his father iu a professional way and is at this writing one of the
best known of Logansport 's younger physicians; lie married Nina
M. Douglass and they are the parents of one sou. Charles D. Bal-
lard. John W. Ballard, Jr., the youngest of the subject's children,
is also preparing himself for a physician and is now a student in
the medical department of the University of Califoruia. These
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home traiuiug aud they are all youug men of mucli promise aud
stand high in the circles in which they move wherever they are
known.

The sunmious which ushered in the eternal rest for Dr. John
W. Ballard came to him suddenly and without warning and he
passed away on September 9, 1911, at his beautiful residence,
No. 100 East Market street, Logansport, Indiana, after a success-
ful, honorable and highly commendable career, at the age of fifty-
seven years. He had practiced in Logansport for a period of
thirty-five years, during which time he saw aud took part in the
great growth of the same. He was a man of i^articularly robust
appearance and genial demeanor and made friends wherever he
went. His funeral was very largely attended and burial was
made in his home city.

WILLIAM GILMAN SLOAN.

Success in this life comes to the deserviug. It is au axiom
demonstrated by all luimau experience, that a man gets out of
this life what he puts into it, plus a reasonable interest on the
investment. The individual who inherits a large estate and adds
nothing to his fortune cannot be called a successful man. He that
falls heir to a large fortune and increases its value is successful
in proportion to the amount he adds to his possession. But the
man who starts in the world unaided and by sheer force of will,
controlled by correct principles, forges ahead and at length
reaches a place of honor among his fellow citizens achieves suc-
cess such as representatives of the two former classes can neither
understand nor appreciate. To a considerable extent the late
William Gilman Sloan, of Indianapolis, was a creditable repre-
sentative of the last named class, a member of that sterling type
which has furnished much of the bone and sinew of the country
and added to the stability of our government and its institutions.
He was a man of many sterling characteristics of head and heart
and among his contemporaries it would be hard to find a record
as replete with toilsome duty faithfully and uncomplainingly
performed in all the walks of life, while his career in the humble
sphere of private citizenship was such as to recommend him to the
favorable consideration of the best people of the city and county
where he long maintained his residence.

William G. Sloan was bom in Montgomery county, Indiana,
on June 21, 18.37, the scion of a sturdy old pioneer family, being the
son of William and Deborah (Stansbery) Sloan, the father a
native of Ohio and the mother of New Jersey, from which state
she came to Ohio with her parents as a child. The Sloans were
farmers in the Buckeye state in the early days of its settlement.
William and Deborah Sloan moved to Montgomery county, In-
diana, at an earl}' date, later coming to ^farion county and estab-
lishing their peimanent home in Franklin township at what is
now kno^\'n as "Five Points," where they had a large tract of
land, and there the death of the subject's mother occurred, Will-
iam G. Sloan later moving to Irvington, a suburb of Indianapolis,

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where lie died. The lariu reinaiued in the Sloau i'auiil}' uutil the
year 1910. The handsome residence which they erected still stands
as a monument to the elder Sloan's thrift and euerg}'.

William G. Sloan, of this memoir, was a child when he accom-
panied his parents from Montgomery to Clarion county, and he
grew up to manhood at "Five Points" and received his early
education in the district schools. He remained with his parents,
assisting with the general work on the home place, until he was
married, with the exception of one year which he spent in Iowa.

On October 20, 1860, occurred the marriage of William 0.
Sloan and Melissa Elizabeth Leonard, after which they lived on
the farm for a time, then moved to Indianapolis in 1864, locating
on Bates street, then the leading residence district of the city,
where they bought a house in which they remained three years,
then purchased a large tract of land at the corner of McCarty and
SuUivan streets, now known as Wright street, and they erected
four dwellings on McCarty street and two on Sullivan street,
and there they resided for a period of sixteen years. They then
spent six years on a farm in Putnam county, Indiana, after whi'ch
Mr. Sloan sold out and retired from active farm life and returned
to Indianapolis, making his residence opposite Garfield Park on
Shelby street, where he bought a place and remained two years,
then returned to the old Sloan fami, where he spent the rest of his
days, being summoned to close his eyes on earthly scenes July
10, 1897. Afterwards Mrs. Sloan and family returned to their
present residence, No. 2140 Shelby street, in January, 1910.

Mr. Sloan w^as a very successftd business man ajid he believed
in doing well whatever he undertook. In his earlier years he was
emplo}'ed for a time by the railroads, but his principal business
was in real estate, in which he made a number of iuiportant deals.
As an agriculturist he ranked with the most progressive of his
neighborhood and he took much pride in keeping the old home-
stead at "Five Points" in first class condition.

To Mr. and ^Irs. Sloan three sons were born, namely: John
William died when fouileen months old; Robert liosecrans ma]'-
ried Matilda Emma Woesner, and Alfred F.

Mr. Sloan was a worthy member of the Missionary Baptist
church. He never entered politics to any appreciable degree, nor
affiliated with club or fraternal organizations, preferring to devote
his attention to his business affairs and his family, and he was
never happier than when by his own fireside.

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Mrs. Melissa E. Sloan is a daughter of John A. aud Laviuia
(Curry) Leonard, who was born in Davidson county, North Caro-
lina, the son of Jacob Leonard and a grandson of Valentine
Leonard, who came to America from Germany and was killed b}'
the Tories near Lexington, North Carolina. For many generations
the Leonards have been successful agriculturists and stock dealers
and highly respected citizens and still living near Lexington,
North Carolina.

John Leonard, the father of Mrs. Sloan, owned a large farm
in Hancock county, Indiana, and there he brought his wife and
family from North Carolina, in an early day, making a three
weeks' trip in a covered wagon. lie settled in the woods of Han-
cock county, in 1836, when that section of the state was little more
than a wilderness, and the family lived in a small log cabin there
for some time. By dint of hard work aud pei-sistent effort he, in
due course of time, developed a fine farm aud had a comfortable
home, erecting a large, substantial dwelling, and there his death
occurred in April, 1891, at the advanced age of eighty-tw^o years.
He was for many years one of the best known and highly esteemed
men of the country, one of its worthiest pioneers. His wife, who
was known in her maidenhood as Laviuia Curry, w^as a native of
North Carolina and her death occurred in April, 1875, at the age of
sixty-five years. She was of Irish extraction. Twelve children
were born to John and Laviuia Leonard, the first six in North Car-
olina, namely: Susan, Sarah, Pleasant James, William Franklin,
Rufus C. B., Martha, Hester A., George W. are all deceased,
Martha having been but ten weeks old when the family left North
Carolina; ^Melissa Elizabeth, widow of William G. Sloan, of this
sketch, was next in order of birth after George W.; then came
Jacob David, now deceased; followed by Homer, Lealtus F. and
Shepard V. All of the above named children received a good com-
mon school education.

^Irs. Sloan has been a taxpayer in the city of Indianapolis
since 1864. She has always taken an active interest in civic im-
])rovement and has done much toward the upbuilding of the part
of the city in which she lives. She is a woman of excellent business
qualifications and has managed the affairs of her husband's valua-
ble estate in a most commendable manner, keeping everything in
first class condition and carrying out the plans which he inaug-
urated in a faithful manner. She is well known throughout her
section of the citv and nunil)ers her friends by the scores.

JOHN M. RIEDMILLER, SR.

It is generally considered by those in the habit of superficial
thinking that the history of so-called great men only is worthy of
preservation and that little merit exists among the masses to call
foi-th the praises of the historian or the cheers and the apprecia-
tion of mankind. A greater mistake was never made. No man is
great in all things. Many by a lucky stroke achieve lasting fame
who before that had no reputation beyond their own neighbor-
hoods. It is not a historj' of the lucky stroke which benefits hu-
manity most, but the long study and effort which made the lucky
stroke possible. It is the preliminary work, the method, that
serves as a guide for the success of others. Among those in Fort
Wayne, Indiana, of a past generation who achieved success along
steady lines of action and set the younger generation of business
men a worthy example was the late John M. Riedmiller, Sr., who,
like many of the most enterprising and valuable citizens of Allen
county, from the days of the first settler to the present time, came
from the German empire, which has furnished so many of the
I)rogressive citizens of the Republic of the West. He was one of
the leading men of affairs of this city in its first stages of develop-
ment and he played well his part in the progress of the same in
every way possible. He was one of those solid men of brain and
substance so essential to the material growth and prosperity of a
community and whose influence was willingly extended in behalf
of every desei-ving enterprise that has for its object the advance-
ment and moral welfare of the state.

The birth of ]\Ir. Riedmiller occurred in Asbach, province of
Wurtenil)erg, Germany, March 14 ,1836. He was the son of John
■^^. and Barbara (Beck) Riedmiller. His father died when he was
about fourteen years old, his mother reaching the advanced age
•>f eighty-three years before she passed to the mystic beyond. The
subject of this memoir was the youngest of a family of six chil-
dren. Tic grew up in his native ^'icinity and received his education
In Germany. Having heard of the excellent advantages that ex-
isted for the ambitious young man in the New World, he conceived
♦ho idea of trving his fortune here when but a voung man, and at
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the age of eighteen years he set sail for our shores, and, after a
long and tedious journey, he reached Fort Wayne, Indiana, hav-
ing come direct to the then great military post on the western
frontier when the section was little developed, reaching here in
the year 1853. An older brother, George Riedmiller, had preceded
him to this place. The subject's fii'st venture was in the gi-ocery
business and then he started in the brewery business. He was by
nature an excellent business man, possessing keen discernment,
wise foresight and the ability to grasp a situation quickly, and
he was successful from the start, his business gradually increas-
ing with the years until he became one of the foremost and sub-
stantial business men of Fort Wayne and one of the influential
citizens of northeastern Indiana. He established a commodious
home at No. 1345 Taylor street, and in this picturesque old home-
stead the family has resided for the past forty-five years, and
here John jM. Riedmiller, Sr., passed to his rest on August 19th,
twenty-seven years ago.

Politically, Mr. Riedmiller was a stanch Democrat, but his
first vote was cast for Abraham Lincoln in 1860. He became very
prominent in city affairs, as above intimated. He served as a
member of the city council for three terms, during which he did
much for the permanent good of Fort Wayne and earned the last-
ing gratitude of the people. Religiously, he was a devout and
very active member of St. John's Lutheran church, a liberal sup-
porter of church and charitable work, but was always unassum-
ing and never sought to make a public display of his beneficent
gifts, but helped all good causes out of his deep love of the right
and his duty to the unfortunate and the worthy, as he saw and
understood the right. He was one of the founders of the church
mentioned above and was a trustee in the same at the time of his
death, being one of the most important pillars in the local con-
gregation during his lifetime.

John ^I. Riedmiller, Sr., was united in marriage with Cath-
erine Wolf, ^lay 5, 1857, in Fort Wayne. She is the daughter of
William and Ragena (Dietrich) Wolf. Her father was a brewer
and a very successful business man. He lived but one year after
coming to Fort AVayne, his death having occurred in 1853, his
widow surviving until 1863. !Mrs. Riedmiller was the second of
a family of four children, and she was born in Koenig, Hesse-
Darmstadt, Germany, Decem])cr 24, 1839, and she grew to wo-
manhood there and was ediicated in her native land, emigrating

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fidin there with her parents to America in 1852. She is also a
meiiilter of St. Jolin's Lutheran church, and during her lifetime
liiiH heeii very active in church circles.

'I'liree eliiidren were born to j\Ir. and Mrs. John ^I. Riedmil-
Icr, Sr., namely: Julia Eliza, who married Fred Rippe, both now
deceased, were the parents of three children, Julia, Clara and
I'lclwin, who live with their grandmother, ]\rrs. Catherine Ried-
iiiiller. Charles John Riedmiller, the second child, married Rose
lleiisel, and they are both now deceased. The youngest child,
.F«»liji -M. Riedmiller, Jr., a complete sketch of whom appears else-
where in this volume, married Louise Fischer, and his death oc
eurred on January 21, 1912, at the age of forty-six years. He was
horn and reared in Fort Wayne, and here attended St. John's
liUdieran school until he was thirteen years old, then took a two
ycai-s' course in Concordia College. He then went to work as a
<1 river for his father who, after abandoning the old Eagle brewery
on Taylor street, which he established in pioneer days, conducted
n liottling establishment and distributing house for brewers of
other cities. Young Riedmiller was only nineteen years old when
his father died in 1885, but he took charge of the bottling plant,
which he managed with great success until 1893, when he sold his
holdings and entered the employ of the Centlivre Brewing Com-
pany as sales manager, becoming a stockholder and director in
the jilant in 1900, and he became one of the best known and most
Hiilisdmtial of the younger business men of the city and county of
his nativity. On October 30, 1902, he married Louise Fische)-, as
•^lilted above. This union was without issue. John M. Riedmiller
wiiH a proiniucnt member of the Benevolent and Protective Order
of V.\kn mid the Fraternal Order of Eagles, as well as the Alumni
of ('niicordia College, and he was also an active member of the
< 'oimiiereial Club, of Fort Wayne. Like his honored father before
liiiii. lie was active in Democratic politics and a local leader in the
• oiincils of his party, and his support could always be depended
'i|"'n in any movement looking to the betterment of his home com-
iiminty. I [(. was popular with all who knew him, and was truly a
worthy Hon of a worthy sire.

ETHAN CLARK BLIVEN.

A review of the life of tlie liouored and lameutcd subject of
this biographical luemoir must of uecessit}' be brief and general
in its chai-acter. To enter fully into the interesting details of the
career of the late Ethan Clark Bliven, touching the struggles of
Ms early manhood and successes of later days when he ranked
among the leading merchants and business men of i\_nderson, In-
diana, would far transcend the limits of this article. He filled a
large place in the ranks of the enterprising and public-spirited
men of his day and generation and the luster of his deeds and the
memories which attach to his name and character form no incon-
siderable chapter in the history of his chosen city, where he did
Lis work and achieved success such as few of his compeers at-
tained. But sufficient is submitted, we believe, to prove him en-
titled to the honorable i^osition he long occuj^ied among the cour-
ageous and energetic self-made men of Indiana, who, by enter-
prise and unswerving integrity, forged to the front despite all
opposition and won for the grand old Hoosier commonwealth a
place second to none other in the bright constellation comprising
the Union of American states. That he did his part nobly and
well cannot be gainsaid and "though dead, he 3'et speaketh" in
the work he accomplished and in the many kindly deeds and
■wholesome influence which not only his friends, but the city of
Anderson and county of Madison as well, prize as a grateful
heritage.

Mr. Bliven was born in Shelby county, Indiana, near the
town of Freeport, in the month of Decemlier, 1832, and was a son
of William and Elizabeth (Hewett) Bliven. William Bliven was
a merchant and fanner, also an extensive live stock dealer and
the owner of a number of noted race horses. He was one of the
leading agriculturists of his community for many years, and his
fine stock were widely known in pioneer times in that section of
the state. His death occurred in the fifties. Plis parents came
from Vermont. The Hewetts came from ^Faryland and, like the
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through their industry, both families beiug highly respected in
their communities.

Ethan C. Bliven grew to manhood on his father's farm and
there assisted with the general work about the place during the
sununer months, and in the winter time he attended the public
schools in his neighborhood. He was fond of live stock and as a
boy rode his father's race horses, also clerked in his father's
store. He seemed to take more readily to merchandising than to
stock raising or agricultural pursuits, and in the year 1858 he
came to Anderson with Morson Gad, in partnership with whom
he had purchased a dry goods store, moving the stock to this place.
Later he sold out his dry goods interests and clerked in the Haz-
lett dry goods store, giving eminent satisfaction to his employer.
He subsequently entered into partnership with a Mr. Siddall and
they engaged successfully in the clothing business, and after that
he again became a partner in dry goods with Bush Scott. He then
engaged in the livery business with his brother-in-law, Frank
Sparks, and still later was in the clothing business with Joseph
Fulton, after which he clerked for Elias Seward, grocer. •

Mr. Bliven then formed a partnership with Thomas J. Ste-
vens and conducted the clothing business imtil his retirement,
ten years before his death. He enjoyed an extensive trade and
his store was well known to the people of Anderson and Madison
county, for he always carried a large and carefully selected stock
of goods and treated his customers with every consideration. He
was a self-made man in every sense of the word. He was an ex-
cellent business man and accumulated an ample competency. He
sold the lots in Bliven addition to the city of Anderson, a strip of
his father-in-law's, old Andrew Jackson's farm. And he had a
splendid and comfortable residence.

Politically, Mr. Bliven was liberal in his views and was no
biased partisan, although he voted with the Democrats continu-
ously in later years, but he saw in Lincoln and Grant men of su-
perior mould and did not hesitate to support them for President.
He attended the Methodist Episcopal church and liberally sup-
ported the same.

The death of Ethan C. Bliven occurred on February 7, 1910,
and in his passing the city and county so long his arena of action
felt a distinct loss.

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with Caroline Jackson, and this union was blessed by the birth
of two children, namely: Mattie married A. B. Buck, for a num-
ber of years a prominent druggist of Anderson, whose death oc-
curred in the year 1902; they became the parents of two children,
Ruth Buck, who married Robert Bailey, and they have one child,
Martha Ann Bailey, and they make their home in Anderson;
Felix Albert Buck is the youngest child of Mrs, flattie Buck.
Mary B. Bliven, the second of the subject's children, who is
familiarly known as "Honesty," is the wife of E. C. Daniels, and
they live in Anderson.

Mrs. Caroline Bliven, a lady of many praiseworthy attrib-
utes, is the daughter of Andrew Jackson, one of the honored pio-
neers of Anderson, Indiana, and on whose farm part of the best
residence section of the city has since been built. He was a son
of James and Mary Jackson, both natives of Virginia, the father
of James Jackson being Andrew Jackson, for whom the father
of Mrs. Bliven was named. The birth of Andrew Jackson, father
of Mrs. Bliven, occurred on a faim in Preble county, Ohio, Sep-
tember 2, 1801. When a small boy he was very fond of making
water mills, in miniature, but it was not until manhood's years
that he owned and operated some of the best mills of his time.
He had a natural talent for music and when a young man he
taught singing school, and his love for music has outcropped in
each succeeding generation. He was married in Ohio to Amelia
Blanchard, who came from Pennsylvania with her parents, be-
fore the days of railroads, making part of the trip on a raft.

Four children were born to Andrew and Amelia (Blanchard)
Jackson, in Ohio, and with his wife and children Andrew Jackson
came to Indiana in a wagon, stopping at Pendleton, where they
entered land from the government, a part of which lay along Fall
creek, where he built a cabin and started life in typical pioneer
fashion. He was a hard worker and a man of courageous spirit
and was equal to the task of starting a new home in the wilder-
ness, and in due course of time he had a fine farm and became one
of the substantial men of his locality. Mr. Jackson came here
first unaccompanied, and after selecting a location returned East
for his family. He later started the first woolen mill (hand-mill)
at Pendleton. This mill he subsequently operated by horse power
and afterwards sold it to a Mr. Irish, who installed more modern
machinery. Andrew Jackson then clerked in a store for a Mr.

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rntri«"k at I'cndlt'tun, aud was later elected sheriff of Madison
fount V while J'eiidlotou was still the county seat, and he was
hciviiif; in this capacity when the county seat was moved to An-
(Icr.Hun in l^'M, he being the first sheriff to serve at this place. He
took a leading part in politics and, his ability being recognized by
his parly, lie was finally elected state senator on the Democratic
ticket, 'riic duties of each of these offices he discharged in a most
fjiitlifui and satisfactory manner to all concerned. In 1850 he
wrnt to California and remained there eighteen months, engaging
in the dry goods business. While in the West, in crossing a
Htrcain with a stock of goods, the boat sank, and he experienced
II heavy loss. After spending a year and a half in California he
returned to Anderson and bought the Thorp farm and also en-
^a^;e(l in the dry goods business with his son-in-law, R, N. Clark,
and H|)ent the rest of his business life in that capacity, becoming
one of the leading merchants in Madison county. Before making
the trip to the Pacific coast he engaged in the hotel business in
Anderson, and for many years the sign "A. Jackson's Hall" bade
welcome to the tired travelers on their journeys west. He aiso
operated a Houring mill at this place, besides one in Perkinsville,
and he often hauled flour to Cincinnati, Ohio, in wagons, return-
ing,' witli merchandise in exchange.

Tha death of Andrew Jackson occurred on April 21, 1878, his
wiff having preceded him to the grave in 1876. They were both
iMirn in the year 1801, his birth occurring on September 2d. They
liccaine the parents of the following children, fourteen, four of
wlioni (lied in infancy; all the rest grew to maturity and married:
■'iinics, .Jane, Matildia, David, Balinda, Enoch, are all now de-
'•cascd; Mary A. is the widow of Ralph N. Clark; Eliza and Charles
(!. arc l)oth deceased; Caroline is the widow of Ethan C. Bliven,
• •r this sketch; Martha A. married Sanford Reddish.

Andrew Jackson brought the first melodeon into Anderson
in IS.JI, fn„n Indianapolis. It was made in 1847. Mrs. Bliven is
now tli(> proud possessor of this instrument, which is a familiar
Hik'lit to the present generation of Anderson, having several times
I'ccn used in church entertainments. Its sweet tones recall pleas-
fuit ineinories of "the days that are no more."

.Mrs. Bliven and her sister, Uvs. Sabin, were two of the six to
take music lessons in those early days. Her children and grand-
cliildren have made names for themselves in the musical world.

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It is worthy of uote that at an entertainment given at the Presby-
terian church, the old melodeon was a conspicuous figure. With
Mrs. Bliven sitting at the old instrument, dressed in a gown for-
merly worn by her mother, and her granddaughter Ruth at her
side with violin, presented such a prettj' tableau that they were
prevailed upon by their many friends to have the picture repro-
duced by the camera. ^Irs. Bliven is a lady of culture and esthet-
ic taste and she has loug been a favorite in the circles in which
she moves in her home city.

JOHN R. McAFEE.

In the person of this venerable pioneer farmer, now deceased,
we have a sami^le of a worthy race of people to whom the country
is largely indebted for its development and progress. He was not
a showy man, simply a plain, industrious tiller of the soil, who
worked hard to get a start in the world, provided well for his
family, did his duty to his fellow men and made a good neighbor
and citizen. To such as he Indiana owes much. Here and there,
scattered over the state in every county, on well-tilled acres, tliey
toiled and worked, cleared, grubbed and ditched, fought the
forces of nature in the way of swamps and dense forests, grad-
ually making headway, until in time we see the beautiful and
highly cultivated farms as the result of their arduous labors.
Such were the pioneer fanners. They did not figure in public
Ufe. Their names were seldom mentioned in the papers, they
lived quiet and unpretentious lives, but it Avas their work and
self-sacrifice that was gradually building up the state, adding to
its wealth and beauty, until it became one of the finest agricul-
tural regions in the world. Mr. McAfee was a pubHc-spirited
man in all that the term implied, was ever interested in enter-
prises tending to promote the general welfare and withheld his
support from no movement for the good of the locality so long
honored by his residence. His personal relations with his fellow
men were ever mutually pleasant and agreeable, and he was
highly regarded by all, having been easily approached, obliging
and straightfonvard in all the relations of life.

John R. McAfee, for many years one of the foremost agri-
culturists and stock raisers of Tippecanoe county, Indiana, who
owned an extensive and valuable estate of about two thousand
acres in the vicinity of Battle Ground, and who was also a skilled
carpenter and builder in his earlier career, was born in Sussex
county, New Jersey, April 3, 1832. He was the son of Samuel
and Hanna (Riggs) McAfee, who finally moved from New Jersey
to Bradford county, Peimsylvania, where the death of the father
occurred.

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state he was brought by his parents when young in years, and
there he received his educational training in the common schools.
He came of a westward-looking family, and had an innate desire
to push on across the Alleghanies to a new country, so, when
twenty-two years old, he bade farewell to his ancestral hills and
came to Indiana. For some time he worked at the carpenter's
trade in Tippecanoe county, and, being an excellent workman, his
services were in great demand. He later tm-ned his attention to
farming, for which he seemed to have pronounced natural abil-
ity, and in which he was successful from the first. Being a hard
worker and economical, he soon had a start and his holdings in-
creased with the years, for he managed well and was a man of
excellent judgment and foresight. In due course of time he ac-
cumulated a handsome competency and became one of the largest
land OAvners in this section of the state, being the possessor of
nearly two thousand acres of valuable and desirable land in this
locality, which he kept weU improved and carefully tilled. He
always kept an excellent grade of live stock, and he was regarded
as one of the best judges of the same in the coimty. He kept fully
abreast of the times in all that pertained to modem agricultural
affairs and reaped large annual rewards for his pains and close
application. He established a commodious and substantial resi-
dence for his family and surrounded it with large and convetdent
outbuildings. Everything about his place denoted thrift and
prosperity and that a gentleman of excellent taste had its man-
agement in hand. His place, known as "Ash Grove," was long
one of the "show" farms of the county, and was greatly admired
by all who saw it.

Mr. McAfee was married on February 10, 1856, to Elizabeth
McCormick, daughter of Samuel and Isabelle (Bartels) McCor-
mick. Her father came from Greene coimty, Ohio, to Tippecanoe
coimty, Indiana, when a young man and settled here, becoming
prominent in this part of the state, taking a leading part in public
affairs and devoting his life to agricultural pursuits. He reared
a large family. He was a very successful farmer and large land
owner, a man of thrift and industry, and was one of the substantial
men of the county, being widely and favorably known. He was
public spirited and aided in whatever way he could the general
development of his covmty, representing the same in the state
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tlui upltuilding of the locality of his choice and won the hearty
npjiroval of his coustituents.

One child was born to John R, McAfee and wife, Hannah,
\vli(» was reared and educated in Tippecanoe county, and who be-
caiiu' the wife of Isaac L. Gan-ett, a prosperous fanner, now liv-
iiij; retired. They have one child, Floyd, now twenty-four years
ohi, and a young nian of much promise; he married Edith Baker.

Fraternally, Mr. McAfee belonged to the National Union
lodge. This family has always been affiliated with the United
Hrethren church and liberal supporters of the same. Personally,
Mr. .McAfee was a hospitable and genial man whom everybody
a<liiiin'd and respected, and when he passed to his reward, on
October 4, 1911, the community felt a distinct loss.

Isaac L. Garrett is the son of John C. and S. Garrett, who
were early settlers here. He came from Ross county, Ohio, and
wuH a farmer. He completed his education in Brookston Acad-
oiiiy, Indiana, and was a successful school teacher. He is a
tiieiiiber of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, belongs to the
Tiiited Brethren church, and is a Democrat in politics. ♦

CAPT. CHRISTOPHER F. HETTLER.

It will always be a badge of honor in this country to have
known that a person's father, or even his uncle, enlisted in the
service of his country when the great war of the Rebellion broke
out, to assist in saving the Union and in eradicating slavery from
our soil. Just as to this day we boast that our grandfather or
great-grandfather fought in the Revolution to gain independence,
or fought in the wai' of 1812 to protect our rights on the ocean, so
the descendants of the gallant soldiers who fought during the
Rebellion to save the Union will boast through the coming cen-
turies of the bravery and self-sacrifice of their fathers or other
relatives. It is a pleasure to write of the late Capt. Christopher
P. Hettler, who was one of the "boys in blue" who went forth to
die, if need be, on the battlefield or in the no less dangerous fever
camp or Southern prison, for the salvation of the country. •

One writer, after his death, said, among other things: "To
epitomize the life and character of the late Captain Hettler within
the limits which a brief biographical work allows is impossible.
The stalwart proportions of his living presence were realized in
the void made by his death. But less than most men intellectually
his equal does he need the voice of eulogy, for 'his works do follow
him.' He was an honored and influential citizen of Fort Wayne,
doing much to promote and conserve the interests of the city
through his labors as an official and through private effort; he was
for a number of years incumbent of the responsible position of
purchasing agent for the Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburg;
his integrity in all the relations of life indicate his fine moral fiber,
and, though of foreign birth, no man could be more intrinsically
American in attitude or more deeply loyal to the laud of his adop-
tion, the most significant evidence of this being vouchsafed in the
faithful and valiant service which he rendered as a Union soldier
and officer in the war of the Rebellion. In his death Fort Wayne
lost one of her most valued and popular citizens."

Captain Hettler was born in Hohenhaslach, county of Vaihin-
gen, kingdom of Wurtemberg, Germany, April 1, 1834. He spent
his boyhood in his native land and there received an excellent edu-

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cntion iu the schools of his community. He early determined to
c«Ht his fortune with the Americans, and when twenty-three years
of uKc. i» the year 1857, he set sail for our shores, arriving at the
port of New York on August 8th. He penetrated to the interior
of llic continent and located in Preble county, Ohio, where he re-
nin inc J four years, at the expiration of which, in the fall of 1861,
he removed to Allen county, Indiana, and, being well pleased with
till! opportunities here and able to foresee a great future develop-
ment ill the same, decided to locate here permanently, and thus the
remaining thirty-eight years of his life were passed here. He
njado his residence in the village of New Haven the first year,
then moved to Fort Wayne, having secured a position in the Penn-
wylvnnia railroad shops at this place, and his rise was rapid in the
Hcrvice of this company, who regarded him as one of their most
trusted and faithful employes, and he finally became entrusted
with the resi)onsible position of purchasing agent for a vast terri-
tory in Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania, giving the road, in this
nH in other positions with the same, eminent satisfaction.

We here reprint the following paragraphs which appeared in
the Fort Wayne News, under date of November 6, 1899: "Captain
('. llettler, general purchasing agent for the Pennsylvania lines
west of Pittsburg, and one of the foremost citizens of Fort Wayne,
pnsKcd away this morning at six-thirty o'clock. The news of the
death of Captain Hettler flashed rapidly over the city, and seldom
does it occur that so many express regret over the demise of a
\v«'lI-kiiowu citizen as in this case. Captain Hettler was widely
known among all classes of people, and the grief over his untimely
mid micxpected death is ^\^desp^ead. He will be sadly missed in
iimny walks of life in Fort Wayne. His rugged honesty and sin-
rerity of purj)ose made even his enemies re-spect him, and his
fii'iidly <|niilities and manifold charities have made him respected
nii.l .•stfciii..d l)y hundreds. He came to Fort Wayne a poor boy,
nnd l.y frugality and excellent business methods acquired such a
•hare of tliis world's goods that he leaves a large estate.

"Although he had been but a few years in this country, his
r-ntrintisni for his adopted country was so well known and gen-
••rnlly recognized that in 1864 he received a commission from Gov-
enu.r Olivrr P. ^forton, appointing him recruiting officer at this
F«»lnt. He was Rtiecessful in securing a large number of recruits,
niid III September of the same year selected a company of his own

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from those whom he had enlisted and received a captain's commis-
sion. His company was organized as Company C, of the One Hun-
dred and Forty-second Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and the regi-
ment was given a place in the Army of the Cumberland. Captain
Hettler served his country at the head of his company until July
14, 1865, when it was mustered out. He then resumed his position
with the Pennsylvania company. In 1871, the company recog-
nized his marked ability and appointed him assistant purchasing
agent, and ever since that time he has been a valued member of
that department of the railroad.

"Ever since he came to this city Captain Hettler has made
his strong personality felt in public affairs and has taken a lead-
ing part in mimicipal affairs whereA'er there was a public benefit
to be gained. He represented the second ward in the common
council from 1873 to 1882 and his presence there at that critical
time in the history of the city resulted in a cutting down of the
expenses and the hastening of municipal improvements. Cap-
tain Hettler stood for the advancement of the fire department's
interests, and he was one of those responsible for the first fire
alarm telegraph system. In 1876 Captain Hettler made the mem-
orable speech in the council which brought the municipal owner-
ship of water works first into public notice. The story of his fight
against great odds, which resulted in the present splendid s^^tem
of water works owned and controlled by the city, is fresh in the
minds of the older citizens. In 1879 the question came up for
popular vote, and Captain Hettler 's position was sustained by
the people with an overwhelming majority.

i**In his social and business life Captain Hettler has been
easily one of the foremost of Fort Wayne's German- American cit-
izens. He has held the position of treasurer of many of the most
profitable and most prominent building and loan associations, and
at the time of his death was the largest stockholder and one of
the controlling spirits of the Home Telephone Company. He was
long a member of Hannony Lodge No. 19, Independent Order of
Odd Fellows; Sion S. Bass Post No. 40, Grand Army of the Re-
public, and the Fort Wayne Saengcrbund. "While not a member
of any church himself, he gave largely to church organizations and
charities. He was an attendant at the Bethel church of the Evan-
gelical Association, and when the new edifice was built Captain
and Mrs. Hettler were the largest contributors."

Politically, the Captain was always a stalwart Republican,

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niiit lis «»i<"l' ^^'"s elected to the city council, in which he served so
li.ii^ luid faillifully and during which time he did so much for the
pcniiaiicnt j,'o()d of the city.

(')ij)tain Ilcttler was united in marriage with Catherine
iMirtlmiilii-r, who was at that time a resident of New Haven, Indi-
niia, a 'nln>rt distance east of Fort Wayne, where the family was
prniiiiiu'iit. She is the daughter of John Jacob and Mary
AKi'f« J-'urthmiller, an excellent old family of German lineage.
Mr.H. llcttlcr was bona in Stark county, Ohio, and was seven years
(if iMiv when her parents brought her to New Haven, thus being
iiuiiihered among the early settlers of Allen county, where her par-
nits continued to reside the rest of their lives, the father having
ongagcd in agricultural pursuits, and, being a hard worker and of
honoraltle character, he became well established here and was re-
Mpectcd by all who knew him. He owned one of the largest and
host farms in the vicinity of New Haven, but Mr. Furthmiller re-
tired from active farming late in life and moved with his family to
l'\)rt Wayne where he purchased a pleasant residence. He was a
native of Wittenburg, Germany, and his wife, who was known* in
lier maidenhood as Ann Weiberty, was also born in Germany.
'I'luTc tliey both spent their earliest years, but emigrated to Amer-
ica when young, and while yet single, and they met and married in
Now York City. Not long afterwards they came to the Middle
West and established their home. They became the parents of
ten children, of whom Mrs. Hettler was the fourth in order of
liirtli. S)ie grew to womanhood at New Haven and received a
Knod education in the local schools, which has been greatly sup-
pleiiiciited by wide miscellaneous reading and study which she has
ivir Hiiice carried on, and is now a well informed, cultured and
I'i'Mdiiiinded lady and a most charming conversationalist and a
xM'in;iii i.f iiiiicli inllnencc in the several circles in which she moves
Ml I'mt Wayne, enjoying the admiration and esteem of a very
>M.I.' rircle (,f friends throughout this section of Indiana and
wherever hI.c is known. Together with her husband she took
«l"«fe an nclive interest in the work of the Evangelical Associa-
»M.n church <.f Kast Dewald street, this city, in fact Mrs. Hettler is
•■»"' -f the most active in promoting the varied interests of the
-nine /lud one of the largest contributors to its support, and she
h"" always stood high in the congregation. She has very ably
»|id nc-cptahly olTieiated as president of the Ladies Aid Society,
»Iho ,m preshh-nt of the Woman's Missionary Society, of this

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church, in fact she is recognized as one of the pillars of this well
known and popular church, although she is not so active at this
writing as she has been in former years. Her love for the church
was no doubt fostered in her through her parents, who were also
devout Christians and very faithful in the work of the church,
her father having faithfully served his church for a period of
thirty-five years, remaining true to the end of his days, or until
his death, at the age of sixty-seven years, six months and twenty-
six days. His first wife and five children bad preceded him to the
grave, and at his death he left his second wife, five children and
twenty-six grandchildren. Mrs. Mary Agnes Furthmiller, second
wife of John Jacob Furthmiller, and the mother of Mrs. Hettler,
died at New Haven, Allen county, Indiana, at the age of sixty
years, ten months and eight days. She was survived by seven
children, three having preceded her to the grave. She gave
twenty-one years of her life to faithful work in the church at
different cities in Indiana, and for nineteen years her home was a
favorite stopping place for young ministers of her denomination.
The training she and her husband gave their daughter, Mrs. Het-
tler, resulted in the latter's love for religious work.

Mrs. Hettler is also very much interested in the young women
of Fort Wayne and is serving on the board of directors of the
Young Women's Christian Association and in the spring of 1912
she participated in the laying of the comer-stone of the splendid
new home of this association in Fort Wayne to which she con-
tributed the smn of one thousand dollars, and she was one of the
influential factors in securing the new building, which would be
a credit to any city. She has indeed been of inestimable service
to lier home city and she merits in every respect the high esteem
in which she is held. She maintains her home in the beautiful
Hettler residence on East Dewald street, the same having long
been the center of a gracious hospitality. As already intimated,
she has for a long lapse of years been one of the active workers in
connection with various charitable and benevolent associations,
being well known in the social life of the city, and having the in-
violable friendship of a wide circle of acquaintances. She proved
a true helpmeet and coadjutrix to her husband, and during their
long association on the journey of life each was solaced and sus-
tained by the abiding sympathy and love of the other, the gracious
cords being loosened only when death gave its inexorable sum-
mons to him to whom this brief memoir is dedicated.

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To Afr. and Mrs. Christopher F. Hettler was bom one son,
ilerniau lleury Hettler, a man of superior business ability and of
fine natural characteristics, who is now engaged in the lumber
business in the city of Chicago where he has extensive interests.
lie married Catherine Elizabeth Sangston, and they have two in-
teresting sons. It is worthy of note here that Herman H. Hettler
conducts one of the largest lumber concerns in the INIiddle West,
mid he has officiated for a number of years as president of the
Lunibenncn's Association of the United States. He is now one of
Chicago's progressive and substantial business men and is well
known in commercial circles of that metropolis.

Christopher F. Hettler was survived at his death, other than
his widow and son, by a brother and five sisters. They are Chris-
tian Hettler, of near Marion, Indiana; Mrs. Christian Stahl, ISIrs.
Frederick Stahl, Mrs. H. Mennewisch, Mrs. J. Walter and Mrs.
Mary Conrady; and a large number of nephews and nieces in Fort
Wayne.

At a meeting of the common council of Fort Wayne on the
morning of Mr. Hettler 's death, Monday, November 6, 1899,
Messrs. Poirson and Hosey, representing the second ward, intro-
(hicod the following resolutions which were passed by a unanim-
ouH standing vote of the coimeil:

"Resolved, that this council learns \nth profound regret of
the death of ex-Coimcilman Christopher F. Hettler. He was a
thoroughly upright official and a public-spirited citizen, ever zeal-
•>UR to advance the interests of Fort Wayne. He was a generous
innn, n K^'uial companion and a patriotic American citizen, and his
•li'tniMc \v(> .sincerely deplore.

"U<-Molvrd, that we hereby express our sorrow at his death
niwl rxtciul our heartfelt .sympathy to his bereaved widow and
fninily.

" Kimilved, that these resolutions be spread on the journal of
«»'l« r«.it„cil niul that the clerk be directed to transmit a copy
• ••'•nM.f to t}„- family of the deceased."

Tlic following resolutions of the board of directors of the Fort
^Vnyii,. Hiiilding. Loan-Fund & Savings Association, on the death
"' < 'M'''>iii Hettler, were passed at a meeting of the same shortly
Afl.T hJH death:

" neron.s, it hath pleased Divine Providence to remove from
•"T midst Captain Christopher F. Hettler, and
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"Whereas, since the organization of the Fort "Wayne Build-
ing, Loan Fund & Savings Association be has uninterruptedly held
the position of treasurer of this association, and

"Whereas, by his death this association has lost a faithful
and valued officer and member.

"Be it resolved, that the board of directors of the Fort Wayne
Building, Loan-Fund & Savings Association, in deploring the
death of Captain Christopher F. Plettler, who, during the fifteen
years last past labored unselfishly and zealously for the protection
of the interests of said association and the rights of every stock-
holder therein, and who discharged his official duties in a manner
suggested solely by probity and the strictest honesty.

"Therefore, be it resolved, that we tender to the family of the
deceased, our sincere, heartfelt condolence in their deep bereave-
ment; that these resolutions be spread of record on the records
of the association, and a copy thereof be tendered to the family of
the deceased."

The funeral of Captain Hettler was held on Wednesday after-
noon, November 8, 1899, from the residence and Bethel Church
Evangelical Association, conducted by Rev. J. H. Evans, and it
was very largely attended.

Captain Hettler was a man of sterling character, broad mental
ken and mature judgment, placing trac valuations on men. and
things, and ordering his life upon the highest plane of honor. He
possessed to a marked degree the self-reliant spirit and pragmatic
ability so characteristic of the German type, and thus he was suc-
cessful in his various business connections, accumulating a com-
petency and thus making ample provision for his family. He was
liberal in his views, and kindly and tolerant in his judgment of his
fellow men, while to those afflicted in mind, body or estate he was
ever ready to extend a helping hand, though his benefactions were
invariably of the most unostentatious order. He was a good and
useful man and his memory will long be cherished by the people
of Fort Wayne and Allen county.

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JOSEPH HAMILTON.

The character of a commimity is determiued in a large meas-
ure by the lives of a comparatively few of its members. If its
moral aud intellectual status be good, if in a social way it is a
pleasant place in which to reside, if its reputation for the integ-
rity of its citizens has extended into other localities, it will be
found that the standards set by the leading men have been high
and their influence such as to mould their characters and shape
the lives of those with whom they mingle. In placing the late
Joseph Hamilton in the front rank of such men, justice is ren-
dered a biographical fact universally recognized throughout the
locality long honored by his citizenship by those at all familiar
with his history. Although a quiet and unassuming man, with
no ambition for public position or leadership, he contributed much
to the material, civic and moral advancement of his commimity,
while his admirable qualities of head and heart and the straight-
forward, upright course of his daily life won for him the esteem
and confidence of the circles in which he moved and gave him a
reputation for integrity and correct conduct such as few achieve,
and although he has long been sleeping the "sleep of the just,"
his influence still lives, and his memory is still greatly revered.

Joseph Hamilton was born on the Row Water, in county
Derry, Ireland, of good old Irish stock, January 3, 1803. Being of
an active, aggressive temperament, he early determined to seek
his fortimes in the new world. He therefore emigrated to our
.shores in the month of May, 1821, having gro^^'n to manhood and
received his education in the Emerald Isle. He landed in the city
'•f Philadelphia. But even then the West was the point of resort
for men prepared to carve out for themselves a position. To show
at once the difficulty of travel in those early days, and to exhibit
the decision of character which distinguished young Hamilton
through life, the reader may be interested to know that he and his
l)rothcr William walked all the way from Philadelphia to Pitts-
burgh. They purchased a yawl in the latter city, in which they
pursued their journey as far as Cincinnati. There they remained
five years, then the subject came to Shelbyville, Indiana, where
he spent two years; thence he moved to Dayton, Ohio, and re-

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mained two years in that city. In 1831, he came to Rushville, In-
diana, among the pioneers, and there spent the rest of his life,
becoming one of the leading men of the place, actively engaged in
various pursuits, in all of which he met with encouraging success.
He was married at Rushville, on the last day of the year 1835, to
Margaret LowTy, a native of Ireland, from which country she
came to the United States when young in years. To this imion
four childi'en were bom, namely: One died in- infancy; Sarah J.
is the widow of Coleman B. Pattison, and she resided in Indian-
apolis; Joseph Dunn Hamilton, who married Emma Fay, is now
deceased; he was for many years a prominent Indianapolis busi-
ness man, having been a partner in the firm of Jones, Armstrong
& Company, wholesale boot and shoe dealers; Margaret Elizabeth
Hamilton is living at No. 939 North Pennsylvania street, Indian-
apolis. '

Joseph Hamilton's parents remained in Ireland. They were
of old Scotch-Irish Presbyterian stock, that settled the north of
Ireland about the year 1600. Their children, besides the subject,
"were William, Samuel, John, Martha and Jane. The early relig-
ious training of the subject of this memoir was of the best. In
his opinions and convictions he was through life attached to the
doctrines and worship of the Presbyterian church, in its strictest
European rather than American type. He was a strong Demo-
crat and more or less active in local party affairs, but being a
man who loved to be about home, he never sought public offices.
For a nmnber of years he was extensively engaged in the dry
goods business at Rushville, where he built up a large trade with
the people of Rush county through his honest dealings.

The death of Joseph Hamilton occurred on October 26, 1872,
and his funeral, which was held on the 28th of that month, was
very largely attended. The burial took place in the Rushville
cemetery. During the morning of the day of the funeral a large
ninnber of citizens of Rushville gathered at the court house to
pay their respects to the memory of the deceased, and some mem-
bers of the crowd came from remote parts of the county. At this
meeting the following resolutions were adopted:

"Whereas, in the dispensation of a gracious Providence, our
friend and fellow citizen, Joseph Hamilton, has been called away
from our midst by the hand of death;

"Therefore, we, the citizens of the town and neighbors of the
deceased, recognizing the Providence and bowing in meek submis-

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niou thereto, would record the many amiable traits of character
iimiii Tested in the long and useful life that he was permitted to
Npi'iid in our midst.

"Second, the active life of the deceased has been identified
witli the growth of our town, and the development of the country
for the last forty years, and we feel that in his death our entire
coininunity has sustained a great loss.

"Third, in the retrospect of these years we recognize in the
life of the deceased the energetic, correct business man, a kind
husband, a provident father, a good citizen and a firm believer in
tlie Lord Jesus Christ.

"Foiu'th, that we will, as citizens, suspend all business and
uttcnd his funeral this day from his late residence.

"Fifth, that John Carmichael, H. D. Dinwiddle, Doctor Helm,
Jacob II. Ogelsby, William Havens, Finley Bigger, Thomas
Wor-stcr and Thomas Link act as pall-bearers in taking the re-
ninuis to the cemetery.

"Sixth, that a copy of this notice be furnished the family,
Ri fined by the president and secretary of this meeting, conveying
to them our sympathy in their deep affliction, and that the same he
published in our county papers."

A number of fitting addresses were made at this meeting by
MMuc of the leading citizens who had known Mr. Hamilton well.

In the Kushville Republican of October 31, 1872, the fol-
l<»win>? tribute appeared:

".M'tcr an illness of hardly a week's duration, Mr. Joseph
lliiniilton, tlic oldest merchant of Rushville, and one of the oldest
liti/niM of Hush county, died at his residence in this place, of
I'lHiuuonia. Mr. Hamilton was in the seventieth year of his age
niid IijkI been in l)usiness here forty-one years. The building oc-
< 'M'i.mI l,y him at the tune of his death, known as the 'Old White
•■"tn.r," had been occupied by him since 1838. Thirty years of
«l'«i fiiiir aiwl up to within over a year ago, he also kept tavera
••> Ihr Ki.nio l>uiiding, and his house had the reputation of being
\hv UrH\ pi;,,.,, of public entertainment in this section of the coun-
try- Mr. Hamilton was a man of eccentric character, but withal
wnn nmvcrsally respected and an honorable, public-spirited citi-
'••". 1 1 IS ,h-alh severs another of those links binding the past to
th<- present generation."

'I he funeral sennnn, which was a masterpiece, was delivered
l>y Hvv. (Jeorge Sinter, pastor at that time of the First Presbyter-

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ian church, of Shelbyville, Indiana, and fi"om it we quote the few
closing paragraphs as follows :

"It is eminently appropriate, that upon an occasion like the
present — when we are met to pay the last offices of affection and
friendship and respect to one who for so many years has occupied
a prominent place in your community, and whose life has been so
closely identified with its busiuess interests — that I should close
this discourse with a brief estimate of his character.

"We have come here today to bury Joseph Hamilton, not to
praise him. Funeral services are to Ijenefit the living, not to laud
the dead. And yet, I would be doing injustice to you did I not
remind you that Joseph Hamilton was a strong man. His was
an intense character. It is usually — you will find, if you will
think of it — weak characters that everybody speaks well of. A
man of native inborn conscious vigor will, and nuist, have enemies.
The Holy Gospel itself declares it no credit to anyone when all
speak well of him. Thus, we must bear in mind, in estimating the
character of Mr. Hamilton, a tall tree casts a deep shadow, and
great excellencies are always marred by striking defects. Let' us
not form a hasty judgment. Rather let us remember and practice
the words of our blessed Redeemer: 'He that is without sin among
you, let him first cast a stone 1'

"Now, our Lord Jesus Christ, himself, and God, even our
Father, which hath loved us and given us everlasting consolation
and good hope through grace, comfort your hearts, and establish
you in every good word and work. And may that gracious One —
who wept with the weeping sisters at the grave of Lazarus, and
in whose tender, pitying heart dwells the deepest sympathy for
man — speak solace to the sorrowing widow and to these father-
less children, in their irreparable loss.

"It was the command of the father of Alexander the Great
that a soldier should come every morning to his door, and loudly
proclaim: 'Philip, remember that thou art mortal!' My beloved,
as we look before us this afternoon, a voice far louder than any
voice of man calls to every one of us. Remember that thou art
mortal. In the midst of life we are in death. 0, that the prayer
of ever^'one here may be: Lord, so teach us to number our days,
that we may apply our hearts to wisdom. And may we, one and
all — standing as we this moment do, so very near to the great
ocean of eteinait}', that its sprays are dashing at our very feet —
feel a deep impulse and form a finn determination, that for us, we

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will look at tlie things not seen, that are enduring — we will en-
deavor to live with eternity in view,"

The death of JMrs. Margaret Hamilton, wife of the inunediate
Muhjei-t of this memoir, occurred on January 22, 1892. The next
(Ijjy the Indianapolis News printed the following:

".Mrs. .Margaret Hamilton, of No. 503 North Pennsylvania
htri-ct, died last night, after a lingering illness, of paralysis, ag-
gravated by the grip. IShe was born in Canmish, county London-
derry, Ireland, ^lay 20, 1818, and came with her father's family
to this country when two years old, and settled at Philadelphia,
I'eiiu.sylvania. They removed to Rushville, in this state, when
nhe was thirteen years old. Her maiden name was Margaret
i^iwry, and she was married to Joseph Hamilton in 1835. The
Hturdy traits of the Scotch-Irish people were strongly exemplified
in tlie character of Mrs. Margaret Hamilton. She showed by her
life how strong were her convictions in the Presbyterian faith,
and her lo}alty to everything that pertained to truth and right-
eousness. She loved to do good, and the remaining members of her
family, Mrs. Sarah J. Patterson and ]Miss Margaret E. Hamil'ton,
mourn the loss of a loving mother and a wise and tender counsel-
lor. She was a sturdy character and her life was full of good
work.s. The remains will be buried by the side of her husband
at Uushvillc, on Monday, January 25."

'I'he funeral of ]Mrs. Hamilton was conducted from her late
I'-nitlenee by Kev. ]\I. L. Haines, whose addi'ess was, in full, as fol-
low h:

'Tliristian faith shines the brightest when earth's exper-
n nn-M are the darkest. In the presence of the great mystery of
dralli. liefure which human science drops its hands in helplessness,
(tii'l iiuiiian pliilo.so))liy has no sure word of hope, then and there
< lm';(ijin faith ^ives us some of the most glorious utterances. It
•"lists out into that s(mg of wondrous triumph, 'O death, where is
•h.v ^tln^;r 0 frrave, where is thy victory?' 'Thanks be to God
^^h|••ll >,'iveth Us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.'

*'ln the iMM.k of Job death is spoken of as the 'King of Ter-
r<MH.* „„d to the mind unenlightened by faith it is such. There is
Ml the nund that natural shrinking from the change which it in-
V'lvrH. that dread of what lies beyond, and that fear of the un-
'■••"■•"nities it may involve. So man needs some great and clear
r«-ve!ation „f truth to meet the needs of his spirit as it faces the
••iMulowy .nyst.-ry. The gospel of Jesus Christ meets that need,

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in its disclosure of a Saviour 'who hath abolished death and
brought life and immortality to light.' To the sincere believer in
Jesus death is no calamity. It is the very opposite. 'To die is
gain.' It is a beatitude. 'Blessed are the dead who die in the
Lord.' How great that blessedness is no one of us can imagine,
for 'Eye hath not seen, nor oar heard, neither have entered into
the heart of man the things which God hath prepared for them
that love Him. '

"As one beautifully says, 'We picture death as coming to
destroy; let us rather picture Christ as coming to save. We think
of death as ending; let us rather think of life as beginning, and
that more abundantly. We think of losing; let us rather think of
gaining. We think of parting; let us rather thing of meeting. We
think of going away ; let us think of arriving. '

"This is the Christian view of death. It is the view Avith
which we comfort our hearts today as we are gathered in this
Christian home to pay our tribute of sincere esteem and affection
to a faithful follower of Christ, called throiigh death to the bless-
edness of the heavenly realms.

"God's word pictures life in this world as a pilgrimage. The
patriarch Jacob said: 'The days of the years of my pilgrimage,'
and the great company of the faithful spoken of in the immortal
eleventh chapter of Hebrews, 'All * * * confessed that they
were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. ' The very constitution
of things makes life here for each of us a pilgrimage. Nothing
abides; we pass on from one experience to another. We find in
our journey mingled good and evil. We have enough of good to
enable us to bear the evil — in our lot — and enough of evil to keep
us from setting our hearts overmuch on mere earthly good. A
traveler expects to meet discomforts as well as comforts on the
best road. The varied experiences of sunshine and storm are to
discipline our spirits in the graces of faith and courage and pa-
tience and love.

"The Bible view of life on earth as a pilgrimage helps us to
bear with a spirit of contentment pilgrim privations and hard-
ships. It inspires us to look with expectant faith for that 'city
which hath foundation whose builder and maker is God.' It
enables us today, in the presence of this Providence, to say, 'For
one more pilgrim the earthly jouraey is ended. Home at last!
Absent from the body, present with the Lord. '

"Three score and fourteen years ago — in the year 1818 — she

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whom God has called to Himself was bom across the sea. She
rame with her parents to tlie United States when she was but two
years old, and to this cummouwealth of Indiana when she was a
girl of tliirteeu. Four years after, in the town of Rushville, she
married Joseph Hamilton. Both she and her husband were of
this Scotch-Irish Presbyterian stock, which has exerted such a
marked influence upon the best life of our land. Her husband was
u man of sturdy character, of energy and enterprise. He was the
oldest and the leading merchant of Rushville, a laborious and suc-
cessful man of business, a man of strong religious convictions,
tlioroughly attached to the doctrines and worship of the church of
his fathers.

"I speak of all this because she whom we mourn today shared
with him in so many of those qualities of character and disposi-
tion which marked his own life. For more than a third of a cen-
tury of wedded life she bore her full part in the tods and strug-
gles crowned by such large success. We who now enjoy the ad-
vanced civilization of this state of Indiana, must not forget that
the mothers as well as the fathers ai-e to be honored as the pib-
ucers through whose self-sacrificing labors we now share the
blessings of these commercial, educational and religious institu-
tions.

"Since her coming, eighteen years ago, to this, our capital
city, she has been identified with the First Presbyterian church
here, transferring her membership from the church at Rushville,
with which she had been connected since she was a girl. In the
years in which I have been privileged to know her as her pastor,
I liave ever found her manifesting a strong interest in the welfare
of Christ's cause; anxious for its progress, and faithful in her use
•>f her opportunities and means in promoting its interests.

"Many of you know how bravely she has met the physical
trials which have come to her during the last two years, trials
\vhich would have broken down a character less strong. But un-
•ler them all she was strengthened to carry a patient, cheerful,
•"•peful .spirit. Her faith in God's blessed word was strong. Her
•h'lif^'lit in its pages was marked, and when in her sick room com-
niunion with God was sought through prayer, her expression of
'•onifort and confidence was clear and unwavering. She knew
^vhom she had believed and was pursuaded that he was able to
kpt'P that which she had committed unto him against that day."

CHARLES FREDERICK MUHLER.

The record of a life well spent, of triumphs over obstacles, of
perseverance under difficulties and steady advancement from a
modest beginning to a place of honor and distinction in the indus-
trial and civic worlds, when imprinted on the pages of history,
present to the youth of the rising generation an example worthy
of emulation and may also be studied with profit by those of more
mature years whose achievements have not kept pace with their
expectations. Dominated by the highest principles of integrity
and honor was the course of the late Charles Frederick ]\Iuhler,
one of the most distinguished of Fort Wayne's native sons, and
who for a long lapse of years was among her leading men of affairs.
He placed true values on men and events, so that he was essen-
tially democratic and unassmning and showed the intrinsic
strength and loyalty of his character. His benevolences and
charities were large and were ever unostentatious and admirably
placed. He knew the spring of human motive and action, so that
he was kindly and tolerant in his judgment and ever ready to lend
a helping hand to any worthy movement. His life-long residence
in Fort Wayne, his upright life and mature judgment, and the
many services he rendered have made his name a synonym for
character and worth. He was imbued with the deepest and most
helpful public-spirit, and he was well fortified in his opinions as to
matters of public policy and gave of his best to the furthering of
good govermnent, as he was neglectful of no civic duty. It is
scarcely necessary to say that in the inviolable precincts of an
ideal home life the true nobility of Mr. ^luhler found perfect
apotheosis, but there is no desire in this connection to lift the
sacred veil of the fireside circle. Pure, constant and noble was
the spiritual flame that burned in and illumined the mortal tene-
ment of the subject of this memoir, and to the superficial observer
can come but small appreciation of his intrinsic spirituality, his
faith being fortified by the deepest study, and the Christian veri-
ties were with him the matters of most concern among the changes
and chances of this mortal life. No man with his intellectual vigor
and the love of truth which marked him, could live long without
inevitably being brought to investigate the great moral laws gov-

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emiiig life, in fact, he was a strong man in every respect and was
successful in all he undertook.

Charles F. Muhler was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, April 21,
1841, and here he spent his entire life, never permitting the wan-
derlust spirit to lure him away in quest of better places, and, judg-
ing from his useful and successful record, he was wise and the city
was fortunate in his decision to remain at home. He was the son
of Charles M. and Anna (Stark) ]\Iuhler. The father was born in
Sulzdorf, Germany, of an excellent old German family, and when
u young man he emigrated to the United States, in 1837, and in
1840 took up his residence in Fort Wayne, thus being a pioneer,
and here he became well established through his industry and per-
severance and was well known and active in the early upbuilding
of the city.

Young Muhler grew to manhood in his native city and here
received his educational training in the Catholic schools, to which
he later added by general home study, and, gifted with the faculty
(tf keen observation and excellent judgment, he added to his store
of knowledge imtil his mind became a storehouse of useful' in-
formation far above that of many men who had the advantages of
lii^'lier educations. In fact, he was always a student, and kept
fully aijreast of the times on all current matters and was familiar
with the world's best literature. He had excellent home training,
for his parents were sterling people, honorable, industrious and
tiiijlily i-cspected — of the type that has given to America its best
< ili/ni.,. 'I'licy believed in equipping their children as best they

• onlil r..r the battle of life, and accordingly at the age of fifteen

• Imilr^ I'"., hiiving mastered the rudiments of education, which the
. lulv .InvM in this loeality permitted, was apprenticed to B. W.
n.iKl.v I.I Irani the trade of a tinner. About a year afterward
Mhii .V C.mi.aiiy having purchased the tin and stove business
ri'Mii Mr. Oaklry. the subject completed his apprenticeship with
•I" 111. niiiaiiiint,' with the firm until 1864, having mastered the ins
■•in! outs of this particular line during the eight years of his con-
".•rti..n with this house. At that time Mr. Muhler purchased the
iiil.-rrst of .Mr. Allen, who retired, and the firm name was changed
l'» Wilson. Sr-hiiekinan ic Muhler; later :\lr. Schuckman retired
'«»i'l fhr tinn name became Wilson & Muhler, and the firm became
I'r..sp,.rons. their products covering a wide range of territory and
were eagerly sought for owing to their superior qualities, and for
years was one of the best known business houses in Fort Waj-ne.

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It was located on East Columbia street. Mr. Miihler subsequently
retired and in a few years started in the lime and cement business,
in which he was decidedly successful from the first, and which,
after his death, was continued by his son, Charles B. Muhler.

In all his business ventures the elder Muhler was guided by
ripe judgment and a spii"it of enterprise, which, impelled by the
activity of his nature and tempered by the most steadfast hon-
esty, was bound to win, and did win, success.

When the Jenney Electric Lighting & Power Company was
organized Mr. Muhler was a moving spirit and was its first presi-
dent, in fact, its pronounced success was due very largely to his
able management and judicious coimsel. He retained his stock
in the same until his death. Toward the latter part of his life he
assisted in the organization of the Crescent Paper Company,
which built and successfully operated an extensive paper mill at
Hartford City. After several years of struggle Mr. Muhler suc-
ceeded, with the aid of his associates, in placing the institution
upon a paying basis. He was president of this company and a
heavy stockholder. He accumulated a handsome competency by
his own efforts, and owned a commodious modem residence and
considerable other valuable and desirable real estate holdings,
being rated as one of Fort Wayne's most substantial citizens.

JMr. Muhler was married on May 17, 1866, to ]\Iary A. Trent-
man, daughter of Bernard Trentman, at that time a leading
wholesale grocer of Fort Wayne. He was born in Hanover, Ger-
many, in the year 1816, and he emigrated to Amenca in 1838,
locating at Cincinnati, Ohio, where he remained two years, com-
ing to Fort Wayne, Indiana, in 1842. Soon he turned his atten-
tion to farming near that city, later working on the canal, then in
the City mills. He started in the retail grocery business in 1848,
which he continued until 1864, when he converted it into a whole-
sale business, and he became very successful, ranking as one of
the leading mechants and business men in northeastern Indiana,
thus deserving a great deal of credit, for he came to Allen county
wdthout means. In 1838, at Cincinnati, Bernard Trentman mar-
ried Anna Reinhardt, also a native of Hanover, Gci'manv, and she
came to the United States when a young girl. They became the
parents of eleven children. Mr. Trentman 's death occurred on
March 19, 1874, his wife having preceded him to the grave in 1859.

Bernard Trentman was a brick mason by trade, which he fol-
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l.rick of the first opera house in Fort Wayne. It was after giv-
i.u/ui, his trade that he began in the grocery business in a very
suKill way. This seemed to be his natural bent and his growth in
t lie same was phenomenal.

Mr .Mulder's family consisted of these children: Charles B.,
who conducts the lime and cement business, as before stated; Aug-
ust T for many years prominently identified with the Eckert
I'a.'king Company; Edward, who became a train dispatcher for
the l»riinsvlvania Railroad Company, and Maude and Jeannette,
who were' educated at St. Augustine's Academy. The subject
was also survived by his widow, a lady of many commendable
attributes of head and heart, and one brother, George Muhler, and
three sisters, Mrs. P. II. Kane, Kate Muhler, who made her home
with him, and Mrs. H. J. Trentman, of Auburn. Solomon A.
Mulder's liome life was beautifully happy. He possessed m full-
est measure the love and admiration of his children. He had a
j»i.-tures(iue and neatlv appointed home on Wayne street, and was
proud of it, and proud of the affection of his family. He was hap-
piest when by his own fireside. •

Politically, :Mr. Muhler was a Democrat and for years was a
l..cnl leader, his counsel being frequently sought during cam-
paigns by candidates, and his faith in the doctrines of his party
wjiH iniswerving as it was sincere. He was always ready and will-
iiiK to give his time to the party when needed, and for many years
I..- wivH looked to for advice when strong minds and ripe judgment
vv. r.' n<MNl(.(l. He became prominent in politics at an early age,
.iikI III IK7(; was elected to fill a vacancy in the common council
from till- fourth ward. He gave such complete satisfaction that
III- wiiH n-clcetrd in 1877, serving a full term, and was again
■^ .1. ri.-d III I.s7!». In 1881 he was the candidate of his party for
iii.ivor. Jiiid was eh'ftrd by a large majority. He possessed the
'■"iili(l«nc(> of business men and the general public and his support
«»»» •(froiitj even from the ranks of the opposition. He served
»ui> vcars as mayor, giving eminent satisfaction to all concerned,
and iiflrr an inten'al, in 1887, he was ngain nominated and elected,
•••rviiii; witli (-(lual success and satisfaction until 1889. During
Mm inniiiibcncy of tliis office he did much for the permanent good
of t'lf eity, and his record proved that he was one of the best chief
i'X«'«'utivrs the city has ever had. It was as mayor that his promi-
nent traits rnme into distinguished prominence. The qualifica-
tif'ti<« that liad won him success in business and in social life as-

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serted themselves more clearly in the responsible duties which, in
his executive capacity, he was called upon to perform. His hon-
esty was never questioned, his ability recognized by men of all
parties. In all his affairs as mayor and citizen, he maintained an
enviable reputation for probity and upright dealing. His ad-
ministration of the municipality was characterized by conserv-
atism and progress, and his foreseeing ability and careful methods
went far to place the city in the enviable position in which she
now stands.

After leaving office Mr. Muhler continued to take great inter-
est in party and municipal affairs. He was considered one of the
safest counselors in matters pertaining to the general welfare of
the city, as well as in political affairs. His opinions were always
sought for, and his advice always found valuable. He gave freely
of his time and money to the cause of Democracy and both were
equally at the service of the city when matters of public moment
required them. His last active appearance in politics was as a
candidate for nomination for county clerk. He lost, but voted
and worked for his successful competitor in the ensuing campaign.
Up to the time of his death, however, he was prominent in every
public movement and in the discussion of public questions. His
name was always one of the first to be mentioned for service in
public movements.

The death of Charles F. Muhler occurred very suddenly while
walking on the street near his office, being stricken with apoplexy
Wednesday evening, ]\Iay 24, 1899. He had been in apparently
perfect health, and the news of his sudden taking off spread with
lightning rapidity and created a great shock to the city. The
death of such a man, prominent for years in public and commercial
life, came as a blow not only to his friends, but to the citizens at
large, and it was with a sense of loss that the citizens heard of it.

We quote the following paragraphs from the "Fort Wayne
Journal" in its lengthy article on Mr. IMuhlcr's death and career,
which appeared in its issue of ^Nfay 25, 1899:

"Socially, Mr. Muhler was one of the most popular men in
Fort Wa.yne, and it is this, aside from the sense of loss to the
business public, that makes his death more keenly felt. He had
friends everywhere, in every class, among young and old. He was
quiet and reserved in manner, but was quick to form opinions, and
strong in his adherence to opinions once formed. In politics, al-
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Ills oppoiK^nts, and it is said of him that he was liked better by the
men who ran aj^'ainst him after the campaign than before it. He
was always open to conviction, strong as his opinions were, and
(iMcc convinced that he was in error, would yield a contested point
iiuickly. liut he was seldom in error, for his judgments, though
rapidly formed, were based upon intimate knowledge and careful
study. He was of a genial, sunny nature, could contest a point
.strongly with the utmost good nature and coolness, and his man-
ner was always characterized by consideration for others. He was
nil easy man to ap roach, and was rarely so busy or occupied that
he could not find time to stop to listen to anyone who wanted his
udvi<-c, or his opinion or his aid.

"To one of his sociable, kindly disposition there was the
keenest pleasure in the society of his friends. He was a member
of llic IJeiievolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Fort
Wayne Club, and in both was very popular among young and old
alike. Tie believed in carrying heavy life insurance, having taken
«»\it ))olicies in various companies and associations, including the
Catliolic Knights of America, being affiliated with St. Bernard
Hranch No. 103.

">rr. Muhler was a Catholic, a member of the Cathedral con-
Krcirntion. His religious convictions were sincere and open. He
liatcd deceit, and frankness was one of his predominant traits.
\\t' was in all things an honest, manly man. Not narrow in his
vii'WM, he saw and recognized the opportunities for good in all
iifit, Mild appreciated them at their true worth."

'I'll.- funeral of Charles F. Muhler took place on Monday,
Miiv :"), i,sji!». and was attended by a large concourse of people,
'•..• i-i, tx\ attriidance being significant of the esteem in which the
' iii/i im hi'ld till- former mayor. The cortege was one of the largest
• »-r -,-,u Ml thr city and the cathedral was filled with people who
' i'nr I.. |.av flH-ir last tribute. Tlie celebrant of the solemn high

"'""' "^ " ''•'" \\'''« T^f^v. John Guending, assisted by Fathers

liMi.r ami Diirliam. The sermon was preached by Father Dur-
'••"in. fi..,„ f|„. t.-xt. "Watch and pray, for at what" hour ye know
I... I 'l'" Son of Man will come." The speaker said:

"Tlirsc wf.rds of our divine Lord come to us, my Christian
fn. iMJM. nv.T the wide expanse of nineteen centuries. They were
Ji"'k< n to a prop!,, who.se customs and life were entirely different
f'oiii ...irs. |,„t thev bring unto us exactly the .same warning that
«»M-y l„,rc to the aiiditors of Christ. Watch and pray, that the

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Son of Man may not find you unprepared to give an account of
your stewardship. Watch over your moral actions, pray that
God's grace may rule your conduct and dealings in this world,
and then, at whatever time the Son of Man deigns to call you will
be able to receive Ilim with joy. There is just one thing certain
in the life history of every human being, and that is death; there
is one thing uncertain, and that is the time of death. We were
born, we shall die, but the time, place or circumstance of our
death we know not. Faith, experience, nature teach us that we
shall die. 'It hath been appointed one for all men to die, and
after death, judgment.' Daily experience constantly warns us that
we shall die. From the rising to the setting, from the setting to
the rising of the sun, there is being constantly enacted the death-
bed scene; every minute sends a human soul before the judgment
seat of God. Open the great book of nature; read therein the
solenm lesson it contains, a lesson written by the finger of God,
the author of nature. The tiny blade of grass bursts forth from
the ground, beautifies for a short time the face of the earth,
withers and dies; the leaves rustle in their verdant freshness, fhen
comes the frost, and they are seared and die. The flower blooms
and blows for a short time, then turns its face toward the heavens,
whence came its beauty, and then droops and dies. The bud
pushes out upon the tree, summer brings the blossom, antumn
the fruit, and when the fruit is ripest it is plucked or falls, and
it is dead. In the morning the sun comes through the gateway
of the eastern dawn, ascending in ever-increasing splendor, imtil
it reaches the zenith of its glory, of its brightness, and then it
turns toward the west, with a last parting flush falls below the
horizon, and the day is dead. Let the day be the most beautiful
God has ever given to earth, when the sun sets the day is dead.
Away up on the mountain side we find bursting through the hard
rock a tiny stream; it trickles down the mountain, gathering
strength and force until it becomes a mighty river, rolls on in
power and grandeur through all the land, but when greatest it
falls to the sea and is lost. Thus it is with all things in nature,
and thus it is with all men. The voice of nature tells us we must
die.

"We know that we shall die, and yet how many realize that
they must die, and may die soon. Will it be today? Will it be to-
morrow? Will God give unto us another week, another month,
another year? Who can say? His call may come like the light-

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ning from a clear sky, or it may be after long and painful illness,
li\it little ililforeuce does it make to the soul that is prepared to
int'ct its (Jod.

"An esteemed friend, Charles Muliler, whom we lament this
inoniiiijj:, was called suddenly, unexpectedly, to his Creator, but
we judge from his Christian life that he went into eternity pre-
piirrd to meet the ^Master. His life was a preparation for death,
as the life of every Christian should be. God places before every
soul lie creates a destiny, an end to be attained, namely, salvation.
The soul of man is God's peculiar possession. He has created it
for Himself. When He sent forth his creative power into all the
universe; when He called into existence the fair, fresh worlds
which lie around us; when He flung aloft the blue canopy of heaven
and hiuig in the vaulted dome the sun and moon and stars that
shine like lamps of burnished gold, His power and beauty were on
the sea and land; objects of the most exquisite beauty were upon
every side, but yet, from all these objects He did not select one
to l)e His especial possession. After all other things were created
he formed man from the slime of the earth, thus giving him kin-
Nliip with the earth. He breathed into his face the breath of life,
th»H giving him kinship with the spiritual, and man's soul became
God's own possession, and the end He has in view for each individ-
unl Mo\il is salvation.

"S;ilvntion is not obtained by one or two weeks' sickly prep-
luatiojt. It is a life's work. If man gives over to the world the
fnriiUi, .^ wl'ich have been given him to use for God; if he gives
o\ ir (m sit) tlic wonderful faculties of his soul, think you that when
«ji»«| niiikcH lum with disease, and he is no longer to use the pow-
•■»t of ihr body to gratify his passions he can turn to God and say:
•Voxv. Mimtrr. I will servo youT Think you such a ser^^ce is ac-
< ••pftibli-; Miich a st-rvice a preparation for eternity? No. Life is
rivrti to iiH t.. know G(.d, to love God, to serv'e God, and thus to
nit.iiii it.nial hapj»ine.ss. ITie departure of such a life we mourn

''"" ' ■"'"»>'• Vou come, my friends, into God's temple to show

thr rstn-in and respect you bore for one of Fort Wayne's noblest
-oiiH. for one of the chnrcli's most obedient children, Charles Muh-
I'-r: \i,\\ roinc to particii>ate in the last sad and solemn rites with
whiih holy mother, the church, surrounds her departed sons; you
foiiir to express by your presence the sympathy and love you bear
nn nnii.'ted nnd sorrowful family; you come to honor one whom
God ralh-.l siiddcidv into the beyond.
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"The life of the Hon. Charles Muhler is too well known to
the people of the city and state to need narration. The history of
this beautiful city is the history of his life, its growth and pros-
perity have indelibly stamped upon them the impress of his
labor and his work. Born here nearly sixty years ago, he had
labored incessantly for the benefit of his fellow men and for the
welfare of the i^lace of his birth, the place he loved so well. God
gifted him with faculties and powers above the ordinary and these
he used untiringly in the accomplishment of good. In recognition
of his sterling worth, twice did you, the citizens of this city, con-
fer upon him the greatest honor in your power, the mayoralty of
Fort Wa}'ne, and tM'ice did he prove himself to be a man of great
executive ability, a man of keen penetration and sound judgment,
and a man of firm and imflinching character, but always tempered
with kindness. These qualifications he brought to bear upon all
public questions and solved them with justice, with equity, be-
cause the great ruling principle of his life was the truth he learned
within the walls of his church. 'Whatsoever you would have men
do unto you, do thou also unto them.' That is the principle tfiat
should rule the actions of every man, but especially of every pub-
lic man, because it is a principle given to us by God. He never
forgot that the power which came to him in public life came from
God, and well he knew that he should have to give an account
unto God of every action. Hence, was he always just, always up-
right, always firm, yet withal, always kind in his dealings with
others. His was a nature kind and affable, easy of approach. The
generous impulses of his heart would never permit him to hear a
fellow citizen spoken harshly of. If a man had brought upon
himself, justly or unjustly, the criticism of his fellows, Mr. i\Iuhler
had always a kind word to say in extenuation. He could discover
some good trait in every character. His hand was always ex-
tended to help the poor, and in him they found a friend who would
stint self to help them. It is not strange that he .should have gath-
ered about him such a host of admiring friends, when we con-
sider the character of the man. I am certain this vast concourse
of people came today to honor him, more as a man than as a
public character, came to assist at the funeral services of a per-
sonal friend rather than at the funeral of an ex-mayor."

Father Durham spoke touchingly of the home life of Mr.
Muhler. "Home to him," he said, "was just what God intended
home should be, a place of rest, happiness and love. One of the
most admirable things to be said of Mr. Muhler was that he al-

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w/ivs hrouglit sunshine into his own home." He spoke of the
ttirihic grief of the stricken family, in the sudden and awful
ticalh i»f the father who had left them, apparently in the full
iMtwtT of inanhood. Yet, in all this sorrow, welled up the words
from the Christian heart, 'Thy will be done.' Whom God loveth
Hf c-hasteneth. The greater the affliction He sends, the nearer
we icsenible Jesus in his sorrowful passion, the nearer we ap-
pntacli His blessed mother, of whom Simeon predicted that a
Hwonl of sorrow should pierce her heart." He referred to Mr.
.Muhler's deep religious convictions, his devotion to and pride in
hi.H church, and the edifying regularity of his attendance at all
Krrvices. He loved to narrate incidents of the early days, when,
UM a boy, he used to accompany the pioneer priests on their mis-
MJons through the thinly populated country, to serve, as an altar
boy, in the sacred services.

In conclusion he said: "In the death of Mr. Muhler, Fort
Wayne suffers the loss of an honest, zealous, energetic citizen, one
who had at heart the prosperity and welfare of his beloved birth-
|ilaci', one always willing to use the great talents with which (jlod
ctidowcd liim for the benefit of his fellow men. In his death the
••hurch loses one of her devout and obedient children, one whose
••xiunplo exerted an influence for good upon his fellow men; one
who wiiH never afraid to profess openly his faith in her truth and
III her doctrine; one who always strove to obey her command-
•ii«iil«. Ill liis death a family loses a kind and devoted husband,
n Imviiik fatlicr, one whose whole heart was wrapped up in his
»Mf<- mill cliildrcn, one who struggled manfully that no care, no
i'"iiM.- Hhotihl reach them.

"It docs sccni liard that God should call him so suddenly
f"-iii tliiM life, but we must remember that God's ways are not our
^wn*. \Vc ,.,,11 but explain with St. Paul, 'Oh, the depth of the
II. Iic^. „{ the wisdom, of the knowledge of God! How unsearch-
"I'li- fire ilis Judgiiioiits; how unscrutable are His ways! Who can
l*Mow ih«< mind of the Lord.' We can exclaim with the Savior in
«bo ij'irdcn. 'Not my will, but thine be done.' We need have no
»<•••: It is (lie will of a kind and loving Father being accomplished
'• l-'allicr who boars not hatred, but whose heart is filled with
l"y for His .-liildren; a Father who takes care of the lilies in the
''••'•I. the birds in the air; a Father who has numbered every hair
"' "iir heads, and not one drops without His permission. Whether
'•• 'alls IIS suddenly or after a long, lingering disease, it matters
""»• He doey it f„r tho l)(.st; He does it because He loves us."

WILLIAM LANE CARNAHAN.

It is the pride of the citizens of this country that there is no
limit to which natural ability, industry and honesty may not as-
pire. A boy bom in ignorance and poverty and reared under the
most adverse surroundings may nevertheless break from his fet-
ters and rise to the highest station in the land. And the qualities
do not have to be of transcendent character to enable him to ac-
complish this result. It is more the way he does it and his skill
in grasping the opportunities presented than to any remarkable
qualities possessed by him. Accordingly it is found that very
often in this country the president, governor and other high
public officials possess no greater ability than thousands of other
citizens. They have simply taken better advantage of their cir-
cimistances than their fellows, and this truth runs through every
occupation or vocation. The business man who rises above his
fellows does so by taking advantage of conditions which others
overlook or fail to grasp. This was the case with the late William
Lane Carnahan, for many years one of the best known business
men of Fort Wayne, Indiana, who is now numbered with "those
dwellers in the low green tents whose curtains never outward
swing." In all that constituted true manhood and good citizen-
ship he was a worthy example and none stood higher than he in
the esteem and confidence of the circles in which he moved. His
career was characterized by duty well performed, by faithfulness
to every trust reposed in him, by industry, thrift and wisely di-
rected efforts, which resulted in the acquisition of a liberal share
of this world's goods, besides earning a reputation which was
never clouded by the commission of a single unworthy act.

Mr. Carnahan was born March 5, 1837, in Lafayette, Tippe-
canoe county, Indiana. He was the son of James G. and INIargaret
(Brown) Carnahan, both of whom were natives of Ohio, where
they spent their childhood, received their educations and were
married, and from that state they removed to Indiana in 1833,
becoming pioneers of Tippecanoe county. Settling in Lafayette,
the father became engaged in mercliandising and was an influen-
tial citizen in the early history of that locality.

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William L. Carnahan, of tliis sketch, grew to manhood at
Kjifiiyctte aud received his education in the schools of that city,
whrrc he i)repared himself for entrance to the State University
lit niooniingtou, taking a general course, and that institution he
left in the year 1856, and went to Council Bluffs, Iowa, being only
iiiiH'teen yeai"s of age, and there he engaged in mercantile pur-
suits. Later he went to Nebraska and remained in that state
three years, the greater part of the time in Dakota county and
tlie city of Omaha, in the latter place being engaged in merchan-
<liHing aud as clerk of the land office. He met with encouraging
success in the West, but in 1860 he returned to Indiana and es-
tablished himself in business at Delphi, where he was occupied
two years, after which he removed to Lafayette and embarked in
the boot and shoe trade. Two years later he became a traveling
Halesuian for the firm of Carnahan, Earl & Company, Lafayette,
in which capacity he was engaged for eighteen months, at the
end of that period becoming a member of the firm of Carnahan
Hrothers & Company, wholesale dealers and manufacturers of
bdots and shoes, being associated with his brother, A. G. Cama-
lian, aud there he became very prominent in business circles. At-
tending to the wholesale trade, he spent seven years altogether
«>n the road.

Mr. Carnahan was attracted to Fort Wayne in 1872. In that
year he established here the business which, under his able guid-
ance, grew to immense proportions, with sales of from four hun-
tlij-d tlK.usand dollars to five hundred thousand dollars annually.
This husiness was continued a few years by the W. L. Carnahan
« 'onipany. The fii-m was first Carnahan, Skinner & Company, and
lliiH was succeeded in 1875 by Carnahan, Hanna & Company, and
in ISSI) l.e<'ame Carnahan & Company, with E. H. McDonald in
I lie lii-ui. The establishment was incorporated in 1894 under the
name of The W. L. Carnahan Company, with W. L. Carnahan as
president, Robert H. Carnahan as vice-president, and W. E. Hood
n.s secretary and treasurer.

Mr. Carnahan remained in the wholesale boot and shoe busi-
iM'SH until his .leath. June 26, 1897. Under his guidance the busi-
ness was very sticcessful and covered a very wide territory. He
was one of the stockholders in the Fort Wayne Gas Company,
also in tlie Fort Wayne Telephone Company. Fraternally, he be-

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longed to the Masonic lodge at Fort Wayne, and he was very
active and influential in Republican politics.

On November 3, 1864, Mr. Carnahan was united in marriage
with Clara Louise llanna, at Lafayette. She was one of three
ehildi-en born to James Bay lis llanna and Mary (King-Fairtield)
Hanna, the latter still surviving at the age of eighty-nine years,
making her home in Fort Wayne. An extended notice of her is
given at the close of this article.

The Carnahan family are members of the Episcopal church,
the subject having been vestryman in the local congregation pi'ior
to his death and was also treasurer of the church for many years,
in fact was a pillar in the same.

Four children were born to William L. Carnahan and wife,
namely: Louise, who married Dr. N. L. Deming, of Litchfield,
Connecticut, has two childi'en. Nelson Lloyd Deming, Jr., and
Mary Louise Deming. The second child of the subject was Rob-
ert Hanna Carnahan, who married Constance Lumbard, and her
death occurred in 1906; three children were born to them, Robert
Hanna Carnahan, Jr., William Lmnbard Carnahan and Sidney
Liunbard Carnahan. Clara C. Carnahan and Virginia C. Carna-
han, the youngest of the subject's children, are stiU members of
the home circle. The mother of the above-named children, who
was bom in Fort Wayne, October 15, 1845, resides at No. 415
East Wayne street, in the picturesque old homestead in which she
was bom and where her parents so long resided.

An estimate of William L. Carnahan 's life and character may
be gained by perusing the following extracts taken from the Fort
Wayne newspapers, which printed columns of highly laudatory
biogi'aphy at the time of his death:

"In the death of Mr. Carnahan the business commvmity of
Fort Wayne has suffered a deep loss, for he w^as one of the most
enterprising and progressive men in the city, and his influence
and advice were always at the command of those who sought to
advance the interests of Fort Wayne. He was a high-minded
man, of broad views and lived in consistence \nth his strongly
rooted principles. He was a type of the true gentleman, court-
eous and kindly, and combined with an interesting personality,
honesty and love of fair dealing that made him respected in busi-
ness circles. He was an ardent patriot, and during the Civil war-
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lie was a member of Trinity Episcopal church and one of the
most devoted communicants of that denomination,"

"The death of AVilliam L. Carnahan will occasion vmfeigned
regret to a large circle of friends and acquaintances in this city,
where he was well and favorably known from early boyhood to
his mature years. He was a boy among boys and a man among
men. To know Will Carnahan was to like him; manly, honest,
true. In all the relations of life he jfilled the full measure. The
writer knew him well, and drops a tear to his memory."

"I^Ir. Cai-nahan was a high-minded Christian gentleman and
a devout communicant of his cnurch. In his private life, as in
ills business affairs, Mr. Carnahan was controlled by a stem in-
tegrity and a lofty honor. He was extremely devoted to his fam-
ily and was of strong domestic tastes. He was active and liberal
in religious and charitable work, but without ostentation. He
had been a steadfast friend of the Young Men's Christian Asso-
ciation in Fort Wayne and had conferred many benefits upon it.
He was highly esteemed by all who knew him, and in the progress
of this city was recognized as a positive force. His death will be
the occasion for genuine sorrow in the community. His death,
while not unexpected, was none the less a shock to his hosts of
friends and acquaintances throughout the city, for he was a rep-
resentative man and held a high place in the popular esteem.' For
twenty-five years he had been a resident of this city and had ac-
ipiired an importance in its commercial affairs and a prominence
ill its society that combined to make him a man whose absence
will be deeply felt."

"William L. Carnahan was a strong man; strong in character,
and strong in the estimation of his fellows. He was a man of con-
victions and he always had the courage to express and maintain
tlifiM. He was a man of alfairs, with a broad grasp of public
•I'lostions. In business, he was successful; he built up large and
lucrative commercial interests by the force of an energetic nature,
and a name that was synonymous with honor. He was pro-
gressive and public spirited. No enterprise having for its object
tlic building up of Fort Wayne's substantial interests, and that
possessed the promise of a successful issue, ever appealed to Mr.
< aniahan in vain. He was not visionary or chimerical in con-
'Oflering public projects; if he saw possible failure or probable
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hesitate to show the fallacy of the venture, nor did he lack the
courage to say nay to those who would rush in, at any cost. In
his church he was steadfast and as true as man could be, and for
every worthy object of charity his purse was not only open, but
wide open. He was not an ostentatious, but a large giver to
benevolent purposes. Only his Master and the beneficiaries of
his bounty knew the beneficence of his giving. In the death of
W. L. Carnahan Fort AVayne loses one of her forenaost citizens, a
man who early learned to be a gentleman and never forgot the art.
We may not speak of the loss his family has sustained, further
than to say that his Life was one of never-ending devotion and love
to all who were so happy as to live within the walls that consti-
tuted the home of William L. Carnahan."

WILLIAM H. LEVERING

WILLIAM H. LEVEEING.

lu the death of the late William H. Levering the city of Lafay-
ette lost oiic of its most energetic men of affairs and the state of
Indiaua one of its leading Sunday school workers and representa-
tive citizens, who, through a long lapse of years, was prominent
iu the various circles in which he moved and whose potent in-
tlueuce for good will continue to pervade the lives of men "until
the Sim grows cold, the stars are old and the leaves of the judg-
iiieut book unfold." As the day with its moming of hope and
promise, its noontide of activity and accomplishment, its evening
of completed and successful efforts, ending in the grateful rest and
(^uiet of the night, so was the life of this good and honored man.
His career was a long, busy and useful one, fraught with much
good to himself, his family and to humanity, and his memory will
long be revered by those who had occasion to come into contact
with him on life's highway. His activities in a material way
added to his individual prosperity and to the welfare of the city
of his choice. Devoting the major part of his time and attention
to the further development of his industrial interests, he nev.er al-
lowed the pursuit of wealth to warp his kindly nature, but pre-
served his faculties and the warmth of his heart for the broaden-
ing and helpful influence of human life, being to the end a kindly,
genial friend and gentleman whom it was a pleasure to meet.

In the old chronicles of Crayland, which were accredited to
Inglefus, secretary to William the Conqueror, it is affirmed that
in the year 870 A. D., a town in Cambridgeshire, England, was
named Levering, while in later English records, about 1316, ap-
pears the name Levering as having emanated from that ancient
town. In the Levering family history, compiled by John Lever-
ing, is found an unbroken genealogy back to Rosier Levering,
who, early in the seventeenth century, lived in the town of Ely,
Kngland. In the year 1685 the first Levering emigrated to Amer-
'••a, Wigard Levering, who had previously resided in Gemen, Ger-
many, and from whom William H. Levering, the subject of this
nicnmir, was removed by six generations, members of \vhich dis-
pfised to all parts of the Union, becoming, as a rule, leaders in
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and proving worthy and patriotic citizens. Wigard Levering lo-
cated at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and first purchased fifty
acres of land in German township (now Germantown). In 1691
he bought a tract of five hundred acres on Wissahickon creek, near
the Schuylkill river. This land is now a portion of the city of
Philadelphia, Fairmount Park embracing a part of it. Here the
first of the family in the United States became well established
and a man of prominence.

John L. Levering, paternal grandfather of the immediate
subject of this sketch, was a native of Roxboro, a suburb of Phila-
delphia, and was commissioned a major iu the patriot army dur-
ing the Revolutionary war. His wife, Hannah Howell, was a
descendant of Isaac Watts, the famous English divine and hymn-
ologist.

William H. Levering was born on April 19, 1826, at Ardmore,
near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and he was a son of Abraham
and Catharine Levering, the father devoting his life to farming
and stock raising, although maintaining his residence in the city.
The son, William H., grew to manhood under his parental vo6t-
tree, and received his education in the public schools at Ardmore,
remaining there until he was fifteen years of age, then he and his
twin brother, John, began assisting their father in general farm-
ing and stock raising. He became familiar with tools and became
quite an expert in their use; later he drew the plans for his hand-
some residence in this city. In 1847 he moved with his parents to
a farm on the Schuylkill river, opposite Manoyunk, Pennsylvania.
His brother John came west in an early day, and in 1851 WUliam
H. followed him, locating in Lafayette, Indiana, having had the
sagacity to foresee the great future opportunities of the place, and
here he went into business, entering the mercantile field, in which
he was successful from the first, his being the pioneer one-price
store, which drew its hundreds of customers from remote parts of
the covmtry round about. His business grew with the town, in
whose development he ever took an abiding interest, remaining
one of its most loyal advocates and supporters for a period of fifty-
seven years, or until his death, on August 19, 1907.

Mr. Levering was also extensively engaged in the real estate
and fire insurance business. He was the first state agent of the
Aetna Fire Insurance Company. He was very successful as a
business man and he accumulated a competency. He became state
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he represented and was ''judge and jury" for the people in vari-
ous lines of insurance in Lafayette.

But it was principally as a Sunday school worker that Will-
iam 11. Levering was known over the state, and to which he gave
a great deal of time and attention for half a century, putting his
heart into this work and taking nuich delight in the same, conse-
cjueutly he accomplished most praiseworthy results in adjoining
states. He was an active worker in the Baptist church also, tak-
ing much interest in the musical part of church work. When only
nineteen years of age he was superintendent of a Sunday school at
Cooperstowu, Pennsylvania. In 1865 he and others established
the Indiana Sunday School Union, of which he was the principal
motive force and the president for many years, its great success
being due for the most part to his efforts. In ninety-two counties
he organized conventions and institutes and in many of them he
conducted Bible classes, at the same time filling appointments in
various parts of the state. His work is classified as follows: Con-
vention (organization); institute (teacher training); normal
(analysis of the Bible). He studied every phase of Sunday school
work, read extensively on the same and put into effect everything
that would promote the work in any way, and his reputation as a
Suuday school worker extended not only to all parts of the state
of his adoption, but transcended its borders, and even became
national in its scope. In 1867 he assisted in forming the Tippe-
(••■moe County Sunday School Union, over which he presided with
liis usual tact, fidelity and general satisfaction for a period of nine-
tiMii years, and was then elected for life. From 1881 to 1890 he
was an active member of the executive committee, International
Sunday School Association, declining re-election. For a period
of twenty-two years he gave insti*uctious to two negro churches
in Lafayette, twice on Sunday and frequently during the week.
'I'liese lessons were l)y free-hand drawing. For many years Mr.
I.everiiiu was the best known and most influential Sunday school
m.ni ill the state, and he did a great deal of traveling in the fur-
Ilieiaiiee of this Work, always paying his own expenses. He
never eoiiiited file cost when he thought he could accomplish some
k'""d. lie was also a great and influential temperance worker and
di.l an iiicaleiilal»lc amount of good in this field, having joined
bands with Th(.mas P. Hunt, of Philadelphia, the latter a well
known temperance speaker, and they were relentless in their work
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Cadets of Temperance in Lafayette in 1861, which, under his able
direction and indefatigable efforts, grew to be a power for good.
He was an anti-slavery man, and politically was a loyal Repub-
lican. For a half century he was a worthy member of the Inde-
pendent Order of Odd Fellows. As his eventful and honorable
career was drawing to a close, he was heard to sum it up briefly in
these words: "I have had a happy life. I have never danced a
step; never smoked a cigar; never drank a glass of liquor; never
used profane language, and never jjlayed cards or billiards."

Mr. Levering was a hard worker all his life; he believed in
keeping busy, realizing that there was so much to do and so little
time in which to do it. He was an expert bookkeeper and was a
believer in detail, tried to do everything right, maintaining that
whatever was worth doing at all was worth doing well. This, no
doubt, was conducive to his pronounced success in whatever line
he addressed his energies and attention. He was very proud of his
handwriting, and indeed he might well have been. It was a thing
of beauty, even, delicate, legible, very much like that of Edgar
Allen Poe, the greatest of American literary geniuses. On Decem-
ber 8, 1895, he wrote out the Sunday school lesson for that date,
with a gold pen which he had been using constantly for a period of
over thirty years. He was then in his seventieth year. A fac-
simile of his notes on the above mentioned date was later "made
in lithograph, and is thus preserved, a most excellent piece of
work, the lines being even, clean and indicating a steady nerve, all
a remarkable feat for one who had passed their allotted three score
and ten years.

The haimonious domestic life of William H. Levering began
when, as a young man, he married M. Irene Smith, of Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. To this union two children were born, ^Mortimer,
deceased, and Eleanor Lula, the wife of Prof. Charles P. Hender-
son, of Chicago, Illinois. ^Irs. Levering was called to her rest in
1854, and the subject was subsequently married to Anna Taylor,
of Lafayette, Indiana, whose death occurred in 1867. On Septem-
ber 8, 1869, Mr. Levering was married a third time, his last wife
being Anna Latch, a representative of an excellent old Eastern
family who still live near the old Levering homeplace in Phila-
delphia. Mvs. Levering is a lady of many praiseworthy char-
acteristics and .she lives quietl)' in the beautiful Levering home-
stead in Lafayette, which is frequently the gathering place for
her many warm personal friends.

EDWARD SEIDEL.

Among the citizens of Fort Wayne, Indiana, who built up a
comfortable home and surrounded themselves with valuable per-
sonal property, during a past generation, few attained a greater
degree of success than the late Edward Seidel, one of the pioneers
and most public-spirited citizens of Allen county. With few op-
portunities except what his own efforts were capable of mastering
and with many discouragements to overcome, he made an excep-
tional success in life and in his old age had the gratification of
knowing that the locality of his choice had been benefited by his
presence and his counsel. He was regarded as a good business
man, an excellent manager, a man who possessed sound judgment
and keen foresight, and who believed in pressing forward, keeping
the wheels of the car of civilization ever moving up the steeps.
lie ever enjoyed the respect and esteem of those who knew him
for his friendly mamier, business ability, his interest in public
affairs and upright living and he was regarded by all as one
of the substantial and most worthy citizens of the city of Fort
Wayne in whose phenomenal growth he took a conspicuous part.

Mr. Seidel was born in the city of Lichtenstein, kingdom
"f Saxony, (Jermany, March 13, 1826. He spent twenty-six years
nf liis lif(> thiTe, securing a fairly good practical education in the
I.iitlicraii schools of his native city. The first real work that he
«vrr pcrfonnod was on a farm. At the age of sixteen he learned
llir wnivcr's trade, but the glowing accounts that reached his
ihmi;1iIh.iIio(I(1 (if tlio opportunities that awaited the young man in
iliat land of promise, America, soon set his ambition afire, and he
I'lvpaicl lo sail f(.r the.se shores despite the fact that his parents
NMif well-to-do, and there being no necessity to shift for himself.
i:iiil';irkiMg on the sailing vessel, "Wieland," he turned his face
• owanl his ik-w home, unsettled in mind as to just what he would
do u hrii hr nnchcd the goal. It happened that on the same vessel
\\as till' U(-v. (lotsch and wife, who were bound for Fort Wayne to
.i"in their s..n, then attending Concordia Lutheran College. The
k'"<»d man prevailed upon the young adventurer to accompany him
liere, niid sevei-al others on the ship decided likewise, the latter
"iios heiiijr T^ouis Sehroeder, Reinhart Swart and Louis Cart-

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Wright. All wlio were iu that shipboard party have gone to their
last reward. The voyage to New York occupied thirty-five days,
then considered good time, but as compared with the rapid steam-
ship transit of these times it would be tame speed indeed. A
packet boat brought Mr. Seidel and his companions to Fort
Wayne, the journey being made from New York in about two
weeks time. Thus seven weeks were consiuned in the passage
from the fatherland to Indiana, A\hen the same trip today would
require less than two weeks. The first few nights after the arrival
he slept in the unfinished structure that afterwards became the
Rockhill house (now a part of St. Joseph's Hospital building).
There, with a bundle of hay for a bed, he planned his future. On
the opi^osite side of the street was a frame house occupied by the
Rev. Gotsch and family, which INCr. Seidel purchased when the
minister moved to Cincinnati a month after his arrival. And that
was the first possession of ]Mr. Seidel in Fort Wayne. The same
building stands today and is used bj' the Hoffman saw-mills as a
storage house. ,

During the first summer here Mr. Seidel worked on canal
boats as freight handler. In the fall following he went out into
the country, securing a position as cooper for a man who furnished
barrels for the City Mills. For this service he received the modest
sum of two dollars a month and board. Upon returning to tow^n
he took up the same kind of work in the City ^Mill cooper shop. In
the spring of 1853 he went to work in a brick yard o\\Tied by a
Mr. Emery and situated on what is now the Vordermark farm, on
the New Haven road. After three months' experience at brick
making he returned to boating and later went to Columbia City
and worked on the Pittsburgh railroad, which was then building
between Fort Wayne and Chicago. Through all the vicissitudes
^[r. Seidel managed to save enough to start a small business. He
therefore piit in a small stock of groceries and supplies at a con-
venient place on the Leesburg road, which venture was the start-
ing point of his upward career. In the fall of 1854 his brother
William came from Germany, bringing with him the snug sum of
nine hundred dollars to invest in business with his brother.
Edward. But fate decreed it otherwise, and six weeks after his
arrival the brother died of cholera, which was then epidemic in
this section of the coimtry. Shortly after his brother's death Mr.
Seidel bought a half interest in the grocery and general store of
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|,,M piircliase he acquired the other half interest and conducted
Ihr l.u.sint'ss alone. He remained there in that business several
x,..„-H meeting with good success. In 1856 he bought of R. W.
•r.,wii*ly a plot of ground, fifty by one hundred and seventy feet
,„ .liiii'cnsions, and the large and handsome stores of Seidel & Bro.
„„,1 I 'ass it Keed later adorned this property. Mr. Seidel paid
f..r the gi-()und the sum of two thousand and five hundred dollars,
which was then considered a good round price. On this lot was
riveted the first three-story brick building south of :\[aiu street,
|.'„r( Wayne. One part of this block Ur. Seidel used for his
^;nicery liusiness and the other part he rented to H. Bossier for
(I caiKly maiuifactory. On the second floor the three lawyers Cole-
rieU. who for many years figured prominently in the legal profes-
sion' in Allen county, had their offices. In the rear end of the
l.uihling Sijuire Taneey had an office and dealt out justice in the
Miern, yet fair style of pioneer days. Mr. Seidel continued the
^n.eery business until 1861, when he started Seidel's Crystal lee
IMnnt, which then had a monopoly on the ice business. He re-
ninined in this line of endeavor for ten years, building up a lai'ge
and ever-growing business. From 1871 to 1880 he led a retired
life, )(ut after so active a career he foimd no pleasure in that kind
f.f existence and engaged with his son, Will, in the cafe that was
e..n<hicted successfully several years at No. 52 Calhoun Street.
I. liter he and his son rented the Nickel Plate eating house, which
they iiiannged several years. He then established Will Seidel in
\hv w.-ll Unown cafe at the comer of Main and Lafayette streets,
\vhirli Ims since ceased to exist.

In tlir last few years of his life Mr. Seidel had not had any
•hurl connection with commercial biisiness, but devoted his atten-
ti"ji til Ins own large interests and to his insurance business which
'"• liaij hamllcd more or less for the last thirty years of his life. Mr.
Sriilil owned nuich valuable property in Fort Wayne, of which
•M.i\ III- mentioned the block above referred to, the Aufrecht block,
»!!•• Iilo.k at No. 107 East Main street, which building was subse-
• imiitly occupied by the Shields' Clothing Company, and many
otiieis. Mis sons have felt the benefits of his frugality, for he
"i.trir.l thrni in life handsomely. One of the firms started by him
M ilijit of the Seidel Bros, which has been so successfully conducted
I'V IMnnuid Seidel.

IMward Seidel was married in 1858 to Anna Wuerthner, of
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as follows: William and Emil, twins, the latter dying in early
life; Mrs. Fred Tresselt, Edmund and Otto Seidel. They all
received good educations and became well established in life when
young in years.

Mr. Seidel was a member of Concordia Lodge, Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, for a period of twenty-six years, having
occupied all the chairs of honor in that organigation.

Edward Seidel was summoned to close his eyes on earthly
scenes October 8, 1903. In its lengthy account of his life and
work, the Fort Wayne ]\[orning Star printed the following para-
graph bearing on his death, in its issue of October 9, 1903 :

"Edward Seidel is dead. A man who has been prominent
in the development of the city for fift3'-one years, and who has
seen Fort Wayne grow from a village of eight hundred people to
a population of nearly sixty thousand, is no more. His demise oc-
curred Thursday morning at his home, No. 720 Calhoun street, and
was the result of a short illness. At the time of his death his age
was seventy-seven years, six months and twenty-five days. For
some months Mr. Seidel has been in declining health, but it was
not vmtil Tuesday that he was forced to take his bed, and he
gradually sank until the hour of his death."

Mr. Seidel's life contains much that the young man might
study with profit, for it proved that determination, laudable' ambi-
tion and honesty will surely win in the world of affairs no matter
how unpromising may be the earlier environment.

/^ ^(^^^.^W^^

JOHN M. RIEDMILLER.

The study of a successful life is interesting and profitable
notwithstanding the fact that it is impossible to clearly determine
whether the element of success is a natural gift or whether it is
brought about by an intricate process of circumstantial develop-
ment. The records of failures or partial failures in the world's
great industrial arena are so much more numerous than those of
success that one is frequently desirous of attempting, if only in an
approximate way, the basic causes of each, for every life-record
abounds in lessons — some of them incentive and others warnings
— and all abounding in dramatic possibilities. In this vital, high-
tensioned age, in these rushing, iron-clanging days, the march of
improvement and progress is accelerated moment by moment,
each successive day demanding of men a broader intelligence and
a greater discernment than the preceding. Successful men must
be virile men in this active age, and it is not specifically evident
how extensive the lessons of the career may be of such men of
such sterling attributes as the late John M. Riedmiller, well
known in the middle West as director and sales manager of the
Centlivre Brewing Company, a director in the cori;>oration and a
leading Fort Wayne business man. In his relations with his fel-
low men he was thoroughly upright and conscientious, gentle-
manly, considerate and courteous in his personal and social con-
tact, and with all mankind an honest man. In his untimely death
the city of his nativity and the principal theater of his life activi-
ties sustained an irreparable loss, and his memory will long be
revered by a very wide circle of warm friends and acquaintances.

John ]\[. Riedmiller was born in Fort Waj-ne, Indiana, August
7, 1866. He was the son of John M., Sr., and Catherine (Wolf)
Riedmiller, an excellent and prominent old family of Allen county,
the father being one of Fort Wa^iie's first brewers.

The subject received his early education in St. John's Luth-
eran school, in which he remained until he was thirteen years of
age, and from there he went to Concordia for a two-years course.
He made an excellent record for scholarship in that college, and
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was thus well prepared for his business career. Years before this
time his father had established the Eagle brewery on Taylor
street, Fort Wayne, Indiana, naming the plant after the old Eagle
volunteer fire company. He later abandoned the brewing end of
the business and conducted a bottling establishment and distrib-
uting house, bottling and selling products of breweries of other
cities. It was as a driver for the latter concern that the son, the
subject, performed his first work. At the death of his father in
1885, yoimg Riedmiller, then but nineteen years of age, took
charge of the plant and was its manager until 1893, when he dis-
posed of his holdings and entered the employ of the Centlivre
Brewing Company as sales manager. He was very successful in
the management of the Eagle brewery and carried on the work in-
augurated by his father, and he gave equal satisfaction in connec-
tion with the last-named concern, he having become a stockholder
and director in the Centlivre plant in the year 1900. During the
eighteen years he was connected with the plant he did much to-
ward building up the business, and he was one of the staple, pro-
gi'essive men of the community.

Mr. Riedmiller was married on October 30, 1902, to Louise
Fischer, daughter of Leopold and Louise (Fischer) Fischer, an
excellent family, the father being a teacher in the Latin and Ger-
man departments of the high school at Toledo, Ohio, in which city
they still reside. Mr. Fischer has been a teacher of the above-
named branches in the school there for the past twenty-five years.
He and his wife were both born in Germany, where they grew up,
were educated and married, and from there they emigrated to
America when young in years, and they located in Toledo, Ohio,
about thirty years ago. There ]\frs. Riedmiller grew to woman-
hood and was educated and was living at the time of her marriage.
She now resides in the old delightful homestead at No. 817 West
Wa}T3e street. Fort Wayne, and she has long been a favorite with
a wide circle of friends. She retains the varied interests left by
her husband and is a strong-minded, active business woman, who,
being a keen observer and keeping well posted on the trend of
current events, is deserving of the high esteem in which she is
imiversally held. She is the only child of her parents and was
given every advantage of home and school training, both her
father and mother being people of exceptional ability and culture,
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northern Ohio, a man of fine scholarship and conimeudable char-
nctcristics. The union of John M. Riedmiller, Jr., and wife was
without issue.

Fraternally, Mr. Riedmiller was a member of Fort "Wayne
lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the local
ncrie of Eagles, as well as the Alumni of Concordia College. He
also belonged to the Commercial Club. In his younger days he
enjoyed outdoor sport and was very fond of hunting. Politically,
he was a Democrat and was very active and deeply interested in
j)()Iitics, in fact, took an abiding interest in everything that made
for public improvement and progress.

The death of Mr. Riedmiller occurred in a hospital in Den-
ver, Colorado, Sunday, January 21, 1912, to which city he had
gone two weeks previously in the hope of benefiting his health,
which had been failing for more than a year, having been imder
the care of local specialists and made several visits to various
health resorts. He was finally ordered to Denver, but the change
of climate failed to have the beneficial effect anticipated. His
body was brought back to Fort Wayne for inteiinent. Beside's
lii.s widow he is survived by his mother, Mrs. Catherine Riedmil-
ler, an estimable lady, now advanced in years, who makes her
liomc at No. 1345 Taylor street. Fort Wayne.

Wc quote the following from the Labor Times-Heraldj of
Fort Wa}'ne, under date of January 26, 1912:

"The Elks suffered a great loss this week by the death of one
of llicir most estimable members, John M. Riedmiller, who passed
iiuiiy in Denver, whither he went a couple of weeks ago in the
fi>ili.ni lio)>e that a change of climate might benefit his rapidly
fiiiliiij: liealtli. The change came too late and his death speedily
fi>||ii\ve<l. Mohmiy' Riedmiller, as he was universally known,
^^^|H ii lovable charaeter. If he had an enemy in the world he has
JuviT been lieai'd of and all who knew him were at once his
fi kikIm, wlu. now sincerely mourn his untimely taking off."

JOHN McKEE SPANN.

This biographical memoir has to do with a character of un-
usual force and eminence, for John ]\[cKec Spaun, whose life
chapter has been closed by the fate that awaits all mankind, was
for a long lapse of years one of the prominent citizens of Indian-
apolis, although he was summoned to close his earthly accounts
while still in the zenith of his power. WTiile he carried on a
special line of business in such a manner as to gain a comfortable
competence for himself, he also belonged to that class of repre-
sentative men of affairs who promote the public welfare while
advancing individual success. There were in him sterling traits
which commanded uniform confidence and regard, and his memory
is today honored by all who knew him and is enshrined in the
hearts of his many friends.

Mr. Spann was born at the corner of Illinois and Market
streets, Indianapolis, Indiana, on April 29, 1850. He was the
scion of one of the prominent old families of this city, being the
son of John S. and Hester A. (Shai'pe) Spann, the latter the
daughter of Ebenezer Sharpe, an influential pioneer of this local-
ity. The father was born in Jennings county, Indiana, on May 24,
1823, which date bears its own significance as indicating that his
parents were numbered among the early settlers of this common-
wealth, with w^hose history the family name has been identified
for more than three-fourths of a century. In the common schools
of his native county, John S. Spann gained an education on a
parity with that afforded the average youth of the locality and
period, and his initial labors in the field of industry were those
in connection with the reclamation and cultivation of the home
farm. In 1839, when sixteen years old, he came to Indianapolis,
where he at once began an apprenticeship at the printer's trade,
in which he became very efficient in due course of time. Being an
ardent student and a keen obsei'^'cr, his progress was rapid and
for many years he was prominently identified with the news-
papers of Indianapolis, and here his influence was potent and
beneficent, as in all other relations of life. In November, 1846, he
became junior member of the firm of Chapman & Spann, publish-
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nssociatcd with the late E. W. H. Ellis in establishing a weekly
Democratic paper, to which was given the title of Indiana States^
man. In 1852 this was merged with the Sentinel, and two
years later Mr. Spann and John B. Nonnan purchased the plant
and business of the Sentinel, but disposed of the same the
followiug year. With this transfer Mr. Spann 's active identifica-
tion with newspaper work in Indianapolis was terminated. In
18tJU he engaged in the real estate business, and in this field of
enterprise he achieved splendid success, both in the advancing of
his own interests and those of the city. He was the foimder of
the firm of John S. Spann & Company, and this title is still re-
tained, in the conducting of the large and important business con-
trolled by the present concern, which is incorporated under the
laws of the state and of which his son, Thomas H. Spann, is presi-
dent. John S. Spann laid out several additions to the city and
many of his transactions in the real estate line were of individual
order — that is, aside from those of the fii'm in which he was an in-
terested principal. His operations were not exceeded in scope
and importance by those of any of his contemporaries, and to him
is due the platting and development of a number of the most at--
t motive residence sections of Indianapolis. He became a man of
fine intellectuality and broad mental ken, and his career was one
marked by consecutive development of personality as well as of
cumulative success in a material way. He was a Republican in
politics after the Civil war, but before was a Democrat, and while
ever progressive and public-spirited as a citizen he had no ambi-
liiiiiM for the honors or emoluments of public office. He was an
• ■llicial incinher of the Second Presbyterian church, in which he
uuH a niliii;^ elder for a number of years prior to his death. It
iiiiiv Im. noted incidentally that this church was organized in 1838
'•V iliai eelel. rated divine, Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, of whom
M r. Spiimi WHS a personal friend. The marriage of John S. Spanil
-m.l llcKter A. Sharpc was solemnized on June 2, 1847, and to this
""ion eii^ht children were bora, four of whom grew to maturity,
iHid of whom two sons and one daughter are now living. The
death of .lohn S. Spann occurred on July 2, 1897, secure in the
l|>^;ll re.^'ard of all who knew him and leaving behind him a heritage
"f ^^llich hi.s dpHcendants may well be proud— an unblemished
••<-I'ntnti..n. His widow, a woman of commendable Christian at-
tnhtites. survives. nr)W eighty-four years old. The names of both
I'lcnt an en.luring i)lace on the roll of the honored pioneers of

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Indianapolis, in whose social and religious life they were long
prominent, Mr. Spann having maintained to the last a vital in-
terest in all that concerned the civic and business advancement
and prosperity of his home city and left upon its history the
impress of a vigorous and influential citizen and sterling business
man.

John M. Spann grew to manhood in his native city, and after
passing thi'ough the ward and high schools there, he entered
Phillips Academy in 1867 and two years later he became a student
in Williams College. He did not graduate from Williams College,
but left to get married and go to work, though he had ms.de an
excellent record for scholarship there and in the academy. Natur-
ally he turned his attention to real estate, in which his father was
so long interested and had achieved such an envied reputation,
and he was associated with him after finishing his school work.
Ilis success in local business brought him into prominence and
the Continental Insurance Company employed him for a time as
a special agent in its farm department. The life of a field man
not proving congenial, he again engaged with the old firm in local
business. He finally went to Malone, New York, where he was
successfully engaged in the mercantile business for a period of
nine years. With this exception, his entire business life was spent
in his native city. Quiet and unobtrusive, his influence in the
business life of Indianapolis has been felt rather than seen. He
took an active part in founding the Commercial Club, of which he
was for several years a director and at the time of his death the
president, the duties of which important office he discharged in a
manner that reflected much credit upon his ability and to the sat-
isfaction of all concerned. He was also a member of the Columbia
Club, and a trustee of the State Institution for Peeble-IMinded at
Fort Wa}Tie, and was treasurer of the board. He was a worthy
member of the Second Presbyterian church and a trustee of the
same. He had long been actively interested in the charitable
work of the city, this through his largeness of heart and broad
sympathy for suffering humanity, rather than for any laudation
of his fellow men. He took a leading part in the organization of
the Indianapolis Fire Insurance Company, was elected its secre-
tary, which involved the active management of the company. He
opened the books of the company for business, and his last busi-
ness act was that of ser\'ice in its behalf. The board of directors
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was ordiTcd spread ui)un the minutes of the board and a copy to
l.r Mi'iit to tlie bereaved family. A committee was appointed to
hcrurc a Uoral tribute of suitable design, and it was also voted to
at I end the funeral in a body. The following is the memorial
adopted:

"Wo are called without warning to mourn the death of our
|ii'lov<'d secretary and associate, John M. Spann. Stricken down in
the prime of manhood and at the height of usefulness, the blow
rtniK's with a severity that can be realized only when time has
(•lapsed in which to measure its force. Only yesterday he was at
his post, zealously discharging the duties imposed upon him until
tlir last moment. Today his place among us is vacant forever,
and this company, which he did so much to establish, and in which
ho took such pride, is bereft indeed. In this hour of blinding grief
wv \y,\usc to pay to his memory the tribute due him for his many
Htcrliiig (lualities and valuable service and to recognize in some
iiu-asiire the loss we have suffered.

".Mr. Spann was a man who lived up to his principles. His
Ktimdard was a high one and he maintained it faithfully. His
luune was synonymous with integi'ity, fair dealing and right
tncthod.s. He tolerated no meannesses or wrongs. He walked
u|>riulitly in his business as well as his private life. In the active
iiiaiiam-nicnt of this company from the foundation, he manifested
kvtu iiitelligence, unfailing interest and far-seeing ability. He
worked not only for the present, but for the future, having an
Hiil^'iil anil»itu)u that the company should, in due time, stand in
llir lirnt rank of insurance corporations. Building upon a solid
f"iiiic|iitioii, lie liad the pleasure of seeing his work develop into a
Mi.-.THM that proved the accuracy of his judgment and reflected
»:rriit rredit iiitoi) his exeeutive alnlity. This company will miss
lio. inisriiee and guiding liand, but the work he has done will re-
iimm aH a niomunent to his name. He has the esteem of all per-
""11^ eoiineeted witli the c()mj)any. In all his relations with his
felloxv men he was kindly, affable and tactful, his unfailing
• oiirtesy being (»fteii i-emarked by those doing business with
litni.

" Mut lie was more than an officer of this company. He was a
I'l.in who set an example by his conduct and manners; a man of
I'lil.lie spirit, ever ready to advance the interests of the community
«n<l Die state; a man delightful in intercourse and active in his
••'"ireh rejalions; a true-hearted and refined gentleman. What he

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was in Ms own household and ainid the sacred precincts of family
life we can well imagine. To his bereaved family we tender our
earnest sympathy and the hope that God, whom he trusted and
served, will ali'ord them the consolations of His divine peace."

The board of directors of the Commercial Club took the fol-
lowing action on the death of Mr. Spaim:

"Once again the hand of death, smiting suddenly, has brought
to us sorrow and loss. John ^M. Spanu, president of the club, and
one of the foremost citizens of our city and state, has closed a long
and faithful seiwice. For seven years he had been a director of
the club's affairs, and for the last year he has filled the office of
president with conspicuous ability and fidelity. His death takes
from us a life devoted to the best interests of tlae community.

"Besides his official relations to the club, he was trustee and
treasui-er of the Indiana School for the Feeble-Minded Youth, was
one of the founders and secretary of the Indianapolis Fire Insur-
ance Company, was president of the local Fire Insurance Associa-
tion, was a trustee of the Second Presbyterian church, and was, a
factor in many other business, social and charitable interests.

"He was attentive to every obligation that was laid upon him,
and gave freely of his time, labor and means for the public good.
In the perfoi-mance of duty he endeared himself to all with whom
he was brought into contact by his lovable, kindly and ever con-
siderate disposition. The honesty and uprightness of his char-
acter and the cordiality of his relations with his fellow men can
never be forgotten by those who knew him.

"The good name which he received from his father was main-
tained, not only unsullied, but with added luster. We have tears
for his death, and sympathy, deep and abiding, for his loved ones,
but we glory in his life and work and in the exalted example of the
highest and best type of American manhood which he represented.

"It is directed that this expression as a memorial of our love
and esteem for our late president, be spread on the record of the
club and that it be presented to the annual meeting of the club."

Mr. Spann was also president of the Indianapolis Fire Asso-
ciation, as intimated above, and at a meeting held at the associa-
tion rooms, February 6, 1902, the following resolutions were
adopted:

"It is with profound regret that we, the insurance agents of
Indianapolis, members of the Indianapolis Fii-e Insurance As-
sociation, have heard of the sad and unexpected death of our

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president, Mr. John M. Spann, who, since the beginning of the
association, has been one of the most loyal and honored members.

"As a token of our esteem and regard, be it

"Resolved, that in the death of John M. Spann this associa-
tion has lost a valued member and adviser and each individual
member a true friend, honest and upright in his dealings with
every one, always kind and considerate, yet firm in his convictions
and with the courage to stand for all things which he believed right
and just; his example may well be emulated by us all.

"Be it further resolved, that we extend to the bereaved fam-
ily our sincere sympathy in this, their time of sorrow, and that a
copy of these resolutions be furnished to the family and placed
upon the records of the association."

By the death of John ]\I. Spami the insurance fraternity of
Indianapolis lost one of its chief ornaments and the association to
which he belonged a most useful member. His love of home and
strength of family ties made him a most devoted husband, a fond
and indulgent parent, while his sympathy with his fellow men
made his friendship of great value to all on whom it was bestowe'd.
ITe won his way quietly into the hearts of men and he was as
widely beloved as he was known.

The domestic life of John M. Spann began when, on June 13,
1872, he led to the altar a lady of culture and refinement, knoAVn in
her maidenliood as Sarah L. Lawrence, a daughter of a prominent
and influential family of Malone, New York, daughter of Hon. D.
W. and Lois "W. (Stephens) Lawrence, the father boni at jMoira,
New York, and the mother in Vermont. They were married at
•Mnji-a and there Mrs. Spann was born. Mr. Lawrence is presi-
di'nt of the Farmers National Bank, of Malone, New York, having
lnld thi.s position for the past forty-five years. He and his wife
rr.Ttitly celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary.

Four children graced the union of Mr. and Mrs. Spann,
ii.iiiii'ly: John Lawrence died when seven years of age and is
'"yi<-d in Crown Hill cemetery; Benjamin La^vrence lives at Ft.
^^'^yl|p. Indiana; Gertrude Lawrence and Marguerite La\vrence,
twins, the latter dying when one year old, and the former married
■'list in Uayniond Lynn, of Indianapolis, November 4, 1908. Mr.
I.viin is a broker with offices in the Commercial Club building, a
"i.-iiil.cr of the firm of Wingate & Lynn, well known in Indian-
apolis business circles.

Mrs. Spann has made her home in this city smce 1872. She

is very active in charitable work and she and her family belong
to the Second Presbyterian church. She is a member of the Indi-
anapolis "Woman's Club and served as its treasurer for a period
of seven years. They live in a beautiful home on West Drive,
Woodi'uff Place, which is known as a place of hospitality to the
many friends of the family.

The death of John M. Spann occurred suddenly on the even-
ing of February 5, 1902, from supposed apoplexy, in his fifty-
second year. While apparently in the best of health, he became
instantly unconscious at the Union depot, Indianapolis, whither
he had gone to board a train for Ft. Wayne, and in five minutes
Ufe was extinct. Just before leaving his office a short time previ-
ous, he uttered these words, which were significant, but of which
no one then took special notice, "My work is finished, and I'm
going away."

It was a sad blow to his family, the firm of John S. Spann &
Company, his mother, Mrs. Hester A. Spann, his sister, Mrs.
Henry S. Hanckel, and two brothers, Thomas H. and Henry J.
Spann, and his wife and children, to the numerous relations and
friends of the family, and a shock to the entire community. The
funeral was held from the Second Presbyterian church, in charge
of Rev. Joseph A. Milbum, of Chicago, former pastor of that
church, and a close personal friend of jSIr. Spann. The minister
referred touchingly to the many good qualities of the deceased,
mentioning his personal magnetism, his readiness in making
friends, his honest business methods and his family life, which was
ideal. The funeral was largely attended and many representa-
tives of the various clubs and business concerns with which he was
identified were present. The interment was at Crown Hill ceme-
tery.

The building up of a strong fire insurance company in Indi-
anapolis was for years a cherished object of Mr. Spann 's business
life, and he devoted much thought to this enterprise, which pros-
pered rapidly under his management. He believed that no com-
pany should offer to indenmify the public against loss without
assuming the initial risk by providing sufficient capital to prompt-
ly meet every emergency incident to the business. The firm with
which he was connected during most of his business career has
long been eminently successful as local underwriters and it was
the height of his ambition to win like success with a company
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not a timid underwriter, but studious, cautious and persevering.
Without a llaw in his integrity, he commanded the respect and
coulideuce of both his associates and competitors. In business,
social and church life, his even temper, pleasing address and firm
faith in righteousness made him a power in all circles he essayed
to enter, llis worth was only equaled by his modesty. He was
never the herald of his own achievements and it was with the
greatest reluctance that he spoke disparagingly of any man, and
never in a manner that displayed bitterness.

The Indianapolis News, speaking editorially of Mr. Spann's
death, voiced the popular sentiment in the following lines:

"The death of John M. Spann will be widely felt, for he was
well known and held in affection and esteem wherever known.
In the prime of life and apparently without a menace of
ill health, the end without warning was a veritable shock.
iMan and boy, he had lived here all his life, and he had lived
a life of comfort to his friends and of value to the com-
munity. He was of an uncommonly sweet disposition, and
to those who knew him well revealed a jovial and genial nature
that was a help and inspiration. He stood high in the general
esteem and near in the particular love of those who were admitted
to his intimacy. He had made up for the absence of a number of
sears by an activity and earnestness in the discharge of his duty
that made him prominent in the affairs of the community. He
was a good man. He endeavored to live a life of duty to which
lie had been brought up, and at his untimely death, just turned
fifty, lie was in the midst of affairs and surrounded with promises
of tlic greatest usefulness. As president of the Commercial Club,
Mr. Spann had shown a wise discrimination in discussing and
liiiiKlling public affairs. He was most zealous for the interests of
thr wiiolo city and held himself receptive to all suggestions that
prniniscrl useful results. He commanded the respect and the
.ill.cf inn (.f his associates in the club and grew constantly in their
l"^:li appreciation of his personality and his judgment. He showed
••Inirly in this connection one strong trait of character and that
w;is absohitc devotion to a trust. The same thing appeared con-
si'i'-nously in his relation to the state's institution at Ft. Wayne,
"f which he was director. His responsibilities in these public re-
lations he regarded as obligations not to be shifted nor avoided.
Tliere wa.s a cheerfulness and a good will that characterized him
also a 11(1 that enabled him to bring to his support the hearty co-
••peration of his fellow workers."

MAJOR ABRAM W. HENDRICKS.

Although a quarter of a century has elapsed since the angel
of death closed the interesting life chapter of Major Abram W.
Hendricks, long one of Indiana's distinguished citizens, his influ-
ence still pervades the lives of many who had the privilege of
knowing him; for he wielded a potent influence in civic affairs, was
a leader in one of the most exacting of the professions, and was
looked upon as a wise adviser in public matters. Although
straightforward and unostentatious, and a man who delighted in
keeping the even tenor of his way so far as was consistent with
good citizenship, he made his influence felt among those with
whom he mingled. Owing to his probity of character, his genuine
worth, and his kindly and genial disposition, he gained a position
in the capital city of his state as one of the earnest men whose'
depth of character and strict adherence to principle called forth
admiration from his contemporaries. His long life was spent prin-
cipally as an attorney-at-law in Indianapolis, which city he lived
to see develop from an insignificant country town to one of the
foremost metropolises of the middle West, taking no small part
in its upbuilding, "While engaged in the prosecution of his own
chosen work, he was never neglectful of the general welfare of the
city and state of his choice, and he won and retained the esteem
of all who knew him.

Major Hendricks was born near the village of Ligonier, in
Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, on October 12, 1822. His
father, Abram Hendricks, was an uncle of the distinguished gov-
ernor, Thomas A. Hendricks, Vice-President of the United States
during Cleveland's administration. He was one of the contractors
who built the Jeffersonville, Madison & Indianapolis Railroad, the
first railway in Indiana. The mother of ^lajor Hendricks was
known in her maidenhood as Eliza Henderson. Both parents
represented sterling old families and were prominent in their
communities.

In the spring of 1836 Abram W. Hendricks left Pennsylvania
and moved to Madison, Indiana, and for two years he was there

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employed in the store of liis brother Joseph. He then entered the
preparatory department of Hanover College, Indiana, at that time
known as South Hanover. In the fall of 1840 he left Hanover
and entered the sophomore class of Jefferson College, at Wash-
mgton, Pennsylvania. He was graduated from there in 1843,
when he returned to Madison. In November of that year he be-
gan the study of law in the office of his imcle, William Hendricks,
who was an able lawyer and a man widely known in public life.
William Hendricks had been the second governor of Indiana, and
had served three tenns in the United States House of Representa-
tives and two in the United States Senate. He had had the fur-
ther distinction of founding the second newspaper published in
Indiana, and in 1824 had compiled and printed the first revised
statutes of the state.

Major Hendricks was admitted to the bar in the fall of 1844,
but, desiring further training in his profession, he entered the
senior class in the law department of Transylvania University at
Lexington, Kentucky, and there received his diploma in February,
1845. His parents, meanwhile, had moved to Rising Sun, Indi-
ana, and in that to-wn in the following April, he opened a law office.
In January, 1847, he returned to Madison, at that time the most
important city of the state, where he entered into partnership
with George S. Sheets. A few months later he became the part-
ner of the Hon. William McKee Dunn, afterward member of Con-
gress for the Madison district, and subsequently judge advocate-
gf-ncral of the United States army. This partnership was not dis-
solved until the breaking out of the Civil war.

On the opening of hostilities ^Mr. Hendricks took an active
pjirt in organizing the Jefferson County Cavalry Company, of
wliirh 111- was chosen captain. This company became Company E
<'f tlir 'I'liii'd Indiana Cavalry. It was mustered in and sent to
<'aiii|» Noble at Indianapolis; but before it took the field Mr. Hen-
<lrii-ks wa.s appointed a paymaster of the volunteer force, and
served in that capacity until he was mustered out in November,
isd.'), with tbe rank of lieutenant-colonel.

^)n his return to Madison he was invited to become a mem-
•ler of the hiw film at Indianapolis then composed of his cousin,
Thomas A. Hendricks, and Oscar B. Hord, and in January, 1866,
he moved to Indianapolis to enter that firm. In 1872 Thomas A.
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Conrad Baker became a member of the firm, imder the firm style
of Baker, Ilord & Hendricks, and, thougli the persuuucl varied
during succeeding years, that firm name was maintained until
February 1, 1888, after the death of Mr. Ilord, the last of the orig-
inal members. Within four years all the senior members of this
well known law firm passed away, the death of ^lajor Hendricks
occurring on the 25th of November, 1887, exactly two years after
that of the Hon. Thomas A. Hendricks, both dying very suddenly.
At the time of his death Major Hendricks was president of the
Indiana State Bar Association, which immediately met and passed
resolutions on his death, and the federal court was adjourned on
the day of his funeral out of respect for his memory.

Major Hendricks' active life was devoted almost wholly to
the law, and he was entrusted with some of the most important
litigation that has received the consideration of the federal and
state courts of Indiana. He held but one political office, that of
representative in the State Legislature of 1852-3. In 1858 he was
nominated by the Republicans as judge of the supreme court of
Indiana, but was defeated with the remainder of the ticket. Dut-
ing the great railroad strike of 1877 he served as the secretary of
the committee of safety appointed to aid in protecting life and
property in Indianapolis. Major Hendricks was a man of wide
reading and broad culture, and though engrossed with a heavy
law practice, he found time to deliver many addresses of a literary
as well as a legal character.

Abram W. Hendricks was one of nine children: Mary A.,
Joseph ]\[., Sarah D., Abram W. (the subject of this memoir),
John T., William C, Eliza S., Victor K. and Thomas P. When a
young man ]\[ajor Hendricks married Virginia Fitch, daughter of
Jonathan Fitch, a well known man of southern Indiana; she and
their only child died two years after the marriage. On December
2, 1856, ilajor Hendricks married Sarah Butler, of Madison, In-
diana, the daughter of Ezra R. and Rebecca P. ^NFeldrum Butler.
Her father was for a number of 3'ears engaged in mercantile pur-
suits in Madison, and later in life he entered the banking business.
Mrs. Hendricks began her education in a private school of INIadi-
son, completing it at the Spingler Institute in New York city, a
finishing school for young ladies under the auspices of Gorham D.
Abbott, an uncle of Dr. Lyman Abbott.

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The followiDg memorial of Major Hendricks was adopted by
the Bar Association:

"The Bar of Indiana has long regarded Abram W. Hendi-icks
as a tyi)e and expression of its best aspirations. Its noblest im-
pulses were personified in him. He was the ideal lawyer — the
exemplar of professional learning and accomplishments for its
younger members. In him were united thorough intellectual
(•(juipment and absolute purity of character. He had a strong,
alert and penetrative intellect, whose native vigor was increased
by his training at the bar and researches in the library. In forensic
argument he had not only the power of compact and logical state-
ment, but he exhibited a wise insight, beyond and above the mere
skill in the dialectic fence, which illuminated the most intricate
and abstruse subjects and brought them within the comprehen-
sion of every mind. With an aptitude for the details of practice
he had a broad and firm grasp of the general principles of legisla-
tion and judicature which lie at their base. With a rugged hon-
esty which entered into and controlled every act of his life, he had
a nice and discriminative ethical sense which was xmerring in its
judgments. He had the highest intellectual, as well as moral in-
tegrity, and the courage of both, and he refused to accept the
opinions that were prescribed by political or ecclesiastical bodies
unless they obtained the full approval of his own conscience and
judgment. His demeanor was marked by a sensitive considera-
tion for the rights and feelings of others, and is inadequately de-
scriltcd as chivalrous or courtly, because it was more sincere and
li'ss pretentious than that to which these terms are ordinarily ap-
pliid. He was deferential without being obsequious, and his
poliieiiess was never extended to the sacrifice of his convictions,
Mnr was it ever a device for the promotion of personal ends. It
vvns the emanation of a noble and generous spirit — its natural and
iipl'ri.|)riate manifestation and investure, and it entitled him to
wear

"Without abuse,

The grand old name of gentleman.
Defamed by every charlatan,

And soiled with all ignoble use."

"He was not a mere lawyer. His active and inquisitive mind
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^Vhile deeply occupied with the drudgery of a laborious and ex-
acting profession, he found time to gratify his love of its litera-
ture and philosophy. Even in these upper realms of his vocation
his eager and catholic intellectuality was not content to rest. His
conversation and public addresses furnished ample evidence of a
wide and liberal culture, for 'he took all knowledge for his pro-
vince,' and was not confined to any single department of it.

"We tender to the inmates of the home, where his affections
centered and had their root and sustenance, who were always the
objects of his most affectionate solicitude, our sympathy and con-
dolence in their present bereavement. We are partakers in their
loss and deplore it with them."

BENJAMIN ORION HAUGH.

In presenting the biographical memoir of this well-remem-
bered gentleman, whose life was that of a high-grade man, of
noble ideals and laudable ambitions, it is believed that the youth-
ful reader, whose destinies are yet matters for future years to
determine, will be much benefited and encouraged, for his was a
life that made for success because of the honorable principles he
employed in dealing with his fellow men and because of the many
admirable attributes he possessed which made his daily walk one
worthy to be emulated. The late Benjamin Orion Haugh afforded
in his life and its success another evidence that industry, economy
and integrity constitute the keynote to honorable competency.
Pre-eminence is a goal most men strive to attain. No matter in
what field, whether it be literature, art, science or commerce, the
ambition of the true man will push him to such endeavor that his
success shall stand out with glaring distinctness and his position
shall be above all others. To reach a high mark of success in al-
most any calling is in these days of rush and activity no easy mat-
ter, and when a man reaches a high degree of success in several
lines of endeavor, as did Mr. Haugh, or at least proved beyond a
doubt that he was capable of doing so, he is regarded with respect
and admiration by all.

Mr. Haugh was born in Indianapolis on August 21, 1860. He
was a son of Benjamin F. Haugh, a native of Maryland, who came
to Indianapolis about seventy-five years ago, when but seven
years of age and when the future metropolis of Hoosierdom was a
mere hamlet of log houses. His father, Adam Haugh, was an ex-
pert blacksmith and was one of the pioneer mechanics of Indi-
anapolis and here he spent the rest of his life.

Benjamin F. Haugh, father of the subject, learned the black-
smith's trade under his father. In his boyhood days he was a
chum of the great Lew Wallace and to this day carries a tattoo
mark on his arm, put there by young Wallace many years prior
to the concei\nng of "Ben Hur." After learning his trade Ben-
jamin F. Haugh embarked in business for himself and in due
course of time he became noted in the iron industry, ha\ang been
the founder of the extensive Haugh-Ketcham plant at Haugh-
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ville, near Indianapolis, which place was named in his honor, he
being the first to establish an industry of any importance at that
place. The Haugh-Kctcham Company was succeeded by Brown
& Ketcham, and Mr. llaugh, having retired from active business,
is at this writing making his home with his son, Harry Haugh, at
Anderson, Indiana. lie is a very estimable old gentleman, and he
relates many interesting incidents of the early days in this part
of the country. Ilis wife, Silscua Kersey, a native of Lebanon,
Indiana, died at Indianapolis, in May, 188G, at the old Haugh
homestead on Pennsylvania street. They were the parents of
five cliildren, namely: John A. E. lives in Anderson; Lulu died
when young; Benjamin Orion, the immediate subject of this
sketch; Harry, who lives in Anderson; Ida married E. S. Jackson,
of Baltimore, Maryland.

Benjamin 0. Haugh spent his boyhood in Indianapolis, where
he attended the grammar and high schools, after which he took a
course at "Wabash College, at Crawt'ordsville, Indiana. When a
young man he entered the employ of the Haugh-Keteham Com-
pany at Haughville, as bookkeeper. He later acted in the capa'c-
ity of draftsman, and became an expert in both lines, remaining
with that firm until his father withdrew his interests. About
3890 Benjamin 0., or "Ode" Haugh, as he was familiarly known,
came to Anderson, Indiana, with (feorge Lilly and engaged iii the
Columbia and Encaustic Tile business, this company's plant lying
southeast of the city and is rated as the third largest in the United
States. The name of this company was changed in 1903 to the
National Tile Company, which it still retains. Its proprietors give
employment to five hundred men and girls, perhaps more than
any other one firm in Anderson. Mv. Haugh was president of this
concern at the time of his death, which occurred on February 28,
1912, and he was succeeded by Mr. Lilly. The large success of the
tile company was due largely to the able management and wise
foresight of ^Ir. Haugh. The plant is equipped with every modern
appliance to insure prompt and high grade work and would be a
credit to any city, and its products find a very j-eady market owing
to their superior quality. The friendship between ^fr. Haugh and
Mr. Lilly dated from their boyhood days and it was seldom that
one would be seen without the other. Ea^^h liad implicit confidence
in the business ability and integrity of the other, and even per-
sonal letters were often talked over between them.

Besides his interests in the tile company. Mr. Haugh was in-

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terested in the Wilkey Refrigerator & Hard Wood Floor Com-
pany, of which he was a director. He was by nature a good busi-
ness man and possessed rare good judgment and keen foresight.
He accumulated a handsome competency. He was president of
the tile concern from its organization until his death. Mr. Haugh
was president of the Tile jNtanufacturers' Credit Association, being
elected in 1902, and served until 1911, when he resigned on account
of ill health.

Politically, ilr. Haugh was loyal to the principles of the Re-
publican party, though he was broad in his political views. He
belonged to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks at An-
derson. He was an active member of the Fii'st Presbyterian
church at Anderson, which he helped build, and he was a trustee of
the local congregation for some time, being incumbent of this
oflBce at the time of his death. The home life of ]\Ir. Haugh was
ideal. Although his extensive busines-s affairs took up much of
his time, he gave much attention to his family and his church.

On IMarch 2, 1887, Benjamin O. Haugh was united in mar-
riage with May Blake, and to this union two children were bom,
namely: Mary Janette and Benjamin Franklin, both of whom re-
side with Mrs. Haugh, the son having left college on account of
his father's illness.

Mrs. ]May Haugh is a daughter of William M. Blake, a native
of Indianapolis, and the son of James ]\I. and Eliza (Sproule)
Blake, both natives of Baltimore, Maryland, from which city they
came to Indianapolis at an early date. In that city James M.
Blake was one of the founders of the Third Presbyterian church,
and he was at the head of the "Benevolent Workers," the first
Sunday school organization of Indianapolis, which paraded
through the streets to the state house every Fourth of July. He
was one of the pioneers of the capital city and he located in the
woods where Capitol avenue and North street now intersect. He
put up the first modem type of residence in that city and one of
the last of those first buildings to be torn down. It stood for many
years an attractive landmark. James ]\I. Blake first came to In-
dianapolis alone and later returned east and brought out his fam-
ily in a buggy. Mrs. Blake owned the first piano in Indianapolis,
and she was a highly educated woman. Mr. Blake traded a beau-
tiful shawl to the Indians for the land on which he settled. After
the country became more settled he engaged in the rolling-mill
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of age, and his widow also lived to the same age. They were the
parents of four childi'en, namely: William, the father of Mrs.
May Haugh; James, who is deceased; Walter is also deceased;
and John, who lives in Colorado. The latter remained with his
mother until her death. He is now engaged in mining and is chap-
lain in the state i)eniteutiary at Canyon City, Colorado.

William Blake, father of Mrs. Haugh, spent most of his life
in Indianapolis, where he was employed in the postoffice for ten
years, having been under his father. During the Civil war he was
active in the commissary department. His death occurred in In-
dianapolis in November, 1898, at the age of sixty-two years. His
widow, Mar}- E. (Hogeland) Blake, died the following March. She
was born in Virginia, and when thirteen years of age came to
Lafayette, Indiana, with her parents, James and Kittie (McCon-
nell) Hogeland, both of whom died at Lafayette.

Mrs. May Haugh is one of a family of six children, named as
follows: Catherine, who married John A. Kurtz, lives in Indian-
apolis; James also lives in Indianapolis; Jesse died when young;
Eliza, who married LaSalle Mclutire, is deceased; May E., wfio
became the wife of the subject of this memoir; Lillian, who mar-
ried Ed. L. Francis, is deceased.

Mrs. Haugh is a member of the Edgerly Club, of Anderson,
one of the oldest clubs of this cit}'. She is also a member of the
Tourist Club, of which 'Mr, Haugh was also a member. She is an
active member of the Presbyterian church and the Ladies Aid
Society. She stands high in club, church and social life and is a
lady of many commendable characteristics and numbers her
friends by the scores wherever she is known. Her pleasant, at-
tractive residence, which was built in 1893, is very frequently the
gathering place for those who delight in her cordial hospitality.

SETH M. VELSEY.

In the constant and laborious struggle fur an honorable com-
petence and a creditable name on the part of business or profes-
sional men, there is little to attract the reader in search of a sensa-
tional chapter, but to a mind thoroughly awake to the true mean-
ing of life and its responsibilities there are noble and imperishable
lessons in the career of an individual who, early thrown upon his
own resources and without other means than a sound mind, fertile
perceptive faculty and a true heart, conquers adversity and not
only wins a prominent position in the business world, but what
is equally as great, the deserved esteem and confidence of his
fellow men. Such a man was the late Seth M. Velsey, for a mmiber
of years one of the most progressive, substantial and representa-
tive citizens of Logansport, Indiana, a man whose name is so
intimately associated with the material and civic interests of 'this
favored section of the commonwealth of which this work deals
as to reflect great credit upon the locality long honored by his
residence. At the same time he gained the undivided respect
of all with whom he came into contact, for his well dii'ected life
was directed along paths of honor and uprightness. Mr. Velsey
started in life with practically nothing, but being a man of indomi-
table energy and thrift, he was successful far beyond his com-
peers. His record may well be studied with profit by the young
man starting on the chequered path of life.

