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It will be found to be a valuable work, full of interesting personal and historical remi- niscences of many of the leading families and many of the most important occurrences in the eventful past of Indianapolis and Marion County. Every individual or family sketch was carefully type-written and submitted by mail, or written with pencil and submitted in person by our representative, to a member of the family, and, in nearly every instance, was corrected and ptromptly returned to the Publishers, thus insuring almost absolute accuracy. If mistakes are found in the feAV sketches that were not returned, the Ibib- lishers, though not to blame, stand ready, as is their custom, to correct the same by s[)ecial errata sheet to be sent to every subscriber. The Publishers wish to call special attention to the fact that, in spite of the haid times and a limited patronage, they have issued a work fully np to their promises and one of high merit. The illustrations will be found to add very materially to the value of the book. We are salistied our work will beai’ the closest scrutiny and sustain our well-known reputation for accuracy and fidelity. THE PUBLISHERS. ) Inl)EX A Abrams, llandall J 98 Adam, Charles H 10] Ahern, Miss i\[ary Eileen 120 Anderson, William Arnold 134 Adams, Joseph 11 150 Anthony, M. D.. Emanuel 188 Anthony, M. D. , E. Grove 228 Austin. Edward Ames 233 Allen, M. D., Wesley 304 Armantrout. Harvey J 392 Anderson, Martin C 405 Alexander, Joseph H 419 Arbnckle, James F 459 Ayres, Judge Alexander C 404 B Brown, Hon. Edgar A 25 Browning. Miss Eliza G 30 Beville, Henry 11 38 Bartholomew. Pliny Wel)ster 48 Bieler, Caj)t. Jacob L 00 Brown, Demarchus C 87 Benton, Prof. Allen 11 91 Brown, Arthur Y 94 Bell, J. E 97 Brown, Henry J 101 Barnes, i\I. 1)., Henrv F 102 Bedford. M. I).. C. T 109 Bowser. Edward Thomas 113 Butler, John Maynard 132 Bradley, Giles A 133 Bell. M. D.. Guido 138 Belles, Caleb 139 Blount. Brazillai M 142 Bullock. Heni V W 110 Brennan. M. i) . E. J 150 Barnes, Dr. Charles Aimer 174 Barnes, M. I).. Carl L 175 Ballweg, Frederick 170 Boring, Ephraim 180 Boickling, Ge(»rge A 181 Buchanan, \). I). S., Albert E 189 Brown, D. 1). >S. , Daniel N Butler, Ovid Brown, M. D., John Randolph.. Brewer, Alfred Boiler, Peter Buttertield, Rev. Luke G Blaker, Mrs. Eliza A Brown, Dr. Benjamin A Bowser, William H Bruce, James P Bergmann, Francis J Brayton, Dr. Alembert Winthrop. Baker, Conrad Baker, Albert Bristow, Henry Buskirk, Hon. Samuel Bailey, (Teorge W Bolton, Mrs. Sarah T Buehler, Dr. Jacob Buschmann, William Bruner, Henry Lane Bremer, Fred Buthe, August Bowman, William Norman Backus, Victor M Black, Charles H Bade, William Boatright, William Butcher Mrs. Ellen Bellemore, William H C Cox, Hon. Millard F Colfax. Hon. Schuyler Churchman, F. M Cady, Frederick W Cook, George -f Comingor, i\I. 1)., John A Corbaley, J(>reminh J Corbaley, Samuel B Compton, Samuel M Calvelage, August H Cunningham, Dr. Henry S .197 .204 .211 .213 .220 223 . 230 . 250 . 258 .289 . 299 . 303 .309 .310 .320 . 328 . 330 . 343 . 353 . 373 .378 . 395 . 397 .404 .430 . 430 .442 .444 .449 . 403 19 23 30 44 49 51 52 53 55 50 88 X INDEX. (Jarsoii, M. D., John H 95 Carriger. John J 9() Colter, George II 114 ColliiiH, Ephraim 144 Coe, Henry 14(5 Cruse, James S 152 Craig, John F 153 Clarke, M. 14., W illiam Bradley 157 Cockrum, John B 167 Craft, Hon. William H 173 ('ollins, Jerry 185 Cruse, Henry 205 Caven, Hon. Jst was tliis that he was nominated by the* Republican party for the ofiice of Vice I’resident of the 24 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS Uiiitecl States iu 1868 and was triumphantly elected. At the expiration of his term of office he returned to South Bend and, declining further political preferment, was practically retired from active life until his death. His home life was one of purity, happiness and affection. He was an ardent member of the I. O. O. F. and was founder of the Daughters of Rebecca degree. For a number of years he devoted his leisure to the delivery of lectures, princi- [)ally upon the life and character of Abraham Lincoln, and in the prosecution of this work was found in almost every northern state in the Union. Mr. Colfax died in Mankato, Minn., January 13, 1885. Hon. Aquilla Jones (deceased). There is no name connected with the political, manu- facturing and commercial history of Indianapolis held in more honored memory than that of the late Hon. Aquilla Jones, who was born in Forsyth (then Stokes County), North Carolina, July 8, 1811. His parents, Benjamin and Mary Jones, were of IVelsh extraction. His father emigrated to Indiana in 1831 and located at Columbus, Bartholomew County, where Elisha P. Jones, an older brother of Aquilla’ s, had preceded them and was engaged in merchandising; was the postmaster, and was otherwise a citizen of prominence. Aquilla entered his brother’s store as clerk and was thus employed until August, 1836, when he removed to Missouri. In 1837 he returned to Columbus and became “mine host” of a well known hotel. Not long afterward, his brother, Elisha P. Jones, died, and purchasing his stock in 1838, Aquilla succeeded him as a merchant, and was, by the unanimous choice of the people of the town, made postmaster. He had as partners his brothers Charles and B. F. Jones, successively, continuing the business until 1856, and during much of that long period held the office of postmaster. He was the incumbent of this office first from 1838, when he was appointed by Pres. Van Buren, until removed by Pres. Tyler in 1841. He was reinstated by Tyler and retained the office until removed by Pres. Taylor in 1849. His abilities were recognized in 1842 by his election to represent Bartholomew County iu the House of Rei)resentatives of 1842 and 1843. In 1854 he received the appointment as Indian agent of Washington Territory, one of the most desirable and profitable offices iu the gift of the President, but he declined it, as he did later a similar office in New Mexico. Meantime he had continued the mercantile business. This, however, he relinquished on his election, iu 1856, to the office of State Treasurer of Indiana on the Democratic ticket by a handsome majority of 7,000, running far ahead of the ticket. He was renominated in 1858, but declined the honor. About this time he was nominated by a Democratic caucus for Agent of the State, but this office he also refused to accept. His incumbency of the office of State Treasurer had made him a resident of Indianapolis, and in 1856 he disposed of his stock in the Columbus Bridge Company, which erected the bridge across the east branch of the White River and of which he had been president, holding a controlling interest, since its organization in 1849. In 1861 he was chosen treasurer of the Indianapolis Rolling Mill Company and twelve years later he was made its president. In 1873 he was also chosen president of the Indianapolis Water Works Company, but for private reasons resigned four months later and devoted his time more wholly to other interests: Until Mr. Jones and his associates took hold of the rolling mill enterprise, it had never been popular, but under their management, iu which Mr. Jones was the directing spirit, it entered upon a period of prosperity which made it one of the great manufacturing interests of the State and one of the leading producers of railroad iron in the West. For more than half a century Mr. Jones was engaged in active business and was successful beyond many of his contempo- raries, a fact due largely to his industry, his intimate knowledge of everything bearing on business transactions and his indefatigable enterprise. He might at any time during his residence there have had any office in the gift of the people of Bartholomew County, and his election to the important office of State Treasurer, demonstrated his more extended popu- larity. He was married in 1836, to Sarah Ann, daughter of Evan Arnold, who did not long survive. In 1840 he married Harriet, daughter of Hon. John W. and Nancy Cox, of Mor- gan County, Ind., who bore him children named Elisha P., John W., Emma, Benjamin F., Charles, Aquilla Q., Edwin S., William M. , Frederick, Harriet and Mary. Mr. and Mrs. Jones were members of the St. Paul’s Protestant Episcopal Church, in which Mr. Jones was a vestryman. Mr. Jones died July 12, 1891; his wife and nine children survive him. .V* E. A. BROWN. 25 AND MAFilON COUNTY, INDIANA. Aquilla Q. Jones, son of Hon. Acjuilla Jones, whose biographical sketch precedes this is one of the best known and most popular and successful lawyers in Indian- apolis. Born in Columbus, Indiana, April 14, 1852, of his father’s sons he was the fifth in order of nativity. His education was begun in the common schools and carried forward at Farmington, Me., at the State University in Bloomington, and at Bacine College, Wiscon- sin. He was graduated from the last-mentioned institution in the full classical course with the class of 1873, at the age of twenty-one. Soon afterward having determined to devote his talents and energies to the study and j)ractice of law, he became a student in the office of Band & Taylor, and in the fall of 1874 he entered the law department of Columbia College, New York, and there completed his legal course. He entered actively upon the practice of his profession in Indianapolis in 1875 and for a time was associated with W. S. Byan. La- ter, for a time, he practiced in connection with Charles B. Bockwood. In 1880 the law tirm of Sullivan A Jones was formed, the members being Thomas L. Sullivan, the present Mayor of Indianapolis, and Aquilla Q. Jones, which has since been unbroken except during the time Judge Sullivan has been on the bench or occupying the executive chair of the city of Indianapolis. In January, 1892, Mr. Jones formed a partnership with Hon. A. C. Ayres, late Judge of the Marion County Circuit Court, and that partnership now continrres under the tirm name of Ayres A Jones. In 1893 Mr. Jones was appointed City x4.ttorney and he is now tilling that responsibility with much credit and success. In his private practice he has a large and constantly increasing clientage and he is regarded as an able advocate and a safe counselor, and it may be said of him that he is equally well known in all the courts. He is an influential member of the Bar Association, of the Commercial Club and of the Board of Trade, and is also actively identified with the Hendricks Club. For many years he has been a vestryman and is now Junior Warden of St. Paul’s Protestant Episcopal Church. He was married in 1881 to Miss Anna L. Baschig, daughter of Charles M. Baschig, for many years a prominent citizen of Indianapolis. As a citizen, Mr. Jones is eminently public spirited and helpful to every cause tending to the benefit of any large class of his fellow citizens. He is personally very popular and counts among his friends many of the leading men of Indiana. Hon. EixiAK A. Bkown. The judges of the various courts established in Indianapolis, have always been noted for theii' character and ability, and one of the most popular of the many worthy men elevated to the l)ench in the history of Marion County juris[)rudence, is the Hon. Edgar A. Brown, judge of the Marion circuit court. Mr. Brown comes of the sturdiest New England stock and is a son of William P. Brown, a native of Vermont. He was born at Lennox, Ashtabula County, Ohio, August 19, 1848, and ))assed his boyhood assisting his father in his l)usines8. He was educated at Orand Biver Institute, Austinburg, Ohio, and then engaged in school teaching, giving all his spare time to the study of law which he began under the direction of Hon. Jacol) B. Julian, of Centreville, Ind., and coin- pleted in the office of J. M. Bills of Indianapolis. He was admitted to the bar in 1872. In 1877 he formed a ])artnership for the practice of his [)rofession with Hon. A. C. Ayers, which existed until the elevation of the latter to the bench. Three years later the tirm of ■Ayers, Brown A Harvey was formed and continued until 1899, when Mr. Brown was elected judge of the circuit court for a term of six years. While Judge Brown is at home in the field of general literature and is a close student of affairs, it is as a jurist pre-eminently that his reputation has l)een made. He has all the (pialifications of a judge; learned in the principles of the law. witii the judicial faculty in fi high degree of applying them to the facts, courteous in his treatment from the bench and utterly fearless in his decisions, he has well earned the reputation he enjoys of an able and upriglit judge. It is well known that, no member of the Marion County Bar would hesitate to bring an action before him for fear that personal or [Kjlitical j)rejudice would in any manner intlnence his decision. He has established for his court the character of a forum where men and causes shall alone be judged by the rules of law and e(|uity, unaffected by extraneous conditions, and has acfpiired for himself a worthy places in the judiciary of his State, with every prospect of a bright pro- fessional and political future. Judge Brown is a man of strong domestic tastes, is mariic'd and has scsveral children. He is a memb(»r of the National and County Bar Associations and of several of the promimml, literary societicis of the city, to all of which ho has on every occasion cheerfully given his time and influetice. His term of oflice expires in November, 1899. 26 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS George Washington Pigkerill, M. D. In all the elements of higher manhood George Washington Pickerill, M. D. , is the peer of the best of his race and his life is one that merits a lengthened record, that it may prove an example for the emulation of others. He was born at Gicero, Hamilton County, Ohio, August 61, 1867, his father and mother, Samuel J. and IMahala M. Pickerill, having immigrated from Brown County, Ohio, in 1862 to this point, while it was yet a wilderness. The fatlier was among the first of the dauntless spirits to engage in platting and organizing the now thriving town of Cicero, and after seing it grow into a pros[)erous village, removed with his family to Clinton County, Ind., where the pioneer life was lived over with all its perils and dangers. The wild and savage beasts of the woods made the air resound with their cries and the wilder savage red man threatened with toma- ha'vk and knife. Amid such scenes the early days of George were passed and his education was limited to the subscription school of three months in the year. In 1848 the father took his family to La Fayette, Iiid., and George, at the age of eleven, went in his father’s store, but his ambitious mind would not forego the benelit of the school, which was taught in the winter. At the ajre of seventeen the intelligent lad entered the Northwestern Christian Ihiiversitv, now Butler, tired with the determination to be a minister, an idea implanted by his father’s ardent desire and the urgent pleadings of the preachers who visited his father’s house, which was ‘‘preacher’s home” in all that territory. At the end of three years his heart’s desire was gratified and he entered upon the preacher’s life with the enthusiasm of a y'oung Paul. He was fluent in speech, earnest, devout and eloquent. For two years he labored earnestly and spoke with persuasive force, and then grave doubts filled his breast. He was not lacking in love for the work, nor was his zeal abated; still a voice within bade him halt and “take his hand from the plow.” Introspection revealed the fact that his mind was speculative, combative, scientific and progressive traits which were taking complete control of him and which he could not possibly resist, and which would bring him into con- tlict with the conservative spirit of the church. The ideal preacher of his youth and college days was in absolute antagonism with the actual preacher he was becoming, and the disap- pointment was terrible. For the sake of peace in the church and to follow the lead of his own conscience he withdrew from the ministry. Rejecting the law from a mistaken under- standing of its scojiehe turned to the study of medicine, he having long been a student of books on ])hysical life. Reverses in his father’s business threw him upon his own resources at the age of twenty. Still undismayed, he taught school and studied medicine in the meantime. For five years he taught, his finst school being at his old home. La Fayette, and his second at Paxton, III., and at the latter place one of his juijiils, a black eyed little miss, Melvina E. Hall, captured his heart. His love was returned, but they waited for twenty-five long years before the day^of consummation of their happiness; she waiting in sublime faith anddevotion, while he struggled to ac(piire a competency. But the longest road has its turning, and the long waited for dayfinally arrived. the 17th day of May, 1887, thedawn of abliss as perfect as it is possible for mortals to attain unto. The happy couple in their married life seemed to be repaid for all their years of delay and disaj)])ointment. Alas, this Inight and happy period had a sad and terrible termination, for in a little less than one year this brave wife and beloved woman died, a sacrifice upon the sacred altar of maternal love. Of this sad and terrible bereavement the following touching account was handed us by a friend, it having appeared in the doctor’s paper, the Medical Free Pres.'c “IN MEMORY. “The angel of deatli came and claimed onr wife and infant child. A wife little less than one short y'car. A sacrifice on the sacred altar of maternal love; an incense as pure and holy as the angel ever wafted from the shrine of connubial Cdelity and affection. She is gone and w'e are left alone utterly, sadly alone, but with the assurance “Here, down here ’tis dust to dust; There, up there ’tis heart to heart.” Tears may speak, but the heart and pen are crushed. Hence we present an editorial from the Paxton (111.) Record, Mr. N. E. Stevens, editor; “GONE TO HER REST.” pieifi in this city, on Saturday, April 2, at the home of her jiarents, ^Ir. and Mrs. .1. 1). Hall, Mrs. .Melvina E. Pickerill, wife of Dr. George tV. Pickerill, of Indianapolis, Ind. The deceased was one of 27 AND ^rAH10X COUNTY, INDIANA. the best known and most highly esteemed of Paxton's daugliters, liaving resided in tliis city and vicinity since her cliildhood days, until a year since, when she married and removed to Indianapolis, her death occurring while on a visit to her friends in this city. Mrs. P. was a Christian in the highest sense of the term. II r life in Paxton was noted for the good work she accomplished in society, the church and Sabbath-school. In Indiauai)olis, though a comparative stranger, she won the esteem of the Christian ])eople in and out of her own church by her untiring labors. The marriage of this couple was something of the romantic. Twenty-six years ago. Dr. Pickerill, then a penniless young man, taught school in the Strayer district, in what is now Hutton township, and ^liss Hall was his jnipil. The ac((uaintance ripeiu'd into love and they became engaged. The would-be benedict started out in the world to make the fortune which should make it possible for them to marry. Adopting medicine as a profession he struggled for an ('ducation, and graduated both from Ann Arbor, Mi(,'h., and the Eclectic Medical Institute, of Cincin- nati, and twenty years ago settled down to j)ractice in Indianapolis. Years of time were reiuess for them, and though the end is abrupt and sad beyond descrip- tion to the bereaved husband, he has the consolation not onl}' of earthly friends but in the assurance that she has hut gone before to a l)i’tter world where he will surely follow. We had the pleasure of the aciiualntanta" of I)r. Pickerill while he was in the (’itv, and found him a genial and intelligent gentleman of broad information and much enjoyed our interview witli him.” In the year 1884 Dr. Pickerill became editor and publisher of the Indiana Eclecfic Medical Jannial, then in its second year. In 18‘.H) he changed its name to Medical Free Press, and this he still owns and edits, putting in most of his time in this, a labor of love. Because of broken health, caused by overwork and exposure in the practice of his profession, he confines his })ractice to his office. For the same reason he has resigned his connection with the college. The terrible bereavement through which he has just passed has cast a gloom over his life, from which he will probably never emerge. The love for the estimable woman for whom he had labored more than three times as long as did Jacob for Bachel had intensified with the years, and he had counted upon a long period of wedded ha{)piness so that the shock of the loss was and is yet unbearable. Still, with the weight of this sorrow that will not be comforted, and with the l)urden of ill health, he works along stoically and with a setise of duty, giving a large share of his time to study, reading ami reflection, these (pialities and virtues having clung to him tenaciously through all the vicissitudes of his career. He does not care much for light literature, but religious, scientific and fffiilo.sophical subjects are al)sorbing passions with him, and he pursues them with all the ardor that characterized him in the olden days when he was passing through the struggle of remaining in the ministry or giving it u|) for something else. Those who know the Doctor well realize that his nature is |)rofonndly sympathetic, like as the pity of a father for his children, he l)eing keenly alive to the joys and the sorrows of others. He is a warm generous friend, yet his is the faculty tliat can love intensely without hating; for no matter how much one may have injured him he does not and cannot bear malice, or seek T’evenge against the ofbmder. He is naturally of a most lively tem|)er; indeed it is somewhat cyclonic, at times, in its intensity, and like the cyclone its force is soon spent. It is not possible that a nature as intense as his could escape such ebullitions. But to his infinite credit be it said, he overcomes himsfdf, and therein is mightit'r than he who overcometli a city. In the language of the Book, he g<*tH angry but sins not. When the storm pi'ovoked by the iniciuity of some one has stirred the depths of his being, it rapidly dia8i])ates without having done any hurt, for at such a time ho keeps within the compass of his own dominion, and with tlu' dissipating of the clouds an infinite calm succeeds and a humility succeeds ami a full and free pardon of the oll’ender is gratited, whethei’ forgiveness I)e asked or not. 'I’hus his lif(^ has passerl, chiefly solitary, except in the one short year of his married life, yet it has been a life of usefulness, largely devot«-d to the healing of the alllicted and the using of his whole influence in making f)eople l>right,(M' and better. In the hours (jf his wfhghliest sorrow, even, he must find a measure of solace at huist, in the reflection that his life has been unselfish and that it has been i)rivileged him to do much good to his fellow mortals in his journey ahjtig the road of life. Marly in life oi’ al)out the age of fifteen years he united with the (Christian (Jhurch and it is now the haj)py thought of his lift' tlnat In' has livt'd a devoted adherent to his faith. 28 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS Myron D. King. Nothing is more true than the statement that in this country alone, of all the countries upon the face of the eartli, a man’s family connections do not assist him to places of honor and trust in politics, but he must win his way by his own exertions or by his own honest merit. In the old countries the accident of birtli determines the ]ireferment of an individual, and if he l)e not born to a title or be not the near relative of one who is, he might as jirotitably seek a mode of travel to the moon as to try to reach up to a promi- nent office. This government of the people is no discriminator of persons, but opens its doors wide for the entrance of all such as possess the requisite (jualiticatious, and birth is by no means one of these. The subject of this sketch, Myron D. King, was born with the heritage of a good name, his father having been a distinguished, honorable and honored citi- zen of the republic, yet !\Ir. King owes the success that has crowned him, not to this most worthy sire, but to his own exertions and to his su[ierior attainments. It is true that he, as every other man whose father was a good and worthy citizen, must acknowledge a debt of obligation for wise counsels, watchful care and solicitude and intelligent supervision of his education, but in the great arena of [)ublic life he has had, just as every other successful person, to wrestle alone and unaided. This is the glory of our grand and good country, that the lists are open to all and it is the greater honor that pertains to the individual that this is true, because he must needs put forth his best efforts if he would attain the goal of his desires. The life of our subject is full of interest and may serve as inspiration to others who are newly started out upon the way. Myron D. King was born August 9, 1851, at Covington, Fountain County, lud., being the son of James W. King, one of the best known and most popular citizens of that county. The father was elected to the important office of county treasurer of Fountain County, and was re-elected again and again, serving ten years in all, he being held in such high esteem and making such a faithful public servant that it was not possible to defeat him. He was also a very prominent merchant of Covington and Danville, 111., and was for a number of years secretary of the institution for the education of the blind, and whether merchant or a public officer he was always the same honorable, upright, just and humane man, full of sympathy for the suffering, charit}' for the erring and kindness for everybody. Our subject was the second child of a family of five, and, like the others, received the advantages of a liberal education. After a preparatory course he entered, at the age of sixteen, the Northwestern Christian University and remained in that excellent institution of learning from 1867 to 1870, inclusive. The after man was thus early manifest in the youth, and at the age of nineteen, in February, 1871, he was jilaced in charge of his father’s store at Danville, 111., remaining there until August, 1875, displaying a ripeness of judgment ami a ])erception of business that is very exceptional in so young a man. At the date last named he went to Indianapolis and was appointed to a most respon- sible position of trust, that of cashier and chief clerk of the Indianapolis, Peoria & Chicago Railroad freight department, holding the same for a period of three years to the entire sat- isfaction of the managers of the road, who were much averse to parting with him, and he only gave it up that he might accept a more lucrative but similar place with the Wabash Railroad, holding tlie latter position for four years. The future of our subject was being Avorked out in a way that was clear and distinct, for, after giving uj) the office he held with the railroad, the arena of jiolitics offering a more congenial field, he was made Deputy Secre- tary of State, serving three years under Capt. AV. R. Myers, Secretary of State. Retiring then from public office, he engaged in the fire insurance and real estate business and con tinned in it for three years, his experience of business affairs accjuired in the store at Dan- ville enabling him to compete with those that were older in the business. But Mr. King likes political life, the excitement and the magnificent opportunities for the exercise of strate- gic movements, with a conscientious conviction that the ])arty to which he is united by ties of honest and sincere faith will best carry out the ends of good government urging him to the exercise of his best efforts to the success of that party. Hence, after three years of business life, we find him again holding that very responsible position of Deputy Secretaiy of State, entering u])on his duties in January, 1891, under the Hon. Claude Matthews, then Secretary of State, and serving until January 9, 1893, when, upon the inauguration of Mr. .Matthews as governor, Mr. King Avas appointed by Gov. Matthews to fill out his uuexpired term as Secretary of State, at the expiration of Avhich the Governor appointed him his OAvn 29 AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. private secretary, also subsequently appointed him military secretary on his staff, with the rank of colonel. Mr. King is a politician of high order of merit, being an expert organizer and an adroit manager of a campaign. He was one of the organizers of the Hendricks Club, the leading Democratic organization of the State of Indiana, and served as its president in the year 1887. He has been one of its directors for the past six years and is regarded as one of its most active, useful and successful members. Mr. King possesses in the highest degree what is so necessary to success in work of this kind, namely, a supreme faith in his party, confident that it is destined to lead his country up to a higher plane of prosperity, w'here personal liberty will be paramount and the happiness of the people will be far greater because of an all pervading justice. He was married, in 1882, to Miss Nannie Gal- braith, of Indianapolis, a highly-accomplished lady, by whom he has two most interesting children. He is a member of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church of this city and a firm believer in the faith of that body. His career is but fairly begun and his future promises to advance him far up the height of preferment, his talents and great personal popularity giving every assurance of a life in a wider and broader sphere of j)roniinence and distinction. Hon Thomas A. Hexduicks. No man in the State of Indiana ever attained the ideal citi- zenship, the affection of his neighbors or the lasting regard of the Democracy of the State in a higher degree than Thomas A. Hendricks. The purity of his private life, his simple, unassuming ways, his keen, analytical mind, his brilliancy as a debater and his shrewdness as a political manager, forever place him among the most eminent men of the nation. John Hendricks, his father, was a farmer by occupation, and the family was one of the pioneers of Westmoreland county, Penn. He married Miss Jane Thomson, and early in the year 1820 moved with his family to Indiana, and settled at Madison, where a brother, William Hendricks, who served as Congressman, Governor and United States Senator, had preceded him. John Hendricks was a deputy surveyor of public lands of Indiana, a jmsition acquired under the administration of President Jackson. He moved to Shelby County in 1822, which was the family home for years. Thomas A. Hendricks was born on a farm near Zanesville, Muskin- gum County, Ohio, September 7, 1819. He was reared in Indiana to manhood, and attended col lege at South Hanover. Early in youth he evinced a predilection to the study of law, and after pursuing the usual course of instruction was admitted to the bar at Shell)yville. His success as a lawyer was not rapid, as is usually the case of prominent men, but was gradual and fairly remunerative. The game of politics was always fascinating to him, and is so in- terwoven with his political career that in his case they are well nigh inseparable. In 1848 he was elected to the State Legislature, declining a renomination, and in 1850 was unanimou.sly chosen senatorial delegate to the convention empowered to amend the State constitution. In 1851 he was elected to Congress, was re-elected two year,s later, but in 1854 was defeated for the same position. Much to his surprise, and wholly unsolicited on his part, he was appointed commissioneer of the general land office by President Pierce in l855, and for a period of four years he faithfully discharged the duties of this office. In 18()(), when national. State and local politics were in a volcanic condition, he was the candidate of the Democratic party for Governor, l)ut was defeated by Col. Henry 1. Lane, who resigm'd the position in favor of Oliver P. Morton, in order to accept the election of United States Senator. 'I'hrough Mr. Hendricks’ indefatigable efforts and personal po])ularity, the State elected a majority of Democratic legislators in 18t52, and they, in turn for his faithful services, rewarded him by electing him United States Senator. His career as Senator was somewhat different from that of many of the prominent members of his party in the North. He favored the earnest prosecution of the war, voting for all measures to that end; he oj)posed conscription, and advocated all measures tending to the enlistment of troops and the payment of bounties. At the close of th(' war he maintained that, inasmuch as the States in relaJlion luid never been out of the Union, they were entitled to their full and usual representation in Congress, and that these .States should havpospd the constitutional amendments on the grounds that the rebellious States were not rej)resented, and because, iti his oj)inion, siitficienl. time should elapse for passion to cool and prejuilice al)ate before such action should la^ taken. After hi4 term of six years as senator had ex[)ire(l he devoted his time to the exclusive pract ice of law, and having previously ( 18l>(>) moved to Indianapolis he found an extensive field for his talents. Against his protests he 30 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAROIJS was nominated for Governor in 1872 and was decisively elected, serving as chief executive officer of the State four years. He became the political idol of the Democrats of the State and their earnest support, and his national popularity gained for him the vice-presidential nomination in 187(), but was defeated with Gov. Tilden. In 1884 he was again honored by a nomination for this exalted office, and was elected with President Cleveland. In the midst of his administration his career on earth ended. Prof. William M. Thrasher. This gentleman, distinguished in the educational annals of Marion County, is a product of Fayette County, Ind., born July 20, 1833, and is a descendant of an old colonial family, his ancestor being one of three brothers who emigrated from England about the middle of the last century. One of the brothers settled in Portland, Me., married a Cuban wife, and to him was born John S. Thrasher, the well-known editor, with an able introduction, of Humbolt’s History of Cuba. John S. resided in Havana, was suspected of complicity with the Lopez invasion of Cuba in 1850, was imprisoned at Madrid, but sidisequently released in 1851 l)y intervention of the United States Government through its Secretary of State, Daniel Webster. John, ancestor of our subject, settled in Maryland and was a soldier of the Revolution. His son, Josiah, emigrated to Kentucky, married and became a noted Indian fighter in the early annals of Kentucky. He, with his eldest son, John, who had married Elizabeth Kush, a near relative of Dr. Benjamin Kush, of Phila- delfihia, and his grandson, Woodson W., emigrated to Rush County, Ind., in 1824. In 1831 Woodson W. Thrasher married Barbara Daubeiispeck, a native of Cynthiana, Ky., and to tliem were born Prof. W. M.; JohnP., of Fayette County; Elizabeth, deceased wife of Dr. James P. Orr, of Kushville, Ind. ; Hattie, deceased wife of Dr. Samuel Bell, of Dub- lin; Sarah, wife of A. W. Vandeman, of Denver, Colo. ; Dr. Marion, of San Francisco, Cal. ; Dr. Allen B. , a distinguished specialist, of Cincinnati, and Ollie, wife of Marshall Black- ledge, of Rush County, Ind. The father, Woodson, served one term in the State Legisla- ture and several terms as County Commissioner. He was known through Indiana and Ken- tucky as a breeder of short-horn cattle, founded an academy of collegiate grade and died in 1886, an active member of the Christian Church. His wife followed him in 1892. Prof. William M. passed his childhood and youth on a farm in his native county, and studied several years in the Fairview Academy under the tutelage of Prof. A. R. Benton, afterward the president of Butler University. He graduated in 1854 from Bethany Colege, W. Va., after which he taught a classical school at Kushville, Ind., from 1854 to 1805. In April of the last named year he entered Butler University as {irofessor of mathematics and astronomy, which chair he has tilled ever since with the exception of one year, 1873-4, which he spent imrsuing higher mathematical branches at Heidelberg University, Germany. Since leaving Germany he has been many years a student of advanced mathematics in the English, French and German languagfes. He has always been an extensive reader of literature in several languages, writes easily, but has written nothing for publication except in newspapers. His dry humor, keen sense of the ridiculous and extensive accpiaintance with literature have aided in rendering his lectures quite popular with the university students. The Professor is a member of the Indiana Academy of Science, and as a teacher is among the most suc- cessful in the State. In 1862 Prof. Thrasher married Miss Demia Thayer, daughter of Spencer Thayer and niece of Ovid Butler, Esq., of Indianapolis. Four children were born to this union: Corinne, wife of O. O. Garvin, of Indianapolis; Sallie, wife of A. J. Brown, of Grand Rapids, Mich.; Nettie (deceased); Dr. Allen Wade, of Indianapolis, and Ray- mond T. F. M. Churchman (deceased). The influence of a good man will be ever expanding with the lapse of time, and his deeds of charity and acts of love will live to commemorate his name and perpetuate his memory. It can be truly said that a great and good man has been gathered to his fathers, but his virtues live after him, and his reputation sustained under the conflict of a long career of extraordinary activity, bears no blemish; and his name is every- where mentioned with respect and honor. F. M. Churchman was a native of the Keystone State, born in Schuylkill County, and on April 5, 1833, when but an infant, he was taken by his father to Wilmington, Del, where he remained upon a farm near that city until eleven years of age. He received but a limited education and in 1846 his half brother, the late W. H. Churchman, founder of the Indiana Institution for the Blind, asked the father to '4 ■ 4 •y* \ I t I*- ( library OF THE ■' jr'iiVER^iTY OF llilNOi' 31 AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. let him take our subject west with him. He took youug Churchman to raise ami the latter remained with his brother, W. H. Churchman, a year or two, or until about sixteen years of age. He was then taken into the bank of the late S. A. Fletcher, Sr., the bank at that time being a small institution, and tilled the office of messenger. Two or three years later he was made bookkeeper. He continued to live with his brother, reading to him at night, and stimulated by a natural taste for reading, he gradually acquired by this practice a vast fund of iufor mation. At the time of his death he possessed a very fine library. In 18()5 Mr. Churchman was admitted to partnership in the institution that owes so much of its reputation for sta- bility and financial prominence to his close application to business, and continued thereuntil the close of his life. Mr. Churchman was a man of rare force of character, strictest inleg rity, and, coming from Quaker stock, was very reticent. He seldom had anything to say, was mild but firm, and his advice wlien given was sound. Identified for forty years with the same institution his career was unusual. He took few vacations and was gifted with an almost unerring penetration, his opinions being often sought on financial questions. He had untold opportunities to go into almost every financial and business enterprise that has been started in Indiana, but always declined offering his counsel or financial assistance, but keeping his business interests confined within the limits of his profession of which he was so thoroughly the master. Mr. Churchman's only diversion was his 240 acres of land below Indianapolis, w here he resided for twenty years before his death. There he led a simple life, giving much attention to the breeding of blooded cattle and horses, with which his farm was well stocked. He was entirely devoid of ostentation, and true to his own training, reared his family as he had been reared, offering them of course all the educational facilities possible in business and literature. Bersie a. Foul. This gentleman is one of the most popular florists of Indianapolis. His father intended that he should become a minister, but he turned his attention to Ihe cultivation of roses. Could any one preach more unintermittingly or more eloquently? Does not one rose tell more of the power of the Creator and the beauty of the universe- more of living and dying yet living again — than a thousand sermons ? And in Mr. Fold’s greenhouses are thousands of roses, roses of all colors and shades, of all varieties and all sizes. His conservatories at Mi.ssissippi and Thirtieth Streets are the most extensive in the State, comprising twenty thousand feet under glass, and they stand in the midst of five acres of ground all abloom with roses. The story of the development of an enterprise of so much beauty is interesting but less so than the study of the life of the man who originated and built it up. Mr. Fohl was born near Dublin, Ind. , May 0, 1858, a son of Rev. John and Mary Aon (Hadebangh) Fohl, both natives of Pennsylvania. Rev. John Fohl has been a minister of the United Brethren Church since 1817. For several years past he has been superanuated, but he has really worked harder for the church since than he ever did before. He devotes much time to the interests of the American Bil)le Society which necessitates his traveling a good deal, which is peculiarly burdensome to most men of his years. He is now past eighty-eight but he stands fully six feet high in his stockings and tlie natural shade of his hair has not as yet been tinged with gray. His family is noted for longevity. Only a few years since, his mother died aged ninety-seven and retained all her mental faculties to tlie last. She had been a member of the church for nearly or quite three quarters of a century. His wife is still living in her eighty-fourth year and they have been the })arent8 of thirteen chihlren all of whom grew to mardiood and womanhood, and nine of whom are living at this time. For seventeen years prior to 1868 Rev. Mr. Fohl and his family lived in Indiana, but at that time they returned to Pennsylvania. Bernici A. Fohl, the youngest son of tliis worthy couple was ten years old when his parents retunu'd to Penns 3 dvania. He attended the public schools there and later was a student at Chili Seminarv, near Rochester, N. Y. Ho was graduated, however, from the High School at Chambersburg, IVnn., in 1876. His mother was a lover of flowers and she literally had her door yard full of them. Bernie hel|)ed her to cultivate them. Hence his own love of flowers was partly iidierited, and partly cultivated as it were and that he determined to give his life tothegrowth and im provement of flowers is not to be wondered at. In ()ctob(*r, 1877, he came to Indianajmlis and took charge of the grounds at Crown Hill Cemetery In 1881 he went to Peru, Ind., and engaged in business there as a florist with much success for a time, but at the end of 32 MEMOIRS. OF INDIANAPOLIS four years, owing to causes which form no essential part of this narrative, he found himself oirt of pocket to a considerable extent, and gathering together what remained to him he re- turned to Indianapolis and entered the employ of Charles Rieman, the florist, at the insig- nificant salary of eight dollars a week. Finally, aided by a building and loan association, he was enabled to purchase an acre of ground at the corner of Tennessee and Twenty-second Streets which he began to improve, though remaining in Mr. Rieman’s employ for two years thereafter. At the expiration of that time he again entered the business on his own account. In December, 1890, he sold this place for which, unimproved, he had paid $250, for $5,000 and removed to his present location where he purchased five acres of ground upon which he has since put improvements worth $10,000. Since beginning business here Mr. Fohl has met with a degree of success of which any man might be proud. He ranks as one of the leading citizens and enterprising business men, and enjoys, in a remarkable degree, the re- spect of all who know him. He was married in March, 1880, to Sarah J. Wheatcraft of In- dianapolis and they have two bright and i)romising sons, Bernie A., Jr., and Robert R. Bernie, now twelve years of age, has recently graduated from the high school at Mapleton and has the distinction of being Marion County’s youngest graduate. Mr. Fohl and his family are communicants of the Baptist Church, and Mr. Fohl is a liberal supporter of all the direct and auxiliary interests of his church and denomination. John Heidenkeich. The gentleman whose name is at the head of this sketch is the manager of the firm of J. Heidenreich & Co., also one of the proprietors of what is known as the Southside Creenhouses, on Applegate and Morton Streets. He is a business man who never suffers his business to push him; but, on the contrary is constantly extending his field of o[)erations and is seeking new, yet always safe, paths. He makes a specialty of growing roses, that most beautiful flower, and has from 2,000 to 3,000 potted rose plants each year on sale, which, under his skillful care of growing them, bear almost innumerable fine blos- soms. He keeps the choicest, rarest and costliest varieties and also keeps a large and very line lot of cut flowers of all kinds, the most of which he raises in his extensive and finely ecfuipped greenhouses. He owns four lots on Applegate Street, four on Morton Street and has 6,000 feet under glass, in four fine greenhouses. All this improvement has been made by him, for which he deserves great credit, for he started in the business with only two small lots, and now has extensive premises as above stated. This desirable state of affairs has been brought about by keen business foresight and providence. The gentlemen connected with the firm have always dealt fairly by their patrons and as a natural sequence have met with a substantial reward and are now comfortably provided with the good things of this world. Mr. Heidenreich owes his nativity to Germany where he was born on July 0, 1866, his father being Joseph Heidenreich, who is a well known and successful nurseryman in the vicinity of Berlin, Germany. He has made a specialty of growing fruit trees, in which he has been very successful and he is now a well-to-do citizen. In his native land John Heiden- reich was reared and educated, and, while not pursuing his studies in school, his time was employed in a.ssisting his father, during which time he acquired a taste for his present calling and learned many of its details which have been of great benefit to him since starting in business for himself. In 1883 he came to the United States and the same year to Indian- apolis, and here he at once, with characteristic energy, commenced working at his trade in the employ of other firms until 1890 when he embarked in the business for himself, in which short time an extensive and most profitable business has been built up, the result of intelli- gent grasp of the enterprise and of faithful, honest and persistent work. Customers have not been slow to learn where their interests lie and wdien once their establishment is patronized that patron is sure to come again. Mr. Heidenreich's partner in business is John Grande, a wide-a wake and enterprising man of business and the excellent commercial qualifications of these two gentlemen combined make them a strong and reliable firm. Mr. Heidenreich is a member of the Indianapolis Florist’s Club and the Indiana State Society. Hakvey a. Weight. This gentleman is the proprietor of Wright’s Home-made Mince- meat Factory, which business he established on a small scale at his residence in 1883. The first year he sold his goods to private parties, and manufactured his mincemeat on a No. 7 cooking stove, amounting in all to 4,700 pounds. The second year he made five tons; the third year he employed a delivery wagon and made ten tons for the Indianapolis trade. The 38 AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. business has steadily increased in volume until it has now reached enormous proportions and is conducted in a building 83x80 feet, necessitating the employment of twelve people. At the present time thirty-two tons of mincemeat are made annually, thirty-one tons being for the Indianapolis trade. In 1892 he began the manufacture of mince pies, the sale of which has increased from 8200 to 8700 per month. Mr. Wright was born in Stowe, Mass. , August 29, 1835, his parents being Oliver and Lydia (Austin) Wright, both natives of the Green Mountain State. During the father’s early life he was a minister of the Universalist Church at Montpelier, but he afterward became a physician and practiced his profession in Brattleboro until his death March 5, 1840, his widow surviving him until March 4, 1842. Harvey A. Wright was an infant when his parents settled in Brattleboro and after the death of his parents he made his home with his mother’s sister at Weston, Yt., his mother's birth place. Here he remained and attended the district schools until he attained his fifteenth year, when he went to North Orange. Mass. , where he attended a select school for some time. At the age of sixteen he went to work on a farm about three miles from Brattleboro, but the following fall and winter returned to the select school. His vacations were spent in tilling the soil until November 8, 1852, when he entered the sash factory of Edwin Ellis at Athol, Mass., in which he labored two and a half years. While there he mortised and put together 02,000 windows. In the spring of 1855 he went to Allegany County, N. Y., and became foreman in the wood department of the match factory at that place. During the seven years that he remained in that county he served as dejmty sheriff three years, consta ble three years, corporation collector one year and owned and operated a stage line of forty miles. He was a stirring and wide-awake citizen and was (piite successful in his business ventures. In the spring of 1803 he became assistant foreman under John H. McLean in the construction of a double track on the Erie railroad and in the fall of that year acted as brakeman on that road for three months. He then became foreman and conductor on a con- struction train on the Oil Creek railroad, but this position he resigned in December to acce]>t. that of conductor on a freight train from Elmira to \Villiamsport. March 21, 1804, In' enlisted in Compan}'^ K, Fiftieth New York Engineers, in which capacity he served until the war closed, receiving his discharge at Elmira on June 28, 1805. He then came to Indianapolis and for some time worked at his trade but in the spring of 1807 returned to railroading, which he followed two years. He had patented a signal light, and a s})ecial car was placed at his disposal for the purpose of introducing the same. In IMay, 1870, he l^ecame a conductor on the Little Miami road but at the end of fourteen months he resigned and went to St, Louis where he was connected with the opening of the St. Louis bridge over the Mississippi River and became fireman for the St. Louis Bridge Company and later con- ductor. At the end of eight months he was promoted to the position of superintendent of trains across the bridge but resigned this position one year later to become conductor on the Big Four road between Mattoon and St. Louis. He has since been connected with other roads as conductor and has followed railroading in various capacities for fourteen years, during which time he was never in a wreck for which he was censured or blanied and all of his wrecks never cost over 81,900. About 1870 he came to ItKliana|)olis and engaged in the bakery business, continuing three years, but off and on since that time he has been con nected with different railroads. He was married in 1875 to Miss Mary A. Donnell, a native of Palestine, 111. Mr. Wright is a member of the order of E(prity and the G. A. R., Robeit Anderson Post, No. 309. In politics he has always been an ardent Republican. Mr. Wright is what is often termed a “hustler” and he has l)een successful in the accumulation of a considerable amount of worldly goods. Antoixk Wikoam). The extent to which flowers are sold in a city indicates in no small degree the culture of its inhabitants. Orn; taking this view must recognize the msthetic sn |)remacy of Indianapolis, as it lias more florists and a better demand for choice flowers than any other city of its size in the country. Not only prominent, but foremost in point of pri ority among the floriculturists of Indianapolis is the gentleman whose name appears above. Antoine Wiegand was born in Saxony, Germany, in 1833, and was (‘ducated in the schools of his native country. He came to Amt'rica in 1855 and located in Indianapolis, which, though tlien an unimportant town, was, he felt sure, to be a city of commercial wealth and prominence. He established himself in Imsiness, in 1859 near the “Old Seminary,” on 3 34 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS Kentucky Avenue, and prospered tliere until 1871), when he removed to his present location at Seventh and Illinois Streets. His extensive hot houses cover an area of 200x200 feet, and his glass covered conservatories are among the most attractive in the city. Here are to be found plants in greater variety than in any other one establishment in the State, and Mr. Wiegand has in stock some single plants worth $150 each. He makes a specialty of cut flow- ers and decorations and has not only a large trade in Indianapolis, but an extensive one in surrounding towns. Mr. Wiegand was the pioneer in this line in the city. When he began business, more than a third of a century since, there was little demand for flowers, and his enterprise was necessarily small. But his is a kind of trade which advertises and extends itself, if properly attended to, more conspicuously, perhaps, than many others. The love of flowers is inherent in the human heart, and Mr. Wiegand spread them before the people of Indianapolis in ever expanding beauty, year by year, till there was a constantly increasing demand for them and his enterprise became an established fact and his green houses one of the attractions of the city. Mr. Wiegand is a public-spirited and well-esteemed citizen, who has the l)est interests of the community at heart. Although he is a Republican, he is not so partisan as to ignore the claims of a Democrat in a local campaign if he happens to think the Democrat is a better man personally than his Republican opponent. He is a popular member of the Columbia and other clubs, of the Royal Arcanum, and of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He was married in 1865 to Miss Katie Kriess, a native of Germany, and has two sous and a daughter. William Henry Harrison, the ninth President of the United States and flrst governor of the Territory of Indiana, was a native of the Old Dominion, his birth occurring at Berke- ley, in 1773. His father was Gov. Benjamin Harrison, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Receiving the final part of his schooling at Hampden, Sidney College, he liegaii for himself at eighteen years of age, at which time occurred the death of his father. In ojiposition to the protests of his friends, he sought a position in the army of the United States, was commissioned ensign by Gen. Washington and ordered to report to the Com- manding General (St.Clair) of the Northern army. At this period the frontier was greatly harassed by depredations of marauding bands of savages, supplemented by covert support and aid of the British Goveriinient, and the duties of the frontier troops were to hold in check and keep within due bounds these attacks. The elevation of Gen. Anthony W'ayiie over Gen. St. Clair, in command of the Northwest, resulted in a more vigorous and active policy, and numerous battles were fought with varying success. Having obtained promotion to a lieutenancy, young Harrison was the hero in a bloody engagement August 20, 1792, and for this ho was publicly thanked by his superior officer. In 1795 he was made com- mander of Fort Washington, with the rank of captain; the same year he wedded the youngest daughter of John Cloves Symmes, the original owner of the present site of Cincinnati, and three years later resigned his commission to engage in farming. Very shortly after tending his resignation he was appointed Secretary of the Northwest Territory by Pres. Adams, and as such was ex-officio lieutenant governor, and in the absence of Gen. St. Clair was Governor. In 1799 he was elected a delegate to Congress, and during this session the Northwest Territory was divided into two Territories, named Ohio and Indiana. The latter comprised the present States of Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin and Michigan, and of this Mr. Harrison received the appointment of Governor. He immediately located at Vin- cennes, which was then the capital, and served as Governor sixteen years, having been twice reappointed by Jefferson and once by Madison. His influence with the Indians was greater than any other white man. He always kept strict faith with these children of Nature, was prompt to reward their good deeds and as decisive in punishing their treachery. Dur- ing his administration he commanded at the battle of Tippecanoe, and the good results achieved by the success of the whites was made an event by the Legislatures of both Indiana and Kentucky extending the hero of the day a vote of thanks. Gov. Harrison is given a prominent place by historians for his services during the War of 1812, and was a partici- pant in the defense of Fort Meigs and the Battle of the Thames, as well as being the com- mander of the Army of the Northwest, with the rank of major-general. In 1816 he was elected to Congress and in 1824 to the United States Senate, from Ohio, and in 1828 was appointed minister to the Republic of Columbia by President Adams, but being almost 1'^ > ■ ■ ' X vj. - 'r «i^*' LIBRARY &( OiTHE ; . . . .^"'!YPRC^T-^ OF ,j ( 35 AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. immediately recalled by (ieneral Jackson. In 1836 he was nominated for the Presiilency of the United States, but suffered defeat. In 1840 he was re-nominated by the Whigs and during one of the most remarkable campaigns this country ever experienced, was elected, and March 4, 1841, was inaugurated. Having spent the most of his life in the frontier, .Mr. Harrison lacked the polish of his opponent, and the stoiy w'as circulated by the Democrats, with the expectation that it would prove detrimental to him, that he lived in a log cabin and drank nothing but cider. The Whigs accepted the insinuation. The simjJeness of the human life, divested of glamours and gildings, ahvays appeals to the direct sensibilities of the people. So it did in this case. Log cabins were erected everywhere; kegs supposed to contain cider, were indispensable. Log cabin and hard cider songs were sung and are yet remembered by the old residenters, and the famous hero of Tippecanoe became the ninth President of the United States. His untimely death occurred one month after his triumphal inauguration. George F. Edenh.vrter, M. D. Fortunate as it is in its older physicians, Indianapolis is no less fortunate in the bright galaxy of younger physicians and surgeons, who during the past few years have made a reputation for themselves and added luster to the professional status of the city and State. One of the best-known of the latter class is Dr. George F. Edenharter, superintendent of the Central Indiana Hospital for the Insane, who was born at Piqua, Ohio, June 13, 1857, a son of John and Elizabeth (Roseberg) Edenharter. His father was a native of Bavaria, Germany, came to America in 1848, and located at Cincinnati, Ohio, removing later to Pi(|ua, where he was for many years a cabinet maker. At this time, at the age of seventy-two, he is very active for a man of his years and is a resident of Indian- apolis. Dr. Edenharter’s mother, who was a native of Saxony, died September 11, 1889. Three children were born to John and Elizabeth Edenharter, and the one of them with which we have to do in this article was reared principally at Dayton, Ohio, where his parents removed when he was about nine years old. After acquiring an education in the public schools of that city, he learned the trade of a cigar maker and worked at it for about eight years, and, in following it, came to Indianapolis in 1877. The difficulties under which he began the study of medicine are suggestive of those which beset the celebrated Elihu Bur- ritt, the blacksmith, in his determined and successful attempts in the acquisition of knowl- edge. While working at the bench in the prosecution of his trade young Edenharter had before him the books necessary to the course of reading demanded of medical students before taking lectures, and gave to their study every moment he coukl spare from his work; and in course of time, by making the best use of every spare hour and by saving every cent possible from his earning.s, he was enabled to enter the Physio-Medical College, of Indian- apolis, in 1881, and after taking two courses of lectures in that institution graduated there- from in 1883, with the degree of “ M. D.” At the city election in the fall of the same year he was elected a member of the common council in the city of Indianapolis, and he was re-elected in the fall of 1885. The time which he could spare from his official duties enabled him to continue his medical studies without great financial expense, and in 1881 he entered the medical college of Indiana, and was graduated therefrom in March, 1886. Immediately thereafter he was appointed physician and surgeon in chief of the Marion County Asylum, in which capacity he served two terms. In 1887 he received the Democratic nomination by acclamation for the office of Mayor of Indianapoli.s, and although defeated by a small plurality, his personal popuharity enabled him to lead the ticket by about 1,000 votes. In December fol- lowing he was appointed physician and surgeon to the Marion County Workhouse, and at the expiration of his term of .service was reappointed but declined to longer devote himself to the duties of the oflice. In 1890 he was unaiiimously elected superintendent of the City Ho8f)ital by a joint conventicni of the common council and board of aldermen composed of twenty-one Democrats and fifteen Republicans. During his term of service the law regu lating the election of superintendent of the City Hospital was changed, vesting in (he board of health the power to appoint that functionary, and in 1892 (December), he was unani- mously re-elected to the same position l)y the board of health, consisting of two Democrats and one Republican, his salary being at the same time increased. Under th(» supervision of Dr. Edenharter the work of carrying on the hospital in all its detail was performed in a manner that elicited many flattering expressions of approval from l)oth press and |)ublic. 86 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS Many of the devices contributed to the convenience of this institution are the products of the Doctor’s originality, ingenuity and skill. The patients are given such excellent care and such close attention that complaints are unknown and the common prejudice against hospitals, based on a fear all too well groundeil in many cases, of maladministration and malpractice, has no point to which to attach itself so far as this particular hospital is concerned. The high standard of excellence which has characterized the management of this hospital by the Doctor’s predecessors in office, has not only been fully sustained by Dr. Edenharter but has gained additional luster through his administration of the affairs of the institution. Dr. Edenharter, though still a young man, possesses great energy and the most worthy ambition, and he is recognized by the best people of Indianapolis, not only as a physician of extraordinary skill, but as a man of the broadest intelligence and the highest order of business and executive ability. His good judgment, and discern- ing foresight in political affairs have won him many admirers in political circles. He is popular with the peojile because of the fact that he is a self made man in all that the term implies, having had from the outset to depend upon his own resources and to fight his own l)attles unaided until he had won a place in the hearts of his fellow-citizens which has secured their hearty support and co-operation. He has attained his present high standing in the community by hard work, close application to the performance of every duty devolving upon him, and by the excercise of the most indomitable will. He is a member of the Marion County Medical Society, and the Indiana State Medical Society. June 6, 1888, he was married to Marion D., daughter of Michael and Maria Swadener, of Dayton, Ohio, who has borne him one child named Ralph E., now a bright and promising boy. April 7, 1893, he was appointed superintendent of the Central Indiana Hospital for the Insane, which position he now fills, resigning the superintendency of the City Hospital, May 1, 1898. Dr. Edenharter was not an applicant for this position, but was appointed over twenty-three applicants, refusing to accept the position until urged so hard by the officials and liis friends that he felt duty bound. Miss Eliza Gt. Brownino is a lady of much intelligence, energy and executive abilit}% and is in every way com[)etent to fill the responsilile position of librarian of the Indianapolis Public Library, thus illustrating what has long been known and acknowledge!! that women are in every way competent to fill with distinguished success positions requiring the most versatile mental powers and no ordinary degree of energy. She belongs to a family which for many years has been largely identified with both the jiolitical and literary interests of the city of Indianapolis and the State of Indiana. The Hon. William J. Brown, her mater- nal grandfather, was a man of note in the day and age in which he lived, and as a repre- sentative of the people in this portion of Indiana in the halls of the Congress of the United States, he was a power, especially in the lines of truth, justice and right. His son. Admiral George Brown, United States Navy, has a record too well known to need additional words of commendation here, suffice it to say that his reputation is world wide. Hon. Austin H. Brown, a brother of the Admiral, has often served in public offices of trust in national, city and civic capacity, and is a man of mark. Some thirteen years ago when Miss Eliza G. Browning found it necessary to engage in some remunerative employment, the workings of the public library had many attractions for her, and although a near relative offered her employment, her independent spirit would not allow her to accept the offer, and she shortly afterward entered the public library, first as a substitute, and for one year labored without compensation. In April, 1892, she was elected librarian, and a year later was re-elected by acclamation. Her election was made because of her peculiar fitness and adaptabilit}" for the position, combined with a thorough knowledge of books, and it has met with the hearty ap- proval of the citizens of Indianapolis. She is ever on the alert to institute new and im- proved methods which have greatly improved the convenieniences for the library. She is a fine conversationalist, a deep reader and thinker and an accomplished musician. James H. Woodburn. The physician comes closer to the confidence of his patients than any other man is privileged to do with his fellow men. In the hour of agony which comes to the household when a loved one is stricken with a dread disease, the doctor is the one stay and hope of the family. It is especially pleasing to reflect that it is the most rare ex- ception that a medical man is false to his trust. An exalted sense of honor pervades the 37 AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. entire profession. Prominent among the successful practitioners of the healing art in Indianapolis stands the name of Dr. James H. Woodburn. He is a product of Jefferson County, Ind., born January 15, 1822, and is a son of Robert and Sally (Davis) Woodburn, the former a native of Washington County, Penn., and the latter of the Blue-Grass State. The parents came to Indiana in 1814, settled in Scott County, and were among the pioneers of that part of the State. He was a tanner by trade, but in connection with that business was also engaged in farming, and followed both until his death in 1825. His widow sur- vived him many years. Dr. Woodburn passed his youthful days in assisting his father on the farm in Jefferson County, and his early scholastic training was received in the common schools. Later he took a course at Hanover College, and in 1841 began the study of medi- cine with a private tutor, and subsequently attended lectures at the medical department of Louisville University, graduating in 1840. He had practiced three years before entering that institution. Immediately after graduating Dr. Woodburn began practicing in Shelby County, Ind., and for seven years was engaged in the practice of his profession in that and Clark and Johnson Counties. In March, 1851, he came to Indianapolis, and here he has been engaged in active practice ever since. In 1801 he was elected superintendent of the Insane Asylum, and this position he held in a satisfactory and efficient manner until in March, 1805, when he resigned. The Doctor has been a member of the city board of health, and was elected to the city council about the year 1807, serving in that capacity continu- ously for eight years. He has also been identified with the Indiana Medical College, was elected vice-president of the board, and that position he holds at the present time. He is a member of the American Medical Association, the Indiana State and Marion County Medical Societies, and has been president and treasurer of the last two societies. Dr. Wood- burn has also l)een a member of the Masonic and Odd Fellow orders, although not an active member at present. In the year 1847 he was married to Miss Ann E. Cravens at Madison, Ind. She was a native of Orange County, Ind., and the daughter of Benjamin H. and Mar- garet (Moore) Cravens, both natives of the grand old State of Virginia. Four children were born to our subject and wife, but only one is now living. The Doctor and his estimable companion are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was formerly a Whig in politics, blit upon the formation of the Republican party he advocated its policies, and has voted with that party ever since. Dk. Frederick C. Woodburn. The subject of our sketch is a young man of much promise in his profession, being one who has had the most favorable opportunities for re- ceiving a thorough classical and professional education, and has availed himself of them to the utmost. The honors that have come to liim are indeed well deserved and are but pre- ludes to higher and more distinguished stations that await him. Dr. Frederick C. Wood- burn was born at Indianapolis April 11, 1800, and is the son of of Dr. James H. and Anna E. (Cravens) Woodlinrn. He was reared in this city, was educated in the common and high schools and Butler University, and afterward gracluated from the classical department of Racine (Wis.), College, in June, 1885, when but nineteen years old. Without losing a mo- ment’s time he began the study of medicine in the office of his father, an eminent jiracti- tioner of Indianapolis, entered the Medical College of Indiana and graduated at the age of twenty-one. He l)egan the general juactice and in the following year took a post graduate course in the New York IMedical Rost Graduate School. From January, 1889, to January, 1891, he was sujreriritendent of the Indianajiolis City Dispensary, and from 1888 to 1891 he was physician to the Indianaprilis Orphan Asylum. At the jiresent time he is consulting physician on diseases of (he chest at the City Dis])enBary and assistant to the chair of ob- stetrics in the Indiana ^fedical College. For two years he has been Chairman of the com- mittee of arrangements of the Indiana ^ledical Society, and in 1892 he held the same posi- tion in the Mississij)pi Valley Medical Association, of which Association he is now secretary. In 1888-9 ho was treasui'er of the IVIarion County l\I(“dical Society and in 1891 was assistant secretary of the same body. He is now secretary of this society. Dr. Woodburn is a mendx'r of the American Medical Association, of (he Mitchell District Association, the j\rississiji]ii A’al ley Medical Association, the Itidiaua Stale Aledical Society and the Marion County Aledical Society, lie was married May 29, 1889, to Aliss Grace D. Gilbert, a native of Buffalo, N. Ah, and daughter of Rev. James E. and Sarah (Thompson) Gilbert, also natives of New York. 38 MEMOIBS OF INDIANAPOLIS Dr. and Mrs. Woodbnrn are the parents of one child, Janies H. They are members of the Central Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church and are very popular in that large and influen- tial body. While the Doctor does not take a very active part in politics he has very decided views and is hearty in his subscription to the principles of the Republican party, the candi- dates of which he always supports. Dr. Woodtmrn is a studious and investigating physician, earnest in his convictions and strong in his faith in the virtue of medical association, and interchange of views and relation of ex|ieriences. He is a man of the most agreeable man- ners, jileasant and gifted in conversation, sympathetic and generous; in fact he combines qualities that eminently lit him for a ]iractitioaer, while his earnest investigations and care- ful weighing of subjects tit him for the position of instructor of others. His career has been rapidly upward, but all the distinction he has received is deserved and he has filled every position to which he has been called with distinguished ability. His acquaintance is a large one, not only in the city, but, especially with the ])rofe8sion, extends throughout the State and he has ardent friends in various parts of the country. Hexry H. Beville. This well-known real estate man enjoys distinction as a soldier, a citizen, a business man and an inventor. He was born in Monroe County, Ky. , May 1, 184(). His paternal gr;indfather, Howell C. Beville, was a native of Guilford County, N. C., born about 1776. His parents came to America from Paris, France, for that was their native land. He received a liberal education, and was a school teacher for several years in North Car- olina. While yet quite a young man, he removed to Virginia, and settled on a farm near Abingdon, Washington County, and there he married Sarah Fulks, of Welch descent, who was liorn near Culpeper Court House, Ya. He served as ensign of a company in the United States army in the War of 1812. Some years later the family removed to Kentucky and located on the Cumberland River, in Monroe County, where Howell C. Beville became a successful planter. He served the county as coroner and was otherwise prominent as a citizen, and died in 1862 on his old home farm. His wife sniwived him about three years, and she died at the home of her daughter, in Warren County, Ky. Of the children of Howell C. and Sarah (Fulks) Beville, Granville H. Beville, father of Henry H. Beville, was born at Abing- don, Washington County, Va., A])ril 22, 1820. He removed to Kentucky with his father’s family, but returned later to his native State, where, in 1844, he married Susan Crowell, also a native of Virginia, and a daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Young) Crowell, the former a native of Germany, the latter a native of London, England. After his marriage he returned with his wife to Kentucky and assumed the management of his father’s planta- tation, which he purchased a few years later. There he lived until I860, when the family moved to Indiana and settled in Hancock County. The period of the war draws near, and it was a most important period in the life of Mr. Beville. His father, Granville H. Beville, late in the struggle, enlisted in Company E, Eighth Indiana Volunteers, and died in hos- pital at St. Louis, September 28, 1865, from effects of disease contracted in the service. As for himself, he had accompanied the family to Indiana and had been fairly educated in the public schools. At the beginning of the war he was too young to enter the service, but in March, 1864 (he was eighteen in May following), he enlisted in Company K, One Hun- dred and Thirty-fourth Indiana Volunteers, and served until discharged, September 28, following. He was with his regiment in Kentucky, Tennessee and Alabama, and was most of the time stationed at Decatur, Ala. , on guard duty. He participated in the remarkable engagement at Athens, which resulted in the capture of about 7,000 of Forrest’s men. Through all this service he passed without the slightest injury, but it is a remarkable fact in this connection that, foirr days after his return home an old musket exploded as he was firing it and its tube and breech-pin were blown into his right eye and against his forehead, wounding him so severely that he lost the sight of that eye totally. The first year after the war Mr. Beville spent on the farm. Then going to Indianapolis, he found employment for a few months in Smith & Osgood’s spoke factory. During the winter of 1866-67 he trav- eled through Illinois and Iowa, in the interest of fire insurance. In the spring of 1867, at the solicitation of his widowed mother, he returned home and assumed control of the farm, September 28, following, he married Nancy P. Mullis, a native of Fayette County, Ind., and daughter of Ambrose and Mary (Tull is) Mullis, the former a native of Tennessee, the latter reared near Cincinnati, Ohio. Shortly after their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Beville 9 LfBRARY OF THE jrjfVFR^iiy PF fi I iwoK \ / yy\AXk>SxSL..-^J^ 39 AM) MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. located at Cleveland, lud., and Mr. Beville entered the employ of the company operating the Panhandle Railroad. The following spring they removed to Knightstown, Ind., and Mr. Beville engaged in the nnrserj’ business. Later he was in the meat trade at Carthage. Here a misfortune overtook him. Everything he possessed was swept away by tire. He then removed in turn to Dublin and Milton, and at the latter place established himself in a transfer business, which he continued successfully until 1870. At that time he became a traveler for an agricultural implement concern at Dublin, Ind., and was thus employed for ten years, meantime, in 1878, removing to Indianapolis. While on the road he invented the “Iron Duke” windmill. He secured a patent on it in 1880, and since that time has sold the right of sale for it in ten or twelve different States, and has realized therefrom about 820,000. It was in 1880, too, that iMr. Beville engaged in the real estate business, opening an office for that purpose in Indianapolis. He has transacted about every kind of business properly falling to a real estate agent, but has made a specialty of buying and selling real property on his own account. A number of valuable additions have been made to Indianap- olis by him, among which may be mentioned the Englewood Addition, on East Washing- ton Street; Kagan Park, College Avenue and Fifteenth Street, and L^niversity Park, at Ervington, and he controls the greater portion of the property in North Indianapolis. Through Mr. Beville’s supervision and executive ability he was largely instriTinental in securing for the city such industries as the Dugdale & Co. tin can factory, D. E. Stone furni- ture company’, J. B. Allfree & Co. milling machinery, American Canning Company, The Cerealine Manufacturing Company, etc., and he has within the last live years placed nearly' 50O families in homes which they bought on monthly payments. Mr. Beville is justly ]>opular in both business and social circles. He is a member of the G. A. R., is a Scottish Rite Mason, a Red Man, a K. P., and for a number of y^ears was master of exchecjuer of his lodge and is a member also of the Uniformed Rank of the order. He and his family are members of the Third Christian Church of Indianapolis. His children are three in number: Burton L. . Henrv M. and Erial C. Three others. Bessie S., Monerie I. and Effie are deceased, Bessie S. having been called from life at the age of seventeen, just on the threshold of a prosperous and happy young womanhood. Mr. Beville’s mother is still living in Hamilton County’, Ind. Brief as is this sketch, it is yet sufficient to indicate the sterling (juality of IMr. Beville’s character. He has always been a busy’ man, and though dark misfortune has surrounded him at times, he 'has been a successful man, as the world goes, and is regarded as a most useful and public-spirited citizen. M.u. James L. Mitchell. The suliject of our sketch is a distinguished member of the Indianapolis bar and an ex-soldier of the late war. who made a record for himself as a brave and patriotic, as well as a faithful officer. Maj. Mitchell comes of a family that for generations has been composed of worthy and good people, true to their country and to themselves. He was born in Shelby County, Ky. , September 29, 1834, being the son of Pleasant L. D. and Mary A. (Ketcham) Mitchell, natives of Kentucky and of old Virginia stock. Thomas Mitchell, the grandfather of our subject, served as chaplain to Gen. Payne’s l)riacity of night and com- mercial editor of that paper and as foreman of its mechanical department. He has always been a Democrat in politics and as unswerving in his loyalty to that party as he was to his country during the Rebellion. He has always been closely identified with organized labor and has now been a member of Ty pogra}>hical Union No. 1 for thirty-seven years, continu- ously. For two years he was president of the State Trades Assembly, and in 1881 his union honored him with an election as delegate to the International Union, which met in d’oronto, Canada. Here he was elected as corresponding secretary of that body and served one term. He had also, twenty years before, in 1861, been honored with a similar election by his craftsmen and attended the session of the National Typographical Union, which met at Nashville. Tenn., that year. In 1875 he was appointed a deputy county clerk and served three years in Room 1. Superior Court. In 1878 the Republicans carried the county and Capt. Schley was removed. During the campaign of 1880 he was secretary of the Demo- cratic County Central Committee. In 1881 he was nominated by the Democratic City Con- vention as its candidate for city clerk, and though, with the rest of his ticket, defeated, he succeeded in materially reducing the Republican majority. In 1884 he was elected a rep- resentative from Marion County in the State Legislature and introduced the bill which is now the law governing Building and Loan Associations in this State. He was re-elected a representative in 1886 and declined a I’enomination in 1888. In 1886 he was again appointed a deputy county clerk and is still serving as such in the Circuit Court. Capt. Schley has been secretarv of Prospect Saving and Loan Association, one of the most success- ful in Indianapolis, for the past nine years. In 1867 Capt. Schley was married to Miss Emily Isabella Smith, a daughter of the late Hon. Isaac Smith, who also served as r-epre- sentative from Marion County in the Legislature and was one of the secretaries of the State 43 AND ^fAE^nN COUNTY, INDIANA. Constitutional Convention of 1852. One of her brothers is Capt. Oak M. Smith, United States Army, now on dut}' at New Orleans. Mrs. Schley is a lineal descendant of Josiah Bartlett, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. There were four children born to this marriage — two sons and two daughters. The sons are both dead, the elder one. Naval Cadet O. S. Schley, was killed in 1886, while on his summer cruise with his class from the Naval Academy at Annapolis by falling from the mast of the practice ship, Constellation, his body being lost at sea. He was then a young man of eighteen years. The other son died when but sixteen months old. The daughters are now young ladies, at home witli their |)a rents. Capt. Schley has been more or less prominently ideutitied with numerous impor- tant enterprises and movements not mentioned above, always generously and helpfully and to the benefit of his fellow citizens. A more unostentatious or a more valuable citizen it would be hard to name, or one who possesses in a higher degree the esteem of the pul)lic, politics not considered. His life, while successful, has not been without its struggles, but he entertains bitterness toward no man; while it has been blessed above the measure accorded to many others, it has also l)een darkened by alHiction, but he never looks upon the ■‘bitter side,” believing that which the future contains is well ordered and is therefore good. He luis achieved his successes through labor and by strictly honorable methods and they are therefore the more estimable. J. H. Webster. There is nothing more important to the welfare of a city or more effective in the preservation of property as well as life, than a well equipped and conducted tire department, and the man who successfully fills the position of chief must possess keen foresight, unbounded energy, and mu.st be ever alert and ready to respond to the calls upon his services. All these attributes are possessed in a marked degree by J. H. Webster, who is chief of the fire department of Indianapolis. He owes his nativity to Phelps, Ontario County, N. Y. , being born on March 21, 1833, to Chester and Phoebe (Pinkham) Webster, natives of Litchfield, Conn. Chester Webster had the honor of serving his country iti the War of 1812. in which struggle he rendered effective service, and while following the duties of a civilian he conducted a boot and shoe business, to which his attention was devoted for many years in Troy, N. Y. In the latter part of his life he jmrchased a farm in Ontario County, ’N. Y., on which his declining years were spent surrounded by all that goes to make life comfortable and enjoyable. To his marriage a family of nine children were given, five of whom survive. The life of J. H. Webster, from the time of his birth up to the age of twenty-one years, was spent in his native county in assisting in the usual duties of farm life and in attending the common schools near his rural home, where he received the major part of his literary education. After attaining his majority he decided to sever home ties and anticipating the advice of Horace Greeley he decided to “go West and grow up with the country,” and in Circleville, Ohio, he had his first experience in fighting the battle of life for himself. After clerking in a hotel foi' a brief period he became a salesman in a wholesale furniture estal)lishment where he remained for a few years after which he returned East l)ut again turned his face westward in 1855 and this time made his way to Indianaimlis, Ind., and tinally to Danville, of the same State. In the latter place he found emj)loyment in the woolen mills belonging to Roger Foster and while thus emi)loyed wooed and won for his wife the daughter of his einfiloyer, Frances E. I'oster, in 1857. One year later he came with his wife to Indianapolis and for a few years was employed in the Hub and Ijast Factory. On March 31. 1860. he became a member of the fire department of the city and had the man agenient of the first steam fire engine that was ever brought to the place. His marked ability, zeal and promptness soon brought him into prominent notice and the city government soon manifested its knowledge of his fitness foi' the position and its desire for the welfare of the community by making him chief of the dej)artment. To the di.schai'ge of the many duties of this position ho has devoted his time and eneigies up to the |)resent time with the exception of two years when he conducted a livery stable. Me is now the oldest employe of the fire departTiiont of the city ami many times during this honorable career the people of Indian a[)olis have had occasion to congratulate themselves on the etllcitmcy, promptness and intelli- gence shown by Uhief Webster in subduing contlagiations with but little loss to life and ])rop erty. .Mr. Webster has been married twice, his second marriage being celebrated in 1886, to Miss Mary McGilvery, by whom he has two children: Daisy C. and Rufus E. His first wife 44 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS bore bim a daughter, Faunie G., who is the wife of John Fuller. Mr. Webster is a member of the Masonic and Independent Order of Odd Fellow fraternities, and politically has always supported the measures of tlie llepublican party. Fkederick W. Oady. The American bar offers the finest opportunities for preferment of any country U|)on the face of the earth, its members being ju’ivileged, if the talent is not wanting, to attain not only the greatest distinction in the profession, but it is the easiest way of apju’oach to the liighest official ])laces in the land. Wliat is more, the American bar can show an array of eminent talent, of profound erudition and of judicial ability equal to that of England, France or Germany. The Indianapolis l)ar has during the past half century been greatly distinguished for the learning and talent of its members, who know no such word as fail when |)itted against lawyers from other cities. A very bright and most promis- ing young attorney of tliis city is the subject of our sketch, Frederick W. Cady, who thus early in his career has won victories at the bar that would have reflected credit upon its oldest inembers. He is senioi' member of the firm of Cady & Cady, with offices at 8| North Pennsylvania Street, and was born in Windsor County, At., July ‘28, 1864, being the son of John W. and IMary A. (Leavens) Cady, natives of the Green Mountain State, and is of Scotch English descent. The Cady family were pioneers in tlie State of Connecticut, after- ward settling in Vermont. Stephen P. Cady, the grandfather of our subject, was a farmer and stockraiser of Vermont, who spent his days in that State. The maternal grandfather, Hon. Orange Leavens, was a farmer of the Connecticut River valley, who amassed a com- fortable fortune and was. later in life, a member of the General Assembly and of the Senate of his State for several sessions, distinguishing himself therein by his great force of char- acter, quick perce])tion. and his large resources of common sense. A man of great promi- nence, he was especially identified with the interests of the town of his home, holding the most important positions in the Government thereof for many years, and contributing greatly to its improvement. He died in West Windsor, the town of his birth and life-long home in the year 1884, at the age of eighty- four years. The father of our subject is a prosperous and industrious farmer of the town of West Windsor, Vt., and has been for a long time a member of the board of that town, a position which he tills with great fairness and ability. During the late war he served in Company A, Twelfth Vermont Volunteer Infantry. Unto him and Mrs. Cady have been born three children, namely; Frederick W., Daniel L. and Mary E. The subject of our sketch was reared in the county of Windsor, where he passed through the public schools, graduating from the high school at Windsor and from the famous Kimball Union Academy, at Meriden, N. H. , immediately following which he entered the law office of the Hon. Gilbert A. Davis, of Windsor, as a student, remaining from Septem- ber, 1885, until October 25, 1888, when he was admitted to the bar of the State of Ver- mont after a four days’ examination as a member of a class of twenty-three, being one of the three successful ap|)licant8 for admission from the entire class, passing the most satis- factory examination and receiving the highest mark of proficiency ever accorded to any law student in the history of the State of Vermont up to that time. Directly after passing this brilliant examination he was elected assistant secretary of the Senate of the State of Ver- mont, session of 1888, serving through the term, when he returned to the office of Mr. Davis, continuing with him until January 1, 1890, at which time he removed to Indian- apolis. Previous to settling here, however, he made a careful investigation into the op- portunities offered for successful practice in the various States of the Union and his loca- tion here was the result of deliberate purpose and not a mere haphazard adventure. With his brother, Daniel, he came to Indianapolis an entire stranger and the two formed a partner- ship and opened an office in Wright’s block, on East Market Street. In November, 1890, he was appointed a deputy ]u-osecuting attorney of Marion County, by Prosecuting Attorney John W. Holtzman, continuing as such officei’ until November, 1892, when he resigned said office to accept the office of deputy city attorney of Indianapolis, to which he was appointed by Hon. Leon O. Bailey, city attorney. Entering upon the discharge of the duties imposed by this office in June, 1892, he held the same until January 1, 1893, going out with Mr. Bailey, who resigned the office of city attorney at that time. Mr. Cady is one of the bright- est yortng members of the Indianapolis bar, bringing to the profession a most intimate knowledge of law together with the qualities of pleader and advocate in a high degree of 45 AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. excellence. During his three years of practice in this city he has been ulentitiecl with a number of very important cases, among which was the trial of Lillie Stevens, for the murder of Margaret Ross, who was defended by him with signal success and accjuitted upon the theory of “ insanity and the trial of Philander Jester, in the United States District Court at Indianapolis, indicted for counterfeiting, whose defense was conducted by Mr. Cad}^ Avith great tact and ability, resulting in the prompt ac(juittal of Jester. Mr. Cady has, with his partner, prosecuted many important damage suits, recovering large verdicts therein. Our subject was married August 20, 1891, to Miss Jessie Shedd, a highly accomplished young lady of Windsor, Vt., the daughter of Hon. EdAvin R. Shedd, a lead ing citizen and prominent Democrat of Vermont. Returning to Indianapolis, Mr. and Mrs. Cady have resided in W^oodrnff Place, a suburb of the city, Avhere they have an exceedingl}' pleasant home. This union has l)een blessed by the birth of a son, on July 24, 1893, who bears the family name Leavens. WJiile devoted to his profession, which he pur.sues unre- mittingly, Mr. Cady finds time for the cultivation of a taste for politics which he has. The principles and teachings of Thomas Jefferson are in full harmony with his OAvn vieAVS, and he gives an unqualified support to his party’s candidates. Patrick Henry Jaaieson. M. D., Avas born in Monroe Township, Jefferson County, Ind., April 18, 1824. As a boy he Avas delicate and rather precocious. Early in his teens he had actjuired the ordinary, so called, English education. Subsequently, partly by the aid of a private instructor, l)ut mostly liy his oAvn efforts, he learned most of Avhat Avas con- tained in the prevailing text books of algebra, plain geometry, mechanics, physics, popular astronomy and mental philosophy. He also acquired a very limited acquaintance Avith the Creek and Latin tongues. His father Avas of Scotch-Irish, and his mother of English de- scent; both Avere born and reared in Virginia and Avere, for the times, and for people in their circumstances, more than ordinarily intelligent. Aside from their secular employments they were much devoted to religion. His father Avas a thrifty well -to do farmer. When he Avas sixteen years old he lost his mother, and two years later his father died, leaving him for the future to his own guidance. Soon after, in September, 1843, he came to Indianapolis, Avhere he subsequently taught school for several years. While thus engaged he began the study of medicine Avith the late Dr. John H. Sanders. He first attended the Medical Col lege of the University of Louisville, and the following year he attended Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, where ho graduated in 1849, his dijiloma bearing the signatures of some of the most eminent physicians and surgeons then living. He immediately began jirac- tice in Indianapolis, in partnership with his former precejitor. Dr. Sanders. Early in April of the folloAvingyear, Dr. Sanders died, leaving his young associate to hold, if he could, the very consideralde business of the late firm. This was certainly a very critical era in the life of so young a professional man; but by the aid of his friends and patrons, and his own efforts, he so Avell succeeded that daring the second year of his practice he did alone more business than the firm had done the previous year. He thus early, |)ossibly too early, was settled in a large and someAvhat lucrative liusiness. This he has since, for more than forty years, steadily maintained. It may be truly said of him that no man among all his confreres, living or dead, ever sbav more patients, or prescribed more freijuently than he. He Avas the first, early in the fifties, to call the attention of the profession of Indianajiolis to a pernicious and fatal form of amemia affecting Avomen in the latter stages of pregnancy. An eminent medical Avriter, acquainted with this fact, not long since, remarked that a publication of his observa tions at that time would have given him considerable notoriety, as it Avas not till some years after, that a first de.scription of this disease Avas presented to tlie profe.ssion by a medical Avriter of (lermany. He is one of the feAV surviving charter members of the Indiana State Medical Society, Avhich was organized in Jlay, 1849, and in early times he Avas one of its more active memliers. In 1857 he presenti'd a refiort to this society on veratrum viride in typhoid and puerj)eral fevers, which Avas jmblished in its proceedings, and rejiublished, al- most entirely, in the “American Journal of the .Medical Sciences.” In 1849-50 and 1854 he encountered Asiatic cholera which prevailed, to some extent, in Indianapolis. A Avide s[)read and fatal epidemic of dysentery prevailed at this time of Avhich a great many died. Among its victims were .some of tlie most prominent citizens of the county. In some Uistances nearly a whole family jiorished. Among his published Avritings are the “Oomiuissioners’ 4(5 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS Annual Reports for the Indiana Hospital for the Insane,” from 1861 to 1879 inclusive. Like reports of the ‘‘Indiana Institution for the Deaf and Dumb,” and for the “Institute for the Blind,” for the most of this time were also written by him. These reports were published by the State. He is the author of an address entitled, “Scientific Medicine in its relations with Quackery,” which was published in the Indiana Medical Journal and extensively copied l)y other journals. During most- of his life he has been a frequent contributor to the local sec- ular papers, generally anonymous, but occasionally over his own signature. In 1861 he was elected by the Legislature a Commissioner of the ‘‘Indiana Hospital for the Insane,” for a term of four years; in 1865 he was re-elected for a second term; in 1869 was elected, by the same body, president of the several boards of State “Benevolent Institutions,” for the insane, the deaf and dumb and the blind. He was subsequently twice re-elected to this important office, each time for an additional term of four years. All the time from April 19, 1861, to March 1, 1866, he was a surgeon in the military service. He organized the first post hospital at Camp Morton ; assisted in starting the general hospital; was in charge of all unassigned troops in quarters in Indianapolis, and he established, and long had charge of, the [)ost hospitals at Camp Car- rington and at Ekin barracks. He was the ranking surgeon in charge of the Fort Donel- son prisoners, while they were confined in 186‘2 at Camp Morton. No one ever complained of his treatment of these prisoners. From 1861 to 1869 he was physician to the “Indiana Institute for the Deaf and Dumb.” From 1863 to 1869 he was a member of the Common Council of Indianapolis, and took a leading part in its affairs. He was chairman of the “Committee on Revision of Ordinances,” and as such made a complete revision of the city laws, which were then in great confusion. This revision was published, in book form, by the city, in 1865. From 1865 to 1869 he was chairman of the Committee on Finances of the Council, a j)osition involving much labor and responsibility. He found an empty treas- ury and the city badly in debt, doing its business on depreciated orders, twenty-five per cent, below j)ar. Notwithstanding that about |50O,OUO had to be raised to relieve the city from draft, and to aid the families of soldiers in the field, these orders were soon brought up to par. Upon his retiring from the council. May 1, 1869, there were but $100,000 of debt and $‘260,000 in the treasury; enough to pay the debt and leave a large balance for the expenses of the incoming year. He was also chairman of the board of police and of the board of public printing. He also, in 1866, originated the plan set forth in an ordinance, which he presented, for the organization of the city hospital, under this plan, that institution has ever since been conducted. He also, in 1865, aided in preparing a law revising the city charter, and as affecting street improvements he procured the insertion of a clause assessing the cost of street crossings, against the abutting property, on the lines of the streets. This charter was passed by the Legislature, but two years after, it was repealed, on other grounds, no objection being made on account of this provision. This excellent feature of that charter was lately re-enacted by the Legislature of 1893. The world moves slowly, but it moves. Associated by an act of the Legislature in 1873 with the late Gov. Hendricks, and certain other State officers, he was made ex officio a member of a provisional board for building a “Hospital for Insane Women” with a capacity for 900 patients which was to cost the State about $700,000. This board made him its treasurer and also a member of its building com- mittee, in which capacities he did the State much valuable service. During Dr. Jameson’s long service as commissioner of the Hospital for the Insane, and subsecjuently as president of the boards, he persistently urged, through his annual reports and by personal solicitation, the need of better provision for the insane of the State, and it was measurably owing to his influence and to his untiring efforts, that the Legislature made appropriations from time to time for the enlargement and final completion of this magnificent institution. When he be- came connected with the management of this asylum in 1861, its appointments were poor with a capacity for less than 300 patients. When he retired in 1879, there was room for 1,400 patients, with every needed appliance. No man in Indiana ever labored so long, or so effectively, as he for the help of the insane. In 1876 the expenditures and taxation of the city being unduly extravagant, he wrote a series of articles which appeared in the Indianap olis Evening News and which attracted much attention. He clearly demonstrated the feasi- bility of a large saving in the city’s expenses. These communications aroused the public, and led to a great reduction of the tax levy for the incoming year. They also led to the 47 AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. formation of a citizens’ committee, of which he was chairman, to procure such limitations, by an act of the Legislature, as should put it beyond the jiower of councils and school boards, to levy taxes above a certain specified rate, nine-tenths of one percent, for city pur- poses, and one-tifth of one per cent, for school purposes. This act also limited the amount of debt for cities to two per cent, of their taxables. This legislation was actively opiiosed by a gang of tax-eaters connected with the city Government,' and with the school board, but notwithstanding this, the bill passed. Since that time a part of this act has been incorpor- ated in the constitution of the State. In this reform Dr. Jameson was the tirst to move, but he was subsequently greatly assisted by William H. English, Albert G. Porter and the other members of this committee. Neither the schools nor any of the city departments were worsted by this law, but they have grown better. Dr. Jameson took an active {)art in the discussion of the natural gas ([uestion and his timely and stirring appeals through the press on this subject had much to do with the successfid establishing of the Citizens’ Gas Trust which has since furnished chea]> and abundant fuel for the people of Indianapolis. He has been for thirty years or more a Director of Butler University; was