IScth M. Velsey was born in Northumberland, New York,
November 28, 1857. He was the son of Levi and Catherine (King)
V\'Isey. Levi Velsey was a dentist by profession and later in life
hi- took up carpentry. He moved his family to Colorado when the
snbjvrt was a small boy, and later removed to Logansport, In-
diana, wlicn- the elder Velsey spent the remaining years of his
life in retirement, and here he and his wife passed away and are
iMiried in Mount Hope cemetery.

Seth M, Velsey spent his early boyhood in his native com-
niiniity in New York and there attended the public schools, but
tirnsliod his education in Logansport. He earned his first money
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where the atteutiou of Charles "W. Fisk was attracted to him.
This led to his employment at a later period in the office of Fisk
& Markley, who conducted an abstract and insurance business.
In 1883 Mr. Velsey bought the interest of Mr. JMarkley, which
business was continued t)y Fisk and Velsey until 18S7, when Mr.
Fisk retired from the firm to take the office of coimty clerk. Since
that date he conducted a successful insurance, loan and abstract
business in the same room in which he started thirty years before
his death, amassing considerable property, and becoming one
of the best known men in this line of endeavor in this section of
the state.

The domestic life of Mr. Velsey began on June 16, 1895, when
he was united in marriage with Katharine Booth, the accomplished
daughter of Burrel W. and Elizabeth (Moore-Heart) Booth, for
many years a prominent family in Logansport, where her father
is still a well-known merchant tailor. The mother of j\Irs. Velsey
passed away about seven years ago. Burrel W. Booth was bom
and reared in Logansport, his birth occurring in November, 1833,
on North street, between Fourth and Fifth streets. He has thus
lived to see the development of the place from a straggling fron-
tier village in the primeval forest to one of the important cities
of the state, and he has taken no small part in its growth and
general progress. His father, DeHart Booth, was a native of
Virginia, where he sj^ent his earlier years, emigrating overland to
Logansport when a young man and was one of the pioneer settlers
here. The elder Booths were successful farmers and large land
owners. DeHart Booth was the father of fourteen children and
he gave them all a college education, and they all became promi-
nent in various walks of life.

Four children were born to Seth i\I. Velsey and wife, named
as follows: Alice, who was tutored at home; Mary is attending
school at this writing; Jean and Seth, Jr., are also attending
school. Mrs. Dr. Taylor, of East Broadway, Logansport, is the
only sister of the subject.

Mr. Velsey was a member of the Knights of Pythias, the
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Modern Woodmen
and Veteran Association of Logansport Greys. He was a direc-
tor of the Logansport State Bank, president of the Country Club,
treasurer of the Bankers' Oil Company and secretary of the Ohio
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ti"ust during the late years of bis life, many local men naming him
as executor iu their wills because of bis busiuess and financial
ability, honesty and integrity.

A lover of outdoor sports, JNlr. Velse}' spent his holidays in
the woods, lishiug and hunting, and he was an ardent advocate of
the open, of fresh air and recreation among the kindreds of the
wild, lie was a man of obliging, hospitable and sociable nature,
and his conmiodious, imposing home at Ninth and Spear streets,
which is a picturesque, old-fashioned house, was the frequent
gathering place for his many fricuds. He was at one time exalted
ruler of the local lodge of Elks and was equally prominent in
Pythian circles. He showed how a man could acquire a large
fortune and be honest and retain a host of confiding friends.

The death of Seth M. Velsey occurred on February 22, 1907,
after a residence in Logansport of forty years, death terminating
a severe and protracted illness, all of which he bore with rare
coui'age and fortitude, submitting to several major operations, the
last, in a Michigan sanitarium, resulting fatally. During his ill-
ness newspaper offices were besieged with inquiries as to 'his
condition, his acquaintance and popularity being so widespread.
His death was felt as a distinct loss to the business life of Logan-
sport.

We quote the following paragraph, the last of a most com-
plimentary article on his life, which appeared in a Logansport
paper at the time of his death :

""Words cannot express the esteem iu which Mr. Velsey was
held as a citizen. During his illness messages from his bedside
were not of a frequency to satisfy the inquiries and few deaths
liave occurred that caused more expressions of regret. As a citi-
zen he stood for the welfare of Logansport. He was a friend to
many in distress and carries to the grave with him acts of kindness
that would have been exploited l)y others. His death is a loss to
liog.-iiispoit and to the public at large, a model of a man."

Tlie following editorial also appeared in a daily paper of
I'"gansp()rt:

"(icneral regret follows the announcement of the death of
Sctli M. Velsey. He made a heroic struggle to live, not that he
ffarcd to die, but because he was so dearly attached to his home,
tlic loved ones al)out him and the warm friendship he had formed
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true in his friendships, and mindful of the feelings of men in
every walk of life. He was good natured because he possessed a
kindly heart, but he was likewise firm when confronted with
choosing between error and his conviction of right. Thrown upon
his own resources early in life, he had risen gradually and by
meritorious work to a high place in the commercial and social
life of Logansport. He was a contributor to all things that
promised good and happiness to this community. He maintained
a cheerful disposition to the end of the journey. Wlien being
wheeled to the operating chair last Sunday in bidding his friends
good-bye, he goodnaturedly said: 'I'll see you later.' His life
work is done. He was not permitted to live man's allotted time.
His associates with whom he spent many happy days, 'Await,
alike, the inevitable hour.' "

JOHN BOSTICK.

One of the well known and highly esteemed native sous of
Fort "Wayne of a past generation was the late John Bostick, for
many years a prominent merchant tailor and real estate dealer,
and a scion of one of the honored pioneer families of northern In-
diana. His career designated in a positive way the strength of a
strong and loyal nature, and to him was ever accorded unqualified
confidence and regard, indicating the popular appreciation of his
worthy life and worthy deeds. He gave to the world the best of
an essentially loyal, viiile and noble nature and his standard of
integrity and honor was ever inflexible. He was a citizen of high
civic ideals, and ever manifested his liberality in connection with
measures and enterprises tending to advance the general welfare
of his native city and county. He lived and labored to worthy
ends and was regarded one of the sterliug citizens and representa-
tive business men of Fort Wayne, so that he merited a tribute of
honor in this publication. As a citizen he was progressive and
public-spirited, and he was also earnest in the support of char-
itable and benevolent objects and institutions, liberal and syrnpa-
thetic in his private benefactions and genial and courteous in his
intercourse with his fellow men in all walks of life. He was
especially interested in young men and was ever ready to aid them
by advice and influence as well as by the extending of tangible aid
when the same was justified. He was never censorious in his
admonition to erring young men, but he earnestly besought them
to make the most of their lives, giving to them unqualified sym-
pathy and good will and proving to them a veritable guide, coun-
selor and friend. This was all done quietly and with no thought
of the lime-light, in fact, he was so conservative in his nature that
few outside of those whom he benefited knew of his large-hearted-
ness and altruistic nature. A prominent figure in business circles
during all his career, he well merited the distinctive success which
it was his to gain through his own well directed endeavors.

John Bostick was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in 1847. He
was the son of Emanuel and Harriet (Kline) Bostick, a highly
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the early days and here reared a large family, the subject having
been the third oldest of nine children.

Mr. Bostick spent his boyhood in much the same manner as
all boys do who are reared in a growing frontier town, and he re-
ceived his educational training in the public schools of his native
city, leaving school when about eighteen years of age to face the
battles of the world. His early struggles to get a start were rather
severe for one not yet schooled in the harsh world of trade, but
they fostered in him courage, self-reliance and perseverance, with-
out which no one ever wins in whatever vocation he may choose.
He learned merchant tailoring, for w'hich he seemed to be well
adapted by nature, and he established a place of his own when but
a young man. His business grew constantly and steadily until he
operated a large and popular establishment, becoming one of the
best known men in this line of work in northeastern Indiana. He
employed only the most highly skilled artisans and handled a good
grade of cloth, so that he gave eminent satisfaction, gaining and
retaining the confidence and good will of his hundreds of patiwns,
most of whom remianed his friends. He spent the major part of
his life at this work, but retired from the same about eighteen
years prior to his death and later embarked into the real estate
business. He had learned the tailoring business under his .father,
who had long been engaged in the business in Fort Wayne before
his son joined him, the firm name then becoming Bostick & Son.

After giving up the tailoring business, John Bostick devoted
the major portion of his time to looking after the real estate hold-
ings of his wife and himself, also dealing in other real estate. Mrs.
Bostick owns a great amount of valuable real estate in and about
the city of Fort Wayne. Mr. Bostick was equally successful in
the work that engaged his attention during his latter years as he
was in that of his early life, and he accumulated a comfortable
competency through his individual efforts. He ranked among the
leading men of affairs of his day here and he was highly regarded
among his business associates.

On September 1, 1870, Mr. Bostick was united in marriage
with Louisa Deppeler, in Fort Wayne. She is a lady of many
charming qualities, and is the daughter of John and Elizabeth
(Weyseit) Deppeler, both parents born in Switzerland, the father
dying when Mrs. Bostick was three years old. He came to Amer-
ica when young and was one of the pioneers of Fort Wayne, and
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business, especially groceries. He was well known and influential
in the early history of this city. Here Mrs. Bostick grew to
womanhood and received a good education in the common schools.

To the subject and wife four children were born, named as
follows: Samuel W., John D. and William E. are all unmarried
and live at home; the other child, Edward, is deceased.

Of the iumiediate family of the subject there survived at the
time of his death, one brother, "William Bostick, a partner in the
Kunkle Safety Valve Company, and three sisters, j\lrs. E. B.
Kunkle, Addle V. Bostick, and Mrs. S. Steft'ans, of Lima, Ohio.

Mr. Bostick was very fond of lishing and he frequently went
into the woods, loving the outdoors, and sought such haunts that
would have pleased such nature-adoring sportsmen as Izaak Wal-
ton. Fraternally, he was a worthy member of the ilasonic order,
being very active in the lodge at Fort Wayne, and he was a con-
sistent member of the English Lutheran church and a liberal con-
tributor to the same. Politically, he was a Democrat and was al-
ways very much interested in politics, although he never held or
aspired to office, but his support could always be depended upoto
in any movement having for its object the betterment of his city
and county in a civic or material way.

Mrs. Bostick is known as one of the leading church women of
Fort Wayne, and is very active and influential in the affairs of the
Trinity English Lutheran church, of which she has long been a
faithful member, her meritorious work here winning the hearty
apijroval of all who know her. She is a woman of beautiful Chris-
tian faith and pleasing personality, kindly, hospitable and always
ready to extend a helping hand to those in need or distress, but
her many acts of kindness spring from pure motives of the heart
instead of from any ulterior desire to win the plaudits of the pub-
lic. In her pleasant and picturesque home at No. 426 East Wayne
.street she is frequently hostess to the many friends of the family.

The death of John Bostick occurred on Thursday, June 12,
V.M], at the age of fifty-two years, after a brief illness, although
'k- had been in failing healtli for some time, and the passing of this
well known and very popular citizen was keenly felt by the city
imd .surroimding country, where he had spent his useful, honorable
and siifccssful life.

SAMUEL TELFORD HANNA.

A man's reputation is the property of the world. The laws of
nature have forbidden isolation. Every human being either sub-
mits to the controlling influence of others, or, as a master, wields
a power for good or evil on the masses of mankind. There can be
no impropriety in justly scanning the acts of any man as they
affect his public, social and business relations. If he be honest and
successful in his chosen field of endeavor, investigation will bright-
en his fame and point the path along which others may follow
with like success. 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 actors in the great drama of life, for they are not
less the conservatoi-s of public prosperity and material advance-
ment. Among the sterling citizens of Fort Wayne, Indiana, of a
past generation who built up a highly creditable reputation and
distinguished themselves by right and honorable living, and by
activity in industrial circles was the late Samuel Telford Hanna.
His prominence in this section of the Middle West was conceded
and his deeds will speak for themselves. Too much cannot be
said of Samuel T. Hanna as a business man, a public-spirited
citizen and as a friend, for none stood higher than he in public
esteem; all who knew him respected him for his enterprise and
honesty of purpose, and, so far as known, his integrity was main-
tained inviolate and no one has ever called in question his good
name. A virile, strong, manly man, who always endeavored by
word and deed to make the world better, and by his wholesome
and moral influence exerting a silent but potent power in the city
and county honored by his residence. Such was the reputation
of the subject of this memoir.

Samuel T. Hanna, the seventh son of the late Judge Samuel
Hanna, one of the greatest men the Hoosier state has ever pro-
duced, was born August 22, 1834, in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and
his death occurred on November 8, 1887. He received his early
education in the old McJunkin school, one of the first institutions
of learning in Fort Wayne, and which now stands, a little frame

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building, on Lafayette street, between Beny and Wayne streets,
and is one of the landmarks of today. In the days when Mr.
llanna was a student there the building was surrounded by corn
fields, and there were clumps of woods between the school house
and the Hanna homestead. He later took a course in the college
at Hanover, Indiana, but did not complete the same, going to
Oxford, Ohio, entering Miami University, from which he was
graduated with honors in 1858. He was a member of one of the
fraternal organizations of that historic institution, known as Phi
Delta Theta. He took a general course there.

Thus well equipped for life's duties, young Hanna, after leav-
ing college, became associated with his father, Judge Samuel
Hanna, as his private secretary, assisting him in his extensive
railroad holdings and other business interests all over the coun-
try. He remained private secretary to the elder Hanna for a
period of eight years, or until the Judge's death, thereby gaining
extensive knowledge in a business way. He was one of the fii'st
directors of the First National Bank of Fort Wayne.

Samuel T. Hanna was united in marriage with Martha Eliza^
beth Brandriff, of Fort Wayne, a lady of culture and many com-
mendable attributes, on January 12, 1865. She is the daughter
of Alfred Dixon Brandriff and ]\Iary Ann (Roberts) Brandriff.
The father, who was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1817, became a
prominent business man of Fort Wajme. A complete sketch of
liim will be found on another page of this work. The wife of Mr.
Iliuina is one of two children; her sister, Mrs. Mary M. Lukens,
now resides in Brewster, New York. Her mother was born near
Dayton, Ohio, coming originally from New Jersey. The genealogy
of tlu- Roberts family has been traced back to the Pilgrim colony
in KJ'JO, and many of the descendants of the immigrant have be-
•■ttiiH' more or less prominent in various state of the Union.

The following children wore bom to Samuel T. Hanna and
wifi": Mary; John Lowric Hanna, who began his career as filing
•I'-rk in tlic general manager's office of the Pennsylvania railroad,
I** iH.w located in Philadelphia, where he holds a very lucrative
poMtH.n in the general manager's office of the Pennsylvania Rail-
ninil (.'onjpany; he compiled the correspondence file which is now
in k'rnrral use on the great system of the Pennsylvania railroad.
I fe is an aolive member of Pennsylvania Sons of Revolution. He
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trend. He married Edna Grund, of Port Wayne, a daughter of
Colonel Philip Cirund; this union has heen without issue.

Margaret, the third child of Mr. and Mrs. Sanmcl T. Hanna,
married J. Frederick Reusch, of Petoskey, INlichigan; he is success-
fully engaged in the jewelry business in that place; they have two
children, Elizabeth and Frederick Ilanna Reusch. INIrs. Reusch
organized and was the first regent of Petosega Chapter, Daugh-
ters of the American Revolution, at Petoskey, Michigan. She is
a member of the First Prcsl)yterian church at Fort Wayne, also
very active in the church of this denomination at Petoskey, where
she is a member of the Federated Clubs.

Samuel T. Hanna, after his father's death, in 1866, was
chosen administrator of the vast estate left by the elder Hanna,
and concerning the same the following extract is taken from a
Fort Wayne paper: "^Nlr. Sanmel T. Hanna was the administra-
tor of the estate of Judge Samuel Hanna, amounting in personal
assets, to four hundred and twenty-six thousand six hundred
eighty-five dollars and thirteen cents, and in the management of
his vast and highly responsible trust has fully sustained the high
financial and executive reputation of his father. His final report
is a clear and most satisfactory account of his trust; accompanied
by vouchers for each item set forth in the report. He has made
final distribution of the estate to the entire satisfaction of all
interested and filed his vouchers from each distribution. His
report, after careful examination, has been in all things confinned
by the court, the estate finally settled as to the matters and things
therein set forth, and the administrator finally discharged from
further accounting as to the same."

After settling the estate of his father, Samuel T. Hanna
engaged in the real estate business on an extensive scale until
his death in the year 1887. The widow resides at home on West
Berry street.

Mr. Hanna was verj' fond of hunting and other forms of out-
door sports, and he traveled extensively, and, being a keen ob-
server, he profited much thereby. He was a man of generous im-
pulses and charitably inclined throughout his life. Politically, he
was a Republican and was very active in the ranks, a leader in
local affairs. He served on the city council and was always inter-
ested in the welfare of his come city. He was always at the head of
any movement to bring new enterprises to Fort Wayne, or in any
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with his cousin, T. S. Ta3ior, of the Fort Wayne Journal, which he
established as a weekly pai:)er in 1868, and which, as everything
else to which he turned his attention, grew into a successful ven-
ture. He was instrumental in building the first street railway in
Fort Wayne, in the year 1872.

The widow, I\Irs. Samuel T. Hanna, was educated at College
Hill, Ohio, and at the Packer Collegiate Institute, Brooklyn
Heights, New York, and has long been a leader in her circles in
Fort Wayne, where she has a wide circle of admirers and friends,
being a wuniau of talent, of artistic tastes and pleasing address.
She is a member of the First Presbyterian church of her home
city. She is a very active member of the Mary Penrose Wayne
Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, and at this writ-
ing is historian of the same. She is a member of the National His-
torical JResearch Committee, and early in the year 1912 went to
Washington City, where she represented the local chapter at the
national congress, held in Continental ^Memorial Hall. She also
assisted in the preparation of "Reminiscences of Old Fort
Wa}Tie." She devotes the major part of her time to this work!,
which she very much delights in. She will report the proceedings
of the national meeting at the state meeting of this association in
the summer of 1912. She is widely read and is a close student of
current events as well as the best literature of the world. She
has written a most interesting little history of Marj^ Penrose
^Vayne, wife of the illustrious General Anthony Wayne, for whom
iM)rt "Wayne was named.

The following is an extract from the Fort Wayne Journal:
"A distinct honor has come to the Mary Penrose Wayne Chapter
of the Daughters of the American Revolution in the appointment
of Mrs. Martha Brandriff Hanna to membership on the historical
rrscarch committee of the national society. Mrs. Hanna pub-
li^licd an article in this ])aper several Sundays ago which attract-
ed wide attention. She is deeply interested in Revolutionary re-
scarrh and has secured some valuable papers and records for the
local chapter of which she is historian, and also many books and
records to tlie Histoi-ical Research Society at Washington. Mrs.
Ffanna is of distinguished ancestry, and delights in helping her
fiionds in their search for missing links in their own family
records."

Another extract from the same paper reads: "Mrs. Martha
Brandriff Hanna received a handsomely engraved card this week,

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testifying to her membership in the society of Old Plymouth Col-
ony descendants. Each year the society holds a reunion and there
are no membership dues. Some of Mrs. Ilanna's ancestors were
among the eai-liest settlers of the Colony."

Mrs. Hanna is also an active and influential member of the
College Club of Fort Wayne, dealing with affairs educational,
philanthropic and social.

The following extract is taken from a Fort Wayne paper:

"The following is copied from Downer's History of Williams-
town, New Jersey, and its Descendants, published in 1904, and
given as an account of the meeting between President Lincoln
and two Fort Wayne women.

" 'On her wedding trip to Washington in 1865, 1 introduce the
following: When Samuel T. Ilanua and I were married, we, to-
gether with two of our bridesmaids, jNIisses Elizabeth Hanna and
Carrie Nuttman, went to Washington, D. C. Of course. Secretary
McCuUoch (then comptroller), his wife and son, Frederick, old
friends, took us everywhere. We attended a Colfax reception.
Senator Lane, Mary Colfax and other Indiana people showed us
attention.

" 'At the White House reception we met President Lincoln,
with whom we conversed a while, and after circulating around a
time, Mr. Hanna dancing with Miss Sherman, we passed into the
reception room again, when Lincoln, towering above those around
him, spying us and beckoning, called loud enough for all aroimd
to hear: "Come here, you Fort Wayne people; I want to shake
hands with you again. You truly loyal people from that Copper-
head place." We went again and shook hands, 'Slv. Hanna say-
ing, "Well, we funiish you with a comptroller anyway." We had
a little talk with Lincoln, which I shall always treasure in my
heart. We also went to Ford's theater, where we heard Edwin
Forest in "Richelieu" three months before Lincoln was assassi-
nated in that theater.

" 'Samuel T. Hanna and ^fark Hanna's grnndfather were
twin brothers. Less than a year asro ^frs. ]\rartha Hanna's daugh-
ter, Marguerite, now Mrs. Frederick Reusch. living in Cleveland,
went to visit ^Fark Hanna, by his invitation, in the beginning of
his last illness. Her little daughter, Elizabeth, was taken along.
Mrs. Reusch savs: "We had to wait an hour in the lobby and
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he put her in his big leather arm chair, and while we talked she
fell asleep. AVheu i got ready to go I woke her up aud then JNlark
llauua took her up in his arms and spoke of her lovely red hair,
and said: "My little dear, when your Uncle ^lark gets to be
President, as they say he will, you can tell your children when you
grow up that when you were a little girl you sat in his big arm
chair." lie also called our attention to the rough sketch which
the artist had made of him, viz.: the famous caricature of "Stand
Pat," and asked her if she thought that a good picture of him;
turning to me he said: "I can tell you the papers have used me
bard, but yoiir Uncle Mark will forgive them all, and let them
have their fun." ' "

The following excerpts are from reminiscences of her college
experiences during the Civil war, written by ^[rs. jNIartha B.
llanna and published in the Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette:

There were a number of colleges in existence from 1860 to
1865 which our home girls attended, that are almost lost sight of
among the many of today. It was an exciting period when girls
attended Glendale, or College Hill, near Cincinnati, Ohio, duiing
the time of the ^lorgan raid and sending of troops into that vicin-
ity. The school standard was very high, and health w^as looked
after. Calisthenic exercises, with daily walks up and down the
lulls, were exacted. The grounds were large and beautified, with
many trees; a lake afforded boating in summer and skating in
winter; flowers and vines a-plenty; fruit and vegetables were
I'aised in the college garden and an occasional orange from the
greenhouses could be enjoyed. On Sunday morning we attended
services in the village church and college chapel in the evening.

Tlie writer was a member of the Somerville Literary Society,
vvhi«'li has the emblem star pin with the motto "Sic itur ad astra,"
wliich liapj)ens to also be the motto on the crest of her maternal
nnrestor.

There were many Southern girls at College Hill who were
great rol)els, especially at "Washington birthday holidays, when
they would flaunt the rebel bars beside the stars and stripes. Then
they would be chased to their rooms by the Northern girls and
locked in.

We spent many hours scraping lint, collecting linen, packing
boxes and writing messages to the poor soldier boys. It was a
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sad time for the writer, too, for, being called home hurriedly, took
the evening train, to find it composed of twenty cars of soldiers —
no woman on the train, but I was put iu care of the conductor,
who looked after my welfare. A change of cars at midnight was
still more frightful, for as I sat beside an army officer he and
another across the way began disputing and drew their fireanns.
I scrambled past them just as their shots were fired, but no harm
was done. I did not have much else but fear that night, for shots
from outside were fired through the windows, shattering the glass
in front of me. The cars were frequently stopi)ed by hot boxes,
and the crew had to take up snow by the wayside to extinguish
the fire. Finally the engine gave out and there was a delay until
another could be sent. AVhen the writer reached home at 8 o'clock
the next morning she was met by her sorrowing pastor, who tear-
fully told her that her beloved mother had been taken to her heav-
enly home.

The next year many Fort Wayne girls went East to school.
Kate Battin, daughter of Rev. S. H. Battin, of the Episcopal
church, and the writer were students at Packer Collegiate Insti-
tute on Joralemon street, Brooklyn Heights, N. Y. There are two
or three incidents which stand out prominently in the mind of the
writer, who was one of a limited number who boarded at Prof.
Eaton's, adjoining the institute.

One New York girl came up to me with a look of surprise
and inquiry, sur\-eying me from tip to toe, and said: "Are you
from Indiana?" "Yes, why?" "Why, you look like other people,
and you dress as we do. I thought the people who lived in Indiana
were all Indians."

We went to the Philharmonic rehearsals and had the pleasure
of hearing Clara Louise Kellogg sing at her last rehearsal before
her debut in public life.

Of the many excursions we took, the most charming of all
was going out in the "dummy" to Coney Island, my first sight of
the ocean. It was a gray day and the huge waves came rolling
in with a tumultuous roar; nothing in sight anywhere but the
ocean and sand, except a few school girls, the dummy and a tiny
shack for repairs. Tliinkofit! The grandeur then — and now?

What the writer greatly enjoyed was going to PljTuouth
church to hear TTenry Waid Beerher. During the warm spring
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kerchief and mop bis face, and begin his eloquent discourse to an
audience that filled the church, gallery and aisles, packed with a
dense mass of people assembled to bear the heart-thrilling and
poetic oratory of moral, theological, social and political themes
and anti-slavery gospel, which never failed to bring tears to his
entranced hearers, and then sway them to audible laughter in his
happy, simple way, adapting himself to the perceptions of the
young and the old. His love of the music in nature was intense,
and there were always large bunches of flowers on his desk.

JOHN WILLIAM GROFF.

Among the successful self-made men of a past generation in
Indiana whose efforts aud induence contributed to the material
upbuilding of their respective conunuuities, the late John Will-
iam Groff, the able and popular president of the Inter-State Car
Company, of Indianapolis, occupied a conspicuous place. Being
ambitious from the first, but surrounded with none too favorable
environment, his early youth was not especially promising, but
he accepted the discouraging situation without a murmur and,
resolutely facing the future, gradually surmounted the difficvd-
ties in his way and in due course of time rose to a prominent posi-
tion in the industrial circles of his community, besides winning
the confidence and esteem of those with whom he came into con-
tact, either in a business or a social way, and for years he stood as
one of the representative citizens of the locality of which fhis
memorial compendium treats. Strongly in contrast with the
humble surroundings of his youth was the brilliant position
which he eventually filled in business circles. He won for him-
self a place of prominence and honor as one of the world's hon-
ored army of workers and in his earlier years made his way over
obstacles seemingly insuperable and which would have, no doubt,
thwarted the man of less courageous spirit, meeting to the full
the test of fire to which a far-seeing providence subjects those
who are destined to succeed. He realized early that there is a
purpose in life and that there is no honor not founded on worth
and no respect not founded on accomplishment. His life and
labors were worthy because they contributed to a proper under-
•standing of life and it?< problems. The strongest characters in
our national histor\' have come from the ranks of the self-made
men to whom adversity acts as an impetus for imfaltering effort
and from this class came the lamented gentleman whose name
initiates this memorial review.

Mr. Groff was born in Bethlehem. Noi-thampton coimty,
Pennsylvania. Octobei- ].^. 186'^. and was the son of ]\rary Groff.
TTis father died about 1900. John W. was the youngest of a fam-
ily of nine children, so, when but a lad, he was thrown on his own

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resources, and when twelve years old lie began working in a
brick-yard. The work was hard and little sailed to one of such
tender yeai'S, but the discipline was good and fostered in hiin
fortitude and stick-to-itiveness, whicli contributed to his success
later in life. At the age of fourteen he left home and struck out
for himself. He went to Columbia, Ohio, about 1886 and became
a cur Lubpcctur. Thii, although he little rcr\!i^cd it p.t the timo,
was the turning point in his career and' led to Ms later activities
as a manufactiu'er of cars, for he was b}"^ nature a keen observer
and quick to grasp a situation and could foresee with remarkable
clearness the future outcome of a present transaction. He con-
tinued working in the railruad yards as car inspector for some
time. In 1887 he came to Indianapolis where he secured a posi-
tion as car inspector with the Big Four Kailroad Company, giv-
ing his usual high grade service, for he believed in doing his best
at all times, i'our years later he was maiTied and afterwards
took his wife and child to Kankakee, Illinois, where he was car
foreman for the Big Four road for one ycsiv. He then returned to
Indianapolis as car inspector at the stock yards, subsequently
opening a small shop at the stock yards where he did car repair-
ing and later began constructing freight and refrigerator cars for
the railroad and Henry ]\Iellis, of Chicago. In a short time the
business outgrew that shop and he built larger quarters at
Brightwood, suburb of Indianapolis, where three hundred men
were employed, his business growing rapidly, under the firm
name of the Inter-State Car Company.

The plant of the above named concern was equipped with the
latest patterns in machinery and only the most adroit artisans
were employed. Everything was operated under a superb sys-
tem, and the great success of this concern was due very largely to
the wise management and close attention of its president, John
W. Groff, who remained in that responsible position until his
death, November 29, 1910. He was succeeded on January 1, 1912,
by E. H. Darrach, who took over the entire business and is still
president of the concei-n.

On March 2, 1893, Mr. Groff was united in marriage with
Amanda Poulter, a lady of refinement and many commendable
attributes, a daughter of Henry H. and Susan (Bear) Poulter, an
excellent old family. The father was a native of Kentucky and
the mother was born in Ohio. They were married in Illinois and

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moved to Indiana when 1,1x8. Groff was a child and here became
very comfortably established.

The union of John \V. Uroft" and wife was blessed by the birth
of foul' childi'cn, named as follows; Mary U oldie, foriuerly a stu-
dent of the Knickerbocker School for Girls, of Indianapolis, as-
sists her mother ia all business matters; William Dewey, Herbert
and Elizabeth, all children of much iironiisc.

Mr. Groff was prominent and inllueutial in business circles
of Indianapolis, an active member of the Board of Trade, also be-
longed to the Coliunbia Club and the J\Iarion Club. Politically,
he was a Eepublican, but, while exercising at all times the duties
of a public-spirited citizen, he never sought public office, pre-
ferring to give his exclusive attention to his business and his
home, having an attractive residence on College avenue, Indian-
apolis. His home life was ideal and he was strongly attached to
his family. Although a hard worker, he left his business cares in
his office, outside of which, whether in his home, at his favorite
clubs or in social or civic circles, he was the genial, obliging,
genteel gentleman, enjoying the good will and confidence of aU
with whom he associated. He was frequently known to arise
very early in the morning ready for the daily struggle, and his
untimely death, on November 29, 1910, was believed to have been
due in no small measure to his overzealous application to his busi-
ness affairs. Early in his career as a mamifacturer he would pore
over his plans until two or three o'clock in the morning.

Mr. Groff was a man who attended strictly to his own busi-
ness and never mixed in other people's affairs. He was a liberal
minded, kind hearted and withal a useful and noble man, who
justly earned the large measure of material success which he
could claim in later years and the unstinted praise and respect of
a wide circle of friends.

DAVID V/. GERARD.

Distinctively one of the great men of his day and generation
in llie niKidic w est, and unc ui liuiiiiiuit,) 'o ui:in-un-tui.3, wiij the
kite David W. Gerard, supreme chief and fotmder of the Tribe of
Ben-llur. Involuntarily our minds reach out for the threads of
histor}" that made the fabric of this character, the character of
this man's worth. Were those elements resident in pioneer days
alone? Or is it length of years, or is it stirring times, or any one
of these, or all of them, blended in one composite whole'? Or
rather were these the canvas? The Divine Artist drew the pic-
ture and put in it its worth innnortal and traced therein "the char-
acter of releasing," the song of triumph, the voice of victorj'. The
business period of this man's life is worth relating; the obstacles
encountered, overcome; the self-reliant honesty, the equipoise,
the absence of resentment — these supplement a tale that is not
always told of those who are "diligent in lousiness," but is told
of those who, diligent in business, fervent in spirit, serve human-
ity, and it has been well said by one of our wisest and greatest of
men that "They who serve humanity most, serve God best."

David "NV. Gerard, who for many years ranked as the most
influential citizen of Crawfordsville and one of Indiana's fore-
most citizens, was born on a farm near Port Jefferson, Shelby
county, Ohio, July 7, 1844. His parents were pioneer residents
of that county, his father, Abner 11. Gerard, being a farmer and
merchant. The latter also owned and operated a large tamiery in
the village. He was a man of great force of character and ex-
cellent business methods, a devout ]\Iethodist and a pronounced
abolitionist. Coming, as he did, of heroic stock, his many admir-
able qualities were inherited by his son.

The Gerard family is of French Huguenot ancestry. The
founder of the family in this country came from France during the
St. Bartholomew massacre. The immediate founder of the fam-
ily in the middle western part of the United States, Nathaniel
Gerard, came to Cincinnati, Ohio, from Pennsylvania, with his
five brothers, in the latter part of the eighteenth century. Three
of the brothers settled in 3^[iami county, Ohio, one in Kentucky,
and one in southern Indiana.

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The graiidfathor of David W. Gerard, after whom he was
named, was killed by the Indians in 181G while making rails near
his cabin on Lost creek, in Miami county, Ohio. I\lr. Gerard's
father left Ohio in 1849, coming to Indiana and opening a general
store near Romney, in Tijjpecanoe county, [n six months lie died,
leaving a wife and three small l)oys. The oldest of these boys
was David W. Ger.u-d. tlicn Ics^ tlir>n civ yoovc nf p,g(>. There vrcrc
six children by a former man'iage. (iatheriiig the ix'nmants of a
meager property, the brave little mother returned on a canal boat
to Sidney, Ohio. Then came the terrible years of struggle with
poverty, but this woman of courage never faltered.

"When David W. was ten years of age his mother removed to
Greenville, Ohio, where he began his sti'uggle for an education,
his youth and early manhood being surrounded with the hard-
ships, limitations and privations known to the poor, but, being
endowed by nature with a resolute will, this school of harsh ex-
perience developed his faculties into the broadest manhood and
so eminently qualified him to master difficult problems of life
which were to confront him in his after years of usefulness. Pie
worked on farms, in blacksmith shoj^s, sawed wood and studied
hard. In those primitive days it was difficult for children to ac-
quire good educations, and because he was a fatherless boy, iNIr.
Gerard experienced unusual difficulty at a time when he was most
anxious to be in school. However, he succeeded and when scarcely
sixteen years of age was able to begin teaching school. A boy with
less ambition and natural ability would have failed where he suc-
ceeded.

While INIr. Gerard was teaching school the Civil war broke
out. He was then living at Greenville, Ohio. In 1861, shortly after
the firing on Fort Sumter, ]\[r. Gerard enlisted in the Eighth Ohio
Battery and served throughout the four years of the war. He
bore the scars of that titanic struggle, where he displayed that
chivalrous spirit which has ever dominated his entire life. He
fought gallantly for his country and gave of his best towards the
perpetuation of the Union, participating in many of the important
campaigns and great battles. He was mustered out in August,
1865.

Wlien that memorable conflict was ended, Mr. Gerard, with
his widowed mother and his brothers, came to Montgomery coun-
ty, Indiana, and there he again took u]) the task of teaching school.
He had not lived there long until he met and was married to Eliza-

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bctli Krug, daughter of oue ul" the proiniueut families of uear
Crawfordsvilic. The marriage occurred iu Januaiy, IbGG. i\li.s.s
Ivi'ug's home was at Crawfordsville, but she was boru uear Pleas-
ant iJill, now AVingate, ludiaua, and there was married.

Mr. Gerard gave up the work of school teaching to engage in
the real estate and insurance business iu Crawfordsville, eoutiuu-
ing in thi:: !ii:c of endeavor until l"^!?., when he removed to In
dianapolis, continuing in the same business there until 1878, when
he returned to Crawfordsville, and there he resided the rest of his
life. He resumed the real estate and insurance business there
with his usual success. In 1886 he and Frank L. Snyder were as-
sociated together with some other citizens in forming the In-
diana and Ohio Live Stock In.snrance Company, of Crawfordsville,
now the leading live stock insurance company of tlie United
States. S. E. Voris, former mayor of Crawfordsville, was an orig-
inal stockholder and at one time was the president of the com-
pany. He and Mr. Gerard later disposed of their holdings to
Hariy Naylor, John R. Bonnell and other Crawfordsville citizens.

During the years that he was in the ins\irance and real estate
business Mr. Gerard worked hard, accomplished large results and
at the same time did some serious thinking. He joined several in-
surance orders and became a firm believer in fraternal insurance.
Early in the nineties he conceived the idea of organizing a frater-
nal insurance society in his own city of Crawfordsville. He i^rof-
ited by his experience in selling insiu-ance, his experience gained
from membership in other fraternal societies and his wide ex-
perience as a business man. He was engaged for many weeks and
perhaps mouths in thinking over the details of the organization
and in perfecting the plans which have their fruition today in the
wonderful Supreme Tribe of Ben-Hur, one of the largest, most
flourishing and greatest fraternal insurance organizations in the
world.

Mr. Gerard was the moving spirit behind this organization.
Associated with him were Frank L. Snyder, who died six j-ears
ago; ex-]\Iayor S. E. Yoris, now supreme keeper of tribute of the
order, and Dr. J. F. Davidson, supreme medical examiner. Mr.
Gerard was of that class of men who stood for progressive move-
ments and the uplift of humanity. He was a great admirer of the
late Gen. Lew Wallace; in fact, was a close personal friend of the
author of "Ben-Hur," and had read and pondered on the book
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"wlio went about doing good." Jit- lived and moved among men,
stirring them to enthusiastie eilort, and the broad principles of
brotherhood and benevolence were so deeply incarnated in him
that they contributed greatly in achieving the success attained
by the society fi'om its organization, and which now is, and ever
will remain, a living testimonial of his service in the cause of the
fraternities, ever ex('mi)lil'vin<?- thfir liio;lioct pviiK.i^.Jcs and piu-
eepts. While thinking about the organization of a fraternal in-
surance society, it occurred to Mr. Gerard that the story of Ben-
Ilur could be used as a foundation for the society. He secured the
written permission of Ccneral "Wallace to make such use of the
stor}' as he desired and to call his new society the Tribe of Ben-
Ilur. Indeed, it was Lew Wallace who suggested the name as it
now is. It had been in Mr. Gerard's mind to call the order the
"Knights of Ben-IIur." When the name was suggested to Gen-
eral Wallace during a talk the two men had, the General placed
his hand on Mr. Gerard's shoulder and said: "W^ell, my dear boy,
there were no knights in those days. Tribes there were, however,
so why wouldn't it be well to call it the 'Tribe of Ben-Hur.' " Mr.
Gerard, of course, readily acquiesced, and thus the Tribe of Ben-
IIur secured its name.

The supreme tribe of Ben-Hur was founded March 1, 1894,
Siraonidcs Court Xo. 1, of Crawfordsville, being the mother court.
The society had a very meager Ijeginning, althougli it was launched
with flattering prospects, as jMr. Gerard had worked untiringly
to secure a good list of charter members. Associated with him in
the formation of the order were a mnnber of prominent public,
business and jorofessional men of Indiana. The first supreme offi-
cers elected were as follows: Sujireme chief, ex-Governor Ira J.
Chase; supreme scribe, F. L. Snyder; supreme medical examiner,
J. F. Davidson, M. D.; supreme keeper of tribute, S. E. Voris, and
an executive committee consisting of D, W. Gerard, F. L. Snyder
and W. T. Royse. The election of ex-Governor Ira J. Chase as
supreme chief was made at the request of Mr. Gerard, who de-
sired to devote all his time to the organization work. Upon the
death of Ira J. Chase, which occurred on May 11, 1895, Col. L. T.
Dickason was chosen by the executive committee to fill out the
unexpired term of j\Ir. Chase as supreme chief.

After Simonides Court had been organized and the actual
start made toward securing members and writing insurance, Mr.
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ill nearby Indiana towns. That year a number of courts were or-
ganized with good prospects. W'ith l>eautit'ul ritualistic woj-k,
with enipliasis placed upon sociability and good fellowship among
the members and with good insurance written in attractive form
nnd at reasonable rates, there was nnu-h in the principles of the
Tribe of Ben-llur that ai)pealed to the people. J lard work, earn-

tribe the hrst year, but at its close the order had 759 members and
there was a surplus of •t2,()53 in the treasury. The year of 1905
witnessed wonderful strides in the order, which pushed out and
entered other states. Its membershiij was increased to 3,551 and
its surplus to $13,945. Since then the order has llourished in a
most remarkable manner. At the end of the year 1908 there were
104,250 members, while the surplus amounted to .$1,174,545. The
surplus was $1, 103,-193.-10 at the close of 1909. In 1910 the society
had 1,400 courts and was doing business in no less than twenty-
nine states in the Union. Up to that year the total sum that had
been paid to the families of deceased members was $7,013,859.38.
Indeed, the growth of the society during the eighteen years of its
existence has been a splendid one, having enrolled in that time
considerably over a quarter of a million men and women from the
thirty-odd states in which the order is now represented. The re-
ports of its sui^reme scribe and supreme keeper of tribute under
date of December 31, 1911, gave the following figures: Number
of mend)ers, 119,953, in thirty-two states of the L'uion; insurance
in force, $139,825,900; death benefits paid in 1911, 1,022, amount-
ing to $1,146,124; balances, all funds, $1,651,410.71; net assets,
$1,525,218. It has never shown a loss of membership or funds in
any year of its existence, but on the contrary has made a steady
and conservative growth, sacrificing quantity often to quality,
and it stands today in the fraternal world an order famous for the
personnel of its large and loyal membership.

The i^lan and name of the order were popular from the be-
ginning. The beneficial feature was entirely new and novel; the
amount of protection granted each member depended upon the
age at admission, but a uniform amount of contribution was
charged each member. This plan was simple, equitable and easily
understood. No assessments were levied on the death of a mem-
ber, but a regular stipulated sum was collected each month. An
emergency fund was created from the beginning, and women were
admitted on an absolutely equal l)asis with men.

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In 189G Mr. Gerard was elected supreme chief of the order,
and he held that important and responsible position until his
death, in a manner that rellected much credit upon his ability and
to the eminent satisfactinn of all concerned. He had endeared
himself to the thousands of ]Jen-llur inemhers throughout the
country and one has but to attend even for a few minutes a su-
preme meetine of t)ie order to lo-im in i\-iiif gi-rr.t esteem and
respect he is held.

Mr, Gerard showed his unlimited faith in fraternal insurance
by carrying practically all of his fifteen thousand dollars of life
insurance in fraternal orders. In founding the Tril)e of Ben-IIur
one of his ideas was to give insurance at more reasonable rates
than is charged by old-line insurance companies, lie studied rate
table after rate table and every plan imaginable was ti'ied out in
his mind. The plans and tal)les of all the fraternal orders in ex-
istence were studied by him, and ])y taking the best that was in all
of them he molded togethei- the plans that were to be followed by
the Tribe of Ben-Hur. There were many months of anxious watch-
ing and sleepless nights, but they have all been rewarded.

Besides being a shrewd and capable business man and or-
ganizer, ]\Ir. Gerard was a convincing and forceful speaker and a
clear and logical writer. In the eighties, while engaged in the real
estate and insurance business, he became interested in "The In-
diana Farmer," of Indianai:)olis, a publication still in existence
which circulates among the farmers in Indiana and other states.
He was editor of the magazine for a while and helped to make it a
better, bigger and more popular paper. As soon as the supreme
tribe of Ben-IIur was organized, ^Ir. Gerard decided to publish
a monthly paper, telling the members what w^as being done in the
society iind keeping them informed wath regard to matters of in-
terest. Many of the best articles that have appeared in "The
Chariot" have been from Ids able pen.

In addition to his connection with the Supreme Tribe of Ben-
Hur, Mr. Gerard was also associated witli a numljer of other busi-
ness enterprises of Crawford.sville. He was a stockholder and
director of the Elston National Bank, and he was one of the orig-
inal stockholders of the Crawfordsville State Bank. He was one
of the men most interested in the establishment of the Crawfords-
ville Wire Bound Box Company.

During all these years INlr. Gerard was a very public-spirited
citizen. He was interested — and deeply interested, too — in every-

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tiling that has been for the welfare aud best interests of the city
of Crawfordsville. He was proud of his city, proud of her citi-
zens, proud of her position as one of the best little cities of In-
diana.

For 3'ears Mr. Oorard was a devout member of the First
INfethodist Episcopal church of Crawfordsville. He held member-
oLip iia u iiuiubcr rf frateiT.nl nyr\oi"i hp^irb"? RoTvTTur. including
the Foresters, Protected Home Circle,' Knights and Ladies of
Security, "Woodmen of the World and Ancient Order of United
"Workmen. He also belonged to the Knights of Pythias, the Im-
ju-oved Order of Red iNTcn and the Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks. He was a charter member of the Crawfordsville
lodge of Elks.

Mr, Gerard was a man with a kind heart and a broad sym-
pathy and charity. For years after his marriage his widowed
mother made her home with him and he was always strongl}- de-
voted to her. Her every wish and desire was gratified and his
love for his mother was un])0unded. He was also a kind and lov-
ing father, strongly attached to his family aud devoted to them
much more than is the average father. His family consists of two
daughters and one son, all of whom are married and living in
Crawfordsville: Mrs. Dr. J. F. Davidson, Airs. Charles AV. Iliff
and Dr. Royal H. Gerard. Mr. Gerard also leaves two brothers,
Charles, of Crawfordsville, and Abner, of Long Beach, California.
"Wesley Gerard, of "Wisconsin, is a half-brother.

Mr. Gerard was generous to a fault. He regarded truth and
liitnor above all else. Charity and benevolence formed one of the
ruling motives of his life. He was a sincere friend, a kind neigh-
bor and an admirable citizen. The influences of his life will live in
Crawfordsville and, in fact, in Indiana and the world through suc-
ceeding generations, and the Supreme Tribe of Ben-Hur will for-
CA'er remain a lastiiig monument. In thinking of Mr. Gerard's
life, one recalls the language the immortal Shakespeare spoke
thronirh his character Antonius:

"His life is gentle and the elements

So mixed in him, that nature can stand up

And say to all the world, This is a man."

At his late beautiful residence on East Main street, Craw-
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passed to his eternal rest, after a liritl' illness, liis sudden talcing
away coming as a profound slioek to thousands of frit'iids and ad-
mirers, lie was sixty-six years old.

In view of the universal jn-oniinenee of David W. Cierard and
in order to show the widespread esteem in whieli he was held, we
quote at some length from the eulogies pronoinued upon him, re-
printing hriefly from a few of tlm miny fiionc-oiuij. John C. Sny-
der, supreme scribe of the Ti'ihe of lien-llur, said: "For fifteen
years 1 have been connected in business with Mr. Gerard, and dur-
i]ig that time have had occasion to know him ver\' well indeed.
Those who were closest to him c-.m l)est testify to his great and
generous impulses and his broad principles. I think one of his
greatest virtues was his keen sympathy for his fellow men. Were
they jirosperous, he rejoiced with them; if unfortunate, he was al-
ways ready to offer su})sta7itial aid. No movement for good was
ever too great to challenge his admiration and approval; none ever
too small to escape his notice. TTe had had a wide experience in
business affairs, and I regarded him as a man of most extraordi-
nary attainments. Aside from his immediate family and close
relatives, to whom he was always a bulwark of safet.v, he will be
greatly missed by his neighbors, his friends and his business asso-
ciates. It is a pleasure to testify to the virtues of one so generallj'
admired."

S. E. Voris, mentioned in preceding paragraphs, said: "I
have been associated closely with l\[r. Gerard in business for the
past sixteen years, and I have always found him to be a man of
advanced ideas. He was full of good snggestions and upon every
occasion had just the right thing to suggest. He possessed won-
derful energy and industry. He was a natural fraternalist and
was a great believer in the brotherhood of man. He gave the
closing years of his life for this great cause and he siicceeded in his
purpose. He was the most kind-hearted man I ever knew, and I
never knew a more companionable man. It was a delight to be in
his company. He was liberal and charitable and the deeds of
chaiity which he did are many, very many. He thought ill of no
one. In his death Crawfordsville loses one of her very best citi-
zens."

Gilbert Howell said: "Not only his family, the Tribe of Ben-
Hui", his fellow officers and his home community sustained a loss
when Mr. Gerard passed over the great divide, but the fraternal
world has been robbed of one of its most shining lights, brightest

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and most brilliant exponents. He was lumored and loved as lias
been tlie lot of but few men, and his genial and kindly person-
ality, bis undaunted faithful friendship, his zealous exposition
of fraternal brolberhood, have wrought mightily for g(jod in the
world, and we ean truthfully say, 'lie has been a friend to man.'
As one of the founders of the Supreme Tribe of Ben-llur be has
builded a livinsr uKiimment in the hearts oP orjitcful widows nnd
orphans which will endure for ages, and l)y his broad vision and
grasp of financial affairs, his leadership of men, the fraternal
woi'ld will continue to pay him grateful homage. lie was one of
the pioneers whose labors have made it possible for the great
fratern.al armj- to bring sunshine and cheer into th.e homes dark-
ened by the Grim Reaper, and although he has passed away, the
work he has inaugurated, and the movement for the betterment
of mankind will continue to bless and help humanity. I cannot
pay a higher tribute than to say, 'lie loved all men, and was by
all men beloved.' "

John E. Bonnell, a member of the executive committee of
the Supreme Tribe of Ben-Hur, said: "Mr. Gerard was to me a
man in whom I felt that 'I could pin my faith.' I regarded him
in many respects as superior to all in the fraternal world. He,
in my humble judgment, did more to make famous our beloved
city than all others, save General Wallace."

Col. Isaac C. Elston said: "Mr. Gerard was a most kind
neighbor and affectionate father, devoted to his family, with a
cheerful, cordial greeting for all his friends, and was ever ready
to give credit for good deeds and excuse mistakes in others. Dur-
ing the past five years I have constantly met him in directors'
meetings of the bank with which we have been identified, and
learned to admire his business abilit}' and respect his sound judg-
ment in finance; but it was as a builder that his talents were most
conspicuous, as the phenomenal growth and success of the Su-
preme Tribe of Ben-TIur, promoted, organized and guided by him
to its ])resent enviable position in the insurance world, bears tes-
timony."

G. II. D. Sutherland, publisher of the "Crawfordsville Re-
view," had the following to say, editorially, in his paper on Janu-
(iry ■{, 1910: "David AV. Gei'ard is dead. This was the message
•I'lickly sjiread about the city Monday night, when the angel of
the Almighty came with a message and summoned him home.
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bis portion ere the spirit was loosed from bis mortal body and
dissolution was at baud. His last recognition of buniaa coiuiten-
auce was a smile for bis sou.

"When the end comes for a man like 'Dave' Gerard it isn't
bard, for friends at least, to say: 'Oh, death, where is thy sting?
Ob, grave, where is thy victory?' lie is not dead. He lives ou
and will continue to live in the lives of snccooflino- opnevfitinncj pc.
long as there shall he a Su])rcnie Tribe of Ben-llur. Tic leaves a
monuuieut, noble and ever-increasing, which promises to flourish
as long as 'the milk of human kindness' flows from Inunan breast.
lie was a kindly sold. In it was a prodigal wealth of charity that
knew no bouuds. He lived to spread the gos])el of brotherly love.
He believed the highest good can l^c acconi])lished by benefiting
bis brother man.

"In his early business days he dealt in various kinds of in-
surance and he long cheiished a dream of establi.shing a fraternal
insurance society. He studied Oen. Lew "Wallace's })Ook, 'Ben-
Ilur,' and pictured a beautiful ritual taken from its pages. His
sym])athies extended to men and women and so the organization
which he founded was unrestricted as to sex. Men and women
alike are taught the beautiful lesson from Ben-Hnr. Launched
in a year of panic, with moderate financial backing, the Supreme
Tribe of Ben-Hur had many an obstacle to overcome and little to
encourage its founder and those intimately associated with him.
But optimism is a splendid asset and ^fr. Gerard had large de-
posits in that bank. He surroimded himself with shrewd business
men and worked indefatigably himself to get the order started.
It is necessaiw here to refer to statistics to establish his ultimate
success. He lived long enough to 'see bis dreams come true.'

"Great as is the blow which the Supreme Tribe of Ben-Hur
has sustained in Mr. Gerard's death, the order will survive it and
go majestically forward in its mission of relieving humanity of
some of its ills. This is one of the best testimonials to Iris great-
ness. The society is so thoroughly organized, so surely estab-
li.shed, so well directed by the executive board, that its future
will see nothing but development and growth.

"'Mr. Gerard was an uncommon man. He started life with
handicaps that have kept many men do-^-n to the level of the
common))lace, but his ambition enabled him to surmount every
obstacle, and first attain an education, hard enough at the best
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ou. No oue loved Crawfordsvillc more than David W. Gerard.
He invested liis means here and he predicted growth, development
and prosperity as her portion in the years to come, lie was ever
ready with a word of encouragement for any young man who
would make his hunie heie and attempt lit assist in building up
the city. I\Ir. Gerard was thoroughly honest. The Supreme Tribe
oi i^en-iiur iias a clean record, iree irom any suspicion oi grart,
during its entire life of sixteen years. He did not attempt to take
advantage of his position and inlluence to advance his own in-
terests. He stood ever for the good of the order, desiring that
every member should share in its prosperity and growth.

"Crawfordsvillc will miss this kindly man. lie was sociable
and none was so humble but shared in his pleasant greeting. His
smile and his handshake carried with them sincerit}' and warmth
of hearty good feeling. His family and his relatives are assured
that they have the sympathy of the citizens of Crawfordsvillc in
this, the hour of their affliction."

The second day of the seventh regular meeting of the Su-
preme Tribe of Ben-Hur, "Wednesday, May 22, 1910, a report was
made by the memorial committee, which was unanimously adopt-
ed, and five thousand copies of a "Memorial Volume" were or-
dered printed, containing report of said committee, and includ-
ing the remarks offered by some of the members present upon
that occasion. We reprint the closing lines of the committee's
report: "This great society of the Sons and Daughters of Ilur
will forever be a living monument to his matchless genius and
wisdom. He builded wiser than he knew or even dreamed, be-
cause he builded ujion the eternal principles of truth, benevolence
and honor. He discovered the gate to the paradise of God open
wide, and the words 'whosoever will, let him enter, and partake
of the fruit of the life-giving tree in the midst thereof;' he seized
opportunity, sat beneath that tree and plucked therefrom the
fruit that inspired him to see visions and dream dreams. For he
was a man of visions and ])rophecy, an optimist of the highest
t.ype and character. In his visions he sav^' and j)rophesied the
coming of the great and gloi-ious Tribe of Ben-Hur, and lived to
see his visions and prophecies realized and fulfilled. In the ad-
vancing ages the glory of his achievement and worth will come
to be more and more realized and appi-cciated by the coming gen-
erations. So long as civilization shall endure, so long as men and
women continue to hand themselves together to provide protec-
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tion for their loved oucs against tlic evil day; so long as the his-
torian faithfully records the origin and work of great movements,
having for their object the betterment of mankind, morally and
mentally, so long will his name and fame I'emain.

"This is his own monument, buikled by himself out of the
thoughts of his great soul, and the pi'inriitk's he advocated and
tVip wovt-Q ho "-r'^'iglit; a liULL.uiiitl iiiuic \\uii,li,\ and of more en-
during substance than that of marble or of metal.

"And while he needs no (.)lher, it appears to the committee
that this great tribe of the Sons and Daughters of Ilur, who
were contemi)orai'y with him, and who knew liun best and are
enjoying the fruits of liis services and sacrilices; that it would be
eminently fitting and proper that we slmuld leave to future gen-
erations some kind of token, memento or memorial, expressive
of the appreciation, high regard and esteem in which he was held
by us; a monument worthy of him, wdrthy of our great order and
its matchless principles. "Whatever we may think, say or do in
this regard, in the death of Brother (ierard it can be truly said,
in the language of one of old, 'A prince and a great man has fallen
in Israel.' "

At the memorial meeting above referred to many were the
appropriate eulogies pronounced on Mr. Gerard, but space for-
bids more than a cursoi'y glance at them in the following para-
graphs:

G. I. Kisncr, of Terre TTaute, Indiana: "We offer uj) our
prayers and oiu- tears for those who have preceded us in their de-
parture from this world. Their accom])lishmeuts and their valor
is given unto us upon monuments of marble, or granite, or per-
chance, cast in bronze, but the achievements of those to whom
we have been united are handed down to us in our hearts which
shall be enduring as long as time shall last and they shall weather
all the storms of life. Their achievements will inspire us on to
higher realms in this old wf)rld. Those of us who are particularly
united by the ties of fraternity feel deeply this loss. To alleviate
suffering and want, to bring cheer, and joy and sunshine into the
hearts and the homes of the people of this world, have they not
thus buildcd well? Otherwise we would not have the Tribe of
Ben-IIur and these other fraternal organizations thriving
throughout otir land. So let us cherish their memory, imitate
their virtues and endeavor to profit by ll)e afflicting dispensation
of Jehovah."

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Hon. Chai'lcs L. Wedding, Evausvillc, Indiana: "The fra-
ternal world maj^ well stand with uncovered head about the new-
ly-made grave of our groat leader, David W. Gerard. And now
that this great spirit, our great leader, has gone from among us
let us highly resolve that the great work he lias done shall live
after him, for indeed his labor, his achievements and his life of
toil for brotherly love, for fraternity and tor our iunnanity, should
be and are a more enduring monument to his memory than sculp-
tured marble or the eternal granite. And let us pray that this
great order, founded by our great leader, and for which he did
such herculean work, shall, like the orbs that constitute the Milky
Way, grow brighter and brighter, as the ages pass away; that it
shall become a vast and splendid monument of 'peace on earth
and good will to men,' of fraternity, of brotlierly love, upon which
the men and women of all after-times may gaze with admiration
forever."

Hon. Michael P. Kehoe, Baltimore, Maryland: "Our de-
parted chief, at first, although he saw nothing but opposition con-
front him, never for a moment faltered in what he considered to
be his duty, but jDushed onward this magnificent order, which was
indeed his life work. We can onlj' hope and aecei^t the great
truths that have been sent to us by the ^Master, looking for life
beyond, and I am sure, in the light of the work and character of
our late departed chief, living as he did and considering the work
he performed, if there is such a thing as the glorious life beyond,
there must be an everlasting place prepared for him who is gone."

Dr. H. V. Beardsley, Ft. Worth, Texas: "Sixteen years ago,
through Providence, or some other source, I met and formed a
very lasting friendshij:) with our late departed D. W. Gerard. He
has not only been to me as a friend, but he has been to me as a
father, and I do not believe there is a single member of the Tril^e
of Ben-IIur who has felt the loss of his departure more than I
have. He was not only a friend of humanity, but he was a close
personal friend of those that met him on those grounds."

Rev. Ernest Dailey Smith, Crawfordsvillc, Indiana: "David
W. Gerard was a good man. I know that in forming an estimate
of men, a preacher is put to a certain disadvantage. l\ry impres-
sions of Brother Gerard from m.v personal acquaintance with him,
and from what those have said to me who have known him inti-
mately, is that he was just the same behind a Sunday face and
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that evenness and l)alance aiid f^cnuiiiciicss in Iiini that mack; him
always the same."

W, H. Owen, Crawrordsville, Indiana: "Mi'. Cerurd was
more than a member of the Tribe of llen-.llur with me. Outside
of all of the as.soeiations in tlic fraternal work, he was my friend,
and my neighbor, and perhaps I might say an inspiration to do

this work. 1 feel that I ha\e ucihUhI him ahuo.st ever}' day since
he passed away, and sometimes I get weary, for i could always
rclj' on encouragement and the optimism of this man."

W. B. Ramcy, Crawfordsville, Indiana: "For the past ten
years it has l)een a pleasure to me to have been connected with
the oflice, and intimately associated with Brother Gerard, and T
luiow that I voice the sentiments of every employe of the office
when 1 say that we never had Die p)-ivilege of working for a gen-
tleman who has ])een so dear and kind to us as he."

0. A. Paddock, Aul)uru, New York: "I have known Brother
Gerard jjersonally for some time, and have always lionored and
respected him."

Mrs. Lucy H. AVilde, Buffalo, New York: "The Avorld was
made better by the life of our late beloved chief, David W. Gerard.
It was no small sphere in which his influence for good was exer-
cised while he lived, and there are so many good deeds to his
credit that the influence still lives and will continue to live, though
he be dead. Ilis whole existence was an inspiration to mankind.
Never a word came from his lips designed to wound the feelings
of his fellow man. Such a thing as bitterness was absolutely un-
known to him."

J. M. Billups, Jeannette, Pennsylvania: "The influence of
Brother Gerard was felt to such an extent that I voice the general
sentiment of the Peimsylvania members when I say we have lost
the most noted and loyal fraternalist of the da.v. The iniju'ession
made on me was that I had met and talked with one of God's
elect; a noble man in his own country."

H. J. ]\IcC!innis, CrawfoixLsville, Indiana: "I was but a boy
when I took up the work of the Tribe of Ben-TTur fifteen years
ago, and I feel that if I have attained any degi'ee of success, it
has been through the encouragement and the help of our late
supremo chief. He always had a kindly word of encouragement
for the field men."

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that a great and iisi'ful man passed away when David W. Gerard
was siiinmoued to clusc liis eyes on eartlily .scenes. Lives of men
such as he have been instrumental in removing the tear from sad
faces, that have put the staff of life on the l)oard of the widow,
and kindled the /ires upon tin- lieaitlisloue of the orphan, these
will l)f crcnvned with everlasting lionoi' and glory.

Upon llie aealli ol .-^upiTnie v. iiiei i>avid W. (jierard, ihe
executive committee of the Supreme Tribe of Ben-IIur met and
unanimously apjiointed Dr. Royal IT. flei-ard to fill out his father's
unex])ired term, from January to May, 3910. At the meeting of
the Supreme Tribe in May he was elected supreme chief and has,
by successive re-elections, been retained in that office and is ably
and efficiently carrying forward the work so splendidly inaugu-
rated bv his father.

DAVID KING.

The biographer is glad to herein set forth the salient facts

in tho ominontly «ii,^f.nv.c-f,.l .,.>J IicMwi\.v]jIc caicci uf Lhc vvcU-

remembered and highly esteemed citizen of Indianapolis whose
name appears above, tlie last chapter in whose life record has been
closed by the hand of death, and the seal set thereon forever, but
whose influence still jjcrvades the lives of those with whom he
came into contact. For many yeai's he was closely identilicd with
the industrial development of the city of his choice. The final
causes which shaped the fortunes of individual men and the des-
tinies of nations are often the sauic. They are usually remote and
obscure, their influence wholly unexpected until declared by re-
sults. When they inspire men to the exercise of courage, enter-
prise, self-denial, and call into play the higher moral elements —
such causes lead to the planting of great states and great peoples.
That nation is the greatest which produces the greatest and most
manly men, as these must constitute the essentially greatest na-
tion. Such a result may not consciously be contemplated b}' the
individuals instrumental in their produ(;tion. Pursuing each his
personal good b}' exalted means, they worked out this as a logical
conclusion, for they wrought along the lines of the greatest good.
Thus it is that the safety of our republic depends not so much upon
methods and measures as upon that manhood from whose deep
sources all that is precious and permanent in life must at last
proceed. These facts were early recognized by the late David
King, and the salient points marked his careei", for those who
knew him best could not but help noticing his many manly attri-
butes and api:)reciating his efforts to inspire good citizenship and
right living, in ])oth private and jmblic life, and, because of these
many eonuneiulablc cliaractci'istics lie won and retained tlie confi-
dence and good will of all who knew him oi' had dealings with him
in any way.

Mr. King was born neai' Zanesville, Ohio, May .3, 1825, and
was the son of "William and Snrah (Sullivan) King. These par-
ents separated when their son David was yomig and he was bound
out to a family named Burrows, wealthy farmers who lived near
Ccnterville, Tndian.'i. and he remained with thon ten years, from

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the age of eight until lie was eighteen years ohl, thus speudiug
his boyliood days on the farm where he made himself useful in
the crop seasons, attending the district scliools during tlie winter
months. His brother, ('ornclius King, had located in Indianapo-
lis, where he operated a lumber yard under the firm name of King
& Isgrave, which was one of the earliest lumber concerns of the
capital city, and Ihcy were also contractors and builders. While
on the tiircsiiold of y(Hing manhood Ua.^id King joined his brother
and learned the cai'penter's trade, working for the al)ove-named
firm for three years, ])ecoming a very skilled workman the mean-
time, lie then went into business for himself, first on a small
scale, building houses and other structures, lie did his work
well and conscientiously and his business gradually grew until
he became one of the largest contractors in Indianapolis, and to-
day may be seen many of the imposing residences, monuments to
his skill as a builder. Later ^Ir. King purchased two squares of
the canal, from the Canal Compau}*, from what was then known
as Tenth to Twelfth street, now Twenty and Twenty-second
streets, and here he conducted an ice business on an extensive
scale for a period of fifteen years. Retiring from this line of en-
deavor ill 1876, he returned to the contracting business and also
purchased two valuable farms, one where the town of Flackville,
Indiana, now stands, and the other near Hallville, this state, on
the Osterman road, which he hired men to work. In 1896 he
built the large, substantial homo where his daughter, j\lrs. Emma
Gulick, now lives, Xo. 515 North Senate street, Indianapolis, and
there he spent the rest of his life, his death occurring on Decem-
ber 31, 1899. He is buried at Crown Hill cemetery.

;Mr. King was a fine type of the self-made man, and, starting
at the bottom of the industrial ladder, he scaled to the topmost
rung without an}' assistance and accumulated a handsome com-
petenc}", owning at the time of his death considerable valuable
property.

Religiously, Mr. King was a faithful member of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church and a liberal supporter of the same. "When
a young man he joined the old Strange Chapel, named after Bis-
hop Strange, which later became the California Street ^Methodist
church, and he remained a worthy member of the same until his
death, as was also his wife. He was charitably inclined and as-
sisted in an.v worthy cause claiming his attention. Politically, he
was a Democrat, but was not a seeker after public honors, pre-

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ferriug to devote his attention to his extensive business interests
and to his t'amil)', being a great home man, and therefore cared
nothing for lodges or clubs.

Mr. King was united in marriage with Nancy ^I. Baylor in
October, 1855. She was the daughter of John and Nancy (Sar-
gent) Ba3']t>r, a higld\' honored pioneer family of Marion county,
Indiana. Nancy ^l. Baylor was born on tho fann. in a log hnnsf^,
on tlie hanks of White river, eJanuary 26, 1831, grew to woman-
hood there and was educated in the common sclutols. Her death
occurred on August 26, 1883.

To David King and wife one child was born, Enmia S., whose
birth occurred in the house which was on the ground where she
now resides in North Senate street. She spent her girlhood in
Indianapolis; in fact, has lived here all her life, and she received
a good education in the schools of her native city. She married
William W. Gulick, and to this union four children were born,
namely: David, who died when nineteen years of age; Mabel, who
married Raymond Sleight, of Indianapolis; Walter died when ten
months old; I\Iargaret lives at home and is attending school.

]\Irs. Gulick is a lady of refinement and has long been a favor-
ite with a wide circle of friends. She and her family attend the
Roberts Park Methodist church, where they stand high in the
congregation, as in social circles of the city.

MASON BLANCHARD THOMAS.

That lil'e is the must usei'ul and (k-siiable that results in the

reach the liei^hts ti) wliieh they asi)ire', yet in some measure eaeh
can win success and make lii'e a blessing to his fellow men. It is
nut neccssai-y \\>r one to occupy eminent public positions to do
SI), for in the humbler walks of life there remains nmch good to
be accdiiipiished and many opportunities for the exercise of
taU;n1s and inlluence, that in some way will touch the lives of
I hose with whom we come in contact, making them better and
lirighlci'. In the list of Indiana's successful and useful citizens
the l.itc .Mason Blanchard Thomas, the al)le and popular dean of
WaliaNJi College, of Crawfordsville, long occupied a prominent
place. In his record there is much that is connnendable, and his
career forcibly illustrates what a life of energy can accomplish
when ))lans are wisely laid and actions are governed by I'ight prin-
ciples, noble aims and high ideals. In his public career, as well
as his private life, no word of susjiicion was ever breathed against
him. His actions were the result of careful and conscientious
thought, and when once convinced that he Avas right, no sugges-
tion of policy or personal profit could swerve him from the course
he had decided on. His career, though comparatively brief, was
complete and rounded in its beautiful simplicity; he did his full
duty in all the relations of life, and he died beloved by those near
to him, and respected and esteemed by his fellow citizens. In
offering the following resume of his life history it is believed that
it will serve as an incentive to the youth whose careers are yet
matters for the future to determine.

Professor Thomas was born in New AVoodstock, New York,
December 16, 1866, and he was the only son of Mansier Connable
Thomas and Anna (Blanchard) Thomas. He grew to manhood
on the home farm near the above named village. After comi^lct-
iug the work in the graded school at New "Woodstock, he w(>nt to
the seminary at Cazenovia, New York, and from there to Cornell
University at Ithaca, where he made a brilliant record. He had
been successful in a contest for a scholar.ship in that institution
in the sunnner of 1886, and entered the same the foUowuig au-

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tumn. He was graduated there with the degree of Bachelor of
Science in 1890. lie spent the l"()lU)\viiig year at Cornell, doing
post-graduate work, having earned a scholarsliip in biology. He
therefore decided to continue his studies in the field of botany and
became a candidate for the degree of Hnehelor of Philosojihy. In
the following yeai-, however, he resigned his fellowship in order
to conip to Wa]>n<5]i r'o11p"-,> +o o^f^mif +iir> vrot'crrorcliiv) in biolG::'v.
made vacant by the resignation of Prof; John M. Coulter, and
which was divided a year later, permitting him to devote his entire
attention to botany. The department of botany has developed at
Wabash College under his care until it has given fame and stand-
ing to the institution throughout the scientific world. Students
desiring to make botany their life work have come from great
distances to study under Professor Thomas and graduates of the
college who have specialized in this work have taken high rank in
all parts of the country. But he did not confine his activities to
his own department. From the very beginning, in 1891, when he
first came to Crawfordsville, he entered into the active life of the
college and the student body. Having been a successful athlete
in the university, he became interested in the athletics of "Wabash
and almost ever since his arrival here was chairman of the com-
mittee on athletics. In 1904 he was appointed dean of the fac-
ulty and served the college in that capacity until the time of his
death. He was continuall}' organizing and pushing some enter-
prise which would reflect honor on Wabash College and give her
prestige. Typical of these were the memorial tablet in honor of
the Wabash students who had served in the Union army, the bust
of Doctor Kane and the many class memorials on the campus in-
spired by his suggestion. Neither did he confine his boundless
energies to the college. The whole community is his debtor for
his help in every good cause and for his leadership in many. The
Ciilver Union hospital is one of the monuments of his initiative
and resourcefulness. He was active in promoting the movement
for the beautiful soldiers' monument at Crawfordsville and in the
various cam})aigns against the saloons he was a tower of strength.
As his devotion to public causes and his ability to successfully
promote them became known over the state his services were de-
manded in other places, and he never refused, even when past the
limit of his strength. Among these outside interests that have
claimed his attention is the Indiana Forestry Association, of
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has been a director, also viee-p)esidoiil and chairman of the educa-
tional conniiitlee, and also the Indiana Boys' School at Plain-
field, of which he \Yas a trustee by appointment of Governor .Mar-
shaU. lu spite of his varied activities, he never neglected his
chosen profession of teaching and the science of Ixjtany, wliidi
was his life work. Always a student himself, keeping in toui-li

,,.U1, «li . 1.. + ^r-+ ,Ti.f,n-iv<CT. ill coTOy^nO llo \^T|13 nil iH'>"l1 tO'U'l'pV 'I'lu.

results of his research were given to tlie scientilic world in nuiiici--
ous publications and he was a member of many scientific societies
whose meetings he frequently attended, including the Botanical
Society of America, the American Forestrj' Association, the Am-
erican Phytopatliological Society, the Botanical Society of the
C'enlral Stales, and the Indiana Academy of Science; a fellow of
the American Association for the Advancement of Science; and
a director of the Indiana Society for Savings. In 1901 he was
president of the Indiana Academy of Science.

Tlie degree of Doctor of Philosoi^hy was conferred upon Pro-
fessor Thomas by Wabash College in 1907. He was also a Phi
Beta Kappa scholarship man in his class at Cornell, and a mem-
ber of the scientific fraternity of Sigma Xi. He was a devuul
member of the Central Presbyterian church.

On June 21, 1893, Professor Thomas was united in maiTJage
with Annie Davidson, only daughter of Judge and ^Irs. Tliomas
P. Davidson, at their home on the corner of Crecn and Fi'anlcliii
streets, the late Dr. Cunningham performing the ccremuny. Tliis
union was without issue.

^lason Blanchard Thomas was called to his reward on a
higlier i)lane of action on Wednesday, March G, 1912, after a bi'avc;
fight for life against odds too great even for his indomita])le
energy and will, at his home in Mills Place, Crawfordsville, after
an illness of several weeks which baffled expert physicians from
Indianajjolis and New York. In its issue of the following day,
Tlie Indianapolis News said, in part: "He was dean of AVa-
bash College for twelve years and a warm personal friend of
Govei-nor Thomas li. Marshall. His death removes one of tlu;
most enthusiastic and untiring workers for the success and ad-
vancement of the interests of Wabash College, and a man who
was beloved by students and esteemed by citizens. Out of resi)e<'t
to his memory college classes were dismissed today. ]Many Ix'an-
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devotion to Wabash wore paid liy professors, students and to\ATis-
people."

The i'uueral of Professor Tliomas was held tlic following
Friday afternoon in the Central J^reshyterian church, of which
the deceased had been n worthy member ever since taking up his
residence in Crawfordsville, the services being conducted by Kev.
Wolt'"' •Tf>hi-"^'t'^n, partcr of thio ohuicli, .lud Di. G. L. r\laciviuLusii,
president of Wabash College. The services were siniiole and were
very largely attended. The students of the college formed a double
column, which continued from tlie residence to the church. The
dower bearers, all students of the advanced classes, who acted as
pall bearers, Avere: Cecil Thomas, "Will Elza, Louis Massey, Jacob
Weimer, Paul Kerr and ^Er. Chupp.

The address of Dr. JMackintosli follows: "When a friend, and
especially one who has been a eomi>anion in arms, falls, we are
shocked and astonished. However connnon death may be, it comes
to our own door as an unwelcome and unexpected visitor. In a
sense we are never prepared for it. It is with profound sadness
and regret we contemplate the passing of our friend and brother.
Professor Thomas, in the prime of his years. He had reached
the time when men have the fullest command of their powers,
and suddenly he vani.shed from earthl}^ scenes. He had bare time
to interpret life and know its relative values and now his exper-
iences have ceased for all time in the world that is under the sun.
To the intelligence of Him that is the Most High, all is plain
enough, but to us mortals this matter bears the aspect of tragedy.
Today, while we bow in submission, as we ought, we would have
it otherwise if we could.

"There are some men who, on account of what we call per-
sonality, make a lasting impression upon friends, and even change
acquaintances; others pass in and out of our lives and leave scarce
a trace of their existence. Professor Thomas was one of the
former class. He was a man not easily ff)rgotten. He had that
mingling of fpialities which caught and held attention. It is not
so well known in Crawfordsville as it might have been had mat-
ters been otherwise, that Mason B. Thomas was a man of national
reputation as a teacher of botany; in fact, a ver}' great teacher.
The art of teaching includes a two-fold interest. First, interest
in the subject taught; second, interest in those who are being
taught. He had this double interest to an absorbing degree. He
taught not only botany, but also manliness and a wholesome re-

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gard for truth and riglitconsnoiis. He was auxiuus not only that
liis nu'U should have good grades, but also that their lives be good
and true. It is uot too nuieh to say tliat mauy Wabash ineu owe
to hini uot only a elear seuse of what scholarship and science
mean, but also of what manhood and honor mean. It is scarcely
necessary to say that Professor Thomas was a martyr to his pro-
fession and the inrtitT'.tion v;hir'h hr> «o7<^•pf1 ""Tod he taken more
care of himself and less care of others, he might have reached old
age. But he was an enthusiast. On his death bed he could not
refrain from directing the work of his department. Tie poured
his very life, not into imusual work, but into every-day work.
After twenty years of continual service in the same department,
he taught with all the rare earnestness and enthusiasm of a man
who had just made a discover}'. His daily work was never com-
monplace to him. He dealt not with things or men onlj', but with
men and things, and lie had an ever-present sense of their rela-
tionship. He said to me more than once: 'I do not wish to use mj'
department to make botanists only, but to make men.' He was
eminently successful in realizing his wishes. But Professor
Thomas was not a hermit scientist. His interest in life was wide.
It is almost superfluous to say here that his interest in the good
of this city was absorbing and continuous. In the days not long
since, when the interest of the connnunity seemed to be peculiarly
at stake, he gave days of his time to the cause. Indeed, at times,
he seemed as much absorbed in social service as in the duties of
his profession.

"One way — not the onl}' one — in estimating the stature of a
man, is to find the space left vacant on his departure. By this
standard Professor Thomas was a large and commanding per-
sonality. He has left a place in this community and Wabash Col-
lege which we cannot hojie to fill easily, if at all. From the at-
tendance today of alumni and others outside the city, we can
judge how large a place he filled in the lives and affections of old
Wabash men. In retm-n he gave his undying affection, his seiwice
and his very life to his students and to the college.

"Though all that was his is now swept into the past, it is
not engiilfed. While memory lingers, those days when he was so
large a part of our college and civic community will remain with
many of us fresh and green despite the hurry of the years. The
men whom he helped to find themselves will sui'el.v not forget the
service. Our beloved friend has finished the journey of life, he

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has already commenced the jomiiey of which PLato speaks, and
which God in His mercy lias prepared for those who love Him.
Sometimes above the diu and hurry of this life we think we hear
the chimes of the eternal city. Surely there is consolation for us
in the thought that if a man die he shall live again, and that
tliough the house of this earthly tabernacle be dissolved we have
a hoii'jf' not mnrlo yy\f]\ har.dc, ctci'Dul iu the hca\cu.s. I do uot
forget that there are those here today who live in a deeper shadow
than the students and the members of the faculty of Wabash Col-
lege or the citizens of this comnumity, but I cannot in this public
fashion speak to them, but let us hear the words of the ]\Iaster,
'Let not your heart be troubled; ye believe in Clod, believe also in
me; in my Father's house are man)' mansions; if it were not so I
would have told 30U; I go to prepare a place for you.'

"As a token of the esteem in which Professor Thomas was
held by the college men of the state, I desire to read a short tele-
gram from the president of Hanover College:

" 'The faculty of Hanover College mourns with Wabash and
the state of Indiana, in the untimel}' loss of Professor Thomas.'

"Governor Marshall, an old friend of Professor Thomas and
a trustee of the college, is with us and will add a few words."

Governor ]\Iarshall s^Doke extemporaneously, as follows:

"What I shall say will be simple, yet sincere. I know if he
were here today he would want me to do what he always advised
me to do — say the thing I really believed. We are on the wrong
side of the loom where divine destiny is weaving the tapestry of
history to understand why there are to our view so many
broken strands of thread in this life. Neither with our faith, nor
with our philosoph}' can we to a certainty speak of the reason
why one whom we thought to be just at the zenith of his power
and his influence should suddenly be removed. And yet I think
we ofttimes judge life awry in imagining that it consists in length
of years rather than in high aspiration, in duty done, and in lofty
purpose. It has helped me ofttimes in the past, as it helps me
today, to have a faith of my own, not based upon anj'thing that I
can prove, but just arising out of the innate necessities of my own
nature as I have faced, time after time, just such sorrowful scenes
as this, to believe that no good man engaged in a good work will
ever be removed from earth until that work is done. This is a
strange thing for one to say who loved the man whose ashes are
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and yet I must say tliat as I know him to be good and loyal and
true, it is my faitli that his work was done. This was a great
man, if yi>n do not know it; and the world has uot had many great
men. Jt has had thousands of conquering warriors, who have
wadi'd lliruu;;h slaughter to a throne and shut the gates of mercy
on mankind; it has had men whose names have issued full throated
iiuin li.i: ln>o <.: ^.u^alar acclr.i:n; it b:- hn/l r, f"w vAnvtyv^ to giv.nt
causes; hut in reality, the world has had but few great men. If
soil want to know what I think constitutes the greatness of a
iiKin, let me tell you that the greatness of a man has to be fash-
ioned upon the life and the character and the i)rineiples of the one
(ii-eat Character — the character of a great teacher; so that the
really great men whom the world has known are men that in the
world had not nmch acclaim. AVe have had the great teachers of
the ages, and here was a great teacher. Doctor Mackintosh has
said that he took not only an interest in botany, but that he took
an interest in the boys. ^Lay I add further, after having four
years in Wabash College and almost forty years in the university
of life, that the really great thing about Wabash College has been
the character of the men who have held the chairs in this institu-
tion. The little Greek that I had and the little Latin have passed
away, but the unconscious influence of the men of that early gen-
eration— Tuttle, Hovey, CamiDbell, Mills and Thompson — has l)ecn
the really vital force in my life. These men were great teachers;
and 1 have met scores of young men in the last ten years who when
I s|»(ike of "Wabash College echoed back to me the name of Thomas,
a great teacher, because he got the best in the men, and because
he taught the men that unless, above all else, they couldn't con-
<|U(-r themselves, they were about the meanest things in all crea-
tion. Ill the world of science his name will long be remembered.
Tiike the rest of us it may soon be forgotten upon the scrolls of
Indiana's liistory, but it will live in a larger and better way than
the mere writing of it upon the pages of history; it will live in the
lives and the influence of the young men who came in contact with
liiin. It will go on in ever-increasing power and influence, and it
will !)(■ the greatest thing in the world to us; for from this life we
can all learn the lesson that it is not place, nor power, nor in-
fluence alone that makes the man, but rather it is that fine sense
of honor which demands of the man that he shall give himself to
Innnanity regardless of his own will, and regardless of the good
of those whom he loves and who love him best; that fine enthn-

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siasm — God working within man-— that helps him to forget place
or better opportunities than ^\'abash College could oiler or afford
to this man — for higher rewards were offered to him than Wabash
College could hold out— that line enthusiasm which made him feel
that here was the work, here was the altar for the sacrifice of his
life, and here were the men whom he would influence.

"Tiicio aic iiitu here in Lliis ciiurch who were in his classes.
They want to honor ^Nlason B. Thomas. Let it not be mere lip
service. Let it be loyalty and devotion to the liner ideals of life.
I dare not speak today of the personal relations of Professor
Thomas and myself. There was no reason why this good man
should have loved me as he did; there is no way in which I can
ever show mj' gratitude for his friendship or his unswerving loy-
alty to me. ]\ray I add just a little more of my own private faith.
I have an idea that somewhere else he has started upon a larger
life and a larger era of usefulness. Our tears are vain; he has
pushed aside the portals — the curtains of the evening twilight —
and has now penetrated into the unknown. If he were to say
anything to the student body of Wabash College, to the alumni,
old and young, I think from out the mystery which he has pene-
trated he would call back to us: 'Be loyal, to God, to country, to
"Wabash College, and to home.' I will not say farewell. Mason B.
Thomas; I do not know when we shall meet again. With you it is
all well. For the rest of us, I hope some time it may be all well,
with us."

The following editorial, captioned "A Living Sacrifice," ap-
peared in the Crawfordsville Journal, in its issue of ^March 7,
1912:

"Although he would have been the last man to put it that
way, yet his intimate friends know that Professor Mason B.
Tliomas literally made a living sacrifice of himself for otliers and
for the things which he deemed even more important than life
itself. If he had been content to do merely a man's work in the
world he could have lived long instead of i^assing off the state in
the ver}' zenith of his powers. Moreover if he had desired to
exercise his rcmarkalde abilities in a business way he could easily
have amassed great wealth. But he deliberately chose his career,
knowing full well the probable consequences, comparative pov-
erty and an untimely death, because he believed it was the right
way to live, because he could not be happy living any other way.

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It was a sacrilice of case, of health, of life itself, as others view it,
liul to liini it was a joy.

"lie had a ]>assioii for seeing the world better and a positive
genius for nlilizing his indomitable energy, his keen intellect and
his wonderful resnuvccrulness in practical ways of making it bet-
ter, 'riio Ihing close at hand that offered an opportiinity for im-
j.,,,,;,.„ > >.;:vliti ■^^'- """S th" tbinj^ thnt appealed to him and while
others were saying tliat a certain thing should be done lie was
planning how to do it and setting the plan in motion.

"Anothei' positive characteristic of Professor Thomas was
liis infensc loyalty to friends. He did not choose every man for a
fi-jcnd, l)ul tliose favored with his affection received in countless
ways more than tliey could repay in a lifetime.

"15ut after all has been said, the fact I'emains that his greatest
work and his greatest pleasure was in his relations with young
men, particularly the students of "Wabash College, who met him
in the class room. His laboratory was for the making of men
more than for scientific research and scores of students have be-
come transformed under his inspiration from careless and aimless
iioys into men of power and leadership, able and anxious to trans-
mit what they have received fnmi him to others. These men are
his living monuments, more lasting than bronze or granite, be-
cause the influences he set in motion through them will go on for-
ever."

The "Wabash College Record, a quarterly publication of
that institution, devoted its entire issue of April, 1912, to a me-
morial edition on the life and work of Professor Thomas, carrying
a s])lendid half-tone engraving of the noted botanist. Under the
rajjtion, "Mason Blanchard Thomas," it said editorially:

" 'Better a day with a prince than an age with a serf.' To
have devoted twonty-one years of one's life loyally, enthusiasti-
cally and unselfishly to the upbuilding of an institution of learn-
ing would be for most men a sufficient memorial, but for ]\Iason
Blanchard Tliomas it is inadequate. His activities were cease-
less, untiring, and almost unlimited.

"In the class-room and laboratory his simplicity, his ele-
vated personality, his deep appreciation of truth and his unity
of purpose have had but few parallels. As a counselor of young
men he was indulgent and sympathetic. By nature, his interest
in them was such that he warmed their hearts, gave them new
hopes, and increased their zeal. Many there arc who have been
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the recipients of liis gracious favor and substantial aid. As dean
of the faculty of the college, he was conscientiously devoted to
duty, fearless, yet considerate; honest to a detail, lie had an out-
spoken hatred for innnorality, hypocrisy and treachery. His sin-
cerity was unquestioned. lie disliked contention and strife,
but when he believed that the welfare of the college was involved,
he did not avoid them; he w;is ^^o conirtrmnispr. no plnfntnr. His
lofty ideals niade deceit intoleral)le. As a citizen of Crawfords-
ville and Indiana, he was puldic spirited, aggressive, yet conser-
vative. He devoted himself assiduously to a state-wide move-
ment in behalf of the conservation of our state's natural resources;
he was deeply interested in the school for boys at Plainfield; and
he w-aged a relentless warfare against petty jjolitics and violations
of the law.

"In the death of Professor Thomas, the class-room has lost a
great teacher; his 'boys' a devoted father; his colleagues a friend,
charitable and lovable; the college its able and efficient dean; the
community and state, a gentleman of splendid achievement and
courtesy; and the scientific world, a scholar."

In this issue a tribute is paid to Professor Thomas, "The
Father," by his students, "His Boys," as follows: "To the mem-
ory of that noble life to which the statesman, the citizen, the scien-
tist have now brought their last tribute, we, his sons — an army of
boys — now beg leave to bow our heads in silent reverence. More
than respect, keener than admiration, more lasting than inspira-
tion is the force which brings us to the bier of Professor Thomas;
it is the love of sons to the father. The inspiration gained in the
class-room, the feeling of lasting responsibility instilled by his
confidence, the hatred for all things base commanded by his lofty
ideals, the love of truth implanted b.y his simple high-mindedness
— all these have registered themselves, beyond eradication, in our
hearts. It is a lame gratitude that can find full expression in
words, and the world can never know from any words we may ut-
ter even a small part of the love we bear him. Far better here is
the pressure of the hand and the beat of the heart. May our
gratitude, then, find its enil)odiment and expression in the con-
secration of our lives to the nol)]e principles so luminousl,v exem-
plified in our honored Professor Thomas. Then, wdien all things
are given their true proportion by the master hand of time, there
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array of noble (iiialitics, the kind, sympathetic, considerate, k)v-
ing man — tlie lather."

or the many comments on the life, work and character of
Professor Thomas, we herewith give a nnmber from eminent edu-
t-aLoJs all owv the country, the first from William A. Alillis, presi-
dent of Hanover College:

'it js tuiui lilt li) ^ivc u jii^t coLUiiiitc oi a iriciiu. oucli was
I'rofessoi- Thomas to all who came within the range of his life.
His friendliness, possibly, is the characteristic which distin-
giiislied him from the mass of men. Broad and accurate scholar-
ship he had, but such scholarship is common. He was skilled in in-
.structiou, but many men possess this in high degree. He was a
good and fearless man, but thei-e are many good and fearless men.
He was devoted to his profession and deeply loyal to Wabash Col-
Icgi'. His was a consecrated life. In this particular also he was
one of a great company of college teachers whose conscci-ation
is tlie glory of the American college, and whose missionary zeal
lias made them forgetful of all self-interest, of ease of life, and of
worldly advancement. He was a positive force for good citizen-
ship in his city and state; a contributor to science and to the dig-
nity of his profession. He was considerate of the fitness of things,
of the rights of others and of their feelings; he was a gentleman.
He was highly efficient. He paved his way not with good inten-
tions unwrought, but with worthy things accomplished.

"In the possession of these elements of character. Professor
Thomas was an uncommon man. But he was more and better
than this; he was an unfailing and inspiring friend. A great
teacher is far more than a purveyor of information; he must have
that peculiar in.sight and inherent touch which reveal to young
men their possibilities, and arouse within them the forces of
thought and action which send them on to realization. Professor
'i'homas had this gift in an unusual degree. His relations were
personal rather than professional. He was loyal to his boys. He
was an inspirer of youth. He gave them a passion for work. He
helped them to see visions for themselves; he set them on fire
with definite purposes. He helped them to set foot on the first
rung of the ladder and found his joy of life in the lives of his
students. His personality is reproduced hi scores of men who
are worth while. This is the mark of the great teacher, and by
this measure Professor Thomas easily took place with the small
company of great teachers. I cannot forbear a personal note.

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Professor Tliomas was my i'ricnd. \n vimiirauy willi the host of
men who have traveled with liini, and with all llano\er men, I am
grieved by his untimely loss."

President Robert L. Kelly, of Earlhani College, wrote as fol-
lows: "The news of the death of Professor Thomas produced a
profound impression on his friends in the Earlham faculty. It
v.-as tlic privilege of scv^r..! of r... to l;i..< w him prcfcsaionally, and
of a few of ns to know him personally, and we feel that his demise
is not only a great loss to Wal)ash (\)llege but to science and the
more general work of education. Ilis life and character were the
embodiment of the scientific spirit at its best. Ilis devotion to
botany, as investigator, author and teacher, drew to him the high-
est admiration of his fellow specialists. The system and accur-
acy with which he did all his work, his sanity and poise, which
ever kept him from exaggeratinu, and his enthusiasm and driving
power combined to make a character which compelled attention
and admiration. He was ever faithful and true and he had a
faith in the temporal and eternal which will inspire us through the
years."

D. ]\I. Mottier, professor of botany, of the Indiana University,
expressed the sentiments of that institution in this way: "When
^lason B. Thomas came to AVabash College as professor of botany,
a new order of things had not long been established in the middle
West as regards the teaching of biology and biologic thought. In
botany the familiar and time-honored ten-weeks course in jDlant
analysis, with either Gray oi' Wood serving as text and manual,
had given way to broader and more far-reaching conceptions of
biologic problems. The herl)arium, which had monopolized the
attention of leading botanists, was now supplemented in a large
measure, if not entirely, in Indiana colleges by the microscope
and the instruments of the experimenter. The Indiana Academy
of Science had been established luider the leadership of Jordan,
J. M. Coulter, and their enthusiastic professional and amateur
co-workers. Professor Thomas, fresh from college, on taking up
the new work so ably begun by his distinguished predecessor in
Wabash, entered heartily i)ito tliis new field, and soon became
identified with his scientific colleagues in the biological work out-
side of college walls. At the meetings of the Indiana AcadeAiy of
Science, which he served so ably in various capacities, including
a term as ])rcsident, and at various other scientific meetings in
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rospcct of all his colleagues by his quiet, refiucd and dignified
maimer, by his fair considerations of the opinions of others, and
by his rare good sense, sound judgment, and thoroughness of
knowledge. In later years Professor Thomas became deeply in-
terested in forestry and in the recent movement to conserve the
natural resources of the state. Apart from the arduous duties
o£ a college prufcoSur, he still fuund time to carry on important
investigations in various botanical subjects, as a score or more of
publications amply testify. ]>ut there are other ways by which a
professor may achieve success and render valuable and lasting
service to his college than by scientilic or literary performance.
Doubtless his highest service consists in his ability to lead and
inspire young men to take up a pursuit of their own choosing and
to follow^ that j)ursuit for its own sake, with such singleness of
purpose and with a love and devotion that know neither dis-
couragement nor defeat. In this respect Professor Thomas at-
tained no small measure of success, and for this achievement his
memory will be long cherished by his fellow scientists in In-
diana."

President William L. Bryan, of Indiana University, said: "I
had a great admiration for Professor Thomas. In all the ways in
which I was acquainted with him, he impressed me as a very su-
perior man. It was a great good fortune to have such a man as a
teacher of our young men and as a citizen of our state. I was pro-
foundly shocked by the news of his death. I am sure that the in-
spiration of his life will long remain at Wabash and in Indiana."

J. C. Ai'thur, i^rofessor of plant physiology and pathology, in
Purdue University, said: "]\Iy acquaintance with Professor
Thomas dates back many years. He was a genial and stanch
friend. One of the important elements of his success as a con-
tributor to the advancement of botanical science may be traced
to the same qualities which made his friendship valuable. His
quick appreciation of the worth and ability of the young men
with whom he came into contact inspired a devotion to research
and high ideals of scientific endeavor that have placed a large
number of his students in the ranks of i:)roductive investigators.
His local worth as a teacher and citizen was indisputably of a high
order. His wider influence, and especially his influence on the
science of botany, will be far-reaching and lasting through the
achievements of the men he has trained."

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Illinois, said: "Professor Thomas joined the Indiana Academy
of ycicuce either in his student days or very shortly after he
became an instructor at ^\'abash College, and I made his ac-
quaintance a good many years ago at the time of our meetings in
Indianapolis, lie very soon showed that he was one of the active
and effective workers in science in the state, and has contributed
very miirh fn fho dovnlopmcut of the v;orli of the academy and to
the raising of scientific ideals in the middle West. I join with
many others in the great sorrow that is felt in the loss of such a
promising man from oiu- midst just at the time when he was doing
liis most useful work."

From the University of Wisconsin, L. R. Jones, professor of
plant pathology, wrote briefly: "Prof. Mason B. Thomas is en-
titled to rank as one of America's great botanical teachers. In
proportion to his opportunities, he has sent out fi*om his labora-
tory more highly inspired and well-trained young botanists than
any teacher I have known."

This from Bradley Moore Davis, professor of botany af the
University of Pennsylvania: "I am grieved to hear of the death
of Prof. Mason B. Thomas. It was not my privilege to know
Professor Thomas intimately, but during a summer at Woods
Hole I had an opportunity to see much of him. He devoted a large
part of that summer to preparation for a certain course in botany
that he proposed to give at Wabash College, and I was very much
impressed with the thoroughness with which he organized the
work and with the amount of personal strength that he ex-
pended upon it. In this personal sacrifice and detailed attention
to his work were largely shown the qualities which made him the
very successful teacher that he was, and which, with his charm of
personality, must have greatly endeared him to his students."

From William Trelease, director of the Missouri Botanical
Garden, came the following trilmte: "A student of far more than
usual scholarship, initiative and promise while at Cornell and an
investigator of thorough scientific grounding and unusually good
technical training, Thomas gave earnest of great productivity as
an investigator in the work that he published before being en-
gulfed in the duties of a teacher. That time was not left him for
continuing this work has greatly lessened the scholarly output of
American botanists. To those who know the thoroughness of his
work as a teacher, however, there can be no question that science
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not know of any Amcricau teacher whose students show greater
evidence of having passed under the hauds of a master and it may
be questionable if we have had his equal in gixing thorough train-
ing."

Charles E. Cessey, professor of botany at the University of

Nebraska, wrote: "As one of the older botanists in active ser-
vice, i (a'i>ioie bucli a uioppln^ out of a. yuuiig and vigorous mau
in middle life. To those of us who for' these many years have
watched the growing company of American botanists it is pecul-
iiirly sad when one who has been so signally successful steps from
(lie i-anks and disappears from our sight. And while his place
will soon be filled by some one summoned to assume his college
duties, there will be a vacancy in the hearts and the memories of
his colleagues and his pupils, and as time goes on with its hurry-
ing days and years, we shall always think of the kindly face and
the courteous manner of our colleague, as his pupils will think of
the ellicient and sympathetic and helpful teacher."

R. A. Harper, professor of botany at Columbia University,
contributed these lines: "I never had an opportunity to become
well acquainted with Professor Thomas, but through his students
and others who knew him I had come to have the very highest
opinion of his worth, both as a man and a botanist. He seems to
liave had unusual power to inspire young men ^vith enthusiasm
for work along the lines of his own interests. A list of those bot-
anists who got their first start and enthusiasm for work from him
is certainly a notable one. The report of his death came as a
groat shock, as I had no notion but that his health was of the best
and that he had still a long life of usefulness in scientific w^ork
Ijcfore him."

J. N. Rose, who is head of the department of botanical re-
search, of Carnegie Institution of Washington, D. C, gave out
the eulogy that follows: "The untimely death of Mason B.
Thomas is a great loss to Wabash College and to the profession of
botany, to both of which he had dedicated his life. That the col-
lege was first in his thoughts, no alumnus that has visited him in
his home can doubt. It was an inspiration to listen to him tell of
his work, his classes, and the well trained men he had sent out
into life's work. That he was a great teacher is clearly shown by
the work that is being done by those who studied under him. In
his profession he ranked high. In 'American Men of Science' he
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He was well equipped to do roscairh work, iji which line he would
have accomplished more than he did had he not bceu so devoted
to his class room, lie was deeply interested in local and state
problems, and especially in the forestry oi" Indiana, lie belonged
to numerous learned societies, and was the friend of all scholars
who knew him."

II. G. Graver, forester of the United States department of
agriculture, forest service, paid the following tribute: "I deeply
regret to learn of Professor Thomas' recent death. I am familiar
with his work as a teacher and as a writer on botanical subjects,
and particularly so with what he did for forestry as a citizen and
as a member of the Indiana Academy of Science, of which I re-
call he was president some years ago. Ills able address before
that body in 1901 on 'Forestry in Indiana,' at once established him
as a needed chami)ion of the larger work states can do in helping
to advance the cause of forestry in this country. The breadth of
view he showed at that comparatively early date, when the de-
velopment of forest conservation had not, as it has since, crystal-
lized into a national movement, impresses me greatly, and indi-
cates that even with the absorbing duties of a teacher Professor
Thomas found time to think deeply upon a subject of the most
vital interest to foresters and to the American people in general.
I am sure that no higher tribute could be paid the memory of
Professor Thomas than that his comprehensive analysis of what
conservative forestry means to Indiana, helped to place that state
in the front rank with others now striving for the rational use of
American forests. I am exceedingly glad to have this opportunity
of calling attention to the lasting influence v.-hich Professor
Thomas' thought has had in advancing the cause of forestry."

Margaret C. Ferguson, professor of botany of Wellesley Col-
lege, wrote thus: "It was not my privilege to know Professor
Thomas personally, but I have known something of his life, his
work, and his character, through former students of his. To know
him through his students was to recognize in him a man who com-
bined, in unusual degree, nobility of purpose in life, with rare
gifts as a teacher."

AV. F. Ganong, ijrofessor of botany at Smith College, wrote:
"It was with the very greatest regret that I heard, two weeks
ago, of the untimely death of Professor Thomas. Although my
personal acquaintance with him was slight, I knew him well
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tlie warmest adiuiratiun for his ediu'.atioiial-botaiiical wm-k, and
ktr tlie personal inllueuce he exerted in this lield. lie always
scc'iaed to me a ver)' high type of the man who, fully competent
to win success in advanced scieutilic research, chose rather to
devntc liimsflf to the equally difficult hut nnieh less conspicuous
task of teaching the many I'athcr than the few. His work will

i;<-„ Imirr offoT VlilTI T OVTIinn f ]l i 7(' \yH}\ W;\\y\v]) (\l)l('0(i ill its

great loss, which I feel also as a severe -one in our profession."

Cieorge R. Lyman, assistant professor of botany at Dart-
mouth College, gave expression to his feelings in this wise: "It
has been my great privilege to he associated with Professor
Thomas during tlie past four sunnuers, and to know him was to
admire him and to love him. But long hefore I met him face to
face, I seemed to have some acquaintance with him. I had used
with great satisfaction during my student days a laboratory text-
book written hy him, and for many years I have known several
of his former students, with some of whom I have heeu closely
associated. Personal acquaintance with Doctor Thomas but served
to strengthen the impression I had gained of him from his book
and from his students. He was a man of strong character, witli
that peculiar mingling of qualities which at once commands at-
tention and makes a lasting impression. Quiet and self-contained,
yet with strong enthusiasms, earnest, sincere, broad-minded, eager
for service, even a casual acquaintance at once felt his personal
interest and good will. Professor Thomas' sudden death in the
prime of life seems to us a tragedy, but we are mistaken in mcas-
iii'ing life ])y length of years rather than by amount accomplished.
I r we count the munber of lives touched, inliuenced and moulded
by the strong personality of this man, we are profoundly impressed
Ity the (luality and the quantity of his achievement. "We regret
his loss, but we nmst rejoice in the example of accomplishment
whirh he has set us."

One of the important eulogies on the death of the subject of
this memoir was that of Charles Warren Fairbanks, former Vice-
President of tile United States, who wrote as follows: "In the full
niatu)ity of his powers our friend. Professor Thomas, has left us;
when he was best fitted to serve others, he was called fi'om his
labors. Wc do not understand why he should have laid down his
l)urdens when he was best able to carry them and when wc were
most in need of him, yet we know that the AlMVi.se Ruler doeth
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walk and shall no longer enjoy swoct companionship with him, we
shall alwa^'S cherish the memory we hold of his kindly service and
noble character. Professor Thomas was onr friend and we were
his. AVe were drawn to him, as all who knew him were, by the
fine ideals which he always kei)t in view, by the singleness of his
devotion to whatever tended to exalt character and make for the
wolfai'f of tlu> ontirf ('(UMininiify. T]]y ri'-h gift- of mind and heart
were devoted to the good of others, lie found delight and amj^Ie
reward in the consciousness of good done, lie carried into all his
endeavors an enthusiasm and complete consecration, which won
the confidence and admiration of his co-workers, lie was a brave,
sincere man, and followed loyall,v wherever his conscience led. He
was a faithful student oi nature and drew from her ample store-
house much which enriched his mind and ministered imto his
moral well being. He found delightful companionship among the
trees and the perfume of flowers filled him with inexpressible
ecstacy. His great soul was enraptured with the infinite goodness
of God, as manifested in the fields and forests; and he sought to
preserve the priceless bounties which came from the Omnipotent
Hand to bless his fellow men in his tune and in the years to come.
He was never self-centered; in fact, few men took less thought of
selfish things than he. He believed as all good men do that the joy
which longest abides in this world comes from enlarging the in-
tellectual and moral horizon of those about him and making lighter
in some degree the burdens which they must bear. A noble life
has ended, but the wholesome influences which it inspired will not
end. Like a sweet benediction, they remain. Professor Thomas,
faithful fellow laborer, loyal friend, we bring our tributes of ad-
miration and love and place them upon thy tomb and say 'Fare-
well.' "

A Cornell memorial meeting was held on Sunday, j\Iarch 27,
1912, at the home of Prof. S. H. Gage, in Ithaca, and a number of
touching tributes were offered on the death of Professor Thomas,
to whose memory fonner students, old friends, and teachers paid
their respects. P. J. Anderson spoke from the standi:)oint of
younger botanists; Fred Rhodes expressed the sympathy of the
Coraell boys in the department of chemistry; Prof. George F.
Atkinson spoke as a friend; Dr. H. J. Webber, as a fellow botan-
ist; Prof. J. H. Corastock and Prof. S. II. Gage, as fonner teach-
ers; Prof. H. H. Whetzel also spoke.

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writing of Professor JNIason B. Thomas, we herewith give a list of
publications from his forceful pen, which works show a wide range
of iufonnation in his special field of endeavor and also a high lit-
erary finish, elegance and clearness of style and withal, valuable
iulJitions to literature and science:

"The Collodion Method in Botany" and the "Proceedings of
iLe ^uiicAlcciii Cucicty of ^.ricroscopists," Botanical Gazette, 1890;
"A Dehydrating Apparatus," IMicroscopical Journal, 1891; "An
Apparatus for Determining the Periodicity of Root Pressure,"
Botanical Gazette, 1892; "The Genus Corallorhiza," Botanical
Gazette, 1893; "The Ash of Trees," Proceedings of the Indiana
Acadeni}' of Science, 1893; "Sectioning Fern Prothallia and Other
Delicate Objects," The Microscope, 1893; "The Androchonia of
Lepidoptera," American Naturalist, 1893; "Collection of Plants
During 1891," Proceedings of the Indiana Academj'^ of Science,
1891; "Periodicit}' of Root Pressure," Proceedings of the Indiana
Academy of Science, 1896; "The Effect of Formalin on Germinat-
ing Seeds," Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science, 1897;
"The Sectioning of Seeds," Journal of Applied Microscopy, 1898;
"Some Desmids of Crawf ordsville, " Proceedings of the Indiana
Academy of Science, 1898; "Cryptogamic Collections Made Dur-
ing the Year," Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science,
1900;" Experiments with Smut," Proceedings of the Indiana Acad-
emy of Science, 1900; "Forestry in Indiana," Proceedings of the
Indiana Academy of Science, 1901; "The Woodlot for Central
riidinna," Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science, 1909;
"Tlie Nature of Parasitic Fungi and Their Influence on Their
Host," a paper read at the fifth annual convention of the Illinois
State Horticultural Society, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, Febru-
ary 1, 1911; also "Methods in Plant Histology," published joint-
ly with Professor Dudley. This list does not include numerous
newspai)er articles and various addresses made before organiza-
tions, all of which are of a semi-scientific character.

GEORGE LUICK.

The specific history of the great Middle West was made by
the pioneers; it was ciiihlnzoTifHl on tlu' fm-ovt trpr>s 1);' the strength
of sturdy arms aud a gleaming ax, and written on the surface of
the earth b}' the track of the primitive plow. These were strong
men aud true who came to foimd the empire of the West — these
hardy settlers who builded their rude domiciles, grappled with the
giants of the forest, and from the sylvan wilds evolved the fertile
and productive fields which have these many years been fur-
rowed and refurrowed by the plowshare. The red man, in his
motley garb, stalked through the dim, woody avenues, and the
wild beasts disputed his dominion. The trackless prairie was
made to yield its tribute under the effective endeavors of the
pioneer, and slowly but surely were laid the steadfast foundations
upon which has been builded the magnificent superstructure of
an opulent and enlightened commonwealth. To establish a home
amid such surroundings, and to cope with the many privations
and hardships which were the inevitable concomitants, demanded
an invincible courage and fortitude, strong hearts and willing
hands. All those were characteristics of the pioneers, whose
names and deeds should be held in perpetual reverence by those
who enjoy the fruits of their toil.

While not coming so early as some to the locality of which
this memorial volume deals, yet the Luick family, of which the
late George Luick, of ]\Iuncie, Indiana, was a worthy and well
known representative, were influential pioneers who witnessed the
remarkable growth and transformation, taking no small part in
the same, of this nature-favored region. They were important
factors in its progress and advancement.

George Luick, who devoted his life to argicultural pursuits
in Delaware county, also to large business interests in the city of
Muncie, was born in Pennsylvania, on April 25, 1835. He was the
scion of a sterling old German family and the son of Christopher
Godleff Luick and Catharine (Burkhardt) Luick, both born in
Germany, where they spent their earlier years, finally emigrating
to America and locating in Pennsylvania, where they lived for
some time, then came to Delaware county, Indiana, when their son

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(Jeorge, subject of this memoir, was three years old. Here the
lather became the possessor of a hirge farm two and one-lialf
miles southeast of Muucie, which he developed through thrift and
close application, taking his place, in due course of time, with the
most sulistnntial farmers of the county. His family consisted of
six children, only one of whom survive at this writing, William
Lr.ic!: rc^idir."" f.t Nf^. IIW En^'t A'^nin '^tvi-ot, Mnnfif, l^'ing ono of
the few remaining pioneer citizens.

George Luick grew to manhood on the old homestead near
Muncie, where he assisted with the general work when he became
of proper age and he received such educational training as the
early schools afforded. Early in life he turned his attention to
g(.'neral agricultural pursuits, following in the footsteps of his
father, and for many years he ranked with the most progressive
tillers of the soil and stock raisers in this locality. He retired
from farming about thirty-six yeai's ago and moved to the present
home of the Luicks, No. 401 South Franklin street, ^luncie, one
of the cozy and attractive homes in one of the choice residential
districts of the city. But being by nature a man of business, he
did not retire from active life, his faith in the future of the city
<md his ambition to become one of her leaders in industrial affairs
inducing him to launch into the coal business, which he followed
successfully, enjoying a wide patronage, until the discovery of
natural gas in this vicinity gave a great impetus to general cona-
mercial lines here, when he sold out and entered the gas field, in
which he remained one of the most active and best knowTi the rest
of his life, accumulating a fortune through his keen business
al)ility, close application and honorable dealings with his fellow
men. He was also interested in numerous large real estate deals,
thus when he was summoned to his reward on September 3, 1909,
he left behind him much valuable real estate and business prop-
ei'ties in various parts of ]\luncie; but he also left what is more
to be desired — an untarnished name.

Mr. Luick 's harmonious and ideal domestic life began on
August 22, 1860, when he was united in marriage with ]\Iary J.
ir()i»j)ing, a lady of many commendable characteristics and a rep-
resentative of an excellent old family, being the daughter of Jos-
eph and ^Tary Ann (Madden) Hopping, the father a prominent
farmer, residing three miles south of Muncie, both parents having
been natives of Ohio, from which state they came to this county
in early life. ^Nlrs. Luick was bora in Indiana on December 16,

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1842, and here she grew to womanhood aud was educated. She
was the youugest oi' three ehihlreii. Mrs. Luiek is still lixiiig at
the homestead in Muncie, where she has a wide circle of warm
personal friends.

To George Luick aud wife one child was born, a daughter,
WilHssa Jane Luiek, who, while giving much promise of a future
of which her parents would be justly proud, was called to close
her cyco uii caiihl,) bceiies wUen tliirteen years of age. She was
born July 2, 1861, and died .March 25, 1874.

The late George Luick was known as a man honorable in
business, loyal in friendship and faithful in citizenship, lie was a
man of charitable impulses, liberal to those in need and in support-
ing worthy public enterprises. lie and his good wife were con-
sistent members of the Methodist J^]iscopal church and liberal sup-
porters of the same, she being still a worthy member of the local
congregation. He was class leader for several years. He was
fond of home, but enjoyed company and the association of friends,
his pleasant home being noted for its hospitality. He was a
staunch Republican, and in his earlier years was very active in
the ranks; however, he never sought public leadership or political
prefemient, merely striving to do his duty as a plain, honest citi-
zen.

That Mr. Luick stood well in Muncie and Delaware county
may be ascertained from the following clipping, which is taken
from a local paper at the time of his death :

"The last sad rites over the body of one of Muncie 's best
known citizens, George Luick, will be conducted from the family
residence, comer of Franklin and Charles streets, at two o'clock
this afternoon. The Rev. W. AV. Ross will officiate. Eight neph-
ews of the deceased will act as pall bearers. The body will be
laid to rest in the Moore cemetery. 'Sir. Luick passed away at
his home early Friday morning as the result of a paralj'tic stroke
suffered some time ago. The deceased was one of the best known
and most highly respected citizens in ]\Iuncie and Delaware
county, having spent seventy years of his life here. He had re-
sided in Muncie for a period of thirty-three years. During the
life of 'Mv. Luick he had accumulated a large amount of real estate
aud at the time of his death was considered wealthy. A widow
and one brother, residing in this city, sui'vive."

The life record of such a noble citizen should bo held up as a
worthy example to the youth of the land.

WILLISSA JANE LUICK

ALBERT JACOB PIEPENBRINK.

Perseverauce and sterling worth are almost always sure to wiu
conspicuous recognition in all localities. The late Albert Jacob
rii'penbrink, who for more than a quarter of a century was rec-
ognized as one of the leading authorities on electrical subjects in
iiorLiicrii iiiuiiiiiii, aiiui'ded a ilnc uxaiiiplc ui Lae huccesbiul bcll-
made man who was not only eminently deserving of the confi-
dence reposed in him by his fellow citizens, but also possessed the
necessary energy and talent that fitted him to discharge worthily
the duties of the responsible place with which he was entrusted.
A man of vigorous mentality and strong moral fiber, he achieved
signal success in a calling in which but few rise above mediocrity.

Mr, Piepenbrink was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, August
], 1864, He was a son of Conrad D. and Cathrine (Driebelbiss)
Piepenbrink, the father being a native of Germany and the
mother was l)orn in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The father spent his
boyhood in his native land and came to America when young,
finally establishing his permanent home in Fort Wayne, where
he became w'ell known among the German element, and here his
death occurred thirteen years ago, having been a successful shoe
merchant here. His widow lives with her daughter in INIilwaukee,
Wisconsin, being now seventy-six years of age. She was one of
the })ioneer settlers of Fort Wayne.

The subject of this memoir was one of six children. He re-
ceived his earlier education in the Manuel's Lutheran school,
where he remained until he was fifteen years of age, then became
a.ssociated with his father in the shoe business, remaining with
liiin until the son was twenty years of age, and during those five
years lie mastered the various phases of this line of endeavor. But
liaviiig long manifested a natural bent for the subject of electricity,
he decided to give up the shoe business and turn his attention cx-
rhisively to electricity, and this he made his life work, vigorously
prosecuting his studies and investigations, making rapid progress
ami became an expert in tliis great field. He was employed by the
N(.rtheni Indiana Traction Company, with which he remained
onntinuously for a period of twenty-six years, or until his untime-
ly death, on May 6, 1912. His long retention here is certainly a
criterion of his eminent satisfaction and ability, ha^^ng occupied
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plant ou Spy Run avenue, having been regarded as one oi' tlieir
luust efficient, faitlii'ul and trustworthy employes. He enjoyed
his work immensely and was greatly devoted to it. liis counsel
was frequently sought by other electricians of this locality, and
he did much to encourage and assist young aspirants in this great
field.

INfr. Pipnen]iriiil\ wn>< ni;irvipf1 tweiit\--siv years !^fTo, oti
February 27th, in Fort "Wayne, to Minnie Elligsen. She is the
daughter of Henry Elligsen, who was born in Germany, from
which country he emigrated to the United States when young and
established a good home in Fort Wayne, and here his death oc-
curred fourteen years ago. He was for many years successfully
engaged in the tailoring business. His wife, Louise Diesterdick,
was also born in Germany, and she was young when she came to
Fort Wayne, and here her death occurred in early life, forty years
ago. Henry Elligsen and wife were among the very early set-
tlers in Fort Wayne, and they were the jjarcnts of eight children.

Two children were born to the subject and wife, namely:
Clarence, who is living at home with his mother at No. 1911 Spy
Run avenue; Wilbur also lives at home. The family are mem-
bers of the Lutheran church.

Surviving ]\Ir. Piepenbrink are also three sisters and a
brother, namely: Mrs. Francis Covert, of Chicago; Mrs. E. C.
Rust, Pellston, Michigan; Mrs. M. E. Wilde, of Milwaukee; and
George D. Piepenbrink, of Fort Wayne.

Albert J. Piepenbrink was forty-seven years old at the time
of his death, and was well and favorably known, and was a mem-
ber of Summit City Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of the
^tizpah Temple, Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic
Shrine, and was a thirty-second-degree member of the Ancient
Accepted Scottish Rite, long prominent in ]\[asonic circles. He
was very enthusiastic in fraternal work and was loyal in his rela-
tions with the local bodies and his daily life indicated that he tried
to carry the sublime principles of ]\[asonry into his every relation
with his fellow men. The ISEasons had charge of his funeral,
which was very largely attended, and was held from the Scottish
Rite cathedral, the usual beautiful and impressive Scottish Rite
ritual being used. Interment was made in Lindenwood cemetery.
Politically, he was a Democrat, but was not a biased partisan and
never took much interest in political questions. He was a kind,
large-hearted and neighborly gentleman whom everybody trusted
and was glad to claim as a friend.

r^U^^^t?^

GEORGE CHESTER WEBSTER.

Ainoug the meu who were iustruineutal in advancing busi-
>...i'i- Jnfoiv.wfs in iTidianp.pclis and after a useful auJ lioiiuiuble
idiccr passed on to other planes of action on "the outmost banks
and slioals of time" was tlie late George Chester Webster. Time
and prolilie enterprise have wrouglit wonderful changes in this
localit V .since he took up his residence here, through which he kept
well abreast of the times and his activities benefited alike himself
nnd the general public, his well directed efforts gaining for him a
])t)sition of desirable prominence in commercial circles. His chief
charactc^'istics seemed to be keenness of perception, a tireless
ciitTgy, honesty of purpose and motive and every-day common
sense. He was succcssfid in business, respected in social life and
lis a neighbor discharged his duties in a manner becoming a liberal-
minded, intelligent citizen of the state where the essential quali-
ties of manh(jod have ever been duly recognized and prized at
(heir true value. To write in detail a full account of his long and
useful life would require a much more elaborate article than the
natm-e of the work admits or requires. Sufficient will be said,
however, to form a correct conception of the man and his career, a
career affording many valuable lessons to the young of the rising
generation.

George C. Webster, familiarly known as "Chet" Webster,
who for many years was connected with the Meridian street
wholesale district, Indianapolis, was born in Geneva, New York,
July 5, 1844, lie was a son of George Chester Webster, Sr., who
was born near Waterloo, New York. He grew to manhood, was
educated, and married in the East to Lina Markell, about 1838.
After the birth of four children the family emigrated west, stop-
ping for a short time in western Ohio, thence came on to Indi-
anapolis, Indiana, where the father engaged in the confectionery
business. Later, with two of his sons-in-law, William Daggett
and William Smithers, he organized the firm of Daggett & Com-
pany, wholesale confectioners, on South Meridian street. Mr.
Smithers later retired from the firm and went west, whereui:)on
George C. Webster, Jr., the immediate subject of this memoir,
took his place, purchasing his interest in the firm. The subject
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had formerly represented this concern as traveling salesman.
They built up a large business, but the firm was dissolved after the
death of the senior Webster, the business being taken over by
Messrs. Daggett and ]\lessick, and they continued the same until
the death of Mr. Daggett. The firm is now the Indianapolis Candy
Company.

J.JU>^ lACUl-JJ. UJ. VJL.Ulg»J \_. >i l^UistCi., Oi., UOCUliCU. lii liiio CiL^ Oil

March 27, 1892; his widow survived ten years, making her home
towards the last of her life with her son, George C, the sulijcct,
and there her death occurred on .May 14, 1902. The following
children were born to George C. We1)ster, Sr., and wife: Phoebe is
deceased; George Chester, of this sketch; ^Marion; Jennie, Harvey
and Susan are deceased; Helen was next in order of birth; and
Angeline, who is no^v deceased.

George C. AVebster, Jr., was six years old when he came to
Indianapolis with his parents and here he grew to manhood and
attended the public schools. He quit school when about fifteen
years old and entered the drug store of Ludden & Lee, which was
at that time on Illinois street in the old Bates House. Later he
clerked for a time for William B. Vickers, who had a drug store
in the corner room of what is now the Odd Fellows building.
From this he went into the candy business with his father as re-
lated above and for a period of twenty-five years was on the road
for the same, becoming one of the best known commercial travel-
ers of Indianapolis, and, as stated above, he held an interest in the
house for some years. After leaving the firm of Daggett & Com-
pany he engaged in other ventures, among which were the Keely
Cure Institute at Plainfield, in fact he started that institution
there, the first of its kind in the state. He also organized the
Keely Institute at Crab Orchard Springs, a beautiful location in
Kentucky. He retained these institutes many years, disposing
of the last named only a short time prior to his death.

Mr. Webster was one of the principal promoters of the Indi-
anapolis & Greenfield Traction Company, the first interurban
electric line out of Indianapolis, and he was vice-president and
secretary of that company, in fact its success was due for the most
part to his able management and wise counsel. The line is now
owned by the Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern Traction Com-
pany. He was president of the road when it was fii'st completed.
He was by nature an organizer and promoter, a leader in indus-
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doing well whatever he undertook, he carried to successful term-
ination whatever he turned his attention to. lie was extensively
engaged in the oil business for a period of five years with Messrs.
Alfred 11. Hovey and Newton Harding. They owned and oper-
ated wells near Zion, Indiana. He was also connected with Jesse
Summers in the manufacture and sale of the "Watchman's
Clock" and time indicators. He retired from tho activ affnirs of
life several years prior to his death, which occurred on JMarch 29,
1911, being summoned to close his earthly accounts very suddenly
and without warning. He bought his commodious, attractive and
modernly appointed residence at No. 2032 College avenue about
1886.

Mr. Webster was a charter member and organizer of the
Commercial Travelers Association, in which he had served as
president and where he was always looked to for good counsel.
He was also one of the organizers of the Marion Club, belonged
to the Indianapolis Board of Trade, the Columbia Club, and of
Olive Branch Lodge, Knights of Pythias, and he was also a mem-
ber of the George H. Chapman Post, Grand Army of the Republic,
having served faithfully and gallantly during the Civil war in the
One Hundred and Thirty-second Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He
was prominent in Republican politics for many years, although
he never held public office, and when a state campaign was on his
counsel and advice were always in demand. He was a ready
speaker and a convincing talker and never lost touch with the
working forces of the party. He was made president of the Com-
mercial Travelers Association several times. He was known as
"Chct" to the trade. At one time he went to the home of Presi-
dent Garfield with a delegation of travelers and was called upon
for an impromptu speech, and was highly complimented on its
delivery. He often took the stump for the Republican party,
being especially active in the campaign of Benjamin Harrison.

Mr. Webster was married three times, first to Eleanor JSIiller,
who died at Wooster, Ohio, and who became the mother of ]\Irs.
Nellie Webster Hillman, now of Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr. Webster's
Hecond maiTiage was to Azilla N. Smith, who died in Indianapolis.
To this union was bom a daughter, Mrs. Florence Webster Long,
of Indianapolis.

Mr. Webster was married on October 15, 1885, to Hattie
Louise Clark, a daughter of Ambrose and Julia A. (Collins) Clark,
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the mother dying later in Indianapolis while visiting her daugh-
ter, IMrs. Webster. i\lrs. Webster had the advantages of a good
education and is a lady of many estimable attributes, having long
been a favorite with a wide circle of friends.

Personally, Mr. Webster was a man of pleasant address, gen-
ial, obliging and of exemplary character. lie was a wide reader
and was familinr with tho woTlr1'<5 host litorntm-p, mul was a
writer himself of no mean ability, especially in verse, some of his
productions showing a high grade of merit and attracting no little
attention. His was an esthetic nature — he loved the poetry of
life, the beautiful in nature, the true in humanity; he was a whole-
souled, high-minded gentleman whom to know was to admire and
esteem.

We close this biographical memoir by reprinting one of the
most popular poems of George 0. Webster, which first appeared in
the Commercial Traveler, and was widely read; it is typical of his
versification, the unmistakable natural gift:

WHEN THE CHECK IS ON THE KIESTER.

When the check is on the kiester and the price books put away.
And the drummer turneth homeward at the closing of the day.
Then it is that dimpled fingers make odd stains upon the glass,
And little eyes are peeping at the people as they pass,
Waiting for papa's coming, and wondering why he stays;
"I'm coming certain, Frida}'," is wliat his postal says;
But his "coming certain Friday," often means the following day.
WTien the check is on the kiester and the price books put away
There is much joy and promise in the coming of the day
When the kiester and the price book are forever put away.

Of course he'll miss the hasheries and the welcome "Come again,"
And the diamond-shirted clerk and the bugs that dwell therein;
But there's something compensating in three square meals a day.
Prepared by hands of loved ones in the good old-fashioned way.
And the smile that always greets him at the closing of the day,
When the check is on the kiester and the price book put away.
The rattle, noisy clatter of the dusty railway train.
And the dirt roads and the turn-pikes he'll ne'er go o'er again;
Combination prices and the bar at the hotel

Are remembered now with pleasure foi' the goods they helped to
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Aud the "kicker" and the grumblers are with the "chronics"

classed,
And are only now remembered as vexations of the past;
And oh, his heart is joyful as the brightest sunlit day,
For the check is on the kiester and the price book's put away.

Anouier pueiu of pleasing stylo and literary merit is the
following:

SATISFIED.

On the curtain of my memory,

With its pictures fair to see,
Is the little four-room cottage

"Where she came a bride to me.
How like an Eden was it,

How free from care were we;
It's the fairest picture on the way

Back to my "used to be."

It is a peaceful, winding path

That leads me back to where
Are grassy spots and cooling streams.

With scarce a shade of care.
Of course there were some sorrows,

And much of mankind's wrong,
But life gave back its best to me

For my selfish song.

Would I live again the days I've spent,

With their mingled joys and care?
Would I make the fight as bravely

If to wish were answered prayer"?
I surely would, without one change,

K the chance could come to me.
And I only crave an "afterwhile"

Much Like mv "used to be."

GEORGE WASHINGTON McCASKEY, M. D.

One of the distinctive incidental functions of this publica-
tion is to take recognition of those citizens of the great common-
wealth of Indiana \vho stand distiuctivcly representative in their
chosen spheres of endeavoi", and in this "connection there is emi-
nent propriety in according consideration to Dr. George Wash-
ington ^McCaskcy, who is one of the able and popular physicians
of the state, who holds professorship in the medical department,
University of Indiana, having for a number of years been prom-
inent in the educational work of his profession, and his fame in
his chosen vocation far transcends local limitations and pene-
trates even into foreign lands. He realized early that there is a
purpose in life and that there is no honor not founded on worth
and no respect not founded on accomplishment. His life and labors
have been eminently worthy because they have contributed to a
proper understanding of life and its problems.

George W. McCaskey was born in Delta, Ohio, November 9,
1853, a descendant of Scotch-Irish ancestors, from whom he seems
to have inherited many worthy and commendable traits and at-
tributes of head and heart. He is the son of John S. and Catherine
(Davis) McCaskey, long influential citizens of Ohio. The son,
George W., received his early educational training in the conmion
schools of Wauseon, that state, and, having detennined upon a
medical career early in life, he entered Jefferson Medical College
of Philadelphia in 1875, where he made an excellent record, being
graduated from that historic institution two years later with the
degree of Doctor of Medicine. He later took a non-resident course
at DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana, from which he re-
ceived the degree of Bachelor of Science in 1881. During the
three years following that date he engaged in the practice of his
profession at Cecil, Ohio, being successful from the first. De-
siring to further equip himself in his chosen profession, he then
went to London, England, where he devoted a year to close study
under eminent preceptors. Thus exceptionally well prepared for
his life work, he returned to America and established his per-
manent home at Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he has remained to
the present time, taking rank among the leading and most suc-
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rcputatiou second to none of his compeers in the Middle West.
Tlie lii'st lii'tcen years of his residence in Fort Wayne was devoted
to general practice; then he became a consultant rather than a
practitioner, and has continued sucli to the present time, being
connected with the hospitals of the city and state, and has for
many years held the professorship of clinical medicine in the
Tiiodical department, University of Indiana, being popular with
both the faculty and students, for in the school room he is both
an instructor and entertainer, and he keeps fully abreast of the
times in all that jjertains to his work.

Doctor McCaskey was married on May 6, 1884, to Louise
Sturgis, a lady of culture and long a social favorite in Fort Wayne,
the daughter of Di\ Charles E. and Louisa (Ewing) Sturgis. Her
father was one of the prominent pioneer physicians of Fort
Wayne, and a comiDlcte sketch of him will be found on another
page of this work. ^Irs. ^IcCaskey, who is the youngest of a
family of twelve children, is a leader in club and social affairs, is
an active member of the Fort Wayne Chapter of Daughters of
the American Revolution; she is secretary of the Children's Board
of Guardians and devotes a great deal of time to this work, and
she and the Doctor are worthy members of the First Presbyterian
church. The union of Dr. McCaskey and wife has been blessed by
the birth of one child, George Edward McCaske)^ a young man
of much promise, Avho is yet with his parents at their beautiful
home. Fort Wayne. In the summer season they reside in the
suburbs, where the Doctor owns a valuable and well located farm.

Doctor McCaskey as a modest, unassuming and unpreten-
tious gentleman, obliging and straightforward in his relations
\\ith his fellow men. He had the honor of presenting a paper a
few years ago at a meeting of the International ]\Iedical Congress,
held in Lisbon, Portugal, and he made quite an impression on that
distinguished body. He belongs to the Indiana State Medical
Society, the Northern Tri-State Association, the Upper jMaumee
Valley Medical Association and the Fort Wayne Medical Society,
having scned each of these organizations in the capacity of presi-
dent, besides being a leading and influential participant in their
deliberations. In addition to the above, the Doctor holds mem-
bership with the American Medical Association, the American
Gastro-Entcrological Society, and the American Academy of
Medicine.

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Fort Wayne's first medical jourual, which was founded in July,
1881, bearing the name oi" "The I'ort Wayne Jourual of the Medi-
cal Sciences," In the publication of this paper he was associated
with Dr. AV. li. Gobrecht, an eminent anatomist and editor of Sir
Erasmus Wilson's "Anatomy." The paper which Dr. MeCaskey
established is now knowii as the "Fort Wayne .Medical Journal,"
and has an extensive circulation in Indiana and other states. Doc-
tor McC'askey has been a voluminous writer on medical subjects,
and has attained a wide reputation in this field, his style being
direct, logical as well as entertaining, and he always has some-
thing of importance to say. Among his contributions to pro-
fessional literature, the following are deserving of especial men-
tion: Geographical Pathology of Consumption, Disinfection Dur-
ing and After the Acute Infectious Diseases, Bio-Chemistry in its
Relation to Nervous Diseases, the Diagnosis and Treatment of
Cerebral ]\Ieningeal Hemorrhage, Case of Brain Traumatism witli
Focal Symptoms, Trephining and Death, Clinical Examinations
of Blood, the Diagnosis of Stomach Diseases, Pliysical Therapeu-
tics, Electricity, Hydrotherapeutics, ]Massage, Scott Treatment
of Heart Disease, Neurasthenia : Some Points in its Pathology and
Treatment, A New Method for the Clinical Determination of the
Cardiac, the Neurasthenic Symptoms of Gastro-Intestinal Dis-
eases, Simple and Etherial Sulphates: A Simple and Rapid Meth-
od for Their Separate Determination, Thirty ^Minutes' Report of
a Case of Tiunor of the Cerebellum with Drainage of Fluid
Through the Nose, Hysterical Dissociation of Temperature Senses
With Reversal of Sensibility to Cold, Physiology the Basis of
Clinical Medicine: A Plea for Scientific Methods, A Case of Com-
bined Gasti'ic and Aural Vertigo, with a Discussion of the Pathol-
ogy of Such Cases, the Clinical Laboratory as an Aid to Diagnosis,
A Case of Lukemia Preceded by Mucosanguinolent Colitis and
Physiological Leucocytes, Anemias Secondary to G astro-intes-
tinal Disease, with Report of Two Cases, Electrical Reactions of
the Gastro-intestinal Musculature and Their Therapeutic Value,
the Clinical Association of Cancer and Tuberculosis, with Report
of a Case, A Lexia from Cyst Caused by Bullet Wound — Operation
— Death, Brain Abscess and Tumor, Localization in Heart Disease,
Tuberculosis of Bronchial Glands, Heart Weakness, Toxaemic
Factor in Diabetes Mellitus, Toxic Origin of Certain Neuroses
and Psychoses, Hysteric Lethargy, with Report of a Case, Six
Hundred Cases of Chronic Gastritis.

O-.^^^ '^ ^^^n ^

WILLIAM WIEGEL.

It is the dictate of our nature, no less than of enlightened
social policy, to honor those whose lives have contrihnlod in any
way to the good of their community and their associates; to be-
dew with affectionate tears the silent urn of departed worth and
virtue; to unburden the fullness of the surcharged heart in eulo-
gium upon deceased benefactors, and to rehearse their noble deeds
for the benefit of those who may come after us. It has been the
commendable custom of all ages and all nations. Hence the fol-
lowing feeble tribute to one of nature's noblemen. In contemplat-
ing the many estimable qualities of the late William Wiegel, in-
tegrity and industry appear as prominent characteristics — an in-
tegrity that no personal or other consideration could swerve, and
an industry that knew no rest while anything remained undone.
When a given task was accomplished, he would throw off all care,
retii'e to his home and devote himself to domestic and social en-
joyments, for which he had the keenest zest and relish. His tem-
per was calm and equitable, and his manners were emphatically
those of the gentleman, — plain, simple, dignified, — despising sham
and pretense of all kinds. His devotion to every duty was intense,
while his perception of truth and worth was almost intuitive. In
his estimate of these he was seldom mistaken, and while his opin-
ions were strong, he was always open to conviction, and when
satisfied that they were erroneous his concessions were graceful
and unqualified. He was a man whom to know was to respect and
admire, and his loss was keenly felt by a wide cii"cle of friends and
acquaintances.

William Wiegel, for years one of the progressive business
men of Indianapolis, was bom on January 1, 1854, in New York
City, and he was a son of Heinrich and Anna (Kresehel) Wiegel,
both natives of Germany, in which country they grew up and were
married and there Heinrich Wiegel learned the shoemaker's
trade, at which he become so proficient that he was for some time
shoemaker to the royalty. He finally emigrated to the United
States in 1850 with a brother, Carl (who settled in the West), and
retired from active life, spending his later days among his chil-
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parents of eleven children, ten boys and one girl. Those who grew
to maturity were named as follows: Henry, who lives in Brooklyn,
New York; Lawrence is deceased; George, deceased, and William,
subject of this memoir, who was the youngest.

William Wiegel spent liis boyhood in New York City. He re-
ceived his education in the public schools there and partly by his
own effort*^ hnviti"' ^;>c'^n p, pr'^foin^H lionio ctnflontj thi« wa"* sup-
plemented later in life by contact with the business world and by
wide miscellaneous reading. At the age of sixteen years he
entered the employ of the Steinway Piano Company, New York
City, but, believing that the great Middle West held greater oppor-
tunities for the young man of his day, he came to Cincinnati, Ohio,
when he was eighteen years of age and entered the employ of the
Schmitt Bros. Show Case Company, finishing his trade as cabinet
maker there, his two brothers also being employed by this firm.
After remaining there until about twenty-five years of age, Will-
iam Wiegel came to Indianapolis, Indiana, and in 1877 entered
into partnership with Charles Ruhl, also of Cincinnati, for the pur-
pose of manufactui'ing show cases, their first location being on
Meridian street, one block north of the Union Station. They were
successful from the first and, outgrowing their first location,
moved to larger quarters at No. 6 West Louisiana street. This
partnership continued about fifteen years when Mr. Wiegel took
over the interest of Mr. Ruhl and conducted the business alone
until his death, which occurred on December 8, 1905, being buried
at Crown Hill cemetery. His business increased with the years
imtil it assumed large proportions and his place was- well equip-
ped in every way for the successful manufacture and prompt
handling of his products which, owing to their superior qualities,
found a very ready market. The business was continued in the
manner in which the subject had inaugurated it until in 1906, when
the heirs were succeeded by a Mr. Johnson. Mr. W^iegel had ac-
cumulated a competency through his industry and close applica-
tion, having fought his way from an humble beginning to the
front, without assistance and won in the face of all obstacles. He
was an excellent example of the self-made man.

In his fraternal relations Mr. Wiegel was a member of the
Masonic order, with which he identified himself while living in
Cincinnati; he attained the degree of Knight Templar, and he
always took an active interest in Masonry and, judging from his
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religious beliefs lie leaned toward the Lutheran church, but his
place of worship was the Masonic temple and an Episcopal rector
officiated at his funeral. He was also a member of the Knights of
Pythias, Lodge No. 5G, Indianapolis, which he joined in ^lay, 1889.
Mr. Wiegel was also a member of the (Commercial Club and the
United Conmiercial Travelers of Indianapolis, lie held a num-
ber of the chairo in the ^klasouic ludt,v. roliticully, he wub a Iil-
publican and, while he never entered politics to any great extent,
he was always interested in civic affairs, and at one time permitted
his name to be used on the Republican ticket as councilman for
his ward.

On May 25, 1881, William Wiegel was united in marriage with
Anna F. Weinberger, a lady of many commendable traits of char-
acter and a representative of an excellent old Gennan family.
This union was blessed by the following children: Cora Anna
married Charles Edward Cost, of the Federal Union Securities
Company, of Indianapolis; they have one child, Marion Bertha;
they reside with ]Mrs. Anna F. Wiegel, ^Irs. Cost desiring to be
near her mother, who has been in failing health since the death of
her husband, the subject. Betty Wiegel married Jesse Conway,
of the Associated Press; they live in Washington, D. C, and are
the parents of two children, William Jesse and Gerald Lewis.
Herman Wiegel died when an infant in Indianapolis. Lewis Emil,
who is a graduate of the Oregon Agricultural College, is now in
the employ of the Keller Construction Company. Helen Louise
is a member of the faculty of the ^Manual Training School of Indi-
anapolis. These children all received good educations and are
well situated in life.

Mrs. Aima F. Wiegel, wufe of the subject, was born in Indi-
anapolis, and she is the daughter of Hemian and Ann Weinberger,
both natives of Germany, of excellent German stock. They emi-
grated to America as young people, married in New York city,
then went to Cincinnati, Ohio, to live. They came to Indianapolis
soon afterwards and lived here over fifty years. They could
speak but little English when they came here, but, having adopted
America as their future home, desired their children to have all
the advantages of this country, so gave them every opportunity
possible. 'Mr. Weinberger was one of the early hotel men of Indi-
anapolis, and, understanding the obstacles that the young German
emigrants had to overcome in this strange country, he was always
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thereby making life-long friends, and he is still remembered by
the old Gei-mans who did so much toward the upbuilding of Indi-
anapolis. Here Herman Weinberger spent the rest of his life,
dying in this city at the age of eighty years, his wife passing away
one year before, when seventy-four years old. They had a large
family, several of whom died in infancy. Among those who grew
to maturity were, Herman, Jr., now deceased; Bertha, also de-
ceased ; Anna F,, widow of William Wiegel, of this sketch ; Edwin,
who lives in Indianapolis, and Albert J.

Mrs. Wiegel was educated in the German private schools of
Indianapolis, in which city she has been a life-long resident, her
birth having occurred on July 30, 1857. She has seen the city
grow from a mere country town to one of the great metropolises
of the Union. She has always been held in high esteem by a wide
circle of warm friends.

BENJAMIN STUDLEY WOODWORTH, M. D.

The state of Indiana has reason to take pride in the personnel
of her corps of medical men from the early days in the history of
this commonwealth to the present time, and on the roll of honored
names that indicates the services of distinguished citizens in this
field of endeavor there is reason in reverting with gratification
to that of Dr. Benjamin Studley Woodworth, who has long since
ended his earthly services and "joined the innumerable caravan
that moves to the mysterious realm," but whose record will long
remain as an incentive to the youth who contemplates a career in
this great branch of science. He was a member of a prominent
New England family, one that has been influential in public and
civic life wherever they have dispersed.

Doctor Woodworth was born at Leicester, Massachusetts, in
1816. When sixteen years old he went to Rome, New York, to
reside with his sister. He prepared himself for college in a
private school, many of his fellow students being destined to
become famous in various avenues of human endeavor in later
life, such as Daniel Huntington, the artist; Judges Caton and
Miller, of Hlinois; Dr. D. D. Whedon, of Michigan University;
Hon. N. B. Judd, of Chicago; John V. Jems, engineer of the
Croton aqueduct.