the sole agent for the sale of its large real estate pro])erties in Indianapolis and for the construction of its principal build ings at Irvington. He was President of the Board of Directors of this institution from 1872 to 1878. He is regarded as being well versed in all the branches of medicine. In his earlier years, when sj)ecialists were not to be had, he was compelled to treat all kinds of ailments, but more recently he has preferred the general {)ractice, and has willingly consigned to spe- cialists such cases as pertain to their several branches, still he holds that the highest med- ical skill consists in the ability to treat a dangerous case of aci;te disease so as to give the patient the best chance for a speedy and perfect recovery. He has Ijeen most hap|)y in his home life. In 1850 he was married to Miss Maria Butler, the daughter of the late Ovid Butler, a prominent lawyer and the founder of Butler University. This union remains un- broken. He has two living daughters, 3Irs. John M. Judah, of Memphis, and Mrs. Orville Peckham, of Chicago, and one son, Ovid Butler Jameson, a well-known attorney of Indian- apolis. He continues in business more because of his active habits and temperament and the love of occupation, than of nece.ssity, as he has long enjoyed a well-earned competence. He has never lost a day from business on account of sickness. He is a man of sound mind and Ijody, strong will and pronounced individuality. He is still active and for one of his years, very well preserved. In manner he is quiet and unobtrusive, and in bearing, kindly and agreeable. His standing as a jdiysiciari is high, apart from which he is universally regarded as a u.seful and enterprising citizen. Frank Saak, florist. A liking for flowers usually shows an msthetic and cultivated taste, but even the uneducated and those who live among the lowliest surroundings may consider a flower a “thing of beauty and a joy forever.” This taste may be gratified both by the rich and poor and the washerwoman who labors at her tub for her daily bread may enjoy her pot of violets as much as the millionaire’s wife who wanders among the costliest exotics in her spacious conservatory. The business of the florist is to supply the wants of all classes in this respect and in the e.stablishment of Frank Saak at 124 St. Joseph Street, Indianapolis, may l)e found a stock of goods sufficient to supply the requirements of all classes at the most reasonable figures. His house is the oldest of the kind in the city and was established by Henry Hilker many years ago, but some three years since Mr. Saak suc- ceeded him and has since conducted the business in a skillful and highly satisfactory man- ner. His establishment is very advantageously located for it is the only one immediately in the heart of the city, and consetiuenily has a large patronage from opera and theater goers. He has 8,000 feet under glass, heated by steam and hot water, and his green house is adorned with some of the rarest and costliest flowers that can be had. He makes a spc^cialty of cut flowers and his services are in great demand in decorating for ban({uets, balls and house parties. He has much artistic taste and excellent judgment for the “titness of things” and when orders arti left at his establishment no \ineasine.ss is felt as to their non fultill ment. He has been familiar with the details of the business ever since his ninth year, and when not attending school he was employed in various gi'een-houses in the cities of New York, St. Louis and Indianapolis, in eacli • %• % 49 AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. moved to Northampton, Mass., and carried on a large mercantile business there. He was noted for his unswerving integrity throughout all his business life. In the panic of 1857 he failed in business and Pliny had to earn his own way. He became a clerk in a grocery store and meat market while yet a boy, and remained in this position for two years. In the meantime his father, Harris Bartholomew, had removed to Canton, N. Y., and Pliny fol- lowed him and clerked for him there in the dry goods business for about a year, when they removed to Herman, N. Y. , where Pliny attended school and finished his preparation for col- lege. In September, 1861, Pliny entered Union College at Schenectady, N. Y. While in col- lege he supported himself by book canvassing in summer and teaching school in winter, and graduated in 1864 with the honors of his class, receiving the degree of A. B. Three years later his alma mater conferred the degree of A. M. on him. After leaving Union he read law with Judge I. S. L’Amoreaux at Ballston Spa, Saratoga County, N. Y., and on exam ination was admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court in May, 1865, at Schenectady. He practiced his profession at Ballston Spa until the fall of 1866, when he came to Indian apolis. He has continuously resided in this city since that time, and up to the time of his elevation to the bench he enjoyed a large legal practice. January 30, 1873, he married Miss Sarah Belle Smith, daughter of the late George W. and Mary Smith, of Crawfordsville, Ind. They have had born to them Belle Isadora, Pliny W., Jr. and Harris Shirley. Pliny W. , J r. died when four years old. Judge Bartholomew is a Past Chancellor in the Knights of Pythias, Past Grand Dictator in the Knights of Honor, and is a member of the Presbyterian Church, member of the Commercial Clul) and other organizations. He was elected Judge of the Superior Court in 1890 on the Democratic ticket, receiving many Republican votes. He took his seat as Judge on October 28, 1892. Judge Bartholomew has long been known among his intimate friends and associates as a man of sterling character, his reputation for uprightness and integrity being of the highest. Modest in demeanor, courteous in manner, and quick to see and grasp the salient points in a case, he is a model judge. He has the judicial manner to a remarkable degree, and his urbanity on the bench is such that a young man appearing before him for the first time is made to feel perfectly at ease, and as if he had known the judge who is trying his case for years. In point of natural ability, sound judgment, and old-fashioned common sense, as well as in his knowledge of the law and the application of its soundest princi()les to a given case. Judge Bartholomew comjiares favor- ably with the ablest jurists who ever sat on the bench of the Marion Superior Court. It is to be hoped that he will be continued in his present position until his party thinks the time has come to promote him to the bench of the Appellate or Supreme Court. fW e have received from one of tlie older nienibers of the bar — a man who is himself opposed to the Judge in politics — the foregoing statement regarding Judge P. W. Bartholomew of the Marion Su perior Court. It bears internal evidence that it was prepared by one who knows.Tudge Bartholomew well, and who greatly admires him.] Georoe J. Cook, M. D. One of the most prominent citizens of Indianapolis socially and politically is Dr. George J. Cook, who is even more eminent as a physician and suigeon, as a lecturer and demonstrator in medical colleges and as a special practitioner of great skill and reputation. This gentleman was born near Fittsburgli, Penn. , February 12, 1844, a son of John and Mary ( Kelso) Cook. His father was of Irish de.scent. His mother was a native of Pennsylvania. His maternal grandfather fought gallantly for the cause of the colonists during the Revolutionary War. The father of Dr. Cook was a hard working and successful farmer, and the younger years oftheDoctoi' were passed on his father’s farm and in ac(|uiriug such education as was all'orded liira in the public schools. At the age of nine teen, having taken the j)rescril)ed course of reading, he Ijecame a student at the Keiducky School of Medicine at fjouisville, and graduated therefrom witli the degree of M. 1). in 1866. He entered upon the practice of his profession immediately thereafter in the Falls City, and remained there until 1882, during that time accjuiring an enviable reputation as a skillful general [)ractitioner. During the year mentioned he removed to Indianapolis, and devoted himself exclusively to the treatment of diseases of the rectum. While a resident of Louis- ville he was for seven years demonstrator of anatomy, and for three years professor of anatomy in the Kentucky School of Medicine. At the piestud t ime lie is professor of gastro- intestinal and rectal surgery in the Indiana Aledical College. In 1889 Dr. Cook wiis presi 4 50 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS dent of the Mississippi Valley Medical Association. He is a member of the Marion County Medical Association, of the Indiana State Medical Association and of the American Medical Association, and is consulting surgeon in cases of disease of the rectum in the Indianapolis City Hospital, and in the City Dispensary; and during the past year he has been secretary of the Department of Public Health and Charities of Indianapolis. He is a strong and un- swerving Democrat, politically, and has much iiiHiieuce in the city and county affairs. June 29, 1892, Dr. Cook married Miss Ella Henderson, a native of Martinsville, Ind., and a daughter of Eb. and Ann Henderson, her father being prominent and active in State politics. Hon. John R. Wilson. This fiopular citizen and official is a native of Cumberland County, Va., and a son of John R. Wilson, Sr., and Cornelia E. Wilson. On the paternal side he traces his ancestry through many generations of prominent Virginians, and on the maternal side is descended from and inherits many of the good cjualities of those estimable French Huguenots who located in South Carolina and Virginia long before the Revolutionary War. His great-grandfather, Richard Wilson, was while quite young an officer in the Con- tinental army, and his grandfather, Daniel A. Mdlsou, was later senior member of the gov- ernor’s council in Virginia, which made him eligible to succeed the governor after the manner of the lieutenant-governor of a later date. He was also a circuit judge for fifteen years. His son, John R. Wilson, father of the immediate subject of this sketch, was for many years an active and successful lawyer of Cumberland County, Va. , and one of the most respected citizens of that part of the State. Mr. Wilson’s maternal grandfather was a lawyer of state reputation, a man of exalted character and profound learning. Mr. Wilson, after completing the course at the Hampden-Sidney College studied law at the University of Virginia. After completing his legal and classical studies, he came to Indianapolis in the fall of 1873, and later entered into a partnershij) in the jiractice of the law with Hon. William E. English, since the representative of this district in Congress, which existed several years. Later he became a member of the firm of Duncan, Smith & Wilson, and continued in that relation until elected clerk of the courts of Marion County. Meantime, however, in 1883 he was elected one of Marion County’s representatives in the Legislature. Upon the organization of that body, in recognition of his acknowledged talent, he was made a member of the Ways and Means and Judiciary Committees, the two most important legislative committees. His legislative experience proved of value to him, and indirectly led in 1888 to his nomination by the Democratic party as candidate for attorney general of Indiana. He and Judge Howk, candidate for the Supreme bench, led the State ticket, as he had led the legislative ticket in Marion County five years before; but the Democracy lost the State at that election. Two years later Indianapolis, Marion County, and indeed the entire country, were startled by the flight of County Clerk John E. Sullivan, in default for a large amount. The grave respon- sibility of selecting a successor to the office in whom the public could implicitly rely to bring order out of chaos in which all its affairs had been left and to restore it to the status of integrity, fell upon the county commissioners, who recognized in Mr. Wilson the most available and acceptalJe man for the place. It was conceded that he did admirable work in a difficult and trying position, and under his direction the affairs of the office were put in order and the routine of its business was soon re-established on so safe and business-like a basis that in recognition of his services the Democracy nominated him in 1890 for clerk of the courts as his own successor. The fact that he and County Auditor Taggart led their ticket and were elected by the largest Democratic majorities ever given in the county speaks more elotpiently than any words of praise could of the manner in w'hich Mr. Wilson’s honest and business-like methods were appreciated by the electors of the county. Mr. Wilson is a thirty-second degree Mason. He was married in 1879 to Miss Nellis Duncan, daughter of R. B. Duncan, who in the early half of the century was for many years clerk of the Marion County courts. One secret of Mr. Wilson’s success both as a lawyer and as an official, is his genial and kindly nature, which has gained him the friendship of all who know him. Frank W. Morrison. Integrity, intelligence and system are qualities which will advance the interests of any man or any profession and will tend to the prosperity to which all aspire. F. W. Morrison’s life in the professional arena has been characterized by intel- ligence, sound judgment and persevering industry. He is one of the city’s most popular and capable attorneys, who has acquired prominence on the wings of Indianapolis’ prosperity. J. K. WILSON. LIBI^AKY OF THE .'rxMVER.SITY OF ILLINOr 51 AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. Mr. Morrison is a native of the Hoosier State, born at Salem, Sei)tember 19, 1852, and moved with his parents to Indianapolis in 1865, his father, John I. Morrison, having been elected State Treasurer in that year. The educational training of our subject was received in the high schools of Indianapolis, and later he entered William's College, Massachusetts, from which institution he graduated in 1874. Returning to Indianapolis immediately after ward he began the study of law with McDonald & Butler, and was admitted to the bar in 1870. After this he remained with McDonald & Butler, as managing clerk until 1883 when he opened an office for himself. Since then he has practiced alone. In 1884 he entered the service of the Pennsylvania Company as attorney on the Chicago Division. In 1885 he resumed the general practice of law and since 1886 he has been attorney for the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway Company. Aside from this he acts as general counsel for the Phoenix Life Insurance Company, of Hartford, in the West. In 1885 Mr. Morrison was appointed by Gov. Porter, one of the Metropolitan Police Commissioners. In his political views he is a Republican, and is a Knight Templar in the Masonic fraternity. During the years he has practiced his profession he has shown himself to be endowed with superior ability and his comprehensive knowledge of the law, together with the soundness of his judgment, secured him almost immediate recognition at the bar. John A. Comingor, M. D. Among the most prominent and successful medical prac- titioners of Indianapolis, audit may be said of the State of Indiana, is Dr. John A. Comin- gor, who is one of the oldest practicing physicians in the city. He is honored and esteemed by the medical profession throughout all this part of the country. As a surgeon he is one of the finest in the State, and during his many years practice as such, he has performed about every surgical operation known to medical science and skill, having practically traversed the entire field of surgical practice. Ever since the establishment of the Indianapolis City Hospital twenty-six years ago, he has been surgeon of that institution, performing the func tions of that office without remuneration or hope of remuneration, and his weekly visits dur ing this long period to the clinics and wards of the hospital have contributed greatly toward the high standard of excellence which obtains in the institution at this time. He has always been solicitous for the welfare of this hospital, and every measure for its improve ment or for its better establishment has met with hearty approval and most helpful and substantial support. He has acted also as physician and surgeon to St. Vincent’s Hospital and of the city dispensary. He is one of the promoters and organizers of the Medical College of Indiana, was one of its incorporators, and for twenty years held the chair of professor of surgery in that institution. At the present time he is professor of orthopa*dic and clinical surgery in the Central College of Physicians and Surgeons. He is a member of the Marion County Medical Society, the Indiana State Medical Society, the American Medical Association and the National Surgical Association. He has read papers of interest and merit before these societies from time to time, and has been a fre(iuent contributor of articles on professional subjects to the medical and surgical j)eriodicals of the day. During the administration of Gov. Porter he was a member of the Governor’s staff with the rank of surgeon-general of the State of Indiana. Dr. Comingor has always been in politics a strong Republican and has been such from the organization of the Republican party. Away back in the infancy of that party he was a delegate from Hendricks County to a convention that nominated Heniy S. Lane for governor, and Oliver P. Morton for lieutenant-governor of the State of Indiana. The doctor is of German extraction. His grandfather, the first of the family to settle in America, located in New York at an early day. but afterward removed to Kentucky. He had several children including, Abram, Henry, David, and Samuel Comin gor and four daughters. Samuel Comingor, who was the father of the Doctor, was born in Kentucky in 1797, and lived there until 1826, when he came to -Johnson County, Ind. He married Mary Gibbs, a native of Georgia, who bore him children named in order of their nativity: Henry, George, David, John A., Cynthia, Rachel, Sarah and Jane. John A. ,inow known as Dr. Comingor, was born in Johnson County, Ind., MarHi 17, 1828. His youth was (^uite uneventful, and the common schools near his hbm^ afforded him early (‘ducational advantages such as he had. Later he became astucfent.at GreeiuYgod Academy, at Green wood, Ind. He early decided upon a medical career,iand on completing his English course, began the study of medicine under the direction of Drs. Noble and VVi8hard,.of Greenwood, 52 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS with whom he read for three years, meantime attending lectures at the Central Medical College of Indianapolis during its sessions of 1849-50, and was graduated from the medical department of the University of New York, in 1800. He immediately entered upon the practice of his profession at Danville, Hendricks County, and was l)eginniug to meet with much success when, in 1801, he was appointed surgeon of the Eleventh Indiana Infantry, and served in that capacity until May, 1805, participating in the engagements at Shiloh, Champion’s Hill, the siege of Vicksburg, the lighting at Jackson, Miss. , in other battles of minor importance, and in the Shenandoah Valley. During this j)eriod of military activity, his duties were chieMy in the field, and while they subjected him to the hazards of war, they afforded him o[)portuuities for the practice and experience as a surgeon which he could never have obtained anywhere else on earth, before or since. After the war he located at Indianapolis, at once took up the general practice of his profession, and his patronage has increased as his skill and success have become more and more widely known. Dr. Comingor was married in 1855 to Miss L>icy Williamson, of Greencastle, Ind., and three children; Ada, Harry and Carrie, have blessed their union. Simple in his habits, retiring in his dis- position, eschewing all display and shunning all ostentation, Dr. Comingor is a most com- [)anionable and entertaining gentleman who bears ac(piaintauce so well that to know him for a long time is to like him better and better. His strong, j)ractical common sense and solidity of character mark him as one to be trusted under any and all circumstances, and in every relation of life he has promptly and conscientiously met every just demand upon him. Robert F. Emmett. The office of sheriff i!i.one that has been filled by the illustrious head of this Government and is a position that demands the exercise of great circumspec- tion, great personal courage and a general and apt intelligence. The county of Marion is fortunate in its choice of its ])resent incumbent, Robert F. Emmett, the subject of our sketch, who. adds to strict integrity the other cpialities essential to thorough discharge of the responsi- bilities connected with the station. Mr. Emmett is a native of the county, having been born here May 4, 1859, being the son of Robert F. and Margaret (Homey) Emmett, natives of Ireland. The parents came to the United States at an early day and settled at Indianapolis about the year 1854, living here until their death, the father passing away in 1866 and the mother July 4, 1878. They were the parents of eight children, only two of whom survive — Mary and our subject. The latter received instruction in the schools of this city and later, when working at a trade, attended the night sessions of a business college, from which he graduated. Apprenticed to the trade of an iron moulder, he served at it until he com- pleted his term and followed it afterward, pursuing it in all about fifteen years. In the year 1886 he became a deputy sheriff under Isaac King and was jailer foi'a period of four years. He was deputy for one year under Sheriff Henry Langenberg and then stepped out to make the race for the office of sheriff, being successful and receiving the largest majority that was ever made by a man running on the national ticket, receiving a majority of 683. Mr. Em- mett is also the youngest man who has ever filled the office of sheriff in this county. He has served two terms as president of the Moulders’ Union, a very large and influential body, and this gave him many votes, raising up many ardent friends on his behalf. Mr. Emmett entered upon the discharge of his duties December 10, 1892, having had such long previous experience that he had to waste no time in accjuiring a knowledge of the details of the office. Always companionable, he is connected, besides with the Moulders’ Union, with the order of K. of P., the A. O. H., and with the Gray Club; the last named, a strong political organ- ization, ho assisted greatly in organizing. • While a young man, none of the friends of Mr. Emmett have the slightest fears about his ability to manage his office. On the contrary, the ableunanner in which he took hold and the thoroughness with which he attends to every duty, confirms their judgment that his administration will be marked by the most highly satis- factory results. |v; - Jbremiah J.'CoRB.Cf^Y was one of the pioneers of the new purchase and one of the early settlers of Marlon County. HS" was born in Delaware in 1789. His father, Richard Cor- baley, a native of Irelau^, located some time before that at Odessa, Del., where he married an English lady. He later removed to Washington, D. C., sometime before the laying of the foundation of the Jirst capitol building. He died there, leaving four small childi-en. 1 LIBRARY . OF THE yfvIVFR'^lTY OF ll.l INOr / 53 Ax\D MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. His widow, with her family, removed to Cecil County, Md. Jeremiah remained with his mother and grew to manhood before her death. In 1816 he came to the territory northwest of the Ohio River, and there became well known as a school teacher. Near Hamilton, Ohio, he formed the accjuaintance of Jane, the eldest daughter of Robert Barnhill, to whom he was married in 1819. Mr. Corbaley brought with him from Maryland about $600. which he intended to invest in land, but which he lost through the failure of a merchant at Hamil- ton, to whom he intrusted it. In March, 1820, he came to Marion County with Mr. Barnhill, his father-in-law, and settled on the bank of Fall Creek, near where Patterson’s old mill stood, just outside the donation, where he remained two years. On August 7, 1820, his son Richard was born, the first white child born in the new purchase, now a resident of the State of \Yashington. Owing to the great distress caused by sickness the first two years after they came to Indianapolis, Mr. Barnhill having died, the family removed to a piece of land they had entered on Eagle Creek, in the northwest part of the county. Being industri- ous, it was not many year.s until each member of the Barnhill family had a good farm, the rich soil yielding a fair reward for their labors. One of the greatest drawbacks upon their success, however, was the remoteness of a market for their grain, which had to be hauled in wagons to the Ohio River, where wheat was disposed of at about 50 cents per bushel, and other kinds of grains in proportion. Mr. Corbaley being a good English scholar and sur- passing the other men of that section in general ability, was the business man for the whole neighborhood. For many years ho was justice of tlie peace for Wayne township. He was one of the commissioners ap]iointed by the Legislature, who located the seats of justice of the counties of Clinton and Fulton at Frankfort and Rochester, respectively. Mr. Corbaley made several trips from his Indiana home to his old home in Maryland. It was a horseback journey entirely, and one night while traveling through a wilderness country, in which the houses were about twenty miles apart, he was attacked by a panther. With the aid of a tlint-lock pistol and a piece of tow he was enabled to kindle a tire, which kept the beast at bay during tlie night. He replenished the fire during the night and at daylight the panther was last .seen in pursuit of a deer. Mr. and Mrs. Corbaley reared a family of ten children, which was but an average number of the pioneers of Indiana, all of whom married before the death of Mrs. Corl)aley, which occurred April 7, 1870, and seven of whom are yet living. Mr. Corbaley was one of the most substantial farmers in the county, and his reputation for sterling integrity was such that it was common to say to him that his word was as good as his bond. His useful life ended on January 11, 1841. SvMUEL B. CoHUAi.KY. This well known and respected citizen is the fourth son of the late Jeremiah J. Corbaley, and was born at tlie old Corbaley homestead on Eagle Creek, in Marion County, February 17, 1831. His father died while he was (juite young and he was of great assistance to his mother, working on the farm during the spring, summer and fall, and gaining a limited education during the winter months in the private schools of that day, which were mostly kept in the rudest and most primitive log houses. When he was seven- teen years old, his brother, Richard Corbaley, then county clerk of Marshall County, received him as an assistant in his office at Plymouth. He walked over the IVIichigan road to that town, consuming three (hays and a half in the journey. The journey was a rough one, for the old iMichigan road w!is in those days regarded as the very worst road in Indiana. Ho set out with $3 in his pocket, all he had bemi able to accumulate to that time, and upon arriving at his destination, had but 35 cents left. His residence in Marshall County covered a period of ten years, during eight of which he was employed in the ofiice of the clerk, recorder and sheriff. As a penman he attracted much attention, and the books and other records he kept will doubtless long serve as a reminder of him to all who may have occasion to examine them after he shall be no more. He returned to Marion County in 1861 and has resided in Indianapolis constantly since 1862. For three years he was book- keeper ill Spiegel, Thoms A Co.’s furniture establishment, and later, he entered the grocery business on West Washington Street where he built U|) a first class credit and reputation. He married Amanda Dewson, of Plymouth. Sejiteuiber 2, 1854, who died ten years later, after having borne him two daughters, both of whom are also dead. Ajiril 4, 1(867, he married Eliza A., eldest daught(>r of William Cossel, one of Marion Cimnty’s most: prominent farmers, who has borne him a daughter and son, named respectively Luella and 54 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS George M. His daughter has been teacliing in the public schools of the city for several years, and his son is a clerk in the office of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad. On December 10, 1884, Mr. Corbaley accepted the position of deputy sheriff under George Car ter, Es(p, and two years later succeeded to the position in the sheriff’s office of chief deputy, a position he still holds. Under his excellent management, his work having the approval of the court and members of the bar, much good has been accomplished. He was the Demo- cratic nominee in 1880 for the office of recorder, but was turned down like the rest of the ticket. George H.vsty, M. D., long a member of the faculty of the Physio-Medical College of Indiana, one of the organizers and first president of the American Association of Physio- Medical Physicians and Surgeons, and editor and publisher of the Physio-Medical Journal, at Indianajiolis, was boro in Madison County, Ind. , September 30, 1835, and has been for many years identified with the medical profession of the State with much more than ordinai’y prominence. His parents were Thomas and Ann (Raper) Hasty, his father a farmer and a native of Kentucky, his mother a Virginian by birth. His maternal grand- father saw service in the War of 1812-14. His paternal grandparents were pioneers in Preble County, Ohio, where Thomas Hasty (his father) was reared, and during the earlier years of Dr. Hasty’s life, in Indiana, the country was new and much of it timbered and pretty heavily populated with beasts of the forests, so that, though he was born in the wild- erness instead of emigrating to it, he was himself in a practical sense a pioneer. During those early days his mother made several long and dreary horseback trips between the family home in Indiana and her old home in Virginia. She was a woman of great nobility of char- acter much devoteil to her family and has been dead for some years. Thomas Hasty is still living on the old homestead in Henry County, Ind., at the advanced age of eighty-tive years. This farm extends over the boundary line info Madison County, and on the portion so dis- tinguished from the balance, and on which the family home once stood, Dr Hasty was born. Reared on the farm and inured to its healthful and moral life, he assisted in clearing away the timber and in putting in, cultivating and harvesting crops during the pioneer days, as opportunity offered attending the subscription schools taught near his home in log cabins with puncheon floors and other characteristics of the primitive school-houses of America, and thus he gained most of his early education, though, later, he was privileged to attend for a short time a public school more advanced and more effective as an educational instrumen- tality. His ambition from his youth was to be a physician, but he saw small opportunity to gain the required professional education and, besides, in those days the path of the “young doctor’’ was not so easy as it has since been made. In all that country there was and promised to be for some time to come, plenty of work for civil engineers and surveyors, and having some aptitude for mathematical study, he determined to become a civil engineer. To accomplish this purpose he found it necessary to teach school to earn money to pay for instruction and to buv instruments. He taught a few terms in the log-walled and bark- roofed poor man's colleges of that time and locality, but finally abandoned the idea of mak- ing a surveyor of himself and returned to the farm and began to think seriously of becoming a physician in the face of all obstacles. He got together a few books, and from the time he was twenty gave to a course of reading on medical subjects every spare moment that was his, for his means were insufficient to permit him to give his' entire time to the object he so much desired. He planned wisely and worked diligently, and was enabled in the winter of 1858-59 to begin attending lectures at the Physio-Medical College at Cincinnati, and in the winter of 1859-60 to take a second course of lectures at the Physio-Medical Institute of the same city, and to graduate therefrom in the spring of 1860 with the degree of M. D. He did not waste any time in entering upon the practice of his profession, but located at once at Mechanicsburg, near his old home, hung out his “shingle’’ and devoted himself hope- fully to the more or less tedious task of waiting for his tirst call in his professional capacity to the bedside of some ailing fellow mortal. He had not long to wait and soon his patrons were so numerous that he found himself bu.sy with a large and increasing general practice, and at the same time he had by his success so impressed upon his brother practitioners a conviction of his ability that he was made a member of the faculty of his alma mater, the Physio Medical Institute, at Cincinnati, the sessions of which were confined to the winter 55 MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. montbs, Dr. Hasty’s duties being so timed Ibat be was enabled to perform them without serious detriment to bis practice. At different times, until December, 1872, when be removed from Mecbanicsburg, to Indianapolis, be occupied tbe cbairs of Chemistry, Anatomy and Surgery. Upon coming to Indianapolis be made bis presence almost immediately felt in the medical profession. In 1873 he was one of tbe promoters, organizers and incorporators of tbe Physio-Medical College of Indiana, of the faculty of which be has been a member ever since, occupying tbe chair of Surgery until 1878 and tbe chair of principles and practice since that time. During all tbe history of that institution, be has been influentially and helpfully identified with it and is at this time a prominent member of its board of trustees. He was one of the organizers and a charter member of the Indiana Physio-Medical Associa- tion; helped organize and is still a member of the First District Physio-Medical Society; was one of the organizei’s and first president of the American Association of Physio-Medical Physicians and Surgeons, and assisted to form and is still a member of the Indianapolis Physio- Medical Society. He was present at the organization of both the State and national societies and has never been absent from a meeting of either body from that time to this. The Physio- Medical Journal was established in 1875 by members of the faculty of the Phy- sio-Medical College of Indiana, and in 1878 Dr. Hasty assumed entire control of the publi- cation and has since been its editor and publisher, in that dual capacity so well directing it that it has a large and influential circulation among members of the Physio Aledica] profes- sion, and is considered one of the ablest and most carefully edited journals of the kind in the country. Dr. Hasty was married April 25. 1861, to Miss Caroline M. Julian, a native of Henry County, Ind., and a daughter of Peter and Adaline (Hess) Julian, the former a native of Indiana, the latter of Virginia. In politics the Doctor is a Ile]>ublican. He is a member of the Masonic order. In every relation of life he is in all things the intelligent, cultured and refined gentleman, the able physician and the generoiis and helpful citizen. For thirty-three years he has been identified with the medical profession, always honoral)ly, always progressively, ahvays prominently. He has been not simjfiy a good member of it, he has been more one of its promoters, one of its upbuilders, one of the factors in its advance- ment, perfection and enlarged adaptability to the needs of humanity. S.\MUEL M. Compton. The Industries of Indianapolis are principally of an important character, ably and successfully carried on. the products being such as to have secured for this flourishing city a reputation of which any might be proud. Prominent among the suc- cessful l)nsiness men of this city is Mr. Samuel M. Compton, who is engaged in the grocery business, and who is now the quarter-master general, having been appointed to that position and commissioned a brigadier-general by Gov. Mathews in 1893. Like many of the best citizens of the State he is a native of Ohio, born in Warren County, July 1, 1845. His father, Alexander J. Compton, was a native of that grand old mother of States, Virginia, and is now residing in Incliana. He is eighty-two years of age, is in the enjoyment of com- paratively good health, and has ever been a man honored and respecte'd. His wife, the mother of our subject, was a native of Penn.sylvania, and her maiden name was IMickle. This worthy couple had four sons in the army during the Rebellion: William E., who was sergeant in the Eighty-sixth Ohio Infantry; Thomas IM.. lieutenant in Company K, First Indiana Heavy Artillery; RidgeleyC., private in the Sixth ITniled Stales Inf,')nlry. and cur subject, who enlisted several times but was refused on account of youth, until the summer of 1862, when he became a member of Battery K, First Indiana Heavy Artillery, as a jui- vate, serving until January 10, 1866, when he was mustered out as corporal. He j)artici- pated in the following battles: Port Hudson, Red River Campaign, Siege of Mobile and numerous minor skirmishes. Ho escajied without a wound and was mustered out in New Orleans, La. Our subject’s education was received in the schools of Warren County and at Lebanon, Ohio, the county seat, where he remained in the schools until thirteen yeai's of age. He then came with his parents to Mooresville, IMortran County, Ind., and engag(>d as clerk in the gtmeral store of Moore. Gi'iggs A Cook, with whom he remained until 1862, when he enlisted. He had another brother, Harlan H., who served in the llome Guards during the latter part of the war. ,\fter being discharged at New Orleans after the war our subject r«*mained in that city for about, two months and then returned to IMorgan County, Ind., where he commenced clerking for Holman Johnson, continuing with him about three MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS r)6 years. After that be opened a general store of his own in Mooresville, Ind. , and this he carried on about eigliteen months, when he sold out and came to Indianapolis. Here he be- gan clerking for W. M. Davis, continued with him two years, and then began clerking in the shoe business with W. W. Jones. Two years later he accepted a position in the wholesale grocery of Conduitt, McKnight & Co., remained with the same two years and then for three years clerked in the dry goods store of Hibben, Patterson & Co. Following this he went to Worcester, Mass., with J. H. and G. M. Walker, boot and shoe manufacturers, and subse- (juently traveled (juite extensively for them in the South. In 1891 he engaged in the gro- cery business in Indianapolis, and this he has carried on since. In politics Mr. Compton is a Democrat, with which ])arty he has always affiliated, and comes of Democratic stock, his father also affiliating with that j)arty. As before stated, Mr. Compton was appointed quar- termaster general in 1893. and of that ])osition he is the ])re8ent incumbent. He*is a mem- ber of Capital City Odd Fellow Lodge, and to George H. Thomas Post, Lodge No. 17, G. A. It. Mr. Compton was married on May 19, 1868, to Miss Mary E. Gentry, a native of Marion Comity, Ind., and to them were given two children, neither surviving. August H. Calvel.vge. The manufacture of agricultural implements has grown to be a great industry and in reviewing the various enterprises that have made Indianapolis one of the prominent centers of business in the West, it is highly interesting to note the advance that has been made in each industry. August H. Calvelage is the present very efficient foreman of the National Malleable Castings Company, and has been connected with the same for many years. He was born in Putnam County, Ohio, February 10, 1845, a son of George Calvelage, who was born in the Province of Oldenberg, Germany, and came to Ohio with his parents, when a boy of twelve years, first locating in Cleveland. The family afterward moved to Putnam County, of which section they were among the first settlers. They pur- chased a tract of land comprising 600 acres for which they paid 75 cents per acre, and this land is still in possession of the Calvelage family. George Calvelage grew up among the Indians which made up the principal part of the population of Putnam County at that time. He made his home in that region until he was about seventy-six years of age, at which time he was called upon to pay the last debt of nature. He was engaged in fai ming and trad- ing with the Indians, and afterward dealt in stock, in all of which, being a successful man of business, he was quite successful. He was highly honored throughout that region and held a number of positions of trust. He was united in marriage to Miss Mary Hackman, wlio was born in Hanover, Germany, and she still survives him and resides on the old homestead in Ohio. To their marriage a family of five children were born: August H., Henry and Hernard, who farms the old home place, being the only survivors. August H. Calvelage left home at the age of seventeen years and went to Cleveland, Ohio, where he began learning the calling of a brick layer, an occupation which he followed successfully for seven years with one contractor. At the end of this time he began turning his attention to malleable iron work in Cleveland, but after a short period went to Springfield and entered the employ of Whitely, Fassler & Kelley, who were engaged in the manufacture of reapers and mowers, and during the nine years that he was with this firm he acted for some time in the capacity of foreman and later as suj)erintendent of the iron department. After coming to Indian- a{)olis, he connected himself with the National Malleable Castings Company as foreman, a ])osition which he still retains to the satisfaction of his employers and decidedly to his own credit. He is a man of brains, energy and ]>ush, and has made his own way to his present position of independence by his own energy and integrity. He certaiidy knows what pioneer life is, for he was born in a log cabin, in which not a nail had been driven, and this continued to be his home for a number of years. His initiatory training was received in the common schools of Putnam County, which were by no means of the best at that time, but he fortu- nately afterward graduated from a business college of Cleveland, his tuition being paid in money which he earned by the sweat of his brow while laying brick. Since locating in Haughville he has been town trustee for eight years, four years of which time he was presi- dent of the board, and during his administration many of the most important improvements in the town were made, and were largely due to his push and pibolic spirit. Street cars were established, streets were laid out, a natural gas plant was put in and an excellent school-house was erected, besides numerous other improvements. In 1870 he was united in marriage to AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. 57 Miss Emma Groscli, a native of Staten Island, N. Y. , and to tlieir nnion three sons and a daughter have been given. He is president of the Haughville Building and Loan Associa- tion, a member of the Commercial Club of Indianapolis, and politically has always been a Democrat, and has supported the princi 2 )les of that party on all occasions, although he has never been an office seeker. He is a man among men and proven himself a decided accjuisi- tion to the town of Haughville. Allison Maxwell, M. D. The old saying that “a prophet is not without honor save in his own country.” which has come to be applied not only to prophets but to men in nearly every profession, trade and walk of life, is most completely controverted in every commu- nity in the country by the manifestation of high esteem on the part of the people for able and honorable members of the medical profession. The physician, more generally perhaps, than even the pastor, endears himself to the family circle, and while he may not be strictly of it he is at all times very near to it and his relations are so contidential that his welcome is more spontaneous and hearty than that of many connected to it with the ties of blood. Among the most honored family ])hysicians of Indianapolis is Dr. Allison Maxwell, who enjoys a large and lucrative practice and numbers among his patrons many prominent and influential citizens. Dr. Maxwell is a son of Dr. James D. and Louisa (Howe) Maxwell, both natives of Indiana, and was born at Bloomington, Ind., Sep- tendier 24, 1848. Dr. James D. Maxwell enjoyed the distinction of being not only the father of physicians but the son of a physician. His father. Dr. David H. Maxwell, was a native of Kentucky and was a medical pupil of Dr. Ephraim McDowell, and locating in Monroe County about 1819, was one of the pioneer settlers there. He was a surgeon in the War of 1812, and his standing outside of his profession is indicated by the fact that he was chosen a member of the Constitutional Convention which framed the first constitution of the State, which was adopted at its organization. The degree of M. D. was conferred upon hitn by the Medical College of Ohio, at Cincinnati. In 1819 he located at Bloomington. Ind., and was one of the surveyors and organizers of the town, in which he lived and practiced his {)rofession with much success until his death, which occurred in 1854. He was the founder and was elected the first president of the board of trustees of the Indiana University at Bloomington, and was one of the trustees of that institution continuously from its organization until his death, and has ever since lieen popularly referred to as “the fatlier of the university.” His practice at Bloomington was continued by his son, James D. Maxwell, who was graduated from the Indiana University in 1838 and who, in 1841, attended Transylvania, at Lexington, Ky. The following year he became a student in the Jefferson Medical College, and was graduated therefrom in 1814 with the degree of M. 1). During a period of nearly forty years he was a trustee of the Indiana University, and his service as nuch was terminated only by his death, which occurred at Bloomington Septem her 30, 1892. He was an active and successful medical ]>ractioner, and for many years had a larger and more lucrative practice than any jihysician in the county. A few years prior to his death, however, he retired from the [iractice of his profession and devoted him self entirely to the interests of the Indiana University and to his ))rivate affairs. Dr. .Vllison Maxwell was reared in his Jiative town, and there he obtained his primary educa tion in the public schools. In 1862 he entered tlu; preparatory def)artment of the Indiana University, and in 18()8, having completed a classical course, he was duly graduated from that institution, in which for a year after he was tutor of Greek and Latin, relin<|uiahing his position in its faculty to go to San Francisco, Cal., where for two years he was clerk in the Bancroft Publishing House. Keturning to Bloomington at the expiration of that time, he began the study of medicine with his father, and in the fall of 1872 he began the study of medicine with his father, and in the fall of 1872 he became a student in the Miami ilcdical College, of Cincinnati, Ohio, where he took the graded course of three years, and by competitive examination, was ap[)oint(‘d and served for one year as inteine of the City Hos{)ital, graduating from the .Miami Medical College with the degree of Doctor of Medi- cine in I87f). In .\pril of that year lie came to Indianapolis and became the assistant of Dr. 'I’lieophilus Ihirvin, now of Philadelphia, and in this relation continued with that well- known physician during a |)eiiod of eight years, until Dr. Parvin launoved from the city. In 1880 Dr. Maxwell was elected coroner of .Marion County and was re-elected in 1882. 58 MEMOiRS OF INDIANAPOLIS He has liekl the chair of Principles and Practice of Medicine in the Central College of Physicians and Surgeons, of Indianapolis, since 1880, and as clinical lecturer at the City Hospital, and a member of the consulting staff at the City Dispensary. Under the present charter of the city of Indianapolis, he was appointed a member of the first board of health organized by its provisions. He is a member of the Marion County Medical Society, of the Indiana State Medical Society and of the American Medical Association. Dr. Maxwell was married May 3, 1883, to Cynthia A. llouth, a native of Wayne County, Ind., and daughter of James K. and Sarah J. Routh, also natives of this State, who has borne him two children: Leslie H. and Ruth. James D. Maxwell, Jr., a brother of Dr. Allison Maxwell, was born in July, 1850, and was graduated from the University of Indiana in 1872. He pur.sued a regular three-year graded course at the Miami Medical College of Cincinnati, and, like his brother, became an interne in the City Hospital at Cincinnati, by competitive examination. He graduated from the Miami Medical College in 1878, and, going to Cleveland, Ohio, was for two years assistant surgeon in the Cleveland Hospital for the Insane. Returning to the family home, at Bloomington, he became a partner of his father. Dr. James D. Maxwell, Sr. In the winter of 1882-83 he took a special course in surgery at Bellevue Hospital Medical College, at New A'^ork, and received his diploma from that institution in April, 1883. Taking up his residence permanently at Bloomington, he soon obtained a large general practice and became so popular as a surgeon that he actually did the greater part of the surgical work in the county down to the time of his death, which occurred in January, 1891. The esteem in which he was held by his fellow-citizens found expression in the oft-repeated statement that any citizen of Monroe County could have been better spared than Dr. James D. Maxwell, Jr. Presley Jennino.s. The trade of the horse-shoer and blacksmith is one that comes within the bounds of daily opporti;nity to manifest a humane spirit toward man’s most faithful and obedient friend, the horse. If the theory of John Stuart Mill is correct, there is certainly a heaven for this brightest order of the dumb animal. The shoer of the horse has many an opportunity to prove the tender side of heart, and in his calling, which has existed almost since the world began, one of the most humane and careful men is Presley Jennings, who is a master of his trade in every sense of the word. He is a native of Bridgeport, Ind., born January 23, 1834, and has been a citizen of Marion County. Ind., ever since. His parents, Allen and Eleanor (Thornbrough) Jennings, were united in marriage in 1818. but the former was a native of Virginia, and two years prior to his marriage came to this State. For two years after the celebration of his nuptials he made his home in the State of his birth, at the end of which time he returned to jMarion County, Ind., and here remained until bis death, which took place in 1801, liis wife having passed from life in this county in 1849. They be- came the parents of five sons and live daughters, all of whom are living with the exception of the two eldest daughters and the youngest son. Their children were named as follows: Nancy, married William H. Foreman, and died in early womanhood; Elizabeth, married Manning Vohrie, and is also deceased ; William is a resident of Marion County; Jane is the wife of John Ray, and lives in Boone County, Ind. ; Lydia is the wife of John H. Rodman, and is a resident of Ray County, Mo. ; Polly is the wife of George Sowerwine. and resides in Indianapolis; Presley, the subject of this sketch; John, who resides in Indianapolis; Clark is a resident of California, and Allen, who died at the age of four years. In Marion County Presley Jennings was reared, and in the public schools of this section he received a common-school education. On January 1. 1855. he was married to Miss Alice Head, a daughter of Simeon C. and Melinda (Poage) Head, who were married in Kentucky in 1818, and soon after moved to Rush County, Ind., and shortly after to Marion County, where for a number of years they kept hotel. They then gave this up to engage in farming, but in 185() moved to Zionsville. Ind., and lived a retired life until their respective deaths in 1881 and 1875. To the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Jennings a family of ten children have been given: Frank, born October 12, 1856; Orla S., born November 28, 1858, and died March 13, 1865; Emerson B., born December 4, 1860; Charles, born August 14, 1863. is now married to Emma Smith, and lives in this county near his parents; Orpha, born October 4, 1865, is the wife of George W. Sheets; Otis was born August 16, 1869, and now lives in lig.iar/ OF THE ^/rv’iVERSiTY OF mffijnr 59 AND MAJRION COUNTY, INDIANA. Indianapolis; Bertha, born January 31, 1874; llalph, born December 18, 1879; Aggie, born February 28, 1885. Since 1849 Mr. Jennings has followed the calling of old Tubal Cain, and is now the proprietor of a large shop at Nora, Ind. He is a lover of tine horses, and owns some of the best bred animals in the county. Mr. Jennings has always been a warm patron of education, and the public school system of Indiana has been his pride. He has always been a Republican in his political views, and proudly asserts that his boys have fol- lowed in his footsteps in this respect. He has in his possession a clock which stands over eight feet high, and although it has been in the possession of the Jennings family for about 1(10 years, keeps perfect time. This relic Mr. Jennings highly values. Gen. Lew W.vllace. In a chance conversation with a well known infidel a Western lawyer had been listening to an abundance of sarcastic sneers at the Christian religion. He felt ashamed of his ignorance of the subject, and, impressed with its importance, he deter- mined to study into it. In thinking how to begin he recalled a story that he had started a year before, founded on the wise men’s search for Christ. It had been written simply as a story, with little interest in its central figure, and had been for some time laid aside. He decided to carry on his study along the lines suggested by the story, and to seek to learn of the Saviour and of the world as he found it. The result was that “Ben-Hur” was written and that its author became a believer in the Christ of whom he wrote. It may have been to his friends and to Gen. AVallace himself something of a surprise that his name should become best known by such a book. “ Lewis Wallace,” it was said a quarter of a century ago, ” handles the pen and the brush with ease and taste, but his genius is military.” Born at Brookville, Ind., April 10, 1827, his early scholastic training was received from the common schools. David Wallace, his father, was a graduate of the I’nited States Military Academyq was successively elected in Indiana as legi.slator, member of the Constitutional Convention, lieutenant-governor, governor, congressman and judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Marion Countv. The ambition of the subject of this biography had been of the military order, but his study and work had been rather too desultory to point to success in many directions. As a boy he was fond of shooting and of books, taking especial delight in Plu- tarch’s Lives. He wrote a novel dealing with the tenth century and made some advance in art. but settled down to reading law with his father, who served a term as governor of Indi ana. On the breaking out of the Mexican War Lewis entered the army and gained for him- self a good name as a disci[)linarian. After the war, while practicing law, he found his recreation in training a company that he had organized. When the Civil War came he was called to become adjutant-general of his native State, Indiana, and then went into service as a colonel, receiving an appointment as major-general after the surrender of P’ort Donelson. bv reason of his military genius. His career as an army' otlicial ended as second member of the court that tried the assassins of President Lincoln, and he was president of that which tried Capt. Henry Wirz, commandant of the Andersonville prison. From 1878 to 1881 he served as goveimor of Ftah and under President Hayes he was appointed governor of New Mexico, where he wrote the last part of ” Ben-Hur.” Under President Gartield he was offered a mission to South .\merica, which he d(^clined, afterward accepting the position of minister to 'I’lirkey. While holding this [)lace he was in most pleasant pcu'sonal relations with the Sultan, who twice recpiested him to enter the ’J’urkish service. His experience in Alexico interested Gen. Wallace greatly’ in that country’ and led to his writing ” 'I’lie Fair God” in which he sought to present a picture of that remarkable laud as it was centtiries ago. Naturally, in sending him to 'rurkev. President Garfield, who had enjoyed “ Ben Hur,” said: “ I exi)ect another book out of yon A’our official duties will not be too onerous to allow you to write it. Ijocateitin Constantinople.” 4’he beauty and the history of the city were |)er8uasive arguments, enforcing tin* hint, and the thought was in Gen. Wallace's mind from the first. The fall of Constantinople and the many ev(*nts centering around that in the history of nations and of religions furnished a fascinating th(*me, atid out of this has grown the author’s latest work, which will undoubtedly add another triumph to the list that has already made him so great a favorite. Daniei. U. I'iuisk. 'I’here is tn) calling upon earth that demands greater self sacrifice, unselfishness and devotion than that of the physician, who must needs incui' tin* risk of con tracting fatal disease ami who must forego comfort and endure fatigues in the discharge of 60 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS his duties. Nor is tiiere to be found upon the globe a nobler spectacle than that of a physi- cian who is ti'iie to himself, and conscientionsly proceeds with the carrying ont of the obliga- tions resting upon him. He who is truly successful must needs live up to the full measure of liis responsibilities and bear the burdens that rest upon him with a cheerful resignation. One recompense is liis, at least, and that is the trust, confidence and the esteem of those who require his services in the times of illness; for no one gets closer to the hearts of those with whom he is associated than the good and worth)' ])hysieian. Such thoughts are naturally awakened as one contemplates the life and the work of the estimable subject of this sketch, who not only has lived a life of great and disinterested usefulness in civil life, but who, also, in the time of his country’s ])eril went to the front and with skillful hands ministered to the wants of the sick and the wounded, laboring unceasingly for the relief of suffering. Daniel H. Prunk, M. D., of Indianapolis, was born near Fincastle, Botetourt County, Va., November 3, 1829; l)eing tlie son of Daniel Prunk, born in the State of Maryland in 1796, served his country in the \\’ar of 1S12 as a biave and true soldier and died in Illinois in 1S61. The mother of our subject, Catharine (Edwards) Prunk, was born in old Virginia in 1797 and died in Minnesota at the age of eiglity four (in 1881 ). The father of our sulqect becoming impressed with the folly of endeavoring to compete with slave labor, left the old Dominion in the fall of 1831 with his wife and seven children, and on his journey Northward was compelled by the severity of the weather to winter at Xenia, Ohio. In the following spring, however, the family was agaiti in motion, pressing forward over the most execrable of roads, the horses be- ing frecjuently stalled in (|uagmires, and again wading side-deep in and through great sloughs of mud. Again and again in the most difficult yiarts of the way, the children were trans- ported over the water and mud in the strong arms of their brave but wearied father. The westward journey was by way of Crawfordsville, Ind., which finally was reached and passed, the hearts of tiie parents growing lighter as the distance diminished, and their relief was infinite when at last they reached Hennepin, Bureau County, 111., their final stopping place. But here their trials and hardships they soon found were but fairly begun. The travel- worn father proceeded at once, it being in the syiring of 1832 when he reached his destination, to clear a farm and establish a home for his family in the then far West wilderness. The neighbors were few and lived far apart and the fear of the Indians was strong in the breasts of all, for this was the time when Black Hawk had stirred up the hearts of his savage follow- ers to resist banishment across the Mississippi, and Mr. Prunk only saved his loved wife and children from the tomahawks of the red demons by taking refuge in the old Florida fort, situated about three miles from Hennepin. Notwithstanding the many besetments and perils, sturdy and brave Daniel Prunk did clear hisland and erect a home, and in time golden stalks of the wheat waved in his field, inviting the blade of the sickle, and later, the tall tassels of corn proclaimed the presence of the ripened ears beneath. But society was imper- fectly organized in those days and education was a precious (juality, because the school houses, always built of logs, were so far apart, and the teachers so scarce. Subscription schools maintained for three months in the winter were the very best facilities enjoyed by the most favored, and parents rejoiced when this opportunity was offered their children. Those who were very poor were compelled to deny this limited privilege to their offspring. In truth, those who had settled in the wilds of Bureau, like the settlers of frontier country generally, had come together there imbued with the one great idea of accumulating property, the pri- vations endured being a fresh stimulus to exertion, and the leading thought shut off in large measure the duties and obligations of cultivated life. Under such obvious difficulties and besetments the boyhood and youth of Dr. Prunk passed, and his ambitious spirit chafed under the f)rivation8 he endured. His awakened mind demanded something above and beyond the drudgery of farm life, and bidding adieu to the home he made his way to Lacon, 111., and there he worked mornings, evenings and Saturdays in order to defray his expenses at school, continuing thus until he was cpialified to teach school. While engaged in teaching he con- scientiously discharged his duties, earnestly seeking to impart instruction to those consigned to his care. At the same time he diligently reviewed his studies and prosecuted them to further I’esults, and with praisworthy economy saved every possible penny, so that in 185(1 he entered the college at Mt. Palatine, 111., where he remained one year, and then in 1851, he entered Hock River Seminary, where among his classmates were John A. Rawlins, after- 61 AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. ward secretary of war under President (irant, and Shelby M. Cullouj, ex governor of Illinois and now United States senator from that state. His limited means compelled him to return home at the expiration of a year and during the next fall and winter he again taught school. In the spring he began the study of medicine, luider the preceptorship of Dr. Joseph Mercer, of Princeton, 111., and during the winter of that year, 1S53, he attended the Eclectic Medical Institute, at Cincinnati, returning the following winter, and the winter following that, finally graduating in 1856, receiving the diploma of a doctor of medicine and surgery. Having thus realized a dream and ambition that had fired his youth to energy and having endured much privation in order to accomplish his heart’s great desire, he cast about for a favorable place for settlement, with the purpose strong within him to devote his life earnestly and con- scientiously to his noble jirofession. He hit upon Carthage, a beautiful village in the suburbs of Cincinnati, where the gay and hajipy young people were wont to frequently gather from the city in picnic and other innocent and invigorating gatherings. It was at one of these hajipy parties that he met a most accomplished and estimable young lady from the Blue-Grass country, towards whom he was attracted from the first, and the accpiaintance ripened into friendship, love and marriage, the auspicious event last named occurring one year later. In the year following, by a special arrangement, he took charge of the practice of Dr. A. Shep- herd, of Springdale, Ohio, while that gentleman was absent on a foreign tour, and upon the return of the latter he yielded to the importunity of friends and settled at Rockford, 111., which was then coming to the front. Every outlook was bright and he went there under the most encouraging prospects, it now seeming he had reached a point where he might begin to reap the reward of his long and faithful work. But he reached Rockford in the fall of 1857, the year in which the country was paralyzed by’ the great financial crash that spared no city or town or country’ place, and no i)Ower could resist its depression or rise superior to its influences. It was a keen and bitter disappointment to Dr. Prunk, when in the following fall he found it necessary to return to Princeton, but he ke|)t it within his own breast and bravely did his duty. Reaching Princeton in October, 1858, he formed a partnership with his old precep tor. Dr. fiercer, which lasted until April 16, 1861, when special inducements offered led him to .settle at Indianapolis, and this at the time when the great body of the North quivered because of the insult to the flag at Fort Sumter. In September of this year our subject was honored by Governor Morton with a commission as assistant surgeon in the Nineteenth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, to fill a vacancy. After passing a highly creditable examination before the regular board he was assigned to duty at the MarshallHouse Hospital, at Alexandria, Va. , where he served several months, when the critical illness of his wife called him home. He was ordered June 28, 1862, by’ the governor to report to Col. Brown, of the Twentieth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, which lay at Harrison’s Landing, Va., immediately after the Seven Days’ battle. Rare indeed does it happen in the history of war that an army is so reduced as this was, by the ravages of disease, the casualties of battle and the fury of the elements. So decimated were the raidr and tile that scarcely sufficient men could be mustered to man the breastworks and trenches. It was said that sucli soldiers as Hooker and Kearney, who were inured to the most terrible of scones, actually shed tears as they witnessed the trials and the agony of the army and saw the attenuated forms of the disease ravaged men. Men and horses died so fast that there were none to bury them and the stench that arose was frightful, as well as threatening the safely of the living. Dr. Prnnk moved among such terrible scenes as these, his strength taxed (o the utmost t(j meet the demands made uj)on his |)rofessional services, and tinally he suc- cumbed (he had not been flesli and blood bad he withstoor( *41 I; •V ^ i, : i I s' < !• V . ■! A‘,'. 05 AND MAD ION COUNTY, INDIANA. his master not being a satisfactory one, he some time after his service began, in company with some other boys working with him, ran away to Philadelphia, where he completed his term and then folloAved the same work as a journeyman for a number of years. Then he went to Baltimore, where he remained for a short time and then to Cincinnati, at which place he lived for thirty-tive years. A man of the deepest religious convictions, he was finally led into the Society of Shakers, in which community he spent the closing days of his long life, finally dying among them, in Hamilton Count}', Ohio, at the age of eighty-one. His widow is living in Indianai)olis, aged eighty-seven. This couple had six children, four of whom are living, namely: Julia, wife of William M. Rubush; George King, of Tipton, Ind., super intendent of the poor farm of that county; Anna M., wife of Logan Justice, anil Isaac, our subject. Charles King, a brother of our subject, who died at Louisville, was a soldier in the late war and Sarah, a sister, is also dead. The subject of our sketch was brought up with the Shakers at Whitewater village, Ohio, until he was seventeen years old, receiving what meagre education it was possible for the society to get for the youth there. The life there was very repulsive to him and he resolved at any hazard to get his younger sister from out of the influence of the place. So, at the age of seventeen he took her with him and fled the spot, coming to Indianapolis. He was young to have so grave a responsibility and he had no trade upon which to fall back, while his education, as has been stated, was very limited. But his heart was brave and with a sublime devotion he .sought work, gladly accepting any that was honest and that would give food and clothing to his sister, whom he loved with a strong devotion. For three years he did various jobs of work and then, at the age of twenty, began to learn the trade of a blacksmith. He began his apprenticeship under George Van Antwerp and served it out faithfully, after which he worked as a journeyman for five years, at the expiration of which he purchased a half interest in the business of his employer. Mr. King has carried on the business ever since, the firm name b^ii^g King & Knight, who do a general business in the line named. Politics always 2 )roved a subject of great interest to him and his jdeasant manner, good fellowshijj and general excellent character gave him great influence. Hence his party saw in him a man most available for the office of sheriff, a position for which he was nominated and to which he was elected in 1884 and was re-elected in 1881), serving two full terms. Mr. King met the full expectations of his friends and admirers while sheriff, proving himself a most efficient and honorable official and administer- ing affairs with the utmost fairness. He has served very accej)tably as an alderman from the Fourth District two terms. The {)olitical faith of Mr. King is that of a ju'enounced Democrat, a party to which he has always been loyal and for which he has worked untiringly ever since he attained his majority. A resident of Indiana})olis for ujiward of thirty years, he is thoroughly identified with the interests of the city, for which he has labored earnestly always, when the services of good citizens were needed to effect some reform or to inaugurate some movement for the general good. A number of organizations know him as brother and fellow worker, among which are the Masonic order, Knights of Pythias, Odd Fellows, Knights of Honor and the Elks. He was married first, in 1878, to Miss Nannie -1. Knight and a second time to IMiss Frankie Faling. He is the father of two children, Alice E. and Lloyd I. King. John T. Puessly. It is the men of broad and comprehensive views who give life to communities and build cities — men who have foresight and energy, jiluck and push to for- ward their enterprises and still retain an untarnished reputation through it all. Such a man is John T. Pressly, ex sheriff of Marion Oounty, Ind., who is now retired from the active affairs of life and is enjoying the reward of his early industry. He was born in Preble (/'ounty, Ohio, May 7, 1881, a son of James and Elizabeth (Hamilton) Pressly, the former of whom was born near Charleston, N. C., and the latter in Union County, Ind. When a young man .James Pressly settled in Preble County, Ohio, where he carried on merchandis iug for a time in the village of Morning Sun, putting up the first building in the jilace. In the spring of 1841 he became a resident of Marion County, and having in the meantime l)egun the study of medicine, ho began piacticing after locating in Marion County, and fol lowed this calling for a number of years. His death occuried in 1818, his wife having jue- ceded him to her long home by a number of years. .John 4’. Pressly was about thirteen years of age when his jiarents came to .Marion County, and in the common schools of this MEMOIRS OE INDIANAPOLIS (M) section he received his education. Shortly after the family came (o Indianapolis yonug Fressly entered the employ of the State as teamster at the deaf and dumb asylum, a posi- tion he held nearly two years, when he was appointed steward of the asylum to fill a vacancy. He continued in this capacity about five years, then resigned and became a clerk in Smith & Hanley’s store. About one year and a half later he began railroading and for fifteen years be was a locomotive engineer on the Bee Line road. In the meantime he con- ceived the idea of investing in a saw mill and for some time he furnished lumber to the rail- road company, and after retiring fiom the position of engineer he continued in the saw mill business for about five years and was veiy successful. He dealt exclusively in walnut lum- ber and realized over .|4(),00() from the business, which he sold in 1873. In 1870 he was prevailed uj)ou by friends to accept a nomination to the city coiincil from what was the eighth ward, which had a Democratic majority of 344 and inclnded all territory soi:th of East Street to the city limits. The popularity of Mr. Fressly failed to overcome the Demo- cratic majority but his defeat was by only thirty-seven votes. The following year he was again persuaded to be a candidate and this time was elected by 157 votes, serving as coun- cilman one term. In 1876 Mr. Fressly was nominated for sheriff by the Republicans of Marion County, and was elected by over 1,1100 majority. He was honored by a renomina- tion in 1878 and again elected, serving as sheriff four years in all, and retiring in 1880. Immediately following this he engaged in farming, purchasing a line tract of 400 acres on Crawfordsville pike about four miles northwest in Wayne township, which he continues to conduct, a considerable portion of his land being devoted to raising stock. He has been very prosperous and has beautiful residence pro{)erty in the city. He was married June 25, 1855, to Miss Mar}’ A. Dunn, a native of Canada, but who was reared and educated in Indianapolis, and to their union two children have been given; Annie E., wife of Daniel Chenoweth, and Addie, wife of John F. Carson, of the firm of Carson & Thompson, attor- neys. Mr. Fressly is a member of the Masonic order, thirty-second degree, Scottish rite. He is a church member in good standing and politically has always been a stanch Republi- can. Earnest, faithful and eminently successful in the discharge of his official duties, he has succeeded in winning many friends, and he has ever taken a lively interest in every movement having for its object the social and moral elevation of the people. He is affable and agreeable in manners, has that courtesy that springs from a kind disposition, and he has endeared himself to all with whom he has come in contact, whether professionally or as a member of society. He has been a widower since June 20, 1888. Cai’t. Jacob L. Bieler. This prominent business man was boin in Germany in 1839 and has been well known in Indianajmlis for a good while. He is a son of Fiedel Bieler, a popiilar and successful German architect and contractor, who was born in 1804 and died in his native land at the age of sixty-six years. He was a man of fine educational attainments and was exceptionally skillful and artistic as an architect and executed many important con- tracts. He had four sous and two daughters, of whom Jacob L. was the second born. Capt. Bieler was liberally educated in Germany, having graduated from some of the best in- stitutions there. He possesses fine artistic taste and natural talent, and while yet a mere boy placed himself under competent instruction to study art as developed under the most magical hand of the sculptor; but failing health compelled him to forego the acquisition of that profession. In 1856, then sixteen, he came to America and made his home with an uncle in Selma, Ala. , who was a saddler in good business, and assisted him until 1861. For political reasons he did not wish to remain in the SoTith after the beginning of the Civil W'ar. He did not sympathize with the Southern movement and he saw the undesirability of remaining in that country without being able at the same time to espouse the cause of its people. Coming North, he decided to cast his fortune with those who went to do battle under the stars and stripes. Accordingly he lost no time in enlisting inthe Sixth Indiana (Morton’s) Battery, and at once went with his command to the seat of war. He participated in the fighting at Shiloh, Corinth and other points grown historic through having been the scenes of sanguinary engagement in those days. He was disabled near Corinth but served thereafter until discharged. Upon his return, he engaged in business as a saddler and harness maker and continued successfully for about fifteen years. In 1878 Ca[)t. Bieler was elected to the city council, and it is worthy of note that he was on the committee on public improvement at rr.VT'- library OF THE m'ERm OF finivoK , -■i* .'.yn MAjit A M- ■ - ♦’.'liliifclL' 4 . . (♦' . 'tSi m'tiy.f* *t •»«*, til « > l1 - \ ; i> Si *' «: ,*»• Ur»iw ^ k ^ ■ Vi ^ .Vi ttr ■ . , ■ '> ' *» c .Wi -*.• Vl "Vw' 1 ..•■.V •♦i :. 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Otiior atockbold»>r)' But , ,,| L- 1. v»b • « 1#., *>•-» lit f‘ 9M- W •111' .••»•' I illUk'i ^ '•I VHItil It Ki**! took .iriit <•« •>i oKiruiiri^ pm.i 'i t’ •! StAtR, n J^‘K i-n i|! •ill >Mli*tJ '/., lull . I •» • '• hu boa k'vi^il bintsBlf '.n^ - ■ . • ly f/jr t Al« (it 1 ' I' 1 1 !• ■. ' ‘ totilaced in two posi- tions of sirch res|)onsibility at the same time. In 1865 he was the acting and directing agency in organizing the Merchants’ National Bank of Indianapolis, and was made cashier of that institution while still retaining his position as secretary and treasurer of the Peru & Indianapolis Railway Company. In the spring of 1870 he resigned his place in the Mer- chants’ Bank to take charge of the construction of the Michigan City & Indianapolis Rail- road, which was finished under his direction the following year, and passed with the Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisville Railroad under the control of the Indianapolis, Peru Chicago Rail- road Company, originally the Peru & Indianapolis Railroad Company, of which Mr. Malott was secretary and treasurer, and one of the directors. In 1875 he was elected general man- ager of the combined lines, and in 1879 was made vice-president, acting as president, and taking the management until the whole concern was leased in 1881 to the Wabash, St. Louis N Pacific Railroad Company. The advance of Mr. Malott in his banking affairs, though he gave less time to them than he could devote to them as cashier of the Merchants’ National Bank, kept pace with his steadily widening reputation and responsibility as a railway man- ager. In 1878 he was elected ])resident of the Merchants’ National Bank, but four years later sold his interest in it and resigned his presidency to take a large interest in the Indiana National Baidr, which had been transformed by the process of naturalization from the Indi- anapolis branch of the Bank of the State of Indiana, in which he had served five years as teller, anil of which he was made ])resident, a position which he has held to the present. When the affairs of the Citizens’ National Bank were wound up a few years ago, Mr. Malott bought its tine stone front banking building and installed the Indiana National Bank therein, a fact which has gone far to establish his reputation as a conservative, thoroughly reliable and successful bank manager, was the triumph with which the Indiana National withstood the local stringency in 1885, when three private banks, two of them among the oldest in the city, went down together. While his railway and banking duties imposed ex^iensive demands upon his time and energies, Mr. Malott has at the same time been alive to the value of enter- prises or the development of the resources of the State. He aided in organizing the Brazil Coal Company, not alone with a view to enlarging the State’s fuel supply, but to benefit the lake railways which brought down great quantities of lumber with no adequate return freight, a deficiency which was supplied by the block and bituminous coal of the great southwestern field, of wh'ch Brazil has always been the metropolis. With the same view of enla7’ging railway busine.ss and State resources needed in forming the earliest and most extensive ice dealing firms in Indiana. In 1886 he helped organize the Brazil National Bank, of which he is a director. In 1888 he assisted Harry Bates and others to open an oolitic stone quarry at Romona, the product of which was largely distributed in Chicago and the North, and as far east as New York. He assisted in organizing the company controlling this quarry, and is one of its directors, and still retains his interest in the other enterprises mentioned above. At this time, in connection with Mr. Holliday, and others, he is engaged in organizing the Union Trust Company of Indianapolis. He has also built several of the largest and finest business houses in the city. Soon after he gave up the acting presidency of the Indianapo- lis, Peru & Chicago Railroad, he was elected vice-president and manager of the Union Rail- way Company of Indianapolis, a position in which he encountered more difficulties, prob- 69 AXD MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. ably, than in any other part of bis railway service. He entered the Union Company in July, 1883, and in the following September aided in bringing about an agreement for all the companies concerned on a new plan of organization. The old arrangement formed by three companies in 1849, when the old Madison, now part of the Indianapolis & Jefferson- ville lines were the only lines completed to Indianapolis and the other two were barely organ- ized, provided for the enlargement of the company from time to time, by the admission of other companies, as their roads were completed and it Ijecame necessary for them to use the Union tracks and dei)ot. But the organization has remained unchanged in other respects, and was hardly applicable to the then ])resent condition. Through the intlirence of Mr. Malott this scheme of organization was sanctioned by an act in the Legislature in 1885, which fur- ther authorized the formation of Union companies in all the cities of the State having a population of 50,000 or more. At this time the matter of a new Union depot, or station building and the necessary adjuncts was broached and discussed, but without reaching any conclusion till after the State Legislature had legalized the change. Meanwhile, pending the scheme of reorganization and the legal authorization to act under it, the Belt Railway, then circling the greater jiart of the city in connecting all the railways but one, was used for the transfer of freight by but one or two roads, the others running through and across the city streets, to the general discomfort and danger of the people. One of Mr. Malott’ s first important acts, as manager of the Union Company, was to require all the roads to make their transfers of freight by the Belt Railway outside of the city when it was ])ossible to do so withoiit serious inconvenience. This order was issued May 1, 1884. To give it effect he superintended the extension of the Belt Railway so as to connect all railroads running into the city. After the legalization of the new organization of the Union Company, in the winter of 1885, the subject of a new station building came up in a more definite and urgent form. Plans were jwepared and submitted to the City Council for approval in 1886, additional grounds were purchased, a loan was obtained on long bonds for 81,000,000, and work on the building was begun. The structure was com- pleted in September, 1888, and is regarded as the handsomest and most commodious station building in the United States. This grand building, costing so princely a sum, is in some sort a memorial of Mr. Malott’s administration of the affairs of the Union Railway Com- pany, the responsibilities of which he resigned in August, 1889. May 18, 1889, at the re- quest of all the parties concerned, he was ai)poinled by Judge Gresham of the United States Circuit Court receiver of the Chicago & Atlantic Railroad Company, the affairs of which occupied his time almost entirely until February, 1891, when the receivership was closed, the indebtedness having been paid in full, the pro])erty having been greatly imju'oved and Mr. Malott having discharged the trust reposed in him with the entire satisfaction of the court and of all interested parties. June 4, 1890, Mr. Malott was elected ju-esident of the Chicago A Western Indiana Railroad Company and of the com})any owning the Belt Rail- road of Chicago. He declined a re-election at the annual meeting of the stockholders of these corpcjrations in June, 1891, not having sufficient time to devote to the business which the office imposed u|)on him, whereupon the office of chairman of the board of directors was created and the juincipal financial matter was ])laced in the hands of the chairman. This office Mr. Malott accepted and has since held. He is also director of the Chicago A Erie Riilroad Company. Mr. Malott was never a politician. He has had matters of more interest and importance to attend to, but mainly because, though a Re])ublican, he was not a politician. He was a|)pointed by the State officers one of the three police commissioners of Indianapolis, in which position he served nearly two years. Sami'ki. Sciicck. Of late years no form of investment has become so ]) 0 ))ular with the conservative public as judiciously seh'cted real estate. Just now the marked, is active, and among those conB|)icuous in the operations that are now going on is Samuel Schuck. a mem- ber of tlm firm of Samuel Schuck A Co.. Haughville, I ml., dealers in real estate, loans, rents, fire; insurance*, etc. IMr. Schuck has always enje)ye*el a high reputation anel the e-ste'cm and confidence of all having elealings with him. .411 who (;e)me in contact with him eithei’ seecially ejr in a business way, jeronenine-e him a ge'utleman in evei'v I'e'sjee'ct, anel leiitrons can flepenel upon any anel all re|)re‘8e*ntations maih* by him, anel that tlu'ir inte*resls will always he< protecteel. He* was born ne*ar Daylon, Ohie), .August 1, 1859, and is a soti of George anel 70 MEMOIRS OE INDIANAPOLIS Mi nnip (Leightner) Schuck, natives of Germany. The father remained in his native country until 1854 and then crossed the ocean to America. He was married near Dayton, Ohio, to Miss Leightner, who was also born in the old country, but who came to the United States witli her parents when a little girl seven years of age. Mr. Schuck was a potter by trade and worked at the same most of his life, his death occurring October 15, 1889, near Wapakoneta, Ohio. The mother is still living and resides in Haughville, Ind. Samuel Schuck attained his growth near Dayton, Ohio, and was educated in the public schools. He was engaged in tilling the soil until twenty-six years of age, after which he came to Haugh- ville and learned the core making trade, at which he worked a short time when he was made foreman, continuing in that capacity for four years. He then resigned and engaged in the real estate business in’ April, 1891, since which time he has given his entire attention to that and to insurance. He deals in real estate in all parts of the country and represents some of the leading tire insurance companies. Mr. Schuck was married May 0. 1891, to Miss Odessa Hurst, a native of Illinois, and the daughter of Stephen C. and Ellen (Worrell) Hurst. Mr. and Mrs. Schuck are members of the Methodist Episcoj)al Church and Mr. Schuck is a Regular Baptist and one of the stewards of the same. He is a Repul)lican in politics. Franklin Hays, M. D. It has come to be a recognized fact with the medical fraternity and with the general public, that owing to the advance of science and the multiplication of facilities for accpiiring knowledge and practice, many of the younger physicians of to day are better informed and more skillful practitioners than were many of the old physicians a couple of generations ago. In every large city in the United States, and well as in many of the better of the country towns, the young doctor is the more popular of the two classes mentioned, and has the larger practice. During recent years some of the younger physi- cians of Indianapolis have gained reputations for skill and efficiency in their professions which has made ((uite a. number of them known throughout the State and a few of them throughout the United States. A fair representative of the physicians of this type and one who has done much to sustain the reputation they have attained as a class, is Dr. Franklin Hays who, though a young man, stands by virtue of real merit and well known achieve- ments, among the most ])rominent medical men of the city. Dr. Hays was born in Eldo- rado, Ohio, April 2, 1858. On his father’s side his ancestry was of the sturdy j)ioneer class who located in the commonwealths of Georgia and Tennessee, where the family became con- spicuously identified with public interests, representing their States most ably in times of war and in times of peace, and in the Civil War some of them achieved distinction both under the stars and strijies and the stars and bars. James C. Hays, Esq., the father of Dr. Hays, was a merchant of prominence who traced his lineage to this tine line of old Southern pioneers. The Doctor’s mother, Sarah J. (Clevenger) Hays, is descended from what may be comprehensively described as Scotch-Irish Presbyterian stock, leading back to Colonial days in this country, and numbers among her kindred many persons who have attained distinction in peace and in war since the days of the Revolution, notable among such in late years being Shubael Clevenger, the well known Amei-ican sculptor, whose genius and labors have made him a name on both sides of the Atlantic. The parents of Dr. Hays removed from Ohio to Indiana and lived in Columbus, Bartholomew County, until he had advanced in life to his eighteenth year. In the high school at Columbus he accjuired the basis of a sound educa- tion, and later, he entered the Kentucky University at Lexington, where, while giving due attention to the curriculum as a whole, he made a special study of literature and the natural sciences. Upon the completion of his collegiate course he took up the study of medicine under the direction of Dr. Grove, of Columbus, and pursued it later with Drs. Howard and Martin, of Greenfield, and later still with Drs. P. H. and Henry Jameson, of Indianapolis, until he completed the course in the Medical College of Indiana, from which he was gradu- ated with much distinction in 1880 with the degree of M. D. While yet an under graduate in this institution he was elected an assistant to the chair of chemistry and toxicology. After graduation he was continued as assistant in the chair of chemistry, and until 1883 was librarian and registrar. In the year last mentioned he was appointed lecturer on dermatol- ogy and venereal diseases, and at the same time was made superintendent of Bobb’s Free Dispensary. In the interval he had taken a post graduate course in the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania, and had further perfected himself for the duties and J LIBRARY OF THE 'INMVER^ITV OF ILI.INOI' - ^ ,> .* . f ‘X *: 'A >* 4 :js i 71 AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA responsibilities of bis profession in the hospitals of Philadelphia and New York prior to his acceptance of the chair of dermatology, etc., above referred to. His valuable labors in connection with his alma mater made him a leading spirit in the reorganization of the institution which resulted in the establishment of the Medical College of Indiana as one of the foremost colleges of the West, devoted to the preparation of men for the practice of the profession of medicine and surgery, and the general advancement of medical learning. Three years later Dr. Hays was elected to the professorship in the faculty of this institution, succeeding the late Dr. Charles E. Wright in the chair of materia medica and therapeutics, to which was added dermatology. He was also made secretary of the college and faculty, and the signal ability with which he has performed the functions of both positions to the present time is well known both in and out of the profession. He has been honored by the Alumni of the college by an election to its presidency for one term and to its secretaryship for three successive terms. He is an active and valuable member of the Marion County Medical Society’, the Indiana State Medical Society and the American Medical Association, and is on the consulting staff of the Indianapolis City Hospital, the City Dispensary and St. Vin- cent's Hospital, of the last named of which he was for several years attending physician. While the duties devolving upon him in these relations are performed with the utmost fidel- ity, he does not permit them to encroach on the time which belongs legitimately to his large general practice in the city. When it is further stated that Dr. Hays has a large consulta- tion practice in Indiana and adjoining States, it will be believed that he must of necessity be a very busy man, and all physicians and many business men will concede to him the pos- session of a wonderfully sy’stematic executive capacity and a most vigorous physical consti- tution as the first retjuisite to the accomplishment of the vast amount of labor devolving upon him in these varied relations. Notwithstanding all the demands upon his time and energies which have been referred to and which he meets with a conscientious devotion to duty’, he manages to find opportunity for social duties, in the performance of which he has gained extensive and well founded popularity in the large circle of society and club friends. An active Mason of high standing and a member of many of its orders, including the Ancient Scottish Hite, the Doctor is identified also with the order of the Mystic Shrine and other fraternal organizations, as well as with the Commercial Club and the leading social clubs of the city. In the city of his adoption Dr. Hays is held in the highest esteem as a public .sjurited citizen, always ready to lend his aid most practically and in a most liberal degree to all charities and movements tending to benefit his fellow citizens or any deserving or unfortunate class of them. He was happily married June 25, 18cS4, to Miss Louella Graves White, daughter of the late Thomas White, Esq., of IMemphis, Tenn., well known as a banker and as an owner of exte7isive ydantations. Busch Hays and Thomas Whitcomb Hays are two inteiesting little sons who complete the ha]>piness of the Doctor’s home. It is a well recognized fact among the medical fraternity of Indianapolis and the State of Indiana that no endeavor is regarded bv Dr Hays as too laborious, no means too expensive which gives any promise of aiding him to keep abreast of or in advance of his profession, and with this object in view, he has supplemented the knowledge he has gained in his regular medical course in his practice and through varied and studious reading, by observation obtained in several visits to the ho8|)ital8 of Euro])e and by annual tours of the Ea.st to visit the leading hospitals of the I'nit.ed States. Napolkon [I Tavlor. J’he flippant tone of many writers and the tendency of the age to cast into ridicule, if not into downright contmnpt, s(; much of what was formerly' regarded as sacred, has had its effect upon opinion as to the merits of those holding offices of honor and trust. In fact, the highest servant of the ])eo))le, the president of the United States, even, is not prot«‘cted from the sneers of the scorner and the witling. In this age of ridi- cule, much of which is thoughtless and unmeaning and unmeant, it is true, it is yieculiarly gratifying that the judiciary has esca|)ed the shafts of envy and the darts of the silly. This speaks volumes in praise of thosfi into whose liands is given such gieat power, the issues of life and d(*ath and the determination of the l ights of propm ty the judges of the land. And this is true and every good citizen should rejoice greatly that it is so — that while con ujit imi has often found its way into high jilaces, and many officials liavi* b(>en r('creant to their trusts, the ermine has remained unspotted. Nowhere nndei' God’s footstool can then* he found a 72 MEMOIRS OF IMDIANAPOLIS class of men wlio, under all circumstances and conditions, have remained so time to them- selves and so true to the sacred and important trusts given into their hands as the judges in the several States in the Union. Worthy a place in the distinguished ranks where he is found is the subject of this sketch, the Hon. Najioleon B. Taylor, judge of the Superior Court, No. 1, of Indianapolis. He comes of a good old English stock, having been born in Campbell County, Ky., in October, 1820, being the son of Robert A. and Mary (Vyze) Tay- lor, natives of Mason County, Ky., and of Virginia, respectively. The family is of English origin and can show a worthy and honest succession for several generations. The paternal grandfather, Robert Taylor, was orderly sergeant in Capt. Bell’s company, under Gen. Stevens at Yorktown, and was present at the surrender of Cornwallis. This patriotic man was also in the Indian wars in Kentucky and with Gen. Wayne in his Indian campaigns. A man of superior education and of great good sense, he was very popular and widely known. To his avocation as a farmer he added school teaching and was an educator of de- cided repute. As soon as peace was declared, in 1783, he removed to Mason County, Ky. , subsecjuently going to Pendleton County, in the same State, where he died in 1851. The father of our subject was a mechanic and a native of Mason County, Ky.; was reared in Pendleton County until he was seventeen years old, when he enlisted in the army in the War of 1812, serving in Capt. Childress’ company of mounted riflemen, in the command of Gen. Williatu Henry Harrison. After peace was declared he learned the trade of a bricklayer in Mason County, Ky., and followed the same all his life. When he came to Indianapolis, as he did January 26, 1826, he found it a small village of 300 inhabitants. The journey was made from Kentucky in wagons and was a slow and somewhat inconvenient mode of locomo- tion. He first rented a little house at what is now the corner of Washington and Alabama Streets, Judge Wick, then secretary of State, occupying the opposite corner. The father of our subject became a prominent contractor and built a large number of houses in the then fast growing city. A pioneer of the county and a man of ripe intelligence, with deep con- victions upon every subject of general intere.st, he could not fail of being widely known, and all who knew respected him. His convictions in politics and religion were especially earnest, and he had the courage to express his views when the occasion seemed to require it, he being a Democrat of the Jackson school and a devout member of the Christian Church. This tine type of open and honorable manhood died February 7, 1866, his wife having pre- ceded him, she passing away July 3, 1863. Their married life was one of peace and happi- ness and they were the parents of six children, four of whom are living. The subject of our sketch is the eldest of the family and was in his fifth year when his parents came to Indian- apolis. Here he grew to manhood, receiving his education first in private schools and then in Marion County Seminary, taking a full literary and scientific course and becoming a very good Latin and Fi'ench scholar. Judge Taylor was brought up to work, being taught that idleness was something worse than a vice and that it might be a crime. He acquired a me- chanical trade, pursuing the same diligently when he was not at school and when the duties of the farm would permit. At the age of twenty-two he began the study of the law, to which he had long felt a strong drawing, under the well-known firms of Fletcher & Butler, and Quarles & Bradley, at the same time burning the midnight oil in the privacy of his own chamber, while grappling with the knotty problems laid down in the text-books. He jiassed his examination before the Supre7ue Court and was licensed to practice in 1843. After securing his license he continued to read law until 1848 without attempting to prac- tice before that time, being resolved to thoroughly inform himself before accepting cases from clients. From the date last named until he was elected judge of the Superior Court, he pursued the practice with conscientious, and painstaking care, giving to every case the best energies of his nature and seeking the vindication of his clients as though the issues of life and death were involved in it. And to this earnest and able service is due much of the fame that so properly attaches to his name. He was first elected to his present high and honorable position in November. 1882, and has held it continuously ever since. In the year 184‘J he formed a law partnership with John L. Ketcham, which lasted two years, and in 1853 Gen. John Coburn became his associate, this partnership continuing until 1856. From this date until 1869 he practiced alone, but in that year his son, Edwin Taylor, was taken into partnership with him, and this continued until 1872, when the firm name be- f-iE.W OF THE '-/iVU/ERSjTY OF ILLfNOI'^ 1,-1 ytJ 73 AXD MARWN COUNTY, INDIANA. came Taylor, Rand & Taylor, this last remaining until the elevation of the subject of our sketch to the bench. Judge Taylor was elected city attorney in 1853 and held that re- sponsible position until 185(1, discharging its duties with distingriished ability and with a conscientious regard for the interests of the city and of the community. While ])racticing law. Judge Taylor enjoyed a large and very lucrative practice and stood confessedly at the head of the bar of Indianapolis, where were, as now, a most able body of lawyers. He was a most able and forcible speaker, and whether addressing the court or a jury, delivered con vinciug arguments that rarely failed of winning his case. So carefully was every case pre- pared that he appeared to make no effort at all, but to reach results by a sort of sjtontaneous and extempore coups. This is the very climax of genius, to do great things witliout seem- ing to put forth any strength. Among the various duties he has been called u[)on to ])er- form was that of school trustee, along in the fifties, and this he discharged with the same painstaking care that has marked him in all things. He fills the office of judge with great dignity and with an ability that stamps him the peer of the ablest in the country. His sense of justice is acute, he possessing in a remarkable degree what the lawyers term the judicial mind. Inflexibly honest and no respecter of persons, his decisions are character- ized by fairness that is never questioned, and with such strict regard for the facts, the evi- dence and the law and {)recedeufs, that it is rarely known for one of them to be overruled, lor a period of several years he has served as president of the Marion County Library, and, in fact, he is frequently called upon to discharge some duty for the well-being of the com- munity, his kind and generous nature jireventing him from declining, and his known ability and fairness causing the citizens to call upon him, their desire for his services causing them to overlook the fact that they may overtax his strength. Rut if they were to do so he would be the last one to make complaint. The community has no citizen more useful and neces- sary to it than Judge Taylor, and while he is a devoted member of the Democratic {>arty, his friends are of all shades of political conviction. The Judge occiijiies a beautiful home on North Illinois Street and his dwelling place is one of peace and ha])piness. He has reared a family of six children, namely; Edwin, a lawyer of Evansville, Ind. ; Agnes, JMary, (.atheriiie, Harold and Josephine. Happy in his home and in his most interesting family, the years of Judge Taylor pass along undisturbed, and, besides a conscience that is void of ollense toward any of his fellow creatures, he is sustained by a firm and unfaltering faith in the religion of the Bible. He is a member of the (Christian Church. Since the above was written Judge Taylor has passed from earth, his death biuiig greatly lamented. W iLMA.u Hayden Enolish. This distinguished son and representative of Indiana was born at^ Lexington, Scott County, August 27, 1822, a son of Elisha G. English, a pioneer of the State, and for forty years the incumbent of various positions of trust and official importance. Philip Eastin, his maternal grandfather, was a gallant officer in the war of the Revolution. On the maternal side, his mother was descended from Jost Hite, that his toric character who was the head and guide of the German colony which in 1732 settled the ^ irginia Valley. Major Joseph and lieutenant Isaac Bowman, both identified with Indiana in her pioneer day's as officers under Colonel George Rogers Clark, at the time of his cam paign thi'ough this part of the country, were also descendants of Jost Hite. The former, who was second in command of the expedition, died in the fort at Vincennes during the year folhjwing its ca])ture from the British. Eor his military sei’vices, lueutenant Bowman was granted a large tract of land on the Ohio. o|)poaite Louisville, and he gave a part of it as the original town site of Jeffersonville, which he named in honoi' of President .letferson, who was his warm personal friend and who drew the town plat. After accpiiring such edu cation as the common schools of his time and locality alforded, the subject of this sketch attended Hanover College several yeais, and, studying law, very early in life assunuMl impoitant responsibilities. W'hen the Democratic State convention of 1840 was held at Indianapolis, .Afr. English was one of tin* two deh^gates from Scott County in that body, though he was but eigliteen ye.ars ohl at thetinm. 