The Doctor entered college when fifteen years of age, but
before graduation he was compelled to prepare himself for a pro-
fession, and he began reading medicine when eighteen years old,
with Dr. A. Blair, of Rome, New York. Later he attended lec-
tures at the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Fairfield,
New York, the only rival of which in that state was the institu-
tion bearing the same name, in New York city. Its faculty was
as eminent then as any this side the Atlantic. He after-
wards attended Berkshire Medical College and, making rapid
progress, received his degree when only twenty-one years of age.
He at once began the practice of his profession and was success-
ful from the first, remaining in Massachusetts until 1838, when
he removed to Ashtabula county, Ohio. One beautiful winter
morning the last of December, 1838, he rode into Periysburg, at
the foot of the Maumee rapids, and his attention was divided be-

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tween the splendid landscape and an immense hotel building, five
or six stories high, erected by Chicago people, wliich, a lew years
later, was torn to fragments by a tornado. Perrysburg was then
the county seat of Wood county and was larger than Toledo,
which the Doctor visited after having enjoyed tlie hospitality of
a Doctor Dwight. Eetuming to Ashtabula count.y, he resolved
to emigrate soori to where "p-^tatocs did grow email, and they ate
them, tops and all, on Maumee." In March, 1839, he rode on
horseback to Cleveland, where he took passage to Perrysburg in
a small steamboat at the foot of the rajjids. He carried a letter
of introduction to Dr. II. Burnett, of Gilead, at the head of the
rapids, and they foi-med a partnership. The subject made his
home at Providence, opposite the village of Grand Rapids. Here
he had the honor of delivering the Foui-th of July address in
1839, under the shade of a big elm. The celebration was under
the auspices of the late Gen. James B. Steadman, who was at
that time building a dam across the Maumee for a feeder to the
canal. Doctor Woodworth was a victim of ague, which he com-
bated until the month of May, 1840. His practice extended over
several counties and he made his rounds on horseback, enduring
the usual hardships of the pioneer physicians, without much
financial remuneration. In the spring of 1846 he came on the
canal, with his wife, to Fort Wayne, and here he soon had a large
practice, which continued to grow with the years, and here he
remained until his death, on September 10, 1891. There were
about forty thousand people in Fort Wayne when he cast his lot
here. Few roads were then open and they were almost impassa-
ble, the canal being the commercial outlet. Malarial fever pre-
dominated, and heroic methods were used in its treatment. But
the terrible treatment was reformed and old settlers gave the
credit for the improved and milder methods of treatment to
Doctor Woodworth. He became one of the leading medical men
of this section of the state and he devoted his life to the success-
ful practice of his profession and was often the recipient of great
honors. He was president of various local organizations of the
State Medical Society and was prominent in the American Medi-
cal Association. He took an interest in public affairs and was
postmaster during President James K. Polk's administration,
and for a time he was clerk in the New Orleans custom house
under Senator W. P. Kellogg, and was a member of the l)oard of

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United States pension cxamiucrs in Fort "Wayne, serving in the
latter eai)aeity from the time of the organization of the l)oard up
to his death, except during Clevehiud's administration. Tie served
faithfully and attended every meeting of the board up to the
tiine of his death. As a public servant he gave the most loyal
and satisfactory service to all concerned, and merited the confi-

,}o->Tnr> n-nr} fni'^t ^hftt ^'"'fl'' yo-nncorf i-ti ]-|irv-] TTo ]lf.d bOOTI clo?cly

identified with the growth of Fort "Wayne for more than half a
century, during which he was one of the city's most honored, use-
ful and influential citizens, being greatly esteemed and respected
by all. He saw^ and took part in the ])rogress and growth of the
city, from the time it was a small, insignificant frontier town to
the prosperous and magnificent metropolis it is today. He was
democratic in his relations with the world, was charitable, hon-
orable and hospitable, always scrupulously honest. He did a
great deal of gratituous practice, and was hailed everywhere as
a friend of the poor; however, he Tirospered and became well es-
tablished, leaving his children well provided for in the way of
propertv and finance. He was one of the active and influential
"Republicans of this section of the state.

Doctor "Woodworth was married December 14, 1843, at
Gilead, "Wood county, Ohio, to Diantha Burritt, by Rev. Mr. "Van
Tassel. She was bora at Horse's Head, New York, and she died
I^farch 26, 1878. in Fort "Wayne. She was the daughter of Elisha
and Emilv (:\[ills) Burritt.

The following children were born to Doctor "Woodworth and
wife: Harriet, who married Alexander INfuirhead, lives in Sedro
Wooley, "Washington, and thev have six children, viz.: INlargaret
Frances, who married TV. E. Johnson, of Seattle, where thev are
now livinsr; the other children are John. Laura, Doris, Mildred
and Donald. Emilv, the second of the Doctor's children, married
Doris A. Woodworth (no relation), who is now deceased, and his
v\idow lives in Newkirk, Oklahoma, with her children, named as
follows: Elise, who married Allen E. Hodges, of Grand Rapids,
^fichigan; thev have two children, Edward and Lura. James C.
Woodworth, who is marned. lives at IMarquette, Michicran. Charles
Beacher "Woodworth, third child of the sub.iect of this memoir,
who married Lura E. Case, is now deceased, as is also his wife;
their children were Beniamin "Woodworth, deceased, and Carl
Bradlaw "Woodworth. of the Woodworth Drug store, at Fort

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Wayne. Laura Woodworth, fourth cliild of the subject aud wife,
married Horace U. Granger, who is associated with the master
mechanic's office of the "Wabash raih'oad, at Fort Wayne, and he
and his family occupy the Woodworth homestead at the corner
of Berry and Jackson streets, which has been the home of this
prominent old family continuously for a period of fifty-five years.
The union of Laura Woodworth and Mr. Granger has been with-
uiit iooUc. Mis. Granger is one of the charter members of the
Daughters of the American Revolution, local chapter, and is also
one of the officials of the same, taking a great deal of interest in
this work. Alida Taylor Woodworth, youngest of the Doctor's
family, has remained single and she makes her home with her
sister in the old fnmilr residence.

JACOB C. HIRSCHMAN

JACOB CONRAD HIRSCHMAN.

Wlu'u such lucu as Jacob Courad lliiscliman die, not only the
|iul)lic licarL i£> iiiicu with saJiicss aud iiu alnJiii^' scusc of loss, but
tlicio is within the sauctuaiy of his own household a depth of soi-
i'<tw that cannot be fathomed, for with all his business ability and
|niblic usefulness, it was j^erhaps in his domestic life and social
relations that .Mr. llirschuian appeared to the best advantage.
Accoi'ding to those who knew him best no one ever heard a
whis))cr against his integrity. lie was a temperate, well-con-
trolled man — the idol of his family. He was of a genial social
nature, full, at times, of a quaint, homely, simple humor, that had
iiliout it the freshness of childhood; he loved his children and
young folks in general, and many a young man was helped and
encouraged by him in starting out in life. He was a very agree-
al)le coiui)anion, manifesting a desire to jDlease those with whom
lie came into daily contact, and he left to his friends as his choicest
legacy the I'emembrance of a character without a stain.

Mr. Jlirschman was born in Wittenberg, Germany, on Janu-
ary "), 1H18. He was the son of John aud Ursula (^leyer) Hirsch-
iiian. Itdth natives of Germany, where they grew up and married,
jiiid tliei-e the father devoted his life to shoemaking and died there
ill is.')!, at the age of forty-five years, the mother of the subject
Niirviving ten years, when she died at the same age. They became
I lie pmeuts of the following children: John Jacob, who died in
Geniiaiiy wheu twenty-seVen years old; Jacob Conrad, subject of
lliiH meiiioir; Susiuma, who married Fred ]\[eyer, is deceased, as is
niKo her liiislcmd, both dying in the fatherland; Conrad, who came
to the I'liited States in 1880, married Emma Grein, and he is no\v
••iiperirifeiulent of flic J. C. Hirschman Company, of Indianapolis,
luivlnir been with this concern many years during its growth.

.laeob r. ITirschman, of this review, had advantages of an
•'teepliniinllv good education, and early in life he learned the
'•nbiiief. maker's trade. "Remaining in his native land until he was
twenty years old, ho emigrated to the United States in 1868, first
t'lf'ntiiicr nt ^ft. Cnnnel. Illinois, and from there caine to Indian-
'M'"'!" nbont 1872 and ]>ecame a partner in the Western FurtiitUi^e

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Compauy. He later sold liis interest and iu June, 1877, he opened
a feather store at No. 173 East Washington street, whieh was at
that time the only store of its kind in the city. In 1882 he bought
the mattress business of W. P. ilullinan. For a time he conducted
his business at the southeast corner of the block where is the pres-
ent site of the Veterinary College, then purchased the old
Evaneelical chnri'h. ihf nrpconf cifo of fiio IToosicr lauudr}', at
the southeast corner of New Jersey and Wabash streets, and there
carried on both the mattress and the featlier business, which he
had moved to that place. About this time he took in his brother,
Conrad, as a partner, giving him one-fourth interest. This part-
nership existed several years, when the subject bought out his
brother. While there, they were xery successful and the building
had to be enlarged twice, and it was not until after Mr. Hirsch-
man's death (in 1903) that the factory was moved to the present
location at 1201-1259 East Maryland street. By close application
and good management IMr. Ilirschman accumulated a competency,
having started out with no capital or influential friends to assist
him, and he was a splendid example of the modern self-made man,
much of his success being due no doubt to his characteristic Ger-
man thrift and industry, even in the face of seemingly insur-
mountable obstacles.

The J. C. Hirschman Company was established in 1877 in a
small way, making comforts, pillow cases, etc., moving from time
to time to larger quarters, as they found it necessary. They
suffered two losses by flood in their earlier experiences and a later
loss by fire, the latter disastrous; but they forged ahead and the
business in time assumed large proportions. The factory em-
ploys on an average of about forty-five men, and is equipped wuth
the latest designed appliances and machinery for quick and high
grade work, everytliing having been placed under a superb system
by Mr. Hirschman, and the Ilirschman guaranteed line of mat-
tresses has become famous all over the country. Their fine feather
beds, pillow cases, etc., find a very ready market over a wide terri-
tory, and shipments are made to many different states. They
have their owm side-track and modera railroad facilities. After
the death of Mr. Ilirschman, on October 26, 1896, the estate re-
tained his interests. The firm was incorporated in 1898, with
Mrs. J, C. Hirschman, president, and Frank H. Ilirschman, secre-
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carrying out tlic plans inaugurated by the subject. Mr. Ilirsch-
man built the present attractive and nioderuly appointed resi-
dence of the family at No. 1234 East Washington street, in 1884.

■Jacob C. llirschmau was married on October 29, 1873, to
Mary A. Aldag, and to this union the following children wore
li(»rn: Knuik, who married i\Iartha Neerman, resides on Suther-
iiiiKi ascimc, .(lid ilic.y aic tli. pai\:r.t3 of three children, Clift'jn,
Itusscll and Mary Margaret; Rev. Carl, who lives in Fort Wayne,
Indiana, married Agnes Peebles; Albert, who is a teacher in the
iiiacliine department of Indianapolis IManual Training Scliool,
iii.'irricd Maigaiet F. Oldendorf on June 19, 1912; Harry and Ed-
ward were the fourth and fifth in order of birth, Harry marrying
l.i-ala SiKmcer, and the youngest was Alma, who is a teacher in
the local public schools.

l?clng a well-read man, INIr. Hirschman was able to converse
on all topics very intelligently. He remained a student all his
life and took an interest in public affairs, but he preferred to de-
vofc his attention to his business and his family rather than try
for public lumors. He always took an active interest in church
work, being one of the most active workers on the building com-
mittee of his church, and he had charge of the Sunday school mis-
sion of the Second Evangelical church for the first five years after
it was organized, and in this he did a most praiseworthy work,
which resulted in great good. As before intimated, most of his
lime outside of his business and church work was spent by his
own liresidi' with his devoted and happy family.

l?eforo closing this sketch it is deemed advisable to give here-
\^ itli a lirief resume of the life of the late Charles Aldag, father of
Mix. llirscliniaTi, in view of the fact that for over a half-century
lie was regai'ded as one of the leading German citizens of Indi-
anapolis where he maintained his home from 1848 imtil his death,
in 10<)2. He was bora in Germany on March 16, 1826, the son of
<'liarlos T.. and Charlotte Aldag, both natives of Gennany. There
<''liarlos Aldag grew to manhood, and in 184S emigrated to Amer-
ica and at ojico located in Indianapolis, and, beginning with little
••apital, he forged his way to the front. Being a man of sound
JudL'meiit and thrift, his enterprises were uniformly prosperous
and lie became one of the substantial German citizens of the city
of his adoption. Within three years after coming here he had a
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he retired. Plowcvcr, he had been interested in other lines of en-
deavor. For over fort}' years he was located at No. 175 East
Washington street in a building whicli he erected in 1861 and
which his family still owns. lie was among the organizers of sev-
eral profitable concerns, among which were the Indiana]wlis Ger-
man Mutual Fire Insurance Company, and the Ebner-Aldag Var-
nich Cciiii.auy, :i^w known ao tho Indiciii.ipolis Varniih Company;
the success of these and other undertakings was due largely to
his wise counsel and assistance. He was also one of the founders
of tlie Deaconess ITosi^ital, one of the best known in the state. He
was not only a man of exceptional business ability, but was also
of stainless character and stood high in all circles. His support
could always be de})ended upon in furthering any movement for
the public good.

Charles Aldag was married in Indianapolis, December 11,
1851, to "Wilhelmina "Westfall, a native of Germany, who has lived
in Indianapolis from the age of eleven years. To this union ten
children were born, six of whom are living at this writing, namely:
Alary is the widow of the immediate subject of this memoir;
Martha married John Eberhardt, and they reside in Oak Park,
Hlinois, and are the parents of seven children, ^Minnie, Walter,
Clara, Elmer, Eva, HarA'ey and John; ]\Iatilda married John
Emrich, and one son was born, Harvey; she is now deceased;
Frank, who married Christine Koch, of Indianapolis, has five chil-
dren, Carrie, Charlotte, Arthiir, Ruth and Raymond; Laura, who
married Ernest G. Eberhardt, of Indianapolis, has six children,
Herbert, Ernst, Olga, Flora, Ruth and Esther; Minnie, who mar-
ried Harry Schaff, of Indianapolis, has three children, Freda,
Norman and Paul; Cora, who married William Geilow, is the
mother of one son, William Russell. On December 11, 1901,
Charles Aldag and wife celebrated their golden wedding, and their
youngest daughter, Cora, was married on that day. The large,
handsome family home is at No. 1230 East Washington street,
Indianapolis, which was built by Mr. Aldag in 1870. Charles
Aldag belonged to the First church of the Evangelical Associa-
tion, in which his widow still retains membership, and is one of
the last two charter members of this denomination, which was
organized in 1852. His children are also members of this church.
Mrs. Aldag is a woman of strong characteristics, well preserved
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{Icrfiil growth of this city which she has witnessed from its early
stages of (levclopinont when it was but a country town. Like lier
honored liusband before her, she is a woman of kind heart and
rharitablo impulses, and they have done much to lighten the bur-
ilfii uf others and give them new encouragement and hope, and
thcij- family can justly feel proud of them. No Germans of the
city iia\i' uecu ucUri or uiuVc favorably kui-wn for the jiast half
century and their examples are eminently worthy of emulation
by all who wish to succeed in this life and leave behind them good
records.

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CHARLES EDWIN 3TURGI3, M. D.

To rescue from fading li-aditiou the personal annals of the
pioTippvs of onv poinifj' i^ r. 2^!'.'r.ring but kiboriuUo tuok; not su
laborious, perhaps, as perplexing, b}' ' reason of memoirs from
which many impressions of the early days have long since faded.
To gather up the broken threads of strange yet simple stories of
individual lives, to catch the Meeting stories and fireside histories
and hand them down to posterity is a laudable ambition worthy
of encouragement on the part of everyone interested in liis com-
munity. Dr. Charles Edward Sturgis, long since a traveler to
"that undiscovered bourne," of which the world's greatest poet
wrote, was one of the pioneers of Fort Wa\'ne, Indiana, who were
in the van of civilization moving westward, who passed through
years of arduous toil and hardship, such as few now living have
ever experienced. A Vicstern man in the broad sense of the term,
although a native of the East, he realized the wants of the people,
and with strong hand and an active brain sui:)plied the demand
generously and unsparingly. His life was an o^ien book, known
and read by his many friends, who found therein no blank or
soiled pages and nothing to offend; for Dr. Sturgis always en-
deavored to measure his life by strict principles of rectitude, and
few of his contemporaries could present a character so nearly
flawless or a reputation against which so little in the way of criti-
cism could be uttered. He ranked high among the medical men
of his day, and was in every respect a most commendable example
of the successful self-made. man and unselfish, virile and helpful
pioneer.

Dr. Charles E. Sturgis, one of the first physicians of Port
Wayne, Indiana, was born January 1, 1815, at Church Hill, in
Queen Anne county, Maryland, and there he grew to manhood and
received his education. He was one of five children, one girl and
four boys. He began reading medicine when but a boy, and, be-
lieving that the Middle West held greater opportunities for the
ambitious young doctor than his o\\ti country, he made his way
over the rough Alleghanies, through the great forests of Penn-
sylvania and Ohio to Richmond, Indiana, before he had yet
reached his majority. A few years later he removed to Logans-

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port, and there he formed the acquaintance of Louisa Ewing,
(laughter of Col. Alexander Ewing and wife, and they were soon
afterwards married. Shortly after this event he removed to Fort
Wayne, where he continued to reside until his death. He spent
dUc winter in Cincinnati attending medical lectures. In his pro-
fessional career he was very successful, and was engaged in the
piaciico ill re<it Wayuc for thirty tv^ yccv^. TIo wf's ono of the
jirst, if not the first, doctor in this locality, and in those early
times he had to make his calls on horseback, his patients being
widely scattered over a vast territory, which was sparsely settled,
and where there were more Indians than white men. He was
charitable to a fault and many of the poor of Allen count}^ were
indebted to him for innumerable favors. lie took much interest
in the early progress of the community and was active in public
affairs. He represented Allen county in the state Legislature.
He was president of the board of school trustees for many years,
and in 1868 was a delegate from his district to the Democratic
national convention at New York City. He was identified with
all the public improvement movements organized in Fort Wayne
during his residence here, and in all manifested the greatest de-
gree of enterprise and ability, as well as public spirit. He was
one of the leading spirits in the building of the old plank road
from Fort Wayne to Bluffton. He had a most tender and engag-
ing manner in the sick room; he was very amiable, kind and con-
siderate, and he was greatly admired and esteemed by all who
knew him. He was very fond of his family, and spent as much
time as possible with them. His family were members of the
First Presbyterian church, his wife being one of the earliest of
its congregation, and in the early history' of the church she ren-
dered much assistance in raising mone}' with which to purchase a
bell. Doctor Sturgis was not a favorite wnth his own people, but
he had a very extensive practice among the Indians. He was op-
posed to slavery, and that was one of the reasons that induced
him to leave Maryland. At the time of his death, November 24,
18G9, he was one of the oldest and most highly esteemed as well
as best kno'\\Ti citizens of Fort Wayne. His widow survived
eighteen years, passing to her rest on Thursday afternoon, March
10, 1887, after an illness of two weeks, and at the age of sixty-
nine years. She had made her home for some time with her
daughter, :Mrs. Dr. G. W. McCaskey, at No. 107 West Main street,
Fort Wayne, where she died. She was a woman of noble attri-

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butes and beautiful Christiau cliaiartcr, aud charitaljle inipuLscs.
She ^Yas the last child of Colonel Ewiug, who took out the govern-
ment patent upon the land which is known as the Ewing addition
to the City of J^'ort ^Va}■ne, upon which the largest portions of the
third and fourth wards are built. Among the brothers of jSIrs.
iSturgis several were distinguished by reason of their great ability
and training. W. Ci. and C ^V. Kwiiiff were the erroat fur donlors
of the West when Fort Wayne was the border of civilization.
Their operations extended among Indian tribes and covered the
whole of the great Northwestern Territory, and they amassed
princely fortunes. Judge Charles Ewing, another brother, was a
great lawyer, and widely known for the high position he won and
dignified in his profession.

Twelve children were born to Dr. Charles E. Sturgis and
wife, three of whom survive, namely: Alida Sturgis married Dr.
P. G. Kelsey, of Summit, New Jersey, and they have the following
children: Alida May, who married Guilford Babcock, lives at
Sunnnit, New Jersey, and they have these children: Edna, ^lary,
Carlisle and Kelsey Babcock. Percival "William Kelse}', who
married Mary Darrow, of Evansville, Indiana, lives in Cincinnati,
Ohio, and they have one child, ^lary Alida. Carrie Louise Kel-
sey, who married Rev. "Walter Brengle, of New Orleans, Louisi-
ana, has these children, Grace, Louise and Emily Ma}' Brengle.
Arthur Kelsey lives in DeKoven, Kentucky. Samuel Pratt
Sturgis married Lymna 0. Kelsey and lives in Paducah, Ken-
tuckj'; their union has been without issue. Louise Sturgis mar-
ried Dr. George "W. j\IcCaskey, one of Fort "VN^ayne's most eminent
physicians, a complete sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this
volume; this union has been blessed by the birth of one child,
George Edward McCaskey, who lives at home; she is prominent
in club and social circles. Louis Thomi^son Sturgis married
Caroline IMatilda "W'ork, daughter of one of Fort "Wayne's most
prominent families; he is deceased, and ]\[rs. Sturgis, who has
two daughters, lives with her daughter, Mrs. Sarah L. Sturgis.
Another daughter of Louis T. Sturgis, jNIrs. Edwdn F. Dalnian,
lives in Fort "Wayne.

rrJuH^VEO Bv HEUHv TAVLOU JR CHi' a:.o.

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GEN. LEW WALLACE.

There could be no more coinprehL'Hsi\c history written of a
state tho.r. th.-'it ".vl;!"!! dcnl"^ v.'it^i tb'* IH'c-work nf tlui«o wlio )n'
their own endeavors and aeconiplishnK'nts have helped to give
that state an eminent position among its sister commonwealths.
It is a far cry from the humble rank held by Indiana in the field
of literature in the days of "The Iloosier Schoolmaster" to the
present pi'und position held by the Hoosier state as the literary
center of Amereia. Her masters of literature have included names
which have become familiar in every town and handet in this
eoujitry and are not unknown in foreign countries. Edward
Egglestcn, David Biddle, Charles Alajor, Elizabeth Miller, Booth
Tarkington, ^Meredith Nicholson, George Ade, James AYhitcomb
RiU'\- and Lew Wallace comprise a galaxy of writers whose pro-
ductioiis, in prose and verse, have reflected the highest honors on
their state. Of these, none has contributed as much of a perma-
nent character and acknowledged vahie as Gen. Lew Wallace, to
to the record of whose notable career the following lines are de-
voted. American history offers few examples of public men who
have become really eminent in so many distinct fields of endeavor
as General Wallace. Lawyer, soldier, tactician, diplomat and
author — in each of these spheres of effort he exhibited qualities
of the highest order and his deeds were those of definite accom-
plishment. He was a conqueror with both sword and pen, his
achievements as a soldier, eminent as the}' were, being of no
higlier order than his attainments in literature. Not only his be-
loved Indiana, but the whole nation, reveres his name, which has
been, by imiversal consent, placed high in the temple of fame.

Lew Wallace was the second in the order of birth of the four
sons born to Governor David and Esther French (Test) Wallace,
his birth having occurred at Brookville, Franklin county, Indi-
ana, on April 10, 1827. His paternal grandfather, Andrew Wal-
lace, was from Fayette county, Pennsylvania, from which place
he moved his family to Cincinnati, Ohio, and thence to Brook-
ville, Indiana, where he ke]it a hotel and became a man of influ-
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as a cadet to West Poiut oMilitary Academy, where in due time he
was graduated aud entered the regular army, where he served
three years. He then studied law and, upon being admitted to
the bar, began the active practice of that profession at Brookville,
Indiana. He was well groinided in the principles of law and was
a brilliant attorney, lie was recognized as a man of unusual
abilitv and w;is failed info pnhiip iif«.^ rcrving cuccccsivtly as a
member of the Legislature, twice as lieutenant-governor, as gov-
ernor in 1837, and as a member of Congress from 18-11 to 1815, two
terms. After his retirement from Congress he served as judge of
the court of common pleas with eminent ability. His death oc-
curred in 1859, at the age of sixty years. Covernor Wallace was
twice married, his first wife, whose maiden name was Esther
French Test, being a sister of the late Judge Charles Test and the
daughter of Hon. John Test, a pioneer of Indiana and congress-
ional representative from his state. Lew Wallace was a child of
this marriage, being but six }'cars old when his mother died. Two
years later the father married Zeralda G. Sanders, of Millers-
burg, Kentucky. To her wise counsel, loving care and strong will
can be attributed much of her son's success in after life. She be-
came his model of a loving, tender, helpful mother. Upon his
first visit to her, after the publication of the book "Ben-Hur,"
he said, "Mother, what do you think of my book?" "Oh, it is a
grand book, my son," said Mrs. Wallace. "AVhere did you get
that beautiful character of the mother of Ben-Hur?" He an-
swered, "Why, my dear mother, I thought of you every line while
I wrote it."

Lew Wallace 's maternal grandfather, John Test, was a native
of Salem, New Jersey. He was a man of great ability, a Hicksite
Quaker, and he and another Hicksite Quaker, Butler, were pio-
neers of BrookviUe, Indiana, in 1805. He was regarded as the
best lawyer and scholar in the state, and he was foremost in
progress in every line. He brought the first carding machinery
to Franklin county and was instrumental in introducing other
improvements for the benefit of the communitj\ He was admitted
to practice in 1811, and was the first congressman from Indiana.
Scarcely a vestige remains of the old Test mansion, the home of a
fajnily which furnished as much good brain and ability to the
making of the early history of Indiana as any other family of the
state. John Test was the grandson of John Test, who came over
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regarded as the bravest and best man in his colony, having him
ai)pointed high sherill". Thus it is seen that from both ancestral
lines Lew AValJace inherited qualities of the highest order.

Lew Wallace was largely self educated, though he attended
the common schools and became a student in AV^abash College, but
did not graduate. In his youth he began the study of law in his
Tuthci. 'o uHIcv., but Ihv. Mexican war dij:tiirbed h's plans for n lognl
career and he left Covington as the second lieutenant of an Indi-
ana compan}'. He was promoted to first lieutenant and served
through the war with great credit. At the conclusion of hostil-
ities he returned home, resumed his studies and in due time was
admitted to the bar. lie entered upon the active j^ractice of his
profession in Covington, but in 1852 he removed to Crawfords-
ville, INIontgomery county, where he maintained his home during
the remainder of his life, lie was elected a member of the state
Senate, and served four years there to the entire satisfaction of
his constituents, but he did not take kindly to a political life and
had no further ambition in that direction.

At the breaking out of the great Southern rebellion ^Ir. Wal-
lace was appointed adjutant-general of the state of Indiana and
entered actively upon the discharge of his duties, which at that
time were unusually responsible. But to one of his active tem-
perament and ardent patriotism such an office was not suited, and
he determined to enter the active military service. He was com-
missioned colonel of the Eleventh Regiment Indiana Volunteer
Infantry, with which command he served in West Virginia, par-
ticipating in the capture of Romney and the ejection of the enemy
from Harper's Ferry. On September 3, 1861, he was promoted
to the rank of brigadier-general, commanded a division at Fort
Donelson, and on March 21, 1862, he became a major-general. He
was in command of a division at Shiloh and participated con-
spicuously in the events of that fated field. In 1863 General Wal-
lace assisted in the defense of Cincinnati and saved that city from
capture by the Confederate raider. Gen. Kirby Smith. Later
he commanded the middle division of tlie Eighth Army Cor2)s,
with headquarters at Baltimore, Maryland. With five thousand
eight hundred men, he marched to the banks of the Monocac.y and
there offered battle to the overwhelming forces of Gen. Jubal A.
Early, who, with twenty-eight thousand men, was marching
triumphantly upon the national capital. On the afternoon of
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near Frederick, Maryland, was fought one of tho bloodiest engage-
ments of tlio waj", in proportion to the number of the combatants.
General "Wallace was entrenched behind stone fences that
stretched along the heights near the bridge and at right angles
with the river. MeCausland's cavalry, which led the vanguard
of Early 's army, crossed the stream and made a vigorous assault
upon Wnllnfp'^ liTip'j, hut, nft^^r n very rpiritcd and bloody engage-
ment, they were forced to retreat, taking up and holding a i:)osition
in the rear. Soon thereafter a long line of infantry, famous as
the "Stonewall Brigade," formerly made immortal by Jackson,
now consolidated with other seasoned veterans into a division
commanded by Gen. John C. Breckenridge, advanced on Wal-
lace's main position and carried it. Though defeated, Wallace
and his gallant troops had accomplished the important duty of
delaying Early until reinforcements coxild reach Washington,
thus saving the national capital.

General Wallace was second member of the court that tried
the assassins of President Lincoln, and was president of the court-
martial that tried Henry Wirz, commander of the notorious Con-
federate prison at Andersonville, Georgia. At the close of the
Civil war he was mustered out of the service with every official
mark of honor. Later he represented the secret service branch
of the United States, witli the rank of brigadier-general, in the
Mexican army. From 1878 to 1881 General Wallace served as
territorial governor of New ^Mexico and from the latter date imtil
1885 he served as United States minister to Turkey. Upon re-
turning home, he retired to Crawfordsville and engaged in liter-
ary work up to the time of liis death, which occurred on February
15, 1905.

Of all the honors achieved by General Wallace, his greatest
fame will rest on the production of his pen, the most enduring of
which is the book "Ben-Hur, a Tale of the Christ," which has
been translated into every civilized tongue and has had the great-
est circulation of any book in the English language, save "Uncle
Tom's Cabin" and Macaulay's "History of England," having
been read on the banks of the ^Mississippi, as well as on the banks
of the Thames and Nile, and doubtless will be read by all peoples
of all lands to the end of time. The spiritual power of "Ben-Hur^'
goes unchallenged and it is significant that many have been won
to the Christian life by the reading of "Ben-Hur." It was ac-
cepted intx) the homes of the luxurious, indifferent and self-satis-

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fiod; mcu following tlio paths of pleasure and immersed in busi-
ness; women, wearied with social successes, read the book and
wept over it, and, as insensibly and certainly as the author,
yielded to tlie story of the Christ.

General Wallace's first litcrarj' production, "The Fair Ood,"
appeared in 1873; "Ben-IIur" in 1880; "Life of General Benjamin
ilarriboii" in 1SC2; "Boyhood of Ohri?t" ir 18«n; "PriTu-f of
India" in 1893; "The Wooing of ^ralkatoon" and, later, his
"Autobiography," in two volumes. Pew people can understand
the great amount of study, research and careful analysis of his-
torical facts, required for the production of these great historical
novels. The late Bishop Newman, LL. D., of the Methodist Epis-
copal church, paid Mr. Wallace a great compliment when he said
that the General, in his wonderful description of the crucifixion of
our Savior, gave the impression that he must have been an eye-
witness. In writing his "The Fair God," he was obliged to learn
the Spanish and Mexican languages, and his "Prince of India"
was by far the most difficult of all.

In 1852 General Wallace was united in marriage with Susan
Arnold Elston, a native of Crawfordsville, a writer of marked
ability and a gentlcw^oman in the highest sense of the word.
Though his busy life brought General Wallace in close touch with
many great and prominent men, he enjoyed most the quiet of his
home life, where, with the wife of his youth, w-ho was so nnieh to
him in his labors and ambitions, he passed his declining years.
Her death occurred on October 1, 1907, more than two years after
the passing of her distinguished husband. One child was born to
them, Henry Lane AVallace, now a resident of Indianapolis. Gen-
eral Wallace was an appreciative member of McPherson Post No.
7, Grand Army of the Republic, at Crawfordsville.

EDWARD GILBERT.

In conuectiou with industrial interests, the reputation uf the
late Edward Gilbert was pronounced in the business circles of
Indianapolis for a number of years. In studying the lives and
rliprpr'+f^r'-" '>f prcir.incut ixicn in any uuUv vi. Jiie we are naturally
led to inquire into the secret of their success and the motives that
prompted their action. Success is oftener a matter of exiierieuce
and soimd judgment and thorough preparation for a life-worli
than it is of genius, however bright. When we trace the careers
of those whom the world acknowledges as successful, and those
who stand highest in public esteem, we find that in almost every
case they are those who have I'isen gradually l)y their own efforts,
their diligence and perseverance. These qualities were undoubt-
edly possessed in a large measure by the gentleman whose name
introduces this memoir. Although his life was a busy one, his
every-day affairs making heavy demands upon his time, he never
shrank from his duties as a citizen and his obligations to his
church, his neigh])ors and his friends. Always calm and dignified,
never demonstrative, his life was, nevertheless, a persistent plea,
more by precept and example than by public action or written or
spoken word, for the purity and grandeur of right principles and
the beauty and elevation of wholesome character. He had the
greatest sympathy for his fellow men and was ever willing to aid
and encourage those who were struggling to aid themselves
against adverse fate, yet in this as in everything else, he was en-
tirely unostentatious. To him home life was a sacred trust,
friendship was inviolable and nothing could swerve him from the
path of rectitude and honor.

Edward Gilbert was born in Germany, December 6, 1831. He

was a son of and Rose (Switzer) Gellert (the name being

spelled Gellert in the old country), and he was one of a family
of eleven children, six of wdiom grew to maturity. The father
died leaA'ing a young widow and a large family, but in good cir-
cumstances, while Edward and his brother John were away at
boarding school. About this time the mother received word from
her two brothers, located at Brooklyn, New York, suggesting
that her two sons, Edward and John, come to America, so in a
short time the boys set sail for the New "World, Edward being then
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After a long voyage on an old-fashioned sailing vessel they
reached our shores. John entered the employ of a drug lirni, later
going to Kockford, Illinois, where he engaged in the drug busi-
ness for some time, then went to Fort Wayne, Indiana, where his
death occurred in .1906. The only one of the family now living is
Fannie, who has remained in the fatherland.

IJ'rli^'orrl rmiiovt of flii«! vr>T'i(M\', fniuvl fi'inlox-nuMlt with Ills

uncles, upon reaching Brooklyn, they being fancy goods import-
ers of that city. Later he went on the road as a traveling sales-
man.

Mr. Gilbert was married in Brooklyn, New York, on June
12, 1856, to Sarah B. Berry, daughter of Daniel and Nancy (Fall)
Berry, the father a Yankee shoe manufacturer, of New Hamp-
shire. The Berry family is of English extraction and dates back
to the year 1632. Lord Berry was of the direct line. The Berrys
of the later days, however, care more for what the family is now
than for its distinguished origin. This family at an early date
located in Now Hampshire, later moving to Vermont and for sev-
eral generations were ijrominent in New England. The grand-
father of Mrs. Gilbert was Thomas Berry, and he married a
woman of Scotch descent, ]\Iiss McCrellus. Their parents settled
in Vermont, and she and the rest of the family were born in that
state.

Shortly after his marriage Edward Gilbert came to Rock-
ford, Illinois, and engaged in the stationery business. Selling out
to his brother seven years later, he proved his patriotism by en-
listing in the Seventy-fourth Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He in-
tended going to the front as a private, but, being a good scribe
and accountant, he was placed on detached duty at headquarters,
serving under Generals Shennan, Rosccrans and Thomas, being
with the latter when he fought the last great battle of the war at
Nashville, Tennessee. He remained in the service a few weeks
after the war ended, closing up accounts, etc. He had done his
work most faithfully and well, winning the hearty commendation
of his superiors, and he was honoralily discharged at Nashville.

After the close of the Civil war, Mr. Gill^ert came to Indi-
anapolis, where he met his wife, who had shipped their goods
here from Rockford, Illinois. He first entered the life insurance
business, which he followed successfully for a period of fifteen
years, then took up fire insurance. He was later made secre-
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Tnanngcd with rare ability and fidelity, in a manner that reflected
much credit upon liinuself and to tlie eminent salisfaction oi" all
concerned and this position he held until he retired from business,
being compelled to give up active life some three years prior to
his death on accomit of failing eyesight. He was summoned, liy
the "Reaper whose name is Death" to close his earthly accounts

n-p t]T^ Pi+li r}'^v r>f A|tt' 1*^1'^ f^^^V "^ ut-oFiil on^l oiif.r'r>c;sf'i] '^;',V('(M'.

Edward Gilbert was known as a man of unswerving intogi'ity
and scrupulous honesty. He was often asked to conduct private
business for others who had implicit confidence in him. He was
an active and faithful member of the Plymouth Congregational
church (now the First Congregational church) of Indianapolis.
He was an earnest worker in the Siuiday school and he estab-
lished the Sunday school at the poor farm, which he conducted
for two years. He was a member of the Grand Army of the He-
public, in which he was greatly interested. He was in the fullest
sense of the term a home man, his domestic life being ideal and
harmonious. He was best contented when with his family in his
pleasant and attractive home in Talljott avenue. He was a great
reader and kept a good librar}' of the world's best literature, and
was thus well informed and an interesting conversationalist. He
was patient and long suffering, as was shown during the last three
years of his life when he was practically incapacitated from all
work. During this period his wife, to whom he owed no small
portion of his material success, owing to her encouragement and
sympath}', conducted all his business matters, and she never tired
of reading to him from his favorite volumes. And after he had
passed away she was called upon to continue with his interests.

Besides his widow Edward Gilbert left two children, name-
ly : Emily S., widow of Lewis JI. Gibson, for many years a success-
ful architect here; she is living at No. 1636 Pennsylvania street,
and has the following children: Jessie G., wife of W. A. Payne,
lives in Columbus, Ohio, and has one child, Phoebe; Edward G.
Gibson, who lives in Cleveland, Ohio, married Helen VanHoff;
and Catherine Gibson. Charles H. Gilbert, better known as
"Doctor," is professor of zoology at Stanford University, Palo
Alto, California, being one of the best known educators of his line
in the West. He married Julia Hughes. They are the parents of
three children, namely: Ruth is the eldest; Winifred married
Carl Brown, of San Francisco, and they have one child, Carl A.;
Carl is the' youngest of Charles H. Gilbert's children.

THEODORE E. SOMERVILLE.

realty to facts in tlic analyzaticn of the character of a citizen
of the type of the late Theodore E. Sonlerville, for many years a
well known business man of Indianapolis, is all that is required
to make a biographical memoir interesting to those who have at
lieart the good name of the community honored by his residence,
because it is the honorable reputation of the man of standing and
affairs, more than any other consideration, that gives character
and stability to the body politic and makes the true glory of a city
or state revered at home and respected abroad. In the broad
light in which things of good report ever invite, the name and
character of jNIr. Somerville stand revealed and secure and,
though of modest demeanor with no ambition to distmguish him-
self in public position or as a leader of men, his career was sigually
lionorable and useful and it may be studied with profit by the
youth entering upon his life w^ork.

Mr. Somerville w^as born in Ripley coimty, Indiana, ]\Iarch
15, 1848. He was the son of Thomas W. Somerville, who was born
in Scotland, from which country he came to America when quite
young, first locating in Pennsylvania. He later took up his resi-
dence in Indiana, at what was then known as Pennsylvaniaburg,
and there he remained many years, and at that place his son,
Theodore E., was born. The father followed agricultural pur-
suits, owning a farm in the vicinity of the above named town,
which he worked successfully for a period of forty years or dur-
ing the rest of his life. He married Sarah IMcCreary, who was
bom in northern Ireland, and she emigrated to America when
fourteen years of age and she and Thomas W. Somerville were
married in Pennsylvania, sometime before their migration to the
Hoosier state. The death of the mother of the subject occurred
in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1893, while visiting friends.

Five children were bom to Thomas W. Somerville and wife,
namely: Thomas M., deceased; Tillford D., who lives in Indian-
apolis; James is deceased; Theodore E., of this review; Margaret
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is deceased. All these children were l)()rn al the old home place
near Peiujsylvauiaburg, liidiaua.

Theodore E. Sonierville speut his boyliood on the homestead
and assisted with the general work there when a boy, and in the
wintei'time he attended the comniou schools. Later he was a
pupil in Butler College, Irviugton, Indiana, now a suburb of Indi-
p.^.^i^'^li'--. He r.lco tcul: a ^^i.^iiiox^^iul cuuicc.

Mr. Soinerville started in life for hiniself by accepting a posi-
tion as bookkeeper for the Tarlton "Wholesale Fish Company, with
which he remained for a number of years, after which he entered
into the wholesale candy l)usiness, in partnership with a j\Ir. Mes-
sick, under the lirm name of the Somerville-.Messick Company.
After couductiug this business for four years Mr. Sonierville sold
his interest to his partner and went on the road as a traveling
salesman for the Nicholas Grocery Company, of New York, and
he remained with this firm for two years. While in this capacity
he made many firm friends and a wide acquaintance was his.
Being away from home was not to Mr. Sonierville 's liking, so he
gave up his position with the last-named firm to engage in busi-
ness which would keep him near his family. He therefore opened
a laundry in Indianapolis, where the Co-operative Laundry now
stands, near the viaduct. This was one of the first modern laun-
dries to be built in this city. In the year 1887 he sold out this
business and went to Colorado, locating thirty-six miles west of
Denver, where he remained for thirteen months, owning and oper-
ating what he believed to be a gold mine. In later years, while
relating his experience in Colorado, he would alwaj^s say, joking-
ly, that he was sure that there was money in the mine because he
had put about two hundred thousand dollars into it and had never
taken anything out. Aside from the experience which he re-
ceived he had nothing to show for his gold mining days except a
large beautiful oil painting of the mine and surroundings exe-
cuted by his wife, i\Irs. Mary E. Sonierville, a lady of much
esthetic talent, she having been his companion during the i^eriod
of his residence in the Rockies.

Returning to Indianapolis, ]\Ir. Sonierville organized the Co-
operative Laundiy where he had fomierly been engaged in the
same business. He later sold his interests in that laundry and
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nvcinic, wliore he continued in business initil liis dcutli, which oc-
eiirred on February 'A, 1912, at the Methodist Episcopal Hospital,
of heart trouble, at the age of sixty-two years. His widow, hav-
ing taken over the interests in this business, still conducts the
plant on the same plans inaugurated by the subject, and she has
met with increasing success all the while. It was ^Ir. Somer-
viiie'a .uubltiuii tu Li,.\c o:;^ ^f the r.r rt thov^'ighly orniinned laun-
dries in the state and to this end he installed ever}' modern im-
provement known to the business and was able to realize his am-
bition before he passed away. Ilis plant was regarded by all who
inspected it as a model, superior in every way, and he will long be
renicmbered as one of the city's pioneer and most expert laundry-
men. He was manager and secretary-treasurer of this concern
and he gave it his close attention and saw it grow steadily from
year to year. During 1911 he was president of the National
Laundrymen's Association, the duties of which important posi-
tion he discharged most faithfully and satisfactorily.

]\Ir. Somerville was reared in the Baptist faith, and in his
younger days he was a member of the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, but, being what might essentially be tenned a home man,
he withdrew from this lodge later on in life and spent his even-
ings with his family. Politically, he was a Republican, but he
never took a very active interest in party affairs or asjDired to
public office, preferring to give his attention to his individual
affairs.

On February 26, 1879, ]\[r. Somerville was united in marriage
with Mary Ellen Townsend at Indianapolis. She is a native of
Royal Center, Cass county, Indiana, and is the daughter of Dr.
William Townsend, a graduate of the Chicago ^Medical College and
practiced medicine in Cass county for a number of years, and also
for a short time in Indianapolis, being regarded as a general phy-
sician of a very high order of ability. His death occurred in 1876,
his widow passing away at the home of Mrs. Somerville in 1898.
She was known in her maidenhood as IMary Veal and she had
formerly been married to IMadison Dixon when sixteen years of
age, and their residence at that time was on an Indian reservation,
their nearest neighbor being five miles away.

Mr. and IMrs. Theodore E. Somerville were the parents of one
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Justus. They reside in Indinnapolis, aiul two cliildrcn have l)eon
boru to tlicin, Harold Theodore aud Ethel Kuth. There is a i)retty
little incident in connection with the naming of ilrs. Justus.
Dickens being one of Mrs. Somcrvillc's favorite authors, she had
dft-idcd years ago that if she were ever blessed with a daughter
she would name her for "Little Nell," the famous character of
The Old Ouriusiiy shop."' ,

Like the subject of this memoir, whose memory is revered by
a wide circle of friends and acquaintances, Mrs. Somerville and
her daughter, Mrs. Justus, have long been a favorite in the circles
in which thcv move.

JUDGE THOMAS F. DAVIDSON.

Indiana lias been especially liuuurcd iu the character and
career of her public and professional men. In ever.y county there
have been found, rising above their .fellows, individuals born to
leadership in the various vocations and professions, men who have
dominated not alone by superior intelligence and natural en-
dowment, but by natural force of character which has minimized
discouragements and dared great undertakings. Such men have
not been rare bj' any means, and it is always profitable to study
their lives, weigh their motives and hold up their achievemeuti
PS incentives to greater activity and higher excellence on the part
of others just entering upon their first struggles with the world.
A lawyer of exalted ability, a jurist of the highest type and a man
of sublimated integrity and honor, the late Thomas F. Davidson,
for many years a judge of the circuit court, left a deep impress
upon the history of this state, of which he was one of her distin-
guished and honored native sons. Indiana was dignified b}' his
noble life and splendid achievements, and he stood as a worthy
and conspicuous member of a striking group of public men whose
influence in the civic and social life as well as in professional cir-
cles of the state was of a most beneficent order. Not only in the
judiciary was Mr. Davidson accorded evidences of popular con-
fidence and regard, but also in other directions, while he ever or-
dered his course according to the highest principles and ideals, so
that he was found true to himself and to all men. Such was his
prominence in public affairs and in professional life iu Indiana
that it is but a matter of justice to here enter a brief tribute to
his memory and perpetuate at least a brief record concerning his
career.

Judge Thomas F. Davidson was born in Covington, Indiana,
February 17, 1839. He was the son of Samuel H. Davidson and
wife, an excellent old family of Fountain county, this state.
Their son, Thomas F., grew to manhood near ITillsboro, in nmch
the same manner as the average fai'iner boy in that da}'. He
worked hard when a boy about the homestead and he received a
meager education in the earl}' country schools. When fifteen
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mill east of llilisljoro, later kuown as Snyder's mill. After spend-
ing" two years in the mill he l)egau wurkiiig on liis father's farm,
in the same vieiuity, remaining on the same until 18(JU. it was
in the fall of 1859 that he took up the study of law, having long
entertained a laudable ambition to enter the legal arena. He
borrowed law books of S. C. \\'ilson and the great Lew Wallace,
who wei-e at that titn<' htwyfo-c W-. '^'■..vPr,,..ioyjii2_ After Wuiklug
hard on the farm all day, young Davidson would pore over the law
books at night. Upon linishing a book he would return it and re-
cite the contents of the volume to General Wallace, then re-
turned home with another book. This method was continued
until the young man became well enough grounded in the basic
l^rinciples of his chosen profession and far enough advanced in
other studies to enable him to secure a certificate to teach school,
a license for this work being obtained from John ^IcBroom, Esq.,
and he taught one term of school in his neighborhood in the win-
ter of 1859-GO, and the fullowing fall and winter he taught in
Tazewell county, Illinois, still keeping up his law studies. In
the spring of 1861 he settled in Covington, Indiana, and began
the practice of law. He was permitted by the kindness of Sam-
uel F. ]\Iiller, Esq., then recorder of Fountain county, to occupy
his office. In this manner, with but few books, little money, and
without education, exceijt such as he received in the common
schools and one term in high school at AVaynetown, he entered
upon his life work. With a dauntless courage, partaking of the
nagged exj^erience of his youth, he announced himself through
the usual medimns as an attorney-at-law; continued his studies;
impro\ed opportunities that fell in his way and gradually fitted
himself for his profession, and as a result at the end of three or
four years enjoyed a law practice second to none in Fountain
county.

On May 31, 1865, Mr. Davidson was united in marriage with
Eliza E. Tice, youngest daughter of Jacob Tice, one of the oldest
and best known citizens of Covington. It was about this time
that he began to lie known as an able and successful lawyer. For
several years, until his elevation to the bench of the circuit
court, he devoted his entire effort to the practice of law. He
maintained and advocated a high professional standard both for
himself and for others. His record as a practicing lawyer was
so far satisfactory to the bar and people of the circuit that in
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iucludiiig many older ;uid very able lawyers, he was elected judge
of the ciJ'cuit eourt, euniposed at that time of \\ arreii, Fountain,
Montgomery, Clinton and Boone counties. {Serving a term of six
years, he made such a commendable and altogether satisfactory
record that he was re-olocted in 187(i, the circuit having changed
and consisted of Fountain, Warren and Vermillion counties.
Diir::ig I:::: f:c:'Or.d tcriv. '"' +'"vfl)f.v r1iwlin<rni«lu.fl hiniseir and won
a high rank among the leading legal lights of the state. Duiing
his services as judge of the circuit court for a period of twelve
years, he was called to sit in important trials in various parts of
tne state. In all cases, great and sinall, his decisions were sucli
as to connnand the respect of all i)arties. In the year 1877 serious
trouble occurred among the miners at Stringtown, in Fountain
comity, which culminated hi riots and bloodshed. Judge David-
son was holding court at AVilliamsi)ort, and in order that he
might be present, if needed, he drove to Covington ever}' night
during the most dangerous period. Nothing like weakness ever
appeared in either his official or professional conduct. His hand
was at all times vigorous and firm, and he had a broad knowl-
edge of jurisprudence in all its ramifications, having been a pro-
found student all his life and kept well up with current decisions
and legislation. In addition to his other multiform labors Judge
Davidson wrote leading articles to law magazines, which at-
tracted wide attention, and he was also the author of "Davidson's
Overruled Cases," and a work on executors and administrators,
all of which brought forth the praise of the legal profession and
won him great prestige. Ilis literary style was direct, clear, con-
vincing and lucid, and his articles were always welcomed by pub-
lishers.

At the close of his second term as judge, in 1882, Judge
Davidson resumed the jiractice of law at Covington, first asso-
ciating with him Charles Bool. This firm was dissolved about
1884, and Uanuibal C. Yount became associated with him and
later Jason E. Baker was also admitted to the firm. He removed
his family tt) Crawfordsville in 188G and acquired there a large
practice. He at first fonned a j^artnership with F. M. Dice,
formerly reporter of the supreme court. After several years this
firm was dissolved and Jere West became associated with him
and they continued partners until the death of Judge Davidson
on ]\Iay 19, 1892, at the early age of fifty-three years. In the
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attended courts at Coviugtou aud assisted in the noro important
cases.

In the fall of 189U Judge Davidson was one ;? the leading
counsel in the defense of W. F. Petit, who was btLzig prosecuted
for the alleged murder of his wife by poisoning. Ee became con-
vinced of his client's innocence and labored da}' aud night with un-
tiring zeal and energy throughout the lone trial whirh lasted six
weeks, it is probable that he sacrificed .his life to lie interests of
his client, as he suffered great exhaustion in coni.equence of his
long continued efforts, and his health gradually declined after that.
He was confined to his home and unable to go to Ms work for a
long time previous to his death. It was his long-cLerished desire
to become one of the judges of the supreme coun, and he w^as
practically assured of his nomination to that office by the Demo-
cratic convention, which at that time was equivalent to election.
It was a great disappointment to him that, on account of sickness,
he was compelled to give up this nomination. It was the position
for which he was peculiarly fitted and qualified, and there was no
doubt in the minds of the lawyers who knew him well that he
would have taken rank as one of the great judges of this country.

Judge Davidson was a worthy member of the Presbyterian
church. He was survived by a widow, Eliza E. Davidson, and
their only child, Annie, widow of Prof. Mason B. Thomas, now
deceased, late dean of Wabash College, a memorial sketch of
whom appears on another page of this work.

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/5'->0

DR. WILLIAM NIXON WILSON.

The liual causes which shape the fortunes of individual jucn
aiiJ 11... J..otii:ic3 of st.itcs arc often the snino. Thfy nvo usually
remote and obscure; their influence wholly unexpected until de-
clared by results. AVhen they inspire men to the exerc'i.se of cour-
age, self-denial, enterprise, industry, and call into play the higher
moral elements; lead men to risk all upon conviction, faith — such
causes lead to the planting of great states, great nations, great
peoples. That country is the greatest which produces the great-
est and most manly men, and the intrinsic safety depends not so
nnich upon methods and measures as upon that true manhood
from whose deep sources all that is precious and permanent in life
nuist at last proceed. Such a result may not be consciously con-
templated by the individuals instrumental in the production of
a country; pursuing each his personal good by exalted means,
they work out this as a logical result; they have wrought on the
lines of the greatest good. When the life of one such individual
ends, we look back over the jiathway he had trod and note its use-
fulness— its points worthy of emulation and loerpetuation. What
the late Dr. William Nixon Wilson, of Indianapolis, did for his fel-
low men and the community in general might, in a manner, be told
in words, but in its far-reaching influences cannot be measured.
He was in touch with the people, and from a sincere and deep-felt
interest in their welfare labored for all tliat would prove of public
benefit until the busy and useful life was ended.

Doctor Wilson was bom at New London, near Kokomo, How-
ard county, Indiana, July 30, 18.53, and was a son of Timothy Wil-
son, who Avas born in Perquimans county, North Carolina, Janu-
ary 20, 1832, and who was for many years prominently identified
with educational work in this state. For a period of eight years
Timothy AVilson was county superintendent of public schools in
Henry county, Indiana, being located at New Castle. He was also
connected with the academy at Spiceland and was superintendent
of the Friends School in Tennessee. After a useful and honor-
able career, he is now living retired at Richmond, Indiana. His
wife, who was knoAATi in her maidenhood as Elizabeth Terrell, died
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young. He was the eldest of a family of four cliildrcn, the others
being, Olive, wife of Prof. Thomas Newton, of Whittier College,
California; Terrell, who lives in Pasadena, California; Mathew,
who died shortly after leaving college.

Dr. William N. Wilson was reared in the family of his aunt,
Airs. Dr. William C. Stanley, at Dublin, Indiana, Doctor Stanley
beina: a prominpnt dentist at flint placOj and also in Ohio with Ins
grandfather, Mathew Terrell, a distinguished citizen who spent
his last days at Cleveland, that state.

Doctor Wilson received his early education in Dublin and also
attended the Spiceland Academy for two terms under his father.
However, his educational opportunities were limited, and he was
principally self-taught outside of schools, having been a close
student and a keen observer all his life, and his reading was al-
ways of the highest order, thus no time was wasted on light litera-
ture and he became a learned man. When a youth he turned his
attention to the study of dentistry under his uncle, Dr. William C.
Stanley, at Dublin, Indiana, in which he made rapid progress.
He began the practice of dentistry in Richmond, this state. Al-
ways thirsting for higher knowledge, especially pertaining to his
profession, he attended lectures in Indianapolis, after he was mar-
ried and his second child was born, receiving the degree of Doctor
of Dental Surgery. He also attended lectures in Chicago where
he received his degree, besides taking a four-j'ears' Chautauqua
course, from which he was graduated. Never being satisfied with
what he had already mastered, he was a regular attendant at the
dental conventions, where he exchanged views with some of the
leading men of his profession. After practicing in Richmond for
a number of years, he became interested in a wholesale dental suj)-
ply house in Indianapolis, and in 1898 moved to this city to devote
his entire time to this; hoAvever, he did not remain in the dental
supply house but a short time. His life-long connection with the
Friends church and their teachings would not permit him to re-
main where he saw anj' dishonest transactions were being con-
ducted. So, not approving of the methods of some connected with
the house in question he severed his connection with the same.
The management of both dental colleges in this city importuned
him to take a chair as instructor in them, and, after spending a
few months in the West, he accepted a chair in the Indiana Den-
tal College, which position he held with much credit and satisfac-
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another line of endeavor, and organized tlic Indi.uia Condensed
jMilk Company, of which ho was president at the time of his death
and whose large and constantl}' growing success was due for the
most part to his able and conscientious management. To this
business he devoted much of his time and could see great financial
success just ahead, and he contemplated retiring from active busi-
iicbs uiLCi iaai,allixj^ Lio ov^ii cio :;;:;nagcr. In tliih' C'^'uncti'^u ho
could not have made a better choice, as the business was at a finan-
cial crisis at the time of the death of its president. The young
man was not yet out of college, but he took hold of the business
like an experienced business man and placed it on a firm financial
foundation and it has since then forged rapidly to the front of the
city's leading industries.

Doctor Wilson was always highl\' thought of among the mem-
bers of the dental profession and held a high rank in the same,
having no superiors and few peers, as may be learned frojn his
hundi'cds of lo3'al patients, many of whom came from remote
localities to secure his services. While connected with the college
as instructor, he became verj' popular with the students. He
never hesitated to lend a helping hand to any young man whom
he considered worthy, and these charitable acts have been as
bread upon the waters and are now returning in the form of a
kindly interest taken in his sou even by members of rival firms.

Doctor Wilson always took an active interest in the Friends
church and was superintendent of the Sunday school for twenty
years. He was truly a good man and carried his religion into his
every-da3' life, thus enjoying the esteem and confidence of all who
knew him. His home life was ideal, and he was most content
when surroimded by his family. He was liberal in his political
views, casting his vote for the men best fitted for the office sought,
honesty always being the paramount issue.

The domestic life of Doctor Wilson began on September 25,
1H77, when he was united in marriage with Ella T. Taylor, daugh-
ter of Jacob and Sarah (Evans) Taylor, an excellent old family, of
Spiceland, she being a native of that place. Mr. Taylor came
there from Wilmington. He finally bought the old Ceorge Evans
farm in Henry county, Indiana, and later retired, spendiug his
last days in Richmond, this state, after a successful and honorable
'•areer. His widow is still living, being now advanced in year.s,
making her home with her daughter, ^Frs. Dr. Wilson. She is a
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and she recalls niauy intorcstijig remiuisccnccs of the early days.
She is a loyal uicnibcr oi' the Inieuds church and enjoys a large ac-
quaintance among its congregation.

Mrs. Dr. ^Vilson was the seeoud in order of birth in a family
of three children; J. l^'rauk Taylor, of Xewburg, Oregon, is the
eldest, and Oliver, \vlio makes his residence in iSeattle, \\'ashiiig-
ton, is the yovmgcst.

iUrs. Dv. \V ilsou grew to womanhood in her native commun-
ity and had the advantages of a good education. Her sympathy
and encouragement wei'c I'espcjnsible in no small degree for the
large success of the Doctfu- in his chosen calling. She i)urchascd
her present cozy and attractively- appointed residence at No. 5125
East Thirty-second street, Indianapolis, in 1910. She is also a
graduate of the Chautauqua course.

Three children blessed the union of Dr. \\'illiam Nixon 'i'aylor
and Ella T. Taylor, namely: William Taylor Wilson, superintend-
ent and general manage)' of the Indiana Condensed ^lilk Com-
pany, resides in Sheridan, this state, and is rajjidl}' forging to the
front in industrial circles; he married ^Tary Davenport and they
are the parents of two children, William Nixon and ^targaret
Alma. Elizabeth Wilson married Ray Sahm, deput}' county
auditor of Marion county; they reside in Indianapolis, and are the
parents of one child, Elizabeth Josephine. Benezctte Wilson, the
youngest of the subject's children, is at this writing a student at
Earlham College.

MARSHALL F. CUMMINGS.

Human life is made up oftwo elements, power and form, and
llic proportion must be invariably kept if v.'c wouIJ liavc it s'.vcct
and sound. Each of these elements in extess makes a mischief
as hurtful as would be its deficiency. Everything turns to excess;
every good quality is noxious if unmixed, and to carry the danger
to the edge of ruin nature causes each man's peculiarity to super-
abound. One speaking from the standpoint of a farmer \vould
adduce the learned professions as examples of the treachery.
They are nature's victims of expression. You study the artist,
the orator or the man of inventive genius and find their lives no
more excellent than that of merchants, farmers or manufacturers.
Many men get but glimi^ses of the delights found in nature in its
various elements and moods, but there is always ample oppor-
tunity to enjoy life in its varied phases, whatever the profession.
It depends upon the individual. The late ^larshall F. Cuuunings,
for many years a well known business man of Indianapolis, was
one who took a delight in existence. It was because he was in
touch with the springs of life. He did not permit material things
to supplant his better nature. His life was filled with good deeds
and kindly thoughts, and all who knew him entertained for him
the highest regard, by reason of his upright, honorable career,
over the record of which there falls no shadow of wi'ong or sus-
picion of evil. In all life's relations he was true and faithful to
duty and the trust reposed in him, and thereby won the unquali-
fied confidence and respect of his fellow men.

Marshall F. Cummings was born on a farm just over the
state line in Hlinois, May 6, 1852, in Champaign county, and he
was the son of John and Melvina (Hyde) Cummings. The mother
was a native of Hlinois, w^here she grew up, was educated and mar-
ried, and spent her life, djdng there about fourteen years ago.
•Tohn Cummings was bom in Ohio, moving to Indiana in an early
day and there became largelj' interested in agricultural affairs,
developing a fine farm from the virgin soil. He is still living,
making his home in Indianapolis, and is now ninety years of age.
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and he relates many iiil crest iiit; incidents of llic early days. Tie
li^'es at the lionie ol' his daughter, .Mrs. l^'riel Millei'. lie located
on a farm near Terrc Haute when he lii'st took up his residence in
the IToosier state. Later retiring iVoni active farm life he lived
for a time in Danville, Illinois, and afterwards moved to Indian-
apolis.

]\rar3]ia!l F. Cuii.niingG ;va.; ono of a family of ncvcn cliildrcn,
one of whom died in infancy. The others wei'e Albert, who lives
in California; George "\V., now deceased, was for a number of
years prominently identitied with the American Press Associa-
tion in New York City; Olive married Alga Singers and they live
in Oklahoma; j\Iarshall Franklin, subject of this biographical
memoir; John R. lives in Philadelpliia; Jessie, the wife of Fi-iel
Miller, lives in Tndiana))o]is, as before stated.

Marshall F. Cummings grew to manhood on the home farm
and there assisted with the general work about the place, and he
was educated in the common and high schools of Terre Haute,
Indiana. "When eighteen years of age lie began working at the
carpenter's trade at Terre Haute, which he followed in that city
and in Illinois for a number of years, with much success, having
become a building contractor in the meantime. In August, 1886, he
came to Indianapolis, and the following year established a box
factory, the Cummings Stereotype Box Company, at No. 426 East
Maryland street, where he constructed stereotype boxes for the
exchisive use of the American Press Association, his business
growing constantly mitil, inider. his able management, it assumed
vast proportions. His place was equipped with up-to-date ma-
chinery and latest devices foi- prompt and high grade service and
only skilled artisans were employed. In coiinection with his fac-
tory Mr. Cummings also did building contracting, and in that con-
nection put up most of the houses on the east side of Ruckle street,
between Thirty-second and Thirty-third streets. Onlj' tw^o houses
.stood there when he put up his own attractive and comfortable
residence in 1909. He was very successful both as a manufacturer
and contractor, and by close application, industry and honest deal-
ings accumulated a competency. Pie also engaged in the automo-
bile business, maintaining for some time an extensive garage in
Crawfordsville. lie was later succeeded in the latter line of en-
deavor by his sons, Forest F. and Howard N. Cunnnings.

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(inh'i- for ;i period of thirty-two years, staiuling high in that timc-
lioiiored lodgi', and in lii.s cliui'ch relations lie was a worthy inem-
l)cr of the Methodist Episcopal denomination since he was fifteen
years old; he was a faithful supporter of the church all his life,
lie was charitably inclined and made handsome contributions to
the Orphans' Home and other public and private institutions, his
clonal ions ueiiig aiua,\a muJ*^ in an unasciTr.iir.g p.nd utioefenta-
tious manner, giving out of his fullncsi^ of heart and with no
thought of public display or apjtroval, following out the scriptural
admonition of not letting the right hand know what the left hand
doeth. His suj^port could always be depended upon in furthering
any movement making for the general amelioration of the com-
munit}' honored by his residence. Politically, he supported the
Kepublican party; however, he was very broad in his political
views, and he made no effort to be a leader of men or attain to
public ofifice. He was essentially a home man, best contented
when with his familj^ after the business cares of the day were
over.

On .December 10, 1879, ^larshall F. Cummings was united in
marriage with ]Minerva Porter, a native of Vermilion county,
Illinois, the daughter of William and Phoebe (Swank) Porter.
The father was born in Kentucky, from which state he went to
Illinois in 1821, and Phoebe Swank moved to Hlinois with her
I)arcnts from Ohio, as a child, in 1821. Illinois at that time was
wild, little improved and sparsely settled, and the Porters made
their first home in a log cabin. Wild game w^as in abundance and
occasionally straggling Indians were seen. Both the Porter and
Swank families experienced the i3rivations incident to pioneer
life and developed good farms from the raw lands.

To William Porter and wife seven children were bora, name-
ly: Rose, now deceased, was the wife of J. W. Hay worth; Mar}',
deceased, was the wife of Aaron ^fendenhall; Catherine, deceased,
was the wife of John McDowell; AVilliam E. is deceased; Cordelia
is deceased; Paul Ararion was next in order of birth; ]\Iinerva, who
married Mr. Cummings of this review; Samuel W. is the youngest
of the family.

^frs. Cummings was reared in the faith of the Baptist church,
but during the past twenty-five years she has been a member of
the ]\rethodist Ev)isco])al church.

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namely: l^^rncst, who siiccceclcil liis I'allicr in llie inauaj^cineiil nl'
the box factory, was iiiarried to Cirace Caliicr, and tht-y have one
cliikl, Dorothy; Forrest ¥., who married LiHaii Eohinson, has two
ehildreii, Marshall and Marion; Howard married Delia Brnner;
Josephine married Dr. (). M. Coficld, and they have one child,
Harry; Carrie, Porter, Herbert and Pauline.

ISfarsball 7^*. rnmmiTirrcj ^-nc ^•v.v.;iv...ncd tu hio j.c\>aia uu
i\rarch 8, 1910, after a nseful and honorable career, leaving behind
him a record of which his descendants may well be proud. Per-
sonally, he was a man whom to know was to respect and admire.
He was genial, obliging, highmiiulcd and of exemplary character.

The following resohitions, drawn by a committee composed of
L. S. Arnot, A. L. Evans and N. L. Bassett, representing Marion
Lodge No. 35, Free and Accepted Masons, of Indianapolis, was
passed on jMarch 12, 1910:

"We, yonr committee on resohitions on the death of our late
brother, Marshall F. Cummings, beg leave to submit the folloAv-
ing:

"Whereas, it has pleased the Almighty Father to again send
his messenger of death to onr organization and remove from our
midst another member of our fi'aternity. Brother Marshall P.
Cummings, and,

"Whereas, Brother Cummings was a man of sterling integ-
rity and one whom it was a pleasure to know and he associated
with. He w'as loved and esteemed by all with whom he came in
contact and in his death Marion Lodge loses an exemplary mem-
ber, be it

"Resolved, that the sympathy of the lodge be extended to
his bereaved family and that the charter be draped in mourning
for a period of thirty days. Also that these resolutions be spread
on the minutes of the lodge and a copy sent to the family."

wacy/^^^.

NOAH S. ALLISON.

Evcrywlu'i'c in our laud men have l)cen found who have
v.\i]:..l *]'■'.'"' "■■';■ <''''^'p i>iiiphlo ;nid lowlx' lu'iriiuiine.s to i)laces of
leadership, renown and high esteem in the material, civic and
social woi'ld, and it has ever been one of the i)roudcst ])()asts of our
fair country that such victors are accounted of thousaiidCold more
worlii and value to the connnonwealth than the aristocrat, with his
inherited wealth, position and distinguished name. "Through
struggles to triuiuph" appears to have long been the maxim which
has held sway over many of our citizens, and though it is un-
deniai)ly true that not a few fall exhausted by the wayside, perish
early in the conflict which the poets are wont to call the "battle
of the world," some, by their inherent force of character and
strong mentality, rise paramount to environment and all which
sought to hinder them. Thns it was with the late Noah S. Allison,
for years one of the best known and most progressive of Indian-
apolis business men. lie is remembered as a man of great energy
and rare judgment which he carried into all affaii's in which he
was interested. lie possessed a high degree of intelligence, few
of his com])eers having acquired a more varied knowledge, which,
cou])led with his amiable disposition and companionable manner,
made him one of the successful and popular men of his cit.y. He
was indeed a manly man, and the honor and esteem in which he
was held by all who came into contact with him, whether in a busi-
ness, })ub]ic or social way, was but the just tribute to his worth.

Mr. Allison was born at Worthington, Greene county, Indi-
ana, on i\rarch 21, 18-lG. He was the son of James M. and Julia
(Applegate) Allison, the father a native of England and his
mother of Scotch extraction. James ^1. Allison was for many
years one of the prominent and influential business men of Hills-
dale, ^Michigan, in the earlj' days, whither they moved from
Worthington, Indiana, whei'c they lived until Noah S. was twelve
years of age. Thus he grew to manhood at Hillsdale and re-
ceived his education iji the public schools there. His father was
also one of the leading business men of Worthington, having ex-
tensive interests there, owning his own line of boats which lulled
l)(rtween that citv and Louisville, Kentucky. For many years he
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was one of the most widely Icnown men engaged in river com-
merce in Indiana. After taking np liis residence in Hillsdale he
engaged in merchandising on a large scale and became a ])romi-
nent man in that section of the state.

Noah S. Allison finished his education in ^Fichigan, taking a
general college course, at the completion of which he associated
himspIP witli hi« fntlior, nndor who^io exfollr^Tit fnt^r'^lii'^ in ^ivsi-
ness affairs he made rapid progi-ess, and in a few years decided
to launch out for himself, and he located in Flowerfield, Michigan,
where he got an excellent start in the industrial woi'ld. Seeking
a wider field for the exercise of his talents, he came to Indianapolis
in 1880 and engaged with the Allen Surgical Institute, traveling
for five years for this concern, during which time he greatly in-
creased the prestige of the same, giving eminent satisfaction. He
then founded the Allison Coupon Company, one of the best known
and successful concerns of its kind in the IMiddle West, but he was
not permitted to see the full fruition of his wise and well laid
plans, for, just after he had it established and started out on a
sound and sure basis, death summoned him to close his earthly
accounts on December 18, 1890, after a successful, useful and
honorable careei", fraught with much good to himself, his family
and to the world.

After the death of the elder Allison, the active management
of the busi:iess fell to his sons, W. S., J. A. and D. C, who have
faithfully carried out the plans inaugurated by their father, the
business having constantl}' increased from 3'^ear to year until it
has now assumed great magnitude, one of the city's most exten-
sive and successful enterprises, all departments being under a
superb system and their products, owing to their exceptional merit
and superior quality, finding a wide and ready market over an
ever-widening territory. Herbert Allison, who was but eleven
years old when his father died, is now actively connected with the
company.

On June 26, 1870, Noah S. Allison was united in marriage
with ]\ryra Black in Flowerfield, Michigan. She is the daughter
of Asbury and Rebecca (Dayhuff) Black. Her father's father
came from Ireland and her father's mother from England, each
having emigrated to America in an early day and here became well
established. Asbury Black became a very prominent and wealthy
man, and he was extensively engaged in several lines of business in
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more important lines to \Yhich lio gave his attention. He spent
the hitter jxirt of his life in Hastings, ^Michigan, where he was also
a leader in commereial and industrial affairs and there he spent
the rest of his life. His large husiness interests in Grand Rapids
wns oonduftod hy his son, hVank T). Black, with whom the mother
now resides, having reached the ripe age of eighty-seven years.

retaining her faculties well and she recalls many interesting rem-
iniscences of the pioneer days in ^lichigan and Indiana. Mrs.
Allison's paternal grandmother, Rhoda (Skinner) Black, lived to
the remarkable age of ninety-five years. Asbury Black was a man
i)f ]>lcasing personality, a man whom to know was to respect and
admire, for his industry, honesty, obliging nature and his public
si)irit. He was held in the highest esteem wherever he was known.
^Irs. Allison, a lady of refinement and a favorite with a wide cir-
cle of friends, lives with her son, Cornelius, at her beautiful and
modernly appointed home at No. 2815 Sutherland avenue.

The following children were born to Noah S. Allison and wife:
W. S., who married Josephine Boorkman, of Aurora, Illinois, is
secretary of the Allison Coupon Company, and he resides at No.
2738 Sutherland avenue; J. A., -who is secretary and treasurer of
the Prest-0-Lite Comjjany, and secretary and treasurer of the
Indianapolis Speedway, married Sarah Cornelius, of Indianapo-
lis, and they reside in an attractive suburban home on the Cold
Springs road; D. C. Allison, also interested in the Allison Coupon
Company, married Anna Hamilton, of Indianapolis, and they have
three children, John, Myra and Esther; they live at No. 2823
Sutherland avenue; Herbert Allison, avIio also is interested in the
business founded by their father, married AVinuifred Wilson, of
Indianapolis; they live at No. 3218 Northwestern avenue, and
have two children, Catharine Jane and Winnifred IMay; Helen
^fay Allison married W. H. Adkinson, who is in charge of the
branch office of the Prest-0-Lite Company at Chicago, in which
city they reside; they are the parents of three children, Harry,
J.'uiies and Lawn-ence; Cornelius Allison is the youngest member
of (he family. These children were all well educated and are well
established in life. The immediate family gathered at the pleas-
ant home of the mother on Christmas day, 1911, and Mrs. Allison
had a picture taken of the group. This has always been a family
wlio enjoyed being together, and Noah S. Allison was never hap-
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books, ill his (juict Ikhiic, ix'i'xadcd hy (he wliolcsdiiic homo atmos-
phere whicli he ever insisted on, and, as a result of tiiis eommend-
able training, his ehildren all rellect nuieh credit upon their par-
ents and are most favorably known in business and social circles.

Js'oah 8. Allison was a member of the Knights of Pythias and
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, but he i)referred to spend
his evenuigs with his family rallier tJian at liie iodgeb or clubs unJ
consequently was not active in fraternal circles. Politically, he
was a liepublican, but never sought pu])lic leadershi]). lie was of
a literary turn of mind, and was widely read, familiar with the
world's best books and he was a writer of no mean ability, and if
he had directed his life work along literary channels no doubt he
would have taken a high rank as a man of letters. lie was a man
of deep religious sentiment and believed in carrying his Chris-
tianity into his e very-day life, consequently he ever enjoyed the
confidence and good will of his associates and acquaintances
wherever he was known. He was a worth)' and active member of
Roberts Park ]\Iethodist Episcopal church and a liberal contribu-
tor to church and charitable work, but in this, as in everything,
he was entirely unassuming and avoided display, giving merely
out of his fullness of heart, prompted purely by an altruistic
spirit for his fellow men. Mrs. Allison has also long been active
in the work of the church and charitablj' inclined, and they have
thus scattered much sunshine along their life paths.

The following obituary, jiresented to the Roberts Park ^Metho-
dist Episcopal Sabliath school, January 4, 1891, by a committee
of Levi Ritter, Mrs. L. A. ^liller and James II. Johnson, appointed
to draw up an article on the death of Noah S. Allison, will show
how he was reverenced in that body:

"EA'ery life has its own mission. Every death gives its own
instruction. Noah S. Allison departed this life on the 18th day
of December, A. D. 1890, aged forty-two years. He was cut down
by typhoid fever from the meridian of life, notwithstanding a
vigoi'ous constitution and otherwise the most perfect health. Two
months before his death one of the most eminent physicians of
the city pronounced him the best specimen of health and consti-
tutional vigoi- he had ever examined. Who knowcth when the
Master will call? At the morning's dawn, at noontide, or when
the lengthening .shadows proclaim the close of day.

"Every life is a struggle for food, raiment, home and com-
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in a good business. The coiiflii-t, duuljt and railure seemed past.
'J'lie lulurc was bright with liu])e. At noun tlie strong arm fell;
llie brain that phumed hiy duwn, tired, tu sUh'P anil rest i'uje\( r
tio I'ar as this world's business is eoncerued. One soweth, aiKjlher
rcapt'th. 'j\lau cometh forth like a ilower and is cut down; lie
lleeth also as a shadow and continueth not.'

"J<\>r more than thii'tv-one vears he had been a nieinbc-j' of
tlie church and a constant attendant, at ijreaching, prayer ami
class service and the Sabl)atli scht)ol. For three years he had been
a member of the Sabbath school board of this church, ills life
was one continuous lesson of cheerfulness. His smiling face and
iiind words spread jo}' wherever he went, llis greatest delight
was home, with wife and children, whom he so dearly ]o\ed. lie
often said that any place would be an earthly paradise if he
could only be with them and see them happy. In this hour of
great alHictiou we offer them our siucercst sympathy and condo-
lence and truly 'Weep with those that weei^!' "

Also the following "In ]\[enioriam" to the officers and mem-
bers of Star Lodge Xo. 7, Kniglits of Pythias, of which Mr. Alli-
son was a woi'thy member, will indicate his high standing in that
body :

"Brothers: Your committee appointed to draft rcsolutioiis
of condolence on the death of Brother Noah S. Allison, presents
the following. The lodge feels with keen sorrow the loss of such
a brother. lie became a Knight on April 16, 1889, and worthily
won the honors of knighthood. He was diligent in business, gen-
ial in his friendship, true to his home, zealous in cluircli work,
and one of the rare men who had 'for' instead of 'against' en-
graved in the palm of his right hand of fellowship. It was sad to
see his manly form in life's ])rime go down so i-apidly in death, so
persistently did that treacherous disease overcome all opposition
and baffle the appliances of medical skill, the watchful care of lov-
ing wife and the kind offices of friends willing for any sacrifice.
It is said that 'death loves a shining mark.' The target was surely
])olishcd for the unen'ing hurling of the fatal shaft. It is sad
that one so loved among his fellow men, so genial, so hap])ily sit-
uated, should be taken from his family, his church and the lodge,
but Pj-ovidence moves in a mysterious way his wonders to pci--
fonn. "We find that all our brother's effoi-ts were well timed and
ui the path of honor; on all his garments is the frankincense of a
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Hunters for gold delvo into the hidden pockets of earth's deep
mines where the precious metal receives its value and changeless
color; seekers of precious jewels penetrate beneath the sands of
the sea where the diamond is coronated with its crown of inextin-
guishable light, but after the close of a good and u.seful lii'c as we
tread over the seeming desolate fields of sorrow, we find rarer
orom"? \vbo<?o nmntn hrilljniif'v Tovfnl«! tbnrn to flnrlHpn our tcnrfnl
eyes with the rich treasure find in the • surroimding gloom. It
seems doubly sad in these festival days, devoted to merry making
and good cheer, to be deprived of the dear ones we expected to be
with when the Christmas bells chime and wc find them gone from
us or hidden by the pall of death. The loving eyes eclipsed in the
repose of that silence that tells of two hands that are folded and
are still. We enter homes desolated by death, shrouded in sor-
row and hung with the trappings of woe, standing by the open
casket, in the i^resence of broken ties and sad farewells, the floral
tributes of friends shedding their benediction of light, beauty and
fragrance over the object of our sorrow, and we feel a comfort
when we know that Christ has been in the home before the fatal
arrow has flown. Wliat a consolation to the stricken ones to know
that these elegies of sorrow will be supplanted by the glad wel-
come of heaven. These several ties shall be knit again. That
while in the gathering gloom we say good night here, the response
shall be good morning in the unsulled splendor beyond, and that
with clearer vision we shall know each other whether we walk
along the margin of the shining river or assemble in the palace
of the King, and our affections expressed in the finished language
of flowers, after the long bivouac of the grave, will breathe again
the perfume of their tribute and live. In the death of our lament-
ed brother Star Lodge loses a valuable member, the city a worthy
citizen and good business man, the church a zealous worker and
his deeply bereaved family a loving husband and kind father.
The large cortege on the occasion of his obsequies tell better than
any encomium of tongue or pen the high esteem in which our
brother was held and how in accord with what we learn of his
life were the mu.sical selections. Chant, 'The Good Die Not,' fol-
lowed by that grand hymn dear to so many wounded hearts, 'Come
Ye Disconsolate,' with its sweet refrain, 'Earth has no sorrow
that Heaven cannot heal,' closing with the request 'Meet Me at
the Foimtain.' So capable by its rythm of such melody on mor-

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tal tougue, what must be the rapture of its cadence when meas-
ured by the compass of angel voices. Each returned eventide, as
we sit in life's west window, beholding the rich autunnial tints
in the serenity of life's twilight, will bring us neai'er that 'one
sweet da}'* with the response, 'Yes, we will meet you at the foun-
tain," where the Author of our sublime faith in which we bui-y our
>'.>....I, with lli.j pierced hand, v;i]l prcr.cnt for our acceptance and
satisfaction the death-wrought, golden-mounted chalice of His love
in which the libation lie has poured is drawn from that fountain of
which if a man drink he shall never, never thirst. Respectfully
and fraternally submitted, Robert Clark, AY. L. Ileishell, F. A.
Blanchard, Committee on Condolence."

JOHN EMHARDT.

The biograpliics ol' cuUrprising inoii, I'specially of good men,
are instniftivc as tiuidcs and iiicoitivf"; to oiliors; T]yo ovn^'plcc
they furnish of patieut piu-pose and steadfast integrity strongly
illustrate what is in the power of each to accomplish, when they
have courage and right principles to control their course of ac-
tion. Some men belong to no exclusive class in life; apparently
insurmountable obstacles have in many instances awakened their
dormant faculties and served as a stimiUus to carry them to ulti-
mate renown. The instances of success in the face of adverse
fate would seem almost to justify the conclusion that self-reliance,
with a half chance, can accomi^lish an}' reasonable object. The
late John Emhardt, one of the best known of the (J ermau- Ameri-
can citizens of Indianapolis during the past generation, whose
residence covered a period of over a quarter of a century, during
which he was successfully engaged in numerous enterprises, was
a man who lived to good purpose and achieved a much greater
degree of success than falls to the lot of the average individual.
By a straightforward and connnendable course he made his way
from a somewhat humble environment to a respectable position
in the business world, winning the hearty admiration of the peo-
ple of his adopted city and earning a reputation as an enterpris-
ing, progressive man of affairs and a broad-minded, charitable
and upright citizen which the public was not slow to recognize
and ai^preciate, and there is much in his life record which could
be studied with profit by the young man stalling out into what
writers frequently allude to as the battle of life.

Mr. Emhardt was boi"u in ]\Ioehringen, Af de Fielder, Wurt-
temberg, Germany, August 21, 1848, and there he grew to man-
hood and received his early education in the schools of his native
locality, passing through the regular city schools, also received
a part of his education in a i^rivate school. He was a good stu-
dent; in fact, it might be said he remained a student all his life,
thus being a well informed man and a clear and independent
thinker. He mairied in his home countrv and there spent the
first half of his life, emicrating to America with his wife and five
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lu" roiiiaincd one year, then removed liis family from the Quaker
City to I'ottsville, Pemi.sylvania, where he remained three years,
ideutifyiug himself with the Yiugling Brewing Company. This
was a new line of work for liim, for while in Cermauy he engaged
in the manufacturing business and was also for some time host
of the leading hotel in his native city, but he, nevertheless, soon
ac4i.am^cd Li;....!': -.vitl; the brcvi-g 1-^-—+- of l'off..,ill,. :nul
remained there three years, then nut\ed to Indianapolis, Indiana,
in July, 1884. From the time of his initial bow in lioosicnloni lie
was actively identilied willi the business world of the capital
city, and it is needless to say that he was successful in everything
he undertook, lie was a merchant, in addition to which he was
identified with numerous other enterprises. His accumulations
in a financial way up to about 1905 made it possible for him to
retire from active business cares and from that time until his
death, ]\larch 8, 1911, he devoted most of his time to his home and
family, to which he was greatly attached, never happier than when
he was by his own fireside, being a loving husband and indulgent
father, always taking an abiding pride in his cozy dwelling which
he kept modernly furnished and attractive in ap^jearance. He
was charitably inclined and was always ready to assist those in
need and to further any worthy movements having as their ob-
ject the general good of the community. He was a genial, oblig-
ing, hospitable gentleman whom to know was to admire and ac-
cord the heartiest esteem and he numbered his friends only b}^
the limits of his acquaintance, and but for his liberality in ex-
tending a helpful hand in a financial way when occasion presented
itself, he would have been a wealthier man at the time of his
demise.

Politically, Mr. Emhardt was a Democrat and was loyal in
his suiijiort of the party, and during his younger days and ever
throughout his life he was active in public affairs, making his in-
fluence felt among the German element of the city for the good
of the party and the general ])ublic. However, he was never aml)i-
tious to hold office, but gave his support and assistance to those
whom he deemed best qualified for the various offices sought. Re-
ligiously, he was a Avorthy member of the German Evangelical
clnu'ch and a lilieral supporter of the same. His family also hold
niend)ership with this organization. He was very active in the
various Genrian clubs of the city in which he held nunnbership,
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also a member of the C!oniiau Alliance uf J luliaiui. His attractive
home at No. 1012 iSouth East street, ludiaiiupolis, was the fre-
quent gathering place for the many friends of himself and family.
John Emhardt was the youngest of a family of live children,
born to Frederick and (!Schuniaclier) Emhardt. The par-
ents spent their lives in Germany, where tliey died, never having

this writing, Gottlob Emhardt, who is one of the prominent busi-
ness men of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Mr. Emhardt was married in Erignen, (lermany, to Caroline
W. Brommer, daughter of Jacob and Magdalinc (.Mctzger) Brom-
mer, a highly respected family. Mrs. I'Jmhardt received a good
common school education in lier native land and grew to woman-
hood there. She still lives at the old home on South East street
and has a host of warm friends.

Eight children were born to ^Ir. aiid .Mrs. John Emhardt,
named as follows: Paul, the eldest of the family, married Ida
Bowcll and resides in Indianapolis; Charles D., the second child,
married Lillie DeLur}', of Indianapolis; Pauline, who mairied
J. C. McKay, of Indianapolis, has two children, Cornelia and
Dorothy; Adolph G., who married Alma Bernd, of Indianapolis,
is one of the promising young attorneys of the city, and was a
candidate for police judge on the Democratic ticket during the
last city election, and in 1912 he was a candidate for prosecuting
attorney of j\Iarion county; he has three children: Ruth, Adolph
G., Jr., and Clifford. Julius E. Emhardt, who married Ann Toll,
a native of (lermany, while on a visit to this city, where they met,
has one son, John T.; Christian J., who is also one of the able at-
torneys of Indianapolis, with offices at Nos. 318-320 Unity build-
ing, lives at home and, like his honored father before him, is active
in politics; at this writing he officiates as justice of the peace of
Center township. Mai'ie C. Emhardt, who married Frederick W.
Dierdorf, has one child, Millburn; Mr. Dierdorf is president of
the John Dierdorf Piano Company, his business offices being lo-
cated at No. 235 East Ohio street. John W. Emhardt, the young-
est of the children, is a practicing physician with offices at No.
1617 South East street, Indianapolis; he was graduated from the
medical department of the University of Indiana, at Blooming-
ton, taking high honors, also in passing the state examination;
he has been very successful from the start aiid has a future of
great promise.

JACOB TRAUGOTT.

In nearly every coumnmity have lived individuals who by
irr.r.tc' n^Jli+y -inf) c1-ir>r>v fnrr-o fif clinrnptpr linvo risi'n nhow' their
fellows and won for themselves conspicuous places in pul)lic es-
teem. Such a man was the late Jacob Traugott, of Indianapolis,
who for many years was intimately identified with the industrial
history of his adopted city, his career as a progressive man of
iilfairs having been synonymous with all that was upright and
honoi-able in citizenship. He contributed freely to the maintc;-
nance of his church and other institutions which he deemed would
make for the general good, using his influence in every way possi-
ble to advance the prosperity of those with whom he was asso-
ciated. He was a public-spirited citizen and a whole-souled geuj
llenian, whom to know was to admire and respect, and he not only
(Iclighted in public improvements, but liked to see also the pro-
motion of such interests as were conducive to the comfort and
happiness of his fellow citizens. There was probably not another
man in the German element of this locality who was held in
higher esteem b}' the population, regardless of all sects, politics
(»r profession. His life most happily illustrated what one may ac-
comj)lish by faithful and persistent effort in carrying out noble
pur])()ses, even in the face of discouraging circumstances. It is
a story of a life that has made the world better for his having
lived, for his actions sprung from a heart filled with love and
i,'nri(l feeling fur humanity, and was a blessing to all who were
witliin r:i)igc of his influence. Personally, Mr. Traugott was a
'•I<'an. pure man, according to those who knew him well, his pri-
vate ehniaeter having always been unassailable. His life may be
safely iiuit.-ited by the young, and the great amount of good which
he (lid, while laboring for his own advancement and that of his
family, will never Ije fully known until the last great day when
llie book of life shall be opened on high and every man receive due
fi-edit I'nr his works, his actions and his influence.

Mi-. Traugott, as the name implies and as his thrifty hal)its
would indicate, was of Clermanic blood, and he was born in Aus-
tria in 1858, the sciim of an excellent old family. He grew to
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training. Having long heard of the advantages awaiting the
youth oi' anil)iti()n and willing hands in tlie great republic of the
West, he set sail foi' Aiiieriea wluii he was twenty-eight years
old and here si)ent the rest of his life. Although he came here
with no large capital, he was well fortilied for life's serious acti\-
ities, Iteing a man of rare ijitellectual attainments, commanding
four lanauacos. wliich he sDokc ilncntlv. (iei-ninn. iMiiilisli. Polish
and Hebrew. He was by natuic a busiui'ss man of unusual abil-
ity, and, after getting a start, his lise was rapid and continuous,
successfully following in the fo(itste])s of his fathei', who was one
of the leaders of the lousiness world in his locality in the father-
land.

Jacol) Traugott's vo\-agc to our shores was a long and tedious
one, in a sailing vessel which i-equired several weeks. Landing
in New Orleans, Louisiana, he remained in the Southern metrop-
olis one year, then came north and took up his residence in Chi-
cago, where he spent three yeais, then came to Indianapolis,
where he spent the rest of his lifi', being sunuuoned to his rest,
after a useful, successful and honorable career, on February 10,
1910.

Mr. Traugott was one of the hest known merchants in In-
dianapolis for many years, having engaged in the clothing and
shoe business at No. 407 West Washington street, building up a
large and lucrative business through close application, careful
management and honest dealings, always carrying a large, up-to-
date and carefulh' selected stock of goods, and the fact that many
of his customers were of many years' standing, having made his
store their purchasing place for the lines he handled from the
early days of his career until the last, is proof of his honorable
dealing and of his ability to make and retain friends. His sons
are still conducting the business which he inaugurated at the old
stand, Leon and Louis Traugott, under the firm name of Traugott
Brothers.

The subject was the sou of Jacob and Fi'cda Traugott, both
natives of (iermany, where they spent their lives, being now de-
ceased; they never came to America. The fathei' was in the coal
mining business, and was one of the very wealthy men of his
country. Louis Traugott, the paternal grandfather of the sub-
ject of this memoir, was a noted man in his country, having been
the first rabbi in his 2')art of C-iermany. The only one of this fam-

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ilv now liviii*;- in Tn(li;in;ii»olis is .Mrs. Dora Binzci-, whose rcsi-
(Ic'iK'c is (111 Ashland awuuc.

,Jacoh Traugott, ol' this skcti-h, was mariicd to Lea Br()ss, ou
February 22d, fifty years ago, in (iermauy, and they emigrated
to tlie United Slates shortly al'trrwards. She is the daughtei- of
Moses and Ella (Altbauer) Bross, both now deceased, having
passed away in 1. iermauy, wiicru ihc.v wcic vci,. liighly rcrpc'r'to''1,
^fr. Bross having been a prosperous I'nerchant in the citj' in
which Mrs. Traugott was born. She was the youngest of a fam-
ily of ten children. She is living at the pleasant and attractive
family home in Indianapolis. She is a lady of many pi-aiseworthy
endowments of head and heart and has many friends.

The following children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Jacob
Traugott: Louis and Leon, who, as stated above, are at the head
of the extensive business started by their father, live at home,
and they have remained single; Edward lives in (liicago, and is
associated with the Fair department stoi-e; Fannie, who recently
married David Lurvey, well known young business man of this
city, lives ou Central avenue. Tndiaunpolis; Amelia lives at liome,
No. 1858 Talbott avenue.

Politically, Jacob Traugott was a Republican and while he
took the interest of a good citizen in public affairs, he was not a
biased partisan, neither did he seek to be a public man, preferring
to devote his attention to his business affairs and to his home,
being happiest when he was around his own fireside with his
congenial family and his favorite books, for he remained a great
student and reader and was known as a well-read, scholarly gen-
tleman and an entertaining and instructive conversationalist. lie
was, however, active in local politics and a liberal contributor to
political and public affairs, if he deemed the public was to be
benefited. He was also active and liberal in church work, and
was a member of the Indianapolis Hebrew congregation. He was
charitably inclined and was always ready to assist a good cause,
but did his charitable work as secretly as possibly, wishing to
avoid public display, giving merely through the fullness of a large
heart. He was an honored member of various Cernian societies.

WILLIAM FRANK SIBERT.

ludiaua has many sons wlio have won fame and fortune in
various ways, hut of none lias she more i-eason to ho nroiul th;m
those who have hrought order out of chaos, and, unheeding hard-
ships and danger, hewed farms from the forests and changed
them to productive fields whence comes the sustenance of the peo-
ple. The farmer of the long ago opened the way to our j^resent
prosperity when he settled in tlie little hut in the wilderness. The
lahor and thought involved in ohtaiuing a living from the land
stimulated hoth mental and physical nature until he became self-
reliant and strong, willing to undergo privation and hardship
that good might result; and the many blessings which have come
to us through modei'u investigation and foresight are but the out-
growth of the self-reliant and independent sjiirit of the pioneer.
From such people came the late A^'illiam Frank Sibert, one of the
best known and one of the worthiest of the native sons of Frank-
lin, Indiana, whose influence during an eminently industrious and
useful life made for the progress of the town and community
whose interests he ever had at heart, endeavoring to carry for-
ward to glorious completion the laudable work begun by his fore-
bears, and when he was called by the grim reaper from his labors
when in the very prime of active manhood, his loss Avas deeply
and widely deplored, for all realized that his place could not be
filled and that one of Franklin's best and most valued citizens had
gone. But his influence will long continue to be of benefit to his
countj' and town, the forces for good which he set in motion con-
tinuing to bless mankind, although the fine brain that conceived
them be stilled forever.

JMr. Sibert was born in Franklin, Indiana, May 5, 1857, and
was the son of Ilenry and ]\[incrva C (Shaffer) Sibert. The
father, who was a native of this state, was one of the early resi-
dents of Johnson county, and he went from here to the ranks of
the Union army at the outbreak of the Civil war, serving very
faithfully in the Third Indiana Cavalry, participating in many
important engagements and seeing hard service. He was hon-
oi-aljly discharged at the close of the war, after which he returned
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lUTirly a half contnry niid is still li\iiip: at tlio ripp old ago of
eighty-two years.

"William V. Sibert gi-ew to niaiihoorl in his native couimimity
and licrc ho received his education in the connnon schools, from
which he was graduated, after which he began working in the
flour mill of Payne & Baldwin, learning thoroughly the fiour-
;,-,rT hncinocq. mid in spnve moments devoted himself to the
stud}- of bookkeeping, in which he became quite an expert. He
was given emi^loyment in this work in the mills and was soon hold-
ing the position of head bookkeeper for the firm of Payne, John-
son & Citmpany, and he remained with them until 1894, giving
the utmost satisfaction. In that year he was elected by the Re-
])ublicans as city treasurer. He gave entire satisfaction in this
cai)acity, and in 1898 he was the choice of both the Republicans
and Democrats for re-election, and served another term Avith his
usual efficiency, and four .years later he could have had a third
term, but refused it. This is the only instance of its kind on
record in Johnson county. He was regarded as one of the best
officials the county ever had. He was at the office early and late,
devoting the best years of his life conscientiously to the work.
He Avas a man of economic habits and he saved his earnings and
accumulated considerable valuable property, retiring from office
in 1902 in order to give his attention exclusively to his various
property interests.

Mr. Sibert was prominent in church w^ork, being on the offi-
cial board of the ]\rethodist church and a steward in the same. He
gave liberally of his substance to the furtherance of the Christian
work regardless of denomination. He was also a prominent mem-
ber of the ^Masonic order, having attained the thirty-second de-
gree in the same, holding for years the secretaryship of the blue
lodge, council and commandery. He was also cpiite active in the
Unifoi-m Rank, Knights of Pythias.

On October 2, 1901, ]\rr. Sibert v^-as united in marriage to
Sarah C. Deiteh, of Franklin, Johnson county, Indiana, and this
union was a most happy and congenial one. Their charities and
good woi'ks have been many. This union was without issue.

Mr. Sibert was a quiet, unassuming, straightforv.'ai'd business
man, and a good citizen. His place in the commimity for civic
righteousness and material progress was never uncertain.

The death of Mr. Sibert occurred on "Wednesday morning,
April 10, 1912, at his attractive residence on East Jefferson

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street, Franklin, Jndiann, death coming sudcU'nly and nnexpected-
ly. lie and his wife had spent the winter at Deland, Florida,
havinj>- jnst I'eturned from the Sonth, it liaving been their custom
for several winters to remain in a more genial climate. His
funeral, held the following Friday, was conducted by Kev. W. E.
Edgin, of the ]\Iethodist churcli, who paid a high tribute to the
life of Mr. Sibert as a citizen, church worker, husband and son.
ihe Jvnigiits leniplar, ot which the deceased was a inember, at-
tended iu a bod}', and had charge of the services at the grave.
The remains were interred in the family lot iu Greenlawn ceme-
tery, the pall-bearers being Ed. Ilougham and A. A. Blizzard,
from the Knights Templar; John AVooley and A. J. Engler, from
the official board of the Methodist church, and Mr. Webb and
Daniel AValden, life-long friends of the family.

The Daily Star, of Franklin, in its eulogistic articles on
Mr. Sibert 's life, death and funeral, closed with this paragraph,
in its issue of A])ril 12, 1912: "The community suffers an irrep-
arable loss in the death of ^Ir. Sibert, who, by his public-spirit-
ed, Christian character proved himself one of the foremost and
most popular of Franklin's citizens."

JOSHUA L. FA rOUT

JOSHUA L. FATOUT.

From the pioneer neriofl tlivmifh mmiv Hecafles the Inte
Joshua L. Fatout was conspicuousl}' identilicd witli the business
and material interests of Indianapolis and Marion count}', and he
won for himself an honorable position in the circles in which he
moved and was a distinct tj'pe of the successful, self-made man.
Not a pretentious or exalted life was his, but one that was true to
itself and to which the biographer may revert with feelings of
respect and satisfaction. His earlier life was identified in a
l)rominent way with the agricultural activities of the county and,
having attained prestige by successive steps from a modest begin-
ning, it is eminently fitting that a sketch of his life work, together
with an enumeration of his leading characteristics, be given in
this connection. He became one of the leading contractors of
Indianapolis, widely and favorably known, many of the residences
and other buildings of this locality standing today as fitting monu-
ments to his skill as a builder. He was recognized as a man of
strong and alert mentality, deeply interested in everything per-
taining to the advancement of the community along material, civic
nnd moral lines, and for years he was recognized as one of the pro-
gressive and representative men of his city and county. Having
started in a lowly capacity he gradually forged to the front and,
by faithful service and prompt discharge of every duty devolving
upon him, finally acquired a comfortable competency and at the
KM me time won and retained the good will and high regard of all
wlio knew him.

Mr. Fatout was bom in IMadison county, Ohio, September 1,
\f<lO, and his death occurred in Indianapolis, Indiana, on Septem-
ber 9, 1901, at the age of seventy-one years. He was the son of
MoRos and Irene (Bates) Fatout. Tlie subject spent his boyhood
on tlic home farm in Ohio and there received his early education.
Ivcaving the old home there, he accompanied his parents to Mar-
ion county, Indiana, and settled on a farm on White river, north
"f Indianapolis, where they became well established. Later in life
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the sul)jcc't left tho I'ai'iii and caiiit; to Jiulianapolis, whcro ho took
up general contracting, which he followed the rest of his life, lie
was one of the courageous band of famous "forty-niners" who
crossed the great plains of the West in 1849, to the gold fields of
California, wheiv he roinainod three years, then returned to Indi-
anapolis, and dui'ing the last twenty-two years of his life he main-
tninr'd lii^ vo«=i<loi.r.n at N". "^22 North Illiiioi.; street. The iiauic
of the firm of general contractors of wliicli he was a member was
J. L. and ]M. K. Fatout, having been in ))usiness with his brother,
and for many years they were very successful in a financial way
and favoi'ably and well known to the business world. They did
their work with promptness and honesty, l)elieving in doing well
whatever was worth doing at all, hence their jobs were always
satisfactorily done. Joshua L. Fatout was the fourth of a family
of six children. A brother, Percy Fatout, who lives at Fortville,
Indiana, is now eighty-five years old; another brother died at
Cumberland, Indiana, early in the year 1912, at the age of eighty-
three years.

Joshua L. Fatout was a member of the ^Meridian Street ^leth-
odist Episcopal church and was faithful in his support of the
same, and there his family also hold membership. He was a
Democrat, and was a quiet gentleman, who was happiest when at
home with his family. He married Hanuali H. Daniels, daugh-
ter of Samuel P. and Barbara (Hiukle) Daniels, both natives of
Philadelphia, Pcunsj'lvania. j\Ir. Daniels came to Indianapolis
in the year 1820 and was thus one of the very first settlers in this
part of the state. He was a tailor by trade and he took a lively
interest in ])olitical matters and held a number of offices, among
which was that of state librai'ian. He was for several years con-
nected with the Indianapolis Sentinel, and he was mail agent ou
the first railroad out of this citj', ou the old ^Madison road. He
was bora on October 16, 181.3. The mother of Mrs. Fatout died
when the latter was small; she was born in 1810, and when a child
she came to Indianapolis with her jiarents. ^NFrs. Fatout was the
second of a family of three children. She has one sister living,
^frs. Lizzie Ilowland, whose home is on Bright street, this city.
Mrs. Fatout was born on October 1, 1842, on Virginia avenue,
Indianapolis.

To Joshua L. Fatout and wife the following children were
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Brooklyn, New York, being in charge of one of the branches of
that institution, which she has been coimected with for eiglit
years; slie was graduated from Depauw University at Green-
castle, Indiana, later attended the Library School at Albany, New
York; Waller, the second of the subject's chiUlren, who lives at
home, was graduated in law, but, failing health compelled him to
give up tiiis iixic oi eiuieavor and lie is now engaged in Lue uuiluing
and contracting business; Arthur also lives at home, and he is a
druggist, owning a store at Twentieth and Belief ontaine streets;
Louis is in the drug store with his brother.

GEN. CHARLES HENRY NOBLE.

It will always be a mark of distinction to liave sensed in the
FcdiJi'al aiUi} Juiiug llio gieul Civil war bcLwceu the states. The
old soldier will receive attention no matter where he goes if he
will but make himself known. And when he passes away, and it
will not be long until they will all be called upon to "face the only
foe that they could not meet," as Daniel Webster said of the
veterans of the Revolutionary war, friends will pay him suitable
eulogy for the sacrifices he made a half century ago on the sangui-
nary fields of the South or in the no less dreaded hospitals; and
ever afterwards his descendants will revere his memory and take
pride in recounting his services for his country in the hour of
peril. Gen. Charles Henry Noble, of Indianapolis, is one of the
honored soldiers who went forth to defend the Stars and Stripes
and preserve the union of states; in fact, he has devoted his life to
military affairs and, through merit, close application and com-
mendable conduct, he rose steadih^ from the rank of private to
that of general, and his career most happilj' illustrates what may
be attained by faithful and continued effort in carrying out noble
purposes. It is a story of a life whose success is measured by
its usefulness — a life that has made for good in all its relations
with the world. His career has been dignified and manly and one
of which his relatives and friends maj' well be proud.

General Noble is the scion of an excellent old Buckeye fam-
ily, his birth having occurred in Dayton, Ohio, INIay 10, 1843, and
he is the son of Daniel W. and Harriet M. (Blood) Noble. The
father of the subject was a native of ^Massachusetts and when a
young man he came west, locating on a farm in Michigan and
after the death of his wife he moved to Dayton, Ohio, where he
conducted a book store and where he married his second wife,
Harriet M. Blood, Avho was then a teacher in the public schools of
that city. She was bom in New Hampshire. In 1849 Daniel "W.
Noble moved his family to Indianapolis, and here he conducted a
book store at the present site of the News building and he was
later succeeded by the Merrills. After retiring from the book
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avenue, where the fire departnieut has since been located. Upon
coming to this city the Mobie family made their lirst residence in
a cottage at the corner oi' Ohio and Illinois streets and later on
I'eunsylvauia street, where John C. JMew later resided. The elder
Noble had as a partner in the milling business a Mr. Pi-att, and
was later succeeded in business by his partner, whereupon he re-

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where he spent the rest of his life, passing away at the age of
eighty-four years, his widow sur\iviug until J 910, attaining the
advanced age of ninety-six years. They were a grand old pioneer
couple, admired for their hospitality and charitable impulses by
all who knew them. They were the parents of the following chil-
dren: Edwin, now deceased, was a soldier in the Twenty-sixth In-
diana Volunteer infantry during the Civil war and he was
wounded at the battle of Pea Kidge, Arkansas, and would prob-
ably have been killed outright had it not been for an old-fashioned
daguerreot}pe which he carried in his pocket and which General
Noble, the subject, still has in his possession; Edwin Noble's death
occurred in 1871 at New Orleans; he was brought home for burial
and his remains now rest in the family vault at Hill cemetery.
Gen. Charles H., of this sketch, was the second in order of birth;
Cyrus B., of Indianapolis, was also a soldier in the Union aimy;
Frank W. lives in Los Angeles; Daniel A\'. makes his home in
Jackson county, Indiana.

General Noble came to Indianapolis as a child and here he
grew to manhood and received his education in the public schools,
and at the conunencement of the Civil war he was a student in a
private high school. He uuliesitatingh' laid down his books and
offered his services and his life, if need be, to save the government
from treason, and he accordingly became a member of the
"Bracken Rangers," the first troop of cavalry to be organized in
Indiana, enlisting on June 20, 1861. The "Bracken Rangers,"
Troop K, with Troop I, of Terre Haute, Shearer's, were all as-
signed to the First Indiana Cavalry, in Virginia, and young Noble
remained with the same for a period of three years, engaging in
all the battles in which this regiment took part, seeing some hard
service on a number of important campaigns and in many hotly
contested engagements, in all of which, according to his eonu'ades,
lie performed his everv duty most faithfully. ]\Ir. Noble was dis-
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corporal. Although expcrieucing all the hardships coinmon to
the life of a soldier, the subject always looks upou tliis period of
service as the most pleasant three years of his life, and it was dur-
ing that time that he decided, if possible, to become a soldier in the
regular annv of tlie United Stntes. Tie desired an appointment
to West Point, making an effort in this direction through his
fort'TT'occiiTiTi TTnt! l^'^"?^"r!"!' l^"!i^ont tlio "cci'^nii'iciit hcv.'cvci'
having previously been promised to another. So, after his dis-
charge the young soldier returned home and resumed his studies.
Having saved some money during his time in the army he matricu-
lated in the Quaker school at Westfield, Hamilton county, Indi-
ana, where he remained for a short time, after which he became a
teacher in his home district, the Perry township school, his par-
ents having moved to the farm some time previously. All this
time, however, the old desire to become a regular soldier kept
burning in his breast and it was a very proud day for him when
he received a commission as second lieutenant of Company B,
Sixteenth Infantry, United States regular arm}'. This oppor-
tunity came as a result of the efforts of his old friend, Congress-
man Dumont, who had not forgotten the young man's one am-
bition.

Lieutenant Noble was first stationed at Nashville, Tennessee,
and, for meritorious conduct, he was promoted, step by step, to
the captaincy of Company A, of that regiment, and he was cap-
tain of this company during the Spanish-American war, taking
part and in command of his regiment at San Juan, Cuba. After
this war he was made major of the Twenty-fifth Infantry and
went to the Philippine Islands in that capacit3^ Later he was
detailed to recruiting service, spending one year at Detroit,
Michigan, and one year at Indianapolis. During that time he
was promoted to lieutenant-colonel of the Sixteenth Infantry, and
after two years of recruiting service he returned to the Philip-
pines where he rejoined his regiment. Not long afterwards he
was promoted to colonel of the Tenth Infantry, returning to the
United States with the regiment in that capacity, and was sta-
tioned at San Francisco at the Presidio for one year, then took his
regiment to Fort Lawton, near Seattle, Washington, remaining
there for two years, going from there to Alaska, with headquar-
ters at Fort Seward, near Skagway, where he remained for about
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(Icpartmcnt, as hrigadicr-gciieral, rotiird, and lie returned to his
lionie iu Indiana2)olis. Upon liis retii'enient from active service
he was presented a beautiful silver loving cup by the officers of
tlic Tenth Infantry, which he prizes among his most valuable
))osscssions.

During his forty-four years in the regular service, (Jeneral
Inu'hIc liuo iici>^I^J ^ictensivcly and hc.z been stationed at prac-
tically all the United States possessions, and, being a keen ol)-
server, has laid by a store of interesting and valuable reniinis-
ceuces, so that he is an interesting conversationalist. He was iu
the South during the reconstruction days following the Civil war.
He experienced all the hardships of the frontier posts and en-
joyed the luxuries of the more modern posts. He has always been
a great collector of curios, and now can show an extensive, valu-
able and interesting collection, gleaned from all over the world,
among which are sabers and fire-arms used in different countries
in ancient and modern times. lie has always been a deep student,
especially of military affairs, and has kept fully abreast of the
times. He enjoyed at all times the confidence of his superior
oflScers and the esteem of his men, and his long, useful and hou-
oi-able career has been one of which his family may well be proud.

General Noble was married on August 21, 1890, to ]Mary
Palmer, daughter of Maj. George H. and Estelle Palmer. Major
Palmer, who was the subject's old comrade, was a native of New
York and his death occurred in 1900. He entered the service from
Illinois, the birthplace of the wife of General Noble. Mrs. Noble
has spent most of her life at the army posts. She has traveled
extensively with her father and husband, and with her son she
visited Japan and a number of other places on her own accord.
She is a lady of broad and intellectual views, cultured and a
favorite in social circles. She was educated in private schools
and at Wellesley.

Three children have been born to General Noble and wife,
namely: Mariam, who died when eight months old; Palmer, who
died on board ship at Honolulu, en route to the Philippine Islands,
when eight years old; Charles H., Jr., who is at this writing a
student iu the public schools at Indianapolis.

General Noble is a member of the Grand Army of the Re-
I'ublie, Spaui.sh-American "War Veterans, Foreign Wars Vetcr-
'I'ls, Santiago Society, Cara])oo Society, Indian Wai's and the

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Army of the Potomac, in all of which he takes a great deal of
interest. Politically, he is a Kepiiblican, and he had the honor
of casting his first vote for Lincoln. As a boy he attended Henry
Ward Beecher's church.

Personally, the CTpneral is a man whom it is a pleasure to
meet, a genial, sociable and genteel gentleman, plain and unas-
suming'. vr>f M'i+Vi 1 ,.fM.foi-.^ ri^o.,.oo J^f "-i;'!i---''v .M- ,.!;. . ■ .,r

strength and unswerving in his course of duty, as he sees and
imderstands the right.

WILLIAM H. O'BRIEN.

The two most strongly marked characteristics of both the
i^.iat uiia tl^v. Vr^ot arc CGiubincd in the rc5:idcr.ts of Iiidrmn. The
enthusiastic enterprise which overU-aps all obstacles and makes
possible almost any undertaking in the comparatively new and
vigorous "Western states is here tempered by the stable and more
careful policy that we have borrowed from our Eastern neighbors,
and the combination is one of peculiar force and power. It has
been the means of placing this section of tlie country on a par
with the older East, at the same time producing a reliability and
certainty in business affairs which is frequently lacking in the
West. This happy combination of characteristics is possessed to
a notable degree by the subject of this review, William H.
O'Brien, auditor of state of Indiana. He is too well known to
the readers of this work to need any formal introduction here.
Equally noted as a citizen whose useful career has conferred
credit on the state and whose marked abilities and sterling quali-
ties have won for him more than local repute, he holds today dis-
tinctive precedence as one of the most enterprising and progress-
ive men of the state. Strong mental powers, invincible courage
and a detennined purpose that hesitates at no ojjposition have
so entered into his composition as to render him a dominant fac-
tor in the business world and a leader of men. He is essentially
a man of affairs, of sound judgment, keen discernment, rare acu-
men, far-seeing in what he undertakes, and every enterprise to
which he has addressed himself has resulted in liberal financial
rctunis. His success in life has been the legitimate fruitage of
consecutive effort, directed and controlled by good judgment and
correct principles.

William H. O'Brien is a native of the state which is honored
by his citizenship, having been born at Lawrcnceburg, Indiana,
on the 22d of August, 1855, and is the son of Cornelius and Har-
riet Jane O'Brien. Cornelius O'Brien was bom in Ireland in
1817, and was there reared to manhood and secured his education.
In 1837, at the age of twenty years, he came to the United States
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of his life were spent, his (k'atli occ'iiiTing in 18()9. Harriot Jane
O'Brieu was boru iu Lawrent-oburg in 1823 and licr death occnrred
there in 1885.

William H. O'Brieu secnred his eh'nicntary education in tlie
common schools, snpijlementing this In- two years attendance at
old Asbury (now DePauw) University, at Grecncastle, Indiana.
Returning homo. )io bocamp r'Aimccfori vJfii +]^o ofRec of the Lav*-
reuceburg Register, with which he was identified from 1877 to
1894. He was a hard-working man and a good manager, and
exercised a wise economy of his I'osources, so that in the last-
named year he was enabled to take an active part in the organiza-
tion of the Citizens National Bank, of which ho was elected vice-
president. The institution was remarkably successful from the
start, and iNIr. O'Brien continued his official relations with it until
1903, when it was consolidated with the People's Bank, under the
name of People's National Bank. Of the new institntion he was
elected president and retained that position nntil ]91], when he
entered the office of auditoi- of state of Indiana, to wliieh position
he had been elected the previous year. As a banker ^Ir. O'Brien
demonstrated the possession of nnnsual business qualifications
and much of the success which attended the financial institutions
with which he was officially connected was due directly to his
able direction and personal influence. No officer concerned with
the administration of the public affairs of the commonwealth
shoulders as much absolute responsibility and on no officer is
there as great demand for business sagacity, sound judgment and
wise discrimination as that of auditor of state. To an eminent
degree Mr. O'Brien has measured up to the full requirements of
the position he occupies and he has honorably earned the praise
and commendation of his fellow-citizens, regardless of party lines.

Politically, Mr. O'Brien has always given his support to the
Democratic party and has taken an active part in the campaigns.
Prior to his election to the state auditorship he rendered effective
and appreciated service to his party as chainnan of the state cen-
tral committee, where his advice and direction were in a large
measure responsible for the success of the party ticket at the
polls. He is not a politician in the cheap sense of that word as
ordinarily used, but in the broader significance of the word as
applied to public policies and the pujjlic good lie is a politician of
the best type. There are too few like him. Fratci-nally, Mr.
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of Kcd Men aud the Free aud Accepted Masous, iu the hist-iiamcd
order having takcu the degrees of the Ancient Accepted Scottish
liite and the York Kite, inchiding the Knights TenipUir. Relig-
iously, he is affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal church, of
whicli he is a liberal supporter.

On May 9, 1H82, Mr. O'Brien was united in marriage with
iTorriof Hnntfr. thf> Haiij^htor of W. D. TT. llunter. i\f. D.. of Mexi-
co county, Missouri. To this union have been born six cliildren,
naniel)': Cornelius, who is employed iu the A. D. Cook Pump
Factory in Lawrenceburg, Indiana; Frances, who is at home;
Robert S., who graduated at the West Point Military Academy
in 1908, is now a second lieutenant in the Twenty-seventh Regi-
nioit Regular Infantry; William H., Jr., who graduated at the
Annapolis Naval Acaden\y in 1911, is now in the United States
navy as ensign on the "California;" Elizabeth is the wife of Cal-
vin W. Verity, of Middletown, Ohio; Harriet Jane is at home.

Both in the relation of a private citizen, as a business man
and as a public official, jNIr. O'Brien has been a man among men,
standing "four square to every wind that blows," and his record
has been clean and unsullied. In every sphere of activity in which
he has engaged, he has put forth the best there is in him and at
all times he has commanded the confidence and respect of those
associated with him. Personally, he is genial and companionable,
unassuming and approachable, and throughout the state may be
found his friends, who are legion. Mr. O'Brien has always stood
for whatever is best in life and as a citizen in his home commuuitj'
no man worked harder for the upbuilding of the city, materially,
morally or educationally.

WILLIAM B. LYLE.

Among the worthy citizens of Crawfordsville, Indiana, of a
past p:eneration. wliosp rosidcnr'f' Imrp r>nntriliiito'l in no smrJl de-
gree to the prestige of the vicinity, was the late William B. Lyle,
for, while laboring for his individual advancement, as was natural
and right, ho never forgot his obhgations to the public and his
support of such measures and movements as made for the gen-
eral good could always be depended upon, rejoicing to see that
which would elevate or advance the interests of the race. Al-
though his life was a busy one, his private allairs and his home
making heavy demands upon his time, he never allowed it to inter-
fere with his Chi-istian obligations or the faithful performance of
his chui-ch duties. Always calm and straightforward, never
demonstrative, his entii-e Christian life was a steady effort for the
worth of Christian doctrine, the purity and grandeur of Christian
principles and the beauty and elevation of Christian character.
He had the greatest sympathy for his fellow men and was always
willing to aid and encourage those who were struggling to aid
themselves; yet in this, as in everything, he was entirely unas-
suming. When he believed he was on the right path, nothing
could swerve him from it; home life was a sacred trust and friend-
ships were inviolable. He commanded the respect of all classes
by his exemplary life, and his memory will long be revered by his
many friends and acquaintances.

William B. Lyle was born on j\Iarch 5, 1835, at Eichmond,
Indiana, and he was the son of David and Margaret Lyle, a plain,
honest, hard-working pioneer family, of whom it was well said
they reared their children "ia the admonition and fear of the
Lord." David Lyle devoted most of his earlier years to general
farming near Richmond, but spent the latter part of his life in
Winchester where he died. lie and his wife were the parents of
three children, William B., of this review; John S., deceased, and
Mrs. Sarah Cochran, also deceased.

William B. Lyle spent his boyhood on the home farm and as-
sisted his father with tlie general work about the place during the
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schools. When a yoimg man he learned the carpenter's trade
which he followed for several years in the town of Richmond,
Indiana, becoming a very skilled workman. From Richmond he
removed to Grcencastle, Indiana, where he found employment in
a foundry, and in 1866 he east his lot with the people of Craw-
fordsville, where he spent the rest of his life, having been very
lavuiabiy impressed with tl'.c fiitin'o possibilities of the place, and
with whose gi'owth and development he was identified in no in-
significant manner for a period of over forty years, during which
time he was regarded by all as one of the city's most useful and
representative citizens.

Upon coming to Crawfordsville. Mr. Lyle identified himself
with the foundry business with John Blair and a Mr. Smith,
under the firm nnme of Blair, Tjyle & Smith. They soon had a
growing business established, and in a few years both Mr. Blair
and Mr. Smith retired from the firm, and Mr. Lyle took in as a
partner Pembroke Reynolds, with vs'hom he continued in business
until the time of his death, since which time Mr. Reynolds has con-
ducted the business, Mrs. Lyle still owning two-thirds of the
business. Mr. Lyle was very successful in a business way, and
was one of the best knowTi foundrymen in this section of the state.
It was his aim to have his place equipped with all modem and
most approved devices for prompt and high grade work and his
plant was frequently studied by others in this line of endeavor.
He kept ever}' department under an excellent system and his busi-
ness increased with the years and the growth of the city and com-
munit)'.

On June 9, 1858. "Mr. Lyle was united in marriage with Eliza-
beth McCorkle, at Richmond, Indiana. She is a daughter of Hugh
Hall I^FcCorkle and Agnes (Knox) McCorkle, old residents of
Troy, Ohio, where they both spent their lives, the father dying
first. He was a tanner by trade and was an honest, highly re-
spected citizen. The family of Hugh H. Lyle consisted of six
children, two of whom died when quite young, the other four being
named, James, who is now deceased: Elizabeth, who married Will-
iam B. Lvle, of this memoir; ^lacrEfie was next in order of birth;
and !^frs. Zilpha Anderson, of Indianapolis.

Mrs. Lyle .''pent her childhood days in Troy, Ohio, and re-
ceived a good education in the common schools, remaining in that
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moved to Kichmond for tlie piu-posc of iiuikiug thoir lioine with
their brother James.

Fraternally, Mr. Lyle was a member of the Knights of Pythias
at Crawfordsville, and he was a loyal member of the First Presby-
toi-ian elnireh, being an elder in the same and clerk of the session
for twenty years. Always taking an active interest in Sunday
rchoo! '.'.'cv.:, l:c ociwJ no oupciiuUiiuuiii ui luc Suudii} sciiuoi
for a period of thirty years, a record of which his descendants may
well be proud; indeed, he was truly a pillar in the local congrega-
tion of the church of his choice and he did an incalculable amount
of good in the Sunday school. He was also actively identified
with the Young INIen's Christian Association of Crawfordsville,
being one of the directors of the same and contri])uting much to
its success. Politically, he was a Republican, but made no effort
to be a public man and would never permit his name to be used as
a candidate for a political office, although often importuned to
do so by the leaders in his party, who recognized his i)eculiar fit-
ness for public office and his general popularity and excellent
standing in the community.

The union of William B. Lyle and wife was without issue;
however, they took into their home, INIiss Rose, a young lady,
whom they have reared as their own child, .and who is left to com-
fort ]\rrs. Lyle in her bereavement, IMr. Lyle having been sum-
moned to his reward on May 27, 1907, after a successful and use-
ful life.

The following tribute to William B. Lj'le was adopted by the
session of the First Presbyterian church of Crawfordsville, in
^[ay, 1907. and ordered to be read in the church, inscribed in the
minutes and a copy furnished to the family of the deceased:

"In the past few years the hand of death has fallen fre-
quently and heavily upon our church. One by one the members
of the 'old guard' are falling. Each year of the present pastorate
has been marked by the death of a ruling elder, David F. ^McClure,
William F. Remley, Christopher Dice and William B. Lyle. Few
churches have been served by such a group of faithful and de-
voted elders; few have suffered the loss of such a group in so short
a time. And of these four, none was more faithful, more useful or
more unselfishly devoted than 'Sh-. Lyle. He literally belonged
to the church. His time, his labors, his money were unreservedly
at her command. Her gain by his life was incalculable and her
lop.s in his death immeasurable.

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"While a lioy in Ricliinoiid, Indiana, William B. Lyle gave
hiiiiscir to the Lord and took tlio^e vows of loyalty to Christ and
the eluirch which he has so grandly fulfilled by more than half a
century of consistent Christian life and untiring Christian work.

"In bcautifnl harmony and mutual helpfulness he and his
wife, a well-mated pair, traveled the changeful road of life to-
miiui, aliiiuot to the golden v.-odding nriniA-ercnv}-.

"Immediately npcni his ai-rival in Ci-awfordsville, Mr. Lyle
cast his lot with the First Presl)yterian church. lie was then
only thirty-one years of age. It was not long before his qualities
as a church man began to be recognized. In 1871 he was elected
Sunday school superintendent, and so etfectively and efficiently
did he fill the office that, with the exception of two or three brief
intervals, he was retained in this position till the end of his life.
In 1879 he was elected and ordained to the office of ruling elder,
which he thereafter held continuously until his death. In 1887
he was made clerk of the session, and l)y virtue of his interest and
ability in church affairs, he was recognized as the managing and
leading spirit in the board of elders. He was always the pastor's
righthand man, wise in coiuicil and prompt in action.

"As a business man jNfr. Lyle maintained a character for
honor, integrity and fair dealing which won him the high esteem
of his employes and the confidence and respect of the entire com-
nnuiity. In his social life he was genial and friendly without
suspicions, jealousies or grudges. In his nature there was not a
trace of sham or hypocrisy. His tongue never lent itself either to
slander or flattery. In heart, speech and behavior he was thor-
oughly honest and sincere. He might be wronged by the dishon-
esty of a business associate, wounded by the unfaithfulness of a
friend or deeply hurt by lack of appreciation on the part of those
he served, but his soul was too large and unselfish to cherish bit-
terness or resentment. He bore the misfortunes of life with the
calm faith of one who knows that he has 'in Heaven another and
aji enduring substance.'

"^fr. Lyle was positive in his opinions and strong in his sense
of duty. He was always on the right side of every moral ques-
tion. He was outspoken in his views and fearless in his conduct,
lie had the courage of his convictions. He practiced what he pro-
fessed. He had withal a kindly heart and a charitable spirit, and
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the sick and needy. For this many will rise up and call him
blessed.

"Christ and the church held the first place in his heart. lie
was never absent from the services of the house of God. With
him business interests were subordinate to religious duty. To
the support of the church he gave liberally, according to his means,

himself.

"He is gone and wc feel keenly the greatness of our loss; but
he has left behind the abiding results of his labors, the memory of
a substantial Christian life and the inspiration of a noble example.
For these the church will ever be the richer.

"And so, 'having served his generation according to the will
of God,' he fell asleep at the age of seventy-two years.

"Servant of God, well done. Brother beloved, farewell. Thou
hast fought the good fight and finished th}- course and kept the
faith. Henceforth there is laid up for thee a crown. 'Go thou
thy way till the end; for thou shalt rest, and shalt stand in thy lot
at the end of thy days.' "

V</VWs eryy^ (PlJtAAjA

-i^yi/-&u

SIMON FREIBURGER.

Germany has contributed some of her best citizens to the
"^^ i' ^ '^[■aI^.g men v,"ho have hci'c entered into the c^irit cf our
institutions and have not only gained pecuniary independence for
tliemselvcs, but have also been a distinct acquisition to our popu-
lation. In takhig up this review of the life of the worthy gentle-
man whose name appears above, the biographer calls attention to
one who by a life of earnest and consecutive endeavor won for
hunself the sincere respect of all who came into contact with him.
For many years he was a potent factor in the industrial and civic
life of Fort Wayne and Allen county, where no man stood higher
in the estimation of the people. The late Simon Freiburger pos-
sessed the characteristic Gennan thrift and through his own ef-
forts scaled the ladder from the bottom to the topmost rung of
industrial success, and he ever tried to do the right as he saw and
understood the right. Quiet and unostentatious and seeking the
sequestered ways of life rather than its tumult and strife, he ever
attended strictly to his own affairs and made better all who came
within range of his influence. His career is eminently worthy of
being preserved on the pages of the history of the state of his
ndoption.

Simon Freiburger, one of the pioneer business men of Fort
Wnync, who lived to see and take a prominent part in its develop-
mont from a country village to one of the important cities of In-
illniin. was born in Rexingen, Wurtemberg, Germany, January 8,
1H2I. 111! was a scion of a sterling old family, and was the second
of flvo fliildren born to Afosos and Hanna (Frohlich) Freiburger.
The pnrcntH grew up and were married in the fatherland, where
Uicy »p(>nt tboir ]ivo.«;, never having come to America.

Simon Freiburger grew to manhood in his native community
«nd there received his early education. Having heard so much
"f (ho groat opportunities that existed in the great Republic of
the WcHt. he conceived the idea of tr^'ing his fortune in the United
Htfltcs when hut a boy and when twenty-four years of age, in
IWft, he Kot .sail for our shores, first locating in Spencerville, Tn-
cUnna, whore he conducted a general store, which he continued
until 1853 and got a good start. Then he sold out and returned
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to EiuoiJc, and while there was united in marriage with Yetta
Cruenwaldt, the eereniony which made them one being performed
on April 25, 1851. She was born and reared near the place of his
birth. She is the daugliter of Joseph Marks Cruenwaldt and
Adolia (Frank) Cruenwaldt, a highly respected family of that
place. She was one of eight children and is the only one surviving
•^^ +1ii'^ t'n^c, rhc being r.lniv^jt eighty yv^aiij of age, but is ruuuirk-
ably well preserved for one of such advanced years, appearing to
be much younger and having full possession of her faculties. Her
memory is remarkable and it is most interesting to hear her recall
reminiscences of the early days. She has a host of warm friends
in Fort AVayue. She was born in Nordstetten, Wurtemberg, Ger-
many, and she received a good education in the schools of her
native community.

Immediately after his marriage Simon Freiburger brought
his bride to America and located in Decatur, Indiana, where he
conducted a general store for a period of four years, carrying on a
good trade with the town and surrounding country as he had pre-
viously done at Spencerville. Seeking a larger field for his opera-
tions and having the sagacity to see great future possibilities in
tlie town of Fort Wayne, he moved to this place about 1858 and
engaged in the produce business, at which he was very successful
from the first, his operations growing constantly through his able
management and honest dealings with the public which inspired
confidence. He followed this line of endeavor until 1871, when
he became associated with his brother, Leopold Freiburger, also
of Fort Wayne, in the wholesale leather business, under the firm
name of S. Freiburger & Brother. Their business grew from year
to year until it assumed very extensive proportions, their trade
having penetrated a vast territory and brought them most satis-
factory financial returns. The subject continued very active in
this business luitil about 1884, when, having accumulated a com-
petency, he retired from the active affairs of life and prej^ared to
live quietly in his commodious and attractive residence at No.
335 West Berry street, Fort Wayne, which has been the family
homestead for a period of fifty-four years, and which is in the
fashionable section of this city. This picturesque old home has
been known as a place of genuine hospitality to the many friends
of the family for a long period.

The subject retained his interest in the leather business, and
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profhicts into mittens, and established the Fort Wayne Clove &
jyiilten Company, the success of whicli was instantaneous, and lias
since built up a large Napa glove and faced mitten business with
jobbers.

Leopold Freiburger, brother of the subject, lives at No. 327
West Berry street, Fort Wayne, and is conducting the extensive
l)usiiu'ss wiiicii im with hib uiulIici, ;sul»j(jci, oT Lliio iucuiuir, es-
tablished years ago. The latter's widow still retains the interest
in the firm of Freiburger & Brother, which is universally recog-
nized as one of the largest wholesale concerns in the country in
the way of wholesale leather, the products of which are eagerly
sought for owing to their superior quality and high-grade work-
manship, only the most skilled artisans being employed in the
plant, which is equipped wath every modern appliance for first-
class work and the filling promptly of all orders.

The death of Simon Freiburger occurred suddenly on July
8, 1894, at the age of seventy years, after a useful, honorable and
highly commendable life, fortj'-five years of which was spent in
the city of his choice, where he was held in highest esteem by all
who knew him. He was one of the stockholders in the First Na-
tional Bank and was one of the city's most substantial and fore-
most men.

Three children blessed the union of Simon Freiburger and
wife, namely: Louie, Adele and Miss Hannah, all of wdiom are
deceased.

Politically, the subject was a Democrat, though he was not a
biased partisan, preferring to cast his ballot for the men whom
he deemed best qualified for the offices sought. He w^as a public-
spirited man and his support could be depended upon in the fur-
thering of any laudable movement looking to the best interests
of his city and locality. Religiously, he was a worthy member of
the Jewish congregation here, the Achduth Vesholom, in fact was
one of the founders and pillars of the church, he having served for
years as president and vice-president. He was also an active
•ncniber and the founder of the local Jewish order of B'Nai Brith.
He was one of Fort Wayne's philanthropic men. He was best
contented when at home, and for that reason never took a very
active interest in clubs or public affairs. He was a man whom to
know was to admire and respect for his industry, public spirit
fuid exemplary habits. He was kind, genial, obliging and high-
minded.

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Conceniiug the death of Mr. Frciburger, the Fort Wayne
Morning Journal, under date of July 9, .1891, prints the follow-
ing:

"The announcement of the sudden death of Simon Freibur-
ger, the retired leather merchant, will be a shock to his friends
and the public. His death occun-ed at his home in West Berry
CilXC Ci.,, Zlll u \,ikjCiS. Jcioi/ cvcxiiAiy. j.j,c iiau uccii duvvii hirccL Lo
call on some friends, and was just entering the door of his resi-
dence when he placed liis hand over his heart, fell to the floor and
expired almost instantly. The cause of death was heart failure,
from which he was a sufferer for some time, but which caused his
friends no immediate concern.

"Mr. Freiburger was a native of Germany and was seventy
years of age. He came to this city forty-five years ago, when Fort
Wayne was a primitive village, and he has resided in northern
Indiana continually since that time. He first engaged in the gen-
eral merchandise business at Spencerville and, closing out his
store, left for his old home in Germany to claim his bride. Miss
Cnienwaldt, and she sui'vives to feel the great loss she has sus-
tained. Returning to this country, he opened a store at Decatur
and finally came here.

"For twenty-five years he has been engaged in the wholesale
leather business and was prominent throughout Indiana. He was
highly respected as a friend, citizen and merchant by the com-
munity in which he lived. His integrity was never questioned,
and his heart was full of noble charity. In Jewish circles he was
a leader, having been for the past twenty years alternately presi-
dent and vice-president of the Achduth Vesholom synagogue. He
was an influential member and the founder of the local Jewish
order of B'Nai Brith. He leaves only a wife, their three children
havinc gone before.

"The funeral will be held Wednesday. The members of the
Hebrew congregation will hold a special meeting this evening in
the vestry room of the Jewish temple to make arrangements for
the funeral and to pay their tribute of respect to the memory of
their beloved friend. All the members of the congregation and
the order of B'Nai Brith are expected to lie present."

The Fort Wayne Daily News of July 9. 1894, paid the fol-
lowinc tribute to the memory of the late Simon Freiburger:

"Suave, genial, charitable, this large-hearted man was be-
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presence were felt by all who cauie beneath its influence. Mr.
L'reiburger was not a bustling tradesniau, stirring people to activ-
ity and excitement by the rushing energy of a stormy nature,
but he was ever calm and placid, and no one ever entered the
sweet atmosphere of his goodly life without being helped to bet-
ter thoughts and purer aspirations.

'.ii.iua^c> iiiicuti USi V >-, cvci UilnoouiiiiJig, thci'C WilS yct U

wannth to his kindly greeting, a tenderness in the twinkle of his
eye, that spoke of his grand qualities of head and heart, and made
all the world know him as the friend of all men. ilospitable,
amiable, charitable, no deserving fellow being, no worthy benev-
olence, ever found his ear deaf to their appeal.

"His integrity was absolutely spotless; his word was as good
as his bond, and his record as a citizen w^as one that might well
be coveted by any man.

"In Jewish circles he was a leader, having for the past
twenty years alternately been president and vice-president of the
Achduth Vesholom synagogue. He was an influential member
and founder of the local Jewish order of B'Nai Brith."

The above paragraphs were reprinted together with an ex-
tended obituary of the life of the subject in the August issue,
1894, of the American Glover, a journal widely known to leath-
er goods dealers, etc., published in Gloversville, New York, the
same issue carrying a half-tone cut of Mr. Freiburger on its front
cover.

The American Israelite, published at Cincinnati, Ohio,
printed in its issue of July 19, 1894, the following paragraphs,
under a Fort Wayne date line:

"The funeral of the late Simon Freiburger, held here last
Wednesday morning, was the largest ever attended in this city.
Rev. Hirschberg, who was absent from the city, returned and offi-
ciated in a most impressive manner, ^femorial services were also
held in honor of the deceased. ^I. Frank, president, read the res-
olutions adopted by the congregations, concluding with an ap-
propriate address, voicing the sentiments of the entire commun-
ity, which address is appended herewith :

" 'In connection with these resolutions I feel it my duty as
president of your congregation to make a few remarks on tlie
demise of our lamented brother, Simon Freiburger. How vividly
the admonition, "Man, prepare thyself one day before thy death,"
— which means every day, every hour, every minute, — was por-

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trayed to us when we learned of the sudden demise of this good
man. As our worthy rabbi said in the funeral oration: "Grief and
consternation befell the entire community when the news was
heralded through the city that Simon Freiburger was no more."
It is therefore a fitting tribute to the departed that we set aside
this day to the memory of Brother Simon Freiburger.

'* *A noble character has aeparieu i'ruui uur luiJal and we,
who knew him best, do homage to his memory by holding this
solemn communion.

" 'Though Simon Freiburger has bidden farewell to all that
is earthly, he is with us, and will abide with us by the luster of his
noble traits and his beautiful force of character. His good deeds
will penetrate through the darkness of the grave and stand as a
monument already erected. AVell may we place the inscription,
the name of our congregation, Achduth Vasholom, on his monu-
ment, for he was the very embodiment of this motto, "Unity and
peace!" My associate for so many years in the administration of
our congregation, my faithful assistant in all the details of our
many years of co-operation, I had occasion to observe and learn
the dictate of his heart. It was Sholom — peace. He prized it
higher than the execution of his own ideas, which he often for-
mulated, but was always ready to surrender for the sake of peace.
At times when dark clouds hovered over the horizon of our con-
gregation and difficulty obstructed the smooth sailing of our ad-
ministration, he counseled peace and imity and by his wise and
sincere advice we overcame the seeming obstruction.

" 'The life of this man was a poem of truth, a glorious page
of fidelity and devotion, a volume of soul and piety. A messenger
of peace, his very presence suggested. When I think of all this
how sadly and mournfully do I view this vacant chair. His life
was one of simplicity and modesty; he despised arrogance and
pride and loved order. He never faltered in the discharge of his
duties as an officer of our congregation and was always ready to
assume any burden placed ui^on him to further the aims and pur-
poses of our organization. His pathway was not always strewn
with roses; he also had to climb the rugged path of life; yet in all
his affliction he was unshaken in his belief and his trust in God
above.

" 'While raised in his early youth in the school of orthodoxy,
yet he was ever ready to accept such changes as were necessitated
by an age of enlightenment and progress in the ritual and cere-

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luonial part of our faith and he never i)erniitte(:l sucli innovation
to shake liis unbounded faitli in the i'undauiental principles of
our holy religion. Never a cynic, never displaying any indifference,
al\va}s abounding in faith; a God-fearing man.

" 'Young Israel, in the prime of your life, surrounded by the
many pit-falls and temptations of this advanced civilization, if in
ilic luoli of ycur dr.ily avocntion? yon rhr»nM forget your duties as
Israelites, turn you, I pray, to the eulogy of Sinion Freiburger's
life. From his early youth to the end of his life he never forgot
his God — a true Israelite to the last. The summons from the Most
High he complied with in a peaceful sleep — his peaceful life a
fitting tribute to his peaceful death.'

"Rev. Hirschberg led the services throughout in an impres-
sive manner; his i)rayer touched every heart. We pray to God
that He may give the bereaved widow health and strength to com-
plete the work of benevolence and charity which he so nobly car-
ried out during his life. I can say no more, but would quote the
words of the Christian divine. Rev. Wagenhall, in his letter of
condolence: 'He was an Israelite, indeed, without guile.' "

REV. WILLIS D. ENGLE.

There is no earthly station liigher than the ministry of the
gospel: no life fan ))f> mnro iinliftin^ n^d grander thau that v.'hich
is devoted to ameliorating the condition of the human race, a life
of service for the betterment of the brotherhood of man, one that
is willing to cast aside all earthly crowns and laurels of fame in
order to follow in the footsteps of the lowly Nazarene. It is not
possible to measure adequately the height, depth and breadth
of such a life, for its iuUuence continues to permeate the lives of
others through succeeding generations, so its power cannot be
fully known until "the sun grows cold, and the stars are old and
the leaves of the judgment book vmfold." Rev. Willis D. Engle,
an able and successful Episcopal minister, known throughout In-
diana, and who, after many years of strenuous endeavor in the
Master's active work, is now rendering efficient service in the
interests of the time-honored Masonic fraternity and its auxiliary
body, the Order of the Eastern Star, is one of those self-sacrific-
ing, ardent, loyal and true spirits that are a blessing to the race,
leaving in their wake an influence that ever makes brighter and
better the lives of those who follow.

Willis D. Engle was born on October 22, 1846, at Niles, Ber-
rien county, Michigan, and is a son of Rev. George B. and Abbie
(Edson) Engle, both of his parents having been natives of the
state of New York. George B. Engle was a highly educated man
and for many years a successful minister in the Episcopal church,
having served as rector of charges in the states of New York,
Michigan, Wisconsin and Indiana. He was widely known, es-
pecially in Indiana, as a powerful and effective worker in the
local mission field. He was honored by all as a man of rare quali-
ties and attainments, being a forceful and earnest speaker and a
successful laborer in his Master's vineyard. His death occurred
in 1898. The subject's mother also was an enthusiastic Christian
worker and ably seconded her noble husband in all her labors and
sharing his hard.=;hips without murmur or complaint. She died in
1876.

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and tlieological education and in 1883 he was ordained to the min-
isti'y of the Protestant Episcoi^al church, lie brought to his call-
ing, not only thorough training and natural qualifications for his
work, but an enthusiasm boni of earnest consecration to his life
mission which in itself was a guarantee of success. His minister-
ial labors were confined to the state of Indiana, where he held
o«-vcra! chnrgcs, including OohimHiis, New Castle, Crawfords-
ville, Connersville, Aurora, Frankfort, Huntington and Lawrence-
burg. During these years the subject was active in looking after
the material interests of his churches and five new churches were
erected and dedicated to the worship of God under his direction,
having completed a handsome new edifice at Lawrenceburg just
before relinquishing his labors there. The life of a pastor has in it
many perplexing situations and many obstacles, and, more than
any other profession, this requires tact, patience and persever-
ance, kindness and long suffering, but Mr. Engle possessed all
these and by the goodness of his character and his genuine worth
he was endeared to his parishioners in every church which he
. served and gained the friendship of all who knew him, regardless
of denominational lines. In the pulpit he is an earnest, forceful
and often eloquent speaker, impressing his hearers with the truth
which he utters, and he never hesitates to give expression to his
honest convictions on any subject affecting the weal of the people.
Well educated, consecrated, enthusiastic and persevering, he ac-
complished a great work for his Master during the years of his
active ministry.