'Die other delegate from that county was his father, a rnmuber of the Legislature then in session, and the two cast their iidluence for the nomination of Tilghman .\. Howard for governor. In gr^ing to the Stat<> capital Mr. English traveled (m horseback, there being then no railroads in the State, and it took him three days to make the jmirney. 'Tho weathei' was extremely cold at the time (the conven- 74 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS veiition was held January 8) but the you iiif Democrat tliought little of that. In 1843, when -James Whitcomb was nominated for j^overnor, Mr. English was principal secretary of tlie convention. To follow his history in this connection down to the present time would be to write very largely the history of every Democratic State convention in Indiana during the past tifty years, for he has been prominent in very nearly all of them. Before he had attained his ma jority he had been deputy clerk of his county and ])ostmaster of his town, and was duly licensed to j)ractice law, and within the succeeding two years he was licensed to practice in the Indiana Supreme Court, and that too under the old rigid system of thorough examinations. He was the principal clerk of the Indiana House of Representatives in in 1843 44. and in 18.70 was principal secretary of the State convention which framed the constitution of Indiana, and he was a member and speaker of the first House of Representa- tives elected under that constitution. During the administration of President Polk he held a clerkshi]) in the Treasury Department at Washington, and about 1850 he was the incum- bent of a clerkship in the United States Senate. He was four times elected to Congre.ss and served during the eight years of intense excitement immediately preceding the Civil War, a period of most important national legislation, with which he was closely and influen- tially identified. He was the author of a compromise measure relating to the admission of Ivansas as a State which became a law and excited much acrimonious discussion, known as “the English bill.” He was a regent of the Smithsonian Institution at Washington from 1853 to 18()1. During all this ))eriod of jiolitical prominence and activity in connection with the momentous events preceding the War of the States. Mr. English bore himself as a statesman and patriot and has ever borne the reputation of an uncompromising foe to dis- rrnion. In 18fil he declined a nomination to Congress in order to engage in banking. In 1880 he was iinaniTiiously nominated for Vice-President of the United States on the ticket with Gen. Hancock. This ticket received a greater number of votes in Indiana than the Democratic State ticket had received a few weeks previously, despite the fact that the result of that and other State elections had ]iretty clearly foreshadowed a Republican victoi’j in the Presidential contest. More than thirty years ago IMr. English, in connection with J. F. D. Lanier, then a great banker of New York, but before that time a citizen of Indiana, and George W. Riggs, of the celebrated banking bouse of Corcoran & Riggs, of Washing- ton. D. C.. and others, established the first “First National Bank of Indianapolis,” and he was for fourteen years its ])resident. During that long period it was one of the most ably conducted and prosperous banks in the country, and throucrh his administration as its chief executive office M r. Engl ish won a reputation as a financier unless brilliant than that which he had acquired as a statesman. Mr. Enefliah's connection with the convention which in 1850 framed the constitution of the State and his membershiji of the first Legislature elected there- after. have been mentioned. In 1885 there was a reunion at Indianapolis of the survivors of that convention and assembly and of all previous Legislatures. It was an event of the utmost public interest and was particijvated in by such men as Thomas A. Hendricks, Richard M’. Thompson, William S. Holman, William E. Niblack, Alvin P. Hovey and other political celebrities of the earlier days, and during the session it was determined that some action should be taken to insure the perpetuation of the early history of the Stale and its public men, and in view of his well known literary ability and his intimate knowledge of and enthusiasm for the subject. Mr. English was selected to perform this patriotic but onerous task, and he has since devoted much of his time to gathering the materials for and writing this work, the progress of which is of so much interest to all intelligent citizens of the State and the appearance of which is most anxiously awaited. His interest in everything pertaining to the history of the State of his nativity and life-long residence is very great, and for several years he has been president of the Indiana Historical Society. Mr. Eng- lish for ten years held the controlling interest in all the street railway lines in Indianapolis and for a long ]reriod was largely identified with the business of that ]U'Osperons city. He was one of the originators of the Indianapolis Clearing House, and its ju’esident as long as he remained in the banking business. He was also the author of the first resolutions adopted in favor of building the great Indiana State soldiers monument, now far advanced towards completion, and of which he is one of the commissioners. Mr. English was married in 1847 to Miss Emma M. Jackson, of Virginia, who died in 1877, leaving two children. 1 AXD MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. 75 Will E. English, a popular and influential citizen of Indianapolis, and Rose English, now the wife of Doctor Willoughby Walling, of Chicago. Fred J. Mack. One of those business men whose probity is well known and whose career has been distinguished for enterprise is Fred J. Mack, house and fresco painting con tractor, who has followed this line of work from the time he was seventeen years of age. His birth occurred in Cleveland, Ohio, on January 5, 1S54. Fred J. Mack, Sr., his father, was born in the German Empire and came to this country when a young man of twenty-six years, and up to 1807 was a resident of the city of Cleveland, then moved to New Haven, Ind., and for many years was quite extensively engaged in the boot and shoe business, but for some time past he has been retired from active life. Before coming to this country he served for some time in the German army, according to the laAVs of that country, and several years after his arrival in Cleveland was married in that city. The sulqect of this sketch re- ceived his early training in the public schools of Cleveland, Ohio, which Avere exceptionally good, but it only continued until his thirteenth year at which time he began working in a factory in Cleveland and later in New Haven. At the age of eighteen years he came to In- dianapolis, and here served an apj)rentice8hip with Henry Range, the fresco painter, and to this occupation his attention has been given ever since, but much of his attention is given to house and sign painting, in which he is an expert. In 1877 Mr. Mack began business for himself and has continued ever since in his present business. He has a great deal of extensive and ditflcult work, but has ever vindicated his reputation as a skillful sign painter, and now has all the contracts that he can possibly fill. His capital on starting out for himself was almost nothing, but through honest, business-like methods he has worked up an extensive trade, and although it was at first very hard to gain a foothold on the ladder of success, he finally accomplished this and has accumulated a competency. Mr. Mack has been a member of the city council twice, from 1882 to 1880, and served on the first commit te«“ on public light and the committee on public property, being chairman of the latter. In 1801 he was chosen a member of the State Legislature from iMarion County, and while a member of that body was on the public building committee, in fact was a wide awake in telligent and active legislator whose reputation was incorruptable and unassailable. He has always taken a deej) and actiAe interest in the political affairs of the day and the success of the Democrat party, of Avhich he is a member, has ahvays been near to his heart. He is a member of the Hendricks Club and has held the position of marshall, and is chairman of the American Democratic Club. Socially he is a member of the A. F. & A. M., the K. of P., the Elks, the Druids and the Commercial Club. He also belongs to the Builders’ Exchange, the Master Painters’ Association, and Avas chosen president at the time of the organization of the latter society. In addition to these orders he belongs to the Castle Hall Association, is a member of the German Ornhan Society, the IMaennerchor Singing Society, the Independent 'I'urners’ Society, and the Manual Training Society, and also assisted in t he organization of other societies of note. In 1870 he Avas united in marriage to .Miss Josephine Beck, a native of Germany Avho was brought to this country by her parents, and their union has been blessed in the birth of four sons and tAvo daughters. Mr. Mack is universally res})ecl(>d in business and social, as Avell as in political circles, and has become noted as a generous pro rnoter of humane objects and a careful adherence to those details that aid in building uj) a man’s name in connection Avith good citizenship. His standing in business circles is of the highest and he is held in great esteem as a man of ecjuitable and conservative principles. John Hart.je. Were it j) 08 sible to get at the antecedents of the men Avho have suc- ceeded and who have failed in this country, it would be clearly demonstrated that the unsuccessful are they, mainly, who embarked in a business of which they kneAV nothing l)elieving themselves that they couhl prosper becau.se somebody else had. JohnHartje. florist, Avith f)lace of l)usiness on Illinois Street, l)etAveen 'rwenty third and Twenty fourth Streets, I ndiaiiai)olis, was brought u|) to the business Avhicli he noAv folloAVs, and therefore couhl hardly fail to succeed. He has had thirteen years of practical (experience, for at tluit period he started in the business as an employe of Henry Hilker, on St. Josej)h Street. Born in Govington, Ky.,.Ianuary J. I8t)5, the son of Frederick Hartje, Avho was born in tiermany, in I82J, he came to the United Stales after reaching matdiood. He resided in Govington, Ky., for a number of years, Avhere he worked at his trade of cabinet making, in 70 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS which intsiness he was remarkably successful. He was a Union sympathizer during the great Civil War, but in after life never took any active part in politics. He was for many years an active worker and member of the (Ternian Methodist Epi.scopal Church and frequently served as sujierintendent of the Sunday-school. His widow still lives in Covington, Ky. John Hartje is the youngest of four children and ol)tained his early education in the public schools of Covington. When about thirteen years of age he entered the estaldish- nieut of Henry Hilker, as above stated. Although he has only been established in busi- ness on his own account for the past two years, he has made many valuable improve- ments in his conservatories, and being enterprising and ambitious to try all new methods in his line of work, although he at all times uses discretion in this, he will without doubt go on making many more notable improvements. He has 5,000 square feet under glass and makes a specialty of raising carnations and has some magnificent new varieties, which he produced l)y cai'eful crossing. He is a member of the Indianapolis Florist’s Club, and of this organization was secretary for three jmars. He is also a member of the Society of Indiana Florists, was assistant secretary five years; is a member of the American Car- nation Society of the Society of American Florists and of the American Chrysanthemum Society. In addition to growing carnations, he devotes some of his time to the raising of violets and tine chrysanthemums, all of which are sold at wholesale to the florists who have stores in the city. He has always been an active worker in the interests of floricidture, and has rendered valuable services during the chrvsanthemum shows held in Indianapolis. Wim UAU H. Wisn.vim, M. D. Cnly four of the charter members of the Indiana State Medical Society are living, and one of them is Dr. William H. Wishard, who delivered the address at the fortieth anniversary of that body. Dr. Wishard was born in Nicholas County, Ky., January 17, 1810, and is of Scotch-Irish descent. His grandfather, AVilliam Wishard. was a native of county Tyrone, Ireland, who there married Susan Lyttle, and who, in 1775, emigrated to America, being six months making the voyage on an old-time sailing vessel. This emigrant settled in Delaware and served the cause of the colonies in the war of the Revolution, participating in numerous important engagements. After Amer- ican independence was assured he removed with his family to Red Stone Fort, in western Pennsylvania, and there John Wishard, father of Dr. William H. Wishard, a grandfather of Dr. William N. Wishard, was born in 17U2, the seventh son and eleventh child of his parents in order of nativity. Late in the year 1793 Mr. Wishard, the emigrant pioneer and patriot, improvised a rude tlatboat. which he launched u{)on the Monongahela River, and with his family and portable effects Hoated down to Kentucky and located on Licking River in Nicholas County, in the midst of a dense wilderness, thus l)ecoming one of the very earliest pioneers of that section of the couidry. Here the paternal grandjiarents of our sub- ject passed the remainder of tlieir lives, his maternal grandparents, John and Martha Oliver, who were natives of Virginia, being also pioneers of Kentucky. They located at Ijexinglon about 1780, and John Oliver assisted in the erection of the old fort at that place. They afterward lived and their remains lie buried in Nicholas County, Ky., where John Wish- ard was reared and devoted his life to agricultural pursuits until his removal to Indiana. He married Agnes H. Oliver and reared a family of eleven children, six of whom are living. Upon emigrating to Indiana he located on the Bluff road in Jolmson County, nine miles and a lialf south of Indiana])olis, where he encamped on the evening of October 26, 1825, hav- ing purchased land there the year before. On the night after their arrival, and on many nights thereafter during succeeding years the family heard the wolves howling in the wilderness all about them. During the Blackhawk and Indian W’ars John Wishard com- manded a company of mounted riflemen and was later colonel of a regiment organized in Johnson County. He died at Greenwood, Ind., September 8, 1878, his wife having died in August, 1819. Dr. WAlliam H. Wishard was in his tenth year when the family came to Indiana. Being the eldest of the family he was obliged to busy himself constantly in a.ssist- ing his parents in various ways, and many were the e.xciting scenes in which he participated or of which he was a witness. Late one night in the fall of 1826, when returning from mill alone in the darkness of dense forest, and considerably more than a mile from the cabin of any settler, he unexj)ectedly came u|)on a pack of wolves disputing the possession of a wounded deer they had captured. It was an unpleasant situation, to say the least, for a t OF THE I’r-JfVPRQfTV OP njjNf (A4JAJ AND MARION COUNTY, JNDIANA. 77 boy of twelve years to tiiid his only })athway home blocked by fifteen or twenty hungry wolves, but summoning all his courage and retaining his presence of mind in a wonderful degree for one so young, he made a detour through the brush wood at one side of the road and as silently and as expeditiously as possible ])assed out of the vicinity of this maddened pack of the most dreaded denizens of the forest and in due time reached his father’s house in safety. In those pioneer days opportunities for obtaining an education on the frontier were very meager and were continetl entirely to those afforded by the subscri])tion schools during the winter months, the balance of the year being devoted to clearing the land and putting in, harvesting and storing the crops. Under these conditions Dr. Wishard grew to manhood, but he took the best possible advantage of every opportunity afforded him, and at the age of twenty two began the study of medicine under the direction of Dr. Benjamin F. Noble, of Greenwood. Johnson County. He took his first course of lectures at the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati, and began practice as a partner of his preceptor at Green wood in the spring of 1840. This partnership was teianinated three years later. Mean- time, in the winter of 1848 -40, Dr. Wishard was graduated from the Indiana Medical Col- lege at La Porte. During the Civil War he served two years as a volunteer surgeon, a part of the time in field service and a part of the time in charge of hospital boats on the Missis- sippi River. In 1804 he located at Southport, Marion County, where he soon ac(}uired a large and successful practice. In October, 1870, he was elected coroner of Marion County, and removed to Indianajiolis, and in 1878 he was re-elected, serving two terms, aggregating four years. Since hjcating in this city' he has had an extensive and most lucrative practice, and, although now’ well advanced in years, he continued to do much active and exacting work. The younger physicians of the city regard him as one of the fathers of the profes- sion in the State, for he had had an unbroken ))ractice extending through a long period of fifty-three years. He was one of the charter meitd)ersof the Indiana State Medical Society, and, as has been stated, he is one of only four of its charter members who are now living. He was jiresident of the society in 1887, and as such delivered a most interesting historical address at the fortieth anniversary of its organization. He is a member also of the Marion County Medical Society and of the National Medical Association. Dr. Wishard was married December 17, 1840, to Harriet N. Moreland, dairghter of Rev. John R. Moreland, the sec ond pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Indianapolis, and celebrated his golden wed ding February 17, 1800. Nine children were boi'ii to Dr. and Mrs. ^Vishard, four of whom (lied in infancy or childhood. Those living at the ])resent time are Dr. William N. Wishard and his l)rother8, Albert W’. and Geoige W. Wishard, and their sisters, Harriet -1. and Flizabeth. In his early life Dr. Wishard was in jjolitics an old line Whig. In 1850 he voted for Gen. Fremont, the first nominee of the Republican |)arty for the presidency of the United States, and he has voted for every nominee of that J)arty for the same distinguished office fnjin that day to this. He is a member of the G. A. R., and in everything pertaining to it takes the deepest interest. He and his family are members of the Presbyterian Church, and the Doctor has represented the Indianaj)olis Presbytery in general assembly at Phila- delphia, New York, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, and Portland, Ore. T. B. Linn. 'I’he subject of this sketch is a gentlemen of ripe intelligence and a man of large benevolence and broad sympathies. He is a citizen of Indianapolis and the su- preme r(;corder of the order of Chosen Friends, which owes its name to his suggestion, while through his agency this organization has taken a strong and permanent hold upon public confidence. Mr. Linn was born in Millersburg, Ohio, January 28, 1842, bm’ng the son of Cicero and Mai’garet B. ('I'idball) Linn; the father having been l)orn in f)eff'(*r8on County, May 12, 1812, and the iiKjther near Wheeling, W. Va., Decembi'r 81, 1817. The parents emigrated toOhioat an early day, the father settling iit Millersburg when about eighteen years old, following the occupat ion of a mercdiant tailor unt il 1850. 'J’hen Ih; began farming, an avocation he has since followed, he now residing upon a farm eight miles w('st of Millers- burg. The paternal great grandfather of our snliject was a patriot soldier of the Revolu tionary Warand also fought in the War of 1812. He came to this country from Germany, his nativf* hom*!, and blazed out a home for himself in Westmoreland County, J'enn., and founded the town of Burgettstown, which was named after himsiJf. He was killed by ac cident in this (;ounty (Westmoreland), when over eighty years of age. 'I’he ancestors of the 78 MEMOIRS OE INDIANAPOLIS mother of our subject descended from Dr. Browuhill, court physician of William, Prince of Orange (William III, of England), who was taken prisoner in one of the Scottish wars and kept for a number of years, when he effected his escape and came to America with his wife and only daughter. The latter met and fell in love with Mr. Tidball when on the journey and afterward married him; from this marriage sprang the Tidball family in the United States. Grandfather Tidball was a prominent physician of Millersburg, where he died, after a life of great usefulness; and his family consisted of two sons, who became Presby- terian ministers, and tive daughters, the mother of our subject being second. The parents of our subject had thirteen children, namely: John B., a farmer of Sterling, Colo.; Zech- ariah S., deceased; Thomas B. , our subject; Cicero B. , a jeweler of Houston, Tex. ; Elizabeth A., deceased; Ezekiel C., a physician of Monmouth, 111., Maria J. McClellan, of Canton, Ohio; William J., a physician of lola, Kan.; Casper M., deceased; Julia M. Appelman, de- deased; Sarah A. Hull, deceased; Albert, deceased, and Alberta, deceased. The subject of our skefcli, the third meml)er of this large family, was reared in Holmes County, Ohio, on a farm, where he worked, assisting his father in the fields and his mother in the house, enjoy- ing only such educational advantages as were afforded in a country school. At the age of sixteen, with gripsack in hand, he left home to attend the academy in the town of his birth, where he spent ten months. In the spring of 1859, when but seventeen years old, he took charge of a country school and continued teaching until the outbreak of the war; then, August 24, 1861, he enlisted in Company B, Sixteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, carrying a musket, and serving with his regiment through Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas, taking part in the many engagements in which his regiment partici- pated, among which were the siege of Vicksburg and many minor battles. He was dis- charged October 31, 1864, at Camp Chase. Upon his return home our subject was married to Miss Lizzie Shafer, of Brookville, Ind. , and entered upon the profession of teaching, which he followed until the spring of 1870, having had charge of the schools at College Corner, Ohio; Fair Haven, Ohio, and others, the two named for a term of years. Entering the service of the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Indianapolis Railroad Company in 1870, he was stationed at College Corner, Ohio; then at Liberty, Ind., and then, in August, 1872, removed to Indianapolis to take charge of the supplies and books in the machinery department of that road, remaining with it until the order of Chosen Friends demanded his entire at- tention. Mr. Linn made his first appearance among society men in Septeml)er, 1867, by uniting with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in Border Lodge, No. 224, and soon became widely known as an earnest woi’ker in the cause. In the following February he took the sublime degrees of the Encampment branch of Odd Fellows, in Bethel Encampment No. 73, serving as scribe and chief patriarch. He represented his encampment in 1870 in the grand encampment of the State of Indiana. Mr. Linn is also a member of Canton No. 2, of the Patriarchs Militant, of Indiana, being a charter member, and was twice elected to pro- gressive chairs of his subordinate lodge, and was each time comj)elled to resign on account of distance and inability to attend. He was a third time unanimously elected vice, and afterwanl noble grand of his lodge, making a record such as is very seldom equaled, namely: Traveled 158 miles each week to attend his lodge and missing birt two meetings while filling the chairs. Mr. Linn served in the grand lodge as representative in 1876, and proved himself a most useful member, being recognized as an Odd Fellow of wide range of knowledge and an enthusiastic and useful meml)er. Our subject united in January, 1877, with Washington Lodge, No. 114, Knights of Honor, and a few months later became a charter member of Ho})e Lodge, No 6, Knights and Ladies of Honor, in both of which he was elected to the higliest honors, being sent twice as representative to the grand lodge of the Knights of Honor and was sent as representative to and became a charter member of the grand lodge of Knights and Ladies of Honor. Our subject became, in December, 1880, a member of Indianapolis Council, No. 238, of the Royal Arcanum, and in the following Decem- ber was unanimously chosen regent. In March, 1883, he represented his council in the grand council of the Royal Arcanum. Mr. Linn was made a master mason in Capital City Lodge, No. 312, in January, 1886, and in December of the same year received his thirty-second de- gree of freemasonry. He has served as senior warden of the subordinate lodge, and is now holding the office of captain of the guard in Indianapolis consistory and master AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. 7t) of entrances in Saraiah Council. He is a member of George H. Thomas Post, G. A. R., No. 17, and became a charter meml)er of Encampment No. SO, Union Veteran Legion, in November, 1890, in which he is now tilling the office of lieutenant-colonel. Mr. Linn has been connected with most of the secret societies of the country, in all of which he has taken an active part and thoroughly familiarized himself with the work and history of them, his interest being very great and his intelligence enabling him to grasp the beauties of the symbols and mysteries pertaining to them. He is a lifelong Republican but has never sought or held political office, with the exception of council- man from the First w^ard of the city, a position he did not seek but was pushed forward by his friends and elected by a majority of sixty nine, in a Democratic ward, and being the only Republican elected from a Democratic ward. Since the year 1879 Mr. Linn has devoted his entire time to the Order of Chosen Friends, being one of the organizers of that thriving and popular body. The first conversation between Albert Aleon and Mr. Linn in relation to the order took place in February, 1878, more than a year jtrior to the foun dation of the order. Day after day Mr. Linn was found soliciting his friends to assist him in the formation of the order, or rather, an order like this of the Chosen Friends. Within the first six months he had secured, as was su 2 )posed, a sufficient membership to form the Supreme Council, and when stated meetings would arrive he was generally the first one at the appointed place. The Order of Chosen Friends is indebted to him for the name it bears and when enough names had been secured to form the head of the order, Mr. Linn and Mr. Alcon were appointed a committee to draft the constitution and laws, and those they framed are the fundamental principles of the order to-day. These two decided by a grab into a handful of beans that Mr. Linn should do the work of drawing up the said con.stitu- tion and laws. Mr. Linn also furnished a portion of the ritual, the beautiful charges of the marshal and of the vice counsellor being tbe products of his pen. Much more could be said of Mr. Linn’s connection with this order and his arduous and protracted labors in con- nection therewith; this should be said and emphasized, that Mr. Linn practically gave birth to this order and contributed the lion’s share of the work at the time of its organization. He was at work in season and out of season, encouraging the disheartened, strengthening the weak, lifting the fallen and advising, counselling and originating, with an invincible courage and a ripe intelligence that convinced and persuaded. Mr. Linn served as secretary at the preliminary meetings, and at the organization of the Supreme Council was elected its first sujireme recorder, was re elected in October, 1879, in October, 1881, in September, 1888, September, 1885, Septemlier, 1887, Sejitember, 1889, and in September, 1891, thus, continuously filling that most arduous position from the inception to the present time. He organized the first two councils, to wit: Alpha Council, No. 1, at Indianajiolis and Ohio, No. 1, at Wooster, Oliio; both of them, through his untiring personal efforts. As an extern poraneous speaker he ranks among the very first in the entire field of secret societies in the United States. Endowed by nature with a vigorous constitution, lie is capable of the great- est conceivable aimmnt of sustained labor and lie has worked far into the night for a pro- tracted period for the order, for which he has so strong an attachment, this being necessary in order that the organization might be established upon a firm basis. The growing pojiu- larity and the rajiid building up of the Chosen Friends attest, t he jiovverful efforts put forth' liy .Mr. Linn, who certainly has lieen instant in season and out of season ever since the order was started. He has worked up the membership to 40,0()(), an astonishing number when it is considered that it is less than fourteen years since it was first put forward for the favor of tlie jieople. What an admirable showing is this: the total amount paid in death cases has been 87, 18(5, ()58. 21 ; in disabilities, .“iflO 1,880; making a total of $7,590,988.24. Surely this is a record of which any man may lie proud. How many widows have lieen saved from want tlirougli its agency, how many children provided with bread and how many have been cared for in time of disability. By their fruits shall ye know them and thus Judged .Mr. Ijinn merits the plaudits of “well done, thou good and faithful servant.’’ Our subject is a member of Clifford Avenue .Methodist Episcopal Church, as also is his wife, and he takes an active interest in this as in other organizations with which lie is connected. .Mr. anassed into the hands of J. G. Mueller, and in 1891 into the hands of its present proju'ietor, who is one of the practical and accomplished chemists and {)harmaci8ts in the city, being jJeculiarly (piali- fied for the succe.ssful professional career he is {)ursuing. He is a Hoosier by birth, his parents, Charles G. and Margaret (Heumann) Mueller, being natives of Saxony, Germany, and immigrating to ATuerica in 1852. The father was engaged in business in Indianajrolis for many years. Ferd. A. Mueller grew to manhood in Indianapolis, was educated in the j)ublic schools and at Cincinnati College of Pharmacy, where he remained for four years. Besides he had private instruction in chemistry with Wayne & Dickory, noted chemists. After graduating from the above mentioned college, March 18, 188(5, with high honors, Mr. Mueller spent some time in Cincinnati, Ohio, in the drug business. From there he came to Indianapolis and engaged in business with his brother, but in January, 1891, betook jmsses- sion of the store purchased from his brother, and has been actively engaged in business since. He is a member of the Indiana Pharmaceutical Association, Marion County Druggist Association and also a number of other home institutions and societies. Mr. Mueller has the confidence of the public and his extensive business is not confined to this city alone but extends throughout the whole country in sf)ecialties, mixtures, medicines, etc., which he manufactures and puts up. A special feature is made of the [)rescriptiou dej)artment, physician’s formula and family recipes being dispensed at any hour of the day or night with tliat accuracy and precision which have ever characterized i\Ir. Mueller’s oixu’ations in this important department of his profession. Edward Daniels. Although still iti the dawn of a successfid career, Mr. Daniels is one of the prominent attorneys of Indianapolis, a city well re()resented by some of the country’s most talented legal lights. His {)resent position has been accpiired by arduous study and a strict adherence to an lionorable course, and as a citizen he is well --■n V 'i ' r^; ‘ S3 A\D MABION COUXTY, INDIANA. diseases and their cure. He is a man who is highly esteemed in the social circles of the city, and is admired l\v the educated for his erudition. Dr. Wehrmau was married in 1882, in Illinois, to Elizabeth Eisenmeier, a native of Trenton, 111., who has borne him three children. Rev. Geokoe E. Swan. Experience has convinced the careful observer that there is a thousand times more goodness, wisdom and love in this world than men imagine. Goodness is generous and diffusive; it is largeness of mind and sweetness of temper — balsam in the l)lood and justice sublimated to a richer spirit. The greatest man is he who chooses right with the most invincible resolution; who resists the sorest temptation from within and with out; who bears the heaviest burdens cheerfully; who is calmest in storms and most fearless under menaces and frowns; whose reliance on truth, on virtue and on God is most unfalter- ing. Biography, especially the biography of the gi-eat and good, who have risen by their own exertions to eminence and usefulness, is an inspiring and ennobling study. Its direct tendency is to reproduce the excellence it records. In the life of Rev. George E. Swan we find that which should inspire the youths of this and coming generations to lives of useful- ness and greatness, and it is with pleasure that we note a few of the most important events of his career. He was born in Essex County, England, October 12, 1854, and he is one of the heirs in the celebrated case of Jennings vs. Jennings, descrifjed in Dickens’ Bleak House as Jarndynce vs. Jarndynce. Our subject was educated in the schools of London, England, and came to America alone when he was but nineteen years of age. First he lo- cated in Duluth, whei’e he worked in the custom house, and then went to Fairbault, Minn., where he studied live years, part of the time at Shattucks School, and at Seabury Divinity School, graduating from the latter in 1880 with the degree of B. D. From there he went to Fergus Falls, Minn., as missionary for one j'ear, and then took charge of St. John’s Church at Moorhead, Minn., where he remained until 1887. He then came to Indianapolis and took charge of Grace Cathedral, then located on the corner of Pennsylvania and St. Joseph Streets. At that time there was a very small congregation but under his ministry this largely increased and a newchurch built at Seventh and Central Avenue. I’hen in February, 1891 he took charge of the Mary’s Hall, a select day and boarding school for young ladies, under the auspices of the Episcopal Church and now holds that position. He is a man of scholarly attainments and wide learning, and an able and forcible speaker. He impresses all with whom he comes in contact as being an earnest, efficient and faithful laborer in his Master's service. In November, 1888, our subject was married to Miss Marion C. Hawley, daughter of Rev. Dr. F. J. Hawley, dean of Minnesota, and later rector of SI. John’s Parish, West Indies. Mr. Swan has one son, John Fletcher, and a daughter, Marion Hart. N. S. Dnioos, who has been identified with the drug business of Indianapolis for many years, is now located at 850 East Washington Street where he has a neatly fitted up phar- macy. He carries a full and well assorted stock of everything usually found in a well regu lated store of this character and is doing a fairly prosperous business. John R. Pearson. If continuous elections to positions of trust and honor are a criterion by which a man’s po[)ularity is gauged, then John R. Pearson enjoys, to an unusual degree, the high esteem of his fellow man. A native of the Birmingham of America, Pittsburgh, Penn., his birth occurred March 27, 1819, his father being Richard Pearson, an English- man by birth. The elder Pearson was a man of more than usual force of character and dis- cernment, a shrewd financier, was one of the i)r()genitors of the Allegheny Valley Railway with which he was identified for over a (juarter of a century, and for a i)eriod of thirty-live years was connected with the old Pittsburgh Bank. 'I’he family is yet prominently con nected with the political, financial and social conditions of Pittsburgh. To a large extent John It. Pearson has inherited his superior business qualifications from his father. Born at a time when Pittsburgh was just beginning to demonstrate to the worhl her admirable location as a manufacturing center, he grew to manhood with her develo[)ment, imbibing the same spirit (;f enthusiasm and enterj)rise that ptumeated her veins. After following wholesah^ merchandising in his native city fora time he (h'cided that sonic*where in the great West his opj)ortunities for l)ettering his condition would not be as much lestricttal as at I’ittsburgh, and accordingly, in I87 % -ar . A - «. lU T' .. . • * ^ . * / * 89 AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. national progress which is without a parallel in history. In ability, industry, integrity and morality, in respect for the rights of others, and everything that goes to make uj) a good citizen, the manhood of the nation suffered nothing as a result of the war, but on the con- trary it has been demonstrated that the beardless boys who left the farm, the workshop, the storeroom and the college, to tight the battles which were to preserve the life of the nation, came out of the conflict, as a rule, better fitted for that kind of systematic, tireless and per- sistent effort which wins success, than the young Americans of any generation since the revolutionary jieriod. This fact cannot fail to impress itself upon either the writer of American history proper, or of that branch of history which consists of the biographies of those who have achieved sufficient distinction to make the record of their lives of interest to the j)ublic. Whenever we attempt to write the history of a great euter[)rise, we find among its chief promoters, men who were at Vicksburg, Donelson, Gettysburg, or Appomattox; we find the same class of men on the bench, at the bar, in the pulpit, in high official positions, and in the field of medicine, and wherever we find them, with rare exceptions, they reflect the highest credit upon their respective callings. The sirbject of this sketch was one who donned the blue uniform and fought bravely for the old flag, serving with distinction through the Rebellion. He comes of good old fighting stock, his paternal grandfather hav- ing fought and died for independence. Mr. Mosier was born on June 21, 1840, and is a descendant of English ancestors, inheriting their thrift and enterprise. He is the son of Cyrus and Rebecca (Weeks) Mosier, natives of the Empire State, where the father, in con- nection with the millwright trade, carried on a carriage manufactory. The Weeks family was related to the Mosier family on the mother’s side, and several members of this family were killed in the noted Wyoming massacre. The parents of oirr subject had born to their union thre6 children, as follows: Horace (deceased), Cyrus F., and Charles who was drowned in a spring. Cyrus F. was but two months old when his father died, and his mother after- ward removed to Corning, N. Y., where she resided for six years. From there she moved toward the setting sun and settled in New Haven, Ind., where she married Rufus McDonald, one of the prominent men of that section. By this union two children were born, only one. Rufus, now living. The original of this notice has known the demands of poverty, and consorted with them if any man has, but his honesty, goodness, energy and perseverance have biought their rewards of which he and family are now enjoying. When but a boy he started out to tight his own way in life, and tirst stopped at Newville, Ind., where he secured employment and schooling during the winter months, for six years, working during the summer seasons for his schooling the following winter. At the end of this time he was offered the princi|)a]ship of this .school and after serving in that capacity for some time, he accepted other positions. Mr. Mosier is not an educated man in the technical sense of the word, but he harmonizes cause and effect so logically, that he is recognized as one whose 0 [)inion is of much weight. In 1801, on the first call for troops in ihe State, he was the first man to enlist in the call from De Kalb County. He joined Company F, First Twelfth Regiment as private and later was made sergeant of Company E, Fifty-fifth Regiment. Still later he was made tirst lieutenant of Company I), One Hundred and Eighteenth Regi- ment, and served in that ca|)acity for two years and one month, or until about the close of hostilities. He was captured with about T.OOO men, but made good his Rsca[)e l)efore seeing the inside of prison walls. He was in many hotly contested battles during service, arnl no bi'avcr soldier Inal the red sod of a battle field. Retui ning home after the war. he engaged in the manufacture of brick, continueublic schools and gradu- ated from the Butler University in 1885. At once he began the study of law with Harrison, Miller & Elam and was admitted to the bar in 1886. Beginning the practice alone he has built up a large business and a lucrative one. In September, 1891, he was appointed county attorney and was principal deputy prosecuting attorney under John W. Holtzman for two years. In 1886 he was appointed by the county commissioners as attorney for poor prisoners, a position he held for two years. For a period of two years he was secretary of the Hendricks Club and during the past two years has been its treasurer. Mr. Brown is a very bright Mason, a thirty-second degree member and a member of the Mystic Shrine; also a member of the Sigma Chi society. Mr. Brown is a very bright and most promising young man, whose future is gilded with the sure promise of good things. He is a very ardent Democrat and most loyally stands by and works for the nominees of his party. 95 AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. Hon. Michael A. Downing is a native of Scott Couut}^ Ind., and was born in 1835, a son of John Downing and grandson of Michael Downing, a man of warlike spirit who fought under Mad Anthony ^Yayne in the War for independence, helped conquer the Indians in the Northwest Territory and later took part in the Pigeon Roost battle in this State and in due order served his country in the War of 1812. The Downing family came to the western country from Virginia, by tlatboat via the Kanawha and the Ohio Rivers, settling at the falls of the Ohio on the Indiana side. Mr. Downing’s father located near New Frankfort, and when the immediate subject of this sketch was four years old removed to Burgess Ferry, Jackson County. There the boy was given every possible educational advantage. After leaving the common school, he entered that excellent old institution. Blue River Seminary in Washington County. Later he was a student at Greeucastle and finished his education at Franklin College. During the few years preceding his college days and for a time after- ward Mr. Downing assisted his father in farming and store-keeping operations at Tampico, Jackson County. In 1856 he became the commercial representative of the A. Downing & Co., smelting works in Greene County. The following year found him a wholesale and retail grocer at Louisville, where he lived for twenty years and became known as an able and successful business man and a safe and reliable leader in public affairs. He waschosdn to rep- resent his ward in the Louisville Board of Aldermen in 1860, and from that time until 1877, when he removed to Indianapolis, he was constantly in office as alderman, member of the Legislature or in some other prominent position. During his service in the Kentucky Leg- islature Dr. Norvin Green, president of the Western Union Telegraph Company, was one of his colleagues and during his hr.st session his room mate, and during his second session Mr. Downing occupie^l a room in connection with Dr. E. D. Standiford, president of the Louis- ville and Nashville Railroad. In 1876, after fourteen years successful management of the Louisville stockyards, Mr. Downing was induced to interest himself in the Belt Railway and stock yards projected in Indianapolis, an enterprise which a number of intiuential men had tried without avail to bring to a successful issue, and which, under his guidance, was soon made an assured success, though only after many difficulties had been overcome. Mr. Down- ing had its general management during the entire period of construction and retained it until in 1882, the line was leased to the Union Railway Company, and is now one of the prom- inent directors and stockholders in this institution so important to the leading interests of the city. In 1884, in connection with other Indianapolis capitalists, Mr. Downing bought the St. Louis and Florisant Narrow Gauge Railway, now after several changes of name, known as the St. Louis Cable and Western Railway, of which he was jiresident through all of its vicissitudes, and in that capacity ho secured the franchise for the first cable system constructed in St. Louis, though strenuously opposed in some influential quarters. By this achievement he secured to St. Louis a splendid system of rapid transit which has had much to do with the wonderful growth and development of that city since that time. The juop erty with all its franchises was sold to a Boston syndicate most profitably by Mr. Downing and his associates. Next, in connection with Ex-Governor Evans of Colorado, W. N. Byers, formerly proprietor of the Rocky Mountain News and others, he built the first system of cable roads in successful ofieration in Denver, in which ho had a large amount of stock and of which he was the general manager during its construction and until 1889 when he resigned and returned to his old home at Indianapolis. Upon his retirement the directors of the com- pany recorded in the archives of the corporation a set of resolutions thanking him sincerely for his efficient work as the builder and first general manager of these lines. Early in the administration of Governor Gray, Mr. Downing was ap[)ointed by that official one of the [)olice commissioners of Inilianapolis, but his private business was so pressing in it.s demands upon him that he resigned after two years’ service. He was also [)resident of the State Board of Education appointed under the present law. Ho is a past master Mason and is a member of the Commercial Club and other popular and prominent organizations. He was married in 1851 to Susan L. Duncan, daughter of .iohn.son Duncan, of Hardin County', Ky., and has two sons and two daughters all of whom are well known and honoi’ed residents of Indiana|)olis. John H. Cakson, ,M. I). 'I’lie profession of tlu' physician is perhaps one of the most trying on brain and body of any in tin; field of science, for it absorbs the attention of him who MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS m practices it conscieutiously, both day and night and brings into play all the latent powers of his l)eing. At an early age Dr. Carson manifested a decided taste and talent for the medical pro- fession — his kindly natnre instinctively turning to that broad field of human suffering for his life work — a profession whose noiseless, yet ofttimes marvelous triumphs, are unknown to the multitude. He was born in Ontario, Canada, February 9, 1862, and is a son of James and Phfebe (Wright) Carson, the former a native of the green isle of Erin and the latter of Canada but of Irish descent. Dr. Carson’s early educational advantages were received in the common school and when but twelve years of age he started out to make his own way in life. For four years he clerked in a store after which he began teaching school and followed this profession for a number of years. In 1886 he entered the Northwestern University of Illinois, attended two years, and then entered De Pauw University at Greencastle where he continued one year. While securing an education he was obliged to work during vacation to get the nece.ssary means for his schooling, and thus made the most of his time. He began the study of medicine with Hagan A Allen of Plainfield, and subsecjuently entered The Medical College of Indiana from which he graduated in 1892. Following this he began the general prac- tice of his profession in West Indianajmlis and has been unusually successful, having acquired a large practice for a young physician. He has been registrar of the Medical College of Indiana for two years and is a member of Indiana State and Marion County Medical Societies. Socially he is a member of the I. O. O. F. and I. O. R. M., and also the A. O. U. W. In the month of June, 1885, he was married to Mi.ss Gertrude Dietz, a native of Canada, and two children have blessed this union — Ingriffe D., and Gertrude Irene. Dr. and Mrs. Carson are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he is steward, and both are highly esteemed for their many estimable (jualities. John J. C.vruigek. The constant change in the ownership of property in the growing city of Indianapolis, and on account of the loans being always made and released on it neces- sitates those who make the deals and standing between buyer and seller, loaner and lessee, the real estate agent, to be possessed of the best judgment and knowledge. Among the repre- sentative men who have embarked in this line of business perhaps the most capable are John J. Carriger & Co. John J. Carriger has had a wide and successful ex{)erience in real estate and is active in every measure advanced for the general good of the city. He is also deeply interested in the insurance business and has been unusually successful in this. Mr. Carriger is a native of the Hoosier State, born in Boone County, near Jamestown, May 5, 1843, and his parents, George M. and Sarah D. (George) Carriger, were natives of Tennessee, the former born in Carter and the latter in Sullivan County. The parents celebrated their nuptials in their native State and in 1838 moved to Boone County, Ind., where they entered land. The father was the eldest of nine children, all now dead, and he passed to the silent majority March 10, 1891, when eighty-six years and nineteen days old. His wife still survives, and although over eighty years of age is in comparatively good health. He was one of the pioneers of Boone County and passed most of his life on the farm he had carved out of the wilderness. He was a prosjierous tiller of the soil and became the owner of TOO acres of laud that was divided among his children. During the early days of Boone County Mr. Carriger farmed during the summer, but in the winter months taught school. The youth, ful days of our subject were passed on his father’s farm and in attending the log cabin school, where his father wielded the birch. On October 7, 1861, in company with his brother, Godfrey M. , he enlisted in ComjianyF, Fortieth Indiana Regiment as corporal, and while in camp at Lafayette was taken with measles. He returned home and as soon as well joined his regiment at Bardstown, Ky., and served continuously for three years and two months. He was in the battles of Shiloh, Corinth, Perryville, Ky. , Stanford, Ky. , Silver Springs, Stone River and numerous other engagements. His regiment was foremost at the battle of Chattanooga and out of 125 days, ninety-seven days were passed under fire, in- cluding, besides the engagements already mentioned. Devil’s Back Bone, Resaca, New Hope Church, Kenesaw Mountain, Marietta, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, Jonesboro, etc., and serving through the Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee campaigns. He was present at the battle of Franklin but did not take part, being released. He was never wounded but had several narrow e.scapes. His brother, Godfrey M., was taken sick at Corinth but was sent from there to Evansville, Ind., and there died. Arriving home on December 9, 1864, A\D MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. ‘.IT John J. was engaged in farming with his fatlier for one year and on Saturdays traded horses. During that year he relates he made $200 farming and .$210 trading hoi’ses. On December 3, 1805, he went to Cincinnati, bought a stock of general merchandise and shipped the same to Jamestown where he engaged in business. He also carried on general trading in stock, grain and lumber, and until January 1, 1878, he shipped annually 000 or 700 cars. About that time he came to Indianapolis and continued in the same line of busi- ness until 1883 when he engracred in the real estate business which he has continued successfully since. Hr. Carriger was one of the charter members of the Board of Trade, and at present he is one of the members of the real estate committee. The annual business of Mr. Carriger amounts to a quarter of a million per year, in trades, real estate and exchange. He is a member of the A. O. U. \V. and has held all the offices of the subordinate lodge Prospect, No. 45. He is also a member of the Union Veteran League. Mr. Carriger selected his companion in life in the per.son of Miss Sarah F. Neff, a native of Hendricks County and daughter of .Jacob and Augusta (Skinner) Neff, and their nuptials were celebrated Novem- ber 30, 1805. Six children have blessed this union: Theodore M. ; Myrtle and Gertrude, twins, the former deceased; Harry, deceased; Grace and Charles E. In his political views Mr. Carriger is a stanch supporter of Republican principles. J. E. Bell. Youth is not a bar to promotion, for the American people have learned that ability is not measured by the length of time a man has spent upon earth. Some men might live a thousand years and never know anything and others are bright and able to take their places among men long before they have arrived at mature manhood. The sulqect of our sketch belongs to the latter class, for he was bright at school, brilliant as a student of law and now that he is a member of the bar has a good practice, which rapidly increases from year to year. J. E. Bell, the deputy city attorney of Indianapolis, was born in Union County, Ind. , November 28, 1805, being the son of -John M. and Mary J. (Luse) Bell, natives, re.si)ectively, of .Juniata County, Penn. , and of Butler County, Ohio. The father came to Indiana when about fifteen years old and settled at Billingsville, Union County, where he learned the trade of a carpenter; but soon relinquished that and took u|) with farming, which he still follows. Still a resident of Union County, he is a very prominent man of that section, having represented the counties of Union, Franklin and Ripley in the Slate Legislature. The great-grandfather of our subject was a soldier in the war of the Revolution and was with Washington one winter at Valley Forge. Our subject is one of six children and was reared in Union County, attending the common schools of that county and the high school of Lil)erty ; after which he attended the normal school, at Lebanon, Ohio, and finally, graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 1888. Brought up on the farm, he attended school during the winter and worked during the summer; at the age of seventeen, instead of I>eing a [)upil in the winter he taught school, and to the satisfaction of pupils and patrons. This he repeated for the next three winters. After graduating in 1888 he went home and harvested his wheat crop and in the following fall he came to Indian apolis, where he was a perfect stranger, not knowing a single soul in the whole city, .ludge Swift, then judge of the circuit court of Union County, accompanicul him and intro- duced him to .John R. Wilson, the present county clerk into whose office he went for a few months, in order to get acquainted. Subse<|uently Mr. Bell opiuied an office and began the j)ractice alone, and continued alone at No. 8.1 North Pennsylvania Street (except during the so.ssion of the General Assembly of 1889 when he was reading clerk of the House of Repre sentatives) until .January, 18‘.j3, when he movetl to the office of Ayres & -Jones, being a[)pointed by .Mr. .Jones as deputy city attorney. He was formerly under Leon O. Bailey, in the same position, but resigntal it. Mr. Bell is very popular, having the happy faculty of making and holding friends. He is a member of the Masonic order and of the Odd Fellows, in both of which organizations he is greatly esteemed. Our subject was married in 18S8 to Miss Anna L. Miller, who. as is her husband, is a member of the Tabernacle Presbyterian Church, he being a member of the Board of Deacons. Mi‘. Bell worked his own way through school and is in every sense of the word a self-made man. Every dollai’ ho iniide while jjur suing his studies went to the defraying of his expenses and his sturdy self reliance and calm purpose, united with his signal ability, stamp him a man who cannot fail to make his way through life along paths that are high. 98 MEMOIliS OF INDIANAPOLIS Randall J. Abrams. The subject of our sketch has won his way alone and unaided to the position of honor and trust he recently held as city clerk of Indianapolis. He was born in Baltimore, Md., SejAember 22, 1857, and is the son of John and Ann (Condon) Abrams, natives of Yorkshire, England, and of Dublin, Ireland, respectively. The parents came to this country before their marriage, their union taking place in Baltimore. The father of our subject was a farmer and gardener while residing at Baltimore. The father came to Indianapolis in 1899 and now resides here. The maternal grandfather, Edward Condon, came to America, and settled at Baltimore at an early day, where he died at the age of ninety-three. The grandmother Condon (Elizabeth) died at the age of eighty-one. The subject of our sketch is one of eleven children, five of whom are living, namely: Ann, Ran- dall J., Belle, Charles and Wallace. Randall J. was reared at Baltimore, where he was educated in the public schools. Learning the sawmaker’s trade, he served his full time and followed it until 1888, when he was appointeil custodian of the State capitol, holding that position until his election as city clerk, in October, 1891, which otlHce he acceptably tilled. Mr. Abrams came to this city an entire stranger, but now his friends are legion, for every one likes him. He is a [lopular member of the Knights of Pythias and a stanch and active supporter of the Democratic party in every contest. Our subject was married in February, 1889, to Miss Ella M. Leeds, of this city, who, with her husband, is a member of the Ba})ti8t Church. Hon. Richard W. Thompson was a native of Culpeper County, Va., born in June, 1899, and was descended from one of “ the first families of Virginia. ” When twenty-two years old he emigrated to Indiana, taught a private school at Bedford, and later opened the Law- rence County Seminary. Subsecjuently he read law, was admitted to the bar in 1834, and the same year was elected to the State Legislature, and re-elected in 1838. In 1839 he was elected to the State Senate, and during his career as a State legislator not only displayed great ability and foresight, Imt was instrumental in effecting very important legislation. Upon the resignation of Lieut. Gov. Wallace, Mr. Thompson was president of the Senate jjt'o tempore, aiid held the office of acting governor during the administration of Hon. Noah Noble. As a Whig he was nominated and elected to Congress in 1841 from the Second district, and declining a renomination moved to Terre Haute in 1843, where for nearly a half a century he was engaged in the jiractice of the law. In 1847 he was again nominated for Congress by the Whig party, and, accepting the nomination, was re-elected and became a national character because of his prominence in legislative matters. Although tendered the Austrian mission by Pres. Taylor in 1849, he declined the appointment, preferring to remain in his native country. During the war of the Rebellion he rendered the Union active and valuable services, was commandant of Camp Dick Thompson, near Terre Haute, and also served as provost marshal of the district. In 1807 he was- elected judge of the Eighteenth Judicial District, but declined the candidature of a second term. For a number of years he lived in retirement, steadily refusing political preferment, and turning his attention toliterary and educational pursuits, his large and valuable library alfordinghim an ample field for study. In March, 1877, President Hayes appointed him to his cabinet as Secretary of the Navy, and so ably dilied so many illustrious public men of that name in North Carolina. 'I'he Serritig family came from England and settled in New Jersey, locating at, Cincinnati in 179"), where they lived in peace and enjoyed th(‘ coididence and esteem of their neighbors and friends. 'I’he fathei’ of our subject was a hatter l)y ti'ade, having learned it infhe celebrated ‘•Beard’s” factory iti his native Stab'. At the outbreak of the War of 1812 he enlisted in the Ijight Horse (,'avalry and was one of the heroes of that devoted band. When the war was over he, with five others, rode on horseback from his mountain horm* in Carolina to the then struggling village of Cincinnati, wheri* he followed his trade for a short time and then became a contractor on the Afiama Canal; afterward building a [lart of the Codrein pike, from O.xford to Cincinnati. Finally ho gave up the business of a contractor and his last years won- spent upon a farm near Oxford, Ohio, where he died in 181.7; his wife surviving until November, 1881. He was the father of ten children, only two of wliom are living, namely: Mrs. .Mary Woodard and Ifenja MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS min C., onr subject; the sister living in Jasper County, Ind. Our subject was reared upon a farm until he was eighteen years old, attending the public schools of the district, where he received such instruction as they were able to afford, which was somewhat primitive. He now felt the necessity of doing something on his own account and, in February, 1848, went to Oreensburg, Decatur County, Ind., where he began the trade of wagon-making, which he learned and followed until the outbreak of the Civil War, when, tired with prtriotic zeal, he was in the ranks with the first of the volunteers, enlisting April 18, 18t)l, in Company F, Seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry. This was the tir.st regiment that made an assault upon the Confederates, and our subject made the detail which carried the first wounded officer of the command. Col. B. F. Kelley, off the field, the colonel being in command of the First Virginia Regiment. He and his men captured the Confederate Gen. Porterfield’s baggage wagon, including his personal effects, and also his official papers. Immediately after this engagement our subject was appointed provost marshal and with his company was detailed to take charge of Philippi, the first town captured during the war, and being in Barbour County, W. Va. Col. Shaw, our brave subject, capti;red all of the baggage and other wagons of the enemy at the battle of Carrick’s Ford, with a force of but thirty men, in July, 1861, the colonel being at this time a lieutenant. The first company that tendered its services to Jefferson Davis was composed of cadets, students at a college at Augusta, Ga. , and of these our subject captured thirteen, and for his services in this battle he received the warm thanks and praise of Col. E. Dermont, of the Seventh Indiana. These events transpired in the three mouths’ service, the enlistment being for that period, and our subject being a lieuten- ant at that time. At the expiration of his term he promptly re-enlisted in the Seventh Indiana, and went out for three years as captain of Company G, and was promoted to the rank of major, after the battle of Greenbrier, in November, 1861, in which he bore a very brave ])art. During the first battle of Winchester, March 3, 1862, at a crisis in this hot and fierce contesf he was recpiested to command the Third Brigade of Shields’ Division. Acting with the promptness that the occasion demanded. Col. Shaw ordered the First Virginia Infantry to move by right flank and forward to a stone fence; then ordered the Seventh Ohio and the Seventh Indiana to deploy column and assault the Confederate battery immediately in front. During the giving of these orders his horse was shot five times, and being a powerful animal it struggled violently and dashed Maj. Shaw against a tree, lacerating his left lung, which formed a cicatrice and from which he has not fully recovered. Falling upon some “nigger head” stones at the base of the tree his spinal column was wrenched, causing a total })aralysis and he was supposed to be dead for more than an hour. At dusk, however, two soldiers passing among the heaps of dead and wounded discovered him, when one said to the other; “This is Maj. Shaw, of the Seventh Indiana; let’s get him out of these stones,’’ at the same time seizing him by the shoulder and drawing him into shape. Our subject aroused by this friendly action, declared he was not hurt much and directed that his horse be caught and he be ()laced uj)on it, for that if the Seventh Ohio and the Seventh Indiana did not capture the Confederate battery the day was lost. Poor fellow, while he lay there unconscious the two regiments had done the very thing he spoke of; but he was delirious and for twenty-four hours did nothing but rave, giving orders rapidly and in his fever fight- ing the enemy over and over again. His illness was near unto death and in June, 1862, he resigned and came home, when he organized the Sixty-eighth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, composed of more than 1,000 men and went out with this splendid command as lieutenant- colonel; having been tendered a colonel’s commission, but declined it on account of his physical condition. In fact, he was a very great sufferer and nothing l)ut the most sublime patriotism could have nerved him up to the endurance of the fatigues and hardships of service. As it was he was compelled to resign in 1863, June 1, the injuries received at the battle of Winchester rendering him incapable of further active work of any kind. Col. Shaw was a prisoner in the body of Bragg’s army for three days, when he was paroled and exchanged. In this brief time he got well acquainted with a number of the enemy and was known to them as the “protesting officer,” who always would have his own way and would say what he pleased in the interests of his men. It was evident that his manner pleased them, for he was placed by Gen. Bragg in charge of the 4,200 paroled Union prisoners. After the regiment was exchanged and sent to tlie front it was made the infantry guard 107 AND MARIOX COUNTY, TXDIANA. to convoy thirty seven boat loads of provisions from Louisville to Nashville, up the Cumber- land River, Col. Shaw having charge of the left wing, rear guard, on the steamer. Fort Wayne. At Harpeth Shoals the rear boats were attacked by Gen. Forrest, and two of these signaled they were disabled, when Col. Shaw ordered them to prepare to lash themselves to the Fort Wayne, at the same time ordingthe remaining boats to proceed to Nashville, where they arrived at 10 p. m., he arriving fourteen hours later with the cripjtled ones and finding Gov. Andrew Johnson and Gen. Mitchell anxiously awaiting him with other officers, their fears being that he w'as captured. Col. Shaw made a brief verbal report that he had taken the disabled l)oats from Forrest and ran away with them safely; but his arrival was hailed with great delight by the officials. On leaving the service our subject did so with a heavy heart, because his whole soul was wua))ped up in the Union cause, and he burned to be at the front. By a special order Gen. Rosecrans detailed a chaplain to take care of him and bear him to his home. He went to Greensburg, his home, and sold out his business interests, being warned by his physicians that he co^dd not possibly live. With deliberation and the courage that comes of duty honestly and faithfully discharged, he made all his ])reparations for the great change that must come to all. He arrived at Greensburg on the day of the county convention and w'as tendered the unanimous nomination for county auditor, but he declined it, although deeply impressed w'ith the testimonial of the kind feeling of his neigh- bors and friends. In the fall of lSf)8 after he had, to the surprise of himself and friends, gained some strength he came to Indianapolis and engaged in the manufacture of carriages, a business he conducted for some time, but Avhich he was tinally compelled to retire from on account of the great depreciations from the 1S78 panic. Col. Shaw was chairman of the Republican county committee of Decatur in 18b0, and in 18()7 was the nominee of the Workingmen’s party for mayor of Indianapolis, but was defeated. Again, in 1870, he was a candidate of his party, this time for State senator, but was again defeated, the opposing party being too strongly in the majority. In the year 1874 he was nominated on the Demo cratic ticket for State treasurer and was elected by over 17,000 majority, and was re-elected in 1870, serving two terms. He was made chairman of the Democratic State Central Com- mittee in 1878 and served one term, since which time he has not taken any active part in politics. During the past few years he has spent his time very (piietly, endeavoring to recover from a very serious attack of the grip. Col. Shaw takes a most lively interest, as all good citizens should, in all public affairs, and is a man of great public sf>irit and loyalty — to city, county. State and country. His time is now given chiefly to the management of the Union Veteran League. Beside being connected with this oiganization Col. Shaw is a Knight Templar, a member of tlje G. A. R. and of other bodies, in all of which he is recognized as a man of decided ability and a gentleman of refined and courteous manner, being just toward all and charitable in all things. He was married happily in 1850 to Elizabeth A. Coj", who bore him ten children, but three of whom are living, namely; Fannie, Ida and Edna. The life of Col. Shaw has been a very busy and useful one, notwithstanding his most serious l)odily alllictions, which would have killed outright any man of less vital energy. He was a trust('e of the Rurdue University from 1874 to 1875. and served on the building committee of the same; was a directoi' for two years on the City B(dt Railway, and was a member of the Citizens’ Executive Committee to arrange for the Twenty sevent h National Encfimpment of the G. A. R.,aud selected one of the seven citizens to expend tin* $75, 0(H) donated for encampment |)urposes. In 187f) he was selected and appointed one of three expert judges on carriages, l)ut the board expecting him to remain in Philadelphia through tlu^ six months of the Centennial Exposition lie resigned the honor. Whatevei' Col. Sliaw has been called upon to do he has always done it well and has received the aj)pi()val of all fcu'the tidelity with which he discharged the trusts and honors. Widely known tliroughout Indiana and else- where. he is held in the highest esteiun and is n'gaiahal as :i man of unimpeachable integrity, honest in all his convicticms and true to himself and his neighbors and everybody. He has been called upon to endure great bodily suffering, l)ut he has borne his yol«! uncom plainingly and has gone ahead meeting the duties of life witli a stout heart, unfalteringly doing whatsoever his hands found to do, in a sublime faith that all things work togcdher for good totliose who lead righteous lives. 108 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS John R. Haynes, IM. D. The subject of this sketch is one of the brightest, most advanced and popular lepresentatives of the scliool of homeopathy in Indianapolis, and is in the enjoyment of a most lucrative practice as the result of his skill and success in the practice of medicine. Dr. Haynes has enjoyed the advantages of su])erior education, is a close observer of men and things, and has especially apjJied himself to a broad and com- piadiensive knowledge of all things pertaining to his ])rofession. He was born in Otsego Oonniy, N. Y. , IMarch 18, 1828, of mo.st worthy and patriotic ancestry. His paternal grandparents, George N. and Ijydia Haynes, were of German and English descent, respect- ively, and came to this country jnior to the Revolutionary War, settling in New York. George N. Haynes served in the Continental army throughout the memorable struggle under George \\ ashing! on and was major of a New York regiment. Returning home after the war, he devoted himself unremittingly to farming until his death, which occurred about the year 1822, his wife jireceding him a few months. Of the six children, Samuel Haynes lived upon a farm in his native county in New York until his death, in 1845. He was the fall ler of nine children (his wife being Olive Danley), our subject being one of these, and another, James, served in the late war, ]>artici|)ating in many of the leading battles, and after the battles were over and the war ended, he died from the effects of exposure, etc., incident to that war. Our subject was reared in his native county, remaining upon the farm and attending school, until he was seventeen years old, at Otsego, when he entered the New Yoik City Er.iversity, from which he graduated in the classical and scientific course in the year 1844. Three years later he began the study of medicine at New York City and took two courses of lectuies at. the University of New Yoik tind finally graduated from the 1‘lcleetic Mediciil Institute at Cincinnati in 184b. He then located at Newport, Ky., where he carried on a general practice for about twelve years. In the year 1869 he came to Indianapolis and has followed the practice of his profession ever since. He is a member of the American Institute of Homeopathy and is one of the originators of the Indiana Institute of Homeopathy, having been treasurer of the latter for tifteen years. The Doctor was one of the most active promoters of the Hahnemannian (International) Association. Dr. Haynes was married in 1847 to Miss Mary E. Ladd, a native of Pennsylvania, who had removed four 3 'ears previously to Kentuckj^ with her parents. The Doctor and his estimable wife are members of the Presbyterian Church, in which body they are held in the highest esteem. The Doctor and his wife have a wide circle of friends, and both of them display in the social circle those charms for which they are distinguished in the highest degree. The Doctor never takes a very active part in politics, but he is a sincere believer in the principles of the Republican party and always supports its candidates. He was one of the originators of the International Hahnemannian Association, where they admit nobody but pure and undetiled lujineopaths. Hon. Caleb S. Denny. The subject of this sketch was born on a farm in Monroe County, Ind., May 18. 1859. His father, James H. Denny, was a native of Mercer County', Ky., and his mother. Harriet R. Littrell, was born in Boutetort County', Va., in sight of the Natural Bridge. The parents of Mr. Denny lived for a number of years in Kentucky, but finally set- tled permanently in Indiana, being strongly opposed to slavery. When Caleb was three y'ears old his father removed to Warrick County, Ind., where the family lived on a farm near the town of Boonville until the time of his father’s death, in 1861. Mr. Denny received such education as the winter-term country schools of that locality provided up to the time of his father’s death, when he was lef( alone with his mother on the farm, all of his brothers having gone to the war. When he was thirteen y'ears of age the farm was rented and he was apprenticed to the tinner’s trade, where he worked for one year. A select school having at. that time been organized in Boonville by a teacher from the East, he got the consent of his mother and his boss to ipiit the trade and start to school. He succeeded in two years in preparing himself to enter the freshman class at Asbury (now DePauw) University, which he did in the fall of 1866. Here he remained for two years, completing his sophomore year, at which time he was compelled to quit for lack of funds to jiroceed further. He taught school for one year, hoping to return and complete his college course at the end of that time, but receiving a projiosition to come to Indianapolis as assistant State librarian, he accepted, and at the end of the term found himself twenty-one years of age, which he considered too library OF THF n . ’ ■* '.‘i ; 109 AM) MARIOX COUNTY, INDIANA. old to re enter college. He therefore took nj) the study of law in iudiana[)olis, which he had to some extent prosecuted while teaching and while in the State library. He was admitted to the coiTrts of Marion County the following year, and in 1878 to the Snj)reme Court of the State and the Federal Courts, being then twenty-three years of age. After practicing one year he was appointed deputy attorney-general of Indiana, where he remained until the fall of 1874, the election of that year having changed the political complexion of the State offices. He re entered the practice in Indianapolis and continued therein uninterruptedly until Janu- ary, 1882, at which time he entered upon the duties of city attorney, having been elected to that office by the joint convention of the Common Council and Board of Aldermen for the term of three years. He received the caucus nomination of the Republican members over the incuml)ent, John A. Henry, Esq., and several other prominent attorneys of the city, and at the election received twenty six votes, being all the Republican votes in said bodies, the Democratic members, being eight in all, casting their votes for Hon. Napoleon B. Taylor, now judge of the Superior Court of Marion County. At the end of this three years IMr. Denny was re-elected city attorney for another term, but at the end of one year was nominated for mayor of Indianapolis by the Re})nlilican convention held in the summer of 1885. The campaign of that year was the most remarkable in the history of the city. The Democrats nominated Thomas Cottrell, an old and well known citizen, for mayor, on a “liberal ” platform, which meant a lax enforcement of the saloon ami gambling laws. The Re[)ublicans ado})ted a platform which declared in the strongest terms for a rigid enforcement of those laws and denounced the domination of the Licjuor League. A camjiaign was made strictly u})ou that issue. Many of Dr. Denny’s friends who were “ liberally ” inclined insisted that he must not stand upon the platform as made, citing to him a long line of party defeats on that issue. Blit in all his jmblic utterances he declared that he did stand upon the platform squarely and jireferred defeat rather than to swerve one inch upon that subject. He was elected and at the end of two years was unanimously renominated by his jiarty and again elected liy a largely- increased majority over a very popular young Democrat, Dr. George F. Edenharter. The issue was largely the same as the one two years before. Mr. Denny declined another nomination at the end of that term and engaged in the ))ractice of his profession. The pecu- liar condition of city affairs in 1893 again induced him to become his party’s choice for mayor in opjiosition to IMayor Sullivan. After a remarkable campaign he became mayor of Indianapolis again, the result of the election being a change of about t),(K)() votes over the previous election. In 1874 he marrieil Miss Carrie Lowe, the daughter of an old citizen of Indianapolis. Mr. and Mrs. Denny have three children. C. T. Beufori), M. D. There is no man more highly esteemed in the community than the family medical practitioner; and there is not among all the physicians of Indianapolis a physician who is held higher in the public favor than Dr. C. T. Bedford. This gentleman was born in Springboro, Warren County, Ohio, October 7, 1840, a son of Jose|)h A. and Amy (Collinsj Bedford, of English descent but natives of Pennsylvania. Dr. Bedford received his early education in his native State. At the age of lifteen he came to Indianapolis and be came a student in the pulilic schools of the city. In July, 1801, he enlisted in Company E, Eighth Indiana Infantry as a private, and served continuously until discharged Septemlier 12, 1S04, meantime being promoted to second sergeant. He participated in the liattle of Pea Ridge, was at the siege of Vicksburg, took part in the Warfare at Jackson, Miss., in the service from Vicksburg to Texas, in the Bed Biver Campaign, in the tight ing in Shenandoah Valley under Gen. Sheridan and in nundi incidental service. In 1872 Dr. Bedford began the study of medicine and in the s[)ring of 1875 was giaduated from the I’hysioMedical Col lege of Iniliana. Immediately after he was elected jirofessor of chemistry and toxicology ami filled that chair al)out live years, -when he was elected to the chair of obstetrics and diseases of women and children which he still occupies. He has lieen si'cretary of the fac ulty of this institution for the past Iwidve years, and is a inemlier of tlie American Medical Society of Pliy.sio . Medical Physicians and Surgeons and the Indiana Stati* Physio Medical Association in whiidi he has filleil all important positions. He has bemi for three succt'ssive terms a menibor of the city council and was appointed chairman of the committee on health and jiresident of the city hospital board. He has had a large and inc.reasing gmieral |>rac tice since 1875 and is regardeil as one of the most successful and reliable physicians and sur- no MEMOIR^^ OF IMJIANAPOLIS geons in the city. In 1885 he established the popular '‘Physio-Medical Drug Store” at the corner of Indiana Avenue and Ohio Street. This is the only concern of the kind in the United States, and besides its extensive retail trade does a wholesale business which reaches all parts of the Union. Dr. Bedford was married in 1805 to Miss N. P. Fink, a native of Ohio who was reared in Indiana. Her parents were William and Margaret (Toops) Fink, of German descent but natives of Pennsylvania. Dr. and Mrs. Bedford have had born to them four children, of whom only one — Bertie — is living. Dr. Bedford is an enthusiastic ” Old Soldier,” as the veterans of the late war are called, and is a member of the Grand Army of the Rejmblic and of the Union Veteran Legion of that grand organization. He is also iden- tified with the lioyal Arcanun, the Chosen Friends and other similar organizations, and, as is also his wife, is a member of Robert’s Park Church. While not in any sense of the term, as it is usually api>lied, a politician. Dr. Bedford takes that interest in the public affairs of his city. State and country which may be expected in one who has risked his life for the maintenance of our national integrity. He affiliates with the Republican party, and is influ- ential in its local councils. As a citizen he is pid:)lic spirited and helpful toward all public interests, for no man has the prosperity and well being of the great mass of his fellow citi- zens more nearly at heart than he. Hon. Robekt W. McBride. The family of which Judge McBride is a distinguished member is of Scotch-Irish descent, and came to the United States soon after the Revolution- ary War, and previous to the War of 1812. Augustus, father of Robert W., was born in Ohio, and was there reared and married to Martha A. Barnes, also a native of Ohio, and of English descent. Some of these ancestors served as soldiers in the Revolutionary War. In the war with Mexico in 1840-47 Augustus McBride enlisted in the Seventh United States Infantry, and was in the army of Gen. Scott in its campaign against the City of Mexico, participating in all the assaults on the various citadels guarding the national roads which led to the capital. After the triumphal occupation of the city by the army of Gen. Scott, and in February, 1848, Augustus McBride unfortunately died, and now lies buried in the land of the Montezumas. He left a widow and family to mourn his untimely death, and also left them a heritage of honor and patriotism. At the time of his father’s death Robert W. McBride was about six years old, his birth having occurred in Richland County, Ohio, January 25, 1842. He was therefore too young to realize his great loss or to be able to forecast the trials, struggles and self denials of the future without a father’s guidance and care. But life was real and before him, and he was compelled to rely mainly on his own resources of body and mind. He attended the district school in Ohio and in Iowa, and an academy once main- tained at Kirkville, Iowa. In 1859, when in his eighteenth year, having passed the local examination for teachers, he applied for and was given the task of teaching district school in Mahaska County, Iowa, and was so successful that he continued to follow this occupation for three years. It .was now 1862, and a bloody war was upon the land, and all was confusion and uncertainty. In the autumn of this year Mr. McBride went to Mansfield, Ohio, where he accepted a position as clerk in the store of B. S. Runyan, and remained there about a year. On November 27, 1863, he enlisted in the ‘‘Union Light Guards,” an independent squadron of cavalry of picked men organized by Gov. David Tod, and was duly mustered in at Columbus. The men composing this fine squadron had been selected by the county military committees throughout the State, and Mr. McBride had been chosen to represent Richland County. Mr. McBride remained with the “Guards” for about six months, when he met with a severe accident, and was permanently disabled for active service, and has remained lame to this day. Upon his recovery from the accident he served on detached duty as clerk of a military commission, and later at the central guard house at Washington. In January, 1865, he was transferred to the war department and served as clerk under Lieut. - Col. Breck in the adjutant general’s office until his company was mustered out of service, and honorably discharged September 14, 1865. Upon his discharge from the army he was promptly appointed to the clerkship in the office of the quartermaster general, but he had a higher ambition than a subordinate position under the Government, and after a service as such for two months he resigned and returned to Mansfield. While yet a boy, aged sixteen, he had taken a fancy to the study of law and had, as opportunity would permit, studied the principal text-books of that profession. This study he continued while teaching and Ill AXD MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. while in the service, so tliat when the war closed iie had mastered the elements of law. The winter succeeding his return from the war he taught school in Richland County, hut the next spring went to Waterloo, Ind., and engaged as clerk for R. M. & W. C. Lockhart. The next winter he again began teaching in Ohio, but before the term was over he received the appointment of enrolling clerk for the State Senate of Indiana, and served with credit until the Legislature adjourned. In April, 1867, he was admitted to the bar at Auburn, DeKalb County, and the following September formed a partnership for the practice with Hon. J. I. Best, with whom he was associated until July, 1869. He became associated with Joseph L. Morlan in the jiractice December 15, 1870, and so continued until the death of the latter in 1878, William H. Leas having been associated with them two years. Since 1878 Mr. McBride has carried on the practice alone. As a lawyer he has become distin- guished throughout the State. Absolutely self made, he has left no stone unturned to become a master of his profession Soon after he began the practice he acquired a high reputation as a practitioner of unusual al)ility, persistence, force and adroitness, and as a result rose ra])idly to the top of his profession and enjoyed a large practice and the irnbounded confidence of his fellow lawA'ers and the people. As an all-round lawyer he has probably no superior among the bar of northern Indiana. He is calm, dispassionate, eloquent, and all his arguments are firmly grounded upon legal and e(piitable principles, and hence, he always has great weight with the court. In 1882, so prominent had he become and so great was the confidence of his professional brethren in his sound sense, legal knowledge and personal honor, that he was elected judge of the thirty-tifth judicial circuit, comprising the counties of DeKalb, Steuben and Noble. \1 hen he entered upon the discharge of his judicial duties the ljusiness of the district, owing to the ill health of his j)redecessor, was two years l)ehind and in a chaotic condition; but in a little more than a year, so hard did he work, the docket was cleared, and so remained until the end of his term. His decisions were noted for their fidelity to just principles and law, and few were ever reversed by the Siqjreme Court- never a criminal case. No other circuit judge of the State was more jtrompt in the discharge of his duties than Judge McBride. In 1890 he removed to Elkhart and the same fall was a candidate on the Rej)ublican State ticket for judge of the Supreme Court, but went dowti with the entire Repnl)lican ticket in defeat. On December 17, 1890, he was appointed judge of the Supreme Court by Oov. Hovey, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Judge Mitchell. He is a member of the board of trustees of DePauw University, and assisted in organizing the National Oiiard of the State, and was the first lieutenant-colonel of the Third Regiment of Infantry and is second colonel. He is a thirty-second degree Mason, {)ast eminent commander of Apollo Commandery, No. 19, at Kendallville, a member of the committee on grievances and app(?als in the grand lodge, a member of the State Encampment of the G. A. R., and a nienil)erof the grand lodge? of I. O. O. F. of K. of P , and the A. O. U. \V. He is an enthusiastic student of the natural sciences, and is one of the best, if not the best, ornithologist and botanist in northern Indiana, having pursued these studies as a recreation. He is also, and has been for more than twenty years, an active memt)er of the Methodist Episcopal Church. On September 27, 1868, he was united in marriage to Miss Ida S., daughter of Doctor Chamberlain, of Waterloo, Ind., a lady of rare I'er.sonal accornjJishments, by whom he has four children : Daisy I, born September 25, 1869; Charles H., born November 10, 1871; Herbert W., born October 5, 1878, and Maitha (\, boi'ii February 18, 1876. No family in the State stands higher, socially or neighborly, and no citizen is held in deeper respect than Judge McBride. IMrs. McBride is at this time (1892) Department President of the Woman’s Relief Corps Auxiliary to the (J. A. R. Jamks .Johnston. 'J’ln? subject of this sketch is a well known (ntizen of fiidianapolis who has improved every o.oport unity for gaining knowledge and availed himself of (>very chaiuie for the betterment of his condition and more than this cannot b(? said of the most successful mati who has ever lived. .James .Johnston has lived :i life of ])eace with his neighbors and has done unto others as In? would hav(? had them do unto him under similar circumstances and he enjoys the conlidencf? and the (‘steem of all who know him. H(? was born in Dear born County, Jnd., .June 19, 1881, and is the son of George? and Catharine ( Kearney ) .Johns ton, natives of Virginia and Kent ucky, respect ively. The paternal grandfather of onr sub ject was a soldier of the Revolutionary War and his son, the father of our subject, was a MEMOIRS OF INDIAN AROIJS \V1 civil engineer, but he devoted the greater portion of hia time to farming and the milling business. He came to Indiana in 1811 and settled near Vincennes, and in 1812 removed to Hamilton, Ohio, three years latergoingto Dearborn County, Ind., when it was ahowlingwil- derness. The Indians used to visit him, remaining about the grounds until his mother could l)ake them a loaf of bread, being very friendly, but usually quite hungry. He entered a tract of laud and with his brothers, David and Joseph, built a log cabin in which the family lived until they were able to put up a substantial one of hewn logs, which in those primitive and simple days was considered somewhat of a sumptuous affair. The father of our subject erected, with his brothers, the first grist-mill that was established in that section of country and had to cover the hoj)per to keep off the rain. The mill was a great accommodation to people and many of the settlers came long distances to get their grain ground. They ran the mill and the farm until the fall of 1861 and he died soon after, December 29, 1861; the mother of our subject living eighteen years longer passing away in 1879. They had live sons and foitr daughters, four of the nine now living, namely: Joseph, James, Nora and George W. The father was a well-educated and a well-informed man of sound views and practical good sense and his neighbors would have gladly had him fill offices of honor and trust, but he would not under any circumstances accept a public ])Osition of any kind, although he was solicited again and again. The subject of our sketch was reared in Dear- born County and was educated in the common and the high schools of that county. He was reared upon the farm, where he did all manner of work which came to hand and, besides, served a full time at the mill work. The latter was followed by him until the outbreak of the war, when he tried to become a soldier but he was rejected. He then turned his atten- tion to school teaching and taught fcjr seven winters, working on the farm and in the mill during the summer season. In the winter that he was nineteen years old he started in a flat- boat well loaded down the Ohio River, selling to what purchasers could be found and pro- ceeding as far as New Orleans. The trip was so satisfactory that it was repeated for several winters. Mr. Johnston came to Indianapolis on November 18, 1869, and subsequently en- gaged in the real estate busine.ss, which he carried on until he was elected a justice of the peace, in April, 1890, an office he will hold for four years. He served one term as member of the city council of Indianapolis from the Twenty-fourth IVard, to the entire satisfaction of his constituents and to the good of the community. Mr. Johnston is a director of the Washington Central Building A Loan Association, a position he tills with an eye single to the good of those who elected him to that position. Our subject was married to Mary J. Russell, by whom he has had four children, namely: Norman R. , David, Elizabeth and Allen. He was married a second time to Elizabeth R. Riley, who is an active member of the Sixth Presbyterian Church. Politically Mr. Johnston is a Democrat and a sincere believer in those principles which were so ably advocated by Hendricks and other great men of the party. Our subject is held in great esteem and confidence by his fellow citizens, who regard him as a man of strict integrity and honorable in all his dealings. William Fortune was born in Booneville, Ind. on May 27, 1863. He is of Eng- lish-German extraction on his father’s side and French on his mother’s side. His child- hood, between his third and tenth years was passed in Tennessee, eastern Illinois and southern Indiana. The family returned to Booneville in 1873. In 1874 he became a printer’s ajiprentice in the office of i\\e Booneville Standard. The editor of the paper, M. B. Craw- ford, was a man of scholarly attainments, who interested himself in giving the boy a careful training for newspaper work. He was encouraged to write for the paper while serving as an apprentice. His first independent venture was in his fourteenth year — the publication of a small daily paper during the week of the county fair, the most important event of the year in the town. The limitations of the business made it necessary for him to do all the writing, type-setting, and press work, allowing himself but two houi's of sleep each night. At sixteen he was intrusted with both mechanical and editorial charge of the Standard. The duties required much work at night as well as during the day, but he also t ook upon himself the task of writing the history of his native county, devotingto it two hours, from lOto 1 2, each night. Hav- ing completed this work, which had been carried on without even the members of his own family knowing what he was about, he severed his connection with the Standard, and then devoted himself exclusively to interesting the people of the county in his work. He was then not 113 AND MAIUON COUNTY, INDIANA. quite eighteen years old and was at the disadvantage of being known as a mere boy, l)nt the difficulties besetting the venture were overcome to sucli an extent that he made it tinancially successful. He then started out to tind employment which would give him a more thorough training for newspaper work. He was given a position as a reporter on the Indiattapolis Journal. He afterward became city editor of the Jomnial, but after holding the position a few years, retired on account of failing health, due to night work. In 1888 he started the Sunday Press, a paper which took high rank, and attracted much attention, but was discon- tinued at the end of three months. During the next year his time was fully occupied with special political correspondence for the New York Tribune, Pliiladeljihia Press, Chicago Tribune, and other newspapers. In the same year he became editorially connected with the Indianapolis Neivs. He was offered the position of Washington correspondent of the Chicago Tribune but declined it. In January, 1890, he wrote a series of editorial articles for the News, suggesting public spirited work that should be undertaken by citizens of Indianapolis for the promotion of the prosperity and welfare of the city, and urging organization for this purpose. The articles were so timely and so well received that they at once resulted in the organization of the Commercial Club, which, within one month, grew from a nucleus of twenty-seven to a membership of 800. He was elected secretary of the club. His editorial connection with the News terminated some months afterward, when it became apparent that the Commercial Clnlj work would absorb his entire time. In the same year he started a magazine devoted to municipal engineering, the first in the United States devoted exclusively to the improvement of cities, which has liecome one of the foremost technical publications of the country. It is published by the Municipal Engineering Company, of which he is presi- dent. He was the moving spirit in the organization of the Indianapolis Press Club, in 1891, and was elected the first president of it. He was the president of the Century Club in 1892. He was a friend of Ben D. House, one of the most meritorious of Indiana’s poets, and, together with Col. Eli Lilly, Daniel L. Paine and Meredith Nicholson, published a memorial edition of House’s poems in 1892, the circulation of which was limited to the friends of the poets. He started the movement to induce the It. A. R. to hold its twenty- seventh national encampment in Indianapolis, and managed the campaign which brought it to this city. He was elected executive director of the citizens organization in charge of the arrangements for the encampment, a position involving the most trying re- sponsibilities, and he is the first man, not a veteran, upon whom they have been placed. Although born in the third year of the war, he is an honorary member of the “Old Guard.” He proposed the Indiana road congress, and as chairman of the committee in charge, con ducted the arrangements for it. He has done some magazine writing, notable for the Century. In 1884 he was married to Miss May Knubbe, of Michigan City, Ind. They have three children, a son and two daughters. Dk. Wini.Aun N. Gates. Perhaps no public servant deserves more grateful recognition than a dentist. Dr. Willard W. Gates, a native of Dublin, Ind., was born August 0, 1894, son of Oliver Gates, also a native of the Hoosier State, as was also the mother, Mary (A1 bright) Gates. Both parents are living and are now residing in Indianapolis. Dr. Willaid W. Gates was about five years of age when he came with his parents to Indianapolis, and in this city he was reared and educated. When eighteen years of age he l)egan the study of dentistry with Dr. A. J. Morris, continued with liiin for two years and the following two years was with Dr. L. W. Comstock. In 1887 Dr. Gates entered Indiana Dental College and graduated from that institution in 1889. He then established himself in a business of his own and lias been very successful. He is thorough master of his art, both in its median ical and scientific features, and he has every new and improved apjiliance for making the extraction of teeth as easy and painless an operation as possibh*. He is a member of tlie Indiana State Dental Association, ami is also a member of the K. of P. He was married on December 28, 1887, to Miss Lillie Bryan, a native of Indianapolis and the daughter of John T. and Margaret (Smock) Bryan, Two children have been born to this union: Bryan and Earl. I'lie Doctor and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in politics he is a stanch Kepiiblican. Edwahi) Thomas Bowser. .Marion County, Ind., is an Eden of line farms and agricnlt Ural tracts. I’liere are comparatively few very small tracts, and eacli farmer tries to outdo 8 114 MEMOIRS OF INDTANAPOLIS Ills neighbor in tlie cultivation and improvement of bis land. Of the many tine attractive jjlaces none are more conspicuous than that belonging to our subject. Mr. Bowser is a native born resilient of this county, his birth occurring April 27, 1841, to the union of Henry and iMary A. (Moore) Bowser. The father was born in the Keystone State in 1810, and when five years of age was taken by his parents to Miami County, Ohio, thirty-six miles from Cincinnati, where he remained until twenty-one years of age, never receiving but about two mouths’ schooling. His mother taught him to read and write. He came with his parents to Marion County, Ind., in 1881, and located on Lick Creek, three miles southeast of Indian- apolis. The following year he married Miss IMoore, daughter of Thomas Moore, and his father then gave him IbO acres of land, part of it lying in \\'arren and part in Center town- ships. There Mr. Bowser jiassed the remainder of his days, his death occurring in 1882. He was a man well respected by all and served as supervisor of Warren township several terms. He was a Whig until that party ceased to be an organization and then affiliated with the Re- publican party. To his marriage were born ten children, as follows; Thomas died at the age of three months: Catherine, died at the age of twenty-two years; John W. died at the age of twenty years; James died at the age of eight years; Edward Thomas (subject); Fannie A., deceased, was the wife of John E. Miles (she left six children, Ira, Ida, Mary, Annie, Ar- thur and William); Sarah E., deceased, was the wife of William Rowney (she left one child, Harry); William Bowser, of Marion County, married Miss Florence L. Shimer and they have four children (Harry, Maggie, Asa and Mary); Mary Bowser became the wife of Edgar Head of Marion County, and Charles G. died in infancy. The father of these children died in 1882 and the mother in April, ten years later. The father was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Our sul)ject’s paternal grandfather, Henry Bowser, was born in Pennsylvania and died in Indana in the year 1848. The great-great-grandfather emigrated from Germany to America early in 1700, and our subject’s great grandfather was born on the ocean while his parents were making the voyage. Our subject was educated in the common schools of Center town- ship and attended from two to three months each winter. On account of ill health he was obliged to ipiit school when twenty years of age and he remained under the parental roof until thirty-five years of age. In Decembei’, 187(5, he married Miss Martha J. Kitley, daughter of Richard Kitley, a member of one of the old pioneer families of Marion County. After marriage our subject lived on his father’s farm in a separate house one year, and then moved to Clark Township, Johnson County, Ind., where he bought eighty acres of land, sixty five acres of which were cleared. He paid .