Mr. Engle has for many years been a live member of the
Masonic fraternity, having been for thirty-four years the secre-
tary of jSIystic Tie Lodge No. 398, at Indianapolis, being also past
worshipful master of that lodge. In the Masonic grand lodge of
Indiana Mr. Engle has served as grand lecturer and grand chap-
lain, and for several years he has rendered good service as librar-
ian of the grand lodge, his office being with the library in the mag-
nificent new Masonic Temple at Indianapolis. Since 1868 he has
been secretary of the Masonic Relief Board of Indianapolis and
for the same length of time secretary of the Indianapolis Masonic
Burial Ground Association. In 1912 he was appointed secretary
of the Masonic Relief Association of the United States and Cana-
da. He has taken all the degrees of the York Rite, including the
Knights Templar, and is also a member of the Ancient Accepted
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Mr. Englc lias for many years taken a special interest in the
Order of the Eastern Star and was a moving spirit in the organi-
zation of the general grand chapter of that order, of which he
served as secretary for thirteen years and is now the most worthy
grand patron of that body. He is the author of two valuable and
interesting works, "The Eastern Star in Indiana" and "The
rioTiornl TTicfory <>f +ho Ord'^r "f tlio Ep.stciii Star," the former
book being published by the grand chapter and widely circulated.
He has made a close study of Masonry, in which he has ever
found the greatest pleasure, and in his daily life he has exempli-
fied the precepts of that sublime order. He has not by any means
relinquished his interest in religious matters and is still doing
mission work in connection with All-Saints' Cathedral, under the
direction of the Bishop of Indianapolis. His career has been
com])lete and rounded in its beautiful simplicity; he has done his
full duty in all the relations of life and is resjiected and esteemed
bv his fellow citizens.

REV. JOSEPH MARSEE.

There is no earthly station higher than the ministry of the
Guojjcl, iio Life can be more v.pliftir.^ nTid gvnnrior fhnTi that which
is devoted to the amelioration of the hmnau race, a life of sacri-
fice for the betterment of the brotherhood of man, one that is will-
ing to cast aside all earthly crowns and laurels of fame in order
to follow in the footsteps of the lowly Nazarene. It is not pos-
sible to measure adequately the height, dcjjth and breadth of such
a life, for its influences continue to lienneate the lives of others
through succeeding generations, so the power it has can not be
known until "the last great day when the trump shall sound
and the dead shall be raised incorruptible." One of the self-
sacrificing, ardent, loyal and true spirits that was a blessing to
the race, who left in his wake an influence that ever makes the
world brighter and betters the lives of those who follow^ was the
late Rev. Joseph Marsee, whose life forcibly illustrated what
energy, integrity and a fixed purpose can accomplish when ani-
mated by noble aims and correct ideals. He ever held the im-
equivocal confidence and esteem of the people among whom he
labored, and his career could be very profitably studied by the
ambitious youth standing at the parting of the ways.

Rev. Joseph Marsee was born in Tennessee in the year 1800,
being the scion of a hardy old Southern family, and there he grew
to manhood and received such education as the schools of those
early times afforded, which was later greatly supplemented by
general home study and practical experience. Remaining in
his native state until he was thirty years of age, he removed
to Kentucky in the year 1830. Three years later, on February
20, 1833, he was united in marriage with Rebecca (Harris) Lind-
sey, also a representative of a worthy old Southern family, hav-
ing spent her girlhood days in the Blue Grass state.

In his younger day Rev. Joseph Marsee taught school very
acceptably for some time, and he also engaged in farming when a
young man. He later entered the ministry of the Methodist Epis-
copal church in which he became widely known as one of the
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he was a circuit rider, covering a wide territory ou horseback,
ridiug a circuit at the lower end ol' Cumberland (Jap, which local-
ity was later to become famous in the military history of the
country, and for some time he was a familiar ligure in that his-
toric region and did an incalculable amount of good among the
mountaineers, who treasured for generations his wise sayings
and gentle admonitions, for ho xv,-.<; hold in rcvcrcuco by Lhui pe-
culiar, brave and rugged class of people. Later he became pastor
of the Methodist church at Newport, Kentucky, and while there
he was married. He was of French extraction, his parents, how-
ever, being both American born.

After his marriage Rev. Joseph Marsee continued in the min-
istry in Kentucky six years, after which he moved to Indiana and
for several years was called from place to place to assist other
ministers in difi'erent parts of the state. In 1842 he came to In-
dianapolis, remaining in the iloosier capital until 1850, in which
year he moved to Lafayette, temporarily, returning to Indian-
apolis in 1857 and retiring from the ministry after a long and suc-
cessful record, worthy of the highest admiration.

Upon taking up his residence in Indianapolis Rev. Joseph
Marsee entered the wholesale and retail lumber business with his
son, John Lindsey JMarsee, and continued successfully in this line
of endeavor until one year before his death, which occuiTed in
January, 1872.

To Rev. Joseph Mai-see and wife eight children were born,
namely: Sarah M., Louisa N., Maiy D., Joseph W. (deceased),
John Lindsey, and Isabella, deceased. All the living children are
residents of Indianapolis.

John L. Marsee was boi-n on September 22, 1836, at Newport,
Kentucky. He was five years of age when the family moved to
Indiana, and following his father from place to place in his min-
isterial work, he attended the common schools in various towns,
completing his education at the old Century Seminary in Indian-
apolis, which stood on what is now University Square. Wlien a
young man he launched into the lumber business, conducting a
yard, with his father, on East Washington street, where the Von-
negut hardware store formerly stood, remaining there three
years. They later built a saw-mill at the corner of Pearl and New
Jersey street, which was conducted until after the death of the
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fourtceu years, during which he onjoyod a large and lucrative
business, young Marsee retired from the lumber field and has
since devoted his time to real estate interests with gratifying
results.

John L. .Marsee was never married, yet he takes much inter-
est in keeping up the pleasant old homestead at No. 403 East
tJnutb street. Tndiaiiapolis, where the death of his father occurred
and which has been known as the Marsee liomestead for the past
forty-seven years, and here the sul)ject\s mother spent the last
years of her life, passing away in ]S9G. She was of Scotch-Irish
descent, and, like the rest of her family, lived to a ripe old age.
The living members of the Marsee family all reside at the old
home here, constituting a mutually happy household.

John L. ]Vrarsee is an active worker and faithful supporter
of the Republican party. He has never allied himself with any
fraternal denomination or secret organizations. He has long been
an attendant of the Methodist Episcopal church, for which he has
had a friendly feeling in view of the fact that his father w^as so
long an honored minister in the same.

JOHN MACDOUGAL.

One of the leading business men and best known citizens of

Pnrf Wn^'nn T-nrli-iTip r«f p '•'^'■^t '"^T'O-'t'ti'^T. V.T.l! tllO Ir^tC Jobn ^.I2.C-

Dougal, who, for many years, ranked as one of the state's fore-
most merchants and captains of industry. He is remembered by
those who knew him well as a man of strong personality, but he
never forced his convictions upon anyone, and he was notably re-
served and undemonstrative. His energy, perseverance and ap-
plication enabled him to accomplish much. His high sense of
honor restrained him from directing his activities toward any but
worthy objects. He had a fine presence and pleasant address,
and his appearance denoted the intellectual, forceful, manly man.
He was a splendid t3^pe of the self-made man. Pie had in him the
elements that make men successful in the highest degree. Pre-
eminent among his qualities was that sound judgment which is
ordinaril}- called common sense. He had the ability to grasp facts
and infer their practical significance with almost unerring cer-
tainty. Few men were more sought for counsel than he by those
admitted to his favor, and the correctness of his opinions in prac-
tical matters was almost proverbial. His good judgment ex-
tended to men as well as measures, for he had a keen insight into
human nature, whether of men singly or in masses. For these
reasons Mr. jVfacDougal was a thoroughly practical man, self-re-
liant, firm, resolute. To this was added the one thing necessary
for the ideal business man — a scrupulous honesty in his dealings
with his fellow men.

Mr. ^lacDougal was the scion of a sterling old Scotch famil}',
and his birth occurred in July, 1828, in Glengarry, Canada, a
Scotch settlement. He was the son of Alexander and Rebecca
(McDonald) !MacDougal, both parents natives of Scotland, from
which country they emigrated to the Dominion of Canada in early
life and there established their permanent home. The subject of
this memoir grew to maturity in his native community and there
received his early educational training. He was one of a very
large family. Wlien nineteen years of age he left home and went
to Rochester, New York, accompanied by his cousin, James Mc-
Donald.

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John ^lacDougal came to Terre ITautc, Indiana, in the late
fifties and there conducted his tirst business, a dry goods store,
and he soon discovered that this was his natural bent and he
gradually rose in the mercantile field from that time until his
death, some thirty-five years later. In 1860 he came to Fort
Wayne and established the dry goods house of ]\IacDougal, Root
Jj Cc!r.'?r.-i^' Tx-iiif-ii ic now i-nmi'Ti nc tlio Riivndp ])vv Ooods Com-
pany, which retains the character and spirit of its founder and
which is one of the largest and best known stores in this section
of the state. In former j-ears it was known for some time as the
MacDougal Dry Goods Company. Mr. MacDougal was likewise
the founder of the pioneer carpet business in Fort Wayne, which
he established some years after his advent here in partnership
with Thomas B. Schoaf, but owing to ill health he sold this and
retired. In those years Mr. iSIacDougal was easily the foremost
merchant of Fort Wayne and few men have retired from active
life, enjoying to so unusual a degree the esteem and consideration
of the comnuuiit}'. The handsome block at the corner of Berry
and Calhoun streets. Fort Wayne, is a monument to his mercantile
career and better still is the memory that attaches to his early
achievements when opportunities were created, not found.

Proud of his fine old Scotch ancestry, he was always very
much a gentleman, courteous, genteel and of pleasing address,
which made him a favorite with all with whom he came into per-
sonal contact. He won a state-wide reputation for his business
ability and was always regarded as the leader of the mercantile
world in northeastern Indiana. Owing to failing health he retired
from active business affairs some twenty years prior to his death,
which occurred on October 24, 1895, at the age of sixty-seven
years.

Mr. MacDougal was married to Julia Iledekin, daughter of
Michael Iledekin, the ceremony being performed in Fort Wayne,
January 28, 1860. At that time "Sir. Iledekin was one of the most
prominent men of this cit}' and was one of the pioneers of this
flection of the state. He owned the old Iledekin House on Barr
street. Fort Wayne, one of the old landmarks. The old Hedekin
homestead was located between Barr and Lafayette streets on
Kast Main street and is still standing. The death of ^Irs. ]Mac-
Ddugal occurred on ^faroh 31, 1868, leaving two children, Michael
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men, and ^rary Katlicriuc i\la(*Dt)Uji;al, both of whom reside at the
MacDougal homestead at No. 503 West Wayne street, where the
family has lived for the past quarter of a century. One child of
the subject, a daughter, Anna Rebecca MacDougal, died in in-
fancy.

Politically, Mr. iMacDougal was a Democrat, but he was never
very active in politics, preferring to •••ivo hi<! nttontion to his busi-
ness attairs and to his home, being very fond of his children, to
whom he gave every advantage, educational and otherwise. He
was a devout member of the Catholic faith, being a member of
the Cathedral Catholic church in Fort Wayne, enjoying very
much the distinction of being Scotch Catholic, something quite
unusual. He was a supporter of all measures looking toward the
development of his home city, being ver.v closely associated with
the business and civic interests of the same for many years, and
was one of the foremost Avorkers in pushing to a successful termi-
nus any enterprise proposed for the betterment of Fort Wayne in
the future of which he always had an unwavering faith, and he
played an important part in its rapid growth. He was decidedly
foreign in his tastes, and for recreation was a great lover of fish-
ing and outdoor sport in general, never missing an opportunity to
take an excursion to the secluded haunts of nature.

From its account of the death and life of the subject, we take
the following paragraph from the leading Fort Wayne daily
paper:

"Possessing high and varied qualities of mind and heart, Mr.
MacDougal had a strong individuality and withal a gentle nature
about which will cluster the fondest memories of those dear to
him. His were, indeed, a union of admirable qualities and he
never ceased, even through the physical ills that long afflicted
him, to manifest the dignity, the courage, the grace and the bear-
ing that came from the heart of a gentleman, to the manner bom."

^JOH^J STEVENSON

JOHN STEVENSON.
History and biography for the most part record the lives of

tinction, or who in any other career hav6 passed tliroiigh extraor-
dinary vicissitudes of fortune. The unostentatious routine of pri-
vate life, although in the aggregate more important to the wel-
fare of the community, cannot, from its very nature, figure in the
public annals. But the names of men who have distinguished
themselves in their day and generation for the possession, in an
eminent degree, of those qualities of character which mainly con-
tribute to the success of private life and to public stability — of
men who, without dazzling talents, have been exemplary in all
their personal and social relations, and enjoyed the esteem, con-
fidence and respect of those around them — ought not to be al-
lowed to perish. Few can draw rules for their own guidance from
the pages of Plutarch, but all are benefited by the delineation of
those traits of character which find scope and exercise in the
common walks of life. Among the individuals of this class of a
past generation in Indianapolis was the late John Stevenson. His
record is the account of a life which was, in the main, uneventful,
as far as stirring incidents or startling adventure is concerned,
yet was distinguished by the most substantial qualities of char-
acter. His life history exhibits a career of unswerving integrity,
indefatigable private industry and wholesome home and social
relations— a most commendable career crowned with success. It
is the record of a well balanced mental and moral constitution,
strongly marked by those traits of character which are of special
value in such a state of society as exists in this country. A com-
munity depends upon commercial activity — its welfare is due to
this, and its promoters of legitimate and extensive business enter-
prises may well be ternied its benefactors. Such a man was the
subject, for years a leading merchant of the capital city of In-
diana, a man who, in the most liberal acceptation of the phrase,
was the architect of his own fortune and nobly entitled to be term-
ed by that proud American title, a self-made man, worthy of the
high esteem in which he was universallv held, and although he
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has been summoned to close his earthly accuunts and take up his
labors on a higher plane of endeavor, his memory is deeply re-
vered by a wide circle of friends.

Mr. Stevenson was born at Irvine, on the northwest coast of
Scotland, about 1850, the scion of an ancient Scotch ancestry,
many of whose sterling characteristics he evidently inherited. He
wns thp son of ,To)iri ni)ri Afoyy (Pidtcy) Stevenson, both of whom
came from a long line of tillers of the soil — plain, industrious,
honest people. John Stevenson, of this sketch, was the third child
in a family of eight children and the only one of the number to
come to America. He grew to manhood on his native heath and
received his education in the academy at Irvine, an institution
from which many noted men have been graduated. He left school
at the age of fourteen years and when quite young began his busi-
ness career by working in a dry goods house in his native town.
Being apt to learn and having a natural bent in this line, he soon
mastered the ins and outs of the same, remaining there about
three years, then entered the employ of a branch house of a tan-
dem firm at Glasgow, as traveling salesman, his territory being
southwestern Scotland. He gave the fii-m eminent satisfaction
and became well known and popular with the trade.

Believing that the United States offered a wider field of
opportunities for the exercise of his talents, Mr. Stevenson set
sail for our shores in 1873, and in a short time accepted a position
with the firm of Mills & Gibbs, wholesale dry goods merchants, of
Broadway street, New York City. They reposed implicit faith
in him from the first and assigned him to a large and important
territory, embracing Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky and Ohio, making
only the larger cities and towns, selling fine laces and embroidery.
He increased the prestige of this firm immensely in the middle
West and remained wuth it fourteen years, which fact is certainly
criterion enough of his ability to get large business and of the
confidence his employers had in him. During this period he made
his headquarters at Indianapolis, locating here in 1878, and here
he spent the rest of his life, with the exception of one year in
Lafayette, Indiana.

Subsequently Mr. Stevenson formed a partnership with
James Johnson, another of ]SIills & Gibbs' employes, and they
opened a dry goods store on Washington street, the present site
of the New York store. In a short time Mr. Stevenson purchased
the interest of his partner and continued to carry on the busi-

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ncss successfully, building up a large trade, carrying a complete
and carefully selected stock of goods, and taking rank with tbe
loading merchants of Indianapolis, lie later sold out to the Pettis
Dry Goods Company, operating the New York store, lie had been
in business here about six years. Being anxious to again enter
the active ranks of traveling salesman, he soon went on the road

way, New York City, and he was assigned to his old territory,
with his 'usual success, and was thus engaged at the time of his
death, November 11, 1910, when about sixty-two years of age,
after an eminently successful, useful and honorable career. He
was a typical traveling man, large, genial, obliging and pleasing
address — made friends readil}'^ wherever he went and had no trou-
ble in retaining them. An example of his kindness and altruistic
spirit was shown through his assistance in securing positions for
many young emigrants to this country from Scotland, loaning
them money, and doing what he could for their success. He was
a worthy member of the Fourth Presbyterian church, of Indian-
apolis, having joined the First Presbyterian church here under his
warm, personal friend. Doctor Haines, later transferring to the
first named church, under Rev. Mcintosh, also a close friend; both
ministers officiated at the funeral of ]\Ir. Stevenson, which was
largely attended. His remains were carried back to Irvine, Scot-
land, and there, in God's quiet acre, he serenely sleeps the sleep
of the just. He had spent but a year in his beautiful new bunga-
low at Broad Ripple, whither he had moved in 1909 from No. 1928
North Meridian street. He was a member of the Caledonian Club,
of Indianapolis, an old Scotch organization. Politically, he was a
Democrat, and while he manifested the interest of a good citizen
in the affairs of his adopted coimtry he had no ambition for pub-
lic honors. He was a lover of home and family, his life being ideal
in this respect, always kind, considerate and indulgent. He was
also a man of marked esthetic attributes, being an ardent admirer
of art and literature of a high order, and was no mean critic of a
painting, never failing to avail himself of an opportunity to see a
fine picture, and, being a wide reader and a profound student of
the world's best literature, he was a most entertaining conversa-
tionalist, his broad information and easy manners making him at
home in any crowd. "With few opportunities, he forged his way
to the front, despite discouraging environments of his earlier
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achieved in a material way and for the \vell rounded, synunetri-
cally developed, alert and sound mind which was evidently his.

The happy domestie life of Mr. ISteveuson began on July 12,
187G, when he led to the hymeneal altar a lady of eulture and re-
finement for whom he returned to Scotland after his first few
years in America, and who was known in her maidenhood as
Stewart IMnrrismi. and soon nftor^vr^vflc! returned t'^ Americn, his
first voyage requiring twenty-three days, the second only ten days,
Mrs. Stevenson was born, reared and educated at Irvine, Scot-
land, and she is the daughter of James and ^Margaret (Fleming)
Morrison, the father an architect by profession, his ancestors hav-
ing been farmers. John Morrison, his father, owned a farm,
known as "Hill Head," which joined the famous "INIoss Giel
Farm," owned by the father t»f Robert Burns. Mrs. Stevenson's
mother was a Covenanter, a woman of splendid Christian faith
and fortitude and of sterling ancestry. The biographer deems it
appropriate here to give a brief history of the Covenanters, who
were later known as Cameronians or Reformed Presbyterians.
They were adherents to one of four covenants, especiall}' the last
two. When the third or National Covenant was signed, it was
pretty apparent that civil war would be the result of the deed
and preparations were made both by Charles I and b}' the Cove-
nanters. On January 1, 1640, the latter assembled twenty-four
thousand people and the following year entered England, made a
treaty with the English Parliament, and aided them in the civil
war against the King. On the fall of Charles they entered the
Solemn League and Covenant, designed to promote uniformity
of belief both in England and Scotland on the basis of a Presby-
terian establishment, but very jiartial success attended the scheme.
Being monarchical rather than republican, they sympathized with
Charles II against the commonwealth, and on his subscribing to
the covenant on August 16, 1650, fought an obstinate battle for
him at "Worcester, September 3, 1651. which residted in their de-
feat at the hands of Oliver Cromwell. In 1661, when the English
and Scotch nations concurred in restoring Charles II, that mon-
arch renoimced the covenant, his prior subscription to which had
been insincere. Parliament declared the covenant illegal, and or-
dered it to be burned. ^Fany in consequence renounced it, or
quietly allowed the fact that they had ever signed it to lapse into
oblivion; but the more resolute spirits held to what they had done,
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aside from theii- purpose. Ofteuer thau ouce they were iu anus
against the goverunieut. lii November, 16()(j, they were dispersed
at Kulliou Green. On June 1, 1G79, they defeated Claverhouse,
the "Bonnie Dundee" of song, at Drumclog, but were themselves
totally routed by the Earl of Alonmuuth at Bothwell Bridge ou
the 22d of the same month and year, many of the prisoners taken
bemg tortured and then subsequently executed. Jdor a time tlie
noted Kichard Cameron was their leader, on which account they
are often called Cameronians. lie, with about twenty others, all
armed, entered the town of Sanquhar, on June 22, 16S0, and for-
mally proclaimed the deposition of Charles Stuart, meaning the
King, but he was killed in a skirmish in Ayrshire a month later.

Three children were born to James and Margaret Alorrison,
namely: Margaret, who married Dr. James Dunlop, lives in Ire-
land; Stewart, who married John Stevenson, of this memoir;
Jane married Walter Smith and they reside at the old IMorrison
homestead, "Greenfield House," at Irvine, Scotland.

The union of ]\Ir. and ]\Irs. John Stevenson was graced by
the birth of two children, namely: John M., who married Neoma
Hadley, and James Stewart, who married Lillian Shaff. They
were both well educated and are young business men of much
more than mediocre success, and in their every-day lives they
reflect the wholesome and careful home training which they re-
ceived. In the spring of 1912 they both moved to near Humbolt,
Saskatchewan, Canada, where they purchased ranches and there
they intend making their future homes.

ISAAC DEGROFF NELSON.

One of the most conspicuous figures hi tlie early history of
AHpti om,}-nAy, Indian;;, u.iia ooiiu^uuus lerritory was the late 1. 1).
G. Nelson, who passed from the scene of his life's activities on the
24th of March, 1891. lie was for many years actively and closely
identified with the business interests, in varied lines, of this lo-
cality and was widely known as one of the representative men of
the northern part of the Iloosier state. Equally noted as a citizen
whose useful career conferred credit upon the community and
whose marked abilities and sterling qualities won for him much
more than local repute, he held distinctive precedence as one of
the most progressive and successful men that here ever inaugu-
rated and carried to successful termination large and important
undertakings. Strong mental endowment, invincible courage and
a determined will, coupled with an honesty of purpose that hesi-
tated at no obstacle, so entered into his composition as to render
him a dominant factor in the business world and a leader of men in
important enteiprises. lie was essentially a man of affairs, sound
of judgment and far-seeing in what he undertook, and he won and
retained the confidence and esteem of all classes.

I. D. G. Nelson was a native of the old Empire state, having
first seen the light of day at Poughkeepsie, New York, on July 2,
1810. His paternal grandfather, John Nelson, was a soldier in
the war of the Revolution and for his heroic services in that strug-
gle he received a grant of five hundred acres of land in the town
of Dryden, Tompkins coimty, New York. His son, Leonard, father
of the subject of this sketch, was a farmer by vocation. He mar-
ried Mary DeGroff, the daughter of ]\Ioses DeGrofi:", one of a family
conspicuous for hazardous duty and valuable services rendered
along the Hudson river during the Revolution, members of this
family having been on duty between Poughkeepsie and Tarrytown
at the time of the capture of Major Andre. It is thus seen that in
both paternal and maternal lines the subject of this sketch was
descended from sterling patriotic ancestry. Leonard Nelson died
when his son, the subject, was but sixteen years of age, and upon
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mother and his three young sisters, cue of whom was au invalid.
The home farm was heavil}' encumbered and it was a tremendous
tasli for the young man to assume, lie was equal to the demand
upon him, however, and manfully and without complaint assumed
liis role as head of the family. At the age of twenty years he,
with the aid of au uncle, started a countr}' store and by this enter-
prise, iii uuuiici-ti'Jii Willi i.ciriii:i:g, he cu2:;yortcd tlic fr^.niil}'. Tn
1836 he and his sisters (his mother having previously married
again) emigrated to Fort Wayne, where he resided the remainder
of his Ufa.

During his residence in New York state Mr. Nelson had been
chosen to till a number of offices, for he had followed in the foot-
steps of his ancestors, who were Democrats, and had taken an ac-
tive part in the political alfairs of the day. He was elected a
school commissioner at the age of twenty-one years, and at
twenty-two years he became postmaster at Freedom Plains, his
place of business. At twenty-three he was appointed commis-
sioner of deeds for the county of Dutchess by the judges of the
court, and the following year was appointed to take the county
census. All of these trusts he discharged with such fidelity that
at the age of twenty-five he was elected a delegate from his county
to the New York Democratic state convention, which met for the
purpose of nominating state officers, but more especially for the
purpose of bringing forward prominently the name of Martin
Van Buren as a candidate for the Presidency, a movement which
was ultimately successful in his nomination and election. It was
more than an ordinary honor to be a delegate to that convention,
for it consisted of only one hundred and twenty-eight members
and Mr. Nelson represented the largest county in the state, except
New York city and county, in one of the most exciting and im-
portant conventions ever held in that state. Although Mr. Nel-
son was the youngest member of the convention, he was appointed
one of the committee to invite the Governor to take a seat with
the officers of the convention.

After coming to Indiana 'Sir. Nelson was selected as one of
the committee on invitation and reception for the celebration of
the opening of the Wabash and Erie canal, on which occasion
General Cass declared that "our descendants will come to keep
the day that we have come to mark."

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and treasurer of the tii'st packet boat company that operated on
the Wabash aud Eric canal and was one of the stockholders of
the iMauiuee City & Fort W'a^ne (Steamboat Company, organized
for the purpose of navigating the Maumee river, lie was the
only Fort "Wayne passenger on the iirst and only trip the steamer
made on these waters, it being a trial trip to test the practicability
of slack-water navigation between Fort Wavne and Lake V,r\o.
Ihe river was at higli-watcr mark in consequence of recent floods,
completely overflowing its banks aud submerging the country
along the entii'c route. J\ir. Nelson rode on horseback from Fort
WajTie to the "head of the rapids," near Maumee City, a dis-
tance of nearly one hundred miles, leaving his horse there until he
made the adventurous round trip to Fort A\'ayne and back, which
was safely accomplished in six days, by the captain dexterously
dodging tloating trees, saw logs, bridge timbers, fence rails and a
saw-mill on their way to the lake. The scheme was considered
impracticable and the steamer was transferred to less dangerous
waters.

In June, 1840, Mr. Nelson embarked on the sea of journalism,
becoming the owner of the Fort Wayne Sentinel, then a Whig
paper, and converting it into an influential Democratic organ,
which he conducted with marked success for several years. In 1851
he was, without opposition, elected as the representative of AUen
county in the first General Assembly under the new Indiana state
constitution. This session lasted six months and as a legislator
Mr. Nelson proved a man of exceptional ability and strength. He
was the author of and instrumental in the passage of what was
known as the "Nelson railroad bill," a law imder which, with
some slight modifications, all the railroad companies of the state
have been organized, and gave his support to much other benefi-
cent legislation. Under the provisions of the law referred to, he
assisted at Logansport, in June, 1852, in the organization of the
Wabash Railroad Company.

In 1843 Mr. Nelson became receiver of public moneys at Fort
WajTic, which position he held until General Taylor's accession
to the Presidency. During this tcnn he was also appointed pay-
master of annuities to the Miamis, in which latter function he
introduced the system of paying silver directly to the Indians, an
iimovation, but the success of which so pleased the war depart-
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counts in 1847, he received a letter of appreciation and thanks
from the department. lie was elected and served two terms as
clerk of the Allen circuit court, discharging the duties of that
responsible position with a fidelity that conuiieudcd him to his
fellow citizens, and in 1873 he was unanimously nominated by a
convention of both parties for state senator, but he decliued the
horiHTj hovhi^ dpfprniined to retire from active political life. Gov-
ernor Baker appointed Mr. Nelson a member of the fii'st board of
trustees of Pui'due University and in 1877 he was appointed by
Governor WiUiams one of the new state house commissioners, a
trust which he accepted and worthily discharged, holding the
position until the building was completed, which was accom-
plished within the limit of the first appropriation, a case almost
without parallel.

Mr. Nelson was one of the first twelve incorporators of Lin-
denwood Cemetery and was the first president of the association,
continuing to hold this position up to the time of his death. The
Lindenwood association, in appreciation of the valuable services
rendered by Mr. Nelson in the interests of this city of the dead,
caused to be erected on the Nelson lot a magnificent monument
for himself and family, and under the shadow of this shaft Lie the
remains of himself and his wife, who had died one year before.

Mr. Nelson was actively engaged in pubUc and private busi-
ness of several kinds, but most of the time in agricultural and
horticultui-al pursuits and in stock raising and landscape garden-
ing. In the scientific advancement of these departments of in-
dustry he was a pioneer and continued to be an investigator and
writer, many of his contributions appearing in the newspapers of
his home city. He was a lover of natui-e and "God's out of doors"
possessed a rare charm for him. Of him it could well be said that
he was in sympathy with all the world and in his own way he did
what he could to improve conditions and make the world better
and pleasanter to live in. His rural home, Elm Park, four miles
east of the city of Fort "Wayne, was regarded as the finest and most
complete place of its kind in the state in all of its appointments,
and on the occasion of the state fair being held in Fort Wayne in
18G5 the entire board of agriculture and other visitors made a
special visit to his residence to see his place and inspect his
grounds, which were handsomely described by correspondents of
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life member of the Natioual roiiiulDgical Society, aud was always
foremost iu all aj^ricultural, horticultural, pomological and simi-
lar organizations aud enterprises of the day, whether local, county,
state or natioual. He was in turn president, vice-president and
secretary of all of them. He assisted in establishing the first suc-
cessful nursery of fruit aud ornamental trees in his section of the
state and also asoiot*. J, in IZZG, m the uij^aiiizaiiun uf tht; IlrsL live
stock compan)' for the imi)ortation and' sale of blooded stock and
was the largest purchaser at the first sale. His stock always took
first premiums, and on fruit he took over one hmidred and fifty
first premiums iu money and silver cups.

On August 23, 1838, Isaac DeGroff Nelson was united in mar-
riage with Elizabeth Rockhill, daughter of Hon. AVilliam Rockhill,
an early settler of Fort "Wayne, who was a Van Buren elector iu
1836, aud subsequently a representative iu both branches of the
Legislature and a member of the thirtieth Congress. He' was
always a Democrat. By vocation he was a farmer. To Mr. and
Mrs. Nelson were bora four children, namely: A sou, the late ex-
Sheriff DeGroff Nelson, died in .May, 1887; Mrs. Henry W. Bond
and Miss E. R. Nelson reside iu Fort Wayne, aud William R. Nel-
son is editor and owner of the Kansas City Times aud the Kansas
City Star.

In religion Mr. Nelson was an Episcopalian aud served as a
vestryman for many years, more than four decades, being senior
warden at the time of his death, as he had been for man}' years
previously, always having the most earnest solicitude for the wel-
fare of the church and the advancement of its interests. By re-
quest of the vestry of Trinity church, Hon. Franklin P. Randall
prepared a memorial on the life and services of the deceased,
whom he had knowm for more than a half century. Mr. Randall
said: "In the death of its late senior warden, I. D. G. Nelson,
this church has lost one of its oldest, most active, exemplary and
revered members. His connection with Trinity church dates from
its first organization aud for nearly fifty 3'ears he has been a use-
ful, devoted aud highly esteemed member of the same; aud during
all that time his Christian zeal never grew weary, nor did his de-
votion to true religion ever abate. In his family he was an in-
dulgent father and a most kind and devoted husband. In his inter-
course with the world the justice, propriet.y aud benevolence of
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ease and franlcness of his manners, a constant observance of the
amenities of life, and a sedulous regard for the feeling of others,
made for him personal friends of all with whom he came in con-
tact. Always candid, always pleasant, always courteous, he never
offended by rudeness or wounded by unkind remarks.

"In his varied relations in life he received that respect from
utlicio to which the excellence '^f bi«! nwv chnvnctov so eminently
entitled him. Kind and forbearing himself, he paid respectful
regard to the opinions of others.

"During his long life he experienced prosperity and adver-
sity, but his practical good sense enabled him to meet every emer-
gency with calmness and self-control. Without ostentation or ob-
trusion, in his own quiet way, he had lived among us, a true Chris-
tian gentleman.

"The truth of the Christian religion, imjiressed on his youth-
ful mind, cherished and matured in his riper years, did by the
blessing of God vouchsafe to him in his last moments its hope and
its consolation.

"He has gone to his eternal rest. A noble granite shaft looks
down upon his new-made grave. Yet all of Lindenwood, that
beautiful home for the dead, is his monument. Those pleasant
walks, those shady groves, those green and delightful lawns, those
lovely flowers, have all taken shape and form and made their
growth under his guiding and fostering hands, and while grass
grows and flowers bloom they will remain to him a memorial.

"Several days before his death he became satified that his
life's work was done, and he so told his family and kindly and
affectionately assured them that he w^as prepared, Ctttkdy and even
anxious to depart. No doubts or fears disturbed the Christian
serenity of his last hours. Death came to him, not as the king of
terrors, but as a kind friend to open for him the doorway to the
home of the blessed. In the stillness of the sick chamber he heard
a heavenl}^ voice, in subdued and melting accents of tenderness
and compassion, saying: 'Fear not, for I am with thee. Be not
dismayed, for I am thy God,' and he might in truth have adopted
the words and sentiment of the great apostle: 'I am now ready
to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have
fought a good fight, I have finished my course. * * * Hence-
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many years of au ordiuary life does such a dying moiueut over-
balance."

Many splendid tributes to the character and worth of Mr.
Nelson were offered by the press, among which we quote the fol-
lowing sentences:

Fort Wayne Sentinel — "A citizen whose very name was the
synon>Tn of all tliat is PstooTnori ^^ the cyc3 of ixicu."

Fort Wayne Gazette — "Men of this kind are an inspiration to
the community and, dying, require no monument to perpetuate
their deeds or their memory."

Indianapolis Sentinel — "He was a man of the highest per-
sonal character, of excellent ability, of strong convictions, of great
industry, and in every respect a most useful and worth)- citizen."

Indianapolis News — "lie was a fine type of citizenship; one
of the kind that contributes most largclj' to the sturdy body of
impulse that makes real progress."

Indianapolis Journal — "The most prominent man in north-
em Indiana, as far as active connection with the development of
the country is concerned, was the Hon. Isaac DeGroff Nelson."

Indiana Farmer — "He was one of the oldest, best known,
most enteiprising, public spirited, upright and honored citizens
of the state."

GEORGE WHITING PIXLEY.

This vital, progressive age is one that demands of men a
['.istinctiT'e init^'^ti''''^ -noTvoT- if fhov r\vr> to .ittnin to sneeess worthv
the name, and in addition to this power is required self-reliance,
determination and consecutive application in the pursuit of a def-
inite purpose. All these attributes have been exemplified in the
career of George Whiting Pixley, who has gained success and
prestige in the business world and who is distinctively the archi-
tect of his own fortunes. Appreciative of the attractions and ad-
vantages of the city of Fort Wayne, Indiana, he has here found
it possible to gain a position as one of its leading financiers and
substantial men of affairs, and has always enjoyed unmistakable
personal popular esteem in the city which he elected to make his
home and the scene of his well directed endeavors. Since one of
the designated functions of this publication touching the history
of the leaders of affairs in this state is in according recognition to
those who stand representative in their various fields of business
activity and other arenas of endeavor, there is propriety, from
this consistent viewpoint, in noting the salient points in the ca-
reer of the gentleman whose name forms the caption of this
sketch, who, after a long and eminently successful, useful and
honorable career is living practically retired at this writing, but
whose influence is still potent in the general progress of the city
long honored by his residence.

Mr. Pixley was bom March 1, 1834, at Kirkland, Oneida
county. New York. He is the son of David and Charlotte (My-
gatt) Pixley, the father bom :May 28, 1798, at Stratford, Connecti-
cut, and he died March 20, 1884; the mother was bom in Clinton,
New York, March 27, 1805, and died July 5, 1885. They grew to
maturity in the East, received good educations in the schools of
their communities, and they were married at Clinton, New York,
September 7, 1830. The mother of the subject was the daughter
of Austin Mygatt, who was a manufacturer at Kirkland, New
York. The father of the subject, David Pixley, was postmaster
for forty years, merchant and manufacturer at Kirkland, New
York. He was one of the earliest commercial travelers known.

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selling Ills goods from his owu cotton mills. In 1880 he and his
wife celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at Kirkland,
New York.

George W. Pixley, of this review, was the third of a family
of five children, three of whom are living at this writing, the sub-
ject, Henry David Pixley, of Utica, New York, and Eliza Jane
Pixley, who has remained siiicle ;infl \v)ui ro^irloc nn the old home
farm, six miles from Utica. This farm belonged to Grandfather
Pixley and has been in possession of the family since 1798.

George W. Pixley spent his boyhood years in New York state,
and he received his early schooling in the district schools, later
attending school at Clinton Liberal Institute, Clinton, New York,
which school is now located at Fort Plain, that state. He left
school when about eighteen years of age and became associated
with his father, who was a merchant, manufacturer and farmer,
and he remained at home until 1876, when he came west, seeking
a site for a branch store. Having the sagacit)' to foresee for Fort
Wayne a great future growth, he decided to locate here, and he
established his business here under the firm name of Owen, Pixley
& Company, which store was successfully conducted under the
supervision of Mr. Pixley until 1885, when his interests absorbed
the Owen interests, and since then the firm name has been Pixley
& Company, and it has long been one of the leading mercantile
establishments in this thriving city, drawing its customers from
all over northern Indiana. The concern manufactures its own
clothing at Utica, New York, and owing to the superior quality of
its products its trade has always been extensive at all seasons. A
large and carefully selected stock of goods has always been carried
and sold at reasonable prices, everything having been managed
under a superb system.

Mr. Pixley remained active in the business world of Fort
Wayne imtil 1902, when he gave his nephew, George Whiting
Pixley, controlling interest in the store, and he retired from active
life as a merchant, but he has continued to be a very prominent
factor in the financial affairs of Fort Wayne. He was president
of the Tri-State Building & Loan Association from 1889 to Janu-
ary 1, 1911, when it was merged into the Tri-State Loan & Trust
Company, the largest and most influential financial institution in
Fort Wayne. Of this concern he is one of the large stockholders, is
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duo in uo small measure to his wise counsel and judicious labors,
lie is a director of the old National Bank and has been for a num-
ber of years. lie has been very successful in all lines of endeavor,
being a man of keen business discernment, sound judgment and
straightforward in his dealings with his fellow men, and he is one
of the substantially and tinaucially solid men of Fort Wayne and
»irirf]ien<?tprn Indiana.

Mr. Pixley has always been a loyal Republican and has been
active and influential in party affairs for many years. He was a
candidate for state treasurer in 1890 and, although defeated, the
state being strongly Democratic, he had the satisfaction of run-
ning four thousand votes ahead of his ticket, thus proving his
widespread popularity. The Pixley family belong to the Ply-
mouth Congregational church and are very faithful supporters of
the same. The subject is very active in Masonic circles; in fact,
he has made Masonry a very prominent part of his life's work. He
is a member of Clinton Lodge No. 169, at Clinton, New York, hav-
ing joined the same in 1855, and in 1857 he went into the York
Rite chapter; in 1867 he identified himself with the Utica Com-
mandery No. 3, at Utica, New York. In 1883 he took the Royal
and Select ^Master's degree in Fort Wayne, and in 1887 the Scottish
Rite degrees at Indianapolis, and in 1889 he had the honor of re-
ceiving the thirty-third degree in New York City. He has been
very active in Scottish Rite work. He has been treasurer of the
organization in Fort Wayne ever since it w^as formed, twenty-six
years ago. He was chairman of the finance committee which
raised funds to build the magnificent temple at Fort WajTie, at a
cost of two hundred and ten thousand dollars, and was then chair-
man of the building committee. He has also been one of the trus-
tees of the Scottish Rite here since its organization. He was also
a member of jNIurat Temple, Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of
the Mystic Shrine, at Indianapolis, having been one of the first
class there, and is now a member and treasurer of ]\Iizpah Tem-
ple, Fort Wayne. To establish an appropriate and attractive
home for the ^lasons in the city of his residence has long been one
of his chief ambitions, Ms efforts in this direction having been a
labor of love.

George W. Pixley, of this sketch, was married on December
28, 1870, in Kirkland, New York, to Sarah Alcione Lewis, who
was born December 28, 1851, and is the daughter of Chancey E.

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and Electa LuciBda (Brown) Lewis. IMr. Lewis was bora in
Connecticut, June 30, 1822, died January 24, 1897; his wife was
born December 10, 1829, in Rome, New York. Mrs. Pixley was
the second of a family of four children, all of whom are living at
this writing, named as follows: !Mrs. Lucy "Wliite, of Kirkland,
New York; IMrs. Emma IMinchel, also of Kirkland; and Chancey
E. Typwi«, of "n-nvillc, IllinciG.

The imion of Mr. and Mrs. Pixley has been blessed by the
birth of one child, Louise Pixley, who is still a member of the
home circle, and is a young lady of estimable attributes, good
education and a favorite in the best society of Fort Wayne.

Mr. Pixley has a stately and modernly appointed residence at
No. 330 West Wayne street, which has been the family home for
twenty years, and which was formerly the Jesse L. Williams resi-
dence. It is one of the largest brick houses in Fort WajTie, and
has been the center of many notable gatherings. ^Mr. Pixley and
family make their home at Lakeland, Florida, during the winter
seasons.

OTTO SCHISSEL

OTTO SCHISSEL.

No people that go to make up our cosmopolitan civilization
i..>,.o hottov hnliits (if life tliau those who came originally from the
great Gennan empire. The descendants of those people are dis-
tinguished for their thrift and honesty, and these two qualities in
the inhabitants of any country will in the end alone make that
country great. When with these two qualities is coupled the other
quality of sound sense, which all the German descendants possess,
there are afforded such qualities as will enrich any land and place
it at the top of the countries of the world in tlie scale of elevated
humanity. Of this excellent people came the late Otto Schissel,
for many years one of the well known business men of Indianapo-
lis. He came of a race that produced the famous "Iron Chancel-
lor," the greatest statesman, all things considered, that ever
walked this terrestrial sphere. He comes of a race that is famous
for its original investigations in the problems of civilized life,
such men as Goethe and Heckel, to say nothing of a coterie of the
greatest musicians of all lands and climes. The Germanic blood
is found in the veins of the greatest men and women of this and
former generations and the Schissel family may well be proud of
their descent from such a race. The subject of this brief memoir
was easily the peer of any of his fellow citizens in all that con-
stitutes right living and correct citizenship. He was a close and
intelligent observer, read much, and took pains to keep himself
well informed upon current events. He was quiet in demeanor, a
thinker, and a man of deeds rather than words. He was essen-
tially a man of the people because he had large faith in humanity
and was optimistic in his views.

Otto Schissel was born in Saxony, Germany, in 1840, and he
was the son of Franz Schissel and wife. He spent his boyhood
in his native land and learned the printer's trade, later teaching
physical culture. He came to America as a young man, first lo-
cating at Hoboken, New Jersey, later came on west and estab-
lished his home in Indianapolis, where he continued to reside the
rest of his life. On June 15, 1882, he was united in marriage with
Minnie Pfisterer, who was bom on the Rhine river in Germany,
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of an excellent old family, the daughter of Christopher and Anna
Marie (Stark) Pfisterer, both of whom lived and died in the fath-
erland, he dying first, having reached the age of seventy-nine
years, liis widow surviving until her eighty-fifth year. They spent
their lives engaged in agricultural pursuits and were ver}' well
established. Later in life they came to America, but after a resi-
r\fnoo hove r\f fTivnn -('onT-o rcti"'"cd tj thcir nativc Irind.

To Otto Schissel and wife four children were born, namely:
Otto, a teacher of physical culture in the Turners Society at High-
land, Illinois; Hugo, of Indianapolis, is a draftsman by profession;
Freda and Norma are the daughters and younger children. They
are all living at home with their mother, except the eldest child,

Mr. Schissel will long be remembered from his connection
with the swinnning pool which he opened and operated in Indian-
apolis for many years, and which was sold to the city after his
death. He was a member of the "German House" and the "So-
cial Turners," in fact, took a great interest in all German societies.

The death of Otto Schissel occurred on June 21, 1897, after a
useful and highly commendable career. The following extract
from the local German newspaper under date of June 23, 1897,
will give the reader additional facts regarding his life and of his
high standing in the community:

"With deep sorrow the neAvs of the death of Otto Schissel
was received. He was one of the best kno^vn Germans of the city,
and a broad-minded, free-thinking character. His loss will not
only be felt in his family, but by all with whom he came into con-
tact.

"Mr. Schissel came to Indianapolis about twenty-five years
ago as physical culture instructor of the Turnverein, also held a
position in the German Telegraph.

"In the early seventies the Indiana Deutsche Zeitung (In-
diana German newspaper) was founded by the late Charles Liz-
ius. It was published weekly and was originally a temperance
advocate. It was later sold and an attempt was made to issue it
daily, but this proved unsuccessful. It changed hands repeatedly
and was changed from a daily to a weekly and back again. Mr.
Schissel finally bought it and made it a paying proposition, later
selling it to the present owner. It is issued daily and is a very
successful paper. The title was changed to the Indiana Tribune.
It was Mr. Schissel's tact, ability and characteristic ingenuit)'
which made this paper a financial success and made it a potent in-

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flucnce for good in the city and community. It was he who changed
the name of the paper.

"Otto Schissel was born in Leipzig, Germany, and came to the
United States about twenty-five years ago. He was physical cul-
ture toaelier first, in Hohoken Academy, and in 1874 came to In-
dianapolis, where he had charge of the classes of the Indianapolis
Su>.ial Tiiri:vcrcin. Abov.t tv:onty yonr«j bofnr^ bis doath ho oppppd
a swimming pool at West and Wabash streets, which he en-
larged from time to time. After he bought the German paper
he opened a hotel innnediately opposite the swiimning pool. He
ran this hotel about fifteen years or until shortly before his death.
He was a member of the Social Tumverein since its organization,
also a member of the German Club. He organized the ladies'
class in the Turnei-s.

"On every side one heard naught but praise and admiration
of his character. One friend said, 'I have known Otto Schissel for
twelve years and cannot recall an instance in which he would
compromise an inch from that which he knew to be the right. He
was a Gemian from the crown of his head to the sole of his foot,
and through and through a Turner in the true sense of the word.
He was a free-thinker and broad-minded, not a diplomat, always
upright and true as gold. He was not a friend of long speeches
and fine phrases, but expressed himself short and to the point.
Those who knew him best could not otherwise than admire his
character.'

"He had a waiin heart for the working class. The officers of
the Tumverein passed resolutions of appreciation and respect to
his memory. The funeral was held from the hall, and addresses
were made by prominent Germans of the city. Mr. Schissel was
treasurer of the Turners for a number of years."

The high esteem in which Otto Schissel was held by the people
of all classes in liadianapolis is a worthy tribute to a most ex-
cellent man and his name will always occupy a conspicuous place
on the roster of Marion county's progressive and representative
German citizens of a past generation.

GEORGE J. BIPPUS.

The conditions under which industrial and commercial euter-

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vancement in all lines of human activity, demand men who are
forceful and of strong potentiality, courage and judgment. Num-
bered among such representatives in the personnel of the success-
ful business men identified with the material and civic progress
of the commonwealth of Indiana during generations that are past
was the late George J. Bippus, of the city of Huntington. Invul-
nerable integrity and high puipose characterized his life, and he
left an indelible impress upon the amials of the country honored
by his residence and upon his record there rests no shadow or
blemish. His strength was as the number of his days, and not
only did he accomplish much in connection with the practical
affairs of life, but his nature, strong and vigorous, found denote-
ment in kindly tolerance and human sympathy, generous deeds
and worthy ser\aee. His long and active career was one of close
and fruitful identification with business interests of great magni-
tude, in which he gained marked prestige, becoming a national
figure. jNIeasured by its accomplishment, its beneficence and its
helpful optimism, the life of ]\Ir. Bippus had wide and emphatic
significance.

The birthplace of Mr. Bippus was at Canal Dover, Tuscara-
was county, Ohio, the date having been April 1, 1835. He was a
son of George J. Bippus, Sr., and wife. The parents preceded the
son to near Huntington, Indiana, by about two months, leaving
their old home in Ohio, where the son had grown to manhood and
been educated. The family settled in Warren township, Hunting-
ton county, and there became well kno\A'n and influential.

The first business relations of George J. Bippus, Jr., in Hunt-
ington were with George Corlew, in about the year 1860. He had
learned the tinner's trade in his native town in Ohio, and here he
continued his trade with Mr. Corlew, who was then running a
small tin shop where the Jacob Weber block now stands. For
several years young Bippus worked at his trade, saving part of
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ucquaintauce. lie was capable aud a much better .salesman than
his employer. Finally he was given a hali' interest in the shop,
which was worth about six hundred dollars at that time. This
was done to cover the amount due him as wages. In ISGl he went
to Pittsburgh with a little money to })urcliase a stock of hardware
for tlie store. To the cousteruatiuu of his partner, he invested
ovpry font nf tlip moTU'v i>n liaiid and bouLrht several thousand dol-
lars' worth of goods on credit for thirt}', sixty aud ninety days.
Corlew thought the business ruined, lie considered bankru^Jtcy
inevitable, but the clear forethought and iron nerve of his younger
partner j^roved to be the stopping-stone to success. Prices soared
rapidly skyward, obligations were met and a neat profit made by
the firm of Corlew & Bippus. At that time land about Hunting-
ton was not the precious article that it is now, and ^Ir. Bippus
was able to hxiy considerable tracts of outlying laud, which he
sold, then bought town lots and sold them, and kept on sjoeculating
in real estate until he had some money in hand. In the year 1862
the corner now occupied by the splendid Bijipus block was pur-
chased at the demand of the subject for three thousand and five
hundred dollars. Here again the younger partner's will was
yielded to by his more conservative business associate, aud once
more did the junior partner lay in a stock of commodities that
appalled ^Ir. Corlew. The tremendous rise in values of everything
during the Civil war was foreseen by Bippus, made the firm com-
paratively wealthy and, when a few years later it was decided to
dissolve partnership, an inventory of stock showed a valuation
of about sixteen thousand dollars. In addition to this
the firm owned the corner lot and building thereon. Later,
at a partition sale, Mr. Bippus obtained the real estate. He be-
came associated with Samuel j\lorgan in the hardware business,
^lorgan either buying a half interest of Bippus or securing the
interests of George Corlew. Later the whole hardware stock was
disposed of and Mr. Bippus interested himself in other affairs,
some of which proved successful, others a loss.

In the years 1875 and 1876, in company with several other
Huntington capitalists, Mr. Bippus maintained the Wabash &
Erie canal between Roanoke and Wabash. He entered into the
scheme more as a land investment than a business enterprise and
was associated with it for several years. He was one of the prin-
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In the days when the enterprise seemed dead, George J. Bippus
was the stamina of the undertaking. ^\ hile others laughed at his
efforts and were loud in declaring the road a failure, he worked
energetically, and eveutually saw the culmination of the achieve-
ment. The question of building a road from Chicago cast had long
been agitated. The Chicago & Atlantic was incorporated and
pl,qf>o« 9loii(T flio 2^roposcd line from Chicago to Marion, Ohio,
were asked to vote large subsidies. Mr. Bippus took charge of
the road as far as Huntington was concerned and was able to carry
the subsidy in Huntington county. He built ten miles of the road,
a little narrow gauge ali'air, and operated it for some time between
Huntington and ^Markle. His rolling stock was two flat cars and
a little sheet iron engine, and on his pay roll were three men.

Mr. Bippus went to New York and met Condit Smith, a rail-
road builder and capitalist. Bippus, Smith and others took charge
of the building of the Chicago it Atlantic. They issued a large
amount of stock and bonds and flnanced the road from Chicago to
Marion, Ohio. Mr. Bippus had placed a large amount of the bonds
in the Grant bank in New \'ork, which institution was later
wrecked, the bonds owned by Mr. Bippus being among the collat-
eral "kited" by the wrecker. The Erie saw that the Chicago &
Atlantic was good property and took it in after various legal com-
plications. The Erie company bought of Mr. Bippus five hundred
thousand dollars' worth of the Chicago & Atlantic stock, giving
one share of Erie preferred for two shares of Chicago & Atlantic,
and the Chicago & Erie came into existence. He served as presi-
dent, vice-president and superintendent of the Chicago & Atlantic,
and was a director at the time of its absorption by the Erie system.
He remained a stockholder in the Erie the balance of his life.

The last great enterprise in which ]\lr. Bipi^us embarked was
the one which brought him before the state more prominently
than any other. In 1882, when the gas boom started, he interested
the late Senator Calvin S. Brice in the development of the natural
gas field which was then opening to the peoj^le of northeastern In-
diana. He bought the artificial gas plant of Dick & Company,
which then controlled the lighting of the city of Huntington, and
the electric light service now in operation was of his origin. They
piped gas from the Grant county field to Huntington. As time
rolled on his business affiliations with Senator Brice were severed
and ^Ir. Bipi^us became the factor of the company.

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The oil business developed latei- and the man whose ability
had made him a fortune was not slow in seeing the possibilities
of this held, and Mr. Bippus rapidly became one of the largest in-
dividual operators in oil in the west, controlling the output of
over two hundred wells alone, witliout reference to wells yielding
gas, the total number of wells drilled and owned by his company
being ovei u.\<^ huUui\.J, c;i:J huuclrcdc cf cmploj'cs v.-nir Vopt bi
the held. The company su^jplied natul-al gas to many cities and
towns in this section of the state. Mr. Bippus leased three thous-
and acres of lands in Huntington and Grant counties, paying lifty
cents a year an acre for the leases. He brought the Standard Oil
Company out this way, and proposed that the Standard develop
the field, the company putting its money against the leases. This
plan was carried out and jNIr. Bippus in a short time sold his in-
terest to the Standard Oil Comi);.ny for one hundred and seventy-
five thousand dollars cash. Later he held leases on tliirty thou-
sand acres of gas and oil lands for which he paid tv>enty thousand
dollars a year. He rapidly developed the field, and in a short time
his income was eleven thousand dollars a month, and his income
from the oil business at that time was five thousand dollars a
month. His income from his oil field subsequently became over
twenty thousand dollars a month, and the Huntington Light &
Fuel Company, which is synonymous with the name of George J.
Bippus, became a local power. It was the magnitude and intricacies
of this business that required its founder's exclusive attention for
many years. The worry of these details gradually broke down his
health. He had become at the time of his death the largest indi-
vidual oil operator west of the Alleghany mountains, probabl}'
keeping twelve hundred men employed in those fields. He was
always in Wall street, but was not a plunger. Everything he went
into made him money, but he was not reckless. He could float more
bonds in New York than any other man in Indiana. He was one of
the heaviest stockholders in Schaff Bros'. Piano Company at
Huntington. Besides his large block of Erie stock, the electric
lighting plant, the artificial gas plant, the finest business block, all
of Huntington, he owned various other interests of no small
magnitude. He left a fortune of consideral)ly more than a million
dollars.

A young man named Bash, of Huntington, Indiana, who held
a goverament position, went to China and got on good terms with

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the Chinese officials. Returning home, he pictured to Mr. Bipjxis
the fortune to be made by building a railroad in China. Mr. liip-
pus took Bash to 2se\v York and talked the matter over with .Mr.
Brice and a syndicate, with the result that they organized, and got
a large number of concessions from the Chinese government.
These concessions, after Mr. Brice 's death, were sold to Belgian
cUia liussian capitalists.

Mr. Bippus was a man averse to notoriety, lie would never
pennit laudatory articles of his life to be printed, and there were
numerous business propositions in which he was a factor that
have never come before the public. His enterprises Avere of direct
benefit to Huntington, to which he was always loyal, and his abil-
it}' was possibl}' of more benefit to that city than any ten men in
the city's history. Quietly he gave away hundreds of dollars that
no one knew of. He often furnished free fuel to destitute families,
pensioned the \Addows and employes who died in his service and in
innumerable ways demonstrated his greatness of heart and his
altruistic nature. Personally, he was reserved, and he formed
only few warm personal friendships, but they were the loyal and
admiring kind. He was a man who believed in cariying his relig-
ion into his e very-day life, and was a worthy member; in fact, was
long a pillar of the First Presbyterian church of Huntington, dis-
tinctivel}' the foremost member of that congregation, and did more
for it than any other member could do. Once the church had a debt
of several thousand dollars; Mr. Bii)pus proposed to the congre-
gation to give half if the congregation would give the other half.
An effort was made, but only a third of the sum was promised.
Mr. Bippus saw that the effort would entail a sacrifice on the part
of some of the poorer members and he j^aid two-thirds of the debt
himself. This is only one of scores of instances wdiere he went
do\ATi in his pocket and proved his faith and sincere devotion to
the cause of religion by substantial donation. He was a generous
contributor to other organizations. He Avas an ardent Republi-
can and a heavy contributor to the campaign expenses of the party
whose principles he advocated.

Mr. Bippus was the heaviest taxpayer in Huntington county,
and his fortune ranked him with the wealthiest men of northern
Indiana. Those who knew him best will readil}' acquiesce in the
statement that every dollar accumulated was fairly and honestly
won, due to his own efforts, his keen financial foresight and never-

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(lagging attention to business. I J is home, the pride of the city of
liumiugton, and a mausiou that would be a credit to any of the
large cities of the country, was where he liked best to be, for he
was much attached to his family, aud in order to spend most of his
time with them he was seldom seen al public gatherings except
church, or at social functions, lie provided liberally for those
around him aud Keenly enjoyeu tncir aappinc&6. The piuapijiity
of the community gave him pleasure, and his fealty to the city
aud its interests did much to make it prosijerous during his lif ty
years of residence in Huntington.

The domestic life of George J. Bij^pus began in 1865, when
he was united in marriage to Sarah A. Purviance, representative
of one of the prominent and highh^ esteemed pioneer families of
Huntington, Indiana. She is the daughter of James Purviauce,
who was bora near New Paris, Ohio, in January, 1811, and died in
18G6. He became a successful dry goods merchant in his native
town, aud married in Preble county, Ohio, April 20, 1840, Eleanor
(Schanck) Morton, who was born in Ohio, October 11, 1811, and
her death occurred on December 20, 1884. James Purviauce came
to Huntington, Indiana, and engaged in the dry goods aud grain
business and was very successful, and he retired from active busi-
ness a few years before his death in 1866. Mrs. Bipj)us was one
of five children. She was born in New Paris, Ohio, October 1,
1843, and she came to Huntington, Indiana, with her parents
when a child, and here she grew to womanhood aud received a
good education. D. A. Purviauce, one of the prominent retired
business men of Huntington, is her brother, and Mary Alice Pur-
viauce, also of Huntington, is her sister. Another child, Capt.
Aurelius Purviauce, is deceased, passing away when forty-seven
years of age, after an eventful life. Enlisting in the service at
the outbreak of the Civil war, he gave excellent service in the
Fort3'-seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry and was commissioned
to first lieutenant under Captain Shearer, afterward Major Shear-
er. In 1863 he retired from the service, came home aud a few
months later re-enlisted in the One Hundred and Thirtieth In-
diana Volunteer Infantry, and for meritorious conduct rose to
the rank of captain. As a business man he gave ample proof of
nuich ability, and for years held a partnership with his brother,
and thejr business grew rapidly to immense proportions. He pos-
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career, and with his agreeable disposition, always had many
friends.

To George J. Bippus and wife two children were born, Albert
and J. Fred, the former having died at the age of one year. The
latter is one of the best known men of affairs in llnntington, hav-
ing succeeded his father in business affairs. He is successfully

every respect a worthy son of a worthy sire. Young Bippus mar-
ried ^lyrtle Watkins, of Chicago, a lady of culture, the representa-
tive of a prominent family. They reside in a beautiful home on
North Jefferson street, Huntington, and have the following chil-
dren: Bernice, Dorothy, George and Albert.

The death of George J. Bippus occurred on January 7, 1904,
after a protracted siege of ill health. He was sixty-nine years
old. This funeral was an imposing and largely attended one, and
he now rests in a beautiful large white granite mausoleum in
Mount Hope cemetery. The funeral was conducted by Rev. ]\1. L.
Donahey, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, of which the
deceased was so long a faithful member. He delivered a eulogy
that covered the life of the deceased generally, in the course of
which he made use of this paragraph: "Some speak of Mr. Bip-
pus as a business man. But in him, as in few other men, do we
find a business man. It is often said that a man cannot be ever a
Christian and a thorough business man. He followed Paul's law
for business men: 'Not slothful in business, fervent in spirit and
serving the Lord.' He never did lose sight of God and his cause.
He was a liberal giver to the cause of foreign missions. A man of
his stamp is not bothered with strikes. As far as possible he par-
ticipated in the golden rule in business. Those in his employ re-
garded him as friend and mourn over him as such. While he began
life as a poor boy, he always had sympathy for the journeyman in
life's struggle."

Rev. George B. Newcomb, pastor of the First Baptist church
of Huntington, delivered a sei-mon on "Lessons from the Life of
George J. Bippus," in the course of which he said, in part:

"Like John Jacob Astor, who amassed a fortune by fair deal-
ings, Mr. Bippus was of German parentage and furthermore he
was of the peasant class. These men, alongside of hundreds of
others of similar bent, are specimens of the possibilities attainable
under American institutions. It is not true that all men who

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strive for wealth do so for wealth's sake only. And that this de-
claration is strictly true of our subject can be easily shown, lie
knew how to keep a secret. Natural gas was discovered and put
into use a long time in Pennsylvania before it was in Indiana. Mr.
Uippus acquired the proper knowledge, without saying much to
anyone of this natural product and then successfully ventured into
uie aaiiic ulicii ihc propel' tiiuc caiuc. lie v:c.z knov.'n as a rpi.iet
man, but he brought things to pass before others began to think
about them. He was a matter-of-fact man. Such are the far-
seeing kind. They are capable of reasoning from cause to effect
and therefore can produce unerring conclusions. While others are
financially failing, this kind are piling up money. Before his
death he had conceived and carried through at least four great
undertakings, any one of which would have been sufficient to give
a man the name of public benefactor, lie became the father and
promoter of two hundred and twenty-nine miles of railroad from
Chicago to ]\Iarion, Ohio, thus being responsible for the splendid
outlet for Huntington's market, the establishment of shops here
and benefiting the city immeasurably. Then came his investiga-
tions in the gas fields and piping to nearby towns. It was a big
undertaking, and at a large expenditure, but he succeeded and
Huntington was publicly benefited by it. Then came the project
for artificial light for the business places and for homes, with the
same result as above noted. And still more recently came his in-
vestments in oil fields, with like satisfactory results. He was a
man of details, and he was a considerate man also. Of all his ac-
cumulations of money no man was ever squeezed in order to in-
crease his wealth. This was a most worthy trait in him. He was
even kindly in heart in his consideration for others. He was a
religious man. While he was devoted to his church and wor-
shipped his God truly, he made no great displa^y about it."

Of the many columns printed in the daily papers all over the
country on the life and death of George J. Bippus, the following
editorial from The Indianapolis Sun is deemed especially ap-
propriate for reproduction here:

"In the Sun Monday, there was a little item that told of the
sale of three hundred thousand dollars' worth of gas and oil hold-
ings in the northern part of the state. The holding included five
thousand, two hundred and eighty-four acres of oil leases, ten
wells and three hundred barrels per day of oil production. The

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sale was made by Mrs. George J. Bippus and her son, J. Fred
JBippus, of Ilautiugtou, to the Waguer Oil Conipauy. Back of
all thiij there is a good story to those who kuow it.

"George J. Bippus was oue of the leading — or, rather tlu;
leading — citizens of llnntingtoii. lie was a man of wealtli. lie
made money fast, but honestly. He speculated. He sometimes
pliinfTpd. Mo iiiiil*^ p 7-niiyopr|_ That railroad is now a part of the
great Erie system that x'uns across the north part of the state.
He had houses, lands and stocks. When natural gas was dis-
covered in Indiana, Mr. Bippus was one of the first to see that in
time it would be the means of making a lot of money. He decided
to build a pipe line from the gas field to Huntington and supply
natural gas for fuel. He did not have enough ready money to do
it all himself, so he went to some of his friends and business asso-
ciates and sought their aid. He asked them to go in with him and
put up some of the mone.y.

"Did they do it? Not on their life. These were shrewd and
able business men and turned him down. They laughed at him.
They were not willing to throw their money away by drilling
holes in the ground. Not much. They would keep their money
and shave notes at twenty-five per cent. No natural gas business
for them. Then Bi^jpus showed the stuff that was in him. He
went elsewhere and raised the money. He took the chance him-
self, knowing full well that if it went against him he might be
ruined. But he had faith — an honest faith — and he followed it.
He drilled holes in the ground and found gas in abundant quan-
tity. He built his pipe line. He secured a franchise in Hunting-
ton and laid gas mains. Everyljody in the city that could get gas
got it and at a high rate. Bippus began making money hand over
fist. The oil was found in the same land. ISIore money for Bip-
pus. Oil made him more money than gas. When he made enough
he bought an artificial gas plant. Then he bought an electric light
plant.

"But those friends, what of them? No sooner did Bippus get
a big flow of gas and no sooner was the success of his venture as-
sured than these same friends came to him and very generously
offered to take stock in his companies. Oh, yes, they knew all
along that he would do well. They would be glad to lielp him out
with it. That's where Bippus did exactly the right thing. He
turned them down as they had done by him some time before. He

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was sure to make nioiie}' and dccliucd to share it with those who
had been afraid of his judgment. Bippus never took any of those
people into his enterprises. During all these years they have
lacked themselves daily, perhaps hourly, for their lack of judg-
ment, but it has done them no good.

"Bippus died a few montiis ago, worth a million and a half
doiiarjs, auu he made nearly all of it out of his ga« p.nd oi).

"The only thing this story shows is that some jjeople are
selfish and others are unselfish. Some arc willing to help a friend
if it doesn't cost anything. They are willing to share in the profits
if some one else will take the risk, i^ut everybody knows all this.
Selfishness is as old as the world."

As an evidence of Mr. Bippus' kindness of heart and high
sense of personal honor it may be related that he brought his par-
ents to Huntington covmty from their old home in Canal Dover,
Ohio, and bought them a fann and helped them in many ways. Be-
fore the elder Bippus died he wished to give his i^roperty back to
his son, but Mr. Bippus allowed the propertj' to go to other rela-
tives more needy. When a boy at Canal Dover he was a member of
a little iMoravian church, and he subscribed one hundred dollars a
year to its support. Many times during his young manhood he was
sorely pinched to pay this obligation, but he always met it. It is
related that one year he was compelled to go without a new over-
coat to pay this subscription, but he did not hesitate to consider
his obligations first. ^Ir. Bippus helped all of his relatives very
generously.

GEORGE WASHINGTON DEFENBAUGH.

The history ul" lldward cmiiily, ;is ;iii iiilcLii;il {Kxvi ul' llio
great coinmoiiwi'altli of Indiana, reveals tlie handiwork of many
a great and noble son! wlio wronght heroically and nusellishly.
llcr yph'iidid homes, her high-grade institntions, lier happy, pros-
pering pcoiile speak volumes of some one's steadfastness of pui'-
posc, of some one's strength of arm, courage of heart, activity of
brain — of some one's sacrifice. But tune, that grim obliterator,
before whose destroying lingers even the stubborn granite must, in
the end, succumb, is ever at his work ol disintegration. Beneath
his blighting touch even memor}' fails, and too often a life of splen-
did achievement and good works is forgotten in a day. "Lest we
forget," then, this tribute to the late George W. Defeubaugh is
penned. Pioneer successful (puuiyman, prominent contractor,
brave, kindly, generous man, it is the desire of the writer, as it
must be of all who knew him, that his deeds and his character
be recorded for the benefit of those who follow after. Not im-
mensely rich, as mere worldly possessions are estimated, he was
rich in a thousand thronging memories of the earl}' rugged daj's,
when hardy men stood shoulder to shoulder and fought for the
best interests of their co)mnunity, and those who survived him are
blessed in the memory of this good man, whose life in this com-
nmnity was as a blessed benediction cm those who came under
its influence.

(jcorge W. Defenbaugh was born in New' London, Ohio, in
1838, came to Kokonio, Indiana, in 1849, and lived here con-
tinuousl}' until his death, which occurred on June 9, 1906. Ilis
father was a successful grocer in Kokomo for man}' }'ears and
was a substantial and leading citizen of the comnnmity. Being
one of a large family of children, the subject of this sketch did

ilOL IliiVe till; (JppOi lUliiLj i-Ui .>Ct-LliAilJ^ cl > Ci._> (.liUlOUj^Xl CUUCULIUU,

being in man}' wa}'s a self-made man. At a comparatively early
age he started to woric on iiis own account, iiis fust employment
being in burning lime. From that he drifted into the stone quarry
business and in this line he was active during practically the rest
of his life. In the material upbuilding of Kokomo he had a prom-

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inent part, having constructed many of tho best streets and stone
in some of the finest and most substantial buildings in this city
came from his ([uarry, which was located just south of the city.
For a half century he was thus engaged and besides building up
a large and profitable business, he gained what is of far greater
value, the reputation of a man of integrity, prudence, loyalty and
honor. His life was governed by the highest motives and his
business record is unsullied by any unworthy transaction. Ilis
private life was such as gained for him the sincere respect and
confidence of the entire community and in his death the com-
munity suffered an irreparable loss. Aside from his quarry
interests, Mr. Defcnbaugh gave his support to every movement
for the advantage of the people generally and he was prominently
identified with the movement in Kokomo which led to the dis-
covery of natural gas and tlnis gave an impetus to the manufac-
turing element of the city's life.

Politically, iNIr. Defenbaugh was all his life an ardent Repub-
lican, but did not take an active paii in political affairs, being
content to cast his ballot in accordance with the dictates of his
conscience. In his religious life he was also absolutely con-
scientious. He took a deep interest in the spiritual verities and
as a result of his investigations he became identified with the
Swedenborgian church, of which he was a faithful and earnest
disciple. He gave to the support of his faith liberall}^ of his time
and means, and the splendid building known as Defenbaugh hall,
Kokomo, w\as erected by him primarily as a temple for the wor-
ship after his belief.

George ^Y. Defenbaugh was twice married, first, to Martha
Moore, of Jonesboro, Indiana, to which union were bora three
children, who survive him, namely: Mrs. Charles Ilansell, Mrs.
Nativa Smith and Wilbur Defenbaugh. His second marriage oc-
curred in Kokomo on November 9, 1898, when he was united in
matrimony with Mrs. Elizabeth Steely. jNIrs. Defenbaugh, who
was bora in Shelby county, Ohio, on July 29, 1832, is the fifth in
order of birth of eight children boiTi to Peter and Martha Chris-
tiana (Amos) Pruden. Peter Pruden was a very successful farmer
and prominent citizen of near Sidney, Ohio, having been a native
of Orange, New Jersey, and his death occurred in Shelby county,
Ohio, in 1879. Mrs. Defenbaugh 's mother was a native of Bour-
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Ohio, ill 188.1. Their snrviviiij^ cluldrcn, hcsides Afrs. Defcubaup;h,
are as follows: Mrs. Catliariiic Smith, of Kokoino; Mrs. (Chris-
tiana Frost, of Piqua, Ohio, and David l*niden, of Sidney, Ohio.
Mrs. Derenbaugli secured lier education in the coninion schools of
her home coinniunitj', she being reared on a farm. In 1867 she
became the wife of Caleb Steely, whose death occurred in 1883.
PiL'i' io li^;' lii^tii'iu 'x to ^.Ir D^f>_iib;"U "1: "h" Ii;.'^ "oiii" ^j J'ol'i;:;";
on a visit to her niece, INlrs. P. PI IIosS, whose husband is a re-
tired banker and one of Kokomo's leading citizens. While here
she met Mr. Defenbaugh, their acquaintance ripening into an af-
fection which consummated in their subsequent marriage. !Mrs.
Defenbaugh also embraces the Swedonborgian faith and as an
adherent of the New Jerusalem church she has exemplified her
faith in her daily life. She takes an active part in church work,
being especially earnest and liberal in relation to missions. The
old homestead in which she resides. No. 318 West Taylor street,
is in the heart of the city and is a valuable piece of ground, its
value constantly enhancing. Besides her business interests in
this city, she has other interests in Ohio. She is a lady of refined
and gracious personality, who, because of her personal worth,
has gained and retains a large circle of warm and loyal friends.
She retains a deep interest in her city and gives her support to all
worthv moral and educational movements.

FRANCIS \\'. 1 LANNER

FRANCIS WILLIAM PLANNER.

Ceaselessly to aud Ito llit's the deft shuttle which weaves the
web of huinau destiny, aud into the vast mosaic fabric enter the
individuality, the effort, the accomplishn.ient of each man, be his
station that most lowly or one of majesty, pomp and power. "With-
in the textile folds may be traced the line of each individuality,
be it the one that lends the beautiful sheen of honest worth and
honest endeavor, or one that, dark and zigzag, finds its way
through warp aud woof, marring the composite beauty by its
blackened threads, ever in evidence of the shadowed and unpro-
lific life. Into the great aggregate each individuality is merged,
and yet the essence of each is never lost, be the angle of its influ-
ence wide-spreading and grateful, or narrow and baneful. In his
efforts he who essa.ys biographical memoirs finds much of profit
and much of alluring fascination when he would follow out, in eA'en
a cursory way, the tracings of a life history, seeking to find the
keynote of eacli resijective personality. These effoi'ts and their
resulting transmission cannot fail of vahie in an objective way,
for in each case may the lesson of life be conned, line upon line,
prece])t upon precept. One conld not contemplate the life record
of the late Francis "William Flanner, for many years one of the
leading business men and public-spirited citizens of Indianapolis,
without gaining therefrom many helpful liints and forming at the
same time a very high opinion of the man, for his benevolent and
charitable work, extending over a period of many A'ears, resulting
in incalculable goods and stamping him as whole-souled and
genuine lover of his kind, would alone excite the admiration and
reverence of all, especially of the contemplative turn of mind, for
his nwnificent gifts came not from a desire to win the plaudits of
men or for any ulterior motive, but merely out of an altruistic na-
ture and a spirit of profound hnman sympathy.

Mr. Flanner was born in Mt. Pleasant, Jefferson county,
Ohio, an attractive old Quaker town, long enjoying prestige in
maintaining an annual meeting house of the Society of Friends.
The date of his birth is recorded as December 5, 3854, and he was
tlie son of Henry B. and Orpha A. (Tyler) Flanner. The father
was born in the year 1820, in Ohio, and the mother was born in
1824 in the state of New York. Henry Becson Flanner spent his
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early life in his native state and was educated there, lie devoted
his life to school teaching and farming and he was a talented
nmsician. During the Civil war he served in the Union army in
a regiment of volunteers. In the autumn of 18G3 he came to In-
dianM|)<>Iis. His wife was educated in Miss Axtell's Seminary, a
popular institution of that day in New York. She came to Indi-
pri-1 p.iio'it 1?10, haviUt, xijudu the juuiue} oM-r tiie old iNatiouai
road, only portions of which had been improved at that time. She
was a daughter of Dr. William W. Tyler, who came from the state
of New York to Rushville, Indiana, in the thirties, when the
country was but little developed, and he later moved to Kokomo,
Howard county, this state, where he became well established and
spent the rest of his life, dying about 1860. The paternal grand-
father, William Flauner, was a clergyman of the Society of
Friends and he was of English and French lineage.

The original representatives of the Flanner famil}' settled in
the Carolinas, and from those sections representatives subse-
quently went to Ohio with other members of the Society of
Friends. The parents of Francis W. Flanner continued to main-
tain their home in 'Mt. Pleasant, Ohio, until the death of the father
in 1863. Soon afterwards the mother moved to Indianapolis.
Both were members of the Friends church. Only one of their
children now survive.

Francis W. Flanner, of this memoir, spent his boyhood in
Indianapolis and received his education in the public schools here
and this continued to be his place of abode and his arena of activ-
ity for a period of more than half a centur}' or during nearly all
of his life, during which time he saw the city develop from a small
country town to one of the nation's most important metropolises.
In 1864 and 1865 he was a student in the old third ward school on
West New York street, where the cigar factory of John Rauh is
now located. Later he attended school in the old court house,
which stood in the center of the present court house square, and
still later he was a student in the old church of which Rev. Henry
Ward Beecher was at one time pastor, the same having been lo-
cated on the Circle, now known as Monument Place. The faculty
of this institution included Prof. AVilliam A. Bell, Miss A. Cannell
(who later became the wife of Professor Bell), Miss Johnson
(^frs. 0. S. Runnels), ^frs. Sarah Oren (afterward state libi-ar-
ian), and a ]\Iiss Kelly, who was a teacher of elocution. For a
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school tliat stood on the sitt,- of the present JShorti-idge high school,
jind the principal of the same at tiiat time wa.s Prof, (ieorge T.
Brown, who is at this writing editor of ;i .school jt)nnial in Illi-
nois.

Mr. planner early in life turned his attention to tlie under-
taking business, studying his profession under Charles Kregelo,
and ui ItSfefi lie entered into i)artnersiiip witli fJolin llonmioun.
In 1886 C J. Buchanan purchased ^Ir. John llonnnoun's interest
in the firm and since that time the firm has been known as Flanner
& Buchanan, and the firm has long been owners of the oul}' ci'cm-
atory in the state, and they also maintained a piil>lic ambulance
service. The crematory and business head<iuarters of the firm is
located at No. 320 North Illinois street, and this firm has for many
years held unmistakable leadership in its field of operations. Mv.
Flanner was president of the firm, which was incorporated Janu-
ary 21, 1911. C. J. Buchanan, who was vice-president of the firm
in the life time of ]\Ir. Flanner, is the latter 's brother-in-law, and
the other two firm ineml)ers are F. B. Flanner, manager, and P. II.
Buchanan, secretary-treasurer.

Francis W. Flanner was a progressive and public spirited
citizen and was especially interested in the development of the
public park system of Indianapolis, and was actively identified
with the Civic League, the Indianapolis Art School, the Taxpay-
ers' League, the ^lay iNfusic Festival Association and many other
organizations which have been influential in their I'cspective func-
tions. Through the influence of Rev. Oscar C. McCulloch, who
was then pastor of Plymouth Congregational church, ^fr. Flanner
became much interested in the work of the associated charities
and he attended some of the national and state meetings of such
organizations, in an informal capacity. He assisted in securing
the enactment of the original law permitting in Indiana the estab-
lishment of boards of guardians for the various benevolent, chari-
table and penal institutions of the state, and ho was a member of
the state board, as a representative of Marion county, until tem-
)>oraiy illness caused his retirement. In later years Mr. Flanner
showed a deej) concern in the work of the associated charities
among the negroes of Indianapolis, and he ]iut forth an earnest
effort to encourage educational woi-k among the large colored
population of this city. TTis greatest work for ludianajjolis was
the founding of the Flanner CJuild, a colored industrial home and
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poor. A large amount of his charitable work was carried ou alone
and he extended aid to many poor men and women dui'ing the win-
ter months.

Mr. Flaimer was a trustee ot tlie Flanner (iuild at the time of
his death, togetlier with Dr. W. E. Brown, i)r. Carleton B. iMcCul-
loch, Chai'les ^y. Moores, B, J. Morgan and M. L. Turner. The
board of di:ectors are II. L. Brocke^burr, president; Ur. \V. E.
Brown, vice-president; Ma])el Newton, secretary; Mrs. K. L.
]>rockenlturr, resident director; Mrs. Peter F. Bryce, treasurer;
Francis Berry, Mrs. E. M. Peters, Edwin F. Stokes and ^M. L.
'J'urner.

The Flauner Guild has, beside the neighborhood settlement
house near the City Hospital, a commodious hall above, oflfice and
other rooms wdiere a number of clubs meet and social work is car-
ried on, a small cottage in coimection where the residents live, a
free kindergarten, a branch of the i)ublic library, a hand laundry,
a bathroom for the neighborhood, and nearby a rescue cottage, the
oul}' place in the state where unfortunate colored girls can be re-
ceived to wait their time to go to a hospital. It is a general clear-
ing house and information headquarters for that part of the city.
It has been the aim of the management to raise one thousand dol-
lars annually for the successful carrying on of this work.

Mr. Flanner was a member of the "vacant-lot cultivation
committee," which has as its object the utilization of vacant lots
by the poor in the cultivation of vegetables. Mr. Planner was
identified with a number of fraternal organizations, but was never
very especially active in their work. Among them are the Masonic
oi'der, in which he was a thirty-second-degree member, and a mem-
ber of the Scottish Rite; the Meridian Lodge of Independent
Order of Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias Lodge No. 56 and the
Olive Branch of the Rebekahs. As a yoxmg man he joined the old
Third Presbyterian church, later he transferred his membership
to the ]\rayflowei' Congregational church, under the pastorship of
Rev. Nathaniel A. Hyde, D. D., and still later the personality of
Rev. Oscar C. McCulloch won both him and his wife to member-
ship in Plymouth Congregational church, which, as he expressed
it, stood for "life and light." This same quest later led Mr. Flan-
ner to the Second Church of Christ, Scientist, in which he was a
member at the time of his death.

In the year 1886 w-as solemnized the marriage of Francis W.
Flanner to Mary Hockette, of Muncie, Indiana, who was born in
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Mrs. Flainicr had been a successful and popular teacher, and since
her marriage she has not resigned her student work; she is also a
student of general literature and has done much dramatic reading,
in which connection she has taken special courses in Chicago, Ber-
hn. Cincinnati, Boston and New York City. She is a writer of no
mean ability and has a re2)utalion in poetry and short dramatic
cotiiTinsitions. and for several years she has been ])ronunent as a
platform reader. She has the distinction oX being one bu.sy woman
and a member of the Woman's Research Club and the Depart-
mental Club.

Three children were born to JNIr. and ^Nlrs. Flauuer, namely:
Mary Ennna, Janet Tyler and June llildegarde Manner. The
famil}' lives at the attractive homestead at Xo. 192U North Capitol
avenue. A nephew, Frank Bates Fianuer, also lives in Indian-
apolis and is connected with the undertaking iirm.

The useful, honorable and commendable life of Francis Y\^.
Flauner came to a close on February 17, 1912, after a jjeriod of ill
health of long standing, when fifty-eight years of age. ^Ir. Flan-
ner returned from a trip to Europe, taken for the benefit of his
health a year previously, and he resumed his business and social
affairs ; but his health began to fail again after a time and he took
repeated trips south, but without permanent benefit.

The funeral was private and liurial was made in Crown liill
cemetery. Many expressions of sorrow and sympath}- were heard,
for Mr. Flanner's death came as a shock to a large number of
friends and associates in conmiercial, social and philanthropic
circles.

An old schoolmate had the following to say: "He was an
unusually honorable, studious and capable student, and tribute
should be paid to the beautiful, wonderful mother, now about
eighty-seven, who survives him. If you knew her as I have known
her so long ago and since, you would understand how he came by
the high traits of character that endeared him to so many."

Impressive exercises were held at the Flauner Guild to com-
memorate the death of Mr. Flanner, founder of the institution.
W. E. Brown, first vice-president, was in charge of the program.
A life-size portrait of Mr. Flanner, heavily draped, hung above
the rostrum. The Rev. H. L. Herod, pastor of the Second Chris-
tian church, spoke of the life of Afr. Flanner. Frances Berry,
representing the "Woman's Civic League, s])oke of the op])ortun-
ities made possible foi- colored peo]ile in tlic Flanner Guild proj-
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"The Choir Invisible." George \V. Cable, who for a time was
president of the i'laiiuer Cuild, laid much ou the charitable phase
of i\lr. Flauuer's character. C. J. Buchanan, for years a business
partner of ^ir. Flanner, spoke of Mr. h'lanner's devotion to the
Flanner Cuild, to which work he had clung despite the advice of
physicians and relatives, li. L. Hr()ckenl)un', who had but recent-
ly taken charge of the guild, brielly stated its purposes and urged
colored people to lend their support ui maknig the institution a
living monument to the memory of Mr. Flanner. Resolutions
were read which had been adopted by the board of managers, set-
ting forth the recognition of the philanthropy and humanitarian-
ism of Mr. Flanner and setting apart December 5th, his birth day,
to be observed annually as founder's day.

A committee composed of John H. Kader, Charles A. Patter-
son and George Asche, representing the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows, drew np and passed the following resolutions:

"Whereas, our dearly beloved brother, Frank W. Flanner,
has passed from the scene of his earthly labors, and

""Whereas, Brother Frank W. Flanner was a lover of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and heartily encouraged the
promotion of its pi'inciples, as well as Qvory good work, therefore
be it

"Resolved, that this lodge mourn the loss of our deceased
brother; that we cherish in our memories his manj' good qualities,
that the charter of this lodge be draped in mourning for thirty
days, and a cojjy of these resolutions be noted on our minutes and
a copy be sent to the family of the deceased."

Lodge No. 56, Knights of Pythias, of Indianapolis, of which
'Mi: Flanner was also a member, i)assed the following resolution
on his death:

"Whereas, Frank W. Flanner, who came to his death on
February 17, 1912, has been for many years an esteemed member
of Indianapolis Lodge No. 56, Knights of Pythias, and,

"A\niereas, we, his brothers, while deeply deploring the gen-
eral and personal loss sustained in the loss of Frank W. Flanner,
desire to testify to the noble manner in which he lived his life
and exemplified therein the principles of our order; therefore, be it

"Resolved, that Indianapolis Lodge No. 56, in stated meeting
assembled, take occasion to testify that our brother, Frank W.
Flanner, in his daily life wore well his armor in the cause of right
and humanity."

J. H. Clarke wrote as follows in the Westeni Undertaker, a
well known journal, of the late Frank W. Flanner:

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"Frank \V. Flamicr, whose untimely death occurred on Feb-
ruary 17, .1912, no one knew better than the writer of thes(! poor
lines. My acquaintance dates back to the time when he was an
employe of the late David Kregelo & Son about the year 1877. In
about the year 1881 he formed a partner.ship with John llonnnoun,
who was then running a livery business. The lii'm continued in
l)usiness for three or four years, when the firm became FJannei',
Ilommoun & Wright. In a year or two Mr. Buchanan, his brother-
in-law, bought the interests of llonnnoun and Wright, and ever
since tlie firm has continued as Flanner it J^uchanan. The suc-
cess of the tirm was due to their untiring energy and attention to
the business, never omitting any detail, no matter liow small or
unimportant. Courtes.y and kindness were always their watch-
words and by these attributes made many friends who had noth-
ing but good words for the gentlemen.

"It was my good fortune and pi'ivilcge to be present at a
number of calls and embahnents with !Mr. Flanner, as also at the
funeral of many more. Could I have received word of his death,
I would have made an effort to attend his funeral, but I was in
Louisiana at the time and did not know of his death until two
weeks after, when someone sent me a clipping from the Indian-
apolis News.

"During the meeting of the Indiana Association, presidents
of the national and state associations and myself were invited to
luncheon; and it was at the table and afterward that ]\Ir. Flanner
told me of his visit to Europe on account of his affliction with
nervous ijrostration. I told him of my retiring from active busi-
ness, and of my frequent trips with my wife to different parts of
the country, and that I had given up the effort to gather in more
shekels, and adA'ised him to do likewise. lie assented, and asked
me how. This I could not answer, but I told him I had been trying
for two years and was then just learning.

"Mr. Flanner had worked too hard, not only in his business,
but in the different charitable ways of doing good. His crown had
been won, and a more beautiful life is now to be his because of the
good work done on earth. It may be truthfully said of him:
'Blessed is he that dies in the Lord.' The flowers that were spread
on his grave were nothing ])ut emljlcms of love and esteem tt)
what he will see and enjoy during eternity where he now dwells.
lie was a kind and indulgent husband and father, and many out-
side his family as well will mourn his loss no more than will 1, his
long-time friend."

ISAAC P. DRAPER.

^VlletlK'l• tlio cU'iueiits ut success lu tliis lilc are iimate attri-
butes ul' the individual ur whether tliey are ijuickeued by a pro-
cess 01 circumstautiai developuieut, it is Luipussible to clearly de-
termine. Yet the study of a successful life, whatever the Held of
endeavor, is none the less interesting and profitable by reason of
the existence of this same uncertainty. So nuich in excess of
those of successes are the recoi'ds of failures or semi-failures, that
one is constrained to attempt an analysis in either case and to de-
termine the measure of causation in an approximate way. But in
studying the life history of the late Isaac P. Draper, who during
his active life was closely identified with the business life of Ko-
komo, Indiana, we tind many qualities in his make-up that always
gain definite success in any career if properly directed, as was evi-
dently done in iiis case. The splendid success which came to Mr.
Draper was directly traceable to the salient points in his char-
acter, for he started in life at the bottom of the ladder, which he
mounted unaided. "With a mind capable of ijlauning, he combined
a will strong enough to execute his well-formulated purposes, and
his great energy, sound judgment, keen discrimination and perse-
verance resulted in the accumulation of a handsome property.

Isaac P. Draper was a native son of the Hoosier state, his
birth having occurred in Sullivan county, Indiana, on ]May 24,
1848, and he was the son of John B. and Elizabeth (Voorhees)
Draper, the father a native of Ohio and the mother of Indiana.
John B. Drai)er came to Sullivan county, Indiana, with his par-
ents at a very early day, when that part of the state was prac-
tically on the frontier. There the father took up a large tract of
land, to the development and cultivation of which he devoted him-
self. In young manliood John B. Draper became a clerk in a stoi-e
in Sullivan, afterwards engaging in business on his own account,
his house becoming the largest and most successful of the kind in
the town. He was identified with the growth and prosperity of
Sullivan for fifty-four years, and, after a long and useful career,
died on January 13, 1908, at the age of eighty-four years. lie
was man-led four times and liecame the fathei- of sixteen ('hildi-e)i.

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A brotluT uf John B. Draper, iMossick, was a soldier in the war
with Mexico and died ou the tield of batth'.

Isaac P. Draper was about five 3'cars ohl when liis parents
left tlie farmstead and moved into the town of Sullivan. His
mother died four years later and he was thus left nmch to his own
resoui-ces. He acquired a fair knowledge of the co)nnion school
brnnches and on leavino- home he turned his hands to various kinds
of employment. When large and strong enough he assisted in
clearing and developing a large amount of land, becoming an ex-
l>ert in the use of ax and crosscut saw and skilled in all manner of
woodcraft and, although but a youth, he was splendidly developed
physically. At the age of thirteen years he entered a stave fac-
tory, where he was employed during the following three years,
becoming a proficient workman.

The outbreak of the great Southern insurrection aroused in
Mr. Draper all the fires of his patriotic spirit and he earnestly de-
sired to enter the ranks and fight for the defense of the national
integrity. The military authorities would not accept him, how-
ever, because of his youth, until JMarch 16, 1865, when, at the age
of sixteen years, he enlisted and was assigned to Company D, One
Hundred and Fifty-sixth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry.
In the following July, while in the line of duty, he contracted a
severe cold in the head which resulted in the loss of hearing in
his right ear, the effects of this and other disabilities which fol-
lowed soon after remaining through life. Notwithstanding this,
he saw considerable active service, principally in line of guard
duty and the guarding of prisoners in transit or between Alex-
ander, Virginia, City Point and Richmond. From April, 1865, to
the following August the regiment was constantly on guard and
garrison duty in the states of Virginia and Indiana, and when the
war closed it was mustered out of service on the 16th of the latter
month. Mr. Draper always took a great j^ride in his military ser-
vice and he was an active and interested membe)- of the Crand
Army of the Republic.

After the close of his military service ^Ir. Draper returned
to his home at Sullivan and engaged in the liquor business, in
which he was engaged for several years, accumulating a good
])roperty and becoming one of the well-to-do men of that place.
In 1890 Mr. Drai)er sold his interests in Sullivan and came to Ko-
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real estate. This tract was afterwai'ds platted into city kits and
were sold at handsome prolits. Upon coming to Kokomo Mr.
Draper went into the gents' furnishing business, in which he was
successful, but, this business not Ixdng to his liking, he turned
his attention to the manufacture of soft and carbonated drinks,
becoming the head of the Kokomo Bottling Works, which he
established and which, under his careful mauauement, soon be-
came a business of importance. In 1893. iMr. Draper took in as a
partner his scm Harry and in January, 1906, his second son, Fivd
C, was admitted to the firm, the firm name becoming I. P. Di-aper
& Sons. The business grew by leaps and bounds, becoming one
of the largest in its line in the state. As a keen and far-sighted
business man, Mr. Draper had no superiors and among his associ-
ates his advice and counsel was valued highly. The most notable
element of his make-up was his inflexible integrity and honesty.
Ilis one great motto through life and the one he lived U2) to the
hour of his death was that "his word was as good as his note."
He faithfully met every obligation and his reputation as a man of
honor was of the highest. He had a keen interest in his adopted
city and gave his sup^Dort cheerfully to every movement which
promised to benefit the community in any wa}'. A close observer
of public events, he took a lively interest m affairs of the day and
acted intelligently on all public questions. In his home ^Fr.
Draper was happy, for to a notable degree his life was devoted to
his family. During the last year of his life, he was confined much
of the time to his home, but in the midst of suffering he was always
cheerful, uncomplaining aiid ever thoughtful of the comfort and
welfare of those dear to him. His death occurred on August 22,
1911.

Politically, ^Ir. Draper was a Democrat and gave a life-long
support to that party. Fraternally, he was a member of Post No.
30, Grand Army of the Republic, and the Knights of Pythias,
being honored with official positions in these orders.

On the 17th of Augu.st, 1871, Isaac P. Draper was united in
marriage with Jennie Earnest, of Sullivan county, Indiana, the
daughter of Nathaniel and jMargaret (Osbom) Earnest, both jiar-
ents natives of Indiana and for many years residents of Sullivan
county. Mrs. Draper's paternal grandfather, Joseph Earnest,
came to Indiana in early pioneer days and at the time of his death
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the third in order of birth in a i'aniily of seven cliildrcn, of wlioni
but two besides herself survive, namely: .Mrs. Lovi J'inkston, of
Moroni, Indiana, and .Mrs. Albert Kaufman, of Sullivan county.
To !Mr. and Mrs. Draper were born two .sons, llarr}' L. and
Fred C, both of whom are mentioned in later paragraphs. iMrs.
Urai)er is an active and faithful member of the First Presbyterian
church and until recent years took a very active part in all the
work of the church, being still a member of the chnrcli societies
and a liberal contributor to all the enterprises of the church. The
family home, which is located at No. 318 West Jefferson street,
Kokonio, is a jileasant and attractive residence, where the spirit
of true hospitality is alwa\'s in evidence to those who enter it.
Mrs. Draper is the owner of valuable real estate in the city, in-
cluding the Oliver Hotel and the Draper block and is interested
with her son Harry in the Kokomo Sanitary Milk and Ice Cream
Company, which does a large business. She is a lady of sj^leudid
social qualities and has a host of warm personal friends, who
esteem her for her genuine woi'th.

Harry L. Draper, the eldest sou of Isaac P. and Jennie
Draper, was born in Sullivan county, Indiana, on May 17, 1872.
He secured a good elementary education in the public schools and
then, with an idea of fitting himself for a business career, he, in
1888, entered the commercial department of Notre Dame Uni-
versity, at South Bend, where he was graduated two years later.
He then worked a wdiile for his father, later accepting a respon-
sible position with the Illinois Central Railroad Company, the
duties of which he discharged in an acceptable manner for two
years, resigning in 1893. At that time he became a partner with
his father in the bottling business at Kokomo, eventually acquir-
ing a half interest in the works and materially assisting in the de-
velopment of the business to the remarkable volume of consider-
ably over one hundred thousand dollars annually. Harry Draper
is a keen and sagacious business man, up with the times in his
methods and yet duly conservative, so that there is a solidity
about his actions that permits no chance of failure. He has de-
voted himself assiduously to his business affairs and today is
numbered among the most successful and progressive young busi-
ness men of Kokomo. He is also interested in the Kokomo Sani-
tary ]\rilk and Ice Cream Company, another successful and well-
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strides forward aiiuuig llu' l^'udiug houses of llu' l;iiid in this part
of the state.

Politically, ilai'ry L. l)raj)ir is a Deiiiociat, liut is too busy
with his business alTairs to take a very aelive part in puljlie
afl'airs, though not too busy to Iceep in touch with current (jues-
tions and to cast an intelligent ballot for the principles that meet
his ])oint of view. Fraternallv. he is a member of the Kniiihts
of Pythias, the Beuevoleut and J^rotective Order of Elks and the
Fraternal Order of Eagles.

Harry L. Draper was married in 1896 to Maude Alexander,
of Kobinsoii, Illinois, and they have become the parents of two
children, ]\largaret Elizabeth and Charliue Jeaunette. ^Irs.
Draper received a thorough education in the connnon schools and
the State Normal School at Terre Haute and prior to her marriage
she was a successful and popular teacher in the public schools,
having also taught elocution and physical culture in the public
schools of Danville. She is a lady of refinement and many graces
of character that have attracted to her a large circle of frieiids.

Fred C. Draper, the second sou of Isaac P. and Jennie Draper,
was born in Sullivan, Indiana, on August 27, 1874, and his death
occurred in April, 1910. The death of no 3'oung man in Kokomo
in recent years caused so widespread an expression of genuine
sorrow and regret as was heard when Death's hand touched him
and lie entered into the dreamless sleep from which none awake.
A young man of exceptional qualities of character, a good business
man, friendly neighbor, upright citizen, faithful luisband and lov-
ing father, he embodied in himself those qualities which drew
others to him and his passing away left a void that has never been
filled. Mr. Draper received a good jjractical education in the
schools of Kokomo and ui^ou completing his education he accepted
a clerkship in the Strickland clothing store, though prior to that
he had taken a course in a dental college at Indianapolis with a
view of making that his life work. Subsequently he became as-
sistant to his father in the bottling works and in January, 1906,
he became a partner in the concera, which was now styled Isaac
P. Draper & Sons. He was a material factor in the develo]mient
of the I)usiness, in which he took the deepest interest, and formed
many warm business friendships. He possessed a personality of
unusual force, excellent business qualifications and an ambition
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in any undertaking to which he might address himself. In Janu-
ary, 1910, Mv. Drai)cr went to !San Antonio, Texas, in the hope of
regaining his liealth, wliich was in a precarious condition, and re-
turned to Kokouio a few months later feeling nuich improved.
However, his death came suddenly, despite the ministrations of
loving hands and the skill of science.

Oii JixiiHiu;^ 15, 1D02, I'^cd C. Draper Uius married to Icy
Turner, of Nebraska, and they became tlie parents of two children,
Hariy, l)orn July 5, 1903, who died in infancy, and Frances Jane,
bom July 13, 1907, who is now living with her mother in Chicago.

Politicall}-, Fred Draper was affiliated with the Democratic
party, though he did not take a very active part in politics.
Fraternally, he was a member of the Knights of Pythias, includ-
ing the Uniform Rank, and the Fraternal Order of Eagles. He
was a jiopular member of these orders and in his daily life en-
deavored to exemplify their sublime teachings.

THOMAS MURRAY.

^J'liis biuj;i';iiiliical nicninir has to do witli a characti'i' of uii-
u.sual toire, lor Thomas iMiiriay, whyse life chaijlcr has been
('k)so(l l)y the fate that awaits lis all, was for many years one of
the I)est known and most popular citizens of Howard county, In-
diana, liaving come from one of the oldest and best-known pioneer
families of Kokomo, and he himself assisted in many ways in
advancing; the interests of the connnunity with which his life was
identified. While he carried on a special line of business in such a
manner as to gain a comfortable competency for himself, he also
belonged to that class of representative citizens who promote the
public welfare while advancing individual success. There were in
him sterling traits which connnanded uniform confidence and re-
gard, and his memory is today honored b}^ all who knew him and
is enshrined in the hearts of his manj' friends.

Thomas ]\Iurray was a native of the county in which he
spent his life, his birth having occurred at Kokomo on January
36, 1858, and his death occurred on January 14, 1910, so that had
he lived two days longer he would have reached his fifty-second
birthday. ITe was the son of Col. Charles D. and Margaret A.
Murray, the former being deceased and the latter now making
her home in Kokomo. Charles D. Murray was a man of much
more than ordinary ability and strength of character and occupied
a position of unusual eminence in his section of the state. As a
lawyer, he had no superiors and few equals before the Howard
county bar, his wide and accurate knowledge of the law, his elo-
quence as a pleader and his forceful personality making him a man
of pi-ominence and influence in his profession. He was one of the
real pioneers of this locality, having helped to lay out the city of
Kokomo, his first home being in a log cabin, and he was an im-
j)ortant factor in the early development and progress of the town.
During the Civil war he was a soldier of distinction, having gained
the rank of colonel, and he served his coimty well in the halls
of the state Legislature and in other positions of high trust and
honor. His death occurred in 1873. Charles 1). and ^Fargaret A.
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vivors are as follows: (,'apt. C'liarlcs D. Murray and Daniel A.
Muri'ay, of New Orleans; Horace ^Muri'ay, of Joplin, Missouri;
Fred Murray, of Elgin, Illinois; Mrs. Knnna Kieketts, of Jloward
eounty, Indiana, and Lizzie, Canie and William, of Kokonio.

"Tom" Murray, as he was universally ealled by those who
knew him, was reared iu Kokomo and received his educatiou iu
liie pui.tiie sciioois oi this ciiy. in uoyiiooci Jie loiiowed tiie bent
of his ineliuations and identified himself with the show business,
joining Koliert Campbell, one of the premier circus agents of tliat
day, with the advance advertising force of the old W. W. Coles
show. In this connection he was for two or three seasons "on the
road," covering much of the country and gaining an experience of
much value to him, and iu a way educational. During the late
seventies Mr. Murray controlled the Kokonio bill-posting plant
and then embarked in business on his own account, in which he
met with success, accumulating a competency which has placed
his widow in comfortable circumstances. lie afterwards embarked
w^ith his lirother, William ]\lurray, in the cigar and tobacco busi-
ness, with a billiard room, and was so engaged up to the time of his
death.

On May 22, 1S89, Thomas ]\Iurray was united in marriage
with Amanda Haines, who was born in Dayton, Ohio, on Febru-
ary 7, 1863, the daughter of George and ^Margaret Haines. Of her
mother, IMrs. ]\[urray knows but little, as she died many years
ago when ^Nlrs. Murray was but an infant. George and Margaret
Haines were the parents of fourteen children. The family came
to Kokomo when ]SIrs. Murray was quite young. George Haines
was a native of Pennsylvania, but when but a child he was taken to
Ohio 1)y his parents. During the greater part of his life he fol-
lowed the vocation of a butcher, but about sixteen years before his
death he engaged in the express business, which he followed
thereafter. He returned to DaAton, Ohio, to live, and there his
death occun-ed on ]\Iarch 28, 1894, at the age of sevent3'-three
yeai's. He was a man of splendid personal ([ualities and stood
higji in i)ublic esteem iu the communities where he had lived. To
Mr. and Mrs. Murray no children were born.

If "Tom" ^lurray had a fad it was music, and especially
brass-band music. He possessed unusual talent himself as a mu-
sician, and all his life this trait was on(! of his most noticeable
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-McRcyiKilds Li,i;iit (inard ISaiid and siil)sc'(iU('ii11y took up tlir
euplHiuiuiii, in tlio playing oL' wliicli he bcraiiio an ('Xjx'i't. With
him nnisic was a passion, and it has l)Ot'n said that his own juivalc
business wonhl he laid asitU' in order that lie might go with his
hand when il appeared in pul)lie. He was largely instrumental in
promoting ihe interests and guai'antccing the success of the dil'^
rereni uaiuis with which he was coimected, giving lil)erally of
both his time and liis money when needed. At the time of his
death he was manager of the Kokomo Citizens I>and, one of tlie
best organizations of its kind in this part of the state.

But little behind his love for music was his attachmoit foi-
dogs and horses. Being a good hunter, and exceedingly fond of
t]ie chase, he was never happier than when surrounded v.ith his
dogs, mounted on a good horse and on the ti'ail of a good scent.

^Ir. jMurra.v was a man of unusual mental ainlity and was a
wide and intelligent reader, keeping in close touch with current
topics and the trend of public affairs. One who knew him well
said of him in this regard: "ITe had a keen, analytical mind, an
inhei'itance from his father, quick to see and grasp a proposition
in business or in politics, even in law, to which had he devoted
himself it is easy to believe he would have been a master mind."
Optimistic in temperament, he always saw the bright side of life;
and endeavored to spread the gospel of good cheer among all with
whom he came in contact. lie possessed a rare fund of good
humor and was a splendid story teller, having also that other
and more rare faculty of being a good listener. Though not dem-
onstrative in his feelings towards others, he easily made friends,
whom he valued at their true worth, and intense loyalty to his
friends was one of his striking characteristics.

Politically, ^]v. ]Murray was aligned with the Republican
party up to within a few years of his death, and took an active and
influential part in the local campaigns of his party, but eventually
he ti'ansferred his allegiance to the Democratic party. Fraternal-
ly, he was a member of Good Intent Lodge No. 29, Knights of
Pythias, and Kok(tmo Aerie No. 255, Fraternal Order of ICagles.
Ml'. .Murray's home for the past sixteen years was at No. 414
North Market street, and on the site of the old home Mrs. Murray
has recently completed the erection of an elegant apartment build-
ing, modern in every way. She is a lady of many splendid quali-
ties of head and heart and is well liked bj' all who know her.

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/Xjinnr) /-:l

GEN. WILLIAM HARRISON KEMPER, M. D.

Among those who stand as distinguished types of the world's
workers is ueii. Vriliiaiii IIariif.uii IvLiiijjui, auc of the able aud
honored pioneer physicians and surgeons of Muncie, Indiana, who
is now spending tlie serene Indian summer of his years in honor-
able retirement from the more active duties of life, and who
showed his uncjualified loyalty to the federal government during
its days of crisis in the early sixties by his effective interposition
in various capacities in the Union arm}'. He is a man of fine in-
tellectual and professional attainments, an author of national re-
pute, of most gracious personality, of strong and noble character,
and who has labored with zeal and devotion in the alleviation of
human suffering. As one of those who have lent dignity and
honor to the medical profession in Indiana and who brought to
his chosen vocation the strength and devotion of a great soul and
a broad mind, it is most consonant that in this publication be en-
tered and i)erpetuated a tribute to his worth. He is plain and un-
assuming, a fine type of the self-made man. He is charitable and
benevolent; those in need or distress of body or mind seek not his
aid in vain. These and many other commendable qualities have
won for him the good will and esteem of the people of Dela-
ware county. It is no very rare thing for a poor boy in our coun-
try to become a prosperous man and occupy a commanding posi-
tion in the world's affairs, but many who have fought their way
from poverty and obscurity to a place of j^ower and influence in
the various relations of life, retain some marks and scars of the
conflict. They are apt to be narrow and grasping, even if not
sordid and scrupulous. Doctor Kemper, however, is an instance
of a man who has achieved success without paying the price at
which it is so often bought; for his success has not removed him
farther from his fellow men, but has brought him into nearer and
more intimate relations with them. The more influence he has
had the more he has done for those around him.

Doctor Kemper was born in Rush county, Indiana, December
16, 1839, and he is the scion of one of the state's sterling old fam-
ilies, being the son of Arthur S. and Patience (Bryant) Kemper,
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natives of Ivcutucky aud of (Jerinan descent, and lie is the grand-
son of John Kemper.

Doctor Ivcmper's early life was spent ahont like that of the
average country boy. lie was ten years old when his father died
in 1819, which event threw him very largely upon his own re-
sources; this, no doubt, fostered in the boy a spirit of courage, for-
titude aud self-velinnec. which lod in ]\\<i qik^pocq \^^ Ir^t'^^" ycaiT.
During the succeeding seven years he was employed in tilling the
home farm, attending the conunon schools at intervals in the
meantime, in which he acquired a practical English education, and
later pursued the higher branches of learning at the seminary at
Greensburg, Indiana. In 1856 he removed to Iowa, locating at the
town of ]\Iontezuma, where for one year he was employed as clerk
in a drj' goods store, at the end of which time he accepted a posi-
tion in a printing office and there worked for two years, llcturn-
ing to Indiana late in the year 1859, he resided at Greensburg
until the following December, 1860, attending school. He had
long cherished a laudable ambition to enter the medical pro-
fession, and when twenty-one years old he began the study of the
same in the office of Dr. John W. Moodey, under whose instruc-
tions he continued until the commencement of the great war be-
tween the states, when he unhesitatingly gave up his studies, sev-
ered home ties and enlisted in Company B, Seventh Indiana Vol-
imteer Infantry, April 18, 1861, only a few days after Fort Sum-
ter had been fired upon, thus being one of the first to go to the
front. This was the first company to enter the sei"vice from
Decatur county, and young Kemper sei-ved three months as a pri-
vate. On September 25, 1861, he re-enlisted and was appointed
hospital steward of the Seventeenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry,
in which capacity he served until February 20, 1863, when, owing
to his faithfulness and ability, he was appointed assistant surgeon
of said regiment, a position which he very creditably filled until
the expiration of his term of service, July 27, 1864. He had ac-
companied his regiment through its varied experiences, partici-
pating in many trying campaigns and important battles and minor
skirmishes, including Chickamauga, Peach Tree Creek, Kene-
saw ]\rountain, Dallas, Hoover's Gap, Chattanooga, Missionary
Ridge, Farmington, Big Shanty, Noonday Creek, Mc^tinnville,
Cleveland, siege of Knoxvillc, and various engagements before
Atlanta. His practical experience with the army resulted in ren-
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(lotcrmination of furthrriiif:^ liis knowlodgp of mcdifinc and with
this cud in view lie entered the medical department of the Uni-
versity of Micliigau in October, 1864, and the following spring
took a coui'se at the Long Island College Hospital, Brooklyn, New
York, from which well known institution he was graduated in
June, 1865. He also took a post-graduate course of instruction at

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Thus exceptionally well equipped for his life work. Doctor
Kemper located in JMuncie, Indiana, in August, 1865, and here he
has since been engaged in the practice of his profession, with
ever-increasing success, having practiced in Delaware county
longer than any other physician, his name having been a house-
hold word in this section of the state for nearly a half century.
He has ever been a profound student and has kept fully abreast
of the times in all that pertains to his profession, and his fame as
a general practitioner and surgeon has far transcended the limits
of Delaware county, until he has long ranked with the leading
medical men of the state and is now not unknown in national
circles of the fraternity. He was coroner of Delaware county
from 1870 until 1875, and he was one of the exainining surgeons
for pensions from INIay, 1872, to June, 1893, with the exception of
a period of two years, when he was removed for political reasons.
He was again appointed United States examining surgeon for
pensions in 1901, which position he has held to the present time.
As a public sen^ant he has performed his duties ably and well,
winning the hearty approval of his constituents.

Doctor Kemper is a member of the Delaware County Medical
Society, of which he was president in 1879; also a member of the
Delaware District ]\[edical Society, and he has been a member of
the Indiana State ]\[edieal Society since 1867, and he was treas-
urer of the same from 1879 to 1885, inclusive, and elected presi-
dent in 1886, and presided in 1887; he is also a member of the
American IMedical Association, and for years he has taken a very
active interest in the deliberations of these bodies. The Doctor
belongs to the Grand Anny of the Repulilic, the IMilitary Order of
the Loyal Legion. He is a loyal Republican in politics when the
candidates are worthy men, and religiously belongs to the JNIetho-
di.st Episcopal church, and was superintendent of the Sunday
school in the local congregation from 1867 to 1888, his work in
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Doctor l\('iii)H'r was assistant in llic chair nt' olistctrics and
diseases of woiiicn. Central ('dUege of J'liysiciaiis and Snr<;eons,
Indianapolis, Indiana, dnring the session of 1875 and 187(). lie
has been a ineud)er and secretary of the Itoard of trustees of Medi-
cal Collejjjc of Indiana, Iiulianiqxdis, since 18D0. From 1900 to
1908 ho was president of the l)oard of trustees of the Medical Col-

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of medicine. lu 1904 lie was elected professor of the history of
medicine, and in 1908, upon the condnnation of the several medi-
cal colleges, was made emeritus })rofessor of the history of medi-
cine in the Indiana University School of Medicine, a position he
still holds.

As intimated above, Doctor Kemper is well known in the field
of medical literature, having at different times contributed a num-
ber of valuable and widely read ])ai)ers on various medical sub-
jects. His style is clear and lucid, direct and entertaining. He
has conducted a wide research, carefully examining hundreds of
cases, and, being a keen observer and a logical thinker, he has
given the results of his investigations in convincing essays con-
tributed to various medical journals or read before medical socie-
ties. Of the more than fifty articles from his pen the following
have been much discussed: "Operation for the Radical Cure of
Vai'icocele," Louisville and Richmond Medical Journal, Vol. 9;
"Exophthalmic Goiter," Transactions of Indiana State INIedical
Society, 1871; "Retention in Utero of the Dead Foetus, Considered
Particularly with Regard to its Effects Upon the .Mother," 1875;
"Affections of the Call-Bladder Tending to Result in Cutaneous
Bilary Fistnla," 1879; "Primary Cancer of the Lung," 1882;
"Angel- Wing Deformity," 1884; "President's Address," 1887; "Is
Labor Protracted by Early Spontaneous Rupture of the ]\Iem-
branes?" American Practitioner, Vol. 9; "A Contribution to
^ledical Jurisprudence," American Practitioner, Vol 15; "Incar-
ceration to the Placenta at Full Term," American Practitioner,
Vol. 22; "Ligation of the Femoral Artery," American Practi-
tioner, Vol. 23; "Syphiliphobia," Indiana INIedical Journal, Vol.
2; "A Case of Lodgment of a Breech-Pin in the Brain; Removal
on the Second Day; Recovery," American Journal of the ^fedical
Sciences, Vol. 89; "A Study of the Subject of Spontaneous Rup-
ture of the ^fembi-anes at Full Tenn of (Jestation Preceding the
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"A Case oi" Painful Paraplogiu," Journal of Nervous and I^lontal
Diseases, Vol. 12; "One Thousand C'ases of Lalior, and Their Les-
sons," Medical News, Vol. 59; "A Case of Senile (Jangrene Treat-
ed hy Amputation," Virginia ^Medical Monthl}-, Vol. 20; "A Plea
WiV thf Cesarean 0])eration, leased on a Report of Fifty-three
Cases Performed in Indiana," The Journal of the Indiana State

ported a case of "Podelcoma," American Practitioner, Vol. 14,
lieing the only case on record as having occunrd in the United
States, at that time.

Doctor Kemper has also written several books which have
had a wide circulation among medical men. In 1896 he contrib-
uted a booklet entitled "Uses of Suffering," Cincinnati, Curtis
& Jennings. In 1905 appeared "The World's Anatomists," sev-
enty-nine pages, Philadelphia, P. Blakiston's Son & Company. In
January, 1909 (Vol. II, the Journal of the Indiana State Medical
Association, Fort AVayne, Indiana), began a series of articles en-
titled "Sketches of the ^ledical History of Indiana." These were
continued over two years, and in June, 1911, were revised, cor-
rected and enlarged and published in book form in a volume of
four hundred and fifteen pages, entitled, "A Medical History of
Indiana." This excellent work was well received, and to the
])rcsent time is the only work on the medical history of Indiana
that has been published. Several years ago the "Physicians and
Surgeons of Ajneriea" contained a biographical sketch of Doctor
Kemper and a list of his writings.

In 1872 the Doctor formed a co-partnership with Dr. Robert
"Winton, and for years this was a very busy and pi'oniiueut firm.
Later he was associated with Dr. H. A. Cowing in practice nearly
ten years. The subject has borne well his part in every relation
of life and he has always enjoyed to the full the confidence and
esteem of all who know him. He has the gentle manner and sym-
pathetic nature, added to a quick apprehensiou and a thorough
l)rofessional knowledge of tlie true master of the healing art.

On August 15, 1865, Doctor Kemper was united in marriage
with Harriet Kemper, of Oskaloo.sa, Iowa, daughter of a promi-
nent old family there. To this union four children were born,
namely: Georgette Moodey, daughter, is the wife of John Law-
rance Smith, of Terre Haute, Indiana; the eldest son, Dr. Arthur
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his father, while the yoimger son, William Wiiiton Kemper, re-
sides oil a farm near Lancaster, Ohio; the fourth, a son, died in in-
fancy.

In the early part of the year 1905 Doctor Kemper made his
only visit to foreign couiiti-ios. Two weeks were spent in Kg3'pt,
and four in Palestine and Syria. The journey from Jerusalem to
l^jimasons mid froT>i Ro-iiiioi.- +n i^nT.yonf pyr-y +]>o Lebanon moun-
tains was made on horseback. Turkey, Greece and the European
countries were hastily visited.

The Doctor has a pleasant and attractive home, containing a
large and carefully selected library. Many of his old patients
who will not consent to patronizing any other physician still cling
to Doctor Kemper, but for some time he has not extensively en-
gaged in the practice.

THOMAS M. KIRKPATRICK.

The career of the well-reinemborod gentleman whose name
r^r;iAj tl:^ caption cf this I;iogi';ip];i?;;l iiicmoir v;;;^ a ptro^rvii!^
and varied one, the distinction which lie attained in dilfcrcnt
spheres of activity entitling him to honora])le mention among the
leading men and representative citizens of his da}' and genera-
tion in the county with which his life was so closely identified,
and to him is due credit for giving additional prestige to the fam-
ily name, an old and honored one, and adding to the brightness of
an escutcheon which shines with peculiar luster in communities
long noted for the high standing and distinguished achievements
of its business and public men, and although his life record has
been brought to a close by the iuevital)le fate that awaits all man-
kind, his influence still pervades the lives of a wide circle of friends
and acquaintances who reverence his memory. As farmer, pub-
lic official, soldier or jDrivate citizen, he was alwaj's true to him-
self and his fellow men, and the tongue of calumny never touched
him. As a soldier he proved his lo\'alty to the government he loved
so well on the long and tiresome marches in all kinds of situations,
on the tented field and amid the flame and smoke of battle, where
the rattle of the musketry, mingled with the terrible concussion
of the bursting shell and the deep diapason of the cannon's roar,
made up the sublime but awful chorus of death. To such as he
the country is under a debt of gratitude which it cannot repay and
in centuries yet to be posterity ^^'ill commemorate their chivalry
in fitting eulogy and tell their deeds in story and in song.

Thomas ]\I. Kirkpatrick was a native son of the old Buckeye
state, his birth having occurred in Brown county, Ohio, on May 2,
1820. He was descended from sturdy Scotch ancestry, his gi-and-
father, Andi'ew Kirkpatrick, having been born in the land of
hills and heather. With two brothers he emigrated to America
some time before the war of the Revolution, and they fought on
the side of the colonists in their struggle for independence, one
of the brothers, David, being killed at the ])attle of Bmiker Hill.
Andrew Kirkpatrick married, in Maryland, Elizalx'th Bowen, and
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Ohio. Aniung llieir (.•liildri-u lioi-ii in West Virginia was James,
father of tlic subject. After Jeinoviiig- to Ohio, in 1812, .Janies
Kirkj)atric'lc, with si'\eral ))i'(itliers, enlisted for si'rviee in the
second wa]' witli Enghuid and sei'ved in tlie campaign ak)ng tlie
Oliio l)()rder. James subsecineiilly was married to Mary Kincaid,
the daughter of another Oliio pioneer, and remained a resident of
Brown county initil his death, whicli occuri'ed in 1828. In 18l?4
his widow, with lier six fatherless children, emigrated to ^lont-
goinery county, Indiana, where lived a brother-in-kiw, Absalom
Kirkpatrick.

Thomas ^l. Kirkpatrick remained at the family home with his
mother, on the line between Montgomery and Tippecanoe counties
until 1843, when he removed to what was then called the
"Miami Keserve, " having previously given the section a thor-
ough examination. During his boyhood he had applied himself
to farm work as an assistant to his micle and he received such
educational advantages as could be secured in the pioneer schools
of that day. The claim which he entered upon locating in the
Reserve remained in his possession until a short time before his
death. He at once set himself to the task of clearing the land and
putting it in cultivation, a herculean task in those days, and he
developed one of the best farms in the locality, making it his home
for thirty-five ^'ears. A number of years before his death Cap-
tain Kirkpatrick retired from active labor and moved to Kokomo,
where he rested in the enjoyment of that leisure which he had so
richly earned. As a farmer he was energetic in action, progressive
and intelligent in his methods and sagacious in his business deal-
ings, so that he w-as enabled to jjass his latter days free from any
worry as to his temporal needs. His business life was character-
ized by the strictest integrit\-, his word being literally consid-
ered as good as his bond, and he never countenanced, even to the
slightest degree anything suggestive of chicaner}^ or shaip prac-
tice. Captain Kirkpatrick assisted in the development and im-
provement of Howard county as much perhaps as any other citi-
zen of the county. He subscribed five hundred dollars towards
the first railroad enterprise, though at the same time he was
heavily in debt for his laud, and he was a contractor in the build-
ing of the road, clearing the timber for the track. Having been
for the greater part of his life engaged in agi-icultural ])ursuits,
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the success of which he largely contributed, aud he took a defi-
nite stand in his ailvocacy of ])ri)i;i('s.sive aud advanced ideas re-
laiin*;- to agricultural methods.

Wlien the slave holders of the ►South liireateuecl to secede
from the Uuiou and the cloud of war hung ovei- the land Thomas
J. Harrison, Barnabus liusby and Thomas .M. Kirkpatrick met in
Kokomo. Tliev rcalizcfl flic seriousness of the situation and be-
fore separating they mutually i)ledged each other that if war
came they would go together to the defense of the flag, regardless
of pay or position. Upon learning of the fall of Fort Sumter, Mr.
Kirkpatrick hastened to Kokomo, where he found that Harrison
had already enlisted one hundred and fifty men for the active
service. Kirkpatrick and liusby joined the company and they
proceeded to Indianapolis. There the men were divided, there
being too many men for one company, and Harrison aud Kirk-
patrick were elected captains. Busby being elected first lieuten-
ant under Kirkpatrick. Ca])tain Kirkpatrick 's commission was
dated April 23, 1861, and on May 12th his company was assigned
to the Twelfth Regiment Hidiana Volunteer Infantry. Ca^jtain
Kirkpatrick was anxious to enter the three-year service and in
order to do so he was, by i^ermission of Governor ]\Iorton, trans-
ferred to the Thirteenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, fifty-five of
his men following him. This became known as Company E, and,
one hundred and one strong, they were mustered in on June 18th.
Captain Kirkpatrick iDarticipated in all the campaigns, battles
and skirmishes in which his regiment had a part, the command
having a record of which it has just reason to be proud. Captain
Kirkj^atrick was a faithful, valiant and courageous soldier, lead-
ing his men into the thickest of the fight and never shirking his
share ot the hardshijjs and dangers of the campaigns in which the.y
took jDart. At the close of his period of enlistment he returned
home, having received an honorable discharge. In April, 1805,
Congressman Stillwell requested Captain Kirkpatrick to oi'ganize
the One Hundred and Fifty-third Kegiment fi-om this district,
of which he was to be commissioned colonel. This the Captain
hastened to do, but upon arriving at Indianajiolis he found that
the surrender of Lee prevented the fruition of the plan. However,
Captain Kirkpatrick rejoiced, as did every true American, at
the close of the tei'rible struggle, and retui'ued to his home. Early
in the spring of 1865 the Ca]>tain had Ix.'en offered the connnis-

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siou as licutonant-coloncl of the One Hundred and Forty-seventh
Indiana Regiinent, but he liad deelined llie appointment.

Politicall}', Captaiu Kirkpatriek was a llepublicau from the
organization of the part}' and took an active part in advocating
its principles and electing its candidates, lie was called to a
luunber oi' positions of trust and honor and in every station he
actniitted hiniself with bo?inr mul f<<. flio onfivc ?ati!.-i"actiou of his
constituents. He served as a justice of the peace for six years, in
1852 was elected sheriff of the county, ser\'iug two terms, in 1865
and 1866 he served as county commissioner and served two 3'^ears
as township trustee. During three terms, from 1870 to 1874, he
represented Howard county in the state Legislature, and in 1878
he was again elected and served one term. In that body he ren-
dered effective service as a member of several important com-
mittees and advocated on the floor the passage of a number of
beuefioeut laws. In 1883 Captaiu Kij'kpatrick was appointed by
President Arthur as collector of internal revenue for the eleventh
district, his nomination being promptl}' confirmed by the national
Senate. It is a noteworthy fact that in all the instances where
his name was mentioned for public office, it was done unsolicited
by him, and in his discharge of the official responsibilities thus put
upon him he disappointed no one, his administration always being
characterized by firmness, ability and faithfulness.

On April 1, 1841, Captaiu Kirkpatriek was united in mar-
riage to ^Margaret J. Baldwin, who was born January 27, 1824,
the daughter of William A. and Amy (Crooks) Baldwun. Her
death occurred on February 28, 1888, after an invalidism of many
years. On December 20, 1888, the Captain married Hattie Foster,
who was born in Fayette county, Indiana, the daughter of John
Foster, a farmer, who afterwards moved to Fayette county, this
state, and is now retired from active life, having been successful
in his business affairs. Mrs. Kirkpatriek is the eldest of the five
living children born to her parents, the others being as follows:
Edward, of Fayette county, Indiana; Charles, a farmer in Rush
county, Indiana; James, a farmer near Rushville, Indiana, who
is now employed in an express office there; Ruel, who is the regis-
try clerk in the postoffice at Marion, Indiana. Mvs. Kirkpatriek 's
mother bore the maideJi name of Martha McConnell. She was
born in Fayette county, Indiana, December 25, 1841, and died in
February, 1907. To Captain and Hattie Kirkpatriek was born a
daughter, Jennie, who is the wife of Oscar Gross, of Tipton coim-

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ty, ludiana, and they have two children, TFairict and Thomas Ed-
ward.

Religiously, Captain KirlqDatriek was a uu iiiljer of the Metho-
dist Ejiiseopal church, while, fraternally, he was au appreciative
member ut" the Grand Army of the Republic, in the workings of
which he took a deep interest.

V^apL. xiiuiiiaa xti. jvn iv^uiti ili». v. h/ocu ma ej'uo ill tile dri. UUl-

less sleep that knows no waking on Sunday morning, September
6, 1891. lie had been in failing health for some weeks prior to
his last illness, the hardships and privations of his army life, to-
gether with the natural impairments of age, contributing to a
general breaking down. His death was universally mourned, not
only in his immediate community, but far and wide, for he en-
joyed an acquaintance in man}' parts of the countiy. ]\Iany tender
messages of sympathy were received by the family and many
expressions of ai^preciation of the Captain's life were made by
those who knew him and appreciated him at his true worth.
Among these, the following are reproduced here:

"Cape May, N. J., September 7, 1891.
"To Mrs. Thomas Kirkpatrick:

"I have heard with great regret of the death of your hus-
band, my old comrade and friend, Captain Thomas Kirkpatrick,
and beg to extend to 3'ou and his family my sincere sympathy.

"BEN J. HARRISON."

Hon, James A. Wildman, in a letter to the Kokomo Gazette
Tribune, had the following to say: "It was with deep sorrow
that I read the dispatch in the morning papers announcing the
death of Capt. T. M. Kirkpatrick. I had known the Captain for
over thirty years — as a thrifty, hard-working farmer, as an officer
in the army, county commissioner and legislator. In all the var-
ious walks of life he was a modest, honest, true and noble man. I
remember well in April, 1861, when he asked me to attend to
some business for him and said that he was going to enlist, and
he did enlist, as a private. The question of rank or pay never
entered his mind. It was with him purely a question of patriot-
ism, and no truer, better soldier ever wore the army blue than
Captain Kirkpatrick. He was indeed a true hero. Howard coun-
ty has lost one among her very best citizens, the county a patriot
and hero. He deserves a monument as a pioneer and brave sol-
dier."

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The (Ja/.cttc Tribune had the r()ll()\viii<;- to say editorially:
"ill the death t)l' Capt. T. M. Kirkpatriek there is lost to this eity
and comity a conspicuous and worthy citizen, widely known and
universally esteemed. Howard county j;ladly honored him in tlie
years of his vigorous manhood and his countiw, which he served
so loyally and well, f^ave to him some measure of reward for his
efficient service and valued citizenship, lie was one of the earliest
pioneers of this vicinity and touched every condition of life from
the hardship of those primitive days up to comfort and plenty,
then back again to poverty because of a generosity that, knowing
no limit, invited imposition and betrayal. At every stage of his
career he was the same honest, cheerful, generous soul, living not
for himself, but for others, unknown to selhshness, a stranger to
dishonor, unacquainted with the grosser elements of human na-
ture and heedless of their sway over others less worthy than he.

"lie was a valiant soldier. * * * lie v\as every inch a
fighter, true to evcr\- trust, loyal to e\ery duty, precisely the sort
of a man this country owes far more to than can ever be paid,
^fodesty was a ruling trait of his character and those who knew
him best have never heard him boast or even willing to admit
that his friends were in any measure correct in the high praise
and exalted esteem they held for him. * * * j^ discriminat-
ing and patriotic public must never fail and can never fail to ac-
cord to such soldiering as his the highest meed of praise and
honor. He was a patriot and a fighter fit to rank with the bravest
and best that ever battled for our country.

"In his business relations Captain Kirkpatrick was a model
of integrity. In the domestic circle he was exemplary. To his
friends he was constant and loyal, to his enemies generous and
just. * * * Captain Kirkpatrick was an intimate jjersoual
friend of President Harrison and he was well known by all the
prominent soldiers of the state. All held him in the highest es-
teem and many hearts will yield a measure of sorrow for the
grand good man whom Howard county deeply mourns today."

As a matter of historic interest, it is worthy of note that Cap-
tain Kirkpatrick was one of the two last survivors of the first
grand jury which ever sat in Howard county. The first court
convened in November, 1844, and the grand jury, which con-
sisted of fifteen citizens, indicted twenty-five persons at the first
sitting, chai-ging them with various crimes. The court was held
at the residence of John Harrison, eight miles west of where
Kokomo now stands.

LOUIS RASTETTER.

I:: the rl?nt^'' "^ Lmii'? 1?Mcf,.tff>v in 1K<W. Ilwvc \v;is rfinrivod
aiiutlier of those proiiiincut businoss men of ]<"'ort Wayne, Indiana,
wlio have made their way in life by force of their own merit and
industry from small beginnings to great successes, and his mem-
ory will long be revered and his influence for good felt in this sec-
tion of our great commonwealth, for he belonged to that class of
worthy and noble citizens who leave bt'liind them much that is
deathless. Although he had the advantage of an education above
that of the average boy of his da,y, he came early in life to this
country and, where the language and customs were strange and
obstacles were innumerable, he made his way without relatives or
friends, but in due coiirse of time he had plenty of the latter, for
he was of a turn to win the confidence and good will of those with
whom he came into contact and to retain their esteem and friend-
ship without effort. He was a man of absolute honesty, always
on the advance and managed his extensive manufacturing busi-
ness with a skill and prudence which came of a practical knowl-
edge of ever}' branch of the business. His rise in the world was
at the expense of no one, and in his death Fort Wayne and Allen
county sustained a great loss and a very wide circle of friends was
left to deplore his passing away. For he was universally regarded
as one of Fort Wayne's most useful and enterprising men of
affairs, of which city he had been an active and influential citizen
for more than forty years. His record might well be studied by
the young man, for, beginning at the bottom of the ladder with in-
dustry and perseverance, he soon reached the point where he was
recognized as one of the city's most substantial citizens.

Louis Rastetter was ]K)rn in Baden, Germany, ]\[ay 31, 1834.
He was the son of Andrew and IMary (Sutter) Rastetter, who
were well-to-do people and intended to educate their son for a
teache]". Before the preparations for this profession were com-
pleted it was seen that the natui-al bent of Louis was towaixls
mechanics and as his talent in this line was unmistakable, he
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country. Wlicn ho was twenty years old he decided to emigrate
to America, believing that the advantages to yoiuig men were
sui:)erior to those in l']ui-02)e. lie landed on our shores in the year
1854, iniacconiijanied by any of his relatives, to make his way
alone in a strange land. He soon obtained cniploynicnt in Roch-
ester, New York, where he remained for two years, lie then went
to Buffalo, where he was emploved at his tirade foj* a vear lomrer.
It was Seijteni])er 27, 1857, that Mv. Rastetter lirst entered
the city of Port Wa}ne, destined to be the scene of his future suc-
cess. He obtained work in the Wabash shops, where he remained
until 1859, when he made a trip to Germany to visit his parents.
A year later he returned to his old position in the Wabash shops,
and shortly thereafter was maiTied. He remained for four years
in the machine shops. It was then that Mr. Rastetter first went
into business for himself, setting up a small machine shop on West
Jefferson street near the corner of Harrison, which he conducted
with growing success for the next ten j'ears and it was in this shop
that he made the clock for the Allen county court house, for the
building which was a few years ago torn down to be replaced by
the present magnificent structure. In 1870 he sold out his ma-
chine shop on West Jefferson street, and took the position of mas-
ter mechanic in the wheel works of N. G. Olds, remaining with
that concern imtil the fall of 1876, when with two associates he
went to Lima, Ohio, to engage in the manufacture of hubs, spokes
and buggy bows, under the name of the Lima Wheel Company.
After four years and a half in Lima, where he achieved consider-
able success, Mr. Rastetter sold his interests to his partners and
returned to Fort Wayne with sufficient capital to establish a fac-
tory of his own for the manufacture of like articles. This factory
was established in 1882 and was located at the corner of Calhoun
and Jefferson streets. It became too small to accommodate his
growing business and was moved to Broadway at the crossing of
Pennsylvania railroad in 1886, where he had erected a much larger
plant. The business continued to grow under his able manage-
ment and in 1895 it was again moved into still larger quarters at
Wall, Nelson and Garden streets where it is at present located.
About 1892 j\Ir. Rastetter added the manufacture of bicycle rims
to the other lines of goods which were shipped to all parts of the
world.

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One of the fonts of wliit-h the elder Rastettei" was vcrj' proud
was the manufacture of the old town clock which he made and
placed in position in 1869 and which rendered excellent service
until 1897, when it was removed from the court house tower. Mr.
Rastctter pTU'cliaPcd the clock when th(> court house was torn
down and intended to place it in his works. At the time he built
the r..xt Y.V.vnc elcc!:, he alec br.ilt el'^-':^ f^v Sf. T.mii^ nv(]
Charleston, Illinois.

My. Kastetter was married August 4, 1S60, to Elizabeth
Ilauenstein, daughter of John and Mary llaueustein, both natives
of Switzerland, where they spent their earlier years, coming to the
United States and locating in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in the early
days and here they became well known and well established, being
highl.y respected. Here the wife of the subject grew to woman-
hood, received a good education and here she has spent her life,
her birth having occurred here on March 27, 1811. She is a woman
of many commendable characteristics, and, like her husband be-
fore her, has always had a wide circle of warm friends.

To Mr. and JNIrs. Rastetter seven children were born, four of
whom are living at this writing, namel)'^: William C, who is in
charge of the manufacturing business established b.y his father
and which he has managed in a successful and capable manner,
now ranking among the leading j'oung business men of Fort
Waj'ne, the firm name Louis Rastetter & Son still remaining.
William C. Rastetter married Edith Ilowenstein, of Chattanooga,
Tennessee, and they have three children, Helen Elizabeth, Will-
iam C, Jr., and Louis. This family has a fine home at No. 1226
Wall street. Fort Wayne. Helen Rastetter, daughter of the sub-
ject, married John H. Wilkins, of Fort Wayne, and they have
three children, Alice Rastetter Wilkins, Louis Christian Wilkins
and Dorothy Wilkins. Charles Rastetter, second son of the sub-
ject of this memoir, lives at home and is successfully engaged in
the real estate business. Mary Rastetter, the other surviving
daughter of the subject, lives in the old home with her aged
mother, gladly looking after her every wish. She is an accom-
plished, estimable young lady, has traveled extensively, having at
this writing just returned from a sojourn in Yellowstone Park.
She is popular with the best social set of Fort Wayne. These
children have all received every advantage as to education and
wholesome home training, the results of which they reflect in their
every day lives.

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Louis rJastottor was a iiU'iii])('r of tlio Indo])on(U'nt Order of
Odd J^'cUows. He was a ^rcat lionic man, was bost coiitcntod wlit-n
at liis ]iic(nrrs<iiu> old rt'sidciico at No. 1()20 Broadway, wlici't' he
enjoyed walking through liis well-kept and attractive grounds and
among his fine fruit trees, lie made considerable study of liorti-
culture and left a very valuable oj-ehard wliieh was his liobby.
The deatli of Louis Rastetter oecuri-ed on Fc^bruai'v 9. ^f^9^, after
fi «b.>vf him... _ ■^^l l\^^. ^,ue' ui sixtv-l'our vears.

JESSE REAGAN, M. D.

In giving the life record of the late Dr. Jesse Reagan, of
Plaiiilield, Iiiuiaua, the publisiieis ol this work believe tliai it
will be an incentive to the young who may peruse it to lead nobler
lives, have higher ambitions and accomplish more for their fellow
men, for his life was always led along a plane of high endeavor,
always consistent with the truth in its higher forms and ever in
keei^ing with honorable principles, and he had an altruistic spirit
— a broad and abiding love for suffering humanity — and for over
a half century he put forth every effort to alleviate the same, and
his name deserves to go down in the history of his state as one of
our worthiest and most faithful and efficient pioneer physicians.
He was the scion of a sterling ancestry who played well their parts
in the fii'st settlement of eastern Indiana, and the Doctor proved
to be a worthy descendant of his forebears; thus, for many reasons,
not the least of which is the fact that he was one of the patriotic
sons of the North who, when the terrible tocsin of war soimded in
the early sixties, vmhesitatingly gave up the pleasures of home
and the pursuits of a profitable profession to do what he could in
behalf of the Federal Union, the biographer is glad to herein set
forth the salient facts concerning his long, useful and honorable
career. . »

Dr. Jesse Reagan was bom in Wayne coimty, near Richmond,
Indiana, January 21, 1826, and he was a son of Ruel and Mary
(Mills) Reagan, both natives of South Carolina, from' which state
they came to Indiana when children, their parents being among
the very early settlei*s of Waj'ne county, when the country was
sparsely settled and was covered with vast forests, and there
Ruel Reagan devoted himself to agricultural pursuits for many
years, but spent the last years of his life in retirement at ^loores-
ville, Indiana, where his death occurred, his wife having preceded
him to the grave. They were the parents of the following children:
Lihugh, Mrs. Mary Barker, Mrs. Leanna Myers, Patience, Lydia,
■ Huston, and Dr. Jesse, of this sketch, Tliese children are all now
deceased, the subject, the youngest, being the last to pass away.
He spent his early boyhood on the farm of his father, where he was
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bom, aud moved fi'oiu there with the raiiiily to ^looresville when
he was young, and there he attended the pubUe schools, aud when
eighteen years of age he began the study of medicine under the
guidance of Dr. Jesse Ileiuer, of Mooresville, later entering the
Ohio State Medical College, from which he was graduated with the
class of 185t), and when twenty-one years old he began practicing
medicine at Spi'ing A'alley, on "White river, nine mih-s south of
Indianapolis, in a short time lie located at Monrovia, Morgan
county, this state, where he remained several j'ears. In 1880 he
took up his residence in Plainfield, where he continued to practice
practically the rest of his life, having continued thus in his chosen
profession for a period of lift.y-scven years, not only healing hun-
dreds of people of their pliysieal ailments, but at the same time
receiving a warm i^lace in their hearts as a kind, sympathetic
friend and benefactor. For the first ten or twelve years of his
practice his visits to his patients were made on horseback, buggies
being unknown at that time, and if they had been, could not have
been used on account of the condition of the roads. His first case
of typhoid fever w^as in 1853, and while he felt sure it was typhoid,
was almost afraid to saj- it, Ijut after a still more careful diagnosis
and after consulting Dr. George B. Wood's celebrated book, he
made the announcement, aud physicians for many miles came to
see the patient.

At the commencement of the Civil war. Doctor Reagan of-
fered his services and was appointed to hospital sei-vice in the
typhoid ward, and he was surgeon for some time in the hospital
at Louisville, Kentuck3\ After the battle of Nashville, in Decem-
ber, 1864, Doctor Reagan was sent among the many physicians
aud surgeons, to relieve the suffering at that place. He was sur-
geon of the One Hundred and Fortj^-eighth Indiana Volunteer
Infantry at the close of the war, and he received an honorable dis-
charge. His practical experience while in the army did much to
insure his future success.

Doctor Reagan was mari-ied on January 10, 1850, to Nancy
Kime, the daughter of a highly respected old family, David Kime
aud wife. Her father came from Germany to this country in an
early day with his parents when he was a child. He was married
first in South Carolina to Nancy Coats, with whom he came to
Marion county, Indiana, when this countrj'- was a wilderness,
making the long journey in wagons up the "\Miite river, when wild
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first wife died in Mariou coimt}-, aud lie subsequently married
Kachael lierynian. ISlie was a native ol" PeniisylvaJiia aud was a
daughter of Yankee parents. Her deatli occurred in Marion
county, Indiana, where the death of David Kime also occurred at
a later date. To the first union four clnldrcn were l)oru, all now
deceased, namely: Alfred, Michael, Susan and Elizabeth; to the
ccccnd v.ni'^r. t'lc f^^lI-^—'rg "^'ld'-"r ■"•"•••'^ '>"r" +'i n-iviri Kimo:
Nanc)', who married Doctor Reagan, of this memoir, her birth
having occurred in JMarion county in a log cabin, on J\lay 5, 1828;
Mary Ann, who became the wife of James Ritter; Rebecca was
next in oi'der of birth; Lucinda, who married Isaac DeWeese;
Kate married Thomas Mendenhall; and Ellen, the wife of Thomas
Wilhoit.

To Doctor Reagan and wife were born : Flora, second in order
of birth, died in infancy, and Dr. John Wesley Reagan, who read
medicine witli his father at Mom-ovia, later attending lectures in
Cincinnati, Ohio, became a successful physician, practicing with
his father at Plainficld, until his death, on July 1, 1881, at the age
of thirty-one years, his bii'th having occurred in 1850; he married
Lula Ballard.