$8,800 for this. On this farm he made his home for eight years, and in 1884 he bought eighty-two acres of the old Richard Kitley farm. On this farm was a fine brick house of slate roof. Mrs. Bowser’s share of the estate was ninety-nine acres, which is in her name. Mr. Bowser traded his eighty acres in John- son County and in addition paid $1,050 for forty-five acres and the house in which he now lives. This is situated on an elevation, and it is said to be one of the handsomest locations for a residence in Marion County. Mr. Bowser is a member of the Baptist Church, and, like his father, is a Republican in politics. Richard Kitley, father of Mrs. Bowser, was born in Ohio, November 19, 1825, and came to Indiana with his parents when a child. He settled in Marion County, Ind., and there his death occurred September 5, 1879. He was married three times, his first wife being Miss Martha Davis, whom he married May 4, 1848. Three children were born to them: Lucy A., wife of William Moore of Marion County; John, who died in infancy, and Martha .1., wife of Edward T. Bowser, our subject. Mrs. Kitley died Se[)tember 15, 1854, and Mr. Kitley on September 18, 1855, married Miss Elizabeth Smithers, who bore him four children, Willis J., Hester M. , Sarah Elizabeth and Stephen A. D. Mr. Kitley selected his third wife in the jierson of Mrs. Susan Willard, nee Wilson, who died January 0, 1881, without issue. Mr. Kitley bought eighty acres of land in Johnson County, and added to the original ti'act until he became the owner of about 500 acres. He was a Douglas Democrat but siibscijuently became a Republican. Socially he was a member of the Masonic fraternity but was never a member of any church. His father, Mrs. Bowser’s grandfather, was John Kitley, and he w'as the father of these children: John, Rebecca, Alex, Hoag, Ibbie, Francis, Richard and Jane. George R. Colter. Among the successful and thorough going business men of Indi- anapolis stands the name of Geoige R. Colter who is a self made man in every sense of the t « 'V?- LIBRARY OF THE l’M!VER^!TV OP H i fMOr h* r /> - ^ *• .V' • .-v*- ••'/ u. •* t* ^ ri*. W 115 AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. term. Thrown on his own resonrces at an early age he began an independent career with no capital save a goodly supply of pluck, energy and muscle, and has met with a reasonable amount of good luck in all his enterprises. He is at present councilman of the tenth ward, having been elected to that position in November, 1891, and discharges the duties iucum bent upon this position in a manner reflecting credit upon himself and upon his constituents. He is said to have been the first white child born on the site of North Vernon, Jennings County, Ind. , his birth occurring on August 81, 1853, and he remained at his birthplace until 1802 when he went to Franklin, Ind. In 1864 he made his appearance in Indianapolis and dur- ing the remainder of the war was a newsboy in that city. In 1867 he learned cigar making, became very proficient in this, and continued in the business until 1881 when the strike occurred. He was chairman of the striking board. Following this he engaged in the liquor business and this he has continued up to the present time. He has one of the leading houses in the city and this standing has been acc^uired only l)y close attention to every detail of the business, and especially to the selection and assortment so as to keep it all times up to the highest standard of excellence. Mr. Colter is a self-educated man, all his schooling having been received during the night sessions, and every dollar he possesses has been made by hard work. He owns a tine building at his place of business and a good home. He was the third in order of birth of eight children, three of whom are living. In his political views he is a Democrat, the only one of his name advocating the views of that party. Socially he is a member of the Red Men, uniform rank, and also K. of P. , uniform rank. He is a member of the Elks order. Cigar Maker’s Union and Cleveland and Hendrick’s club. He was mar- ried in 1880 to Miss Mary Drinket and the fruits of this union have been one child, Archie. Hox. Ch.vrles Kahlo. This free country of America affords numberless instances of men who have made their way alone in life, having nothing upon which to depend but their own strong arms and a determination to do and to succeed. Such men are always self- reliant, their necessities having taught them that what is done must be done through them selves alone. They are worthy and well qualified to perform what duties they are called upon to discharge and are almost without exception leaders of thought in their communi- ties and lead lives of great usefulness. In considering the gentlemen of this class in Indianapolis, the name of Hon. Charles Kahlo suggests itself forcibly, for the reason that he has attained his distinguished position without the backing of family or friends, but has made his way onward and upward in the world by the force of his own talents. Charles Kahlo was l)orn of worthy parents at IMagdeburg, Prussia, July 4, 1840, being the son of Henry and Dorathy Kahlo. The father of our subject was active in politics in his native country and left there after tlie great disturbance of 1849, and settled at Defiance, Ohio, where he embarked in the mercantile business, having a large establishment and was doing a most prosperous business, when, in 1858, death came and took him from his family. Thus at the early age of thirteen, our subject was left fatherless and was thrown upon his own resources. That [)luck which has always been so strong a characteristic of the man and to which he is so greatly indebted for his marked success in life, was present in him then, and he engaged with a dry goods merchant to work for his board and clothes, finding such 02)portunities as he could for getting an education. He remained with his emjrloyer, working earnestly and applying himself to do his full duty, and from time to time he was promoted from one station to another, his salary being increased with each j)romotion and being equal to that j)aid to em- ployes of much more advanced years. When the war broke out he was strongly moved by love for the country of his adoi)tiou, and felt it to be his imjierative duty to go to the front and help t(r defend the imperilled nation. He did go and just as he did his full duty in the store of his em[)loyer, so he was every inch asoldier and made a noble rcicoi'd for himself in the army, |)roving himself a true and courageous soldier and a loyal and patriotic citizen. In April, 1861 , at the first call for troojrs he enlisted in the thret; imnith’s service in the Fourteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was elected second lieutenant. In September following he again enlisted, this time for three years, in (Jompany (i. Thirty-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and did not lay down his sword until the war was over and he was honorably dis- charged, with a nicord as good as that of any man who enlisted, because he did his full duty, never shirked a responsiliility or failed to come up to what wuis expected of him. He held a commission throughout the entire period, and during tin* latter part of the war was no MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS on the staff of Geu. Miller. During his service he was with both the western and eastern armies. Returning home he lost no time, but went to work at once, going into the manufact- ure of wagon and carriage wood stock, at Defiance, Ohio, and was president of this com- pany for a period of fourteen years. In the year 1870 he removed to Logansport, Ind., and there engaged in the manufacture of wagon material, employing from 120 to 150 men. Busy as had been his life as a manufacturer, and he never under any circumstances neg- lected any duty connected with it, still he has always manifested a lively interest in politics, believing it to be the duty of every citizen to take part in the affairs of government, this ))eing a government of tlie people. His sympathies and affiliations were always with the Republican party and the entire weight of his influence, and this has always been consider- able, has been cast in favor of that party. In June, 1878, his party recognizing his popu- larity and deeming it an iionor due him, and an office that he would fill with distinguished al)ility, nominated him unanimously for the State Senate, from the district composed of Cass and Carroll Counties, which was Democratic, with a majority ranging from 600 to 800. He made a vigorous and skillful campaign and was elected by a majority of 230, he being the first and only Republican wlio was ever elected to the State Senate from that Democratic stronghold. He served a term of four years, and as his friends predicted, he made a faith- ful and most useful member of the higher house of the Legislature, bringing into his work the experience, the judgment and the strong business sense that j)ertain to him. Mr. Kahlo served as a member of tiie State central committee in 1880 and was a delegate to the Republican national convention in Chicago in 1886 which nominated James A. Garfield for l*resident. After Garfield was inaugurated his friends were anxious that the dis- tinguished services of Mr. Kahlo should be recognized, and he was immediately appointed by Garfield as consul geneial to Berlin, but he accepted the mission to Australia instead. This position Mr. Kahlo filled with ability during that administration and subsequently engaged in mining on an e.xtensive scale in that country, and was the means of opening up the great mines of that region, which are now operated upon a most extensive scale, and Mr. Kahlo had the first smelting furnace that was in operation in Australia. He introduced the American process there with (juite a staff of mining experts from this country, some of whom Mr. Kahlo imported direct from the United States, for the carrying out of his enter[)rise successfully. This business he conducted most profitably for three years and could, at the expiration of that time, have left Australia with a handsome fortune, but he was persuaded to develoji more mines, which necessitated the making of further large investments in some enterprises which proved very unfruitful, so that his accumulations were swept away cling ever to be well enough to turn it to practical account. His health, however, soon l)egan to im))rove, and the next year he aflernh'd lectures at the old “ Indiana G(‘ntial Mcalical Gollege,” which was organ ized al)Out that time under the rule of Drs. Bobl), .Mears, Deming, Dunlap, ami others (the first of Indianapolis’ medical colleges). In the next year, 1851, he graduated and the MEMOIRS OF IMDrANAPOLIS ]1.S following fi|)ring settled at Southport, where he remained until the breaking ont of the llehellion. Previous to this, in the spring of IHhd, he was married to Miss Margaret White, of that neighborhood. Shortly after the l)reaking out of the war he was appointed surgeon of the Twenty-sixth Indiana Volunteers and went soon after with his regiment to Missouri, where he remained on duty in camj) and hospital for about twenty months, when he was called home by the illness of his wife, whom he found rapidly sinking with consumption. She died in a short time, leaving him a family of five children, the two youngest being but a few months old. Having resigned his jiosition xipon his return home, he soon after removed to the city and again entered the Glovernment service as surgeon at Camp Morton, where, associated with Dr. Kipp, of the regular army, and under the medical directorship of Dr. Bobbs, he continued until the close of the war. In the year following his removal to Indianapolis he was married to Mrs. IMartha J. Edgar, who, with three children of his tirst and four of his second marriage, now survive him. In the year 1(S69 the organiza- tion of the Indiana Medical College was effected, in which he was chosen as teacher of theory and practice. There he remained until the spring of 1874, when he resigned his chair and shortly afterward, ujiou the organization of the College of Physicians and Sur- geons (himself having been the originator), he was assigned the same department, holding it. until the union of the two medical schools, in 1878, under the style of The Medical College of Indiana, when he was elected to the same chair he had occupied in the two other organizations, viz.: principles and jiractice of medicine. That position he continued to fill until the time of his death. He was the tirst representative from his State upon the judicial council of the American Medical Association, which position he held for sev- eral successive terms and to which he was again elected, in his absence, at the last meeting. He was ]iresident of the State Society in 1871, was an active worker for seven years upon the provisional board, erected by the Legislature, and whose work was the erection and fitting up of the large building occupied by the female department of the Hospital for the Insane, and was one of the physicians to the Deaf and Dumb Asylum for nearly eight years. He served a single term in the Legislature as representative in 1856-57, but aside from this he held no position disconnected with his profession, to which most of his life’s effort was faith- fully given, never abating his interest in State or local society matters, but being a regular attendant of his county society as long as his health would allow. As a practitioner of medi- cine he was eminently successful; as a teacher he was clear and explicit, easily understood and well rememl)ei'ed; as a lecturer his manner was easy, dignified and not ungraceful. His words were well chosen. Ids language was plain but forcible, sometimes elocpient, and he always commanded the attention of his auditors. As is commonly the case with men of his cast he was not financially successful. Though commanding a large and lucrative business for many years, he failed to improve the o|iportunities offered, which were ample for the accumulation of a fortune. But he esteemed money only for its uses and with a liberal hand he gave it to meet the wants of others; frequently, indeed, to his own injury. No matter how often imposed upon in the matter of benevolence, he rarely failed to respond to the call of want or distress, and oiily those who were intimate with him knew how much of his time and of his best efforts in private {)ractice were devoted to impecunious sufferers. If it !)e esteemed a great end in life to be remembered when gone from this world, how much better to live in the warm light of love and sympathy, if it ])e but for a single generation, within a cii'cle that personal rect)gnition can compass, than to have a name in marble, read through curiosity rather than affection, and a heritage under the cold sky of fame, even though it be world wide. Grudge him not, reader, this line of memorial, whoso fidelity is worthy of some better monument. Levi L. Todd, M. D. There are men, and the number is by no means small, who drift into what we are accustomed to look u])on as the learned profession in the same way that thousands of other men in the lower walks of life drift into the ordinary bread-winning occupations. Having no special preference for any calling, and without feeling that they have any jiarticidar fitness for a certain profession, they find themselves drifting in that direction as a result of associations or environment, and in the course of time they find themselves shouldering responsibilities for which they have scant liking, carrying burdens which rest heavily upon them, and laboring in a field which has for them no attraction other 119 AXD MARIOX COUXTY, IXDIANA. than what it yields in the way of annual income. The successful physician whose name heads this sketch impresses even those who meet him in a casual way as a man who has drifted easily and natiirally into the medical profession, who realizes that he has made no mistake in the choice of his vocation, and feels thoroughly at home in the position which he occu- cupies. This first impression deepens with a more intimate acquaintance, and familiarity with his life leads to the unbiased and imjiartial view that the unusual success he has achieved is the logical sequence of talent rightly used, together with energy and industry never misapplied. Dr. Levi L. Todd is a product of the Blue-Grass State, born near Lex- ington in the latter part of the year 1S30, in the region where his ancestors had resided since Revolutionary times. His grandfather, Gen. Robert Todd, was an associate of Boone, Harod, Bryan and others in the early settlement of the State. Tlie maternal grandfather, Capt. Nathaniel Ashby, came from tbe Old Dominion soon after the close of the seven years’ war through w'hich he served, and settled in the same locality. The father of our subject. Judge Levi L. Todd, removed to Indiana in 1834, settled in Marion County, and there his death occurred in 18fi7. Dr. L. L. Todd, the original of this notice, was the youngest of a family of nine children, all but two of whom attained adult years. His early life was one of unusual toil and labor, and marked by vicissitudes and trials. Even more than the ordinary occurrences which so painfully emphasize life fell to his lot. Still he seems to have regarded his life as an uneventful one in incidents of interest to others. He worked hard during his boyhood, and up to the age of twenty-two years, when he left the farm for the last time. He availed himself of the ordinary winter time opportunities of country schools, and when seventeen years of age took two terms in the Danville County Seminary, and later a year and a half in Wabash College. He was a student of 'medicine the first year with Dr. David Todd, of Danville, and the remainder of the time with his brother, the late Dr. R. N. Todd. His first course of medical lectures was at the Univer- sity of Louisville, during the time that Gross, Flint and Silliman were connected with that institution, and graduated from the same in March of the year 185(5. The Doctor was married in the following winter to Miss Susan G. Todd, of Paris, Ky., and in the spring of 1858, moved to Paris, 111.. Avhere he resided and |)racticed his ])rofession for sixteen years. After the second year he was employed almost constantly, and much of the time in service pressing and hard to endure. With bad roads, and in a climate abounding in the worst changes that western weather could supply, he suffered a great deal from nervous disorders incident to ex])osure and overwork, l)ut was seldom confined to his bed. He was appointed medical inspector of the drafted men, was a member of the Edgar County Society and also the Society of the Wabash Valley, being president and secretary of the latter. He has been a member and an occasional attendant upon the meetings of the American Medical As.socialion since about the year 1871. He is also a member of the Marion County IMedical Society, being j)resident of the same, and contributed a number of papers to that society, some of which have been jmblished in the transaction of the State Society. The Doctor came to this city from Paris, 111., in January, 1874, and during the whole time up to the pi-esent, has been constantly ])racticing his profession. His family consists of a wife and four daughters. In the ])rofessional career of Dr. Todd it will be observed that every energy was called into i)lay in his chosen calling. With that earnest- ness of endeavor and will ])ower which are the salient and strong jroints that determine an individuality and inspire coiilidence in one as a safe and conservative practitioner, any ful .some praise or extended eulogy of the ju'ofessional or social life of the subject of this sketch would be superfluous lieia* or in any community where he is known. The stead}', [lersist- ent fondness for his profession is a marked chaiact(>ristic of his every day contact with the infirmities and suffering that come within range of his counsel and medical skill In the varied vicissitudes of his life, filled wiih a multiplicity of cares, he has found time, like his distinguished brother, the late Dr. R. N. 'I’odd. to cultivate his taste in literary ])ursuits as evidenced by the fact of his active and refeidive mcMiioiy in calling u|) (piotations from many distinguished authors l)oth of |)rosean(l poefry. Whiftier. Holmes amPBurns are seemingly his favorite authors. The Doctor is in fidl fruition of his professional life and jierfect manhood. 'I’he frost of accumulated years have setth'd g(>ntly upon hitn, but have not ruffled the facial liim of a wholesome, honored cart'or. He is still in flu^ front rank among 120 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS his conteinporaripH, and capable of accomplishing a large’ amount of labor in the practice of his life work. W. H. Hawkins. The younger Pitt, had his lot been cast in the United States in this day and generation would not have found it necessary to defend himself against the “ atro- cious crime of being a young man,” as charged against him because of his precocious men- tal development. In this Republic there is no prejudice against a man merely because he chances to develop in advance of the conventional idea as to time of maturity, but on the contrary it is more likely that the fact will be used as a cause for rewarding Ids ability by jiromoting him to places of honor and trust. The subject of our sketch, W. H. Hawkins, of Indianapolis, is a young man who has demonstrated over and over again that the wisdom of age rests upon his shoulders and the judgment of tried experience guides his actions, yet so far from this being a bar to his advancement, his friends point to the fact with pride and as convincing proof that man ought to be weighed by his capacity and not by the duration of his days upon the earth. Mr. Hawkins was born in Sullivan County, Ind., December 31, 1858, and is the son of Jesse and Fannie F. (Pinkston) Hawkins, natives of the same county. The paternal grandfather, John W. Hawkins, was a native of South Carolina and a pioneer of Sullivan County, who served his country in the War of 1812, holding the rank of major. He was a farmer and pursued that avocation until his death, and his son, the father of our subject, was also a tiller of the soil. The latter, imbued with the same spirit that moved his sire in the War of 1812, enlisted in the Civil War in the Forty-tirst Indiana Volunteers, afterward known as the First Cavalry Regiment; was taken jirisouer and died in Libby Prison, leaving two children, Mattie, who died in 1882, and our subject. The latter was reared upon the farm in Sullivan County, attending the country schools until he was eight- een years old, and two years later he entered the normal school at Valparaiso. After remain- ing there for some time he entered a country store at Shelburn and continued in it until November 18, 1884, when he was appointed a deputy sheriff of Sullivan County and served four years. He was then elected sheriff of the same county and tilled that position with the greatest credit, as he had previously discharged the duties of deputy and for an equal period of time. March 22, 18*J3, he was appointed by President Cleveland United States marshal for the district of Indiana, being one of the youngest men ever named for this office. Young as he is he wields a most powerful influence in politics, being personally remarkably popular and possessing excejitional ability as an organizer and leader of men. He can plan a campaign with a shrewdness that surprises the oldest of campaigners and executes with brilliant success. Failure is a word that has never appeared in the book of his life and suc- cess has tended but to brighten his wits and to stimulate his brain to greater energy. Dur- ing his term of office he will make Indianapolis his place of residence, much to the regret of his thousands of friends and admirers in old Sullivan, who while proud of the distinguished recognition of his services and ability, deeply regret to lose the pleasure of his presence and the strength of his Jiarty counsels even for a season. Mr. Hawkins is a man of strong social feeling, taking keen enjoyment in the society of his friends, and is connected with the order of Odd Fellows and of the K. of P., in both of which organizations he is regarded with the highest esteem. He was married May b, 1880, to Miss Etta E. Collier, by whom he has one child living, Burchard G. Brief as has been Mr. Hawkins’ stay in Indianajiolis he has already made hosts of friends and has demonstrated to them and to the peojde of the State generally that the selection made by President Cleveland for the office of marshal for the State of Indiana was a most wise one and that he will discharge its duties with distinguished abilit}' and with conscientious regard to the interests of the Government. He was in 1802 unanimously selected chairman of the Democratic central committee of Sullivan County, Ind., and yet retains that position. The remarkable executive talent of Mr. Haw- kins and his masterly grasp of important measures, with his unbroken success and his wide popularity, clearly show that he is but fairly started ujvon his career, and that much better and greater things await him. Miss Maky Eileen Ahern. As mediums for the diffusion of knowledge among the tnasse.s, public collections of books take rank second oidy to the common- school system. The State library at Indianapolis, Ind., has been steadily prosperous, the number of volumes being increased year by year, and the careful selection and comjileteness of the collection LIBRARY OF THE L’I^MVER'‘!TV op iLLlNO!' 121 AXD MAR TON COUNTY, TNDTANA gives it a value second to very few. The State librarian, Miss Mary Eileen Ahern, is a lady thoroughly equipped by intimate knowledge of books for the care of the library. To the requisites of ability she adds those of temperament, and all patrons of the library will agree in acknowledging her painstaking and uniform consideration and courtesy in rendering assist- ance to those pursuing any particular branch of inquiry. This lady remoxed with her parents to Spencer, Ind.. in 1870 and there she attended the public schools, graduating from the High Scliool in May, 187S. In October, 1878, when but seventeen years of age, she began teaching school at Bloomfield, Ind., and was thus engaged for two years, meeting with unusual success in that cajxacity. Beturning to Spencer she taught in the high schools of that city for four years, and in the fall of 1884 she removed to Peru, Ind., where she made her home until the spring of 1880. On the 1st of April of that year she became assistant libra- rian and on January 28, 1803, she was elected by the Legislature as State librarian which j)Osition she nows tills in a very able manner. Pos.sessed of rare culture and attainments Miss Ahern discharges her duties with highly commendable zeal and ability. Of the three children l)orn to her paients Miss Ahern is second in order of birth. Her parents were natives of Ireland, a country that our people have heard or read more or less of, land that seems to be the breeding place for the production of the brain, the energy and muscle that move the rest of the world. Her mother was an O’Neill of County Clare, a very noted family of tliat county, and she was a lady possessed of great force of character and remarkable financial ability. She died when Miss Ahern was but twelve years of age. The father, William Ahern, was a native of County Cork and like many of his native countrymen, his day dream was for liberty and the right to cope with his fellow men. As a conserpience he emigrated to the I’nited States in 1852 and two years later came to Indianapolis where he was married. He is at present a resident of Spencer, Ind., and is a man [xossessed of many excellent (jualities of mind and heart. The children born to t his estimable couple are named as follows: Johanna, a resident of Spencer and wife of W. S. Johnson who is county clerk of Owen County, Ind., ^lary E., and James. Our sidqect was a delegate to the National Ubrary Association held at San Francisco, Cal., in 18‘Jl and is now secretary of the State library section of the National Library Association. She is the founder of the Library Association of Indiana of which she has been secretary since its organization, and was secre tary of high school section of the State Teachers’ Association for two years. S.\MUEn Pfen’dler. 'Fliis worthy agriculturist was born in Canton (xlarus, among the Alps of Switzerland, May (), 1888, to the union of Nicholas and Anna (Streef) Pfendler. His great-grandfather Friedland Pfender, was governor of Canton Gflarus, in Switzerland. The father of our subject came to America with his family in 1847, leaving Havre de Grace, France, March 1, 1847, and landing in New Orleans on April 28 and came u]) the Missis- sippi and Ohio Rivers to ^ladison. Th(> family then took the stage to Indianapolis, where they arrived on May L The father had a brother wluj had come to America in 1882 and who was at that time living in Marion County, Wari'en Township, Ind., engaged in farming. Nicholas Pfendlei' bought IdO acres in MoralTownship,ShelbyCounty. just across the line from Marion County, anil |)aid for the same $1,200. About thirty live acres of this tract was partially cleared and the first year he put in ten or twelve acres of corn, the same amount of wheat and about four acres in potatoes. 'I’liis was ])ul in with one horse. He carried his produce to Indianajtolis and received for potatoes a shilling a bushel, 8 cents a dozen for eggs, in trade, and about 8 cents a pound for butter. Samuel Pfendler, the oi'iginal of this notice, remained on the farm with his father until 1855 and then started for h’aribaull County, Minn., with Warren Judd, who had a wagon and two yoke of cattle. Our subject fxurchased a yoke of cattle and di'ove the team for his board. He left home Se|>tember f), 1855, and shortly afterward went to Winneshiek County, Iowa, and located at Frankville, where, dur irjg the winter, he drove a team for a storekeeper, continuing this until IMay, 185(5. He then went to SteiJe County, .Minn. .where he pre-empted Kid acr*‘s of land and made his home on the .same until .August, ISofi, breaking ten acres in the meantime. On August 4, 185(5, he returned (o Iowa and l)egan working for P. K. Beaid, continuing with him for two months. .\l)out that time he traded his claim of 1(50 acres for two yoke of oxen, making him then the owner of thre^ yoke, and trading (he oxen for horses he engaged in teaming from Iowa to Minnesota, the route covering from forty to 150 miles. Aftiu' about six months he bi'gan to 122 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS drive stage from McGregor’s Landing, in Clayton County, Iowa, to Decorab, Iowa, a dis- tance of forty-five miles, making a trip every day. He di’ove stage two years, receiving from $20 to $30 a month. In 1858 he married Miss Alma Burton, daughter of George W. Bur- ton, of Winneshiek County, Iowa, and for about a year and a half afterward kept a store in Frankville. In .lanuary, 1800, he and his bride came to Marion County, Ind., brought with them about .$200. and made their home with Mr. Bfendler’s father until the death of the lat- ter. two years later. Our subject and his brother, David, were the only two of the children who remained at home, and when the father died his will provided that David and Samuel should divide the land he owned, 100 acres in Shelby and 100 acres in Marion County, and pay to the other children $5,200. The interest of $2,000 was to be paid to the mother and slie was to have a home with them during her life. Samuel and his brother accepted the provisions of the will and faithfully carried them out. The mother passed away in 1804 and her last days were rendered hapjiy and comfortable by the devotion of her two sons. For two years the brothers worked their farms together, but in 1804 Samuel bought of his brother thirty of the 100 acres in Marion County, paying for the same $1,000. On the tract (>ur subject had received from his fathei’ he resided from 1800 until the ])resent. His first residence was a log structure, 18x22 feet, and in this theykejit house for about eleven years, often cooking for forty or lifty men who came to log-rollings. Those were happy days for all were contented with their lot. Aboiit 1871 Mr. Pfendler erected a two-story frame house, thirty feet scpiare, and in this he resides at the present time. In 1804 he purchased forty acres of land; in 1873 seventy- five acres; in 1870 eighty acres, and in 1885 eighty acres, in Shelby County, and in 1801 he bought fifteen and one-half acres, thus making 355 acres in Marion and ninety-five acres in Shelby County. IMr. Pfendler and family cleared over half of the 355 acres in IMarion County. To his marriage were born the following children ; Anna, born in 1850 and died February 14. 1880. She had attended the college at Franklin, Ind., five years and would have graduated in 1880; Emma, born in 1801, died at the age of twelve months from burns received by falling in a fireplace; Samuel, born in 1803. February 12, resides near his father (he married Miss Louisa Eistler, daughter of David Eistler, of Win- neshiek County. Iowa, and has three children; Della, Boy and Anna), and Levi, born November 20, 1807. resides in Pleasant View, Shelby County, Ind., where he is engaged in merchandising. He married Miss Annie E. Gould, daughter of James Gould, and they have two children, Byron and Celia, the latter dying in 1803. aged two and one-half years. Tiiojias Sandusky Eaton. This successful agriculturist and descendant of sturdy British ancestors, was born in Owen County, Ky., August 20, 1828, to the union of William and Sarah (Phipps) Eaton, the former a native of the Blue Grass State and the latter of Virginia. The parents were married in Owen (-ounty, Ky., but left there and came to Indiana in 1832. Fifteen children were born to this worthy couple, one of whom, a daughter, died in infancy. The remainder were named as follows; James A., of Harrison County, IMo. ; Polly Ann, died at the age of twenty years; William, who resides at Irvington; Thomas S., our subject; Elizabeth, deceased, was the wife of Louis Nossaman; Lydia, wife of IMadison Davis, resides in Franklin Township, this county; Leland, of Boone County, Ind. ; Sarah, wife of Hoyt Kansdell ; Charles, of Boone County, was in the Federal service during the war: Mary E.. wife of Bufus Leonard; Henry, was also in the Federal service about four years; 5Vesle_v served in the XTnion army about four years; Mary E. (No 2), deceased, was the wife of George Harris, and Bobert, of Boone County, Ind. The mother of these children died in 1873 at the age of seventy-two, and the father followed her to the grave in 1881, when eighty-two years of age. The paternal grandfather, William Eaton, was a native of IMaryland and died in Kentucky. The parents of our subject came to Indiana in the winter of 1832 and remained until the spring in Indiana)iolis. a city then of about 1,000 inhabitants. The father was sick during the winter, but in the spring he moved out to New Bethel, in Franklin Township, where he entered eighty acies of land one mile northeast of the little village. He paid $1.25 per acre for this tract and it was right in the green timber. First he rented a little piece of ground near by which had a house on it, and about six acres cleared. On this he made his home for two years, by which time he had erected a log house on his eighty acres and had commenced the arduous task of clearing the ground. For four or five years this was the task of all in the family, aside from raising 123 AND ^fAEION COUNTY, INDIANA. small crops. The smaller children were armed with wooden paddles which they slapped together to scare the squirrels which came in almost countless numbers to the corn patch, threatening to eat up the little crop. Soon brighter days began to appear, but still the hardships and privations would have been unendurable at the present day. In four or five years they could market some of their produce and soon began to accumulate some means. Wolves were very thick and a few dry sticks were kept ready to liglit and throw out the cabin door into the pack whose howls rendered sleej) impo.ssible. Amid these rude surroundings our subject remained until his twenty-tirst birthday, receiving but little schooling, and working early and late to subdue the forest and render it inhabit- able. Whenever his father could spare him away from home for a few days our sub- ject would hire out to some of the neighbors and received for his services from 12i to 25 cents ])er day. Half of this he gave his father and the remainder to his mother to keep for him. telling her that he was going to save up money enough to buy a farm. When a little over tw'enty-one years of age young Eaton bought forty acres of land in Franklin Township, paying for the same $218, !?10() down and working two summers in Turner's brickyard to make u]) the balance. The first year he received $13 a month and by that time he had learned how to mold brick. The following year he received 11.25 a day and worked in tlie brickyard about five months each summer. The second sum- mer's work paid him out on the farm and he moved on his forty acres, fifteen of which had been cleared and a little cabin erected. For five years he continued on this farm. In November, 1811), he was married to IMiss Almira Springer, a daughter of Jacob Springer, a native of the Buckeye State, and IMr. Eaton ami his bride moved on the forty acres together. During the five years he remained on the same, our subject dead- ened and partially cleared fifteen acres more, but in 1854 sold the forty acres to Cliarles Piel for $700. 'I'hen. leaving his wife at home, he and four or five otheis went West prospecting. *Mr. Eaton went through Illinois and Iowa, and after a trip of about eight weeks, returned to Marion County, where he bought eighty acres in Section 27. About thirty acres were cleared and a hewn double log house was on the tract. He rented twenty acres, put in a few acres himself and l)egan clearing a j)lace for a brickyard. After harvest he coiumeiiced making brick and 100.000 were turned out that fall, all being sold l)y Christmas time, for fi'om $4 to $5 per thousand. This enabled him to meet the first payment on his land. After this he commenced fanning, and engaging in any other honorable emj)loyment he could find. In three years time he had his farm ])aid for tind settled down to tilling tin* soil. This was in 1857, and he continued farming until 1800, when lie again engaged in lirick making, turning out 50,000 bricks, for which he received S5 per thousand. In 1801 ho erected a story and a half house of six rooms, and in 1885) he erected another handsome house of seven rooms, where he now resides. Between 1801 and 1883 he added 281 acres to the eighty acres ho first purchased, and has one of tlie be t farms in his section. By his first wife he bectune the father of eleven chil- dren, three of whom died in infancy, and one, Amanda, in 1872, when about twenty years of age. The names of the seven living children are as follows: Artmesia, who married James (Jieer, of Marion County, Ind.; Franklin F., of IMarion County, Ind., married IMiss Louisa Cunningham: William J., also in Marion County, married Miss Julia Kmither; Eudoljiho of Indianapolis, marri<*d Miss Ih'iscilla Finner; Tyler and V'iolet, twins. The former mar- ried .Miss Addie A. Huntington and resides in Marion County, and the latter marrii'd Abra ham .'Murphy, of .Marion County, and liUella, wife of Charles Doren, of Indianapolis. Our subject is the grandfather of twenty-two children resulting from the above mentioned mar riages. His wife died in December. 1880, and in 1 882 he married IMiss Mahala, daughtc'r of Henry and .Mary (Jam|)er, of ."Marion County. I'ive children have Ix'en born to this uidon: Carrie Ethel, born September 28, 1883; Chalmer C., born -Jidy 25), 1885; INfabel (b, born February 21, 1888; Ben Harrison, born Soptend)er 21, 185)0, and IMeada M.,born .May (), 185)2. .Mr. l•laton has never aspired to |)olitical i)ositions and has mwei’ held office, except that of supervisor. His first vote was cast for a De?nocrat, but since that time he has been a stalwart li‘*|)ul)lican. He has bmui a membei' of the Baptist Church ever since his first mHi’riage. In IS8t) our siilqect divided among his seven children, l)\f his first wife, 281 acres, thus giving them all good homes. 124 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS Col. I. N. Walker. One of the best known men in the State and one of the most pop- ular connected vvitlitheO. A. R. is Col. I. N. Walker, past department commander and at this time the senior vice commander-in-cliief of the order; and State Tax Commissioner, who is now directing his best energies to the securing of an ecjuitable enforcement of the tax laws of the State. Col. Walker is a most worthy son of Indiana, who, after receiving an education in his native State and growing to maidiood, responded to his country’s call, and entered the army as junior captain in the Seventy-tliird Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry. For gallant services rendered at tiie battle of Stone River he was made major; was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel in March, 1803, and on the death of Col. Hathaway, in May 1803, was made commander of the regiment. For more than a year he endured all the rigors of Ijibby Frison, escaped with Geneial Streight through the historic tunnel, in Feb- ruary, 1804, returned to his regiment in May, 1804, and rendered most important service in t.lu! army of the Cumberland, protecting the line of supplies between Decatur and Stevenson along the Tennessee River, during the advance on Atlanta. After the war he resided for a time at Nashville and then returned to Indianapolis, where he has since resided. He is be- yond dou))l tlie best known Grand Army man in the State, having served for four years as assistant adjutant general and then as department commander, and taking the most lively interest in its affairs, having the social (piality strongly develojwd and having an abiding regard for those who served their country during its time of peril. The privations endured by Col. Walker in Libby Prison sapped his health; after enduring its hardships for nine months, he esca{)ed. as stated, but only to be recaptured and returned, and the three months which followed until his exchange in IMay (the tunnel escape was in February) were very severe U{)on him. 'I'he seeds of diseaseso freely atid deeply sown in Libby broke out again and again at Nashville after the war, and finally caused him, after some years of ])atient and un- complaining suffering to come to Indianajmlis. For nearly ten years after his return here he was first deputy in the office of the county auditor of Marion County, where he won the esteem of every one by his efficient discharge of duties and his uniformly courteous and obliging s])irit. He receiveil the nomination of the Republicans of Indiana for the office of State Auditor in 1892, but went down with the rest of the ticket in November last. Col. Walker while assistant adjutant-general rendered prodigious service to the order, more than ten thousand members being added to it while he held office, largely through his tireless efforts. The meagre salary he received he divided with a disabled soldier, and much more of the remainder went to the help of moneyless soldiers of the war. Large-hearted, honest, earnest, loyal, sincere, true in his friendships, his friends are legion everywhere, and if wishes were dollars the Colonel would rival the Rothschilds in wealth. At Stone River he was a hero in battle, bravely encouraging his comrades throughout a frightful carnage, in which the brave boys were in a literal slaughter jieu; in all hours of peril he was the same brave, true soldier; and since the war the same invincible courage has stamped his life, espe- cially in his devoted service on behalf of the soldiers, making him indifferent to the gibes and sneers of those who did not fight and who hate those who insist the Government shall be grateful and generous toward those who saved the Union. Whatever the future of Col. Walker, he can rest- secure in the reflection that he has the abiding affection of his comrades of the army of the late war. But a life like that of Col. Walker, so full of generous and un- selfish impulses and deeds, and replete with courageous actions, has much more before it to be done and he is sure to be always in the forefront with those who dai’e the right for the right’s sake. Jrogressive. He was married t(j Miss Elizabeth Jones, a native of North Carolina, a daughter of Benjamin Jones, who belonged to a well known family of the Old North State. In 1820 Mr. Prather 120 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS came with Lis family to Indiana and became one of the pioneer families of Clark County. The father died at Columbus, lud. , in 1870, the mother having been called from life in 1805. The paternal grandfather, Basil Prather, was of Scotch descent and was born and reared in the land of ‘“thistles and oatmeal.” He came to America in his early manhood, first settled in Kentucky but afterward became a pioneer Methodi.st preacher of Indiana, l)eing one of the first of that denomination to hold services within its borders. Austin B. Prather was about ten years of age when his parents settled in Bartholomew County, Ind. , and there he received the usual common school advantages and early learned the details of agricultural life on his father’s farm. Later he spent two years at White River Academy at Brownstown, Ind., where he completed a practical education. In October, 1809 he catne to Indianapolis and became a clerk in the old pioneer grocery house of Horn & Anderson, in which capacity he served about four years, or, until that firm retired from business. He continued to follow clerical pursuits until September, 1881, when he entered the employ of \V. E. Mich & Co., the oldest real estate linn of the city, and remained connected with them for six years. In 1887 he became a member of the firm of Prather & Hankel,but at the end of three years retired from the tirhi and soon after formed a partnership with Col. Walker, in the real estate, loans and tire insurance business, which connection continued until April 11, 1893, when he purchased Col. Walker’s interest and later formed a partnership with (leorge W. Powell, the present name of the firm being Powell & Prather. Mr. Prather was married in October, 1872, to Miss Mary L. Horn, a native of Indianapolis, and a daughter of Henry L. and Minerva A. (Palmer) Horn. He is a Scottish Kite Mason of the thirty-sec- ond degree and is a charter member of Mystic Tie Lodge, No. 398. He is a member of the board of governors, of the board of trade and has served on important committees of the former organizfition. He has always been a Republican in his })olitical views. L. H. Dunning, M. D. Among the many able and well-known physicians of Indianapolis who are a credit to the city is the subject of this notice, who is a descendant of good and worthy English stock. He is a native of Michigan, having been born at Edwardsburg, in that State, April 12, 1850, the English head and founder of the family having settled in New York State. Dr. Isaac D. Dunning, the grandfather of our subject, was a leading practitioner of Aurora, Erie County, N. Y. , for about thirty years, and then, in 1836 emigrated to Michi- gan. The father of our subject, Oscar M. Dunning, was a substantial farmer, and his wife, Mai-y (May) Dunning, was also a native of New York, being a member of the old May and Stanton families, who were very ju'omiiient in the public affairs of the Empire State. Dr. L. H. Dunning was educated at the Edwardsburg High School, studied medicine for two years in the medical dejiartment of the University of Buffalo, where special mention was made of the thoroughness of his work, he displaying a remarkable aptitude in all his studies, and thus eai’ly affording earnest of the signal ability of the coming man and physician. His examination demonstrated tliat he had grasped the subjects gone through with subtle force and energy. Later, he spent one year at Rush Medical College, Chicago, from which he graduated in January, 1872. After graduating Dr. Dunning went to Troy, Berrien County, Michigan, where he engaged in the practice, and was for some time district superintendent of Public instruction. He was ajipointed correspondent of the Michigan State Board of Health and while performing the duties of that office acquired his tirst experience as a writer on medical subjects, in which he has since become distinguished. In the year 1878, feeling himself competent for a wider field. Dr. Dunning moved to South Bend, Ind., where he was soon called into a large and lucrative practice. His contributions to medical litera- ture, which had attracted much attention while he was reading at Troy, were continued at South Bend and soon gave him a national reputation. A number of these, which appeared in leading medical journals, esjiecially such as treated upon surgical diseases of the kidneys, and also upon subjects relating to diseases of women, are of especial value, and stamped the Doctor not only an original and courageous thinker and investigator, but also a writer of a high order of ability, his language being elegant in diction and smooth in its tiow — more like that of a professional author and editor than of one who makes the science of medicine his great life work. Busy as was his life at South Bend, his writings and his practice making exacting demands upon his time, he still investigated, studied and availed himself of every op])ortunity for adding to his knowledge and skill. He took several special courses in New York and in / 127 AND MARION COUN'IV, INDIANA. 1889 made an extensive trip abroad, during which time he pursued his studies in the hospi- tals of Vienna, London and Paris. In the same year, at the request of the members of the faculty of the Indiana Medical College, Dr. Dunning moved to Indianapolis in order to accept the position of adjunct professor of diseases of women in that institution and also to practice his j)rofession as with reference to the diseases of women and of abdominal surgery. Oli the death of Dr. T. B Harvey, who had held the chair of diseases of women in the college for twenty years. Dr. Dunning was elected his successor, a position he still tills, with great credit to himself and to the fame of the institution. He has taken very high rank in the State as a lecturer and teacher, and also as a safe and successful operator, a gi’eat many' cases having attracted wide attention because of the difficult character of the operations and their successful issue. The Doctor is also consulting gynecologist to the city hospital and the city dispensary. The Doctor has strong faith in the benetits arising from the association of medical men in organizations for mutual improvement, by the interchange of views and by other means diffusing knowledge, lieing a member of the Marion County Medical Society, the Indianapolis Surgical Society, the Indiana State Medical Society, the American Medical A.ssociation and of the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. He has been honored with invitations to read paj)ers before most of these organizations and has for the most part complied with these requests, his contributions in all cases being received with great favor by the distinguished gentlemen comjmsing the several bodies. At the ninth ses- sion of the International Medical Congress, held at Washington, 1887, he read a paper befoie that body, which was most favorably received, a higher compliment than this it being scarcely possible to pay, the International Congress being comj)Osed of the ablest and most })rofound and progressive physicians of the countries re[)resented. During the administration of President Arthur he was a member of the Board of Pension Examiners at South Bend. In 1892 Dr. Dunning established a private hospital for the treatment of diseases of women and abdominal surgery and his efforts in this direction have met with marked success. Outside of his regular professional work the Doctor has contributed considerable time and valuable services to the cause of humanity and to the good of the community, having for maiiy years been closely identitied with and greatly interested in the work of the Young Men’s Christian Association. He was chairman of the executive committee of the State Association for three years, and at j)re8ent is serving a second term as j)resident of the Indiana Association. He takes a very active and useful j)art in literary matters and socially is a member of the Commercial Clul) and of the order of Odd Fellows and lndiana])olis Literary Club. Dr. Dunning was married December 9, 1875, to Miss Harriet Beauchamp, of Kdwardsburg, and to them have bt'en born three children. The Doctor and his wife are honored and cr>nsistent, as well as most useful members of the Central Avenue Methodist E[)iscopal Church. Thus Dr. Dunning, who is yet young has along career before him, and is destined to attain a .still higher place in the ranks of his [jrofession and to extend the sphere of his intluence for good. Edward E. Sciirokr. The subject of our sketch, Edward E. Schroer, is a model type of the uiq)retentious citizen, content to persue the even tenor of his way, wit hoiit osten- tation, tilling his position in life acceptable to the world. His parents, Herman H. and Elizabeth C. Schroer (nee Schop[)enhor.st), came to America in 1 840, from the Province of West I)halia, Germany, wlnue they were born -July 9, 1815, and November 11, 1819, respectively. They were married in Cincinnati, Ohio, September 10, 1841, where Herman H. Scdiroei- was engaged in luercantihfbusiness. They removed to Indianajmlis, Ind., in 1848, whore on Octijber 41, 18o:{, the subj(?ct of our sketcii, Edward E. Schroer, was born, he being the sixth of nine children. .\fter receiving a very ordinary education, such as was aflorder of Jndianapolis Lodge, No. ob, K. of P. He served several years as assistant grand keeper of records and seal in the grand lodge, K. of 1*. of Indiana. Ho then became identitied with 128 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS various other organizations, among them the Royal Arcaiimn, which he joined October 29, 1879, becoming a member of Indianapolis Council, No. 328. His thorough knowledge of fraternal orders, and his wide awake appreciation of their demands, soon led to his election to official positions in his council, and on March 1, 1882, he was chosen as its representa- ive to the grand council of Indiana, where he was a prominent member of the committee on appeals and grievances. At the session of the grand council held March 7, 1883, he was unanimously elected grand secretary, which position he has effectively tilled without opposition ever since. He has seen the order grow in power and numbers under his ad- ministration, and not a little to his own earnest efforts does it owe its success. Mr. Schorer is also a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity, O. of E., K. of H. and I. O R. M. He enjoys a wide acquaintance, aside from his secret society connections, and has tilled many positions of trust and importance. He was one of the organizers, and is now an active member of the Commercial Club, which has^ done so much to improve the city of Indianajmlis. In his political opinion Mr. Schroer is a Republican, and is actively identified with the interests of that party, being a member of the Marion Club, and taking j)art in the political councils. He is interested in various charities in a quiet way, and while not strictly a church man, he is uniformly correct in morals and deportment. Edward E. Schroer was hapjuly married A])ril 17, 1878, to Miss Bettie M. Marley, who now, together with two children, Clifford Edward, aged fourteen, and Irene Agnes, aged seven, graces his home. Mr. Schroer has for a year past devoted himself almost wholly to the interests of the R. A., in the conscientious discharge of his duties as grand secretary. He is still a young man, and if his future achievements are to be judged by his past, he has many years of usefulness yet before him. Thomas Taogakt. There is not a more popular citizen and official in Marion County than Thomas Taggart who has been twice elected county auditor and whose conduct of the affairs of that office has been such as to commend him to the good opinion of the general public irrespective of party affiliation. Mr. Taggart is an Irishman by parentage and nativity, hav- ing been born in County Monahan, Ireland, in 1856; a son of Thomas and Martha (Kings- berg) Taggart, both of whom were descended from worthy families long prominent there. The family removed to the United States when young Thomas was a child and located at Xenia, Ohio, where the elder Taggart found employment with a railway company and where he resides at this time, in the enjoyment of a moderate competency gained by his years of honest and prudent industry. Young Thomas Taggart was educated in the public schools of Xenia and began his active business career while yet a boy in the hotel and ralway restau- rant of E. Cory, who was succeeded by N. & O. Ohmer of that city. In a way, his employ- ment gave direction to his after career. Coming to Indianapolis in 1877, he engaged in the same business at the Union Station, and through his subsecjuent political career he has retained the proprietorship of the Union Station hotel and restaurant which is popular with the entire traveling fraternity. In 1886 Mr. Taggart, who had for some time been a leader among the young and progressive element of the Democracy was nominated by his party for county auditor and was elected by a majority of 1,700 votes, a most flattering test of his po{)ularity. He was made chairman of the Marion County Democratic committee during the presidential canuiaign of 1888. In Indianapolis, the home of the Republican nominee for the presidency, the Republican managers confidently counted on a majority for Mr. Harrison in Alarion County of not less than 1,500 and the Democratic leaders scarcely hoped for any- thing better than a reduction of the Republican majority. The brilliant management of Mr. Taggart, as chairman of the Democratic County committee, was a surprise to both Repub- licans and Democrats and, for the first time in her history, Marion County gave a Democratic majority in a presidential year. As county auditor Mr. Taggart gave such complete satisfaction that his renomination and re-election were assured long before the time for nomination came, and his majority at his second election, in 1890, advanced to 3,580 votes, more than double that by which he was first elected. Mr. Taggart probably achieved his greatest distinction when he was chosen in January, 1892. to act as chairman of the Democratic Htate committee. Never in the history of the Hoosier State has a party been so thoroughly organized as under his generalship during the campaign that followed in the Fall of that year. In the face of the fact that the home of the presidential candidate of the opposing library OF THE -'^W£R^?lry:OF AXU MAIUOX COUNTY, INDIANA 121) party was in Indiana, and that the whole force of Federal office holders in the State was arrayed against him, he succeeded in winning a decided victory for his party. Mr. Taggart was married in 1877 to Miss Eva D. Bryant, daughter of 0. B. Bryant, of Bock Island, 111. He is a member of the Hendricks, Cleveland and Gray clubs; Knights Templar, Scottish Rite and Mystic Shrine of Masonry, and is identified with other important organizations and interests. Being a young man, full of vigor, and popular, it is generally conceded by his friends that a bright future is before him. J.\MES Walter Hervey, M. D. There is nothing in the world more beautiful than the spectacle of a life that has reached its autumn with a harvest of good and unselfish deeds on behalf of humanity. It is like the forest in October days, when the leaves have borrowed the richest colors of the light and glow in the mellowed sheen of the Indian summer, reflect- ing in their closing days all the radiance of their brief existence. The man who has lived for others and has brought into potential exercise the best energies of his mind that he might make the world the brighter and better from his being a i)art of it cannot fail to enjoy a serenity of soul that reveals itself in his walk and conversation. When such a life is preserved in its strength and energy so that even in age its work continues unabated, it challenges the added admiration of tho.se whose good fortune it is to be brought into con- tact with it. Such a life has been and is that of Dr. James Walter Hervey, of Indianapolis, a man, who, after preparing himself fully for the noble profession of medicine, entered upon his career with a noble purpose of helping his fellows journeying along the road, and this consecration of himself has been life long and demonstrated in the most valuable service to individuals, the city, the State and the Government. Such a life merits a record of its deeds, that the debt due it may be acknowledged and that it may serve as stimulus to others to endeavor to emulate it. The subject of our sketch was born of Scotch Irish parentage, near Brookville, Ind., April 5, 1819, and had the misfortune to lose his father when he was but live years old, his mother being left a widow with live children, in a new and wild country, where there were no schools nor educational facilities of any kind. The devoted woman was so solicitous that her offspring should not gi’ow up in ignorance that she moved to Hamilton, Ohio, where she had the pleasure of seeing her loved ones enjoy the privileges .so necessary to their after success in life. ■ Our subject passed through the common schools of that place and then sj)ent two years at a select school at Cincinnati, kept by Prof. Kemper. This completed his primary education and before his twentieth year he was a student of medicine in the office of Dr. John C. Fall, of Preble County, Ohio, with whom he remained hmr years. The mind of the young student was a very receptive one, and at the same time, was most investigating and inexorable in its demands for more knowledge. Hence, while the library of his preceptor was a very good one, it was too limited for i)r. Hervey, who was resolved to acquire everything j>ossible to be known that would better (jualify him for the noble i)rofession. So he sought and readily obtaiiied access to the valuable libraries of Dr. Christian Sayler and Prof. Baker, of Cinciniuiti, and the very superior one of Dr. Crookshank, of Fairfield, these worthy and eminent gentlemen being greatly impressed with the studious and ambitious young man and weie glad of an oppor tuuity to contribute to his sources of gaining knowledge. But the investigating spirit of tlie medical student was not satisfied with these many opportunities and privileges, but invested every cent of his 8])are money in the best books that were ])rocurable. Like so many worthy and ambitious youths of America, the young man lacked the means to defray his expenses thnmgh medical college, so that after this faithful preparation he went to Chicago, in the expectation of finding employment with some of the physicians there until he could complete his course and gain his diploma. This was before the days of railroads in that section of countiw, and with a brave heart and ^ot) in his jiocket, whicli a friend had loaned him, he mounted a pony, the gift of a friend, and turned the head of the animal toward the goal of his desires. This money was all he had to purchase Ji comphffe outfit, and it was .so nearly gone that when he reached Indiana|Kjlis, In; found it necessary to stop for the pur[)ose of recouping his depleted purse. Friends rose up to help him with counsel and more material aid, and heaccept(‘d an offer of fret' board, horse feed and a log cabin in Hancock County, where the little village of Mount (^mifoi’t now stands. Entering upon the jjractice, which he desigfied should bt* but for a season or two at nnjst, things so 13 (» MEMOIRS OF IN DIANA ROUS tnruecl out that he remained there seven years. Thus the life work of this worthy man and eminent physician and publicist began in a rural district among a plain and 8im])le but honest and good people. But it was the best possible school for him. Here as in the crowded city the varied forms of disease ])reseuted themselves, and to an ardent student like him it may l)e sure that he spent every liour profitably, and with conscientious care he studied each separate case, knowing that he must rely upon his own resources. Here he acquired self reliance and confidence, so essential in the physician. Dr. Hervey has had a moat varied experience in his memoral)le career. He has had patients in the rude log cabin, in village, city and hospital; in the homes of the wealthy, in cellars and garrets, where poverty and crime dwell. He has fought and compiered disease in the camp and on the march, and has defeated death on the battle-field and in the hospital by his superior knowledge of surgery. His advantages have been infinite. He has seen disease treated and sttrgical operations performed at the most famed centers of the old world, and has availed himself of every jms- sible means of gaining knowledge in his profession. His life in Hancock was most successful, and every day of it was a means of jtreparation for the larger and more influential fields in which he was destined afterward to glean. Many strange and notable events have chanced to the Doctor, some of them highly romantic, others that were near to having a tragical termination. On one occasion he had a night ride with a maniac, a happening that caused much excitement and interest on account of if being published in the newsjiapers at the time. Wherever he has been, whatever the duties he has had to ])ei form, he has always discharged them faithfully, and has never failed to win the confidence and the esteem of those to whom his services were rendered. Dr. Hervey began the practice of medicine at a time when the leading members of the profession were learning that phlebotomy and other means of reducing the vital forces to control st henic condition of the system were inimical to success at the bedside. The studious young Doctor become thoroughly persuaded that the practice was dangerous, and shouhl be obsolete, and hence, when a severe form of malarial fever, designated as “Congestive Fever” broke out in his neighl)orhood, and the old practitioners treated it after the then orthodox methods laid down by Bell and Stokes, McIntosh and others, Dr. Hervey borrowed money and bought quinine at 15.00 an ounce and administered it in full doses. The result was that he scarcely lost a case, while the older physicians lost many of theirs in the cold stage. The Doctor, as may readily be supposed, encountered much o[)position in his couise, for it is always the fortune of independent and courageous thinkers and doers to be persecuted. He was sued for malpractice because he used nitrate of silver and tincture of iodine in small pox, to prevent ])itting; but he was vindicated com- pletely in his course and was afterward highly com])limented for this course of treatment. The case was reported to the Indiana il/cdfco? Journal and other professional periodicals and commented on very freely. This case demonstrated fully to the profession that ignorance is the very worst enemy that it has to encounter. In 1850, after seven years of most success- ful practice, Dr. Hervey started for Philadelphia, with the object of attending medical lect- ures there, but on reaching Indianapolis was persuaded by his old friend. Dr. John S. Bobba, to attend the medical department of Asbury University. After graduating it was bis purpose to go to Chicago, an intention that had clung to him in the seven years of his resi- dence and practice in Hancock, and his old patrons, grateful for the services he had rendered them and in admiration of his high character as a neighbor and citizen, made up for him a purse of $800, to be used by him whether he rendered service for it or not. This testimo- nial so affected him that he decided to protract his stay among the apjireciative people, and, as a result, he remained in that region nine years longer. Returning from the University, he transferred his office to the little village of Oakland, in the northeast corner of Marion County, near the junction of Hancock, Marion and Hamilton Counties, and he entered at once upon the })ractice in the three counties. During his residence at Oakland he was a most ardent temperance worker, and wrote a temperance story, entitled “The Scroll and the Locket, or the Maniac of the Mound.” Busy as was his professional life, for his practice was constantly extending, he found time, as all good citizens should, to bestow upon political affairs, and his friends, in a])preciation of his services and prompted by a desire to have him where he could be of the greatest possible good to his constituency, nominated and elected him to the Legislature in 1854 from Marion County, it being then m AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. entitled to but two representatives. Once introduced into public life, he took a very active part in politics until the outbreak of the Civil war. He is a very fluent and persuasive speaker and rendered most efficient service to the Republican party in the exciting cam- paigns of 1858 and 1800, by the speeches he made at various points in Marion County. When Lincoln called for troops the patriotic heart of the Doctor was stirred within him and he promptly offered his services to the Governor of Indiana, who accepted them by appointing him first assistant surgeon of the Fiftieth Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He remained loyally with the regiment, participating in its battles and marches, until February, 1863, when he was disabled at the battle of Parker’s Cross Roads, which necessitated his return home. But a nature like his could not brook idleness, when his friends and good men every- where were at work for the great cause, and his disability preventing him from active duty in the field, he was appointed surgeon in charge of Burnside Barracks, and acting assistant surgeon in the United States army, which position he retained until the close of the war. Nowhere did the wounded and the sick receive more sympathetic and skilled treatment than at Burnside Barracks. The war ending. Dr. Hervey settleil in Indianapolis, where he has remained ever since, engaged in the practice of his profession, which speedily became very lucrative, and from the outset he was regarded as one of the leading and progressive physi- cians of the city. No one has manifested greater interest in the sanitary and other conditions of the city, and no one has labored harder to forward the material interests of the place than he. His labors have been especially arduous and successful in the matter of promoting the sanitary and hygienic condition of Indianapolis and of the State. The Doctor is a member of the Commercial Club, of the Marion County Medical Society, and of the Indiana State Medical Society, having actively participated in the organization of the latter, and has con- tributed a number of most valuable papers to its literature, among which are the following: (1873) “Utility of the Forces in Diagnosing and Treating Disease;’’ (1875) “ Hovv to Pro- cure Medical Legislation;” (1876) “The Necessity of a State Board of Health and How to Obtain it;’’ (1878) “ Public Hygiene, its importance in Maintaining Health;” (1880) “ Mental Hygiene, the Influence of the Body upon the Mind, How to Elevate Manhood.” The Doctor is a member of that body of distinguished physicians composing the American Medical Association. He lal)ored indefatigably to have a State board of health established, and to him more than to any other person is due the fact that there is such a body in existence. He spent a great deal of time and ardent labor in creating public sentiment in favor of such an organization, by pointing out the great good it would accomplish, and wrote a number of most able i)apers for the secular press upon the subject. The State Medical Society appointed him a meml)er of the State health commission, which was created for the pur- pose of discharging the duties of a State board of health, until such time as the Legislature sliould provide for such a body, and a part of its duties consisted in lal)oring to effect the much de.sired end. Dr. Hervey remained on this board, laboring tirelessly until its object was accom|)lished, in 1878, and it expired by limitation. While upon this board he wrote a number of State pa[)ers, which were published in the report of the Bureau of Statistics and Geology. Dr. Hervey is a member of the American Public Health Association and also of the International Congress, and has two medals, one from the W^ashington meeting in 1887 and the other from the last meeting, held at Berlin, Germany. While in Europe the Doctor visited the princi|)al hospitals, medical centers, etc., and it may l)e safely assumed that his Ijright, vigorous, recei)tive and thoroughly disciplined mind took in everything of value that he was brought into contact with. Dr. Heiwey has in process of construction a s])hyg- mometer, by which he obtains the motion power of the pulse, and he is conlident that this instrument wilt be of the greatest value to the profession in determining, in diagnosing and treating heart troubles of alt kinds. Tlui Doctor has a very facile pen and has written a history of the imnlical [)rofesHion of Hancock County, pu))lished in the history of that, couidy by King A Buiford. He organized the tiist old settlers’ reunion, of iMarion, Madison, Han cock and Hamilton Counties, and was pi'esident of the association for twfuity years. He has l)eeti a valued contributing meml)er of tlie Masonic order for nearly fifty ycuirs, and is a greatly cherished member of tliat ancient l)ody. Dr. Hervey is likewise a member of Getjrge H, d’homas Post, G. A. B., at Indianapolis. He took a very activii jiart in j)i'oniol- ing public scliool hygiene and he was ap])oinled by tlie .Marion (lounty Medical Stjciely 132 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS cbairmaa of a committee to investigate' into the health condition of the city schools. Carry- ing out the design of the committee, he visited all the schools,' rejiorted their condition and recommended many improvements, which he has had the {)leasure of seeing made. The same authority named him raemleer of a committee to investigate into the character of the water supjdy of the city and he s[)ent some time analysing the supply in different portions of the city, with the result that some was found polluted and unfit for consumption. The pen of the Doctor has been used freely in considering the great public questions that have concerned the country, and he is most favorably known as a contributor to the newspapers upon the great vital (piestions of State that have come up for consideration during the past forty years, there being scarcely one that he has failed to write upon in his felicitous and convincing style. Two biographies of Dr. Hervey have already been published, one in the History of Hancock County, by King & Buiford, of Greenfield, Ind., and the other in the Boys in Blue,, by Samuel Hardin, of Anderson, Madison County, Ind. There are also two biographical sketches of him in press, one in the History of the Indiana Legislature, by the Hon. William H. English, of Indianapolis, and the other in a history of Eminent Physi- cians, by K. French Stone, M. D., of Indianapolis. Thus the life of this eminent physician and loyal citizen has been spent, his pen and his voice devoted to the diffusion of knowl- edge and the best efforts of his skill being employed in alleviating the distress of humanity. The intluence of such a life will long survive its stay on earth and those yet unborn will be blessed by the works, labor and thejratience of James Walter Hervey, who has never lost an opportunity for doing good. Such a man is an honor to the city in which he lives and to the age in which his works have been done. Prof. C. E. Emmerich has devoted all the years of his early manhood to a good purpose. Public education in Indiana has no more earnest advocate and co-operator than he. No one more thoroughly understands and appreciates its needs and interests, and perhaps no one is better qualified, through long experience and loving labor in its behalf, to bring it to that high state of perfection which its present rapid advancement assuies. Personally he is a polished and cultured gentleman, and his agreeable manners and genial qualities have won for him hosts of friends among the prominent people in this part of the State. To his pupils he stands a shining example of what a foreigner may acconqilish by energy, industry and brains. This gentleman was born in Coblenz, Prussia, on the banks of the River Rhine, August 25, 18-t5, and is a son of Phillip and Barbara (Arenz) Emmerich, both of whom died in Germany. The father was in Government service in that country and was a man possessed of more than oi'dinary ability. He was the father of a large family of children and our subject was the eldest child by his second marriage. The latter was reared amid the beautiful scenes of the River Rhine and received a thorough education, graduating from the Gymnasium Classical School. At the age of eighteen he entered the Prussian army with the intention of serving but circumstances made him change his mind after one year’s service. In 1805 he sailed for America and in due course of time reached the city of New York. He had been (juite ill during the voyage and after reaching the land of the free” he thought it would imjirove his health very materially to go west. He reached Kansas and for some time attended a private English school for the purpose of perfecting himself in the English language. In 1808 he began teaching the country schools in the central part of Kansas and this continued until 1871 when he was appointed to a position in the high school at Madison, Ind. There he remained until 1873 when he came to Indianapolis where he has since been a teacher in the high schools of this city. In 1892 he was elected to his present position as principal of High School No. 2. He is considered one of the best educators in the city and enjoys to the fullest extent the respect of his fellow men as well as of his pupils. For many years he was president of the “Maennerchor ” society of which he is now an hon- orary member, and he is also a member of the Indianapolis Literary Club. Politically he affiliates with the Democratic party. In the year 1878 he married Miss Gertrude Kerwer of Wiesbaden, Germany, and they have four interesting children; Max, Else, Emily and Gertrude. John Maynard Butler is by many regarded as Indiana’s leading lawyer. He is one of the notable great lawyers who have all through their lives devoted themselves exclusively to the law, eschewing politics as in any sense an occupation or profes- 133 AND MARIDN COUNTY, INDIANA. sion aud decliaing coustaatly all offers of political preferment. Mr. Butler was born in Evansville. Ind., September 17, 1834, a son of Calvin and Malvina (French) Butler, both natives of Vermont. His father was a shoemaker in early life, but later obtained a classical education at Middlebury College and took a thorough course at Andover, Mass. Coming west to preach, he settled at Evansville. Ind. Later he removed to northern Illinois and there died in 1854. The family w'as large and at times means were limited and John had early to learn the lesson of self dependence at least j)artially. At the age of twelve he became a clerk in a store and later was otherwise employed. The strength of his character and his longing for excellence manifested themselves in those years, aud by the exercise of self- denial he succeeded in entering Wabash College, at Crawfordsville, in 1851, and through his own efforts, with partial help, was enabled to graduate from that institution in 1856. Upon the day of his graduation he was elected president of the Female Seminary at CraAvfordsville, which position he held three years, later becoming })rincipal of the High School. Meantime he studied law. After a tour in the Northwest in quest of a suitable location for the practice of his profession, he returned to Crawfordsville in November, 1861, and at once entered upon a large and lucrative practice, residing there until 1871, when he removed to Indianapolis and succeeded Judge A. L. Roache as partner with the late Senator Joseph E. McDonald. The two jiien had many experiences in common. Each was the architect of his own fortune. The same county seat and college town was the scene of their first triumphs and each after- ward left that town for the State Capital where they won success and reputation even beyond their most sanguine hopes. Differing from his distinguished partner, politically, he has always been an ardent aud consistent member of the Republican party and has taken no inconsiderable part in advancing its interests. Aspiring to no office and, as has been stated, declining nominations, he has yet been an active worker in political campaigns, but has, through all, retained, in a remarkable degree, the respect of those whom he has opposed. His political speeches have been extensively published, and he is a i)opular orator as well as a learned and successful lawyer. As a jurist he stands in the first rank in a bar which embraces in its list many of the ablest lawyers in the country. During recent years he has spent much time at the National Capital in response to the demands of his extensive i)ractice in the Supreme Court of the United States and in other tribunals there. Mr. Butler was married in -Vpril, 1857, to Miss Susan "NV. Jennison, of Crawfordsville, who has borne him a son and a daughter. He is a member of the Second Presbyterian Church of Indianapolis and is one of its ruling elders. (tiles a. Bhadley. In Indianapolis and vicinity operations in real estate during the past few years have been particularly active, and among those prominently identified with transactions in this direction is (liles S. Bradley who is an active member of the firm of Bradley A Denny, whose offices are well and conveniently located in the business districts of the city. The.se gentlemen are exiierienced and practical in all that pertains to the sale and handling of realty, and are ever ready to offer the best inducements to all seek- ing homes or looking for good-paying, first class investments in houses and lands. The operations of the firm are conducted on a large scale and a brisk business is being carried on. Mr. Bradley owes his nativity to Oswego County, N. Y. . June 10, 1840, and came of New England jiarentage for his father, Eli Bradley, was born in Litchfield County, Conn. When a young man he removed to New York where he followed the occujiation of farming and served for a short time in the War of 1812. He was mai'ried to Miss Sally Lamb, also a native of (Jonnecticut, and to their union six children were born. Eli Bradley died in December, 1 862, his widow surviving him until 1871. (riles A. Bradley was reared on a farm in his native State and his <*arly education was obtained in the common schools. At the opening of the Civil War he walkeity of illinov 4 % ' Vy ■ ,0. i' s.. N y -« 185 AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. Loudon in a hark for America and landed in Boston after a seven weeks’ voyage. His des- tination was Milton, Ind. , where an acquaintance, Edward Nndd, of Norwich, had preceded him by nine years. After remaining there a few weeks Mr. Anderson moved to Hamilton county, Ind., in September, 1847, and went to work on 160 acres of laud belonging to Ben- jamin Whisler, who had come over with him. Here he worked for some time and then, in the summer of 1849, he took a contract to clear six miles of the right of way for the old Peru Kailroad, which had been laid with flat bar from Indiaua})olis to Noblesville, and was being extended from Noblesville to Peru. IMr. Anderson employed a number of men and went to work to clear the right of wav', which he completed and afterward took a contract to grade some, which he partially finished and for which he never received any pay, the com- pany breaking up. He lost con8ideral)le time and money. After this our subject engaged as foreman for Prawl & Bradley, contractors for the Memphis & Charleston Railroad, which took him to Tuscumbia, Ala., where he made his headcpiarters from June, 1852, till Febru- ary, 1853. Then the contractors broke up and our subject lost a portion of his wages. Following this Mr. Anderson returned to Indianapolis, Ind., where he remained a short time and then went to Noblesville, where he remained until October, 1854. Returning to Ma- rion County, Ind., he accepted a position as foreman of an eight mile section on the Law- renceville & Upper Mississippi Railroad, now the Big Four, making his home in Acton. This he did for four year.s and then became fuel and claim agent for the company, continuing as such until 1872, when he left this and engaged in agricultural pursuits on a tract of 215 acres he had purchased in Franklin Township. In 1878 he added forty acres to that tract, and since 1872 he has farmed exclusively. Of the 255 acres that he owns 220 acres are cleared and well cultivated. His best yield of wheat to the acre was twenty-four bushels, Imt he averages fifty bushels of corn to the acre every year. He also I'aises oats. Mr. An- derson remained on that farm until 1882 and then spent that year and 1888 in Nor wich, England, his old home, visiting the scenes of his childhood and youth. His father was then alive, aged ninety-two, but has since died, aged ninety-four. In politics Mr. Anderson is a Democrat as a general rule, though he voted for Grant and Lincoln. He is a member of the Methodist Episcoj)al Church and is one of the first men of his section. To his marriage were born six children, two of whom died young. The others were named as follows; George A., born September 7, 1846, lives in Galveston, Tex. He married, first. Miss Adelia Drummond, by whom he had one child, Maud, who married Charles L. Clark and became the mother of one child, Mary Lucile. George A. Anderson’s second mar- riage was to Miss Carrie, sister of Ids first wife, and they have two children, George and Carrie. Tlie next child born to our subject was Katherine. John James was born Decem- ber 7, 1855, and resides in Indianapolis. He married Miss Myra Peck, of Ohio, and they have two sons, Walter and Harold. Emma married Uriah Peck and they have four chil- dren; William A., Grace E.. Frank and Rachel. Our subject’s children now deceased weie; IMary Ellen, who died when three yeai's of age; the other, Frances W., died at the age of nine months. William A. Anderson, father of our subject, was a native of Dun- fermtine, Scotland, in 1792, and went to England when about twenty-one years of age, locating at Norwich. Theie he was enq)loyed as a pattern drawer for shawls, which were made tliere then. A few ycuirs later, business becoming dull in his line, he learned the l)aker and confectioner's trade, which he carried on uidil 1855, when he retired from busi ness. He married Miss Mary Owen, a native of Wales. E. A. P. H.wxks. The .Etna Life Insurance Company, of Hartford, Conn., began business in Indiana in 1 850 and does an extensive and raj)idly-growing business throughout the State. Tlie company stands in th<> front rardv of the old line companies doing business in Indiana. The business of this company, jiarticularly in the southern half of the State, lias been principally developed during the last live years, since Mr. E. A. P. Haynes has lu'en placed at its head as superintendent of agencies. Mr. Haynes is a luird worker and has, through his good judgment and perseverance, accomplishecl a great deal for his company in Indiana. He was born in Hoone County, Ind., .May 18, 1866, to Eldridge and Maria (El dridge) HavnRs,both of whom were born in the Empire State. His parents came to Indiana in 1858, settling first in Dearborn County and subsequently in Boom* County. His father was a contractor. Ib* died .August 24, 1882. His widow still survives him and makes her m MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS home ill Indianapolis with her son, the snliject of this sketch. At the age of six years E. A. P. Haynes, with liis parents, moved to Clinton Comity, and at the age of eleven years entered tlie puhlic schools, which he attended for about three years, from eleven to fourteen. At tlie age of fourteen he began teaching school in Clinton County, Ind., and continued in this pro- fession for nearly eight years. During this time, by good use of his liesure hours he acquired a thorough and practical education. In 18S2 he entered the life insurance business, to whicli he has since devoted his time and energies. He is a member in good standing of the F. and improved, by rail. He was a shrewd ami successful man of birsiness but his kind heart and loyalty to his friends often overcame his discretion and he at one time lost over $100,000 through endorsing another’s note. How- ever, he retrieved his losses in a great measure and left a large estate to his heirs. His son, John M. Wood, the father of the subject of this sketch, often made trips south with his father when a boy, and may be said to have been reared to the livery business and to handling stock. He was born in Maysville, Ky., May 28, 1815, to which region his parents, John and Mary (West) Wood came at an early day. John Wood was a native of New York and his wife of Ohio, and their union was consummated in Kentucky in 1811, soon after which they came to Indianapolis, Ind., where the father at once engaged in the livery business. The male members of the Wood family have always been great lovers of the horse and two brothers of John Wood dealt extensively in those animals. John M. Wood was nineteen years old at the time of his parents’ removal to Indiana and had conducted his father’s liv- ery business for five years prior to the latter’s death, after which he succeeded him in the business, in 1840. Later, in 1840, the firm became Wood & Foudray, and this partnership continued harmoniously until the death of Mr. Foudray in 1878. During this time their rep- utation as first-class liverymen became wiilespread and while the war was in progress they were very active in the purchase of horses and succeeded in supplying the Government over 1 1 ,000 head. Mr. Wood continued in the business until 1881, when he was succeeded by his son, Horace F., who is the present jjroprietor. At the present time this establishment is one of the largest and most successful, as well as the oldest in the city, if not in the State. Like his father before him he was reared in the business and thoroiighly understands every- thing connected with it and has shown himself to be a “chip of the old block” in that he has ever been thorough going and enterprising. He keeps constantly on hand forty-seven head of horses for livery purposes, a large number of vehicles of all kinds, and which are always in good repair and ready for use and he does an extensive and paying boarding busi- ness, having about eighty head under his care. He has a sale department also and buys and sells about twenty-five hea 1 per month, having competent men in charge of the latter. The business averages about $6,01)0 or $7,000 per month, from which it can I)e seen that it is a very paying one. During 1S8S. when Willoughby Walling was Ttniled States Consul to 187 AXD MARION COOXTY, INDIANA. Glasgow, Scotland, a partnership was formed for the importation of Shetland ponies and al)oiit 800 were brought over and sold at the Wood stables. Prior to 1840, John M. AVood, the father of the subject of this sketch, was a member of the Marion County Guards for a number of years. Originally a Whig he has supported the Republicans since the organiza- tion of that party, and although often solicited by his numerous friends to run for office he has invarial)ly declined, much preferring to devote his entire attention to his business. August 20, 1840, he was married to Margaret A. Gresham, who was born near Frankfort, Ky., a daughter of Jose[)h Gresham. Air. and Mrs. Wood are the parents of eight children, six of whom are living: Sarah B., Fannie, Charles H., Horace F. , Frank G. and Harry N. Those deceased are Alarv and John. Mr. Wood deserves great credit for the success which has attended his efforts for he started in business without help from anyone and has accumu- lated a great deal of valuable property. In 1804, in connection with a ])artner, he purchased 400 acres of land in Washington and Franklin townships, on which they, for many years, raised blooded horses. .At the present time he still owns a large portion of this farm and carries on the same business with his usual success. Horace F. Wood first saw the light of day in Indianapolis, August 80, 1857, and in the public schools of that city he was educated and graduated from the high school. November 8, 1882, he was married to Aliss Rose Graham, a native of Spencer, Ind. , and daughter of Benjamin M. and Alargaret A. (Beach) Graham, natives of Ohio. Air. and Airs. AVood have one child, John G., who was born August fi. 1888. Air. AVood is a member of the K. of P. and the F. & A. AI., in which he has attained to the Scottish Rite degree, and he also belongs to the Oriental League, the Columbia Club and the Country Social Club. He is a wide-awake and enterprising young man and politically supports the men and measures of the Republican party. Uk. Conk.adin (Jacob) Homburg was born at AVachenheim in the Palatinate of Bavaria, November 10, 1 dJ8, as the elder son of an apothecary in that little town. He received the pre))aratory education for entering the university and in 18 lU he went to Alarburg to study medicine. .As was customary in those days among students of means and ability, his study also comprehended different ])hiloso])hical. even theological branches. He was a young man of liberal views and as a matter of course became a member of the “Tugendbund” which was a ))atriotic union of students and young ))rofessors who, inspired by the victories over Na- poleon, maintained the claim of the people to participate at the Legislature and at ])ublic affairs. Such an endeavor ap])eared unjustified and dangerous tothe autocratic rulers of that time although nothing more was asked but what was promised at the time of need and dis ti’esH. He was a studeid at AVurzburg when he became a fugitive on account of his political convictions and fled to Switzerland. In 1820 he emigrated to Holland and thence to America. In the latter country he met with his old friend ami classmate, AVesselhoeft, who was editing the Wellbote. Dr. Homburg began editing the paper in tlie eastern part of Pen-nsylvania but he never had much to say about this period of his career. As he had always been an outspoken character and not practical in financial alfairs, it is safe to conclude that as an editor he was a failure. He had studied surgery under Textor and j)athology and thera- peutics under Schoenlein with faii'ly good results, and he lunv began the study of medicine again under the influence of Dr. Hi'rring of Philadelphia. In the middle of the thirties he settled in Shelbyville, Ind., to practice homo-opathy. However he was never a time disciple of homo'opathy but his excellent medical education and his good common sense ke]>t him from the |)ecnliarities and extravagances of the original teaching. He was rather a follower of Hempel with some 'nclination to Hademacher. In later years he studital Niemeyer, at least the ju'acfical parts ami adopted the jirinciples of the scliool of Vienna although it. can- not be said with any certainty that lie ever had based his diagnosis on pathological anatomy. .Although he did not localize sickness with much (aufecf m‘.ss, he had a sound judgment of the character of the disease and had that great gift of influencing the minds of liis [latients. Dr. Hornimrg practiced meilicine in Shelbyville for seven years and all his fellow citizens had to share with him or to oppose him, but In* was i-ecognized by all to be sincere, honest and dutiful. Wood chopping was his pastime and peach-eating his reci'cation. He never drank a drop of whisky. While a resident of Shelbyville a (piack by the name of .Jacob Townsend made his appearance and people made the joke “who is the true .Jacob?” Dr. Jlomburg’s given name was Jacob also. He applied to the Jjegislature to have his name changed 13S MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS to Coiirailin and was successful. -In 1843 Judarty was formed he took a great interest in politics and came in nearest contact with all German families residing here. He gained a great intluenco before and during the war. Dr. Homburg was a (piick thiidter and a good judge of men and political alfairs but in his actions he usually fell short. His sentiments were also pi'onounced but he was never able during his life to counterbalance reason and sentiments harmoniously. He was an enthusiast and thus he presided in 1852 at the German meeting in Wheeling, W. Va , where the motion was adopted that America should annex Europe. Then he started a lodge with a view of |>romulgating friendship, German literature and German social life. Originally there was no trace of seltishness in him, but his kindness was often misplaced or misunderstood or abused. All that caused his occasional harshness, his inexplicable aversion and his irregularity in later life. During the last ten years of his life he was interested only in political gossip and German literature. He had a deep religious sentiment, although he never was a church member. He was never married. Friends cared for him during a long illness of bronchial and heart troubles and drojisy. In the fall of 1870 his friends celebrated his fiftieth anniversary of American life and donated him $1,000 in cash. From this time on he was mostly conli lied to his home but received many distinguished travelers, for instance, .Iordan, Bodenstedt and others. It can be said that for two decades Dr. Homburg was the social and sjuritual center of the German pojmlation in Indianapolis. He diedFebruary 11, 1881, and was cremated at Washington, Penn. Guino Bell, M. D. The noble profession of medicine affords to the student in that science a never ending source of investigation and experiment. New remedies are constantly being discovered, steady progress is being made in surgery and new diseases are presenting themselves under varying forms of civilization. Whatever may be said of the discoveries in other fields of knowledge, and certainly they are astonishing, it can be truthfully said of this science that, not one can eipial it in the great st rides it is making toward a compi'ehensive grasp of the whole subject of man, in relation to health and disease and the ])revention and cure of ills that flesh is heir to. In the noble army of workers in this great field may be found the name of Dr. Guido Bell who is classed among the prominent jihysicians of Indianapolis. He was born near Strasburg, Germany, Septemlier 4, 183b, and is a son of Leonard and Anna ( Lengenberger) Bell, also natives of the old country. The father has devoted his life to the profession of veterinary surgery and is still a resident of Germany. For many years he was in the service of the Government in his professional capacity, but a few years ago he retired from the active duties of lifeou account of old age. The youth of our subject was passed in his native country and he attended a regular course in the schools of his native town. In the fall of I85b he entered the ITniversity Freiburg and in 1801 passed the first examination on general scientific topics. After this he became assistant of Prof. Spiegelburg’s clinic in the university, in which ca])acity he served over a year, during a terrible siege of fever. He was taken sick with the same which interrupted his medical studies and for a longtime his health was poor. Subsec|uently he went to Tubingen to hear Niemeyer and Bruns. In A])ril, 1865, he graduated at Freiburg and on returning home he met Mr. Wocher who requested him to correspond with Dr. Klein of Indianapolis, the latter having about decided to return to Ger- many. The outcome of this correspondence was that in December. 1865, Dr. Bell crossed the ocean to America, came direct to Indianapolis, and took up the practice left by Dr. Klein. This practice the Doctor has continued ever since and he is classed among the leading and successful practitioners of the healing art in the city. He is a member of the State Medical ]39 AND NARION COUN'l'Y, rNDTANA. Association, Marion County Medical Society and the Mississipjii Valley Medical Association. He is associate editor of Memorabilien, a German medical journal published at Heilhronn, Germany. For a long time after coming to America Dr. Bell operated largely in surgery and was the originator of several difficult and commendable methods of operation. He was physician to one of the German orphan asylums of Indianapolis for seventeen years and has been physician to the Lutheran Orphan Asylum since its establishment. He is also consult- ing physician to the city dispensary. In the year 1860 the Doctor was united in marriage to Miss Catherine Miller who died a few months later. His second marriage occurred on March 11, 1S69, and six children w'ere born to this union. One son, Leonard, is a prom- ising young physician in the city hospital. Mrs. Bell died in May, 1890. Ch.\rles E. Keyxolds. No investment is surer of more enhancing value than one judiciously made in real estate, and there are few men in business circles who show so much fitness for their avocation in that they are wide awake, experienced, reliable and energetic as Charles E. Reynolds, whose projects have been wholly within the sharply defined lines of honest motive, as a real estate agent. He came to Indianapolis in 1853 with his parents and was educated in the public schools, after which he served an apprenticeship at the railroad business. In 1887 he began dealing in real estate, which he has since carried on success fully, as a leader in this branch of human endeavor. He has owned real estate in the various additions of the city, among which are Haughville. West Indianapolis, North Tuxedo and others. He has always been conservative in his method of conducting his affairs, has never favored “booms.” but notwithstanding this is decidedly enterprising. He believes that in the long run the city’s fortunes are best comserved by steady and honest growth, and that his views are respected is shown in the satisfactory patronage which he has drawn to him, and there are few, indeed, who so well merit success. His character has been molded after the patterns of honest intelligence and moral rectitude. He owes his nativity to thecity of Cincinnati, Ohio, where he was born April 10, 1848, a son of Samuel and Hannah (Grisell) Reynolds, natives of Columbiana County, Ohio, and early residents of the city of Indiana{)olis. IMr. Reynolds was married in 1870 to Miss Mary E. Godey, a native of Ohio, and to their union the following children have been given: IJlela and Zella (twins-), and ^larv A. Politically Mr. Reynolds has been a supporter of Republicanism, but is by no means a partisan in local affairs, preferring to support the men whom he thinks will use their influence for the best interests of the city. C.vEEB Belles, son of “iMajor” John Belles, one of the original settlers of Marion County, Ind., was l)orn in Scott County, Ky., July 29, 181 1, on a farm occupied by his father, near Georgetown. Until ten years of age our subject lived and received his school- ing in Scott County, but at that age he accompanied his father and family to Indiana. They came direct to Marion County and located on Pleasant Run, where Major Belles rented eighty acres of James Bradley. On this was a good clearing and a log cabin and here they resided about a year, raising a crop of corn. In the fall of the same year they Jiioved on to a tract of eighty acres in Franklin Townshij), lying along the Michigan road, and settled in the green timber. A log cabin was erected, and although they had nothing to help them- selves with except their own hands and stui<1y independence, they entered upon the ardu ous task of clearing the farm. Major Belles paid $1.25 an acre for this tract, and about four years later entered eighty acres morcf adjoining, at the same price. On this he passed the remaimhu- of his days. He was married in Scott County, Ky., to Miss Artemesia Tarleton, daughtei- of Caleb Tarleton, and fen children were the fiaiits of this union, one of whom, an infant, died in Kentucky. Nine grew to mature years and their names are as follows: John J., (deceased), was first married to Aliss Margaret Ross, who bore him five children. His next union was with i\fiss Rachel Bodernan and they b(‘came the ])arents of four chil dren. Il<*nry T., resides n(*ar Paris, Mo. He married Miss Mary Belles, daughter of Henry Belles, but she is now deceased. Caleb (our subject), was man-ied in 1830 to IMiss Mary O'Neil, ilaughter of Lewis O’ Neil, and (hey have had five children, four of whom are now living, as follows: John J., licwis, William and Mary C. Harrison Belles, deceased, was married in Missouri to Miss Nancy Payne. He left sevfu'al children. Ricluird, deceased, married Miss Elizal)eth Glazier and they had a fa)nlly of children. Mary Ann Belles, (!