Dr. Jesse Reagan and wife traversed through the sunshine
and shadow of life's pathway together for a period of sixty-two
years, each being mutually helpful to the other. Mrs. Reagan
survives, making her home at the old homestead in Plainfield and
she has long been known for her charitable instincts and hospital-
ity, and she has a host of friends throughout the county. Living
with her is her adopted daughter, Lena Wilson, daughter of John
and Rebecca (Perrson) Wilson, she having been in the home of
Doctor Reagan since the death of her mother, which occurred
when Lena was an infant. The daughter grew up in the home of
the subject, and married Robert Lewis, and they are the parents
of the following children: Reagan Wilson, Mary Rebecca and
Josephine. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis take a delight in ministering to
every want of Mrs. Reagan in her old age.

Dr. Jesse Reagan was a member of the Masonic order, also
of the Grand Anny of the Republic, also held membership with
the Monrovia Christian church. His parents were Quakers and he
was thus reared in this faith, from which he never departed.

In speaking of the death of Dr. Jesse Reagan, which occurred
on November 11, 1911, the Friday Caller, in its issue of Novem-
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oldest citizeu of i'luiiilicld, and for a quarter of a century tlie lead-
ing medical practitioner of tliis place, died at his home here last
Fi'iday night at the age of eighty-live years, nine months and fif-
teen days. * * * The familiar iorm of Doctor Reagan, as
he walked np and down our streets, and his genial greetings, will
be missed l)y all. The childicu, of whom he was especially fond,
will realize they have lost a friend."

7<^niiorpi ^r^-'r[':zz \:u^ cuuuucieu uy iMrs. Eliza C. Annstrong,
of the Friends church, and interment was made in INIaple Hill
cemetery.

Doctor Reagan was a close student and a keen observer all
his life, and he was a most interesting and instructive conversa-
tionalist, telling many reminiscences of the early days, among
one of the most interesting being that which he recalled in. which
President ]\Iartin VauBuren, on a camj^aign tour, was spilled
from a stage coach into the mud by a bold driver who sought to
impress upon him the need of improvement of the National road,
at Plainfield. This of the Doctor's stories appeared, with his
photograph and a number of illustrations, in the Indianapolis
Star under date of August 25, 1907, and it is deemed worthy of
rei^roduction here.

"The tradition is so old that the memory of the oldest inhabi-
tant cannot bring forth the name of the adventurous coach driver
who did it. But the story itself, full of human interest and pos-
sessed of a certain rough humor that was characteristic of the time
the little 'near tragedy' was enacted, lived on and on beyond the
memory of the name. And the people of Plainfield, a beautiful
little Indiana city, a few miles west of Indianapolis, never tire of
telling the fascinating tale and pointing out the memorable spot
where the thing happened.

"It is the story of a practical lesson well taught — the tale of
how a rough-and-ready stage-coach driver took for his pupil a
man who was destined to become President of the United States,
and impressed the lesson so deeply that his victim remembered the
unhappy incident to his dying day.

"Now Martin VanBuren, though he succeeded in becoming
the greatest man of his day in the greatest land since the begin-
ning of things, was a man peculiarly unfortunate. He was not a
popular President. And what w\is worse as far as the cause that
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some sections a popular {'aiulidate for tlic bigli h()iK)r which was
later bestowed upon biiii.

"The spring i-ains of 1836 had l)con heavier tlian nsual, and
the old National road between Indianapolis and Plainlicld was in
spots a sea ul inud and water. Coaching was irksome business at
the best and coaching through nuid that was hub-deep in places
was almost uiiuearabie, so tiieru is iitilc uoiidei LIiaL this xuugli,
bold driver, the most reckless, yet one of the most trusted the com-
pany had on its pay roll, craved a change in conditions.

"A New Yorker by birth, a polished man and not accustomed
to the rough-and-read}' West, — for Indiana was still rough in
those days, — VanBuren had nevertheless blazed his own trail,
and be had served a term in the United States Senate in addition
to having been Vice-President and having served as governor of
New York and as minister to England. He had great confidence
in his ability as a campaigner, lie believed that a tour of the
West, by placing him in close touch with the people of this sec-
tion, would win for him their confidence in his more conservative
ideas as to internal improvements. He believed that their views
were radical, and he came west to convince tliem of this. The
Seminole war should be ended, and other matters had to be looked
after; his position was that these matters should receive the new
President's first attention. But the i:)eoiDle of the West were im-
patient with conditions as they existed. Why, with such pros-
perity as had blessed the entire nation, should not the government
of the United States improve the National road and make other
internal im^jrovements that were so necessary to the comfort of
the people? The peojDle who demanded these things could find no
answer that seemed to them to be satisfactory, nor could the stage-
coach driver, who, during several months of each year, had for
his standing jest a story of how the company was i^lanning to con-
vert the coach line into a ferry boat line.

"The future President's trip from Indianapolis was xm-
eventful almost all the way to Plainfield. Now it happened that
the worst mud hole for miles and miles was at the south side of
the old road, immediately east of the hamlet of Plainfield, now
within the borders of the thriving town. There at the side of the
road stood an elm tree which had not been cleared away with the
rest of the virgin forest, and the stor}' goes that this wondei'ful
hole was so deep and so soft that many a horse had been all but
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were the massive roots of the okl tree, still more massive today as
it stands to mark the spot where the aeeidents occurred. The
arrival of the daily coach at Plaiulield was the incident of the day;
it was the princii^al happening, and, added to the usual crowd that
awaited the })assengers and the mail tlu' lumbering old wagon was
to carry to them, the pciople who, having heard that ISIaiiin Van-
Buren would arrive that dny I'-^ri n^^^^vjcl abuut llic puoLuulce lo
see him and perchance to hear him, and you have a picture of the
whole hamlet turning out into the streets. Traveling Avas hard in
those days; there were no Pullmans, and a chance to see a real,
live President, or even a man who might become President, was a
thing much to be desired.

"The coach appeared between the great walls of trees
through which tlie road had been built. At the top of the hill,
half a mile east of the town, the driver bellowed forth his coming
from the mouth of a great horn he carried for the purpose, and the
good i)eoi)le of Plaifineld looked on expectantly. Down the hill the
stage-coach came, the horses galloping and the heavy old wagon
swa3-ing and jumping until the passengers could barely keep their
seats.

" *He is a new driver; he is making straight for the big hole,'
said someone. And he was right in all but the statement that the
driver was new. The wheels of the coach went down and down,
the horses came almost to a halt and then the coach turned over.

"The people of the village rushed breathlessly to the scene
of the accident, for the driver said he accidentally forgot the mud
hole, despite the fact that a tale was current for man}' 3'ears after-
ward that he had wagered a beaver hat that he wasn't afraid to
dump VanBuren into the mud as a practical lesson of the need of
improvements.

"VanBuren, red faced in his embarrassment, completel}' out
of patience, but silent and literally covered with mud, had
scrambled out of the overtui-ned coach and was standing some-
what helplessly at the side of the muddy road when the first of the
crowd that had witnessed the dumping arrived. And, as they
gathered round, an old woman is reputed to have rushed from a
nearby cabin, and, after leading the bespattered man to the side
of the road out of the mud, to have scraped the mud from his
broadcloth with a chip. Later he walked to the village inn, a
man carr^'ing his luggage for him, and he and the one or two other
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right the coach Avith fence rails aud to drive it on to the stage-
coach station in tlie town.

"There arc not many who liave been hU^ssed with such lease
of life as to remember the stirring event, but Dr. Jesse Reagan,
of PIninfield, wlio has lived a long and honorable life, and now in
his declining years has the well-earned respect of his fellow citi-

driver, and the little old woman who cleaned VanBnren's clothes
with a chip. But the names of both the driver and the old woman
have faded away in the dim aud distant past.

"What was the effect of this severe lesson on internal im-
provements? President VauBiu'cn's first duty as he saw it was
to put an end to the Seminole war, and the changes he made in the
command of the men to whom it was intrusted and the plans he
and his officers made for this campaign succeeded. The aborigi-
nes were finally moved to the West. But long before the war
came to a satisfactory end the VanBurcu administration had been
marked by one of the most serious panics in the history of the
countr}'. The goodlj' prosperity of the former times changed.
During those tunes the national debt had been entirely wiped out
and the national government had such a supply of surj^lus cash
that forty million dollars was distributed among the states, and
with tliis prosperity came speculation that was wild and disas-
trous. The change, though it was not felt until after the new
President had taken his high position, was really the result of an
act of President Jackson. That President, realizing that bushels
of worthless paper money was being issued, ordered that govern-
ment lands be paid for only in coin. It stopped the purchase of
land with worthless paper, and it stopped practically everything
else. In the spring of 1837 the commercial failures in New York
and New Orleans alone amounted to more than a hundred million
dollai-s. And so a panic — one of the worst in the history of the
country — undid whatever good the coach driver's lesson ma}' have
done.

"Now Plainfield was incorporated not so very long ago. A
town board was elected, and with a zeal which so often character-
izes the possession of a new power, the peojjle of the town built
cement walks. Incidentally, for the sake of the walks, the people
of the place saw many fine shade trees that had for years beauti-
fied the streets of the village, fall before the ax of the street con-
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IMaiii street. iNfaiu street in Plaiuiicld is nothing mure than Wash-
ington street in Indianapolis extended westward, for l)oth were
originally the National road, and this improvement of Main street
was to pass right through the Vanliuren elm. 13ut the good
women of the place desired it not, and when a number of energetic
women of the average Indiana town meet and say a thing shall or
sliall not be — well, they usually have theii- way. At anv rate they
did in tiiis ease. They presented to the officers of the town the
folly of destroying the ancient elm, and they won their point. The
plans for the sidewalk on East Main street were so made that the
walk would miss the tree and it was saved. Standing as it does
just at the edge of the old Friends churchyard, this old tree has
seen every yearly and quarterl}^ meeting since the begiiming of
the services there — and that has been a very, very long time, and
it has seen more. It saw Benjamin Harrison, as a struggling
young lawyer, go galloping into the town of Plainfield to make
certain collections for his Indianapolis clients, and it has seen
love affairs that were fostered in the shade of its massive branches
that were of so long ago that the children of these lovers and even
the children of their children have come to its liapp}' shade for the
billing and cooing of happy loves.

"But despite the efforts of the good women to save it, the
historic old elm is doomed. It is decaying; on one side there is a
decayed area so large that it appears that the tree may not last
many years to come. There has been talk of the possibility of pre-
serving the tree by chopping out the dead wood and filling the
cavity in the latest approved style with concrete, but there has
been no movement of the kind started."

DAVID C. EAST.
A name known to every one who has the slightest acquaint-

hite David C. East. During liis active life he filled a large place
in the industrial affairs of the city, and as an energetic, entei'pris-
ing, farsighted man whose judgiueut and discretion were seldom
at fault and whose influence made for the substantial upbuilding
of the locality honored by his citizenship he earned a reputation
second to none of his contemporaries. He is remembered as a
man who possessed a broad, inquiring mind, wlio was keenly alive
to everything that tended to improve labor conditions and benefit
those ujx)n whose shoulders fell the burden of making possible
the phenomenal progress resulting from the development and suc-
cess of the industrial evolution of this section of the country dux'-
ing the past half century. Although modest and unassuming and
alwa.vs easily approached, he had a strong and vigorous person-
ality and in the best sense of the term was a leader of men and
well fitted to manage important enterprises. lie was the repre-
sentative of a sterling old pioneer family of Delaware comity, this
family having been influential in the general growth of the same
from the early period of her history to the present time and they
have borne untarnished reputations.

David C. East was born in Virginia, on Jaimary 27, 1833. He
was a son of Anderson and ]\Iary (Goings) East, who moved to
Delaware county, Indiana, in 183-i when this country was a vast,
sparsely settled wilderness, having made the long overland jour-
ney from Virginia across the rugged Allcghanies. They settled
in the woods, which were vast and dense, and began life in a
typical pioneer manner, enduring the hardships and privations
incident to such a life. They began at once to erect a brick house,
bimiing their own brick, making their home in a small sheep-
house that was on the place, and in this they continued to reside
until their new house was completed. Andei\son East never did
much fanning himself, but liad the place farmed, and spent the
major part of his time in his own private room, wliich no one other
than himself was permitted to enter. He was a man of much tal-

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ent as a painter, and ho devoted bis attention to painting, many
of his jncturos being really meritorious and beautii'ul. This was
his liobby and gave him great delight. He spent the X'est of his
life in this residence, dying there at the advanced age of seventy-
eight years, his wife Imving preceded him to <he grave when sixty-
eight years of age. He was a strong Democrat, but not a public

liiUii.

Eight children were born to Anderson East and wife, namely :
Elizabeth, who married Ezekiel I^lcCall, is deceased; James is
deceased; David Clarkson, subject of this memoir; Crockett was a
soldier in the Civil war and was killed in the service; Adeline mar-
ried Benjamin llartei" Andrew, who also was a soldier in the
Union army, but is now deceased; Caroline is the widow of ^Vill-
iam Sparr; Isaac is the j'oungest of the children.

David C. East, of this sketch, was quite young when his par-
ents brought him from Virginia to Delaware count}'. Here he
grew to manhood and received his education in the district
schools. When seventeen years old he made his first business
venture by buying sixteen acres of timber land, going in debt for
the entire amount, and in a short time, by teaching school and
cutting railroad ties from his tract of land, he not only cleared his
little fann, but paid for it while doing so. From that time on Mr.
East was continuously engaged in business of some form. Being
unusuallj^ successful in all his enterprises, having much natural
business ability, he seemed to carry lightly the various burdens of
the average business man, going about his work in a quiet, digni-
fied and unassuming inaunei". When a young man he engaged
in the dry goods business at Selma, Indiana, a village near INIun-
cie, having liad as a partner his brother James, and he was also
extensively engaged in buying and selling wheat, live stock, etc.,
for many years shipping his stock to Eastern markets.

Selling his business interests at Selma, IMr. East came to
Anderson in 1872, his brother-in-law, B. C. Harter, taking over
his property, and he made liis home in ^luncie one year while he
straightened up his business affairs. He purchased a residence
in Muncie, although he remained in that city but a short time,
always i)7"eferring to be imder his own roof. On comi7ig to Ander-
son Mr. East had the sum of ten thousand dollars in cash, which
he had made by his own efforts, through hard work and steady
application to business. After purchasing a business block oppo-

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site the court house on Ninth street, he opened a dry goods store
and took in as a partner his cousin, AVilliani Campbell. Tiring of
the diy goods business five years hiter, he bought a lot on the
corner of Main and Tliirtecnth street wliere he erected a mag-
nificent residence, after selliug liis business to Abner Siddell.
Later he and Mr. Siddell bought one hundred and ten acres of
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of six thousand dollars, which land they farmed for two years in
partnership. Mr. East then bought Mr. Siddell 's interest and
built a home there, and made his residence at that place for ten
years, until the gas boom, when he sold the farm at two hundred
and twenty -five dollars per acre and bought the present East
homestead at No. 1525 Ohio avenue, Anderson, where he spent the
remainder of his days, this property at that time, twenty-four
years ago, being a wheat field. He also built three houses on
Jefferson street, at the same time moving to the present East
homestead on August 10th.

Eventually Mr. East entered the hardware business, buying
the stock of a firm that was about to go into bankruptcj^ taking
his son Charles in as a partner. This was practically a new busi-
ness for Mr. East and his son, but the move proved a paying ven-
ture and in a short time theirs ranked among the leading hard-
ware stores in Andei'son and northeastern Indiana, and they en-
joyed a very wide trade with the surrounding territory. The busi-
ness is still being ably conducted by Elmer East, son of the sub-
ject, the East hardware store on JMain street being one of the best
mercantile establishments in the city. It was ]\Ir. East's policy
to give each of his children a five-hundred-dollar interest in the
store. After spending several years in this line of endeavor the
subject was succeeded by his sons, Charles and Elmer, and spent
the last fifteen years of his life in retirement. He accumulated a
handsome competeucj' and was rated among the substantial busi-
ness men of his chosen city. He erected the modern East block on
Main street.

Tlie tragic death of David C. East occurred on Saturday after-
noon. May 15, 1909. We reprint the following ai-tiele from the
Anderson Morning Herald, under date of ^hiy IG, 1909:

"D. C. East was struck by a west-bound street car at
Eleventh and Lincoln streets 3'esterday afternoon shortly after
three o'clock and suffered injuries from wliicli he died at St.
John's hospital at four-twenty o'clock.

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"^Ir. East was turuiug into Klevcuth street from Liucoln,
nortlibound, and it is th()U<;lit he iiitfiuled to crosss the north side
of the tracks. The Ilazelwood car's gong failed to reach his ear
in time to attract his attention, and lie was ahnost on the tracks
before lie knew of its approach. He then made a desperate at-
tempt to stop or turn to the south of the tracks. Instead his horse
came to a dead sti>p on the track when the car was a I tout tfn f'^ot
froiii it.

"The horse was thrown to the south and was instantly killed
and Mr. East fell to the north in front of the car, was rolled
several feet by the cow-catcher of the car, and finally was
rolled under it. When the car stopped he was directly in front
of the wheels and it was with some difficulty that he was re-
leased from the danger.

"An ambulance was called and he was taken at once to St.
John's hospital where three physicians attended him, but nothing
could be done. He remained conscious until a few minutes be-
fore he died. The remains were taken to his home at No. 1525
Ohio avenue.

"It is stated by the family that ^Iv. East was taking a load of
trash, which had been gathered from the lot at the home on Ohio
avenue, to a dumping ground out on Madison avenue. At the
noon hour he had ex2)ressed intention of hauling it away next
week, and at the time his son Redmond asked that he leave it
alone that he might move it for him. i\Ir. East evidently decided
later in the day to move it yesterday.

"Mrs. East had gone about one o'clock i}i the afternoon to
visit relatives at Farmland and she knew nothing of the accident
until a friend went to Farmland and broke the sad news to her.
She arrived here earl,v in the evening in a state bordering on
ner\'ous prostration. A daughter, Mrs. Walker, was also in a
very nen'ous state.

"The motorman and conductor in charge of the car stated
that the car was going between six and eight miles an hour when
the brakes were set. The motorman was watching a vehicle that
was turning off of Lincoln onto Eleventh from the north and the
motorman was soimding the gong and trying to prevent a colli-
sion there. According to the motoi'man, ]\Ir. East was hidden
froni view bv a house on the south side of the street at the cross-

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inj; and that it was inipossiblc to scr liiiii couiiiii^ until the car was
ui)OU liim.

"iMr. East did not tell how the accident occurred, as his condi-
tion was such that lie could not explain, his body being badly
iiuuigled. "Witnesses say the car was moving very rapidly.

"Redmond East, youngest sou of the deceased, a senior in the

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meet at the fair grounds when the accident occui-red, and he was
hastily taken home in an automobile from officiating in the meet.
The open house that was to have been held at the Anderson
Country Clul) town house that night by the Clarion club in honor
of the visiting teams and followers, was called off because of the
death.

"]\Ir. East was seventy-six years old, having been born in
1833. He came to Delaware county from the East and about
forty years ago came to Anderson where he has since resided. On
coming to Anderson he entered business on the south side of the
square, being a part owner of the Bee Hive. Later for a few years
he resided on his farms east of the city. About twenty years ago
he entered the hardware business on Main street under the name
of D. C. East & Sons, which firm has since existed. Charles and
Elmer E. East are the sons interested in the store. Mr. East
owned several fine farms in the eastern part of the county, and
had a number of residence properties in the city. He also built
and o\^Tied the East block on Main street, where the Hitz com-
mission house is located, south of Eleventh street. He was a
member of no fraternal orders, but was a member of the First
Methodist Episcopal church.

"The family surviving consists of the widow and sons,
Charles "W. and Elmer E. and Redmond, all of this city, the latter
the youngest child, and daughters, IMrs. Emma Hughel, Mrs. Bert
Lowman, Mrs. Edward Riggs and j\Irs. John Walker, all of this
city, and >\[rs. jMinnie Rogers and Mrs. Bertha Henry, both of
■\^nieeling. West Virginia. Thomas East, of Ohio avenue, and
Isaac East, of Walnut street, are brothers of the deceased, and
^frs. Addie Harter, residing in Florida, and INIrs. Caroline Sparr
of California, arc sisters."

David C. East was a man of engaging personal characteristics
and was a man of esthetic qualities, was widely read and familiar

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with current questions of the day in all lines and he was a writer
of no mean ability. The following is a fair sample of his verse:

THE OLD FARar.

It's many long years since I lived on the farm,
With its woodland anrl wild flowovs so hrij]^ht;

Where 1 played with the kids on the lawn
From early morn until night.

It is the dearest spot on earth to me,

With its orchard and beautiful lawn;
Wlien T fed the cattle and sheep

And hogs around the barn.

There have been many changes since,
I have done some good and much harm

Since I lived with father and mother
Down on the dear old fann.

It was no uncommon thing

]\f any years ago
To see a bear, a deer or a doe

Wlien to the woods I'd go.

My father bought this farm

In eighteen hundred and thirty-four.
And it never changed hands since that time

Until a few years ago.

This good old farm has been cultivated

For a half a century or more,
And still when we plough, plant and hoe

The corn and wheat are sure to grow.

It is my desire when my time ends below,

This good old farm shall not to strangers go;
That my children will keep and love it
As I have done before.

D. C. EAST,
August 10, 1905.

JAMES D. WILLIAMS.

0»ir> of f1ir> Tnncf nopnlni' "■o\'OT'ii(irs iTiiliaiia has ever liad
was James D. Williams, who was born in Pickaway county, Ohio,
January 16, 1808, and moved with liis parents to Indiana in 1818,
settling near Viucenncs. He grew to manhood there and upon the
death of his father, in 1828, the support of the family devolved
upon him. He received a limited education in the pioneer log
school house, but being a close observer and a wide reader he
later became unusually well versed for one in his circumstances.
He was reared a farmer and naturally chose agriculture for his
life work, and followed it with much more than average success,
until the close of his long and useful life. He entered public life
in 1839, as justice of the peace, which office he resigned in 1843,
in which year he was elected to the lower house of the Legisla-
ture, and from that time until his election to the national Con-
gress in 1874, he was almost continuously identified with the
legislative service of the state. Few men in Indiana were so long
in the public service and few have been identified with more popu-
lar legislative measures than he. It is to him that the widows
of this state are indebted for the law which allows them to hold,
without administration, the estates of their deceased husbands,
when they do not exceed three hundi-ed dollars in value. He
was the author of the law which distributed the sinking fund
among the counties of the state, and to him are the people largely
indebted for the establishment of the state board of agricultui-e,
an institution that has done much to foster and develop the agri-
cultural interests of Indiana. He was a delegate to the Demo-
cratic national convention at Baltimore in 1872, and in 1873 was
nominated for United States senator against Oliver P. Morton,
but the party being in the minority he was defeated. He sers'ed
in the national House of Representatives from December, 1875,
to December, 1876, when he resigned, liaving been elected gover-
nor in the latter year. The campaign of ]876 was a memorable
one, during which the opposition, both speakers and pi-ess, ridi-
culed the Democratic nominee for governor, making sport of his
homespun clothes and plain appearance, but the Democracy

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seized upon his peculiarities and made tlieiu the watchwords of
victory.

(lovernor Williams, oi- "Blue Jeans," as his friends were
pleased to call him, was a man of the strictest integrity, and was
known as a careful, painstakinjij executive, entering into the min-
utest details of his office. lie was self-willed and self-reliant and
probahly consulted fewer persons ahnnt liit; officir.l dulico Lhau
.111^ ui ins predecessors. Tn personal aj^pearance, Coveruoi- "Will-
iams was over six feet higli, liad large hands and feet, high cheek
bones, long sharp nose, gray eyes, and a well-formed liead, cov-
ered profusel)' with black hair. He was courteous in his inter-
course with others, a good conversationalist, and possessed in a
very marked degree shrewdness and force of character. He died
in the vear 1880.

ORLANDO ALLEN SOMERS.

It is the progressive, wide-nwake man ol' affairs wlio makes
Lue iciii iiibiui^ UL a ci)niuiuiJiL_\ , anei jii.> nunatiec a.-> a putciiuui

factor of the bod.y politic is difficult to esliiiiate. The examples
such men furnish of patient purpose and steadfast integrity
strongly illustrate what is in the power of each to accomplish, and
there is always a full measure of satisfaction in adverting in even
a casual manner to their achievements in advancing the interests
of their fellow men and in giving strength and solidity to the in-
stitutions which tell so much for the prosperity of the community.
In every life of honor and usefulness there is no dearth of inci-
dent and yet in summing up the career of any man the l)ii)grapher
needs touch only those salient points which give the keynote to
his character. Thus in setting forth the life record of Hon.
Orlando Allen Somers, sufficient will be said to show^ what all
who know him will freely acquiesce in, that he is one of the repre-
sentative men of Indiana. Such a life as his is an inspiration to
others who are less courageous and more prone to give up the
fight when obstacles thwart their wa,y, or their ideals have been
reached or definite success has been obtained in any chosen field.
In the life history of ^Ir. Somers are foimd evidences of character-
istics that always make for achievement — persistency coui:)led
with fortitude and lofty traits — and as the result of such a life he
has long been one of the best known, most influential and highly
esteemed citizens of his county and state.

Orlando Allen Somers is a native of Ilenr.v county, Indiana,
where he was born on the 24th day of January, 1843. He is the
sixth in order of birth of the nine children (two of whom died in
infancy) of Valentine and Marj' McClain (Williams) Somers.
These parents were, respectivel.y, the son and daughter of Lewis
and Elizabeth Somers and Charles and Mary (McClain) Williams,
and were born in Highland county, Ohio, 1808, and Connellsville,
Pennsylvania, 1811. With their parents they came to Indiana,
1829-30, settling at and near I^fiddletown, Henry county, much of
that town being situated upon the land owned and improved by
Lewis Somers, and it was here that the parents of this subject
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were, in 1S32, united in miUTiage, and hero resided until their
rcniuval to Howard count}' in September of 1852. Tliis county
had been acquired by recent treaty from the Miami Indians and
was known as the "Indian Ixcserve," and was, at that time, a
dense and, but for tlie occasional small "clearing," imbrokcn for-
est of giant oak, walnut, po])lar, elm, beech and sugar trees — now

r)f ITU'StiinMbln vnllU' +lir>t-| linf |}^•n^^f}t^,\ (.M-»-.)l>r.yf>vc! of thc ftOil

against which this sturdy pioneer, with his family, ranging from
infancy to young manhood, M'ith axe and saw and fire, waged
battle royal in his struggle for subsistence. Shadowed by the
foliage, the partially cleared and uudrained fields yielded meager
and uncertain return, and, but for the abundance of wild game,
hunger, more to be dreaded than its prototype, the gaunt timber
wolf, whose howlings made night liideous, had kennelled by the
fireside. Improved highways there were none, and little need of
them, for there were no products of the farm for the market.
"Blazed" trails, avoiding the ponds and sloughs, connected the
cabin homes and directed the way to the remote school house and
I^ostofficc. The subject's father built the first school house at
Sycamore, in this count}', in 3852, and his oldest brother, Charles
L. Somcrs, taught the first school at that place. The equipments
were rude and the methods ]iriniitive. Spelling, reading, wi'iting
and arithmetic comprised the course; later, geography and gram-
mar were added. That it might not interfere with labor, in which
every member of the household participated, the forty to sixty-
day school term was invariably taught in the mid-winter. The
political demagogue had not yet capitalized the ills of infancy for
adornment of campaign oratory. Such were the environments
and opportunities of j\Ir. Somers from his ninth to eighteenth
year. Within them he grew to robust manhood, became a profi-
cient speller and reader, a skilled axmau and an expert rifle shot.
iMeanwhile comfort, if not luxury, had come to the home fireside;
township libraries had hoen established and his boyhood dreams
became realized. Books, Books, Books! Abbott's Histories,
Plutarch's Lives, Farr's Ancient History, Davidson's Connexion
of Sacred and Profane History and other valuable books became
liis constant companions — but not for long. The ill-nourished and
slow-fonning ideals, so long delayed, wei-e but taking definite
form mider these new inspirations, when the storm of civil war
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was patriotic, and the five sons entered tlie Union anny. Orlando
A. enlisted and was mustered into the service of the United States
as a private in Company D, Thirty-ninth Regiment Indiana Vol-
unteers, for a period of three years or during the war, on the 29th
day of August, 186i, and served the fidl pt-iiud of his enlistment.
This regiment entered Kentucky in September, 1861, and was,
with others, organized mto tJie ivrmy oi liie CuiubciluiiJ by Gdi
eral Anderson, of Fort Sumter fame, remaiiiiug in that anny
under his successors, Sherman, Buell, Kosecrans and Thomas,
until the fall of Atlanta, and thence, under Kilpatrick, with Sher-
man to the sea and in his campaigns through the Carolinas, and
was a portion of Sherman's escort when he received the surren-
der of General Johnson at Durham Station, North Carolina. This
regiment served as iufantr}' in the great campaigns and battles
of Shiloh, Perry ville and Stone's River, after which it was
moimted and served as mounted infantry in the campaigns of
TuUahoma and Chickamauga, with their minor engagements, and
in the great battle of Chickamauga, after which it was transposed
to cavalry and designated the Eighth Indiana Cavalry and served
as such until its muster out at Lexington, North Carolina, July
20, 1865. It is famed for having fough: the first engagement of
the Army of the Cumberland at Upton Station, Kentucky, Octo-
ber 12, 1861, and the last at Morrisville, North Carolina, April 13,
1865; also for having sxiffered the heaviest losses of any regiment
on that most sanguinary day, December 31, 1862, at Stone's River,
and in the fiercely fought battle of Averasborough, North Caro-
lina, March 16, 1865. Because of its services and losses, it stands
high upon the roll of the famous three hundred fighting regiments
made immortal in history. It was in such a regiment the young
man Somers marched and fought, and whose conduct, character
and courage, whether in camp, on the march, or in battle, was
without reproach, as many of his comrades yet living bear willing
testimony.

After his discharge from military service, ]\Ir. Somers re-
turned to his home near Grecntown, in the eastern part of How-
ard count}', with health so shattered at that time as to disable
him from manual labor. He again entered the common school
with the Intention of qualifying himself as a teacher in the public
schools. After attending two terms, during the winter of 1864
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several terms of school, meeting with good success as a pedagogue.
Ill the fall of 1870 ]\Ir. Somers removed to Kokomo uud entered
Howard College, where he was a student ouc term. He was then
for three years engaged as a teacher in the public schools of
Kokomo, but was compelled to quit the school room on account of
ill health. In 1874 he was chosen superiniendent of the schools Qf
Howard couutv and he rendered Caitlifnl and efficient service in
the cause of education. At the end of his term he went on the
road as a commercial traveler. At the end of a year's travel, with
improved health, he entered the hardware and implement busi-
ness as a salesman and was later deputy sheriff of Howard county
for two years. During the administration of President Hayes he
was appointed postmaster at Kokomo, the appointment, which
bore the date of January 30, 1879, coming to him entirely un-
sought. In the discharge of his official duties as postmaster he
exhibited the same high qualities as elsewhere and so satisfactory
were his services that he was retained in the office during the ad-
ministrations of Presidents Garfield and Arthur and a portion of
Cleveland's, retiring from office on November 2, 1885, a period
of almost seven years. Upon retiring from the office of post-
master, ]N[r. Somers devoted his attention to the improving and
cultivation of a fine farm h'ing Jiortheast of Kokomo and which he
made one of the best improved farms in Howard county. In the
early nineties, he served a term as a member of the covmty com-
missioners— board and court. He has been successful in all his
business affairs and is now comfortably situated, being numbered
among the leading men of his city. Though in his seventieth year,
he is well preserved and takes a keen interest in all jDublic events,
keeping in close touch with the current happenings of the day.

My. Somers is a wide reader and close student, and in his
spacious home, at No. 909 East Jefferson street, he has a large
and carefull,y selected library of choice books, in whose company
he takes the greatest delight. His present location, where he has
lived for forty years, is an ideal home, the house being comfort-
able and pervaded b}' a spirit of old-time hospitality, while the
groimds surroimding the home are embellished with cannon and
other war I'eminders.

Politically, Mr. Somers has been a Republican since the
l)ii'th of that party, and has been active in political affairs, hav-
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central committee. During Guvcruor Mount's adniijiistration,
1898, Mr. Soniers was elected to the (Jeneral Assembly, represent-
ing Howard, Miami, Grant, Huntington and ^^'abasll counties,
and here, as in all other spheres oi" labor to which he has been
called, he acipiittcd hiuiselT with honor and to the credit of his
coustitueucy. He served on several iinportant conmiittces and
looK a ieauiLig ymi m sccuiixj^ i,in. yiioouj,*. oT iiv,>.dcd Icgiolatic:).
In 1900 he was supervisor of the twelfth decennial census for the
eleventh congressional district, composed of (^ass, Grant, How-
ard, Huntington, iMiami and Wabash counties, and the duties
were so performed as to evoke the conipliments of tlie director of
census.

The subject has taken a deep interest and an active part in
fanners' institute work, and as a repi'csentative of Purdue Uni-
versity has covered the greater part of the state in the interest of
this work, giving much attention to the construction and main-
tenance of good roads. As a delegate from the state of Indiana, he
has attended national and international good roads conferences
and has taken an intelligent part in the discussions in these con-
ventions. He has shown a marked spirit of enterprise in sup-
porting every movement that has for its object the advancement
of the best interests of the community in any way.

Fraternally, Mr. Somers has devoted much of his time to the
Grand Army of the Republic and other organizations of veteran
soldiers, and he has been signally honored by some of these socie-
ties. In 1909-10 he was elected department connnander of tlic
Grand Army of the Republic, and he accepted this splendid
honor with a due sense of its high obligation and filled the office
with great distinction, conferring additional luster on his name
and reflecting credit upon those who selected him for this high
position. To him belongs the unique distinction of being the only
private soldier in either of the four great veteran organizations —
the Amiy of the Cumberland, Army of the Temiessee, Army of
the Potomac and Army of the Ohio — to be elected to office in the
organizations. He also bears the distinction of being the only
private soldier who has ever been chosen to deliver tlie annual
oration before either of these societies. He was further selet-ted
to deliver a second oration at Chattanooga in ]912, but, because of
other engagements, he was forced to decline the honor. He is
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takes a great pride and which is largely a labor of love. He de-
livered the annual oration before the Society of the Army of the
Cumberland at their thirty-second annual reunion held at In-
dianapolis on September 20-21, 1904, the address being published
in the report of the society's proceedings for tliat year.

Orlando A. Somers has been twice married and has reared
two families, of which he is justifiably proud. In 1866 he was
married to Mahala Ellen Morris, daughter of William Burton and
Mahala (Waters) Morris, who bore him five sons, Charles V., the
youngest, dying in infancy, and Caius Eldon, Edward Olin, Lytton
Lee and Percy IMorris, who are living. ISfrs. Somers died on
February 28, 1886, and on March 24, 1887, he married Emma
Heaton, daughter of John Osborne Heaton and Louisa Heaton, of
Kokomo, to which union were born two daughters, Jean and
Gail, both of whom are at home with their parents.

As a private citizen, teacher, business man, soldier, student,
lecturer, home-lover— in every relation of life, Orlando Allen
Somers has been true to his highest ideals and in no situation has
he fallen short of the full measure of a man. lie has always been
found on the right side of all questions affecting the public wel-
fare and his life has been a credit to the county honored by his
citizenship.

SAMUEL MARION RIED, M. D.

That "man lives not to hinist'lt alone/' is an asseiliun that
i«? n-nmlv verified in all the alTairs of lite, hut its pertinence is
most i:)atent in those instances wiiere men Jiave so enipiu) ea uiuii
inherent talents, so improved their opportunities and so mar-
shalled their forces as to gain prestige which finds its sphere of
influence ever widening in heneficenee and human helpfulness.
Greater than in almost any other vocation is the responsihility
that rests upon the physician, since in his hands i-epose at times
the very issues of life and death. To those who attain determinate
success must there be not only given technical abilitj^, but also a
broad human sympathy which shall pass from mere sentiment
to be an actuating motive for helpfulness. The late Dr. Samuel
Marion Hied, of ]\Iuneie, dignified and honored the medical pro-
fession by his able and self-abnegating services, attaining notable
distinction and unqualified success. His long and useful life as
one of the world's Avorkers was one of devotion, almost consecra-
tion, to the noble profession of which he was so worthy a repre-
sentative and well does he merit a place of honor in every history
touching upon the lives and deeds of those who have given the best
of their powers and talents for the aiding and betterment of their
kind. He was in the most significant sense humanity's friend,
and to all familiar with his life there must come a feeling of
reverence in contemplating his services and their beneficial re-
sults.

Samuel M. Ried was born in Shelby county, Ohio, August
27, 1843, and he was the son of William R. and Susan (Young)
Ried, natives of Virginia and ^Montgomery county, Ohio, res])ect-
ively. They were the parents of five children, all now deceased,
the subject of this review having been the last survivor. The
death of Mrs. Susan Ried occurred on INIarch 30, 1863, and the
following year William R. Ried was united in marriage with Jean
Henry, who lived to an advanced age on the old home farm in
Ohio. The death of William R. Ried occurred February 10, 1893.

Samuel M. Ried grew to manhood in his native county, as-
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became of proper age. Ilis early educational training was ob-
tained in the public schools. J^atcr he attended the Weslc.yan
University, at Delaware, Ohio, which institution he left before
conipleting the jirescribed course, for the purpose of joining the
army, but before he could get to the frunt and aid the government
in its struggle tu preserve the uniuii, i'aie interposed and he was
stricken with typhoid fever, from which he recovered slowly, lie
»>.4o i-Iiuo liicapaciuttea tor miuLary service, a tact which he great-
ly deplored, lie again turned his attention to his books and dur-
ing the next six years engaged in teaching school, giving a large
measure of success, his services being in great demand, earning
the reputation of a capable and painstaking instructor, lie finally
tired of the school room, having iur some time entertained a lau-
dable ambition to enter the medical profession, and accordingly
he entered the office of Dr. William R. Vcnard, of Plattsville, Ohio,
and his progress in the study of medicine was rapid. In order to
further equip himself he entered the College of Physicians and
Surgeons at Keokuk, Iowa, where he completed the full course
in a most creditable manner, graduating with the class of 1878,
and soon afterwards resumed the practice of his profession which
he had first begun in 1866 in "V^'arren county, Indiana. He re-
mained in Warren county for a period of twenty-three years,
during which time his name became a household word through-
out that section of the state, his success being ever on the in-
crease, imtil he took front rank with the ablest of the medical
fraternity. Seeking a wider field for the exercise of his talents,
he located in ^luncie in 1889, his fame as a general practitioner
having preceded him here, and he soon ranked second to none in
the profession in this city, his i^aticnts coming from all over
Delaware county and even from adjoining coimties, especially
when delicate and important surgical work had to be done, for
in this line he had few peers.

Doctor Ried possessed a iilcasing personality, a genial man-
lier and an obliging disposition which, coupled with his ability
as a physician and surgeon, soon won the confidence and good
will of the people and the highest respect of his professional
brethren. He was an active and influential member of the Dela-
ware County ^Medical Society and the State ^ledical Society. Fra-
ternally, he held membership witli the Masons, the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows and the Improved Oi'dcr of Red Men, also

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the Knights of Pythias. Ho was active iu these lodges and passed
tlirough all the chairs in tlie same. He was an active and in-
fluential member of the High Street Methodist Episcopal church,
of which his family are mcnihors. For some time he was super-
intendent of the Sunday scho(tl at Independence. Tolitically, he
was a Republican.

Tho ^)n(^fav wns verv successful iu a material wav and he
was a stockholder in the Muncie Mutual Home Savings Company,
also a director in the same. He accunuilated a sjjlendid and care-
full)' selected librar}' in his pleasant and attractive home at No.
222 North Monroe street, Muncie, where the many friends of the
family have long been wont to gather, finding here a genuine hos-
pitality.

The domestic life of Doctor Kied began in 18GG, when he was
united in marriage with Maria Jane Johnson, daughter of Josei:)h
and Hannah (Doran) Johnson, an excellent old family of Shelby
county, Oliio, where the birth of Joseph Johnson occurred. He
married Hannah Doran, who was bom in Butler county, Ohio,
the eldest of a family of ten childi-en. She lived in Shelby county,
Ohio, until about twenty years old, when she was married and
moved to Independence and lived there about twenty-one years,
then moved to ]\Iuncie. She received a good education in the
schools of Shelby county. Her father devoted his life to agricul-
tural pursuits. Her mother, a woman of gracious personality,
makes her home with her daughter on the old farm near Sidney,
Ohio, and is now eighty-six years old.

Three children w^re bora to Dr. Samuel M. Ried and wife,
namely: Francis A., who died on May 28, 1876, aged six years;
William J., whose death occurred on April 8, 1877, aged six
years, and Lee B. Ried, who lives with his mother at their home
on Monroe street; he was born on Febniary 4, 1877.

The death of Doctor Ried occuired on November 7, 1910,
after a busy, useful and successful life, of wliich his descendants
and friends may well be proud. He had done much for the up-
building of the youth of IMuucie, many a young person having
been encouraged and helped on his way to success and a higher
life by this noble-hearted physician.

It is deemed entirely appropriate here to reprint the funeral
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friend, the immediate subject of this memoir, from the text, "Thy
will be done," Matthew xxvi:12:

"The man of faith lives with more satisfaetion to himself and
with larger blessings to his race than does the man of doul)t. For
exam])]e, think of Christ and Pilate, iMcKinley and Incersoll.
Wiien i say 'a man of faitli,' 1 do not refer to the man whose
brain contains a mere nniddle of beliefs, who Ims nvpindifo'; nnd
superstitions instead of convictions. 1 refer to him who is sure
that there is an eternal right and an eternal wrong; that the right
is worthy of his supreme and constant devotion, and that the
wrong, if embraced and followed, will bring him to physical and
spiritual bankruptc\' at last.

"We do not need a long, mvolved creed, but we do need a
few certainties. If we believe that the imiverse is ruled by love
as well as jjower; that the outcome of goodness is hapiiiness and
the result of sin in misery; if we see a God in the events of life and
feel that we can communicate with that God by prayer; if we are
sure that God has so revealed himself in his eternal Son that we
can in some measure understand him and come into fellowship
with him; if we have faith in another life where the freed soul
will have larger oi)portimities than its surroundings here have
permitted; if we possess and exemplify tlie spirit of brotherly
love and helpfulness incarnated in Jesus, we need have no fears
as to our fate either here or hereafter.

"JSIan's creed is apt to be long and prolix, but God's is very
short. Short as it is, however, we have no time to lose if we shape
our character, our conduct, our dispositions in accord with its
requirements. The life of every human Ijeiug has its solemn,
pathetic side. We have all learned that by experience. We need
the sjTiipathy and the help of God if we are to be sustained and
do good work. There are times when we are api^alled by the sit-
uation in which we find ourselves. No light anywhere, but dark-
ness everywhere. A score of friends may stand hy us and give us
what consolation can be j^ut into words, but they cannot help
us as we must be helped if we are to overcome in the trial. Human
friendship is precious, but much more than human friendship is
needed. Love mingles its sighs and tears with 3'^onrs, but there is
still an empty place in your heart which neither fi'iendship nor
love can fill. Have we not all had that experience? Have we not
found upon our heart a heaviness which no arm could lighten, a

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dread which no words could dissipate, a dreariucss which no love
could brighten with hope ?

"Is there nowhere any conil'ort, any consolaticju, any unseen
influence to steal into the spirit with transiiguring powcj-^ 'Die
agnostic shakes his head in an emergency like that and (l()(>s not.
speak, for he has notliing to say. lie can utter things wliicli may
ndd to vonr Ho^srinir Imt lie lin^j no th<iu<>ht that will afr,,r(l xon
resignation and comfort.

"Your father, your husliand, your brother has falh'U asleep
and when you call him he does not answer. The eyes will never
open again, the lips are like lips of mai-ble. Tlierc is a dread
stillness in the house, broken only by the beating oi" your own
heart and your unrepressed moans. Is that the end? J las Jtlie
story been told? Is the A-ohune of his affection closed and clasped
with an iron clasp? Have you said farewell forever and has the
dear one taken a sudden departure into the realm of nothingness?
If that were so what would life be worth? What is 'the use of
loving if the most sacred ties are snapj)ed when death taps at the
door? lie would be better off who never loved at all, for he would
suffer less. Such a doctrine of life would make it true that the
least love we bestow on any one the larger are our chances of haj^-
piness. That woidd lead to the inhuman conclusion: Let us care
for our selves only and be utterly uncaring as to the welfare of
others. Such is the ciiishing result of unbelief as to tlie destiny
of a life of goodness and dut.v, love and purity. In oiu- gj'ief the
man of doubt may be at our side. He ma}' hv. a tender-liearted
man, willing to do what he can to assuage our gi'ief ; ])ut what can
be honestlj' say to cheer and solace us? Has he any balm for our
wounds, an}^ message for our distress? He has not, and there-
fore were better absent than present. But Christ comes, or some-
one who bears His message, and tells us of the house not made
with hands, of the grave as the gate through which we enter
heaven, of a time of meeting beyond the time of parting, of that
blessed Father who does what is best even when he causes the
tears to flow, only asking us to wait patiently in faith that some
day we will see that He was right. What a change comes over
our souls then. Cod's magic has put a smile under our tears, a
hope inider our despair. In restful faith we can then say, 'Thy
will be done.' Standing at the grave of the loved one, we can lift

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our eyes to the bhic sky and cry, 'For a tiiiic, good-bye; we sliall
meet again yonder.'

"To the loved ones who survive Doctor Ried, I would say:
To you may there come the sohice which O'od alone can give. You
look on the face of father and husl)aii(l today H.r tlie last time on
eai-th, but you do not sec him there. He has gone. His body is
but the emntv casket wlimifo iho coni lipo. dci\irt'jd. Let it Lc
your trust that one more voice lias been added to the chorus of
praise, that one more soul has been freed from the trammels of
time. You have one fewer to love on earth ; one more to love in
heaven. So says the religion of Jesus. It is cheerful, hopeful,
joyful. ;May it be yours until death shall be no more and you,
with the dear ones gone, shall be with God on the other side."

JAMES MILTON LABOYTEAUX.

It is a pleasure to investigate the cai-eer of a successful self-

Hio.\x\J lllitii. J. CCUixul ilUllUX ULCUCXICO t>J Lxiclt/ lliuiviuual *\ iiu, UU-

ginuLug the great struggle of life alone and unaided, gradually
overcomes unfavorable environment, removes one by one the
obstacles from the pathway of success and by the master strokes
of his own force and vitality succeeds in forging his way to the
front and winning for himself a position of esteem and influence
among his fellow men. Such is the record, briefly stated, of the
late James Milton Laboyteaux, for several decades one of the
most substantial and representative citizens of Delaware county,
Indiana, to a brief synopsis of whose life and character the read-
er's attention is herewith directed in this memoir. His protract-
ed residence in this section of the state made his name widely
and familiarly known. His life and the history of this locality
for a period of nearly a half century was pretty much one and the
same thing. He lived to see and take a prominent part in the
later-day growth of the community. He was one of its wisest
counselors and hardest workers. He was a progressive man in
the broadest sense of the term; realizing the wants of the people,
he tried to supply the demands of the vicinity honored by his
citizenship generously ajid unspairingly. His was a long life of
honor and trust and no higher eulogy can be passed upon him than
to state the simple truth that his name was never coupled with
anything disreputa])le and that there never was the shadow of a
stain upon his reputation for integrity and unwavering honesty.
]\Ir. Laboyteaux was a consistent man in all he ever undertook,
and his career in all the relations of life was utterl.y without pre-
tense. He was held in the highest esteem by all who knew him,
and the city of Sluncie and county of Delaware could boast of no
better man or more enterprising citizen.

Mr. Laboj'teaux was the scion of a sterling old family of the
Buckeye state, his birth having occurred in Hamilton county,
Ohio, on December 15, ]833. He was the son of Peter and Phoebe
(Davis) Laboyteaux, both natives of New Jersey, where they
spent their childhood days, coming to Ohio in early life and

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througli thoii- industry jjccaiiic well (\st;il)Iislu'(l near Cincinnati
and thorc tlioir son, .lames M., },ac'\v up and lip received his edu-
cation in the schools of Hamilton county. Jlc later moved to
Butler connty, Ohio, where he remained until the breaking out
of the Civil war, at wliicii lime he pro\ed his patri(»iisiii by un-
hesitatingly leavinp: the pleasures of liome and the prospects of a
business career anci onering jus services to uie govejimicm, eu-
listing, in September, 18GJ, in Company C, Sixty-ninth Ohio
Volunteer Infantry. After serving for two years he re-enlisted
in the same command at Chattanooga, Tennessee, and partici-
pated in the battle of Stone's River, Chickamauga, Chattanooga
and other important engagements and trying campaigns. He
also marched with Sherman to the sea, and was a member of the
grand army of the north which composed the historic review at
Washington. He made a faithful and gallant soldier, never
shirking his duties, however arduous. He was honorably dis-
charged as an orderly of (icneral Buell.

After the war Air. Ijaboyteaux, who had moved with his par-
ents to New Castle, Indiana, returaed to that city, and a short
time thereafter went to Iluntsville, Alabama, but soon returned
to DelaAvare county, Indiana. His father was a tailor by trade,
but while living at New Castle the father engaged in the grocery
business. Later he turned his attention to general farming and
stock raising and for many years was one of the leading agricul-
turists of Delaware county. In 1901 he located on the large fann
about three miles north of Muncie, where be spent the rest of his
life, bringing bis ii\aee up to a high standard of improvement and
cultivation and keeping large numbers of fine blooded live stock,
of which he was an excellent judge. Everything about his farm
denoted thrift and prosperity and that a gentleman of sound judg-
ment and excellent taste had its management in hand, everything
being under a superb system. He had here a commodious, impos-
ing and attractive residence in the midst of beautiful surround-
ings and convenient and substantial outbuildings — in short, his
farm was one of the most desii-able and valuable in the county,
and here his widow still resides. He believed in doing well what-
ever he undertook.

Mr. La])oyteaux was united in marriage with Huldah Mullin
in New Castle, on January 7, 1871. She was the daughter of John
and Huldah (Struble) jMullin, the father a native of Pennsyl-

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vania and the inoUier a uative oi; New ,]in-svy. J\li"s. Laboyteaux
was the youngest of Tour cJiiUlren. JJer lauiily was well known
and highly respected in tlieir connnuuity. To the subject and
wife tJiree children were born, two of wlu)ni arc deceased, Mrs.
Rose Keed being the only one li\ ing. She makes her home with
her mother on the extensive Ijaboyteaux estate north of ]\Iuneie.
The two sons wlio Uiea in iniaiiey were ounu huu reiei.

Mrs. Huldah Laboyteaux is now past eighty-one years of
age, but she has the appearance of a woman many years younger,
being remarkably well preserved and active in the every-day af-
fairs of life. A woman of genial and gracious presence and per-
sonality, strong-minded and of charitable impulses, she has done
a great deal of good, scattering sunshine along her life path and
has won and retained without effort a large cii'cle of friends. Her
work in the church has been especially commendable, also her
work in connection with the Young Woman's Christian Associa-
tion movement. She retains her membership in the Christian
church at New Castle. In December, 1911, she presented the di-
rectors of the recently organized Young AVomen's Christian As-
sociation of ^luncie with a deed to a piece of property valued at
twenty thousand dollars, located in the heart of the city directly
across from the groimds of the Young INIen's Christian Associa-
tion. The former local association is not affiliated with the state
organization of the same name. This munificent gift was made
not for any attempt to gain the praise of the public, but through
her innate benevolence and altruistic spirit, and it will be the
means of the accomplishment of a vast amount of good.

James M. Laboyteaux was a great reader and he collected a
valuable library of choice books, among which he spent much
time. He was therefore a well informed and broad-minded gen-
tleman with whom it was a pleasure to converse. In religious mat-
ters he was a Universalist and, politically, he was an ardent Re-
publican, but made no effort to attain pul)lic leadership. He, too,
was possessed of a generous and charitable disposition and he was
always willing to support any pulilic cb.aritable movement. One
of his most noteworthy marks of generosity was his gift of ten
thousand dollars toward the erection of a county hispital in Dela-
ware county. However, much to his sori'ow, the hospital was
never erected. Mr. Laboyteaux's gift was used in purchasing
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streets, whoi'o the hospital was to have heon h)eated, but through
the faihirc to raise sufiicicnt funds for the establishmeut of the
hospital and other difficulties, the gift had to be returned to the
donor. He took a delight in helping worthy and ambitious young
men get a start in life and many laudable enterprises in this vicin-
ity owe their success to his encouragement.

Air. Laboyteaux's death, on iNovember lo, iyii, was suuueu
and came as a shock to the comnmnity, of which event the Muncie
Morning Star of the following day gives this account:

"AVhile sitting in his favorite chair at his beautiful country
home, three miles north of the city on the Center road, James M.
Laboyteaux, one of Delaware county's wealthiest citizens, died
suddenly of heart trouble last night at eleven o'clock. He was
apparently in excellent health yesterday. Despite his advanced
age, he being nearly seventy-eight years old at the time of his
death, Mr. Laboyteaux was yet active in life and took pleasure
in working about his farm. Yesterday morning he was engaged
in packing awaj'' apples for the winter. At the noon hour he
complained of pains about his breast and a physician was called,
who said that the pains were coming from the heart. However,
Mr. Laboyteaux did not retire to his bed, but occupied his favor-
ite home chair all afternoon and last night until his death came
with great suddenness."

The many good deeds of the subject of this memoir will long
be remembered throughout this locality, and his career might
well be held up as a model for the youth standing at the parting
of the wavs.

HENRY ALFREY.

In a brief sketcli ol' any living citi/.eti it is difficnlt to do him
exact alia inipaiuai ju.siK-i', iiui bu niucii, iiuwivci, lui lack ui'
space or words to set forth the familiar and jjassing events of his
personal history, and for want of the perfect and ronnded con-
ception of his whole life, which grows, develops and rijiens, like
fruit, to disclose its true and best fiaA-or only when it is mellowed
by time. Daily contact with the man so familiarizes us with his
many virtues that we ordinarily overlook them and eonnnonly
underestimate their possessor. Nevei'theless, while the man
passes away, his deeds of virtue live on, and will in due time bear
fruit and do him the jiistice which our pen fails to record. There
are, however, a number of elements in the life record of Henry
Alfrey, one of the most representative citizens of Crawfordsvillc;
and western Indiana, that even now serve as examples well
worthy of ennilation, and his fellow townsmen are not unapprecia-
tive of these. He is one of the most highly esteemed citizens of
this section of the state, which has been honored by his residence
since 1882, and during that period of thirty years he has done
much toward the general development of liis chosen city and has
won and retained the confidence and good will of all who know
him. He is a splendid example of the virile, progressive, self-
made man who belicA-es in doing well whatever is worth doing at
all, a man of keen discernment and sound judgment, broad mind-
ed and at the same time a follower of the principles en)l)odied in
the Golden Rule in all his relations with his fellow men, and
therefore he enjoys their confidence and good will. Thus for
many reasons the name of Henry Alfrey is eminently deserving
of perpetuation on the pages of this history, not the least of
which is the fact that he is an honored veteran of the greatest
civil conflict ever recorded in the annals of mankind; for a citi-
zen of the United States can wear no greater badge of honor than
the distinction of having served the government in the memor-
able four years of war between the states. It is a sacred family
inheritance of renown, to be prized like a jewel by all future de-
scendants and kept bright and untarnished by other acts of A-alor,
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patriotiisni and loyalty iu the iutcrcsts of i r» c goxcrmnent. Even
iu this day, wlieu tbcie arc niauy of the old soldiers living, no
one can sec them lile by with faltering stei).s without feeling a
glow of pride and without showing them studied deference. But
the ranks of the ohl |>)inlanx, ;•>• I'.eroic :;:• llsosc which followed
the vaunted plume of Caesar, llannil)al or Alexander, are fast

rors — and ere long none will be left to recount the thrilling ex-
periences of that sanguineous time. In the meantime, while they
are still with us, let us pay them suitable lionoi- for their sacrifices,
sufferings and patriotism.

Henry Alfrey was born in jMercer county, Kentucky, Sep-
tember 15, 1837, the scion of a sterling old Southern family, being
the son of Moses and Anna (Baunty) Alfrey, both natives of Ken-
tucky and each representing line old i)ioncer families. The father
of ]\loses Alfrey came from Pennsylvania and was of Dutch ex-
traction. The mother was a native of Scotland, from which coun-
try she emigrated to the United States when young, and it is be-
lieved that she and the father of JNloses Alfrey were man'ied in
Keiituck,y and there began life when the land known as the "dark
and bloody ground" country was very sparsely settled. The par-
ents of Anna Baunty, Rev. Henry Baunty and wife, were also
Pennsylvania Dutch and were farmers in Kentucky in pioneer
days, the father also being a minister. He w^^as the owner of a few
slaves, but later freed them and he and his wife removed to Illi-
nois, locating near the Mormon town of Nauvoo, on the ]\Iissis-
sippi river, where they established the familj' home in w'hich the
father spent the rest of his life, dying there at the Psalmist's
allotted age of three scorr^ and ten years, after a life of much good
as an old-time preacher among the first settlers. The rest of the
family subsequently moved back to the Blue Grass state, where
the widow spent the remainder of her days. The Bauntj' family
was a large one, Anna, the mother of Mr. Alfrey, being among the
oldest; she was born December 16, 1805, and her death occurred
on May 5, 1856, near the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln, Hodgens-
ville, LaRue county, Kentucky.

Closes Alfrey, father of the subject of this review, was born
October 26, 1801, in Kentucky, and his death occurred on Febru-
ary 26, 1870. He was married on October 17, 1825, to Anna
Baunt}^ and they became the parents of the following children:

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Joseph D., deceased, was boj-ii <>n Auj;u.s( 1"), 1820; Charity, do-
censcd, was horn August 11, 3828, and slic I)0('anio the wife ol'
William JJobson, also now deceased; Lambert, deceased, was
born Decond)er 7, 1830; Abraham, deceased, was born Decemhei-
10, 1H:V2; Kli'/ahotli, docensed, was burn April 9, 183'); JTeury,
subject of this sketch; Malinda, deceased, was born July 28, 1840,

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August 16, 1843; William G., deceased, was born November 11,
1846.

]\Ioses Alfrey, father of the above named children, followed
farming on a small scale, at JMagnolia, LaRue county, Kentucky,
and he was known for his honesty and obliging nature. He was a
man of exemphiry character from his youth up and his influence
was for good in his community. His death occurred in Kentucky.

Henry Alfrey, the inunediate subject, spent his boyhood days
on the home farm in his native state and there assisted with the
general work about tlie place when lie became of proper age. His
education in the common schools was somewhat limited, for, being
the son of a poor farmer, he was often kept awa.v from his studies
to help with the moi'e strenuous work at home. But being amhi-
tious, he Avas able, with what few books he could procui-e, to ob-
tain for himself the education which was denied him in the school
room. "V\Tien quite young in years and inexperienced, he hired
out to a slave owner as overseer. But this line of endeavor did
not prove to be congenial to his nature, and, being prejudiced
against slavery, he remained in the capacity as overseer but six
months.

Mr. Alfrey left his native state wdien eighteen years of age
and, coming to Indiana, began working on a fanii in Ripley
county, receiving for his services the usual small compensation of
those days; but he was economical and in due course of time had
a start. While living in Ripley county he was united in marriage,
on September 17, 3857, to Lydia Anna Selman, a native of Ripley
county and a daughter of Charles Selman and wife. She was
reared and educated in her native communit)', and her death oc-
curred in Delaware county, Indiana, on April 10, 1874, leaving
three children, AVilliam F., Etta Jane and Rose.

Mr. Alfrey was subsequently married, on Januar}^ 7, 1875, at
Anderron, Indiana, to Nancy Drake, a native of this state, where
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lifi' lift'. J lor (loath oi'curj-od on August 8, 1909, loaving three
childrou, Eloimro, Harry D. and Jos«e C.

Saorilioiiig the i)loaKUi-es of home ties and tho (juiot pursuits
of pcaoe for tlie daugers aud privations of tlie "blood red field
of Mars," i\lr. Alfroy gladly and unhesitatingly offered his serv-
ices in the suppression of the hosts of rebellion, enlisting on !Sep-

+ o'i>i-'Av 1C' ior;i

n,u xijuiajiu, V (.'iuui/Cl'i jLUltlii-

tr}', under Capt. William Ward and Colonel llazzard. He was
nuistorod into service at Lawrenceburg, this state, and he saw
much hard service, participating in a number of important cam-
paigns and hard-fought battles, including Stone River, Chicka-
mauga, Lookout ^Mountain, Missionary Ridge, and the four-
months, or Atlanta, cam2:)aigu. The latter campaign start(!d from
Ringgold, (Jeoi'gia, fifteen miles south of Chattanooga, about May
1, 1861, b}' Sherman's mighty army of OA'er one hundred thousand
fighting men, aud ending early in September, 1864, at Jonesboro,
Georgia, twenty miles south of Atlanta, or one lumdred and fifty
miles from the starting point, every foot of the distance being
stubbornly contested by tho op}>osing armies. In all of these ac-
tions, .Mr. Alfrey acquitted himself with the courage and fidelity
of the true American soldier, never shirking his duty, no matter
how dangerous or arduous, according to the statements of his
comrades. He i-eceived an honorable dischaj'ge and was mus-
tered out of the service of the Union on October 28, 1861, at In-
dianapolis. He talks most interestingly of his career in the ai-my,
which was indeed a most commendable one and one of which his
family and descendants may well be proud.

After his service as one of the soldiers of the great martyred
President, Mr. Alfrey returned home, having saved some of his
salary, besides one hundred dollars bounty money, and with his
former savings, he had an aggregate amoimt of about three hun-
dred dollars. So he began looking around for an opportunity to
engage in business for himself. Securing the services of one
man, they went into tlie woods near ^Nluncie, Indiana, and with
nothing but an axe aud a few other simple tools began making
barrel staves, wliich occupation he continued about two 3'ears,
after which he was able, in a small way, to engage in the manu-
facture of tight barrel and keg circle lieadings. He was success-
ful in this venture from the stai-t, and as his business increased
he was forced to enlarge liis capacity, having at one time five dif-

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fereut factories located at various places and giviiij^; eiiiploynieiil
at different times to over two thousand men at a time. Owing to
the superior quality of his products they found a very ready mar-
ket over a wide territory. His factories have always lieen tipiippc.l
v;ith machinery of the most approved patterns and he cmpli.,} cd
the most skilled artisans. In this comiection it might be stated

ill. in ■>» »ip. 1 1 --ii -ii- ciii 1

ployed thousands of men he has never ft)und it necessary to enter
into a lawsuit, and his dealings with his fellow men have always
been straightforward and above criticism. His scrupulous hon-
estj' soon won the confidence and good will of those with whom he
had dealings, and much of his splendid success in a material way
has been due to this fact. He is today, in point of service, piob-
ably the oldest man in the heading business, and being among the
very first to start in this line of business in this section of the mid-
dle AVest, the trade has given him the soubriquet of "The Heading
King," which, as those who know him readily agree, is well ap-
jjlied, as he has proven himself the midisputed leader of the head-
ing business since he began his career in the year 1857.

^Ir. Alfrey's first work in timber was in 1857 in l\i]>]ey
county, Indiana, at which time he made about 200,000 shaved
yellow poplar shingles and also made and split a great many
fence rails from poplai-, white oak and walnut timber. After the
Civil war he commenced in Delaware county, Indiana, and made
fully 200,000 shaved shingles from red oak tind>er and over 200,-
000 clapboards from twent}'-four to thirty inches long. In 3869
he commenced to work tight barrel split staves and, \vith his own
hands only, he made 800,000 staves and matched with split head-
ings. In 1872 he commenced sawing tiglit l)arrel heading and
sold in the sqiiare altogether about 12,000,000 matched heading,
at thirt.y dollars per thousand, a total of $300,000, and also made
and placed on the market over a million split staves and foui' mil-
lion sawed staves. Under his own management he has made and
shipped fully 40,000,000 sets of all kinds of circled tight barrel
heading from the year of 187(3 up to and including June, 1912. As
nearly as can l)e estimated, it was sold at an average piicc of fif-
teen cents per set free on board at factory.

All the timber Mr. Alfrey has worked if made into licading
would be fully 50,000,000 sets, which is 100,000,000 heads, or a))out
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of lieadiug, it took uppruxhuatcly 7(.)U,0UU ui' the very liiicst white
oak trees of the forest, the cliuicest trees tliat ever grew iu the
United JStates or the world. The hest grade of oak wixa the In-
diana oak and no hotter ever grew iu the world, as is well known
hy those who used it. These 70U,U0U trees made 72U,U0U cords of
twenty-tv.o-inch heading blueks, each cord four feet high and
eight feet long, which would make a rick of blocks four feet hipli
c"l :,lz;\.^ huiiJicd liiJics long, and tlie other timber worked into
rails, staves, clapboards, etc., made a further rick several miles
long.

This quantity of heading, loaded into cars of average size
of three thousand sets each, would make 10,GGG carload.s, or about
555 trains of tbirty cars each. These cars, coupled togetlier,
would make a solid train 135 miles in length. Piled one head on
top of another, it would make a stack over 1,500 miles high and
placed side l^y side in a row they would reach over 37,000 miles, or
one and a half times around the earth. All these operations were
conducted by ]Slr. Alfrey himself for over forty years, with the
assistance of good and faithful men, to whom he gives full credit
for their faithfulness, industrj' and integrity. Many of these men
have now established plants of their own and are conducting them
with success and profit.

In 1872 ]\Ir. Alfrey started his first heading saw at Royertou,
Delaware county, Indiana, the total amount of his cash cajjital at
that tune amounting to not over one thousand dollars. In the
summer of 1874 he sold the headmg saw at Royerton and built a
factory at Anderson, Indiana, to saw tight barrel heading, but in
the following spring of 1875 the little factory at Anderson was
burned down, leaving Mr. Alfi-ey three thousand dollars in debt.
He at once rebuilt this factory, puttmg in circling niachiner}^ and
manufactured finished tight barrel heading, in which he soon
recouped himself for his recent loss and had about seven thousand
dollars ahead. However, in 1877, ^Ir. Alfrey, through the trick-
ery of some crooked men, lost all he had and found himself sev-
eral thousand dollars in debt. Late that summer he went to
Noblesville, Indiana. A friend, jMajor C. T. Doxey, let him have
the use of about twenty thousand dollars for two .vears, and with
this he built a factory at Noblesville, where he sawed heading,
made some staves, meeting with such success that he was enabled
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ahead. In Fcbruaiy, 1880, Mr. Alfrcy uiovcd to Indiauapolis aud
for about two years was i)rosi)crous, liaA'ing Imilt there a factory
with circling machinery. Selliug out, lie built a saw-mill iu that
city, run it a short time, and then sold it at a loss. Uq then moved
to CrawfoHsvillo, Indiana, aufl in Noveinl)or. 18S2, he built a
heading factory there to saw and cii'cle tight barrel heading, in
ICr' I:: bv.ilt r.':--'iv"- ^^r.n,i{„.^ f.,..+r,vy .,< \-,.orl,.vs;l)nnr. huli.nui.
about twenty miles west of Crawfordsvillc, and ran both factories
until November, 1886, when the Veedersburg lactoiy burned, en-
tailing a loss of twenty thousand dollars. However, in five weeks
after the fire he had rebuilt and finished a new factory on the same
site ready to run, requiring the labor of many men, day aud niglit.
He handled much fine white oak timber at Veedersburg and did
well there in a financial way. In the summer of 1888 ]\lr. Alfr(\y
moved the Veedersburg factory to Terre Haute, Indiana, and
there put up the largest tight l)arrcl circled heading factory in the
coimtry. He had several branch mills to saw heading for the
main factories at Terre Haute and CraAvfordsville and was very
successful at both places. In the sunmier of 1892 J\Ir. Alfrey
bought back his old heading factory at ludianaxiolis and
moved it to Poplar Bluff, IMissouri, selliug the Terre Haute fac-
tor)' to Blair & Faley, but retaining the Crawfordsvillc factoi'y.
The panic of 1893 almost caused him to lose all he had, but, by
working a large force of men almost night and da,y for several
months and bj' handling a vast amount of timber in 1894, he was
enabled to weathei' the storm in splendid shape, having been very
successful during these extraordinary efforts. In July, 1895, Mr.
Alfrey decided to build a factory at Jonesboro, Arkansas, so he
moved the Crawfordsvillc factory to that place and began to make
circled heading there in October. On January 3, 1896, the large
factory at Poplar Bluff was burned, at a loss to ^\v. Alfrey of
fifty thousand dollars, but he soon had this faetoiy rebuilt and in
operation again, and he I'an both the Jonesboi-o and Poplar Bluff
factories with great success. In February, 1899, he bought the
heading factorj' of W. H. Coleman at IMemphis, Tennessee, ran it
for two years, and then, in the latter part of 1901, sold it to the
Standard Oil Company. In the spring of 1903 ]\lr. Alfrey sold the
Poplar Bluff factory to Hudson & Hugger and bought back the
Terre Haute factory from Blair & Faley and moved it to Brink-
ley, Arkansas. In the summer of 1901 he bought the heading

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factory at Ladoga, Liuliaua, oL' W. F. Epperson, and, nioviiig it to
Littio Ivoek, Arkansas, built a line large factory there. In 1DU5
lie bought of J. 11. Winterbotham his heading factory at Hope,
Arkansas, and made many needeil improvements, converting it
into a good factory, lie was engaged in the operation of the
Jouesboro, Bi-inkley, Jjittle J\\»ck and Hope factories, with head
offices at Joncsboro, luitil the sj^ring of lOOS, in which vear he
sold ana turned ovei- to tlie ii. Alfrey Heading (Jompauy the
Brinkley, Little Rock and Hope factories. In the following fall
the Ilojie factory was transferred back to him and the name of H.
Alfrey Heading Company was cliangcd to the Hud.son & Dagger
Company, in which Mr. Alfrey held considerable interest. On
November 11, 1910, he sold the Hope factory back to the Iludsou
& Dagger Company, and in March, 1912, sold to W. F. Alfrey and
the Hudson & Dugger Company all of his interest in the latter
company, he thus having dis])osed of all his interests in the head-
ing business except the Jonesboro factory, wliich he still owns
and controls.

In speaking of his experience as a soldier, Mr. Alfrey said:
"As to the thi . e years in the awful war from 1861 to 1865 I was
excused from duty for only three days. All the balance of the
time I tried to do what came in the line of duty as a healthy sol-
dier. I carried one and the same gun during the entii-e three
years and we were never separated as much as one day in that
time. It would take a book as big as the Bible to tell what any
one of our soldiers went through in that time, and then there
would be more to tell. No mind can call together nor express
what these soldiers went throiigh — all to save the freedom of the
American people, and we can never repay them for the many
hardships they had to endure."

Politicall.y, Mr. Alfrey is a Republican, but he has never
been especially active in public affairs, preferring to devote his
attention to his individual business interests and to his home;
however, he has always stood ready to assist in the furtherance of
any laudable undertaking having as its object the general up-
building of the cit}' of his choice, his financial and moral support
having gone far towards civic imi)i-ovements. He is a nnich in-
terested member of McPhei-son Post No. 7, Grand Ai-my of the
Re])u})]ic, at Cj'awfordsville, and, while never ideal ificd with any
paiticuhir church, it has been his aim through life to follow the

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teachings of his fiivorite book, the IBiblc, and he is a Inu' Chiistiau
in evciy sense of the word, believing not so niueh in nian-iuade
creeds as in the carrying of one's religion into one's everyday
life, in living np to the tlolden Rnle and in right thinking and
hones-f actions in all the i-clatirais of life, lie is a. man of chari-
table imijulscs, and many have been made hai)pi('r and more suc-

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iug has always been luiosteutatious. Personally, he is a pleasant
man to meet, genial, obliging, entirely nnassuniing, hospitable,
and always a conrteous, genteel geiitlemaTi, who merits in every
respect the high esteem in which he is nnivcisally held.

AUGUST GRANDE.

The stui'dy (Jermau eleiiient iu our uatioiial commonwealth
has beeu one of the most iinnnrt;nit in fnrflterinfr the substantial
and normal advancement of the country, for this is an element
signally appreciative of practical values and also of the higher
intellectuality which transcends all provincial confines. Well
may any jierson take pi'ide in tracing his liiieage to such a source.
A native of the fatherland, the late August Grande, for many
years well known in coimnercial circles in Indianapolis, possessed
many of the characteristics which have given strength and stand-
ing to the German nation, and he was a representative of the best
type of German- American citizenship. His life was a busy and
successful one, and the record is eminently worthy of perusal by
the student who would learn the intrmsic essence of individuality
and its influence in moulding a successful career in the face of
adverse circumstances. That the career of such a person, besides
being treasured in the hearts of relatives and friends, should
have its public record also, is peculiarly proper because a knowl-
edge of men Avhose substantial reputation rests upon theii' attain-
ments and character must exert a wholesome influence upon the
rising generation, insjjiring courage, fortitude and straightfor-
ward and honorable dealings with the world in all the various
relations of life in whatever en\i]-onment.

August Grande was born in the upper part of Silesea, Ger-
man}', April 29, 1862, and he was the son of August and Rose
(Hoheisel) Grande, old, substantial and highly respected citizens
of that province. The father was a carpenter by trade in the old
country, and while he had the same love for the fatherland as
have all loyal Germans, he saw a greater opportiuiitj' for the com-
ing generation in America, and, laying by a little of his earnings
monthly, he was able to help his children, August and Josephine,
defray their expenses in vo.yaging to the new world. Subsequent-
ly they both departed in 1881, August then beiug eighteen 3'ears
of age, and after seventeen days on the ocean landed on the Ameri-
can shores. They at once proceeded to Indianapolis, Indiana,
where August, the subject of this memoir, foimd employment

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with old Mr. Scheiifinan, ii fellow ('(imitryiiKin and ouc of tlic
well known gardeners of this state, with whom he remained foi-
four jears. Daring this time the great ambition of the brothers
was to repay their parents what nionej' they had loaned them to
pay the sons' p:\ssage to the United State?, and in one year's time
the old couple joined their two children here in the land of the

In Germany, August lii-ande had the advantage of the very
best of conunon sehooli)ig and also when a young man learned
the weaver's trade. This trade, however, was not of much ad-
vantage to him after he left the old country, but his schooling
and what outside education he was able to pick up himself pi-ovcd
very valuable to him in after years. After leaving the em])loy of
!Mr. Schenemau he rented tive acres of land on wliieh he con-
ducted a garden for about five years; but being a thrift}' farmer
and having that desire which is natural to all Germans of owning
their own place, he accordingly began looking around for a farm
on which to locate permanently. Being able to secure the jiresent
Grande farm at what he considered a reasonable figure he and
his father made the first payment on the place and in a short
time not only cleared the place of all stumjjs and underbrush and
got the entire farm under cultivation. Managing it skillfully and
working hard, they were adequately repaid b}' Mother Nature
for their toil and soon had lifted the debt on it and erected a sub-
stantial and comfortable residence. They made gardening a
specialt}'. When the road was put through past their farm, the
name Grande avenue was given the thoroughfare, since the Grande
family was the best known in that vicinity. This beautiful sec-
tion w^ill soon be city lots.

August Grande, Sr., and his wife spent the remainder of
theii' days \\ith their son on this place, the father being sum-
moned to his eternal rest in 190G, at the advanced age of seventy-
nine yeai's, after suffering from paralysis for a period of fifteen
years; his faithful life coni))anion, Rose Grande, followed him to
the Silent Land two years later, at the age of seventy-five years.

After the death of his father, August Grande, Jr., the im-
mediate subject of this review, built a splendid green house on
the farm and from time to tune added many hotbeds, maintain! iii;
three green houses at the time of his death. Ilis sj)ccialties were
bulbs and bedding plants, which he sold at his stand in the In-

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(lianapoUs marketplace, aiul it was in this husincsvi thai tlic edti-
catiou which he received iti the uld comitry pru\od so vahiable to
him. lie was often called upon to settle questions and unravel
business entanglements for liis less foi'tunate eoujitrynien, his
advice and conns^'l, alwa3's sonnd nixl relialih', being frcMpicntl}'
sought by them, and always cheerfully given.

German, and many young immigrants are ijidebted to him for
tiniel}' assistance and advice and words of good cheer and en-
couragement which he was always ready to extend.

On Noveml)er 22, 3893, August Grande was united in mar-
riage with Anna Ivolley, a native of the same part of (iermany
as was the subject. Although slie was accpuiinted with August
Grande, Sr., and the other meml)ej's of the faniily before leaving
her native laud, the one that Fate destined to be her husl)aud she
had not met there, he having emigrated to America, and he did
not know of the existence of his future wife until after he had
taken up his abode in the Republic of the West. And it was with
great satisfaction that the parents of Mrs. Grande, August and
Mary (Schmidt) Rolley, learned of the marriage, uniting thus the
two old neighboring families. To the subjetit and wife three chil-
dren were born, namely: Anna Marie, John August and Freda
Rose.

As before indicated, August Grande, Jr., was truly a self-
made man, having started life in this country when but a young
man with in'actically no capital, no knowledge of the customs of
the land — not even being able to speak the English language when
he arrived in Indianapolis, and with no friends or acquaintances.
But he possessed ambition, energy, tact and was a willing and
close student, and by hard work and honest efforts he was able,
little by little, to forge ahead until a large degree of material suc-
cess attended his efforts, and at the time of liis death, November
29, 1909, he had accunmlated a comfortable competency and com-
manded the love and respect of all who knew him.

Politically, JMr. Grande was a staunch Democrat, but lie made
no efforts to become a politician oi- to obtain i)ublic office. lie was
an active and intluential memljer of tlu' Gardeiu'rs' Association.
Religiously, he was a faithful meml)er of St. Anthoiiy's Roman
Catholic church, and was a Christian in every sens(> of the word,
his religion clearly manifesting itself in his every-day life.

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August Craiulc was one of a family of sovon children, nainocl
as follows: Pauline, wlio married Frank Sluibert, is deceased;
August, subject ot this memoir; Josephine, who married eTosei^h
Rosncr; John was next in order of birth; Mary married Lewis
IFoeger; Anna married. Charles AFock, and Amelia married ^Yill-
iam Kempe.

i\irs. August Uranue is a daugiiter oi August auu j"\iary
(Schmidt) RoUey, as before stated, and her parents were both na-
tives of Germany, in which country the father followed the trade
of a weaver, and it was not until 1904 that he and his wife came to
America, and about six years later August Rolley passed away
while still a comparativel}' young man; he was survived by liis
widow and the following children: Anna, who became the wife
of August Grande; Mary, who married August Eisner; August
was next in order of birth.

Mrs. Anna Grande came to America alone in 1893, the trip
requii'ing ten days, and she was married to ^Ir. Grande shortly
after arriving in Indianapolis. She received a good education
and is a ladj' of pleasing personality. Since the death of her hus-
band she has continued to conduct the business along the lines
which he inaugtirated. In this she is ably assisted by her children,
especiall.y b.y her son, John August, who has taken his father's
place at the market stand, and who has made many friends among
the buvers as well as men of the trade.

JOHN J. HARTLEY.

Whether the elcmcuts of success in lil'e arc innate attributes
of the individual or whether thcv are onir-Vi'n^H Ky ■< process of
circumstantial development, it is impossible to clearly determine.
Yet the study of a successful life, whatever the field of eiideavor,
is none the less interesting and prolitable by reason of existence
of this same uncertainty. So much in excess of those of success
are the records of failures or senii-failures, that one is constrauied
to attempt an analjsis in eitlier case and to detennine the measure
of causation in an approximate way. But in studying the life his-
tory of the late John J. Hartley, for many years one of tlie best
known business men and influential citizens of i\luueie, Indiana,
we find many qualities in his makeup that always gain definite
success in anj' career if properly directed, as his was evidently
done, which resulted in a life of good to others as well as in a com-
fortable competency to his family. Ilis marked success in the
world's affairs was achieved l>y close attention to business, and
by an honorable and consistent course he rose to a worthy posi-
tion among the enterprising men of the city with which his in-
terests were so long identified. It is a plain record, rendered re-
markable b}' no strange or mysterious adventure, no wonderful
or luckj' accident and tragic situation, no epic breadth of ex-
pedients. For ]\Ir. Hartley was one of those estimable characters
whose integrity and strong personality must force them into an
admirable notoriety, which their modesty never seeks, who com-
mand the respect of their contemporaries and their posterity and
leave the impress of their individuality upon the age in which
they lived.

John J. Hartley was born in Freedom, Beaver county, Penn-
sylvania, September 21, 1856. He was the scion of a prominent
old family of the Keystone state, and was the son of Charles Al-
bert and IMargaret Barbara Hartley. His father, who for many
years served as president of Trevalin College at Pittsburgh, Penn-
sylvania, was a noted mathematician, and met a tragic death in a
railway accident in 1861.

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eai'ly in life and his early struggles, hard though tliey were, nev-
ertheless fitted him for his subsequent career, having taught him
fortitude, courage aud self-reliance. His early education was in-
terfered with, but he remained a close student and was a keen ob-
servei" all his life, thus making up for his early lack of text-book
training. At the age of twelve he was working as a newsboy on

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the business for himself. Before he had reached his majority he
went to ^Mansfield and, with others, engaged in the manufacture
of crackers, making a success of his initial business, but seeing
a more lucrative proposition, he assumed the management of the
Tremont house at Mansfield, Ohio, where he remained from 1877
to 1883. In the meantime he had engaged in the cigar business
and his cracker business continued until 1884 under the firm name
of Pertell, Hartley & Black. In that j'ear Mr. Hartley began
dealing in real estate and insurance business in Mansfield. He
had secured an excellent foothold in the business circles of that
city, but when natural gas was discovered in Indiana in 1886 he
was attracted to the fields here and was soon a resident of IMuncie,
where he became extensively engaged in real estate, and from
the very first he was prominently identified with everj'^ entei-prise
promulgated for the good of his adopted city. When he first came
to Muncie he formed a partnership with James A. Boyce in the
real est<ate business, but after the burning of the Boyce block, ]\Ir.
Hartley continued in busmess alone until in June, 1906, when the
firm was incorjiorated under the name of The John J. Hartley
Agencj', which it still retains. Mr, Hartley laid out what was
known as the Hartley-Lowenstein addition to the city, and on
this tract of ground he erected and caused to be erected many
beautifid residences which now fomi one of the attractive sec-
tions of the city. Besides being president of The John J. Hartley
Agency, the subject was also vice-president and director of the
Peoples' Home and Savings Association, making all of thei. ap-
praisements up to the time of his death.

]\Ir. Hartley was a I? ; publican, and while he took a good citi-
zen's interest in the affairs of his locality he had no ambition to
hold public office, preferring to devote his attention to his indi-
vidual affairs and to his home. He was never happier than when
he was by his own fireside, with his devoted family and his books.
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second degree in thnt t.iinc-huiKired (.rdn-. lie \v;is one of the
prime movers in huildint;- tlie Masonic 'I'cniple in Muncie. He was
afiiliated with the Idne lodf^e, tlie chai)ter and the eonnnandeiy,
oi" Muncie, and witli the Indiana Consislcny. lie was also au
active memlier of Urac(! Episcopal church, in wliich he was a ves-
tryman.

in June, 1877, Air. Hartley was united iu marriage with Anna
A. McShcri-y, who died August 10, ]S9(i. Two years later he
married Sarah A. TTeinsohn. the eldest of a family of four chil-
dren honi to Julius A. and Elizabeth (Kirby) TTcinsohn, the latter
being the daughter of one of our pioneer families, her father,
Thomas Kirby, being well known here in the early history of this
section of the state. He gave IMrs. Heinsohu the Kirby house
and she is now residing thei'e. ]\rrs. Hartley is a lady of many
estimable traits and has long been a favorite with a wide circle
of friends.

Four children survived John J. Hartley, born of his second
union, namely: Jolm Kirby, who is at this writing attending
Howe Military Academy; Julius Andi-eas, IMargaret Elizabeth
and Robert Heinsohn. ]\lr. Hartley's two brothers. Will A., who
is retired, and George P., a member of the finii of The Pioneer
Pole & Shaft Comi^auy, both reside iu Muncie.

From 1891 until 1893 the subject was a member of the city
council, and among other things which he did for the permanent
good of Muncie was his activity in establishing the city's electric
light plant.

Mr. Hartley traveled extensively and, being a keen observer,
he gained much knowledge first hand in this waj", which rendered
him apt and entertaining in conversation, which, coupled with his
pleasing manners and obliging nature, rendered him a most agree-
ble companion. In 1894 Mr. and ]\ri-s. Hartley made a tour of
Europe, also visited Egypt and the Holy Land.

The useful and successful life of John J. Hartley came to a
sudden close on August 22, 1910, at Caii^ Lake, northern Michi-
gan, while on an outing and fishing trip with his family, he being
drowned during a terrilde storm. His body was brought to I\run-
cie and was laid to rest in Beech Cli'ove cemetery. The Episcoj)al
service was used at the funeral, which was simple and hviei and
held from the family residence. No. 339 East Adams street, and
at the grave the Knights Templar conducted their ceremony.

JOHN W. HALL

JOHN W. HALL.

There is no positive rule lor acliieviny; success, and yet iu

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might well be followed. The man who gains prosj^crity is he who
can see and utilize the opportunities that eome in his path. The
essential conditions of human life are ever the same, the sur-
roundings of individuals difliering but slightly, and when one
man passes another on the highway of life and reaches the goal
of prosperity before othei's who perhaps started out before him,
it is because he has the power to use advantages which probably
encompassed his fellows. Among the prominent citizens and suc-
cessful business men who were identified with Kokomo, Indiana,
stood John W. Hall. The qualities of keen discrimination, sound
judgment and executive abilit.v entered very largely into his
make-up and were contributing elements to the material success
which came to him.

John W. Hall was a native son of the Hoosier state, having
been bom at Brookville, Indiana, on the 12th day of December,
1822. His early bo}-hood days were spent iu his native jilace, and
there he received his education, whicii was somewhat limited. In
5'oung manhood he went to Cincinnati, Ohio, and there learned
the trade of a carpenter. He worked hard, and his spare moments
were devoted to earaest study. He practiced a wise economy,
saved his mone,y and at length was enabled to enter the field of
business as a contractor. In this line he was successful and he
soon found himself in command of a large business. He was a
Democrat in politics and, under the administi'ation of President
Buchanan, he secured the contract for building the Marine Hos-
pital at Cincinnati. This contract he completed to the entire sat-
isiaction of the government, and the building is still standing,
one of the landmarks of Cincinnati. Mr. Hall also erected many
of the most costly and beautiful homes in the Queen City and his
rise in the business woi-ld was rapid, so that in 1886, when he re-
moved to Kokomo, Indiana, at tlu; time of the gas boom there, he
was rated a very wealthy man. He contiuued, by successful con-
tracts and judicious investments, to add to his wealth until about
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fifteen years before his death, when he rctirc^d from active busi-
ness ])ursuits and most of the reniainde]- of his life was spent in
tra\eling in the United States. J3uring tlic hist eiglit years be-
fore his death he was an invalid and his niece, Miss Laura Kes-
ler, was his companion most of the time. His deatli occurred oti
May 11, 188P.

Mr. Hall was an atlcindaiit of the .Methodist l<]niseoT>nl f.TiMr"h
anri noT-r. m;^^^^i;^> ^Jl iuj^ jiieans m support of that society, being
eharital)ly inclined and very liberal in his benefactions. His fra-
ternal relations were with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
However, his chief hobby was making money, in the pursuit of
which he found his greatest pleasure. He was essentially a busi-
ness man, but every transaction with which he was connected
was absolutely on the square. His integrity was without a flaw
and among those with whom he had business dealings there was
never breathed a suspicion of deceit cm his part. Mr. Hall was a
man of wide and varied information, being an inveterate reader,
a deep thinker and a close observer of men and events. He was a
Democrat in his political faith and he kept in close touch with
the passing events of the day, but he was too busy a man to take
an actlA'c part in public affairs. He loved good horses and dogs
and those who knew him best found in liim a heart that was as
tender as a woman's. On his death he left a large portion of his
possessions to his niece, INfiss Kesler, including the beautiful home
he erected at No. 204 East INIulberr)^ sti'eet, Kokonio, where he
made his home duiing his last j'cars.

. John W. Hall enjoyed a wide acquaintance and had a large
circle of warm friends. He held to a high standard of ethics in
his business life and his efforts were rewarded with a success com-
mensurate with his earnestness and perseverance.

HON. JOHN HANNA.
It has often been said that the dead arc soon forgotten and,

o„,..^•.. .■!;•.> r^ fr^ f^vr, ^f r.^^^. r-,.„o •(-„o+ ,,,,„ + c> "All +1,of lirnM+l-.n ivill

share thy ; istiiiy; the gay will laugh Avhen thou art gone, the
solemn brood of care plod on, and each one as before will chase
his favoi-ite phantom." Whether this be; true or not, it is safe to
say that few men of a past generation in the vicinity of Indiana's
capital city will linger longer in the memory of the citizens who
were contemporaneous witli him than John llanna, who has long
since departed on "the journey wc all must go." This is due to
the fact that he had the qualities that impress men. Prominent
and prosperous in business, hv' established a character for integ-
rity, public spirit and the social amenities of life, and he became
one of the noted public men of his day and generation, sending
faithfully and well in positions of honor and trust within the gift
of the people. He was a man of great force of character and
usuall}' found in the lead when any nmvement was on foot for the
betterment of his cit.y and state. Tenacious of his own rights, he
respected the rights of others, and in the best sense of the term
he was always a gentleman in social intercourse, as well as a
model citizen in affairs affecting the public. The record he left
will long be an inspiration to his descendants and those who knew
and were associated with him and Marion coimty has never had a
worthier name on her roll of honorable citizenship.

Mr. ITanna was born on September 3, 1827, on a farm which
is at present embraced in the fashicmable residence disti'iet of the
northern part of Indianapoli.s. Tie was the son of James Parks
Hanna and Lydia (Ilurard) Ilanna. The Ilauna family have for
a number of generations been prominently identified with the
state of Indiana. John Ilanna, the paternal grandfatlier of the
subject of this memoir, and for whom he was named, came to In-
diana from North Carolina in pioneer days. lie had served as a
soldier in the Revolutionary war, having been but a boy during
that conflict, and he was a brother of Gen. l\o])ert Ilanna, a prom-
inent man in the early seltlemeit of Indianapolis and Ihe first

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man olcctod to tlic ITjiitt-d States Senate rroiii tlie great commou-
woaltli of Indiana.

Upon coming to Indiana, -tolm llaniia first located in Brook-
lield, but sub.sequently moved to riidianapulis. He was lor many
years one of the foremost members of the bar of Indiana and was
ser\iiig as judge at the time of liis death.

James Parks Ilanna, father of the subieet of tlii'^ Tnnmnir,
was one oL a large family. He devoted his life to agricultural
pursuits and came into possession of the fine farm mentioned
above, where part of the capital city has since been built and on
that faixu he spent the remainder of his life, his widow surviving
four years; they both j^assed away when comparativly young in
years, and they were buried at the old fai-m, but have since been
disinterred and their dust now rests in the cemetery at Green-
castle, Indiana. They were the parents of the following children:
John, subject of this memoir; Catherine, who is deceased; Sai'ah,
widow of Anson Hornaday, lives at Plainfield; James Parks is
now Washington correspondent for the Indianapolis News and
W. P., the second son, is a prominent newspaper man of Texas;
Rufus is deceased; and JNIary Elizabeth, widow of Alpheus Birch,
who lives at Galesburg, Illinois.

Hon. John Ilanna, to whom this sketch is dedicated, spent his
boj'hood on the home farm and when of proper age he did his full
share of the hard work required in getting the raw land under
cultivation. Being the eldest of the famil}^, much of the streuu-
ons work fell to hun. During the \\dnter months he attended
the common schools, bnt most of his preparation for college was
obtained by home reading and careful observation. Wlien six-
teen 3'ears old he was left an orphan; four years prior to that he
had been made the practical head of the family, at the death of
the father. The young man continued to look after the farm and
the interests of the other children for about a ,vear, after which
his uncle, Robert Ilanna, assumed this responsibility and enabled
the boy to gratify his ambition to go to college, matriculating in
Asbury (now Depauw) University, Grecncastle, Indiana, from
which institution he was graduated in the year 1850. He had been
studying law for some time and after leaving college he began the
pi'actice of his profession with Judge Ecklcs at Grecncastle, with
whom he remained one .year, then o])ened a law office of his own,
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men nrnked' among the leading attorneys of tlie state, enjoying ;i
most lucrative clientage.

After practicing law for a few years in Indiana, jMj-. 11 anna
followed the advice of Horace Greeley and went west with the
idea of locating permanently. lie settled in Kansas and was liv-
ing in that state dnring the tronblons border warfare days pre-
cecimg me (Jivii wai'. vv mie nvmg in tne t)unnower state tiie young
attorney was honored by being elected to the fli'st territorial legis-
lature in Kansas, sendng with much satisfaction to all concerned
for a pei'iod of three years, during which tunc lie liecanie strongly
attached to Governor Bates, who was later a (iandidatc for the
nomination on the Repuljlican ticket, at the time A])rahani Lin-
coln was nominated for President of the United States.

Returning to Indianapolis, ]\Ir. Ilanna again took up his pro-
fession with Ro].>ert Smith, and in 1860 he was a delegate; from the
seventh district to the Republican national convention, held at
Chicago, which nominated Mr. Lincoln. i\Ir. Ilanna, however, per-
sistently ca t his vote for his old fi'iend, Governor Bates of Kan-
sas, until the tide was turned to Lincoln. After Mr. Lincohi's
election, as a compliment to Governor Bates, the President asked
the Governor if he had any friends whom he would lilvc to recom-
mend for office. And Govi nor Bates j-eplied: "Do you remem-
ber that black haired fellow who supported me so stron:':l3^ at the
convention from the seventh district, Indiana ? Tlaat man is John
Ilanna. What can you do for him?" WhcreuiDon Mr. Lincohi
made ]\Ir. Ilanna United States district attorney during the four
years of the Civil war. He made a most satisfactory and brilliant
record, and was re-appointed to the office by Andrew Johnson.
Mr. Hanna later took an active part in the impeachment proceed-
ings against President Johnson and resigned his office, lie then
established a law firm at Indianapolis with Gen. Frederick
Knefler, and later took in John S. Berryhill, a son-in-law of INIr.
Hanna. For a period of a quarter of a century this law fin; was
one of the most successful and best known in Indiana, and the
practice is still conducted b.v ^Ir. Berryhill.

During this period ilr. Ilanna made the race for the Legis-
lature, but was defeated bj' ]\Ir. Neff, a Democrat of Putnam
county. In 1876 he was elected con.: lessman from his distri'-t, and
although he made a splendid record he was dei-ated for re-elec-
tion by a Mr. Delimeter, in 18F'0 when the (Jrecnbackei-s and
Democrats united.

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The name of John ILiiuia was being mentioned all over the
state as the Kepublican candidate for governor in 1884, but his
untimely death, which occurred on October 24, 1882, two years
prior to the forthcoming election, ended his illustrious and honor-
able pnl)lif' cai-eei-. And lie was sincerely mourned by thousands
of Republicans and Democrats alike throughout the state. Mr.

known at that time as "Crescent Hill," one mile west of Plainfield,
on the Vandalia railroad, which lie had purchased five years pre-
vious to his death and which was considered one of the most
desirable lauded estates in this part of the country. This place
he had impro\ed and beautified with the intention of finding rest
and quiet after a hard day's work. The funeral of Mr. Hanna was
conducted by the Masonic order, he having become a Mason at
Greencastle many years previously, and a great concourse of
people gathered to pay a last tribute to the memory of their dis-
tinguished citizen, whose useful and commendable career had
ended when he was in the zenith of his power and popularity.

In 1850 John Hanna was united in marriage with Mahala
Sherfey, whose death occurred in 1870. This union resulted in
the birth of the following children: ]\Iary Lydia, who married
John S. Berryhill, an attorney, mentioned in a preceding para-
graph, and they became the parents of these children, John Hanna
Berryhill, and Irene, who married Earl Young. Wilbur Hanna
married Flora Parsons and they had six children, three of whom
are living, Sherfey, Frank and Helen. Walter Parks Haima
married Nellie Vestal, and five children were born of this imion,
John, Howard, Josephine, Clinton and Catherine. Isabella S.
Hanna was next in order of birth. John Hanna, the youngest of
the subject's children, married Cora Hadley and one child was
born to them, Walter H. Hadley.

On ]\fay 17, 1871, Hon. Jolm Hanna was united in marriage
with Mrs. Emaliue (Ilobbs) Pottorff, the widow of George H.
Pottorff, and a daughter of John Eussell Hobbs and Duranda
(Williams) Hobbs. This union was blessed by the following is-
sue: Eleanore, who married Hr. Ei'uest Cooper, has two children,
Portia Enialine Cooper and Lucia Virginia Cooper. Hon. Horace
L. Hanna, who has served four terms in the Legislature and four
terms in the state Senate, married llortense I^foore. Homer
Hanna, a twin brother of Horace, died in infancy. Lucia Hanna
married J. W. Hadley and they became the parents of two chil-

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dren, Paul Hauna ITadley aud Jesse Wallace Iladlcy, Jr. Flor-
ence llanna, the 3'omigest. child of tlu- subject's secoud marriage,
married Alva T. Edmonson, and they have one child, Cornelia
Edmonson; they live in Chicago.

Mrs. Emalinc Ilanna remained on the farm after her hus-
band's death until 1907, since which time she lias made her home
ill, J. iiiiiJiK^iu, jLxn.ii.i.j-i»i. ^LLi^ io u iiK^y ui. iii.iuy i^otiiuablc charac-
teristics and numbers her friends by the scores whei-ever she is
known. She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and
has long been active in the work of the same, standing high in its
congregation. Among her most valued possessions is a copy of
the Republican ticket, secured by her late husband, who attended
the convention which elected Abraham Lincoln, the ticket being
as follows:

REPUBLICAN TICKET.

For President,

Abraham Lincoln,

of Illinois.

For Vice-President,

Hannibal Hamlin,

of Maine.

Electors State at Large,
William Comback,
of Decatur County, Indiana.

John L. Mansfield,
of Jefferson County, Indiana.

District Electors.
1st District, Cyrus M. Allen,

of Knox Count)'.

2d District, John W. Run,

of Clark County,

3d District, Martin C. Hunter,

of Monroe County.

4th District, John Farquhar,

of Franklin County,

5th District, Nelson Trusler,

of Fayette County.

6th District, Reuben A. Riley,

of Hancock Coimty.

7th District, John Hanna,

of Putnam County.

8th District, Samuel A. HufT,

of Tippecanoe County.
9th District, James N. Tyner,

of Miami County.
10th District, Isaac Jenkinson,

of Allen County.

11th District, David O'Stailey,

of Huntington County.

HERMAN J. REMMERT.

The city of Fort Waynt-, Indiana, received a very desirable
acauisifioTi to hoy r'iti'/.cn'sliiT* ^x-li..n tiw. l-if,. TTr>v.>T.ii i r>o,>i,>,r,,.f
cast his lot in this community, it lias been said that wealthy
Germans seldom emigrate and that it is only the poor of that
race \vho take up their abode in foreign countries. Wealth, how-
ever, docs not consist entirely of money, and the United States
has been greatly enriched by the brawn and muscle, sharp wits
and plodding industry that have come to her from the famous
empire beyond the eastern ocean. j\lr, Remmert, only one of
many, but a fine type of the industrious and persistent man of af-
fairs, became identified with Port AVayne in the early days of its
development and he aided in the subsequent growth of the same
in a most commendable manner, both in a material and civic way,
and is thus eminently deserving of a place in her history and that
of other noljle-minded and progressive men of Indiana of a past
generation, lie was a man wlio looked on th sunny side of life,
ever hopeful tJiat the got)d would rule instead of the bad, and as a
result of such a fortunate disposition he made it pleasant for
those with whom he came in contact either in a business or social
way and who visited his family in their pleasant home. He was
a man of sociable and kindly nature, which made him poi^ular
with all who associated v.'ith him, and he was also a man of high
moral character, so that he had the confidence and good will of all.

Mr. Renmiert was bom in Prussia, CJermany, August 5, 1841,
and there h spent his early boyhood and received a limited edu-
cation in the connnon schools. Being ambiti<nis to ujake his mark
in the business world and having heai'd that better opportunities
obtained in the great Republic of the West than in continental
Euro])e, he set sail for oui- shores when but fifteen years of age, in
IS'jT, landing at the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, in September
of that year, after a long voyage on an old sailing vessel, reaching
the new world with a total cajjital of sixty-five cents. Soon he
ascended the Mississippi river to St. Louis, where he spent sca'-
eral )nonths, then came on to Fort Wayne, Indiana, in February,
1859. He had made the voyage from the fatheiland and the jour-

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uej'S iu this couutiy aloue, but, ])('iijg a lad of keen pcrccptiou and
courajreous heart, lie had jliu diliiculL\ ; rcsourccl'ul, he worked at
whatever houest jol) he could get and never came to waut. After
reachiug Fort Wa.viie he learned the carpenter's trade and that
of pattern maker, heeoniing very proficient in liolh. so that his
services were in great demand, following these pursuits a year

Having accunudated rai)idly, lu- made a visit to tlic old coun-
try in the fall of 1801, and was absent in his native land six
mouths. Upon his return to Fort Wayne he became engaged
with the Bass foundry and machine woi-ks, with which he re-
mained until the fall of 1863, when he entei-ed the employ of INIur-
ray & Bennigan in their machine sho[»s. In the fall of 18G4 he en-
gaged in the retail gi acery business, and though not out of the
shops more than three montJis he continued that business for
three j'cars. He was connected with the same works up to the
time of his death, which occurred on January 2, 1911, or a period
of forty-five years, being superintendent of the Kerr Murray
jDlant at the time of his death. Prior to the organization of the
last name' manufacturing coiicern he acted as general foreman
for four (■ five years, and ever after its organization he was su-
perintendent and a stockholder, much of its large success being
due to his able and wise management and counsel. He was one
of the most prominent and best known men in shop circles in
this section of the state and he understood every detail of the busi-
ness. He also knew how to handle men so as to render their
service most efficient and retain llieir good will.

]\lr. Remmert was a charter member of St. Karl Borreamous
Benevolent Society of St. i\Iar3''s Catholic church, and he was
one of the twelve who participated in the golden jubilee celebra-
tion of same in the spring of 3910. He formerly affiliated with St.
Mary's Catholic church, but became a charter meml)cr of St.
Paul's, and, with his family, eujoj'ed its services up to the time
of his death. Politically, he was a Democrat, but was never active
in party affairs or sought political ofKice, giving very little of his
time to public questions and political work. He was a great busi-
ness man and loved his famil}" and was associated very closely
with liome ties, therefore had little inclination to be a i)ublic man.

Mv. Rf.mmei't. w\as married to Mary Caroline Kooster. She
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who were boru in CJermai;/, and who eanm to tliis cuiuitry in 1810,
first locating in Piqua and Krcnieu, Ohio, and wlio were married
in Cincinnati, Ohio. They canio to Fort Wayiie i)i IHtG, and here
their danghter, Mary Caroline, who nian-ied Mr. Kenniiert, was
born on January 28, 1S17. The Koc^ler homestead way located
at that time on Calhoun street, opposite the Catliedral of Immacu-
ivvtv. ^^..^^vjycii/ii. ^lixo. .icciuiin.;! L J^ uiif oi c'lgiiL ciuiuren in ilie
Koester faniil.y.

Besides the substantial iJenunei-t home at No. 525 West
Washington street, l*\»rt Wayne, which has l)cen the famil}- resi-
dence for the past forty-two ycuirs, Mrs. Mary C. liemmert owns
considerable valuable proi)erty about the city.

Eleven children were born to Herman J. Remmert and wife,
named as follows: Catherine M. (now Mrs. Albert P. Wailjel),
of San Diego, California, has two children, Julia and Albert, Jr.;
Marie U. and John M. live with their mother in Port Wayne;
Charles P., who lives in Port Wayne; George P. is still a member
of tlae home circle; Albert J. is a resident of St. Paul, Minnesota;
five children died in infancy. The sons have all followed the foot-
steps of their father in a business way, being connected with the
gas maehiner}' business.

JAMES WILDING.
One of the Ix'st knowu men of n past }i;eiiefati(in in Fort

ous place in his community's histoi-y, \vas the hite James Wikling.
Perhaps his dominant and most nota])le characteristic was his
fidelity to trutli and honor. He invariably son<;-ht the tliint^-s that
were "honest and of good repute." In the training of his chil-
dren no precepts were so constantly or so urgently insisted on as
those which concern sound and worthy chai-aeter. He taught
that honor and truthfulness were of such commanding wortli tliat
self-interest should ncA'cr under any circumstances set them aside.
A falsehood or a dishonorable deed with liim was not only a sin;
it was a disgrace. These principles were a standard by which he
constantly estimated men, and to which he religiously held himself.
Wliatcver else he might do or fail to do, he meant to be, in all his
actions, right before his Creator and man. His life was an in-
spiration to all who knew him and his memory remains to his
friends and children as a blessed benediction of a noble and i\i>
right character. While advancing his individual interests he
never lost sight of his obligations to the community in general and
he did nmch for the upbuilding of Foi-t Wayne, v/here for many
years ho held a very high place in business and social circles, his
long life being worthy of imitation in many respects by the youth
hesitating at the parting of the ways.

James Wilding was an American b.y adoption only, but never-
theless he was loyal to our flag and institutions and never permit-
ted sectional lines to cause him to forget that he was first of all an
Anglo-Saxon. He was born in Leek, Staffordshire, England,
on September 9, 1826, and he was the son of Isaac and Elizal)eth
Wilding, natives of England, in which country they grew up, were
married, and spent their lives, never coming to America.

James Wilding grew to manhood in his native land and as-
sisted his father with the genei-al work about the place when a
boy. lie received his education in his home comnuuiity and,
when but a boy, began planning a trip to America, believing that
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opportunities were to be found tliau olscwhcic Uowovcr, before
leaving his native land lie was laiitcd in marriage, when twenty-
one 3'ears of age, to Anna Yates, the e.ercnion}- occurring in the
city of Manchester ou December 25, 1847. She, too, was of an ex-
cellent old English family. A few months after their wedding
Mr. Wilding, when twenty-two years of age, brought his l)ride to
the United Stntos fir^jf lor'->fi,.- -+ A^J.-r.uy, N... Yu.L, Ihcu m.neu
to Utiea, later to Cleveland, Ohio, thence to Detroit, ^lichigan,
and in 1860 the}' came on to Fort Wayne, Indiana, and here the
subject spent the rest of his life, being an honored resident of the
city for a period of fortj'-five years, during which time he saw the
rapid growth of the same from a country village to one of the
important commercial centers of this section of the middle West,
and in the upbuilding of the same he took no inconspicuous part.

Mr. Wilding learned the ornamental plastering business in
his native land and this he followed in New York state, but when
he came to Fort AVayne he first embarked in business as a con-
tractor and later as a coal dealer, the firm being known as Wild-
ing & Son. The same firm also conducted an extensive paper and
paint store, and in due course of time the elder Wilding became
one of the leading business men of the city, both concerns in which
he was the motive force gradualh' growing to a lucrative business,
and he prospered from year to year, by reason of his close appli-
cation and able management of his affairs, becomiu.L' one of tlie
substantial men of this section of the state. Having aceunndated
a competency, he retired from active business in 1898, after which
he spent his declining years quietly in his beautiful home, from
which he was summoned to his rest on June 2, 190G, at the age of
eighty years, after a long, successful and useful career, frauglit
with much good to himself and to humanity.

Mr. Wilding was very actively identified with the Wayne
Street Methodist Episcopal church, of his chosen city, and was a
liberal supporter of the same and a pillar in the congregation.
He served in almost eveiy office in the church and was regular in
his attendance, taking a great delight in all its affairs and his
counsel was sought in its management for many years. TJe did
much to make this one of the leading churches of the city. Politi-
cally, he was a Republican, but was not especiall}' active. Tie was
a member of the Masonic order, but being a great home man he
pennitted nothing to come between him and his fireside.

Mr. Wilding and \vi(V were niai-rifd in llu' old clmrch of Eng-
land, in the fanions Maiiflusti r Caliu'dral, hnilt when \va>j;c'.s were
ono ])o]uiy jv day. Anna Yates Avas bom on June 27, 1829, and is
the danjfliicr oi' William and ]\raiy (Brooks) Yates, being the
sppond of a family of eij-jht childnm. Rhe has one sister living,
]\[rs. li^lizabetli Potter, widow of Joseph Potter, who ]-esides in

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acter and many praiseworthy characteristies and has a host of
friends. She is a worthy member of the Wayne Street ifethodist
Episcopal ehnrch and has long manifested an abiding interset in
its affairs. She is exceptionally well prcsei'ved and looks fifteen
years younger than she is. She is cultured and widely read and
her presence is as sunshine to her many friends.

On December 25, 1897, Jamc^s Wilding and Avife celebrated
their golden wedding, and of this notable event in this happy
household we quote the followii from one of the Fort Wayne
papers :

"A Christmas wedding occurred in raerrie old England fifty
years ago when ^fr. and Mrs. Wilding plighted their troths and
thej' have lived happily ever since. It was on Christmas day fifty
years ago that ^Ir. and ]\ri-s. James Wilding were married in Eng-
land, and the anniversary was so fitting a time for a family re-
union that one was arranged and carried out in a most enjoyable
manner at the residence of the estimable coui:)le, No. 1012 West
Wayne .street. It was the anniversary that is known as the golden
wedding, and although not celebrated on so elaborate a scale as
are many others at this period of married life, their anniversary
was golden in its memories of a happy and contented wedded life,
and it brought as much jo}'^ to the hearts of the honored couple as
those observed in a more ostentatious manner.

"The children of j\rr. and ]\Irs. Wilding, with their families,
gathered at the Christmas board, bringing with them presents in
keeping with a golden wedding day. The dinner was a superb
success. The children are James W. and Charles A. Wilding,
i\rrs. 11. F. Porter and ]\Irs. C. IT. Newton. They were present
with their wives .aid husbands and children, making altogether a
large and happy family circle. Another guest present was Mrs.
Joseph Potter, a sister of Mrs. Wilding, who was also present at
the marriage ceremony fifty years ago.

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year after tlieir niavriago.. They have i-esided in Fort Wayrio for
forty years. Mr. Wilding is seventy-one years of age and his wife
sixt.v-eight years."

The follo\vi)ig children wen^ horn to James Wilding and wife:
Elizahetli married l)i-. Miles I'orter, of Fori Wayne, and tlipy
have SIX cluldren, Charles D. Porter, Lucille "Weaver, Clara
Yarnell, .Miles F. l^orier, Jr., James Vnvfcv find Fli-z-iiv+h Pm.4.>..
Ciiarles Albert Wilding, the second of the subject's children, who
married Pearl Woodward, is president of the Tri-Statc Business
& Loaji Association; they have one daughter, ]\largaret. The
other two children of the subject's family, James W. Wilding and
Mrs. Mary Jane Ne\A ton, are both deceased.

Of the death of Mrs. C. H. Ncwtcm, we quote the following
from a Fort Wayne paper:

"Mrs. Mary Newton, wife of C. 11. Newton, and during the
greater poi'tion of her life a resident of Fort Wayne, died Friday
night, November 25, 190-I-, at her home in Toledo, of typhoid fever.
News of her demise; will come as a most distressing shock to a
verj"^ wide circle of friends in Fort Wayne aside from the relatives,
for ^Mrs. Newton was well known and universally esteemed. She
possessed to an admirable degree the true worth, gracious kind-
ness and other attributes that characterize exalted womanhood.
Mrs. Newton's illness had extended over a period of four weeks,
and her daughter, ^liss Anna Newton, is now but convalescent
from an attack of the same malady, which terminated in the
mother's death.

"Mrs. Newton was a daughter of Mr. and jNIrs. James Wild-
mg, of West Wajnc street, and a sister of Charles A. Wilding and
of Mrs. j\[iles A. Porter. She was born at Utica, New- York,
June 18, 1856, and came with her parents to Fort Wayne while
yet a mere girl. Her marriage to !Mr. Newton occurred in this
cit}' June 19, 1878, and at the same time the marriage of her sister
to Dr. i\[. F. Porter was solemnized. Mr. Newton was for many
3'cars freight agent of the AVabash railroad in Fort Wayne, and
the family moved to Toledo four years ago when the husband was
promoted to the freight agency for his company in that city. Of
the immediate family there survive the husband and three chil-
dren, Charles, Anna and Afabel Newton.

"i\Irs. Newton's remains will be brought to Fort Wayne for
interment, arriving this evening, and M-ill be taken to the residence

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of the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wilding, 1012 West Wayne street.
Funeral services will be held Simda,y afternoon from the re-si-
donce, and Rev. Aslier S. Preston, of the Wa3'nc Street Methodist
Episcopal church, will officiate. Mrs. Newton was a menilK'r of
tlie church during her residence in Fort Wayne. The remains
will be placed for the present in the receiving vault at Linden-
wood."

A well known business man of Fort Wayne for many years
was the late James W. Wilding, son of the immediate subject of
this memoir and associated with him in business, lie was a man
whom to know was to admire and esteem, for his industry, jjub-
lic spirit and exemplary character, and we could do no better than
to quote the following paragraphs from one of the Fort Wayne
papers, which appeared the day after his death, Ajiril 7, 189.'":

"Early last evening occurred the death of James W. Wilding
at his home, corner of Woodland avenue and Webster street. Mr.
Wilding had been ailing for a long time with Bright 's disease and
two weeks ago it was believed the end was near. He rallied, how-
ever, and it was believed he might get well. But a few days ago he
again commenced to fail and grew slowly weakc]' until yesterday,
when friends knew the end was near at hand. He lingered until
shortly after six o'clock last evening when his sodl took its leave
of the tired and weakened body.

";Mr. Wilding was bom in Albany, New York, April 17, 1850,
and when a child moved with his parents to Cleveland, Ohio,
where his early boyhood was spent. While still a .young man he
came with his parents to Fort Wayne where he has since resided.
He was the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. James Wilding, pioneer
residents of the city.

"When a young man the deceased engaged in the wood and
coal business in this city with an office at No. 193 Calhoun street.
He continued in this business until a few years ago, when he
abandoned it to enter the field as a general contractor. His busi-
ness in that industry grew^ until he was oj)erating in many states.
In his business enterprises Mr. Wilding w^as eminently successful.

"James W. Wilding was married in June, 1874, to Ella
Embry, the daughter of ]\Ir. and Jlrs. James Embrv of thi:. cit.y.
To i\Ir. and Mrs. Wilding seven daughters have been born. The.y
are Mis.ses Cornelia, Lillian, Gertrude, Myrtle, Grace, Phoebe aiid
Dorothy. All of them, with the wife, survive the father and hus-

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band. The raniil\* lias the sincere sympatliy of a host of friends.
One brullier and two sisters also survive the deceased. They are
Charles Wilding, of the Tri-State Building and Loan Association;
Mrs. Miles F. Portei* and "Sirs. Charles II. Newton, all of this city.

"Mr. Wilding was a INIason of the thirty-second degree. lie
was a member of Home Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, and a
niembei" of llie l<^or< AVn\'Tio J ,n^^n■r> of T>"Tfrc'ticii.

"The funeral will occur Saturday afternoon at the home.
Park Place, on ^Voodlaud avenue, and will be private. Rev. L. L.
Henson will conduct the services,"

In many respects James W. Wilding resembled his honored
father, both as a business man and as a citizen, and he will long
be remembered in Fort Wayne.

GRAFTON JOHNSON.

As one who stands as ;i splendid type of the pro<;ressive and
loyal Citizens wlio ai'e inaKing luo .staie ui iiicliauu uiic uT uic
greatest in industrial circles in the Union, Grafton Johnson, of
Greenwood, is entitled to special recognition in this historj-. lie
has realized a large and substantial success in the business world
and this represents tlie result of his own well ordered endeavors,
for he has been in a significant sense the architect of his own
fortunes. He is a man of action rather than woi'ds. His mind is
strongly analytical, and its scope is wide and broad. He is emi-
nently utilitarian, and energy of character, firmness of purpose
and unswerving integrity are among his chief characteristics. He
looks searchingly aiKl comprehensively into the nature and prob-
able results of all schemes, and when he once addresses himself
to an)'' affair he falters not until it is pushed to a successful con-
clusion. He has for some time played a leading part in the affairs
of his native locality and through his persistent efforts he has
made for him '^If a jdace in connection with the productive ener-
gies and activities of life, so that his career offers both lesson and
incentive.

Mr. Johnson Avas born in GreeuAvood, Indiana, Sei)teinber 14,
1864. He is a son of Grafton, Sr., and Julia A. (Noble) Johnson,
long an influential old family of Greenwood.

Grafton Johnson, Sr., was born in ^fercer county, Kentucky,
December 14, 1819, and was the son of James and ]\Iary (Taylor)
Johnson, who were natives of North Carolina and Virginia, re-
spectively. "While he was 5'et a small boy, liis parents came to
Indiana, aiiil located at Brookville, Franklin county, and later
on in his 3-outh he accompanied them to Miami county, this state,
the family locating on a farm near Peni. In addition to a com-
mon school education, he received two years' instruction in Frank-
lin College. In his earl.y manhood he located at Greenwood, John-
son county, where, soon afterward, he engaged in mercantile pnr-
.suits; for thirty-six years he was extensively engaged in the retail
and general merchandise business. He accumulated considerable
property, and, at the time of his death he was one of the county's
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woaltliiivst men. Ills maniaj^^' occurred near dreenwood, Fel)ni-
avy 21, 1859, wlien ho led to the altar Julia A. Noble, daughter of
CJeoi'ge and Louisa (Canbx ) Noble, who came to Indiana from
Boone county, Kentucky, in about 1831. This marriage resulted
in the birtli of eight children, as follows: Mary L., born August
22, 18G0; George T., born August 3, 1861, is deceased; Charlotte

sketch; Julia N., born June 27, 1867; Grace, born August 10, 1869;
]\lartha E., born October 10, 1870, is deceased; and Albert, born
No\ember 6, 1871. The eldest child, Mary L., was graduated from
UePauw University, and later married II. B. Longden, professor
of Latin in that institution; Charlotte I. married Thomas B.
Felder, an attoruey-at-law, of Atlanta, Georgia; Julia N. is a
graduate of Wcllesley College, and Grace pursued her studies in
both AVellesle}' College and DePauw University. Mr. Johnson
was a member of the Baptist church, and politicall)' he was a Re-
publican, lie was one of the directors of Franklin College, and
was a member of the Indianapolis Board of Trade. His death
occurred on October 2, 1883. His widow continued to reside in
Greenwood, and she was a devoted member of the ]\Iethodist
Episcopal church.

Grafton Johnson, Jr., grew to manhood at Greenwood and
there received his primarj' education in the public schools, later
taking a course at Franklin College, from which institution he
was graduated and then he returned to Greenwood, wliere he has
remained to the present time. For a description of his great can-
ning industry, we are indebted for the following facts to an ex-
tended first-page article in the Indianapolis Star, under date of
September 14, 1910, which carried with it an excellent half-tone
portrait of i\Ir. Johnson :

"The Conversion of Luscious Green Corn Into the Carmers'
Pack" would be a good subject for a story in the earl}' autumn
days. Such a stoxy would not deal in blood and thunder nor
ebullitions of surging human passions, but if adequate descriptive
art were applied to the subject matter it would be a story of
human interest and with a distinctive Hoosier flavor. The lead-
ing character would be a handsome and well-dressed bachelor of
sunny temperament, and forty-five years old.

In September the corn packing season is at its meridian and
the king of corn packers is Grafton Johnson, of Greenwood. The

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bumper Tndinna ci'Dps make great linsiiiess for tlie canning fac-
tories, for the word "l)unii)er" a[)i)li('s as well to tlie camiing
crop as to the field croj). The season o])ens about August 20th
and closes about October 1st. .Mi-. .lohnsoji has a record of having
packed thirteen Tv.illion two pound can., ol" corn in one season.
If thei'e is any person who has niisgiviugs as to the .size of

one at Shclbyville — when the season is at its height, and watch
the fanners' wagons roll in, laden with green ears, until they
block the streets for squares and line uj) in long rows waiting for
their chance to iniload and then i-eload with the soft, nutritious
cobs and husks, which the farmers take hnine for feed. From two
hundred to two hundred and twenty-five loads are received at
the Shclbyville canning factory every da.y. The loads average
more than a ton and the farmer usually leceives about eleven dol-
lars a ton with the jirivilege of reloading his wagon with the cobs
and luisks free of charge. The fanner merely pulls the corn;
never hu: ks it. The husking is done at the factory in what is
known as the husking department, where about four hundred
and Miy persons arc employed. The operatives in this depart-
ment are paid by the quantity of com they husk, and the poorest
busker can make one dollar and fifty cents per day. Since neither
a college edvicatiou nor a civil service examination is required to
make a eona busker, and aiij'body wdio is gifted with two good
hands can do the work, opportunity for remunerative employ-
ment is offered to girls and even to cripples who do not have the
use of their lower limbs. Quite a mmiber of old soldiers whose
failing capacities qualifj' them only for light work, make compe-
tent corn buskers.

The husking bees which are a continuous pcrfonnance at
the Indiana canning factories when the season is in full swing
are not attended by the same mirth and hilarity that accompanied
the old-fasliioned husking ])ce, which was the prime social event
of the winter in backwoods communities, but at that the work
is pleasant, enjoyable and hcalthfid. Frequently entire families
— husband, wife and children — assist in the husking department.
Ordivi ril}' a famil}' of six can thus make more mone,y in the can-
ning season than the head of the household could earn in wages
at other emplo.ymcnt during the entire year. Tlie corn packed at
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"Coimliy (ifutUniiau," wliii'li is c'xci'i)ti()nally (iiu;, .swoet and
lialalabli'. The rarnicrs who raise coj-n for tlio canning- factui'ics
air not Avoi'kinj^ Tor their health. Tlicy are gettinj;: ahnndant re-
turns. A very ordinaiy yield is throe tons per aere of pulled eoni,
foi' which the farmer receives, say. eleven dollars per ton, or
thii-ty-three dollars imv acre, lie has, besides, the cobs and husks
and the stalks, which make nriiti<> (Mi<!il'info o.rd nrc r:itcd «liiiuol
equal to clover hay in nutritious value. Another advantage is
that lie docs not liave to wait until the dead of winter for his
money. He gets his check upon delivery of his corn, which means
quick returns foi- a few months' la1)or. Yields of live and six
tons per acre are exceptional, but not unheard of. On a field five
milco beloAv Franklin, William Neal raised more than five tons
l)er acre at one pulling. The corn that matured on the field later
was not sna])ped, but left as foi'age for stock. A few such crops
would put a farmer on Easy street.

There is monc.y, for that matter, in raising other crops for
the canneries, except that one has to take his chances with toma-
toes, which are rather a fickle crop. An average price for toma-
toes, delivered at the canneries, is eight dollars per ton, and an
average crop, when there is any crop at all, is three tons to the
acre, but, ever}' once in a while, fickle nature plays a joke on the
hard-woi'kiug husbandman b}' sending him an enormous crop of
thrift}' A'iues without a single tomato set on them. Tipton county
land is the prize soil for tomatoes. S(mie seasons are good for peas,
when fanners raise from one hundred and sevent)''-five to two
hundred bushels per acre, for which they receive not less than
tweutj'-six cents per bushel and some times as much as forty
cents. From that must be subtracted the cost of seed, which is
about eight dollars per acre, the canneries furnishing the seed. A
crop of two Inmdred bushels per acre at the minimum price of
twenty-six cents per bushel would leave an income of forty-four
dollars i^er acre. The pea crop is planted, cultivated and har-
vested all within a period of about sixty days, which means ready
retui'us on the inves^tment of land and labor.

]\Ir. Johnson is as cajjablc, agile and successful a captain of
industiy as one could run across in a day's travel. lie is modest
and his name seldom appears in the public prints, but he has
ideas — plenty of them — which are both original and practical.
Tie owns a chain of five packing plants in Indiana and three in

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"Wiseousm, which arc located at ]''ninklin, Wbitcland, Shclbyvillc,
Nol)lesville, Tipton and Aiult'rsoii, Indiana, and Clear Lalcc, Cnni-
berland aud Ladyyiinth, Wisconsin, and the most unnsual part
of it is that he oiJcrates all of Iheni fi-oni his oflico in (irccnwood,
wlierc ho receives daily renorls and keeps in touch with tlic mana-
gers of the plants over the long distance tele])]ionc. Sonic of Jiis

novel, has the advantage of keeping liini ont of tlie jcone of petty
annoyances, which uudonljtcdly would result if he spent his time
at the plants, and enables him to devote his mhid to the larger
features of the bushicss.

The output of all th(;se plants has recently 1)een gj-eally in-
creased, and three new factories have been established in ^\'iscun-
sin. The most appi'oved and modern machinery is used and
ever3'thing is under a superb system. For Mr. Jolmson has a rare
business philosophy. It is his idea that a bnsiness can and should
be run so that it will be a pleasure, "instead of an eternal grind,
rasp and scrap," as he expresses it. His treatment of his em-
ployes is characterized by good nature and generosity to a marked
degree. lie dismisses his office force at four o'clock every after-
noon and will not allow the office to stay open any longer. lie is
particular to admonish the managers of his plants that the)'' must
take plenty of time off and secure an abundance of good, sound
sleep, free from worry. He regards sleep as essential to a clear
head and wants every employe in a position of responsil)ility to
get plenty of rest, recreation aud repose. This, he tliinks, fits them
for the inevitable emergencies when clear heads and quick action
are required. He does not give enough attention to the details
of the business to know how many persons he employs in the can-
ning business, for it is one of his cardinal beliefs that the head of
a business should not worry with details. However, the state de-
partment of statistics in a report some time ago, placed the mun-
her at seventeen hundred, and he is not inclined to dispute the
figures. During the season of 1012 he employed over two thou-
sand people. He makes a point of selecting good men for responsi-
ble positions and pays them salaries commensurate with the very
best service.

In business he "goes it aloiie." He never has had a ])artner,
and he says if he should live to be as old as some of the iJiblical
patriarchs he never will have one. The necessity of having lo

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consult a busiuess associate licroic making a move would grato
harshly on his nerves, lie neitiier wants a partner to consult nor
to be the "goat." If a mistake is made he is willing to take the
blame on his own shoulders. .Mr. Johnson attributes nnich of the
growth of his business to the ability and energy of the heads of
departments and managers of individual plants. He has the most
implicit confidence in tliem and is a stromr K^ii-i-e-;- *^i^-[ ,,,u^i un^u

Uic huiicat.

Mr. Johnson sells the product of his canneries in car load
lots to wholesalers all over the country. But the canning busi-
ness is only one outlet for his multifarious activities. His fathei
Grafton Johnson, Sr., left an estate including a number of farms,
and these must be looked after, lie has baidving interests, auto-
mobile manufacturing interests, and one of his pets is his real
estate business. He buys city and suburban land in tracts and
plats it into city lots. He now has more than fifty additions in
different cities; to be exac:, they numbered fift}-six in 1912, and
were located as follows: BeluKmt Ciardens, Indianapolis; Terrace
Park, Rochester, New York; James Stj-eet Terrace, B3racuse, New
York; Owasco Heights, Auburu, New York; Willow Park, Lock-
port, New York; Hamilton Terrace, Olean, New York; West Ave-
nue Terrace, ^ledina. New York; Avondale, Fostoria, Ohio; Gar-
field Park, Marion, Ohio; Avondale, Lima, Ohio; 'Mum Street
Plaza, Lima, Ohio; Highland Terrace, Sidney, Oliio; Peojde's Ad-
dition, Sidney, Ohio: Windsor Park, Urbana, Ohio; Wellington
Park, Van Wert, Ohio; North Park, Xenia, Ohio; South Park,
Xenia, Ohio; Arlington Terrace, Zanesville, Ohio; Ingle wood,
Milwaukee, W^iscousin; Bisinark Heights, Milwaukee, Wiscon-
sin; Tuxedo, Kokomo, Indiana; Garden Place, Kokomo, Indiana;
Englewood Park, Kokomo, Indiana; East Euglewood, Kokomo, In-
diana; Oak Park, Blufftou, Indiana; Wabash Terrace, Crawfords-
ville, Indiana; Blue River Park, Edinburg, Indiana; Zeiiith Park,
Edinburg, Indiana; Sunny Side, Frankfort, Indiana; Woodside,
Frankfort, Indiana; Highland Park, Frari'diu, IndiaJia; Fairvicw
Park, Martinsville, Indiana; Victoria I*ark, Rochester, Indiana;
Berkley Park, Rushville, Indiana; Home wood Park, Grand Rap-
ids, IVIichigan; Stowell Terrace, Grand Ra])ids, Mi higan; Robin-
wood, Battle Creek, ]\Iichigan; Fairfax Gardens, Jackson, ]\Iichi-
gan; Wildwood Terrace, Jackson, Micliig.-m; I>akc Street TeJ'race,
Muskegon, Michigan; College Terrace, '.drian, Mi<]iigan; Bell-

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wood, Ann Arbor, ^lichigan; Drexel Torraco, Laucastci', Pouii.syl-
vania; Astor Tcri'ace, Atlanta, Ccorgia; East Terraeo, Cliarlcs-
toii, Illinois; Golden Park, Litclilicld, Illinois; Home Terrace,
Centralia, Illinois; Champlain Park, Ottawa, Illinois; Jjconai-d
Park, Stanntoii, Illinois; Jackson Pai'k, Vandalia, Illinois; Spring
(iardons, Effingham, Illinois; Lennox Gardens, Marion, Illinois;
ISrclTose Pnrk Oslikri«:li Wipcotiq^Ti- Poy 'Rivpr Heights, Grccu
Bay, Wisconsin.

If the crops raised for Mr. Johnson's canning plants in a
single year recently had been inclnded in one tract thej"^ wonld
have made a field over fifteen miles long and over one mile wide,
lie handles all of the enormous business, as well as his other inter-
ests, largely by telc^jhone. He keeps no books in his private office
and does not write an average of half a dozen letters a day. His
theory is that many a business man ruins his health and his busi-
ness by trying to give too much personal attention to details.

Mr. Johnson says that as yet the canning busiaess in America
is still in its infancy, notwithstanding the rapid expansion of the
last few 3'ears.

"I know of no better way to express it than to say that we
have only touched the high places," he added. "There are unlimit-
ed markets for American canned goods simply awaiting develop-
ment. Germany, for exami)le, hardly knows the use of corn as a
food product, but we need not go as far as Germany to find for-
eign markets that would consume enormous quantities of goods.
We have markets right at our doors. Cuba and Central ^>nicrica
are rich fields for prospecting. In those coimtries there is an
abundance of fresh fruits, but the people can not live on fruits
without getting on the sick list. The great demand in these coun-
tries is for canned goods. The difficulty i-; that no one in the
packing business has the financial ability to develop the foreign
markets. It takes time to shij) goods. Months must elai^se be-
fore returns come in, and credits are uncertain. As a result the
average operator, in fact all of the operators, prefer the honie
market with its quick and sure returns, rather than undertake
an outlay of time and expense in developing a foreign field, which
eventually might become very profitable. A foreign trade cannot
be built up in a year and no packer wishes to imdertake a cam-
paign that may not materialize before his death.

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organized imdor one head to control foreign niavketa. It would
necessarily have to be a concern of large capital, capable of keep-
ing its own representatives in foreign countries, it has been dem-
onstrated that the sale of goods to foreigners through brokers
is out of the question. A combination embj-acing fifty per cent,
of the Calming business in this country would be able to eil'ect
economics and to ojien up markets that arc now )mtoiiflu'(1. Trvi-iy
I^uv\ Yuriv pacKers are shippijig goods to Iowa, and Iowa packers
are shipping goods to New York. This is simply burning money
to pay freight and it could be avoided by common sense co-opera-
tion. In opening a foreign market it would not be necessary to
go farther than our next door neighbors. They are paying out-
landish prices for canned goods in Cuba and can't get a supply
at that."

The field of Cc^nned products is being enlarged all the time,
!Mr. Johnson says. "All sorts of things are canned nowadays,"
said he. "You may not know that even biscuits are caimed and
that tliey stay sweet and palatable and do not dry out. I have
been in est;iblishments where fish flakes were canned."

Mr. Johnson is unable to make a guess as to how long canned
goods will retain their wholesomeness and flavor, but he relates
an incident touching tliat point, which is of interest. Recentl)'
A. A. Alexander, president of the Citizens' National Bank of
Franklin, opened a can of tomatoes that was packed at the Franl:-
lin Canning Factory seventeen years previous. The contents in
appearance, taste and wholesomeness could not be detected from
tomatoes canned a year before.

Mr. Johnson owns a handsome home on North IMeridiau
street, Indianapolis, but he resides with his mother in Greenwood.
Politically, he is a "progressive" Republican, an admirer of Bev-
eridge, principally for his fight in Congress on the tariff issue.
But he disapproves of some of the actions of Roosevelt.

;Mr. Johnson is treasurer of the Crawford Baptist Industrial
School, located north of Indianapolis, on the Clarion and Hamil-
ton county line. It is in the midst of beautiful surroundings, of
over three hundred acres, wdth modern, well-equipped buildings,
including two donnitories, steam heated. He is also a tiMistce of
Franklin College. He is a member of the University Club of Chi-
cago, and University, Columbia and Country Cluljs of Indianapo-
lis. \ • '

It was once remaj'kod hy a celebrated iiiuralist and Ijiograjilier
that "There lias scarce!}' passed a liLe of whicli a judicious and
faithful narrative would not Juive been usetul." Jieiieving in tiie
truth of tins opinion, expressed by one of the greatest and best
men, the writer of this memoir takes pleasure in presenting a few
of the leading facts in the commendable career of a gentleman
who, by industry, perseverance, temix-rance and integrity^ worked
himself from an humble station to a successful business man and
won an honorable position among the well known and highly es-
teemed men of a former generation in the city of Fort Wayne.
For it is ahvays pleasant as well as profitable to contemplate the
career of a man who has won a definite goal in life, whose career
has been such as to command the honcu* and respect of his fellow
citizens. Such, in brief, was the record of the late Diederich
!Meyer, than whom a more wdiole-souled or popular man it would
have been difficult to have found within the borders of Allen
county, where he long maintained his home and where he labored
not only for his own individual advancement and that of his im-
mediate famil}', but also for the improvement of the entire com-
nmnity whose interests he ever had at heart.

Mr. ]\[e3''er was one of the large number of German-born citi-
zens who have done so much for the upbuilding of this section of
Indiana and to whom we owe such a debt of gratitude. lie was
born in Germany, Jidy 15, 1829. He was the son of Jolm and ^lar-
garet ]\Ieyer, who spent their lives in German^y, and he was the
youngest of a famil}' of seven children.

Diederich Meyer grew to manhood in his native land and
there received his education and learned the miller's ti-ade. Be-
lieving that greater opportunities existed for him in tlic United
States than in the fatherland, he liade farewell to his ancestral
halls when twenty-seven .years of age, in the }'ear 185G, and, after
a tedious voyage in an old-fashioned sailing vessel, reached our
shores and here spent the rest of his life, between that time and
his death making three return trips to his home country for the
purpose of visiting relatives. H' first eni])loyment in this coun-
try was as a driver for an old-ti e wagon cii'cus. It was while
making a tour of the country in tins capacit}' that the city of Fort
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months after his urrival hi the new worUl he (juit the circus, h;iv-
ing tired of the ruviug lil'c, and h)c.ate(l in tliis city in ItSGG. For
a time lie was cnipkijed on wliat is now the Pennsylvania raihoad,
and later was for several years a hcialnuui on the old AV'abash and
Erie canal.

jMr. ileyer was lirst elected to a position on the police force
of Fort Wayne in ISGG, and altn<f<.fl....- 'i".- tcj tud^c years to
2^^-lv.v wuiK, live ot which were us turnkey at the county jail of
Allen county. On May 12, 1S81, Mr. JMeyer was appointed to the
place of deimty city marshal, and three years later, upon the resig-
nation of ]\lars]ial Frank F;Jlver, he was appointed to till the va-
cancy. So well did he discharge the duties of the same that he
was elected marshal in 18S-1 and re-elected in 1887, giving eminent
satisfaction to all concerned, irrespective of party alignment, for
he performed with strict tidelits^ every trust reposed in him
and was known as one of the best officers the city ever had. Cour-
ageous, always standing unswervingly for the right, as he saw
and understood the right, he was never biased or made to sacri-
fice a principle of honor. He was firm and exacting, but just and
fair with all men, and cousequentl}' enjoyed the confidence and
respect of cverj'^oue.

Politically, Mv. Meyer was a Democrat, and lie took an active
interest in municipal politics. His first Piesidential vote was
cast for Stephen A. Douglas. He was one of the prominent men
of Fort Wa.^Tic in his day, and through his industrj' he accumu-
lated a great deal of property about the city, which has rapidly
grown into value and which is still owned by his widow. He re-
tired from active business ten years prior to his death, though
he continued to look aftei- his valuable real estate interests. He
was a deacon and trustee of the Trinity English Lutheran church,
and together with his wife took quite an active interest in church
affairs. He was a lover of the outdoors and especiall.v delighted
in fishing.

Mr. Meyer was miited in marriage in Fort Wayne on Novem-
ber 16, 1882, to Lucretia j\I. Munsou. She was the daughter of
James P. and Eleanor IMunson. Her father was born in W^olcott-
ville, Connecticut, and was one of the prominent pioneei's of Port
Wayne. Indiana. Her mother was a native of Ireland, from which
country .she emigi-ated to the United States when yomig. ^Frs.
Meyer was the only daughter of a family of four children, and .she
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to woiuanbood and received lu:i- cdui/atioii. Ilcr I'allK.'r was one
ol' llie lirst iiicrc'hant.s ol" thi.s city. His death occurred early in
life. jMrs. iMeyer's great-great-graiuiratlier emigrated to Ameri-
ca ou the "Maytlowei-" with the rilgrini Fathers in 1(520. The
AlitTivoji f;utiily has bt^eii pvoTniiioiit i'l vi'vionR wnlK's of life from
that time imtil the i)res(;ut. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Meyer

Dicderich Meyer was summoned to his reward in the (ii'eal
Beyond on January 14, 1911. The Fort AVayne Sentinel, which
carried a donhle-columu half-tone engraving of Mr. Meyer and a
full aceoiuit of his life and death, said in jjart, as follows:

"Following an illness of about three weeks, and at a time
when he was thought to be improving lapidl}', Diederich ^Leyer,
former city marshal and well known resident of Fort Wayne, was
stricken by heart failure at his home, No. 122 West Wayne street,
early Saturd;;y evening, and expired a few minutes later. Mr.
^leycr was eighty-two years old. lie had been ill since Decem-
ber, suffering an attack of la grippe, with which there was mani-
fest a heart Aveakuess that had several times given much alarm.
Recently, however, the patient seemed to l)e safely upon the way
to recovery and on Saturday had eaten heartily. During the
evening he arose and with the assistance of the luirse who had
been caving for him walked about the house. While taking a
drink he collapsed suddenly, and despite the efforts of physicians
who reached the house promptly, death intervened in a few min-
utes.

"Few" men in Fort Wayne were more wideh' known and none
more universally esteemed than 'Dick' i\reyer, as he was famil-
iarly known to his acquaintances, and his residence of nearly
fifty years in Fort AVaync had made him a familiar figure here.
* * * lie was a man of fine integrity, frugal habits and
marked industry which enabled him to amass a comfortable com-
petence and to live in quiet retirement during the later years of
his life, though he kept in close touch with affairs and was a
familiar figure about the city."

Mr. ]\teyer's funeral, which occurred at Trinity Englisji
Lutheran church, where he had long been a pillar, was veiT large-
ly attended, and it was impressively conducled b}' Rev. Dr. Sam-
uel AA^agenhals. Tlie pall bearers were William A. Bohn, Cieorge
Becker, C. F. Pfeiffcr, P. A. Randall, A. E. Melching and (i. H.
Loesch,

HON. ADDISON F. ARMSTRONG.

That life is iLe must coinuiciulabli; that results in the greatest
good to the greatest number. Mti,1 fi:-.-.^!; .,ll .[a nut reach the
'-S-:to tv. vviiicu tliey aspire, yet iu some measure each can ^Yiu
success and make life a blessing to his fellow men. It is not
necessary for one to occupy eminent public ])ositions to do so for
m the humbler walks of life there remains nuu-h good to be ac-
complished and many opportunities for the exercise of influence
that m some way AviU touch the lives of those with whom we come
rnto contact, making them better and brighter. In the list of
Indiana's successful citizens, Hon. Addison P. Armstrong long
occupied a promment place. Li his rca-ord tlierc was much that
was commendable and his character forcibly illustrates what a life
of energy can accomplish when plans are wisely laid and actions
are governed by right principles, noble aims and high ideals. In
his business career as well as his private life, no word of suspicion
was ever breathed against hun. His action; were always the re-
sult of careful and conscientious thought, and when once con-
vmced that he was right, no suggestion of policy or personal profit
could swerve him from the course he had decided upon. His
career was rounded in its beautiful simplicity, for he did his full
duty in all the relations of life, and it is safe to say that no man
m the county in which he lived enjoyed to a greater extent the
affection and confidence of the people than did Mr. Armstrojig.
His death removed from Howard county one of her most substan-
tial and highly esteemed citizens and the many beautiful tributes
to his high standing in the world of affairs and as a man and citi-
zen attested to the abiding place he had in the hearts and affec-
tions of his myriad of friends. His life was beautifully epitom-
ized by a life-long friend iu the following words: ''A devoted
husband and father, loved by all who knew him, a successful man
of affairs, of spotless integrity, a clear-headed optimist, a Chris-
tian gentleman and citizen."