<> ceased, married John Tyner and became the mother of one child, who died in infancy; Dr. 110 MEMOIRS OE INDIANAPOLIS Joshua Belles, resides in Spencer, lud. His first marriage resulted in the birth of one daughter. For his second wife the Doctor chose the widow of Thomas Tull, of Marion county. She died and left several children. Nancy married John Rudisil, and they have children, and Katherine, deceased, was the wife of Dr. John Johnson, and they lived in Iowa. “Major” John Belle.s, father of these children, was a Whig in politics and afiiliated with that party up to the time of his death. Mrs. Belles, mother of the children, died in August following their arrival in Indiana, and in the fall of that year the Major moved on the Michigan road and opened a tavern, which accpiired a great reputation. Caleb Belles, our subject, was cook, and acted as such for over two years, when the Major married again, his second wife being Dorcas Snell nee Sanders. One daughter, Artemesia, was born to this union. She married Thomas Aslibrook, who is now deceaseil. Caleb Belles lived on bis father’s farm until bSdt), when he married Miss Mary O’Neil, as before stated, and shortly after moved to Franklin Township, where he settled on eighty acres of land he had purchased from his brothei' James, paying $1.50 jjer acre. He at once commenced to clear up a little place for a cabin, and on that tract he resided until about 1877, when he came to Acton to live. He is now retired from the active duties of life, and he and his most estima- ble companion are passing the remainder of their days in the enjoyment of the fruits of their labor. No better citizens find their home in the county than Mr. Belles and his worthy wife. Both are exemplary members of the Missionary Baptist Church and for years he was deacon in the same. He has been a member since seventeen years of age. Our subject’s eldest child, John J., resides in Indianapolis. He married Miss Martha A. Kemper, daugh- ter of H. M. Kemper, and they have three children, Julia, Otie A. and Harry. Lewis Belles, resides in Douglas County, 111. He married Miss Mary B. Foncannon and they have four children, Charles, Mary, Arthur and Scott. William, deceased, married Miss Lizzie Manpin and they had one daughter, Willie Mary, and Mary C. , of Lexington, Ky. , is the wife of B. T. Buford. They have no children. Our subject became the owner of consider- al)le land but sohl all but forty acres when he came to Acton, and gave the proceeds of the sale of forty acres to his children. Lewis O’Neil, father of Mr.s. Belles, was born in Galla- tin County, Ky. , and he was married in that State to Miss Catherine Orr, daughter of Will- iam Orr, a native of Virginia, Culpeper County and a soldier in the Revolutionary War. Mr. O’Neil came to Indiana in iS'ib and settled in Marion County, where he made his home until his death in 1841. He was the father of ten children, nine of whom grew to manhood and womanhood, but only Mrs. Belles is now living. Thomas E. Spafford. The life of Mr. Spafford has been marked by deep conviction of duty, which has led him to conscientiously regard all trusts reposed in him. Possessed of pi'aise- worthy ambition to succc'ed, he has apj)lied himself with great diligence to business, seizing all oj)portunities for informing himself thoroughly as to minor details. This explains his ready grasp of the whole field of operations and the signal success that has attended his business career. Such a man becomes a sure and safe trustee for others, who can bo assured that he will act for them as for himself. Mr. Spafford has charge of the interests of the gas com- pany at Haughville, a position he has ably held for over four years, and that he is the right man in the right place cannot be denied. He was born near Picton, Prince Edward County, Canada, July 13, 1854, a son of Guy S. Spafford, who was a native of the same locality. Ira Spafford, the f)aternal grandfather, was born in the State of Massachusetts, and when a young man went to Prince Edward County, Canada, and settled on the farm upon which Guy S. Spafford now resides, and has resided for over seventy years, during which time he has tilled the soil with great success. Thomas E. Sj)afford attended the schools of his native county, but at the age of sixteen he was apprenticed to learn the trade of a machinist at Belleville, where he remained four years with W. H. Walbridge, in the Victoria foundry. For some time after this he labored in the iron works at Oshawa, Godridge and the Lake on the Mountain. In 1878 he came to the States and located first at Cincinnati, Ohio. The same year he came to Indianajmlis and for some time thereafter was in the employ of t he Eagle Machine Works, after which he entered the service of the firm of Haugh & Co , which is now known as Brown, Ketcham & Co. While with them he acted in the capac- ity of foreman until 1881, at which time he established the first store in Haughville, in wliich the first postoffice (jf the place was located and of which he became postmaster dur- 141 AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. ing President Gartield’s administration. His establishment comprised a stock of general merchandise, and he carried on a very successful business until July, 1892, when he gave it up to take charge of the interests of the gas company at Haughville, which were so extensive as to demand all his time and attention. Mr. Spafford is a man who never suffers his business to push him, but, on the contrary, is constantly on the lookout for means of extending the business. He has served as a member of the school board, of which he was secretary one term; is a friend to every enterprise which tends to extend the influence of Haughville, and by building up her business and mercantile interests he has proven him- self an excellent and useful citizen. Thomas K. Mount. Special adaptability to any particular calling in life is the one necessary adjunct to permanent success. No matter the vim and determination which char- acterizes a man’s start in luisiness, unless he is to the manor born, he will find to his sor- row that his line has been falsely cast, and the quicker he draws aside and takes up another calling the better it will be for him. The career of Thomas E. Mount has been one of suc- cess and he is to-day in the enjoyment of a competency which is the result of noble energies rightly applied. He was born in Shelby County, Ky. ,on October 5, sixty five years ago. his parents being Atwell and Lucinda (Fullenwider) Mount, who were born in Virginia and Pennsylvania, respectively, the birth of the former occurring on what many years later be came the old Bull Run liattlefield. Both Mr. and Mrs. Mount were taken to Kentucky dur ing the pioneer days of that State, at which time he was a lad of eight years, and there they grew to maturity, married and resided until one year after the birth of the subject of this sketch, their arrival in Indiana dating from November 18, 1821). The remainder of their days were spent in Montgomery County, the father’s death occurring in 1879 at the age of seventy-four years, and the mother’s on Noveml)er 1, 1898, when sixty-eight years of age. After coming to this State they settled on a woodland farm in a little log ca1)in, but this afterward gave place to a more pretentious dwelling when their means justified them in making this improvement. The old homestead is now owned by Hon. James A. Mount, a Itrother of the subject of this sketch. The |)arents were members of the Presbyterian Church for many years, in which the father was ruling elder. They became the parents of a good old fashioned family of twelve children, all of whom are living with the exception of two. Thomas R. Mount was the eldest of these children and received his first instruction in the old-time log .school-house of his day. He remained with and assisted his father until he was twenty two years of age, then commenced farming for himself and cleared up a farm of his own. He continued to residu on this j)lace utitil aboirt 1878, then moved to Boone County, Ind. , and four years later to Madison County. In November, 1881, he came to Marion County and took up his residence in west Indianapolis and began devoting his atten tion to carpentering, which occupation he has since cordinued. During this time he has erected many of the most substantial business houses and residences in west Indianapolis. Six years since his services were employed by Nordyke & Marmon, with which firm he has since had charge of the elevator department. In 1852 Mr. Mount led to the altar Miss Eliza J. Ward, who died on Alarch 27, 1891, having become the mother of three sons and two daughters. On March 22, 1898, he took for his second wife Mrs. Sarah 1). Wood, a native of Ohio. Mr. IMount was a meinbei’ of the Presbyterian Church for thirty years, but twenty years ago joined the IMethodist Church, with which he has since been connected. He has been a member of the I. O. O. F. for fifb'en years, and since 1859 has been a lie- publican in politics. Ma-jor a. Ij. Varney, of the ordnance department of the United States army, command- ing the (Jovernment arsenal at Indianapolis, is a native of l\I;iine and a descendant of one of the pioneer families of that State. He was born in 1889, in Windham, Cumlxuland County, .Maine, was fitted for college at Westbrook Seminary and was graduated in 1892 from Bow (loin Colleg*!, Brunswick, with the degrees of .\. B. and A. M. He enterc'd the service of the United States as a lieutenant in the Thirteenth .Maine Regiment, Volunteer Infantry, which was a part of the Nineteenth Army Corps, serving in the early part, of tin' war in the Department of the (lulf. He participated in the Texas cam|(aign in 1898, in the R(‘d River cam|)aign in the summer of 18(51, and in Sheridan’s Shenandoah campaign in the fall of 1894. .After the cessation of hostilities, he was transferred to the ordnance departmeid, (IbiibMl 142 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS States army) and liis first duty afterward was to receive the arms of the Iowa volunteers at Clinton, Iowa, as they were reliuc^iiished to the Government at the close of the war. In No- vember, 18(55, he was transferred to Watervliet arsenal at West Troy, N. Y., and thence, after a brief time, to the arsenal at Watertown, Mass. In 1870 he was ordered to the ordnance depot at Chayenne, Wyoming Territory, and was stationed there until 1872, when he was transferred to the arsenal at Leavenworth, Kas. In 1874 he was transferred to Rock Island Arsenal and was stationed there till, in the fall of the same year, he was returned to Fort Ijeavenworth, as chief of the ordnance ollicer department of the Missouri, and was attached to Gen. Pope's staff. In 1878 he was ordered to Watervliet arsenal at West Troy, N. Y., where he had been stationed a short time in 18(55. In 1884 he was ordered back to the Rock Island arsenal and thence, in 1889, again to the arsenal at Watertown, Mass., where he remained until February, 1892, when he was placed in the command of the arsenal at Indianapolis. Major Yarney joined the ordnance department as second lieutenant, Febru- ary 15. 18(55, was promoted to first lieutenant June 24, 1874, to captain Gctober 29, 1874, and to major November 81, 1891. He is a member of the L. L. May 9, 1800, he married Miss Hannah Josephine Gibson, a native of Massachusetts, who has borne him two sons: Gordon E. and Theodore. John B. McGuffin. The success of men in business depends u])on character as well as upon knowledge, it l)eing a self-evident proposition that honesty is the best policy. Busi- ness demands confidence and where that is lacking business ends. The city of Indianapolis has as tine a body of men engaged in mercantile and industrial pursuits as can be found in the country and very piominent in the number, and one who has the respect and esteem of the whole community, is the subject of our sketch, alderman at large and superintendent of the Indianapolis Chair Manufacturing Co. He was born in Monterey, Highland County, Va. , December 22, 185(5, being the son of James N. and Sarah F. (Stuart) McGutlin, both natives of Virginia and of Scotch Irish descent. The family settled in Virginia at an early day and both grandfathers of onr subject took part in the early wars in this country; the paternal grandfather being in the War of 1812 and the maternal, in that war, and also in the Indian wars. The father of onr subject was a stonemason by trade and settled at Goshen, Ind., in 1858, where he carried on that work, being a contractor on a large scale in stone. He died in September, 1891, aged eighty years; his wife surviving him and now living at Indianapolis. She is the mother of six children, all living, namely: Nancy, Margaret, Cornelia G., Mary E , Charles N., and John B. , the youngest. The latter was reaied at Goshen, Ind., where he was educated in the common and high schools, graduating from the latter in 1878. Afterward he went to work in a chairmaking factory at Goshen, but did not finish the learning of the trade in that place, coming to Indianapolis before he could do so. This was in 187(5 and he entered at once the factory of Gen. A. D. Streight, re- maining three years, after which he superintended the farm of Gen. Streight, in Newton County, for a period of two years. Returning to Indianapolis, he enteied the factory of the Indianapolis Chair Manufacturing Co., where he has been employed ever since. He began as a workman, a maker of chairs, and has worked his way up on his own merits, withoiit iutluence of any kind. He is general superintendent of this immense plant which employs more than 400 hands and is one of the most efficient men in his line in the country. Mr. McGuffin was elected a councilman-at large in 1891 and his teim expires in 1894. He was married in 1880 to Miss Amanda J. Fueal, of Muncie, Ind., his choice being a most happy one. Mr. McGuffin is a Democrat of the most pronounced type and is regarded as one of the most etticient workers in that party in the city. Gnr subject started out in life without a dollar and has worked his way nj) in the world by himself. His life affords a strong proof of what may be done by an honest purpose to make the best of one’s op})ortunities. Brazillai M. Blount. In the life of Brazillai M. Blonnt we find that which should inspire the youths of this and coming generations to lives of xrsefulness and greatness, and it is with pleasure that we note a few of the most important events of his career. Were his good deeds faithfully recorded, they of themselves would furnish material for a volume. He was born in Highland County, Ohio, June 17, 1828, and was early trained to the arduous duties of the farm, remaitiing on the same until 1841, when he came with his parents to Indiana, settling in Hamilton (now Tipton County), then a wilderness of dense forest trees. 143 AND MAIUON COUNTY, INDIANA. He attended the district schools of Highland Comity, (4hio, and three terins in Indiana, to the last of which he walked eighty miles with a knapsack upon his back, paying for his board by working at intervals between school hours. He assisted in furnishing the fuel used for warming the log cabin in which the school was taught, by chopping wood at the noon hour and carrying it to the house upon his shoulder. This school was taught in Huntington County, about hfteen miles west of Fort Wayne, Ind. At that period in Indiana’s history there were no public schools in this part of the State. Subse(|uently he began teaching school, continuing this for ten years, or until twenty-five years of age, principally in the winter. In the fall of 1853 he came to Indianapolis and bought a lot on the corner of Christian Avenue and Broadway, erected a house, and with his two brothers remained there and attended school for eighteen mouths. In the winter of 1855 he went to Bloomington, Ind., and attended the State University until April, 1859, when he returned to Indianapolis. There he entered the Northwestern Christian University (now Butler), and graduated from that institution the same year with the degree of A. B. Three years later he received the degree of A. M. from that universily. After graduating he went on a farm and preached for the Christian Church in Tipton and the adjacent counties of Indiana, for five years. He had commenced preaching in 1853 and was regularly authorized in 1854 by Central Christ- ian Church of Indianapolis. In 1864 Mr. Blount went to Spencer, Ind., where he acted as pastor of the church one year, and then returned to Tipton, where he preached and taught school. He acted as county school examiner for Tipton County from 1861 to 1864. In the fall of 1867 he went to Kokomo, Ind., where in connection with his ministerial duties he taught school a part of the time during the year. In the fall of 1868 he returned to Tip- ton, Ind., and made his home there until 1879, acting most of the time as county superin- tendent and preaching as an itinerant minister. During 1873 and 1873, Mr. Blount tilled the pulpit of the Christian Church at Sullivan, Ind. In 1879 he removed to Irvington, Marion County, Ind., and resides there at the present time. The same year he was elected jiresi- dent of the board of directors of Butler Univeisity, having been a member of the board since 1886, and served in that capacity for twelve years. In 1892 Mr. Blount was elected by the board as financial agent of the Butler University. Our subject still continues to preach and is a hale, well preserved man. who tills his responsible position with credit to liimself and the university. While attending Bloomington University our subject ]>reached for the Christian Church there two years. Mr. Blount’ first marriage occurred February 25, 1850, to Mi.ss Mary Jane Patterson, a schoolmate of his in Ohio, in which State she was born. She died in June, 1852. leaving one son, Kobert S., who grew u}), graduated at But ler University in 1876, entered the Christian rninistery, and died in October, 1883. The second marriage of our subject occurred in September, 1857, with Miss Hannah Cooper, a resident of Hamilton C(ninty, Ind., and six children have been born to this union: Alary J., widow of Oeorge W. Bowin; Friend C. ; Hachel M., wife of Hev. Erastus Conner; Dora O., a teacher in the public schools at Irvington, Ind. ; Marven Eugene and Homer S. Silas Blount, the father of our subject, was born in Ross County, Ohio, in October, 1800. He mar- ried Miss Barbara .Miller, a native of Pennsylvania, in September, 1827, and of the ten children born to this union, our subject is the eldest, and only six now survive, viz. : B. M., of Irvington; Jane, wife of U. W. Wright, of Ti])ton, Ind.; Mary, wife of A. P. Wright, of Irvington, Ind. ; Jacob B., a preacher in the Cliristian Churcli in Rush County, Ind. ; Barbara P., wife of Frank Cassel, of Rossville, Ind., and Alice T., wife of -John Kennedy, of .\nderson, Ind. 'I’he father of these children, who was a physician of considerable j)rominence, died in September, 1890, when ninety years of age. His widow still survives and is eighty four years of age. WiM.iAM Mookk. Among tln^ reliable and substantiid fainiers of Marion Couidy, Ind., may be mentioned William Moore, who has done much to forward the agricultural int«'rests of this section, for he was reared to the calling of a farmer, and this occupation has received his attention to a greater or less exteid up to the |)resent time. lit* is a public-spirited citizen, in harmony with advanced ideas, intelligent progress, and active in Ids su])i)ort of all worthy enterprises, lb* is a natives of this Stat(% born in .Marion County, August 5, 1837, and the second of twelve children born to John and Sarah (Bowser) Moor»», natives resjx'ct ivelv of Ireland and Pennsylvania, and the last nam(;d of Cerman de.scent. ’J'he father U4 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS emigrated to tliis country with his parents wlien tifteen years of age, and first settled with them in the Buckeye State. Later they moved to Marion County, Ind. (1H81), and John assisted his father in clearing and improving a farm. All his life the father of our subject tilled the soil and accumulated a fair share of this world’s goods. He assisted in grading the “Old National Road,’’ and was one of the jiioneers of his locality. In politics he was an old line Whig until the formation of the Republican party, when he cast his vote with that. The children born to his marriage were named as follows; Thomas H. ; William, our subject; Hannah; Retchison; Isabel, now Mrs. Jonathan Yoke; John O. ; Catherine, wife of Melburn Moore; Mary E. H. ; Jose])h A., and three who are deceased. The parents of these children celebrated their golden wedding SepteTuber 19, 1883, but the father is now deceased, his death occurring in 1889. William Moore, the original of this notice, received his education in the common schools of Centre Township, Marion County, attending during the winter months and working on the farm during the summer season. He remained under the parental roof until 1869, when he married Miss Lucy A. Kitley, daughter of Richard and Martha (Davis) Kitley, and on March '29 of the same year he moved on a tract of 180 acres he had purchased about eighteen months previously of the Wilson heirs, paying for the same ifSO per acre. Of this tract 80 acres were cleared when he bought it, and he has since cleared 20 acres. Mrs. Moore inherited 80 acres from her father’s estate. They are very comfortably fixed, and are well liked in the community. Their marriage resulted in the birth of three children, as follows: Sarah E., died in 1871, when about one month old; Isabella Aurelia, and William R. Mr. Moore holds membership in the Baptist Church and is trustee and deacon of the same. He is not very active in politics, but votes the Repub lican ticket. Ephkaim Collins (deceased). The life narrative of the head of a family is interesting not only to his posterity but also to the citizens of the section in which he has resided, and this truth is doubly true when such a man has estaldished for liimself and his children a reputation for integrity, character and ability, and has been of value in the development of that portion of the country which was his home. Such a narrative do we have in this sketch of Ephraim Collins, who was born in Marion County, Ind.. July 24, 1840. When about thirty years of age this young man was united in marriage with the lady of his choice. Miss Katherine Tutewiler, daughter of Nathaniel Tntewiler who was a native of Ohio and an early resident of Indiana. By this marriage Mr. Collins became the father of two children, botlr daughters; Minnie Alice and Myla E. The latter died November 0, 1886, aged six years and three months. Before our subject’s marriage his father, Isaac Collins, gave him 44 acres in Franklin townshi)), this county, and later Ephraim bought 64 acres of George Richardson which he owned at the time of his death, August 26. 1886. His widow subse- (piently married Adam Swarts, a prominent farmer of this section. Nathaniel Tutewiler, father of Mrs. Swarts, was a native Ohioan, born March 2, 1813, and made his home in that State until 1840, when he came to Marion County, Ind. He there purchased 140 acres and later he added to this twenty acres. He was married in his native state in 1 838 to Miss Susan A. Murray, daughter of Josejih Murray and six children were the fruits of this union. One child, Susan V., died when about twenty-two years of age. She was single. The names of the other children areas follows; Lydia E. , widow of James Hensley, has these children: OlaB., Harry E. (deceased), Ora M. , Even S, , Ann I., James E., and Howard N. Jacob W. Tutewiler was first married to Miss Gabriella Tharp who bore him two children, Harry L., now living, and Addison (deceased). His second marriage was with Miss Katherine Harri- son and one son, Albert N. , was born to this union. Mr. Tutewiler is now living with his third wife who was formerly Miss Rachel Miller. James G. Tutewiler married Malinda Pliillips and live children were given them, all now deceased. He married for his second wife Aliss Belle Carl and they have three children: Bertha E., Edith B., and Leander. Ida M. Tutewiler, is unmarried. William Tutewiler enlisted in the Seventy-Ninth Indiana In- fantry and served three years in the Civil War. The father of these children, Nathaniel Tutewiler, died July 15, 1892, but his widow is still living. His father, Jacob Tutewiler, was of German descent. Samuel Evingston Earp, M. S., M. D. Among professional men, and especially those of the medical profession, there is so much competition in every large city that the man who AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. 145 rises to a position of special prominence and distinction tliroiigb his own efforts, may justly be accredited with the possession of more than average ability. Such a man is Dr. Samuel Evingston Earp, who is one of the foremost, as well as one of the most jropular physi- cians of Indianapolis, who has in a comparatively few years such a place as many strive for a lifetime to obtain. Dr. Earp has been unusually sirccessful as a physician and as a public officer, and has also gained an enviable reputation as a scientific writer and as an expert chem- ist. He has brought such tireless energy and such shining ability to his life work that it is not too much to expect from him greater achievements in the future. Dr. Earp was born in Lebanon, St. Clair County, 111., December 19, 1858, a son of Joseph and Margaret Earp. His education was begun when he was five years old in a private school in his native town. Later he attended the high school at Alton, a7ul upon leaving it entered Shurtleif College at Upper Alton and was a student there for two years, leaving to enter McKeudree’s College, Lebanon, from which institution he was graduated in 1879 when he was made the recipient of the degree of Master of Science. While still at college this diligent student read medi- cine at odd spells and during vacations and attended a series of lectures upon medical and surgical topics but not in the general medical coirrse. In July. 1879, very soon after his graduation, he entered the office of Dr. G. C. Smythe at Greencastle, Ind., as a regular- medical student, and attended the session of Central College of Physicians and Surgeons at Indianapolis in 1881 and 1882, and was graduated therefrom in March of the last mentioned year. Dr. Earp was valedictorian of his class, the highest honor that could have been bestowed upon him, and received the Water’s gold medal as the prize for passing the best competitive examination on diseases of the chest, and a complete and valuable case of gyne- cological instruments, as a prize for passing the best examination in the department of obstetrics and diseases of women and children. During his college days the Doctor did some creditable special newspaper correspondence and he has since made good use of his litera- ry abilities in his fluent and finished professional and other writings. After receiving his degree from Central College of Physicians and 8urgeons, he began the practice of medicine in Indianapolis with such success that the sick and suffering have learned to repose un- bounded confidence in his knowledge of the ills that the human body is heir to and his skill in dissipating them. He is an active member of the Marion County Medical Society and of the Indiana State Medical Society. In 1882 he was elected demonstrator of chemistry in Ids alma mater, later professor of chemistry, toxicology and clinical medicine and still later professor of materia medica, therapeutics and medical chemistry, which latter position he holds at this time. For three years he filled the position of editor of the department of materia medica and therapeutics in the Indiana Medical Jonnial, in which as well as in other publications, his writings have attracted much attention, and they have been more widely (pioted than have those of many of his brother practitioners of greater age and experience; and in the department of medical literature Dr. Earp has done his full share in sustaining the high standard attained in this line by Indiana. He is at this time and for some time ])ast has been, consulting physician to the city hospital and the city dispensary and clinical lecturer in St. Vincent’s Hospital. Notwithstanding the great ])ressnre uj)on his time and energies, the Doctor has found leisure in which to pursue valuable researches in medicine, and he has been given due ci-edit for his original work and discoveries in that direction, by authors of medical works and editors of medical journals. Dr. Earp was elected police sur geon of Indianapolis by the metroj)olitan board, February 18, 189], andserved in that capac- ity until the new city charter went into effect when he was elected police and fire surgeon by the commissioners of [uiblic safety, a position which he still holds with great credit, to himself and general satisfaction to the public. ffe was chemist of the Indianapolis board of health in 1885 and 18815 and a member of the same body and its secretaiy and executive officer during 1877 and 1878 and was elected by the unanimous vote of both Demociats and ltej)ublicans in the commf)n council and board of aldermen as a member and secretary of the board of health of the city (jf Indianapolis in January, 18S9, and served for two years. lie is secretary and dean of the (Jentral Gollege of Physicians and Surgeons and is also on(» of the trustees and secretary of the board of trustees of tiuit institution. He is also past clnin cellor ami medical director of (Capital Gity liodge No. fl7, K. of F. , and has been r(7])resent ative to the grand lodge in that order. He was married .May 4, 1892, to .Margaret E. 10 140 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS MaGloughliii, a native of Champaign County, 111., and of Scotch descent. As a man of high attainments, as an advocate and promoter of needed public reform and as a scholar whose scientific knowledge extends far Ijeyond the limits of the medical profession. Dr. Earp occu- pies a liigh ])osition in the respect and admiration of the people. Henry \V. Bullock, who is engaged in the real estate, loan and insurance business, occupies a high place among the younger business men of Indianapolis, who by ability arid energy have achieved success and occupy an honored position in the esteem of their fellow citizens. He was born in Clay County, Ind., September 10, 1860, on a farm, and obtained liis elementary education in the common schools of his immediate vicinity. His father. Elder Absalom J. Bullock, is a well-known minister of the Christian Church, advocating the re.storation of primitive Christianity unfettered by creed or dogma. Elder Bullock was born in Ilandolph County, N. C. , May 10, 1868, and was brought to Indiana in 1840 on pack- horses. His mother, Mary (Davenport) Bullock, died in Clay County at the advanced age of eighty two years, respected by all who knew her. The mother of the immediate subject of this sketch, Mary (Helton) Bullock, is the daughter of Arthur and Margaret Helton, natives of Kentucky, who at an early day came to Indiana, because a slave State was not in accordance with his ideas of justice. He and his wife lived honored lives and died mourned by all, aged eighty-tive and ninety years respectively. Ever since the colonial patriots’ struggle for freedom in the days of the Bevolution, the name of Bullock has been an honored one in the South, and numbers governors, congressmen, jurists and judges among its mem- bers. Henry W. Bullock began life for himself as a “ Hoosier Schoolmaster ” at the age of eighteen, and during the two terms that he followed this occupation he was j)ractically successful in training the young minds under his care. He attended the Northern Indiana Normal School at Valparakso, Ind., for a number of terms, and studied law two years, being admitted to the bar October 21, 1887. Mr. Bullock is a hard student and is said by those who know him to be the best informed man in the State on the various phases of the tem- perance question. He is broad and liberal in his views, takes a deep interest in all economic and social (piestions, and an active part in Civil Service and Municipal Reform. He is a forcible and polished writer and is well known as a speaker, having delivered temperance and political, religious and educational addresses in various parts of Indiana, Ohio, Illinois and Missouri, under lecture bureaus and the State and national committees of the Pro- hibitionists. Mr. Bullock is an active member of the Christian Church, commonly known as Disciples of Christ, and has devoted much time to home missions, giving his aid and en couragement to those who need help. He works in the ranks as a private, delivers lectures, makes temperance and Sunday-school talks, and preaches sermons as occasions demand. His (|ualitications make him successful as a farmer, teacher, speaker, writer, lawyer and busi- ness man. His high sense of justice and moral convictions make him the friend of every honest reform for the betterment of mankind. He came to the city in 1896, and his vim and ability at once placed him in the front of business enterprises. He is now located at 77 East Market Street on the second floor, and is doing a large real estate, loan and insurance business. He handles the best residence and business properly in the city and loans money on city and farm property. It is but just to say that his integrity has won him the conti- dence of the business community, and being in the very prime of life has before him very flattering prospects. Henry Coe, president of the Board of Underwriters and one of the most prominent in- surance and real estate men in the State of Indiana, was born in Jefferson County, Wis., April 16, 1848, a son of Orris K. and Paulina (Bushnell) Coe. His father was a native of New York, and settled in Jefferson County, Wis., in 1836, and was one of the pioneers of that county. He early entered Government land and for about ten years after locating there carried on farming with considerable success. At the expiration of that time he opened a store at Beaver Dam and sold goods there for another decade, when he removed to Water- town, Wis. , and entered the employ of the company which projected and constructed the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad, as a general representative, and traveled along the proposed line purchasing right-of-way for the road. This was a business requiring much ability and no little degree of tact. Later he was engaged in the lumber trade at Water- town. His wife, the mother of the immediate subject of this sketch, was of New York AND MAIUOX COUNTY, INDIANA. I H birth, bnt was of the old Connecticut Bushnell stock, which has become historic through successive generations. Henry Coe was reared in his native State and educated at pul)lic and private schools. Later he entered a military academy at Fulton, 111. During the last year of the war he served in the quartermaster’s department at Camp Stoneman, near Washington, D. C. Keturning to Watertown he was for a time associated with his father in the lumber trade. In 1870 he entered the law department of the Wisconsin State University at Madison, Wis., and was duly graduated in law. Locating at Whitewater, Wis., he entered upon the practice of his profession. In 1873 Mr. Coe came to Indianapolis and was tendered and elected to the office of secretary of the Indianapolis Fire Insurance Associa- tion, a position which he tilled with much credit for four years. At the expiration of that time he became interested as a partner in the local fire insurance and real estate business of M. R. Barnard & Co. In 1879 he established his present real estate and fire insurance office, and has built up a patronage that makes him conspicuous above most other real estate and insurance men in the citj'. He is a member of the Columbia and Commercial clubs, and was formerly prominently connected with the Board of Trade. He is also iden- tified with the K. of P. and the R. A. In politics he is a Republican. He was married September 20, 1809, to Miss Ora C. Orton, a native of Milwaukee and daughter of Hon. Harlow S. Orton, for fifteen years associate justice of the Supreme Court of Wisconsin. Phil.axder H. Fitzger.\ld was born in Oreensburg, Decatur County, Ind., in the month of February, the 14th day, 1847. He removed with his parents to Dearborn Comity when young. His paternal ancestors came from Ireland and on his mother’s side he came of good Connecticut stock. His father is Joseph Fitzgerald, of Acton, Marion County. His mother was Laura (Northrope) Fitzgerald, who died at Acton February 15, 1891, aged seventy- seven years. His common-school education was supplemented by a commercial course at Manchester College. Mr. Fitzgerald was married at the age of twenty-five to the daughter of Bernard Mullin, Esrp, of Greensburg. In 1864 he came to Marion County and located on a farm in Franklin Township, and also .studied law for two terms. This, however, was given up for a clerkship in the United States Claim Agency in 1868. The clerkshij) was re- signed in 1872 by Mr. Fitzgerald, who decided wisely to branch out for himself. He was admitted to practice before all the departments, in November, 1872, after which he be- gan his extensive practice in [)rosecuting all classes of claims growing out of the late war. By careful study and continued practice he soon gained a national reputation as an expert claims attorney. He has often been called in consultation by counsel in New York, Philadelphia, Washington, and in California, and has handled and collected many cases. Mr. Fitzgerald’s business has so increased that at times the services of thirty-five clerks are necessary in answering his correspondence. In 1887 he conceived the idea of conducting a soldier’s paper in connection with his business, and accordingly bought the Veteraii\s lievirir, a small i)aj)er with less than 300 circulation. The name was at once changed to the Aiiieri- can Tribune. As the results of Mr. Fitzgerald’s good judgment and energy, the circulation at the end of a twelve-month reached 5,000. Since then it has grown rapidly and steadily and now it aggregates 28,(t00 a week and is still growing. Mr. Fitzgerald has invested his means, from time to time, in Indianapolis I’eal estate. His last [)urchase was the handsome building at the corner of Market and Circle Streets, known as the Journal Block, for $85,000. Tlie l>uilding has l)een lately overhauled and modernized in every i’es])ect at a cost, of $40,0(10 and it is one of the largest and finest in the city, l>eing contrally located and in every way desirable. He has also built some thirty five first-class |)ieces of pro])erly and recently gave •S 4, 0O(( to the new church of North .Mei'idian. Mr. Fitzger;ild was one of the founders of the Indiana Mutual Building and Loan Association, one of tlu^ largest in the city, is one of its dir(*ctors, and was elected treasurer of same in July, 1893. He is a member of the K. of P., with which order he has been identifii'd siiuai 1872. He is a memlxu' of the Columbia Club, the Commercial Club and the Board of I’raile. Iti politics he is a R(^|)ul) lican. James Greene. In every conununity some men are known for their upright lives, strong common sense and moral worth rather than for their wealth or politicad standing. Their rnu'glilmrs respect them, the young generations heed their example', and when tliey go to the grave posterity listens with reverence to the .story of their (piiet and useful lives. 148 MEMOIRS OF IND!ANAF0L1S Aiuoii^ such men is -James Greeue, a man of modest and unassuming demeanor, well edu- cated, a friend to the poor, charitable to the faults of his neighbors and ready to unite with them in every good word and work, and active in the support of laudable public enterprises. He is the State agent at Indianapolis for the Berkshire Life Insurance Company of Pitts- field, Mass., a position he has tilled for about twenty live years. He is among the oldest and be.st known citizens of Indianapolis, having become a resident in 1853, and has seen the city’s population increase from 18,(K)0 to 140,000 souls. Mr. Greeue was born at Scitu- ate, li. I., December 6, 1810, a sou of Howland and Susanna (Harris) Greene, who were also natives of that State, where they resided until their res[)ective deaths. Howland Greene was a physician of considerable renown and was an active member and earnest worker of the Society of Friends, in the interests of which he traveled extensively throughout the then United States, his journeys being made on horseback and extending as far south as North Carolina, throughout which section he became well known to the Quakers. James Greene remained a resident of Hhode Island until he was sixteen years of age; the major part of his education being accpiired at Providence under Quaker supervision. In 1826 he went to Baltimore, Md. , where he spent two years in a wholesale auction and commission house, after which he went to Albany, N. Y., and entered the employ of a brother as clerk in a wholesale oil and leather establishment. During the time that he remained in Albany he made preparations to take a collegiate course and in 1833 entered Amherst College from which he was graduated in 1837. He then entered the Theological Seminary at Princeton, N. J., and after [mrsuing his studies there for three years, he entered the ministry in Ten nessee, where he remained about two years. In 1844 he came to Indiana and located at Madison, which at that time was the metropolis of the State, and there he established a private classical school which he conducted with gratifying success for about eight years. The public school system then came into vogue and he closed his institution at Madison and went to Evansville, Ind., where he established a classical school for boys which he conducted until August, 1853, at which time he became secretary and treasurer of the Evansville & Indianapolis (straight line) Hailroad Company and removed to Indianapolis, being associated with Willard Carpenter, of Evansville, Hon. Oliver H. Smith, and Gen. John Love, of Indianapolis, together with other persons of the State. This undertaking did not prove successful; the road was not built and after resigning his position about the time of the out break of the Civil War, he was appointed, in April, 1861, assistant quartermaster-general of the State, a position he tilled creditably for about four years, when he was transferred to the department of commissary of subsistence. In 1867 Mr. Greene engaged in the general insurance business, which he has since continued to follow. To Mr. Greene’s marriage with Miss Mary B. , daughter of William V. and Sidney (Bhipps) McCullough (natives respectively of Kentucky and Tennessee) seven children have been born, only one of whom is now living: D ivies M., l)orn at Madison, Ind. Of the others Norvell Scott and Thomas C. lived to the years of manhood, the others dying in infancy. Mr. Greene is a Republican in politics, is a member of the Odd Fellow’s fraternity and has been prominently connected with the First Presbyterian Church of Indianapolis since becoming a resident of the city. John W. Foutz. The necessary and important calling of the undertaker and funeral director has of late years made such rapid progress in its methods that it is to-day more of a profession than a trade. In few others is there such a demand on the part of its practi- tioners of the most tlelicate tact and discretion, while to follow it with a certainty of success an individual or firm must combine high business qualifications with exceptional scientific attainments. Among the leading representative establishments of this kind in Indianapolis must be mentioned that of Foutz & Fitzhugh, the senior member of which is John W. Foutz. He was born at Newcastle, Henry County, Ind., February 21, 1848, a son of Louis and Elizabeth (Conway) Foutz, the former of whom was born in Pennsylvania and the latter in Kentucky. Louis Foutz was a man of intelligence, and throughout the active years of his life Hucce.ssfully followed the calling of a farmer and is now living in retirement at New- castle. At this place John W. Foutz was reared and educated, graduating from an academy at that place after having acquired an excellent education in the public schools. Shortly after finishing his education he began learning telegraphy, and for seventeen years was man- ager of the Western Union at Newcastle, and while there served eight years as secretary of 149 AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. the Building and Loan Association and the same length of time as trustee of his township. Following this he engaged in the undertaking business, continuing it there successfully for five years, then came to Iudiana])olis and continued the same business, in which he has been more than ordinarily successful. His establishment is continually growing in popularity, for the seemly and sympathetic manner in which he conducts the sad rites that his business calls him to perform has become known, and those who meet with the loss of loved ones are anxious to engage his services. In 1809 he was united in marriage with Miss Angeline Mul- len, by whom he has one child, Gracie. He was left a widower in November, 1884, and in December, 1880, he wedded Miss Clara B. Collingsworth, of St. Louis. Mr. Foutz has shown his approval of secret organizations by becoming a member of the A. F. & A. M. , the I. O. O. F., the K. of P., the K. of H. and the I. O. B. M., in each of which he has passed through all the chairs of the subordinate lodges. He is a member in good standing of the Meridian Street Methodist Episcopal Churcli and has always supported the men and measures of the Republican party, although he has never as])ired to political honors. He is a man of whom any community might well be proud, for in his daily walk through life he has endeavored to follow the teachings of the Golden Rule, and that he has succeeded is attested in the fact that his friends are legion. Joseph F. Fitzhugh. The well-known gentleman whose name heads this sketch is a mem- ber of the firm of Foutz & Fitzhugh, funeral directors at 187 Indiana Avenue, Indianapolis, Ind. To attain success in this most delicate line of work, it is essential that a man shall possess special attributes, as well as to keep a select line of goods constantly on hand, and these essential (|ualifications, chief among which may be mentioned a sympathetic nature, are possessed by Mr. Fitzhugh in an eminent degree, and as a natural consequence the firm of which he is a member is in demand. March 20, 1809, he was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, his parents being Frank and Mary (Riddell) Fitzhugh, the former of whom was a leading attorney of Cincinnati for many years and died when the subject of this sketch was quite small. After that event Joseph F. made his home with his maternal grandparents, his grandfather. Dr. G. W. Riddell, being one of the best known physicians and surgeons of Indiana for years, and a ])rominent member of the old Tippecanoe Club. During the Civil War he served his country in the capacity of surgeon and was also prominent in the affairs of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he was an earnest member. He was a successful medical practitioner for over fifty years, and at the time of his death had reached the patriarchal age of ninety-two years. Under his wise guidance the subject of this sketch was reared, during which time he imbibed a large store of knowledge ]iertain- ing to medicine, anatomy and chemistry, receiving valuable information also from his uncle, Dr. J. C. Riddell, a very successful physician and a prolific and valued correspondent to leading Eastern journals, and at one time editor and i)roj)rietor of the Knightstown Cliron- icle. WIkmi a youth he served in the Union army as drummt'r boy. He eventually became an eminent physician of Kan-sas City, iMo., and accjuired an enviable reputation through his succe.ssful treatment of the morphine and opium habit, of which he made a specialty. He died in Kansas City about 1883. In 1885 Joseph F. Fitzhun'h embarked in the under- taking business with Adams A Emrich, successors to the old Ripley A Hedges firm, and remained in their employ until the firm retired from business, when he entered the service of George Herrmann, a leading German undertaker, with whom he remained a short time. He then accepted a position as general manager of the undertaking business of Charles Girton, in which capacity he successfully continued until July 1, 1893, when he purchased his present business in connection with John W. Foutz, and has conducted it witli satisfac- tory results up to the present time. Mr. Fitzhugh holds three diplomas, one an honorarv degiee conferred u|)on hijii by the Indiana College of Embalming, the otlnus beit)g from Cincinnati and New York schools. He is demonstrator and secretary of the Indiana (\jlh>ge of Embalming, having been for two years a j)rofessor in that institution. P5tzhugh A Foutz do an extensive business and conduct on an average about 350 funerals annually. They make embalming a special f(>ature of their work, and em|)loy three men in their estal)- lishment as trimmers and eTnl)almers, meeting all obligati(;ns in a prompt and business-likt' manner. Mr. Fitzhugh is a geneial correspondent of the ( 'o.n/.c/. wdiich is published at Hochester, N. Y., and is one of I he leading undei taking papers of the conntrv. H(' is also 150 MEMOIRS OF IMDIANAROLIS !i (!()rres{)oiuleut of the Western Undertaker, piiblislied at Chicago, and has contributed iiianv acientitic articles on practical embalming published in the leading journals of trade. i\[r. Fitzhngh is ])robably one of the best known nudertakers of the country and is very widely known. He is a leading member of the secret orders: K. of F., K. of H., P. O. S. of A. and the Red Men, and has been officially connected with the latter iji various capaci- ties. Politically he is a Prohil)itionist, and helms for some time been a member of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church. His moral character is above reproach, his friends are legion, and in him is the stuff of which noble, useful and influential citizens are made. E. J. Buennan, M. D. One of the noblest professions, one of the most beneficial to maiddnd, the profession of all professions, which, while it is prosecuted for gain is in its very nature nearest to beneficent charity, is that of medicine. At the same time it is one of the most exacting u[)on its devotees. Indianapolis is very fortunate in the number and character of its j)hy.sicians and surgeons and one of the most ])rominent of them all is Dr. E. J. Bren- nan who was born in the famous city of Kilkenny, Ireland, in June, 1849, a son of Michael and Houora (Walsh) Brennan. His father was a cooper by trade and his family and also tliat of his wife are among the oldest and best known in Ireland. The Doctor was brought to Buffalo, New York when he was but six months old and at a proper age was placed in the school of the Christian Brothers where he pursued his studies until he was between fifteen and sixteen years of age. Thus, early in life, he entered upon the acquisition of a knowl- edge of medicine and surgery in the hospital of the Sisters of Charity, and during the ensuing tive years attended lectures at the Buffalo University of Medicine and was graduated from that institution in 1871 with the degree of M. 1). He almost immediately began the practice of his profession at Lockport, N. Y., and remained there two years, meeting with much succe.ss, and during that time he was the health officer of the city. He then took up his residence in Rochester, N. Y^. , and pursued a general {practice there with flattering appro- bation until 1879. In October of that year he removed to Indianapolis where he at once identitied himself with the medical and surgical profession and with local interest generally, and where he has since built up a large and influential practice. He became a member of the faculty of the Central College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1882, by election to the chair of diseases of children, and in 1884 he was promoted to the chair of obstetrics and clinical midwifery, which he still tills. Dr. Brennan is a member of the staff of the City Hospital, of that of St. Vincent’s lutirmary, and of that of the City Dispensary, and he is a physician to the House of Good Shepherd. While practicing his profession in the State of New York, Dr. Brennan was a member of the Niagara and Monroe County Medical Societies and at this time is a member of the Indiana State Medical Society. He was for two years a member of the Indianapolis Board of Health and for four years Supreme Medical Examiner for the Catholic Knights of America. He is a frequent and valuable contributor to medical literature on subjects relating to the special branches of the ))rofession. The most substantial success has attended his efforts, both as a practitioner and as a professor and lecturer, and his list of patrons is made up largely of some of the best families in the city. Of a generous disposition, kind and unassuming in his intercourse with his fellow men, he is ])opular with the public and has made many warm and steadfast friends both in and out of the line of his daily duty. His residence and office are at 240 N. Tennessee Street. While living in Lockport, N. Y.. he married Miss Susan Graham, daughter of John Graham, Esep, a prominent merchant of Rochester, N. Y. They have two bright and promising sons, now students at Notre Dame University, and two charming dairghters. William McGregor. The original of this notice is a Hoosier by birth, and one of Marion County's most successful, thorough going agriculturists. He was born in Jefferson County, thirteen miles east of Madison, June 14, 1828, on a farm belonging to his father at the head-waters of Bushy Fork. There he made his home until about seventeen years of age, but never attended school until after he was fourteen. He then went to a pay school taught by Donald Cameron, but not very steadily, for the school-house was five miles distant from his father’s house. School always commenced at daylight, and lasted until dark. Cameron was considered a good teacher, but a very strict disciplinarian, kee])ing two sizes of switches, the small ones for the little folks, and the large one for unruly big boys. He had from tifteen to twenty soholar.s, and the jirincipal branches taught were the three R’s, AXI) MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. 151 viz.; “Reading. Ritiug and Ritbraetic.” Our subject only attended two terms of three months each, during the winter. He was left motherless when only seven years of age, and the father kept his four children together, although the youngest was but three months old at the time of the mother’s death. On the old homestead the father received his final sum- mons in February, 1846. As soon as the property was sold our subject and his two brothers, Moses and Lewis, went to Madison, Ind. , where Moses and our subject entered the em- ployment of Charles Richardson, to learn the blacksmith's trade. Lewis at the same time entered Henry Davidson’s tin shop to learn the tinner’s trade. For five years our subject remained with Richardson, three years as an apprentice and two years as a journeyman. From May to September of the second year of his apprenticeship, our subject put in his time making spikes to spike down the old strap bars used for track on the old Madison rail- road from Greenwood to Indianapolis. In May, 1851, he concluded to leave Madison, though he wasthen making $24 per week on plow work, but he had too many acquaintances, so he thought, for his own good, as they prevented him from saving his money^ He went to Greenwood, Ind., rented a shop and tools, and in the fall he bought a set of tools of a blacksmith in Indianapolis. He paid $45 for the tools, getting long credit. This was in the fall of 1851, and from May^ 20 until July 7. he made but 25 cents, selling a butcher knife for that amount. He had but $1.75 when he got to Greenwood, but he made an ar- rangenjent with Thomas Howard, from whom he rented the shoj;) and tools, that he should board him and his apprentice and take his pay in work. This was all that made it possible for Mr. McGregor to stay there. On July 7 he got his first work from Henry Birely, to iron a wagon, and so well did he do this that Mr. Birely interested himself in his behalf, and before he had finished his first work he had two other wagons to treat in like manner. For this he received $25 for each wagon. During the winter of 1851 he added another fire, still another in 1852, and a wagon shop shortly afterward. Here he remained for seven years, clearing $7,000 in that time, and then sold out his entire plant, receiving $3,400 for it. Mr. l^IcGregor then went west to southern Missouri, and in the spring of 1858 he purchased 250 acres in Polk County, Mo. This he was compelled to give iqi on account of his daugh- ter’s health, and in September of that year he moved to Acton, Ind., where he bought a house and lot. and built a shop in which he had five fires. He made plows, buggies, wag- ons, etc., working five blacksmiths, seven woodworkmen. two painters and a trimmei'. He carried on the shop until 1866, making money all the time, and then bought eighty eight acres of Jo.ceph Fitzgerald, paying $84 ])er acre. In 1860 he bought eighty acres of Josejih Kennedy’s heirs for $50 per acre, but previous to that, in 1866, he bought forty acres of George Whitaker, paying $2,100 in cash. At the present time he is the owner of 215 acres on Sections 16 and 21. Range 5 East. Of this 150 acres are cleared. Mr. McGregor has raised 1,600 l)nshels of wheat in one year, and averages about thirty-five acres of corn per season. In 1803 he also raised 600 bushels of oats. At the ])resent time (summer 1803) he has three crops of wheat on hand, over 3,000 bushels. He is one of the most progressive, wide awake farmers in the county, and is highly esteemed by all. He affiliates with the Democratic party, and has never missed voting a Democratic ticket since casting his first vote for James Buchanan. He has manifested his appreciation of secret organizations by joining Pleasant Lodge, No. 134. A. F. k A. M., of which he was treasurer for about fifteen years. He is also a member of the I. O. O. F. For many years he has l)een a member of the Missionary Ba|)tist Church, of which he is one of the trustees. Mr. McGregor was mar- ried July 2, 1852, to Miss Frances AI. Peggs, daughter of Jose])h A. Peggs, a native of Ken- tucky, but who now resides in Indiana. To this marriage have been born nine children, two of whom, Sarah K. and AVilliam L.,died in infancy. The others reached mature years, and are named as follows: Joseph A., born in 1852, was married in 1875 to Alias Ida, daughter of James Eads, of Alarion f’ounty. Ind.; Joseph A. died in Alarcli, 1893, leaving si.x children: Aland. Edna. Gertrude. Adeline, Samuel and Kennedy, the last two being twins; Cvrena A. married B. F. Beal in 1878, and they have two living children (Howard G. and Chestei-); Charles K. resides in Alarion County. Ind.. married Alias Carrie Anderson in 1883, daughter of Hayden .Anderson, and tiny have two sons (AVilliam H. and Frederick E.): Alarv L. married Cornelius Belton in 1879, and thevhad one son (Lewis S.), the mother dying in 1883; Ala rtlici iiiHrricd Oliver of T-oiulcii, Iiid., in 1881 ; Nuoiiii iiinrricd 152 MEMOIhS OF INDIANAPOLIS D. H. Snepp iii 18S4, and Minnie, wlio is at home. The father of our sirbject, Alexander McGregor, was l)orn in Glasgow, Scotland, about 1786, and came to America in 1815, locat- ing in Jeil'erson County, Ind. He was a weaver by trade, and worked at this for the sur- rounding country until his death February 11, 1846. He was a Presbyterian in religion, and a Democrat in politics. He was married in 1826 to Miss Martha Rogers, daughter of Moses Rogers, a native of Ireland, and these children were born to them; William; Mary, widow of Henry Voorhees, of Polk County, Mo., has eight children (William, Moses, Lewis, Martha, Sallie, Jane, Indiana and Charles); Moses died in 1883, married Miss Louisa Peggs, who died in 1865, leaving one child. Belle, who married Judd Fitz|)atrick, and Louis, died in 1884, entered the Confederate service in Arkansas at the outbreak of the Rebellion, served two years, and was then captured. The mother of these children died in 1833. Our sub- ject’s fatlier-in-law, .Joseph Peggs, was born in Trimble County, Ky., in 1806, and there he was reared. He was married in Mason County, Ky.,in 1835, to Miss Mary A. McCready, daughter of Alexander McCready, a soldier of the War of 1812, and at once emigrated to Palmyra, Mo., where he lived about three years. After that he returned to Kentucky, and in 1844 came to Johnson County, Ind., where he located in Pleasant township. There he and his worthy wife reside at the j)re8ent time. Seven children were born to their marriage, six of whom grew to mature years; William A. married Miss Nancy Wiley, and they now reside in Marion County; Margaret F. married our subject; .John H. served in the Civil War, married Miss Mary Sheets, and resides at Columbus; Mary A. married Peter Myers, and resides in Marion County; Louisa A. married Moses McGregor, and died in 1865, and Charles E., who married Miss Clara Hester, who bore him live children, and died in 1889. -Joseph Peggs, the grandfather of Mrs. McGregor, was born in Ireland, emigrated to America at an early date, saw the “Royal Ship George” sink, and located in Kentucky. He married there, but later came to Indiana, where he afterward died. -J.vMES S. CarsE. The steady ratio of development observable in the Indianapolis real estate market and the universally high reputation that investments therein have attained, reflect the greatest credit upon the leading real estate agents and dealers. Among the more prominent and enter|)rising members of the profession in this city is James S. Cruse, who combines insurance, with his real estate operations and in that department represents some of the stanchest companies before the jniblic. Mr. Cruse was liorn at New Albany, Ind., .July 16, I8 d 8, a son of John P. and Anna M. (Dirdley) Cruse. His father, who was a native of Philadelphia, Penn., located in New Albany while yet a young man and began business there as a stone and brick mason and contractor. In 1862 he removed to Indianapolis and not long afterward engaged in the manufacture of brick which he continued extensively and with success for twenty years. He retired with a competency and died in January, 1893, much regretted by a large circle of ac(juaintances and especially by the older business men whose associate he had been for so many years. His wife died .January, 1877. Of their four children two died in infancy. .James S. Cruse was about four years old when his parents came to Indianapolis, and this city has been his almost lifelong home. He was educated in the |>ublic schools, and later was connected with his father’s brick making enter- prise as office clerk and foreman for about two years. He then accepted a position as clerk in the abstract office of John Batty, and after Mr. Batty’s death managed the enterprise until it was sold to John R. Ruth. It was in this connection that he acquired a knowledge of the fundamental principles of the real estate business and a bent of mine which later led him to engage in it permanently. After a course at a prominent l)usiness college, he next entered the employ of Dain & McCullough. After the dissolution of the partnership between Messrs. Dain and McCullough, Mr. Cruse remained with Mr. Dain in the real estate and rental business and after the death of Mr. Dain, in 1883, succeeded to the business which he has since continued so successfully that he now ranks with the prominent business men of the city. He has l)een a memljer of the Commercial Club since its organization and is a I)rominent member of the Marion Club. He is also well known as an Odd Fellow and a Mason and is in all ways popular in business and social circles. He was married May 24, 1882, to Miss Anna H. Wands, a native of Indianapolis and a daughter of Alexander and Catherine (McOuat) Wands, natives of Scotland. The business methods of Mr. Cruse have always been conservative yet energetic, He has not taken many speculative risks, but has r. W. BAIITIIOLOMEW, V 153 AND MAIUOX COUNTY, INDIANA. done a straight, legitimate business being content with honest trade honestly worked up and honestly conducted. He combines in a remarkable degree all of the diverse qualities essential to success in his distinctive line, and is recognized by his associates as most truly and emphatically the “right man in the right place.” J. H. George, D. D. S. The dent st when well up in his ]>rofession is a most valuable man in the community, and in Indianapolis there is none who ranks higher than Dr. J. H. George. Although he is still young in years he commands a thorough knowledge of his pro- fession and his ability and insight into his calling, as well as his ability to express himself intelligently has been the means of winning for him the ])osition of demonstrator of operative dentistry in the Indiana De tal College, a position which was tendered him a very short time after his graduation from that institution in 1891. He owes his nativity to Jefferson County, Ind., where he first saw the light of day March 28, 18()0, a son of W. J. and Edith M. (Spann) George, both of whom were born in the Stat-' of Kentucky but afterward located near Madi- son, Ind., in the public schools of which place Dr. J. H. George received his literary educa- tion. He possessed a l)right, receptive and retentive mind, made rapid progress in his studies and upon leaving school was considered a well-informed young man, and capable of fighting the battle of life for himself. In 1889 he came to Indianapolis and graduated from the Indiana Dental College in 1891 with much credit to himself, his record in that insti- tution being greatly to Iris credit. He is tilling his preasent ]) 0 .sition with great ability and is proving that he is the right man in the right place. Politically he has always been a Hepul)lican and for some time he has been a member of the Marion Club. John F. Craig. One of the most efficient and trustworthy servants of Uncle Sam is John F. Craig, who has charge of the postoffice at Haughville, Ind. In addition to looking after the duties of this position he is the proprietor of a hardware establishment which is netting him a satisfactory yearly income. The city of Glasgow, Scotland, gave him birth January 28, 180(1, his father being James F. Craig, who was also born in thecity of Glasgow. He learned the trade of a machinist in the land of his birth and became so expert that he was placed in charge of a large foundry in that country. The free soil of the United States, however, possessed great attractions for him and after reaching this country in 1872 he set- tled down in W'auregan, Conn., which ])lace he made his home until four years since when he came to Haughville, which jilace has since been his home. IT])on tirst reacrhing this city he worked in the Malleable Iron Works, and as he has been industrious and careful in his expenditures, though by no means niggardly, he has accumulated considerable property of value in Haughville. .Sir. Craig is a Mason and Odd Fellow and iie and his wife are strict members of the Presbyterian Church and pride themselves on their Scotch blood. The mother can trace her ancestry back 201) years. John F. Craig was the third of eight chil (Iren, five of whom are now living, liorn to his parents, and in the bonny land of Scotland he was first led in the jiaths of learning. A fter the removal of his parents aero.ss the wide Atlantic to this country, and after their location in Connecticut, he attended the schools of that State for some time, but upon reaching the age of eleven or twelve years much of his time was devoted t<) learning llie machinist’s ( rade and his school days were few and far between. After becoming thoroughly familiar with thiscallinghe came W’est, in 1885, and entered the works of Ketcham Brown and afterward the Ewart Chain Works, leaving the em{)loy of these gentlemen to take charge of the tool works of the Indianapolis, Decatur A, Western Bailroad, where lie remained a valued employe for two years. At tlie end of this lime he opened a grocery store in Haughville but gave uj) the business after a sliort time to engage in tlie hardware business, which branch of human endeavor has sin.te received his attention, and in which he has met with reasonabh' tinancial success. He has served in the cajiacitv of town trustee, but resigned this position to take charge of the post-office, the duties of which he has discharged in a successful and able manin'r and to the entire satisfaction of the residents of the place. He is a Uepublican and socially is a charter memlier of the I. O. O. F. lodge at this jilace, which he served in the ca|)aci(y of secretary for a number of years, and he also belongs to the Calledonia ()uotin Club. Mr. Craig has just been married to IMiss Jennie Corbett, of fndianafiolis. He will ri'side at 1 13 King Avenue. F. J. Smkrer. 'I’he subject of oursketch is one of the larg(*st contractors in the city of Indianapolis, and a member of the council at large. He has made his way along tlirough 154 MK}fOTRS OF INDIANAPOLTS life alone and unaided, ami liis large accumulations represent the labor of his own bands, lie starting out for liiinself with a trade, health and a clean conscience. Mr. Sherer was born in Dayton. Ohio, March 15, 1854; being the son of George W. and Christina (Shilling) Sherer, natives of Alsace, Germany, who emigrated to this country about the year 1836, settling in Dayton, where the father engaged in the linseed oil business, which he followed until his death. This industrious man was the father of eleven children, eight of whom are living, namely: Michael. Mary, George, Anna, John. Joseph, Edward J. and William. The fattier of this family died at Dayton in January, 1871), his wife still living in that city in the possession of good health and active for one of her years. Our subject was reared in his native county, where he attended the common schools, and later was apprenticed to the trade of a plasterer at Dayton, serving out his time and working at it until 1873, when he came to Indianapolis, resuming his labors at his trade here and continuing at that work until 1879. In the jirevious year he had tloue some contracting on his own account, which he made profitable, and was so well satisfied with this business that he now gave up his whole time and attention to it and has followed it ever since. E. J. Sherer is a man who never does anything by halves and he has pursued the contracting work with great energy, having done among other things the stone work for the State House, for the insane asylum, Tomlinson Hall, Circle Park (which is now torn out), the Columbus (Tnd.) starch works, all the city breweries of Indianapolis, a large amount of work at Fratddin (Ind.). the custom house at New Albany, and has carried out many other large contracts. The firm in which he is a partner bears the name of Laakman & Sherer, which was formed in 1878, and is the oldest and best known in the city, its business being that of artificial stone. Mr. Sherei' was etn))ty handed when he left his home but had a brave heart and he has never once faltered since. His manliness has always asserted itself and he has kept hands and head busy. He owns very valuable property on AVest P’irst Street and in other portions of the city. The Builders’ Exchange basin him a most active and useful member and he was one of the first to identify himself with that organization. Social by nature, he has a large circle of friends and accjuaintances in whose company he always (‘njoys himself, and he is a member of the K. of P. and of the Odd Fellows. Mr. Sherer takes a most active interest in politics and in the aflairs of the city and was elected to the city council from the fourth ward in 1890, and a councilman-atdarge in 1892, he being a very popular man among his fellow citizens, and has proven himself a very energetic and mo.st useful memlier of the council. Mr. Sherer was married in 1874 to Miss Ada Sullings. of Greencastle, Ind., who has borne him two children, namely: Harry J. and Goldie E. Our subject was too young to take any part in the late war. but three brothers, George, Conrad and Michael, were brave and good soldiers in the army, and Conrad was killed in a skirmish at Battle llidge, being struck by a shell He was a lieutenant and a young man of much promise. His remains lie in the cemetery at Chattanooga, Tenn. The subject of our sketch is a man who has so deported himself as to gain the confidence and the respect of all who know him. Strictly honorable and possessed of excellent business sense, he is a most valuable member of the council and his future gives promise of still greater success and usefulness. Anton Schmidt. A close observer, in studying the history of the advancement and development of the city of Indianapolis, will find golden threads running through the web and woof of events of the ]iast years. These are indicative of the lives of those men whose public spirit and energy have made her first among the cities, and give her a conspicuous place among the commercial marts of the world. A true representative of such men is found in one whose career in.s])ires this brief notice, Mr. Anton Schmidt, now councilman for the fourteenth ward, was born in Germany, September 12, 1840. and his parents. Charles and Louise (Brunk) Schmidt, both of whom were natives of that country, received their final summons in that State. Anton grew to manhood in Geilnan, Germany, and like many of his countrymen decided to make his future home in the United States. In 1866 he took passage for this country, landed in New York City, and came direct to Indianapolis where he worked in the California House. Ambitious and ])ersevering he worked at anything that would bring him in an honest living, and in this manner gained a solid footing. He has been a resident of Indianapolis for twenty-six years and in business for himself for twenty years. Success has crowned his efforts and he is to-day one of the prominent men of Indianapolis. 155 .4.V/> MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. He was elected a mein her of the city council in 1891 and it is safe to say that in the discharge of the duties of that position his course will redound to the credit of himself and the present city government. He is a stockholder in the Shelby Street Building and Loan Association of which he is president, and social!}' is a member of the K. of H. His first marriage was to Miss Minnie Brocksmith, and his second to Miss Lizzie Schaub. Five children have blessed these unions — Louis, Hattie, Carrie, Lydia and Louise. A Democrat in his political views, Mr. Schmidt has ever espoused the principles of that party. Dk. William Niles Wishard was born in Greenwood, Johnson County, Ind., October 10, 1851, a son of Dr. MJlliam H. and Harriet N. (Moreland) Wishard, and was educated at the Southport High School and at Wabash College. After leaving school he turned his at tention to the study of medicine and was graduated from the Indiana Medical College in February, 1874. He at once entered upon the practice of his profession at Southport, and after gaining some valuable e.xperience in that Avay became a student in Miami Medical Col- lege. Cincinnati, and was also graduated therefrom in Maich. 1870. Immediately there- after he resumed his practice at Soulhport, l)ut in November, 1870. removed to Indianapolis, and was in active and successful practice tliere until July 1, 1879. when he assumed the duties of superintendent of the city hospital, to which he had recently been elected. Dur- ing the jieriod of his practice in Indianapolis he served as deputy coroner of Marion County, and in that capacity made most of the post mortem examinations with which the coroner was credited. He gave great satisfaction as superintendent of the city hospital until Janu- ary 1, 1887, when he declined a re election in order to devote himself to the active practice of h is profession. It was during Dr. Wishard’s superintendency that tlie present elegant and commodious hospital building was erected, and it was chiehy through his influence and untiring energy that this great woik was accomplished. For years he devoted himself to it and it will stand as a memorial to his useful labors. Dr. Wishard was ajipointed assistant surgeon general of the State of Indiana by Gov. Hovey, and was appointed surgeon general by Gov. Chase, and served with much credit in both ])ositions. He was one of the organ izers and was elected the first president of the Indianajiolis Surgical Society, and at this time he is first vice president of the Mississippi Valley Medical Society, vice-president of the Marion County Medical Society and a member of tlu^ American Association of Genito-I^rinary Surgery. He has been honored by the Medical C’ollege of Indiana by appointment as as- sistant to the chairs of principles and practice of medicine, lecturer on clinical medicine and professor of genito urinary and venereal diseases, which last mentioned position he now holds. On leaving the city host>ital Dr. Wishard w’as ajipointed consulting surgeon in that institii'ion on genito urinary and venereal diseases, and the same position was given him in the city disjiensary. Soon after severing his connection with the hospital he took a course in the Lost Graduate Medical College and Polyclinic, New York, after which he returned to Indianapolis and resumed geneial jiractice, which he soon abandoned to devote his entire time to the practice of what had become his s[)ecialty, genito urinary surgery. He has done some original w'ork in [irostatic surgery, having performed the first ojieiation for removal of the lateral lob(*s of the prostate gland through a perineal ojiening. In 1890 Dr. Wishard went to Furope for the jmrpose of better qualifying himself to ]>ra(;tice his sp(>cialty. and he attended llie International .Medical Congress held in Berlin, afterward visited the hospitals in Berlin, Paris and London, saw and conversed with most of the leading specialists in his line of practice in those cities, and returned honui in the autumn of that year. He is well read outside of jirofessional literature, and having mingled much with some of the brightest men of the day he is a most charming and entertaining companion. He was married in May, 1880. to Alice, daughter of Mr. W illiam Wesley Woollen, of Indiana})()lis, a most lirill- lant and fascinating lady, who died on Decemlier 9 following their marriage, and since then he lias remained a widower. 'I’he Doctor has been a member of the Presbyterian Church sincr? 1S7J, and, besides ha\ ing smwed as ruling elder in the body with which lie is identified, he has been influential in church councils and liliorally helpful to all church interests and good works. Being six feet, two inches in lunglit, compactly built and without surplus flesh, tilt* Doctor is of comnrinding ami most jileasiug |)resence. His conijilexion is fair, and he has blue eyes anil brown hair, and, all in all, his appearance is striking, yet attraiit ive, and his manner is sri hearty and cordial that a strangci’ upon entering his presence is put at once at his ease. MEMOIliS OF INDTANAFOLTS 1 50 Gustave C. Lange. Love of Mowers is inborn in the majority of people, l)ut it is to only a comparatively few that the art of cultivating them in their utmost perfection is given. Mr. Gustave C. Lange seems to possess a natural aptitude for this branch of human endeavor, and in the position of florist for the State Insane Asylum at Indianapolis he has shown the best of judgment, great skill and the utmost taste. He has been a florist of Indianapolis for the ])ast twenty-five years, but was born in Prussia in 1839, his father being George Lange. Gustavo G. received his education in the land that gave him birth and while still residing there learned the art of gardening, for which he seemed to have a natural aptitude and a decided taste. In 1898 he left Prussia to come to the United States, and after spend- ing some time in St. Louis went to Cincinnati, but permanently located in Indianapolis shortly after, and turned his attention to floriculture exclusively and kept a well stocked and appointed establishment on East Washington Street, in the immediate vicinity of which he owned a nice tract of land u])on which he at once jnit up extensive green-houses which he liberally stocked with all kinds of plants from the choicest exotics to the simple violet. After a time he sold out and removed to Peru, Ind., and later bought the ])lace owned by B. A. Fold. After selling this ])roperty he went to Dallas, Tex., where he was in business three years, then returned to Indianapolis and oi)ened a store on North Illinois Street, but as the business was not a paying one he decided to give it uj), and when asked to take charge of the grounds of the insane asylum he accepted, and the reputation of their great beauty has gone throughout the State. He has proven himself in every way competent to fill this responsible position and the directors of this institution have every reason to be satisfled with his services. He was married in Cincinnati in 1871 to Miss Johanna Diunse, a native of Prussia, and to them a daughter and three sons were given. After the death of this wife he married her sistej', Carrie, by whom he has one son and three daughters. He and his wife are members of the Lutheran Church and he is a member of the Indianapolis Florists Club, and socially belongs to the K. of H. Joseph U. Adams. The business of house painting has become an art and one of the men who excels in this line of human endeavor is Joseph R. Adams, whose excellent taste atid good judgment have brought him prominently before the notice of the most extensive builders and contractors, as well as property holders, in the city of Indianapolis. He owes his nativity to the city of Cincinnati, Ohio, where he was born on March 13, 185‘2. a sou of John C. and Rhoda (Miller) Adams, the former a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, and the latter of the State of Pennsylvania. John C. Adams is now a successful painter and contractor of Cambridge City, Ind., a calling he has followed ever since starting out in life for himself and although in his sixty-second year is yet hale and hearty. He was a soldier in an Ohio regi- ment during the great Civil War and was loyal, brave and useful in espousing the cause of the Union. Joseph R. .^dams is the eldest of his parent’s children and in his youth was given the advantages of the excellent ])ublie schools of Cincitmati, which he did not fail to improve, and at the early age of sixteen years he turned his attention to learning the painter’s trade with eveiy branch of which he became thoroughly familiar under the intelli- gent direction of his father, with whom he remained until he attained his majority. He then left the shelter of the parental roof and came to Indianapolis, where he worked as a journeyman for (piite a number years, after which he was engaged as foreman by 'William Muecke, which position he retained for thirteen years at No. 24 Virginia Avenue. At the end of (his time he entered the employ of Salisbury & Stanley, as foreman, but only remained with them a few years, when he commenced the battle of life indejiendently and since that time has done a very extensive business, in fact one of the most extensive in the city. Some of the most notal)le of the buildings which he has erected are the Lombard building, the City Hall, the Bates House, the Union Depot, the Grand Hotel, the Spencer House and has done a great deal of theater work and erected many beautiful dwelling houses in different portions of Indiana])olis, in which work he has had direction over from twenty-live to forty men. all of whom he chooses carefully. He is one of the best versed contractors of the city, having given his attention to this line of work for many years, and the buildings which he has erected have been conspicuously commented upon and noticed by all builders and contractors, as well as by those who expect to build. He is a man of unblem- ished character and is loyal to his promises in all his undertakings. He is a member of the 157 AKJ) MARIOX COUNTY, INDIANA. Master Painter’s Association, the Builders’ Exchange, and socially belongs to the A. F. & A. M. and the K. of H. March 15, 1S76, he was mari'ied to Miss Lucy Rueb, of Chillicothe, Ohio, and to their union a son and daughter have l)een given. WiLLiAAi Bradley Clarke, M. D. One of the leading hotuceopathic physicians of Indianapolis is Dr. William Bradley Clarke, who was born at Columbus, Ohio, November 8, 1848, and is consequently forty-live years old the World’s Fair year. Dr. Clarke’s father, who was a druggist at Columbus, was named Sumner Clarke, and was of the old Puritan stock, born at Northampton, Mass., where his father, Enos Clarke, was for years deacon in the famous Jonathan Edwards orthodox church. Dr. Clarke’s mother, whose maiden name was Maria Haddock, died suddenly of cholera when the Doctor was less than a year old and, the family breaking up, he was sent to Massachusetts to be reared by his uncle and aunt, his uncle being Kev. T. J. Clarke, a congregational minister at Cummington, Hampshire Cotinty ; the historic little town was also the poet, William Cullen Bryant’s home. Here he attended the common schools and for years was carefully educated by his uncle. Rev. Mr. Clarke, who was a graduate of Williams College apd a man of the finest literary attainments, and who was as nearly a father to the boy as any uncle could have been. Then came a removal to Ashtield, the home of George William Curtis, for a few more years’ residence. It would be interesting to trace just how much intluence the literary labors of two such eminent men of letter, his neighbors, so to speak, had upon the mind of young Clarke, es])ecially in inspiring in him the insatiable love for books and literarj' matter that has always been one of his chief characteristics. Another removal took him to Bernardston, Mass., where he was placed in the then noted Powers Institute, where he was to be fitted for Amherst College. His father was now operating a large fiouring mill near Chicago, which took fire and was destroyed; its owner was taken sick some time afterward, it is supposed from the effects of ex)) 08 ure and over-exertion at the fire, his illness terminating fatally. The mill insurance could not be col lected and young Clarke, thrown upon his own resources, reluctantly gave up his idea of entering college, left school and at the age of sixteen of his own volition entered a newspaper and printing office with the determination of entering the trade and business; making rapid advancement he was, by the time he had reached his majority, competent to hold any position in which he might be placed. Passionately fond of travel, he served in many journalistic ca})acities in most of the large cities of the country, principally St. Louis. Cincinnati, Chicago, New York and Boston, and gradually accpiired the nickname of “Walking Encyclopedia.” Medical works early attracted his attention and in 1876, while a j)roofreader and editor, he began in earnest to read medicine with a view of entering a medical college, finally doing so, and three years thereafter graduating with honors from the Chicago Hommopathic Medical College, March 6, 1884, winning the college dis])ensary position and in the subse(|uent competi tive examination, the eighteen months interneship in the great Cook County Hospital. Chicago. Finally settling in Indianapolis associated with Dr. O. S. Runnels, heat once identified him- self with the .State Medical Society and was elected secretary thereof, a position to which he has been yearly re-elected five or six times. He is also a member of the National Society of Hoimeopathic Physicians, honorary member of the Missouri and Kentucky societies, mendier of the Indiana Academy of .Science and (though not a theosophist) secretary of the Indian- apolis Theosophical Society. He was married at Indianapolis February 4, 1860, to Mrs. Alice It Winings, their union l)eing blessed with a beautiful boy, Clarence by name. Being of a literary turn of mind by nature and education, before receiving his medical diploma, it was imi)ossible for him to aftei’ward lay down his pen; indeed he has kept it |)henomenally active ever since, all of his spaie lime being spent in preparing articles for medical societies in general and f(n' newspapers. 'I’ln'se articles cover a wide range of aul)jects and are always written with a vi(nv to entertain and instruct and for this leason are ))olh eagerly welcomed by publisher and leader, ttneof the former thus speaks of him {Mi^iiicd/iolis Medical Arynt^, July, 1862); ‘‘To merely enumerate the titles of the topics touched upon by Dr. Clarke to the medical journals atid newspajxu's would recpiire all the sj)ace in this issue of the .Suffice it to say that much of this work has l)e(‘n of a missionai'}' character for honueopathy. Dr. Clarke has (hjiie more to bring honueopathy to the favorabhi attention of the laity than any member of the profession in America, and for this and for his nntiring energy in all lines of {rrofessioiial work he rleserves the hearty thaidis of Hit* |)rofessiou. ” And 158 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS as showing the esteem in which Dr. Clarke is held at home, the following from an editorial in the Indianapolis Sun so long ago as November 6, 1889, may be cited; “Dr. Clarke seems to be on the road to recognition as one of the most advanced medical thinkers in the West.” Dr. Clarke is always (jnick to see what is needed in any sudden emergency, especially of a public nature. For instance during the blighting heat of the summer of 1890 when a public 7ueetiug was called to devise measures to save the babies from its effects, his remarks regard- ing the utility of tent life in oj)en spaces and the statistics adduced made such an impression that when the Summer Mission for Sick Children was soon after put in operation, his sug- gestions were carried out to the letter, the plan being still followed every year. While Dr. Clarke enjoys a large and lucrative practice, he still finds time to devote to keeping abreast with the advancemeiit made in his profession, as is evidenced by the fact that in the winter of 1887 -88 he visited the various hospitals of New York, as well as by his persistent, thorough and systematic reading upon all topics in any way allied with medicine and suigery. Eugene Uuell. As the years advance the discovery of some new element has a ten- dency to broaden the field of business operations and promulgate a general influence that en- ables men to attain a higher grade of knowledge than their predecessors. The different ends to which gas has been put have brought into activity men of keen business discernment and sound judgment. Eugene Udell represents the Indianapolis Gas Company and he and W. S. Schofield were the founders of the plant at this point, and since that time Mr. Udell has been its most successful and reliable manager. He was born near Albany, N. Y^, April 10, fifty three years ago, a son of Gardiner Udell, who w'as also a native of that immediate section. The paternal grandfather was a Welshman, and after reaching this country came direct to Albany County and located near the Hudson River, and in the vicinity of the town of Bethlehem Gardiner Udell was reared. He died in Y'psilanti, Mich., in 1873, at the age of sixty-eight years. He was a man of excellent morals, was self made and was highly edu- cated through his own efforts. He was an omniverous reader, remembered what he read, and applied his knowledge to a good use. He had a host of friends and was held in high esteem for his strict integrity and many other noble attributes. He would never accept any official position, although often urged to do so. He was a strong Abolitionist prior to and during the war and did all he could for the freedom of the colored race. He was first a Whig and later a Republican in politics. As a farmer he was successful and as he farmed on scientific principles he was considered an authority on agricultural questions. He was strictly temperate and practiced temperance in all things. His wife was Manervia Bennett, who died in New Jersey in 18b2, when about sixty years of age. In the common schools of Albany County, N. Y., the subject of this sketch received his education, which he finished in Greenville Seminary. At the age of eighteen years he turned his attention to .school teaching in Bethlehem, which occupation he continued two terms, at the end of which time he entered the United States armoiy at Springfield and became lock maker for the Spring- field Rifles. Three years later, or in 18(53, he went to Watervliet Arsenal, where he was en- gaged in making scientific sights for rifled cannon, where he remained until the war closed. He then entered the service of the New Y’^ork Central Railroad, stationed at West Albany, but not long afterward he and his wife came west to Ypsilanti, Mich., and bought a farm of Lionel Udell, a prominent citizen of that section, and took care of the latter and his wife until their respective deaths, which occurred about eight years later. About 1874 Mr. and Mrs. Udell came to North Indianapolis and this place has since been their home. Soon after coming here Mr. Udell became associated with his Iwother, C. G. Udell, who was the founder of the Udell Ladder Works, and soon after this Eugene took charge of the ladder department, over which he had control for one year. At the end of that time he opened a grocery store, which he conducted some fifteen years, and during this time he was instrumental in establishing the first postoflice and for two years thereafter carried the mail without chai-ging for his services. After retiring from the grocery business he succeeded in securing natural gas for North Indianapolis and has been manager of the Indianapolis Gas Company ever since. The establishment of this plant has been of inestimable benefit to North Indian- apolis and has been the means of greatly benefitting and improving the town. Mr. Udell is a member of the Royal Arcanum. He has never been an aspirant for public favor, and upon Cleveland’s first election to the presidency he resigned the position of postmaster, 159 AND MAUI ON COUNTY, INDIANA. which he had so long and ably tilled. He has ever been noted for his deeds of charity and benevolence and it became well known among the fraternity known as “Tourists,” that Ensrene Udell and his wife never refused to t^ive them aid when asked to do so. Mr. Udell was married in 1860 to Miss Fannie W. Tomj)kins, a relative of old Gov. Tompkins, and a descendant of the renowned Ethan Allen, of Revolutionary fame. She is a native of Albany County, N. Y., and is the worthy wife of a worthy man. Allan Henduicks. In tracing the genealogy of the Hendricks family, we tind that our subject is related to the Hendricks family' of note, that his ancestors came originally from Holland, and he from a jiarentage marked by great strength of character and a certain hos- pitality, and largeness of nature. This family emigrated to America at a period antedating the Revolutionary War, settled first in New Jersey, and one member fought bravely for independence in this war. The original of this notice was born in Madison, Ind., Septem- ber 24, 1804, and his parents, Abram W. and Sarah B. (Butler) Hendricks, were natives respectively of Westmoreland County, Penn., and Madison, Ind. The father left his native State at an early date, and came to Madison, Ind., where he studied law for some time. At the breaking out of the Civil War he raised a company in the First Indiana Cavalry, but was subsecjuently made payma.ster, with the rank of colonel, which position he held until the cessation of hostilities. He was mustered out late in 1865, and in 1866 he came to Indian- apolis, where he engaged in the |)ractice of law with Oscar B. Hord and Thomas A. Hen- dricks. This partnershij) continued until the death of Gov. Hendricks, 1885, and was con- tinued by the survivors until the death of Mr. Hendricks, in 1887. This most worthy and estimable citizen served in the Legislature, session of 1858, and although not an oftice seeker, he held many positions of trust and responsibility. He was a brilliant lawyer, a fluent and forcible speaker, and one of the foremost men of his section. Of the six children born to his marriage five are now living, and Allan Hendricks was second in order of birth. The latter passed his boyhood and youth in Indianai)oli8 and there received a good practical edu- cation, graduating from one of the city’s best institutions of learning in 1882. Subse({uently he engaged in the manufacture of pre.ssed brick, which business he carried on with fail- success for several years. Afterward he began the study of law, was admitted to the bar, and has since been in active practice. Distinguished as a boy for maturity of mind and expression of thought, when matured he was no less noted for his readiness of wit and strong intellectual (jualities, making him early in life a peer among the legal lights. He is secretary of the Century Clul), director in the Indiana School of Art, director of the IMarion Club, director of the Hoosier’s Savings and Investment Company, and is a member of the Commercial Club, besides holding membership in other clulis. In politics he is a stanch Republican, and in 1892 he filled a responsible position in the management of the camjiaign in Marion County. He was cho.sen secretary of the citizens’ executive board, in charge of arrangements for the twenty-seventh national encampment, G. A. R., held in Indian- apolis in September, 1898, and contributed largely to tlie extraordinary success of the undertaking by the faultless discharge of the exacting duties of his position. Whatever he undertakes he does with conscientious and painstaking care, and his work in various respon silile positions has demonstrated that he jiossesses exceptional capabilities. He has a gen- uine and thorough love for literature, the indulgence of which, however, has been resisted rather than encouraged. He has, in consequence, written little for jmblicaf ion. His iidi- niate friends only liave been privileged to know of the unpretentious efforts which have given evidence of his gifts as a graceful and forcible writer, and which unmistakably indi cate unusual (lualiticafions for the higher order of literary pursuits. Tmeodoue Fotteu, a. M., M. 11. One of the best educated and most successful of the younger physiciansof Indianapolis, is Theodore Potter, A. M., .M. I)., of 86 E. Ohio Street. Dr. Potter was born at Glendale, Hamilton Gounty, Oliio, in 1861, a son of Rev. L. 1). I'otter, D. D., who is a native of New Jersey and a descendant from some of the eailv fam- ilies of that State. His grandfather was a colonel in the Colonial army during the Revolu- tionary War and his father was a major in the United States army in the W ar of 1812. Hev. Dr. Potter was graduated from Princeton College in 1841, and has lived for thirty-seven years at Glendale, Ohio, where he has been for many years jiresident of the Glendale Fe male College. Dr. Theodore l^otter was educated in the public schools of his native place, 1()0 MEMOIRS OF IX DIAN A POLLS and at. Dr. Hamiuill’H celel)rated Hcbool at Lawreiiceville near Trenton, and at Princeton Uni- versity, and he was graduated at Princeton, one of the honored men of his class in 1882. His standing in college may be inferred from the fact that he was one of the editors of a literary ])aper at Princeton, which institution conferred upon him in 1885 the degree of A. M. In 1882-83 he was an instructor at Miami University Classical School, Oxford, Ohio, and then began the study of medicine at the Medical College of Ohio, at Cincinnati. After four years diligent a})plication he was graduated in 1S87, again with honors, receiving in the class of 1887 the prizes for the best examination in obstetrics and in the practice of medi- cine. During the succeeding year he was house physician in the Good Samaritan Hospital at Cincinnati and was appointed assistant demonstrator of bacteriology in the Medical Col- lege of Ohio. He was for a time associated with Dr. J. T. Whitaker, as assistant in prac- tice and in medico-literary work. In 1888 he went to Germany, .sj)ending about a year in hos[)ital and laboratory work, returning to this country and locating in Indianapolis in the spring of 1881). In the summer of that year he was appointed demonstrator of bacteriology and general mici'oscopy in the Medical College of Indiana, and during the succeeding year established and conducted the three lines of work which have since grown into the laboratory courses in Histology, pathology and bacteriology in that institution. In 1891 he was elected professor of bacteriology, the chair being created for him, and in 1893 he was made professor of pathology and bacteriology. The same year he was appointed on the staff of the City Hospital, having j)reviously been chosen one of the consulting staff of the City Dispensary, soon afterward becoming consnlting physician for chest diseases to the last- mentioned charity. With the reorganizatian of the Indiana Medical Journal in the spring of 1892, Dr. Potter became one of its editors. He has read a number of papers before the County and State Medical Associations, several of them having been ])ublished. For several years he was appointed a committee of one to make the annual report upon bacteriology of the State Medical Society. Dr. Potter is a member of the Indianapolis Literary Club, of the Portfolio Club and of the Indiana Academy of Sciences. Thomas P. Mills. Of the many solid citizens engaged in the handling of realty in Indiainapolis, there is not one who stands higher in public e.steem or who enjoy a more sub- stantial share of recognition, than Thomas P. Mills, who is a member of the well known firm of Mills & Small, dealers in real estate, loans, rents, etc. Mr. Mills has been established in the line indicated for the past twenty-one years, and by clo.se application and strict integrity has acquired a prosperous and influential business connection, numbering in his clientele some of the wealthiest property owners and shrewdest investors in the community. Mr. Mills who was born in Green County, Ohio, December 15, 1835, is a man of energy and sagacity, as well as entire probity of character and is thoroughly conversant with every feature and detail pertaining to the purchase, sale, transfer, and management of real estate. Appraisements are made for purchasers, Mr. Mills being accounted one of the very best judges of the jiresent and prospective values of realty in and around Indianapolis. The parents of Thomas P. Mills, David and Melona (Brock) Mills, were born in South Carolina and Virginia resjiectively, the former being a farmer and stock dealer by occupation. In 1822 he became a resident of the Buckeye State but in 1838 removed still farther westward to Hendricks County, Ind., where he was prosperously engaged in business for several years. In 1860 Indianapolis became his home and here he conducted a liverly stable until 1874 when he retired. His death occurred in 1880, his wife’s death also occurring in that year. Thomas P. Mills was about three years old when his parents came to Indiana and until fifteen years of age he resided on his father’s farm in Hendricks County, at which time he entered his father’s store as a clerk, after having acquired a good practical education in the common schools and at Mooresville College. After clerking for about three years he returned to his father’s farm where he engaged in agricultural and stock pursuits on an extensive scale for several years, but in 1872 disposed of his land, stock and other property to come to Indianapolis and engage in the real estate business which he has followed continuously ever since with most satisfactory results. On November 4, 1854, Mr. Mills was married to Miss Anna Bowles, a native of Wayne County Ind., a daughter of George and Elizabeth (Bailey)Bowles, natives of North Carolina, the former having been the owner of but sold the land on which the city of Richmond now stands. Mr. and Mrs. Mills had two children, both AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. if)l of whom died when young. Mr. Mills is a member of the A. F. • & A. M. , the A. F. A., belongs to the Republican party and he and his wife have long been members ot the Friends Church, of which Mrs. Mills has been a minister for a number of years. WiLLi.