Addison F. Armstrong was born iu Clinton county, Ohio, on
April 1, 1833. His father, Thomas A. Armstrong, was a native of
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iu the practice of law iu Philadoljiliia. Ilo was a rowiarkablc inan
in many respects aud lived to tli(! ap;e of ninety-three years. The
subject's mother, who bore the ninideii ii.uiu' of Sarah E. Cirant,
was a native of Virginia, and by her union with Air. Annstroug
she beeamf the another of eight children, seven sons and a
daughter.

A rl/-1i-^'>T-i A iMiic-fv, >iin- T>o^r.iT(w1 1\iv orliifif iotvil f l"l inblf \vlli<'h

was somewhat limited, in the district schools, and in 1849, at the
age of fourteen years, he came to Kokonio, Indiana, which from
that time on was his home for over half a centuiy and in the
growth and devclojunent of which he was closely identified. He
was for a short time engaged in teaching school, and then read
law. In 1856, with a brother, H. A. Annstroug, and J. A. James, he
began the hardware business in Kokomo. The place was then but
a little Western village, but had a large contributory field and its
growth was steady \nd permanent. The enterprise of which the
subjei t was the head grew with the growth of the village, leaping
from a business of four thousai:d dollars a j'ear to one hundred
and fifty thousand dollars. It became one of the soundest com-
mercial conce) ::s iji the state and one of the largest of its kind in
Indiana. Tlie name of the firm miderwent a number of changes,
until now it is kno^^^l as Armstrong, Landou & Coinpanj', i\Irs.
Armstrong being the successor of her husband in the business,
which is under the active management of George W. Landon.
Soimd, legitimate business iDrinciples, fair dealing and courteous
treatment of customers were the contributing elements to the
remarkable success which characterizec the operations of this
firm.

Mv. Annstrong w, an important factor in the early and
subsequent growth of Kokomo. Tie was a member of the first
common council, aiding in the organization of the city, and repre-
sented the first ward in that body for eight consecutive years. In
politics he was always aligned with Ihe Democratic party. He
was elected to the st te Senate from his district in 1870, overcom-
ing a large adverse party majority, and he served through three
terms of the General Assembly, his re-elections attesting his popu-
larity among his constituents and the efficient service he had ren-
dered in the law-making body. In 1876 hr was a candidate for
Congress in his district, aiid, though the normal Republican ma-
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less tli;iii fourtooii Imndivd votes. lie also iiiudo a fine raco for
the Deiiioeialic iioiniunlioii for auditor oP state, l)ciug defeated by
General Mauson.

Addison F. Aruistrung possessed a deej) religious jiatiu'c and
at the age of sixteen years he united with tlic Christian church,
of which lie was tiiroughout the remainder of his life an active
and faithful nienil)e!'. He fool- ■^■>^ "-^rnrot ^/.i^L lu. uiu organiza-
iion of the Main Street (/hiMstian church, Kokonio, and for many
years was a memher of the official board, first as a deacon, and
for a few mouths preceding his death, as an elder, and during
most of this time he was one of its chief pillars of support. In
1876 a new house of worshij) was commenced, costing thirty thou-
sand dollar.s, and ]\lr. Avjnstrong was largely instrumental in
clearing off the iDdel)tedness, being at all times a heavy con-
tributor and ready to further the church's interests both with his
time and his money. His love for the church was not, however,
confined wholly to the local body, but his unselfishness and broad
sympathy extended beyond local fields. The divine injunction,
"Go ye into all the woi-ld, and pi'eac-h the gospel to every crea-
ture," came to him as a x>ersonal demand and, though he could
not go himself, he did what he could in obedience to the command
and gave largel}' of his means to assist the missionary enterprises
of the church. He became dee]^ly interested in Butler College,
at Indianapolis, which he believed had a great mission among the
disciples and for the genci-al educational interests of Indiana,
feeling that its endowment and strategic position at the state
eapitol offered an exceptional opportunit5\ He became a mem-
ber of the board of trustees fifteen years prior to his death, and
for the last nine years of his life he was president of that board,
refusijig re-election the last year of his membership because of
his ill health. He showed his faith in the college by endowing
the chair of Germanic languages with twenty thousand dollar's.
His service to the college was always gratuitous and he made
many supplementary contributions to it after his gift of the pro-
fessorship. Few, outside of his own immediate famil}', knew
how much his heart was in the affairs of Butlei- College.

In June, 1863, Mr. Armstrong was united in marriage with
Mary S. Brandon, who survives him and v^•ho had shared equally
with him all his interest and activity in cit.y, church and college.
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Brandon, of Kentucky, and the grandd;mglit(!V of ITon. B( njaniin
Brandon, who with his wife wore of the first families of \'ir-
ginia. They removed to Bourlion county, Kentucky, about 1790,
where he was largely engaged in nuinufacturing and agi'icullural
pursuits in both. Bourbon niid TTnrvison coinitics. Ife cni))luyed
teachers from the South and East for his family, who were thus
uiTv-'iJcd 3ii]:!cri?r cdiicr.^i'''''""^^ ;>cix-Tr,fo<-»ot' TTiq cm-i Afnn^fToinorv
Brandon, father of Mrs. Armstrong, came to Indiana in 1.S3-1 and
for many years was numbered among the leading citizens of the
state. He died in Kokomo in January, 1880, surviving his wife
a few months. To 'Mr. and I\rrs. Armstrong weJ ■; boi-n two chil-
dren, namely: Sherman, who died m infancy, and Jennie, who
Jjecame tlie wife of Thomas C. Howe, of Indianapolis, presid it
of Butler College. Mr. and ]\Irs. Howe have four children, Mary
Elizabeth, Charlotte B., Thomas C, Jr., and Addison Armstrong.
Addison F. Armstrong was happily blessed in the po session
of a worthy helpmate. During all the years of ( leir companion-
ship he ever found in her an earnest supporter of the interests
which were dearest to his own heart. She is foremost in all good
works, giving much of her attention and executive ability, as well
as of her means when needed, to public and charitable ork. She
has rendered most efficient and a])p]-cciated service as president
of the Howard County Orphans' Home Association for twenty-
two years, president of the Suffrage Club and the Ladies' Lecture
Association, manager for Indiana for the Woman's Board of
iNfissions of the Christian chvirch, 1 sides taking an active in-
terest in the temperance cause and movements •vhich have for
their object the betterment of the community <•.• the world at
large. She is still prominent in club, charity and church work.
She is an active member of the Kokomo Hospital Association,
and was for years a member of the state board of the Young
Women's Christian Association, being an annual contributor to
this and many other worthy causes. She was also active in fur-
thering the erection of the Y. IM. C. A. building ;it Kokomo. In
her home, Mrs. Armsti-ong is a chr."ming hostess, entertaining
at many functions, and in her honi.e the spirit of real old-time
hospitality is evident to a noticeable degree. The family resi-
dence (since 1874) is at Xo. 406 East Sycamorr street, Kokomo,
Mrs. Armstrong's present compa lion b'ing her jister, j\l ss liutli
Brandon.

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Addison F. Annstruii};f died on Scpttnibor 2G, ]90;{, at the
rcsidi'iicc of bis d<nii;lit('r, Mrs. 'i'lioirias C. JIowo, at Trvington,
Indianapolis. He had foi' a nuiulu'v of _voars been in all lu'alth,
liaving rctiix'd i'l'on) active management of his business interests,
and had sonj^bt relief in various places. In 1899 he made a trii)
to Karlabau, Austria, in hop(> of imi)r(>vement, and in 1903 he,
with ]\trs. Arinstr()n<]j and bis dautcbter's familv. had bocn tipfi"!-
i.15 ilji .Muuiiiej- juoutlis by tlie lake shore near Harbor Spiinj^s,
^Hchigan. The family returned to frvington, wbcj'c ^Er. Arm-
strong jiasscd away a week later, bis last hours being peaceful
and without pain. Thus passed away a good man and righteous.
He was a man whom to know was to respect and admire, for he
was a geutcel, kind-hearted, straiglitfoi'ward man of affairs in all
the relations of life, one of those estimable characters who live
for others — unselfish and solicitous of the welfare of his friends.
As a business man, fully in touch with the ijrogress of the times,
Mv. Armstrong cjfsily stood in the front rank among his compeers,
being broad-minded and liliernl in his relations with the public
and ])ossessing a geuir.-^ for successfully conducting large business
enterprises. ITis judgment was ever sound and seldom at fault,
his foresight clear and accurate. As a citizen he was publi
spirited, always ready to lend a helping hand in jiromoting the
public good, and, being a man of unquestioned integrity and im-
bued with the highest principles of honor, he was popular with
all classes and had the friendsbij) of all. As a public servant he
rendered faithful seivice and his record in that connection is
without a blemish. lie was always identified with the gi'owth
of his home city, but was conservative and never sought the lime-
light of publicity. He was a rare man. He was clean in thought
and life; of even temper, quiet speech and deliberate action. He
loved books and travel, bnt, above all, he loved his fellow man.
While he was in high degree successful in his business ventures,
he carried into realization in his life the old proverb, "A good
name is rather to be desired than great riches." Wealth acquired
by unworthy means he fairly scorned with all the ardor of his
earnest soul. lie believed in the goodness of his fellow men, and
if, now and then, he knew he had been deceiA^ed, he thought he
was the gainer in those where bis faith was not misplaced. His
death bi'ought a sore loss to his family, his city, his church, his
college, bnt the world is better for his having lived and striven.

ISAAC J. HOLTON

ISAAC J. BOLTON.
While Virginia has been aptly termed the "IMothcr of Presi-

prishig and successful people iu iiiiuor capacities and thousands
of the humble sphere of private citizeiishi]) trace their ancestiy
back to the Old Dominion. This was true of the late Isaac J. Bolton.
Just when the original progenitor of the Bolton family became a
resident of Virginia is not known, but it is sui)posed to have been
at a time antedating the colonial struggle for independences and
from that remote period to the ]wcRent members of this line old
family have been influential in the affairs of the various com-
munities where they liave resided. This ma.y also be said of the
subject's maternal ancestry, who also settled in that state at an
earl}' date, so he was justly proud of the fact that he belonged to
the well known yet unorganized class denominating themselves
as the "First Families of Virginia." Mr. Bolton carried through
a successful and honorable life many of the commendal)le charac-
teristics of the true Virginian — gallantry, generositj', hosi)itality
and loj'alty to friends and right principles; consequently he was a
man who was much admired and esteemed l\y all with whom he
came into coiitact. He held to the theory that godliness or piety,
moral cleanliness or integi'it}', activity or industry in the work of
the church, all tended toward true happiness in this world and a
hopeful coufideuce in the life to come that is assured to the pos-
sessor of these individual virtues. He was one of the gallant de-
fenders of the Union during the great w^nr between the states,
making a record of which his descendants may well be proud, he
having proved a brave and efficient memlier of the famous "Per-
simmon Brigade."

Isaac eT. Bolton was born near Sanford, Vigo eoianty, Indiana,
December 8, 18i7. lie was the son of Philip and Sallic (Smith)
Bolton, both born in Virginia, from which state they came to In-
diana in pioneer days and, through their industry and close ap-
pliciition, became well established on a farm in Vigo county, and
there they were influential in the carl}' affairs of the community.

Lsaac J. Bolton .spent his boyhood on the home farm, assisting
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willi (ho general wmk uii tlic saun'. (luring tbe sumuier monllis,
and lie attended llu- connnon seliools in his district iii the winter
time, recei\ing a gond praetical udueatiou. Early in life; he learn-
ed the carpenter's trade, at whieh he became (juite pntlicicnt and
his services wcic in great demand. Later in life he built a very
desirable and eonnnodious i-esidence for himscU* and family.

Althongh bvit a mere bov wbon flm ^^vo..+ —-i- ^'2 ^Lc Iic-
Uellion was in progress, Mr. Bolton enlisted on the 3d of August,
18(j3, in Company K, Ojic Ifuudred and ]<'ifteenth Indiana Volun-
teer Infantry, for six }nontbs' service, a member of tJic "Persim-
mon ]?rigade,'' in Avhicli he served with such gallantry and faith-
fulness tliat he was promoted to the ranlc of corporal, and was a
participant in a number of important campaigns and hotly con-
tested engagements, and while in the service he spent his sixteenth
birthday near Chattanooga, Temiessee. He was honorably dis-
charged ttn February 25, 18GJ, and soon afterwards returned to
Sanford, Indiana, and, after spending the summer on the home
farm, he re-enlisted on October 7, 18G4, in Capt. Moses Peck's
Battery, Eighteenth Lidiana Artillery, and in this he became very
proficient and won the admiration of his superior officers and his
comrades as well. lie was discharged on June 30, 1865, after a
most conunendable record.

i\rr. Bolton visited the battlefield of Chattanooga in 1888 and
there obtained a hickorv log in which was embedded eighteen
canister shot. He had also collected other mementos and inter-
esting relics and he presented all to the Indiana State Historical
Society. After his second dischai-ge he returned home and be-
came a miller and mechanical engineer at Terre Haute, which
lines he followed with much success until about sixteen years prior
to his death. He then entered the grain brokerage business in
Marion county, in which he accmnulated a competency. He was a
business man of keen discernment and honorable methods so that
he had the confidence of all with whom he had dcaliiigs. He took
a great deal of interest in politics and his counsel was frequently
sought by local party leaders and aspirants to public offices.

On ]\ray 31, 1867, !\Ir. Bolton was united in marriage with
Cathei'ine Johnson, three and one-half miles northeast of Rose-
dale, Vigo county, this state, and the union proved to be a most
happy and fortunate one. She is the daughter of Alexander F.
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Carolina, respectively, each rci)rr:-.cntati\('s of liiu' old Sonllieni
families. ^Irs. .Boltou received a good education and is a lady of
many pleasing traits. She still resifles in Indianajiolis, which has
been the family home for many yeai's.

The union of the subject ai^d v.vifc wao hlcr.tu'.d by the birth
of four children, two of whom died in infancy: Jennie inarried Dr.

Indianapolis, and is a young business man of much promise.

Politically, Isaac J. Bolt(m was a loyal Republican, and was
always active in the ranks, as before intimated. He was a most
consistent n)ember of the United Brethren church. His death oc-
curred ou March 9, 1911, and burial was made at Teri-e ITaute,
Indiana. He will long be greatly missed by a wide circle of
friends.

jos::ph HAr tman, m. d., ll. d.

The nv.ui wlio devutcfs liis talents juid energies to the noble
work of nilininisteriii"'- lo flv il'- -it^'i "i'"---'-.!::'.;; the ::urr^i;*it,-' '^^
himianity pursues a calling Avhieli, in dignity, importance and
beneficial results is second to no otlic)'. If true to his profession
and earnest in his efforts to enlarge his sphere of usefulness, he
is indeed a benefactor ■ his kind, for to him more than any other
man are entrusted the safet.v, t le comfort and in many instances
the lives of those who place themselves under his care and profit
by his services. Of this class of professional men was the late
Dr. Joseph Eastman, founder of the famous hospital at Indian-
apolis, Indiana, bearing hi:, name, and who stood for many j^ears
with few peers and no superiors among the phj'sicians and sur-
geons of the middle West, during which time he not only gained
wide uotorict.y in his chosen vocation but also established a sound
reputation for nprightuess and oble character in all the rela-
tions of life. He realized that to those who attain detci-minate
success in the medical profession there must be not only given
technical ability, but also a broad human s.ympatliy which must
pass f]'om mere sentiment to be an actuating motive for helpful-
ness. So he di.^nified and Simorcd the profession by his able and
self-abnegating services in which, through long years of close
application, he attained notable distinction and nnciualified suc-
cess. Ills long and nseful life as one of the world's workers was
one of devotion, almost consecration, to his calling, and well docs
he merit a place of honor in every history touching upon the lives
and deeds of those who have given the best of their powers and
talents for the aiding and bettex'ment of their kind. He was in
the most signific; . i sense human it.y's friend, and to those familiar
with his life there nnist come a feeling of reverence in contemplat-
ing his services and their beneficial results.

Joseph Eastman was born in the picturesque Bleecker moun-
tain country, Fulton county, New York, January 29, 1842, and
was the son of Rilus and Catherine (Jipson) Eastman. The East-
man family lias been more or less prominent in New England
history from tlu; first settlement, and the Jii>sons were among the

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early German settlers of tlic I^luhawlc A'allcy, Kr-w York. Tlie
former family were pioneer icsidc'iits of liadlcy, Massai'lniseits.
Dr. Joseph Eastman's great-gi-aucU'athcr's sister, Abigail ICast-
man, was the mother of Daniel Webster. Many of the Doctor's
progenitors fought in the eaj'ly wars of jViiieiiea, one, Joseph East-
man, serving in King Phillip's war; another, Joseph Eastman,
donn Jiiastmau ana iieuuen dJpson, me jaiLer liic greai-graaci-
f:.ther of the subject of this sketch, also Lieut. Noah Dickinson,
all fought in the Revolutionary war.

Doctor Eastman grew to nianliood in his native coniuiuDity
and he received a meager primary education, having attended the
public school about three months and studied at night wlien a
boy at home, but he was ambitious and later in life made uj* for
his early deficiency by close application to gcnei'al literature, the
sciences and materia medica. lie was one of the finest examples
of the proud American title of self-made man, for during his bo\'-
hood he was compelled to earn his own livijig, perfoi'ming such
tasks as he could find that were remunerative. Tfc earl}' realized
that his only means of wiiming success was by work, jjersistent
and unremitting. Taking up the blacksmith's trade, he had com-
pleted his three years' apprenticeship before he was eighteen
year:-, old and had become a proficient worker in iron, ranking
among the skilled workmen in this line in his community, ]Jut
his career was now interrupted by the break' iiig out of the great
war between the states, and this sturdy, x)atriotic sou of the North
unhesitatingly offered his services to the Union, enlisting in the
Seventy-seventh New Yoi-k Volunteer Infantry, lie made a
faithful and gallant soldier, taking part in many of the trying
campaigns and sanguinar}^ eugageinents of the war, particii)ating
in four of the greatest battles of that titanic contest, lie little
dreamed when he laid down his tools and walked away from his
forge and stopped the clang of his auvU that his entire future
course was to be altered and that his iron-working da.ys were
over. After the battle of "Williamsburg, Virginia, he suffered an
attack of typho-malari. 1 fever and was sent to Mt. Pleasant hos-
pital, Washingt<m, D. C. During his days of ccmvalescence. Dr.
Charles A. McCall and Dr. Harrison All(;n placed him on liglit
medical duty in that hospital, and later secured his discharge from
his regiment and appointed him hospital steward in the United
States armj'. His work in this connection fostered in him an
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every effort iu Uiis directiou and there, among the sick and wound-
ed Fedej'al soUiiers ho laid a must ])racti<.'al foundation for an ex-
ceptionally successful career iu this calling, remaining in the hos-
pital service in Washington Cit}- for a period of three years, and
through the courtesy of Doctors Alcrinll and Alien he was per-
niitU'u to attend three courses of lectures given at the IJjiiversity
of Cieorgetown, from which invtitnfiM" i-^ '-.r.o o^"^*"^'^i;^^> wiin
nic ocgree of Doctor of Medicine, in 18G5. He kept his books at
the bedside of the sick, and thereby became familiar with gram-
mar, arithmetic, Latin and Greek in connection with his medical
studies. He then passed the army examination and was commis-
sioned assistant surgeon of United States volunteers, in which
capacity he served with much credit until mustered out of the
army, at Nashville, Tennessee, in itay, 18<jG.

After his career iu the anm^. Doctor Eastman devoted him-
self to the general practice of his profession and his jjrogress was
steady and continuous, choosing the West as the field of his en-
deavors, excellent opportunities for ambitious and talented young
men being furnished there, that part of the Union being then in
the first stages of a great development. On his way home from
the front he stopped in IndiauaiX)lis, finally locating at Browns-
burg, a few miles west of the city, where he followed general prac-
tice for a period of nine years with ever-growing success, having
continued his studies the meanwhile, also attended Bellevue Hospi-
tal Medical College, in New York City, at which institution he
received his second degree of Doctor of iledicine, in 1871. His
abilities by this time had become known beyond the limits of his
resident community, and he was offered the chair of demonstrator
of anatomy in the College of Physicia}is and Surgeons at Indian-
apolis b}' Doctors Parviu and AValker. Accepting the offer, he
moved to Indianapolis in 1875 and continued to reside there the
rest of his life, ranking as one of the leading physicians of the
state fo]' more than a quarter oP a century, the circle of his fame
ever broad(>ning until he became a distinguished representative
of the nation in medical science. He served as consulting surgeon
to the City hospital in a most cj-editable manner, and during that
time delivered courses of lectures on clinical surgery to the stu-
dents. He was also for eight years the assistant of Doctor Par-
vin, the distinguislied obstetrician and gynecologist. In 1879
Doctoi- Eastman became one of the organizers of the Central Col-
lege of Physicians and Surgeous, at hidianapolis, and was in-

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(luced to accept tbe cbair t»f anatomy and clinical .-.iii'i;'cry. Alter
tcacliing anatomy iu the two collcg<-s nicnlioiictl above ior sc\( ii
ycav.s, n special cbair was created for biin in tbe College of Piiy-
siciaus and Surgeons, of Indianapolis, tbat of abdominal suri^iiy
aiiu dic;casci;cf v.-omcn, v.hicb be bold '""^I'.tinnonvly nntil his dc.-ilh.
and diuiug tbe last five years of bis life he was president of tin-

'- ' ' • II ■ • c n , ,,i.i,v, 1,,,^. j„ ,,,..,c„c->.;,,,i-il

circlcs throughout tbe country, Doctor l']astman was accorded a
j)ositiou of eminence tbat has been attained by few and be was
recognized as an authority on all matters coiniected wilb gyne-
colog3' and abdominal surgery. lie visited tbe world-]-euowned
medical institutions and bos])itals of London, Birmingham, Paris,
Strasbnrg, Munich, Vienna, Leipsic, Dresden, Ifalle and K. rlin,
ci'itically examining the methods of tbe distingnislied operators
in the departments of abdominal surgery and diseases of women.
He also attended the International ]\Iedical Congress at J3erlin.
Hirst's Obstetrics, Volume 18, pages 267 to 270, inclusive, gives
him credit for being the second in tbe world and tbe only Ameri-
can surgeon who, in operating for e.xtrautcrine pregnancy, has
dissected out the entire sac which contained a living child and
saved the life of both mother and child. His chief s\iccess lying
in tbe treatment of diseases of women, be finally made these his
specialty, and his practice along these lines so constantly increased
that it became necessary for him to give almost his entire atten-
tion to the same. He was the first in the state to lay aside general
])ractice, limiting himself to abdominal and pelvic sui-gery, baving
taken this step iu 1885. Tbe natural outgrowth of this work was
his private sanitariiim, which was established in 1884 and which
b.-ul a very rapid growth, tbe building it occupies being completed
in 1893, on aichiteetural lines then contemplated. It is one of tbe
best of its kind iu the United States, modei'u and convenient in
every appointment, and the property is now valued at sixty thou-
sand dollar.s. It has about sixty-five rooms and its sanitary ar-
rangements are complete and extensive. It is as nearly fireproof
as possible and is provi(\'d with an elevator and with o])en fire-
places, which add greatly to the facilities for ventilation and en-
hance its health fulness in no small degree. 'I'bis sanito)ium is a
credit to Indianapolis and to its originator. In the practice of his
specialty Doctor Eastman performed some of the most remarka-
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and discussed at leugtli in all the leading American and European
medical journals.

Tlic degree of Doctor ol' Jjaws was conferred upon Doctor
Eastman by Waba^'i College, in j'ecognition of his professional
merit and wortli and of liis original metliods, the first and only
time in tlie Uistor}' of this old and conservative institution that
honor has bceu given to a nlivsicijin l>nf.+r.T. ]']:^,;t::::.xi ,.tto fic-
qiieniiy eailcd Ui^ou to deliver lectures before medical conventions
in this country, and in Milwaidcee in June, 1893, he was elected
chairman of the section of diseases of women in the American
Medical Association. lie was also selected as one of the limited
mnnber to contribute papers on gynecology and abdominal sur-
gerv at the meeting of the Pan-American Congress, which con-
vened in "Washington, D. C, in September, 1893, he having twice
before acceded to a similar denuiud with distinguislied credit to
himself and to the unbounded gratification of a large body of emi-
nent i)hysicians and surgeons before whom he appeared.

Doctor Eastman's ability as a teacher, speaker and exponent
of medical science in its highest and best phases was very marked.
The following extract from his opening address before the stu-
dents of Central College of Physicians and Surgeons, September,
189-1, will ser\-e to show not only his deep insight of this science,
but also his superior literar}^ style :

"On entering the medical profession, just as in other pro-
fessions and other lines of business, we ask ourselves wliat we
may expect. Are we to succeed or not? It is the actual force of
character that nuakes success, rather than an adaptation. There
is a certain inherent force in everyone that can make some success
in everything he undertakes to follow. There are men with heads
large enough to make doctors, but comparativel}' few wdth hearts
large enough to make groat doctors. Thei-e is one qualification
necessary for a doctor. That is a large, a true, a warm, unselfish
and loving heart. The man who goes into a sick room with a
gentle step and a tender expression, not only in words but in
tone, with a heart filled with loving emotion, has the inborn quali-
ties fo]' a physician, without which you cannot succeed and with
wliich you are sure to win. Tlien when the question comes to 3'our
mind, 'Shall I get something out of my profession?' let this be
the reply, 'What will I i)ut into my i)rofession?' If we haven't
put anything into a bank we cannot expect to check anything out.
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};(ii({'n auytliiug out of tlio profossidii liy \vny t>f rcj)iitatioii or
iiioDc'V is because sulTVriiig luuna)uty and tlie profVssiou couUlu't
gi't anything out of llu'in. You never could and you never will he
able to get blood out of a lurni[). l/ersistcnt study is tlie very
iiiliifi Lu develop and cultivate '.vliat little genius you may have
been boru with. The men who ]r,\\o the most fortunes in the

earnest and diligent labor. Some will say, a man can go into
polities and make a greater name tlian in medicine. I question
tliat, too. There arc some names in medicine that will live forever.
'Shall not the labors of the statesmen succumb to the jjitiless
logic of CA'cnts, the voice of the orator bec-omc fainter with com-
ing ages, the achievements of the soldier be fomid at last only in
libraries of military campaigns, while the names of Jenner, Mc-
Dowell, "Wells and ^Morton, like the surging waves of the inviolate
sea, shall be wafted to the utmost shores of time, hailed alilce b.y
all nations and all ages for having \>sseucd the burden and length-
ened the span of human life?' Then I will place my profession by
the side of any other profession or business, as far as getting
bread and butter is concernid, and will place it far above them in
honor on the tablets of time. I love all those devoted to the pro-
fession for one reason: because whatever we do, whethej* we get
any money for it or not, we have the consciousness of having done
something to serve humanity and lessen the burden of human life.
The physician who has the confidence of many happy homes
wields a powerful influence for good. Hoav manj' of us remember
the manly form and the intellectual face of the family ])hysician
by the side of that other sacred 2:)erson, our mother. It is the
sacred relation in the home that should teach us and make us
feel that our sen'ice is a service for Ood, and that he serves God
best who serves humanity most."

The high standing of the late Doctor Eastman among his pro-
fessional brethren is shown bj' a perusal of the following extract
from the "JNIedical and Surgical ]\ronitor" of Jujie, 1902, by Sam-
uel E. Earp, M. S., M. D. :

"In many respects Dr. Joseph Eastman existed in a sphere
of his own. He was ambitious at all times to be a leader in every
undertaking in which he was connected and to follow was entirely
foreign to his nutm-e. Among Doctor Eastman's friends and ac-
quaintances were many eminent men, yet in them he did not find

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an ideal, ]mt sought the best h\nu all a\'ailablo sourc-es aud laid
out an avenue (»r his own.

"In the ordinary alTairs ol; lilV he always dcnionsij-atod a dis-
position to be lirni in his convictions and when a conclusion was
reached, wlietliej- it was charactc^rizcd l>y hn^ic (iv nicthudirid ef-
forts, if he believed it to be right, he was unwavering in its de-
fense. It was charactorisfif f>(' T>A»fni- l'>.rtuuu: lu oxt«.iid a help-
ing hand to the fallen, speak a \vord of encouragement to those
groi)ing darkly in the slough of despond, grant mercy to the erring
one and throw the mantle of charity over the unfortunate. He
despised euA^y, malice and vice and held up to the admiration of
the world the better and nobler elements of man's character.
Doctor Eastman's responsibilities were indeed heavy, including
his educational Avork in medical circles and the duties of a large
practice in abdominal surgery. These at times seemed to entirely
encompass his mind, surrounded by a fine dignitj' and reserve
which placed him in the false light as if one with a barrier between
himself and others. But those who knew him best recognized the
geniality of his disposition, the warmth of his heart, and these
readily burned the barrier away. For years the youngcu- members
of the profession sought his counsel and, in fact, the elder ones
relied upon his wisdom and judgment and in every quarter his
eminence and greatness received recognition. The unusual suc-
cess which crowned his life work, together with his ripe expe-
rience and kind heart, enabled him to bring to the sick room com-
fort, confidence and hope whose brightness dispelled the shadow
of gloom and despair.

Politically, Doctor Eastman was a Republican and he never
failed in ; ny of his duties as a public-spirited citizen. Tie was
well fortified in his religious views and was a worthy member of
the Central Chiistian church, of which his widow is also a mem-
ber. He was identified with George II. Thomas Post, Grand Arm_y
of the Republic, also belonged to the Indiana (^)nnnandcry of the
military order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, and the
Masonic fraternity, in which he attained the lliirty-second degree
of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite.

The ideal domestic life of Dr. Joseph Eastman began in 18G8,
when he wa^ united in marriage with ^Mary Katherinc Parkei-,
daughter of Thomas ani Sarah A. ((Jonarroc) Barker. The father,
a prominent citizen of Indianapolis, was bom near Raleigh, North
Carolina; his wife was a native of Eaton, Ohio, ))orn in 1821, but

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when six months old licr parents biought lar to Marion count}',
Indiana, wJiorc she grew to wonianliood and liere married in 1810.
'J'homas liarkc-r was lifteeu yi-ars old when hi: eame to Marion
connty. lie wa:; a jiromiuent mcrciiant in later years, and at one
time served as treasni-er of the connty. J^lrs. Eastman was born
at Bridgei^ort, Indiana, where hei- father maintained a general
rto'"? ■*'"■" y^""" 1' • w'^' "in •.,v1,.m1- l?('iinl>lic;ni. His deatli oc-
curred when abont fortx'-iight years of age, and his wife when
about lifty years old.

Five children were born to Dr. Joseph Kastman and wife,
namely: Two who died in iul'anc}'; the surviving are: Dr. Tliomas
B. Eastman, who was born at Brownsburg, Hendricks county, In-
diana, Ajwil 8, 1869. He was educated in the pulilie schools in In-
dianapolis and Wabash College, from which he was graduated in
1890, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He then entered the
Central College of Physicians and Surgeons, in Indianajjolis, and
here he was graduated with the class of 1893, with the degree of
Doctor of Medicine, lie has beeu ver^'^ successful as a general
practitioner in ludiana.polis. He is a mendjer of the American
Medical Association, the American Association of Obstetrics and
Gc ccolog}', the Indiana State Medical Society and the ^^larion
Coimty Medical Society. H is a liepublican, and a member of
the Masonic fratcnrity, having attained the thirty-second degree
of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Bite, in which connection he is
affiliated witli Indiana Sovereign Consistory, Sublime Princes of
the Royal Secret, and he also holds membership in ]\lnrat Temple,
Ancient Arabic Order of NoIdIcs of the Mystic Shrine. He is a
member of the Phi Kapjia Psi, a literary college fraternity, and of
the Phi Rho Sigma medical fraternity. By reason of his father's
militar}' service in the Civil war, he is eligible for and holds mcm-
bertihip in the military order of the Loyal Legion of the United
States. Dr. Thomas ]?. Eastman was married on ]\larch 22, 1893,
to Ota Beal Nicholson, wlio was horn in Crawfordsvillc, Indiana,
the daughter of N'rilliam L. and Jennie (Beal) Nicholson, a pi-om-
inent family ( l that city. The father, for many years a leading
mei'chant there, died in 1903. ISlrs. Eastman's death occurred i)i
1910, leaving one child, Nicholson Joseph.

The sec'ind of the living children of l)i'. Joseph Eastman is
Dr. Josepl' 11. Eastman, who is identified with the management
of the Joseph Eastman Hospital, and also incumbeut of the cluiir
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also born at Browiisljiirg-. Indiana, on Aju-il LS, 1871. ITc moved
with the family to Liili;iiiapulis when he was a child and here re-
ceived his odueatiou in tlu' i)iihlic schools and Bntler University,
at Irvington, a sulmrl) of the cajtilal city; in 1878 he entered Wa-
basli College, at Craw fords ville, Indi;ni;i, and he was graduated
with iirsl honors with the class ol" 1891, receiving the degr<e of
Bachelor of Science, aiid an lionovivy 'i-g;:, ^T r.Ia&n.-i or i\.rts m
IZZo. iM>Howmg in the footsteps of his honored father in a pro-
fessional way, it was his privilege to study in the great nniversi-
ties of lieidelberg, Gottingen and Leipsic. In 1897 he was grad-
uated fj'om the University of Berlin, "magnum cum hnule." His
graduating thesis, entitled, "The Origin of Corpora Amylacea in
the Prostnte," v\as printed in full in American, German and
French medical magazines. After his graduation Doctor East-
man returned to Indianapolis, where he has since been actively
engaged in the practice of his profession and where his success
has been of the most ccpiivocal order. He has been professor of
surgerj' in the Indiana School of jVIedicine since 1908 and also
surgeon of the Indianapolis city hospital and city dispensary. He
is a member of the Amei icau itedical Association, Western Sur-
gical As.sociation, the Lidiana State j\fedical Society and the
Mai'ion County Medical Society, lie is also identified with the
;^^ississippi Valley Medical Association, of which he was formerly
vice-president, and he is a member of the executive committee of
the American Urological Association. Doctor Eastman has been
a frequent contributor to medical and surgical literature. lie has
originated and pei'fecled a number of surgical instruments that
have gained recognition as valuable contributions to the surgical
department of his profession. He has at various times dropped
his regular work to study and investigate in the leading hospitals
and medical colleges of Europe, where he has studied the woi'k of
many of the most eminent surgeons of tlie world. Politically, he
is a Republican, and his religious faith is that of the Protestant
church, and he is a member of a number of civic and social or-
ganizations, lie married Violetta Grumpelt.

Mary Eastman, daughter of Dr. JoseiAi Eastman, is a lady of
culture and rtifinement and has long been prominent in the social
life of Indianapolis. Slie is now the wife of Frank T. Day, for-
merly of New Yoi'k. They live with the former's mother in the
attractive Eastman homestead on "Wa.vhington Boulevard, known
as the .Tipson Place, named after the mother of Doctor Joseph

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Eastman. Surrouuding this splciulid lioiiic arc eight acres of
beautiful aiul well ke])t grounds. The Keidor Doctor's widow has
been a consistent member of the (^-ntral Christian cluirch foi" over
fifty years. She is a woman of gracious i)ersonality, beautiful
Ohristian character, and the intornntion.il f;inio of her lamented
husband was due in no small measure to her sympathy and en-

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of the American Revolution, in which she takes an active part.

The earthly career of Dr. Josei)h Ea.stman was closed by the
common fate of manliind on June 5, 1902. His name will go down
in the history of the state as one of the most distinguished repre-
sentatives of the medical profession in the middle West, and one
whose fame in his chosen calling transcended the borders of In-
diana and pervaded the nation and foreign countries, and his name
will be held in lasting honor as one of the ablest i)h\'sicians and
surgeons that ever gave loyal service in behalf of sufXering hu-
manity and whose life was characterized b}' the deepest human
sympathy, standing for a number of decades in his profession al-
most without a peer.

CHRISTIAN B03EKER.

In holding- up i'ur cojisidcration to the readers of this work
those facts whidi have sliown the distiiK tiuu of a truo, useful and
honorable life, a life characterized by i)orseverance, energy and
well defined minvivo c-i...i. ^^^ -^^_^ Vi>,vd by the late Christian
Boseker, long a well known business man of P"'ort Wayne, Indiana,
will bo but to loiteratc the dictmn jironouuccd upi)n the man by
the people who knew him so long and well, for the subject of this
memoir presented in his career an interesting study of the manner
in which adherence to j)rinciple and sturd.v endeavor may win
worthy distinction in pursuits diverse and ennobling. Through-
out an interesting and active career duty was cvci- his motive of
action, and usefulness to his fellow men not by any means a sec-
ondary consideration. lie achieved nmch in an individual way
not dependent upon hei'editary prestige, but proving himself
wortliy as a factor in public affairs, as a patriotic soldier and as a
citizen and business man of the utmost loyalty and progressive-
ness. Thus as a representative of a family whose name has been
identified with the history of Allen county, this state, from the pio-
neer epoch to the present and whose prominence reached its apo-
theosis in the labors and services of Christian Boseker, he is well
worthy of consideration in this volume, the province of which is
to touch upon the genei'ic and memorial history of the state which
was honored by his residence for a period of over half a century
or practically all his life, he having been but a child when brought
here from an alien clime.

Christian Boseker was born in Saxony, Gennany, i\Iay 8,
1841, and he was five years old when he came with his parents,
Peter Boseker and wife, to Fort Wayne, in June, 1846, the voyage
from the fatherland, made in an old-time sailing vessel, having
been a tedious one, occupying sevei-al weeks. The father was a
miller and followed this occupation in a number of the early mill-
ing establishments in Fort Wayne, and was said to have been one
of the most skillful in his vocation during the early days here. He
was an honest, hard-working man, res]iected by all who knew him.
His death occurred in 1857, but the niotlioi- of the sul)ject survived
until 1865.

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ceivcd his t-nrly I'ducation in tlio scliools of tliiy cily, most of ]iis
text-book training having hccn ol)taiiK'(l at iiiglit school, it liaving
been necessary for liini to work ont wlion he became old enough.
lie was a fine type of the self-made man.

Christian Boseker was the second yoiuigest of a family of
eight children, of whom one brother, Henry Boseker, survives at

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in the emijloy of A. C. Beaver, and he followed the same until the
breaking out oi the Civil war. In the sununer of 18(51 he respond-
ed to the call of his adopted country for troops to suppress the
rebellion, enlisting in Company E, Thirtieth Indiana Volunteer
Infantry, in which he served as a gallant and faithful soldier until
March 28, 1803, when he was discharged on account of jihysical
disability. He saw considerable hard service and pai'ticipated in
a number of imi^ortant battles, including Shiloh, where his brother
was shot and killed while fighting by his side in the ranks.

Returning home after the war, Mr. Boseker resumed his
trade as a cari)enter, and in 1864, while in the employ of J. D.
Silver, was foreman in the construction of the DeKalb county
court house. In 1865 Mv. Boseker entered the business of con-
tracting, forming a partnership with Jacob Forbing, which ex-
isted until 186S and they were very suecessfid, handling many im-
portant contracts dui-ing those years.

The years that followed were busy ones for Mr. Boseker, and
many public buildings were constructed by him. Among the ear-
lier stinictures were court houses for Defiance county, Ohio, and
Adams county, Indiana, and the Allen county jail, and many other
handsome and substantial structures which will long stand as
monuments to his skill as a builder. For a time he abandoned
contracting, and in 1875 formed a partnership with the late Hon.
James B. "Wliite for the manufacture of wheels, which continued
successfully for eight years. His next public work was the com-
pletion of the ]Masonic Temple in Fort WajTie, which had been
commenced in 1881, but on account of lack of funds had not been
completed. A year later he completed the erection of the First
Presbyteriaii church. Under appointment from President Cleve-
land, Mr. Boseker superintended the construction of the govern-
ment building in Foi-t Wayne, which was completed in April,
1889. In 1890 he completed the Wells county court house, and
later built the Fort Wayne city hall. Some years later his son,
Harry C. Boseker, becamf a ])artncr A\dth his father, and they
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court house at LTppcr Saudiusky, Ohio, was uiulor coustructiou by
the firm at the tiiuc of tho subject's death.

Politically, i\lr. Bosekcr had always becu a Democrat, and his
first vote was cast for Ocn. Oeoi-gc B. ]\IcClollau for President in
1864. He was- elected in 1881 water works trustee for one yvnv and
in 1882 was re-elected for three years. In 1888 he was chosen to

fill +1,^ i,,,^,-,,,-,. t J , P T -,y ^-.^ ^r , . --^^^

.-^..^.....^ o^^.xi v>v c . -L . (.. ..n;jci, aiia 111 Jiooj was again
elected for three years. ]\Ir. Boseker was twice a candidate for
the Democratic nomination for mayor of Fort Wayne. In 1888 he
purchased the Fort Wayne -Tournal, retaining that newspaper
eighteen months, disposing of it to give his attention to other mat-
ters.

Mr. Boseker was united in marriage September 22, 1863, to
Cornelia Hinton, who was born in Fort Wayne in 1843, the daugh-
ter of Samuel and Johanna (Smith) Tlintou. Her father, who
died in this city in 1892 at the advanced age of eighty-six years,
came to Fort Wayne among the earliest settlers in 1833, and here
spent the rest of his life, engaged for the most part in fanning,
and was known to be a man of blameless character. There were
nine children in his family, named as follows: Cornelia, who mar-
ried the immediate subject of this memoir; Sarah, who married
William Henderson, both now deceased; William is deceased;
John, who married Anna Welton, lives in Fort Wayne; Catharine,
who married Warren Carpenter, both being now deceased; Har-
riet, who married Charles Scott, lives in Joliet, Illinois; Samuel is
deceased; Alice lives in Fort Wayne; Laura, who married F.
Kring, lives in Fort Wayne.

To Christian Boseker and wife were born the following chil-
dren: Lida E., who married G. F. Wheeler, lives in Erie, Pennsyl-
vania; Harry C. is a well known business man of Port Wayne;
Ella and Charles Boseker are deceased.

Mr. Boseker was actively identified with the Masonic frater-
nity, being a member of Home Lodge, of Fort Wayne Chapter and
of Fort Wayne Commandery. Religiously, he was a worthy
member of the First Baptist church, in the affairs of which he was
very active, as was also IMrs. Bosekcr, who long stood high in the
local congregation.

Tlie death of Christian Boseker occurred at Hope hospital
after an illness extending over a year on Frida}-, ]\rarch 30, 1900,
when lacking less than two months of his fifty-ninth birthday.
He lived a true and useful life, one fraught with much good to
humanity. His widow died January 8, 1900.

TiIAJOIl \7IL2L^r. F. HITT.

TIlk. x^^^^^i l!...t .!:.,"':! "'•-"j— ^^ 'yoon-<-f],'r\ tbp hrave sons
of the North who left their peaceful homes and remunerative vo-
cations, unhesitatingly giving up the serene pursuits of civic
life to give tlieir services and their lives, if need be, to preserve
the integrity of the American Union, is certainly due the gentle-
man to a brief review of whose life and characteristics the follow-
ing lines are devoted. Major Wilbur F. Hitt, a well known citizen
of Indianapolis, now living in honorable retirement after a life of
unusual activity and usefulness, proved his love and loyalty to
the government on the long and tiresome marches in all kinds of
situations, exposed to sunmier's withering heat and winter's
freezing cold, on the lonely picket line, a target for the missile of
the unseen foe, on the tented field and amid the flame and shock of
battle, where the rattle of musketry, mingled with the terrible
concussion of bursting shells and the deep diapason of the can-
non's roar, made up the sublime and awful chorus of death. All
honor to the heroes of the early sixties. To them the coimtry is
under a debt of gratitude which it cannot repay, and in centuries
yet to be posterity will commemorate their chivalry in fitting
eulogy and tell their knightly deeds in song and story. To the
once large but now rapidly diminishing anny that followed the
old flag on many sanguinary fields of the sunny South, ciiished
the aiTned hosts of treason and re-established upon a firm and en-
during foundation the beloved government of our fathers, the sub-
ject of this sketch ])elonged. Like thousands of comrades equally
as brave and patriotic as himself, ^fajor Hitt did his duty nobly
and well and i-etired from the senice with a record unspotted by
a .single unsoldierly act.

Major Hitt was born at Brookville, Indiana, May 27, 1843.
He is the son of John "W. Hitt, a native of Kentucky, and the lat-
ter was the son of Martin and l\Ja7-garet Hitt, both natives of
Kentuckv. Tliey were extensive fanners there, but finall}" lib-
erated their slaves and moved to Urbana, Ohio, where they spent
the rest of their days, l^fartin Hitt was a real estate owner and
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a local Methodist pit'aclicr. His family consisted of eight chil-
dren, named as follows: Col. Fletcher, who served both in the
Mexican and Civil wars; Thomas S., a Methodist minister; IVfaria,
who married Hov. Aaron Wood, D, D.; Elizabeth, deceased, who
was ]\rrs. Wallace; Sanuiel; Caleb was a soldier in the Civil war;
JoJin W., father of .Major llitt, of this sketch; and Dr. Willis W.
They all became nseiul citi'/ens .'nid wm-n c:^^r>nr>^^f^^] yj^ tlicir sev-
eral vocations.

John W. llitt, the father, was born Alarch 4, 1803, in Bourbon
county, Kentucky. lie was a }oung man when the family moved
to TTrbana, Ohio, and there he was educated and studied law, but
did not practice. He followed his l)rother. Rev. Thomas llitt, to
Brookville, Indiana, and later married a sister of Thomas's wife.
Thomas llitt was for some time pastor of the ]\lethodist church at
Brookville, and there John W. Hitt engaged in merchandising
for a few years, later became cashier of the Brookville Bank, then
for many years was cashier of the Brookville National Bank, of
which he was one of the organizers and the largest stockholder;
he was the first cashier of that institiitiou. Selling his bank stock,
he moved to Indianapolis in 1872, and here he spent his remaining
days, dying in 1881, at the advanced age of seventy-nine years,
his widow surviving until 1905, reaching a much greater age,
ninety-one years. She was born at Brookville in 1816. Her father,
Robert John, was county clei'k of Franklin county for a number
of years. He moved from Pennsylvania, when the government
land office Avas still at Brookville. His wife died at Washington,
D. C, at the home of her daughter. They were both buried at
Crown Hill cemetery, Indianapolis. He w^as a strong Republican;
she was a natural artist and left many beautiful paintings, and if
she had had proper training doubtless she would have become
famous.

The folloAving children were bora to John W. Hitt and wife:
Jane is deceased; Mary is deceased; Laura, deceased, who mar-
ried A. D. Lynch, also deceased; Wilbur Fisk, subject of this
sketch; George C, who was the youngest.

Mrj. Wilbur F. Hitt grew to manhood at Brookville and there
attended the public schools, also Brookville College, later Asbury
(now DePauw) L^niversity, at Greencastle, Indiana. Wliile a stu-
dent in that iiistitution he offered his services to the government,
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Infantry, lie was at ouce advanced from j»iivato to orderly ser-
geant and in a sliort time to sergeant major, tlie liigliest non-com-
missioned ofTicer in the regiment. On March K?, 18G5, lie was
given a brevet connnission of both captain and majo)-, a very un-
nsiK^l thing. The commission wns sij^^ned by tlie I'resident of the
United States. This was in recognition of meritorious sci'vices,
..■^1 t!u fr.it':'"::'. i:crf?i-:".r.r.'^c '-^ 'V'^" -*• -i' +i"-«^<=, M-botbor in
camp or on the field. He was transfened from the Eight\'-third
Indiana to the One Hundred and Twenty-third Indiana Volunteer
Infantry as tirst lieutenant and adjutant on January ], 1861, and
he remained with the latter regiment until August 25, 1865. He
participated in the Vicksburg and Georgia campaigns and was in
the battle of Nashville. He had a horse shot from under him at
the battle of Kenesaw ^lonntain, Georgia. He had the confidence
of both his men and his superior otTficei"s, and was an energetic,
brave and efficient otficer, according to his comrades.

After an honorable discharge, Major ITitt returned to Brook-
ville, Indiana, and took a position as teller in the bank with his
father. He came to Indianapolis in 1871 as assistant cashier of
the Meridian National Bank, the duties of which he discharged in
a very satisfactory and able manner for two years, when he re-
signed, and in 1878 entered the railway mail service as clerk, his
nm being between Indianapolis and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
In 1886 he was made chief clerk of the railway mail service, with
headquarters at St. Louis, later was transferred to Indianapolis,
where he remained as chief of railway mail until 1897, in which
year he was made assistant superintendent of railway mail seiT-
ice, the duties of which took him all over the United States. He
resigned from the service on January 1, 1911. He understood
thoroughly every phase of his work in connection with the railway
mail service and gave the department eminent satisfaction, shar-
ing at all times the confidence of the department, and being re-
garded as one of their ablest and most trustworthy employes. His
record in this connection was most commendable in every respect
and one which he should be justly proud, but the Major is a con-
sen'ative man and always sought to do his duty according to the
right as he saw and understood it, with no thought of praise or
public approval, or fear of censure or disajjproval.

Major Hitt is an active member of the Grand Army of the
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post; lie is jilso u yrouiiiiout iiicmhcr of the Loyal Legion, being
cliancellor ol" the Indiauaimlis (i)\L,Miii/,aiion. lie is a worthy incni-
bcr of the I\leridiau Street Methodist Episcopal church.

Major llitt was married on November 7, 1867, to Agnes
Kercheval, a lady of culture and lefinement, and the daughter of
Edward K. and Eliza A. (Sellers) Kercheval, both natives of Ken-
tucky, each representing oxcf'11."it c]r] «on+liov>^ f^r..;};,^':. I^clv r.rcl
K. Kercheval was among the pioneer settlers of Indiana, locating
in Putnam county as early as IH^.J, where he engaged in fanning,
finally making his home in (Ireciirastle, where he engaged in mer-
chaiidising. lie took a leading interest in pul)lic affairs and served
as sheriff of his county, also treasurer and other offices. His
death occurred at his home in that city on February 14, 1866, at
the age of fift.y-nine years. He served in the Union anny during
the Civil war, as qnarteniiastei- oi' Ihe Sevent^^-lhird Indiana Vol-
unteer Infantry. At the battle of Richmond, Kentuclo', he was on
the field all day as aid to General i\[auson, and there he had an
arm shot off. His widow spent her lr»st j'ears with her daughter in
Louisiana, where her death occuri-ed in 1892 at the advanced age
of eighty-four years, her birth having occurred in 1808.

To Edward R. Kercheval and vife si.x children were bom,
namely: Evan L. is deceased; Elh-n married Robert S. Thurman;
Sarah, who is now deceased, was the wife of George W. Whit-
weth; James is deceased; "William J., who served in the Eleventh
Indiana Volunteer Infantry, is deceased; Agnes, wife of Major
Hitt, is the youngest of the family.

Mrs. Hitt joined the "Woman's Relief Corps in 1886, the
George II. Thomas Corps, of Indianapolis, and she has taken much
interest in the same. At the next election after she identified her-
self with the same she was elected jn-esident. In Febi-uary of the
same year she was elected department president of Indiana, in
which capacity she served one year. She was appointed national
inspector in 1894, and in 1896 she was elected national president,
at the national convention held in St. Paul, Minnesota, and in that
capacity she served one j'ear. Some idea of the high standing of
;Mrs. Hitt in this great organization may be gained when we learn
that she was elected for this e.xalted position out of a membership
of one hundred and sixty-six thousand women. In 1907 she was
made national counselor of this organization, which she held for
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,'i iiianner that refloetod imicli credit upon lici-sclf uiul lo tlic entire
satisfaction of all conceincd, winning a national reputation in her
work in connection with the same, and takiiif:: a high rank witii
the progressive, broad-niiTided women of the day, who are aetnated
ijy ailrui&tic principles to do Gomctliing woi'th while for Itninaiiity.
She is a lady of high ideas, esthetic tastes and pleasing personal-
ity, tionorcu una tatcciinu uj all .>Lv- !vi^>/,,' hr.r, av.d 1;;'V t'l'^or.'l''
are embraced by a ver}' wide circle, national in its scope. ^Irs.
ITitt is an influential })iembcr of the ^leridiau Street Methodist
Episcopal church.

ROBERT ANDREW BUNCH, M. D.

No other profession bas accoiuiilished, during the last half
century, the proerress and f1Pvoint-.m,.ii+ fi...+ V.-yc \j^^i\ x^ictJc uy
the medical. This was not the work of thcise who became learned
by knowledge obtained from boulcs, or the experiences of a past
generation, b\it by those wlio lose to new occasions, who thought
in new lines and did new things, for "New occasions teach new
duties, time makes ancient good uncouth." The man of original
thought and action, whose text book forms but the basis of future
work, has ever moved forward, taking his profession with him;
he becomes a leader, and those that follow reap lasting benefit
from his work. Such a man was the late Dr. Robert Andrew
Bimch, for a period of twenty-two years one of the best known
professional men of Muncie, Indiana. In considering the charac-
ter and career of this eminent member of the medical fraternity,
the impartial observer will be disposed to rank him not only among
the most distinguished nieml)ers of this important branch of
science in his day and generation, in which he had few peers and
no superiors, but also as one of those men of broad culture and
genuine benevolence who did honor to mankind in general. In
overcoming obstacles he exhibited patience and persistence;
through a long and busy life, replete with honor and success
worthily attained, he knew none but the highest motives, and to
the practice of his profession he brought rare skill and resource,
such qualities stamping him as a man of extraordinary talent and
entitling him to be classed with the benefactors of mankind. His
quick perception and almost intuitive judgment rendered him
well nigh infallible in diagnosis, and yet, although confident in
his own conclusions, he was ever willing to lend an ear to sugges-
tions. His touch was gentle and his nerve stead}^ and no matter
how tense the strain or how great the responsibility of a delicate
operation, he was ever able to guide his knife "to the unerring
line of safety." Throughout his ])usy life he was over a hard, en-
thusiastic student, thus keeping well abreast of the times, not only
in his own country, but also kept in close touch with the medical
literature of continental Europe. For he realized the fact that the
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erected in coimueiuoratiou of great pliysicians and siirgeous iimtit
be a perfect inastcr oi" Ihe couslruetinn and iiuictiuns of tlie com-
poncnt part of the human body; of the changes induced in them
by the ouslauglit of disease; of the defects cast u[)in\ them as a
Iccacy by projienitors; of the vital capacity rcniainimr in them
tliroughout all vicissitudes of existence. He must l)e, at the same
f'ino. wise in hnmnn iintiii'i> \^•i«<> in 11)0 l'n\t; of "•(•nf>>-;)l vcicnco
and wise in social amenities.

Doctor Bunch was born on October 28, 1852, at the town of
Portland, Jay county, Indiana. Paternally, he was descended
from French ancestors, and on his mother's side traced his lineage
back to Irish progenitors. AVilliam J^unch, grandfather of the
Doctor, emigrated from Fi-ance to the United States in an eai-ly
day and settled in North Carolina, lie served with distinction in
the war of 1812, and he moved to Indiana when this slate was yet
j'oung, settling in the town of Portland, later moving to Plymouth,
Marshall county, where he spent the rest of his life, his death oc-
curring at the advanced age of eiglitj'-niuc years. It was also in
the pioneer period that the maternal grandfather of the subject
of this memoir enngrated to America from Ireland, locating in
Virginia, where he resided many years, then moved to Ohio.
Ishmael Bunch, father of the subject, was born in No}'th Carolina,
where he spent his eai'lier years, coming to Ja,y comity, Indiana,
when thirty years old and settling west of Portland, wliei'e he en-
gaged in farming and stock I'aising. When thirty-five years old
he married ^fargai'et Bishop, of Greene county, Oliio, and to this
union ten children were born; the five to gi-ow to maturity were,
Dixon ]\r., Robert A., Nathan E., John A. and Elizuluth X.

Ishmael Bunch died on February 25, 18G5, at his home in Jay
county, after an illness of almost two years, Robert A. being quite
young at that time, and he was but twenty-one years old when his
mother died. Thus the support of a large family fell u])on his
shoulders and when but a boy he knew the meaning of hard work.
These experiences, fostering foj'titude and jK-rsistence. resulted,
no doubt, in his later success, and he was a fi)ie type of the self-
made man.

Doctor Bunch attended the j^iil^lic schools of Portland until
his fifteenth year, then entered Lieber College, at College Coi-ners,
two miles south of Portland, studying under Professoi's Burris
and Jones, remaining in that institution for five ternis. Tie also
took a course in the Northei-n Indiana Normal School at Valpa-

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raiso. Jlc bcgau life for hiiuscli" by tcucbing scliool for oigbt years
in Jay county and was winiiiug an excellent reputation as an edu-
cator, when, believing tbat bis talents sbould be directed in an-
otber line, be studied law one year, but not finding Blackstone
entirely to bis tastes he turned to luedieine, and began reading
nndf'T l^octors Cillain .md Allen, oi Portland, contiuuing under
their instruction for some time, then began ])ractieinu at (Jeiieva.
lo+/^i. Pcrth.iiv!!, ihcii licooio, Indiana. Desiring to better equip
himself for bis profession, he enteJvd the Eclectic ^[edical Insti-
tute at Cincinnati, Ohio, in which he completed the prescribed
course and was graduated in the year 1881. Returning to DeSoto,
he continued practicing there for a number of years, enjoying a
large patronage, then, seeking a wider field for the exercise of his
talents, he moved to ]\Iuncie in 18S9, where he soon had estab-
lished a large and growing practice, and earned a reputation as
one of the most successful and best known jihysicians in Dela-
ware county, enjoying up to the time of his death a very extensive
and renunierative practice, so extensive, in fact, that he was com-
pelled to hire an assistant. In 1891 he took a post-gi'aduate course
in St. Thomas' Hospital, London, also studied six mouths in
Vienna, Austria, on general techuic. After studying abroad for
one year he returned to i^Iuncie and resumed practice here.

Doctor Bunch was married on April 20, 1877, to Mary A.
Bair, whose death occurred in 1906. To this union four children
were bom, named as follows: Rollin JL, Fred L. and Morrell ]\L
Bimch, all physicians of Muncie and worthy successors of their
distinguished father; and Bessie G., who married Walter Z. Lotz,
of Ilannnond, Indiana.

On June 2, 1907, Dj'. Robert A. launch was united in marriage
with Beulah Batey, of ^tuncic, daughter of AVilliam D. Batey. Her
father was bom in Louisville, Kentucky, August 21, 1854. Her
mother, j\Iary (Watkins) Batey, was born in Kankakee, Illinois,
and lives in ]\runcie. IMrs. Beulah (Batey) Bunch is the third of
five children, four of whom survive, as follows: Maybelle, Ger-
tinide and Ray W. Batey, all living at home. The Doctor's last
marriage was blessed by the birth of one son, Robert Andrew
Bunch, Ji'.

The death of Dr. R()l)e]'t A. Bunch occurred on February 16,
1912, after an unusually busy, successful and honorable career.
For many years he had made his residence at the corner of Sey-
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and Franklin sti'eets. The last few months of liis lil'c were spent
in his attractive residence at No. 215 South Mulbe-n}' street, Muu-
cie, where he also maintained his oilice. He was successful in a
material way and has become one of the substantial men of the
city. Besides his immediate family he is also survi\x'd by two
brothers, John A. Bunch, of Aluncie, and Nathan E. BuncJi, of
At(?os. Indiana, and one half-brother, llenrv Brock, of Dayton,
Ohio. A sister, Elizaheth Wayman, of Covington, Kentuck}^ died
a few years ago, but a surviving daughter of Mrs. Wayman, Nor-
ene Wayman, was at the funeral, which was conducted from the
residence by Rev. E. A. Neville, interment having taken place in
Beech Grove cemetery.

Doctor Bunch was a conscientious, ethical doctor, very de-
termined, always finishing well whatc^•er he undertook. He loved
his profession and his patients loved him. He was prominent in
eclectic societies of the country, serving as president of the state
society for a number of years, being a member of the state and
national eclectic medical societies, and he served as president of
the former for two terms. He was also an honorary member of
the Ohio State Eclectic IMedical Society. l>aternally, he belonged
to the Independent Order of Odd Fellov. s.

The Doctor was a great lover of hor.^es and always kept some
fine animals. He was a man of splendid personal a^jpearance, and
his genteel manners, genial nature and excinplary character com-
mended him to a very wide circle of friends.

The following tribute to Doctor Bunch, which appeared in
one of the daily papers of his home city, indicates his high stand-
ing there as both a physician and citizen :

"In the passing of Doctor Robert A. Bunch from the activ-
ities of this life, there has departed from lis one of ]\[iuicie's old-
est physicians. He was a man, and that is the greatest tribute
that any of us may hope to gain when our work is finislied here.
In the light of his achievements, we think only of the good he had
done. Wherever he went, ministering to the ills of mankind, he
was respected and loved and admired for the straightforwardness
of his characteristic manner. He never failed to offer help when
help was needed, no matter what the circumstances of the family
might have been. Doctor Bunch was a credit to the medical pro-
fession, and his life work, centered as most of it has been in Mun-
cie, will never cease to be remembered by those who daily came
into contact with him and his ministrations."

SAMUEL HINTON.

To write tlio porsonal record of men who have raised tliein-
selves from humble circumstauces to a position of responsibility
and trnst in n '"^"^"'.v::'.;; i^ ..^ u^Jluui;) pjuusure. fcieli-made
men, men wln> have achieved success b.v reason of their personal
qualities and left the imjurss of their individuality iipon the busi-
ness and gi'owth of their place of residence and affect for good
such institutions as are embraced within the sphere of their use-
fulness, unwittingly, perhaps, built monuments more enduring
than marble obelisk or granite shaft. Of such we have the un-
questioned right to say belongs the name of the late Samuel Ilin-
ton, one of our earliest pioneers, whose name was for three quar-
ters of a centur.y well known throughout the northeastei'n i)art of
Indiana, and although he has long been numbered among those
who are serenely sleeping in "God's acre where we all shall rest"
his influence i.-. still potent for good, for he was a broad-minded,
obliging, kindly, whole-souled gentleman who used his influence
in every manner possible to advance the prosperity and general
good of Fort Wa.yne and Allen county. A jDublic-spirited citizen,
he was ready at all times to use his means and influence for the
promotion of such public improvements as were conducive to the
comfort and happiness of his fellow men, and there was probably
not another man in the vicinity so long honored by his residence
who was held in higher esteem by the population, regardless of
all sects, politics or professions. He was esjjecially distinguished
by his honesty, firnmess of character, piety and intelligence. And
he was one of the most unostentatious of men, open-hearted and
candid in manner, always retaining in his demeanor the simplicity
and candor of the old-time gentleman, a)id his record stands as an
enduring monument although his labors have long since ended
and his name become but a memory.

Sanmel Hinton was born near Poughkeepsie, New York, on
the Hudson river, in the fii'st decade of the nineteenth century.
He was the son of Tho;nas and Mary llintcm, his father having
been born in the state of New York of Scotch extraction, the
paternal grandfather of the subject having emigrated to this
country from Scotland in the early days. The mother of the sub-
ject was of German descent.

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Samuel Ilintou spent his boyliood days in Xcw York and in
1833 accoinpani(!d his parents to Fort Wayne, Indiana, having re-
ceived his earl}' edueatio)i in the East. There were no railroads
whcu they came and the eanal was only under construction, but
tliey manngod to ascend the Manmco river on a ]'aft, from Lake
Erie. Saumel was the oldest of a family of six children and thus

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wilderness, for there were only fiA^e or six houses in Fort Wayne
when they arrived, and among the first people they met were
Peter Kiser, ex-Mayor Eaudall and a ^Ir. Sauers, who kept a hotel
at Columbia and Eair streets. There was a log court lio\ise, and
the spot occupied at 2:)rescnt by the Anthony Hotel was readied
through logs and brush by ox team. The First Presbyterian
church stood on the site of the postoffice. I'here were very few
white people in all this country, but the vast forests roundabout
swarmed with Indians and all manner of wild beasts. They were
people of courage and did not permit the hardships and privations
to dishearten them but, setting to work with a will, they, in due
course of time, became jirosperous and had a comfortable home.
Thomas Hinton bought the whole of what is now the town of
Bloomingdale, and he was one of the leading men of his day in
this section of the state, the district which constituted his fine
farm being now the nortlicrn part of Fort Yrayne. He owned one
of the first hotels or "waj'side inns" of this part of the country,
known as "Bull's Head Inn," which was popular with the travel-
ing public of that day, and there stopped many a west-bound
homeseeker. Tliomas Hinton had been a sailmaker in the East,
and the family has a sail maker picture which was made under his
special supervision, it being now about two himdred years old and
it is prized very highly by the familj'.

Samuel Hinton worked on the home farm for some time, then
engaged in the grocery business, later in the manufacture of soap
and candles, and he also engaged in farming for many years, later
engaged in general buying and selling in Fort Wayne, but for a
number of years prior to his death he did no work, liAing retired
at his pleasant residence here; however, his last years were sjjent
at the home of his son, John, the last two years of his life being
spent at the home of his daughter. His estate consisted of a good
farm of eighty acres at Crocsse, Wliitley county, Indiana.

On February 20, 1812, Samuel Hinton was united in marriage
with Johanna Smith, of Adams count}', Indiana, daughter of Paul
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Johanua, wife of Mr. Ilintuii, wlio was llie oldest of a family of
five cliiklren, her birth having occurred in the year 182S. The
Iliiitous were very active iu the affairs of the .Methodist Episco-
pal cluiroh and they belonged to the chuix-h of this denomination
known as the Berry Street Methodist clnivdi, whei'c llie Anthony
hotel now stands. Mr. lliuton was a AVhig early iu life, and later
a Republican. Althmir^li vot-v •.,.+;, v. ;>. p'-^'^-.r.l .;flV.Lo, Lv, xj^,.^j.
sought ofliee. lie was quiet and unassuming and very i-efiued, a
man who was highly esteemed by all who knew him. lie was
aristocratic and in a way was a fine type of the old-time gentle-
man. He was fond of reading and was a well educated man, and
loved his home.

Nine children were boin to Samuel Ilinton and wife, named
as follows: Cornelia, who married Christian Boseker; he is de-
ceased and his complete sketch appears on another page of this
work; they became the parents of these children, Mrs. Lidia E.
"Wheeler, of Erie, Pennsylvania; Ilarjy C. Boseker lives in Fort
Wayne, and Ella and Charles Boseker are deceased. Sarah Hiu-
ton married William Henderson and they are both deceased;
seven children were born to them, five of whom are living, two
being deceased. William Ilinton is deceased. John Ilinton mar-
ried Anna Welton, of Port Wayne, and they have five children,
Verma, Walter, Chester, Lucile and Evaline, all of whom live at
home, except Walter, who married Alta Parjcer. John Ilinton is
one of Fort "Wayne's restauranteurs, being propi'ietor of a modern
and neatly-ke])t place on South Calhoun street which is very pop-
ular with the general public, being one of the best known in this
locality and is patronized by people from remote parts of this
and adjoining counties; with the assistance of his wife, he has been
very successful in this line of endeavor, she being a woman of
rare business capacity. Catherine Hinton niarried Warren Car-
penter; they are both deceased, leaving one sou, Wilbur Carpen-
ter, a successful attorney of Fort Wayne. Harriet Hinton mar-
ried Charles Scott, of Joliet, Illinois, which union has been with-
out issiic. Samuel Hinton is deceased. Alice Ilinton lives in
Fort Wayne. Laura Hinton married Feldman Kring, of Fort
Wayne, and they have two cliildi'(>n, Elida Cline and "S^ictor
Kring.

The death of Samuel Ilinton, of this memoir, occurred on
April 26, 1892, at the advanced age of eighty-six years. His widow
survived nntil Jannaiy 8, 1900. They Avere a graiid old jnoneer
couple and were highly esteemed b}' all who knew them.

SOLOMON ANDREW AURENTZ.

A publication of this nature exproiscs its uiost important
function when it takes cognizance, tlirout-";!! proper memorial tri-
bute, of the lil'e and hibors of so good a citizen as was Solomon A.
Aurentz, who was one of the best known business men and most
representative citizens of Port "Wayne, Indiana, having been the
leading grocer for a period of tliirty-tive years and an influential
factor in the general development of the city of his choice'. ITe
ever stood exponent of the most leal and loyal citizenship and
was a noble personality Avhose memory will be long cherished
and venerated in the cit)^ to whose civic and material j^rogress
he contributed in most generous measure. A man of great busi-
ness capacit.y and of the highest pi-iueiples of integrity and honor,
he made his influence felt along diverse lines and he was hmg a
leader in the promotion of legitimate industrial and semi-public
enterprises which conserved the general welfare of the city and
county of his adoption. He matured his jilans carefully and pa-
tiently and was a man of splendid initiative ])ower and construc-
tive ability, so that he was well fitted to be -ome one of the up-
builders of a thriving city. Tie gave generously of his superb
powers in furthermg the industrial and civic upbuilding of the
locality so long honored by his citizenship, and his name is one
that merits a conspicuous place on the roll of those who have
worthily consented such progress. His integrity was of the most
insistent and unswerving type and no shadow rests upon any por-
tion of his career as an active business man and sterling citizen.
He had his limitations, as do all, but he gave of the best of his in-
nate talents to the world and to aiding his fellow men. Mr. Au-
rentz was a man of impressive personality, was broad of mental
ken and had the characteristics which ever beget objective es-
teem, confidence and friendship. Viewing his life in its perspec-
tive, none can fail to have an appreciation of his great accom]->lish-
ments at a time when such powers as his were at a premium, and
he .should ever be remembered as one of the noble, kindly and
public-spirited men of affairs who ])layed a consj)icnous role in
the early drama of civilization which had its setting in the city
of Fort Wa}Tie.

Solomon A. Aiirentz was horn in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, Oc-
tober 2, 18:n. He was the son of John and Sarah Ij. (Luntz) Au-
rentz, also natives of the above named place, where they grew to
maturity and were married and from there they moved to near
Blairsville, Pennsylvania, when their son, Solomon A., of this
sketch, was quite young, he being the oldest of twelve children.
John Aurenfz, the father, devoted his life to agricultural pursuits
in Pennsylvania, and was very successful in that line of endeavor,
having been a hard worker and a good manager. When old age
caine on he retired from active life and moved to the town of
Blairsville, where he spent his declining days. In speaking of
his death, which occurred there, the following account is given
by a Blairsville paper: "At the ripe old age of ninety-one years,
John Aurentz, one of Blairsville 's oldest and most esteemed citi-
zens, has passed away. He came to Indiana county, Pennsyl-
vania, in 1846, and moved to Blairsville in 1863. Here for many
years he was actively identified with the business interests. He
'■.ns a i-)roi^ressive man, fortunate in bis undertakings and withal
a consistent practical Catholic. In point of years he was one of
Blairsville 's oldest citizens at the time of his death."

Solomon A. Aurentz grew to manhood in the vicinity of
Blairs\'ille and received a practical education in the common
schools, after which he went to work in a general store for a Mr.
Geise, in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. This seemed to be his nat-
ural bent and he soon mastered the ins and outs of this line of
endeavor, and tliere he remained several years, then engaged in
the same business for himself at Blacklick, Pennsylvania. He
was there three years, building up a good trade, but, seeking a
larger field for his operations, he next moved to Greensburg, that
state, and engaged in the clothing business. After remaining
there five years, he sold out and in 1869 removed to Fort Wayne,
Indiana, and embarked at once in the grocery business, purchas-
ing the store of Daniel Nestel on Broadway, among the first gro-
ceries of Fort Wayne, later changing the location of his store to a
site across the street, and ue subsequently built a block at the
corner of Broadway and Jefferson streets, and was there sixteen
years, when he sold to Kayser & Baade, seeking a site on West
Main street, more central, which he conducted very successfully
up to the time of his retirement, in 1904, v^hen he turned his busi-
ness over to his sons, P. Skelley Aurentz and August C. Aurentz,

who are still coiuluotiiig this loiig-cstablished and popular store,
successfully carrying out the plans inaugurated by their worthy
sire. The latter was sueeessriil from the first in the mercantile
business and he graduall}- built up a large and lucrative patron-
age, always carried an exti-nsivc, up-to-date and carefully selected
stock of goods, and he treated his thousands of customers with
every consideration and courtesy, so that tliey had the most im-
plicit confidence in his integrity. The elder Aurentz was a very
charitably inclined man. Notwithstanding that he passed through
many hardships in a business way, he was one of the most suc-
cessful of the many merchants of Fort Wayne. He was a great
home man, a great reader and was very domestic in his tastes.
Politically, he was a Democrat, but was never very active. He
was strongly urged from time to time to run for office, but he
would never permit his name to be used. For a period of thirty-
five years he was the best known and foremost grocer of his chosen
city, and his patrons came from all over Allen county, his career,
taken as a whole, being a very active and successful one.

Solomon A. Aurentz retired from active business several
months before his death, which occurred on April 4, 1905, at the
age of seventy-three years. His principal characteristic was Bis
sterling honesty; his word was as good as his bond, and when he
gave a promise that settled all doubt of the issue as effectively
as though legal documents had been prepared, duly signed and
sealed. He belonged to that race who, in their business transac-
tions one with another, dealt not in notes, bonds and mortgages.
Their honor was their bond and their sayso was equivalent to a
mortgage in effectiveness and force. His disposition was kindly
in the extreme, and he enjoyed the respect and esteem of all who
knew him. The same can be said of his old father, "Daddy"
Aurentz, as he was affectionately called by the older residents of
Blairsville, Pennsylvania.

The subject was an excellent citizen, possessed of many ad-
mirable traits of character and had a very large number of friends.
Jrle was a devoted member oi uie L-auiouc cnurcn, a conspicuous
figure in the Cathedral congregation, and was identified with the
JMarried Men's Modality of that organization.

Solomon A. Aurentz was united in marriage with Mary Phil-
omena Skelley, loi Latrobe, in historical St. Vincent's Abbey,
where he went to school. She was the accomplished daughter of

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Hugh and Mary (J^^aslejO Skelley, both parents being natives of
Pennsylvania. She was one of nin(^ eliihlreu, iMrs. Aurcntz was
born in Now Alexandria, near Latrobc, Pennsylvania, on Febni-
ar}' 1-1, .183-4. She had excellent iionic training and received her
education in the parochial schools in tlic tov.-n of her birth at the
Sisters Academy, Latrobe, where she made a splendid record for
scholarshij), bein^ a rlo^o «fn^^..'^ --^^ i^y ..c^tuio a mlciiLeu ana
ambitious lady. She was a favorite with all who knew her, being
a woman of many accomi)lishinents and graces, not the least of
which was a deep, but unostentatious charity, and many unfortu-
nate, distressed and sorrowing people have been greatly helped by
her benefactions, words of encouragement and timely advice.
IIowe\'er, she lived in the quiet of her home, rearing her children
in a wholesome atmosi:)here and guiding them into riglit paths.
ITer greatest ambition, and it was fully realized, was to prove a
good mother. She w^as born and reared a Roman Catholic, to
which faith she was devotedly attached and for which she was
ever most loyal. She has bec^n one of the worthiest members of
the Cathedral congregation from her advent in Fort Wayne and
in all the charities of that parish she had a promoting hand, and
when she passed away, a few years after her husband, lier death
was universallj' lamented, everyone that knew her feeling that a
warm personal friend had gone, one who could never be replaced,
and since then those visiting the beautiful Aurcntz homestead at
No. 1604 Forest Park boulcA'ard, greatly miss her genuine hospi-
tality and the sunshine of her beneficent nature.

The following children were born to Solomon A. Aurentz and
wife: INfrs. ]\rary L. Muhler, Anna, Paul Skelley and August C,
all live at the homestead; John Andrew, Emma S., Josejih A.,
Robert J. and Francis W. are all deceased.

WILLIAM H. VOLLMER.
Gaiiiing success nnd rccoguilioii for liimsclf and at the same

time llOllOnUg IUB COUUiy UUU ^UUe Uy uiSLiiij^uioIicu ocu l^-^o lli

important trusts, William H. Vollmer, treasurer of the state of In-
diana, holds worthy prestige among the leading men of the com-
monwealth. Distinctively a man of affairs, he has long filled a
conspicuous place in the public eye, and as a leader in important
business enterprises, as well as a notable figure in the political
arena of his day, he has attained distinction in a field where sound
erudition, mature judgment, stiict integrity aud talents of a high
order are required. As a political leader his convictions of right
have always placed him in harmony with the positive and avowed
policies of his party, but he heartily endorses the maxim that he
sen'es his paity best who serves his country best, and upon all
qiiestions involving the material, moral and educational interests
of society he has always endeavored to ascertain the right in-
volved with a view of acting in conformity therewith. lie is first
of all distinctively a man of the people, whose interests he has at
heart and for whom he would not hesitate to make any reasonabl6
sacrifice. He recognizes no aristocracy except that of true and
noble manhood, based upon genuine worth and merit, for, thor-
oughly American, and with faith in the ultimate glorious destiny
of our free institutions, he believes the best way to realize that
destiny is for each member of the body politic to live up to his
highest ideas of right, which, to the best of his ability, he has
endeavored to do.

William H. Vollmer is descended from sterling Gennan an-
cestry, his parents, Frederick and Johanna (Baker) Vollmer, hav-
ing been natives of the Fatherland. His father, who was boM in
Prussia, Germany, came to the United States at the age of twenty-
one years and settled near Vinccnnes, Indiana, where for six
years he engaged in agricultural pursuits. He then moved to
Sullivan coimty, where forty acres of farming land engaged his
attention until 1B82, when he moved back to Vinccnnes and retired
from active labor. The subject's mother was bom in Lippe-Det-
mold, Germany, and came to the United States at the age of six-
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tfcn years, being inairied to Mv. Vulliuer after her arrival in this
eonntry. 'J'hey became llie parents of ten chiklren, namely: "Will-
iam 11., the inmu'diate yubjcct of this sketch; Frederick E., a
farmei" near Vinceimes, Indiana; Louis L., wlio deals in grain and
operates an elevator at A'iiicennes; Anna is tlie wife of A. Iler-
manii, a farniei-; Henry, a farmer at Vinccuues; Ernest, of Vin-
cennes, formerly a farmer, but now rr-iivori- t'''^i"r,:\!, ;; r.*i.un.i ulbo
lu.ii \ itieenues; three chikh-en who died in infancy. The jiareuts
of these children are both deceased.

William 11. Vollmcr was reared under the parental roof and
secured his education in the connnon and parochial schools of his
native county. At the age of seventeen years he left the home
farm and, going to Viuccnnes, entered the employ of his imclc in
the general meicantile business, remaining in his employ for fif-
teen and a half years. During the first year he managed to save
fifty dollars, which he put out at intc]-cst, and this gave him a start
in a business, lie went into the grocery business, with a partner
under the firm name of Vollmer & Keeker, in which he was en-
gaged for eight ^'ears, meeting with a gratifying measure of suc-
cess. During this time he received the Democx'atic nomination
for county treasurer. Selling out his interest in the grocery
business, Mr. Vollmer formed a partnership with C. C Winkler
as wholesale handlers of watermelons, the enterprise developing
mammoth proportions so that the house was eventually recog-
nized as one of the largest handlers of these melons in the state.
I\Ir. Vollmer's efforts in all the enterprises to which he addressed
himself were rewarded with success, owing to his energetic meth-
ods and wise management. In 3902 he was instnmiental in the
organization of the Citizens Trust Company, of Vinceunes, which
has a capital stock of seventy-five thousand dollars, and of which
he was elected president. This institution met with pronounced
success from the start and was soon nural)ered among the sound
monetary concerns of Knox county, much of its success being
directl.v due to ]\lr. Vollmer's personal efforts, sound and conser-
vative management and personal influence. In 3910 Mr. Vollmer
received the nomination of his party for ti'easurer of state and at
the ensuing election was successful, being the present incumbent
of this responsible otfice. He brought to the discharge of the
duties of his office qualifications of the highest order and he has
so administered the finances of the people as to receive their uui-

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versal commeudatioii. Believing firmly that public office is a
public trust, he conducts liis office actttrding to the strictest and
most correct business methods, keejjing personally in touch with
every detail of the department. Tie is popular in the official cir-
cle at the state capital anrl liocausc of liis hnsinoss al)ility and per-
sonal integrity he commands general respect and confidence.

and has been active in its interests, having sensed three terms as
chainnan of the Knox county central committee, doing effective
work in both local and state campaigns. Fraternally, he is a
member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.

On the 3d of May, 1882, William IT. Vollmer was married to
Julia L. Rettershamp, of Vincennes, and they became the parents
of one child, a son, Oscar, who was born December 25, 1895, and
who died July 23, 1901. Those most closely associated with Mr.
Vollmer are proudest in their praise of his splendid jjcrsonal quali-
ties and his fidelity to every trust confided in him, and he is emi-
nently deserving of representation in a work of the character of
the one at hand.

SCHUYLER COLFAX.

Eininciit feiatcsinaii, Odd Fellow, aud Vice-President of tlie
United States — Seliuyler Colfax will <^n rlr*"-" '" ]'.:..t.,._; uo uuk:
cf I^JIctii.ib most (listnigui.shed citizens of a past generation. He
was born in New York City, ^^Tarch 21], 1823. His grandfather,
Gen. William Colfax, was a native of Connecticut, and served with
distinction in the war of the Revolution. His father died before
his son's bii'th, as did also a sister, and thus he became the only
child of his widowed mother. The early years of Mr. Colfax were
spent in his native city, where he attended the public schools and
afterwards became clerk in a store. In 1836 he came to Indiana,
locating at Ne\v Castle, where he again entered a store as clerk,
and in 1811 he became a resident of South Bend, in which city he
subsequentl.y received the apjiointiuent of deputy auditor. In
1842 he was active in organizing a temperance society at South
Bend and continued a total abstainer throughout his life. At this
time he reported the proceedings of the state Senate for the In-
dianapolis Journal, and in 18.14 entered the political arena as
a jiolitical sj^caker for Tlenrj- Clay. In 3845 he became editor and
proprietor of the St. Joseph Valley Register, of which he was
also founder, and he continued its publication for a period of
eighteen years. He was secretary of the Chicago harbor and river
convention in 1847, and in 1848 was elected secretary of the Whig
national convention, at Baltimore, which nominated Gen. Zachary
Taylor for the Presidency. He was a membei" of the Indiana con-
stitutional convention of 1850, and in 1851 received the Whig nom-
ination for Congress. His opponent was Graham N. Fitch, well
known Indiana politician, and a fine speaker with whom he en-
gaged in a joint canvass, during which the two men tx'aveled over
one thousand miles and held over se^■enty discussions. The dis-
trict was strongly Democratic, yet Mr. Colfax was defeated hy
only two hundred votes. In 1852 he was a delegate to the national
convention which nominated Gen. Winfield Scott for the Presi-
dency, and in 1854 was elected to the thirty-fourth Congress by
the unprecedented majority of one thousand .seven hundred and
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gave a Democratic majojity of twelve hundred. In ]858 lie was
again triumphantly elected to Congresa, and served as a member
of that body by successive elections until 18G9. lie was elected
speaker of the House in Deeember, 18()3, and on April 8th of the
following year he descended from the eh:'ir to move Hie expulsion
of Mr. Long, of Ohio, who had made a speech favoi :ig the recog-
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ward changed to one of censure, and Mr. Colfax's action wa.s gen-
erally sustained by Union men. On the convening of the tliii'ty-
niath Congress, Mr. Colfax was again elected speaker by a major-
ity of one hundred and thirty-nine votes. On j\Iarch 4, 18G7, he
was for the third time chosen speaker, and his skill as a presiding
officer, often shown under very trying circumstances, gained tlie
applause of both friends and political opponents.

In May, 1868, the Republican national convention at Chicagci
nominated him on the first ballot for Vice-President, General
Grant being the Presidential nominee, and the ticket having been
successful, he took his seat as president of the Senate I^Iarch 4,
1869. In August, 1871, the President offered him the position
of secretary of state for the remainder of his term, but he declined.
In 1872 he was prominently mentioned ;is a Presidential candi-
date, and the same year he refused the editorship of the New York
Tribune, Horace Greeley's great paper, which at that time was
one of the most infliioutial journals in America.

Mr. Colfax's later years were spent mostly in retirement at
his home in South Bend, a.nd in delivering pu])lic Icctiire.^, the
most popular of which was that on "Lincoln and Garfield." He
was one of the most prominent members of the Independent Or-
der of Odd Fellows in America and that order erected a bronze
statue to his memory in University Park, Indianapolis, Indiana,
which was unveiled in Ma.y, 1887. ITis death occniTcd at Man-
kato," Minnesota, January 2.3, 1885.

HON. LEWIS G. ELLINGHAM.

It io a weii iittestcd iiiaxiiii t)iat the greatness of a state or
nation lies not in tlic laacLiiierv of o-n^'ov-,,.. .-y^ ^^^ ^^cn in its
i^^Llciiiluiis, uui ratlicr in the sterling (jualities of tlie individual
citizen, in liis cai)a('ity for high and unsellish effort and his devo-
tion to the public welfare. In these particulars, he whose name
appears at the head of this review has conferred honor and dig-
nit}' upon his county and state, and as an elemental part of his-
tory it is consonant that there should be recorded a resume of his
career, with the object in view of noting his connection with the
advancement of one of the most Houiishing and progressive sec-
tions of the commonwealth, as well as his official relations with
the administration of the public affairs of the state honored by
his citizenship.

Lewis Glendale Ellingham, who is efficiently and ably dis-
charging the responsible duties of secretary of state of Indiana,
was born on a farm in AVells county, Indiana, on February 23,
1868, and is a son of Charles and Hannah (Scotton) Ellingham.
These parents were natives of England, who emigrated to the
United States in early life. Their marriage occurred after their
arrival here, in Huntington, Indiana, immediately after which
they settled on a tract of land in ^Vells county, to the improve-
ment and cultivation of which the father applied himself. He
has prospered in his labors and was able to buy more land from
time to time until at length he had a fine and productive farm of
two hundred acres. He lived on this farm continuously until
well advanced in 3'ears, when, having accumulated a competency
and being assured against future needs, they retired from active
labor and moved to Bluffton, where they spent their remaining
days. They were the parents of seven children, of whom six are
living.

Lew G. Ellingham was but six years of age when the family
removed to Bluffton and in the public, schools of that city he re-
ceived his education. In his youth he entei-ed the office of the
Blnfrton Banner to leani the printing trade, in which he became
a very proficient workman. At the ago of nineteen years he pur-

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chased the Geneva Herald, which he edited and puhlislipd during
the following four years. Selling the Herald in 3891, he ])ui'-
chascd the Winchester Democrat, wliich he conducted for tliicc
years, selling out at the end of that period. iMr. lilUingliajii tlicu
moved to Decatur and was the leader in forming a stock company,
which established the Decatur Democratic J^ress, of which iMr.
"Rllirtflisini hocnnic editor. Slioi'Mv affei- Coundinc: lliis papnr the
company purchased the subscription list and good will (d' the
Democratic World, and in August, 189G, purchased the Decatur
Democrat, thus consolidating all the home papers and publishing
the same under the name of the Decatur Democrat. In July,
1897, Mr. Elliugham purchased all of the stock of the co)n]jany,
thus becoming sole proprietor of the plant. In Januaiy, 1903,
he foimded the Daily Democrat, the second daily paper published
in Adams county, and in July, 1906, he purchased the daily edi-
tion of the Decatur Jouraal, consolidating it with the Daily Demo-
crat. It is a seven-column, four-page paj^er, and has a splendid
circulation throughout the county. The weekly edition is a seven-
column, eight-page paper and has a larger circulation than any of
its competitors. In 1910 the business was incoiporated, the stock
being owned by Mr. Ellingham and his wife ;i id J. H. Heller and
his wife.

In 1910 Mr. Ellingham was honored by the Democratic party
with the nomination for secretary of state, and at the Noveni])er
election he was chosen to this office, of which he is the present
incumbent. His performance of his manifold duties has been
marked by promptness, ability and sound judgment, (diciting
nothing but praise from all, regardless of party lines. During
his official term his editorial chair at Decatur is filled by J. H.
Heller. The newspapers controlled by Mr. Ellingham are well
gotten up mechanically and are ably edited, their political sup-
port being given to the Democratic party. ]\Ir. Ellingham enjoys
an enviable reputation as a newspaper man, having raised the
standard of all tlic papers with which he has been identified. He
is a strong editorial writer and has the genuine ne\vspa]K'r man's
instinct for news, so that the Democrat now stands at the foi-e-
front among the newspapers of his section of the state. Per-
sonally, ;Mr. Ellingham is a man of pleasing address and genial
disjjosition though entirely imostentatious in manner, and be-
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has a ]jo.st of warm personal fricuds. His circle of ncciuaiiitaiicis
ami friends Jias been enlarged since entering public life and on
all sides ha is regarded as eniineully fitted for the rcspoiisib'o
position which he now fills.

On January 2, 1895, Mr. EUinghani was united in marriage
with Nellie iIilU;i, the daugliter of Uol. M. B. and Sarah J. Miller,
of Winchester, and they are the parents of two cliildron, Win^'-.. i

Politically, as is iiiferrcd from tlie foregoing paragraphs,
Ml". Ellingham is a Democrat, while, religiously, he and his wife
are members of the IMcthodist I^ipiscopal church. Fraternally,
he is a member of the Free and Accepted JMasons, in which he has
taken the degrees of the Scottish Rite up to and including the
thirty-second, and he also holds mejiibcrship in the AueieJit Arabic
Order of Nobles of the ^Mystic Shrine, the Knights of Pythias and
the Benevolent and Protective Order of Ellcs, in all of which he is
held in high appreciation.

GEN. ALVIN P. HOVEY.

A name well knowu in the history of Indiana is tliat of Alvin
P TTovpv. wlio wns (Ai'i-^cd irovpvnoi' of tliis sf;it(' in IHSS and liad
a notable career, botli civil and military. He was born in 1821,
in Posey connty, Indiana, wliere hit; entire life was spent. After
a common school education, he studied law and was admitted to
the bar at ^Mt. Vernon in 1843, where he practiced with much suc-
cess. The civil positions he held i)revious to the war were those
of delegate to the constitutional convention of 1850; judge of the
thii'd judicial circuit of Indiana from 1851 to 1854, and judge of
the suijreme court of Indiana. From 185(j to 1858 he sen-ed as
United States district attorney for the state.

During the Civil war he entered the national service as colo-
nel of the Twcnt.v-fourtli Indiana Volunteers, in Jul}', 1861. He
at once displayed marked natural ability as a military man and was
promoted biigadier-general of volunteers on April 28, 1862, and
breveted major-general for meritorious and distinguished serv-
ices in July, 1864. He was in command of the eastern district
of Arkansas in 1863, and of the district of Indiana in 1864-1865.
General Grant, in his official reports, awards to General Hovey
the honor of the key battle of the Vicksburg campaign, that of
Champion's Hill. This is no small praise; also, it is remembered
that military critics, in view of the vast consequences that fol-
lowed therefrom, have ranked Champion's Hill as one of the five
decisive battles of the Civil war and second in importance to
Gettysburg alone.

General Hovey resigned his commission on October 18, 1865,
and was appointed minister to Peru, which office he held very
creditably until 1870. In 1886 he was nominated for Congress by
the Republicans in the Evansville district, which theretofore had
given a large Democratic majoiity. General ITovey's personal
popularity and military prestige overcame this, and he was elect-
ed by a small maj(jrity. In Congress he attracted attention by
his earnestness in advocating more liberal pension laws and every
measure for the benefit of the ex-Union soldiers. Largely to this
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the Republican party in 1888, the soklier clcineut iu the state
being a very important factor in securing his nomination and his
subsequent election. His administration was highly satisfactory
to his constituents.

In his social I'clations, Oovci-nor ITnvoy was always very
popular, and his family circle one of the happiest in the state.
Though a stroner partisan, b" ^vmo „o,-o>. ".i:v.-i-.\, ^,- ,IuJi(.ti\ u,
and at every trial of strength at the polls he received strong sup-
port from many personal friends in the ranks of the o])posite
party. The death of General llovey occurred while still serving
his state as governor, November 23, 1891.

DANIEL BATES HOSBROOK.

The success of men in business or any vocation depends U2)0U
^I::::T.':t?r ?'^ "'"^' '"■• ^'pn^i i.'nr>\vif.,)rro it i>(.in<r ;^ sfU'-cvidcnt tti'oD-
osition that honesty is tlic best policy. Business demands con-
fidence and whei'e that is kicking business ends. In eveiy coni-
niunit}' some men are known for their upright lives, strong com-
mon sense and moral wortli rather than for their wealth or polit-
ical standing. Their neighbors and at-quaintances respet^t them,
the young generations heed their examijle, and when they "wrap
the drapery of their couches about them and lie down to pleasant
dreams" posterit.y listens with reverence to the story of their
quiet and useful lives. Among such men of a past generation in
Indiana was the late Daniel Bates Ilosbj-ook, who was not only a
progressive man of aifairs, successful in material pursuits, but a
man of modest and unassuming demeanor, well educated, a fine
type of the reliable, self-made American, a friend to the poor,
charitable to tlie faults of his neighbors and who always stood
ready to unite with them in every good work and active in the
support of laudable i)ublic enterprises. He was proud of Indian-
apolis and of the grand state of Indiana and zealous of their prog-
ress ar'd prosj)erity. Pie was a man who in every respect mer-
ited the high esteem in \\-hich he was universally held, for he was
a man of public spirit, intellectual attainments and exemplary
character.

i\Ir. Ilosbrook was born in the vicinity of ^Montgomery, near
the city of Cincinnati, Hamilton county, Ohio, December 9, 1822.
There he spent his boyhood days and received his early educa-
tional training in the common schools of his native county, but
later in life this was greatly sup]jlemented by close and \vide home
reading and study and by actual contact with the business world.
He was the son of Daniel and Eunice (Bates) Ilosbrook, and one
of a family of nine children, namely: Lydia, Percy, Harvey, Han-
nah, John L., Daniel Bates (sid)ject of this memoir being the
sixth in order of birth), ^lar}', j\rahlon (the only one of the chil-
dren who survived, lives near the old Itoincstoad in Ohio), and
Elizabeth, who was the youngest of the family.

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The father of (lie subject bouglit a farm near Montgom ry,
Ohio, and there beeaiue wcll-tu-do and spent the rest of his JiLe
there, being active politically and prominent in the affairs of
his connnuuity. He was county surveyor of llamiltou county
for several years, having learned surveying w liis earlier ye;./s,
and young JJaniel assisted his father iu surveying and upon the
farm from his fifteenth \o liis tv'..n< y.fi.-+ y^--^ -^J 1.* IL^ mcMn-
imie by diligent study and application thoroughly qualitied him-
self as a surveyor and civil engineer and removed to the city of
Indianapolis in the year 184G. His brother, Percy Hosbrook, had
the contract for roofing the old ]\Iadisou depot, the first railway
station in Indianapolis, and the subject assisted in the work on
the same. He soon found employment in his profession here and
owing to his superior (lualifications he was elected to the office
of county surveyor of j\Iarion county, the duties of which ho dis-
charged in a most able and faithful manner for several terms
and afterward was elected to the office of civil engineer of the
city of Indianapolis. For a number of years he was consulting
engineer for the county commissioners of jNIarion county, and as
sucli made the plans for and superintended the construction of a
lax'ge number of bridges built by the county commissioners, which
handsome structures will long remain as monuments to his skill.
He was active in Democratic politics.

For over a half century ^[r, Hosbi'ook was a consistent and
worthy member of the IMethodist Episcopal church and an official
member for over forty years, and he did an incalculable amount
of good in his work in the same. He was also a steward and was
superintendent of tlie Sunday school for some time.

In the year 1851 jMr. Hosbrook was married to ]\Iary A.
Hightshoc. Her death occui-red in 180:5, and he was married in
J865 to Louisa Hightshoc, a half-sister of his first wife and a
daughter of David and Elizabeth (Burns) Hightshoc. Her father
was bom in ^Maryland in 1803 and her mother's birth occurred in
1812. David Higlitsh(ie was a farmer and he came to Ohio from
ifaryland, where he si)cnt several years, then moved to Indiana
and established his home in Hendricks county, ten miles from In-
dianapolis, After spending several years there he removed to
Wisconsin and later to Missouri, linally returning to Indiana and
spending his last days with the subject of this sketch in Indian-
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3-c;irs, in 1897. His family c(tnsistod of thirteon children, ton of
wlioni aio still livinc:.

Daniel Bates lloshrook and his first wife became the parents
of three children, namely: Frank, Ellen and Minnie, all now de-
ceased; one eiiiid was uurjj ui liis Micund union, Clara, wlio mar-
ried first Elmer E. Bcimy, who died in 1899, and later married
V. M. Urinin, wjiose nouie is at jjidiauapKiia.

^Ir. Ilosbrook was very sucecssfnl as a bnsiness man and ac-
cumnlaled a comfortable com])etency, and he accordinffly retired
from active business pnrsnits in the early nineties. lie first lived
in what was known as IMississippi street (now Senate avenue).
He surveyed all that section of the citj', and was known as one of
the most skillful and conscientious surveyors of hia day. He es-
tablished a comfortable residence at No. 1225 Laurel street, where
the family has li\ed since 1870, and there his last years were spent,
his death occurring in 3908, after a successful, honorable and
highly praiseworthy career, leaving behind him the record of a
life well spent and a good naine "which is more to be desired than
riches or fine gold."

JAMES T. KEAMER.

Tlie true measure of individual success is detenuiued by
what one Ims ;>^f'f^^";^':;.l:cJ. An v„iiuaiejaLioii ot tliose nieu of a
past generation who succeeded in their special vocations in Clin-
ton county, Indiaiui, and at the same time left the lasting imprint
of their strong personalities ui)on the connmuiity, men who won
honor and public recognition for themselves, and at the
same time conferred honor on the localit.y in which they
resided, would be incomplete were there failure to make a prom-
inent reference to the gentleman whose name initiates this para-
grapli, for although James T. Kramer had long been sleeping the
sleep of the just, his intlueuce still pervades the lives of many
who Ivuew him and his memoiy will long be cherished here, for
his name is deeply engraved on the pages of Clinton county's his-
tory, for through many years he was an important factor in the
material and civic history of the same. The splendid success
which cauie to him was the direct result of the salient points in
his character. "With a mind capable of laying judicious plans and
a will strong enough to bring them into execution at the proper
moment, his great enei-gy, keen foresight and indomitable per-
severance resulted in the accumulation of a comfortable comjje-
tency. lie canned forward to successful comjiletion whatever he
undertook, and his business methods were ever in strict conform-
ity with the standard ethics of commercial life. His is the record
of a well balanced mental and moral constitution, strongly in-
fluenced b}' those traits of character which are ever of especial
value in a progressive state of society.

James T. Kramer was boi-n November 11, 1843, in Frederick,
Maryland, and was the son of Frederick and ^Mary (Sholl) Kra-
mer. The father was of German descent, and it is believed that
his father emigrated from Gennany when a j'oung man and set-
tled in the state of ]\Iaryland, and there became very comfortably
established through his industry and good management.

Ten children were b'>rn to Frederick Kramer and wife, six
sons and four daughteis, namely: Sarah is deceased; Mary lives
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deceased; William makes his home in Frankfort; Edward and
Franklin were next in order of birth; Lewis, who lives in Frank-
fort; and James T., subject of this memoir, who was the youngest
of the familj'.

James T. Kramer and his brother Edward came to Frank-
fort, Indiana, when young men; the family all grew up and were

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were the first to come to Clinton county. Those that came here
assisted in the work of developing the country' in the pioneer
days and here they made fortunes, principally dealing in lumber,
the Kramers having long been known as among the leading lum-
bennen of this section of the state.

James T. Kramer was a very careful and far-seeing business
man, and he accumulated a competency through his own efforts,
becoming one of the substantial men of Frankfort and he took a
good citizen's interest in whatever tended toward the advance-
ment of Clinton county.

Mr. Kramer was married on June 3, 1884, to Sarah John A.
Trundle, daughter of John A. and Elizabeth E. (Hayes) Trundle.
John A. Trundle was born in Frederick, Maryland, and his family
and that of the subject were acquainted there, both being influen-
tial in that locality for many years. ]\Ir. Trundle devoted his life
to agricultural pursuits and remained in ^Maryland, where he
owned a fine fanii. His family consisted of nine children, named
as follows: Hester L., Samuel, Elizabeth, Christiana, Anna H.,
George T., Harriett, Virginia and Sarah (wife of the subject of
this sketch). Most of this family still live at the old home place
in the Oriole state.

To James T. Kramer and wife one child was born, Hester T.,
who has remained single; after passing through the Frankfort
graded schools and the local high school, later attended the Ferry
Hall Seminary, Art and Music School, at Lake Forest, Hlinois,
where she made an excellent record. She has marked talent in the
fine arts and is a lady of engaging personality, popular with a
wide circle of friends.

James T. Kramer was a devout Christian and took much in-
terest in church and Sunday school work. He was a worthy mem-
ber of the Presbyterian church, in fact, was a pillar in the con-
gregation at Frankfort, and also took a leading part in the Sun-
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ho was at the same time such a home man tliat ho did uot Hcek
puhlio, leadership or political office. His s])ocial dclif^ht was in
Sunday school work, in fact, the various mcmlxTs of the Kramer
family have long been very a(;tivc in the Sunday school and are
known for their commendable ufroiU in ilie same throughinit the
state.

lyfr TrroT>->.cr J. ..I^^.^ J tbc iiuuber iHiUistry m J^'rankfort and
built up the large plauing-mill business here, which has long been
one of the leading enterprises of this city. He installed the most
aj)proved and latest appliances in his mill to insure prompt ajid
high grade work imd the products of the same have always foun;!
a very ready market owing to their superior quality. His work
as a man of charity alone entitled him to a high place in the affec-
tions of the people of his city and county, but he was in this, as in
everv'thing, unassuming and avoided ])ub]icity, giving; to the un-
fortunate and to the encouragement of worth}' causes out of his
magnanimous heart, without tliought of reward or praise of his
fellow men. It may be said that he was one of Frankfort's first
men in everything worth while. The death of this splendid citi-
zen occurred on September 4, 1885, when in tlie prime of life.

HON. WILLIAM H. GHERE.

'I'lio lito Jiistory of lum wJiosc Dame beads this biographical
memoir is closely identified with tlie histoi-y of Clinton county,
Jndiaua, which was Jong bis home, ile began Ins remarKabJc ca-
reer iu tliis locality in the pioiieer epoch and tbrougliout the years
which later came and went be was closely allied with its interests
and nphuilding. His life was one of luitiring activity and was
crowned witb a degi'ee of success attained by comparatively few
men of this vicinity in bis day and generation. lie was of tbe
highest type of progressive citizen, and none more than be de-
served a fitting recognition among those whose enterprise and
abilit}' have achieved I'csults that awaken tbe wonder and admira-
tion of those who knew them. Tbe cause of humanity never bad a
truer friend tban ^Ir. Gbere, wbo long since passed to tbe higher
life. In all tbe relations of life — family, ehiircb, state and society
— be displayed that consistent Christian spirit, that natural
worth, that wideai-ed him alike to all classes. Ilis integrity and
fidelily were manifested in every relation of life, for he early
learned that true happiness consisted in ministering to others.
Tbe example of such a life is always an inspiration to others, and
his influence was long felt in tbe affairs of Clinton county, whose
interests he always bad at heart and which he did so much to
promote during bis active life here. In dealing witb mankind bis
word was his bond; deceit never entered into any transactions he
had with bis fellow men. One glance of bis frank and xmflincbiiig
eye, one word, spoken with sincerity, cai'ried conviction. His plain,
rugged honesty, bis open-hearted manner, undisguised and unaf-
fected, is to bis descendants a sweet and lasting memory.

Hon. "William H. Gbere was boiT] September 8, 1836, iu Dau-
phin count}', Pennsylvania. He was tbe son of Andrew and Mary
(Frost) Gbere. His maternal gi-audfatbei", John Frost, was a
farmer, and was an Englishman b}' birth, coming from a ])romi-
nent old family. Andrew Gbei'c was one of the famous band of
"forty-niners, "having made the perilous journey across tbe great
westelTi plains during tbe gold fever days, to California. He be-
came ill after reaching the western Eldorado and died there and
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was buried in tliat slate. His i'amil}' eoii-sistcd ol" the followint?
cliildrou: ])«3borali, Elizabeth, Elleu, Jane, Susan, Alary and Will-
iam II. (siilgcet of this memoir).

After the death of his father William 11. (I here, although
then but thirteen years of ago, took charge of the family, whii a
remained in ("!linton county, and although the experiences weic
hard for one of his tender years the training engendered fortitude
and sol f-vo1 ;■.'"-"> ^-z !:::- v.I.iJi Iv.J to his large success in later
years. He was ver}' largely self-educated, spending most of his
nights with his books during his early life, and during his entire
life he was a close reader. He had much natural talent as a me-
chanic and he took up this line of endeavor when a young man,
becoming an expert in the same. He also learned surveying and
did a great deal of work in this line. For many years he was con-
nected with county work and was prominent in politics, in fact,
was one of the leaders in Clinton county in the Democratic party.
As a result of his peculiar fitness, his public spirit and his loyalty
to his part}' he was elected as a representative to the Legislature
from this district, and he served in a manner that reflected much
credit upon himself and to tlie eminent satisfaction of his con-
stituents, makbig a most conunendable record in that important
position and doing much for the iDermanent good of the locality
honored by his citizenship. He was also elected county auditor
of Clinton county, and was very faithfully discharging the duties
of that office ^Yhen he passed away, on January 22, 1873.

j\[r. Ghere was one of the jjatriotic sons of the North who
responded to the call for troops to put down the rebellion in the
early sixties, having enlisted in Company I, One Hundredth In-
diana Volunteer Infantry, and he sei'ved very faithfully and gal-
lantly, becoming adjutant of his regiment, which important posi-
tion he filled to the satisfaction of his superior officers and the
troops as well.

On October 16, 1867, a\Ir. Ghere was united in marriage with
Indiana S. Baraer, daughter of John and Mary (Darnell) Bar-
ncj-. The Earner family have been prominent in Indiana since
the pioneer days. John Earner lived in Indianapolis, at the cor-
ner of Wa.'^hington and Illinois streets, on the present site of the
Claypool hotel, the center of the business district of the metrop-
olis. Tlie property was sold to the Bates estate, after which the
Earners moved to Frankfort and here became leaders in the af-

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fairs of the county. Jolin I5nnu!r wos boru in North Carolina,
January Jl, 1810, and ho caiiu' to Indiana in the early days. JIc
reached an advanced ago, dyin.ii,- wlien eighty-two years old. ilis
parents, both Aniei'iean l)orn, moved to the state, of Tennessee in
the year 1814. His father, Horatio Barner, was a millwright by
trade, also a cabinet maker, was vory skilled in boili, and he was
a self-taught man. He came to Jndiiina in 1828, locating first in
iJloomlield, then moved to Indianapolis. .Jolm iiariier was mar-
ried in the latter city, and from there he moved to Frankfort iu
1832, when Clinton county was sparsely settled and covered with
a dense forest gj-owth. Here he became well estaldished, being a
hard worker and a man of good judgnient and honest jninciplcs,
and he became an important factoi' in the public life of the com-
munity, taking a leading part in the uiibuilding of the same. His
family consisted of five children, namely: John H., David P.,
Mary E., Judith, and Indiana, who became the wife of the sub-
ject of this sketch. To Mr. and ]\Irs. Gherc was boru, iu 1869, a
son. Alba B., who died ou March 29, 1904. He was a student and
his hobby was the study of birds. He took charge of his mother's
busii:ess affairs and devoted the greater part of his attention to
the home farm.

Tlie death of John B. Bamer occurred on April 22, 1885, his
wife haviug preceded him to the grave on June 21, 1884. They
were worthy members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and
]\rr. Earner belonged to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
He was prominent iu national affairs pertaining to this time-hon-
ored order.

JAMES BARNETT.

The cavly pioucctf, ui' vviien i-oiiiitx', having blazed the i^alli of
civili^.ation to this part of tlie state, fijiislicd their labfu-j and
p:''^^ .w 1i\,.,^ ilnj isccjie, leaving" the couutiT in possession of their
desccudants and to others wlio came at a hiter period and buildcd
on the foundation whieh they laid so broad and deep. Among the
former class was the well remembered a}id influential citizen by
whose name this biographical memoir is introduced, his arrival
being among the earliest. Ilis career here was in the first for-
mative period, and he did nuich to develop and advertise to the
world the wondei'ful resources of a cou}ity that now occupies a
proud position among the most progressi\-e and enlightened sec-
tions of the great Iloosier commonwealth. Useless to say that
JMr. Barnett worked hard and honorably earned the reputation
•which he enjoyed as one of the leading public-spirited citizens of
this locality, and it is also needless to add that he was held in the
highest esteem by all with whom he came in contact, for he threw
the force of his strong individuality and sterling integrity into
making the county what it is and his efforts did not fail of appre-
ciation on the part of the local pidjlic. Ilis name will ever be in-
separably linked vith that of the community so long honored by
his citizenship, whose interests coidd have had no more zealous
and indefatigalde promoter, and his inHucnce was ever exerted
to the end that the world might be made better by his presence.

James Barnett was born in the state of Pennsylvania, on the
15th of Jlarch, 1785, and he died in the city of Port Wayne, In-
diana, on the 7th of June, 1851. He was the son of John and
Elizabeth (Flynn) Barnett, who removed from the old Keystone
state to Kentucky shortly after the close of the war of the l\evo-
lution. John Barnett had rendered valiant service as a private
in the Continental hue during the great struggle for independ-
ence, and upon his discharge had received land warrants ]>ur-
porting to entitle him to certain property in Kentucky. It was
with the intention of taking up tliis land that he removed thitlier,
but u]ion his arrival he found it imixissible to locate the claim,
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si'voral years passed iu tlio fruitless attempts lie I'einoved to
jMoutgoinory county, Oliio, seeui'iug land near the pix'sent city of
Daytou and there reclaiming a fann in tlic midst oT the sylvan
wilds, or his children, fuiu' dauLihtcrs and two suns lived to at-
tain niatuiity. The daughters all niairied, their names after
ninvi'inn-o Vwinif n« fnllowvj- 1vli/,>)iefh llnvris. M;irv I loiistoii.

Susan Brucu and liachel "Watson. The elder son, Ahiaham, be-
came a pioneer member of the bar of Dayton, Ohio, dohii l>ar-
nett died in 1797, leaving his widow and hei' six yomig eliildren in
somewhat straigliteued circumstances.

At the time of his father's death James Barnett was twelve
years of age, and as his elder Ijrother was his senior by only a
few years the burden of caring for the family rested in a large
part upon the shoulders of the two boys, whose solicitude for
their widowed mother was unabatiug during the remaining years
of her life. For a number of years the two In'otliers woi'ked on
the homestead faiun, managing to provide for their mother and
sisters only by the most strenuous exertion and careful manage-
ment. During this crucial period, liowcver, t]ie\' succeeded in giv-
ing to their sisters sucli educational advantages as were aflt'orded
in the schools of the locality aiul period, and at a later period
James assumed tlie entire chai'ge and care of the farm and fam-
ily, in order to allow his brother the opportujiity to study law.
James thus acquired his own educational discipline pT-inci})ally
thi-ough the aid of his brother and sistei's, who imparted to liim
each evening the knowledge which they liad acquired during the
day at school.

As James grew to manhood and the cares of the fann and
family became somewhat less exacting, he engaged in fui- trading
with tlie Indian.s, making long journeys into the "West and South,
b}'" way of the Ohio aiid ilississip])i rivei'S. Several times he
journeyed as far as the city of Xew Orleans, then the princijial
market for the entire districts of the jNfiddle .states, and while
thus engaged in business he became well acquairited with the loca-
tion and latent advantages of Fort "Wayne, which was at that
time little more than is indicated in the name itself. His first
visit to the fort had been made much earlier, as he had accom-
panied his father on a trip to this ])oint in 1797. In 1812 he again
visited the foi-t, as the captain of a company of volunteers from
the vicinity of Dayton, his company being a portioii of llie coiu-
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Henry Ilamson. It waa duriug tliis visit that i\Iv. Banicti rau-
vassed tlio situation and detcnuiiu'd to make Fort Wa^'ii^' liis
lionie. This design, however, iic did not carry out until a )ium-
ber of years later, and though it is impossible to detoj-niine with
absolute ccrtaiuty the dale oi Ins making a pcrrmanent home here,
all evidence indieates that it must have been in f1i« y..Mv itii" t,^
*':c I::l^. .ui In- liau maue several trips in transporting goods from
the east to tlie traders in Fort Wayne. These trips were made in
boats, by way of the Little river and St. Mary's river, the goods
being carried across the portage some miles above Fort AVayne.

Upon making permanent location in Fort Wayne, Mr. Bar-
nett opened a general store. In 1819 he was joined by Samuel
Hanna, another of the honored pio)ieers of the county and one of
whom individual mention is made on other pages of this work,
and they formed a partnership under the firm name of Baruett &
Ilanna. The business of this firm was that of selling at whole-
sale to the ti'aders througliout the country hereabouts, and the
headquarters of the firm was a log structure situated at the north-
west corner of what are now Barr and Columbia streets. Goods
were brought from the east by way of Toledo and thence up the
I^Iaumee river in pirogues oi- dug-outs, and from Fort ^^'aync the
distribution was made to the various traders. About 1830 ]\lr.
Baniett retired from active participation in this flourishing busi-
ness enterprise, though he still continued to retain his interest in
the same. About the same time Allen Hamilton was admitted as
an active member of tie firm, which continued the business under
the title of Sanuiel Hanna & Company.

Among till' other enterprises which gained the support and
co-operation of ^Fr. Barnett at this time was that of milling. In
1824 he associated himself with Anthony Davis in the erection of
a mill on the St. IVlary's river, near the site of the present Or-
phans' Home of Allen county, this mill later known as Beaver's
mill and having been one of the first in this section of the state.
Like many otlicrs of the early settlers, !Mr. Barnett made large in-
vestments in real estate, and among other properties he owned a
farm whicli embraced the l)lock included between Calhoun and
Harrison and Berry and Wayne streets, in the center of the city
of Foit Wayne today.

In lS2t was solcnuiized tlie marriage of Mv. Barnett b» Nancy
Welch Hanna, of Troy, Ohio, a sister of Samuel Hanna, who came
to Fort Wayne a few years later and became a partner with Mr.

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Baruett in busiuoss. For tlieir first liomo Mr. Burnett erccli'd
what was thcu considered a very palatial residence, ou Eaat
Columbia street, this being tlio tirsl brick structure built in the
town. It is interestinsr to note that this old Jand-iiiai'k is still
standing, being now utilized as a liakei-y. After residing in this

1<r>ii<r. f,.^ ., iiiM„l„.,. of Vfire Xfr -nul Mv« li:ivnc1 f bn 11 1 rdrllicni-

sclves another residence, on West Hen-y street, on the site ikav
occupied by the cstaljlishnient of tlic Wolf & Dessaur l)iy Goods
Company, and in this home he continued to reside until his deatli,
Juno 7, 1851, while his wife survived him ))y a number of years,
being summoned into eternal rest on August iO, 1857. Both were
devoted members of the Presbyterian church, and i\lr. Baruett
was one of the founders and most mlluential mend)ers of tlie First
Presbyterian church of Fort Wayne, and he was the second man
buried in Foit Wayne under IMasonic ausjjices.

James and Nancy AV. (llanna) Bai-nett ])ecame the parents
of eight children, of whom only four lived to adult age. Conccj'u-
ing them we incorporate brief record. John Houston Baruett
died in 1872, a bachelor. ]\lary was married, in 1819, to Watson
Wall, of Fort Wayne, and she now resides in St. Louis, i\lissouri,
as do also her four children, Charles AV., James, jAlrs. Maitland
Dycu- and Mrs. Susan Beard. Abraham (J. Baruett was mari'ied,
in 1859, to Elizabeth Angell, and of tlu-ir children four are living,
Bj'rou H., Mrs. Katharine Beamer, James and Susan. Susan P.
Baruett, the next in order of birth of the four children who at-
tained maturity, was married, in 1870, to John A. SlioalT, and they
became the parents of three children, of whom two are living:
Alary, who is the wife of Albert J. ]\litchell of St. Loui.s, ^Missouri,
and Fred B. Mrs. Shoaff still resides in Fort Wayne, where she
was born and reared and where she has c\er made her home. To
her kindly oflicos we are indebted for tlie data from which this
memoir of her honored father is pre])ared.

All who remember James Baruett seem to unite in apprais-
ing him as a man of many sterling qualities, lie is desci'il^ed as
exceedingly frugal in his personal haluts, yet generous to an mi-
usual degree toward others; as fiery-tempered, yet of strong self-
control; honest and just, and of great physical strength and cour-
age. It is said that he was known far and wide aiuong the; In-
dians for his great strength and swiftness as a runner. Owing to
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for I'VC'Ji Iji.s natiually lobu.st ccnstifutiou to withstand, he lost
his health at a couiparativt'iy early age, and, after a lingering ill-
ne.ss of about twelve years' duration, he passed to his reward.

As to the estimation in whieh James Banmtt was held by liis
coJiLeni[>oranes, tiie folio uiny editorial, which appealed in the
Fort Wayne Weekly Times olMin... 10 is;--" ■-c-':.: 'L. iLodf.

■ We last week performed the melanehol.y dut}' of announc-
ing the decease of this venerable and highly respected citizen, and
we had reason to belie\-e that some of his numerous friends who
are acquainted with ]jis early history and su])sequent career would,
in time for today's paper, prepare a suitable obituary. In this
expectation we have been disappointed, but we cannot let the oc-
casion pass without testifying, however briefly and imperfectly,
our respect for his memory. Strange as it may seem, we have
been unable to ascertain with certainty his precise age or the place
of his nativity, but from the im]jerfeot items we have been able
to gather we believe his age to have been about sixty-five years,
and that he was born in Kentucky. He was a hardy, efficient
frontiers]nan of remarkable prowess and brave as Caesar. At a
very early age he was employed with his father in ]>aeking pro-
visions from the settlements, as Cincinnati and Dayton were then
called, to the army in this region, and we have been informed that
when a ver}- small boy, as early as Wayne's campaign, he was at
this place with his father. His peculiar personal qualifications,
his great sagacity and his experience rendered him a most valu-
able assistant as mess( uger and bearer of disi^atches between
difficult and almost iuaccessible posts and places during the war
of 1812. Wherever there were difficulties to overcome or dangers
to be cncouutei'cd in that line, on all this western frontier, there
was James Barnett.

"Pie settled permanently at this place, as ncarl}- as we can
learn, about 1818, since which time he has constantl.y resided here
and been intimately identified with the interests of the jilace, in
its progress from a mere trading post, when the country for hun-
dreds of miles in cvciy direction was an unbroken wilderness, to
its ]n'esent prosperous and fiourishing condition. Tie erected the
first biick luiilding that went up in this town, the two-story house
yet standing on the north side of Columbia sti-eet and first door
cast of the Times building. Tie sei'ved for many years as justice
of the peace. We have been told, and that none doubt, that he

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brought mori! uiuncy hero Ihaii any other of the old Ansa oL" set-
tlers, and it is believed that but few oi' the new ones brought as
nmch, and with his al)undant means at that day, if he had been
;ivarieinus and frraspincT. he uiiffht have amassed an immense for-
tune. But he was notliing of the kind; his hand was alwa\ s 'open
.o .ti,,! ,i.>,.' +„ n... >ioof1y -nirl <sii ffoviiuf Ijis caiiital was alwa\s
employed, but more frequently for tlu; benefit of otliers than him-
self. It was a 'placer' from which the foundation of several splen-
did fortunes were dug. He was em[>hatieally the poor man's
friend, and we doubt if ever a person approacheil him needing as-
sistance and was turned away empty. Honest and eoididing to an
eminent degree himself, he was wont to conlide too inuch in others,
and frequently suffered by becoming involved in their liabili-
ties. Still, it is supposed that he has left a handsome compe-
tency for those near and dear to liim whom he has left behind."

Such was James Baructt, a nol^le, honorable, generous, o]jen-
hearted man, and, as was said at his funeral, "the noblest work
of Cod, an honest man." Owing to early hardships and exposures
his constitution had been shattered, and for the last two or three
years of Ms life Kg was quite feeble, being finally called from his
earthly habitation to dwell in the home "not made with luuads,
eternal in the heavens." Ilis funeral was attended by a large con-
course of citizens and by the ^Tasonic fraternity in full regalia.
Ilis loss was felt as a personal bereavement l)y the citizens in
general, and in these later years, seeing his life in strong per-
Rjiective, we can well understand the high regard in which he was
held in the community which was so long his home and the scene
of his earnest and effective labors.

WALTER S. PARIS.

A due jne;isni'i' nT siu-ccvs; in^■'>l.;M1.1y v.'.'.\ilt^ I'lOin cu;ail,v
uoiiiuHl })ur[)use and consecutive elTort in the ail'airs of life, but in
following out the career of one who gained success Ijy his ow}i
efforts there comes into view the intrinsic individuality which
made such accomplishment possible. Such attributes were evi-
dently possessed by the late Walter S. Paris, who, during all his
manhood years, was pi-onunent in the commercial and industrial
life of the city of Fraijkfort, Indiana, and who succeeded in leav-
ing the indelible impi-int of his jjersonality uj^on the lives of all
with whom he came into contact. lie always stood ready to iden-
tify himsilf A\ilh his fellow citizens in any good work and extend
a co-operative hand to advance any measure that was calculated to
better the co]idition of things in his native community, that would
give better govermnent, elevate mankind, insui-e higher standards
of moralit}' and the highest ideals of a refined, ennobling, intel-
lectual culture, beijg, like his honoi-ed father before him, a man
of public spirit and correct conduct, who, like him, enjoyed the
confidence and esteem of all who knew him, by reason of these
commendable characteristics, coupled with a genial, gentlemanly
address and a heart of charitable and hospitable impulses. In-
deed, no famil}' in Canton count}', from the days of its earliest
history to the present time, has been better or more favorably
known than that represented by the subject of this memoir, the
name Paris having stood for jn-ogress and ui)right manhood
through all the generations of the ])asl, and Frankfoi-t and Clm-
ton coinit.y owe nmch to the several mc^mbcrs of the same for their
commendable work in ])resent and past periods of their histoiy.

Walter S. Paiis vas born in Frankfort, Indiana, A])ril 21,
1865, and was the son of James 11. and Julia A. (Blinn) Paris.
James II. Paris came from an old English family and he was one
of the pioneer settlers of Clinton county, Indiana, c(»mijig hin-e
whe.. this locality was spai-sely settled and when wild game was
abundant in the great forests tliat covered the undrained swamps,
but he had the sagacity to foresee a great future for this comity
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ouc of the coimty's most subst;intiMl men. Jlc was one of the or-
ganizers of tile First National Bank at Frankfort and was its
president for a number of 3'cars, in fact, its large success was due
for tl>0 w*^t pnvt in liis fihlo mnnnojoinerit. Tie niid his son. Wal-
ter S., of this memoir, were leaders in a business way of this lo-

public altaii's and did much in the general upbuilding of the
count}'.

There were eight children in the family of James TI. I'aris,
six of whom are living at this writing, namely: Jacob B. is de-
ceased; Elizabeth, Georgiaua, Liuna, James It., Jr., Thomas C,
Alay and Walter y., subject of this memoir.

Walter S. Paris grew* to manhood in his native town and re-
ceived his earl}' education iu the public schools here, and when he
became of propei* age he began assisting his father in the store,
this literally growing up with the business. After he finished
school he took a regular position in the store and, being by nature
a good biisiness man, soon became familiar with the various phases
of the dry goods business, continuing thus until the death of the
father, his mother dying about a year later.

Walter S. Paris contijuied to conduct the store, with the as-
sistance of his two brothers, for about ten j-ears aftei- the death
of the father, then he sold out his interest in the same and went
to Louisville, Kentucky, where he engaged in the; hotel business
with two of his friends, Charles and John Ross. lie was very
su -cessful in this line of endeavor as he had been in the store, but
his career was suddenly terminated 1).y death wlien in the zenith
of his powers, on June 23, 1909. His body was brought back to
Frankfort for iutennent.

Mr. Paris was lujitcd iu marriage with Lunetta Clark, daugh-
ter of Francis and Sariih E. (Buntin) Clark. Her father was born
in Tipiiecanoe count}', Indiana, and he came to F)"ankfort, Clinton
county, about forty-four years ago, being anion;, the early settlers,
and here, through close application and aljle management, he be-
came well established and well known and is one of the influential
men of his community for years. lie has devoted his life to gen-
eral agricultural pursuits, and owns one of tlu^ choice farms of
the connty, but has now turned over the active work of the sanu!
to others; however, he still manages it, overseeing it from his
residence in Frankfort, where he lias been most coinfortably lo-

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cuted for scnne time, lie lias accumnlali'd a competency tliii)ii!.';li
his lon.i; 3'car.s of industry. Tlio county owes inucli to him Im- its
hnter-chiy pi-ogrcss iu matei'ial lines, and he is held in high esteem
by all clasi^es and is re;j;ar(le(l as one of tlie most i-c^prescMit.'itivo
men of thi;.- loculiLy.

His father, Daniel D. Clark, was the iich>u of n ^^•o1•f^; r-h]
1'^^., 'ZLt^uiUu iaimiy, and tlicro he grew up and was educated,
coming to Ti])pecanoe county, Indiana, from (.'onnecticut, and
was in-oniiuent in I'ailroad affairs for a unniher of year.s, having
been one of the men who linanced the Clover Leaf railroad when
it caiue into Clinton county. Francis Clark's wife, Sarah E. Jinn-
tin, was from ])ioneer Kentucky stock. Her father, Elihu LUnitin,
Avas one of Indiana's first settlers, a typical pioneer of the clays
of our early history, a brave, hard-working, honest man, who
blazed tlio trail from Kentucky to Clinton county, when the Car-
reaching primeval forests were the haunts of the red moi and
all manner of kindreds of the wild. He was a famous Indian
fighter. The old Indian trail went through his farm in this coun-
ty, which place he literally hewed out from the dense woods. His
father was a soldier iu the war of 1812, and one of his brothers
fought with Gen. "William Hcnrs' Ilarrisou against the Indiaiis
of Tecumseh and the Prophet in the. early years of the nineteenth
century. Francis Clark was a soldier iu the Civil wai", having
seen nuich hard service as a meud)er of the Seventy-second Regi-
ment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, serving three years and par-
ticipating in a number of important camiiaigns and several great
battles. He is a prominent and actiA-e member of the Grand Army
of the Republic.

The date of the marriage of Walter S. Paris and Luuetta
Clark was February 11, 1891. This union was without issue.

]\[r. Paris was, in his fraternal relations, a juember of the
Masonic order, having attained the Ivnight Templar degree, and
he also bcloiiged to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
He was a man who lived for his family, spending as nmch tune as
possible at home, and was fond of ever\' comfort that his wife
could enjoy witli him. Ho enjoyed traveling and motoring, loved
the outdoors and was a genial, sociable, kindly gentleman whom
everybody greatl\' acbnired.

HENKY B. SLIITH.

In the death ol" the late Henry J5. Smith, Dl.ickrord county
lost one of its representative citizens. As the (hiy, with its niorn-
ijig of hope and ])]-onnse, its noontide of aeti\ ity, its evening of
r-->n-ii-»1nfr' nnd t;iic(^cQcfiil (>(Tovt«. ciulin!'- in tlic rest of the niiiht.
so was the life of this honored nian. His career was a long, busy
aJid iistfnl one, and although he d(!Voted his attention primarily
to his individual affairs, as is quite natural and right, he never al-
lowed the pursuit of wealth to warp his kiudly nature, but pre-
served his faculties and the warmth of his heart for the broaden-
ing and helping inflTiences of human life, being to the end a kindly,
genial friend and gentleman with whom it was a pleasure to meet
and converse. Through the long years of his residence in this
locality he was over true to the trusts reposed in him, whether of
a public or yu-ivate ature, and his reputation in a business way
was unassailable. He conunanded the respect of all 1)y hi.s up-
right life and engraved his name indelibly on the pages of Black-
ford county's histoi-y. His actions were ever the result of care-
ful and conscientious thought, and when once convinced that he
was right, ao suggestion of policy or personal })rofit could swerve
him frttin the couj'se he had decided npon. His career was com-
plete and rounded in its bcautifid simplicity; he did his full duty
in all the relations of life, and he i.V.'d beloved by those near to
him, and respected and esj^eemi^d by his fellow citizens.

Henry B, Smith was deS' imded from steiling ancestry, his
fathcj", Hon, Jerenn"ah Smith, having been one of the most dis-
tinguished citizens of Randoljih (•((iinty, Indiana, Jeremiah Smith
was born in 1805 in South Cai'olina, and when twelve years of age
accompanied his father, William Smith, to Randolph county, In-
diana, locating at Winchester, where he was reared to manhood.
Though his educa <nal advantages were limited, he was a diligent
student and evei'.aall_y l)ecame a succossCul teacher. lie turned
his attentio]; to sun'cying, in which he soon became proficient, and
from 1820 to 1822 was engaged i)i a survey (jf the Kankakee
countr}'. Having decided upon the legal profession as his life
work, he began the study of Blackstoiie in the office of Zachariah
Hiatt, at AVin'hestcr. He was admitted to the bar of I?aiidol])h
county in 1837 and entered at (mce upon the active practice of his

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profession. Ho al.so served sevccal years as deimly couuly re-
corder. His abilities were (juiekly I'eeogjiized l»y liis I'ellow eifi-
zens and lie was called at diriVreiil times tn fill nearly evi-ry loeal
oftiee c)!" iu»fe, aiiKWit;' wliicli may lie mentioned dcpnt}' recorder,
elerk, dejinly slierilY, .slierilT, sni-voyor, proseenting attorney and
ciirnit .iml.^'^'i i'l J>ll <>'■ wliieli li<> flisnlayod altilities of a high oider^
For tlurty, years Jndge Smith was i-eeognized as a leader at the bar
of liis eoini(\' ;uid f<-iu.rl +1>.- •■-■••.tali,:: ^,r l,.!,.^ one uC tiie ueSL
judges of English law in the state of Indiana. In 1839 Jndge
Smith erected the Franklin Ifonse in AVinehcster and later, with
Hon. 0. n. Smith, he located the town of Union City, He was a
voluminous writer, among his ]>rodnctions being "Reminiscences
of Randoljih County" and "Civil Jlistory of Randolph County,"
both of whidi are of great value as preserving important local
historical data and both evincing a high order of litei-ary talent.
Jiulge Smith niairicd Cynthia Dye, who bore him ten children,
and hci- death occurred on July 7, 1872, his death occun'ing in
December following. For over forty years Judge Smith was one
of the most conspicuous figures in Winchester and Randolph
county. In politics lie was an uncom])romising advocate of Demo-
cratic princii)les, wliilc in his religious views he was affiliated
with the Disciples church, of which he was an earnest supporter.
He was i liuently successful as a business man, while personally
he was a man of the strictest integrity, retaining the confidence of
all who knew him.

Ileni'v B. Smith, commonly known among his iiatimatc friends
as "HaiTV," was born in AViuchester, Randolph count.y, Indiana,
on the 22d of November, 1817. The first fourteen years of his life
were sjjent in his native city and there he received his preliminary
education. In 1862 he became a student in the Northwestern
Christian UniA-ersity, where lie continued his studies for three
j'ears. He then went to Union City, Indiana, where he learned
the trade of a jeweler. In April, 18G9, he went to Hartford Cit}'
and engaged in the jewelry business there until 1877, when he
disposed of his stock and entered the ofTice of coimty clerk, to
which e had been elected the year previous. He served the peo-
ple efiiciently in this capacity until August, 1881. In January,
1879, upon the organization of the Citizens State Bank, he had
been unanimousl}' elected its ])resident and upon retiring from the
county clerkship he devoted his entire time and attention to the
interests of the ban .. The institution was successful from the

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start, inncli of its ciuly ])iv,stii;(' Ix-iiij,^ duo dii'cctly to liis iiillnciice
mill ])er.sonal clToils. ll])()ii tlic icor^iuiizalion ol' llic bank in
]8S9 iMr. Smith's labors I'occivi'd rcco'^nitidn in his rci-clection to
the presidency, whidi office lie held continuously until his death.

lu 1882 Henry B. Smith was elected to ivpresent the district
composed of Yvells iind jSIaekfuid iwiinties iu the Legislature.
JTe served during oue session on the house conunittees, on state's
prison and library, iie look an ;ii(n»- p.m, in un uiocuool^ji^o .^f
that legislative body and wa;^' inniientinl iu securing tlu' jiassage
of much needed and helpful leg' itinn. \n 1890 he was elected
to the state Senate from the distiii-t comjiosed of Adams, Jay and
Blackford counties, serving during two sessions in this body and
being assigned to several important committees. ITe devoted par-
ticular attention to legislation bearing uj^on natural gas and in-
troduced several imiiortant measures relating to this subject. In
both houses of the General Assembly he had acquitted himself to
his own great credit and to the entire satisfaction of his constitu-
ents.

Besides being one of the largest stockholders in the Citizens
State Bank at Hartford City, IMr. Smith was interested financially
in a number of other institutions over tlie state. He was a leading
spirit iu bringing about the organization of the Hartford City
Glass Company, of which he remained a member of the board of
directors until the concern was purchased, in 1899, by the Ameri-
can Window Glass Comjiany. He was one of the most extensive
owners of real estate in Blackford county, his holdings aggregat-
ing over one thousand acres. He was a leading spirit in bring-
ing a number of manufacturing concerns to Hartford City and
was always active in behalf of every movement for the good of the
community. Ho had served as a member of the town board three
years before a charter was ol)tained and was ever found ready to
do his full share in pushing along the wheels of local ])rogress.

In February, 187.3, Henry B. Smith was united in marriage
with Nancy A. Holliday, the daughter of Joseph W. and Elizabeth
J. (Campbell) Holliday. Joseph '^W Holliday was born in Eator^
Ohio, on Januaiy 18, 1818, receiving his early education at Han-
over and Greencastle, Indiana. Just before the IMexiean war
Mr. Holliday was elected to represent the district composed of
Jay and Blackfr I counties in the Indiana Legislature, but in-
stead of cnt(;ring upon his duties as a member of that body he re-
signed and enlisted as a soldier and was commissioned first lieu-

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tt'iiaut. On Ilia rt'liirn IVom tin- soi'vico he \vas again clcotccl (<»
ilie Li';';islatnri' and wliilc serving as a nicnilicr of lliat Ixtdy liis
doalh occuirod in 1852, wlu-n liis danghtoi', Mi's. Sniitli, was Iml
two yoajs (if age. He was a stan<'li Whig in liis pfditical affilia-
tions. J\lr.s. Sniitli's niDlluT was Ixnu iu Cri't-ni' fntunty, Oliio,
Scptfmlw.!- '_>y, 1S28, ;,:id licr Ca-nih t)(cniT('d in Scptcmhor, ]8(>1.
Mrs, iSuiitli was tlioir only child. To Mr. and r^lrs. 8initli wcic
i,„,.^ r..,. (^.].;;j,^,.^ u.uinl,\ : r^ii/aiic'in, who lives at liomc;
C^-iitliia, who is tlu> wife of U. K. ^^'illnlan, a lumhcr man at Ilait-
ford City; (Iretta, Iho wilV of Benjamin l\ray, of "\Voodl)ury, New
Jersey; Addie, wlio liccame tlie wile of Sieplion TreJitman and re-
sides in Cldcago. They liave a son, Henry Smith Treutniau.

Politically, IT. B. Rniilh had heeii for many years one of the
leaders of tlie Deiiiocratic party iu Blackford county, having
served three terms as chairman of the county central committee
and heing an ardent advocate of Democratic prinei])les and an
influential I'aetor in the campaigns of that party. Fraternally,
he w;is a niemher of lUackfoid Lodge No. 106, Free and Accepted
Masons, in which he had ])assed all the chairs, and had several
times been a representative to the grand lodge of the state. Al-
though a member of no church, Mr. Smith was incliued toward
Presbyterianism, to which denomination all the members of his
family behmg, and he was an attendant on the services of that
church. He was a inembcr of the Blackford Club, a purely social
organization.

Ml-. Smith's death occurred on Se])tcmber 25, 1909, at Ft.
Wayne, Indiana, while on his way home from Lake James, where
he had been spending a few days with his wife. Tlis death was
due to apoplexy. At his funeral he was accorded one of the most
remarkable trilmtes ever paid the memoiy of a resident of Black-
ford county. During the hours of the services business and pub-
lic activities generally were abandoned out of respect to the man
whom oxcvy one felt was his friend.

Thus passed a good man and true. His life was as an open
book, wath nothing to conceal. He was a man of rare gifts and
great moral courage, never shifting his burdens to others and al-
ways choosing the harder tasks himself. Sham, pr(!tense, in-
stability and inefficiency were foreign to his nature. His inter-
ests wei'e broad and general, lie fcdt that money, time and talent
WT.re for the furtherance of gi-eat ends and good causes. His char-
acter was many-sided, in some ways unique — a man in whom
otliers reposed implicit confidence.

HON. JESSE 0VEE3TREET.

Human life is like the waves of tlie sea. They flash a few brief

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are dashed uijoii the relentless shores of death and disappear for-
evoj-. As the mighty deep has rolled for ages past and chanted its
suhlinie requiem and will continue to roll during the coming ages
until time sliall le no more, so will the waves of human life follow
each olher in countless succession until they are mingled at last
with the billows of eternity's boundless sea. Tlie passing of any
human life, however humble and unknown, is sure to give rise to
a pang of anguish to some heart, but when the fell destroyer
knocks audibly at the door of the useful and gi-eat and removes
from earthly scenes tlie man of honor and influence it not only
means bereaveinoit to kindred and friends, but a public calamitj'
as well. In the largest and best sense of the term, the Hon. Jesse
Ovcrstrect was distinctively one of the notable men of his day
and generation, and as such is entitled to a conspicuous place in
the annals of his state, for as a citizen he was public spirited and
enterprising to an imwonted degree, as a statesman he was the
peer of any of his contemporaries, and as a friend and neighbor
he combined the qualities X)f head and heart that won confidence
and commanded respect.

Hon. Jesse Overstreet, deceased, late member of Congress
from the seventh Indiana congressional district, had the peculiar
distinction of having represented three districts of this state in
the national legislative body. He was first elected to Congress in
1894 and sensed until 1908. During this long period he performed
many vahialde services for his constituents, chief among which
will rank his labors in behalf of what is generally' known as the
gold standard act. For a nuuiber of years he was one of the most
trusted counselors of the national organization of the Republican
party, relinquishing this work in 1906 because of the pressure of
other duties.

ITt. Overstreet was a member of the third generation of his
fami'; in Indiana, being a grandson of Samuel Overstreet, a na-
tive of Virginia, who early settled in Kentucky. From Oldham
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c-oiiuly, Kentucky, Hanun'l Ovcrsdrct moved (<> Jdluisoii couuly,
Indiana, in 18!'}, among llu! cni-ly pionccr.s uf tliat Sfctioi), wlicrc
he settled down to faiining. lie died at the advanced age of
eiglity-two years. Sannid Over.street was twice luarivied, first to
Elizal)etli Hawkins, and ^efoiid to ^Fiss "Whitesidcs. He bad a
large family, all horn to tlie lir.st mai-riage, and we have J'ecord
of the following: Kev. Robert iM., a ]'res1ivteriau minister, is now
tlie only livuig one, residing at Emporia, Kansas; Richard T. was
a banker at Franklin, Johnson county, Indiana; James and Will-
iam were merchants at Franklin; John was a farmer; Elizabeth
became the wife of John llerriott, mcrchan;, pork packer, farmer
and land owner; ^Matilda married L. AV. Fletcher, of Jolmsou
connty, later of Jndiaua]K)lis, farmei", pork packer and banker;
Cabriel J\l. was the father of Hon. Jesse Ovcrstrect; and there
were several otlicrs, some of whom died in infancy. The Over-
street famil}' is of English extraction.

Gabriel M. Overstrcet was bnt fonrteen years old when his
father moved to Johnson county, Indiana, in 1834, and he grew
to manhood on the pioneer farm. But he had other ambitions for
himself, and in order to aid him in securing the education he dc-
sir(>d his father advanced liim a share of his estate, which lie
sold for six hinidred dollars, a large sum in those days. This sum,
together with what he had saved from his earnings, enabled him
to enter the State University of Indiana, and in order to conserve
his resources he walked the entire distance from Franklin to
Bloomington. He made a good record at Blomington and was
graduated in 18-14. He had decided to take up the legal pi'o-
fession, and accordingly began the study of law Avith Gilroy
ITieks, of Franklin. He was admitted to the bar in 1847, and one
year later formed a partnership Avith A. B. Hunter, which con-
tinued unbroken until the lattcr's death in 1891, through the re-
markable period of over forty-three years. Their partnership
relations were remarl. ble in their liaiinony, there never having
been the slightest dissension between them. Mr. Overstreet died
at his home in Franklin on Februarv 8, 1007, in his eight.y-seventh
year. For years he ranked as ojic of the foremost lawj'ers of In-
diana, and through a)) active professional life held the respect
and admiration of the legal fraternity throughout the state. Tlis
was a grand character, and his optimistic and sunnj' disposition
made him a welcome member of society, his life being like a

I)k;^^(^l bc'iiudicLi'>u ou nil wliti cauia in (•.ontiict witli liiiu. .Mr.
Ovcrstivct deviWcd IiiiusclL' pjumipally Lo his privalc busiucss
allair.s, but he served as a nicuibi:r ol" the; state Senate frum 1882
to .188(). lie Jiad positive cunvictiojis regarding the great ques-
lioiis of the day, Lo'.vcvor, and th(.ii;,Ii over age wlieu the Civil
war broke out, he enlisted in tlie Union service, beeoniiug a meiu-

i.n I lu V'UiiipiiJij VI, v^ue ilHiiun.u «. Jill i,^v -accumi jLnm.Uiii » uiiuj-

toer Ini'autry, in wliich he served as a private to the end of his
term of three months, lictuniiiig tu ei\il life, he engaged in the
pj-actice of his profession until 10U2, when he retired. Fraternally,
he was a Mason, and in I'cligiou a Tjesbyterian, being a niendier
of the church board.