\M Williams was born in Rockbridge County, Va., near the Natural Bridge, A})!-!! 1, 182‘2, and two years later his parents, William and Mary (Sanders) Williams, moved to Botetourt County, Va., where the father, who was a cooper, made barrels for a flour mill. The parents were natives of Virginia and Pennsylvania respectively, and the father was a soldier in the War of 1812. Twelve children were born to their union, as follows: Pow- hatan; Mildred, who married Samuel Morricle; Hector; Adeline, deceased, was the wife of William Zimmerman; Nancy, deceased, married Mr. Kittermau; David; Malinda, deceased, was the wife of Preston Jones; William (subject); John, killed in the Confederate service; Susan, deceased, who was the wife of Early Dickinson; Demaris, deceased, was the wife of Mr. Kittermau, and Matthew died from the effects of a wound received in the Confederate service; he was the husband of a Miss Saurs. The father of these children died in Virginia in 18-1-2 and his wife followed him to the grave in 1856. Until sixteen years of age our sub- ject remained in Botetourt County, and during that time only received about two terms of schooling. He worked with his father and five brothers at the cooper trade until January, 1849, when he started for California. He reached St. Louis and found the prospect for get- ting an outfit so poor that he and 100 others abandoned the trip. He then came to Marion County, Ind., and for three years was engaged in making barrels. In 1852 he bought eighty acres in Perry township and tilled the soil there for three years when he went to Iowa and bought 100 acres of land in Benton County. One year later he returned to Marion County, Ind., and purchased forty acres in Perry township. On this he erected a house and made his home there until 1868, when he sold it and the following year bought eighty acres of Andrew Shirk, in Section 15, Range 4 east, and paid |27 per acre, all green timber. In September, 18<)4, Mr. Williams was drafted and assigned to Company H, Seventeenth Indi- ana Infantry, and served nine months. He participated in the following battles: Red Mountain Iron Works, near Selma, and at Selma. From there they went to Montgomery, Ala. ; thence to Columbia, Macon, Oa., and Oglethorpe, Ga. , where they remained about three weeks, and in the latter part of June Mr. Williams returned home. The next day, June 21, he commenced cutting the wheat he had put in in the fall when drafted. In 1865 he bought ten acres at 875 per acre, and a year or so later he |)urchased the balance of the forty acres for 865 per acre. In 1893 he bought forty acres at 866 per acre and all his land is cleared except about twenty acres. In 1892 Mr. Williams raised about 1,106 bushels of wheat. He raises from twenty to twenty-five acres of corn per year that averages about seventy-five bushels to the acre. In 1898, on seven acres, he raised 466 bushels. In politics Mr. Will iams has ever been a decided Democrat. He joined the Missionary Baptist Church in Virginia when nineteen years of age and has held membership in the same ever since. His wife is also a member of that church. He has always refused office, both in army and civil life and the church, except to serve as trustee in the latter. He was never sued in his life, and never sued but one man when he had to j)ay the costs. He tlien decided that he had done with law. Mr. Williams was married December 26, 1856, to Miss Elizabeth J. Sanders, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Obenchain) San- ders, and twelve children were given them: George E., married Miss Martha IMcClain, and they have three children, Joel E., Clarence E. and Katy V.; Sarah, died when about ten years of age; John W7, died in 1888, married Miss Ruth Girton, daughter of Ad. Girton, and left one daughter, Carrie J. ; Flora P., died June 22, 1861, when an infant; Mary E., died August 7, 1865, when an infant; Charles A., born June 18, 1865, and died .-Vugust 18, 1877; Nora F., born October 9, 1868; Laura A., born July 17, 1866; Owen, born March 19, 1871, married Miss Sadie Toon, daughter of Lewis and Dicey (Collins) Toon (they have one son, Charles); Ida B., born Se|)tember 11, 1878, married Oscar Morgan, May 12. 1892; Katie, born January 14, 187f), died August 18, 1877, and Artie May, born August 12, 1877. John Sanders, father of Mrs. Williams, was born in Rockbridge County, Va. , and he was there married to Miss Elizabeth Obenchain. He was a blacksmith by tradi' and came to Indiana in 1848, settling in Marion Coiud.y. Later he moved to Penton County, Iowa, and there dieil about I8t)l. His wife died in 1886. Five children were born to them, as follows: II 102 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS George, who married Miss Elizabeth Wheatcraft, resides iu Indiana; Elizabetli J. , subject’s wife; John W., who married Miss Sarah Kerns and now makes his home in Iowa; Maiy V., married Ilobert Kirkpatrick, and is now a widow residing in Texas, and Edward J., who married Miss Emma Watson and resides in Iowa. Joseph Penn, one of the well known and prominent agriculturists of Marion County, Ind., and a lineal descendant of the famous William Penn, owes his nativity to Bourbon County, Ky., his l)irth occurring near Paris, right in the lieart of the Blue-Grass region, January 21, 1824. The incidents of his early life were not materially different from those of other boys living on farms in the country. He was taught to work at anything necessary for him to do, and in this manner gained habits of industry and perseverance which have remained with l\im through life. In common with other boys he attended school winters in the stereotyped log school house, and in summer assisted in clearitig away the forest, fencing the tields and raising crops afte?’ the land was improved. He would rise long before day- light, and after finishing his feeding and chores, would walk three miles to the school house, where he remained all day. He learned to read and write and to tigure a little. In 1847 he married Miss Elizabeth Webb, daughter of John Webb, a native of Virginia, and the same fall he and his bride started for Indianapolis, Ind., where her father had settled in 1840. They made the journey on horseback, and arriving in Marion County about four days after starting, slopped with her brother, Austin Webb, who lived on eighty acres of land in Perry Townshi[). There Mr, and Mrs. Penn remained during the winter and in the spring returned on horseback to Kentucky, where our subject began working on his father’s farm. There he remained until 1851, when he started with his wife for Montgomery County, Ind., where he had two married sisters living. He located in Brown Township, that County, about nine miles south of Crawfordsville, where he purchased 120 acres of land, paying 11,875 for the tract. Of this land half of it was ready for the i)low. A frame house of two rooms had been erected, also a log stable, a well dug and an orchard set out. Mr. Penn resided on this tract about eight years, making many improvements, and then, in 1859, he sold the place to David Gayley for |85 per acre. Mr. Penn subsequently bought 208 acres on Indian Creek, Brown Township, paying $33 per acre, and of this tract there were about seventy-tive acres cleared, a three-room frame house erected, also a log stable, and a tine orchard set out. On this farm Mr. Penn resided for about twenty tive years, or until he came to Marion County, Ind., and in that time made many improvements. His son, Lafayette Penn, now occupies this farm. During the Civil War Mr. Penn purchased forty acres of land formerly owned by Moses Orme, located in Perry Township, Marion County, Ind., and in 1884 he had a good barn and a tine two-story brick house of eight rooms erected on this tract. The following year he moved to this lovely place and here he now resides, practically retired from the active duties of life. Later he purchased forty acres adjoining, and still later twenty acres, on which he set out a tine orchard. He has 100 acres cleared and is one of the prosperous farmers of the locality. In politics he is a Democrat. Although not a member of any church he attends the Christian Church, in which his wife holds member- ship. He has never belonged to any secret organization. Mr. Penn’s union was blessed by the birth of seven children, as follows: John T., who resides in Montgomery County, Ind., on a tract of 214 acres owned by his father, married first Miss Piney Watson, by whom he had one daughter, Margaret, who married a man named Bailey. John T. took for bis second wife Miss Eva Moore, who bore him four children as follows: Walter, Grace, Bessie and Sallie; David is at home, unmarried; Sarah, died in Montgomery County in 1884, aged twenty- tive years; Mary died in infanc}’^; Lafayette resides on the old farm in Montgomery County; he married Miss Lena Bay and they have three children, as follows: Florence, Ford and Ruth; Charles resides near John Penn, and is also married, his wife’s maiden name be- ing Frances Howard ; they have had three children, Harry, William and Roy; and Mattie makes her home with her parents. David Penn, the father of our subject, willed the latter 225 acres in Bourbon County, Ky., and Joseph subsequently bought 125 acres more in that county. David Penn was a native of Bourbon County, born in 1797, and he was there reared and lived nearly all his life. He was married before twenty-one years of age to Miss Mary Lyon, daughter of John Lyon, and received forty acres of land from his father. Later he became the owner of several good farms in Bourbon County. He was a Democrat in his AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. 1()3 political views. He was uot a member of any church. Seven children were born to this mar- riage: Jacob, who resides in Scott County, Ky. , married Miss Sallie Rogers; Charlotte, who married Oliver McLeod, makes her home in Montgomery County; Joseph (our subject); David married Miss Kate Russell and died in 1873; Mary E., married Dr. Joseph Russell, who died in 1893, and now resides in Montgomery County, Ind.; William, who died unmar- ried, and Betty died unmarried. After the death of the mother of these children the father married Mrs. Pauline Jones, nee Griffith, of Harrison County, Ky., where she owned a farm on which Mr. Penn and she lived until her death. Afterward the father came to Indiana and died at the home of our subject in the fall of 1889. Joseph Penn, grandfather of our subject, was a native of Maryland, but emigrated to Kentucky when that State was almost one vast canebrake. He was married twice, first in Maryland and the second time in Ken- tucky. Six children were born to the first and eight to the second union. The father of our subject was one of the children born to the second union, his mother’s maiden name be- ing Charlotte Acre, who was of Dutch extraction. The children born to the first union were named as follows; Eli, Daniel, Thomas, Samuel, George anti Ann. The eldest child served in the War of 1812. The children of the second marriage were named as follows: Elizabeth, Jane, Delilah, John, David, Sallie, Susan and Joseph. All these children are dead, our subject’s father being the last to die. Louis M. Rowe, M. D. The profession of the physician and surgeon is one that has drawn to it, at all periods of its history, the brightest and most honorable of men; for none but an intelligent, well-informed man could be a physician at all, and no physician uot a man of honor could long retain a profitable practice. Indianapolis has always been fortu- nate in its physicians, and it is especially so, during recent years, in its younger generation of practitioners, who have contributed much to the enhancement of the city’s reputation as a center of medical knowledge. Conspicuous among these is Dr. Louis M. Rowe who was l)oru in Columbus, Ohio, August 20, 1858, a son of W. E. and Emma S. (Large) Rowe, the former a native of Massachusetts, the latter a native of Ohio. W. E. Rowe has been a rail- road man for many years, formerly lived in Indianapolis, and is at this time a resident of Fountain County, Ind. Dr. Rowe came to Indianapolis with his parents when a mere child, and was educated in the public schools of the city and at the Illinois Industrial University. In the fall of 1878 he began the study of medicine under the preceptorshij) of the late Dr. T. B. Harvey. In 1879 he entered the Medical College of Indiana and was graduated there- from with the degree of M. D. in 1882. Dr. Harvey had trained him and supervised his education with the sole idea of making him his assistant in his large practice, and he was that successful and skillful practitioner’s sole recognized assistant until Dr. Harvey’s death. Since that event, Dr. Rowe has been engaged, with ever increasing success in a constantly broadening field, in a general practice, including among his regular patrons some of the leading families of the city and its suburbs. From 1884 to 1889, he was assistant to Dr. Harvey, who held the chair of Gynecology in the Medical College of Indiana, and with such splendid opportunities and under such distinguished precejitorshij), started in a department of investigation in which, in his subsetpient practice, he has developed into a most distin- guished practitioner, having, from first to last, performed about every operation known to gynecology. At different times, as the demands of his large practice have permitted, he has visited the leading hos[>itals of the country, at New York and elsewhere, and has there further studied this important specialty and perfected himself generally in his profession. Dr. Rowe is a member of the Marion County Medical Society, of the Indiana State Medical Society, of the Mississippi Valley .Medical Association, and of the American Medical Asso ciation, and has often attended the conventions of the State and National organizations as a delegate from the couidy as.sociation. He has jirepared and read liefore these various socie- ties papers on medical and surgical subjects which have attracted wide attention and have been published in some of the leading medical and surgical journals of the country. In 1892, Dr. Howe married May E. Wollen, daughter of Thomas and Keziah Wolleu, her father a native of Marion County, her mother a native of Kentucky, her ancestors having been among the early settlers of this part of the country. In politics Dr. Rowe is a Democrat, and though not a politician in the ordinary sense and having no object of personal gain to 1(34 MEMOIRS OE IXDIANAROLIS serve, is intelligently and most earnestly interested in the public welfare as concerns the city, the county, the State and the country at large. Augustus Lynch Mason, one of the younger citizens of Indianapolis, was born February 10, 1850, in Bloomington, Monroe County, Ind. His grandfather, Thomas H. Lynch, was a Methodist ])reacher, well known in Indianapolis for the last half century. At the time of his birth his father, W illiam F. Mason, was a Methodist minister, and the birthplace of the young man was the Methodist ])arsonage at Bloomington. His boyhood was passed in Cin- cinnati where he attended the public schools. In 1872 his parents removed to Indianapolis where he entered what was then knowti as the Northwestern Christian University, now known as Butler University, attending there for two years. In 187(3 he entered Indiana Asbnry Utnversity, now known as DePauw, at Greencastle, Ind., where he graduated in 1879. On leaving college he entered the law office of McDonald &, Butler in this city for the purpose of studying law. At the time the firm had tlie largest practice in the State, and Mr. Mason was the youngest of a series of six clerks and students. By good fortune, in the course of two years, he became chief clerk for the firm and began to take ])art in important litigation. In 1882 Judge Robert N. Lamb, of the Indianapolis bar, took Mr. Mason into partnership with him, a business relation which continued for a year. During this year Mr. George C. Butler, a l)rilliatd. young lawyer, well known at the time to Indianapolis lawyers, junior member of the old firm of McDonald & Butler, died, and Mr. Mason was invited to become his successor in the firm. The arragnement was consummated May 1, 1883, and the firm con- tinued to be known as McDonald, Butler & Mason until the latter part of 1887. At the time of entering the McDonald firm Mr. Mason gave considerable attention to writing, being spurred thereto by the necessity for money. He wrote a large part of the “ Life of Gar- field” within thirty days after the statesman’s death; the book was published under the name of John Clark Ridpath, by whom Mr. Mason was employed to assist in the prepara- tion of the book. So successful were the chapters in the ‘‘Life of Garfield” prepared by Mr. Mason, that at the close of this work he was invited to prepare a popular history of the famous Indian warriors and frontiersmen of North America, which offer was acce})ted. In eight months he produced a work of a thonsand pages known as “The Pioneer History of America” and published in Cincinnati. The book met with a very large sale at the hands of subscription book agents. In the preparation of the work Mr. Mason read and annotated some 50(1 volumes from which he drew his information. His only regret concerning the book developed a year oi' two since when a prominent politician of this State met him in a train and declared tliat the book had caused his youngest son to run away for the purpose of fighting Indians and it cost him .fbOO to recover the youth. In the latter part of 1887 Mr. Mason had the misfortune to feel the effects of overwork and found that his health was seriously impaired. By the advice of physicians he was compelled to retire from business and spent a year in travel, visiting practically every part of the United States. In January, 1889, he returned to Indianapolis much improved in health, and reopened his law office. While engaged in general practice he was chosen by the commercial club and board of trade for the purpose of investigating the condition of the laws governing the city of Indian- apolis at that time. After careful study of the subject he made a report pointing out the unsatisfactory conditions of the laws governing the city as the source rf many of the evils then existing in the government of the city, and recommended that an entirely new charter be prejiared for the city and presented to the new Legislature covering the whole field of the government of the city. After a mouth or two of hesitation this report was adopted and in connection with a committee of eight other members, well known business men, the work of reconstructing the charter was commenced. It occupied nearly a year, and was based on the latest approved notions of municipal government as tested by other cities, as well as introduc- ing many ideas heretofore untried in this country. It was remarked to Mr. Mason when the the bill passed the Legislature that it would have been better for his reputation had it failed, for the reason that much of it would undoubtedly be held unconstitutional. A large number of suits have gone to the Supreme Court involving the validity of various provisions of the charter, but up to this time not one line of the charter has been held invalid. It is under this law that the entire executive and administrative authority of the city is lodged in the mayor. Under its provisions also the inumovement of streets and the construction of sewers. .4.V/) MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. 165 levees and viaducts, the sprinkling and sweeping of improved streets are paid for by abutting property holders whose property is benefited. The city is also authorized to build and own its own water, gas and electric light works, as well as its street railways. None of these last named powers have yet been exercised. Mr. Mason regards the preparation of the “ Reform Charter” as by far the most imi)ortant work of his life. Pending the preparation of the charter he was elected dean of the law school of DePauw University at Greencastle, Ind. The work brought him in contact with jmung men and proved to be of the greatest interest to him. Although carrying on the burden of his law office, he found time to prepare and deliver many lectures before the law school during a period of three years, taking a particu- lar interest in corporation and patent law, in which he had done his best work. His connec- tion with corporation matters led him to various employments looking to the construction of new street railroad lines in Indianapolis as well as to the purchase of the old ones. In the spring of 1893 Mr. Mason accepted, for the time being, the presidency of all the street rail- road lines of the city, in which position he still continues, although spending part of every day in his law office. His tastes are literary and he believes in the gospel of hard work. In polilics he is a pronounced Republican, and in religion a member of the Methodist church, although inclining strongly to the most liberal religious o])inion8. On January 25, 1893, Mr. Mason married Miss Annie D. Porter, the only darrghter of Hon. Albert G. Porter, ex- governor of Indiana, and ex-United States minister at Rome, Italy. Abner L. Newl.\nd. We do not measure a man’s life by years but by intensity. If we measure the life of Mr. Newland by the work he has accomplished then he is the most venerable of men, although he is now but sixty-three years of age, his birth having occun-ed in Union County, Ind., September 30, 1830, near Dunlapville. As an influential citizen of the flourishing city of Indianapolis and one who has done much for its growth and advance- ment, it gives us pleasure to present the main facts of his life to our readers. Both his paternal and maternal ancestors were early settlers of Indiana, some of them settling in Franklin County as early as 1804. In 1847 our subject moved with his parents to Indian- apolis and worked on a farm the first year, a part of the city now standing on that farm. Later he taught school in Morgan County, near the town of Waverly, Cyrus Wetzel, a descendent of the celebrated Indian fighter, being school trustee. After teaching two terms he returned to Indianapolis and began clerking for William John Wallace, continuing with him for several months. He left there to accept a position as clerk in the post-office under W. W. Wick and was a memixu' of the City Grays, a military company that afterward furnished so many officers for the war. He was also a member of the City Grays’ Band and was with them during the gold fever excitement in New Mexico, when they made the trip to that country. Gold was not so |)lenty as represented, andlMr. Newland and his com- panions decided to take a look at the western country. He went south through New Mexico to Arizona, Old iVIexico, ’and through Texas to the Gulf of IMexico and thence back to Indianapalis by way of the IVIississijJpi and Ohio Rivera, covering a distance of about 8,90(1 miles in about two years. After reaching Indianai)olis he entered the store of A. Wallace and remained with him until the lueaking out of the Civil War. He entered Camp Morton the flay after the firing on Fort Sumter, and was organized with Company A, Thirteenth Indiana, and was made first .sergeant. Latf*r he was promoted to sergeant-major at Beverly, Va.. ami at the end of six months was promoted to lieutenant and cayfiain, both commis- sions coming l)y the same mail. After two years’ service he was obliged to resign on account of disability and he then returned to Indianapolis, where he has since made his home. He served as deymty sheriff under Allxu'l Russner and tilled the same yiosition in a credital)le and efficient manner under Sheriff Isaac King. Ijater he was i)ailiff in the (fircuit Court under Judge Jacob Julian, Alex. (!. Ayres, Thomas L. Sullivan and Edgar A. Brown. In 188-) he was elected to the council from the twenty first ward over Pres- ton C. Trussler by a majority of twenty-six. He is one of the city’s most estcfuned and worthy citizens and in every walk of lift* has actpiilted himself with crt'dit. In flomestic [»leasure Mr. Newland has found agreeable diversion from the many dutit's that have accumulated around him as an official servant. lie has an (‘fiicient and ch(>erful help- mate in his wife, who was formerly Miss Sarah E. Bidgood, and whom ht* married 100 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS April 3, 1879, at Cumberland, Marion County, Ind. They liave two children, grown, a son and daughter. O. Gr. Pfaff, M. D. Among all the able physicians of Indianapolis there is probably not a more popular general practitioner or a more learned or skillful gynecologist (in which department of practice he has performed with gratifying success about every known opera tioii) than Dr. O. G. Pfaff. Dr. Pfaff belongs to an ancient German family, who bore arms as early as the fourteenth century. His father. Dr. Jacob L. Pfaff, was the son of parents who came from the “ Fatherland” and located in North Carolina just previous to the Revo- lutionary War, in which his father (Dr. PfafP’s grandfather) served gallantly in defense of American independence. In the State mentioned Dr. Jacob L. Pfaff was born. He gradu- ated in medicine in North Carolina medical inslitutions and was for some time thereafter associated in practice with an eminent German physician. On account of his pronounced anti-slavery views he left North Carolina and took up his residence in Indiana about 1840, and, locating at We.sttield, lived there until his death, which occurred in 1859. As a physi- cian he was (piite successful, but he made himself unpopular with some of his neighbors by his unequivocal denunciation of slavery in private and in public, for he made many speeches in favor of abolition, which were characterized by all the bitterness engendei'ed in the hearts of haters of human bondage at that time, when the misnamed ‘‘divine institution” was a black blot on our American e.sciitcheon. He was reviled, insulted and at times mobbed. When invective was found to have no effect upon him missiles, sometimes eggs, were brought into requisition, but he did not fear death and they did not deter him from going right ahead in the plain path of his duty. He gave to the anti slavery cause much time and a good deal of money; he sacridced to it a part of the success that might have been his had he refrained from taking the bold stand he took. He was for years manager of a portion of that historic yet uusurveyed ‘‘ underground railroad,” and as such was instrumental in sending a good many of his black-skinned fellow men to a freedom beyond our borders that they could not find within them. For years he fought a brave and determined fight, in which he found no mercy and never demanded a ti’uce, and he died just before emancipation was an accom- plished fact; but his movement is absolute freedom to all men under the stars and stripes, which will never again be curtaileJ or circumscribed. In 1858 (April 28), only a year, more or less, before the death of this grand man of the people, occurred the birth of his sou. Dr. O. G. Pfaff. When the latter was six years old, doubly orphaned, his mother having died too, he came to Indianapolis and was given a home with his elder brothers, who afforded him every advantage within their mean.s, not the least of which was opportunity to attend the public schools. At the age of twenty he entered the office of the late Dr. T. B. Harvey, and under the direction of that able preceptor began the study of medicine. In 1878 he became a student in the medical college of Indiana, and was graduated from that institution in 1882. During the six months succeeding his graduation he practiced his profession with Dr. Har- vey, and was then, by the county commissioners of Marion County, appointed i-esident phy- sician at the Marion County Asylum, a position which he retained a year and a half. For a short time after severing his connection with that institution he practiced his jirofession in Wisconsin, but he soon located permanently in Indianapolis and has grown into a large gen- eral practice and a reputation as a gynecologist that has given him high standing in his pro- fession. He has been connected with the Medical College of Indiana in various capacities and has been of almost invaluable aid to that institution. At this time he is its lecturer on diseases of women. He is also consulting gynecologist to the city dispensary and to St. Vincent’s Hospital. In 1890 Dr. Pfaff took a post-graduate course at the New York post- graduate school and another in 1891 in the New Y'^ork Polyclinic. In 1892 he took a special course in gynecology, under Dr. August Martin, at Berlin, Germany, and attended clinics at the University at Berlin. He is a member of the Indianapolis Surgical Society, of the Marion County Medical Society, of the Indianapolis State Medical Society, of the Mississippi Valley Medical Association and of the American Medical Association. Politically, Dr. Pfaff is a most enthusiastic Republican. He is a K. of H., and is medical examiner for that order in his district. He was married November 24, 1885, to Mary Alvy, daughter of James H. Alvy and a native of Indianapolis. >1 ■ • -f . .‘I >> LIBRARY Of THE Of illiNni' Pi • 107 AAD MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. Samuel Small. Within years of recent date the remarkable growth of the real estate business has given it a prominence and placed it in a position attained by very few other elements in this country. This increase and promotion can be nothing less than a reflex of the progress and prosperity of every general interest in the community and constitutes a strong reason for gratification among all appreciative and observant business men. In In- dianapolis this phase of affairs is noticeable and argues brightly for the future. In this connection the name of Samuel Small is conspicuous and enterprising and occupies a recog- nized position among both real estate agents and the owners of property. He was born at Greensboro, in Henry County, Ind. , July 24, 1843, his parents being Joseph and Jane (Phelps) Small, the former of whom was born in Wayne County, Ind., and the latter in Gil- bert County, N. C. Joseph Small became a thrifty farmer of Henry County, where he made his home until 1850, at which time he removed to Hendricks County, Ind., where he con- tinued the same occupation until his death, which occurred in February, 1887, his wife’s death having occurred two years earlier. Samuel Small was about eight years old at the time of his parents’ settlement in Hendricks County, and there he was brought up to the healtliy, active and useful life of the farmer, the rudiments of his literary education being obtained in the common schools and at Mooresville High School. After leaving school he purchased a saw mill at Plainfield; which he operated successfully for about three years, then sold the same and erected a grist-mill at a cost of about $9,000, but a short time after its completion he exchanged it for a farm of 120 acres in Hamilton County and for eleven years was occupied in tilling this land with satisfactory financial results. Always of a generous disposition and warmly attached to his friends, he became security for a number of them to considerable amounts and upon their inability to pay was com])elled to liquidate the amounts, thus losing heavily. He then gave up his farm and removed to Plainfield, in 1881, where he engaged in the real estate and insurance business, but on January 1, 1889, he became a member of the present firm of Mills & Small and moved to the city March 14, 1890. These gentlemen have had sufficient expei'ience in the handling of real estate to make them- selves and their advice valuable in the extreme to operators who intrust their interests in their hands. November 7, 1800, Mr. Small was united in marriage to Miss Mary E. Coggeshall, a native of Wayne County, Ind., and to tliem a family of five children have been given: Leora B., ^lillicent J. , Bethana Estella, Joseph O. and Robert P. The wife and mother was called from life in Fel)ruary, 1890, and on June 29. 1892, Mr. Small was united in mariiage to Miss Anna M. Keehn, a native of Reading, Berks County, Penn. Mr. Small has always been a Repul)lican in politics, is a member of the Friends’ Church, and socially is a member of the A. O. U. W., in whicli he has held various positions of honor. John B. Cockrum. Among the ])rominent men of Indianapolis, Ind. , slands the name of J fijti B. Cockrum, who is at present assistant general attorney of the Lake Erie & \\ estern Kailroad at that place. He is a j)roduct of Indiana, born in Gibson County, Sep- tember 12, 18')7, and his parents. Col. W. M. and Lucretia (Harper) Cockrum, were natives of that county also. The paternal grandfather. Col. James W. Cockrum, came from North Carolina at an early day, and settled in Gibson County, Ind., where he was one of the pioneers. He laid out Oakland City and followed the occupation of a fanner, but in connection was also engaged in merchandising. He was Colonel of the State Militia during the Mexican war, and was a prominent man. At an early date he was a member of the Legislature and associated with the Hon. \\ illiam H. English, now of this city. The closing scenes of his life were passed in (rib.son County. Our subject’s maternal grandfather, John Harper, was an early settler of Gibscjn County, Ind., ami of an old and highly respected family. 'J'he father of our subject. Col. William M. Cockrum, is still a resident of Ofkland City, Ind., and one of its most esteemed and popular citizens. He has been identitied with all public interests, and is in every way a most worthy citizen. Although active in political matt«irs he has never aspiiod to nor filled any j)oliticai office, prefening instead to give his entire attention to his extensive farm. During the (fivil war he was lieutenant colomd of the Forty-second Indiana Hegiment, and was severely wounded at the battle of Chicka- maiiga. I’cu’ some time he laid on the battle field and was then captured and taken to Libby Prison where he laniiained seven months. He was an inmate of the prison at the time Col. Streight ami others made their esca))e through the famous tunnel. Me was 168 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS paroled at Colnnil)ns, Ohio, took charge of his regiment as lieutenant-colonel, and remained with the same until the close of the war. By his union with Miss Harper he became the , father of nine children, as follows: John B., Ella, Clara, Willie, Morton, Zoe, May, James W. and Marion O , all of whom are living except Willie who died in infancy. John B. Cockrum, the eldest of these children, grew to mature years in his native town, secured a fair educatiot) in the same, and then taught .school for three years. Later he graduated in the Cincinnati Law School. This was in the spring of 1879, when twenty-one years of age, and he subsequently formed a partnershij) with C. W. Armstrong, of Boonville, Warrick County, Ind. This continued until 1888, when they together formed a partnership with Judge JohnB. Handy, under thetirm name of Handy, Armstrong & Cockrum, the same con- tinuing until 1889. They had the most extensive law practice of any firm in that county. Mr. Cockrum is a man of very superior natural endowments, strengthened and enriched by the highest culture. His mind is clear, concise, analytical and well poised. Of quick per- ception, he reaches at a bound what might cause others hours of study and research. He impresses yon at once as a man of great strength, de^Jh and grasp of mind. In 1888 he was selected as the Harrison delegate to the Chicago convention, in as hard a fought dis- trict convention as was ever held in the State. He was active in this campaign and on March 12, 1889, he was appointed assistant United States district attorney for the district of Indiana, by President Harrison. This [)Osition he held until Ajiril 20, 1893. On March l,of that year he was appointed assistant general attorney for the Lake Erie & \Vestern Railroad, Mr. W. E. Hackedorn being general attorney. This position he holds at the present time and has recently taken u]) his residence in Indianapolis, where he purchased |)roperty on College Avenue. His fine liome is presided over by his worthy companion, formerly Miss Fannie C. Bittrolff, of Evansville, Ind., whom he married on January 22, 1880, Two interesting children are the fruits of this union, Freeda and Oatley, aged twelve and ten respectively. Mr, Cockrum takes a deep interest in political affairs and wields his influence for his party. He is identified with nearly all the secret societies and several prominent clubs of the city. He is an Odd Fellow, has held the office of grand patriarch of the grand encampment of Indiana, is a Mason, and a K. of P. , being chairman of the grievances and a])peals committee of the grand lodge, and is a member of the Com- mercial and Columbia Clubs. W. E. Hackedorn. Among the citizens of Indianapolis who have carried their way from a modest l)eginning to the rank of its prominent men, not one occupies a more envi- able position than W. E. Hackedorn. Possessed of excellent ability, grafted upon a stock of stiirdy honesty, he also possesses a goodly degree of those personal attributes that s])ring from a kindly heart, an honest purjmse, a broad liberality and a fraternal sympathy. He was born in Richland County, Ohio, January 29, 1855, to George G. and Lucinda S. fShur) Hackedorn, the former of whom was a physicifyi by ])rofession, but spent the greater part of his life as a banker at Lima, Ohio. He paid the last debt of nature September 1, 1874. The subject of this sketch was brought up in Lima and was educated in the public schools and in the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, from which he graduated in 1875. Soon after this event he began the study of law and began his practice at Lima. He moved to Indianapolis in the fall of 1887, and soon after became connected with the Lake Erie & Western Railroad Company, as attorney, which connection has continued up to the present time to the satisfaction of all concerned. From 1878 to 1882 he was attorney for the Sandusky Division, and in 1888 was made general attorney for this road, and as such still continues. Since 1890 he has also been general attorney for the Fort Wayne, Cincin- nati & Louisville Railroad Company, and throughout his entire professional careei' he has been closely identifletl with railway interests, his advice and labors in their behalf being highly valued notwithstanding his youth. He is also secretary of the Indianapolis Sc Northeastern Railroad Cojnpany. Personally he is universally popular, and in all relations his life is without blemish or stain. In 1885 he was married to Miss Dell Hull, of Bucyrus, Ohio. Lafayette F. Cage, M. D. Diseases of the nose, throat and ear, inclirding catarrhal, bronchial and allied ailments, have dui'ing recent years received the special attention of many [Jiysicians of skill and eminence. One of the most conspicuous of the medical prac- Wi, .ll ' If LIBRARY AXD ^fAR10X COUNTY, INDIANA. 1B9 titioners of Iudianaj)olis devoting himself to these branches of practice, is Dr. Lafayette F. Page, who was born at Columbia, Ky., May 21, 1863, and is a son of Robert and Mary (Irving) Page, natives of Charlottesville. Va. Robert Page was a business man of prominence. Dr. Page was educated privately and at the public schools of Columbia, Ky., and later pursued a classical course at Columbia College, there obtaining the degree of A. B. For two years he was teacher of higher mathematics in Kentucky and for one year afterward in Texas. In 1885 he removed to Louisville and began the study of medicine at the Louisville Univer- sity (medical department). After taking the first course of lectures, he came to Indianapo- lis and entered the Indiana Medical College, from which he was graduated in 1887, receiv ing the Mears gold medal as a mark of special honor. At the same time he entered a com- petitive examination for the position of interne at the city dispensary and secured the a])pointment for one year. He then entered upqji a general practice to which he devoted him- self with increasing success for two years. Later he took two post graduate courses at New York with the end in view of perfecting himself in a knowledge of pathology and treat- ment of the specialties to which he has given his almost exclusive attention since 1890. Though still a young man, he has gained a re]mtation in this line which has made him well and widely known for his skill and success. He is a member of the Marion County Medical Society, the Indiana State Medical Society and the American Medical Association, and since coming to Indianapolis, has been physician to the county asylum, and he is at this time con- sulting physician in diseases of the throat, nose and ear, to the city dispensary. He is a member of the K. of P. and in politics is a Democrat. •Ions C. Gtreexe. One of the well known and successful lawyers of Indianajiolis is the gentleman who.se name appears above. He is no less popular socially than at the bar and is distinguished as being descended from a family of more than ordinary prominence during the revolutionary days. He was born in Kush County, Ind., February 17, 1831, a son of Lot and Anna (Cooper) Greene, natives resjiectively of Virginia and Kentucky. His i)a- ternal grandfather, who was for many years a resident of Guilford County, N. C., was Thomas Gr«*ene, whose father, a Rhode Islander, was first cousin to Gen. Nathaniel Greene. Gen. Greene and Thomas Greene were members of the Society of Friends, and Gen. Greene had many Quakers among his followers through the revolutionary struggle who suspended their relations with their peaceful brotherhood during the period when their country had such dire need of their services. When the independence of the colonies was assured, several of these made a rerpiest for themselves and for their comrades for reinstatement. A com- mittee was appointed on behalf of the society to consider their application and after due de- liberation informed them that they woiild Ije reitistated if they would acknowledge before the congregation that they liad done wrong in taking up arms in mortal strife. Gen. Greene was ap[)ointed spokesman for the patriot “Frieiuls.” They were of one mind. They had lisked theii' lives in the cause of liberty and they were not only not sorry for it but were proud of it. d'he General stated to the committee that in reply to its demand that they should acknowledge the act as wrong he had but one answer to make and tliat it was a de- cided one, “they would be damned if tluiy would do it.” From that time on Thomas Greene repudiated the Society of Friends. He left his peo])le and went to Virginia, thence to Som erset County. Ky. . and thence to I'Yanklin County. Ind. , where lie di(*d on his farm two miles below Brooklyn. Mr. Gieene’s grandfather. Cooper, also served the cause of the pa- triots for twf) years during the war for independence. He was a farmer and a Paptist [ireacher and clos(;d his days in Hush County, Ind. Lot Greene, father of the immediate subject of this sketch, was a farmer in Hush County all his active life. He was a man of fine attainments for tliose days and at different times tauglit school with such success that he is regarded as having l)e<*n an alile educator. For twenty yeai’s he was justice of tlie peace under t Ik* old const if ut ion. He married Anna Cooper and she bore liim eight children, named as follows: John C. (whose name heads this article). Samuel, laiiiisa (of California), Dr. James, Dr. W. F. (deceasi'il), .'Vmatida (deceased), H. M. (president of the First Na tioiial ]>ank of Hasadena County, Cal.), and .Mrs. Anna G. Porter, of California, .lohn C. Greene was reared on his fath(*r’s faian in Hush County, Ind. , attending the district schools and working on tlie place until he was twenty two years of age. Me then ent(*red Del’auw (then .\sbury) University, and was a student in that institution until com|)(>lh“d, nearly four 170 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS years later, io relinquish his studies on account of failing health. Not long afterward he entered the law office of Davis & Wright, at Shelby ville, Ind., and read with them until he WHS admitted to the bar in March, 1850, and began the practice of his profession in associa- tion with his former preceptors as a member of the tirm of Davis, Wright & Greene, a rela- tion which continued most pleasantly and profitably for all concerned for ten years. In Oc- tober. 1800, became to Indianapolis. He was for aboratone year thereafter in the service of the United States Government, and afterward was for nine years a wholesale merchant, first in tobacco, cigars and teas, and later in drugs. But Mr. Greene gave up his mercantile career to I'eturn to the i)ractice of his [)rofession, which has since engaged his time and at- tention. As a lawyer he is noted for the skill with which he prepares his cases, the ability with which he ])i es('nts them and the force and logic with which he argues them. It is his invariable custom to advise against litigation as long as litigation can be avoided without detriment to liis client’s interests, but when he once takes a case in hand he leaves no stone unturned in the road to victory. He numbers among his clients many of the leading citizens firms and corporations of Indianapolis and its vicinity, and is specially retained by the Mu- tual Ijife Endowment Association. Politically Mr. Greene is a Republican, and while he can (juite plainly state his reasons for so being, he is not in the ordinary sense a politician, and he has never sought uor accepted office, preferring to devote himself entirely to his busi- ness interests and having really no ambition in the direction of a public life. In a worldly way he has been quite successful. He was married in Se|)tember, 1854, to Miss Catherine Houston, a cousin of Samuel Houston, of Texas, and who has borne him two children. Robert L. and Lucien, both of whom live in Chicago. His present wife, whom he married in IMarch, 1885. was Azie McLean, of New Orleans. As a citizen Mr. Greene has always been most public spirited and helpful. He is proud of Indianai)olis and of the grand State of Indiana and zealous for their progress and jirosperity. Dr. Robert Geddes Graydox, now retired from the active duties of his profession, is probal)ly one of the best known physicians of Marion County, Ind. He has been unusually successful in the ])ractice of his profession, and that he deserves the good fortune that attended his efforts is indisputable, for he is not only honest and reliable and intelligent, but he has ever been sympathetic yet cheerhil in the sick room, and possessed the happy faculty of winning the confidence and liking of his patients, which had much to do with their restoration to health. In fact, throughout the county he is considered an authority in medical lore, and is highly regarded by the medical fraternity. The Doctor first saw the light of day in Lancaster County, Penn.. August 17, 1819, his parents being Alexander and Sarah (Geddes) Graydon. The father was l)orn in Harrisburg, Penn., his birth occurring in 1791. and the principal ))art of his life was .spent in merchandising in his native town. In 1848 he went to Indianapolis, Ind., where he was engaged in merchandising until 1858, and ten years later his death occurred. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, and was in the cam- paign when the British burned the capitol and bombarded Baltimore. He was married first, in 1818, to Miss Sarah Geddes, a native of Pennsylvania, and to this union was born one son, our subject. Tlie mother’s death occurred at that time. On September 10, 1822, Mr. Graydon was married to Miss Jane C. McKinney, daughter of Mordecai McKinney, and fourteen children were l)oru to this union, nine of whom reached mature years. Of these three died unmarried. Those who married were named as follows: Mary E., who became the wife of Joseph K. Sharp, of Indianapolis; William M. , who married Miss Mary Merrill, resides in Indianapolis; Alexander, who resides in St. Louis, married Mary Erances Foster; Emma is the widow of James C. Alexander, and resides in Indianapolis; Andrew, married Miss Lavinia Doxon, and now makes his home in Indianapolis; and James W., who resides in London, England, first married Miss Mary McCullougli and after her death was married to Miss Mary Bodine. William Graydon, the grandfather of the above mentioned chil- dren, was born in Bristol, Penn., on the Delaware River, in 1759. He was a lawyer by profession, and in his early manhood moved to Harrisburg. Penn., where he was soon after a])pointed justice of the peace by George Mifflin, Pennsylvania’s first governor, and held that position for fifty years. His death occurred in October, 1840. He assisted in suppress- ing the whisky insurrection in Pennsylvania, and was under Gen. Washington. The grandfather was first married to Miss Eleanor Scull, who bore him six children. After Ayn MARIOX COUNTY, INDTAXA. 171 her death he was married to Miss Eleanor Murray, and four children were born to them, two of whom are now living; William, who now resides in Philadelphia, and Henry M. , who lives in Harrisburg. Alexander Graydon, the great-grandfather of our subject, was born in County Longford, Ireland, in 1709, and was educated for the Episcopal ministry in Dublin. He came to America in 1730, settled in Philadelphia, and at once commenced the study of law. A number of years later he was appointed judge of the Bucks County Court, of which Bristol was the county seat, and he moved to that town and made his home there until his death in 1700. He was married in Philadelphia to a IMiss Marks, and several chil- dren were l)orn to them, of whom two sons, Alexander and Andrew, were soldiers in the Kevolution, Alexander serving as captain and Andrew as cornet player. The former was captured and confined in New A^ork city for some time by the British. He was afterward prothonotary or clerk of Dauphin County Court, and held that position for many years. He was a member of the constitutional convention of 1793, and was one of the electors who voted for George Washington. He died in Harrisburg in 1817. Although married twice, he left no children. The Doctor’s earliest maternal ancestor of w’hom he has any trace was Paul Geddes, who was a native of the Emerald Isle, born in 1660. Ho married the M’idow McElroy, and died in 1720 or 1730. His son, James Geddes, was born in 1704 and died in 1764. The latter married Miss Margaret Muir and came to America in 177)2, settling in the Keystone State. He and wife had three sons, Paul, William and Samuel, all born in Ire- land. William Geddes’ birth occurred in 1735, and he married Mias Sarah McAllen in 1762. They had seven children, one of whom. Robert Geddes, whose birth occurred in 1771, was the maternal grandfather of our subject. He married IMiss Jane Sawyer, in March, 1797, and the mother of our subject was one of his children. Dr. Robert G. Graydon never knew the tender care of a mother, and when ten days old was taken to Harrisburg, Penn., by his father, and there grew to sturdy manhood. He attended the schools of that city, and he also attended a private academy, thus receiving a fair education for his day. In 1838, when nineteen years of age, he went to Hanover, N. H. , and there entered Dartmouth (k)llege, from which institution he graduated in 1842. Returning to Harrisburg, Penn., he commenced the study of medicine with Dr. William W. Rutherford, and later attended the University of Pennsylvania, graduating from the medical department of that institution in 1845. Again he returned to Harrisburg, but only to remain there a short time, for in 1846 he came to Indiana and located at Indianapolis. He practiced there a short time and in 1849 started for (California, overland, making the start from Independence, Mo., together with a com|)any of about fifty or sixty individuals. The j)arty split up along the road and only about a dozen stuck together. They landed at Sutter’s Mill after a trip of five monfhs, during which time they had no trouble with Indians and no bad luck to amount to anything. Dr. Graydon remained in (California from August, 1849, until Se])tember, 1850, digging for gold most of the time, and he then returned home by way of the isthmus. He stopped at many places on the way, and after an ocean voyage of fifty-five days reached New York (City. From there he went to Phila(lelj)hia, thence to Harrisburg, where he visited friends, and then came to the Hoosier State with about $2,000 he had made in the Gold State. In 1852 he located in Greenwood, Johnson (County, and practic(*d his |)rofes- sion there until 1858, with the exception of six months spent in Texas, and then came to Southport, -Marion (County, where he has since remained and where he practiced his profes sioti until 1887, when he retired. He was a member of the Marion County CMedical Society, also the State Medical Society, and was a charter immiber of both. In his religious views he is a Presbyterian and a member of the session. In the year 1 886 he was elected justice of the |)eace for four years, but his successor failing fo(|ualify. Dr. (traydon continues to serve. In politics he is a Republican; originally a M hig. He was not able to vote for William H. Hanison, being in college, and as a conse(|uence his first presidential vote was for Henry (Clay. He voted for John (C. Fremont, then for Douglas, then MacClellan, but since then, for the most part he has voted the Republican ticket. In the year 1851 the Doctor was married to INfiss Sarah (C. Todd, a nativ<; of Kentucky, as wiis also her father, Levi L. Todd. One child was born to this union, but it died in infancy. Mrs. Graydon died in 1857, and the Doctor’s second wife was Miss Eliza 15. 'I’odd, daughtei' of 'I'liomas 4. 'I'odd. One child, a daughtei', was born to this union, but died in infancy. 'I’he second wife died in August, 1867, and his 172 OF INDTANAPOLIS third wife’s maiden name was Flora A. Finch, daughter of Moses Finch, a native of New York. No children have been l)orn to this union. L. P. Harlan. The Harlan family is one of the honored old American families mem- bers of which have been prominent in about every important period of our civilization. Early representatives of it were able lawyers and eloquent divines. The name has made itself honored in war and in peace, in the celebrations of the church and in the counsels of the nation. One of its best known representatives at this time is Levi P. Harlan, of Indian- apolis. This popular lawyer was born in Marion County, Ind., March 3, 1853, a son of Austin B. and Elizabeth L. (Conwell) Harlan. His father was a native of Connersville, Ind., and his mother of Xenia, Ohio. The latter was brought to Marion County when but an infant, by her parents, who settled on a farm which became known widely as her family home. Nathan Harlan, Levi P. Harlan’s paternal graudfathei’, removed, when only about sixteen year.s of age to Connersville, Ind. , from his native state. Kentucky. In 1825 he came to Marion County and was a well known farmer here until his death, which occurred in 1847. He entered a tract of land in 1827 about nine miles east of the city, which is now the home of the father of the immediate subject of this sketch. His father, Joshua Harlan, was one of the most prominent early settlers of the State and was a pioneer judge at Connersville. He came from Kentucky to Connersville, and with him came his son, Nathan, then about sixteen years old. Before the latter came to Marion County, in 1825, he had married, and he brought with him Austin B. Harlan (L. P. Harlan’s father), then three months old and certainly entitled to be written down as one of the youngest pioneers here- about. Here he was reared and still lives, having made his home on the same place for sixty-six years. He liegan as a boy to aid in the task of clearing and cultivating the land. He was a ])upil in the old red log school-houses of his time and availed himself to the utmost of such educational advantages as were afforded him, and later supplemented them with systematic reading until he is regarded as one of the best informed men anywhere in the country. Considering his years he is exceptionally hale and hearty. He is prominent in all the affairs of his neighborhood, and is known the country over as a stanch and uncom- [)romising Democrat. He has been twice married and has a largo family of children. The subject of this sketch and bis brother, Allison W. Harlan, a well known dentist of Chicago, are the only ones by the first marriage now living. The following by the second marriage are living, Isaac. Jacob, George, Hairy, Clara, Adeline and Bessie. Dir. Harlan’s boyhood day.s were passed on the farm and in the district school. He was early practically familiar with the rough work of jiroducing from the soil the food of the people. The foundation of his education was primary in its character. He took up the labor of study in earnest at Butler Hniversity, and in June, 1873, went to Chicago and began to read law in the office of Wilson, Martin & iVIontgomery and remained there about two years. Upon his return to Indianajiolis he was elected supei'intendent of the schools of Marion County and held that impoi;tiuit jiosition for ten years, until 1885. For something more than two year.s there- after he was cashier in the city and county treasurer’s office. This position he was obliged to relinquish on account of extreme and protracted illness, and when he was sufficiently recovered to do so, he devoted himself to restful and recnjierative travel, which was con- tinued about a year. On his return he became a member of the law firm of IMcCullough & Harlan, his partner being Senator McCullough, which existed for three years, and since its termination he has been engaged alotie in the practice of his profession. He has attained a |)rominence at the bar which is but the just reward of his merits and his success. He has never had any {lolitical ambition to gratify, and such official jireferment as has been accorded to him has come to him as the one conspicuous man who could most worthily assume it and perform its duties. In all the relations of life he has borne himself with credit, and to the honor and gratitication of his fellow citizens. He is a member of the Methodist Ejiiscopal Church and is most liberal and helpful to all its interests. He was married in 1877 to ^liss Sarah L. INIcVey, a talenteil and most estimable lady, and has five children: Horace. Ethel, Clara, Dayton and Loren. His suburban home is one of the most comfortable and eh'gant about Indianapolis and breathes welcome and good cheer in its every appointment. Here i\rr and Mrs. Harlan disjiense a generous hospitality which has made the jilace known to the most solid and substantial [leople, and, with their children, live (piietly and contentedly away from the noise and bustle of the city. AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. 173 Cornelius \V. Sullivan. Special adaptability to any [)articular calling in life is the one necessary adjunct to permanent success. No matter the vim and determination whicli characterizes a man’s start in business, unless he is to the manner born, he will find to his sorrow that his line has been falsely cast, and the quicker he draws aside and takes iij) an other calling, the better will it be for him. That Cornelius W. Sullivan is especially fitted for the calling which now occupies his attention, that of plaster contracting, cannot be doubted, for he has a large amount of work constantly on hand, some of which is of consider- able importance and demands the utmost care and attention. Although he is ([uite young he commands his full share of work, and with reason may be accounted one of the most suc- cessful and extensive contractors in his line in the city. He was born on Delaware Street, Indianapolis, January 1, 1801), a son of Timothy and Anna (O’Donnell) Sullivan, the former of whom was born in the State of Kentucky, and the latter on the Isle of Erin. She was brought in childhood to this country, here grew to womanhood, and upon reaching a suitable age was united in marriage with Timothy Sullivan. This gentleman learned the trade of a plasterer in Louisville, Ky., and in 1850 came to Indiaiuqiolis and followed his trade with success for cjuite a number of years. He is now deceased, but his widow still survives him and makes her home with the subject of this sketch. In the public schools of the city of Iudiana{)olis Cornelius \V. received his education, and later was an attendant of St. I’atrick’s Catholic Church. Upon starting out in life for himself at the early age of eleven years he began laboring in a stave factory and afterward in a pork house, but when he attained the age of fourteen years he began learning the trade of i)lasteriug with Matthew Hartman, one of the old-time contractors of the city, with whom he remained until the death of Mr. Hartman. In 1885 he went to Cincinnati and the following year to Chicago, but shortly after returned to Indianapolis and again worked for Mr. Hartman until the time of his employer’s death, which occurred *August b, 1893, then commenced contracting plastering, having purchased Mr. Hartman’s business, and has since been contracting for himself and has filled some very important and extensive contracts successfully. He has taken an active interest in politics for years, and in 1891 was assistant doorkeeper of the State Senate, and is now a member of the executive committee of the Democratic party, of which he has long been one of the most enthusiastic sup])orters. He is a member of the Builders’ Exchange, and has very lately been elected secretary of that organization. He has always taken an active interest in labor organizations; was a member of the Operative Plasterers Association, of which he was presi- dent until his resignation, when he engaged in business with others. He is a member of the Operative Plasterer’s International organization, of which he has been j)resident nineteen months (United States and Canada), and has been secretary of the local organization and a member of the board of trustees. He is a man of much intelligence, public spirited to a degree, and a useful and influential citizen. Hon. Williaxi H. Craft. The real estate agent has a function important alike to those for whom he sells, and to whom he sells, and if he be a man of integrity, fills an obligation to both classes with whom he deals. The business of more than one man has been unsettled through the fault of unscrupulous real estate agents and a man in this line who is really upright and honest and has at heart the best interests of all concerned is pretty a))t in time to receive a large patron - age. One of the most reliable of the real estate agents of Indianapolis is William H. Craft, whose place of business is located at 10, Virginia Avenue. He is a member of the firm of VV. H. Craft & Co., real estate, insurance, loan and rental agents, his two sons, Harlan and Ernest, being associated in business with him. The character of the gentlemen composing this firm is alone sufficient to commend it to the public favor and they are unhesitatingly acknowledged to be gentlemen of superior business (pialifications. The head of the firm, William H. Craft, was born in Belmont County, Ohio, September 0, 1833 and in the common schools of that section he received the advantages of a thoroughly practical English education. At the age of thirteen he was apprenticed to learn the printing business and served three years as a compositor, at the end of which time he entered Netf Academy, a well conducted institution of learning, and there continued to pursue his studies for one year. He next served a three year’s ajiprenticeship at the watch-maker and Jeweler’s business and first came to Indianapolis in November, 1854. In 1800 he commenced business for himself in the Odd Fellows’ Hall, but when the great Civil War came up he cast aside jiersonal considerations and J74 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS enlisted in the service of bis country. At the close of hostilities he resumed the jewelry business which had been interrupted by the war, and established himself at 24, East Washington Street. In April, 1886. Mr. Craft then sold out and quit the jewelry business and turned his attention to other avenues of labor. He has been twice married and has had born to him eight children, six of whom are living. In 1865 he was elected to the office of City Treasurer and to the City Council in 1870, to which office he succeeded himself in 1872 and 1874. He has served as a member of the State Legislature, being a representative from Marion County to the House of liepresentatives, during which session the Bill for the erec- tion of the New State House was passed, in 1877. Mr. Craft has a wide acquaintance and has long been familiarly known as Harry Craft, many of the old settlers knowing him on!}’ by this cognomen. George W. Miller is successfully engaged in the manufacture of carriages, wagons, etc., and has Iteen established in this line of work since 1870 and has continued the same ever since. At the present time the principle manufactures which he turns out are delivery wagons, and he is also extensively engaged in a general repair work. He owes his nativity to Wayne County, Ind., where he was born June 14, 1827, to Isaac and Mary (Witter) Miller, natives of the Keystone State. The father was reared in Virginia, however, but in 1826 removed to Wayne County, Ind., where he purchased a farm and resided on and tilled the same until liis death, which occurred in 1862, his widow surviving him two years. George W. Miller spent tiis boyhood and early manhood on the old home farm in Indiana and like the majority of the farmers’ boys of his day his education was limited to the common schools, but he improved his opportunities and made fair progress in his studies. At the age of twenty-one he began learning the carriage-maker’s trade at Cambridge City, where he also later engaged in business for himself. Upon leaving that place he went to Dublin, Ind., where he engaged in the manufacture of carriages, and during Piei'ce’s administration acted in the capacity of postmaster of that place. When the war opened he enlisted in Company C, Eighty fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry (August 8, 1862), and served until the close, receiving his discharge at Indianapolis, June 28, 1865, and being mustered out as corimral of his company. He is a member of the G. A. R., and since 1851 has been a member of the I. O. O. E. , Meridian Lodge, No. 480, in which order he has passed all the chairs. He was -^married in 1854 to Miss Sarah E. Barrett, a native of Henry County, Ind., and a daughter of Acpiilla and Elizabeth (Mellett) Barrett. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Miller two children have been given, William B. and Mary L., both of whom are deceased. Mary became the wife of Edward Dickinson. Mr. and Mrs. Miller have long been in communion with the Methodist Episcopal Church and are among its most active workers. Mr. Miller is one of its trustees and is a man whose character as a business man is above reproach. He is kind and considerate in his family,, a faithful friend, an accommodating neighbor and an ujiright, law abiding citizen, an honor to his family and to the State which gave him birth in which all his life has been spent. Dr. Charles Almer Barnes. The State of Vermont is always suggestive of the honest, hard and rugged characters in human life. It jiresents to the mind pictures of the bold Green Mountain boys and brave Ethan Allen before the gates of Ticonderoga. It was peo- ple like those who won their independence from the British king and erected the basis of this great American nation. It is their descendants who have come out in the West and formed the nucleus of a great territory and a great people. Charles Aimer Barnes, of Southport, Ind., came of this stock. He was born in Ferrisburg, Addison County, Vt., October 11, 1836, to the union of Jesse G. and Mary (Barron) Barnes, the former a native of Vermont and the latter of Canada. Mrs. Barnes’ father, Maj. Barron, was an officer in the English army during the War of 1812. The father of our subject was justice of the })eace in White County, Ind., many years, and was a man highly esteemed by all favored with his acquaintance. His death occurred in 1863 and the mother died in 1884. He had been married twice, first to a Miss Alvord who bore him three children, Alfonso, William and Richard H. , all deceased. To the second union nine children were born, Cyrus B., de- ceased; Jesse G., James E., D. F. , Charles A., subject; Sarah J., wife of George W. Glover; Richard H. ; George W. and Mary E., who married William Saylor. Our sub- ject was only four years of age when his parents left Vermont and made their way to 175 AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. St. Lawreuce Coxtnty, N. Y. There young Barnes remained for live years, attending school for a short time, and then moved with his parents to Huron County, Ohio, where they resided for two years. From there they moved to Indiana, locating near Monticello. White County, and there our subject remained until 1857, attending school and receiving most of his educational training. In the spring of that year, while young Barnes was read- ing medicine in the office of Dr. H. P. Anderson, the struggle began in Kansas and he left his studies and went to that Territory. This was after the repeal of the Missouri compromise bill. Later Mr. Barnes entered the army at Fort Leavenwortli, Kan., as civilian employe, and served as courier. He was also in the quartermaster department, was with the ammunition train at the battle of Bull Hun, and with the ambulance on the field at the battle of Antietam. On account of ill health, after eighteen months of service, he was discharged and returned to Monticello, Ind., where he finished his med- ical studies. He had four brothers in the service, as follows: James, who served in the western army for three years; Richard H. was in the western army for three years; George W. enlisted in 1864 and served until cessation of hostilities, and D. F. , who was a iMethodist minister, served in the sanitary commission. Our sul)ject graduated from Rush Medical College, Chicago, in 1870, and then began practicing at Goodland, Newton County, Ind. Previous to this, however, and previous to graduating, he had practiced his profession for six years at Motion, Ind. In 1877 he went to Brightwood, Ind., and there remained until 1887 when he came to Southjiort, Ind., and here he has since practiced his piofession. He is a member of the Marion County and the Slate Medical Societies and for some time was a mem- ber of the Newton County and White County Medical Societies. He was a delegate to the American Jledical Association from White County, Ind., that met at Cincinnati. The Doc- tor was a Republican, but of late years has been voting the Prohibition ticket. Socially he is a member of the Masonic Fraternity, Southport Lodge, No. 270, in which he has held the office of Worthy Master, and he was master of the lodge in Newton County, Ind. In his i-eligious views he is a Presbyterian, but is of Quaker de.scent. In the year 1865 he was married to IMiss Henrietta Tharp, daughter of Anuariah Tharj), of Jasper County. Ind., and four children were born to them, of whom only two are now living. Dr. Arthur L. married ^liss Mary E. Glenn, daughter of A. J. Glenn, and Charles Albert Barnes. The Doctor has Ijeen more than ordinarily successful in the practice of his profession, and is an excellent and reliable all-around physician, of which fact the public is thoroughly aware. Caul L. Barnes, M. D. Although a young man Dr. Carl L. Barnes bids fair to become a model physician. His cheerful confidence in tbe sick chamber is often as potent as his medicines, and he has been and still is a student in his profession, ever grasping aftei' new truths in science. He keeps hiiuself thoroughly posted in his ])rofe8sion, his diagnoses being almost instantaneous and very rarely incorrect. He is a young man of great steadfastness of purpose, and seldom fails to accomplish what he undertakes, while his tenderness and com passion, kindness and consideration in the sick room, cannot fail to be recognized and apju’e dated. He was born in Connellsville, Penn., IMay 18, 1870, a son of Zepheniah E. and Elizabeth (Dawsonj Barnes, who wer«; also l)orn in the Keystone State. The Barnes family was well-known in Pennsylvania, and in that State the father became widely known as an extensive stockdealer. One of his uncles was Ibiited States senator from that State, ])os- sessed a line intellect and as a congressman made a namt' foi' himself. The |)aternal grandfather of the subject of this sketch was the well known orator of Philadelpliia- A. S. Barnes. 'J’he maternal ancestors of the sul)ject were of German Quaker origin, and the history of this family may be traced back many years. In the town of Oonnellsvilh' Dr. Carl L. Barnes was reared, and his (ulucation was ac(juired in the |)ublic schools and an academy of Connellsville, and aftei- graduating from tlie latter he turned his attention to the study of medicine and shortly' after came to Indianapolis and entered the Mtvlieal College of Indiana where he pursued his researches successfully and thoroughly until March 20, 1802, when he graduated. Dr. Barnes has made a special st iidy of surgery anti for t lie purpost* of perfecting himself in this branch of his profession ht* has visittal the principal hospitals of the city' of New V'ork at dillerent tirmts. His practice is confined almost exclusively to surgery and office |)ractice, and he has already' Iiuilt up a patronage of which the oldest medical jiractitioners of the country' need not be ashamed. He has given much time and study' to 170 MEMOIRHi OF INDIANAPOLIS the process of embalming, and was the originator and one of the incorporators of the Embalming College of Indiana, of which institution he is president and one of the demon- strators. This college was incorporated February 24, 1893, being the second one of the kind to be incor{)orated in the United States. The Doctor tilled the chair of anatomy and minor surgery in the Eclectic College of Fhysicians and Surgeons the past two years and has been given an honorary degree from that institution. Dr. Barnes is a mo.st generous- hearted man, full of the milk of human kindness, a close student, a hard worker, and with- out doubt one of the most promising young physicians of the State. He is a correspondent of The Casket and Wester)! Undertaker, two leading journals pertaining to the undertaking business, the former })eriodical having a circulation extending all over the globe. He has written articles on embalming, which have been widely published and circulated and have given him a wide reputation for an extensive knowledge of such subjects. He has always l)een a Republican in politics and socially belongs to the Masonic order and the Marion club. J. C. McNutt. This well known young lawyer and popular public speaker, who occupies tlie responsible and honorable position of State Law Librarian of Indiana, was l)orn in -lohnson County, May 25, 1803, a son of James and Cynthia J. (Hunt) McNutt, also natives of that county. His paternal grandfather, John McNutt, was a pioneer in Johnson County, and one of his sons, an uncle of J. C. McNutt, is Judge Cyrus F. McNutt of Terre Haute. His great-grandfather, Hensley, was the tirst settler in what is now Hensley Township, Johnson County, which was named in his honor. The old McNutts and Hensleys did jiatriot service in defence of liberty of the colonies during the Revolu- tionary War and were men of the sturdiest character and the most solid worth. James McNutt was a prominent farmer. His life was busy and successful, thoroughly devoted to his family, and he died in August, 1867, leaving four children of whom the immediate sub- ject of this sketch, then a little more than four years old, was next to the eldest. He lived the life of a farmer boy of all work, attending school during the winter months, until he was seventeen years old, when he engaged in teaching school and studying law. Four years later he was admitted to the l)ar and within twelve months thereafter, in 1885, he began the practice of his profession at Franklin, Ind., where he continued it with in- creasing success until March 1, 1893, when he was appointed by the Supreme Court State law librarian. In 1888 Mr. McNutt was elected prosecuting attorney from the sixteenth district, consisting of Johnson and Shelby Counties. He was re-elected in 1890, and his second term expired in November, 1892. In this position he most clearly and ably demon- strated his suj)erior qualifications for criminal and other important practice. His cases were always prepared with the utmost care, his presentation of them was masterly and his forensic efforts were of such a character as to mark him as one of the conspicuous natural orators in the State. He is extremely popular at the bar, but no more so than so- cially. He has been, since he was twenty one, a member of the I. O. O. F. He is identified with other prominent organizations and as a citizen is liberal and public spirited, having a real desire to see the advancement of the whole peojile along the lines of morality, enlightenment and civil and religious liberty. He was married in July, 1886, to Miss Ruth Neely, and has a son, Paul, born in 1891. Mrs. McNutt is a member of the Method- ist Episcopal Church, of whose leading interest Mr. McNutt is a generous and helpful supporter. Frederick Ballweg. The career of the gentleman whose name heads this sketch is but another evidence of what can be accomplished by those of foreign birth who seek a home and fortune on the free soil of America. He possesses the push, energy and enterprise for which his countrymen are noted, and as a natural consequence he has been successful in the accu- mulation of means, and has won a reputation for honesty and fair dealing that is in every respect justly merited. He was born in Huntheim, a little village of about 120 inhab- itants, in Baden, Germany, March 20, 1825, to the marriage of Sebastian and Marianna (Schussler) Ballweg, both natives of the old country. The father was a cabinet maker and was the owner of twenty acres of land. He passed his entire life in Germany, dying there in 1866, when seventy-tive years of age. Five children were born to his marriage, as follows: Generosa, Cornelia (married Joseph Ballweg, and is now deceased), Frederick (our subject), Joseph (deceased) and Ambrose (who died September 9, 1881, in Indianapolis). During 177 AXD MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. the Rebellion the latter was in command of the arsenal at Indianapolis with the rank of captain. He married Miss Amelia Engelinan. They left four living children, Cornelia, Alfret, Charles and Emma. Cornelia and Alfret are married. The mother of our subject died in 1866. Frederick Ballweg attended school from the age of six to fourteen, and then spent hve years in learning the cabinet maker’s trade. He then left home and went to Paris and Toulon, also other places in France, and worked at his trade until twenty-four years of age, when, on April 1, 1850, he sailed from Havre de Grace, France, to America. On June 7 of that year he landed in New A^ork city and at once went to Rahway, N. J., where he began working at his trade the next day after his arrival. For two years he was thus engaged and during that time learned to speak English and saved some money. The first year he received 87 per month and his board, but the second year he made from 810 to 81 ‘2 per week. In the spring of 1852 he went to New A’ork city and worked at his trade there for a year. He then came direct to Indianapolis, arriving September 17, 1853, and he at once went to work for John Ott; one of the first cabinet makers in the city. Mr. Ballweg worked for him for about live years and then embarked in the lumber business in that city. This he caj ried on successfully for about fifteen years, and then in 1878 he bought eighty acres of laud in Perry Township, Marion County, for 875 per acre. He at once erected a handsome two-story frame house and in this he resides at the present time. Of the eighty acres fourteen acres are in timber. He is wide-awake and progressive and one of the best agriculturists of the county. A Republican in politics Mr. Ballweg cast his first presidential vote for John C. Fremont and has never since failed to vote for the Republican candidate. He was born and baptized a Catholic, which religion his [>eople professed, but Mr. Ballweg himself is not a member of any church but is in favor of anything that tends to morality and good govern- ment. I'ormerly our subject was a member of the I. O. O. F. He was married January 1, 1854, in Indianapolis, to Miss Elise Stanger, daughter of Gustav Stanger, and the ceremony was performed by Sipiire Sullivan. Twelve children have been the result of this union; William, born September 29, 1855, died April 2, 1856; Frederick \V., born Feliruary 4, 1857; Annie M., born January 22, 1859; Louis G., born March 15, 1861, and died May 29, 1869; Franklin A., born May 15, 1863, and died June 4, 1864; Lena E., born June 11, 1865, died September 22, 1892; Clara M., born December 22, 1867; Lilly, born Feliruary 22, 1879, died the same day; Louis E., born Ajiril 7, 1871; Bertha A., born April 22, 1873; Roliert M. , born September 20, 1875; and Otto, born December 15, 1878, died January 9, 1879. Veuv Rev. Anthony Scheiueler, V. G. The able and distinguised pastor of St. Mary’s Church, at Indianapolis, Ind., Very Rev. Anthony Scheideler, V. G., was born in Borgholz, Westphalia, Germany, May 23, 1836, a son of Anthony and Anna Mary (Crote) Scheideler, both of whom spent their lives in the old country. The father was a man of intelligence and his artistic tastes and inclinations led him- to follow the calling of an architect. He served in the army, was later appointed a public oflicial — receiver of t axes; and of a family of seven children, born to himself and wife, four are now living; William, of Hoboken, N. A’.; Mary Frizenhousen, a resident of Auenhousen, Westphalia; Wilhelmina, who resides with her brother. Very Rev. Anthony Scheideler, for whom she keeps house, the latter lieing the subject of this sketch. When not occupied with his studies, Anthony Scheideler fol lowed various occujiations under the direction of his intelligent father, who wisely taught his son that to labor was honorable, anil also instilled into his youthful mind lessons of hon esty, thrift and frugality. At the age of fourteen he began to study for the priesthood in a fine educational institution of his native land, at Baderborn, Westphalia, where he .suc- cessfully continued his Ijatin studies for three years. In 1854 he sailed to America, landing at New York city on May 20, and utdil 1858 continued his studies at St. Vincent, Penn., after which he came direct to Vincennes, Ind., and was here ordained a luiest of the Catholic Cliurch on October 21, I860, just nine days before the election of Abraliani Lin- coln to the presidency, by Right Rev. Bishop Morris De St. Palais, and soon after was ajipointed pastor of St. Joseph’s Church, Dearborn County, Ind., on November 28, 1860. where he continued to reside until July 28, 1874, when he came to lndiana|)olis and has since been [lastor of St. Mary’s (diurch. He has been ^'i(•ar (leneral of the Diocese of Vin cennes, Ind., since September 6, 1878, tf) which he was appointed by Right Rev. Bishop Francis Silas Chatard, I). I), h’ather Scheideler has shown great enei'gv in discharging IJ 178 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS his pastoral duties, and since his residence in Indianapolis he has made a great many im provements and has caused to be erected a chapel and vault in the cemetery. His church has been beautifully decorated, he has built a fine school-house and a handsome hall for the meeting of societies, and by unwearied and earnest efforts he has increased the member- ship of his church to about 2,000. At the time of his location in Indianapolis, in 1874, he was the only German-speaking pastor in the city and as a consequence his church was largely patronized by those of his nativity. His genial disposition makes him a general favorite and he is one of the most charitable and kind-hearted of men, sincere in his friendships and devotedly attached to the church with which he is connected. He never forgets a kindness and never stoojis to resent an injury. He is rich in the love of his people and of him it may be said; “ Well done, thou good and faithful servant.” John B.vrger Dobyns is a native Virginian, born near Christiansburg, Montgomery County, January 8, 1819, and he there remained until fifteen years of age, receiving his educa- tion in the early schools of those days. He attended the school at Taylor’s Springs, almost on the summit of the Alleghany mountains. This house was in the country, built of logs with rails for seats and greased paper for window lights, puncheon floor, clapboard door with wooden latch, and other rude furniture of pioneer days. This was a subscrijition school and only lasted about three months. When fifteen years of age oirr subject left his nalive State with his parents, Dangertield and Eva (Barger) Dobyns, and came by wagon to Indiana, landing at Flat Bock, in Shelby County, one month after starting. This was on November 9, 1884. The next summer the father sent our subject to Indianapolis to enter some land, provided he could find any that was not taken. He started on foot for that city with a $50 bill in his jacket and on arriving entered forty acres at $1.25 in White Biver Township, John- son County. He also discovered lOd acres more of desirable land not yet entered. Return- ing home he told his father who at otice started for Indianapolis on foot, although seventy- four years of age. He walked within thirteen miles of Indianapolis and there met with a neighbor who carried him to the city. He theie entered 160 acres more land in Johnson County and returned home on foot, wading Blue River and Sugar' Creek. Arriving home he was attacked next day with fever and chills, then so prevalent, and so violent was the attack that he died on the third day. He was born in the Shenandoah Valley, Va., in 1760, and died in 1884, the same year that he came to Indiana. He was a school teacher by profession and among his pupils was Ballard Preston, afterward a general in the Confederate service, and John Floyd, who was in command of the Confederate forces at Fort Donelson. Mr. Dobyns married Miss Eve Barger, daughter of Philip Barger, and children were given them nine of whom reached mature years, as follows: William A., deceased; Samuel, deceased; Mahala, deceased; Thomas; Margaret, deceased; Henry M., deceased; Katherine, widow of Marvin Adams, resides in Spencer County, Ind. ; John B., our stdqect; Kennerley, deceased, and Christian, deceased. The mother of these children died at the advanced age of ninety- three years. Both parents were worthy members of the Methodist Episcopal Church nearly all their lives and were highly respected in the community in which they lived. Thomas Dobyns, grandfather of the above mentioned children, was a native of the Old Dominion and there passed his entire life. This family was an old and prominent Virginia family. During his father’s last illness our subject was also taken sick and was in bed far about ten days. When not fully recovered he started for Hamilton County. Ohio, on horseback, to see his elder brother, Thomas, and get his advice and assistance in closing up the affairs of the father. He traveled every day until his chills came on, and then stopped until the fever came on, and in this way finally arrived at his destination. Reaching that place he decided to stay there, and commenced hauling wood to the river for $10.25 a month. There he remained until the next spring and then he returned to Indiana, where he helped his mother with the crops. Later he returned to Hamilton County, Ohio, and in January, 1836, apprenticed himself to Philip A. Hill for three years to learn the carpenter’s trade. During his apprenticeship his master sent him to school three months, and at the end of his time presented him with $50. He began working at his trade and on October 7, 1840, he was married to Miss Elizabeth Gaston, now deceased. The next spring he came to Indiana and built a log house on the forty acres he had entered four years previously. There they lived four years and then our subject bought 100 acres near this, moved on it, and there made his 171) AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. home for two years. He then sold out and bought IGO acres in the same township. He moved on this and later bought forty acres adjoining, and made his home here until 1868, when he moved to Southport, Marion County, for the purpose of educating his children. He sold his Johnson County farm for $10,000 and bought a farm in Perry Township, Marion County, of 120 acres on which he built a Ijrick house. There he lived for about eight years and then moved to Hendricks County, Ind. , where he had purchased 208 acres on which were seven magnetic medicated springs, which have a great reputation for their wonderful healing qualities. On this farm our subject lived for ten years. Then a stock company was organized and this company bought the springs and made it a place of resort for invalids. Our subject is one of the board of directors. The wonderful curative properties of these waters have long been known, and countless testimonials of those who have been benelited by their use can be found on demand. The water is absolutely free from organic matter. No stifling odors or unpleasant taste, but delightfully cool, pleasant and refreshing. Our subject left there in April, 1891, and came to Southport, Ind., where he has since lived in a handsome house which he owns. He has been a member of tbe Methodist Episcopal Church since 1839 and has served as class leader and steward. While residing in Ohio Mr. Dobyns was second lieutenant of the Ohio militia. He is a Republican in politics although his first presidential vote was cast for Martin Yan Buren. His next vote was for Polk and Dallas. Later he voted for John C. Fremont, then for Abraham Lincoln and since that time he has preserved the glorious record of his Republicanism. To his marriage were born eleven chil dren, two of whom, Mary E. and Alice, died in infancy. The others were named as follows: Missouri C., widow of Robert T. Groves; Mary E., wife of Dr. A. Morgan, of Indianapolis, is the mother of two children, Walter A. and Jerome; Dr. K. P., married Alice Crow; Emma, died unmarried; Thursey, married Mr. Wooley; Olive, died unmarried; John Elsworth, unmarried; Phcebe A., deceased, was the wife of J. S. Michael, who was all through the war and is now deceased, and Anna B., who married Edward White and they have one son, Everett. William M. Wright, M. D. More than ordinarily successful among Indianapolis’ younger jihysicians, is Dr. William M. Wright, if the length of time during which he has practiced his profession and the difficulties he overcame in preparing for it are taken into consideration, as they undoubtedly should be. Dr. Wright was born at Bridgeport, Marion County, Ind., March 7, 1863, a son of Peter M. and Martha A. (McCloskey) Wright. Peter M. Wright was born in Decatur township, Marion County, November 2J, 1826. His par- ents, Edward and Jemimah (McVey) Wright, located in that township in December, 1825, having lived for a year previous to that time at Flat Rock, Ind. Edward Wright was a native of Maryland, but left the eastern shore of that State when a mere lad. He was a res- ident of Marion County for several years and owned a farm in Decatur Township. He died at Miller’s Point, Ky. , in 1844. His widow, -Jemimah (McVey) Wright, makes her home with her son, Peter M. Wright, in Indianapoli.s. She has attained to the advanced age of ninety-three years and is one of only a very few pioneers of 1825 in Marion County, who are still living. Peter M. Wright was reared on a farm in Marion County, going to school in the winter months and assisting about the farm work during the balance of the year. He became a successful farmer and for many years lived in his native township. In 1891 he sold his farm and removed to Indianapolis, where he lives a quiet, letired life. During his residence in this county, Mr. Wright has held some official positions of importance, having been for six years siqierintendent of the Marion County asylum and for two years janitor of tlie court house. He was married -January 4, 1857, to Martha A. McCloske}', a native of Ohio and a daughter of Alexander and Cliristina (Blatchford) McCloskey, the first mentioned of whom died while Mrs. Wright was a cliild. Peter i\I. and Martha A. (McCloskey) M'right had four children: (Dr.) William M., -James K., Lewis G. and Ida B. I^eter M. W’right is a Mason and he and his family are identified with the Methodist Episcopal Churcli. In politics he is a Reiiublican. Dr. William M. Wright was a member of his father’s house iiold until ho was eighteen years old, working on the farm during the spring, summer and fall and attending the common school during the winter. In 1881 he liecame a student at tlie Indianapolis High Scliool, and sulisecpiCntly he took a three years’ course at the Butler University. 'I’he succeeding three years he passed as clerk in a drug store and in the study 180 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS of medicine during his spare time, for two years of this time acting as prescription clerk for the county asylum. It does not detract at all from the credit that is due hiin to state that he was obliged thus to earn money to comjilete his medical education, and on the contrary, the fact that he did so speaks elocpiently for his determination and his sturdy manhood. Entering the Medical College of Indiana, at Indianapolis, in the fall of 1887, he was gradu- ated therefrom with the degree of M. D. in 1890. While a junior in the college, he was, on account of his knowledge of pharmacy, appointed prescription clerk in the city hospital and in the (juarantine hospital, which work he managed to do in well arranged intervals in study. At the time of his graduation, he entered a competitive examination for appointment as interne to the city hospital, and his standing was the highest of seven who entered the com- petition, and as a consequence he was appointed to and held the position mentioned for a year. He was also for a like period senior house physician to the city hospital, and at the expiration of his term of appointment entered upon a general medical practice which has been successful and has grown from year to year ever since until it is one of importance and ([uite remuner- ative. In 1890, he was made prosecutor of anatomy in the Medical College of Indiana, and, in 1891, demonstrator of anatomy, which chair he still holds. He is a member of the Marion County Medical Society and of the Indiana State Medical Socitdy, and is medical director of the Indiana militia and a member of the consultation staff of the city dispensary. For sev- eral years he has been a member of the drill team of the Indianapolis Light Infantry. He is a Scottish Hite Mason and has been advanced to the eighteentli degree. In politics he is a Hepublican. Ephh.\im Boring. Characteristic of the American is the ability to change the line of his business and achieve success in what he undertakes. Of the old adage “a rolling stone gath- ers no moss” the reverse may often be said to be true if accompanied by the true spirit. For- tunate is he who can — when times are troublous and circumstances hard — keep his eye fixed on the goal, and forge ahead to grasp success as a reward for his striving. A gentleman who possesses much business ability is E[)hraim Boring, a plastering contractor of Indianapolis, who has followed this calling since 18()4, and has met with marked success in this line of human endeavor, and has won a reputation for ability and thoroughness which is unsurpassed. He was born in Carroll County, Md., thirty miles northwest of Baltimore on a farm belong- ing to his father in 1836, being the youngest of eight children born to Isaac and Elizabeth (Cole) Boring, who were also born in Maryland. The father was a farmer of prominence, and by his good management and much energy he accumulated a goodly property, but he unfortunately died when just in the prime of life, when the subject of this sketch was about six years of age, but his widow lived to be about seventy-three years of age. Several members of the Boring family were soldiers in the War of I812,and all the family were noted for their patriotism and loyalty. In his native county, in Maryland, Ejihraim Boring received his initiatory education, and while still a mere youth he began learning the plasterer’s trade, and has followed that occupation ever since — a period of forty years. After finishing his trade in Baltimore he did more or less contracting for some time, and about one year after his arrival in Indianajiolis, in 1863, he started in business for himself, being associated with Cassius Cornelius for thirteen years, and was then by himself for the balance of the time until admitting his sons, Edward E. and Ephraim, to a partnership, both of whom are prac- tical plasterers, having learned all the details of the business from their father, who proved a wise and able instructor- Mr. Boring is a member of the Builders and Traders’ Exchange, and has been since its organization, having lieen a director in the same for two years. During the great Civil War of this country he offered his services to the Union, but for good reasons, but by no means to Mr. Boring’s detriment, he was not accepted. Politically he has always been a Republican. In 1859 he was married to Miss Mary Wolf, of Maryland, by whom he became the father of three sons and five daughters, two daughters being now dead. Socially Mr. Boring is a member of the Chosen Friends, and as a citizen is loyal, public spirited and law abiding. William A. Scott & Sons. This well known firm of contractors and builders have won a reputation for thoroughness and honorable and upright dealing which is not surpassed by any other like firm in the city of Indianapolis', and they therefore have a trade that keeps them constantly employed and nets them a satisfactory sum annually. William A. Scott, LlSRARr OF THE rnFRm OF 181 AND MAlilOX COUNTY, INDIANA. was born in Pennsylvania, August 30, 1830, a son of Robert Scott, a pioneer of Greene County, lud., who moved to the wilds of Eel River in 1839 and with the help of his son Willaim and the other members of the family he succeeded in clearing a good sized farm. William A. was educated in the schools of Greene County and upon reaching manhood learned the carpenter’s trade and aided in the building of the town of Worthington, in which place he made his home until coming to Indianapolis in 1882. He at first followed his calling by himself, then he and his son, Samuel R. , formed a partnership, and later two other sons, George A. and W. P. , entered the firm, and they took the name of William A. Scott & Sons. Since that time they have built a planing-mill and have made a specialty of of the manufacture of screens, of which they are the most extensive manufacturers in the city and probably in the State. While a resident of Worthington, Mr. Scott took an active part ill politics and served several years as township assessor, and also held other positions of trust. Of late years he has lieen identified with the Prohibition party, and as he believes in practicing what he advocates, he is a total abstainer. During the great Civil War, although not an active participant in the service of his country, on the field of battle, he was none the less actively employed at home and through his influence induced many others to enlist who would not otherwise have done so. For his companion through life he cho.se Miss Nancy McLarren, of Greene County, and to their marriage a family of three sons and three daughters have been given, all of whom (except one daughter who died at the age of three mouths and twenty-two days) are intelligent and promising, and a credit to their parents. For many years Mr. Scott has been a member of the Methodi.st Episcopal Church, and socially has been a member of the I. O. O. F., in which he has attained to the encampment. He and his sons control a liberal and profitable business, liirilt up by their own energy and careful attention to the higher lines of their indispensable business. Their reputation is a sufficient guarantee of their honorable past record and they have made many friends among the business men of the city. Mr. George A. Bcecklixg was born in Michigan City, Ind., February 2, 18()2. and is the son of Anton and Elizabeth (Smith) Boeckling, both of whom were born in Germany and came to America in the fifties when they located at Michigan City Ind., where Anton Bceck- ling in order to provide his family with the necessary means of sustenance followed the occupation of a cooper. At the present time he resides in Indianapolis retired from the act- ive duties of life. George A. Boeckling was reared in the place where he was born and after attending the public schools for a time entered St. Ambrose Academy, in which in- stitution he finished his literary education. Immediately after this he became a clerk in a grocery store, then a traveling salesmen, a business which he followed for several years traveling through all the larger cities of the Union and Canada, after which he decided to embark in business for himself and engaged in the wholesale lumber business, locating in Indianapolis in the early jiart of 1890. Mr. Breckling. is one of those enterprising and wide awake business men who believes in having more than one string to his bow. He is a most honorable, prudent and successful business man, and during the time he has been actively identified with the business in this city he has become connected with several large and flour- ishing companies. Being the president and executive ollicer of the following: The Berk- shire Investment Company, the G. A. Bieckling Company, Marion Investment Company, Keystone Land A Improvement Company, Alliany Land Comj^any, and Kramer Bros. A Ikeckling Company. Entering the field actively some years ago, upon wise investments, untiring labor and tact he has forged his way to the head of the successful business men in the State of Indiana, and his council in matters of public improvement is sought as being very valuable. Mr. Breckling has done much to build up this city having erected in the past three years over 100 houses and sold them on the monthly payment ])lan, of which he is the originator, and in this manner he has done untold good in inducing citi- zens to save their means and become pioperty holders. Whilst ^^r. Bieckling is a very busy man he is easy to ajiproach, and to make his ac(|uaintance is to be captivated with his capable, practical, honest methods of business and those interested regarding lots for dwellings or sites for factories etc., should call at his office, where all iletails are cheer fully furnished. 182 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS Dh. Frederic Carroll Heath of Indianapolis is a native of Maine and was born in the old town of (Tardiner, January H), 1857. His grandfather, Asa Heath, was a physician of local prominence and his father, who was editor and publisher of the Gardiner Home Jounial, lost his life at the battle of Fredericksburg, Va., in December, 1862. Dr. Heath prepared for college in the public schools of Gardiner and was graduated at Amherst College, Mass., in 1878, leading his class in Greek and winning the first prize for the best oral and written examinations on all the work of the sophomore and junior years in that study. He was also appointed to the P. B. K. Society for high general rank at the end of the junior year. After teaching school a few years he began the study of medicine under Dr. A. Sawyer, of Gardiner, and graduated in 1884 at Bowdoin College (medical department) at the head of his class, delivering the valedictory address, which was published in full or in jiart in many of the leading journals of the State. In October, 1884, he was appointed steward and in January, 1885, acting assistant surgeon in the United States Marine Hospital service and stationed at Portland, Me. In April, 1886, he passed first among a large class before the examining board of Marine Hospital Surgeons at Washington and was made an assistant surgeon, serving nearly four years at Chicago, Mobile, Buffalo, Cleve- land and Detroit, and then resigning to enter upon the practice of his specialty (eye and ear) to which he had devoted considerable attention while in the Marine Hospital service. After a long course of study in the eye and ear hospitals and dispensaries of New York, which he suj){)leinented with much instructive clinical work, he settled at Lafayette, Ind., where he was soon appointed oculist and aurist to St. Elizabeth’s Hospital and St. Joseph’s Orphan Asylum. December 20, 1880, he was married to Mary M. Anderson, daughter of T. H. x‘4nder.son, of Rockville, Ind., and moved to Indianapolis in October, 1801, but from Novem- ber, 1801, to May, 1802, was out of the city on account of the sickness and death of his wife from consumption. Since his return he has been gradually acquiring an increasing amount of the confidence and support of the profession and public, and has been appointed eye and ear surgeon to two dispensaries. He is an active worker in medical and literary societies, and is now, or has been connected with the following named associations ; Alex- andria and Hitchcock Society of Inquiry at Amherst (president of latter), Gardiner Debat- ing Club, East Machias Literary Club, Detroit Academy of Medicine (vice-president), American Academy of Medicine, Tippecanoe County Medical Society, Parlor Club of La Fayette, Marion County Medical Society, Indianapolis Young Men’s Christian Association Literary Club, Mitchell District Medical Society, Delaware District Medical Society (honor- ary), and the American Medical Association (sections in ophthalmology and otology). Among his papers are the following; “Rejiort of a Case of Aneurysm of the Pulmonary Artery,” “Two interesting Cases of Enteric Fever,” “Heart Tonics,” “The Physician’s First Indi- cation,” “Medical Harmony,” “Oliver Wendell Holmes,” ‘‘Nasal Reflexes,” ‘’The Patho- geny of Sympathetic Ojihthalmia,’’ “The Eye in Relation to General Disease,” “Benefits and Fvils of Glases,” ‘ ‘Practical Suggestions to the General Practitioner in Ear Troubles,” “A Case of Gonorrheal Ophthalmia,” “Report of a Case Symblepharon with Successful Opera- tion.” “Steel in the Iris Twenty-seven years, etc., etc. Robert Denny. There are many lawyers in Indianapolis but there are very few lawyers left who were members of the bar of Marion County a quarter of a century ago. One such is the old and highly respected gentleman whose name appears above. The American fam- ily of Denny is of English and Scotch-Irish descent, and Robert’s ancestors were at first resi- dents of Pennsylvania. The branch of the family from which he descended is traceable from Pennsylvania to Virginia, from Virginia to Kentucky, and thence into Indiana. His grand- father, also named Robert Denny, was a farmer and a blacksmith. He lived in Virginia, but al)out the year 1790 went with his young family to Kentucky where he was a pioneer. Two of his sons and a son-in-law were soldiers in the War of 1812-14. Eventually he came to Washington County, Ind., and there died. Elisha Denny, father of Robert Denny, of In- dianapolis, was during his earlier active life a tanner and a stone-mason, but the latter half of his years he devoted to farming. He was born in Frederick County, Va. . and was about six years old when the family removed to Kentucky, In 1816 he married Miss Polly Hedger (a most worthy Christian lady of Scotch-English descent), and the same year came on horse- back to Washington County, Ind., and after selecting the beautiful and fertile tract of land 183 AXD MABION COUNTY, INDIANA. which he afterward purchased from the Government, returned to Kentucky. In the autumn of 1811 he again came to his intended Indiana home, cleared a small patch in the dense forest and erected a cabin of unhewn logs, with a stick-and-mortar chimney, and the roof of clap boards, riveted by hand and held in place by weight poles. In 1812 he brought out his family and a horse, a cow and a sheep. The mother and their son, Morris T. Denny, then eight months old, rode on the horse, which also carried a sack of provisions, and the husband and father walked and drove the cow and sheep, the bedding of the family being strapped to the cow. Upon their arival in Washington County, April 12, 1812, they entered Fleenor's Fort, where they remained several months for protection from hostile Indians. On leaving the fort they moved to their quarter section of land near the fort, three and a half miles northeast of Salem, the county seat, and he lived upon it until his death in October, 1855. His wife died ten years earlier in the same month. They had thirteen children, twelve of whom lived to maturity and five of whom are now living: Morris T. , of Washington County, Ind., in his eighty-third year; William H., of Cumberland County, 111., in his eightieth year; Thomas H., of Logan County, 111., in his seventy-eighth year; Mrs. Mary Johnson, of Fre- mont County, Iowa, in her seventieth year, and Robert, now in his sixty-sixth year. Elisha Denny was a most conscientious man. He rarely had a misunderstanding aboirt a business matter and never was a party to a law suit during his entire career. This is all the more remarkable in view of the fact that he was to some extent a public man. He was commis- sioner of Saline lands, by appointment under President William Henry Harrison, while gov- ernor of Indiana Territory, and made his final report to the first governor of the State of Indi- ana, Jonathan Jennings. He assisted in laying out the State road from Indianapolis to Leaven- worth, on the Ohio River, and performed various other public services under the Territorial and State Governments. Notwithstanding he thus received ample evidence of the jJace he occupied in the public estimation, and might have felt assured of election if nominated, he would never consent to be a candidate for any office. He was fond of books and was regarded as unusually well imformed, especially upon history and current topics. Robert Denny was reared on his father’s farm, and availed himself of such limited educational advantages as were afforded by the district schools of the neighborhood, reading omuivorously in every spare hour, and without wearying, whatever he could rind that promised to instruct and edify him. The variety, extent and accuracy of his learning is very surprising in view of the fact that he never, as a student, saw the inside of any college, lecture room or institution of learning, other than a backwoods, one-room school-house. In the beat sense of the phrase he is self edu- cated. He left the farm at the age of twenty-three, and busied himself at whatever he found to do, dividing his time partially between merchandising, teaching school and reading law. He early espoused Christianity as a member of the Christian Church, and spent several years before the war, and the first two years of the war, in church and Sunday-school missionary work. He was noted for his anti-slavery j)rinciples, yet he held the post niastershi]) of Camp- bellsburg, Ind., under three administrations, those of Presidents Fillmore, Pierce and Bu- chanan, until he voluntarily resigned. In 18(53 Mr. Denny organized Company C, One Hun- dred and seventeenth Indiana Volunteers. He declined a captain’s commission in favor of sol diers of experience in the com|)auy, but wfis soon commissioned as second lieutenant and served with the comi)any with that ratdc until he was discharged in May, 18(54. While so serving he was offered the ap|)ointment of (piartermaster of a division of the army of East Tennessee, but declined because he had j)iomised the men of the company to remain with I hem during their term of service. Returning to Indiana, he located at Indianapolis and entered upon the practice of his profession. His career at the l)ar has been one of honor and success, and his high standing is but the legitimate reward of the earnest and sustained en- deavt the appointment, of d(>puty sheriff, to wliich he was elected, and he was at (jiice i:)laced in charge of t he jail, a position liri still hf)lils and for which he is admirably fitted. He is keenly alive to his responsibilities, fulfills them in the most prompt and thor 180 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS ongh manner, and even his political enemies have come to understand that he is the “right man in the right place. ” His management of the jail is above criticism, notwithstanding the fact that the building is an old one, many times inadequate to accommodate its occu- jiauts, and to properly look after those placed in his care the greatest ingenuity and good judgment is required. Politically, he has always been in strong sympathy with the Demo- crat party. He NRY Pauli. It is a j)leasure and a privilege to record the charactei' and enterprise of men of ljusiness, who, on account of their long tenure and extensive operations comprise almost a history of the business in which they are engaged. Of such men it is unnecessary to speak in words of colored praise. “ By tlieir acts ye shall know them.'’ Their very existence is emphatic evidence of the honorable position they occupy and the long course of just dealing that they have })urRued. A gentleman in mind is Henry Pauli, who was born in Hessen, Darmstadt. (Termany, in 1886, a son of John and Katharina (Jacobi) Pauli, also natives of the German Empire. They died when tlieir son Henry was a lad of nine or ten years, the father having been a hour, saw and oil-mill oiierator. In the schools of his native place Henry acipiired a jiractical education, but in 1852 he left the “ halls of learning,” and, bidding adieu to home and friends, embarked for the United States, and for some time after reaching this country he resided in the city of Little Falls, N. Y. He then came to the city of Indianapolis and for some time thereafter worked in the old Palmer House, one of the old landmarks of the ]ilace. now the Occidental Hotel, as dining-room boy. After a time he commenced to learn his trade uniler Charles Helwig, with whom he served a three years’ ajiprenticeshi)). He then worked for other parties until 1867. at which time he formed a partnership with Christian F. Miller, one of the old settlers of the ])lace, and this became one of the best known contracting firms in the city. He built many. of the prominent busi ness buildings of the city, as well as some of the finest residences, and his partnership with Mr. Miller continued until (prite recently, since which time Mr. Pauli has conducted his opera- tions on his own responsibility. His career has been quite a remarkable one, for, on starting out in life for himself he at first received only |3 a month compensation for his services, which was raised, owing to his good conduct and efficiency, to the munificent sum of $3.50 per month, and this was later increased to $4.50. He has slowly but surely climbed the ladder of success and has the satisfaction of knowing that he owes his present independent position to no one but himself. He is in the prime of life, has the advantage of having long been a settler of the city and is thus in touch with the spirit of Indianapolis and its enter- prise. He is a highly esteemed citizen and during his long business career has ever proven true and honorable to his transactions. He is a member of the board of the German Orphan Asylum, being; at one time its president, and was one of the organizers of that well-known institution. He is a member of Zion’s Evangelical Church, joining in 1864; was presi- dent of the board of trustees for fifteen years, and has been a teacher in the Sunday-school for twenty seven years. In 1859 Miss Louisa Niermann, who was born in Prussia in 1840. became his wife, and to their union three sons and four daughters have been given, all of whom are intelligent and promising. Nelson J. Hyde. The office of State inspector of oils is a most important one, requiring special knowledge and a degree of integrity demanded in but few other positions. II s present incumbent. Nelson J. Hyde, was appointed in 1889, after a memorable contest, and has proyen a most diligent and faithful official. Mr. Hyde was born in Plattsville, Wis., January 23. 1851, a son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Nelson) Hyde. His father was a natiye of Ohio and a well-to do farmer. His mother was born in Ireland and was a woman of many virtues. In 1856. when he was six years old, young Hyde was orphaned by the death of his father, and his mother has since died. In 1857 he went to Indianapolis to make his home with his uncle. Abner K. Hyde, a pioneer hotel man in that city. He grew to manhood as a mem tier of his uncle’s household and was educated in the public schools. By the time he was twenty-one he was a good jrractical hotel man. familiar wdth every detail of the business, and during his active career he has managed several good houses, among them the ‘‘National ” and ‘‘Capitol” hotels of Indianapolis, and the ‘‘Taylor” house at Havana, 111. Mr. Hyde became very popular. ])ersonally, and acquired considerable jiolitical influence of the quiet but effective kind. He has never sought office but has accepted several important positions 187 AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. when they have been proffered him. He was for three years clerk in the county auditor’s office under the administration of ‘‘Torn” Taggart, and had otherwise served the public more than acceptably prior to his appointment to his present position. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and is a K. of P. , and is prominently identified with the Hendricks and Cleveland clubs. All in all, he is one of the most popular citizens and officials in this part of the State. He was married April 27, 1876, to Miss Julia A. Downey, a native of Perry County, Ohio. William P. Smith. This gentleman was born October lU, 1840, in Indianapolis, Ind. His paternal ancestors trace their genealogy back to the days of William the Compieror, where the line is lost in the, then, important office of “butler” or cup bearer to the first King of England. B. K. Smith, father of our subject, came from South Carolina to W7iyne County, Ind., in 1816, and settled on the west fork of W'^hite River, where his early boyhood was passed. Elder B. K. Smith, as he was commonly known, was truly a self-made man, having left the civilization of South Carolina, which his father had spent his early days in helping reclaim from a wilderness, and migrated to the great “Northwest” before Indiana was admitted into the Union. His scholastic training was limited to two years, in which time he mastered Murray’s grammar and learned to chew tobacco, as he facetiously remarked when speaking of his “early advantages.” Later he learned the trade of blacksmith and wagon maker, came west with his brother Carey, and established a business in Indianapolis. One evidence of his thrift is found in the fact that for the building and ironing of one two- horse wagon he received a warranty deed to two town lots in Indianapolis, each 195x674 feet. Exchanging these for a farm five miles from the city, he moved his family to the country and there, leaving them to take care of themselves as best they could, mounted a horse and started out to convert the denizens of the unbroken wilderness of Indiana to the doctrines of salvation as set forth by Alexander Camtibell. Elder Smith was one of the ])ioneer preachers of the State, whose contributions to the MUlenUtl H((rbiuaupers and profligates in Russia, Ireland and Spain, will ]>roduce them in America. Much of Mr. Smith’s time has been spent in lecturing on the social problem under the title of the “Problem of Civilization.” None of his best articles have appeared in print, the position held by him being so contrary to “established truth ”( ‘f) that the jiroprietors of magazines iind publishers of daily papers refuse them space. His published writings consist mainly of contributions to daily and weekly papers, a collection of Irish, Negro, German and Yankee dialect verse, including orations, dialogues and dramas of versatility, wit and morals. He was the founder of three different secret societies of an educational nature. The Archer ritual is his production. Mr. Smith, recogniz- ing the universal taw of attraction and repulsion as operating constantly upon all matter through all space, argues by an ingenius process of reasoning from cause to effect, that planets, satellites and suns have been develoi^ed from a condition of absolute cold to their present proportions and that the ultimate destiny of our planet is to atiain the proportions and conditions of a sun, when the “elements will melt with a fervent heat.”* Mr. Smith’s ideas of religion are original and unique. He says: “ The mission of Christ was to establish a kingdom of righteousness and joy and peace upon earth, to save mankind from committing sin, not from the effects of sin committed; to restore mankind to the blessing, comforts and delights of this ])resent life; to teach man how to live; that he may avoid sin, not bow he may esca})e from the effects of sin; that religion is not to get, but to ‘ do the will of my Father which hath sent me;’ that when the world is truly civilized the religion of Christ will be the business of the world. Christ says; ‘ My people shall be a contented people; they shall build houses and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards and eat of the fruit thereof; (hey shall not build and another inhabit: they shall not plant and another eat.’” This he argues is the true test of a Christian civilization. Mr. Smith’s ideas on political economy, as might be expected, are opposite to those accejited by the political economists who furnish text books for our schools and colleges. He says: “Money is a memorandum of value due the bearer from the commonwealth.” That “ honest ” monej’^ can not be made from the so called “ |)recioua metals.” That no government can become free from any debt that forms the basis of its circulating medium, unless that debt is paid in somtbing else beside the money based on it. The debt grows larger by accriring interest, the money less, by loss and wear. This perpetually widens the gap between the debt and jiower to pay the debt, which bankruptcy alone can pay — that a people never can be free whose circulating medium is based on bonds — that bonds are instruments of bondage and bondage im|)liea servitude. Being specially gifted in his powers of speech, Mr. Smith has been called upon, at various times and on sundry occasions, to talk to the public on special subjects. Invariably he has ac(piitted himself with credit and satisfaction. He is a courteous gentleman, an excellent neighbor and an upright citizen. Emandel Anthony, M. D. The subject of this sketch following a resolve that came upon him at a very early age, entered ujion the study of medicine, and pursued it with a rare enthusiasm, an impression being strong within him that this was his sure vocation, a feeling that was as strong as that which glows in the breast of the enthusiast who offers him- self for some remote missionary service under the idea that the sacrifice of life is involved in the discharge of the duty. Such was not the thought of Dr. Anthony, but rather, that be might be the tneans of communicating health to others and save many from the hands of death. It was this spirit of resolute purpose that sustained him when he applied himself to his books for eight hours of each day at a time when he was teaching a large school which *lt is regrettfHl liy tlie iiiil)lisliers of tliis volume that space eaiiiiot l)e given lierein to explain fully ami at lengtli. tlie original reasoning of Mr. Smitli. 189 AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. demanded more than ordinaiy care and attention. This spirit remains as strong with him to-day, and explains the success that has attended his practice and the distinction he enjoys in his profession. Dr. Emanuel Anthony was born in Loudoun County, Va., May 27, 1840, being the son of Joseph and Rachel (Rogers) Anthony, the former a native of Spain and the latter of England. The father was a farmer by occupation and in 1841 .settled in Athens County, Ohio, where he resided until his death in June, 1856. He was a soldier in the army which resisted the invasion of Napoleon into his native country and participated in the tirst victory of the Peninsula war. He came to America in 1807 and settled in Virginia. Our subject was about a year old when his parents settled in Athens County, and there he was reared upon a farm, receiving his early education in the public schools, afterward attend- ing Miller’s academy. At the age of eighteen, in 1858, he began the study of medicine with Dr. E. M. Bean, at Pleasanton, Athens County, pursuing his studies for seven years, and taught school during the greater jioition of the time in these years, and it was at this time that he compelled himself to study eight hours every day, and this without neglecting in any wise his duties as a teacher. At the expiration of the seven years he entered the office of his preceptor and assisted in the general practice for three years, when he entered the Physio Medical College at Cincinnati, in 1868, from which he graduated in tlie spring of 1869. Immediately after this he settled at Guysville, Ohio, and practiced there until Jan- uary, 1881, when he came to Indianajiolis and entered upon a practice which has continued uninterruptedly up to the present time, and has worked up a lucrative practice. He pays special attention to surgery, his tastes and inclinations leading him into this line of work. In 1872 Dr. Anthony was elected to fill the chair of anatomy and physiology in the Physio Medical College at Cincinnati, which he accepted and filled until 1877. In 1879 he was elected to the chair of surgery in the Physio Medical College at Indianajiolis, which he still fills with great credit, and in 1881 he w'as elected president of the faculty, holding this posi- tion until February, 1896. The Doctor is a member of the Physio-Medical Society of Indianapolis, of the Indiana State Physio-Afedical Society and of the American Association of Physio Medical Physicians and Surgeons. He was the first president of the Indiana}>olis society and has been president of the State society. Dr. Anthony served in the One Hun- dred and Forty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in the one hundred-days service enlisting in the month of May (first day) and was discharged in the following fall. His regiment was assigned to general duty in Virgiana, being on guard service. Dr. Anthony was married December 29, 1864, to Elvira Calvert, a native of Athens County, and a daughter of Amos and Margaret (Stephenson) Calvert, also natives of Ohio. Dr. and Mrs. Anthony are the parents of one child, Elisha O. Anthony. The Doctor and his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics the Doctor is a Prohibitionist, believing that the morals and tlie happiness of the people will best be advanced by the triumjih of the jirin- ciples of that party. Albert E. Buchanan, D. D. S. In this country where so many young men are thrown upon their own resources at an early age and are often obliged, while yet inexperienced and unfamiliar with their osvn tendencies and inclinations, to choose their occujiation in life, it •cannot always be expected the most suitable or most congenial pursuit will be selected. In the old country, where too often genius and ambition are both ab.solutely opposed by the old adage, “follow your father, my son, and do as your father has done.’’ young men do not have the advantage they do here. In this country it is the trend of legislation to place no obstacle in the way of the full develojunent of talent and the skyward expansion of genius, and thus the youth of this country usually find as suitable an occupation as did Albert E. Jfuchanan, who chose the calling of a dentist, and has found it admirably suited to his (juali- fications and desires. He was born in Cumberland, Marion County, Iml., June 8, 1860, a son of John and Jane C. (Fei'guson) Buchanan, who were also born in Indiana, and were among the early settlers of Marion County. In the town of his birth the subject of this sketch was reared, and he there obtaimnl his education and in Moore’s Hill College. In July, 1881, he came to Indianapolis, and began the study of dentistry, his ]>roc('ptor being Dr. 4’. S. Hacker. After remaining umler his instruction for some time he entered the Indiana Dental College in October, 1881, and was graduated therefrom in 1886, after which he remained with Dr. Hacker foi’ seven years as his associate in the practice of dentistry. At 190 memoirs of INDIANAPOLIS the end of that time he eml)arked in business for himself, in which he has built up a very large and paying practice. For a number of years after his graduation Dr. Buchanan as- sisted Dr. Hacker as demonstrator in the Indiana Dental College, but now devotes his entire time to his practice, the duties of which he has found arduous. He has already won a repu- tation for skill that is by no means local, and what he endeavors to do he does well. His charges are reasonable, and being generous and considerate he never pushes his debtors. He was married January 20, 1886. to Miss Nellie Roll, a native of Indianapolis, and a daugh- ter of W. H. Roll, and to their union one child has been given, Julia J., born May 31, 1891. The Doctor is a member of the Indiana Dental Association, and is a member of the Com- mittee on Code of Ethics in the same. He is a member of the Post-Graduate Society of Indianapolis, and socially belongs to the I. O. O. F. He and his wife are members of the First Baptist Church, and for several years he has been a teacher in the Sabbath-school, and also assistant superintendent. Politically he has always affiliated with the Republican party, and at all times supports its men and measures. George M. Smith. This gentleman is a native of that country whose citizens are noted for their industry, frugality and honesty, Germany, and throughout life he has shown that he is possessed of these worthy characteristics in an eminent degree. He was born in Seidendorf, October 14, 1836, and received the benefit of the schools of his native land from the time he was six up to the age of fourteen years. In 1852 he came to America in com- pany with his brother Conrad and his sister Elizabeth, taking passage at Bremen, May 2, and after a long voyage of fifty-six days they reached the port of New York. They then went uj) the Hudson River to Albany, then by rail to Dunkirk, then across the lake to San- dusky, Ohio, then by the old flat bar railroad to Dayton, Ohio, and on to Hamilton. Mr. Smith says that frequently the cars got off the track and that in such cases the passengers would get off the cars and walk until the train caught up with them. The trip from San- dusky to Hamilton occupied two days and a night. Upon his arrival in the latter place Mr. Smith went to work in Mr. Becket’s paper-mill, then apprenticed himself to Philip Huber, a baker and confectioner, but as his employer did not [lay him his wages as agreed, he left him at the expiration of six months and entered the employ of Hon. Lewis D. Campbell, ex con- gressman, with whom he remained until the spring of 1854, when he came to Hancock County, Ind. , where his brother Conrad had preceded him. He became an employe of Widow Gooding, mother of Hon. David S. Gooding, at the hotel kept by her in Greenfield. He remained in her employ and that of Dr. N. P. Howard, her son-in-law, for two years, then went to Shelby County, and for two years conducted a general store at Pleasant Vifew. There he was married March 28, 1858, toDelphina, daughter of Squire Reuben Barnard, a Quaker and a native of Nantucket, Mass. In 1860 he bought a farm of 70 acres of Henry Grass onto which he moved and in time added 15 to the 30 acres that had been cleared. In 1867 he bought 40 acres on Sugar Creek, in Shelby County, but sold it in November, 1868, and in the sjwing of the following year sold the rest of his land and came to Marion County, jurrchasing 160 acres, consisting of two 80-acre tracts, for which he paid $10,000. One hun- dred acres were cleared and he now has 120 acres cleared on which he raises the usual farm products. He has always been a Democrat, and since the time of Stephen A. Douglas he has never missed voting for a Democratic president. He was elected trustee of his township in 1874, serving for two years. He is a worthy member of the Christian Church at Irvington, and is an enthusiastic member of the I. O. O. F. Of eleven children born to himself and wife only one is dead, Eudora, who passed from life in infancy. The rest are as follows: Elizabeth G., who married Isaac Harlan, has two children, Mary and Smith; Cora M. ; William C., ex-county surveyor; Oscar L. ; Amy E., assistant principal teacher in the Free Kindergarten at Buffalo, N. Y. ; Clarence K. ; Ivy M. ; Walter E. ; George M. and Mary D. The jiaternal grandfather of these children was George J. Smith, who died in his native land in Germany in 1843, seven weeks after his wife died, at which time he was fifty-one years old. He had been married twice, his first wife giving him four children, only one of whom grew to maturity, Michael. His second wife was Anna Marie Helrareich, and by her he became the father of ten children, three of whom survive as follows: John K., of Fair- land, Ind.; Elizabeth, widow of Jacob Kohler, of Hamilton, Ohio, and George M., the subject of this sketch. The latter’s father-in-law was born on the Island of Nantucket, Mass. , in 191 AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. 1805, and in 1800, owing to the persecntioiis to which the Quakers were subjected,’ his father, Libroy Barnard, with other Quakers, emigrated to North Carolina, settling in (luil- ford County, and there on Deep River, within twelve miles of Greensboro, Reuben Barnard was brought up and lived until September, 1833, when he came to Indiana, locating first in Centerville, from whence he walked in March, 1834, to Indianapolis, entering 80 acres of land in Hancock County. About two years later he entered 80 acres more and there lived until his death in 1869. He was justice of the peace in Hancock County for quite a number of years, and politically was a Democrat, his tir.st vote having been cast for Andrew Jackson. He was a Quaker but was e.xcommunicated for marrying outside the pale of the church. He was married to Elizabeth, daughter of David and Sarah Curry. She was born and reared in Davidson County, N. C., and bore her husband ten children, as follows: Louisa; Fred- erick, who died in Texas, was married to Mattie Bond, whose father was a Colonel in the Coqfederate service during the Civil War; James J. married Jane McAdams (nee Shannon) and had four children — Reuben, Elizabeth, Eunice and Frederick; Sarah E. first married Ezekiel Cunningham, who died in the Federal service at Helena, Ark., and by whom she had three children — Adolphus, Elenora, and Samuel, and after his death she married Christian Scheldmeir and to whom four children were given, two of whom survive — Bertha, who mar- ried Thomas Groves, and Laura; Delphina became the wife of George M. Smith; Mary E., as the widow of William T. King, married George W. Jenks (Mary T., her child by her first husband, married Robert T. Lee), and by George W. Jenks she became the mother of one sou, Charles; Elihu B., who died at the age of sixteen years; Eunice (deceased) married Richard Senour, by whom she had seven children, of whom five survive — Mary, Edward, Laura, Nellie, and Eliza))eth; William, of Greenfield, Ind., married Amanda Gibson and has two children, Borgia and Audrey; Charlotte J., who married John Burkhart, lives in Shelby County, Ind., lias seven children — John; Charley, who married a Miss Williams; Eunice, Adrian, Edna, Jesse, and Ernest. Mr. Barnard, the father of Mrs. Smith, died in 1869, and his wife July 24. 1892, at the age of eighty-six years. Mrs. Smith’s paternal great grandfather, was in all probability the Huguenot emigrant ancestor who, with so many of his co-religionists, tied from France after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, and with a band of brotherly, loving friends, purchased the Island of Nantucket that they might have a place to worship God according to the dictates of their own conscience. J. O. Henderson. The career of this well-known journalist and politician illmstrates the value of those sterling qualities which enable men to make their way to positions of responsibility and distinction. John Oscar Henderson was born in New London, Howard County, Ind., forty-five years ago, the second of five sons of the late J. F. Hendei'son, a pioneer ])hysician and noted early Democratic leader of the Indiana Reserve. Soon aftei' the beginning of the Civil War the family moved to Kokomo, the seat of justice of Howard Count}', and Dr. Henderson entered the Union army as surgeon of the Eighty-ninth Regi- ment Indiana Volunteers. Mr. Henderson received an academic education at Kokomo and was graduated from Asbury (now DePauw) University in 1872. Meantime Dr. Henderson had founded and was the owner of the Kokomo Dispatch, and his two sons, J. O. and H. E. Henderson entered upon their career as journalists in 1876, and soon established themselves firmly among the leading Democratic editors and political managers of the State. For years J. O. Henderson was chairman of the local county committee. In 1885 he was appointed revenue collector for the Eleventh Indiana District by President Cleveland, and filled that position two years with much credit and success. In 1886 he served as a member of the executive committee of the Democratic Slate central committee, and in 1888 he was a delegate to the Democratic national convention and was made assistaid. secretary of that body. In 1889 he was elected [)reHident of the Democratic Editorial Associat ion of Imliana. In 1890 he was elected auditor of the State of Indiana, and was re elected in 1892, anti is now for the second term filling tliat oilice. Amos L. Wii-son, M. D., of Indianapolis was l)orn near Casey, 111., August 20, 1858, son of Jonathan and .Mary (Huntington) Wilson, the former a nat.iv(' of Kentucky, the latter a native of New Vork. His fath(*r, who had been a life long farmer, came to Indiana when a young man ami has lived in this State and Illinois all his life since, btu'ng at this time resident in the vicinity of Casey, III. Two of his sons (biothers of Dr. Wilson) named 192 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS James N. and Josliua C. Wilson, served their country in the Civil War, and the former, a meinl)er of Gen. Benjamin Harrison’s regiment, h^st his life at llesaca, May 15, 1864. Joshna C. Wilson is a resident of Nebraska. Another son of Jonathan Wilson (John A.) served for seven years with the regular army in the West until discharged for disability. Besides those mentioned above there are three other children of Jonathan Wilson living, and resid- ing in Indianapolis, viz. : Asa B. Wilson, IMary A. Wilson and Mrs. Sarah McFall, and three, one son and two daughters, dead. When Dr. Wilson was about four years old his mother died. He was reared in Johnson County and divided his youth between farm labor and the common schools, followed by a normal school course. For live years thereafter he taught in the public schools of Johnson and Bartholomew Counties, Ind., and in the spring of 1884 came to Indianapolis, and in September of that year was appointed clerk in the city postoffice, one of the tirst appointed under the civil service rule. Thirteen months after entering upon the duties of this position he resigned it to devote his entire time to the study of medicine under the preceptorship of Dr. E. F. Hodges, graduating from the Medical Col- lege of Indiana in the spring of 1887, and by competitive examination securing the appoint- ment as physician to the city dispensary for one year. At the end of that time, he entered upon the regular {)racticeof his profession, which he has continued to the present time. He is a member of the Marion County Medical Society, of the Indiana State Medical Society and of the American Medical Association, and has prepared and read papers before the county and State societies. Of the County Medical Society he has been secretary. In politics he is a Republican and is connected with the K. of P. and the R. A. April 24, 1889, he married Mrs. Nellie (Gifford) Rothingatter, a native of Michigan and a daughter of George and Laura (Fanning) Gifford. They have a daughter named Helen Gifford and a son named Wilbur Niles. Georgia Rothingatter is Mrs. Wilson’s dairghterby her former marriage. ViRoiL. H. Lockwood, the well-known lawyer and patent attorney, was born on a farm near Fort Branch, Gibson County, Ind. , May 6, 1860. His father, James T. Lockwood, was a native of Westchester County, N. Y., and is now a leading merchant at Prince- ton, Ind. His mother, Juliet Neely Adams, was born in north central Kentucky and belonged to a family that produced several able men in Kentucky, southwestern Indiana and elsewhere, including Gen. John I. Neely, Gov. Neely, of California, Gov. Ralston, of Tennessee, and Ex Congressman Thomas, of Metropolis, 111. Mr. V. H. Lockwood grew up on the farm and received his early education at Fort Branch. That he was an apt and diligent student is apparent from the fact that he was graduated from the Fort Branch High School at the early age of fifteen. His father being at the time unable to ^ive him the col- legiate education he desired, Mr. Lockwood taught school during the remainder of his minority, except in 1878, when he was a student at DePauw (then Asbury) University. At the early age of eighteen he assumed the ])rincipalship of the High School and continued in that position for three years. In 1881 he entered the law school of the University of Vir- ginia and was graduated therefrom. The next four years he devoted to various special branches of scientific and literary study in the University of Virginia. After reviewing his legal studies at the same institution, he began, in March, 1886, the practice of his profes- sion at Detroit, Mich., in association with E. Y. and C. M. Swift. During his legal and collegiate training, which Mr. Lockwood procured through his own unaided efforts, he pre- ))ared himself for the practice of the specialty which has since received his entire attention with marked success. He was led to choose his specialty by reason of his interest in the material progress of the people, his liking for all means whereby man utilizes the laws and materials of nature for his own advancement, and the belief that a man can be of great- est service to his fellow man by limiting the scope of his efforts and investigations. Mr. Lockwood came to Indianapolis and, in March, 1892, succeeded to the patent- law business of Charles P. Jacobs, Esq. His efforts, both in general law and in patent law, have met with invariable success, due to his thorough training and the study and care he always devotes to the preparation and conduct of all cases. Above all, he is reliable and spares no efforts to gain success in any undertaking. He is popular at the bar and in business and social circles. He is a member of the D. K. E. college fraternity, of the Century and Com- mercial Clubs and of other well known and useful organizations. In 1889 he married Miss 193 .-i-Vi; MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. Bertha M. Greeue, a Jaughter of Charles P. Greene, Esq., of Indianapolis. He is a mem- ber of the Second Presbyterian Church of Indianapolis and is interested in all movements for the betterment of the condition of his fellow citizens and for that reason is public- spirited and devoted to the rapidly-growing interests of Indianapolis, and especially of the State of Indiana. Joel T. Elliott. There is no class of business men who more surely rear up visible monuments to their industry and their enterprise than the builders of the sightly structures which become a landmark, not only locally but in the historical sense, in all our great cities, and Joel T. Elliott holds a prominent place among them. He was born in Putnam County, Ind. , August II, 1865, a son of J. M. Elliott, who was born on Blue-Grass soil and is now a resident and successful farmer of Putnam County, Ind. In his early manhood he followed the calling of a wagon maker and during this time his son, Joel T. , acquired a knowledge of how to handle a satv and plane. He was the second of eight children born to his parents, and when he had attained a proper age he was placed in the public schools of Putnam County, where he acquired an excellent and practical education. During the time that he was not pursuing the paths of learning, he was assisting his father in the shop. At the age of sixteen he began learning the trade of a carpenter, at which he continued to labor until he had attained the age of nineteen years, then he entered the railroad office at Fillmore, and learned telegraphy, and continued until the Fall of 1887. In 1887 he located in Indianapolis and commenced his present business of contracting and building and from the start his work was in every way satisfactory and this fact soon became known to those who contemplated build- ing and his services were employed and he has now a patronage among the best class of citi- zens and all he can properly attend to. He was one of the tirm of Ayers & Co., who put up §48,000 worth of work on the State Fair Grounds, principally on the Woman’s Building and has built many of the handsomest private residences in the city as well as having erected numerous other buildings of prominence. His work is characterized by its substantial and symmetrical nature, and his patrons have found it a pleasure to deal with him, for he is thoroughly to be relied upon, is prompt in fulfilling his coidracts and is the soul of honesty. Although he started without means he has now a comfortable property, the result of energy, perseverance and economy. In September, 1892, he was united in marriage with Miss Nona Horine, of Bichraond, Ind. Mr. Elliott has taken quite an interest in politics and has ever voted the Democratic ticket, the success of which has ever been dear to his heart. Socially he is a member of the K. of P., West Indianapolis Lodge, No. 244, and he and his wife belong to the Pythian Sisters. George W. Nash, M. D. An able physician in general practice who gives special at tentioii to the diseases of children and is therefore most successful as a family practitioner, is Dr. George W. Nash, of Indianapolis. Dr. Nash was born in Hendricks County, Ind., October 15, 1835, and i.s the eldest of seven children of Bichard E and Frances (Smith) Nash, the former a native of Ohio, the latter a native of Kentucky. Bichard Nash was a farmer by occupation, and was a man of the strongest common sense and of the most praise- worthy enterprise wilhin the limits by which he was necessarily circumscribed. He died in 1846, his wife in 1856. Of their children, three .sons. Bichard, Isaac and \Villiam B., served in the late war. 'I’he two first mentioned lost their lives in the service, the latter is a successful physician at F'airmount, 111. Dr. George W. Nash was ten years old when his father died, and the resjionsibility of carrying on the farm of eighty acres and caring for his six younger brothers and sisters devolved upon him to a very marked extent, and it is credit able to him that, turning aside from the amusements and recreations so dear to youth, he devoted himself assiduously to work and in every manner possible aided his mother and made her burdens lighter. His early educational opportunities were not of the best, but he made such as he had available with the result that he was soon able to teach school, and, for a part of the time at least, leave the heavier work of the farm to others better adajited to it physically, for the hard labor of his early years had to an extent broken down his con stitution, never robust, and made such a change necessary to him above almost anything elst*. For five years he taught with increasing success, and in 186t) he opened a drug store at Brownsburg, Ind., and, in his leisure time, devoted himself to the study of inediciiu', which he pursued ililigently for three vears. .Meaidime, as a druggist, he was making (!onsider 13 194 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS able (inaiicial progress, atul he determined to forego the furllier study of his chosen profes- sion for a time and dispose of his drug store and engage in general merchandising and mill- ing. In this new venture he was not so successful, Imt on the contrary sunk al)out all the means he had accumnlated, and in 1871 he relimpiished it, and, removing to Covington, lud., again engaged in the drug business, in which he continued for three years. In 1875 he became a commercial traveler, and as such was on the road until 1884. Meantime, in 1881, he located in Indianapolis, and upon quitting the road opened a drug store in that city, which he conducted successfully until 1890, when he sold it to his son. During all of this time he had not forgotten his natural liking for the profession of medicine, and he had availed himself of every opportunity to retain and add to all he had acquired of its theory in the course of reading he had taken, and in 1885 he entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Indianapolis, and was graduated therefrom in 1888 with the degree of M. D., and at once began a general i)ractice, which has been interrupted only by his absence in New York during the fall and winter of 1890 to take a j>ost-graduate course. He is a mem- ber of the dispensary staff of the College of Physicians and Surgeons. He is identified with the Marion County IMedical Society and the Indiana State Jledical Society, and has read papers befoi'e the two bodies which have atti’acted much attention in the profession. In politics Dr. Nash is a liepublican. He was married Maich 4, 1857, to Mary J. Clark, a native of Kentucky, who bore him four children: William B., Lee T., Dolly and Daisy, and who died April ‘2 ), 1890. August 12, 1891, Dr. Nash married Alice IM. Brown, a native of Kentucky. Dr. and Mrs. Nash are members of the Christian Church. SvLVESTEit A. Moikjan. The finger of time is one of the most satisfactory and reliable endorser's of a man’s business career usually. Men in the various walks of life may with justification halt and refuse to listen to the solicitation of a beginner; but in so doing he would in many cases make a mistake and pass by one who was in every way worthy his pat- ronage, and this would be es[)ecially true in the case of Sylvester A. Morgan, who, although he has been in business here only five years, has yet made an e.vcellent reputation as a con- tractor and builder. He is a product of Butler County, Ohio, where he was born January 2, 1858, a son of Edward J. and Mary Morgan, well known residents of Elizabethtown, Bar- tholomew County, lud. Although the father was formerly a builder of considerable note, he has for some time since given his attention to farming, in which occupation he has been reasonably successful. In Elizabethtown, Sylvester A. Morgan received such educational advantages of which he is now posse.ssed, and his leisure time when not in school, or the greater portion of it, was spent in learning the trade of a carpenter under his father. He remained with him until he attained his majority and then engaged in the ice business in Louisville, Ky. He very soon gave up this work to engage in farming near Elizabethtown, Ind., and after devoting his attention to this business for two years, meeting with misfortune in this, he then moved to Noblesville, Ind., and began teaching school during the winter season, the warm months being devoted to carpentering which he had resumed, soon having charge of work as foreman. He remained in that locality until about 1888, at which time he took up his residence in West Indianapolis, commencing business on his own responsibil- ity, and here has been very successfully engaged in contracting and building ever since. Many of the important structures of west Indianapolis have i)een erected by him and all the houses in many blocks stand as monuments to his industry, knowledge of his calling and the estimation in which he is held by the public. He also built the whole plant for the Van Camj) Packing Company and has fultilled some large contracts for the Atnerican and Standard Wheel Company, Parry Manufacturing Company, built the adamant wall plaster building and some beautiful residences, particularly in the neighborhood of Ft)urteenth and Pennsyl- vania Streets, in the city of Indianapolis. He has under his management a large force of men, and his operations are invariably conducted with safety and are always brought to a successful termination at the specified time and to the letter of contract. He is a man of unblemished honor and loyal to his promises in all his undertakings. In 1890 he wedded Miss Sylvinia Snowden, of Elizabethtown, and both are worthy members of the Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, Mr. Morgan being a trustee and treasurer since its founding. Socially he is a member of Mystic Tie Lodge F. & A. M., the K. of P., being a charter member of West Indianapolis Lodge, No. 244, and the Builders’ Exchange. LIBRARY OF THE 'J.^iyFR‘'>iry of K i iNor 'C ■> 195 AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. William F. Lander. This gentleman has hail a career in some respects remarkable, a narrative of which will be found most interesting. He is a New England Yankee, and was born in Medford, Mass., March 21, 1847, a son of Francis and Hariiet (Kenedy) Lander, natives, respectively, of Boston, Mass., and the State of Maine. His father, a distant rel- ative of Franklin Pierce, was born and reared on ‘‘Old Fort Hill,” a locality popularly regarded at that time as ipiite an aristocratic neighborhood, now known as Washington Square. He became a ship contractor, and is now a resident of Cambridge, Mass. In the course of his Imsy career he has built wholly or in part many vessels, making a specialty of cabin work. He was well known among seamen and vessel owners, and had a most envia- ble reputation with the general business public. Mr. Lander comes from patriot stock. His great-grandfather was orderly sergeant of the Concord, Mass., company, which did service in the Revolutionary struggle, and was at the historic liattle of Lexington, and lost a leg at the battle at Monmouth. He died at the age of forty-live years. His paternal and maternal grandfathers were both soldiers and officers in the United States army during the War of 1812-14. His father is a veteran of the late war. having served as second sergeant of Company F, Fifth Massachusetts Infantry, mostly in North Carolina. His grandfather Lander was educated at Eton and Oxford Colleges, England, and for several years was a professor of penmanship in the schools of Boston, in which his wife was also a teacher. He was a native of England, and was, no doubt, related to the great English traveler of that name. He died and was buried in Massachusetts. Mr. Lander’s maternal grandfather was a sea captain, and was lost at sea at the age of thirty-seven, by being washed over- board during a storm which his vessel encountered en route from Cuba to Boston. Will- iam F. Lander was reared at Medford, Mass., and educated in the public schools of that place. At the age of seventeen he went to sea and led a seafaring life for four years thereafter, making voyages to South America, the Sandwich Islands, Chili, Peru, Rio Janeiro, the IMediterranean and the island of Sicily. He doubled Cape Horn four times, visited Gibralta twice, sj)ent eight weeks at Yalentia, Spain. Relimpiishing his sea life, he engaged in piano and organ manufacture at Cambridge, Mass., and continued in it with much success until 1884, as a contractor, em|)loying from sixteen to twenty men. During that year he came to Imlianapolis and engaged in the organization of fraternal orders and branches of the same, a kind of work in wliicli he had already had considerable experience, having been for a few years grand secretary of tlie K. A L. of H., of Massachusetts. In 1889 he organized the O. of E., and was made its supreme secretary. The affairs of this order are conducted in the most conservative manner, and it has come to the front as a popular and growing enterprise. Fully 5,000 membershij) certificates have been issued, and more than a hundred local councils have lieen organized and are in a flourishing con dition. Mr. Lander is a member also of the I. O. O. F., the K. P. . the Uniformed Rank, the A. O. U. W., the K. &; L. of H., the 51. W. and other orders. He is a popular mem her of the Columbia and Marion Clubs, of Indianajiolis. 5Ir. Ijander was mai»ried in 1875, to Miss Emma J. Alderson, of Plymouth, Mass. , and has six sons: Francis, Percy \\ . , Roswell S. , Frederick, Charles A. and Robert Y. Simon P. Scherer, 51. D. The younger physicians of Indianapolis have, some of them, done as much to give reputation to the medical profession of the city as any of their older jirofessional lirethren, and one of the brightest, best informed and most promising of this class is Di’. Simon P. Scherer, who was born in 'I’ipton County, Ind., August, 29, 1895, a son of the Rev. .Ambrose H. and Sarah 1‘1. (Patton) Scherer. Rev. Ambrose Hinkle Scherer was born in Guilford County, N. C., November 22, 1822, and died April 14, 1892, at. Shar|)sville, Tijiton County. At the age of twelve ycais he removed with his par(>nts to 'I'ennessee, wlime he remained three years. He then came to Hendricks County, Ind., in which State he lived until the day of his death. At the age of seventeen yeais he united with the English Evan gelical Lutheran Church. He stuilied theology under tin* direction and tntoragi! of Kev. Jacob Scherer, his uncle, at Olney, HI. He was regularly licmistsl to preach the gospid at the second session of the synod of northern Indiana, held at Columbia City, Ind., in 1819, and was ordained at Ladoga, Ind., in 1852. His first charge was the Bethel Church, in •Alorgan County, Iml., which church he organizeil, T’his charge he served one year, when he moved to New London, Ind., organized Union Church, and supplied with it several 190 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS iiei^bboriug points for live years. This work of organizing cburcbes in central Indiana, acting as a missionary, and most of tbe time without any assistance from tbe board of borne missions, be was engaged in until tbe day of liis death. Seventeen cburcbes stand to day in Morgan, Madison, Hendricks, Hamilton, Tipton, Howard and adjoining counties, as the result of Ids early, self-sacriticing and earnest work. In tbe orgapization of several of tbe above named cburcbes, Mr. Scherer was assisted by tbe venerable “Father” Wells. Three years ago be was stricken with paralysis, when in tbe midst of Ids last work — tbe organization of St. Peter’s Church, in Sbarpsville, Ind., and tbe erection of the. church building. At its com- pletion and dedication, in June, 1890, be felt that bis life-work was accomplished and resigned himself to tbe call of God. He was married to Sarah Patton, a native of Maryland, in Car- roll County, October 9, 1850, and bis widow and ten children survive him, remembering him as a devoted husband and most indulgent father. Dr. Scherer was reared amid all tbe advantages of a cultured Christian household, in tbe county of bis birth, and was educated in the common and graded schools of Sbarpsville, and at tbe county normal school. He remained on bis father’s farm until be was twenty-two years old, and then, going to Indian- apolis, was for a year a student in a jirominent business college. Tbe next year be spent in reading medicine under tbe direction of Drs. Heath and Publish, of Sbarpsville. Then, returning to Indianapolis, be continued bis medical studies with Drs. Todd and Maxwell and entered tbe Central College of Physicians and Surgeons in tbe fall of 1889, and was graduated therefrom with honors, as tbe valedictorian of bis class, in March, 1891. In 1890 be was, for about seven months, employed as a drug clerk and assistant at tbe city dispen- sary, a connection that was of much practical benefit to him in tbe prosecution of bis studies. Immediately after bis graduation be entered upon tbe practice of his profession in Indian apolis. His standing as a practitioner is indicated by tbe following facts: He is attend- ing physician to tbe polyclinic of tbe Central College of Physicians and Surgeons, a member of tbe Marion County Medical Society and a member of tbe Indiana State Medical Society. He was married October 14, 1891, to Miss Allie J. Culley, a native of Monroe County, Ind., and a daughter of James and Elizalietb (Field) Culley, both of whom were born in this State, tbe former being now dead and tbe latter a resident of Indianapolis. Dr. Scherer is a member of tbe Presbyterian Church; bis wife is identified with tbe Christian Church. In politics tbe Doctor is Pepublican. He is a member of tbe I. O. O. F., and is connected with other worthy organizations. As a citizen be is zealous for the public good and has ever contributed bis full share to tbe furtherance of all worthy objects and measures. Alfred R. Hovey is one of tbe leading lawyers of Indianapolis, and tbe firm of Hard- ing & Hovey, of which be is a member, is tbe second oldest law firm in tbe city. Mr. Hovey comes of the best American stock. His father is Goodwin S. Hovey. His mother was Salina Weed, a daughter of Reuben Weed and a relative of tbe late Hon. Tburlow Weed and Smith M. Weed, of New York, men of national fame. On bis mother’s side Mr. Hovey can trace bis ancestry in America back to 1635. Tbe Weed family are of revolutionary memory and Mr. Hovey’s great-grandfather was an officer in a Connecticut regiment and as such risked bis life in defense of American independence. Reuben Weed, Mr. Hovey’s maternal grandfather, was a judge in Allegany County, N. Y. His great-grandfather was one of the early judges in Wyoming, in eastern Pennsylvania, and bis family were there at tbe time of tbe historic Wyoming Massacre, south of the present Wyoming County, on tbe bank of tbe Susquehanna, opposite Wilkesbarre. At that time Judge Gore was in tbe revo- lutionary army. The Hovey family are of Anglo-Saxon origin. Three brothers came to America in tbe seventeenth century, one locating in Massachusetts, one in Vermont and one in Connecticut, and from tbe latter descended tbe line of Avbicb Alfred R. Hovey is repre- sentative. From tbe time of bis great-grandfather, tbe Hoveys and many of the families with which they have intermarried, have lived in New York State. Some of them were among the early settlers in Wyoming County, tbe very garden spot of tbe State. With others, some of Mr. Hovey’s maternal ancestors made a trade with tbe Indians, under authority of tbe general Government, and secured much valuable land in Cayuga County, N. Y., upon which they erected bouses, barns, and fences and made otlier improvements. There was a conflict of authority which has become historical, and under orders from Gov. 197 AXD MARIOX COrXTY, IXDIAXA. De Witt Clinton, the sheriff of Cayuga County was ordered to proceed to the neighborhood and burn out these sturdy settlers whom it had been found impossible to dispossess by milder means. Even this harsh measure did not succeed, for, bereft of house and home, Mr. Hovey’s ancestor and his companions retained possession of and protected their title to their lands. This ancestor, Elisha Durkey, was a member of the general assembly of New York. Mr. Hovey has in his possession a letter concerning the burning of the farm- houses written by his great-grandfather 101 years ago. Mr. Hovey’s paternal grand- father, Alfred Hovey, was, at the time of his death, principal of the old Binghampton, N. Y., Academy, and had been for fourteen years. He was a civil engineer of the tinest attainments, and in his professional capacity made surveys for several canals in the State of New A'ork and of the Saginaw Canal in Michigan, and made the first survey for the Erie Railwaj' west from Binghampton. Goodwin S. Hovey, father of the immediate subject of this sketch, was born and reared and has always lived in New York. His earlier years were spent in the lumber business and he is now living, retired from active business, in the little old town of Dalton. He is the owner of considerable property gained by the industry and prudence of his active years. Always prominent where he has been known he has countless times been solicited to accept public office, but has never been prevailed upon to do so except when he consented to take the office of township supervisor, to which he was successively elected, an office involving grave responsibilities under tbe laws of New York. Very active in religious matters, he has always been a liberal supporter of churches and for more than twenty-five years has been a Sunday-school superintendent. Formerly he was a Free Soil Democrat, but since the organization of the Be])ublican party has affiliated with it and exerted all his influence in support of the principles it has rejiresented. Goodwin S. and Salina (Weed) Hovey had one son and two daughters. Of the latter Helen ll. married Fernando Baldwin, a prosperous farmer, living near Dalton, N. Y. : IMinnie L. is the wife of Lorenzo S. Gelser. one of the leading business men of Filmore, N. Y.; Alfred R. Hovey was reared at the family home in New York State and was educated at the Alfred T’^niversity, Alfred, N. Y. After teaching school a couple of years in his native State he taught for a year at Sycamore, 111., meantime reading law. In November, 1877, he came to Indianapolis and pursued the study of law under the direction of Hon. Lucian Barbour. In May, 1878, he was admitted to practice in the District and Circuit Courts of the United States. He remained with Mr. Barbour until October, 1879. The firm of Harding & Hovey was organized in 1880. IMr. Hovey is popular at the bar and no less so in commercial and social circles. Followingin the footHte))S of his father, he is a stanch Republican. He was the first jrresident of the INIarion Club, the most active Republican organization in the city, and in 1892 was nominated by his party for juesidential elector. He is a K. of B. and a member of the Masonic fraternity. He was married in November, 1882, to Miss Sylvia M. Wade, a native of Champaign County. Ohio, and has two children, Maude, aged eight, and Goodwin S., aged two. Tlie late Gov. Hovey was a descendant frojii the same old Hovey family from which Alfred R. Hovey descended. Daniel N. Brown, D. I). S. The calling of the dentist is a most important one and to become thoroughly grounded in this branch of medical science, reipiires years of arduous study. To attain perfection as an operator, reijuiies not only natural aptitude but experi- ence as a practitioner, and all their fe(|uirements are possessed or have been fulfilled by Dr. Daniel N. Brown who is one of the highly regarde, and as they fondly h()))ed. to lay the foundation foi- modtuate fortunes, in the capital of the lu'w Stale. I’hey l)()ught land, cov ered with a dense, dark foiest, near the town of Itidianapolis. 'I’he r(>8idenc(‘ of these two families in .Marion County datc^ from 1822. .Mr. Denny’s land w!is locatc'd about three miles .southeast from th(» court house. The Cincinnati branch of the Big Four and the Bell 200 MEMOIRS OF INIJIAXAPOLIS railroads cross on the Denny farm. When the road to Cincinnati was built it ran through the old farm house, necessitating the building of a new. When the Belt road was built it ran over the spot where the new was built, necessitating its removal. Near this spot Mr. Denny started in a settled life. On the 80th day of March, 1828, he married Miss Elizabeth McLaughlin, a member of the family and a niece of William McLaughlin who came to this county in 1821, and who lived near. Mr. Denny participated, as one of the original mem- bers, in the organization of the First Baptist Church of Indianapolis. According to facts and dates given in Col. Holloway’s History of Indianapolis, it appears that this is the second church, now in existence, organized in the capital. In 1825, his wife who had previously been a Methodist, united with this congregation. For many years this husband and wife re- mained earnest and efficient members of that society; and then, to aid a weaker one, removed their membership to the Lick Creek Ba])tist church, an organization old enough to have tigured at the constitution of the First Bajhist Church of Indianapolis. Mr. Denny was a farmer, and an intelligent man, prominent in the councils of his fellows, and in school, church, and political matters. He was well read in the current to})ics of the day, and he was always prepared for the most intelligent adversary in the discussion of any social, political or theological cpiestion. His reasoning was fearless, clear and convincing. He was too bold a man to truckle for favor. He never held an office higher than that of school director, and lie never sought one. He was exacting in his expectations of just treatment from others, and in his requirements of the conduct and associations of his children. He was astern adher- ent to any cause or doctrine that seemed to him to be right. He lived in a time when theo- logical controversy was an absorbing occupation, and no man, not a professional controver- sialist, could maintain his side of a theological argument with greater force. He was a stanch Whig, and had an intelligent comprehension of the doctrines and tendencies of that jiarty. He did not live to witness its extinction. He was a pronounced anti -slavery man, but did not sympathize with the lawless methods of the Abolitionists. Earnest in his ojiinions that the newly ojiened Territory should not be contaminated with slavery, it cannot be doubted that, had he lived, he would have espoused warmly every position of social or economic doctrine taken by the Republican j)arty. He lived to see four children from his family of eight, attain Tiiature years and start in life apart from the parental roof. One day he complained of feeling ill, but took his axe and went to the woods to drive away ill feeling by hard work. That effort no doubt hastened his death. He was immediately prostrated by a fever from which he died, on January 11), 1854. His remains wereinterred in the church yard of the Lick Creek Bafitist church. After the establishment of Crown Hill Cemetery, the body was removed to the family lot in that beautiful resting place. As we have already seen, the maiden name of Mrs. Elizabeth Denny was McLaughlin. She was born in Washington County, Kentucky, Mai ch 24, 1805. When but nine jmars of age she lost her father and mother in a fatal epidemic then prevailing. Her uncle, William IMc- Laughlin, took her to his home in Fayette County, Ohio. There she lived for four years, and then moved with her uncle’s family to a point near Rushville, Ind., where they resided until 1821. From there they removed to Indianapolis, then containing but six houses, and settled on a farm two miles southeast from the village. Through that land now jiasses the Michi- gan road, the Bent railroad, and that beautiful stream apiu’opriately named “Pleasant Run. ” The farm is yet well known as the “McLaughlin Farm’’ and is chiefly owned by members of the family. There Elizabeth lived until her marriage with Theodore V. Denny. The relig- ious and moral training of this young woman as well as her inherent strength of character, fitted her for the arduous tasks that lay before her. In her home in the wilderness, with hardship and without material comfort, she and her husband struggled to build up a home. Eleven children were born to her, three of whom died in infancy. Her aim was then to rear and guard from physical and moral ill the eight who remained. It is enough to say of Elizabeth Denny that no one could ever point to a mean or dishonorable act of any child of her.-i. The death of her husband left Mrs. Denny with a small farm, not over fertile, with a debt of nearly $1,000; with four children not of age and one a helpless infant, and with the ceitainty of a future struggle for existence and for an honorable and re8])ected ])lace in the community. She took uti her burden with courage, and carried it to the end. In a few years she relieved her husband's estate from debt; in time she educated her ELIZABETH DENNY AXD MARIOX COUNTY, INDIANA. 201 younger children beyond the limit adopted by her abler neighbors. She showed executive and business capacity of a high order and lived on the portion of the farm allotted to her in the partition, tilled it, marketed the produce, and had money at interest. In 1873, just before the inception of the great hnancial de])reseion, by the fortunate disposal of her land, she became as affluent as she had been poor. She did not wait her death for the distribution of her estate; but divided the most of it. equally among her children -giving liberal gifts, however, in the mean time, to Franklin College, to the South Street Baptist Church, and to the Home and the Foreign ^Missionary Societies of her church, objects in which she felt the warmest interest. Lick Creek Baptist Church, to which she belonged at the time of her hus- l)and’s death, affected perhaps by the more convenient location of other churches, and by a changed poj)ulation intluenced by the neighborhood of a large city, relapsed into desuetude and dissolved. She reunited with the First Baptist Church and remained in it, as a member, as long as she lived. Her death occuried October (), 181H), and she was buried at her hus- band’s side, in Crown Hill Cemetery. The children born to this worthy couple are named in order of birth as follows: Martha A., wife of John Wade Thompson of Indianapolis; Josej)h A., of Lake City, Iowa; William C., of Indianapolis; Lucinda A., wife of Joshua H. Vande- man, of Warren township, this county; Austin F. and Albert W. , both of Indianapolis. Besides the living children of this pioneer couple, their living descendants number nineteen grandchildren and sixteen great-grandchildren. Dr. Thomas B. Harvey. There are physicians and “doctors.’" The public faith in men so-called is almost unbounded, but it is not deserved in ecjnal degree by all such. Theie are pretenders in every profession and business. Indianapolis has, from its j>ioneer days, been most fortunate in the number, character and skill of her family physicians, and among them was the ideal family jJiysician, Dr. Thomas B. Harvey, who was both a ])hysician and the son of a physician. His father. Dr. Jesse Harvey, a member of the Society of Friends, was a noted Abolitionist and philanthropist, an educator who taught the first scliool in Ohio to which colored children were admitted and a missionary among the Indians of Kansas, where he died in 18-18. His maternal grandmother, Mrs. Burgess, a Virginian, when her father’s estate was divided, received her jiatiimony in slaves, whom she brought to Ohio and gave their liberty in a land of freedom. The mother of Dr. Harvey was, like his father, of Quaker stock and she fully sympathized with the latter in his humanitarian efforts and lived a life of self-denial that he might the more easily carry on his self chosen work for mankind. When he died the family were left in straitened circumstances and were obliged to practice the most rigid economy. Dr. Harvey's means of literary education were restricted to evening reading, and early in life he addicted himself to a habit learned from his mother of studying far into the night. From his father he had inherited a natural inclination and talent for scientific research especially in the domain of medicine and surgery. In 1813, at the age of nineteen (for he was born in (Hinton County, Chio, November 2b, 1827), he began the study of medicine, and he graduated from the Miami IMedical College in the spring of I8;)l ami located at Plainfield, Ind.. where he remained ten years, building u|) a larg(! practice and identifying hitnself with all the interests of the town. He was a part of its social and educational life, and organized a literary society which was maintained with weekly meetings during the (uitire period of his residence in Plainfield. Those ten years passed in Hendricks County constituted a period of intelligent and busy apprenticeshij). 'I’lie spirit and sentiment which had led his grandmother to free her slaves and had impelled his fathei- to give up much of his devoted life to the education of the negro was alive and • piicketied in Dr. Haivey by the outbreak of theCivil War. His call was not to the front and in tlie field, but to the State Ca[)itat where he was appointed examining surgeon for the Indian apolis district, a position wliich he Indd to the close of the war. and whicli led him to remove his househiild to I iidianopolis, where he resided t hereaft**!' unt il his death, h’ollowing the. war came the revival in literary and pnjfessional education which has resulted in so much good to every departrneut of human endeavor. By nature and inheritance Dr. Harvey was a teacher. 'I’his was first manifested during his residenci- at I’lainfield, not alone in the organ- ization and long maintmiance of the literary seciety mentioned, but as well in his activity in bringing into existfuice the Hendricks County INIedical Society, of which he was the first president and which he did much to make studious, harmonious and |)rogressive by the 202 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS establishment of a winter course of lectures, weekly, for the benefit of students and neigh- boring physicians, and by other scarcely less effective means. When, in 1809, the Indiana itledical tlollege was organized. Dr. Harvey was elected to the chair of medical and surgical diseases of women, which he held until his death. For twenty years he lectured in his chosen specialty and was particularly an.xious to complete the course in which Death found him engaged, remarking fre(]irently to his family and friends that he might after having so done, be willing to retire from the exciting work of a didactic course. In the palmy days of the old Indiana Medical College, it was not vtncommon for Dr. Harvey to hold a clinic for hours, comprising the whole range of medical diseases. It has been related that, once in bSTt), when there was .some difficulty as to the hospital clinics and the faculty of the Indiana Medical Colk'ge had withdrawn from the hospital staff. Dr. Harvey appeared before the class and said: “Crentlemen, yon need not concern yourself about clinical material, my associates and I have not practiced twenty years among the poor of this county to find ourselves at this time unknown and una])|ireciated. Let it be but once announced that there will be free cllidcs on Wedne.sday and Saturday afternoons at the Indiana Medical College, and there will be abundant material in our ante rooms.” Under this arrangement he then presented cases from 3 o’ clock until dark and was not able to treat all the waiting patients who were thus enabled to avail themselves without charge of this great knowledge and skill. His clinics at the city dispensary for women were never neglected, nor those at the city hospital, where every W ednesday for twenty-live years he was in attendance, attracting always a large concourse of students from all the medical schools of the city as well as many active practitioners. He was distinctively a family physician, and as such he combined all the pualities that go to make up the highest conceivable professional type. No man ever rated his profession more highly. He loved his work with an unsparing and increasing devotion, and more than forty years in it found him as full of enthusiasm and anxiety to improve as when he began it. He loved his work for itself and not for any jiecuniary reward or honor that it might bring him. He regai'ded it as a sacred trust, ennobled it in his own mind and gave the utmost powers of his heart and lirain to it. To uphold the dignity of the profession, to enhance its character and to widen its scope and grasj>, rvas a burden always borne upon his heart. To produce edu- cated physicians with noble aspirations and broad culture, to elevate the standard of profes- sional requirements, were objects that apjiealed to his whole nature, and he counted no per- sonal cost too dear that aided it. Not only was he the chief spirit in organizing the Hendricks County Medical Society of which he was president and before which he read the tirst 4 )apei', but he also aided in the organizat ion of the Indianapolis Academy of Medicine, which was afterward inerged into the Marion County Medical Society; was a member of the Indiana State IMedical Society, the American Medical Association and the Mississipfii Valley Medical Society. In 1880 he was elected president of the Indiana State TMedical Society. Iti 1886 the degree of LL. I), was conferred ujion him by the Indiana State University. In 1888 he was a delegate from the Indiana State Medical Society to the International Medical Congress held at Washington, D. C. He was a permanent dean of the faculty of the Indiana Medical College. Nothing could induce him to forego his lectures and clinics, though often he was worn out with overwork and should have been in bed or recreating free from professional cares. “I will tinish my twentieth year” said he to his family “before I resign my chair.” I’pon the afternoon iqion which he was stricken he said to his son Jesse, in the ante-room: ‘T hope to get through this lecture all right. It is an im])ortant subject and I am going to cite some cases I re|)orted to the St. Louis meeting of the American Medical Association.” In a brief half hour he lav unconscious in the arms of his son and his fellow studeids and was transferred to the clinical chair on which he had examined scores of patients. Even as he was wheeled from the amphitheatre he asked for his notes and attempted to assort and arrange them, inteid. only on the work he had been striving to do until the surging stream that destroying his noble brain had overwhelmed the remotest chamber of thought and action, and he passed into unconsciousness and silence. At 8 o’clock on the evening of that day (December 5, 1889), he died. While a resident of Plainfield Dr. Harvey married Miss Delitha Butler, who with two sons and a daughter, Lawson. Jesse and Elizabeth, survive him. Another .son, Frank, who had determined on a medical career, was drowned during his sophomore year at Harvard. Dr. Harvey made many contributions to the Marion County 203 AXD MAEIOX COUXTY, IXDIAXA. Medical Society, but few of them have been published. Among his papers contributed to the Indiana State Medical Society and published in its transactions, are the following: In 1801, “Report on Xew Remedies;” in 1803, “Puerperal Eclampsea;” in 1871, “Prevention of Lacerations of the Cervi Uteri;” in 1887, “Ovarian Diseases Complicated with Preg- nancy;” in 1888, “Conditions Rendering Diagnosis Difficult in Pelvic and Abdominal Diseases.” Jesse Butleu H.vkvey, M. D. Men do not choose professions under accidental circum- stances, or if they do, their names almost invariably become enrolled on the list of lamentable failures. In writing the biographies of the “successes” in the different avocations, we write for future as well as pre.sent readers: and they will ask “why successful, and how ?” In answering this question it is but necessary to tell something of the career of Dr. Jesse But- ler Harvey, who was born in Indianapolis November 4, 1864, a son of Dr. Thomas B. and Delitha (Butler) Harvey, the former of whom was a leading practitioner of the city for many years and a sketch of whom appears in this volume. Dr. -lesse B. Harvey was educated in the public and high schools of Indianapolis, after which he entered Earlham College, where he pursued the scientific course three years. He then began the study of medicine with his father, from whom he had inherited a decided taste for the profession, his kind heart natu- rally turning to that field of human suffering for his life work, and in 1886 he entered the Indiana Medical College and after a thorough three year’s course, graduated in March, 1862, at which time he received the apf)ointment from the Government as assistant surgeon at the National Military Home at Marion, Ind.. in which capacity he served one year. In the win- ter of 1862 63 he went to the city of New A"ork where he took a post-graduate course and also attended the Bellevue Hospital IMedical College, from which institutions he received cer- tificates. He returned to Indianapolis at once and entered ujion an extensive general jirac tice which has since knowui no diminution. As a jihysician his rank is among the first in the city. His diagnosis of disease is comprehensive, accurate and quick, his application of remedies speedy and bold, and the result is that his patronage is continually and rapidly grow ing in proportions, and in f)ro[)ortion he is prosjiering financially. He is fully abreast of the latest discoveries in medical science and is absorbed in his profession. He has found that to be successful necessitates continuous study, and therefore is a deep and earnest reader and carefully and conscientiously studies each case that is placed under his care. He is a member of the Marion County Medical Society and while attending medical college in In- diana he was a druggist and clinical assistant of a city dispensary for one year. He was married June 21, 1863, to Miss Elenora Warner, of Chicago, a native of Springfield, Ohio, and a daughter of Simeon and Rebecca (Harrison) Warner, who W'ere also born in the Buck- eye State. In politics the Doctor is a Republican although he is by no means a partisan or a politician. Alonzo A. Zion, master of transportation of the Indianapolis Union Railroad, was born in Lelianon, Ind., .July 23, I84(), a son of William Zion, who located in Boone County, Ind., in 1834, to which region he came from east Virginia, where he was tiorn January 16, 1812, and died March In, 1886, in ]3oone County. He was a blacksmith by trade, but later engaged in general merchandising, a calling which received more or less of his attention the remainder of liis life. He was a man of great energy and public spirit, and held various offi- cial positions in his section, among which was county sheriff from 1836 to 1840, and at vari- ous limes for many j’ears he was jiostmaster at Lebanon. He was for a long {leriod railroad agent at fjelianon. and he was one of the active ])romoters of the old luifayette & Indian- apolis Bailroad. and was one of tln^ directors of the road. The town of Zionsville was named in Ids honor. He was a Repulilican in |;olitics, was a member of theMasoidc fraternity, and in tliis lionorable secret organization, look some of the highest degrees. He was noted for his benevolence, in fact, he was charitable to a fault, and his friends were legion. He was married to Miss Amelia Sims, who was liorn in Brookville, Ind., May 26, 1814, their uidon taking place on Decembr*r 13, 1832, at. Bushv ille, Hush County, Ind. To tlieir union seven sons arni four daughters were liorn, of wliom the immediate sulqect of (his sketch was the seventh in ordm- of birth. 'I’lie mother is still living, and is a devout member oftlie Metliod- ist H|)iscopal Churcli of many years standing. Alonzo A. Zion inherited German lilood from liis father, and English from his mother, a comliinution that made him a decitled, ener 204 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS getic, piisliiiig and eiiterj)i ising man. He attended the schools of his native town until he attaineil his thirteenth year, then entered railroad service, and in 1850 commenced to learn telegraphy in the office of the old Lafayette & Indianajiolis Railroad, where he remained until ISOd. He then entered the service of the United States Military Telegraph as an oper- ator, and was on duty in Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia, as well as a number of other southern States. He was on the battle-fields of Nashville and Cleveland, Tennessee and De- catur, Ala., and although his duties as military telegraph operator was considered very dan- gerous service, he fulfilled his duties untlinchiugly, and escaped unharmed. He received an honorable discharge in March, 1804, after which he was appointed agent of the Indianapolis, Cimannati A Lafayette Railroad at Lebanon, Ind., and became freight agent of the Big Four road at Indianapolis in 1S74. When the Belt Railroad was completed he was appointed chief train dispatcher November 11, 1877, which position he held until the Indianapolis Lbiion l)urchased the Belt Railroad, when he received the appointment to the responsible position lie now holds. He has served two years on the school board of West Indianapolis as treas- urer, and the ably conducted schools which are in vogue at the present lime are in a great measure due to the etforts of Mr. Zion, and to the building of the pleasant, commodious and light school-houses which were erected through his energy and push. September 1, 1868, he was married to Miss Anna Morris, a daughter of Peter and Esther Morris, of Lebanon, Ind., her birth having occurred in Columbus, Ind., June 11, 1849, and their son Eddie A., was burn November 6, 1869, and died September 7, 1890, his untimely death being deeply mourned by all who knew him. Harry F. was born August 29, 1875. The elder son was a fireman on the Iliiiou Railroad at the time of his death, a position his brother Harry holds at the present time. IMr. and Mrs. Zion and Harry can each use a telegraph key in an expert manner. Mr. Zion has passed through the chairs of Lebanon Lodge, No. 48, and Magnolia Encampment, No. 45, of the I. O. O. F., and has represented both in the grand lodge and grand encampment of the State. He is a trustee of West Indianapolis Lodge, No. 244 of the K. of P. , and is also a member of Comanche Tribe, No. 128. I. O. R. M., in which he has jiassed all the chairs, and has also rejiresented this tribe in the Great Council of the State. He is a member of the Train Dispatcher's Association of North .America, of which he was president two terms, and he was also one of its promoters and organizers. Mr. Zion is a man who keeps thoroughly posted and up with the times, is ener- getic and pushing, and being in the full vigor of manhood he has many years of usefulness liefore him. He understands his business thoroughly, can be relied upon at all times, and is one of the thoroughly popular officials of the road with which he has so long been con- nected. Ovin Butler. This distinguished lawyer, journalist and philanthropist was born at Augusta, N. Y., February 7, 1801, and died at Indianapolis, July 12. 1881. He was a son of Rev. Chauncey Butler, the first jiastor of the Disciples Church of Indianapolis, who died in 1819. His grandfather. Capt. Joel Butler, who was a revolutionary soldier and served at Quebec, died in 1822. In 1817 the family removed from New York to Jennings County, Ind. , where Ovid Butler grew up and was educated according to his opportunities, and taught school and read law. He settled at Shelbyville in 1825. and practiced his profession there until 1836, when he removed to Indianapolis. He continued his practice in that city until compelled to retire on account of ill health in 1849, having as ]>artners Calvin Fletcher, Simon Yanders and Horatio C. Newcomb, successively, and during this period he built up a large and lucrative clientage. As a lawyer, Mr. Butler excelled as a counsellor and in the jireparation of cases. With not many of the graces of the orator, his style was concise and strong, neither humorous nor ornate but logical and convincing. He was noted for the rest- less perseverance with which he pushed every cause through the courts and he was regarded as a most formidable antagonist. Few of his competitors at the bar possessed mental strength and culture in the same degree and few were so indefatigable in their perseverance. During a few years succeeding the Mexican War. while the <|ue8tion of the extension of slavery was being agitated, he was active in politics. He established the Free Soil Banner at Indianapolis in 1848. This jiaper went beyond the mere question of the extension of slavery and attacked slavery Itself in its stronghold. Its motto was “Free soil, Free States, Free Men.” Before this humanitarian problem engaged his attention, he had been a 205 AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. Democrat. He served on the Free Soil electoral ticket and upon important ])olitical com- mittees and made many speeches in advocacy of the anti slavery principle in the campaigns of 1848 and 1852. In the year last mentioned he contributed very largely to the fund for establishing the Free Soil Democrat which in 1854 was merged into the Indianapolis donr nal in which Mr. Butler had a controlling interest and which became the organ of the Repub- lican party. IMr. Butler also helped to establish an influential Free Soil ]>aper at Cincinnati and he was liberal in contributions to and prominent in advocacy of the cause espoused by Louis Kossuth upon his memorable visit to America. After his retirement from the bar, he gave much attention to the interests of the Christian Church and of the Northwestern Christian Uni- versity, now called Butler University. For many years he and some friends had contemi)lated the establishment of an institution such as this university, and the session of the Legislature of 1849-50 they obtained its charter, which was drafted by Mr. Butler, and which thus clearly set forth the object of the University: “An institirtion of learning of the highest class for the education of the youth of all parts of the United States and of the Northwest; to establish in said institution departments or colleges for the instruction of students in every branch of liberal and j)rofes8ional education; to educate and prepare suitable teachers for the common schools of the country; to teach and inculcate the Christian faith and Christian morality as taught in the sacred scriptures, discharging as uninspired and without authority all writings, formulas, creeds and articles of faith subseipient thereto; and for the promotion of the sciences and arts.’’ For twenty years he served as president of the board of directors of the university, retiring in 1871 at the age of seventy. In 1827 Mr. Butler married Cordelia Cole, who died in 1838. In 1840 he married Mrs. Elizabeth A. Elgin, daughter of the late Thomas McQuat, who survived him only a year, dying in 1882. During the latter years of his life he sought (piiet and retirement and removed his residence from his old home in town to his farm north of the city. Here his family assembled, his children and their chil dren, to enjoy his society and pay respect to his wishes in all things. His life was well spent and useful, devoted mo.st generously to the good of his fellow-men. Henry Cruse, farmer. Although over four-score years have passed over the whitened head of this venerable old pioneer, his mind is as keen and as active as in the days of his early manhood, and it is only so far as his physical being is concerned that Father Time has left his traces. His walk through life has been characterized by a sturdy independence, uncompromising honesty, great energy, and the utmost loyalty to his family, his friends and his country, and he may truly be said to be a man among men. He is a product, of Butler County, Ohio, where he was born February t), 1812, but since 182(>he has been a resident of Indiana, at which date he came with his parents to this region, and has ever since resided here with the exception of three years which he spent in Illinois. He is a son of Henry and Susannah (Cress) Cruse, who were natives of the Buckeye State where they were married about the year 1798, and eventually their union resulted in the birth of live sons and five daughters, of whom Henry was the eighth in order of birth. Their names are as follows: Philij), Susannah, Absolom, Leah, Solomon, Joseph, Rachel, Henry (the subject of this sketch), John and Levina, all of whom are now deceased with the exce})(ion of Henry. The })aternal grandparents of the latter were Philip and May (Stumpj)) Cruse, natives of Crermaiiy, who left the home of their birth and crossed the ocean to America about 1725. After thirteen weeks on the ocean they reached this country and look up their residence in North Carolina, where they each, for seven \'ears afterward, worked for one man in payment, for their j)asRage thither. 4’hey were shortly after married and brought up a large family, j)rincipally boys, who like their father, who died at the age of one hundred and ten years, became blackstuiths by trade. Among thes(! sons was Henry, whose birth occurred about 17(51 in (iiiilford County, N. C. His union with Miss Cress took ])lace about 1785 in the Old North State and there they made their home until their removal to Sutler County, Ohio. In I8I(5 they took up their residence in Vincennes, Iiid., and in 1820 came to Marion (k)unty where the remainder of lluui- days were sp^mt. Upon the opening of the Black Hawk war Henry Cruse erdisted in the service in 1832 and was under the command of Caj)!. .John W . Reddin. While lighting the redskins he camped on the griaind where the city of (diicago now stands, at which time there were 500 regulai' tr() 0 |)s stationed there ami the now second city in the Union consisted of a few French settlers. After the Indians had l)een sulxluetl MEMOIRSi OF INDIANAPOLIS 200 Henry returned to liis liome where he shortly after fell a victim to cupid’s darts, and wooed and won for his wife Miss Eliza -Jane Whitinger, and the two were made one on October t), 18d4, in Marion County, which has been their home ever since. To them a good old-fash- ioned family of tifteen childien were given and they were named as follows: Susan, born August 2, 1880 , was married to Jonathan Campbell in 1861 and is now a resident of Hamil- ton County, Ind; Mary Jane, born September 2‘J, 1886, married J. S. Hinshaw in 1858 and resides in Hamilton County; Margaret, born December 8 , 1887, married James Moulton (deceased) in 1857 and is a resident of Indianapolis, Ind.; Solomon, born August 22, 1889, married Nancy Jane Stultz, who is now deceased, and resides in Hamilton County; Leah, born September 80, 1841, married Thomas Campbell in 1866 and now lives in Argentine, Kan.; Martha, born December 21, 1842, married Jacob Cloe in 1865 and died one year later; Absolom was born May 14, 1844, married Myra Vance in 1871 and now lives in Clay County, 111.; Henry, born November 17, 1845, married Sarah Heaton in 18<)9 and lives in Clay County, 111.; Jacob, born December 16, 1847, married Sarah Pierce in 1870 and lives in Hamilton County, Ind.; Daniel, born December 8 , 1849, married Lucinda Imbler, and now lives in Boone County, Ind.; Sarah, born December 29, 1852, died in infancy; Eliza, born Novem- ber 16, 1858, married John Kolyer in 1888 and now lives in Indianapolis; William, born November 25, 1855, married Sarah Sutton in 1880 and lives in Marion County, Ind.; Peter, born November 5, 1858, married Ellen Newby in 1879 and lives in Marion County, and Thomas, born September 18, 1860, married Delilah Sutton in 1885, and died in 1890. Henry, Absolom and Jacob served in the Civil War, the first two serving in the Seventieth Indiana Infantry, and all returned safely to their home with the exception of Henry who was wounded in the left leg in one engagement. The mother of this family is a plump and active old lady, still capable of doing a considerable amount of hard labor, and bids fair to live many years longer. She is a daughter of Henry and Susannah (Ernest) Whitinger, who were Ohio jieople, married in 1813. She had thirteen brothers and three sisters, making a family of seventeen children, all of whom lived to maturity, and six of whom are living at the present time. Mr. and IVIrs. Cruse are the grandparents of eighty-two children and have twenty great-grandchildren, which makes their family record almost unparalleled. Mr. Cruse’s father and mother lived to be sixty five and ninety six years respectively while Mrs. Cruse’s father lived to l)e sixty-six years and her mother to the age of ninety-two years. Amos W. Fisher, M. D. The field of medicine and surgery has so widened, the reme- dies in use being so many, the diseases so numerous and increasing througli the modifications of life in our growing civilization, and surgery lieing applied now in so many cases where jireviously medicines alone were given for relief, that the most conservative of physicians, even, have become persuaded that there are potent reasons why there should be sjiecialists in the profession. It is manifest that the ])hysician and surgeon who apjilies himself dili gently to the study and practice of the profession in given forms only should become much more expert in them than hewould be if he divided his time between all the ills of which fiesh is heir. Every school of medicine now permits sjiecial practice and to this is due much of the knowledge and experience that have been given to the world in the past quarter of a century. The subject of our sketch, a well known and popular physician of Indianapolis, one whose fame and practice extend far out into the States on every side, was born in Preble County, Ohio, March 8 , 1837. His father, John Fisher, was a farmer by occupation, born in Ohio in 1816, of German descent, and died at the age of thirty-three. His wife was Eve liaper, a native of Wayne County, Ind , and daughter of -lohn and Elizabeth (Keesling) Paper, the former a native of Liverpool, England, who came to America when a lad and settled in Wayne County in 1808. John Raper was a soldier in the War of 1812, and after his death his widow drew a pension. She was a native of Virginia, of German descent, and lived until Aju il 29, 1879, and was nearly ninety years old at her death. The mother of the subject of this sketch survives her husband and resides near Richmond, Ind.. at the age of seventy-six. John Fisher and his wife were the parents of live children, our subject being the eldest. He was reared in Union County, Ind., upon a farm and received his primary education in the old conventional school-house of logs. Subsequently he attended the college at Richmond, Ind., and later the Southwestern Normal School at Lebanon, Ohio. After teaching school for about five years, or in the sfiring of 1861, he began the study of medi -v' library OF THE J^'WFR^lTY OP injmr i '•* IS.:' S' * » • .