On Novemljer 20, 18-19, Mr. Ovcrstreet was married to Sarah
Lucinda jMoi'gau, a native of Indiana, whose father, Lewis Mor-
gan, was a pioneer Baptist jweacher of Indiana, ilr. Morgan was
a native of Tennessee, and settled in Shelby comity, Indiana, in
the early twenties. Later he moved to Illinois, where he lived
for some years, Init, retuj-ning to Indiana, he passed the remain-
der of his life h>,re, becoming jiromineut in the work of his de-
nomination in this section. He was one of the founders of the
Brptist College at Franhlin, Indiana, and wvis its first financial
agent. lie died at the age of about eighty, after a long and use-
ful life, leaA-ing an excellent name to his numerous descendants.
We have the following record of tliis numerous family: Madison
j\Iorgan was a farmer of Johnson county, Indiana; Rev. Thomas
J. ]\Io)gau, a prominent minister and educator, held numerous
important jjositions and was for years a power in the Bajitist
denomination; he was professor of church histor}' at the Uni-
versity, i^lorgan Park, Illinois, jircsident of the Normal College
at Potsdam, New Yoik, president of the Normal College of Rhode
Island; commissioner of Indian affairs under President Harri-
son; and for a n\nnbcr of years preceding his dc^ath was secretary
of the Baptist Home Missionary Society of the United States.
At the outbreak of the Ci\'il war he left college to enlist, and re-
mained in the Union service throughout that struggle, which he
ntci'cd as a private soldier, but was nmstered out as a brigadier-
general. William Moigan was a merchant in Indiana. Alexan-
der Morgan was a merchant and farmer of Kansas, i-esiding near
Topeka. Elizabct.li Morgan married Col. Samuel Lambertson, a
merchant of Franklin, Indiana. Iby ^loigan became the wife of

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Tliomns Noi'val, ol' Itulcpciulencc, ^Missouri. Naiu/y man-iod
(Jcorgc J^'ain, a CaJil'oniian. llasscltiuc inaiTicd Charles Burton,
now (Icfoasod, an attorno.y at Denver, Culorado. Sarah Lucinda
was the wife of (labriel M. Overstrcet. 1^1 rs. Overstrcet was a
granddaiigliier ol Andrew I'Jvans, who fought in the lievolutiou-
ary war and was engaged in the famous l)attle of Kinsr'.s JSIoiui-
lani. hJie was also a grandiiicce of (Jon. .Daniel AForgan, and great-
granddaughter of Elizabeth Taylor, who came of the same fam-
ily as l*resident Zachary Taylor.

Gabriel M. Overstrect was a member of the Presbyterian
church and long sensed as elder. His wife Avas a Baptist prior
to her marriage, after which she joined her husband's church,
and all their children have united with that denomination. Seven
children were bom to them, namely: (1) Irene is the wife of Dan-
iel "W. Hcrriott, of "Wa' hington, D. C, an expert in the treasury
department, where he has been em])lo}'ed for over thirty-three
years. (2) Samuel L. was located at Guthrie, Olclahoma, and at
the time of his death was considered the best lawyer in that ter-
ritory, having been appointed United States district attorney by
President ^VleKinley. He died suddenly on a railroad train while
on his way to celebrate his parents' golden wedding aimiversary,
his being the fii'st death in the family. He married Julia Kern,
of Louisville, Kentucky, who also is deceased. They left no
children. (3) Hubert Ij., at present engaged as chief clerk in the
] louse of Representatives at "Washington, D. C, married Miss
Hannah Stillenger, of Columbus, Indiana, and thty have a daugh-
ter, Doi'othy. (4) Jesse is mentioned fai'ther on. (5) Arthur, a
manufacturer of Coluniltus, Indiana, married Ilattie F. Crump, of
that place, and they have a son, Francis. (6) Miss Nina M. lives at
the family home in PranMin. (7) Carrie Tlasseltine is the widow of
A. N. Golf, late a farmer of l>^ranidin, Johnson county, Indiana,
where she now lives; she is ihe mother of tw^o children, Bessie
Jean and Hubert H.

Jesse Overstreet was bon- December 14, 1859, in Franklin,
Johnson county, Indiana, and was reared there. He attended the
public schools, the "" igh schools and Franklin College, graduating
fi'om the latter institution in 1F82 with the degree of -Master of
Arts fi-om his alma mater. Ttis classical course completed, he
began rending law with his father, though for some time after
leaving school ho had ver.y poor health and was in danger of los-

iji^; his t'.vosight. in LS^'.U lie became a member of the Jinn lo wliieli
liis father beknii^od, and which Uieii became Over.sl lecl, lUuitei-
«':-. Overstreet. After Mr. Dunter'.s death, lather an. I sou cojitin-
ued to practice together nntil 16'M, in which }eaj- dc^se Over-
.-^^l\^•!, in ordwi to give proper alteidion to hh legishitive diitie--,
removed to Indianapolis. lie was tir.st elected to Congress in

tics, and served nntil 189G. Jn that year he was re-eleeted, from
the new district made np oi' Johnson and ^Marion comities, and
accordingly moved to Indianapolis. i\larion connty was after-
wards made a district by itself, and Mr. Overstreet, during the
remainder of his legislative life, represented it. He had been
active in legislation favored by his constitnents IVom his very
tirst term, when he called tlic attention of Congress to the injns-
tice done the old soldiers in the metliod of paying them their pen-
sions at the agencies, wlu e they were frequently the ])rey of
designing men and women who relieved and in many instances
robbed the a of their money. The law ^Mr. Overstreet succeeded
in obtaining required all persons to be paid in checks, which they
received at their homes, thus affording the recipients the protec-
tion or their families and friends. The system has greatly l)ene-
fited the soldiers and has been w'annl}' commended in many quar-
ters. President Cleveland ])ronounced the bill as he signed it the
best piece of work enacted by the fifty-fourth C'ongress. After
the national contest of 189G, over the gold and silver standard, a
movement originated at Indianapolis of which II. II. llanna, of
that city, was tlie leading spirit, in behalf of the gold standard.
It resulted in the appointment of a connnission directed to pre-
pare and urge upon Congress compreliensive financial legislalion,
and this body consisted of the foUowing menijjers: George F.
Edmunds, of Venuont, chairman; Ceorge E. Leighton, of .Mis-
souri; T. 0. Bush, Alabama; ^Y. B. Dean, ]\Iinncsota; Charles S.
Pairchild, I\!^ew York; Stuyvesant Fish, New York; J. W. Fiies,
North Carolina; Lewis A. Garnett, California; J. Lawrence
Laughliu, Illinois; C Stuart Pattei-son, Peimsylvajiia, and Iiob-
eil S. Ta.ylor, Indiana. Tiic compreliensive measure ju'epared by
this connnis.siun was introduced into tlie fifty-til'th Congress by
ITon. Jesse Overstreet, but, although it was consideied by a com-
mittee, no action was taken uj^ou it by tliat body. Duiing the
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licau members of tlie House, u (jommittcc of eleven was appointed
and directed to prepare and report to a caucus of the Kepublicau
members at its next session a bill relative to linaucial matters.
This caucus conuuiltee consisted of Cien. J. 13. Henderson, of
Wo; Jf.lin Btxh'Al, Pc:i::i:ylvania,- Screuo Tayne, New York; J.
W. Babcock, Wisconsin; ^y. C. Lovering, ]\lassachusetts: W. S.
, --.x. , ^,. ^. ^^^.,.^,^ xcviio, v^iiaiiv;^ v_.unih, ivunsas; i^age
ilorris, i\linnesota; E. F. J.oud, California; Jesse Overstreet, In-
diana. The committee jnct at Atlantic City, New Jersey, where-
upon it became known as the "Atlantic City Commission." It
agreed upon and prepared a lull, and selected Mr. Overstreet to
prepare a report upon the bill and picseut the bill and report to
the Kepnblicau caucus at AVjishingtou. The report which lie pre-
pared was approved by the connnittee witliout any changes and
was presented to the caucus and approved by it. This matter of
presentation to tlie caucus was left entirely to i\Ir. Ovej-street, no
other member of the committee taking part. Some features of
the bill not clearly understood met with opposition in the caucus,
and this difficulty was not fully overcome until explained b}- Mr.
Overstreet at the second session, at which the bill was ap]i}-oved
in its entirety. Mr. Overstreet opened the debate and had the
management of the bill in the House, which it passed success-
fully. The Senate passed a substitute therefoi-, and when the
conferees of both Houses to which the bill was then sent (tliis com-
mittee consisting of Senators Aldrich and Allison and Kepresent-
atives Overstreet and Erosions) met they settled the differences
between the two Houses, the bill was passed, and on March 14,
1900, received the signatui'c of President McKinley. It is best
known as the Gold Standard Act of 1900, and its effects have been
far-reaching, having had great inQueuce in establishing confi-
dence in the United States and strengthening our credit abroad.
As chairman of the committee on postoffices and post roads
of the House, to Avhich place he was appointed by Speaker Can-
non, Mr. Overstreet proved himself capable and won a reputation
for remarkable judgment concerning wise regulations in that de-
p;irtmeut. This committee is unquestionably one of the most im-
portant in the Tfouse and sununing up its duties from year to
year, possibly the most important, arrcctiug as it does every citi-
zen of the count jy. l\i: Overstreet entered upon his duties at its
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and vast amount of labor involved in tlio consciontious transac-
tion of the business intrusted to it. The problems cunnofted with
the handling of second-class mail, railway mail pay, readjustinent
of pay of postal employes, reorganization of the jiostal service,
coditication of tiie postal laws, and the leduction of the letter post-
age received his esjiecial consideration. In 1906 ho served upon tlu;
commission authorized by Congress to investigate tiie suDjeei oi.
second-class mail matter; and in 1908 he was a member of the
commission authorized by Congress to investigate the Ijusiuess
methods of the postoffice department, and make a report con-
cerning a reorganizatio]! of the postal service and the codifica-
tion of the postal laws. Mr. Overstreet's direct services to his
home city are manifest in the beautiful federal l)uilding at In-
dianapolis, and he deserves great credit for his woi'k in that line,
both for securing the apj)ropriation and determining the classi-
cal character of the architecture, without in any way sacrificing
the utilit}' of the structure. To him also is due the credit for se-
curing the location of the Benjamin Ilai'risnii army post near In-
dianapolis, which has over fifty buildings and twenty-five lum-
dred acres of land; when the full garrison has been established
it is estimated that the annual revenue to the city from the jDost
and its men and officers will aA erage two hundred aii fifty tliou-
sand dollars. Mr. Overstreet labored faithfully in the proiiiotion
of these and other large interests whicli he deemed of most im-
portance to the great bod}^ of the peo})le whom he represented.
In Jun>., 1908, he was appointed by Speaker Cannon a membei"
of the monetary commission authorized by Congress to investi-
gate and report on the subject of banking ; lul curirncy and kept
up his connection with this work until a few weeks of his death.
!Mr. Overstreet was once the recipient of an apology from I^resi-
deut Roosevelt. The incident was in connection w'lli the ap-
pointment of a collector of internal revenue. Senatoi' Beveridge
had asserted to the President his right to dictate the ap])(»intment,
which was acceded to by Mr. Roosevelt. Rubseciuentl}', Mr. Over-
street and the President had a talk, during wliich the latter Ijc-
came convinced of his error, as the appointment had hy all ])vc-
cedcnt belonged to the Congressman, and the President apolo-
gized, but did not change the appointment.

Mr. Overstreet's work in the Re])ubliran jiarty oi-gnnizntion
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central coiiimittec. lii 380j lie was made a mcmlKT of the na-
tional con^rcs;:ioaal coniniitlce, wiiii'U deals with the election (»f
nienihcrs of Congress, and in 1800 was made a member of the
executive conuiiittee of tlio national congressional conunittee. In
1898 he was made socretaj-y ol" jiie committee, cuntinuing as such
until his vohuitary retirement froju that body, ilis labors in this
association nafuvnlly i>.-,..^.i.* i--; ^ ;^;,, j^^,^^. i;^^n,acL wiUi liie lead-
ing men of the nation, and for a period of ten years he was one
of three men wlio practically managed all the congressional lights.
Representative ]>abcock, of A\'iseonsin, who was chairman of the
national committee throughout these years, said of Mr. Over-
street that he had the keenest percei)tion and the most accurate
judgment of a political situation of an}- man he ever knew. lie
refused twice to 1)0 ehaiinian of the conmiittee unless a\Ir. Over-
street remained to assist him. In 1900 both ]\Ir. Overstreet and
Mr. Babcock remained o)i the committee at the special request of
]\rr. JicKiuley, and in 1902 and 1901 at the special request of jNIr.
l^oosevelt. In 1906 they both retired from ti' committee, i\Ir.
Babcock's health making it necessary for him to be released from
its duties, and Mr. Overstreet withdrew because of the multi-
tudinous affairs which demanded his constant attention. They
eo-o})erated as few men find it possible to do, and were successful
in every campaign they undertook to manage.

As an attorney a\rr. 0\erstreet was able and scholarly, elo-
quent in speech, and noted for the integrity and fairness of his
professional transactions. Ilis home office was in the Tractioual
Termiial building, Indianapolis. The local opinion of him-
self and his woi-k is v»'ell siumned up in the woi'ds of the venerable
Dr. William 11. Wisliard, who uttered the following words while
Mr. Overstreet was living:

"I know Hon. Jesse Overstreet. I have known three gen-
erations of Overstreets in Johnson county, Indiana, and they
were the cleanest men I have ever known. All were honorable
men. In the early thirties Jesse Overstreet 's gi'ajidfather came
from A'irginia or Kentucky and settled in Johnson comity, In-
diana, on lluri-icane creek, north of Franklin. lie was a farmer,
and his reputation was A No. 1. He had sons: William, a mer-
chant, who died at Auburn, Kansas; John, who was a farmer;
Gabriel (the father of the present Congiessman), an attorney
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aiid I have hoard it ivp<v'ited tluit if cvt-r Ihfre was au honest at-
torney practiced at the bar in I'j'ankliii, Johusuu county, it was
Gabriel 0\ crsireet; aU(Uvichard, another brother, who was cashier
in the bank at i^Yaidclin many yi-ars and stood as a man of unim-
peachable iuLeijiilj . They were all iiien whu .stod high in the com
nnniity as hrst class citizens and men of honor and inti'grity. Jesse
IS a wormy represenuiiive oi ids ancebtuis, u uiodeisi,, ituua,rsuxniiig,
man, but of great ability and integrity, lie has been a faithful
rcpreseutalive of his constituents, and of his coimtry. lie has an
enviable record as a public man and a citizen.

"Mr. Overstreet is a man of the strictest integi-ity, locddng
after the tiuaucial and real estate interests of his father in the
interest of the family. He has the claracteristjcs of his father in
his business transactions as a just ar;d generous man."

During his extensive ti'avels, covering botli this country and
Europe, ]^' . Overstreet gained by close obser\-atiou much valu-
able inlVa , itiou conceruin;!; governmental affair.s. He had a host
of friends and ; dmirers in his home city, ^vhere Jiis career was us-
ually regarded as redeeting great credit ui)on those wdujse good
judgment kept him in office, as well as upon himself. In his con-
gressional wojk Yiv. Overstreet did not rank as an oratoi', and
rarely took i^art in the debates except upon subjects with which he
was directly assc^ iated. 1 ' e excelled particularly in connnittec
work, and in what; ftcr all, is the most important work of Con-
gress, the preparation and construction of laws. The constructive
statesman is equal in influence to the oratorical statesman. JNIr.
Overstreet was a master in detail work and a good executive officer.
Jle was patient, painstaking and complete in his work, and clear
and logical in debate. A close .viudent, he made preparation with
great care, anf\. having a thorougli vuiderstanding of his subject,
he was usually able to arg.ie a question willi great force. He w^as
sincere in all his dealings and enjoyed the confidence of all who
knew him. He iiore an excellent rei)utation among public men
and exerted considerable influence in Congress. His peculiar tal-
ent and endurance in coniimied liard work were recognized, and
brouglit demand in Congi'css for extra hard work, lie was prol)-
ably appointed upon more different connnittees and special com-
missii ns charged with especially important work tlian any other
member during his service in the House.

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he nud his wife living at their iioine, No. 2015 North Meridian
street, lie was married June 7, 18*jy, to a sister of his brother
Artlmr's wife, Katliryiie Crump. ]\lrs. Overstreet is a daughter
of Francis T. and Catherine (Kyle) Crinup, of Cohnnbns, Indiana,
where i\Lr. Ci-nmp is a promiutut iarnicr and manufacturer, and
also the largest banker of the place. j\lr. Overstreet was a uipt^i-
l»or of +itn '^'-o-'.yt^iluiji Jiiui.il, aJiU iratcrnally he was a member
of the Ivuights of l*ythias and was also a thirty-second-dcgrce
Scottish Kite ."\Iasmi. lie belunged to the Alarion, Country, Co-
lumbia and Commercial Clubs and tlie Indianapolis Board of
Trade.

Jesse Overstreet closi'd his eyes to carthl}' scenes on the
morning of ^Ma}' 27, 1910, His death was not entirely unexpected,
as he had been confined to his bed from January 20tli of that yeai-,
a sulierer from Bright 's disease and Itardeniug of the arteries.
His deal was universally mourned and man}' touching and com-
plimentary tributes were received from ex-Si)eaker Joseph G.
Cannon, Speaker Champ Clark, Albert J. Beveridge, Charles B.
Landis, and others who had been associated \\ith Mv. Overstreet
in public life and knew personalh' of his eminent ability and high
personal character.

J. L. BROWN.

An eiuinicratiuii oi' tlic oitci'pri.siiig jucii oi' iiorthca.slci'u l)i-
luaiia wiiu uoii iccuj^iiitiuii una Miuce&b i.ui tiieuisiuivcJs uuCi ul luo
same time conferred honor upon the Uieality whore they r(!side(l
would be incomplete were there failure to juake mention of the
late J. L. Brt)wn, who, wliile yet young' in years, became one of
the substantial and most representative business meu and iuHuen-
tial citizens of the city of Bluffton, where lie conducted an ex-
tensive hardware and harness establislnucnt, also owned a line
stock farm in "Wells county. He held Avorth.y prestige in indus-
trial circles and was alwa3's regarded as distinctively a man of
affairs and wielded a potent inlluence among those with wluim his
lot had been cast, having won definite success and shown what a
man of lofty priiiciples, honesty of purjiose and determination
can win by proper ellort. In both mercantile and agricidtural cir-
cles Mr. Brown stood in the front rank of the meu who honored
these callings in his day and generation in A\'ells county, and be-
cause of his industry, integrity and courtesy he was a man to
whom the future held much of promise and reward, when his
career was suddenly terminated by the grim reapei', "that gathers
alike the bearded graiii and the liowers that grow between."

Mr. Brown was born m Lelianon county, Peimsylvania. He
was the son of David and Catherine (Mast) i^rown, both ])arents
natives of Pennsylvania where they grew to maturity, were edu-
cated and married, and there the father spent his life, dying
there. The mothei- came to Bluffton, Indiana, aft r the de ;t]i of
her husband and sjient her last years in that city, dying there
several years ago. She first settled in iMurray, this state, when
her son, the subject, was six 5'ears old, but the.v did not remain
there long.

J. L. Brown was a fine type of the self-made man and de-
served a great deal of credit for what he accomplished. lie grew
to manhood in Bluffton and received his early education uj> to the
time he was fourteen years old, and at that early age connnenced
farming. ITe Avas a hard w'orker and managed well, consefpuntly
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man and at tlu,' tinu- of his death was one of the men of wealth in
Bhiitton. For many years ho owned on ■ of the model and choicL'
stock forms of Wells county, just south of Bluffton, on which he
kept a superior grade of live stock, and carried on stock raising
and general fanning on an extensive scale. While he superin-
tended the mar igenieut of the same he and his family always re-

harness store for years, enjoying a liberal i)atronage with the city
and surrounding country. lie carried a large and carefully'
selected stock of uji-to-date goods and his hundreds of customers
always received uniformly kind and honest consideration. Mrs.
Brown still owns and manages the farm, l)esides other valuable
real estate in Blull'ton.

Mr. Brown was a great home man, very much attached to
his family. Politically, he was a Republican, but was never very
actlA'e, preferi'iug to give his attention to his ext( nsive business
interests and to his home. lie had been engaged in the mercan-
tile l)nsiness in Bluffton si ee 1874 and was exceptionally success-
ful from the first. He was a worth}' member of the I^aptist church
and a liberal supporter of the same. Mrs. Brown also holds
membership with the same, having long been very active in the
work of the local congregation. She is also a prominent member
of the Order of the East(.'rn Star.

J. L. Brown was married on Septeialier 19, 1872, at jNlurray,
Indiana, to Nanc,y Carolyn jNliller, who was born there in 1849.
She is the daiighter of Jacob Miller, who was boj-u in ]\Iaryland.
lie was a miller in his younger days, and he came to Indiana and
operated a grist mill at ^Nlui'iay, he being a miller by trade. How-
ever, for many years he engaged in f;irming, and at the time of his
death he owned a large and valuable farm near Murray. He was
an active Democrat, and was a member of the Lutheran church.
He was one of the substantial men, financially, of his locality. Ilis
wife was known in her maidenhood as 'Mury Ann Sutton. She
was born in Licking county, Ohio, and was a daughter of Rev.
Elijah Sutton, a Baptist minister, who was born in Wales. Eleven
children were born to Jacob Miller and wife, namely: Elijah
Frederick, of Celina, Ohio; Benjamin Fitzallen is deceased;
Charles ^I. lives in Bluffton; Jamcss M. also lives in Bluffton;
Jacob Mills is deceased; John Ebner i;- deceased; ^Irs. Diana S.
Park lives in Bluffton; Rliothi Catherine lives in Bluffton; Miss

Ai'lliallc'tla makes her lioinc in Ulurrtoii, also; .losina Cuehnin, of
Bartle!:>ville, Oklaboma; Kancy (.'arolyn, \\\\o inaiiied J. L. Brown
of this review.

The I\rin('r family came to Ulufrton and vicinity among the
earliest settle"'^ nnrl hovo they h:>vf^ nlways; taken a conspicnons
part iu the iii^building of the locality, have l)orue excellent repu-
taticiiG ;iii:l arc '.veil Iir.c.vr.. Thc' hr.vc :'.lv;p/'s bco!i I'^'^v^ j^*'
loyal Democrats.

One child was l»orn to i\ir. and I\Ir.s. J. L. Brown, whom the.v
named J. Lloyd Bi-own. His birth occnrred on Angnst 9, 1885,
and he was reared in Bluff ton and was given excellent educational
advantages. He succeeded his father in the management of the
farm am}, being a young man of exceptional business ability and
promise, Avas making a pro lounced success of his work, being in
ever; way a worthy son of a Avorth. sire. He was graduated from
the Bluffton ]jul)lic schools and was taking a general course in the
State Normal when taken sick, and he never returned to his text
books. He ^/as a very active member of the Bluffton lodge of
Benevolent ;uid Protectiv Order of Elks. He was also a loyal
Democrat, op]wsite to his rather in political views. He came to a
tragic death, being killed at Kingsland iu September, 1910, in a
collision of trolley cars, at which tunc several other prominent
people of Bluffton met death. The funeral of Mr. Brown was
held under the auspices of the Elks lodge. He was known to all
as a model young man, genial, obliging and popular with all wdio
knew him, Perhaj^s a gi'catev or more beautiful floral display
was never offered at a yoimg man's funeral in the history of
Bluffton than was seen at his.

The death of J. L. Brow-n, the immediate sul)ject of this mem-
oir, occun-ed at the beautiful family homestead. No. 220 East
WashingtoTi street, Bln.Tton, Indiana, o]i April 17, 1911, after a
long, useful and honorable life, frai-ght with much good to him-
self, his family and the world.

WILLIAM THOMAS PRITCHARD.

In plncing the name ol tlie late William Thomas I'litchard
before the reader as one standius in the IVoni v^"'- '^f t]^: o;»L»-i-
pv!<^i"2; r.,^;! ^,L .iiVaiis and a leader of the bar at h'ranklin, Indiana,
whose iulhicnee t(>ndcd to the upbuilding of the eity of his resi-
dence and the advaueement of the al'iairs of his native county of
Johnson, simple justice is done a biographical fact, recognized
throughout the community by those at all familiar with his his-
tory and cognizant of the important part he acted in the circles
with which he was identified. His career presents a notable ex-
ample of those qualities of mind and character which overcome
obstacles and win success, and his example is emimntly worthy of
imitation by tliose dissatisfied with present attainments who
would aspire to higher and more useful positions of honor and
ti'ust.

]Mr. Pritcha:; d was boi-n in Nineveh township, Johnson
county, Indiana, Septonbcr 25, 1847. lie was a son of William
McOuire Pritchard and Margaret (Featherngill) Pritchard, both
natives of Kentucky, in which state they grew to maturity, were
educated and married, and from there they emigrated to Johnson
coimty, Indiana, and spent the rest of their lives in this state.
They were the parents of six children, only two of whom sur%ive
at this writing, James A., of Franklin, Indiana, and Mrs. Sarah
Bohlen, of Indianapolis; one son, Dan W., who was a soldier in the
Federal army, was killed at the battle of "Winchester; William
Thomas is the subject of this memoir; David, the elde; t, died at
about twenty-one years of age; I\[ary Frances died at the age of
eleven years.

The father of the subject died when the son was seven years
old, the mother siirviving imtil 1898, passing away at the ad-
vanced age of eiglity-tlu-ee years. When the Civil war broke out
Daniel W. Pritchard enlisted in Comjiany F, Seventh Indiana
Volunteer Infantiy, leaving Ihe subject, then only fourteen years
old, at home, to care for the moth(;r, who for over eighteen months
at this time was bedfast, and a youngei' biother and sister. The
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throe iiiilos to Nincvoh soliool dnily, workiiip; u).)i»ut the home farm
from dayligJit until time to .stait to scliooi, and iii the evenings.
lie often studied by firelight until twelve- and one o'cloek. Tie
worked one year in Franklin and studied at the eollcgc here. lie
began life for himself bv tear-hing sehool, which he followed for a
period of twelve years in Rensselaer and one year in Franklin.
}\o liifl tlio (liyfiiifiimi (tf hniiM' fh'ptfd to five different seliools in
Jasjjer county in the same yenr. During his teaching days in
Jasper he lived altout twelve miles from his home and this distance
he walked at the w(^ek's end and Monday morning again to re-
sume his school work. About 185.3, on the death of the father,
the familj' moved to Franklin and while teaching in Johnson
comity Mr. Pritcliard read law in the office of JMiller & Barnett,
and was admi1 od to the bar in 1878. He then foi-med a paiiner-
ship wit'i D. A. Leach, and fitting up an office in what is now the
Stewart Ijuilding on the east side of the square, where they re-
mained anuinber of j'cars, theij- pjirtnership continuing with much
success until 188.3, 'Mr. Pritchard then opening an office alone.
ITe served the first wai'd as councilman in 1881 and 1882, and was
city attorney from 1891 to 1897. He was also elected to two
tenns as trustee of Franklin township, and he was honored upon
his retirement in 1890 fr.'m this office b}' the teachers of the tovm-
ship presenting him wdth a valuable gold-headed cane. He was
appointed by President McKinley as postmaster of Franklin and
moved the office to its present location where he served four years
with eminent satisfaction to the people and the department. For
ten years or more he had been an attorney and Jibstractor for the
Mutual Building and Loan Association. In all his public and
private business he was strictly reliable, never entering into any
transaction until assured in his own mind that he was absolutely
riglit.

In politics Mv. Pritchard was always a leading worker and for
a number of years was the chairman of the Republican coimt.y
committee. Ilis acquaintance in the county was extensive. For
years he operated a threshing outfit. He was a man who loved
his home life and was devoted to his wife and children. He was
very successful in a business way and acfjuired a goodly share of
this world's goods through hone.st effort and fiugality. He was
liberal to civic and Christian work.

Mv. Pritchard was married in 1878 to Emma Depue, in Frank-

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lin, the lioiue of the Dcpuc family fur ye.irs, shf l)eing a danf^htcr
of \\'illiain IIarn:on I)o[)Uo, a first cousin of Cliaiuicoy iM. Dcpew,
the noted Now Yoi-ic statesinau.

Four chiUlrcu wore boni to i\Ir. and Mrs. Pritchard, nauied as
follows: Mrs, Margaret J\r. VataRiper. wifo of the present super-
inloudcnt of l^'rauklin public schools; Nonnan IL, an attorney at
law and instructor in LnSnllo Annov n^^og^ U:iI...ioit.y ; Ted,
wju) IS at home; and Uuth, who is a student in Franklin College.

Tlie death of AVilliani T. Pritchard occurred on Sunday,
September 6, ]908, at his summer home on Blue river, near Edin-
burg, after an illness extending over several 3Tars. Early in the
summer of 190S he gave up all active business affairs and in the
hope that his health would be benefited he took a cottage on Blue
river }iear Edinburg, but liis coiidition did not improve, and his
death closed a career that was in every way most honorable and
creditable, in view of his early discoxiraging and unpromising
environment.

GEN. TirOMAa J. Hi>i5:RI?J0N.
Out 1)1' the cU'i)tlis of liis iiiaturc wisdmii ('jirlylc wj'ote: "llis-

iOiy IS LUC L'SSCUCC ox lUIIUUIl'lilUH.' DiOf^lilpUR;*. JJI lUi'-^ itici.

tliere is a souuci reason I'or tlic couiiiilation ol:' l)ooky ui' tlic cbar-
acter of this one. Indiana has sustained many men who have
Ijeen pvomincnt in history I'rouT tlie earliest territorial epoch, the
annals teeining with the records of strong and no!)le womanhood,
and, as Sumner said, "The true grandeur oC nations is in th(tsc
qualities which constitute the true gi-eatness ot the individual."
The final causes which shape the fortunes of individual men and
the destinies of states are often the same. They are usually ]'e-
niotc and ol>scurc, their influence wlioUy unexpected until de-
clared by results. Wlien tliey inspire men to the exei-cise of cour-
age, self-denial, industry, and call into play the higher moral ele-
ments: lead men to risk npcm conviction, faith — such cau.ses lead
to the jilanting of gj-eat states and the perpetuation of great na-
tions. That nation is greatest which p)-oduces the greatest and
most manly men, and the public safety de])ends not so much npon
methods and measures as npon that true manhood from wliose
deep sources all that is x>3'e(*ious and permanent in life nnist at
last proceed. One of the most distinguished citizens of the state
honored by his citizenshiji during a past generation was he who.se
name appears at the head of this memoir. A man of great native
ability, liberal education, stanch patrioti.sni, invincil)le courage,
high personal character and keen business instinct .s — he not only
earned for himself, by distingui.shed military services, a high
place on tlie roll of his state's honored dead, Init he exhibited in
other lines of effort qualities which would have insni-ed the high-
est measure of success to their ]-)ossossor had he lived to carry his
l^lans to their full fruition.

Gen. Thomas J. TTarrison was a native so)i of the old Blue
Grass state, having l)een born in Shelby county, Kentucky, on
June 8, 1824, and his death occurred at Nashville, Tennessee, on
Sei->tember 28, 1871, at the age of forty-seven years. His parents
were Joshua and Sarah TFarrison. AVlien Thomas J. was ])ut six
vears of age, the faniilv removed to near Oi-awfordsville, Indiana,
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and settled on a i"arin, willi the Jiard lalior of wliidi the lad hei.'ame
familiar at; suoji as Uw^v euonj;li. The cldei' Jlai-risou was a man
of fcsouud (•(inmioii sense and liigli ideals and he detei'niined to give
his son eveiy educational advantage possible at that i)eviod in
tin's eoninaralivcly new V,'c.:.ti iii btaLe. To this end, after seeming
what instnietiou was obtainable in the coimnon and snbs<'iii)tion
cf.i.Aon- n^' +1- i;.I^L.l>,.,/ii..ou, Tiiuuias J. Harrison l)eeaine a stu-
dent in AVabash College, at Crawfordsville. Here the ambitious
student made the most of his opportunities, though he did not
complete the eourse, leaving college in 1819, at the age of twenty-
five years, doing to Kokonio, he engaged in teaching school, for
which he was by natui-e well adapted, and at the same time, under
the wise direction of Judge Nathaniel R. Linsday, he took up the
stud}' of the law, into the practice of which he was am])itious to
enter. He thus put uj^ou himself a double l)ui'den of work, teach-
ing and studying sinudtancously, but he was l)y nature endowed
with a splendid physique, which, Avith a vigorous and active mind,
enabled him to accomplish quickl,v and easily tasks which woidd
have discouraged others of less heroic mold or natural and culti-
vated ability. Upon the completion of his studies, Mr. Harrison
was admitted to the bar and, entering into a partnership with
Judge Linsday, his former precej^tor and now his father-in-law,
he at once applied himself with energy and enthusiasm to his pro-
fession. His abilities were quickly n^cognized and his success as
a legal practitioner was assured. His reputation as a man of abil-
ity and integrity conunended him to the suffrages of the people of
his district and in 1858 he was elected a member of the lower
house of the Legislature, where he acquitted himself to the entire
satisfaction of his constituents. At the end of his legislative term
he returned to his practice and devoted himself to it without in-
terruption and with ]ironounced success until the outbreak of the
great Southern insuiTcction. In Ain-il, 1801, when the tocsin of
wai- was sounded thi'oughout the land and President Lincoln is-
sued his call for volunteci's to defe7id the national honor and integ-
rity, ThomaB J. Harrison was among the fii'st to offer his services.
He was commissioned ca])tain and sewed in the three-months
ser\'ice, at the expii'ation of which he I'cturjied home and raised
the Thirty-ninth liegiinent Indiana \''olunteei' Infantry, of whieh
he was commissioned cohmel. The regiment was at once sent to
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it acquitted itself duriiit,- tlic ciisuiiiL,' lliivo yc-;irs in ;i luanner
tliut won for it au euviable n-putaliMU tlir(ni[;lioiil the ar.iiy and a
high place iu military annals, few crtnnnands becoming as well
kiiowu for its courage, valor and lighting (pialities. J)nring the
year 18G2, the regiment took part in a miii !ier nf hotly contested
engagements, opening the campaign of that year with the en-
gagement at i\iiJi topring and eiosiiig iL wii Li liie Leniijiu atiu^j^Ii;
at Stone Iviver. In the spring of 18()3 the Thiity-ninth Regiment
of Infantry was mounted and l)ecanu' the Kighlh Indiana Cavalry
Regiment, in which branch of the sei'N'ice it remained (hii'iug the
balance of its enlistment pej-iod.

As a testimonial of the splendid service rendered to the na-
tional cause by Colonel llaiTison's regiment, the following ex-
cerpt is taken from the report of tin; pi'oceedi)igs of the fifth re-
union of the Army of the Cumberla7id, lield at 1) '.roit, Michigan,
in 1871: "In the reiJorts made by the different commanders, of
the scouts, skirmishes, marches and battles of the cavaliy troops
of the Army of the Cumberland, the name of Colonel Harj-isou fre-
quently appears, always coupled with terms of commendation.
Thus we hear of him dm-ing the night atti'r that dreadful second
da3' at Chickamauga, supplying the jaded and worn infantry with
water. Again, during the winter and sp)-ing of V i, we lind him
quieting guerrillas and restoring the outlying i-egit)ns, away fi'om
the great lines of oj^eration, to compr s-ative j-eixtse. Then, picket-
ing the country in the inmu'di;ite vicinity of th.- enemy Vvith such
vigilance and thoroughness as to leave no fear of surprise. Or.
leading his command on a long, tedious and dangerous expedition,
into the very heart of the enemy's country, and retiring, success-
ful, with losses so trilling as n.d to be mentioned. Then we hear
of his covering the retirement of our troo])s before the ad\'ancing
forces of Hood's army as they move 1o theii- destruction at Nasli-
ville — bravely and warily resisting every step of their progress,
while the concentration is taking jdace Avhich is to overthrow
them utterly. And at last, we see him lieading the ti'iumphant
pursuit of the shattei-ed reumants of tlu' same army whose ad-
vance only a few weeks before lie had been just a))le In check for
a few minutes at a time. This is the record whicli one reads of
Colonel Harrison in the ]mh]ished repoits of the commanding
generals. How much such mention iui]'lics of the ])ossc.ssion <>[

eucUiraiH'o, couiaLjc, .skill, cm-rgy and .srit'-rcliance. a soldier lU'cd
not !)(' lold."

Colonel llai'i'i.Sdji was a )iian ol' lai'ii'c and cdiniiuindiiii; jircs-
eiu-c and possessed a magnet ism tliat, added to llie )iiany Jiigli
personal qualities that oli:iracU'ri/;ed him, ,n;<>"''<i '•>'' l>i"i the
Un-e and loyalty of liis men. lie was always at their head and
where he lo'f t1i'>y +'•'! v,\J l^j .i man, iiis example nispiring them
to deeds that deserve to he preser\X'd in story and song. Possess-
ing military and strategic skill of a high order, he performed the
tasks allotted to lum in a manner that not only insured success,
but gained it with a niininnnn of saeritiee and cost. His ability
and valuable service was j-ecognized by his government bef(»re the
close of the war, when he received the conmiission of brigadier-
general, a fairh' won and justly merited pi-omotion.

At the conclusion of peace and the tei'mination of his mili-
tary services, (lencral Ilaiiison turned his attention again to the
pin'snits of peace. During his military service in Tennessee he
had become acquainted with the comitry and as soon as possible
he settled in one of the fertile villages in the center of the state,
and there, securing a large tract of land, he gave his attention to
its improvement and cidtivation. He brought to bear npon it
North(M'u energy and Noi'thern methods and under his skillful
management and direction the land began to assume a new aspect.
Waste fields began to produce bountiful crops, barren liillsides
became fruitful and the influence of his advanced methods on the
connnnnity about him was noticeable. He also became interested
in a material Avay in several manufacturing industries, in the
management of which he exhibited administrative ability of a
high order and in the oi^eration of which he met with pronounced
success. About a year prior to his death, General Harrison Avas
appointed United States marshal for the middle .district of Ten-
nessee, the appointment coming to him entirely imsolicited. He
entered upon the dischai'ge of the duties of this position with the
same energy and faithfulness with which he ))erformed i'xavy
task to which he set himself, and his administration was ejni-
nently satisfactoj-y to the government. He was the incumbent of
this oflfiee at the time of his death.

Oeneral Harrison's death, which was sudden, was a profound
shock to his thousaiids of friends everywhere, for he seemed to be
destined for manv vears of aetivitv and successful efTorl. His re-

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uvdina were brought, [n Kokouu) Cor hurinl and were, laid in the
cemetery where his four children liad Ijcimi inUuj-orl. Tiic osteoin
in which he was held whore he was bi'.st kjiown ix sliown by the raci
that never before in Howard county was so larjjje a uuiidiei- of ])er-
sons asseniltled at a fiuieral as at hi.s.

The following pen i)icture of (Jcneral llarj-i.son is by one who
Jiuew him well m life: •"in person, (.lenerai iiarxi.Mfji was oi cum
manding stature. His body was a fair reflex ol' his mind. He was
strong, vigorous, tenacious, not specially quick to move, but, once
in motion, almost resistless in weight and power. Hearty ami
robust, he won all men to him b}- his ready sympathy and b\ a
kindliness of spirit and gentleness of manner scarcely to Ix- ex-
pected in one of so powerful a frame." His entire life was char-
acterized by a devotion, courage and honor that discor. aged any-
thing of a degrading or evil nature, and his influence was always
ui>lifting on the commuuity and the individual. A man among
men, and "standing four square to every wind that blows," he
leaves behind him the richest legacy a man can Icave^the mem-
ory of a life filled with nothing but good, l)otli in though t and ac-
tion.

On February 28, 1853, Thomas J. llarrisoji was uniicd in
marriage with Louvisa E. Linsday, the daughter of Judge Na-
thaniel R. Linsday, one of the eminent lawyci . and juj'ists oC his
da^^ .Judge Linsday was born in Canandaigua county, New York,
in 1815, came when a small child to ^ladison county, Tiuliana, and
was left fatherless when but seven years old. IJis mother returned
East with the other children and he was thus left piactically
motherless. He made his homo with an uncle, who gave him
scant attention, and he was, in the strict use of the term, self-
made. He was studious a)id hj economizing his time iji reading
and study he became well educated. He farmed, bccan ■ justice
of the iDcacc, where he gained an enviable reputatitm, and took
up tlie study of the law, opening an office in Pendleton in 1811.
In 1843 he was defeated for the Legislature on the "Whig fickel,
but he became a power among the peo])le and was soon recognized
as the head of the Howard county bar. In 1851 he was the joint
representative in the Legislature from Cass, 'I'lfiton and Howard
counties. In 1856 he was elected judge of the court of . onunon
pleas, and in 1864 was elected judge of the jiulifial dish id com-
posed of Howard, Ti])ton, Clint' n and (irant counlies, iv.^igning

tlic ]>()sitio]i afl.t!]' lioldiiip,- one term of cimi't, lui-un.se ul' tlic licavy
and l)iii(leiKS(iiii(> duties of llio positicii. Vyoui IbiGU id 1871) tlic
Judge resided on a beaiiliriil I'niiu alioiit a iiiiKi west oL' Ivokonio,
but in tli(! lattc!!' year reiiioved io that eity, wliei'e lie resided dur-
ing the reniaiuJcr of hi.s lii\'. lie was uiarriod in IboiJ to Waclicl
ISluiul, of! Pendleton, and to this union were horn lour ehildreii,
iiu:i:^:ly. LuUvi.->u, wiiiuw oi liie .suoject ot tins sicetcli; (Jleiiieu-
tine, wjio nialu's lu'r honu' with Mrs. Harrison; Aai'on II., de-
ceased; Ella, also deceased. Al'ter the dcatli of his lirst wife, the
.Judge niarj'i(!d iMrs. -JTdia Foudray, t)f Indianapolis, who died
three years latei", and in 187G he married Mrs. Melvina C. .Sher-
man Fowler, who survives him and is living in Kokomo.

Louvisa E. Linsday Harrison was born in I'endleton, ^Vfadi-
son county, Indiana, on January 13, 1837. Slie received her early
cduc.ition in a private school at Indianapolis, conducted b.y Eliza
Riehnioud, where she remained two years taking a general
course. Her marriage to General Harrison occurred a short time
after she left that school. During the war Mrs. Harrison ex-
hibited thai same spirit of loyal devotion to her . ountry as ac-
tuated her husband and she was active in her efforts to ameliorate
the condition of "the boys at the front," making stockings and
other necessaries a-ul caring for sick soldiers, ever3' movement
having for its o))ject the defense of tl •,- national integrity meet-
ing with her instant response and su] , trt. She is now a mem-
ber of the Woman's Kelief Coi'ps, of which si ■ has been elected
presidcjit several times, but has always declined the office. She
has been member of the Methodist Episcopal oluirch at Kokomo
since 1815, attending services when the church was first organ-
ized in a log cabin. She is a member of the Ladies Aid Society
and, notwithstanding her age, she takes a)i active interest in all
good works. The old homestead is located at No. 41G AVest Syca-
more street and is in one of the choi(;e residence .sections of the
city, being a valuable ])roi)erty. 'J'hough not i-icli in material
things, j\Irs. Harrison .'-tead lastly I'efnses to sell the ohl home,
about wliich are clustered so many hallowed nu'inories of former
days and expects to s])end her jcmaining days here. In the
spacious gi'ound are some magnificent old forest ti'ces, most of
which were planted by her own hands, aiul near the house stands
a large walnut tree wliich started from a ]tile of walnuts which
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This is a fine old tree, a)id as a procautiou agaiust its ck'structioii
by wind tho larger branches have been attaclied togetlier l)y
chains. Because of lier gracious qualities of head and heart, i\I rs.
Harrison has long enjoyed the love and respect of all who Icnuw
her. Her circle of acquaint;;ncos is a hirge one, for her home has
always been a favorite stopping place for many of the best jieople
ill ivuiiumtj, a ^>jjliit OL ^^i:.d[ii^ ..11 fa::lr.or.cd ho=pi<"'''ity nlwjiys
being in evidence there. Mrs. Harrison retains a splendid recol-
lection of many interesting historical facts i-elating to the coimt.y
in which she lives and is a most entertaining conversationalist,
despit(! her adx-auced years.

To Geuei-al and ]\[rs. Harrison were born the I'olhnving chil-
dren, all of whom are now deceased: Sarah, Linsday, James,
Thomas and Lulu (Harrison) Smithson.

SOLOMCN CLAYPOOL.

'i'lio late rluduc" Sdloiiioii Claypo;)! was diu: ol' the disliu^fiiislied
legists and Jurists of Ids intix-.. -i-.<n Miyj. ^". ,:-;;.,.; ^± o^. ul" luc
Jioiiorc'd piniicer fauulics df Indiana. He was born on the home
farm in Founlaiu county^ Auj;ust. 17, .1829, the son of "Wilson and
Sarali (Evans) Claypito], the latliei' being a natiA'e of Virginia of:
Englisli deseent, and the mother's progeuituj-s were amr»))g t!ie
ce.lonists that settUnl in Maryland in 1720, having eome origin.'dly
from Wales. AVilson ("laypoul removed from ^''irginia with his
]iarents to Ohio in eajly days, and near the town of Chillieothe
the ])a]'ents of the siibji rt were married, and from there they eame
to Indiana in 1823, cstabli-shiug their home in Fountain county,
bei]ig among the very first settlers. In 1S24 they erected on their
land there the first frame house in Fountain county, which build-
ing is still standing, and in this house their son Solomon was born,
and there alsci his parents spent the rest of their lives.

>Solo]non Claypool spent his boyhood on the homestead. Jle
attended tlu' connnon schools', later entered Wabash College, at
CrawfoidsviJie, where he was graduated in 1851. He then began
reading law in the offi. > of Lane & Wilson in that city and a short
tune afterward he moved to Terre Ifaute, whej-e he continued his
technic;1 studies, and, after practicing for a time at Covington,
Fountain county, he returned to Tenv. Haute in 1855. ]le was
always an ardent Democrat, and he was active in the ranks. In
1856 lie was elected to represent Vigo county in the state Legis-
laluj-e, and there became both preeminent and influential, although
bi a mere youth, and lie juade a most favorable impression upon
(jovci'uor AVilliard, who, without any solicitation on the part of
tlu: young lawyer, apjiointed him judge to /ill a vacancy on the
l)en<-h of the sixth judicial circuit, composed of Vigo and Si'von
other counties. ^Ihe following yeai- he was elected for a six-yeai'
tei'm to this office. AVheji thirty-live years t)ld h(> had lieen on
the bench seven yeai's and his ujinic was familiar to the lawyers
throughout the state, known to llicm as a clean, strong man and
an impartial judge. \Mien his term of office expii'ed he at onc(!
resumed the practice of law. In 18G(> he was nominated by ac-

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claniaticm as the Democratic candidafi; ror ('ougrcys. W'liilc he
ran ahead of his ticket, lie was derealcd. In .lH(i8 ]ie was a candi-
clatc i'or attornej'-gene.ral of the state and again with the rest ol'
his party was defeated. Here ended his i)olitical aspirations.
Froiii tliat time ho gave liis life'o cJTiirt to lii.^; clioscn profr.vdnji.
Aftc]' leaving Torre Ilantc he resided for several years in (iivcn-

Ctl&LlC, Ui-lll ill jLUtU lie ii.:iuij\>.:u WiLli Jil.-i itliJiii^) lO j.iii4i<niii |y>.in.i,

where he had become the head of the law linn of Claypool, Alit-
chell and Ketchani three years previously, ^\■ith no uncertain
step Judge Clayi>ool climbed to professional eniiuence. Jle was
recognized as the peer of any lawyer in the state. He was i^iKiwn
for his rugged honesty and his inviolable devotion tu priucijile.
He was always read)' to combat evil wherever he saw it. He de-
lighted in helping the weak. He was conservative and e\'ineed no
desire to be in the limelight; his gifts to others were made in his
own modest wa>'. He was a man of atti'active and impressi^-e
appearance. He was a man of deep religious convictions, a
stanch member of the Presbyterian church.

In September, 1855, Judge Claypool married, at Terre Haute,
Hannah ]\I. Osborn, daughter of John W. Osborn, one of the
most distinguished newspaper editors of the state in the early
d ys. To this miion seven children were born, namely: Anna C,
who married Hon. (leorge W. Faris, of Terre ILuite, who i'( 'pre-
sented his district in Congress several terms; she died in Indian-
a])olis, August 31, 1909. Hannah M. married Thomas H. Watson,
of Chicago. Ruby C. niarried Chester Bradford, of Hidianapolis.
Mary Alice married Eidgelt B. liilleary, of Indianapolis. Lucy
Gookins died in 1890. Elizabeth (>. is the youngest of the cliil-
dren.

The deatli of Judge Solomon Claypool occurred on I\rarch 19.
1898, after an extended illness. At that tune a noted lawyer who
had known him long and intimately said of him: "Judge Clay
l)ool was a man against whom no scandal or suspicion was ev(;i'
known — a great lawyer, a good citizen, a pure and spotless man."

FEEEMAH RICHARD V/OOLEEY.

It cannot bf otlici- llmu iiitcrcstino- to note in llic series ol

nersoiiMl ^hc'inhn.. ..,«, ;..^ :., ^;.: ,^.,,..„,;^.l lu....... .i.c su^iuK

conditions that iiavft conii^sscd those whose eai-covs arc outlined,
and tlie eiVort Jias been made in each case to thiow \\ell focused
light onto the indivichiality and to l)riug into ])voper perspecliN t-
the scheme of eacli respective chai-actc]-. Eixch man wlio strives
to fulfill his part in coniiection with !)nnian life and human activ-
ities is deserving of recognition, wliatever may lie or ha\'c Ix'cn
tlie field of his endeavor, and it is the function of works of this
nature to pei'petuate for future genei-ations an antheutic record
concerning those represented ui its pages, and the v;ilue of suc]i
publications is certain to l)e cumulative for all time to come, show-
ing forth the individual aJid specific accomiilishments of wliich
generic histoi-y is ever engejidered. The begiiniing of the career
of the late Freeman Kichard Woolery, for many years one of the
well known machijiisls and lodge men of Jndiana])olis, was char-
acterized by hard work and conscientious endeavor, and he owed
his rise to no train of fortunate incidents or fortuitous circum-
stances. It was the reward of applicatio]i of inental (]nalifica-
tions of a high order to the affairs of business, the cojn])iin')ig v^-ith
keen perceptions mental activity tliat enabled liini to gras]) llie
opportimities that presented themselves. 'Diis h.e did v.-ith suc-
cess and, what is more important, with lienor. His integrity was
ever unassailable, his honor unimi)eachal)Ie, and he stood high
with all who knew him,

]\Tr. "Wooleiy was born at Sidney, Ohio, February 1H, TSG2.
lie was a son of William and Jennie (l^rooks) Woolery, whose
family consisted of six children, named as follows: Anna T*elle,
who mari-ied Samuel Ti. 'J'aylor, of Irdianajiolis; J'^reem;;!! KMcli-
ard, sul).ject of this memoir; llai-ry Calvin, who lives in St. Louis;
Judith Urooks, v»'ho marricul I). TI. 'rhonii)son, of Dayton, Ohio;
ITattie Tl., wife of Edwin "^I'obey, of Indianapolis; and ]<]lmer, who
is deceased,

"William "Woolery. Jhe falher of tlie subjecf. was born in Ken-
tucky in 1S3(), lie came to Ohio when (|uife young, his mother

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liavinj; moved Iut fniuily to the iWit-kcyc .s(;itf iiTU'V tlic dralli ol"
licr Inisbaiul.

Ju Jiis younger days William Woulci'y rnilowi'd toamiui;- and
later was able to conduct quite au extensive transfer business.
Al'Li-.r tliat l.L- ongag-ed in the gi-oc^ry butane:;: at Sidney, Ob.io.
At tlie outbreak of the Civil war be put )iis business asicU- and

pi-ivate in (A)ni])any K, Ojie Hundred nnd Thirty-lnnilb Ohio
\'oluuteer Infantry, receiving an honorable diseliarge after faitii-
fully serviug tlie term ol' bis enjistniejit. iiis death oecuned at
Sidney, Oliio, in J880 while still a eomparali\-ely youug man. Iiis
widow, Jennie (Brooks) Woolery, who was a Jialive ot Ohio, later
moved to Indianapolis, and at this writing she is residing iu Leb-
anon, Indiana.

Freeman li. AV(»(dery, of this sketch, spi-nt his eai'ly days iu
Sidney, Ohio, and he i-eceived the best education obtainable in the
public schools of his day. AVlien a young mail he came to Indi-
anapolis with his mother, his sister, Mrs. Taylor, having moved to
this city previously. "When about eightceJi years of age he began
serving an apprenticeship at the machinist's trade, and he spent
the next twenty-sc'ven years of his life in the one shop, the last
eleven \-ears being passed in the stock room, having frequently
refused more im])ortant positions, lie was regarded as one of
the most skilled and trustworthy employes of the Siaker-Da^•is
Company.

AYhen he first came to Indiana[>olis, Mr. Woolery located on
the South side and niade that part of the city his resid<'nce dur-
ing his life here. He had many friends all over that section of the
city a]id at one time his name was solicited to ))e used on the- ticket
for councilman. However, this lumoj- he refused. Although a
strong Democrat, he jjreferred remaining out of politics. He was
an active niembei- of the South Sid(» IJenefit Society and he was an
Inde])endent Turnei". lie was a member of Marion Lodge No. 1,
Knights of Pythias, for twenty years, also Indianapolis Lodge No.
2G5, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and Red Cloud Lodge
No. ]8, Tnqu'dved Order of Red ]\len, all of whom attended his
funeral services, at which the Ked Men pj'csided. His sh(ij)mates
of foimer days also attended in a body.

On ATarch G, 1887, Freeman Uic.hard Woolery was united in
niarriage with Nettie jMay Dunmeyer, a daughter of Christiau

ami .Sarali (Miller) J )iiiiiiicycT. Tliis union was blrsscd liy tli.-
Ijjrtli of two cliililrL-ii, ll;iii-y ClirisLian "Woolcry and Uollic Ada.ui
Wuulcry. Tlic latter maiiied. on October ?A, i!ill, .\l;i ry ("uurl-
iicy, a daui^liter of Patriek and Loii (Cavon) (!onrtney.

Ml'-' \V',>ol'-M7 hnilt her i.iwscnt iUodeVii aiid coz^s eollaj^e ;it
No. 1218 Oakland avenue, Indianapolis, and ino\ed lliereto on
-^ _.j, ^... i<, mux injii^ uu iiiijioia Mi eel jim" a jtei'iod (U
twenty-six yeai-s and oiglitoon years on Union slicet. Slie also
owjis a Aaluable fai'in of one hundred and eiglity-seven ar-j-es in
JVi'J'y townsliip, Alariini eonnty, wtiieli slio inliei-ited fjoni lier
inotljt'i- and wliieli she keeps well iniproved and well tilled.

For }nauy ycavs C'ln-istian Dunineyei', fatlior of i\lrs. \Vool(;ry,
was one of the leading fai-iuers in Marion eonnty, a num who fully
illustrated in his career the- topical characteristics of the (iernian
people — thrift, inibonnded energy, sterling honesty and innch
public s])irit. TFe was born in (Jermany, Angn.^t 21, T6?A, and
tluue grew to manhood and j'eeeived hi.s education in the public
schools. After leaving school he herded sheep until 1851, when
he decided that lie conld better his condition, financially and other-
wise, by easting his lot with the Aniei-icaiis. 8o he and bis n)ar-
ried sister Louise jind her husband set pail from J5ivmen, lauding
at the harbor of New Yoi'k City a nioiith later. J-Yoni there they
went to Untfalo, thence to Cincinnati, then to "Madison, Indiana,
and then to Indianapolis. In the latter ciiy yctung Dnumeyer
found employment with Austiii J\forris and later worked in a
grist-mill for CicJi. T. A. Alorj-is's father foi- al.iout a yea)-. AJ'lei-
this be drove a diay for bis In-other, Fred Dumneyei-, ff>i" six
mouths, aud then began driving it foi- hitiiselF, coutimiing tiiis for
two years. Later be eutei-ed F. P. Push's leed store, whei'e he
remained two years, and then foi- three years was engaged in
street contracting in Indianajjolis. After this be worked iu
Phillips" giist-niill foi- nine months and there lost his I'igbi arm
iu the machinei-y. On i-ecoveri)ig, a year later, the Civil war
bi-oke out and he took a contract to furnish wood to the govern-
ment for ('aniii Alorton. This he did for eighteen months. On
!May f), 18fi3, he and Sai'ab .Miller were man-ied, .she being the
daughter (d' -Jacob Alillei-, a native of Pennsylvania. After mar-
riage they began keei>ing a boarding bouse in 'lndianap()lis and
carried this on successfully for two years. Then .Mr. Dumneyer
embarked iu the ice business in fiidiananolis with .^^attbew (iar-

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vi'f iuul (Mi'i'ifd (liiit (HI until 3SS2, wlicii Iki iiKivod to liis runii
ill IV'iTV townsliip where ho spoil the irsl o\' his liTc. J'olilically,
he \v;is ;i I )ciiiocr;i( and was ever in hariiidiiy wilh (he jjaiMy. In
]iis carlicv life lie was a incinhci- ol" the Liithci-aii church autl coii-
liiiiicd {o aiiciiu llu; sainc until thn time of his (h'atli. His fam-
ily consisted of throe children, nanioly: Nettie, wlio niaiTiodMr.
\\ ooioj'v, Miijject «ii' iiilt, imi,...'ii, il.tiiV 1)., \\].., ;:;;".vi;"l ^'-""^'y
Jones, (d" .India)iapolis. es'tnhlish<'d his home on a tine J'ann in
Terry township, \Yhere lie hecamo a leadei- in Denmci-atic ])olitics;
lie died in 1894; Elsie E. is deceased. William Dmimcyer, the
]iatonial i^rand father of AFrs. "Woolory, was a native, of: Germany
and there passed his entire life. lie was the fatlier of six chil-
dren, one of whom died in early life; they were named, Henry, who
remained in Oermany; Frederick, v.ho estahlisiied his liome in
Indianapolis; Louisa, who married Jjouis Puehler; Charles S.;
Christian and Anthony, all of whom hecaine residents of Indian-
a])i>lis. The mother of these children passed away many years
ago. ]\Lrs. Dunmeyer's pai'onts, flaeob and AFaria (ycinor) i\Iillcr,
liad a family of seven children. They were hotli natives of Penn-
sylvania, and ^Fr. ^Filler was a soldier in the war of 1812, receiv-
ing a land warrant for eiglity acres for his services. In the early
days he came to East Cennantown, a thri\ing little village in
Wayne county, Indiana, and after I'unning a tavern there for
many years, retired from active life, spending the remainder of
his days at that place, ilis wife died when thei]' daughter Sarah,
the mother of INFrs. AVoolery, was only two years old. They were
the ])a]'oiits of the following children, all now deceased: !\Fary,
Solomon, David, Catherine, h^lizabcth, Sarah (mother of ^Irs.
Woolory) and Susan.

Sarah ]\Fillcr, tlie mother of AFrs. AVoolery, was horn in Pay-
ette county, Indiana, in 1S3-I, just ])efoi'e the family moved to Gor-
mantown; at the latter place the ■\Fillers became <[uite ])rominent,
her uncles being well known mill owners in that i)art of the state.

During the Civil war Sarah (Miller) Dunmeyoi- assisted her
husband in the hotel a.nd hundreds of hungry soldiers were fed at
their tables. She was long familiarly known as "Aunt Sallie,"
and, owing to h<>r genial, kindly, hospitable nature, commanded
the love and respect of all >\'ho knew her. She was a true Chris-
tian, a noldo-hearted woman and a loving niothei-. Whenever
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among the first to offor assistiiiicc and give words of cheer lo the
.suircrjiig. A hungi-y j>ersoii was ncivcr turned away from "Aunt
Sallie's" dooi". Slic was called to her eternal rest in January,
3908.

The dentil of Krfcinan Txicliard AVctolery, the iiiuiiediate suh-
jcct of this sketch, occm-red on August 1'), 1908, at the early age
of forfy-oix yo,""'-, ;;t ]::.j Ui<. iv^uojiHi.^, I\o. I'Zib Union sticet,
where he had i-e.sided for a period of sixteen years. He had been
in faiHng health foi- a year. In its account of IMr. Woolery's death
the Indianapolis Ixegister, under date of August 21, 1908, said in
part: "iMr. Wooler}' was very well known and was a man who
made fricJids whereve]" he went and was liked by all who met him.
The funeral sei-vices \vere held AVednesda}^ afternoon, August
19t]i, from the residence, the Rev. J. C. Peters, of the Zion's
church, officiating. Th(! burial was in the family lot at Crown Hill
cemetery. The siirvivors are: Widow and two sons, Harry C
TVooler^v and llallie A. Woolery, both here; the deceased's mother,
]\[rs. Joliii Edlin, of Lebanon, Indiana; three sisters, Mrs. Edward
Tobe, Mrs. Sanniel Taylor, of Indianapolis, and Mrs. Darwin
Thonqtson, of Ohio, and one brother, Harry Woolery, of St. Louis."

ROBERT DALE OWEN.
One of the strong, nsolul Jind ;uluiii';i)ilo cluivacters in Tn-

Owen, a celebrated English i-efornici', wlio was Ixnii in 1771 ;nu\
died in 1858. The birth of the snbjcct ^lecurred neuj' Cihisgow,
Scotland, November 7, ISOl, and after j. ceiving n liberal educa-
tion in his native conntry he came to the United States in 1823
and settled at New Harmony, Posey conn! Indian;!. In 3828, in
partnership) with Mrs. Frances Wright, h egan tlie publication
of a paper called the Free Enqnirei-, wh" h made its peri' dical
visits ahoiit three years. He was three times elected to the In-
diana Legislature, and in 18t3 was elected to Coni'vess, in which
body he served imtil 1847, having been reelected in 1845. AVhen
in C^cngress he took a prominent part in the settlement of the
Northwestern boundar.y dispute, and was largely instrumental in
establishing the Smithsonian Institution at "Wasliington, of which
he became one of the regents, and served on the Iiuildiug commit-
tee, lie was a delegate to the constitutional couAention in 1850,
and no one bore a more pro; unent part in that body than he. In
1853 he was appointed charge d'alfaires at Naples, and in 1855
was minister at Naples, holding the position nntil 1858. During
the Civil war he was a firm supporter of the I'nion, and one of
the first to advocate the emancipation of slaves. ^Ir. Owen was a
firm believer in the doctrine of spiritnalisin atid was fearless in
his adA'ocacy of the same. Tie inheiited the communistic notion. ^
of his father, who had failed in numerous attem])ts to carry the
system into practical operation, and he also signally failed in his
attempts to accomplish a similar pnrpi '. His scholastic attain-
ments were of the highest order and iie posr -is'-d a mind well
stored with general knowledge. Tie was indeed ,i man of trans-
cendent ability and may justly be regarded as one of the greatest,
as one of the best, men Lidiaua ever claimc '. He fill d every po-
sition of public trust with rare altility and ^,ltis[■action to all con-
cerned. He contributed largely to the literature of his day, the
following being a partial list of his well knowJi worl; ;: "]\foral
Physiology," "Discussion with Original Bachelor on the Person-

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ality olCdil, .111(1 liic .Viilliciiticil.v ol' tli,. Ijihl,.," "Iliiils on ['uli-
lic Ai-cliilccliiiv," "Kcotlnlls on tlu> |]<nin(i;irics ol" Aih.IIi.t
Woi-M." "The WnniK oF Slnvciy jind ilic l.'i-lu ..I' KuKiiicipa-
tioii," ".ncyoiid 111,! Hmikens," a novel, "Tlu; J).-bat;il>](' Land
IVtween tl.i^ AVorld and the Xcxt," "Tmuliji- Mv Wav,'" an
.•uitobioj'ra])liy. Mr. Owen departed this life at. Lake (Jeoj<.<.

V,,,.. \'^,.K T.,, .,., . . o. ,,.— . . , -^ '

• ., ... AA.^, _^, .>., ,, .1, (Uf a^(! ui «e\eiily-.six voars. J lie
wonieii of Indiana, in 1910. ereeted a l)ronze statue to his niem-
oiy at tlie entranee to the state eapitol bniJding, at Lidiauapolis,
Indiana, in rceognition of liis sei'viees in belialf of nnnierons re-
foi'ni jjiovenicnts, espeeially for the lietternient of edneational
eouditions in tliis state.

HON. HENRY Y. MORRIGON.

Tii;;i iihl'.istiy and •-■midkI Jik^'ukm)!. coniliiiictl witli a wise
oeonomy, both oi' time and 11101103', arc tlic suivst contributing clc-
.i.^..to i^ o... ...:.., ..uc c::,::.;:!:^'-^ =" '^^" "•'- '><" +1'" l-''<' TTcnvy Y.

.Morrison, wiio for a nuinbor of docadcs was one of the loading at-
torneys at law of Clintou comity and one of the public spirited
and useful men iu civic affairs in Jiuliana. 'riie cause of humanity
never had a truer friend than this valued gentleman who has
I)assed to the higher life. The stereotyped words customary on
such occasions seem but mockciy in writing of such a man wlu^u
we remember all the grand traits that went to make the character
of this, one of nature's noblemen. In all the relations of life —
family, church, state and societ,y — he displayed that consistent
gentlemanly sjnrit, that innate refinement and unswerving in-
tegrity that endeared him alike to man, woman and child.

Henry Y. ^Morrison was born in 1825 near AVest Uniim, Adams
county, Ohio, and he was the son of James ^I. and ]\largarct
(Spalir) Morrison. James ^forrison, who wan a native of Ken-
tucky, was a farmer all his life. AVlien a .young man he went to
Adams county, Ohio, coming on to Indiana not long afterwards,
and there, amid ^ ild surroundings, developed a good farm. The
Si^ahr family came from Washington county, Pennsylvania,
where, for a number of generations, they have been very jiroini-
nent.

ITenvy Y. Morrison grew to manliood on the liome farm and
assisted with the general work about the place, attending the
country schools dui-ing the winter months when he became of
pi-oper age. When but a boy he manifested a laudable ambition
to enter the legal ])rofession and with this end in view he went
to Indianapolis and entered the law school iu that city, where he
made rapid })i-ogress, and was admitted to the bar in Fraidifort,
Indiana, and here he spent the rest of his life successfully en-
gaged in the ]iractice of law, with an ever-growing clientele, and
taking rank among the leading legal lights in this section of the
state, figuring in most of the iiiipoi'tant cases in the local courts
for many years and gaining a state-wide reputation. He was at
one time a representative in tlic state Legislature, serving his
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district iu a injniiuT that rcllcctod iimcli credit upon himself and
to thti ciaiiK'nt salisJactioii oJ' all cuiicerjjed. hi this connection
lie wjjl ever be remembered tor his services to tlie state iu view
of the fact that he was the author of the famous drainage kiw
iu this st>^to and it was through liis olTorts that the bame was suc-
cessfully put through the Legislature. From this untold benefits
hr,""" 'v'c; rca]/.;!, ^^iij U> LIo nJ^ic ioitsighi and keeu disceru-
Dient for the general welfare of coming generations of his state we
owe nuich reverence to his memory. This one act alone luarked
liim as one of our great men.

j\fr. ]\lorrison studied law after he was married, beginning
his career under Judge Carver. He was very successful in a
financial way and became owner of some of as valuable land as
Clinton county can boast, owning a five-hundred-acre tract, near
the town of Forest, but of this the family ojdy retains about two
lunidred and sixty acres. He kept his place under a high state
of imi)rovcment aud cultivation, and always took a great deal
of interest in it, keeping it well stocked.

On February 28, 3851, INfr. Morrison was united in marriage
with Nancy A. Campbell, daughter of AVilliam and Pcninah (Den-
man) Campljcll, a substantial and highly esteemed family. The
father came from Pennsylvania, and be devoted his life to agri-
cultural pursuits. He came to Clinton county, Indiana, when a
young man. Peniuah Denman came here from Dayton, Ohio, and
they were married in this count3^

Mr. Morrison was a f. ithful member and liberal supporter
of the Presbyterian church, and fraternally be belonged to the
Masons aud the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and he stood
high iu both chm-ch aiid lodge circles.

Five children were born to Henry Y. jMorrison and wife,
naTued as follows: James, who has beeji twice married, first to
Selina Ayers, by whom one child, Rauniel, Avas born, who married
Clara Blinn, and they became the parents of one child, Bruce
Blinn; James' first wife is deceased, and he later married Alice
Spain-, by whom six children were born, "Ruth, Maiy, ^Milliard,
FiSther, James AV., Jr., and TIeiu-y Y. j\rartin A., second child of
the subject of this memoir, married Liliaji Thom]ison, and they
became the parents of two childi-en, Robert H. and ]\[arilla M.;
the wife and mother is now deceased; I^rartin A. is one of Frank-
fort's leading attoi-neys and he is at this writing congressman
from thi.>^ disti'ict, being a prominent Democrat; he was educated

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ill tin- scliodls nP Fr;n;kf(ii't, l;ilcr attcndini;- r>utlcr ('(»llcji:(» at Irv-
iijgloii, a subiu'b of lii(liaiiaj)nlis. \\r studied law at tlic Univer-
sity (»r Virgiuia, i'roui wliifh iiisiitulioii lie was graduated, after
making a lirilliant roeord. John, tlie tliird child of Henry Y.
T\iuiri?si»ji and wife, i.s uIm.* a well kimwii I'^jankfuit attonu-y aiiu
lives at homo with his mother; Mai-gai-et, the next ehild in order
VI Dinn, marjieii iiUliier neieiieri, ana sin- ijs now uetea^eti; iin^v
became the i)arents of one child, Clara, who married C' arles Sil-
verthorn, and thoy have one child, ]\!artin, who is a great-grand-
son to the subject.

The death of Tlenry Y. iNIoiTison occurred on ^fay 30, 1906,
after a long, useful and successful life. Sometiiing of his high
standijig in Clinloii comity may be gained ])y perusing the follow-
ing paragraphs Teprinted frcmi the Fraidcfort ]\rorning Star, under
date of Tuesday, June 19, 19(ifi, which is an account of memorial
services held to honor Mr. Morrison's memory, when eloquent
tributes were given to a worthy and nolde character, by the at-
torneys, the judge and his pastor:

"Yesterday morning the Clinton County Bar Association
held memorial services in honor of the late ITon. Henry Y. Morri-
son, one of the oldest members of the bar, and a man deserving
of the high tril)utes paid his memory yesterday by attorneys and
clergymen. The meeting was held in the large court room and
was well attended, among those present being tlie widow of the
man whose memory was being honored, and other members of tlie
family. A number of ministers were also present. A.s an evidence
of tlie genuineness of the eulogies there were many tears in the
eyes of tliosc who .spoke. Judge Claybangh presided at the meet-
ing.

"The services were o])ei!ed liy the reading of the resolutions
])repared by the committee, consisting of D. 8. llolmau, J. V.
Kent and Joseph Claybangh, the resolutions containing a l)io-
graphical sketch and reciting the splendid service l\Ir. Morrison
hnd rendered to Clinton county, and paying tribute to the noble
qualities and ideals that influenced him in all of life's affairs.

"Judge Kent then addressed the assemldage and in his earn-
est tribute he told of how Tlenry Y. l\Torrisou had w rked to bring
railroads to T-'rankfort. 'TTe was a man of tremendous energy,'
said ^Fr. Kent. 'All he wanted to know was. is it right? That
question being settled in the affirmative, all cKc was a matter of
detail that could be accom])lished by hard work, anrl that he was

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over rwuly to ^ivo rur lii.s county. li' ever ;i man in tliis county
(leycrvcd a inoniiUR'nt in I he eoiut limi-se S(iuaie, that man was
Henry Y. MurrLson. 'J'lie guneiations to come will reap the bene-
fit of the tremendous energy of JJeni-y Y. Alonistui. lie was u
Oliristian man, a j^oofl »ivn>. »'he!ever lie saw wrong stalking
about, Lis idea was to hit it and iiit it hard. As a lawyer he was

he thought ought not to be brought. And then when the ease
was brought ho throw his wholi- eneigy into it.' The speaker j)aid
a tribute to the deceased as a husl)an(l and fatho" and spoke of
the splendid family that he had reared. In conctluding Judge
Kent said that Mr. Morrison had died in the triumph of a Christ-
ian faith.

"W. R. Moore: "Die resolntious that have been read recite
very faithfull}- my knowledge of llcnr}' Y. Morrison. lie was a
man of kindly nature, and I have loved him for the kijidness he
has shown to my friends. His persistent ejiergy left its impress
on his community as no other man has. 1 remem))er his kindness
to me when I was going to school hoj'c, and of how he woiiUl en-
conrage me. He was a man of upright charactei', a lover of the
right, and ever the foe of that which del)ased.' The speaker then
I'ocited how i\lr. Morrison had, with the as.'^istance of a few others,
conducted a vigorous fight on vote buying dnring a campaign,
and of how the great force of character of the man had impressed
it upon the minds of eveiybody and convinced them that he meant
just what he said in every instance. 'And it was but a short time
ago,' continued IMr. ]\foore, 'that his own son proclaimed those
same pri]ici])les in a speech at Crawfordsville. It was Henry Y.
Morrison speaking through his son.'

"J. W, Strawn: M remember Aery well when I first saw
Henry Y". ]\rorrison. It was at a political speaking -which my
faiher took me to — the first political S))eech I ever heard. Heiuy
Y. Morris m was one of the s]>cakers, and T came away feeling
that he was one of the greatest men in the world. T remember
how, in later years, when I was first starting out in the stud.y of
law, he took me kindly by the hand and encouraged me, and of-
fered me all the help he could give. And as the years went by,
that kindly interest continued. He was ever the same, kindly,
encom-aging, ti'ue. There was no false aristocrai-y about Henry
Y. Morrison. He was a man whose honesty of jmrpose was never

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{iUc:>tioiK(l, and we all leaniod that wlicii liis woi'd went uut wc
could always rely on it.'

"Joseph P. Gray: 'it was Jiol my good lorliiiic (o l^iiow
Henry Y. Alorrisoii while ho was in aelivt; lu-aetice. All .1. kuuw
r>f I'lat i>art "P liis litV' is ^vhat 1 have hcaj-d hiy neighbors and
those wlio praeti(ted with him say, and it lias been a i-eeital of

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it is my experience th't one always knew wliej'e he stood on a
question. He always stood for tliat wiiicli he hidii'ved to be b(!st
for liis fellow )nen, and lie had the eourage of ids convietions. As
has been said by others here, there was no deeeit, no hypoerisy
about the man. He stood squarely on all questions and never
equivocated.' In conclusion, iMr. (ilray referred to the sploidid
drainage law that J\Ir. JMorrison had passed, and which had in-
creased the value of Indiana lands from ten to twenty fold.

" Josepli Conibs: '1 never knew .\r]'. ^Morrison as a hiwyer, as
he was reti]-ing from practice about the time 1 was begiiiuing to
practice, but I knew him as a man, as a citizen, and 1 know that
he deserves the tributes paid to liim here today. What has been
said here today is tlie truth. He was a man on whose word you
could rely.'

"Charles Guenther: 'JFenry Y. iMorrison had pi-actically
withdi-awn from practice when I enteied upon pj'actice. He left
his impjess on this communit}' in its material growth as well as
in its educational and moral growth. He always stood for that
whicli uplifted his fello\\' men.' At this point iir. Guenther paid
atteiition to Mv. JMorrison's drainagt; law and to his effoi'ts in
securing railways for Fi-aidcfort. 'Frankfort is today a gi-eat
railway center. Stop to thinlc about it, }'ou can get on the cars
here "nd go anywhere — ^north, soutli, east, west. All honor to
him to whom the honor of this sjdcndid state of affaij's is due! As
a man he had a character tliat we inight all be proud of. Ilemy Y.
]\Iorrison's word was as good as his bond.'

"H. C. Sheridan: 'I always regarded Heni-y Y. ^Morrison as
a leading citizen, and my father and my grandfatlier always so
regai'ded him.' ^Ir. Sheridan spoke of ^Fj-. AForrisitn's drainage
law that did so much for this county. 'Wlien >()n say of a man
that he was an honest man and a leader in the co)nninnity in
which he resides, you have said about all that can be said about
him. I venture to say that no man has erected to him.self a liighei-
monument than has irenry Y. ]\rorrison. That nionunu-Jit is tJic
esteem of the ])ee;>le. By his cfTorts he made this not oidy one of

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the givatfst t'oumics in Indiana, but one ol" tlic 'ij'catcst in
AiHiTica.'

"i\cv. II. R. Stark, of the I'rcsbx t(wiaii chmrli, joined his
tribute ^vith the others. lie said: 'li" 1 liad not been ii ininister,
in all ])robabiIi1y I w(.uld \^■>^■n k.h... ;. hnvycr. J take pkasiuc iji
adding a few words to what already has been said. I knew enough

plw.nf ITo„vv V M. ;...,,,^ 1.;, ^..; .^ ...^u^oL .uuiiuir, to givuuy

a])i)reciate him as a man and cspooially as a Clu-istian. One of
the thing.s wliieh inipiessed \ur was liis tiiorough conseieidious-
ucss. ilis was not a conscience that was elasiie, tliat eould be
strctehcd here, there and in any direetion to meet any demand,
but his Avas a conscience keenly alive and sensitive to the higher
things. His lite was a daily sermon. He was a sermon clothed in
tlesh and blood. He was a good ma)i. The meaning of good is fitted
to an end. And so he was a good man. Ho was fitted to the end
for which God creates man — to live in the world and by precept
and example teach uprightness, i)urity and dodliness.'

"Judge Claybaugh: After telling of his indnstriousness and
of how he impressed every one as being possessed of a vigorous
individualitx , ^Ir. Claybaugh said: 'From the time I first knew
him — many years ago — to the day of his death, he was a man
whose word was :iever doubted. If he b(!lie\'ed he was right on a
certain fjucstion he stayed with that question and went up or
down with it.' j\Ir, Claybaugh then refo'red at length to the
drainage law, of which i\rr. jNlorrison was the father, and told of
how it not only added wealth to tlio connnunity, but health also.
In the old days chills and fever were very common and the death
rate was high b}' reason of the vast swamjis that -were every-
where, but which were drained by reason of the passing of the
]\rorrison drainage laAV. 'I remendjcr of his kindness to me when
I was a boy. lie would take nie by the hand and say: "Joseph,
how are you getting along?" Oj-, "I heai'd yon make a speech tlie
other day, and 1 want to cojuplimcnt you. Keep on in your
work," etc' Judge Claybaugli then read the names of Leander
]\IcClurg, John Earner, H. K. lliginbothan, Maivelhis Bristow,
Perry Card, Allen E. Paige, Samuel If. Doyal, J. N. Sims, Tru-
man 11. Pahner, ilenry Y. IMorrison. and said, 'All of these were
my associates. "When I look around now there is not a single man
living who was here when I came to the bar. When a inan dies
the jmbiic estimate is generally the conect estimate of what that
man was.' In conclusion Judge Claybaugh read Die address d((-
livered by ITenrv Y. Morrison at the John Parner memorial nieet-
inir."

DANIEL W. VOORIIEES.

Olio i)i' Iiuliaiin's greatest mcii dl' a p;i«t gri)criitii)ii, and iu-

(]or>(] <Mio nf tlui l-.orlino- r^v! .m;.... I 1.,,,.,.n-o ^t<.. IT,,;f,.,l tj + .,f,,.. 1,., .

ever known, was Daniel \V. N'oorliees, who also ranked among the
leading statesmen oi" the MidiUe West in his day and generation,
lie was born in liutlcj- connty, Oliio, September 2G, IS27, and was
brought to Indiana by Ids pai-ents wlieii two months old. 'j'jie
I'amily settled in Fountain eounty, whei-e Mr. Voorhees grew to
manhood on a farm about ten miles from the town of Covington.
His father, Stephen Voorhees, was a nati\e of ^lereer comity,
Kentucky, and a descendant of an old Holland family, many rep-
resentatives of which were among the early s(^ttlers of the East-
evn states in the time of the colonies, ilis mother was Rachel
Elliot, bom in i\laryland of Irish ancestry, and who marj-ied
Stephen Voorhees in the year 1821. The early farm experience
of ]\Ir. Voorhees proved of great value to him in later life, and
served to bind him in ties of symj.)athy with the connnon people.

Mr. Voorhees attended the commoji school, such as the early
days affo)-ded, in his neighborhood, and later entered Asbury
(now DePauw) University, at (Ji'eencastle, Indiana, fj-om which
institution he was graduated in 1819. Taking wp the law as his
lile work, he soon afterwards entered the law office of ]jane &
Wilson, Crawfordsville, and on his admission to the bar began
the practice of his profession at Covington, Fountain county,
where he soon effected a co-partnership wilh lion. E. A. Tlannegan
in 1852. In June, 1853, Mr. Voorhees was appointed by Governor
Wright prosecuting attorney of the circuit court, in which posi-
tion he soon established a fine I'cputation as a criminal lawyer.
In 185G he was nomin;ited by acclamation Democratic candidate
for Congress, l)ut was defeated l>y two hundred .'nd fifty inajmity
in a district previou.sly Uepublican by two thousand and six hun-
dred majority. In 1857 he removed to Terre Haute, and the fol-
lowing year was appointed United Stales dis()'ict attorney for the
state of Indiana by President I'uchanaii. He was ch'cted to
Congress in 18()0 and 1802, and in ISGl was again a successful
candidate, but in the last eledion his mnjoi'ity of six hundred and

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tliirty-foiu- votes was contested by liis coKipotitor, Henry D.
■Wablibuiu, who obtained the seat, lie v. ;s again eleetcd in 1808,
re-elected in 1870, bnt in 1872 was defeated by j\toiton C. Hunter.
In 1859 Mr. Voorhecs was retained as connsel to defend Colonel
Cool'^ who wv.z avycz\c(l \.ltli Julin Urown as an aceoniplic'c of tlie
latter in the celebrated Harper's Ferry raid and his speech at the
■*:";.! ..\.^ ^^^. v.r Jit ^icaitrM i;\er aeJivered hefore an American
jury, and it gained him a national reputation. It was listened
to with rapt attention by a vast audience, and was afterwards pub-
lislied all over the country' and in Eurojje in several different
languages.

On November 6, 1877, Mr. Vot hee was appointed to suc-
ceed Governor Oliver P. Morton in the United States Senate, and
served by successive rc-electio;.s in that distinguished body until
1895. He served with distinction on many of the committees,
and took a very prominent part in the discussion of all tlie im-
portant legislation of his time, his record as senator being equally
as brilliant and conmiendable as that of congressman. From his
entrance into pulilic life until his death, in the late nineties, he
occupied a consp' nous place in the eyes of the public, and at the
bar, on the stump, or in the halls of national legislation, he was a
man of mark. His powers as a parliamentary orator and a states-
man are a i3ortiou of the history of the nation, and as a party
leader few if any exercised as great an influence upon the people
of Indiana s he. He was a man of tall stature, over six feet in
height, and weighed over two hundr d pounds. He cairied him-
self erect and his commanding presence and dignified bearing
made him a conspicuous figure in the senate chamber or in an}'
body of men. He was familiarly known as the "Tall Sycamore of
the Wabash." During his term of service in the Senate he was
most a.'- iduous in his attention to the public needs. He was al-
wa3''s present and allowed no measure of his political opponents to
pass without the sevei-est scrutiny, and with him vigilance was
the price of lib rty.

JAMES MADISON ADAMS, M. D.
Thougli many years have passed since tlu; subjrct of this

S)ivLaLii JJU^.■:>cu iiuiu me mi- iitinituii li.» luc juc li iuiii|'iiuiai, xic 1.-5

sfill favorably rcmeiubered by uiauy of the older residents of
Ki-aukfort uud C'Huton county, win-re for many years he was ]-e-
garih'd as one of tlie leading ])i()ueer pliysieians, anil because of
liis many excellent personal qualities and the s])lendid and de-
linite inlluenre Avhicli his life shed over the entire locality in which
lie lived so long and for wliich he labored so earnestly to njjjiuild
in any way within his power, renders it particularly consonant
that specific nienlion should be made of him in a work contaiuing
mention of the representative jjersons of the state in a past gen-
eration. A man of high moral character, imimpeachalile integ-
rity, ijersistent industry and excellent professional judganeut, he
stood "four square to every wind that blows," and throughout
this i^art of the state Doctoi- Adams occupied an enviable posi-
tion among his fellow men.

James !Madisou Adams was born ii] Hendricks county, In-
diana, April 26, 3839, and he was called to his reward on Novem-
ber 2;>, 1888. Although, like all children of ]nonoer people, his
educational advantages were limited, he was ambitious and made
the best use of what oi»portuuilies he had and when only seven-
teen yea7-s of age he began teaching school, his lirst school work
being at Tipton, Indiana. In order to get this school he was co]n-
l)elled to devote ten days to hard work building the old log school
house there. Not lomr afterwards he entered the Thorntown Acad-
emy, taking a classical course, and was graduated froin that in-
stitution i)i .1861, having worked his way through school. lie
stayed out a term to secure funds by teaching school with which
to meet liis expenses. He then bega?i the study of medicine with
Doctor Cotton at Kirklin, Indiana, in 1862. After ri^iiaining with
the D()ct<n' one year, the subject entered the office of \)v. 'i'imothy
B. Cox, of Kirklin, and he remained with the latler until Doctor
Cox came to Frankfort. In order to pro])irly ])re])ai'e himself
for his ch(»sen life woj-k. Doctor Adairis entei'cd Hush ]\Iedical

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College, Chi(.'ag(i, \vli('rt> lie coniplctcd tlic coiu'sc and was grad-
iiatt'd. Soon al'tcfward lie boyan pratM icing willi a i-lassnialc,
Dr. C. 11. Smith, at his liomc town, wiicre lie soon liail a vci-y sat-
isfactory i)atn))iago estaljllslicd, and tliorc lie remained until
:«'}Oiit 1S(3S, v:hvi\ lie 3-cii:ovvcI to l'"iankfort and cngagrd in the
drug business until .1872, in wiiicli year he Inrnied a i)artnerslii])

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leading finns oi" pi-aetitiouers iu this seetion oT the state, tlie sub-
ject continuing to praciice heiv with ever-iiiereasing success un-
til his death, his practi'-e exl ending ovei- a wide teiTitory. After
coming here he attended a course oi" lectures at the celebrated
Bellevue M{>dical College, New York C'ily. lie was thus excep-
tionally well ecjuippcd for his chosen life woi'k, and he attained
a very high rank anioug medical men of the state in his day and
generation, being ire(]uently called to remote localities in con-
snltation iu seiious cases aud his advice Avas often sought by
younger mcdic;il meu, aud it was always fi'cely giveu.

Doctor Adams was twice married, first on September 27,
1865, to Florence Cox, whose death occurred on Dcc-onber 3, 18G9,
leaving one child, Evelyn F., whose death occurred in .18S:}. The
Doctor was again married ou Ap3-il 29, 187-1, to Mechu-a Cox,
which luiion resulted in the birth of one so]], who died in infancy.
His last wife is the daughter of Samuel and Amanda (Ki]-k) Cox.
Samuel Cox came from Ohio and settled in Clinton coiuity, In-
diana, iu pioneer times aud here became well established aud
favorably known, having devoted his life to agricultural ]3ur-
suits. His family consisted of but two children, Florence, and
Medora, who married Doctor Adams. She is the; last of hei- race,
except two nieces, uamely: Afrs. Dora ]\rclntyre, who has one
child, a daughter, Ruth; and i\rrs. Blanch Huber, who also has one
daughter, !Mary Elizab(;th. These two ladies are the daughters
of Ossien Cox, who is a half-brother to ^irs. Dr. Adams. The Cox
fainily has long lieeu among the best known in Clinton county
and have taken a leading part in the affaii's of the same tj-om the
early days of her histcny, being honorable in all the relations with
theii- fellow men and industrious, imin-oving excellent farms from
the raw land and estalilishing good homes, des])ite all obstacles
aud early discouragements.

Doctor Adams w\is a Rcpublirau in ])olitics, bnt he was too

busy as a geucral jfihysician, and was ion I'mid (iT liis lioiiu', lo lukc
a veiy active part in piil)lic airaii'<. lie i-ciii;iiiic'(l ;i close slndciil
all Ills lii"e aud spent many lioiirs, wlicn lu- cdull spare llion rroni
pressing professional duties, over the lalcjst medical works. Later
in life In; traveled extensively, vi: iting Cnlifunn;! and tlie A\ .st,
also made a trip to Europe, for recie:iti(»u and medical tihserva-

fion. TT.. vpq •■. «m;> fT-iy. ,,;• *1.;. ^\:;;,; ;. ,.;, .i^M'^u.-di in.. a, li.lv ill};

come up to the top of his ])rofes.- ion, oecnpying a conspienniis
phice iu the medical woild, froin (inironnieiits of tin- most dis-
eouragiug nature in his eaiiy youl ii.

TIMOTHY B. COX, M. D.

'J'he lalo Dr. Tiuiolli.y Ji. C'ux loui; occ-iipicd a conspicuous

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ivcord, both as a .skilled pli_ysiciau and a pul)iic-spirited citi/.e'U
and lio}K>rablo gX'utlouiau, hciug' williuut j'i'i)roach, i.ov in eve)'}'
walk of life lie was recognized Jjy all classes as a high-nunded,
talented, courteous gentleman of p(;ifect integrity and genuine
moral worth, lie acted well his part in life, and while ])riiHarily
interested in his own ali'airs he was not unnnndl'ul of the interests
of others, as liis efforts to advance tlie public good and promote
the welfare of liis fellow men abundnnliy attestcid. lie is emi-
nently worth}' of a pcrma)ient place in the history of his stale.

In giving the record of this worthy citizen we could do no
better than to reproduce here the article which apjieared in a
Erankfort newspaper, imder date of Octi)l)er 18, 1895, which in-
dicates his high standing in that conmiunity:

"After a long illness Doctoj- Cox passed away at an early
hour AVednesday (October 18, 1895). His death was not unex-
pected, but it east a gloom over the city.

"Timothy B. Cox, the sulgect of this sketch, was born in
Ithaca, New York, Januai-y 9, 1817. AMien only a mere boy he
came witl) his parents to Butler county, Ohio, later on moving to
Decatur county, Indiana. lu 1843, at the age of twenty-six, he
.settled at Kirklin. He attended the Ohio ^ledical Colh'ge, from
which he graduated in 185G. He returned to Kirklin towiiship
and took up the practice of medicine, living u])o)i a farm with his
brother.

"In ^lay, 18(>1, he formed a jmrtjiershi]) with Doctoi- Dunn,
of this city, now deceased, and together they cciiulucted the bus!--
ness far two years. After this he continued to ])rai'tice his chosen
profession alone mitil 1870, when the firm of Cox ic Adams was
fonned. This lasted until 1887. At this iiiiie the itartneishi])
was dissolved and Doctor Cox retired from active pi-actice, though
never entirely giving up his prol'essioii.

"Doctor Cox, at the age of nineteen, was uiiiled in m;iri-iagc

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to iMiss Sli('|ip:u<l in ].)o('Mtiir (•(tiiuiy. Tlic uiiidii \\;i.s a most
liappy one, and lo.^ftlici; llicy Jouiiicynl down lilV's iialliway
liai)py and ('outciitod in oach ollici's lo\c and conlidcncc. I'jiglit
eliildreu were bom to them, but only one, Mrs. Tip liickley, of
ICiikliii, 3;ii-vivco. One oon ciili::t.d i:i Ihr army and foiii^ht to
the close of the Civil war. While on his way home he was killed

welcome hojue the soldier, bnt a funeral w;is held instead ol a
feast. Mrs. Ur. Cox passed away seventeen yeai-s ago, leaving
her aged ])artner to tread dowii life's hillside alone.

"lUx'toi" Cox was one of (iod's noljlemcn. .Such men as lie
slioidd have everlastin ; life. Ju his ])rofessiou he did ]uuc1j for
siiffei'ing humanity. No night wa.s too dark, stormy or cold for
him. IJis duty was to go and he iierfonned it in an unselfish way
that endeared him to all. The high and low, rich and poor, were
one great family > ith him, and each recei\ed the same kind and
careful attentioii ii-om him. The poor he ivlievcd oftentimes at
his owna expense and he never i-efused to answer a call.

"SetHing in Clinton county when it Avas a wilderness, he fre-
fpu'ntly had to ride days and nights, often walking miles, to see a
l)atient where his horse coidd not travcjl. It was this noble devo-
tion to .suffei'ing humanity, his utter disregard for his own com-
fort and welfare, that caused all to love the man. Ilis entire life
was devoted to his fellow creatures, and we shall not soon .see his
like again. In his lifcthne he amassed quite an extensive for-
tune as a rcsidt of his laboi's.

"Doctor Cox is dead. The familJai' iiguj'e, bent with age,
will he seen u])on the streets of our city no more. ^I'lie world will
miss him, for in him it had a benefactor. The poo]- will miss him,
foi- in him tliey found a true friend. All will miss him, for Doctor
Cox endeared himself to all who came in contact with him. Tlis
life was one battle in which he fought for tho.'sc around him. fie
is now at rest — a rest for the tired body, as sweet and beautiful
as is the soul that has winged its flight to its ^laker. How truly
can all say, 'Well done, thou good a)id faithful servant, rest thou
in }>cace.' "

HON. THOMAS : . ..JKS.

One uf the jiio.st (listijigiiislicd men o\' liis d;iy and gonoratiou
..no iu.uiiuio ^\.. j.ii-iiuiil:iv.s, wiiu uiifs j^iM CM iHU' ui Jmiuiua, UJlllCll
states hciiator froin this slato niul Vico-Pi'osidcnt of tlic United
State.s, a lawye]- and statesinaii wlio had Tew jx'evs and no supcr-
iury. Ho was the son of Ma.j. John llendrirks, and the g-rand.son
of AbraLtam llcndi-ieks, a descwidant of tiie ]riie,uenots, who emi-
grated to New Jersey and thene.e to Peinisylvania, ]irior to th(!
l\*evohition. Abraham Jlendrieks was elected to the Pennsyl-
vania Assonddy, first in 1792, and served four terms, the last end-
ing in .1798. William Hendricks, second governor of Indiana,
preceded his brotlier John in moving to this stnte from Ohio, and
liad gained much notoriety as a talented and public man when
]\[ajor John finally concluded to i-isk his fortune in the wilds of
the new west. John Hendricks, prior to 1829, resided with his
family at Zanesville, Ohio. His wife, whose maiden name was
Jane Thoni]ison, and a niece, were the only members of the
Thompson family who emigrated west. Rhoi'tly after their maj--
I'iage John Hendricks and wife moved to Mnskinginn, Ohio, where
the}' lived for some time in a rude log house, in which were b(>rn
two sons, Abraham and Thomas A., the latter's Inrth occurring
September 7, 1819. The next year, 1820, lured by the brilliant
caieer of William Hendricks, heretofore .spoken of, ^Maj. John
Hendrick.s, Avith his little family, removed to INfadison, Indiana,
thoi the metropolis of the state. Two years later the family re-
moved to Shelby county, at that time a wildei-ness, and settled on
the present site of Sljell)yville. Here the father commenced to
erect a house and carve a career for th ir hopeful son, then scarce-
ly tlviee yeai's of age. A dwelling was soon constructed, trees
felled, and a fann opened, and the Tlendriclcs house early be-
came a favoi'ite sfo]:iping ])lace for all who saw fit to accejit its
hospitality. The futui'c Viee-Pj-esident received his early edu-
cational training in the schools of Shclbyville; later he entered
Hanover College, in 18^^, wlie)"e he remained for a gi'eat(>r ])art of
the time until 1811. On leaving college he j-eturued to Shclby-
ville, and cornnu-need tlu- study of law in the ofiice of Stei)hen

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iMiijor, then a yumi^' lawyer ol" l»filliai!, atlaiiiiiicuts. Jii 1S|:1
Mr. Ik'udj'ic'ks \vcn1 l,o Cliaiiilxi shiii'^-, I'oinsylvaiiia, wlicrc he
ciiltM'cil the hiw scliool. Eighl iiituiths lalcr he retuiaicil lu yiiclhy-
Yillc, passed an examiualion, and was (lie s;iiiic year admitLed 1,o
the bar. lie was sueccssfr.l iij tlu' p!;;r'tic'e "'' 1'is nvufcKvinii rroiii
tlio ihat and in a shoj-t lime was one of the abU' Inwycjs ol' tlic
stale.

Jn 18-13 J^f.l•. Hendricks fdvuied the aecpiaintancc of I'jliza .Moi--
gau, who was the daughter of a widow livinti; at XoJ'th IJcnd,
Oliio, and two years later, Soptc ber 2(i, 1815, the two were
united in the bojids of wedlock.

So soon as j\lr. TTendrieks enieri^crl from boyhood, his snceess
as a lawyer and public inan was assured. JTaving establi.^lied an
office in Shclbyville, he gained in a short lime a fair competeuee,
for as an advocate ho had Tew equals, and as a safe counselor noiie
sur])aN^ed him in this sction of the state, lu the year 1848 Mr.
ricudrick. was nominated for the lower house of the (Jeuei-al As-
sembly, was elected after a brilliant canvass, and served his term
with marked distinction. Jn ISoO he was chosen a delegate to the
state constilutional conve ion, in the delil' 'rations of which he
took an active ])art, having sej-ved on two very important conrmit-
tees, and won distinction b.y a bi-illiant speech upon the resolution
relative to abolition of the grand jury system. The following
year was the beginniTig of Mr. Hendricks' career in national ])oli-
tics. He was nominated foi- Congress at Indianapolis, iMay IG,
1851, over se\ era! other candidates, made a vigorous canvass, and
was elected by a decided maJm-itA'. In Congress he progressed
with .signal ability, and v. ns called to act on some of the most im-
2:)ortaut committees, and )0:i won a national rejiutatiou. Scarce
had Cojigress adjourned when he \\'as i-eqnii'ed to make another
campaign, for the con.stitutio)i had transterred the cougj-e.ssional
elections to even years, and the month to October. The Whig
candidate was a man of sti-ong characteristics and a public
speaker of rare attainments, but Mr. Ileiidricks defeated him by
a large a' d iiicreased majuiit. . In 1851, whcii the northern
^^^ligs were in a chaotic condition, Pro-Slavery, .\nti-Slavery,
Free-Soil(>r.s, Abolitionists, Kn< , -nothings and Democrats com-
mingling in a storm of confusion, a ''fusion" state and congres-
sional ticket V as Formed for the occasinn. Oi>i)oscd to Mr. Hen-
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was (Icfcatod I)}' tli (ij)i><)siiii,^ comldiijilicii, iillci' wliicli lie vc-
tiivd to bis pruL'i'SsitiJi aud liis Iidimc. in Siicll)\ \iilc. In 18").') In;
was apjioiutcd by Pr(;sid<-uL I'iciv, <;-oi!ni-al land funiuiissidiicr,
ill whicb (•aj)acily lio s(M-\('d nearly i'oni jcavs, and \n 18()0 was
nominated for p,ovc'vnor of Indiana aj'niiKt Horn-y W. Lano, one
of tlie state's most prominent nirii, and tbe man directly I'cspon-
siblc for l/incohi's nnmn'-'^-inn Fo.. p- .o;,i,.i.4- ^^ ft; v ;^, wjy al/i^
canvass, duriuj; which the two competitors spoke tofijether in
nearly every connty of the state, defeat at;'ain came to Mi: flen-
dricks. In the same year he mo\ed to Indianapolis, where lie
spei. tlic r((mainder of his life. In Jarmary, ^H^h], he was elected
to the United States Senate, which jxjsjlion he held for six years.
Jn 1872 he was again nominated i'o)' govo'uor. Mr. Tlendricks
went ))ei'ore the ])cople as a temperance man, opposed to prohibi-
tion, but willing to sign any constitutional legislation looki)ig to-
ward the amelioration of crime a.nd the advancement of tcjuper-
auce. He was elected and ke])t his pledges to the letter, lie al-
ways Iccpt his phMlge; inviolate, and ever remained true to his
frii'uds. He 'i;d a high sent--,' of duty, and a spirit of philan-
thi'opy jjerva d his ^vhole nature. In 1876 he 'svas nominated for
the Vice-Presid. c.v on the I):^moc]'atic ticket with Samuel J.
Tildeu, of New Y.'ork, and of this election it Avas claimed they
wc-i flagrantly defr;: led by retui-nini' boards and the electoral
commission. In 188'' the name of Thomas A. Hendricks was
placed in nomination foi" the l^vesHleuc)' :•' Cincinnati, by In-
diana, and his "omination was strf gly nrg. in tlie convention.
In 1884 he was a delegate to the Cliicago conventiob, and as chair-
man of the Indiana deh'gation presented in fitti)ig terms and mas-
terh' manner the name of Jo.?ph E. jNTcBonald for the Presi-
dency. After the latter Lad ]iositively refused to accept the sec-
ond place on the ticket, j\lr. Hendricks was unanimously chosen,
and the successful Dcmocj-atic ticket for 1884, tin,' first in twenty-
five year.s, becan;'- Grovcr Cleveland ; d Thomas A. Hendricks.
But few greater calamities e\er "feli tlie ]• nple than the
death of Vice-President Hendricks, wh-ch occurred on Novemljcr
25, 1885, at his home in lndianai"»olis, f"r he wa^ one of the na-
tion's greatest men; deep, broad-minded, dijiloniatic and, above
all, a true man.

GHAPLFS T!T>CtATr. FEOK.

TIk' uin'^f ol-ili()r;i1f> lnsf(iv\' is ticr-cssMTih' nn ;il)i'ifl!''iiii'Ht. Iln-
historian ))cin,tj; coinpcllcd !<• si'Jert liis facts and inalci'ials Iroin a
iiiultitiulr of details. SSo in every life of honor and ii«efnlnes.s th(!
biographoi' finds no dearth of incident, and yet in summing up Ihe
career of any man the writer needs touch on!)' tlie juost salient
points, giving only tlie keynote of his character, but eliminating
nuich that is superJhious. Consequently in calling the reader's
atlontion to the life recoixl of the late Chailes l-ldgar Heck ]io at-
ten)i)t shall l)e made to recount all the important acts in his use-
ful life, nor recite every interestuig incident in his somewhat re-
markable caj'cer, for it is deemed that oidy a few of them will
suffice to show him to be endnently worthy of a place in this
volume along with his fellov/s of high standing and recognized
worth, men whose names have figured prominently in the affaii's
of India)ia in the generations that are passed.

Mi: IJeck was for years one of the best known and most re[)-
reseutative citizens of Shelby county, was one of its most pro-
gressive and substantial farmers and stock men and a man of
national reputation as the proprietor of the Siiring Lake Fishery,
being an ex]icrt of widely recognized ability on all ijuestions re-
lating to this bi-anch of natural science. lie was a profound lover
of nature, a man of decided esthetic attril^ntes a)id of keen pene-
tralion in the secrets of wood, stream and held, a nian of broad
iniud, kind heart and magnanimous soul, and in every way merit-
ed the universal admiration and genuine esteem which he could
claim.

On April 27, 18G8, occurred the birih of Charles Edgar IJeclc
in Shelby county, Indiana, just north of the present Ileck home-
stead, about ten nnles cast of HhelbyAalle. Tie was the scion of a
prominent and infiu.oitial pioneer fVunily, mem])ers of which huxc
done nnu-li toward the general u|)building of the county. He was
the s<m of Jas))er and Lavina Ileck, both also natives of Shelby
county, wher(» ihev !'i-i\v io matmity, received their educational
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traiiiiuj;- and were jiiaij'icd, and Ihtc llifv have C(iiiti(\ii('d lo re-
side to llio present tinie.

'J'he iunuodiate subject of tins nienioii' was reared on tlie
]ioiuc t'anii and there he assisted witli tlie general work when a
hoy, reeeivinfi,' jiis earlv education in the cninninn schools, from
which he was graduated, and, being a close student, he became
well conivmcd for hi*; lifr- yy(\->-h -..-iifr-i. 1i^ b^gr;:! b}' teaching
school during the winter months atid farming in the summer time.
Later he turned his attention to farming and became the owner
ot a large and valuable farm near Wahlron, his native county,
which lie kept well improved and \mder a higli state of cultiva-
tion, carrying on general farming and stock raising on a large
scale for a number of years, but Jiis principal industry latei' in
life was his world-famed Sj^ring Lake Fish Hatchery, which ho
conceived of starting in 1903, and which is devoted to breeding
and ri'i; ! g ornamental lish of mr. iiy varieties. It is the largest
hatchery iu the wo; Id and under his able manageniont became
known not oiil}' throughout the United States, but .Iso iu for-
eign nds everywhere, and he became such an expert authority
in this line of endeavor that he was frequent!}'' consulted by
United Sv ites fish commissioners. In this work he Avas assisted
b„v his fatlici*-in-law, V.'illiam Shoup. A complete history of this
noled hatchery will be giAcn in the concluding paragraphs of this
article.

j\[r. lleck was mari'icd in November, 1891, to Margaret M.
Shoujj, a lad}' of culture and many praiseworthy characteristics,
and the daughter of 'William and Saniantha Jane Shoup, the
father becoming noted as an oi'igijiator of fisheries. lie was born
in Decatur county, Indiana, where his parents, who came from
(lermauy, settled in an earl}' day, and there they were summoned
to their i-est v^'heu ]\Ir. Heck was eight years old, and he was
ivared by Benjvt Powell, a farmer, who originated the gold fish
idea in this part of the comitry, and followed this work on a small
scale. He died June 1, 190G. Mrs. Ileck grew up in this county
and received a good education in the local schools. She is still
rosidin;-': at the beautiful and modernly appointed TIeck home-
stead near Waldi'on, and is overseeing the Spring Lake Hatchery,
assisted b.y her only child, Chester Clyde Heck, who is now nine-
teen years of age, a young man of much business ptonn'se, a
worthy sou of a worthy sire.

M'-. Ilcck was an iiKlt'])oii(l(.'ii1 ami rL'ark'.-..s invest igatur and
he alway.s had the roura'j,(.' (»r his i'i»nvic(iiins. J.Vililicali\-, lu' was
vcA-y indqiendcnt, and hclievt-d iu castin;;- his haHot I'di- llic candi-
dali'S wluiin he dcpincd best suited for the position sought. Fia-
fcv::a!!y, he v.\is a inembcr of f'e Mndcin Woodmen. 'I'lii- traj^iu
death of this distiuguishod citizen otxuned ou i\lar(;h 5, 1910,
h..,:i.„ l..^^ .,L.;^:. :,y I:^hl:;:;.„ v,h:'c -—'-'"- <-. I.i^ r-,,.,,, The
whole country was shocked at the news (d" Ins initiniely talcing
oil", for ho was in the very zenith of his jx-weis and life work, lie
was a man of pleasing personality, genial, able, obliging, an hon-
orable and courteous gentleman whc»m to know was to aduiirc
and esteem. He became widely popular, an evidence of which is
seen in the fact that John M. IJing, the famous wi-iter oL' poindar
song.s, of San Diego, California, dedicated one of his well known
songs to him, entitled, "When Love "Was Boiii," although the
author a.ud J\lr. ilcck had never met.

For the jjriucipal facts in the following comprehensive ac-
count of the Spring Lake Fish Hatchery, inentioned iu prcceduig
paragrajihs, we are indebted to E. I. Lewis, whose article, "In-
diana Gold Fisheries," appeai-ed in the "Commissioner's lieport;
Fisheries and Game," for 1902.

The largest gold lisli farm in the world is located at Wrdd-
ron, Indiana. It is the only plac(3 in America whei'e gold fish are
annually raised by the one hundred thousand and shipped, not
only to all parts of the coimtry, but to foreign lands. There is an
annual American demand for between a quarter and a third of a
million gcddfish, and at least one-third of that demand is met from
the "Waldron fi.sheries. AVilliam Shoup, who founded this indus-
tiy some thirty-five years ago, was the pioneer commercial
goldfish grower iji this country, and the late firm, consisting of
William Shoup and Charles E. Heck, was the first iu Aiuerica to
go back to the source of original sujjply, in the waters of China
and Japan, and exercise a sti'ict selection of breeders, that an
improvement nught be had iu the American stock, which had
been oI)tained for some tAvo centuries from ]'!;nroi)e and had great-
ly deto'iorated. R]>ace forbids a detailed acc.oujit of the hi.story
of the goldfish, which is one of the most intei-esting romances
found in the fascinating story of animal life.

William Sh up took u]) goldfish raising ])y accident, and as
the result of heing a lover of dogs and other i)ets, and the i)res-

piK'f <>r a small ])0)i(l dii liis lai'iii, caiisinl liiiii to add (isli [o liis
lisl, and lie ti'icd caip laisiiii;', hut nova discarded tliciu and bunj^ht
a low gold colunxl Jish aiul in a I'l'W years ho had a jxiud ti'i'inin;;
with all kinds of j^oldlisli, IVoni the silvoi-, wliilc, blue and black,
to the red and the veal jj-old. About a ynwv later be sold three
liundred, and dui'ing the latter ycaj's of his partnership with .Mr.
Tfeck tb.M- sol,l ov,.v n,.n 1m.,..i..o^ ^h ' -:;:•;;.. 1 -.rr^.t, H... ..^..^I^o uf
goldfish. The world is the "Waldron lirni's market, and that mar-
ket grew .so rapidly that they added pond after pond until u]»-
■wards t»f one hundred were required, and they installed a great
■water i)um2)ing i)laut aiul incj'oased tlieir facilities to a point
where two hundred thousand or moi'e perfect fish could be \)v<)-
dnccd annually. Sevei'al ycar.s ago they estal)lished two iish
hatcheries near Waldron, the Sprijig Lala' Fish hatchery l)eing
the largest in the woj'ld as long as ten years ago, which included
fifty ponds at that time. Near it is the Bhie Hidge Fishery.
Around these fisheries has sprung xip quite a village, all of the
houses being occu])ied by the men who woik on these peculiar
farms whei'e nothing l)\it pet and higli sciu-ing fish are reared.
The first imi)ressiou the stranger who visits this j)]ace gets is that
there is an abnonnally large ])rofit in raising a few hundred thou-
sand fish annually at prices ranging from three to fifty cents
a])iece, b\it when one considers the expense attached to this cul-
ture it is not at all difliculi to see that these y)rices are not extrav-
agant. There is no crop raised that is so pest-ridden as this one
of goldfish. The AValdvou luxtcheries have fui-nished fish for the
world's fairs at Paris, Chicago, St. Loui.s, Buffalo aud others, and
they are swinuning today in almost all the parks and aquariums
in INIexico, Canada, South America, FAUope and even in westei'u
Asiatic countries. Most of the shipments are made during eight
)iionths i>f the year, since goldfish cannot stand heat well, but are
hard to freeze to death.

The Spring Lake Fishery can scaix-ely b" seen from the coun-
try road tliat runs along the base of a piece of rolling land. Only
the lower large ponds are visible from the I'oad, the other ponds
in which the spawning, hatching and growing to shipping size is
done, occupy a series of terraces, the dj'ojj of the land being about
a foot to every ten feet, and at the to]) of this strip there are a
scries of sinings lliat supjdy watei-. The series of ten ten-aces
thou begins, and there are a number of jtonds on each terrace.

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'LMic water i)asses tliroii^li the u[>[>{'r itmids to tlidsc in llif lower
tcrrai-L's initiJ it jvaclics the last one, au(l Innn tlioii- il is puiupfd
back to the fountain lu-ad aiul HusIkcI in with water issuiug from
the spring. The cvointion of the lish begins witli the lij'sjt series
ol poiids, tliat are given over to liie s])a\\jiiiig ami iiutLning. When
the iish is three weeks old tliat iiaiUcular pond is drained out and
the little and old tish arc cangm m screens una aic sepaiiueu.
Each female is capable of producing live thousand eggs every
two weeks. Three weeks after the Iish is hatched it begins to
devour the e;'<;s that are deposited on various oljjecls around the
edges of the ])onds. It is then necessaiy to drain the lake aJid
catch all in screens, placed in sluiceways. About twenty large
fi.sh are then taken to the upper jjonds that have been previously
draiiicd and a new spawning giound is given tliem. The hatch is
divided into two or three jiai'ts, according to size, and assigned to
different ponds in the lower terraces, and as the fisli grow tlicy
are cari-ied on down through the ponds until, when tluiv are al)0ut
two inches long, and three or foui- montlis old, they finally land
in the new, l)ig ])ond, where there are generally over one hundred
thousand fisli "rii)ening." They ai"(! then read}' for shijunent. It
takes thi-ce or four years for the fish to get their growth, but they
will live a long time. They begin spawning the secoiid season.
There are fish in the Spring Lake Fishery that ai-e fifteen years
old, and arc still spawning, the females continuing at the rate of
fifty thousand eggs a year. It is known that sonic have lived
forty or fifty years, and some authorities assert that they will
live to be one hundred years old. They grow to a foot in length,
and as they grow^ their beauty increases iii pro2>ortion. ^J'hcre are
Some goldfish in the spawning ])onds that would weigli almost a
pound.

Four different kinds of goldfish are raised at the 8pi-ing Lake
Fishery and all are bred from im]K)rted fish that cost from ten
dollars up. These different varieties are kejit separated through
all the dev loi)iiig stages. This has been carried on so long that
each variety is full-blooded acc(»rding to its classification.

The breeding ]K)nds are about forty feet long and fifteen wide,
and they range; in de])tli from thive inches to three feet. The
banks are high, in order to protect the water from the winds and
from excessive cold in winter. C'alalpa trees are pl.-mteil around
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is a bed of water lilies iii each i>und. J I is said that the beaulifid
gold aud red tints of these fish are produced by the sun shining on
them. They are first of a sih-er oh.r, then chauge to black aud
gradually take on their niaguilicent hues. The most expensive
goldhr.h arc produetd here. It is called the Telescope, some of
which, irnported as breeders, have been known to bring two hun-
JicJ uoUc^o apiece, xue next most expensive goldfish is called
the Comet, that grows almost a foot long aud has a tail nea)-]y as
long as its body. Here are to bo had also the commou gold "aud
sdvei- fan, the iinuy and other varieties. Besides doing an ex-
tensive goldfish business, there are also raised at the Spi-ing Lake
Fisheries thousands of watei' lilies and other aquatic plants,
which are shipped to all ])oints. A big business is also done in
tadpoles and frogs.

LEWIS WILLIAM HOLMLi!.

That "mail lives not to liiiiiisi'll' alone " is an assurance that
is aiiii>ly vcntu'd m all llio aliairs ol liio, liut lis peiiinouce is uic
more jiatcnt in those instances wliere persons liave so enijdoyed
their inlioreut talents, so iniprovcnl their opjiortiinities and so
marshaled their forces as to gain in-esti!;^' which linds its aiiyle of
indncncc ever broadening in practical beneliceiice and huiaaii
heljjfiilness. He whose ])rodiictive activities are directed aloiii;
legitimate and normal lines is by wry virtue of tliat fact exertuig
a force which conserves human progress and prosiierity, and the
man of capacity for bi.i;siucss affairs of importance finds himself
an involuntary steward upon whom devolve large responsibilities.
To the extent that he a])preciates these duties and responsil)ilities
and proves faithful in jiis stewardship does he also contribute to
the well Iteing of the world in which he moves. The late Lewis
William Holmes, for many years a well known business man of
Indiana]")olis, was essentially a man who "did things" and this
accomplishment was altogether worthy in all the lines in which he
directed his enci-gies. As a man of ability, sturdy integrity and
usefulness, and as a citizen representative of the utmost loyalty
he merited consideration liy his fellow men, and his life record is
deserving of a place in this publication, vshicli touches those who
have given to and sustained the civic and material prosperity and
precedence of our capital city and tlierefore the state of Indiana.

Mr. Holmes was born in Jackson county, Indiana, January
17, 1847. He was the son of John Wesley Holmes and Catharine
(Peck) Holmes, Ijoth of whom were natives and life-long residents
of Jackson county, each representing sterling old pioneer families.
John W. Holmes was born at what is known as "(irassy Forks,"
February 28, 182.'>. He was a farmer in his younger days and he
became the owiier of valualile farm and town ])ropeity, having
been a man of industry and thrift. Before the railroad was Ijuilt
through to INFedora, Indiana, he coiulucted a country store for
sonic time, and after the I'oad was coiii]>leted he engaged in the
mercantile liusincss at "Medora, buihliug u]i a large trade. lie
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flueiu'c in Ill's coinimmity. His (K;itii dccuiivd on Dcct'inlx'r 2,
lW)i), his wiiV- liaviiiij; j)ii'fi'(l(.'d him lit llic grave January 21, lS!jr>,
at llio agi; ul' sixty-si'\ I'li years, iicr hirlh liaving occuitccI July 17,
1845.

Eiirlil chihlrcp M-'.']-c horn to <Ii;liu W. Iluhiu's ami wii'c, iianu'd
as follows: Lewis William, subject oi' this nieinoir; Koljert is de-
on-MiOfi- iv.i;i.;i< . ; ...>.wi^.l ]/i. ,J.ime.-> i\iCiViiJien; JJanicl was
next in order of hirth; Idclia, who married l^ewis Earnest; Edgar
was the sixtli chihl; Li'ota, now tleceased, married Andrew Vrool-
ery; Ken lives in Jndianapolis.

Lewis AV. Holmes, of this sketch, grew to manhood in .Jack-
son couiity, this state. Jle was educated in the |iul)lic scliools and
later studied pharmacy iii Cincinnati, Ohio, lie then entered his
father's store as a clerk for a short time. In 18G8 he opened a
drug store at Medora, Indiana, and after a very successful career
there sold out to his hi-f>ther-in-law, Uj'. James McMillen, in li-'SG
and moved to Toi)eka, Kansas, where he accepted a position in
the office of the Santa Fe Railroad Company, remaining in Kan-
sas for a period of nine years, rendering the most faithful and
acceptable service to the compaii}-, being regarded as one of tlieir
ablest employes, also as one of their most trusted.

But during these ycai'S he always had a longing to I'etnrn to
the drug bu^ iness, and in 1894 he moved his family to Indianapolis
and purchased a drug store on the corner of East Tenth and Bevel
streets, taking his eldest son, Ferdinand, in partnership with him.
Later they moved to the corner of Jefferson avenue and East
Tenth street, and from th.erc I)ack to the first location, which had
been remodeled in the meantime. Later the store was moved to
the corner of East Tenth street and Keystone avenue, where they
had erected a l)uilding for this purpose. Ferdinand Holmes, the
son, has taken full charge of the store since tlie death of his fatlic]',
Lewis "Williain Holmes, which occurred on April 12, 1912, at his
l)leasant home. No. 1110 North Ke.vstone avenue. Young Holmes
is carrying out most successfully the ])lans inaugurated liy liis
able father.

Fi'aternally, Lewis W. Holmes was a member of tlie Afasonic
order, with which he associated himself while in Brownstown
mauv veaT's before his death, and he ever stood higli in this time-
honored order. Politically, he wa.s a loyal licpiiblican, but pre-
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liis homo, ratlior tliaii 1o pulilic lilV. In l•(■]i^■i()lls iiialtc rs lie was
a woj'tliy int'iiibor ol' tlio Clwisliaii cliuri h. Jit- was a k*»<''1 ^i"''
upright man, a Chiisliau in every sense ol' (he word, and lie en-
joyed till' conlidenee and good will of all concerned, ills husi-
Jiess ae(|uaintauces regarded biin as a man wimse word was as
good as his note. After his death it was said id' him lluil he was
one of the sqnarost men who over engaged in hnsniess on Jentii
.street. Among the many letters of condtdenee receiv(;d by Mrs.
Holmes after the death of her hnshaiid, the following will show in
what high esteem he was held by those w ith whom he did l)nsiness,
this being similar to many othei's; it eanie from the old and well
known firjn of Daiuel Stewart C'omi)any, wholesale druggists and
niannfaetnring ehennsts and perfuinei's, and was written by Will-
iam Scott, president of that concc'rai, under date of April 1:5, 1912:
"Dear !Mrs. Holmes — I have just learned of the dealh of your
husband and hasten to extend my most sincere sym[)alhy in your
bereavemeiit. .Mi'. Holmes was one of iiiy old friends, a man in
whom I had every conlidenee and who ricldy deserved it. His
death will be a loss to the business connnimity in lndiana])olis, as
his commercial record is without blennsh. I. will miss him not
only as an old and valued customer, l)ut as a friend that it was
always a ijlcasme to meet and his death I do most sincerely regret.
Again extcndin;, my sympathy to yourself and the members of
youi- family, witli kindest regards, l)elieve me very sincerely
youi's."

Hegai'ding the funeral of ^Ir. Holmes we (piote from the In-
dianapolis Sun: "The funeral of L. ^V. Holmes, the pi'onnnent
di'uggist who died Friday evening afto- an illness of one year,
will be held .Monday at two o'clock at the family residence. No.
llfO North Keystone avenue. Interment will be made in Crown
Hill cemetery. The funeral will be ])ri\ ate. Fiiends may call at
the home Sunday afternoon and evening. ^Ir. Holmes came to
Iudiana])olis eighteen years ago from Topeka, Kansas. He is
survived by the widow, two sons, Albert 1\. and William P.
Holmes, and one daughter, Mrs. Winona Shaelfei', all oi' Indian-
apolis."

On October 28, 186fj, Lewis William Holmes was uinled in
marriage with Sarah T\ii-k))atriek, a daughter of Ceorge ^^^ and
Melissa (TTojikins) Kirki^atrick, a highly esteemed old Indiana
fannly. Mrs. Holmes, who was born, I'oared and educated in this

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state, is the ouly child of her fatlii'i's iiist iiuiou. llci- iiiotiur
died whcu Sarah Kirlq.iatriok was only six years uld.

The uniou oi; Lewis ^V. ilohucs aiul Sarah (ivirkpaliick)
llohncs was blessed by the birth of three children, as iutiinati'd
iu a proccdiug p.iragr.iph, naini'ly: William l-'cnliiiand, wiio luai-
ried Cathci'iiU' Marshall a)id who is engaged in Ihe drng Ijusiness;
Ai'ueit, uliu luaniea cameiiue Jjiliieion, and lliey Jiave one cliild,
Alberta; Winona married Oscar Shaeffej-, whose death occurred in
]909; she makes her home with her niDth.er. Mr. and ^Irs. Jlohnes
have made the eastern part of the city their residence since locat-
ing in Indianapolis. They built the present comfortable and at-
tractive biuigalow on Xoith Kevstonc avenue iu 1910.

THOIviAfci M. HONAN.

liavo Avon rccoguitioii aud success fur tbcuiselves ami at the same
time conferred honor uijon the conniionwi'altli, would be iiieom-
plcte were there failure to make delinile mention of the gentle-
man whose name introduces this review, Thomas M. lionaii,
whose name is a familiar one in this state, where he has held
worthy prestige in legal and political circles. JJe lias beeJi dis-
tinctivel}' a man of affairs, wielding a wide iniluence among those
with whom he has associated, ever having tlie welfare of his state
at heart aud doing what he could to aid in its piogress aud de-
velopment. He firmly believes the old lloosicr state to l»e one of
the most attractive, progressive and i)rospcrous of any in the
Union and it has always been due to sucli men as Mr. llonan that
she coidd justly claim a high order of citizeuslii]) aud a spirit of
enterprise which conserved consecutive development and marked
advancement along all lines of upbuilding. The state of Indiana
has been, aud is, signally favored in the class of men who have
administered its affairs in official capacity, aiid this is one of the
connections in which ilr. ilonan demands recognition, serving
his communit.v aud the commonwealth faithfully aud ably in po-
sitions of responsil'ility. lie achieved a splendid record at the
bar at an age when most moi are merely starting out on their life
work, for from the beginuing he was intensely methodical and
unswervingly })ersistent in search of the true light a:id of the
essentials of the legal foundations, and in soui-ces of legal con-
ception and thought, holding devoutly to the highly embellished
record of equit}^ the invai-iable tlieroeins of law, the sure, cer-
tain, invincible methods of pj-actice; therefore success could not
help crowning his efforts aud attracting to him ])ublic recogni-
tion and appreciation.

Thomas Af. Ilonan was born at Seyiuour, d.ickson county, In-
diana, on the Sth of August, 18()7. lie is the son of dauies aud
^fary (Giger) nonau, who were mniilu-rcd among tlie early set-

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tiers ol' Jaclcson couiily. The .siiI)J(M'1 is iiulchlcd to the (•tiiniiioii
schools l"or his clciiiciitaiy fducalinii. Drsiiiiig- Lu cuiitimiL' his
studies lie then eiiUrt'd ilauovcr Collcj^c, at Madisou, Indiajia,
and afterwards eiilcred Indiana Liiiivcrsity, wiierc in due time lie
was gi'adualed. Jn Ihin) Jie was admitted to tlie liai' and at once en-
tered upon tlu' active practice of liis profession. J-'rom the 1)(>
gimiing .Ml'. Itunan was actively interested in ail ])uljlic all'airs
and with healthy zest he entered the political campaigns of his
party, proving- an eflective and potent inllueiice in his localily.
ITe was elected prosecuting attorney of the forty-second judicial
district and so satisfactory was his discharge of the duties of the
office that he was twice re-elected, thus sei'ving tliree terms, an
iinnsnal honor and speaking well foi- his ability and popularity.
He also gave efficient and satisfactory service for four years as
attorney for the city of Seymour, lie was slated foi- still further
jjublic honor and recognition, however, and v/as elected to repre-
sent Jackson county in the lower Ikjusc of the Legislature, where
lie served during the sixty-fourth, sixty-fifth aud sixty-sixth ses-
sions, being elected sjicaker of that body during his last legisla-
tive term. As a legislator he served on a Junuber of the most im-
portant committees of the house, Ijeiiig instrumental in secur-
ing the passage of nnich important and needed legislation. As
the speaker of the House, i\lr. Ilonan earned tlie commendation
of that body, being eminently fair and imi»artial in his decisions
and ])residing over its deliberations iu a dignified, yet courteous,
manner that wou for him at once the respect of all.

Iu 1910 jNIr. Ilonan became the nominee of the Democratic
party for the office of attorney-general of Indiana and was elected
in November. Ilis administration of the responsible office of
which he is now the incuinl)eut has been noteworthy for its abil-
ity, impartiality aud promptness, and he quickly proved his pre-
paredness and fitness in every resjx'ct for the high jiosition. ITe
has by natui'e and training a judicial mind, clea)' in analysis and
fair in decisions, and in this connection he has widely extended his
circle of persfuial, legal and political friends, his popularity being
the I'csult of his ability and s])lendid j^ersonality. Having a pro])-
er conception of the dignity of his ])rofessi()n, he has jjursued his
calling with all the interest of an enthusiast and is llioi'oughly in
harmony with the spirit of his labors. A finished scholai" aud

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polished f;(Mitl('Ui;ni, lie is not narrow or [x-dantic, l)ut is easily a
man of (lie tiuies, broad and lilicral in his views and lias the eour-
age of his eonvictions on all (he leading;- pnlilie (|Uestions and
issues npon wliich men and parties divide. Jle keei)s in trend
Y.ith modern th<Mi<.Tlit m1oii<>; its vai'ions lines and is a man of sehol-
arly and refined taste, while his familiarity with the praetieal af-
r.dio >.,r 11. V, J..y ::;:il:.':' ^'.'v ^""^ "^^ o-^cn with nil elnsses OTid eon-
ditions of ])eople whom lie meets.

JAMES M. PUilVIANCE.

Kcciin-fiu'c to t.lie past, with relicclious and association wliicli
make it ap]<v.ar in lilV-iikc review before our mental vision, will
continno as of yore to Ix- a source of nnicli satisfaction; hut e.s]»eci-
uVi\ wiivLi uca- persoiiain\ anu ioj-niei' liiend.s, liapiJily interwoven
ill some ])leasaut incident, will the ])icture thus reHected be more
]ileasing. These reminders, however, often \'aiiish and pass away
with tlic life of the ])articipaiits when no landmarks remain to
serve as a background for the pieture engraved on the tablets of
moinory, the impressions of which are but remodelings of others.
To i)reservc these from oblivion before they have lost theii- dis-
tinguishing originality is the work devolved upon the writer of
local liistory and l)iogra]ihy. These both fail in their mission
when they fail to preserve the life features connected with their
trust. Biogra])hy, more than anything else, commands the most
interested attention for the reason that it is a rccoi'd of those who,
in times gone by, traveled the tliorny pathway of life as com-
panions, acquaintances, friends or relatives. To jn'eserve from
forgetfulness the simple story of their exjieriences and record
their nets, liowever uneventful, is a task attended with much plea-
sure and fraught with great good to humanity. Especially is this
the case when the subject, like tliat of the well remembered and
highly honored citizen whose name forms the ca2)tion of this
article, has led a useful, honorable and successful life and has been
of distinct benefit to his conuuunity in all the relations with the
world.

James ^f. Purviance, for many years one of the leading agri-
culturists of ITuntington county, Indiana, and a puldic-spirited
citizen who in every way merited the high esteem in wliieli he was
held by all who knew him, was born in .Tackson township, that
county, December 8, 18H, on the farm of his father, James Purvi-
ance, who was ])orn in T\entucl:y in 1P0-1, and there he spent his
early life and married Sarah E. Ferguson, and they came to ITunt-
ington county, Indiana, in 1844, being thus among the pioneer
settlers here. The mother of the subject of tlii.s memoir was l)orn
in Bourbon county, ]\entucky, in 1813. P)0tli parents are now
deceased. They become the jiarents of three ehildi'eii, and they
became ver\' comfortablv established here on a farm.

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James ]\I. Purviaiicc grew to niaiiliood ou [hv lionic farm and
tlicrc assisted witli tlic geiit'j-al work diirini;- llic ci'oj) seasons, at-
tending the neighlioi-ing schools in the winteitinie, later studying
at Koanoke Senunary, where lie took a general eonrse. Return-
in"; to the honiestoMd, he rissistcd his f'nthcr on the same until he
decided to take up i)harniacy. Tie acct)rdingly went to the town

again returned to tlie liome farm, not having found the course of a
liharmacist altogether to liis liking, and he thus made general
farming and stock raising his life work. He remained at home
until he was twenty-seven yeai's old, finally buying a farm of his
own three miles north of Huntington, and he remained one of the
most progressive and active fanners in Clear Creek township dur-
ing the rest of his life, making a specialty of stock raising of all
kinds and varieties, and no small part of his large annual income
was dei'ivcd from the jndicious handling of live stock. lie made
a specialty of sheep, Oxford Downs breed, which, owing to their
fine qualities, always found a very ready market. On taking
possession of his farm in 1870 he found an area of but thirty acres
ready for cultivation, and he at once addressed himself to the work
of clearing more land, a task beset with inany difficulties that
would have disconraged many of less sterling mettle. Having
had a laudable desire to provide as good a home as possible for his
family, he sjiared little time from his labors, which, in due course
of time, AA'cre rewarded, and he subsequently had one of the best
improved and most desira])le and productive farms in liis town-
ship, consisting of one hundred and eighty acres, all under a high
state of cultivation but fort}' acres, the general condition of the
farm bespeaking for the proprietor a familiarity with all the de-
tails (if advancing methods of agriculture. Tie had a large brick
I'csidence in the midst of ])loasant surroundings. Like his father,
he was verv successful in his life work and was one of the count}' 's
most prominent citizens. Fi-om 1890 to 1893 he carried on a dairy
business in connection with general farmiiig, and this he found
reasonably remimerative by reason of his j)roximit}' to Hunting-
ton.

Politically, Mr. Pni'viance was a Ivejiublican and was influen-
tial in the affairs of his ])arty. He sei-ved as trustee of Clear Creek
township eight years, and as a pnblic servant discharged his duties
in such an able manner as to win the hearty a])proval of all con-
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iii.stig;tt(»r aiul one of the proinotcrs in llic huildini; i.F a lii-li s.-liool
ill tlie towtisliij) in whifli he livtul.

Mr. J'luviaiicr was one of tlie patiioUc suns (.f llic Noilli wlio
gave Ills si'iviec's to the Union (lmiii<; the groat war between the
states, liaving enlisted dm-iiig tlie latter ]iart of tlie struggle in
Company ]i, Ojie Iluiulred and Fifty-third Indiana Volunteer lu-
fantrv. in ISli"), ;iiul wic inn^-tm-nri ^■>^^,^ , ,•;„ .,i t i ^ ,

there he proceeded with his irginient to Indianapolis, thence to
Clarksville, 'reuiiess<>e, and later to iro])kinsville, Kentucky,
where he did various kinds of military duty. Subsequently ho
was transferred with his command to Louisville, where he" was
honorably discharged, I'etiwning immediately thereafter to Hunt-
ington county to again engage in the peaceful pursuits of a civil
life. As a result of his military career ho was a member of the
James J^. Slack Post, (Irand Ai-iny of the l?ei)ublic, at Huntington.
On March ?,, 3870, James M. Pui-viance was united in marriage
to .Maiy Jane .Mishlcr, a native of Huntington county, Indiana,
born October 20, 1847, and a daughter of Abraham and Rebecca
(Smith) Mishlo]-, early pioneers of this county. Mr. IMishler was
born in .Alontgomery coiinty, Ohio, and his death occurred on Juno
25, 3903; his wife was also born in the same locality in Buckeye
state, and her death occurred in August, 1909. It Avas in 1843
that Abraham Mishlei' and wife )-emoved fi-om their old homo and
located in Iluntiugton county, Indiana, and here they became
prominent farmers and well known. Of their three children,
]\rrs. Piu-vianee is the only survivoi-. She is a member of the First
?»Iethodist r']piscopal church in Huutingtoii. She is very active
in missionary work. She belongs to the Daughters of Rebekah.

Six children were born to James M. Purviauee and wife,
named as follows: Grace j\[., who was educated at Central Col-
lege, is now living in Los Angeles, California; Marshall P., who
married Maude .AFauerr, of Huntington, lives on the old home
farm; Blanche R. maii-icd Paul Judson, of Los Angeles, California,
and they make their home in that city; Clements A. lives in Rock
Island, Illinois; Ruth S. lives at the family home. No. 725 East
Ti])ton street, Huntington, Indiana; Agnes J. also lives at home.
The family has lived in Huntington for some time, giving up the
fai-in after the death of Mr. Purviauee, which occun-cd on April
25, 1903. He was one of the county's most estimable citizens, with
a well established cliaracter for integrity, public-spirit, hospital-
ity, honorable living and an unblemished record.

FREDERICK SAMUEL COOPER GRAY.-3T0N, M. D.

Ainoug those who have stood as disthij^uislicd typos ol" the

y,-n,-\A\- .,.r.v1.ovo ^vo.. f1,,. |-,fo 11,- 7^^.,.fl r^vW.l- tj.i,,,,,r.l (Vim.or Clr?tVS-

toxi, wlio was one of tlic able and lioiiorcd iiioiiecr physioiaus aud
surgoous of northern Indiana. Jle was a man of line iutcllectual
and ])r()fessional attainments, of most graeions personality, of
strojig and nohle eliaraeter, and one who hdjoved with zeal aud de-
votion in the alleviation of hnman suifering. As one of those
who have lent dignity and honor to the medical profession in
Indiana aud who brought to his ehosen voeation the strength aud
devotion of a great soul and a great mind, it is most consonant
that. an extended tribute to his memoiy be entered and perpetu-
ated in this history.

Doctor Grayston was horn at Woodbridge, Suffolk, England,
Api-il (), 1823, being the third son of Bartholomew aud Lucy Grays-
ton, v.-ho also were natives of Englaud. ]Iis early life was spent
in his native country and at the close of his academic studies he
became the assistant of his father, an attorney, passing several
years in this manner. Law not being congenial to his tastes, he
seciu'ed a position with the London Pharmaceutical Society,
where he studied phaniiacy and practical chemistry. lie subse-
quently became the assistant to a jdiysician, during which time his
inclinations for the ])rofession increased and definitely settled his
purpose in life, and he made a study of various branches of medi-
cine.

On ^fay 1, IS 19, he was united in marriage to Isabella Cust-
ance, who was born in Sutton, on the Isle of Ely, ]-]ngland, July
3, 1830. The city of Ely has long been noted for its old historic
cathedral. The house in which she was born was almost exactly
like the home of Shakespeare. She was the youngest of six chil-
dren, the daughter of James and Sarah (Ellis) Custance, who
were born in England. Iler father died when she was a small
child, and she can scarcely remember him. She was eight years
old when she left for America with her mother and stepfalher,
William Baron ITcath, who was sent from l^iglaud to Canada to
be ordained as Episcopal minister. Thev were shipwrecked on
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Sable Ishiiul and lior niothor died in the county, fifty miles froin
Halifax, from exposure on the rei-ks, where she was {•onipeUed
to remain all nij^ht. The steamer erashcd oii the roclcs, in a fog,
near the site of the si)iking of the "Titanie." Mrs. Cirayston's
mother was brought to Nova Scotia for burial. 'PIkmi tlio family
started for New Yoi'k, and again their shiji was wrecked on Sandy
Hook, the vessel sinkin<r xovv soon nffov flu. 1■ocf•1lr^ i\f +]io p^c-
scngers and ei-ew, having struck a sand bank with such force as to
shattei' her hull. Finally reaching New York, they went to
Poughkeepsie, where they renjained two years with Fannie Cust-
anee, sister of ^Mrs. Grayston. Then she and her sister retui'iied
to England and she attended boarding school in Cromwell House
in St. Ia'cs, IIuutingdo)isliire, about three years, then, when nine-
tcnn 3'ears of age, she was mairied to Doctor Gj-ayston, in Chat-
tress, in the Ei:)iseopal church. In 1850 the couple came to Amer-
ica and was shipwrecked on the coast of "Wexford, Ireland, making
the third shipwreck before she was twent}' yeaj's old. Coming
west to visit a brother, James Boston Custance, they decided to
locate iu Huntington, Indiana, but tlie following spring they
moved to Cincinnati temporarily, where the Doctor became a
student of Professor Lawson, attending ]n-ivate classes in the
ho.spitals. He next matriculated in the ^Medical College of Ohio,
receiving a full course of lectures in that institution. He then
returiied to Huntington and practiced until 18G0, when he entered
the Chicago ]\fedical College, from which he was graduated with
prize honors. Next he entered Kush ^Medical College, after which
he pursued a special medical course in the Chicago ^Medical Col-
lege, in which he gave special attention to the study of diseases of
women. In 1862 he was graduated in the ])olycIinic department
of the Bellevue ]Medical College, New York City. He was elected
l)rofessor of the diseases of children in the Port "Wayne ^Medical
College and subsequently filled the chaii's of pathology and theory
and ])ractice. In 1861 he was appointed, by President Lincoln,
an examining surgeon for invalid pensioners, which oflficc he tilled
twenty years. In 1880 the degree of iVIastcr of Arts was con-
ferred upon him by Butler University. He contributed several
articles to medical science wbich were widely published. He was
one of the charter mend)ers of the Cosmopolitan CIul^, having
served as its jiresident for one year. He very nuich enjoyed the
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its (li.S('U.s.si()ii.s. In all ])ul)lic allaiis ol' the ciLy and in iialioiiai
politics, he always sln)\vc(l a willini;' hand and patriotic i)articiiia-
tion.

J)oclor (ii'aystou was very successrul in liis chosen life work
aiiu cujuyou .1 large and liicnitivi. prattice, ranki)ig with the lead-
ing medical men (d' thi' state and tiie middle West, and iie gave
eiiiiueiii ."liiLiMueiniji lu an cuiiici iicu in e\».i_v pu.-^ini-iu ui. tmcit

wliieh was hestowed on him. lie held a membership in the
National .Medical Association, the Indiana State Medical So(dety,
the llnutington Connty JNIedical Society and an honorary mem-
bershij^ in the Cilrant County JMedical Soeiety. lie w^as an active,
persistent and ])rogressive worker imd recognized the fact that a
man is never too old to learn, lie was a charter member of the
Cosmopolitan Club and did more for its success than any other,
active in the discussion of all papers presented Ijefoi-e the club,
and liimself i)rei)aring some of the best ones given since the club's
foundation.

The city of riunti)igton was startled on Octobei- 28, 1898, at
the ainiouncemeut that Doctor Crayston was stricken with
paralysis. All that love could suggest and skill accomplish was
done to help and restore him. AW effoj-ts wei'e in vain, and he
passed to his etei-nal rest on November 5, 1908, at the age of
scventy-iive years, seven months and tweJity-nine days. During
his eventful life of over the Psalmist's allotted thi-ee score and ten
years, many incidents of deepest interest have occurred. So far
as his medical profession was concerned he was a self-made man
and fought his own way to the inevitable position which he so long
held at the head of the medical profession in Indiana. lie was a
}nan among nien and a child among childivn. Nothing ever gave
him more luiadultei'ated pleasure than to romp and joke with his
grandchildren, l^oth he and his wife were members of the E])is-
copal church in England. In 1869 he became a member of the
Christian church, having been preceded in membership by ]Mrs.
Orayston. lie i-emained to the Inst an ardent, active worker in
the church and was president of the board of officers for a number
of years. Politically he was a Pepublican and was very active
in party and ])ublic affairs in general. He was a man of charitable
impulses, and was very lilx'ral. He was a great j-eader, remain-
ing a profound student all his life and he had one of the most
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especially in history, and lie. knew llie n.niics and liistory of every
l»roniinent royal I'aniily in liluropc lie was a gix-at. lover of" his
home and spent as nnich time as })ossil>le with his family and
among liis books at liis commodious residence at No. 708 Noi-th
Jeffcrjon atrcct v.-hcrc }>\i\<. (Irayston still resides and where ln-r
many warm friends frcpicntty gather. She is a devout memher
V,. Liii v..«.iitiui v/iii i.iuiiii miiicii, auu js \VL\ acii\i' in iiic \\ ojiv
of the same. During her (continuous residence in Die old home-
stead of forty yeai'S she has seeji the town gi'ow from a village
of little impoi'tanee to a city of consequence, and she recalls many
interesting reminiscences of the early days.

.Five childi'cn were born to Doctor (ili'ayston and wife,
namely: Boston JI. 13., Sarah I., Charles E., Anna and Frederick
W. I>oth the daughters are deceased, but the scms survive. All
received excellent educational advantages and made splendid
records as medical students, and tbey are now wi'll known and
successful ])hysicians of Huntington, having formed, years ago,
witli their father, the firm Drs. Oraj'ston. Up to the time of liis
death the elder Doctor answered many calls and attended many
palients, though all of the heavy work of the firm was done by the
sons for years during the latter part of his life.

The Huntington Herald, in speaking of Doctor Grayston's
dcatli, said, in jjart: "Huntington has lost a man whose citizen-
shi]) has been an lionor to liumauity. Clean, courteous, honorable
in all the walks of life, he won and retained the respect of all dur-
ing the nearly fifty years he was identified with this people. Be-
loved as a man and ph3'sician, honored and esteemed by old and
young, his death is regarded as a personal calamity in hundi'cds
of households in the county. The example of his life is worthy of
emulation, and the woi'ld is brightened by his eai'tldy career."

The Rev. H. C. Keudrick, who was for eight years the pastor
of the immediate subject of this memoir, paid him, in part, the
following tril)ute:

"There is no more important study, especially for the young,
than the ])iography of the wise and good. The lives of the noble
and pure remind us that we also may become worthy and useful.
It is well to tell tlie story of the life and work of that many-sided
man. Dr. F, S. C. Grayston. 'i'o be intimately ac'iuainted with him
was an insi)ivation. The much-loved boys who read these lines,
whi(;h but feebly descrilic tliis beautiful character, as they look

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into the future may ask, *Cau \vc become mon? (Jan wc achieve;
anytliing for ourselves or others? Can wc he as courteous to all,
as afiectiouatc iu our homes, as pure in our thoughts, as iudustri-
ous and ambitious iu our professions and pursuits f They may
be moved to press toward the goal of some high calling. Every-
thing about Doctor Grayston spoke of largeness and nobility,
lie iouiveJ and acLod like a uobleiiiau. He had faitli iu liio fellow
men. He had high conceptions of what it is to be a man. His
character was of such a high order as any father uiay well dc\sire
to i>lace before his son, as any teacher before his inipil. Thei'e
are many witnesses to the splendid qualities which have endeared
him to his friends, and made his name honored and respected.
He had noble qualities of mind and heart not apjireciated Ij^' the
many. His was a rare and fine intellect. His physical powers
were marvelonsly developed. He wonld see more and feel more
in a moment than the phlegmatic could see in a week.

"The Doctor was a scholar. He had no superior, if an equal,
in this particular, in the community. He was not only a great
student of medicine, but a careful student of many questions.
He was a voluminous aud thouglitfid reader of the best books,
journals and papers. He was not only familiar with the stirring
scenes and rapid progress of his ovra country, but was well i)i-
formed concerning the current events and restless sjiii-it of mod-
ern Eiu-oi)e. K he had given his thought and time to literary
pursuits, he would have made a writer that would have com-
manded the respect of the thoughtful. Those who heard his able
papers read before the Cosmopolitan Club or have read them in
printed form will readily acquiesce in this statement.

"The Doctor's home was his castle. There was no spot so
dear to him. Here he foimd rest, peace and consolation. After
the abrasions of a busy day he joyfully turned toward the old
home. Hi the hour of trial, anxiety, or sickness, he had one chief
consoler — the dear wife. Her presence, words aud touch would
frequently act like a talismau to drive aAvay the enemies to his
comfort. How he loved and appreciated the companion who so
long shared his joys and sorrows. And how beautiful was his
affection for his children and grandchildren. If he could, how
gladly wonld he have borm^ for them all their sorrows and griefs.
The Doctor's girat day was Thanksgiving Day. This was the
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some special frieuds, always iucludiug bis pastoj' and ramily, were
invited to come aud cat Thanksgiving dinner.

"As a physician Doctor Cij-aystou was tlioughtl'ul, carclul,
sympathetic, and conscientions. ilc never sull'cred himsell' to
become a 'back numlx-j-.' ilc w;is Caniillar with all new discover-
ies iu surgery aud medicine. He was proud ui' his i)rofessiou.
He asi)ired. as cvfM-y +'-n.. iJ-y..;,-;-- {[,;^^^ '^^ '^^ ^ licuicr ui men.
He was iu teudcrest sympathy witli his sui^l'eriug patient, lie
would suli'cr with him. While others slept he would sit up to
tliink and study for sonic sick one that he had attended the pre-
vious day. He will be long aud tenderly remembered by hun-
dreds oi" patients iu lluntingtou aud adjoining counties.

"Doctor Graystou was a Christian. He Avas an honoj-cd and
most worthy mcmbej' of the Central Christian church of Hiuiting-
ton. He was liberal iu Jiis ofierings and wise iu his counsels. His
love and apin'cciation of the church increased until he was
stricken. He took the greatest iiiterest and pride iu all its ad-
vancemcuts and improvements. He had great faith and beautiful
hope. He was a man of dail}- prayer, aud he frequently said, 'I
nev(!r saw the day when 1 was not a ])eliever iu Cod, Christ and
the .'Mble.' This one who so thought, and loved, and lived, still
lives aud loves. The grave is not the end of the one we so nmch
loved. Dyiug is not folding the wings, but ]iluuiiug the pinions
for new and larger flight."

Hundreds of letters of sympathy wei-e received l)y .Mi'S.
Craystoii at the time of Doctor (k-ayston's death. Of the many
compliments paid him, one said lie was to Huntington what (Had-
stone was to England. Doetoi- Graystou was a great admirer of
the great English statesman, and the compliment thus paid had a
peculiar significance.

SIMON YANDSS.
A in;ui wlio gave the best of an essentially strung, noble aud

practical pliilantbroinsts, was Simon Yaudcs, the results ol whose
lite are full ot insi)iration and incentive. He was the sou of" ])aniel
Yaiides, also a proniiiient pioneer citizen of l)idiana, and he was
boru in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, January 5, 181G. When
lie was two years old his parents brought him to Fayette county,
Indiana, whei'c they established their home and continued to re-
side until March, 1821, when they removed to Indianapolis and
were thus among the earliest residents in the straggling frontier
village; thus from the age of five years until past four score years
the subject continued a ]-esidcnt of Indiana's capital, where he
made his life count for good in all its relations and where his mem-
ory is revered by all who knew him, for his history and that of
the world's greatest inland city is pretty much one and the same,
he having witnessed its ever.y vicissitude aud played ■well his part
in its wondrous growth. He made the best use possible of his
meager educational advantages, and later attended the University
of Indiana, and he was graduated from the law school of Hai-vard
University in 1839 in a class which bore among its names whicli
later became distinguished those of James Ru.'=sell Lowell, Rich-
ard Henry Dana, E. R. Hoar, W. jAf. Evarts, W. W. Story and
others equally noted. Upon no less an authority than the eminent
poet and diplomat, James Russell Lowell, rests Ihe early impres-
sion that ]\lr. Yandes was one of the best men in his class. After
his graduation j\Ir. Yandes returned to Indianapolis and became
associated with the leaduig law firm of the state at that time,
Fletcher & Butler, Avith which he continued for four years, latei-
conducting an individual practice for four years, then formed a
pai-tnersliip with Oliver if. Smith, still later with C!yrus 0. Ilines.
In 1858 he was a candidate for the office of associate justice of
the supreme court, but was defeated with the rest of the ticket.
Just before the Civil war he retired from practice, as he had ac-
cumulated what was then considej-ed a fortune and thereaftei- he
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affairs. lie luul hceu iTi;';ii(lf(l as one of Indiana's {^iTalcst law-
yers.

As a biKsiiU'ss iiiaii he was ilic [k'vv ot" any in his day and
gcncratioji and aia-unuilati'd a large fortuuc, wliicli he disti'ibnted
durin!/ Iiis old n;.^'.' to varior.:^ ju.;t i..ra»L-.->, gisiny away lu cliaritics
aud cluirclics aud stJ'Uggling educational institutions a hall' million
dnllivc^ "*.V;'br4.:I. CvIL„o .li, Cidu jun.is\iae receiving one liundred
and fifty thousand dollars, lie gave sixty Ihoiisaud dollars to the
Indiana ^lissionar3' Society and one hnndixul thousand dollars to
foreign missionary soeieties, litly thou.saiid dollars to home mis-
sionary soeieties; about four hundred thousand dollars was also
distributed among relatives, making his total gifts something like
a million dollars. Of him the Boston Globe said, in part: "The
Indianapolis lawyei', Simon Yandes, has, to all intents and pur-
poses, stripped hijnself of an entire fortune, which he might today
have counted in seven ligures, and is content to live among his
books, in a cits' block, on plain food, aud clothed in raiment just
fine enough to be respectable. The lloosier philanthropist pi-ac-
ticed economy, as well as law, inaintained his integrity, and has
thereby been enabled to help the poor, educate as]jii-ing boys and
girls of parents ■who are stiangers to him, spreading the gospel at
home and abi-oad, aud withoiit forgetting his own worthy rela-
tives, making the woi'ld better and brighter."

'^\v. Yandes never mari'ied. His death occuri-ed on Octoljer
5, 1903, at the venerable age of eighty-seven years.

HON. NATHANIEL RICHMOND LINSDAY.

True biography has a inoj'c noble jMirpoKc than iiic'iv J'uIsouk'
t'tiutgs. i.iie iiisLuric t^jtiiii, laiimin id mu lecuid; liiu ui.stnininy
judyuic'ut, luiiiiovcd by prcjiulice and uiicolorcd by iMithu.siasin,
arc as t-sseiitial in giving tbo life of Ihc individual as in writing
the lustory of a i)CO])]e. Indeed, the iiige]iuous)ies.s of the foi nier
picture is oven more vital, because the individual is tlu; iiational
unit, and if tlie iniit be justly estimated the (•oiii[)lex oj'ganism
will become correspondingl}^ intelligible. 'J'he world today is
what the leading men of the past generation have made it, and
this rule nmst ever hold good. From the past comes the legacy
of the present. Art, science, statesmanship and government are
accumulations. They constitute an inheritance upon which the
present generation liave entered, and the advantages secured
from so vast a bequeathment depend entirely upon the fidelity
with which is conducted the study of the lives of the i)rinci]jal
actors wlio have transmitted the legacy. Tliis is cs]ieci;illy true
of those whose influence lias passed l)eyond the confines of local-
ity and i>ermeated the larger life of the state. To such a careful
study are the life, character and services of the late Nalhaniel
liichmond Liusday pre-eminently entitled, not only on the ])art
of the student of biogra])hy, but also of every citizen who, guided
by examiile, would in the present build wisely for the futui-e. In
studying a clean-cut, sane, distinct ehai-acter like that of the .sub-
ject, interpretation follows fact in a straight line of derivation.
There is su; dl use for indirection of puzzling. His character is
the positive expression of a strong nature. As has been said of
him, "lie was distinctively one of the notable men of his day and
generatioii, and as such is entitled to a c<nispicuous place in the
annals of his city, county and state."

Nathaniel R. Linsday was a native of Canandaigua couiity,
New York, where his birth occnn-ed (tn the 4th day of .March,
1<S15! ^Vhen he was but a small child his parents moved to the
wilds of iSIadison county, fudiana, where his father died soon
after ari'iving in tlie new home in the wildei-ness, leaving a widow
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but seven ycius old at tlie tiuic. With uo visible means of sup-
port ami uotbiug but a decidedl}' uulavorable outlook, Mrs. Lius-
day soon returned to her relatives in the East, but }'oung Nathan-
iel, who was elecU'd to remain, made his home for some time with
an uncle, and during the ensuing seven or eight yi-ars ciidurcd all
the hardships, privations and vicissitudes incident In Ul'a in the
h;if'V\vnr.rlc- i), fl'.orc caily uiiji. Uutii his lil'teenUi ye;ij', he was
reared, as he said, "God only knows how." Ills relative being in
indiflercut circumstances, with a family of his ov/n to provide
for, he gave scant attention to the lad and his needs, and for some
time the future jurist had barely sufficient clothing to cover his
body, no books, for which he early manifested a decided taste,
and no advantages in the way of obtaining the education for v^Oiich
lie so ardenth" longed. Later he attended for a limited period
such indifferent schools as the count}' afforded, making u]) for the
deficiency in jn'oper instruction by devoting his liuui's of leisure
to study and by eagerly perusing what Ijooks and papers he was
able to procure, lie grew up strong and rugged, however, and,
being naturally oi)tuiiistic, made the most of svich opportunities
as ijresented themselves, and in due time became not only well
read and widely iiiformed, but a leader among his young friends
and associates.

Judge Linsday began the struggle of life for himself as a
tiller of the soil on a rented farm in Madison county, and it was
while prosecuting his agricultural labors that he v»-as chosen jus-
tice of the peace for his township in the year ]8;"!9, three j'cars
after Ids marriage and setting up of a domestic establishment, lie
appears to have been peculiarly fitted for this minor judicial posi-
tion, and it was not long until his business grew to considerable
magnitude, his reputation as a man of sound judgment and emi-
nent fairness, togetlier with the wisdom displayed in his rulings
and decisions, attracting to his court quite a few cases of more
than ordinary import and interest. While holding the office of
justice of the peace he conceived a strong liking for the law and
the few hours he could save from his labors were devoted to a
careful reading of Blackstone. Ilis evenings also wei-c spent in
the perusal of his favorite author, and not infrequently the small
hours of the morning found him poi-ing over the ]>ages of his
much prized volume, lie purchased his first copy of Blackstone
with wlieat which he sold at seventy-five cents a bushel in Cin-

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ciuuati, and later bought sucli (itlit-r lc'i^:al \v(»rks as lu- was able
to proeuro, uutil i)i the coiwsc ot lour or b\(' vcais hv. bad ac-
cuimilated quite a respectable law library. All llie leisure he could
command was spent in the comi)any of these books, and in due
tiiuu Ik obtained a sound, jmictical Jcnowledge of the ])rincipl(\s
of law, which, with his recognized judgment, sound eonuiion sense

ity, being frequently consulted by bis neighbors on vexed ques-
tions, and by his judicious advice saving not a few of tluin fnuu
expensive litigation.

Afte]- live years as justice of the peace and acquiring a credit-
able reputation ui the discharge of his ofticial duties, Jlr. Lins-
day decided to discontinue his other pursuits and devote Ids entire
attention to the law. Accordingly in 1811 he opened an oftice in
Pendleton, and it was not long until his abilities were recognized
and he obtained his in-oijortionate share of business. In 18-13 he
was the AVhig caiulidate for the Legislature, but by reason of the
overwhelming strength of the opposing party failed of election.
This canvass, which brought him prominently l)efore the public,
was the means of making him a political power among the people,
and from that time on he took an active part in everv canqiaign
and was largely instrumental in fornmlating and directing the
policies of his party in the county of Aladison, besides wielding
a wide influence in district and state affairs, lie was an associate
of the big men of the state in his day, being an especial adnnrer
of Thomas A. Hendricks. In the winter of 18(1 -Judge Lin.^day
had the honor of attending and taking no small jiart in the first
court held in Howard county, then tbe county of J\icliardsville.
In company with Dr. Corydcjn Kiclunond, a cousin, Dr. James
BaiTctt and Louis Snell, he rode to the place where the court
convened, and the first night camped on the i)j'esent site of Ko-
komo, then a dense; woods in which l)ut a single log cabin had
been erected. Having faith in the Fuluif of tbe town and its pos-
sibilities, each of the above gcntleiucn purchased a lot, and before
the close of the year they had their respective cal»ins built aiul
ready for occupancy. By ^lay of the ffillowing year (ISlf)) the
men had their families domiciled, and from tliat time the lives
of two of them were very closely identified with the history ol' tlu;
town and county, one as a leading lawycT- and jurist, the otlur as
a distinguished 2)hysicii\n, each in due season becoming pi-oiuincnt

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ill the local aiTairs and earning a stat(!-\vi<lc ropntatioii in his i)ni-
fessiun. Jiidgo Jjinsilay soon i-oso td i»roniinciit itusilion in Ic;^;!!
.mattiM's, and I'or a nuiiilicr ol years was llif r('co;^i)izc'd head oi' the
Howard county bar, From the time of taking u)) his residence in
the Itnckwnods seat of justice in 1815 until liis death he iu'\er
missed attending a lonii of court, and sucli was his rciiutatitni

fl,,->.,,,o- 4l,.> ;^.;-yly y(_.;:;., ^1" 1.;^, j,, .jv^ i.j, >^ ili.ii, it ^Ui.-5 ±l'lH|UeiU i_\ a

race between litigants as to who should reach liis office first and
secure his services, Jn 1851 he was elected joint representative
from Cass, 'ri])ton and Howard couniies, and his course in the
Legislature fully justified the people in the wisdom of their choice,
as he became one of the leaders of his party in the House, serving
on a number of imi)ortanl comniittoes and taking r.n active and
influential part in the general deliberations and debates on the
floor. In conjunction with lion. Kobert Dale Owen, chairman of
the comniitlee, and others, he assisted in drafting the measure by
which the interests of the women of Tndijuia were advanced and
their pro2)erty rights safeguarded, and he was also influential in
bringing about needed legislation concerning the liipior traffic,
which he had jn-eviously agitated and of which he was to the end
of his days a bitter and unrelenting foe.

In the year ]85G .Mr. Linsday was elected judge of llie court
of comuKm pleas, which honorable position lie held four years,
during which time he discharged his official functions in an able
and satisfactory manner and won recognition among the distin-
guished jurists (d- the state. Retiring from the bench in 18G(), he
resumed the practice of his pi-ofe.ssiun, but in 18G4 was honored
by being elected judge of the judicial coui-t com])Osed of the
counties of Howard, Tipton, Clinton and Grant. The duties en-
tailed by this position were so numerous and arduous as to be
burden.soiiie. Accordingly, aftei" holding one term of court, he
resigned the bench and again took u]» his practice, which had
steadily grown in magnitude mitil his legal business at tlu> time
indicated was second to that of few lawyers in the state.

The Judge was an ardent friend of the I'liiou during tlic
Rebellion and by his voice and induence contributed gi'eatly to
the strengthening of loyal sentiment throughout his own and other
counties and inducing young men to take up arms in defense of
the national honor. He traveled extensively ovei' the coinitry,
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not i}ifri'(jiu'nny luadf stnm;^' mikI tln-illiii};- ji]>i>(';il.s froiii liis
ItiijA'i^y while en iiuilc to liis Viiridus Miipuinimciits. A powciTiil
and clociuc'lit speaker, lie iicxcr I'ailcd lo iiilcrcst liis auditors and
ol'k'ii stirred tlieni to su(di a i)iteli oi" oiithusiasm tiiat nearly every
man within lu'ju'inq e;'>pal)!c of be:;i'ii:i: ai'nis signed the ivtll of
enlistment and in dne time went forth lo tiirht, perchance to die,

iOi iinj in.<in>i wi ail i.i.Mn.vi ...If,. -i ii'i.i .^^v.t. ,.i i. .w ^.;C JlUIpt

resided on a bcantifiil farm ahont one mile west of Kokomo, hut
in the lattei' year j-emoved to the city in whi<'h he continued to
make his home dnrinfi; the remainder of his life. ITe erected a
tine, modern dwellini;' in one of the best residence streets, which
he furnished comfortably and beautifully and which soon be-
came a popular resort for tlie most cultivated and refined circles
of the C(unmnnity.

Judfte Linsday was married in tlie year 183() to IJachel
Shawl, of Pendleton, who dejtarted this life after a nuitually
hai)])y and pi'osperous wedded life of twenty years, leaving three
daughters a)id one son as pledges of her love and affection. Lou-
visa, the (ddest of the daughters, married Thomas J. llai'risou, of
Kokomo; Clementine, the second in order of birth, makes her
home with AFrs. Ilan-ison; Aaron II., the son, who served with a
creditable record during the war of the Rebellion, died in 1907,
leaving a widow, who, ]U'ior to her marriage, was Elizabeth Arm-
strong; Ella, the youngest of the family, is also deceased. Some
time after the death of his first wife, the Judge entered into the
mai-i-iage relation with ^NFrs. Julia Foudi'ay, of Tndiana])olis, wlio
died thi-ee years later, the union being without issue. On Janu-
ary 2, 1876, he took a third wife and helpmeet in the person of
I\Felvina F. Sherman Fowler, the widow of Major ^Manning A.
Fowler, of Kokomo, who survives him and is now one of the
highly esteemed and ])opula)' ladies of the city. Afr. Fowler, for-
merly one of Kokomo 's prominent men of affair.s, was major of
the Seventy-second Ohio Infantry in the Civil war and distin-
guished himself l»y meritoi-ious service during the three years
he was at the front, ^hs. Liusday's fatho]', 'J'liomas Sherman,
was related to Ceneral Sherman, and was born and j'eared in New
lTajn]>.shire. Ifer mothei', Minei-va (Allen) Sherman, was also
bom in New rTam])sl)ire, coming to Trum])ull county, Ohio, with
her parents when two years of age, coming in a wagoii drawn by
oxen. In their new home they first lived in a tent, the wolves
often howling at their door. jMi-s. Linsday was born in Trumbull

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county. B}' lior maiTiagc to i\h)jt>r Fowlci' two cliildi-cii were
born, namely: \\'illiani, a hotel iiuui in LV-oi-ia, Illinois, niarricd
Clara Carouthcrs, oi'llavcnna, Ohio, and lliiiy lia\c one son, \\ ill-
iani, Jr.; Ploreiicc, who niaJiied W. J. .M('l<]lwain, of .Massachu-
setts, now lives witli lier niolhor at tlic Caniily li'«uio, No. 712 West
S^'caniore sti'cet, Kokonio. Mis. Linsday is a member of the
Metliodist Fpisropnl cln.v-.i,^ i>. >i-i'.i^1) -l;- ;;; ;- very iicll/e v.^rLu-
and she is also deeply interested in tli(! woik of tlie ()ij)haiis'
Home. Judge Linsday was a gieat lover of his home and oricu
remarked thai home was the best ])lac',e this side of heaven.

Sufficient has been said to indicate Judge Linsday's high
character and eminent success in the profession to which he de-
voted his life and. energies. In many respects he was a great law-
}'er in that he had. broad A'iews of the law, a profound knowledge
of its basic principles and the ability and tact to apply the same
in the trial of ca.ses, both in the local coni'ts and the coiu't of last
resort. As a judge he brought to the bench a mind enriched by
3'cars of close study and profound rcisearch, which eminently
qualified him for the duties of the po.sitiou, and among lawyers
and litigants as w'ell as the public at lai-ge he was held in the high-
est esteem. Widely i-ead and thoroughly infonned on many sub-
jects, he was an independent thinker and had the courage of his
convictions on all matters and issues concerning which men differ
and parties divide. His legal and judicial experience opened his
eyes, as stated, to a number of time-honored customs in the inter-
])rctation and a]">])lication of the law which he considered weak
and fault}', one of which was the requiring of the unanimous as-
sent of a jury to arrive at a verdict, instead of a majority vote.
This custom, which has come dowji throughout the centuries as
the surest and most satisfactory way of rendering justice and
subserving human rights, he looked upon as illogical, and while
in the Legislature he thought to i-emedy the matter by introduc-
ing a bill embodying his ideas, but it found little favor with the
connnittee to which it was referred and few if any advocates be-
sides himself on the floor. He cared little for popular measures
if founded upon false or incorj-oct principles, but stood fii-mly for
the right as he saw and understood the right and fearlessly a.s-
sailed deep and long established pi'ejudices at the exjiensc some-
times of public favor and the .sacrifir-e of i^ersonal l'iien(lshi))S. Tt
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l)Osili(>ii [() which called, and, willi a characlcr above rcjd'oacli
and no slain njxm liis jndicial cj'ininc, "he slood alone, iVmr S(jnare
to every wind that lilew," an n|>ri_i;]it, nianlv man ol' nohie aims
and hi^h ideals, a progi-essivo citizen with the welfare of liis kind
?it heart and a sjilendid type of tlio hi-na.'l-niinded, virile Ameri-
canism wliich gives moral bone and sinew to the hi»dy politic, and

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caitl). The hiogj-apliy of snch a man as Iif may well serve for au
exani])le and inspiration to the yonth who seriously meditate life,
yet hesitate to lay the fonndation for the stern realities of life
which awaits them, lie began his career under hard conditions,
but, with a persistence which is as rare as it was admirable ad-
hered to his pnrpose, and in due time achieved notable success.
Tlie ci'ude, iidiospitable envii'onments of his youth, however,
were not without their com])ensations. The usual and i)ersistcnt
effort I'eqnired to obtain libei'al qualifications for jn'ofessioiial pur-
suits, in spite of adverse surroundings, develop and strengthen
the mind as labor hardens and renders flexible the muscles. Not
satisfied with existing conditions, he determined to rise above
theni, and to this end he lost sight of every other consideration or
made it sul)ordinatc to the one o])ject in view. Every step in his
progress was the result of matured plans and well dehned pur-
poses. l]y liis courage and energy Iw climl)ed stcadil)' and per-
sistently and stood firmly u])(>u each round of the ladder until he
could reach the next :i))ove and ])lant himself thereon. Although
beginning the study of law at an age when the majority are well
settled in their life work, he determined, regardless of hindrance,
to master the iirinci])les of his profession and rise above medioc-
rity, instead of being satisfied with a mere superficial knowl-
edge, snch as so many professional men undt-r similar cii-cum-
stances ai-e content to acquire. "Whatever success he achieved
during his long, strenuous and honorable career was due to a
careful preparation, a high sense of justice, candor as a counselor,
a religions regard for the truth and courteous doneanor and gen-
tlemanly conduct in all relations with his fellow men. As a prac-
titioner or on the bench no charge or suspicion of any wi'ong-
doing ever tarnished his name or marred his ol^ficial record, his
personal honor was never com])romised and his ])rivate life was
ahvays ]>ure and free fiom fault. TTis friendships weir warm,
steadfast and nevei- without the best causes were they marred

or bi-okeu, wliile ]iis sterliug wortli made Iiiin a power r„r rroo,l
ainoug alJ witli whom he came iu contact.

Judge Lmsday was a believer in the Bil,Ie and a pn.f,.nndly
l'cligi.)u« man, who measnred liis life according to the liigh stand-
ard of excellence which he lonnd iu the personnlilv .ni.l t'eaeliinL's
ot the Man of .\azareth. A lifelong member of the M,.thodist
J^J)i-s.'opal church and a pillar in the Kokomo congrej-ation ho
contributed liberally of his means to the support of the (iospe'l -it
home and abroad and was ever ready to encourage and co-oper-
ate in all hues of religious and charitable endeavor or make any
reasonable sacrifice to advaiice the moral interests of tlie com-
"luuity. Kn uncompromising antagonist of the saloon, he strove
loug and earnestly to remove this plague spot from his fair city
and save the young life from its contaminating influences and to
mm as nmch perhaps as to any one man is due the credit of re-
dnciug the drink evil to a minimum and inspiring a wholesome
■ogard for law and order in the municipality. Judge Linsday's
hfe protracted beyond that of the majority, was replete with
good to his fellow men, and the world was not only honored -reat-
y but blessed by his presence and influence. He died as he had
ived, at peace with his conscience and with his God, and entered
the valley of shadows fearlessly, assured of the welcome a^^'aiting
Jum on the other side. ^

FREDERICK DORNER.

To indulge in prolix i-ucoiiiiiini ol' a lilV wiiit'li was one of dis-
tiuctive modesty and inipi-etentioiism-ss would l)e most incon-
gruous, and yet in reviewing the career ol' the late Frederick Dor-
ner, who was long one ot the hest known llorists oi' northern In-
diana, and who held a position of unequivocal conlideuce and es-
teem in the conununity where be labored to so goodly ends, feel-
ings of admiration are prompted, for he always looked to the gen-
eral good of his fellow men while advancing the interests of his
own household, ever discharging his duties, whether private or
public, in a most conscientious manner, tbereljy winning the ad-
miration and confidence of all who knew him. lie belonged to
that sturdy element of German-American citizens to whom this
country owes so much and wh«) have ever been welcomed, for
they have shown all the high qualities of good citizenship and
have been lo^-al to our institutions in times of peace and national
conflict. His life was exemplary in cverv respect and his memory
will long be cherished by a wide circle of friends and acquaint-
ances throughout this section of the state.

]\[r. Dorner was bom in Haden, (icrmany, 'N'ovember 29,
1S37, and he was the son of Frederick and Christina (Von Shol-
der) Dorner. Ilis paternal grandfather was also born in Ger-
many, reared a family of several children, and died in the laud of
his bii'th at the advanced age of ninety-three years. The mater-
nal grandfather followed the dyer's trade in the fatherland for a
source of livelihood, and died in middle life. Frederick Dorner,
father of the subject, operated a flouring mill for many years, this
being his principal life work, and his mill was popular in his com-
munity. His death occurred in 1873, at the age of eighty-three
years, his wife having preceded him to the grave six years pre-
vious. They spent their entire lives in Germany, never coming
to the United States, even on a visit. They were worthy mem-
bers of the Lutheran church, and they had the respect of all who
knew them, being hard-working, honest and upright. They were
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tlie parents of six cliiUlren, two of whom died iu early life; the
other four were named, Carl, who lived ill Geneva, Switzerland;
Philip, who eanio to America and settled at Frankfort, Indiana;
Adolpli, who made his home at Stuttgart, Wurtcmberg, Germany;
and Frederick, whose name forms the caption of this biographi-
cal memoir.

Frederick Dorner spent liis boyhood days in Germany and
there attended the common schools, receiving a good j^ractical
education, and he gained some knowledge of business the mean-
time by assisting his father iu the mill. Having heard of the great
opportunities that awaited the ambitious young man in the
United States, he bade farewell to his home and early friends
and, when eighteen years of age, set sail for our shores, in 1855.
He came direct to Lafayette, Indiana, where he established him-
self iu business and spent the rest of his life, becoming well-to-do
through his industry and close application. For a number of
years he followed various employments that would yield him an
honest living, but in 1870 embarked in business on his own ac-
coimt as a florist. For a number of years he rented greenhouses
and engaged in the cultivation of flowers. In 1891, however, he
pnrchased nine acres of land in the eastern section of the city,
and began the development of an extensive establishment. At first
he erected three hothouses, to which he later added from time to
time until his extensive establishment embraced twenty-six fine
greenhouses, with one hundred thousand square feet of glass,
which is still maintained by the family, carrying on a wholesale
and retail trade, shipping all over the United States and to Eng-
land. This magnificent trade has been gradually built up from a
very small beginning. Tliis splendid, modern and superbly
equipped plant is located on Indiana avenue, Lafayette, and there
is none better in the state.

jNIr. Donier raised all varieties of flowers, but made a spe-
cialty of carnations, and no more beautifid or perfect varieties of
that flower could be found than those which came from hi« onl^.
servatories. He soon had a trade which extended to most of the
states of the Union, from New York to San Francisco and from
New Orleans to Winnipeg, and he made exhibits of flowers in all
sections of the country at different flower shows. Twenty-five
persons are now engaged in carrjing on the business, twenty-one

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of the uunibcr being eiiipl(\ves uiicDiinected with tlie family; the
other four are ineiubers of the Dcinier fauiily, all of whom have
been trained in floriculture and uiidcisland evi'iy phase of the
same. The business is carried on inulci' I he linn name of b\ Dor-
ner & Sons Company, and their sl.iinp ii[)on j^oods is gnaranty of
its excellence. They enjoy a most enviable reputation, and their
patronage is very extensive and of an imi)ortant character, and
continues to grow with the yoai's.

On March 2, 18G1, Frederick Dorner was united in marriage
to Margaret Eihl, a daughter of Lawrence and Sophia (Kramer)
Eihl. Her father came to America, with his wife, in 1848, and
after remaining in the lilast for a year they came on to Lafayette,
Indiana, and established a good home. Mrs. Dorner was the only
child of her parents, and is now the only representative of this
branch in the United States.

Thirteen cliildren were born to Frederick Dorner and wife,
five sons and eight daughters. Those yet living are Frederick,
third in order of birth, married Eda Frass, and they have two
children, Dorothy and Frederick; Emily is at home; Anna, who
married Fred E. Hudson, has one child, James Frederick; Emma
married Claude Eiddle and has three children, George, INfargaret
and Claude; Theodore, who married Lillian Harrington, has two
daughters, Catherine and Lucille; Hermann lives at Urbana, Illi-
nois, where he is professor of lloriculture in the school there,
teaching flowers alone, no other branch, and he is regarded as an
authority on this subject; William married Hazel Rinard. These
children were provided with excellent educational advantages,
several of them having been students in Purdue University. Those
who have passed away are iNfargaret, who died at the age of nine
months; Margaret, the second, of the name, who died at the age
of ten years; Frederick, the first, who died at the age of two
years; Christina, who passed away at the age of twenty-three;
and two who died in infancy.

In his nolitical views l\fr. Dorner was a Rpnublicnn. but
while he kept well tnfomied on political questions and took a
deep interest therein as every true Amei-ican citizen should do,
whether native or foreign bora, he never sought or desired public
office, preferring to devote his time and energies to his constantly
growing business. He became the owner of a valuable property,

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as hcfiiit! intimated, iiicliuling a fine rcsidenee wliieli he ciceled
in ]8!)1. His hopes of bcneiiting his financial condition in Amci'i-
ca were fully realized. Starting out in life enii^ty-handed, he
steadily julvaiu'ed on the' road to prosperity, and his industry,
capable management, enterprise and sound judgment brought to
him the large success which ho richly merited, lie was a charter
member of tlie American Carnation Society, and in his honor the
nienihcrs of the society have by sul)scription provided for a gold
metlal, known as the Dorner memoriid medal, which will each
year be awarded for a new variety of carnation.

]<''rederick Dorner passed to his reward on December 29, 1910,
after a well spent, successful and highly satisfactory life, hon-
ored liv all who knew him.

HON. HARVEY WESTFALL.

That pcrii)d of llu' iiiiictccntli century I'lnl^raciiig tlu; decade;
betweeu IbioU aud IbiU was cliaracteii/ed by Uiu iimnigraUun uf
the pioneer clement which made the great state uf Indiana hirgely
what it is today. These inunigrants were sturdy, iieroic, sincere
and, in the main, upright people, such as constitute the strengtii
of the comnionwealtli. It is scarcely probable that in the future
of the world another such period can occur, or, indeed, any period
when such a solid phalanx of strong-nnndcd men and noble, self-
sacrificing \vomen will take possession of a new country. The
period to which reference is made, therefore, cannot be too nmcli
or too well written up, and the only way to do justice to such a
subject is to record the lives of those who led the van of civiliza-
tion and founded the institutions which today are the pride and
boast of a great state and a strong and virile people. Among
those who came to Indiana when the country was in its primitive
wilduess was the AVestfall family, one of the most prominent of
the pioneers of Tippecanoe and adjoining counties, one of which
was Harvey Westfall, who was not only a leading actor in the
great drama which witnessed the 2)assing of the old and the intro-
duction of the new conditions in this locality, but who enjoyed a
reputation that penetrated to all parts of the state, whose Inter-
ests he ever had at heart and which he sought to promote wdien-
ever occasion offered. He devoted his life to agricultural pursuits
and by close application he established those habits of industry
and frugality which insured his success in later years. With the
able assistance of his estimable life comi)anion, he extended the
acres of cultivable land and in due time found himself upon the
high road to prosperity with a good fann in his i)ossession and
all the comforts and com-eniences of life surrounding him. He
was regarded as an enterprising and typical farmer of the ad-
vanced t}^)^ His thorough system of tillage, the good order of
his fences, the well-cared-for condition of his fields, the commod-
ious aud comfortable buildings, all demonstrated his successful

management and substantial thrift, and his life-long residence in
the cunnnnnity won fur him a very high place in the cuulidence
and esteem of Ins neighbors and friends.

Harvey Westfall was born in J)arke county, Ohio, November
11, 181>7, l)eing a son of (.ii'orge and -Jane (Culbertson) ^Vestfall.
He was the oldest menUx-r of tlie family ami when a }'outh did
hard work that continued until he reached liis eighlieth birtliday,
bis inclination to work resulting in a character and physi(iuc that
was an cxam])le to the youth of his comnuiuity.

Cieorge AVestfall emigrated with his family to Tippecanoe
county, Indiana, some time in 18;)5, when the subject was eight
years old, a farm being purchased in 8hell)y township, and here
the son grew to sturdy manhood, assisting with the general work
in developing the home farm. The family experienced many of
the privations incident to pioneer life, but by hard work and per-
sistency established a comfortable home and had a fine farm.
George Westfall was a splendid type of the first settler, honest,
hospitable, his latch-string always out and his kindness became
proverbial. He was charitably inclined and was ever lending a
helping hand; these many estimable traits were inherited to a
very noticeable degree by his son Harvey. Tlie latter received
such educational training as the early schools of the county af-
forded, and on ]\[arch 6, 1851, when twenty-three years of age, he
was united in man-iage with Sarah A. Shigley, daughter of Sam-
uel and Rebecca (1^'oster) Shigley. Sanuud Shigley was one of
the pioneers of Tippecanoe county, and a highly respected and
industrious citizen, who became well established here through his
long years of industry. He came to Indiana from Greene county,
Ohio, when he was a young man, and began life in this locality
when it was sparsely settled and when the vast forests abounded
in all manner of wild animals. His family consisted of six chil-
dren, named as follows: Sarah Ann, James, George, Elizal)eth,
Martha; Joseph having died in early life. The parents of these
children both s''">'^nt ^^i" 7'f>c+ nf fhcir lives in Ti'^po'^"''""^" r>rin_-»Tty
and died here. • '•

After his marriage Harvey TVestfall remained on the farm
at Montmorenci, improving his property as the \'cars progressed.
He relied upon no one for his material progress, but believed in
fighting his own battles, and, starting at the bottom of the ladder,

he scaled to the topiiiosL rung tlivougli Jiis own excitious. Uu
finally became the owner ol' one of tlu; choice farnis of the county,
consisting of three luuuirecl and seventy-five acres, wliich lie kept
under a high grade of improvement and cultivation, and on wliich
he kept an excellent variety of live stock, of which he; was one of
the l)est judges in the county and which was the source of no
small part of his comfortalile competency. Everytiiing about his
place denoted thrift, prosperity ami that a gentleman of good
judgment and excellent tastes had its management in hand.

iMr. Westfall's family consisted of the following children:
W. Mark, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, who married Ellen Mar-
shall, has two children, Paul and Leslie; Jennie married Ed Mar-
shall; Wilbur died when seven years old; Emma, Erank and Min-
nie are all deceased; Lyda married (I. W. Switzer, of Lafayette,
Indiana, and they have two children, Nellie and Vincent; Harvey
Clark, of Wolcott, Indiana, married iMary Miller, and they have
two children, i\Liry Shigley and Kobert Clark; iMabel lives with
her mother at their attractive and cozy home. No. 632 Kerry
street, Lafaj'ette, whither the family moved after the death of
the father, Harvey Westfall. The widow still owns the farm,
which she rents,

j\[r. Westfall had l)een in good health most all of his life.
About the first of January, 1897, he began feeling ill and two
weeks later submitted to an operation at St. Elizabeth hospital,
Lafayette. He apparently recovered, but was forced to the in-
stitution on jNIarch 5th following for a second operation, and
there his death occurred of a complication of diseases. The funer-
al, which was very largely attended, was held at the ^Methodist
Episcopal church at jNlontmorenci, and burial was made in the
family cemetery adjoining the church.

We quote the following paragraph, taken from an extended
account of Mr. Westfall's life, death and public service, which
was printed in one of the daily papers of Lafayette, shortly after
Wso subipr't''? dpiniser

"Mr. Westfall was a life-long Republican and attained prom-
inence over the state as a leading member of the state Legislature
for two terras. In 1880 he was elected by his party to represent
his district in the Indiana Legislature and was re-elected in 1882,
thereby serving two terms. His record was faultless and no one

ever acciisod him ol' mil'ainu's.s. I- or moro than lifty ycai\s h..
was a meuibcr of the .Methodist cluirch at .Moiitmorciici, and
served for more than t\vent\'-livo }cars as superintendent of the
Sunday school, wdnch position ho liekl wlion he died. At Mont-
morcnci liis familiar ii<,nir(' \vill ))c missed for years to come and
everybody in Shelb\- townsliip will have occasion to revere his
memory, lie was a member of the board of trustees of the Tip-
pecanoe County Agricultural Associatioji ami he was always
alive to its interests, lie was a member of tlie Masonic frater-
nity, with which organization he was clo.sely allied, attending all
of its meetings and taking active part. Mr. Westfall was consis-
tent, frank and congenial, his sterling character and ijitogrity
making him an ideal citizen and friend."

COL. ELI LILLY.

Specific! iiicniion i.s made of in.iiiy of tlie wuilli}' cilizeiis <»f
Iiidiaiui within tlie i)aj;es of lliis woik, eilizeiis wlm li.ive lij^ured
in the j^rowth and devclopnieid oT this ra\()icd rominoiiwcaltli
and whose intc'r(>sts have been idciitilied with its every pliase ol"
progress, eaeh contribnting in liis spliere of action to tlie well-
being of the eonininnity in whieli lie resides and to the advance-
ment of its norin.d and legitimate growth. y\mong this munber
is Eli Lilly, — distingui.shcd soldier, sueccissful ))usiness man and
public benefactor, — whose name needs no introduction to tlie
reader. His death removed from Indiana one of her most sub-
stantial and highly esteemed citizens and the many beautiful trib-
utes to his high standing in the world of affairs and as a man and
citizen attested to the abiding place he had in the hearts and
affections of those who knew him and of his work and accomi^lish-
ments. His eminently honorable and successful career was not a
path of roses, for ho fought agaitist and coiKiUcred adverse condi-
tions which would have utterly discouraged one of less sterling
mettle. His military record was marked by courage and ability
of a high order, his business record showed that ho possessed sa-
gacity, energy and integrity to a pronounced degree, while his
philanthroiiy was of that j^ractical kind that is of real pcnnanont
value to the connnon weal. As the founder of the great drug
manufacturing house of Eli Lilly & Company he gave to the city
of Indianapolis one of its most valuable business institutions and
built for himself a monument that pcqjetuatcs his name among
those who come after.

Eli Lilly was born in Baltimore, ^Maryland, on tlie Htli of July,
1839, and his death occurred in Indianapolis on Juno 6, 1898. He

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ject was but a year old, moved to Tjcxington, Kentucky, and in
ISIS to Gallatin county, that state. AVheu the subject was about
thirteen years of age the family moved to Cireencastle, Indiana.
Hitherto his educational ]irivilogos had lieen soinewliat limited,
but he was now giA'on the l)enofit of attoiidance at a pi-ivate school
and also entered the preparatory department of did Asbur\- (now

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De Pauw) IJiiivorsity. Tliuro he gaiiu'd liis liist actual business
experieiice as |)ul)lisli(U' of tlic Asbury Notes, tlie college paper
of that time. Soon afterwards he became a drug clerk, thus be-
ginning his identification witli the business in winch lie was later
to achieve so eminent a success. At the age of seventeen ycar.s
}>h'. Lilly went to Lafayette, Indiana, and became clerk to Henry
Lawrence, an English chemist and pharmacist, under whom he
gained both a theoretical and practical knowledge of tlu; business.
Subsequently he returned to (jreeneastle ami was iji the drug
business there at the inception of the Civil war.

On the slaver}' ([uestion young Lilly held decided and uu-
qncstioned views, being conservative in his attitude towards slav-
ery and ha\ing voted for Jireckenridge in J8G(), though his father
was an ardent abolitionist and had even assisted in the operations
of the "underground railroad." However, the young man was a
loyal supi)ortcr of the national union and when secession became
a fact he became one of the most enthusiastic suiq)orters of the
Union and thenceforth suppoi'ted Lincoln and the war with all
the ardor of his being.

Eli Lilly was one of the fii'st to enlist in what subsequently
became tlie Fii-st Indiana Heavy Artillery, whi(di was organized
at Indianapolis in July, 1861. While living at Lafayette he had
been a member of the local company of Guards, and this training
and his efficiency as a soldier soon brouglit him more responsible
duties. As captain, he was assigned the task of recruiting a bat-
tery, which subsequently became the famous Eighteenth Indiana
Battery. In two wrecks the full battery was recruited, the officers
selected, and it was mustered into service on the 20th of August,
1862. Although a boy in age and appearance, he soon displayed
his eminent fitness and ability as a commander, and served with
great distinction throughout the war. Colonel Lilly's military
career was one of unusual interest, he having been a participant
in some of the most strenuous and impoi'tant campaigns of that
great strnsrs'le. in all of which he and his men acquitted them-
selves gallantly and with the greatest honor. Space forbids a
detailed account of this military record, but the following cx-
cerjits from a published account of the battery's career, by Lieu-
tenant Campbell, of Crawfordsville, will be sufficient tn show that
its record w'as an exccY)tional one:

"The first day of active service in which the battery partici-

paled (lispclled nil ,l,,iil,t.s ;is lo llu- ;il.ili(y and (|iialilicati()ns of
the yoiitlil'id capiaiii. ' * < '|'li.- rapid advaih-c oi" the ivlud
army midcc i!ra-j;- and tlic ivtrcal ul' I'.iudI tn Louisville, diiriiif^-
the latter pari or the simiiiiei- of l,S(i2, ic(|iiired all the raw trooi>.s
to l)(! hurrieil down to the Ohio river. In this hnrri.d luovenieiit
all his adiiiii-ahle ijualilies as an ori^ani/er and disei|)liHai-ian
were developed. In the space id' t weiily-roiir lioiiis he liansTerred
a green h)t of men who had never seen a piece o[' artillery, ;ind
hariies.s(>d and hitched a new lot, of nnhinkcn horses tot^-ether for
the first tinie into an (dfective hatter.v ivady for action. * *

Dnring the winter Colonel Lilly's Lattery was changed into a
mounted hatlery. Four more ^^inis were added, makin,^- it a t(>n-
S'un battery, and the entire counnaiid was att;u-hed to the famous
Wihler's bviyade (d' mounted infanl ry, and nuuU' a part of the
Fourteenth Army Corps, under (ien. (Jeorf^c ii. Thomas. The first
severe engagement in which the Lilly battery participated was
at Hoover's Clap, T(>nnessee, July 21, KS();{, the first day of Kose-
crans' strategie advanee on Cliaftanooga. For foui- houVs Cohmel
liilly stul)bornly held his battery on llie brow of a hill and poured
a triple charge of grape aiid canister into successive chai'ges of
two brigades of (jlairborne's division, which vainly attempted to
drive the Union troops out of the (lap. All t!ie while the battery
received the shot and shell fjoni two batteries of six guns be-
longing to the brigade opposing it. By deftly retiring the guns
below the crest of the hill so the muz/les just cleared the gi-eens-
ward of the hill, he deceived the aim of the rebel batteries and
greatly shielded bis men from slaughter, as the rain of shot and
shell tore up the earthwork on the (>rcst of tlie slojie. Colonel
Lilly dismounted from his horse and was e^■eryw]lel■e tlirough the
battery, directing the aim of his men and encouraging them, his
presence inspiring conlideme and courage. He frecpieiitly helped
a tired powder boy carry up annnuiution from the caisson. * * *
"At noon, on the 21st day of August, 1SG3, Colonel Lilly's
guns opened on the Confederate strouL'-bold of Clintinmorr.i ,oni,+
in the face of the whole of Bragg 's army, and to the consternation
and sur])rise of that gi-eat general himself, n^ the hasty removal
of his headcjuarters afterwards testified. * * * No .shells
were fired into the town, but the skill of the commander was de-
voted to sinking two steamboats, the 'Dunbar' and the 'Paint-
j-ock,' which were lying l)y the .shore. This was successfully done

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after a liali; hour's liriiig, and the ineii oL' llu; brigade breathed
easier as they saw th(; l)oats siiilc. * * *

"In the battle of Chiekainauga, \vhi<-h Ix'gau about noon,
Friday, September 18, at Alexaiuhn-'s l>ridge. Colonel Lilly's bat-
tery fired the llrst slu-ll on th(> advancing army of liragg, which
was really the opening of the great battl(> known in iiistory as
Chickamanga. On the Saturday of the great liaUU; Wilder's bri-
gade and (,'olonel Lilly's battery formed part of the maiji line of
battle on the right of the Fourteenth Corps. About tiiree o'clock
on the afternoon of that awful day Colonel Lilly did as daring a
deed as ever took place in the history of the Army of the Cumber-
land. In front of a part of Wilder's brigade and midway between
the lines of the two contending armies ran a ditch parallel to the
line of battle. The rebels would charge our lines, get as far as
this ditch and then drop into it out of range of our fire, and our
men eould not dislodge them. Just after a very heavy lire of the
enemy's lines and while tliis ditch was full of rebel soldiers, Colo-
nel Lilly limbered two guns of his battery, galloped out to a point
at the head of the ditch, where the guns could rake it from end to
end, and opened out with triple charges of grape and canister
down that ditch, dealing death and carnage with every shot. There
stands today, on the battlelield of Chickamanga, on the identical
spot occupied by this brave man, two cannon [ilaced in position,
to connnemorate this act of bravery on that evcMitful day.
* * * During the pursuit of Wheeler * * * Colonel liilly
constantly pushed his conunand on the skirmish line, and when-
ever the rebels made a stand his guns were alwaj's in position, and
the boom of his camion was the signal for a spontaiieous charge.
So much faith did the troops have in the effectiveness of his bat-
tery that whexa the horses of the guns would give out by the road-
side, the troopers of the brigade would dismount from their own
horses and give them up for the use of the artillery in order to
have the battery along with them."

At tl'e linttln of Aro^sx' Cvpol.- f'olonel T ilh- Tini-Fio'itiod ri rl'iv-

ing feat by recapturing one of his guns which had fallen into the
enemy's hands. Through the wiiiter of 1S63 Captain Lilly oper-
ated with General McCo(»k in Tennessee, doing splendid service
for the Union cause. Continuing his account, Lieutenant (^imp-
bell says: "During the two and a half years h<^ (Lilly) was in
command of the battery he was forty-one times under fire and

was twice slriick \>y Imllots, but, escaped with only .slis>:lit womuls.
Diiriug the spriiij;- of ISiJl * * * Colonel Lilly came home
on a short leave of absence, wIkmi (iovcrnor Morton, recognizing
the ability ami dayh of the youns,' olTicer, tendered him the posi-
tion of major oT the Ninth Indiana Cavalry. This commission
was accepted and he resigned his ])osition as ca}itain of the l<]igh-
teenth Indiana Battery and was mustered major of the Ninth
Cavah;v, April 4, 1864. Dcccmbei- 24th of the same year he was
promoted to be lieutenant-colonel. Colonel Lilly left his battery
with profound regret, but under the then existing organization
of the Indiana Batteries no promotion above a captain could be
made, and he justl\' deserved a higher command and made the
change on that account only. The battery reluctantly gave him
up. I lis conrage, ability and his devotion to his men had so en-
deared him to their hearts that to the day of his death the love
they then bore him lived in memory too deep to ever die out."

By the overwhelming forces of Ceneral Forrest and because
of lack of ammunition, Major Lilly surrendered at Elk River,
Temicssee, September 22, 1864, and for some months, nntil ex-
changed, he and his men were held prisoners in Mississippi. At
the close of the war he was in command at Port Gibson, that state.

After the conclusion of hostilities. Colonel Lilly remained in
the Sonth about a year, having leased a plantation and attempting
the raising of cotton, llis crop was practically a failure and at
the same time his health failed, so that he was compelled to make
a change. With scarcely a dollar in his pocket, he came to In-
dianapolis and became an employe of the wholesale drug house
of 11. Bailey & Company. Later he Avent to Paris, Illinois, and
engaged in the drug business with a partner, his share of the
capital being his skill and experience. In 1873 he returned to
Indianapolis and, in a small room at the rear of the site now occu-
pied by the Commercial Club building, he commenced, in a modest
way, the manufacturing of medicines, using only the purest of
drnes. Their hisrh nu;ilitv nnd the wny tlipy werp put np prA^-^r)
pleasing to the trade and his business soon grew to large propor-
tions, and continued growing until todaj' the plant of the Eli
Lilly & Company at Indianapolis is one of the largest of its kind
in the world and the reputation of which has long since passed
the bounds of the United States. One incident illustrates Colonel
Lilly's quick comprehension and alertness in turning an idea to

business adxanta.t^c. Dr. J. Marion Sims [u\d liini tjf tlie rare
medical (luaiities of a l\)rnmla wliicli IJoi-tor McDadc, oC Alahama,
had discovered amonj; the Indians. Tie at once sought out Doctor
JNlcDude in Alahama, investi,u;;iti'<l the properties ot tlic plant, and
made a contract for a sup[)ly. A short time later Doctor ^IcDade,
to his surprise, received an order for several thousand pounds of
the i)lants. The medicine, throuti,!) ,i;-eneral prescription by pliysi-
cians, has become a standard I'cniedy and the success of the Lilly
Company is due more to that one preparation than to an}-thing
else. No one did as min'h as CdIoucI J/illy to I'evolutionize the
methods of taking medicine, as he was among the first to perfect
and intj-oduce the capsule and the tablet, and thus removing the
disagreeable features of taking medicine.

Colonel Lilly ever took a deep interest in the connnercial and
moral advancement of Indianapolis and was closely identified
with many movements which made for its betterment along these
lines. Thus, about the time of the discovery of natural gas in this
state, he took a leading part in the creation of the Consumers CJas
Trust and nuich of the success of that enterprise was directly due
to his foresight and business tact, especially in the acquiring of
gas territory. In 1890 he was instrumental in the organization of
the Commercial Club, the [)rincipal purpose of whicli was to push
a campaiu for a new city charter, improvement of the streets and
the construction of a scientific system of drainage, which really
marked the initiation of the modern era in Indianapolis. It was
also largely due to Colonel Lilly's forethought and efforts that
the Commercial Chd) erected its splendid building and thus be-
came a permanent organization for the city's welfare.

Ill 1893 Colonel Lilly was general director in making ar-
rangements for the national encampment of the Grand Army of
the Repulilic at Indianapolis, and this was successfully conducted
and without the usual deficit in the treasury, though in a bad
panic year. From the time his means pennitted him to do so,
Colonel Tiillv was a liberal donor to all charitalile and benevolent
objects, though very unostentatious in his benefactions. Several
veai's prior to his death he and his wife established the Eleanor
Hospital, in remembrance of an only daughter who died in child-
hood.

Politically', <'ol(iuel Lilly was on national issues, after the
war. ali.Tn.ed with the Keiniblican party, but in local elections he

was iiul('ii('ii(li'iit, !su|)i)()rliiiji- flic lucii aud iiu^asiiros tliat in his
jii(lf;ui('iit tlic pulilic iiilcrcst (IciiiaiKlcd. Socially, he was a iiiom-
bcr (if tlic (Jcor<;c !l. 'Thomas I'osI, (Irninl Ann\- of the licpiihlic,
and (d' the Indiniia di\ision of tlie Loyal l,c;;ioii, also of the ("oin-
lucrcial <'lul», and liie ('oluiuhia ( liili. I lis reliL;ioiis al'liiiation
was with ("lirist {episcopal chinch, of which he was a liheral <■}]{)-
povtor.

In iSliO, at (I reeiica.st le, Indiana. I'lli liilly was married to
I'lmily licmon, whose death occina'cd in h''(i.') diirini; his nnfor-
tnnati' exixM'ience as a cotlon phniler in Mississippi. She was
born in (ireencastle in ISi:' and was the (lan,u,hter ul" Ijneien and
AFarij^aret (Owon) Lemon. Lucien T.emon was a iiativo nf sonth-
ern Indiana and became an eaily settler of Putnam county, be-
coming a sneeesst'ul merchant at (Ireencastle. He was a man of
considerable natnral mental ability and was a great fi'iend of
George D. Prentice, of the riOnis\iIle doni'nal. They freqnently
engaged in del)ate.s on the leading (questions of the day, which
were always very interesting and larg(d>- attended. ]\[r. Lemon
died soon after the close of the Civil war, having been actively
engaged in business u\) to the time of his death. TTis wife, wlio
also was a native of southern Indiaiia, lived to an advanced age,
her death occurring oi\ a ranch where she resided in ^fodoc
county, California. To Eli and Ennly liilly was born a son,
Josiali K., on November ]8, 18(51. As so(m as his educati(m was
completed he entered his father's busiuess, but soon afterwards,
in oi'der to equip himself for his business si)ecialty, he entered the
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, where he graihiated in 1882.
ITc then took active charge of the Tiilly laboratories and npon the
death of his father he became the president of the company and
its active manager. He v\'as married at Lexington, Kentucky, in
1SS2, to Lilly ^^. I?idgely and they liave two (diildrcn, Eli and
Josiah.

On Xovember 2IJ, 1869, (."olonel Lilly was married to ^NTaria
Cynthia Sloane, who was born at Tiffin. Oln'o. An"-nst '^l IRtQ
and who survives her husband. She is descended from a .sterling
line of ancestry, her paternal grandparents having l>eou John Nel-
son and Cynthia (Strong) Sloane. lioth iiativ(\s of Hagcrstowti,
?»raryh\nd, the former born in 1795 and the latter in 1802. They
were married in 1818 and became early settlers of Ohio, making
the long and tiresome journey on horseback, ejitering land near

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TifCm. 'I'licic thoy ivnrod a lar};(' rainily of (thiklron, one oL" whom,
Edward Wallace Sloaiic, Mis. Lilly's lather, was boru on Marcli 9,
.1821, and died in 1S;)1. He was a merchant in New York, hnt in
1855 became cunnecled willi (he American Express Company,
laying out tlic roiilr.s ami establishing offices for that company
through Ohio, Indiana and Jilinois, and later became superinten-
dent of th(,' Ijusincss ol' the cDiiipaiiy in the state of Indiana, hav-
ing his residence in Indianapolis. On November 23, 184:}, he was
married to Eleanor I), (iiai'f, who was ))orn October 5, 1820, and
died in 1905; she was the daughter of :Marcns Young and Maria
ITerstus (Johnson) (I'ralT, of Tiffin, Ohio. The oidy chihl born to
Edwai-d W. and Eleanor Sloan(> was slie who became .M I's. T>illy.
INIrs. Lilly is, in both ancestral lines, eligible to mend)crsliip in
the Daughters of the American devolution, tliough she has never
affiliated with that order. She is also related by descent to an
eminent olliciul of colonial days, Captain John Cockcy, of ]\Lary-
land, who was appointed by the King to an office superior to that
of governor. Mrs. Lilly is a lady of pleasing presence and pos-
sesses those graces of character which have won and retained
for her a large cii'cle of warm personal friends.

HENRY RUDI3ILL.

To the traveler today, si)oc(liiig In- iail\v;iy lln-oiij^li the t'or-
tilc farms of northern Indiana, it seems ail l)iit inci-edil)le tliat
three generations ago ahnost every acre of land was covered witli
a forest so (h^ise that the liglit o( day cDuld scarcfdy penetrate.
It was within tlie hist seventy-five yeai-s that these i)rinieval for-
ests were eut down and the tinihrr and land tnrncd to the nses of
civilization.

The men wlio accomplished this were tlie sturdy pioneers
and their immediate desccnchuits, who were following their vis-
ions of fertile lields and comfortable homes. The task they had
set themselves was an heroic one, stretching through years, and
marked not only by trials and privations, but often by the menace
of an uncivilized and treacherous enemy. Many of the thriving
towns and cities that now dot the landscape sprang from small
Indian trading posts that in those da\'s were few and remote from
each other.

It was amid such scenes and in face of such exposures that
Henry Riulisill cast his lot. He was one of the earliest settlers
of Fort Wayne and played a large and conspicuous part in its
development. lie was a business and civic leader of the commim-
ity in days when white settlers were few, and the silence of the
far-stretching forests had scarcely been broken by the ring of
the woodman's ax. It is needless to say that a man who chose
such conditions for himself and children was possessed of courage,
persistence, fortitude and prophetic vision that could foresee the
magnificent future of the little stockade fort in the wilderness,
which at that day was inhabited by one of the powerful and war-
like Indian tribes of the Middle West.

Althong-h iir> h'^v I->ofn c:lf^ol•^ir,fT inov^ tli'ir. half a cc::tui'y "th,c
sleep that knows no breaking, days of danger, nights of waking,"
the influence of his character and life .still abides as a niuuhliug
influence upon the conditions out of which have sprung the pros-
perity and manifold blessings of tlie heritage into which we have
entered. It is just and proper that such heroic characters should
have a place and honorable mention in their conntry's history.
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The Iviuli.sill.s t-aiiic to Auioiica from (lonnaiiy four gcnora-
tioiiH ago and ycttlc<l in Lancaster county, Peinisylvania. Henry
was boru in lliat locality August 8, 1801. lie was the olcl st of
nine children horn to Adam and Cathcrluo (Wolf) Ivudisill, As a
lad, until fourteen years oi' ago, he attended the parochial schools
couuected with the Lutheran church of the Holy Trinity at Lan-
caster, his i)arents being atitive members of that congregation.
The old cliuiih, founded in 1774, still stands as a venerable monu-
ment of early Lutherism. After his confirmation he turned to
work on his father's farm, but it soon became appai'cnt that the
lad had no heart for agricultural pursuits. Accoi'dingly, with the
api)roval of his parents, he secured a situation as clerk in a dry-
goods store in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. He showed himself
an clBcieut and siu-ccssful clerk, and drew- many new customers
to the house, because of his familiarity with German and his
ability to trade with the immigra)its of that nationality, who had
settled in large numbers about the village.

But the pioneer spirit was already beginning to stir within
him and at seventeen he made his way as far west as Chillicothe,
Ohio. With his experience as a salesman, speaking two lan-
guages, he found no difficulty in securing a desirable situation.
Three 3'ears later he became a partner in the house of Barr &
McCorkle, a firm that in those days had established what would
now be called a "chain of stores" in the more ac(?essible centers
of population throughout the opening West. There was at that
time a promising branch at Lancaster, Ohio, and young Henry,
who had just passed his majority, was given the opportunity to
develop it. The venture proved successful l)e}'ond expectation.

In 1829 the firm became the owners of a tract of land which
embraced a large portion of the present site of Fort Wayne, In-
diana. In accordance with the policy of the firm, a trading post
was estalilished and ^fr. Rudisill was again chosen to develop the
new enterprise. As a partner he also represented the firm in the
salf> of r>(iTtinii<? of tlie nnwlv neonired real epfnte. He was now
a mature man Avith a farail}', but ambitious to face the problems
and cxpcnences of pioneer life. Tn December, 1829, he left Lan-
caster to make Fort Waj'ne liis home. A great part of the way
was little more than a blazed trail. They reached Fort Wayne
on Christmas day after a two-weeks journey full of risks and
apprehensions.

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lie lost 110 lime ill scltint; liis li.nid lo th,. work li,. had eoine
. to uiKlertakc. Obslaclcs and hardshiiis scrvud only to .stinmlato
iiim to greater oiTort. Jleiv, with a few of his IVllow pioneers, lie
laid the foundations of a now lloiiiisliin- ,-iLy. His ability and
oxperieiu'o in business allairs eiial)led liiiu, "wilhin a eompara-
tively short time, to accumulate a pn.iH'rly that in I hose days was
regarded as a fortune. Then eanu- the linancial panic of 1837.
The Eastern In-aneli of Barr & .MeCorkle went down. Mr. liiidi-
sill as a partner was personally responsil)le for the firm's debts,
and thus his possessions were swept away. TTc suffered a com-
plete loss.

Ills father-in-law, Henry Johns, then came to liis rescue.
The tw^o became associated in the Johns-Rudisill flouring mill,
woolen factory, line seed oil and saw mills, lie continued in this
line of business with increasing success until his death, in 1857.

At the time of the construction of the Wabash and Erie canal
and the Penus}-lvania railroad, Mr. Kudisill was instrumcutal in
bringing many families of German iniinigrants to Fort Wayne.
He was also at the head of a company for the construction of
plank roads to encourage trade with neighboring settlements,
timber being at that time cheaper than stone, of which there was
none in the vicinity. His flouring mill was the only one between
Fort Wayne and Sturgis, ^ilichigan, and his customers came on
horseback from points as far east as Lima, Ohio.

The death of :\rr. Rudisill, at the age of fifty-six years, w^as
due to hardships and exposures incident to his energetic life in a
new country. In politics he was a Democrat and took an active
part in the affairs of his party. In 1831 he was appointed post-
master of Fort Wayne and served during the administrations of
Presidents Jackson and Van Bureu, lu^lding the office for ten
years. lie also held important offices in connection with the
county and city. Soon after coming to Fort Wayne, he organized
the first Lutheran church which was the first Lutheran church in
IndlcLua and alv>a„\b iiiaiiiuiliicd a lively imeresi. iu religious and
educational matters. His solicitude for the growth and general
welfare of the conimunit)- never abated. I'ersonally, he was with-
out pretense or ostentation; modest and retiring in disposition,
yet a man of action who generally accomplished what he under-
took to do.

Amid all the distractions and worries (jf a l)usy life, he main-

taiiiod liis inlcicst in literature, lie was uot only a self-made man
in the sphere of hiisine.ss, but his intellectual attainments were
the outeonie of his t)\vn persistent efforts. He was familiar with
tile works of the great (iermaii and English authors and could
«iUote extensively from most of them. His library, one of the
most complete in the .Middh; West, evinced the wide range of his
tastes and inten-sts. His temperament was poetic. He was
especially fond of Robert Burns, largely, perhaps, because of the
democratic and humauilariau spirit that pervades his poems. His
altruistic spirit put him in S3iupathy with every man regardless
of his station or environment. He was also a gi'eat lover of music
and imported the first piano that came into the community.

The good that he accomi)Iished and the influence he wielded
cannot be computed in terms of economic values. It was largely
cultural, ethical and religious.

The Rudisill homestead, built in 1832, was regarded as one
of the finest and most conuuodious in this part of the countiy.
It was located on a plat of one hundred and sixty acres fronting
the banks of the St. Joe river. It was a centre of hospitality,
which was greatly enhanced by the grace and kindliness of his
noble wife. Friend or stranger was at once made to feel that he
was welcome. Frequently during meetings of religions confer-
ences and synods, many guests were lodged and provided for
under his wide roof. It was the home of the Eudisill family for
seventy-five years. Within recent years it has given place to the
immense power house of the Northern Indiana Traction Company.

Mr. Rudisill was married January 15, 1826, to Elizabeth
Johns, of Lancaster, Ohio. She was the only child of Henry and
INlartha (G under) Johns and was born in Lancaster, November
29, 1805. She survived her husband thirty-one years and died at
the homestead on May 25, 1891.

There were eleven children, of whom three are living at this
writing: ^Mrs. Julia R. Freeman, Miss Eliza C. Rudisill and Mrs.
Mary R. Sturgis, all residmg at No. 2UU0 Spy Rim avenue, Iiort
Wayne.

PROF. SHERIDAN COX.

The lil'o ui" the .scholarl}- or pi'olVvssiunul miiu seldom exhibits
auy of those strildug iiieidents that seize upou public feeling ami
attract ;'ttention to himself. His character is generally made up
of the aggregate qualities and qualilicatious he may possess, as
these may be elicited by the exercise of the duties of his vocation
or the particular profession to which he belongs. But when such
a man has so impressed his individuality upon his fellow men as
to gain their couiidcnce and through that confidence rise to im-
portant public trust, he becomes a conspicuous figure in the l>ody
politic of the conuuunity. The subject of this review was one of
the scholarly men of his county, who, not content to hide his tal-
ents amid life's seipu'stered ways, had by the force of will aud a
laudable ambition, forged to the front in a responsible and exact-
ing calling and earned an honorable reputation as the head of one
of the most important branches of public sei-vice. He was a well
educated, synunetrically developed man aud, his work as an edu-
cator having brought him prominently to the notice of the public,
the result was a demand for his services where a high standard of
professional excellence was required. He kept abreast of the
times in advanced educational methods, and his general knowl-
edge was broad and comprehensive. Because of his earnest life,
high attainments, well rounded character and large influence, he
is eminently e i titled to representation in a work of the character
of the one in hand.

Sheridan Cox was a native son of the old Buckeye state, his
birth having occurred in Harrison county, Ohio, on December 20,
1833. He was reared on a farm and his boyhood days were spent
amid conditions which tended to develop him physically and to
inculcate in him those lessons of industry, patience and jjersever-
ance which contributed so largely to his success in his subsequent
life. His elementary education was secured in the country schools
of his neighborhood, where he proved an apt student, developing
a marked liking for books and study. He determined to secure a
thorough education and, as a preliminary step to the university,
he entered the McNeely Normal School at Hopedale. In due time
he entered the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware, Ohio,
where he applied himself closely and earned an honorable record
as an able and industi'ious student, standing among the first of
his class when he was graduated in the year 18G2, with the degree

of Bachelor ol' Arts. Prior to and during bis uuivcrsity course he
devoted coiisideruble time to teaching and, iniuiediately after re-
ceiving his degree, he accepted a professorsliip iu Marshall Col-
lege, iMarshall, iUiuois. This i)ositiou he held one year, resigniug
the position at the cud of that time to take charge of the public
scIiodIs at AVinchester, ludiaua. There he earned a creditable
record as superintendent and iiistrn(;tor and the schoul board at
Logansport, Indiana, tendered him the superintendency of the
schools of that city. This position he accepted and in it he accom-
plished a work of great and far-reaching importance, such as had
never before been attempted in the place and as signally success-
ful, perhaps, as any of his subsequent efforts. Taking the schools
in a thoroughly ilisorganized condition, he soon evolved order
from chaos by reorganizing the entire educational system, estab-
lishing it upon a permanent basis. The results of his elt'orts were
soon apparent in the enlarged enrollment of jpupils, the adoption
of a systematic course of study and the introduction of new and
improved methods, together with a full complement of api^a-
ratus for scientific and other work in the higher grades.

Mrs. Cox was elected principal of the high school, for which
position she was eminently fitted both by academic and profes-
sional training, and there she so demonstrated her ability that
soon the department was crowded with eager students. During
the seven years that ^Irs. Cox remained at the head of the high
school a steady and substantial growth was noticeable, many of
the pupils being attracted from out of town, and it is a matter of
record that after her resignation there was a noticeable decrease
in the latter class of students.

In the year 1873 Prof, and Mrs. Cox resigned their connection
with the Logansport schools and accepted similar positions in
Kokomo, where they applied themselves with the same earnest-
ness and effectiveness that had characterized theii- w^ork elsewhere.
The educational system of that city also was raised to a high
standard, so that it \vas generally considered one of the best iu
the istute. AiS u toupeiijiLendeuL or schools, l^roiessor Cox had no
superior. He was a most excellent disciplinarian, the schools
under his management being always orderly, while b(.'tween him-
self and his pupils there was a mutual confidence that in itself
almost insured success. lie had the good will and sincere respect
of the pupils to a degree that gave; him a renuirkable inlluence
over them — an influence that was noticeable not only in their
school W'ork, but in the private lives of many of them. As to his
personality, one who Imew him well had the following to say of

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lum: "Por.soiKilly, he wa.s llic most alTahle ami (•()iii])aiii()iial)lf
of men, possessing- to a n;maikal)l(! dv.v;vi.:i> (he ((ualitics that win
aud rotaiji strong iVicmlsliips and liis lii<;li standing as a citizen
witli tlie best interests ol" liis lellow men at licait gave him in-
niieneo such as few in the eommunity exeicised. In ai)()eai'ance
ho Avas above the average lu-igiit and compactly bniit, a com-
manding figure in any crowd or asseml)lage, a man of calm, digni-
fied demeanor, moving among his fellows as one born to leader-
ship, Notwithstanding the diginty ol' his pirsence, he had a
pleasing and attractive i)ersonality and was easily approachable.
Though modest and unostentatious in Jiis relations with the win'ld,
he made every other condition sni»ordinate to duty regardless of
consequences and lived in harmony with the highest ideals of
manhood and citizenship."

After twenty years of service as superintendent of the city
schools of Kokomo, Professor Cox resigned his position and estab-
lished tlie ]\[aplewood (Classical School, which he, in conjunction
with his wife, conducted until his death, and which became a popu-
lar and efficient educational institution, receiving a large patron-
age. This school was continued by Mrs. Cox until the spring of
1910, when it was discontinued.

Religiously, Professor Cox was a :\[ethodist, holdijig his mem-
bership at the time of his death in the (I race .Methodist Episcopal
church of Kokomo. In tliis church lie was a leading iigure aud an
inthunitial worker, l>eing known in his denomination throughout
the state. Fraternally, he was a member of the Free and Ac-
cepted iSlasous, in which ho had taken the degrees ui) to and in-
cluding those of Knight Templar. He was a member of the Grand
Lodge of the state of Indiana, having been elected cliaplain of that
body. The death of Sheridan Cox occurred on .May 2, 1900, after
an illness of but one week, and the beautiful expressions of love
and sorrow bore eloquent testimonial to the position he held in
the hearts of the people with whom he had mingled for so many
years.

l-Toicssor Uox was a man ot warm Jieart and tender sensibil-
ities and few unkind words ever escaped his lips. His friendships
were ardent, his integrity above rei^roach and his genial nature
won him the permanent friendship of all who became acquainted
with him. To know him was to esteem and honor him, for he left
the impress of his individuality not only in a general way on his
various fields of labor, but in a more specific way on all wIk; came
into contact with him.

Professor Cox was married to Miss Bessie Coodbarue, of Xew

PhiladeliJbia, Ohio, whore sh(! was boni in 18; '.U, llu! oldest of three
children and tiic oidy rlaughter born to William (ioodharne, a
native oi' llnll, England. Her two brothers served in the Union
army in the war ot the Ivebellion and gave nj) tlieii- lives on their
country's altar. Her mother, whose maiden name was Esther
Towse, was a native oi" Canterbury, Englaixl, and she was married
at New Philadelpiua, Ohio. They are both deceased. I\lrs. Cox
received her early education in the public schools of New Phila-
delphia, and when jjetween fifteen and sixtcicu years of age started
to teacli school. During the same time she continued her studies
privately under some of the best teachers in the state, including
Rev. L. A. Oertcr, Rev. 11. M. Bickell and l*rof. Joseph Welty,
prouunent figures in the cducatioiuil world in tluit day, the last
named having been superintendent oi; the schools of New Phila-
delphia for a quarter of a century. However, ^irs. Cox acknowl-
edges her husband as her greatest educator. She taught five
years in the grade schools at New Philadelphia and one year in
the country schools. Then followed five years in the high school
at Canal Dover, Ohio, and while employed there she met and mar-
ried Professor Cox. Then followed seven years in the Logansj^ort
high school, most of the time as principal, and twenty years in
the Kokomo high school. She then, as stated in a preceding para-
grajjh, joined with her husband in instituting the I^Faplewood
Classical School, of which she was the head for seventeen years.
Thus Mrs. Cox taught continuously for fifty-five j'ears, thirty-
seven years of this time in Kokomo, twenty years as principal or
assistant-principal of the high school and ncarl)'- as long as the
head of her own school, a record probablj^ AN'ithout a i:)arallel. At
the time of her retirement, one who had watched and appreciated
her work uttered the following words: "l<''ift3'-fivc years; think
of it — fifty-five golden years in service — fiftj'^-fivc years without a
break. And at the end eyes that are as bright as jewels and a
heart that is as fresh as the dawn. She is not old; she has merely
come to the golden ripeness of life. She is good and sweet and
fine and full of well-earned honors. Yes, it is right that she should
rest. And in the hearts of those whom she has hel])ed and led,
there is an earnest wish that the evening may be as serene as the
mid-da}" has been busy, and that she may have naught else to
do but string beads of happy memories onto the strand of years."
]\rrs. Cox is yet physically and mentally at her ])est, the years hav-
ing touched her but lightly, and every day brings to her in the joy
of living new inspirations and new pleasures.

Since the death of her husband, Sirs. Cox has been active in
a business way, having cousunnnated several large real estate
deals, and she is the owner of several valuable properties in
Kokouio. Jieligiou.sly, she is a member of Cirace Mctliodist Epis-
copal church, in the various activities of which she takes a deep
interest. IShe is a member of the Country Club, past president
of the Woman's Relief ('ori)s, and has held many positions of
honor and trust during her busy and eventful life. She is now a
member t)f the Chautauiiua Ifeading Circle, the complete reading
course of which slie is pursuing, and will graduate in 1914,

To Professor and ^Irs. Cox no children were born, but many
years ago they opened their home and hearts to two boys, their
ueph»ws, whom the\' reared to maturity and to whom they gave
all the care and advantages they would have shown to children of
their own flesh and l)lood. The elder. Dr. Edgar Cox, was born
March 31, 1869. lie received his earl}- education in the Kokomo
public schools, after which he attended preparatory schools in
Kecue, Ohio. lie then matriculated in the Ohio I\Iedical College
at Cincinnati, where he graduated with honors in 1890. He then
spent a year in post-graduate work in the University of Berlin,
Germany, and upon his returu to Kokomo was associated with
Dr. J. H. Ross for eight years. For more than two decades he
has ranked as one of the city's leading physicians and surgeons
and is now surgeon to most of the factories of the city and to the
intcnirban and steam roads. lie has also served as city health
officer for six years. For eight years he has conducted a private
surgical hospital, lie is a special lecturer in The Indiana Uni-
versity School of Medicme at Indianapolis, Indiana.

Doctor Cox is a member of the County, District, State and
Tri-State ^Medical Societies. He is also a member of the Ameri-
can Medical Association, the ^lississippi Valley Medical Associa-
tion, American Pul)lic Ilealth Association, the International Con-
gress on Hygiene and Demography, the Clinical Congress of Sur-
geons of North America, and the National Geographic Society.

Doctor Oox has been an active Mason for more than twenty
years, having filled all the presiding chairs in the York Rite
bodies. He is also a member of the Scottish Rite and a Shriner.

On July 18, 1912, Doctor Cox was married to iMiss Elsie E.
Snyder, of Peru, Indiana, a registered graduate nurse.

The other nephew, C. Perry Cox, who was boru in 1871, is a
successful fanner in western Nebraska and is also an artist of
some note.

OLIVER PERRY MORTON.

Indiana's great war governor and United States senator,
Oliver Perry Morton, was born in Salisbury, Wayne county, Indi-
ana, August 4, 1823. The family name was originally Throck-
morton, and was so written by the grandfather, who emigrated
from England about the beginning of the Revolutionary war and
settled in New Jersey. James T. Morton, father of the subject,
was bom in New Jersej' and in an early day he moved to WajTie
coimty, Indiana, where he married the mother of Oliver P. Mor-
ton, whose maiden name was Sarah Miller. Of the early life of
Governor Morton but little is known. When a boy he attended
the academy of Professor Iloshur, at Centerville, but, owing to
the poverty of the family, he was taken from school, and at the
age of fifteen, with an older brother, began learaing the hatter's
trade. After working at his trade a few years, he determined to
fit himself for the legal profession, and with this object in view
he entered the ^liami University in 1843, where he pursued his
studies vigorously for a period of two 3'ears. While in college he
earned the reputation of being the best debater in the institution,
and it was here that he developed those powers of ready analysis
and argument which made him so celebrated in after life. lie be-
gan his professional reading in the office of Judge Newman of Cen-
terville, and after his admission to the bar he was not long in
rising to an eminent place among the successful lawyers of Indi-
ana. In 1852 he was elected circuit judge, but resigned at the
end of one year and afterward increased his knowledge of the
profession by attendance at a Cincinnati law school. On re-
suming the practice the number of his friends and legal cases
rapidly increased and his reputation soon extended beyond the
limits of his own state. As a lawyer he possessed the faculty of
selecting the salient pomts of a case and getting at the heart of a
legal question. His mind was massive and logical, and he could
apply great principles to given cases, discard non-essentials and
reach decisive points. Mr. Morton's political career was of such
a brilliant character that his great achievements in the arena of
statesmanship, his wonderful powers as an organizer, won for

Mm a recognition from the strongest opponents, faith in his
powers, and the lasting fealty and admiration of thousands of
friends until he reached the highest point among the great Ameri-
can statesmen.

Up to his thirty-first year Mr. .Alorton was a Democrat. The
county in which he lived was hugely Whig, thus virtually preclud-
ing him from holding elective offices. He was opposed to the ex-
tension of slavery, however, and upon the organization of the
Republican party he entered the movement, and in 1856 was one
of the three delegates from Indiana to the Pittsburgh convention.
His prominence was such that in 1856 he was unanimously nomi-
nated by the new party for governor of Indiana, against Abel P.
Willard, an able and brilliant speaker and ]\lorton's superior as
an orator, but his inferior as a logician and debater. These two
distinguished men canvassed the state together, and drew im^
mense crowds. Although beaten at the polls, :Morton came out of
the contest with his popularity increased, and with the reputation
of being one of the ablest public men in the state. In 1860 he was
nominated for lieutenant-governor on the ticket with Hon. Henry
S. Lane, with the understanding that if successful he should go
to the Senate and ]\Ir. Morton became governor. He made a
vigorous canvass and the result of the election was a Republican
success, which placed ^Ir. Lane in the Senate and Mr. JMorton in
the gubernatorial chair. From the day of his inauguration Mr.
Morton gave evidence of possessing extraordinary executive abil-
ity. It was while filling this term as governor that he did his best
public work and created for himself a fame as lasting as that of
his state. A great civil war was breaking out when he became
governor and few so well comprehended what would be its magni-
tude as he. He was one of the first to foresee the coming storm of
battle and most active in his preparations to meet it. Perceiving
the danger of a dilatory policy, he visited Washington soon after
the inauguration of President Lincoln, to advise vigorous action
and to give assurance of Indiana's support to such a policy. He
ciJiiimenced preparing lor tue iortliconung conflict, and when
Sumter was fired on, April 12, 1861, he was neither surprised nor
appalled. Three days after the attack, President Lincoln called
for seventy-five thousand troops to put down the rebellion, and the
same day Govenior IMorton tendered him ten thousand men.

In seven days from the date of this offer over three times the
number of men required to fill Indiana's quota of the President's

call offered their services to the country. Never in the world's
history did the i)eople of a state ii'.spuiid more cheerfully and more
enthusiastically to the call of duty Ihau did llie people uf Indiana
in 18G1. The record of the state rellects imperishable honor on
his name, and from that time forth he was known throughout the
nation as the "(Jreat War CJovernor." During tlie entire period
of the war he performed an incredible amount of labor, counseling
the President, encouraging tlie people, organizing reguuents,
hurrying troops to the Held, forwarding .stores, and inspiring all
with the enthusiasm of his own earnestness. His labors for the
relief of the soldiers and their dependent and needy families were
held up as matters of emulation by governors of other states, and
the results of his elforts was that during the war over six hundred
thousand supplies were collected and conveyed to Indiana soldiers
ill camp, field, hospital and prison.

The limits of a sketch like this forbid a detailed accovmt of
Governor Morton's public acts. He displayed extraordinary in-
dustry and ability and in his efforts in behalf of the soldier justly
earned the title of "The Soldier's Friend." In January, 1867, he
w^as elected to the United States Senate and immediately there-
after resigned the governorship. In 1873 he was re-elected to the
Senate and continued a leading member of that body while he
lived. In the Senate he ranked among the ablest members, was
chaii'man of the committee on ju-iviieges and elections, was the
acknowledged leader of the Kepublicans, and for several years
exercised a determining iutluence over the course of the party.
He labored zealously to secure the jjassage of the fifteenth amend-
ment, was active in the impeachment proceedings against Andrew
Johnson, and was the trusted advisor of the Republicans of the
South. In the national l\e})ublican convention of 1876 he re-
ceived next to the highest number of ballots for the presidential
nomination, and in 1877 was a member of the celebrated electoral
commission. In 1870 President Grant offered him the English
mission, which was declined. After visiting Oregon in the spring
of 1877, :\z chair.nnn of ;-. -or.inv.ttco to invcrtigr.tc the election of
Senator Grover, of that state, Mr. Morton suffered a stroke of
paralysis, the second, luuing sustained one in 1S65, and this re-
sulted in his death, November 1, 1877. The death of no man, with
the exception of Lincoln, ever created so much grief in Inrliana as
did that of Senator Morton, and he was mourned almost as much
through the entire nation.

WILLIAM H. ENGLISH.

A mail of national reputation and importance in affairs of
goverument and Imsiness for many years was William II. English,
a man whom Indiana was prond to claim for one of her native
sons. He also won a reputation in the lield of letters. He was
born at Lexington, Scott county, Indiana, August 27, 1822, and
was the only son of Hon. Klislia (i. and Maliala (Eastin) English.
The original progenitor of the English family was James English,
who was a sou of Thomas English, and who emigrated to America
about the year 1700, settling near Laurel, Delaware, and there his
son James English was born, also the latter's sou Elisha English,
who there married Sarah 'U'liarton, with whom he removed to
Kentucky where their son, Elisha G. English, was born. In 1830
the family moved to Cirecne county, Illinois. Major Elisha G.
English, father of the subject of this memoir, was the founder of
the family in Indiana and was one of the earliest settlers in Scott
county, where he took iip his abode in 1818, and there he became
prominent in the public affairs of the county, and for many years
was a member of the Legislature and he had much to do in making
the early history of the state. He died in Indianapolis November
14, 1874. His wife, ^Nlahala Eastin, was a native of Kentucky,
one of a family of seventeen children. In the maternal line Will-
iam H. English was a direct descendant of two notable characters
in the colonial history of the n;'tion — Louis DuBois, the Huguenot
patentee and early colonist in New York, and Jost Hite, who
established the first settlement west of the Elue Ridge mountains
in Virginia, having received a grant of more than one hundred
thousand acres of land fi-om King George II.

William H. English was bom and reared amid pioneer condi-
tions and his advantages for cVtr.ir.ir.g nn c:V.:"ntior. ".-r:-- !in:itcd,
but he persevered and became a self-educated man of rare mental
attainments, having possessed by nature a mind noted for its logic
and reason. He studied law for a time, but his ambitions were
always in the line of politics, and he soon accepted an oflSce in one
of the de]iartments at Washington, which he held four years. He
gave up the law, returned to Indiana and l)ecame very active in

politics, always suiipoitiiiif Dcinocratic i)riii('ii)k'S. Even before
he was of ago he was chosi'ii a delegate from Scott couuty to the
Democratic state convention. y\t that time there were no rail-
roads and he came to the capital on horseback. He later served
as postmaster at Lexington, the then comity scat of Scott county.
In 1843 he was elected piiiicipal clerk of the state House of Repre-
sentatives. After the session was ended .Mr. Knglish took the
stump for James K. Polk in his campaign against Henry Clay for
President, and after the election of the former, Mr. English was
appointed to a position in the treasury department at Washing-
ton, later resigning this office. During the memorable session of
Congress in 1850 Mr. English was clerk of the claims connnittee
in the l^iiited States Senate and listened to the famous speeches
made by Webster, Benton, day, Calhoun and Cass. At the close
of that session he resigned his position and returned to his Indiana
home. In October, 1850, he was elected secretary of the repre-
sentatives that had been selected to the constitutional convention
in Indianapolis, for the purpose of revising the old constitution.
At the adjournment of the convention he was delegated to per-
form the important duty of supen'ising the publication of the con-
stitution, the journals and the addresses. He had thus become an
important factor in the political arena of his native state before
he was thirty years of age. In 1851 he was chosen to represent
Scott county in the Legislature during its first session after the
adoption of the new constitution, and in the I'ace for the position
of speaker of the House he was defeated b.y only nine votes. Soon,
however, the speaker resigned and ]\rr. English was elected to
the place. During a session of throe months not a single appeal
was taken from his decisions. His admirable record in the Legis-
lature marked him for higher official honors. In October, 1852,
he was elected to represent his district in Congress and there he
made a brilliant record. lie was a member of the committee on
territories, and to it was referred the famous Kansas-Nebraska
bill. Ill his position on that nupstimi bo wpq ihp l^vr>■>^m■\■l^o^'r\
champion of the popular sovereignty idea, leaving to the inhabi-
tants of the territory the priA'ilogo of doteiinining such laws as
they desired to make in relation to the institution of slavery. His
amendment was voted down, but one almost exactly similar was
foi-mulatcd in the Senate and became a pi'ovision of the law as
enacted. Dunng all the period i\rr. English was in Congress he

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was prominently idontified with all the measures relating to slav-
ery, lie believed witii the leading men of that period that the
question of slavery ought to be left to the people of the localities
where it existed. Air. English was one of the three represent-
atives from a free state who were able to secure re-election to
Congress in the face of their position on the Kansas-Nebraska
bill.

For eight years Mr. English was a regent of the Smithsonian
Institution and in that capacity had a great deal to do in control-
ling the finances of that institution. At tlie close of his second
term in Congress he was not a candidate for re-election, but the
convention insisted on his taking a third texin, which he finally
agreed to and was elected by a much larger majority than ever
before. He was appointed ehainnan of the very important com-
mittee on postoffices and post-roads. The agitation of the slavery
question continued, and application was made to admit Kansas as
a state which did not prohibit slavery. Mr. English ardently op-
posed this on the ground that there had not been a satisfactory
declaration by the people of Kansas in its favor. After much
agitation in both houses, the subject presented a proposition
known as the "English bill," which passed both houses and fur-
nished the solution of the long-standing difficulty. President
Buchanan wrote Air. English a letter in which he earnestly
thanked him for his services in settling this vexed problem. Once
more he was elected to Congress and both under President
Buchanan and President Johnson he was offered many high
executive appointments, biit refused them. He used every pos-
sible means at his command to reconcile the North and South on
the question of slavery. He took no active part in the Civil war,
but was at all times a finn and consistent supporter of the Union
cause. He was offered command of a regiment by Governor
Aforton, but declined. He refused a renomination for Congress
in 1862, in fact, he took little active part in politics for a number
of vpar"? rtrinr to .Tutip, 18S0. wIipt) nt tho T>oTnnfr«+ic nafioTial
convention in Cincinnati, he received the unanimous nomination
for Vice-President of the United States, and he made the race
with Gen. W. S. Hancock, the Presidential nominee. After the
close of the campaign which resulted in the defeat of the Demo-
cratic party Afr. English did not again take active part in political
affairs, though his counsel continued to be freely sought by the

leaders of his part}- during the residue of his long and useful life.
He found ample demand on his tiine and attention in the super-
A'ision of his manifold and extensive business and property inter-
ests. He was one of the organizers of the First National Bank
of Indianapolis in 1863. He moved from Scott county to the
capital city in 18G5 where he spent the rest of his life, dying Febru-
ary 7, 1896. He was head of the above named bank for fourteen
years, and was president of tlie Indianapolis Clearing House As-
sociation and the Iudianai)olis Banking Association, and he held
controlling interest in the local street railway system. He was a
man of rare literary tastes and produced a history of Indiana, but
his best known work is liis comprehensive history of the "Con-
quest of the Northwest."

In 1847 Mr. English married Emma M. Jackson, of Virginia,
who died in 1877. Two children were born of this union, William
E. English, a well known business man of Indianapolis, and Rosa-
lind, who married Dr. W. Walling, of Chicago.

WILLIAM FREDERICK BORGMANN.

It is with a great degree of satisfaction to us when we avert
to the life of one who has made the rough path of life smooth by
untiring perseverance, attaining success in any vocation requir-
ing definiteness of puipose and determined action. Such a life,
whether it be one of calm, consecutive endeavor, or of sudden
meteoric accomplishments, must abound both in lesson and in-
centive and prove a guide to the young men whose fortunes are
still matters for the future to determine. For a number of years
the late William Frederick Borgmaim directed his efforts toward
the goal of success in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and by patient con-
tinuance won pronounced prestige. But it is by no means an easy
task to describe within the limits of this review a man who led an
active and eminently useful life and by his own exertions reached
a position of honor and trust in the line of industries with which
his interests were allied. But biography and memorial history
find justification, nevertheless, in tracing and recording such a
life record, as the public claims a certain property interest in the
career of every individual and the time invariably arrives when
it becomes ad\'isable to give the right publicity. It is, then, with
a certain degree of satisfaction that the chronicler essays the task
of touching briefly upon such a record as has been of the honored
subject of this memoir, one of the honored native sons of Allen
county and for many years one of our leading business and publiq
men, who deserved in every respect the large success he attained
and the high esteem in which he was universally held.

Mr. Borgmann was bom in Fort Wayne, Indiana, August 7,
1865. He was the son of William and Lesette (Brockmeyer)
Borgmann, both parents having been bom in Germany where they
spent their earlier years, and from there they emigrated to the
United States and were among the early settlers of Allen county,
Indiana, having come here while yet single, and they were mar-
ried in Fort Wajme in 1862. The elder Borgmann was a pioneer
boatman in the early days of the canal and he was on the police
force in Fort Wayne for a number of years, retiring from the
service to engage in the trucking business, which he became very
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successful in, and he became well known and influential in his
adopted city, and here he spent most of his life, his death occur-
ring in 1908. His widow survives and is at this writing making
her home with her oldest daughter, Mrs. Ferdinand Busse. She
has attained an advanced age and is a woman of gracious person-
ality.

Wniiam F. Borgmann was the second of a family of five chil-
dren, four of whom survive and make their home in Fort Wayne,
namely: ]\lrs. Ferdinand Busse, August C, Christian Frederick
and Mrs. Elizabeth Heist.

The subject grew to manhood in his native city and received
his early education here up to the age of fourteen years when he
became associated with his father in the trucking business, in
which he spent his life and was very successful. Always mani-
festing an abiding interest in public affairs, he was appointed
patrolman in 1890, then sergeant, and later captain, finally becom-
ing chief of police, his gradual rise having been due to merit and
honorable conduct, and he held the ofl&ce of chief until he resigned
in 1910, having given the utmost satisfaction to all concerned,
irrespective of party ties, having discharged his every duty in a
manner that reflected much credit upon his ability and stanch
character as a man.

In 1898 ^Ir. Borgmann went into partnership with his brother
in conducting the Brown Trucking Company, ia which their suc-
cess was pronounced fi'om the first, and of which the subject was
president at the time of his death. He was always very active in
the Democratic ranks, and he was often prevailed upon before his
death to permit his name to be placed in nomination for sheriff,
but he cared for no honors and finished the rest of his life looking
after his large business interests, and ranking as one of the city's
most capable and successful business men. His life came to a
tragic and sudden end on April 13, 1912, being struck by an auto-
mobile, his death shocking the community from which he vdll
long be sadly missed. In manner he was mvpf and nnpsRnTTn'no'.
and was a lover of his own fireside. He had purchased five acres
of land a few miles out from the city and was to have built a sum-
mer home there in 1912. He was fond of outdoor recreation, also
was very fond of music, his family being talented in that direction.
He was a member and trustee of Trinity Lutheran church, the
family also being members of this church. The family resides

at No. 420 West Fourth street, which has been the homestead of
the Borgmanns since 1892.

On July 4, 1886, Mr. Borgmann was united in marriage with
Amia Hunsche, in Port Wayne. She was bom in Lima, Ohio, the
daughter of Henry Frederick and Anna (Reber) Hunsche, both
natives of Germany, where they spent their earlier years, emi-
grating to America in 1862, and here became well established.
They are both now deceased, the father having passed away in
1911, his wife having preceded him to the grave neai'ly twenty
years ago.

Three children were born to the subject and wife, namely:
Edith Borgmann, who married Paul Charl'le, of Fort Wayne, and
two children have been born to them, William and Jack, the latter
being deceased; Walter A. Borgmann, who married Paula
Doenges, of Fort Wayne, is still a resident of their home city; Irene
Borgmann, who married John C. Marshall, of Antwerp, Ohio, has
one son, Stephen Marshall.

The funeral of the late William F. Borgmann was very largely
attended. We reprint in full the splendid oration delivered upon
that occasion by Rev. Paxil Stoeppelworth:

"There is no doubt that the sad, untimely death of our friend
and brother, W. F. Borgmann, has caused a general feeling of
sorrow in our entire city. He was a man of unusual power,
mentally and physically, in the prime of life, husband and father
of a loving wife and children, the son of an aged mother, who
climg to him as her main support in her declining years. Death
in its most horrible form has torn him from their midst, hurling
them into a state of grief, which they alone can fully understand.
Surely no human heart is so hardened as to deny them its sym-
pathy. ;^^>;*''

"Besides, W. F. Borgmann was generally beloved. He had
a wide circle of acquaintances and among them all not one but who
was proud of his friendship. His sterling qualities, his manliness
of char:ictcr. Lis Sue sense of jucticc, hie high regard for duty, his
absolute honesty were so apparent as to command immediate re-
spect, which a close acquaintance invaiiably served to increase
and confirm. Honesty was the basic principle of his character.
Through close application to work and circumspect planning he
had succeeded in building up a profitable business, but the charge
of dishonesty in business transactions was never made against

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liim. A number of times he .served our coumuuiity as a public
officer, but he was never ehar^M'd with having acquired such ofifice
by dishonest methods oi' havin-,' abused the trust placed in him
for his own material advancement. He never sought public
honors. Jlad he cared to do so he might have occupied nnich
more exalteil positions; nor, having attained them without his
seeking, did he ever look njjon his office in any other light than
that of a public trust. Such was W. F. Borgraann, a gentleman,
a model citizen, a true j)a(riot, his death a distinct loss to the com-
munity; ho was more, he was an upright Christian, a faithful mem-
ber of our Lutheran Trinity church, which is sorely stricken by
his sad departure. ITe was right, not only to his relation toward
his fellow men but also, as to his relation with his God. And God
judges us by a different standard than men do. God is perfect
and his standard of judgment is perfect. What men look upon as
an admirable conduct and laud as model righteousness, is, in His
sight, nothing but 'filthy rags.' Our departed brother knew that
very well. To jilace himself right with his God, he presumed not
to plead his good and noble qualities as men saw them. He put
his faith in something far better; the absolute righteousness
merited by Jesus, our Saviour, for all mankind: 'Jesus' blood
and righteousness, ^ry raiment are and precious dress.' That
was the sum substance of his faith.

" 'Just as I am, without one plea.
Save that Thy l)lood did flow for me,
And that Thou bidst me come to thee,
So, Lamb of God, I come, I come.'

"On that plea alone he cared and hoped to face his God. I
make this statement from personal knowledge, having been con-
nected with the deceased for ten years as his pastor. And this
fact gives me coiu-agc to perfoi-m my duty on this sad occasion.
Knowing the deceased to have been a Christian. I drew from our
text, -LiUKe vii:l2;-Io, tiie two-fold comfort in assurance for you,
grief-stricken mourners:

" 'Christ, the Lord, has dealt with your beloved and is dealing
with you according to his loving kindness.'

"A happy reimion with him whose death you mourn, awaits
you in eternity.

"Our text takes us to the village of Nain, in the plain of ,
Edraelon in Galilee. A very sad death has occurred in that
village. A young man, the only son of his mother, a widow, has
beeu taken away by death. His body was being carried out of the
city for burial. Alauy friends followed him to his last resting
place. The funeral procession had just reached the city gate, ,
when they were met by another procession coming toward the
city, 'Jesus and his disciples and much people!' When Jesus saw
the grief-stricken mother bent down under her load of sorrow
'He had compassion on her and said unto her: Weep not, and he
came and touched the bier; and they that saw him stood still and
lie said, Young man, I saj' unto thee, Arise, and he that was dead,
sat up and began to sjjeak. ' A most fortunate coincidence, some ;
call it, that Jesus, the Prince of Life, happened along that way
just at the proper moment to show his life-giving power for the
benefit of the poor, bereaved mother and her dead son, but there
was more in that meeting than coincidence; it was designed. Jesus
walked that eight hours' way from Capernaum, where he had
healed the centurion's servant, to Nain for the sole purpose of per-
forming the miracle our text speaks of. Being a part of Jesus'
work, this miracle was unchided in God's plan of redemption, or-
dained from eternity. More than that — all circumstances lead-
ing to and conditioning the perfonnance of the miracle were in-
cluded in this plan. God, Jesus himself, ordained from eternity
and at the proper moment so shaped the circumstances, that He
must meet the funeral procession at the city gate. The young
man's death occurred at a moment suited to God's plan and that
plan included not only the Saviour's glorification but also the wel-
fare of the sorely stricken widow and her deceased son. In both
the firm, unwavering, absolute faith, that truly saves, was to be.
awakened, the faith that in Jesus of Nazareth we have the Saviour
promised by the Old Testament prophets, who conquered all our
enemies, even death itself. For that reason Luke tells us, that
when ,Tr>t!n<? saw the widow. He bad compassion on her and said,
'Weep not.' That look of compassion from the eyes of the
merciful Saviour, those words of tender, yet forceful, consolation
from his divine lips conveyed to the poor dejected widow, the
sustaining truth: 'My Lord is dealing with me and my dead 8on
according to his loving kindness. It is by his good and merciful
will, not by the will of blind fate, that I now pass through this

dark valley. Though his dealing now I cannot understand, yet
in child-like faith 1 will take this hand and doubt not Him, whose
loving care encompassed me and mine, before there was a world
and time.'

"From this truth of our text, you, dear mourners, may draw
sustaining comfort in this hour of affliction. The death which
now depresses you is not less sad than the one which occurred in
the city of Nain at the time our text speaks of. Nor is the burden
it imposes lessened by the thought that our beloved one's sad de-
parture was due to certain cii'cumstances, apparently insignifi-
cant, which, had their import been known, might w^ell have been
avoided; in other words, that the accident which caused his death
was decreed by blind faith. But is that really ti'ue? Can this
dark thought, born of sadness and despair, stand in the divine
light of our text? Ah, no, dear friends. The experience of the
widow and her son of whom our text speaks clearly teaches that
the course God's childi'en rim in this life is in no way determined
or governed by blind fate, but by their merciful Father in Heaven.
Nor was their experience an exception. He deals with aU His
children, as he dealt with them, according to his loving kindness.
He has given them His divine promise: 'I have loved thee with
an everlasting love,' Jeremiah xxxi:3, and 'I have graven thee
upon the palms of my hands,' Isaiah xlix:16. From everlasting
God has bestowed upon His children His divine love and that love
prompted Him to engrave them upon the palms of His hands. He
saw% He shaped their entire course before the world's foundation
was laid, decreeing and planning to guide them through all dan-
gers of life and lead them finally safely home. All, in circum-
stances surrounding a Christian's life, the time and manner of
their death, are thus objects of God's providential loving care.
This truth applies to our departed friend and brother. His death,
though to our reason untimely and horrible, came under circum-
stances and at a time most propituous for the accomplishment of
God's desiem: His efpTnal wplfare. Siirelv God has dealt with
him, in the hour and manner of his death also according to His
loving kindness.

"And thus He now deals with you, dear mourners; as, through
the death of the widow's son, He wanted to demonstrate his merci-
ful compassion upon the poor mother; so, through the death of
your beloved he wished to show you his tender mercies and lead

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you to a full appreciatiou of their full sweetness. It may seem
paradoxical, yet it is true that the only real joy, the joy of God's
children in their Saviour, is bom of sadness. As we more fully
appreciate the sun's morning rays after a dark, chilling storm;
so a sinner will fully appreciate the quickening rays of the sun of
God's grace, merited for all by Christ, the Saviour, after the storm
of contrition has raged in his bosom. For that reason, and that
reason alone, does God suffer His children to be again and again
reminded of their shortcomings. For that reason and that reason
alone, does God impose upon them the pangs of separation at the
death of a loved one. He wishes to show them the ravages of
sin (for death is the wages of sin) so that tliey may more fully ex-
perience the happiness and joy derived from the blessed knowl-
edge: In Clirist Jesus I have full redemption from all my sins.
I fully believe, that in your case God's purpose has been accom-
plished. I am convinced that the chief cause of your grief in
your sad bereavement is, beside the grievous loss you have sus-
tained, the knowledge of sin, that burden which oppresses you in
common with us all. Therefore in the Saviour's name I bid you,
cast aside your grief. Its purpose accomplished, look to Jesus
alone. While the tear-dimmed eyes of the body contemplate the
sad loss you have sustained, let the eye of faith behold Jesus only.
He looks upon you with the same benign look of compassion that
sustained and comforted the poor widow at Nain, in the faithful
promises of His gospel. He speaks to you the same words of
consolation that sustained her in her grievous bereavement:
'Weep not.' 'I have loved thee Avith an everlasting love, there-
fore with loving kindness have I drawn thee.' Grasp Him and
His promises, hold them fast, cling to them; they will turn your
sorrow into gladness and give you power even in this dark hour,
to sing songs of joy and praises of thanksgiving.

''Our text contains another truth from which you may draw
comfort. It assured you of a happy reimion, in eternity, with him
whosp death vnn Tnonm. JpRn<5 trmrherl \\\(^ yoiin^ Tnnn'c hipr
'and they that bore him stood still; and He said unto him. Young
man, I say unto thee, arise, and he that was dead sat up and began
to speak.' This was one of our Saviour's most glorious miracles.
By the divine power of His word He called the dead back to life,
restoring the departed son to the grieving mother. The visible
performance of miracles on our Saviour's part was confined to the

time of his visible sojourn on earth. We do not expect that Jesus
will restore our dead by an immediate miraculous intervention, as
He did in Nain; nor did the widow expect it. Christ's previous
words or actions implied no promise justifying such expectation.
But we do know that, at His own appointed time He will restore
his children to life. On this point His word gives us very definite
promise: 'The hour is coming, in which all that are in the grave
shall hear His voice, and shall come forth; they that have done
good, unto the resurrection of life,' John v:28. And this promise,
oft repeated if it needed corroboration, amply finds such cor-
roboration in the miracle recorded in our text, and in the glorious
resurrection of our Saviour. He was raised from the dead as our
substitute. On His day He will gather about Him all His chil-
dren in everlasting life, who through God's own we may, there-
fore, join in Job's song of triimiph: *I know that my Redeemer
liveth. * • • In my flesh shall I see God: Whom I shall see
for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another,' Job
xix:25-27. - . ;

" 'God's children.' That includes the deceased brother. His
soul is now in Paradise; his body, though presently to be com-
mitted to the grave, shall rise on the day of our Lord, and, wonder-
fully changed, reunited with the soul, partake of the joy of that
life, where death and sorrow and crying and pain have no place for
evermore.

"There you may find him; only let your faith be steadfast
Follow in his footsteps. Let Jesus be and ever remain your only
hope of salvation. When death calls you hence let him find you
clothed in Jesus' blood and righteousness. Thus you will pass
through the portals of death, into the life of communion with your
Saviour, where, with all holy angels and all God's elect, also your
departed husband and father, you will everlastingly sing songs
of praise to Him, who, at all times, even in the hours of utter dark-
ness, has dealt ■nith you according to his tender mercies."

WALPOLE G. COLERICK.

An enumeration of those men of the present generation in
Allen county who have won honor and public recognition for
themselves and at the same time have honored the state to which
they belong, must needs include Hon. Walpole G. Colerick, of Fort
"\Va3Tie, eminent as a lawyer and citizen, and one who ably repre-
sented his district in the halls of the national Congress. He has
been and is distinctively a man of affairs and one who has wielded
marked influence in his profession and in the broad domain of
public life, while his technical and academic scholarship is of high
order and his dignity of purpose and his personal integrity such,
as to have ever commended him to the esteem and good will of his
fellow men.

It seems to the writer that consistent recourse may be made
at this point to an appreciative estimate of the life history and
antecedents of ^Ir. Colerick written by Judge Allen Zollars, of
Fort Wayne, one of his distinguished professional confreres at the
present time, since this estimate comes with the full force of inti-
mate personal acquaintanceship and significant and analytic ap-
preciation. In making excerpt from this previously published
sketch we shall take the liberty of making slight changes in
phraseology, in order that the subject matter may be brought up
to the date of the present writing:

"Hon. Walpole G. Colerick was born in the city of Fort
Wayne, on the 1st of August, 1845, and belongs to honorable and
distinguished families in the lines of both his father and mother.
He is the son of the late Hon. David H. Colerick, and the maiden
name of his mother was Elizabeth Gillespie Walpole. He also
belongs to families of law^yers. John G. Walpole was a practi-
tioner in Fort Wavne. where he died manv vears aeo. and Robert
L. and Thomas D. Walpole were distinguished lawyers at Indi-
anapolis. His five brothers all adopted the legal profession, and
became successful practitioners, and of the number two are en-
gaged in practice at the present time. His older brother, the Hon.
John Colerick, one of the most promising and brilliant of the
younger men of the state, died in March, 1872, which year also

witnessed the death of another older brother, David Colerick, a
lawyer of ability and promise. Each of, these brothers had, in
early life, been trusted and honored by the people, not only in
their controlling a large professional business, but also in the be-
stowal upon them of public office. Still' later Thomas W. Cole-
rick, a younger brother of the subject, died when a yoimg man and
just when he was entering upon what promised to be a successful
and brilliant career as a lawyer. He was not only a young man
of fine ability and character, but. he also Tiad the industry and
methods of study which always bring their reward by way of suc-
cess in the learned professions. Messrs. Henry and Philemon B.
Colerick, younger brothers, are both practicing and successful
lawyers in Fort Wayne, while the former served for many years
as city attorney, and the latter as prosecuting attorney of the
coimty.

"The subject of this sketch received his early educational
discipline in the city schools of Fort Wayne,' the course of study in
which is equal to that of many colleges. He, however, did not de-
pend, nor has at any time, upon what he learned in pursuing the
ordinary courses of study provided by institutions of learning,
but he has carried forward with great discrimination and exacti-
tude such reading and study as are best fitted to fit one for the
learned profession which he has so signally honored with his
labors and services. He had many advantages which not many
enjoy in preparing for and entering upon the duties of a profes-
sion. He not only had the benefit of hiis honored and distin-
guished father's learning, experience, example, advice and en-
couragement, but also the help, advice and encouragement of a
mother of fine ability and culture. He had gone through a course
of study in the law, been admitted to the bar, and become a part-
ner of his father before he was twenty-one years of age. From
that time until the present he has been one of the leading and most
successful practitioners of the Allen coimty bar. He is able and
patient in the preparation of his cases for trial, and in the trial
of them he is skiiltui and successful. In the preparation of a case
and presenting the same to the court and jury he has few equals
in discovei-ing in advance the controlling points and in so marshal-
ling the testimony and handling it in the argument as to produce
the con\dction that the cause of his client is just and ought to pre-
vail. He is a good judge of human nature, and is remarkably

conversant with the modes of thought on the part of jurors. With
these qualifications and his natural facilities as a public speaker
he is forceful and successful as an advocate in jury cases. Added
to his other elements of success is that of sincerity, Avhicli has no
little weight with both the court and jury."

Further it may be said that Mr. Colerick has maintained a
strong hold on the confidence and esteem of the people of his
native county, and that significant evidence of his popularity was
given in 1878, when, as a candidate on the Democratic ticket, he
was elected to represent the twelfth district of Indiana in Con-
gress, making an excellent record and being chosen as his own suc-
cessor in 1880. Fidelity and diligence characterized his congress-
ional career, and he labored earnestly and eifectively in advancing
the interests of the people of his district and those of the entire
nation. After the expiration of his second term in Congress,
^Ir. Colerick resmned his professional work in Fort Wayne, and
continued actively engaged therein until 1883, when he was ten-
dered, without personal solicitation, tlie office of supreme court
commissioner, accepting the office and entering upon the dis-
charge of his duties in November of the year mentioned. At the
expiration of his tei-m in 1885, he again resumed his professional
practice in Fort Wayne, and the ever increasing demands of the
same now engross his time and attention. In politics Mr. Cole-
rick was a stanch advocate of the principles of the Democratic
party.

RALPH BURDICK POLK.

Specific meutiou is made iu the following paragraphs of one
of the worthy citizens of Johnson county, Indiana — one who has
figured iu the growth and development of this favored locality and
whose interests have been identified with its progress, contribut-
ing iu a definite measure in his particular sphere of action to the
well-being of the community in which he resides and to the ad-
vancement of its normal and legitimate growth. Additional inter-
est also attaches to his career from the fact that practically his
entire life has been passed within the borders of this county.
Earnest purpose and tireless energy, combined with mature judg-
ment and every-day common sense, have been among his most
prominent characteristics and he has merited the respect and
esteem which are accorded him by all who know him.

Ralph B. Polk was bom in Greenwood, Indiana, on August
31, 1875, and is the son of James T. and Laura F. (Burdick) Polk.
The father was bom in Gibson county, Indiana, February 25,
1844, and he is the son of George W. and Maiy Polk, who were
among the early settlers of that county, both living to ripe old
ages. In 1858 they came to Johnson county, Indiana, and settled
on a fann southeast of Greenwood, where they spent their re-
maining days, being very comfortably situated. '

James T. Polk grew to manhood on the home farm, where he
made himself useful during the proper age and when he was not
attending the public schools in his neighborhood. During the
war of the Rebellion he gave unmistakable evidence of his courage
and patriotism by active service in the field in defense of the
national union. In 1863 he enlisted in Company M, First Indiana
Heavy Artillery, in which he served faithfully during a nimaber
of the principal campaigns until tlie close of the war, participating
in numerous engagements. At the close of the conflict he received
an honorable discharge and he spent the two years following in
improving his education, which had been interrupted by the war.
In 1869 Mr. Polk spent nine months in Danville, New York, taking
the water cure for his health, and while there he conceived the
idea of a canning factory. Becoming convinced of its feasibility.

upou his return liouu- he at once i)ut his plans into execution, and
by 1873 the project was in lull swing. He contiuiieil in the can-
ning business with ever-increasing success, his luisiness reaching
very extensive {iroportions ami eaniiug for his efi'orts a handsome
competency, until alxiut 1I)0:> when he gradually began to retire.

James T. Polk and Laura F. Burdick were married i^n Decem-
ber 5, 1871, and they became the parents ol" tln-ee children, two of
whom arc living at this writing. Pearl F.. who married S. 0. Dun-
gan, of the Polk Milk Company, of Indianai)olis, and llal])h B., of
this sketcli. The wife and mntliei- was cillcf] to her rest on Janu-
ary 20, 191)9, and the father is now spending nuu-h of his time
traveling.

Ralph B. Polk received his elementary education in the pulj-
lic schools at Greenwood, then sjjcnt three years of preparatory
work at Franklin College. lie then took a year of scientific work
in private study in chemistry and l)acteriology, and later carried
on some extensive investigations with Doctor and Mrs. Bitting,
the results of w^hich line of study and research he has been able to
apply to practical processes of manufacture with excellent results.

He also took a i^artial mechanical course at Purdue Univer-
sity. Mr. Polk was born witliin three hundred yards of the
Greenwood camiing factory and lie literally grew up in this in-
dustry, becoming familiar with its every phase when quite young.
He started in as a boy to thoroughly learn the business, beginning
at the bottom of the ladder as a mechanic, and b.y his own merit
working his .way up through various pi-omotions until he is now
the active head of the company and general manager of the ex-
tensive business. He early began to study the details of the can-
ning processes with a view of imjoroving them, with the result
that he has invented a number of machines and processes and
over one-half of tlie machinery now used in the Polk factory is of
his design. The result is a better quality of goods, while at the
same time there is a great saving of labor and expense, and Mr.
Polk is thus entitled to specific mention as an inventor, as well
as a business man. He invented the "agitating system," on the
perfection of which he spent a large amount of money. It makes
possible the introduction of heat and sterilization into the center
of cans to cook some products which must be heated to over tw'o
hundred and fifty degrees. This process has reduced the time
from one hour and fifteen minutes to thirty minutes, a saving of

laDor and one-third the fuel Many other improvements in the
mechanical operation of the plant have been devised and intro-
duced by Mr. Polk which have done much to improve the quality
of the products and at the same time cheapen the cost of the out-
put. ..^ )'''•■'•>;"(>'■»*' T' "

The factory in Greenwood is branching out and is now mak-
ing all kinds of canned goods in enormous quantities, their prod-
ucts being shipped to all parts of the United States, it being one
of the largest and best know-n factories in the United States. The
business is operated under the firm name of the J. T. Polk Com-
pany, whose officers are as follows: James T. Polk, president,
retired; Ralph B. Polk, vice-president and general manager;
Harry McCartney, secretary, and C. E. Coffin, treasurer. Besides
the principal factory at Greenwood, known as the Sunlight Can-
ning Factory, the company has branch factories at Mound City,
Illinois, Columbus, Kentucky, and Barlow, Kentucky, all near
Cairo, Illinois, these locations being selected primarily with the
idea of utilizing the Ohio and Mississippi rivers as soon as the
unprovement of these great waterways is completed. In this, as
in many other of his business actions, Mr. Polk has tried to dis-
count the future. He has great faith in the development of these
rivers and believes them to be as essential to America as the
Panama canal.

On April 15, 1903, Ralph B. Polk was united in marriage with
Grace Porterfield, a young lady of estimable characteristics and
a daughter of an influential family of Richmond, Indiana. To
their union two children have been bom, James T. Polk, whose
death occurred in 1911, and Ralph Porterfield Polk, who survives.

During his college days Mr. Polk belonged to a society which
was opposed to fraternities and he has never affiliated with any
organizations of that character. Personally, he is a studious,
quiet and unpretentious gentleman, who is liked by all classes,
being a genial companion, industrious worker and honest business
man. • ,♦;-„. •^^,,,vr:>■.^^.<.

GEORGE RABUS.

Noju'tter eulogium can be iminounced upon a community or
upon its individual niembci's than to point to the work they have_
accomplished. Theories look fine on the printed page and sound
well when proclaimed from the platform, but in the end it is effort
in the various lines of industrial activity which develops the man
and tells on society. This is essentially a utilitarian age, and the
man of action is very much in evidence. The late George Rabus
was such a man, and as such it is pleasant to contemplate briefly
his career and character. Intimatel}' associated for years with
the industrial development of the thriving city of Fort Wayne,
and taking a prominent part in the public affairs of northern
Indiana, he was not underestimated by a people who long since
learned to aj^preeiate his ti"ue value as a potent factor in import-
ant affairs. Though a man of impretentious demeanor, he pos-
sessed the silent but powerful force that attracted men — the men-
tal qualities and personal magnetism that drew men to him and
the tact and power that made men as well as events subserve his
purpose. In early life he laid the foundation of a character which,
through a long and useful career, successfully withstood every
temptation to depart from the path of rectitude and made him a
natural leader in the affairs of men.

Mr. Rabus was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He spent his
boyhood under his parental roof, leading much the same life as
other boys of those days. He received his primary schooling in
the public schools, and later attended the Lutheran schools. He
remained a student all his life and was an exceptionally well in-
formed man on current topics, and he was also a keen observer
and an excellent judge of human nature.

"^f^ "PoVinc iT-'ic rno-PT'irvr' m-i AfoT-r>V) 7 IfO^ +0 ?IiSJ!; Fratlll

Juilliard, a lady of culture and refinement, who was bom in Fort
Wayne, Indiana, and the daughter of Victor and Mary (Hueg-
nard) Juilliard, both parents also natives of siumy southern
France, each representing splendid old families, and there they
grew to maturity, were educated and married, finally emigrating
to the United States and establishing a pleasant home at Fort
Wayne, Indiana, where they became well known and highly re-

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spected and here spent the remainder of their lives. They came
to Alien county, Indiana, fifty years ago, being among the pio-
neers, and here they became infUiential in the affairs of the com-
munity and were held in the highest esteem by all their neighboi-s
and many friends. Mr. Juilliard owned a large and productive
farm near Fort Waj-ne, on which he carried on extensive agricul-
tural pursuits and stock raising on an extensive scale, becoming
one of the most progressive and substantial farmers of the county,
and maintaining a conmiodious and attractive rural residence
which was known for its genial hospitality to the many friends of
the family. He rendered great assistance in building the Wa-
bash & Erie canal, which was built through Allen coimty when
Fort Wayne was a small town. lie was always ready to aid in
any laudable enterprise having for its object the general upbuild-
ing of the country of his adoption.

George Rabus turned his attention to merchant taUoring
early iu life and was soon an expert in this special line, and he
spent his entire life in the tailoring business, being proprietor of
the leading establishment of this kind in Fort Wayne. He xm-
derstood well every detail of the same and was very successful,
accumulating a handsome competency from year to year until he
became one of the financially strong men of the city of his resi-
dence, and he owned much valuable property. He always main-
tained a neat and well-stocked house and his honesty and uniform
courtesy and obliging nature won and retained hundreds of cus-
tomers from all over this section of the state. Politically, he was
a Democrat and was very active in party affairs, in fact, was a
local leader and wielded much influence in public matters, his
counsel being frequently sought by politicians and others in both
public and business matters, and it was iuvariably followed with
gratify lag results.

Tlie death of George Rabus occurred on August 1, 1907. Few
men have been called away from the life of Fort Wayne who were
so sincerely and universally mourned, for he was one of her most
public-spirited, useful, favorably known and best beloved citi-
zens, exceedingly popular with all classes, for he united with rare
business abilitj* personal qualities that are admired in every land
and clime. He was a friendly, obliging, optimistic gentleman, the
soul of honor, and to know him was to accord him the highest
respect and praise.

JAMES CHENEY.

The spirit of a pure, noble and earnest life burned in the mor-
tal tenement of the late James Cheney, than whom no pioneer of
the city of Fort AVa^'ne attained to higher distinction in connec-
tion with the material and civic development of this favored sec-
tion of the state of Indiana, while none wielded a wider or more
beneficent influence in connection with the promotion of public
enterprises and utilities which consented such development and
progress. His life was one of fullness and completeness, one of
vigor and inflexible integrity. He accomplished great things for
the general good and was not denied a due individual reward in
the matter of temporal affluence. A man of rugged strength of
character, of finest moral fiber, and one who realized a magnificent
measure of useful accomplishment, his name is deeply engraved on
the pages of the history of the state so long honored by his
residence, particularly as applying to Allen county and the city
of Port Wayne, so that such a publication as the one at hand must
needs enter a tribute of honor and appreciation to his memory if
any measure of consistency and symmetry is to be claimed for
same. He was universally recognized as a splendid citizen, of
lofty character, sturdy iutegiity and unswerving honesty. Dur-
ing the pioneer period he shared fully the trials and difficulties of
those trying times. He was one of the sturdy figures upon which
the burdens of the new community fell, and he struggled devotedly
with others in bringing about the resultant evolution of develop-
ment. Hand and heart and purse were always open to the necessi-
ties of his neighbors, and the record of those years is one of tireless
and unselfish devotion. To write the history of Mr. Cheney would
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useful and somewhat remarkable career of this famous captain -of
industry, and briefly sum up his life by sa}"ing that he was a good
man — such a man that the world was better for his having lived
in it. He was a good husband and father, faithful and loving; a
good citizen and friend, constant and reliable; a man in the fiillest
sense of the word, wide, comprehensive and far-reaching in life
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and personality— a man to be missed and lamented, but whose
good deeds will live after him.

James Cheney was bom on December 15, 1817, at Sutton,
Caledonia coimty, Vermont. He was the son of Roswell and
Abigail (Williard) Cheney, the father a native of Keene, New
Hampshire, and the mother bora in Vermont. The maternal
grandfather, James Williard, was a native of England, from which
country he emigrated to the United States the latter part of the
eighteenth century. He remained a loyal Tory during the war of
1812, and he went to Canada after the close of that conflict and re-
mained there several years. The parents of the subject grew to
maturity in New England and were married there. In the year
1834 Roswell Cheney brought his family from the old home farm
in Vermont overland to Port Lawrence, now Toledo, Ohio. Here
he took up large tracts of land and also established himself in a
general merchandise business, and by his thrift and close applica-
tion became one of the substantial and influential citizens of that
section of the country, and there he spent the remainder of his life,
dying in 1846, at the age of fifty-six years. His wife survived
him many years, dying in June, 1861, at Logansport, Indiana.
There were three children in their family: Roswell "Williard,
who died in Toledo in 1844, at the age of twenty-six years; James,
the subject of this sketch; and Coraelia M., who married George
Knickerbocker, of Hillsdale, Michigan.

James Cheney received a limited education, for in that day
the early schools in the country districts afforded but a meager
education to the Vermont farmer boy, but here-, as everywhere
and at all times, the mettle of the student meant more than his
educational system, and when James Cheney, at eleven years of
age, left school and began clerking in a general store at Center
Harbor, New Hampshire, he made the most of his opportunities
and, leaving school, had but begun his real education, which con-
tinued through life, for he was always a wide miscellaneous reader
and a keen nhserver. and made iir> for his laek of tprt-bnok train-
ing in his earlier days. He possessed rare innate business qualifi-
cations and soon mastered the ins and outs of the mercantile busi-
ness, and, after three years of most satisfactory work in the little
store at Center Harbor, yoimg Cheney went into business for him-
self in Genesee county, New York, and later he came with his par-
ents to Toledo, Ohio, then a mere country village. Here he soon
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post, three miles from town. Kecoyuiziug his aljility at once, his
employers soon sent him to establish a branch store at Adrian,
Michigan, and in a year he was taken in as half owner. Upon the
bankruptcy, soon afterward, of the Collinses, the firm became
Cheney & Wilson and so continued until 1839, having enjoyed a
steady growth, when Mr. Cheney bought out his junior partner
and the firm became R. & J. Cheney, so continuing for three years.
During this partnership the firm took a contract for the construc-
tion of three miles of the Wabash and Erie canal.

Mr. Cheney went to Defiance, Ohio, in 1842, where he held the
appointment as collector of tolls until 1845. At this time he built
the Pavilion, a large hotel for that period, but sold it in 1847 and
removed to a farm on the Maumee river, two miles from Defiance.
In 1853 he sold this farm and in the following year established a
banking house in Defiance, and later came to Fort AVayne, where
he at once became indeutified with banking operations and other
important business interests. In 1855 he removed to New York
City, seeking larger fields for the exercise of his financial talents,
and there continued operations on Wall street with much success,
also forming acquaintanceship with many of the leading financiers
of the day. In the spring of 1857 Mr. Cheney located at Logans-
port, Indiana, being one of the twenty distinguished gentlemen
who organized the Bank of the State of Indiana. Of that score of
brilliant men, headed by Hugh ]\IcCulloch, he was the last sur-
vivor. When the institution was finallj' merged into a national
bank, he became a member of its directorate, while he served for
a time as cashier, remaining in control of the most of the stock
imtil his death. He also became a heavy stockholder in the
National City Bank of New York. His activities were so far-
reaching and varied in the great domain of financial and industrial
operations that it is impossible to enter into details concerning
them in an article of this nature. However, suffice it to say that
he was interested in the construction of the great Atlantic cable,
being associated v.ith othci I^uJiiij^ riuam-icio, aud Tur uiau^ ^ears
he was an active operator in the great stock market of the national
metropolis. In 1858, in partnership with J. Uhl, he erected a flour-
ing mill in Logansport, Indiana, and a few years later he sold his
interests to his partner's sons. He maintained his home and busi-
ness headquarters in New York from 1872 until 1878, when he re-
turned to Fort Wayne. Here he remained as president of the

Fort Wayne Gas and Light Conii)auy from 1878 until 1894, when
the gas company sold its stock to the Detroit syndicate. Mr.
Cheney was associated with Jay Ciould in the reorganization of
the Wabash Railroad Company, of which he was a stockholder
until its final sale, in 1885, wliilc he was ajjpointcd a trustee on the
mortgage in connection with the Central Trust Company at the
time of this sale. He was actively identified with the Masonic
fraternity for many years, taking his dimit only when the infirm-
ities of advanced age rendered it impossible for him to attend the
lodge meetings.

The domestic life of James Cheney began on May 2, 1842,
when he was united in marriage with Nancy B. Evans, who was
bom in Defiance, Ohio, on February 21, 1824, and whose death oc-
curred on Jime 27, 1895, at the home of her daughter, INIrs. Alice
Knight, of Fort Wayne. She was a woman of many estimable
characteristics and represented an excellent old family, being the
daughter of Pierce Evans, one of the leading citizens of Defiance
coimty, Ohio, where she was reared and educated. For a number
of years she was prominent in the social life of Fort Wayne, her
gracious and genial personality making her a favorite with a ven''
wide circle of friends, while her earnest Christian character was a
source of inspiration to those who came within the sphere of her
influence. She and her distinguished husband are serenely sleep-
ing the last sleep "in the windowless palaces of rest" in beautiful
Mount Hope cemetery at Logansport, Indiana.

The union of James Cheney and wife was blessed by the birth
of four children, narael.y: Helen, who is the wife of John A. Kim-
berly, of Neenah, Wisconsin ; Roswell AV., who is engaged in busi-
ness in California, and who served during the Civil war as a mem-
ber of the Ninth Indiana Volunteer Infantry; Mary Cornelia, who
is the wife of Hon. John C. Nelson, of Logansport, this state; and
Alice, widow of Charles S. Knight, of Fort Wa\Tie.

On December 13, 1903, James Cheney was summoned to close

yond, his death occurring at his attractive and commodious home
on Spy Run arcnuc, the fashionable section of Fort Wayne's resi-
dential district, he having there passed his declining .years in
practical retirement, although he continued to exercise a general
super\-ision of his financial interests until the last.

Of the numerous laudable paragraphs appearing at the time

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of his (loath, we quote the following from a Fort Wayne paper:
"James Cheney's career was a remarkable one in many ways, lie
fought his way by inherent ability to a place among the foremost
financiers of America. Quiet and UHol)tru.sive always, he was bet-
ter known in the luiaucial circles til' Wall street than in the affairs
of his own city. Though a leading factor in some of the largest
movements of modern times, his was an unassuming nature. A
man of few words, he acted rather than talked, and even his most
intimate friends hardly appreciated the tremendous part played
by this modest gcntlen)an in the financial world, Mr. Cheney was
a man of keen business insight and was a born financier yet he
never departed from the path of al)S()lute rectitude and honesty.
In all his long and useful life two qualities, integrity and love of
justice, were especially noticeable."

We quote from another article appearing in the local press
at that time: "Judge James Cheney, pioneer banker and capital-
ist, easily the wealthiest citizen of Fort AVayne and for many
years the confidant of America's greatest financiers, died at 11
o'clock Simday moniing at the residence of his daughter, Mrs.
Charles S. Knight, on Spy Run avenue. There will be funeral
sen'ices at the residence AVednesday morning and later the re-
mains will be taken to Logansport ,for interment. The veteran
financier would have been eighty-six years of age had he survived
imtil Tuesday, and the end came calmly and peacefully, as had
been the closing years of his remarkable career. Never during
his long life had the venerable man suffei'ed from any illness of a
serious nature, but three months ago or more he became afraid
tlie end was near. But there was improvement and apparently
Mr. Cheney had entirely recovered. It was noted, however, that
he was very weak from the infinnities of age, and for several days
he was less active than formerl}', and on Thursday last Judge
Clieney dozed in his chair longer than had been his custom. When
aroused by his daughter, the venerable financier complained of
fooling drri^t'y. T\^\^ ^'^r.tinr.ccl, anJ J;^;li.j^ Lhc oucl-c^JIx^o "•'•■■
the aged man sank calmly and peacefully into the eternal sleep.
There was apparently no pain, and the long career was eiith«I m
the residence where the latter thirty years of his life had been
spent. With him when he breathed his last were a number of Iuh
children and grandchildren."

"Judge Cheney's career was a remarkable one in ni:iiiy wm.vh.

Though bom iu obscurity, lie fought his way by his inherent abil-
ity to a place among the I'orenio.st liiianciers of America. In his
active career he was a power in Wall street, and the close friend
and associate of Jay Could and Cyrus W. Field, the masterful
genius who conceived and executed the idea of connecting two
worlds by telegraph. Mr. Cheney gave substantial aid and en-
couragement iu the laying of the Atlantic cable, and was a prom-
inent factor in the construction of the great Wabash railroad
system as well as many oilier enterprises which have aided in the
development of the Mississippi valley region. A man of keen
business acumen, he was successful to a marked degree, and re-
tained the management of his large interests to the last. The
closing years of his life, however, have been spent in quiet retire-
ment in the beautiful home on Spy Run avenue, where, save for
occasional trips into the city, he employed his time in chatting
with friends, reading or walking about the grounds, sometimes
aiding the gardeners or doing such other light work as pleased his
fancy. He was very well known to the other residents of the
city."

Tlie following is taken from a Logansport paper: "The late
James Cheney, who was born in 1817, was the last of the 'Seven-
teen Club,' which consisted of Logansport men born in that year.
Tomorrow afternoon, on a special train, the remains of Mi*.
Cheney, who died Sunday afternoon iu Fort AVayne, will be
brought to this city for burial. No services will Ije held iu this
city other than a short ceremony at the grave in JSlount Hope.

"The death of Mr. Cheney brings back to the minds of the
elder residents the history of his residence in this city. Justice
Kloenne, judge of the police court, toda,v told a reporter of the
organization of the 'Club of 1817,' of which the late ^Ir. Cheney
was a member. He stated that years ago seven residents of this
county, who were born in 1817, formed a club known as the 'Club
of 1817.' The members of this club are all dead except Justice
Kloenne. John Davis, Samuel Panabaker. A. F. Tavlnr. Anthonv
Smith, James Cheney, Joseph Uhl and Justice Kloenne composed
the roster of the famous club. The club met once a year dnring
its early periods, but later, as the members died, its meetings
were postponed into general meetings as the members visited
Logansport. Mr. Cheney often spoke of the organization, and
the members were remembered with fitting tributes when they-
passed away. James Cheney was the youngest member of the club.

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"Mr. Cheney was the wealthiest man in Fort Wayne, and the
obsequies, which will be held in that city tomorrow morning, will
likely be the largest ever held in that city."

Mr. Cheney's success in life was such as would command re-
spect and admiration anywhere. Ilis results were not accidents,
as all of his operations were managed with far-seeing shrewdness.
He had the genius of hard work and the instinctive knowledge of
men which guided him so safely in his choice of business asso-
ciates. Jtlost orderly, exact and just in all of his business deal-
ings, he required the same methods in others. He managed to
make money as dry goods merchant, contractor, miller, banker
and as a stockholder in many industrial enterprises. Absolutely
independent in thought and action, he would charge no usurious
rate of interest, yet neither would he give except to a cause which
commended itself to his best judgment. Firm and vmbending in
his duty, his strict integrity made him always just and honorable
in all his dealings. His own diligence and fidelity in the many
positions of trust he held made him quick to appreciate these
qualities in others. In private life he was the most companion-
able of men. Whatever the subject of conversation, his comments
were never shallow, but always thoughtful and keen. His long,
busy life gave him many opportvmities of observing state and
national affairs. His pleasant narration of these experiences
made him a most entertaining talker, while he was noted for the
dignity and polish of his manners. Although he had been reared
a Congregationalist, he leaned to the Quaker belief, especially
admiring the absence of display in their manner of life and their
simplicity of thought. Mrs. Cheney was a stanch Presbyterian
and Mr. Cheney was one of the chief benefactors of the First Pres-
byterian church of Fort Wayne.

That a rpan of so broad a nature should feel a deep interest in
matters of public polity was a foregone conclusion, and in his
earlier years Mr. Cheney took an active part in political affairs in
Ohio, while he Tipvor wnvorod in hi" p.llcginr.cc r.nd fealty to the
Democratic party. He was in the best sense of the word a repre-
sentative type of that strong American manhood which ever com-
mands respect by reason of innate ability of a high order, sound
sense and correct conduct, and, measiired by the accepted stand-
ard of excellence, his career, though strenuous, was eminently
honorable and useful, and his life fraught with great good to his
fellows and to the world.

CHARLES STEWART KNIGHT.

Ill all the agfs the desire to be remembered after one's brief
span of life is finished has been one of the most important faetors
of human existence, and with many individuals lias been the mo-
tive of all endeavor and enterprise. To the majority, however, this
ambition, laudable in itself, is not the main-spring of conduct,
but is more often found in the heart of a devoted friend, who
wishes to perpetuate the memory of the one who had departed
into the Silent Land. JMonuments and shrines of various kinds
are erected and serve their place, but time crumbles even the
hardest granite and marble, and the printed page on which is
recounted the life and deeds of loved ones is the most enduring
tribute, especially as this is so easily copied from age to age. We
are glad to be able to place before the readers of this work, which
records the histories of many of the representative and distin-
guished citizens and families of Indiana, a few of the salient facts
which have been gleaned in regard to the life of the subject of
this memoir, who for a jieriod of twenty-eight years was actively
and i^rominentl}' identified with the business and industrial life
of Fort Wayne. He was progressive in all that the term implies
and, while laboring for the advancement of his individual inter-
ests, never lost sight of his duties to the public at large. Mr.
Knight's genial temperament, courteous manners and broad-
minded principles rendered him a favorite with all, and the circle
of his friends was almost co-extensive with the circle of his ac-
quaintances.

Charles Stewart Knight was born in Columbus, Ohio, on
November 24, 1846, the scion of a sterling old Bucke3'e family,
being the son of Willard and Elizabeth Knight. After receiving a
good education ^Ir. Knight took Up railroading, and in his early
business career he was connected with the Panhandle railroad as
trainman, having removed from Ohio, where his boyhood was
spent, to Logansport, Indiana, in 1868. He mastered the ins and
outs of the department of railroad work to which he was assigned
and was one of the most trusted and most reliable employes of
that road. ITo remained at Logansport until 1881, having gotten

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a good start in life in the meantime and in that year he removed
to the city of Fort Wayne as nianagei- of the Fort Wayne Uas Com-
pany. Later he became associated with tlic Fort Wayne Electric
Company in 188G, which company was then under the manage-
ment of the late R. T. McDonuld, and is now the Fort Wayne
Electric AVorks. His rise in this line of endeavor was steady and
rapid, and in due course of time Mr. Knight became vice-presi-
dent and sales manager of the last named company, in which ca-
pacities he discharged his duties in a manner that reflected much
credit upon himself and to the eminent satisfaction of all con-
cerned— in fact, the i)ronounoed success of this concern has been
due in no small measure to Mr. Knight's close application and the
exercise of his rare soundness of judgment and business discern-
ment.

Seeking larger fields for the exercise of his talents, Mr.
Knight removed to Chicago in the year 1898 to become general
manager of the Siemens & Ilalske Electric Company, where he
met with equal success. During the last few years he had devoted
his attention to the engineering and mining business, his efforts
being rewarded by large financial returns, and he long occupied a
conspicuous position in the particular arena of activity to w^hich
his energies were devoted.

The domestic life of Mr. Knight began in the year 1870, when
he was united in marriage with Alice Cheney, an estimable lady
who has long been a favorite in Fort Wayne society. She is the
daughter of James and Nancy B. (Evans) Cheney, the father a
native of Venuont and the mother of Ohio, who spent the major
part of their lives in Fort Wayne, Indiana, being among the in-
fluential and well known families of this city for many years.
They are both now deceased. A complete sketch of these parents
is to be found on another page of this volume.

Mrs. Alice Knight is the youngest of a family of four chil-
dren, the others being Helen Cheney, who married John A. Kim-
hprly, of NPP-nnh, Wicr>m.ciT.; ■Roc^.-oi] TV. Phcr.cy, wl:^ L ci^^c^iicJ
in business in California, and who was a soldier in the Ninth In-
diana Volunteer Infantry during the war between the states;
Mary Cornelia, who married Hon. John C. Nelson, of Logansport,
Indiana.

Six children blessed the union of Charles S. Knight and wife,
named as follows: I\Irs. Fred Peters, Mrs. Allen Hamilton, and

Mary and Alice Knight, all of Fort Wayne, and Willard and
Cheney Ivuight, both of ^St. Louis. Tliese children all received
good educational training and are well situated in life.

The late Charles S. Knight was called to liis reward, after
four weeks' serious illness, at his pleasant and niodernly-appointed
home at No. 1G40 Spy Ivuu avenue, Fort AVayne, opposite Lawton
Park. His loss was keenly felt by the entire city, whose interests
he had so long had at heart, and where he had been a favorite in all
circles for over a quarter of a century.

In addition to having been prominently identified with busi-
ness and industrial life here, Mr. Knight was a prominent Mason,
having attained the thirty-second degree; he was a member of the
Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the ^lystic Shrine; he was
also a member of the Fort Wayne Lodge, Benevolent and Protec-
tive Order of Elks, and he stood high in fraternal circles in this
part of the state.

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