- •207 AXD MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. cine with Drs. Hasty it Weeks, in Henry Conuty, Inch Two years afterward Dr. Fisher entered the Physio-lledical Institute at Cincinnati and attended one course of lectures, when he began the practice in Wayne County, which he continued, witli the exception of two years spent in Illinois, until his coining to Indianajiolis in 1S80. At* this time he entered the Physio-Medical College of Indiana at Indianapolis, from which he graduated one year later, and since that time has continued to practice in this city, confining himself to treatment of piles and diseases of the rectum. In this special practice he has been eminently successful, ranking among the foremost phy.sicians in Indiana in his specialty. Since 1881 Dr. Fisher has tilled the chair of diseases of the rectum in the Physio Medical College of Indiana at Indianapolis, and he has also been a trustee of the institution for the past several years. The practice of Dr. Fisher extends all over the country westward to Nebraska and Colorado, southward to Mississippi and also north and east. Dr. Fisher has been for live years secre- tary of the American Association of Physio Medical Physicians and Surgeons, and has held the same position in the State association of that body for an equal length of time. Since the organization, over thirty years since, he has held numerous positions in that body and was its second secretary. The Doctor is a gentleman of social impulses, finding much pleas ure in the companionship of agreeable people, and he takes much interest in the Masonic order, with which he has been connected for a great many years. Dr. Fisher was married April 28, 18(52, to Nellie A. Pennock, a native of Ohio, and daughter of Ira and Aurora (Oilbertj Pennock, the former a native of New York, and the latter of Ohio. Mrs. Fisher died April 1(5, 1888, and Dr. Fisher again married June 1(5, 1881), his last wife being Mrs. Martha E. (Coddington) Green, a native of Union County, Ind., and daughter of Enoch Coddington. Dr. Fisher is a member of Plymouth Church. In politics the Doctor is a Hepublican, earnestly supporting the candidates of that ])arty. Hox. John C.wen. Few men have lived more (piietly or unostentatiously than John Caven, and yet few have exerted a more salutary inlhience upon the immediate society in which they move, or impressed a community with a more profound reliance on tlieir honor, ability and sterling worth. His life has not been illustrious with startling incidents or striking contrasts; but it has shown how a laudable ambition may be gratified when accom panied by pure motives, persevering industry and steadfastness of {)urj)Ose. In presenting to the readers of this volume a sketch of his life, character and public acts, it will be found that his name is closely connected with the])eace and prosperity of the capital city of Indiana. For ten years he ably performed the duties of chief magistrate of the city of Indiana])olis, andduring this time evinced qualities of head and heart which shed lustre upon his name and won the hearty aj)proval of all right t hiidiing peo)>le. His career points its own moral, and it is not to be wondered at that a history of his life would be of more than ordinary interest, for it enables society to arrive at correct conclusions and to estal)lisli theories of life, its obligations and possibilities, which cannot fail to be of benefit to thoughtful people. He comes of Scotch Irisli and English-Scotcdi [)areidago, and was born in Allegheny County, Peiin., April 12, 1821, his parents being William and Jane (Laughead) Caven. He was left with but little means, but he inherited what was far better, a healthy body and a vigorous mind and a reverence for the good and beautiful and the true, which were the stepping atones to success in latei' years. He was always very generous in his judgments, for he studied <*very side of a (piestion carefully, and in the councils of his city has ever l)een considered a leader whose judgTnent could at all times be relied upon. In youth he was inured to liard work and his labor brought him into direct contact with the children of toil, for which reason he has (»very right to be consider<*d a self made man. His ad vantages for acfpiiring an ediuration were not of the best, but he was a student by l)irth, and although his books were few and his instructors inferior, his mind was retentive and what he learned lie did so thoroughly. In time he acquired a wide range of knowledge and a polish that would have done credit to a graduate of any university. At school In; mastered the old 1‘higlish reader and Daboll’s arithemethic, and with this foundation he went fourth t(; mastei- all branches of learning that would better |)repare him foi' a successful (;are(>r at the bar. He spent some time as a workman in salt works and coal mines and also as a Hat boatman, unhesitatingly putting his hand to any honorable employment he (!ould (ind to do. In 1845 he came to Indianapolis, and in 1847, at (ho age of twenty three, entered the law 2()S MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS otiice of Smith & Yandes, and in due time entered uj)ou tlie practice of the profession he later adorned. In 1S68, when thirty-nine years of age, he was elected to the mayorality of Indianapolis without opposition, and his administration was so able that in 1865 he was again elected without o{)position, and during this time, which comprised eight years, and wliile Indianapolis was rapidly developing in every way, he gave much impetus to her prog ress and development. In 1868 the residents of the city elected him to the State Senate for four years, during which time he made an enviable recorri for himself, and his speeches were elocpient upon all matters toucliing political, educational and humanitarian subjects. He voted for the fifteenth amendment, and earnestly advocated the establishment of schools for colored children. He was again elected to the office of mayor of Indianapolis in 1875, and the two terras following he succeeded himself in the position. In the routine work of the office of mayor he tilled the requirements of a just and humane magistrate, and his efforts to reform the fallen who were brought before him will ever remain as monuments to his faith in the good that lies in every human heart, and the powerful effect of moral suasion. He was instrumental in securing the Belt Railroad, and establishing the stock yards at Indianapolis, and at the time of the great strike of 1877 he proved himself equal to tlie demands of the hour, and made a record for himself and the city, which has been com mented on favorably by the press of the entire country. Mr. Caven is an honored member of the ancient order of Masons, in the mysteries of which he is thoroughly drilled, and he is deej)l}' devoted to its ])riiiciples. He was the first and for seven years continued to be the deputy for Indiana of the 8uj)rerae council A. sbyterian ('hurch. but during the latter part of their lives were connected with the Bajjtist (Jiuroh, which they helped to organize in their neighborhood, and they gave their lilawal assistance to the erec- 214 MEMOIRS OE INDIANAPOLIS tioii of one of the first churches in their section of the country. To them a family of seven children were given, four sons and two daughters of whom are living at the present time. Abram Brewer died in 1860 at the age of forty-five years, having been a tiller of the soil all his life and a reasonably successful farmer. The grandfather died when the subject of this sketch was a small boy. Alfred Brewer was the third child born to his parents and in the district schools of his neighborhood he acquired a good practical education and on the home farm stout muscles and an independent and energetic spirit. In 1860 he began learning the trade of a carpenter and after following this occupation for about six years in various por- tions of the county he came to Indianapolis and for two years thereafter was in the employ of various contractors, after which he moved to Newton, Kan., where he, himself, engaged in contracting and continuerl four years. At the end of that time he returned to Indian- apolis and in 1877 lie became a contractor here, since which time he has erected some of the handsomest and most substantial residences in the city, several of them being among the most beautiful on Woodruff Place. He fhoroughly understands every detail of his work, is to be relied upon at all times, and his services are therefore in demand. In 1862 he was united in marriage with Miss Mary A. Anderson, a Kentuckian by birth, and their union has resulted in the birth of live children: Calvin L. who is his father's able assistant and partner in business, and Etta (Cumingor) who is a resident of Louisville being the only ones living. Ida died at the age of seventeen years, Carrie also died at that age and Maggie passed from life in infancy. Mr. Brewer is a member of the Contractors and Builders’ Asso- ciation and is one of the most substantial citizens of the city. (teorge ^\^ Vernon, M. D., V. S. Recognized as a specialist of ability and success in the treatment of diseases of children and as a dermatologist. Dr. George W. Vernon, before devoting himself to these specialties had attained an enviable reputation as a general medical practitioner, and is regarded by his professional brethren as a physician of wide information and the highest order of trained jiTdgment. Dr. Vernon was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, April 20, 1857, a son of Noah and Mary (Morgan) Vernon, the former a native of Ohio and of Scotch-Euglish descent, the latter a native of Virginia and of German parentage. The family of Vernon were among the pioneers of Ohio, and Noah Vernon was a farmer of enterprise and success. After his death, which occurred January 1, 1864, the old homestead in Ohio was sold and the family removed to Champaign County, 111., where Dr. Vernon was reared and educated in the common schools, which he attended winters, being obliged to assist in carrying on the work on the farm during the spring, summer and fall; and, being the eldest of the children, many of the resj)onsibilities of caring for the family rested upon him. At the age of seventeen he began teaching school, and was thus employed with considerable success for about six years. In 1880 he began to deal in drugs, in a small way, near his home, and later removed to Champaign, 111., where he served as a prescription clerk in one of the leading drug stores. In the fall of 1883 he took up his residence in Indianapolis, Ind., and began the study of medicine with Dr. Joseph Eastman, and in due time became a student in the Central College of Physicians and Sur- geons, from which he was graduated in February, 1886, by competitive examination securing the position of interne to the Indianapolis City Disf)ensary, which he tilled with credit for a year. During the autumn preceding his examination he was made assistant to the chair of physiology in the Central College of Physicians and Surgeons. In the fall of 1888 he became lecturer on physiology and assistant to the chair of diseases of children, in the same institution, and in the spring of 1889 he was made professor of diseases of children and dermatology, and still occupies that chair. Immediately after his graduation he entered upon general practice, which he continued with increasing success until July, 1892, since when he has limited his practice to diseases of children and dermatology, and in his chosen held his success has been most creditable and flattering. Dr. Vernon is a member and has been for three years treasurer of the Marion County Medical Society and a member of the Indiana State Medical Society, of the Mississijipi Valley Medical Society and of the American Medical Association. He has been physician to the Indianapolis Orphans’ Hoine since M ay, 1888, and consulting physician on diseases of children at the city hospital and the city dispensary. In the spring of 1893 he had conferred upon him the degree of V. S. by the Indiana Veterinary College, and is professor of physiology and secretary of that 215 AND MAHIOX COUNTY, INDIANA. institution. Politically Dr. Vernon is a Republican, and be takes an intelligent and active interest in public affairs, municipal, county, State and national. He is a Mason and a K. of P. and is identified with other prominent secret and l)eneficial orders and associations. As a citizen be is public spirited and helpful to every measure and movement tending to the benefit of the people at large. John Guedelhoefer. Astonishing has been the progress from the great luml)ering coaches of George I., of England, to the artistic, graceful and light vehicles of to-day. In this age of elegance, refinement and polish, not only must artistic touch be upon the car- riage, the ph:eton and the surrey, but the necessary strength must be concealed, as it were, in bars, braces, bolts and springs of light and almost airy proportions, the whole combining to form a beautiful effect. The enormous increase in the demand for carriages and wagons of all grades has rendered their manufacture a prominent industry in all parts of the United States. Indianapolis has long been regarded as a leading source of supply in this line, and one of the oldest, best-known and most reliable houses engaged in it is that of John Guedel- hoefer, who is a native of Germany, and has been a resident of Indianapolis since 1801). He was born December 20, 1882, to John and Anna (Gross) Guedelhoefer, who were also na- tives of Germany, in which country they resided all their lives, the father being engaged in mining. The subject of this sketch was about six months old when his mother died and after reaching a suitable age he was placed in the public schools which he attended until he was about twelve years of age, according to the law of that country. He was trained in the art of carriage making from the time he was about seventeen years of age and possesses an intimate knowledge of all the details of the business and the recpiirements of the ]>ublic in the direction of trade. In 1809 he decided to come to this country, and upon his arrival in Indianapolis he had but 5 cents in money. He immediately set about securing employment and after working at his trade for three years he had saved enough money to engage in busi- ness for himself, founding his present concern on a very small scale in 1878, his shop on South Street being birt twelve feet square. In {uirsuing this calling he showed the utmost diligence, and the superior e.xcellence of his work soon attracted the attention of the trade, and his business develo|>ed at a very rapid rate. In 1886 he became the owner of a trian- gular piece of ground at the corner of West Georgia Street and Kentucky Avenue, and heat once proceeded to erect tliereon the commodious buildings in w'hich he is now doing busi- ness. These I)uildings consist of a blacksmith shoj) 50x60 feet, a wagon factory 20x80 feet, and a paint and finish shop 10x100 feet in dimensions. His business is continually and rapidly on the increase and such proportions did it reach in the early part of 1898, that he was obliged to erect another building 60x100 feet. Steam jiower is used in his shops and constant employment is given to about twenty-five men, all of whom are skilled in their departments. All the operations of the house are conducted under the personal supervision of .Mr. Guedelhoefer; thus he secured such products as will withstand the most critical tests, both in regard to materials used in their construction and the workmanship emjiloyed. All the work is done by hand, and the vehicles turned out are unsurpassed by any in the mar- ket for stren gth. 1 ightness, ease of draft and thorough liability, and in regard to their price Mr. Guedelhoefer defies competition. Repairing and general jobbing receive his prompt attention and as a consetpience his estal)lishnient has a deserved 1}' large patronage. In his native land, in 1855, Mr. Guedelhoefer was united in marriage to Magdalina Schmidt, also of that country, and of the ten children born to them, only the following are living: Will iam. Julius, /Viigust. Mary, I’aulina, Otto and Ren, the last two mentioni'd having l)een born in Indianapolis. Mr. Guedelhoefer is one of the substantial business men of the city, is a promifient member of the Oarriage Builders’ /Vssociat ion and he has long been a member of the Gei'man (Jatholic Ohurch. Gf.oroe W. Si'Aiin. 'I’lie world was mwer pre.sont(“d l)ut once with the s|)(!ctncle of a great army com|)Osed of nearly 8,0())),on0 of men, who, after a war of unprecedent(>d severity, were (piietly muster<*d out and returned to the j)eaceful |)ur.suits which had lieen interrupted by battle and the great struggle for the ju'esei vation of the T'nion. N('ver befoie, as in this late war, was there such spontaneous and geix'ral rallying to the su|)])ort of the frovernment. and never before was there witnessed so many spectacles of men who had known absolutely nothing of military affairs, dev(‘loping itito strategic and brilliant com 216 MEMOIRS OE INDIANAPOLIS luaiulers, and never before was there shown so many instances of individual braveiy and patient endurance of the hardships and privations incident to and inseparable from war. No wonder that the Union soldiers perpetuate the memory of those days that tried the souls of men, by maintaining organizations composed exclusively of those heroes. The subject of our sketch was one of this grand army of brave men whose heroic deeds will never die but will be per[)etuated in song and history and be perpetuated in enduring bronze and stone. He is also the colonel commander of Encampment No. 80 of that well known and popular organization, the Union Veteran Legion and past commander of George H. Thomas Post, G. A. K., in which are enrolled so many hundreds of thousands of names of the soldiers of 1861 1865. George W. S])ahr is a well known, able and very popular member of the In- dianapolis l)ar. Mr. Spahr was born near Reading, Penn., IMarch 21, 1839, being the son of .lacol) and Maria (Miller) Spahr, the father a native of Switzerland and the mother of Lan- caster County, Penn. The father came to America when a lad of nine years of age with his parents and grew to manhood in Lancaster County, Pa., following, after attaining his majority, the construction of public works, and became a very prominent contractor, having erected, among other notable structures, a number of public buildings at Lancaster, the afpieduct at Reading, and the bridge across tlie Rappahannock River at Fredericksburg, Va., at tlie head of tidewater. He was a money making man, but spent it freely, being possessed of a very generous nature and giving lil)erally. In politics he was a Democrat, and took a keen interest in the great contests in which the whole country engaged every general elec- tion. The father of our subject was killed September 24, 1873, l)y a collision with a pas- senger train on the Peru & Indianapolis Railroad. This active and energetic man came to Indianapolis in 1845 and then settled at Millersville, six miles north of the city, where he carried on an extensive flour and saw mill and a distillery and where he owned, from flrst to last, 700 to 800 acres of land. He shipped his products to Lawrenceburg by wagon, before there were any markets for them at Indianapolis. The mother of our subject is living in the eighty-fourth year of her age. She bore her husl)and three children, two of whom are liv- ing: George W. and William H. ; John M. , deceased, served a short time in the late war, being discharged on the account of disabilities. Our subject was but six years of age when he came with his parents to Indianapolis, reaching here by the canal packet boat. He was educated in the common schools of the country, completing his course at the Northwestern Ghristian University, now Butler University, graduating July 1, 1861, and thirteen days later, July 14, 1861, he entered the army, thus literally stepping out of the school into the arena of battle. Mr. Spahr enlisted in Company F, Third Indiana Cavalry, and served three years and three months as a private soldier and took part in every battle fought by the Army of the Potomac during that time, including South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericks- burg. Chancellorsville and Gettysbiirg, and every engagement or skirmish iri which his regi- ment took part, except one, that of Beverley Ford, at which time Mr. Spahr was absent at Washington. He had a horse shot under him in Virginia in a cavalry engagement under Gen. Wilson. He took part in what was called the great Wilson raid, the latter jaart of June, 1864, when Gen. Wilson, with his division of cavalry, and Gen. Kautzes’ brigade of cavalry went in to the rear of Gen. Lee’s army and cut off his supplies and destroyed his railroads from Richmond to the Roanoke River. This was undoubtedly the hardest and greatest raid of the war. In this raid Gen. Wilson was hotly pursued by the cavalry of Gen. Lee’s army, and also by a large force of infantry, for fourteen days and nights. Mr. Spahr was mu.stered out in September, 1864, at Indianapolis, Ind., receiving an honorable dis- charge after thirty eight months of active, continuous service in the field. He came home very much impaired in health by reason of the excessive hard service which he had seen, and went to his old home on the farm where he spent three years trying to regain his health, after which he entered the law school at Indianapolis, and graduated therefrom in 1869, when he began the practice of law in said city and has pursued it diligently ever since. Mr. Spahr has always taken an interest in military affairs. He was commissioned major and chief of cavalry in the State militia under Gov. Porter. The army organizations grow- ing out of the war, are very near and dear to him. He earnestly believes in caring for the needy comrades, and the wid Medical (College of Indiana, and in 1890 he was elected professoi' of laryngology and rhinology in the same institution, which chair he still holds, having lilleil the position with credit to himself and the school. 218 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS Dr. (Mine is a member of the staff of the Indianapolis City Hospital and City Dispensary and has performed the work a))pertaining to rhinology and laryngology in the latter institu- tion for the last three years. He is also a member of the Indianapolis Surgical Society, the Mi irion County Medical Society, the Indiana State Medical Society, the Mississippi Valley IMeilical Society, the American Ilhinological Association and the American Medical Associa- tion. He has contributed papers, on various occasions, to all these societies, and has read pa|)ers before many of the county societies throughout the State. OscAii H. Hoiin was born in Mason County, Ky., August 31, 1829, and died at Indian- apolis, Ind., January 15, 1888. He was the eldest sou of Hon. Francis T. Hord, for many years judge of the Circuit Court of that county. He l)egan the study of law at an early ag(‘ in his fatlu'r’s otlice, and at the age of twenty years he came to Indiana and formed a paitnership with James Cavin, at Greensburg. In 1852, being tlien only twenty-three years of age, he was eh'cled prosecuting attorney of the circuit in which he lived, and discliarged the duties of that office with zeal and efficiency. On November 1, 1859, he married Mary J. Pei kiiis, of Indianapolis, the daughter of the late Samuel E. Perkins, for many years judge of the Supreme Court of Indiana. The fruits of this marriage were five cliildren; Samuel E , Emma, Henry E., Francis T., and Kicketts, of whom only Henry E. and Francis T. survive. He was the Democratic candidate for attorney-general in 1860, and shared the defeat of the ticket on which he was placed. In 1862 he was again a can- didate for the same office, on the Democratic ticket and was elected. Shortly after his election he removed to IndianajxJis, and at the close of his official term he entered into partnership with the late Thomas A. Hendricks. Into this firm Samuel E. Perkins was received, and remained in it for a brief period. It was afterward enlarged by the admis- sion of Abram W. Hendricks and Conrad Baker. Mr. Hord was not only the partner of these men, but he was their trusted personal friend and ally. Their firm was more than an ordinary business arrangement, it was a brotherhood of wise and good men, and the rela- tions of its members to one another were close and affectionate. The bar of Indiana was greatly indebted to Mr. Hord for the compilation of the statutes, which was only superseded by the late revision of them under the authority of the Legislature, and is yet a monu- ment to his careful indust ry. For more than a quarter of a century Oscar B. Hord was known to the bench and bar of Indiana. He was eminent among his brethren at the bar for the accuracy and amplitude of his professional knowledge, and for his untiring indus- try in the practice of the law. Early in his career he mastered the statutes of this State, and it may be said he held them in his memory. He was acquainted with the history of almost every legislative act. No one was so entirely conversant with the course of judicial decisions from the days of Blackford and Dewey to the time of his death. He was recog- nized by his brethren thioughout the State as the most eminent authority on State juris- prudence. Judges advised with him, and lawyers from every cjuarter sought aid of his profound accpiirements. Of the many illustrious names enrolled upon the record of the Supreme Court of Indiana, none will be found recurring so often or leading in so great a number of important cases as his own. His profound knowledge and remarkable acquire- ments as to the rights of men were not limited to the State and nation; he was not less familiar with the laws of other States and England. His capacity and power of research were unequaled. Hardly any man of his time had a wider or more accurate knowledge of the laws of English s{)eaking peoples. His investigation of cases was patient and thorough, and its results were exact. He valued only those opinions of law or facts that are baaed upon intelligent and j)ainstaking inquiry, and he professed none other for himself. He made the cause of his clients his own, and deemed no labor too .arduous or severe which was necessary to protect their rights. He loved his friends and freely gave liimself for them. The ties which bound him to them were only strengthened by their misfortunes, for he was doubly a friend in need. He was grieved even more by their afflictions than by his own, and he had many sorrows. Under every stress of his personal fortunes he manifested to tlie world a serene fortitude, which was ecpially remote from passion or stoic- ism and was suyrerior to either. His demeanor was marked by a geniality which never succumbed to private grief or disapf)ointment, and always imparted some degree of itself to every one with whom he came in contact. He had a wide accjuaintance with general 219 AND MAEIOX COUNTY, INDIANA. literature, and sought and found an agreeal)le respite from his labors in the courts and at his office in the companionship of books. His literary culture and his powers of conver- sation made an acquaintance with him a liberal education. He was a man of scrupulous integrity, and his integrity was not of that sort which is the mere creature of favorable circumstances, but was of that indomitable kind which withstands the shock and strain of adversity. At the meeting of the Bar Association, called to take action on his death, ex- President Benjamin Harrison, among other things, said of Mr. Hord: “As a lawyer, he was not only his client’s counsellor but his faithful friend as well. He laid l)are all the facts in the case. He did more work than almost any other lawyei' at the bar, of his stand- ing. I think his desk will reveal more memorandums of more citations than that of any other lawyer in the State. Mr. Hord tried his cases laboriously, and I cannot conceive how a lawyer can tiy a case well otherwise. The fact that with the death of Mr. Hord one of the greatest law hrms that ever existed here is extinct, is certainly a sad one. I knew and loved O.scar B. Hord. He was always a courteous adversary and a true friend.” To his boys he was a loved father and comrade. George W. Sloan, Phar. D. , M. D. One of Indianapolis’ most prominent ilruggists is Dr. George W. Sloan, who was boin at Harrisburg, Pa., June 28, 1885, a son of John and Mary (White) Sloan. His father was a native of New York city, his mother of Philadelphia. His paternal ancestors were of that stanch Pennsylvanian stock which has stamped the impress of its thrift and enterprise upon nearly all sections of our country, and his maternal relatives were Quakers, better known around Philadelphia as members of the Society of Friends. His father, who was a cabinet maker, moved to Indianapolis in the spring of 1887, and became an active and well-known Imsiness man of the city where he resided until his death in 1878. Dr. Sloan was reared in Indianapolis from tlie time he was two years old, and here obtained his primary education in the public schools. At the early age of thirteen years he found employment in a drug store, and there remained until 1856, when he entered the Philadeli)hia College of Pharmacy, and there took the course of that institution. The panic of 1857 made it impossible for him to continue his studies, and he returned to Indian- apolis and resumed work as a drug clerk. In 1862 he became a member of the drug tirm of Browning A Sloan, and so continued until 1887, since when he has condircted a drug business of which he has been the sole proprietor. Meantime (IMay 16. 1864) he enlisted in Company B, 'rhirty-second Regiment Indiana Infantry, and was made first lieutenant. His regiment saw four months’ service doing guard duty between Louisville, Ky., and Chatta nooga. Term., keeping railway communication open during Sherman’s famous ” March to the Sea.” As a druggist. Dr. Sloan ranks with the best [rharrnacists in the city or State, carr'ying a stock averaging from $12,009 to $15,000 in value, and doing an extensive artd jrrofitable trade. He is otte of the oldest active members of the American Pharmaceutical Society, his cormection with that body dating from 1857, atrd was its jrresident in 1879-80. He was otre of the charier irrernbers artd or’ganizers of the Irrdiana State Pharmaceutical Society and has served on sever al of its most importantcornmittees. The degree of doctor of iiharmacw was conferred upon Dr. Sloan by Purdue University, and the degree of doctor of medicine by the Medical College of Indiana, and he is an horrorrrry member of the IMarion Courrty Medical Society, and of the Irrdiarra State Medical Society. In IMasonr)’ Di'. Sloan has been sfrecially prorrrinent, havirrg been treasurer of his lodge of Free and Acce|)ted IMasons for more than twenty year’s. He is a thirty-third degree Scottish Rite Mason, and also a Krtight Ternjrlar of tire York Rite, anil is a member of the Chosen Friends. Dr. Sloan has Ireen a member of the board of trade since its orgarrization, and has, during all the time that has since ela|)sed, been a mernlrer of the board of governors, and is at present vice jiresi dent. Ho is also |)rominently iihuititred with the Commercial Club, and is a member of George H. Thomas post, G. A. R.,and Indiana Cornrtrandery, Ij. L. In 1866 Dr’. Sloan married Miss Caroline, darrghter of Hiram and Mary A. (Blair) Bacon, her jrarents being rrativos of Massachirsetts, and among the early settlers of -Marion Coirnty, Ind. Three children have Ireetr Ixu’ii to their union, named: George B., .Mary A. and Frank The tir.st named, who is a graduate of pharmacy from Purdue College, his fathiu’s alma mater in the same science, has been for some yiuirs connected with his father’s business. Dr. and Mrs, Sloan are membersof the Protestrint Fjriscojral Church and the former’ has been a mem- 220 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS her of its vestry for more tlian a score t)f years. The Doctor is a Kepohlicaii in his polit- ical affiliations, but has always been too busy with, and too entirely devoted to his business, to lake any prominent or more than oidinary active part in politics. John B. Long, M. D. One of the best known physicians and professors of medicine and surgery in Indianajaffis is Dr. John B. Long, who was born near Clermont, Marion County, Ind., August 20, 1854. His father, William P. Long, is a native of Hamilton County, Oliio, and is a prominent farmer of Pike Township. Dr. Long was reared on the home farm and received his primary education in the common schools. Later he was a student fer two years at the Northwestern Christian University (now Butler University) for a year at the Normal School at Valparaiso, and for a year (1878) at the Butler University, fn the meanliine he had read considerably upon medical subjects and having fully deter- mined to ado})t the profession of physician and surgeon, he, in 1878, took up the study of those sciences systematically, and entering the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Jndianapolis in 1880, lie graduated therefrom with the degree of M. D. in 1882. He lost no time in beginning the practice of his profession and located in Indianapolis, where he has since continued with increasing success. He was made assistant demonstrator of anatomy, at the Central College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1882, and in 1885 was called to the chair of demonstrator of anatomy, which office he held until the fall of 1893, also professor of descriptive and surgical anatomy. He is a memlier of the Marion County Medical Society and of the Indiana State Medical Society. He was a member of the board of health of the city of Indianapolis for two years (1887-88) and was for six years a member of the staff of the city disfiensary. He has acted as medical examiner for lodges of K. of P. and Uniformed Bank, Chosen Uriends, and Golden Chain, etc., of which he is a member. August 20, 1879, Dr. Long married Margaret L. Hunt, a native of Bush County and a daughter of A. W. and Margaret (Stephens) Hunt, natives of Ohio, who were among the early settlers of Bush County. Dr. and Mrs. Long are the ])arents of children named in the order of their birth: Lulu E., William A., Frank E. and Maliel C. The family are members of and attendants upon the services of the Central Christian Church. In politics the Doctor is an active and inflirential Republican, but he seeks no political jueferment and is not a politician for gain or for personal ambition. Peter Roller is a prominent painter and contractor who has been established in busi- ness in Indianapolis for the past twenty-tive years. In his line of work he possesses no ordinary ability and during his long residence here he has attained a popularity not sur- passed by any of his craft and a reputation which might well be envied by those less fortu- nate than himself. His perscmal supervision is given all work done by his employes and everything is guaranteed to be satisfactory. He owes his nativity to that country which has produced some of the liest citizens of which this country can boast — Germany — his birth occurring in Hessen Darmstadt in 1838, his father being John Boiler, who was a reasonably successful tiller of the soil and died in the old country when the snl)ject of this sketch was a child. Peter was given the advantages of the common schools of his country up to the required age. but at the age of sixteen years, with characteristic energy and enteiprise, he crossed the Atlantic Ocean to the United States and for some time thereafter resided in the city of New York where he learned the trade of a painter with John Hagner. Twenty-eight years ago he commenced working at his trade for John B. Osgood, of Indianapolis, and was later with Frank Fertig, of the same city, and at a still later period became a contracting painter on his own resjionsibility, and has thus continued up to the present time with the best success. Since coming to the United States a })enniles8 l)oy and by hard work, business ability, and a wise and jnudent economy, he has accumulated a comfortable competence and has made a name for himself in his line of work. He gives almost constant employment to ten or twelve men and has done the work on the female prison, the board of trade building, and many other notable pieces of work, of which he has every reason to be jnoud. He is a member of the Builders’ Exchange, the I. O. O. F. and the K. of P. He was married in the State of New A'ork to Miss Mary Friedrich, a native of Germany, and to their union three sons and five daughters were given. He and his wife are liberal patrons of the Zion Evan- gelical Church and he is also interested in the prosjierity of the German Orphan Asylum 221 ANT) MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. aod in all charitable anil lautlable enterpribes, whether edncalional, social or religions. He is a useful citizen and his social and genial disposition predisposes every one in his favor. E. B. IM.\rtind.\le is a native of Indiana. He was born in Wayne County, August 22, 1828. His father, Elder Elijah, was a native of South Carolina, and moved to Wayne County in 1809. His mother was Elizabeth Boyd, a daughter of Samuel Boyd, a revolutionary soldier, who was wounded, losing his left eye in the battle of Lexington. He was a native of Virginia and moved to Kentucky, and Elizabeth Boyd was born in Mason County, Ky. In 1832 Elder Elijah moved from Martindale’s Creek and the Walnut level to a farm on Flat Rock, four miles east of Newcastle in Henry County, on which farm Judge Martindale lived with his parents until he was sixteen, learning the details of a calling which received the attention of many of the most eminent jirofessional men of the country in their youthful days. He was then apprenticed to learn the saddlery business, but he fortunately was permit- ted to attend school during the winter months, for he worked at his trade at night and on Saturdays, and in this way at the age of twenty he had obtained a good English education and was also a good mechanic. He then began the study of law, and in 1850, on examination, was admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court and began ])racticing his profession in the county of his adoption. During the twelve years that he resided in Henry County he held the offices of district attorney and prosecuting attorney for the counties of Henry, Randolph, Delaware and Wayne; and he was also appointed common pleas judge of the district composed of the counties of Rush, Heniy, Decatur and Madison. In 1862 he took up his residence in the city of Indianapolis and at once entered actively upon the practice of his profession, since which time he has taken an active part in nearly all the enterprises calculated to redound to the city's interests. Not only is Judge Martindale possessed of sound judgment and good practical common sense, reasons from cause and effect, but he is one of the best read mem- bers of the bar and by close application and loyalty to his client’s interests has won his way to the front rank of his calling. He is an excellent reader of human nature, a good judge of men and motives, and no man was l^etter fitted to wear the judicial ermine than was he. He has been a very public-spirited citizen of Indianapolis, has added largely to its growth and prosperity, and has been ready, although his life has ever been a busy one, to respond to the calls made upon him in the cause of humanity. He purchased the Roberts Chapel at the northeast corner of Market and Pennsylvania Streets and converted it into a tine business block, also the lot east of it on which stood the first brick house ever erected in the cit}^ This house he removed and in its place put up an elegant block of business houses, and in numerous othei' ways has added greatly to the city’s prosperity. He has a palatial residence on North Meridian Street, in which he and his family reside, and where a refined yet gener ous hospitality is extended to all who enter its portals. Thei'e are many private enter{)rises in which he has been engaged, which have remained unknown to the })ublic, and the citizens of Indianapolis have every reason to be proud to number him among their number. He was fora time the proprietoi’ and publisher of the Indianapolis Journal, the leading Republican f)aper of the State, Ijut it has been iti the hands of others for a nund)er of years past. Jmlge Martindale's father was one of the pioneer Christian ministers of Indiana, and in that church the Judge was bi’ought up, but since he attained maidiood he has been connected with the Presbyterian Church, is a member of the First Church of that denomination in the city. John A. L.vmbeut, M. D. Among the popular, successful and rising young physicians and surgeons of Indianapolis Dr. John A. Lambert is one of the most prominent. Born at Rockville, Parke County, Ind., .March 4, 18<)(), he is a son of James R. and Minerva (Creen) Laml)ert. He remained in his native town until he was eleven years old and their received his early schooling. In 1871 the family removed to Indiana|)olis, where his father enteri'd the drug trade, and there he was a student in the jmblic schools ami graduated from the high school in 1875. During tin; intervals in Ids school life he spent his time in his father’s drug store learning jiharmacy and gaining a practical knowledge of the drug business, and after leaving school he continued in his father’s etnjiloy and as his father’s partiiiu’ until 1886. .Meantime (in 1880) he had imtered the i’hiladelphia College of Pharmacy, gradu ating from that institution in 1882. In 188t) he severed his business partnershij) with his father and o|)ened ati independent drug store, which he managed with considf'rable success until 1889, when he dis|)OHed of it in order to conijilete his studies in medicine and surgery. 222 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS which, in his spare time, he had carried forward to such a stage that he was ready to take lectures. Entering the Central College of Physicians and Surgeons, he was graduated there- from in the class of 1891, with the degree of M. D., and immediately entered upon the prac- tice of his profession in the northern part of the city. His success has been most substan- tial financially and most flattering professionally, and he has attracted a large, influential and constantly-increasing patronage. Indeed, he at once took a position in the medical pro- fession of Indianapolis that of itself demonstrated the degree of faith reposed in him by his older profes-sional brethren. In the very year of his graduation from the Central College of Physicians and Surgeons he was elected to the lectureship on pharmacy, a position in the faculty of that institution which he still holds, and he has also been assistant demonstrator of anatomy in that college. He is a member of the American Pharmaceutical Association, of the Marion County Medical Society, of the Indiana State Medical Society, and of the American Medical Association. When the Indiana State Pharmaceutical Association came into existence, in 1882, Dr. Lambert was one of its organizers and charter members. He has always taken an active and helpful interest in each of these several societies and is esteemed as a prominent and u.seful member by his associates in them. Great as are the profitable demands upon the Doctor’s time he has never yet refused his professional services to the deserving poor who have needed them and yet been unable to pay for them, and the instances when he has thus donated the benefits of his knowledge and skill in behalf of suf- fering humanity have been so numerous as to give him a warm place in the hearts of many grateful people. Dr. Lambert was married October 17, 1888, to Miss Sarah E. Brundage, a native of New York and daughter of Reuben N. and Ann (Sullivan) Brundage, and they have one child, a son, named Frank B. , who was born September 0, 1884. In politics the Doctor is a stanch Republican. Chaeles L. Wollenweber. The city of Indianapolis is peculiarly fortunate in her builders and contractors who are among her most prosperous, energetic and enterprising citizens. A gentleman successfully engaged in this line of work since 1871 is Charles L. Wollenweber, who is a product of the city of Cincinnati, where he was born May 7, 1848, a son of William Wollenweber, who was born in Germany and there learned and followed the calling of a car))enter and cabinet maker. He came to the United States with his father when a young man of eighteen y'ears, but after remaining here a very" short time they returned to their native land. William, however, did not remain there long but returned to this country and up to 1849 resided in Cincinnati, at which time he moved to Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio, where he was called from life April 19, 1898, at the age of sixty-eight years two months and twenty-five days. He was a successful man of affairs, and at the time of his death was in good circumstances financially. He was a Republican politically, and during the great Civil War of this country served the Government whose flag protected him, in the One Hun dred and Sixty-seventh Ohio Volunteers, and was a faithful and fearless soldier. Charles L. Wollenweber was educated in the public schools of Hamilton, and may be said to have grown up in his father’s shop, of whom he learned his trade. August 19, 1863, he joined Company D, Second Ohio Heavy Artillery and remained in the service until September 1, 1865, when he received his discharge at Camp Chase, Ohio, having been mustered out at Nashville, Tenn. At the close of the war he began working at his trade with his father, con- tinuing until 1867, when he began doing for himself. He came to Indianapolis in 1871, and three years later formed a partnership with Joseph Hoy, and the firm of Hoy & Wollen- weber was in existence for about nine years, during which time they tilled some large con tracts and made a name for themselves as reliable and trustworthy contractors and builders. After continuing business by himself for a time, he formed a partnership with George W. McClure, with whom he remained associated for three years. Since that time he has con- ducted his business alone and has erected some very fine buildings which are greatly" to his credit. He erected the school-house on Twelfh and Illinois Streets and the residence of Thomas H. Spann, one for Evan Lilly, the Marlow block and numerous other business blocks, resideuces, etc. The political questions of the day have always had great interest for him and the Democratic party has always received his support, but he has never been an asjjirant for office. He is a member of the German- American Democratic Club, the Con- tractors’ Association, and the secret organization, the K. of P. , and has held official posi- AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. 22B tion in Capital City Lodge, No. 97. He has been married since 1S81 to IVIiss Minnie Gramse, a native of Germany. James M. Watts. Physicians of eminence testify that the existence of a well conducted drug shop is as necessary in the medical world as the advice and prescriptions of doctors. In fact it would be difficnlt to name a branch of business more important to the welfare of the community than that devoted to the sale and im[)ortation of drugs and chemicals, or one demanding more ability and scientific knowledge on the part of those engaged. A promi- nent druggist of Broad Hippie, Ind., is James M. Watts, who has been engaged in that Imsiness in this thriving town for the past six years, and has won an enviable reputation as a reliable and trustworthy business man. He was born September 9, 1847, in Marion County, Ind., and is a son of Aaron and Frances (Bunnell) Watts, natives of Ohio, the former born IMarch 2B, 1809, and the latter Sejitember 10, 1815. Both parents were early settlers of the Hoosier State, coming here about 1823, and in Marion County they celebrated their nuptials in 1832. The father is now deceased, his death occurring April 20, 1885, but the mother, who is well advanced in years, still lives and finds a comforfal)le home with her children. To this estimable couple were born ten children, as follows: Elias, born May 30, 1833, married Mary Irwin and resides in Indianapolis; Elizabeth, born in 1835, married Oakley Pursel (now deceased) and resides in Hamilton County, Ind.; Eliza A., born in 1836, mariied William M. Lanham and is living in Carmel, Ind.; Ezra, born December 7, 1838, married Amelia Heaton and makes his home in Madison County, Ind.; John E., born December 6, 1840, married Mary A. Heaton and lives in Indianapolis; Martha, born in 1843 and died in infancy; James M., our subject; Frances married John H. Thompson and died in July, 1887, when thirty-eight years of age; Aaron J., born July 15, 1852, died when nine years of age, and Cyrus, born August 20, 1854, married Nancy Morris and is now living on the home farm in this county. The old home farm was purchased by the father, Aaron Watts, in 1846, and is still held by the Watts family. The early life of our subject was passed in his native county and liis scholastic training was received in the common schools. On September 7, 1867, he was married to Miss Lucinda Heaton, daughter of Boss and Hannah Heaton now living in Marion County, who died April 9, 1871, leaving three children, two of whom are still living; Edgar E. , aged twenty-live years, resides in Chicago, is postal clerk on the Monon route, and is married to Miss Catherine L. Wheatsell, daughter of Jacob Wheatsell, of Marion County, and Aaron W., who is now twenty-two years of age, is single and resides in the State of Washington, engaged in teaching school, dealing in real estate and .studying law. The other child, a twiti to Aaron, died in infancy. James M. Watts was married again, SejJember 17, 1873, to Miss Isabelle Ferguson, a daughter of Thomas and Sarah Ferguson, who were natives of Kentucky. To this union five children were born, two sons and a daughter living: Thomas A., born in November, 1874, and died October, 1889; Frank E.. born July 5, 1876, is at home attending high .school; the third died at birtli; Lula, born Doceml)er 27, 1889, is at home attending school, and James A., born November 28, 1884, is also at home attending school. Since 1887 James M. Watts has been engaged in the drug business in Jiroad Hippie, and during that time he has met with the best of succass. In 1888 he was elected trxistee of Washington Township and served two years. He has the entire contidence and esteem of the community and is a po[)u!ar member of society. During the Hel)ellion he enlisted in the Fourth Indiana Battery, Octolnw, 1864, and served until the close of the war, ])articipating in the tight at Nashville. 4’wo of his brothers, Ezra and •John E., were in Company F, 4'enlh Indiaiui Infaiitry, enlisting in 1861, and the former served three years. The latter was shot through the right lung in the battle of Chickamaiiga and was discharged for disability. 'I’his wound still troubles him and has to be dressed everyday. Mr. Watts is a public spirited citizen and gives his hearty 8upj)ort to all laudable enterprises. Hev. IjUKE G. Butteukield, for many years a popular minister in the Chistian Church, is a native of the ]‘ltnpir(! State, born August 39, 1817, and the son of Hev. John and Johanna (.Atwood) Butterfield, who were married in the Green .Mountain regions of Au-rmont about 1893. 'I'lie parents made their home in that Stat(‘ until 1812 and then moved to tlu“ State of New York wheie our subject was born. John Butterfield was one of the soldiers of the War of 1812 and from him his sons iidierited the |)atriotism and self reliance which have 224 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS ever characterized them. Eleven children were born to this worthy couple, eight sons and three daughters, nine of whom, seven sons and two daughters, reached mature years. These children were: Valorns, born in 1805, is now living in Brooklyn, Ind., married Clarissa Badgely and by her had fourteen children; Merameo, born 1807, married Louisa Badgely and by her had fourteen children, and is no\^ deceased; John H., born 1809, married Frances Badgely, became the father of ten children and is now deceased; Silvia, born in 1811, died in infancy; William Sanders, born in 1812, grew to mature years but was never married, was a miller by trade and died from the effects of a fall in 1838; George Skinner, born in 1814, died in infancy; Freelove, born in 1815, now resides in Johnson County, Ind., and is the wife of James A. McAllister, by whom she has had a large family; Luke G. , our sub- ject, and Seymour Atwood, born 1819, was a well known physician of Indianapolis for many years, died about 1891, was a man of more than ordinary ability and was recognized as one of the most successful physicians of his county, and his son, also a physician, resides in Indianapolis; John Butterfield, the father of these children, left New York and came to Indiana in 1819 and in this State two more children were born, Oliver H. P. and Johanna. 'I’he former was born al)Out 1832 and was drowned while returning from a visit to his intended wife, and Johanna, l)orn in 1834, reached mature years and married Thomas Breedlove and made her home in Indianapolis until her death. The father of the above mentioned children was a popular and prominent minister in the Christian Church and was a man who had many warm friends. His son, our subject, came to the Hoosier State with his parents in 1819, and here received his scholastic training. On June 13, 1839, he was married to Miss Pennelope A. Conduitt, daughter of Willis Conduitt, his parents having been married in Kentucky and moved from there to Indiana at an early date. No children were born to Mr. Butterfield’s marriage and his wife died at Mooresville, Ind., in 1855. On May 19, 1855, Mr. Butterfield was married to Miss Elizabeth A. Speers, whose parents were Ohio people. To this union were born two children, Amos Atwood and Mary L. The for- mer was born February 24, 1856, and is now living in this county, married Julia Johnson by whom he had four children, only one of whom, Lelia, is now living. Amos selected his second wife in the person of Miss Mattie McLaughlin; they were married in February, 1888, and three children have blessed this union : Lourain, Albert G. and Paul. Mr. Butterfield’s second child, Mary L., born in Ohio in 1857, is now living in Indianapolis, was married to Bufus Barr by whom she had one child, Walter Barr, now a young man, and is now a widow. Our subject’s second wife died in Marion County, Ind., and on May 10, 1871, he was married to Miss Phrebe J. Haffield, daughter of John and Phoebe (Godfrey) Hatfield who were originally from the Buckeye State. By his third marriage Mr. Butterfield became the father of one child. Birdie, whose birth occurred May 16. 1872, and is now the wife of Dr. J. W. Bates, of Broad Ripple, Ind., to whom she was married April 22, 1890. Dr. Bates is the son of Ozro and Mary (Hartman) Bates, and the youngest of several children, as follows: Nathan S., Smith L., David, William M. and Susanna Katherine. Of these chil dren. Smith L. is a very prominent physician and is now practicing in Missouri. Dr. J. W. Bates has almost the entire practice of the north part of Marion County and is a very suc- cessful practitioner. Dr. Bates and wife have two children, Modessa Lenore, born March 28, 1891, and Geneva, born July 13, 1893. In 1848 the subject of this sketch became a minister of the Christian Church and continued to minister to the spiritual wants of his fel- low man until old age compelled him to retire. He has been a church member since twenty one years of age. CoNST.vNTiNE R. ScHAEFER, M. D. One of the young, well read and progressive physicians and surgeons of Indianapolis is Dr. Constantine R. Schaefer, who was born in Worms-on-the- Rhine, Germany, November 9, 1869, a son of Constantine and Anna (Thomas) Schaefer. H is father was an editor of influence in Germany for many years and on coming to America, in 1881, connected himself with the German press of the United States and is at present an attache of the German Telegraph, of Indianapolis. Dr. Schaefer was reared in Germany and received his primary education in the public schools. Later he spent four years in the preparatory school and in 1879 he entered the gymnasium where he took a thorough course in classical lore and continued during a period of three and a half years, after completing which he came to America in October, 1883, and, locating in Indianapolis, he was a student 225 AXD MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. in the hiorh school until May, 1884, when he secured employment in a drug store where he remained until September, 1891, meantime acquiring a thorough knowledge of pharmacy, and entering upon the study of medicine under the direction of Dr. H. S. Cunningham. He became a student in the Medical College of Indiana, from which institution he was graduated in Mai’ch, 1890. In May following he represented the Marion County Medical Society as delegate to the American Medical Association at Nashville, Tenn., and in so doing became a member of the latter body. In September, 1891, he went to New York to take a post-graduate course in the medical department of Columbia College, which he com- pleted in June, 1892, graduating with honor. In the following October, he entered upon the practice of his profession in Indianapolis and at once met with most gratifying success, which has constantly increased until at this time he ranks among the leading young German physicians of the city. He is a member of the Marion County Medical Society, the Indiana State Medical Society and, as has been seen, of the American Medical Association. He is a member of the order of K. & L. of H. and medical examiner for the lodge with which he is identified. The Doctor is a self-made man and has made his way to his present high position in his profession by his own individual effort, paying the expenses of his medical education and those incident to his beginning in practice out of money he earned as a druggist’s clerk. Everything that he has done has been done thoroughly with an eye single to doing it as well as possible, as was evidenced by his standing in the post graduate class at New York, out of the entire twenty-one members of which only six, including Dr. Schaefer, had conferred upon them the degree of M. D. In politics the Doctor is independ- ent, ever holding himself free to vote for any men or measures promising, in his opinion, to benefit his fellow citizens in the broadest and truest sense, without regard to party affiliations and with very little regard to political prominence. He was appointed assistant demonstra- tor of anatomy of the Medical College of indiana in June, 1893. Christian Dunmeyer is one of those strictly honorable and upright German citizens for which Indiana, and especially Marion County, has become well known, and possesses all the characteristics for which those of his nativity have become well known — unbounded energy, sterling honesty and much public .spirit. He is one of the most prominent farmers of this section and there is no one who more fully illustrates in his career the above men- tioned characteristics than does he. Mr. Dunmeyer was born in Germany August 21, 1831, and there attained his growth, attending school from the age of six to fourteen. After leav- ing school he herded sheep until 1851, when he decided that he could better his condition, linancially and otherwise, by making his home in the “land of the free.” He sailed from Bremen with his married sister, Louisa, and her husliand, and with them landed in New York city four weeks and two days after sailing. From there they went to Buffalo and thence to Sandusky, Ohio, thence to Cincinnati, from thereto Madison, Ind., and then to Indianapolis. In the latter city young Dunmeyer went to work for Austin Morris and later worked in a grist-mill for Gen. T. A. Morris’ father for about a year. After this he drove a dray for bis brother, Fred Dunmeyer, for six months, and then began driving it for himself, continuing this for two years. Later he entered F. P. Bush’s feed store, Avas thus employed for two years, and then for three years was engaged in street contracting in Indianapolis. After this he worked in Phillips’ grist mill for nine months and there lost his right arm in the machinery. On recovering, a year later, the Civil War broke out and he took a contract to furnish wood to the Government for Camp Morton. This he did for eighteen months. On May 5, 1893, he was married to Miss Sarah IMiller, daughter of Jacob Miller, a native of Pennsylvania. After marriage this ambitious young couple began keeping boarding house in Indianai)olis and cariied this on successfully for two years.. Then Mr. Dunmeyer embarked in the ice luisiness in Indianapolis with Matthew Garver and carried that on until 1882, when he moved on his farm iti Perry Township, and on this he now resides. In his political views Mr. Dunmeyer afliliates with the Democrats and has ever been in harmony with that party. He has been a member of the Lutheran Church, but does not now belong to any, although he attends the fuitheran. 'I'hree children have been born to our subject and wife: Nettie, Harry, and Elsie, who died at the ago or two months. Nettie, who married Freeman \\ oolery, of Sidney, Ohio, is the mother of two children Harry C. and Boland A., and resides in liidianapolis; Harry D., who married .Miss .Mary Jones, of Indianapolis, resides 226 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS in Perry Township. William Dunmeyer, father of our subject, was a native of Germany and there passed his entire life. To his marriage were born six children, live of whom are now living: Henry, who resides in Germany; Frederick, of Indianapolis; Louisa, who mar- ried Louis Poehler; Charles S., Christian, and Anthony, who is deceased, all of Indianapolis. The mother of these children is also deceased. Mrs. Dunmeyer’ s parents, Jacob and Maria (Seiner) Miller, had born to their marriage seven children, the following now living: David Miller; Elizabeth, who married Samuel Shafer, and they live Hamilton County, Ind. ; and Sarah, now Mrs. Dunmeyer. The parents of these children ai'e both deceased. Both were natives of the Keystone State and the father was a soldier in the War of 1812, receiving a land warrant for eighty acres for his services. James A. Houser, M. D. The inscription on the old Grecian temples, “know thyself,” is written in the hearts of men of this generation who devote their lives to the healing of the sick and the prevention of disease. So earnestly and so persistently and so scientifically have they pursued their investigations, and so generously have they imj^arted their knowl- edge each to the other, that it now really seems as though the power of life and death were in the hands of the live and {)rogressive physicians of to-day. Their oj^erations in surgery their discovery of inoculation for the prevention of given maladies and their general success in practice combine to give to the jjrofession the distinction of greatest among the great. In the number of those who have labored earnestly and patiently for this knowledge is Dr. James A. Houser, of Indianapolis, whose life is a record of steady seeking after that which would give him power over the enemy of the physical man. He was born in Ohio, March 22, 18J7, being the son of George H. and Ruannah (Stanton) Houser, the former a native of Ohio, and the latter of Maryland. The father was a miller by occupation at an early period of h’slife, and also devoted many years to preaching. He now lives retired from active work. Our subject was reared in his native State until he was about twenty years of age, receiving his education in the public schools. At that time his parents moved to Indiana. In 1867 our subject began the study of medicine, a few years after taking his first course of lectures in the Indiana Medical College at Indianapolis. Continuing his studies along with the practice, later graduating from l)oth the old and new schools of medicine. Believing there was much good in both, availed himself of this advantage to be better pre- pared to aid the afflicted. After thoroughly preparing himself for his work. Dr. Hauser made a special study of diseases of the lungs and kindred ailments and soon found many patients in his wide field of acquaintance gained while lecturing upon subjects pertaining to human life. To meet the demands of the numbers that visited him at Arcadia, Ind., a small town where he first located, the Doctor soon found it necessai y to procure larger buildings for their accommodation. To meet this demaud he purchased the largest building in the town, built additions, refitted and arranged it for his patients, where he continued his prac- tice until in 1889, when his ever increasing practice, with the augmented number coming to see him made it necessary to seek a larger place where hotel accommodations could always be had, so in that year he moved to Indianapolis, where he continues his practice which, perhaps, is as large as that enjoyed by any physician in the State. Dr. Houser’s success in his chosen held of lung disease is second to that of no man on either continent. His case books show that over 100,000 patients have consulted him. His patients come from every part of the United States, and in a few instances the Doctor has had the rare honor of having patients consult him from England, Scotland, Germany, Mexico and South America. Our subject has always been a hard worker both as a student and physician. Amid his very busy life he has found time to till many lecture engagements and do a great deal of literary work. As a lecturer. Dr. Houser has visited many States of the Union and everywhere created a profound impression for both learning and eloquence, often receiving ovations that have but few parallels. A leading journal says of the Doctor’s lectures: “Dr Houser is the Demosthenes of human science. He is doubtless the most eloquent, charm- ing and delightful talker this age has given to the cause of humanity. Arising from poverty and daily toil in digging ditches, he has made himself one of the most learned in the field of human nature our country ever produced. Receiving the degree of Doctor of Medicine from both the old and new schools, is what few poor boys have ever done.” In the last fif- teen years our subject has given the public a number of pamphlets on social and political AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. 227 subjects, and each has had a very large circulation, reaching a total of over 1,000,000 copies. His last and most pretentious, is a work of fiction, a novel, first published in the Indianapolis Sunday Sentinel as a serial, under the title of “Out of Darkness into Light,’’ and has enjoyed a wider reading than any of his previous publications. It is characterized by bold, fearless originality, a beauty of description, a charm in its delicate touch of human passion that give it a high place in the brain work of the country. As a writer of verses the Doctor has produced some gems of pathos and beauty. The masterpiece in this line is, likely his poem, “Immortality” that tirst appeared in the Western Christian Adrocafe. View- ing our subject’s varied work that has given him success as a physician, lecturer and writer in a held whose limits are not bounded by his own country, and all the outgrowth of his own energy, patience and perseverance, it may justly be said that few men have worked harder or had le.ss idle days. Though interested in politics the Doctor never aspired to office. He was nominated by the People’s party in 1892 for lieutenant-governor, but declined to make the race. The Doctor was married May 80, 1873, to Miss Juliet Pettijohn, a native of Ham ilton County, Ind., a daughter of Dr. Amos and Nancy A. Pettijohn, natives of Ohio. Dr. and Mrs. Houser are the parents of hve children, namely: Lula \V., Fred, Bert., Annie and BenH. , all living and with their parents in their lovely city home. The Doctor and his family are members of the Methodist Episco])al Church, in which body they are earnest, de- vout and helpful workers. Dr. Houser is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and of the Western Writers’ Association, and several orders and lodges, including the Masonic; but at lodge time can usually be found at his desk writing or busy professionally. He has a wide acquaintance in Indianapolis and is highly esteemed in this city, being regarded as a very skillful physician, an eloquent speaker, a brilliant and versatile writer, and a kind and considerate neighbor and friend. SoL,ON K. Houser, M. D. Although only about ten years since he began his career as a practitioner of the “healing art,” Dr. Houser has won an enviable reputation, second to but few physicians in Indianapolis. He is well read and well posted on all matters relating to his profession, has a ])aying practice, and is in truth a physician of thorough learning and experience. The Doctor claims Ohio as his native State and tirst saw the light of day at New Salem on February 8, 1858. His parents. George H. and Ruannah (Stanton) Houser, were for many years residents of the Buckeye State, but about 1808 they moved to Indiana and settled near Logansport where the father was engaged in milling. Our subject was educated in the schools of that town and later learned the miller’s trade with his father. After following this business for sixteen years at Scipio, Ind. , he decided that a change would l)e l)eneticial and disposing of his milling interests in 1888 he began the study of medicine with his brother. Dr. J. A. Houser. Later he entered the Kentucky Scho(d of Medicine and graduated from that well known institution in June, 1802. From the time he t)egan the study of medicine, 1888, he has been associated with his brother, looking after his general business interests, profe.'^sional and otherwise, and is at present engaged in practice with this l)rother. The ha[)py domestic life of our subject l)egan on I’ebruary 0, l880, when he led to the altar iirs. Elizabeth (Correll) Bartholomew, a native of Arcadia, Ind., and the daughter of John S. and Leah (Gosho) Correll, natives of the Keystone State. Dr. and Mrs. Houser are meml)ers of the Christian Church, and he is a member of the A. O. U. W. In politics he advocates the princij)les and policy of the Re|)ublican party. Jasper W. Scrimsiieu. An active and jirogressive system in any profession or line of business, when i)ased upon i)rinciples of honor, is sure to luing success, and an illustration of j)rominence gained through these means is seen in the record of Jasper W. Scrimsher, builder and contractor, who has followed this line of work in Indianajrolis for the jjast twelve years and is considered one of the city’s most reliable and com|)etent contractors. He was l)orn in Oldham County, Ivy., October 15, 1841), a son of Tlnmias J. Scrimsher, who was tirst a millwright and afterward became a farmer. In 1858 he came to Indiana with his family and located in Morgan County, l)ut after some time returned to his native State where* he remained until the day erf his death. Jasper \V. Sciimsher was educated in tlm jeublic scIkjoIs of Merrgan County, Ind., and at the age of eighteen y(*ars comim*nced to learn the' trade of a caipenter at which ho worked for a few yeuirs, then etdereal a drug stoi’e at Hall, Ind., where he remained for ten years before* coming to the c-ity of Indianapolis. Soon after MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS 2'IH his arrival here he once more turned liis attention to his trade and since that time he has been successfully engaged in carpentering and contracting, making a specialty of residence work. He has built some of the most beautiful homes in the city, and his services are largely in demand from the fact that he is thorough, painstaking, understands eveiy detail of his work, is prompt and lives to the letter of his contract. He has under his employ a large force of men, who are competent and skilled workmen, and their combined efforts may be seen in many portions of the city. Mr. Scrimsher was married in Morgan County, Ind. in 1808 to Miss Martha M. Stierwalt, by whom he has become the father of two sons and three daughters. He and his wife are members of the Christian Church, in which he is a deacon, and are accounted among its most useful and active members. They are intelligent and worthy people and have the high esteem of all who know them. As a man of business Mr. Scrimsher is highly esteemed and to illustrate the excellent line of his work it is but necessary to mention the following buildings which he has erected; The residence of George Van Camp, the residence of Frank Wood, the residence of John Reagan, that of Dr. Kim- berlin and many others. Guido R. Pkessler. Of the many things which contribute to make ujithe beauty of our homes and cities that of paint and decoration takes no inconsiderable part. How much of their handsome and imposing appearance do the many buildings which we so much admire, both as to exterior and interior, owe to this agent. Strip them of their decorations and they look bare and uninviting indeed. No person can deny that the asthetic movement started in the States in 188d by 0^car Wilde, and now being continued by Edmund Russell under the name of Delsartianism, has had a vast amount to do with the refining of the home circle,and adding another feature to house decorating. Indianapolis has made a marked advance in this respect, a fact largely due to Guido R. Pressler, painter and decorator, who has gained an enviable reputation in his line all over the country. He was born in Saxony, Germany, July 20, 1853, a sou of Franc R. Pressler, who was a weaver by trade. The early educa- tion of Guido R. Pressler was conducted in the laud of his birth according to the laws of that country, but before he had attained the age of fourteen years he began serving an appren- ticeship at his trade, and thoroughly mastered its every detail before his three years’ term was ended, although he was to have remained four years. He immediately came to the United States, and soon after took up his residence in Indianapolis, and although this place has been his headquarters uj) to the present time his services have been in demand all over the United States, and he has done some of the most artistic work in his line that has ever been executed. However he has labored principally in the city of his adoption, and his work may be seen on the court house, the state house, the Odd Fellows Hall, the First Baptist Church, St. Joseph’s Church, St. Mary’s Church, the Second Presbyterian Zion Church and other buildings to numerous to mention, in this city. He has made many designs, among which may be mentioned the beautiful English Opera House, a building ideally artistic in every sense of the word. In recent years he has been principally engaged in church work, and his services have been called into requisition in Columbus, Edinburg and Greensburg, Ind., the State Library Building in Bloomington, Ind., the Opera House at Hot Springs, Ark., the Muncie (Ind.) Court House, and many other pieces of work of noteworthy excel- lence. Upon his arrival in the United States he had no means with the exception of a per- fect knowledge of his trade, and although he was unacquainted with the English language and American customs, he soon adapted himself to the ways of this country, and by his in- dustr}', business ability and push has made a name for himself, and commands the respect and confidence of all with whom he has business dealings. In November, 1883, he led to the altar Miss Agnes Miller, of Louisville, Ky., and to their union a son and daughter have been given, who arepromising and intelligent children. Mr. Pressler is a member of the I. O. O. F. , is a Scottish Rite Mason, and is also a member of the A. O. U. W. E. Grove Anthony, M. D. Although young in years. Dr. Grove Anthony has made rapid strides in his profession and is classed among the popular members of the healing art in Indianapolis. He has gained a flattering reputation as a physician and has already built up a patronage complimentary to his ability in the medical profession. He owes his nativity to Guysville, Ohio, born May 12, 1868, and is a son of Dr. Emanuel and Elvira M. (Calvert) Anthony. When twelve years of age he came with his parents to Indianapolis and finished 221 ) AND MAJtilON COUNTY, INDIANA. bis literary education in the schools of that city. When seventeen years of age he began the study of medicine with his father, and later entered the Physio- Medical College of Indiana, from which he was graduated in March, 1881). He was engaged in general prac- tice for one year after this and was then appointed to the chair of ophthalmology and otology in the above-mentioned college, a position he still holds. He is also demonstrator of practi- cal anatomy in that institution. In the fall of 1890 he took his first course in the Philadel- phia Polyclinic and College for Graduates in Medicine, and the following year took a second course. Since the spring of 1890 the Doctor has devoted his time and attention to the eye, ear, nose and throat, and as a specialist has met with great success. He is a member of the American Association and of the Indiana State Physio-Medical Association and the Indian- apolis Physio-Medical Society, having been chairman and secretary of the latter. Socially he is a member of the Golden Cross. He is a member of the Central Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church and in politics always voted the Prohibition ticket. WiLLi.\M F. Norris. The tuaterial progress manifest throughout the United States during the past quarter of a century has never had its counterpart elsewhere, and has in- cluded in its wide field of activity the business of the painter and contractor as one of the most important branches of industry. In this connection William F. Norris may be referred to for he has followed the calling of a paint contractor for seven years in the city of Indian- apolis and has made a reputation for himself in this branch of human endeavor. He was born in Louisville, Ky., October 18, 1848, a son of Thomas J. Norris, who was born in North Carolina, but who removed to Tennessee when a young man and settled in the vicinity of Knoxville where he resided for some time. He then removed to Louisville, at which time it was a small and unimportant town, where he for some time followed the calling of a gar- dener and afterward that of a cabinet maker. Later he removed to Clarke County, Ind., where he followed the calling of a farmer in which he became an expert. William F. Norris was one of four .sons in a family of ten children and received his education in Louisville. After serving an apprenticeship of three years at the painter’s trade in Louisville be began working at his trade in that city, afterward in Clarke County, Ind., and at a still later period in Indian- apolis. Having come to this city in March, 1875, he commenced contracting but at the end of two years turned his attention to other matters. About seven years ago he resumed the occupation of contracting and to this occujiation his attention has since been given with the best results tinancially and otherwise. He has pursued his calling in connection with resi- dence work principally and in this he has made a name for himself. He had but little money when starting out for himself but he had what was just as good — a perfect knowledge of his calling and a good constitution as well as unbounded energy, and these have been the step- f)ing stones to his present jirosperity. On the April 1, 1872, ho was united in marriage with Miss Nancy E. Beckett, of Clarke County, Ind., and to them four. daughters and a son have been given. l\Ir. Norris is a member of Meridian Lodge, of the I. O. O. F., and [lolitically is a Democrat. Isaac Montrkvii.i.e Todd is a public sjiirited citizen in harmony with advanced ideas, intelligent jirogress and the best methods of improving agricultural pursuits, and the good of his country generally. He first saw the light of day in Franklin County, Ind., Septem- ber .), 1828, on his father's farm, and when about four years of age moved with his parents to Marion Countv. Ind. The jiarents settled in Wayne township, on the west aide of the White It iver, and there our subject remained until fifteen years of age, receiving a limited education in the early schools of that county. He then came to Perry townshi)), this county, and made his home with an elder brother, Henrv P. Todd, for about five years. On October 2, 1848, Mr. Todd was married to Miss Kachel C. Brewer, daughter of Samuel Brewer, deceased, and soon after his marriage he returned to Wayne township. There he made his home on a tract givmi him by his father for aliout eighteen months, after which he returned to Perry township and bought Ifil) acres of the executors of Daniel Brewer, jiayiiig^ $10 an acre. At that time there was about sixty acres cleared so as to be tillable, but the farm was in bad condition, having been rented for yeais. Mr. ’I’odd immediately began making improvements. He erected a frame house in 1858 and resided in that until ab( nt l87t)when he ))uilt a brick house which was subse(|uently destroyed by fire. A1 otd 1885 he built tin' handsome brick hottse in which which he now resides, and hasmad(' numerous other improve 230 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS lueuts. He lias cleared al)out eighty dive acres of the 100 he bought and aimually raises wheat, com and hay, and of late years sweet corn and tomatoes. He raises on an average twenty tive to thirty bushels of wheat to the acre, and about the same in corn. His marriage was blessed by the birth of eleven children, one of whom, Elizabeth C., died in infancy. The remainder are named as follows: Ella; Clara I. ; John E.; Emma D. ; Elmer E., deceased; Harry L., Eraidv L., Samuel B. , William H. and Norah H. The last three are unmarried. Tlie first child living, Ella, married A. J. Snider and they have two children : Ada, who Alva Hamillon, and Charles E. Mr. Todd’s second child, Clara, married Calvin Hanson and they have one daughter, Biith. John E. married Emma Herron, and they have four chil- dren: Alma, Omer, Frank and Ralph. Emma D. married George Porter and they have one child, -James A. Harry L. married Bertha Lyons, and J’rank L. married Kate Rose. In his ])olitical views Mr. Todd is a Republican and his first vote was cast in 1852. He is a public- spirited citizen and has served as assessor of Perry township for two years. During the Civil War he organized a company of home guards at the time of the Morgan raid, and was elected captain and commissioned as such by Gov. IMorton. This company was kept up until the war closed. For many years Mr. Todd has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he is now one of the trustees of the church at Southport. Henry Todd, father of our subject, was born in Pennsylvania -Inly 4, 1779, and after reaching mature years was married there to Miss Nancy Martin. Later he and wife removed to Indiana and located in Franklin County, near Brookville, where they remained until 1832. Thev then came to Ma rion County, where the father’s death occurred in 1842. Thirteen children were born to this worthy couple, eleven of whom grew up, but our subject is the only one now living. After the mother’s death the father took for his second wife, Sarah Mcllvain, and they had six children, two now surviving : Amanda, who married and lives in Texas, and Marion, who resides in Calhoun County, 111. The latter served in an Ohio regiment during the war. Mr. Todd’s grandfather, Henry Todd, was a native of the Keystone State, and there passed his entire life. -loHN Lewis McCokmick. This able and successful contractor has been a resident of Indianapolis, Ind., since 1849, but was born in Rush County, of this State, March 24, 1825, a son of -lames .McCormick, whose birth occurred in Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio, in 1 797. He came to Indiana many years ago and located at Connorsville, where his son, John, erected the first house. It is also said that the McCormick family built the first house in Indianajiolis, the site being between the old wooden bridge across White River and the Washington Street bridge. -Tames McCormick was a millwright and put up many of the old-time water mills in Indiana. He built a mill on what is now known as the Pitts farm on the Michigan road, besides numerous others in all jiortions of the State. He died in Hen- dricks County in 1858, but about the close of the War of 1812 the family lived in Fayette County. The wife of James McCormick was born in South Carolina in 1812, but was brought by her fiarents to Indiana when a child, and in the town of Frankfort she passed from life in 1880, a member of the Methodist Church, although her husband had always been a Baptist. The McCormicks originally came from Scotland. John McCormick, one of the early members of the family, was a soldier in Washington’s army during the Revolu- tion. He died in Connorsville when very aged. -lohn Lewis McCormick attended the pub- lic schools of Shelby and Marion Counties, and when still a mere lad commenced learning the millwright’s trade of his father, and afterward branched out into general carpentering, at which he worked for some time in connection with farming. In 1849 he commenced con- tracting in Indianapolis, and, although he has followed a general line of work, he has rather made a specialty of building ice houses for large ice companies, and has juirsued this occu- pation not only in Indiana but also in Michigan. In 1882 the farm where Crown Hill Ceme- tery is located fell into the hands of the McCormick family, and this land Mr. McCormick tilled for several years. His business career has been a successful one, for when he started out in life for himself he had a ca.sh capital of $3 and a team of horses. On August 9, 1848, he led to the altar Miss Julia A. Pitts, who was born in Pendleton, Ind., March 2, 182(5, and a family of three daughters have been born to them. George N. Duz.vn, M. D. The calamities of the late war have never been adeipiately weighed, for there was scarcely a home in all the broad laud in which there failed to be a LIBRARY OF THE 'i,\MVERSITY OF fLllNOI' 231 AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. Rachel mourning for her child that did not return. Still, the greatest disaster brings its compensation in some measure, and to the blessing of a Union saved there was afforded the sublime spectacle of patriotic zeal all over the land, men freely offering their lives upon the altars of their country, or unmurmeringly bearing all toil and privation. Another inestima- ble boon was the impulse that was given to advanced medicine and surgery, through the innumerable opportunities for practice on the field of battle and in the hospital. To-day all over the land are physicians and surgeons of the ripest judgment and skill, who served their country in its hour of peril and who gained valuable stores of practice, which has been of incalculable value to them ever since. One of this number, a man loyal to the core, and a physician of eminence, is Dr. George N. Duzan, of Indianapolis. This worthy gentle- man was born in Boone County, Ind., July 8. 1842, being the son of John Duzan, a native of Tennessee, who carried on farming in that State, and who emigrated to Indiana in 1832, settling near Zionsville, in Boone County, being one of the pioneers of that county. He was married in Tennessee to Catherine Cox, a native of that State, and daughter of Jacob Cox. John Duzan represented his county — Boone — in the Legislature of Indiana, having been elected in 1842, on the Democratic ticket, and was one of the first representatives from that county. He resided there for many years, was a successful farmer and accumu- lated considerable property, and finally died in 1878, his wife having passed away in 1872. The subject of our sketch was reared on the farm in his native county until he was sixteen years old, first attending the common schools of the country and afterward the academy at Zionsville, and then he began the study of medicine with his uncle. Dr. W. N. Duzan, who was a pioneer of Boone County and a physician of many years’ successful practice. Our subject studied three years, in compliance with the rules enforced by medical colleges at that time, and then entered Jefferson Medical College, at Philadelphia, attending one course of lectures. He then began the practice of medicine at Zionsville, in the spring of 1861, which he continued until the month of July, 1864, when he entered the army as acting assistant surgeon in the United States army, being with the Thirteenth Regiment of regulars. Most of the time was spent on detached dirty, in Hospital No. 8, at Nashville. While there Dr. Duzan attended lectures and graduated from the University of Nashville, receiving the degree of doctor of medicine from that institution, bearing date of March 25, 1865. Return- ing from Nashville he located at Zionsville, where he enjoyed an extensive practice which extended over a period of nearly twenty-five years. He was there recognized, not only by the people of the county, but by those of that ]»ortion of the State, as the leading j)hysician of that region of country. In the fall of 1888 the Doctor came to Indianapolis and here he has grown into a very large practice and ranks among the leading physicians of the city. While residing at Zionsville Dr. Duzan held the chair of physiology and clinical medicine in Central College of Physicians and Surgeons for a period of four years, resigning the same al the expiration of that time. He has been a member of the American Medical Association, of the Indiana State Medical Society, and of the Boone County Medical Society, but on account of poor health has been compelled to sever his connection with them. Dr. Duzan was married August 31, 1865, to Nellie Crutchfield, a native of Indianapolis, and a daughter of Wesley and Nancy (Brock) Crutchfield. Dr. and Mrs. Duzan have two children: George N. and Belva. In politics Dr. Duzan is a Democrat, the principles of that party being in harmony with his own views concerning national and State (jiiestions. Dr. Duzan writes with great fluency and with remarkably clear diction and has been a contributor for a great many years to medical and other journals, although professional (|ueslions have engaged him most. A number of medical works refer in most flattering terms to the work, the services and the writings of Dr. Duzan, who is recognized l)y the j)rofession as a physi- cian of distinguished ability. Some of his articles in medical journals a})peared as early as 1865 and have continued until (piite recently, moat of them touching subjects of interest to the profession. He has also read a number of valuable juipers before the State and the Bf)ono County medical societies. His health has been somewhat in}]>aired of late, the result of great stmly, reading, and the demand made upon his |)rofessional services. lIoN. Timothy K. Howard. To become distinguished at the bar recjuires not only capacity, but also sound judgment and jiersevering industiy. These (|ualificat ions are com- bined in no gentleman at the St. Joseph County bar to a greater extent than in Timothy 11. 232 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS Howard. A careful aud accurate adviser, and an earnest and conscientious advocate, bis success, at the bar has been achieved by the improvement of opportiinities, by untiring diligence, and by close study and correct judgment of men and motives. Like so many of the eminent men of the present day his early career was a humble one, for he was reared on his native farm in the vicinity of Ann Arbor, Mich., where he was born January 27, 1837, and there he soon came to know the meaning of hard work. His parents, Martin and Julia (Beahan) Howard, were both natives of the Isle of Erin, and came to this country in their early days, the former first setting foot on American soil about the year 1832. After a short stay in the Green Mountain State he came to Ann Arbor, Mich., a few miles from where he eventually entered some Government land, then in a veiy wild state. There, in the midst of the forest, and far from any other human habitation, he erected a little log cabin, where he lived until his means jiermitted better improvements, and where the subject of this sketch was born. The elder Howard resided on this farm until he paid the last debt of nature in 1851. At the time of his demise he was township clerk, and had held other minor township and district offices. His widow si;rvived him imtil March, 1892. There are now only three surviving members of their family of seven children; Timothy E., Michael F. and Julia A. Timothy E. Howard was the eldest of the family, aud, although but fourteen years of age at the time of his father’s death, he took upon his slender and youthful shoulders the manage- ment of the home farm, and with the intelligent counsel aud advice of his worthy mother, he made a success of his undertakings. His early education was obtained in the common schools of the rural districts, but he was later fortunate enough to be sent to the “Old Seminary” at Ypsilanti, and to the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, enjoying in the former institu- tion the instructions of that model teacher. Prof. Joseph Estabrook, aud in the latter that of the genial scholar. Dr. Erastus O. Haven. He taught in the district schools near Ann Arbor for two years. About this time he secured a chance to teach aud attend school in the University of Notre Dame, Ind. , and at once gladly closed with the offer, and from that noted institution of learning he graduated in 1862. In February of that year he forsook his alma mater in order to fight his country’s battles, and enlisted in Company I, of the Twelfth Michigan Infantry, the fortunes of which he followed until the battle of Shiloh, where he received a gunshot wound in the neck and left shoulder, and was sent to Evans- ville on a hospital boat and placed in the Marine Hospital, where he remained about two mouths. Upon recovering he came home on a furlough, and being honorably discharged as untit for further duty, he returned to teaching at Notre Dame, graduating therefrom that year. He held his position of instructor in that institution for al)Out twenty years altogether. In 1878 he was elected to the position of county clerk, and served four years, during which time he was also a member of the city council. While at Notre Dame he studied law and received his diploma, but did not practice until the expiration of his term as county clerk. Since then he has been an active ju’actitioner, and his knowledge of law and his intelligence in all matters of public interest were recognized by his being elected to the office of State senator in 1886, and by being honored with a re-election in 1890. He is the the author of the Momence bill for the drainage of the Kankakee Valley, and was chairman of the special senate committee in charge of the school text-book law. He secured the extension of the new election law to township aud city elections, and drafted the new revenue law. He also introduced ami pressed to passage the bill for the establishment of the Appellate Court. He had charge in the Senate of Indianapolis’ city charter, also of the suburban street rail- way bill, both of which became laws. For several years Mr. Howard served as city attor- ney of South Bend, and also as county attorney of St. Joseph County. Since 1880 he has been an active member of the G. A. K. In November, 1892, he was elected one of the judges of the supreme court of the State, and took his seat upon the bench January 2, 1893. The following character sketch is taken from the Evansville ,Tournal, and was written while the present supreme judge was a member of the Senate in 1891: “Senator Timothy E. Howard of St. Joseph County, is without question the most influential member of the upper house of the Legislature. He is tall, spare, with a mild and rather sad mien. His strength lies in his great fairness and liberality, cout)led with a keen discernment of motives behind actions. He himself never hesitates to explain fully his reasons for any line of action, and when he has explained there is always a large following of senators who find that they may LIBRARY OF THE 'J^'JIVER'^ITY 0!^ ILLINOIS *.5 . T » '. • » , * - , '■ ti ■ .. ‘-V :r'a, ‘■ 1 ' 233 AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. agree with him exactly. He is a Christian gentleman, mild, courteous, patient, unresentful, a tine illustration of the oft-disputed fact that a man of lofty character and unyielding principle can succeed in 2 )olitical life. He is a Democrat, hut never hesitates to oppose his party (associates) when principle requires it.” John Fukr. The subject of this biographical notice is an honorable and progressive farmer, and as such no name in the memorial department of this work is more worthy of mention. He is a product of Missouri, born in St. Louis, in October. 1824, a son of Samp- son and Sarah A. (Cantwell) Furr, both of whom were born in the Old Dominion but were early settlers of St. Louis, at which time there were only three American families in the jtiace. Sampson Furr was a soldier in the War of 1812, but died in November, 1824, when just in the prime of life, his widow surviving him until April 24, 1871, at which time she died at Clarksville, Tex., at the extreme old age of ninety-six years. At the early age of four weeks John Furr, the immediate subject of this sketch and the youngest of a family of twelve children, was left fatherless, and as his mother's means were limited he made his home with a sister in Shelby County. 111., and was compelled to begin laboring at (piite an early age, therefore his advantages for gaining an education were limited. He made his home in Shelby County, 111., for some years, working at anything honorable he could tind to do, but at the age of fifteen years he engaged as a cabin boy on a boat plying on the Missis- sippi River, following various occupations on the river until 1845, being watchman for some time. He then turned his attention to farming in Shelby County, 111., and in 1846 was married to Miss Martha A. Huls. Three years later he was taken with the ” gold fever ” and made his way to California, driving an ox team across the plains, and was there engaged in mining for about a year, with fair success, for when he came to Indiana, in 1851, he had about •'?1,000, with which he purchased a farm in Pike Township, Marion County, Ind., on which he has resided ever since. His estate comprises tifty-three acres, which is well and carefully filled and yields a laiger income than many more {)reteiitious places. January 21. lS6t), his wife died, having borne him five children; William (deceased). John, Sarah (deceased), David F. and Lucia A. July 19. 1869, Clarissa Rodman became Mr. Furr's sec- ond wife, and their children are named: William C., born July 2, 1861; Charles A., born Septeml)er 8, 1863 (now deceased), and Maggie A., born May 23, 1866. The mother of these children died August 29, 1868, and 51r. Furr’s third marriage occurred August 1 5, 1869, -Miss Mary E. Snyder, a native of Hendricks County and a ilaughter of William and Rachel (Huls) Snyder, the former a native of Ohio and the latter of Kentucky, became his wife. Their children are as follows: James F., born November 25, 1879; Martha J., born •July 7, 1872; Omer H., born July 19, 1874; Clara V , born October 19, 1877, and Daisy A., born .June 15, 1879. At his country’s call for troo))s in 1864 IMr. Furr enlisted in the Pinion service, becoming a member of Company B, Twenty-ninth Indiana Volunteers, which he joined September 29, 1864, and served until the close of the war, receiving his discharge July 2, 1865. He was in the Army of the Cund)erland and was through Tennessee, Georgia, Alal)ama and Mississip|)i, his regiment being engaged in guard duty the most of the time, although it f)articipated in a number of skirmishes. Mr. Furr is now a member of the G. A. R.. Boone Post, No. 292, at Zionsville. He and his wife are associated with the Christian Cliurch and politically he has always been a faithful and enthusiastic Republican, l•]t)WAKr) Amks Austin, who is endowed by nature with such gifts as characterize true manhood in all that the word implies, is descended from an honorable ancestry, and his family tree first took root on American soil, in New York City, to which region his parents came from England in 1838. The father, Rev. Dr. Thomas R. Austin, was born in England, where he was reared and educated, and he was there married to Miss Martha Heg, also a native of England. In 1838 they crossed the ocean to America and located in New York city, where the father followed the profession of physician and surgeon and was also engaged in the drug Imsiness until 1842. At that time his drug stock was destroyed by fire and he removed to Indiana, settling in Harrison County. There he practiced his profession until 1851, wlnm he removed to New Albany, Jnd., and engaged in the drug business in con- n«*ction with his [iractice. In 1861, when the war cloud hung darkly over the nation, he enlisted as surgeon of tin* Twenty-third Indiana Iid'antry, and soon after was promoted to general surgeon of the United States Army liy Gen. Grant, at Paducah, Ky., in which 234 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS capacity he served until the close of the war. Returning to New Albany he shortly after- ward established an Episcopal Church at Jeffersonville, and was ordained as rector of the same. Previous to this, however, he was a prominent minister of the Methodist Church for a number of years and, about the year 1871, he removed to Terre Haute, where he became rector of the Episcopal Church, continuing in that capacity for about four years. He then took charge of the church at Vincennes where he remained until his death in 1883, at the age of seventy two years. He passed an active life, was well known throughout Indiana, and was a j>rominent figure in religious affairs and all enterprises for the good of the county. He was also j)rominently identified with the Masonic order, and at the time of entering the army was grand master. He had taken the thirty-third degree at the time of his death. His wife died in 1S47. The subject of this sketch, who was born in Harrison County, Ind., April It), 184(), was but eighteen months old at the time of his mother’s death, and in 1854 the family removed to New Albany, where young Austin grew to manhood. He secured a fair education in the common schools, and when sixteen years of age entered the employ of the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railroad as trainboy. In 1862 he became brakesman and two years later he was promoted to the position of conductor, in which capacity he served until 1865. In December of that year he left the road and engaged in carpentering at New Albany, continuing there until 1S69. In December of that year he married Miss Amanda A. Rough, a native of the Keystone State, but reared in Floyd County, Ind., and soon afterward he and wife settled in Jeffersonville, where Mr. Austin followed carpentering until 1870, when he entered the employ of the Jeffersonville, Madison & Indianapolis Rail- road. In IMarch, 1876, he was made foreman of freight car repairing and in 1880 was promoted to master car builder. When three divisions of the Pennsylvania system consoli- dated, in 18S4. Mr. Austin was made general foreman of the car department at Indianapolis, in which capacity he has since remained. Since coming to Indianapolis Mr. Austin has been engaged in the business interests of the city, and at present has a grocery and meat market on East Washington Street. He carries a stock of about $4,000 and does a thriving business. This is managed by his son, Thomas, who is a member of the firm. Mr. Austin is progressive and enterprising and has contributed much to the best interests of the city. In tlie fall of 1889 he was elected a member of the city council from the nineteenth ward, and served two years, during which time the ordinance for the construction of the viaduct was passed and he was deeply interested in that work. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and is past-master of Jefferson Lodge, No. 340. Mr. and Mrs. Austin are the parents of four children: J. Thomas, born November 9, 1870; Albert A , born May 23, 1873; Flora B., born August 6. 1875. and Edward M.. born April 13. 1882. Mr. Austin is an enthusiastic Democrat and takes a leading and active interest in politics, wielding consider- able infiuence in his ward. Isaac Wright. It would indeed be hard to find a man better posted in everything per taming to the lumber interests than Isaac Wright, the very efficient and energetic manager for the fi rm of Scatcherd & Son, who are wholesale dealers in hardwood lumber, the main office of which firm is at Buffalo, N. Y. Mr. Wright is the manager of the branch office at Indianapolis, which was established in 1875, at which time Mr. Wright was placed in charge. This firm also has yards at various points throughout Indiana, Mississippi, Ken- tucky, Tennessee and Alabama, all of which are under the direct supervision of Mr. Wright, a fact which speaks in eloquent terms as to his efficiency, business ability and the trust which is reposed in him by his employers. An enormous amount of business is done throughout the States under Mr. Wright’s management, his orders being filled principally for eastern markets also export, in all amounting to about 50,000,000 feet annually. Mr. Wright was born on the ocean, of English and Scotch parents, Isaac and Grace (Glen) Wright, the former of whom was a merchant and trader by occupation, and eventually died in Scotland. His widow and child upon coming to America with her parents settled in London, Ontario, and afterward in Buffalo, N. Y’^., in which city the mother paid the last debt of nature. In the city of London, Isaac Wright, the immediate subject of this biogra- phy, received a liberal education, being an attendant of a good grammer school and later of an academy of more than ordinary merit. Thus fitted for the practical duties of life he entered the office of Frank E. Cornish, at that time mayor of the city of London, and began 235 AND MAUI ON COUNTY, INDIANA. the study of law, which he continued to pursue for three years, at the end of which time he entered the office of Thomas Scatcherd, M. P., with whom lie spent one year in the study of law. He was articled for five years, but at the end of four years he decided to turn his attention to other pursuits, for which purpese he went to Buffalo, N. Y., in May, 18(52, and entered the employ of James W. Scatcherd, an extensive and exceptionally prosperous whole- sale lumber dealer. This firm afterward became Scatcherd & Belton, and later Scatcherd Son which title it retains at the present time. Mr. Wright has been with this firm continuously for over thirty years and from his excellent judgment, keen commercial instincts and tine business management, the utmost contidence is reposed in him. In the year 18(56 he mar- ried Miss Kate E. Warner, of Buffalo, N. Y., daughter of T. H. and M. L. Warner and remained in the city of Buffalo until about 1871, when he became manager and buyer at different points and in 1875 established a branch yard and headquarters in Indianajmlis, where he has since resided with his family. Since locating in this city he has taken a deep interest in everything for the advancemenPof its best interests, is public spirited to a degree and is liberal in the use of his means in the furtherance of any enterprise which has for its object the welfare of this section. He is a member in good standing of the Commercial Club, and in politics is a stanch Republican, ever taking an active interest in the affairs of his ward in particular. Joseph Robert Perry, Ph. D., M. D. The time has never been when the prescrip tion druggist was not of as great importance to the community as a practicing [)hysician. Indeed it would be difficult to name a branch of business that is more indispensably impor- tant than that devoted to the sale of drugs and the preparation of prescriptions. One of the prominent retail houses in this line in Indianapolis is that owned and conducted by Joseph Robert Perry who has been the proprietor of his present establishment since 1872. He car- ries a choice stock of goods valued at about $5,600 and has a lucrative trade, the sequent of careful attention to business and a sincere love for his calling. Joseph R. Perry, was brought up in Wayne County and received his education in the public schools of Indiana. When a mere lad he became a clerk in a drug store, during which time he ac(juired a liking for the calling which has always remained with him. In November, 1868, he came to Indianajmlis and kept the books of several firms up to 1872, at which time he decided to open a drug establishment of his own and time has shown the wisdom of this venture. He was the originator and organizer of the State Pharmaceutical Association in 1882 and for eight consecutive years he was .secretary of the same. He is also a member of the Marion County Druggists’ Association and has been officially connected in various capacities, and is a member of the American Pharmaceutical Association. The Doctor served throughout the Rebellion, enlisting in Company C, Twenty tirst Ohio Volunteers, April 16, 1861, serving for four months in West Virginia, and being discharged August 12. 1861, by reason of expiration of term of .service. He re-enlisted in October in C<)m])any F, Fifty seventh Regi- ment Indiana Infantry, the majority of the officers of which were ministers of the Methodist Episcopal Church and it was known at that time as the “Preachers Regiment.” He was an active participant in the bloody battle of Shiloh, as well as numerous hotly contested skirmishes, and at Scary Creek in July, 1862, he was shot just below the knee in the left leg, which so disa))led him that he was finally comjielled to leave his regiment, which he was very loath to do, receiving his discharge in July, 1863. At one time he was i)laced on the op(;rating table in order that the injured member might bt^ amjmtated but so vigorous were his protestations against this measure that the surgeons yielded to his wishes and thus the limb was saved. He proved himself to be a faithful, tried and time soldier, and it is owing to just such men that the I’nion was preserved. At the time of the organization of the State l^harmaceut ical Association in 1882, Dr. Perry established the Indiana iViarmoc/sf, a monthly journal, which has grown in favor with the profession and has now a circulation of over f5,( )()(). 'I’he journal was first started as an experiment and to advertise the State I’harmaceiitical .Association, with no thought of continuing if, but it met with such encour- agement and favor that it has lieen regularly issued ever since and is now considered one of the leading pharmaceutical journals of the country. In 1872 he was married to Miss Eliz abeth Daugherty, a native of Philadelphia and a (laughter of William Daugherty. Dr. and Mrs. I’erry have two children : Prof. St. John I’erry, M. D., of Lincoln, Neb., and Ida M. 230 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS Perry, now teaching school in the Indianapolis public schools. Ur. Perry is a man of great energy and indnstry, jiossesses a thorough knowledge of the requirements of his business, and the well established rejiutation of his house assures the very best treatment to all who may become its customers. The ever expanding wealth and luxurious tastes of the country tend to a demand for more expensive and elegant goods, and the Doctor always keeps in full step with the spirit of the age and always offers the best and latest novelties as well as all the standard articles usnally found in his line of trade. He is public s))irited in a more than ordinary degree, contributes to the best interests of the city, and he and his wife are popular in social circles. He was secretary of the Mercantile Association, which was afterward merged into the board of traele, is a Scottish Kite IMason, takes an active interest in the G. A. R., the S. of V., the Ik Y. L., and is the surgeon of Anderson Post, No. 369, of which he is also past com- mander. The |)rinciples of the Republican party have always recommended themselves to his judgment and he always su[)ports the men and measures of his party. John E. Foley. The self made man is entitled to respect and he gets it in America. He represents all that is vigorous and substantial in our American Institutions. Indian- apolis has many such, but none more deserving of notice in a work like this than John E. Foley, chief (derk in the office of the United States Marshal. Mr. Foley was born in Madi- son, Ind., August 25, 1856, a son of James and Bridget (Murtaugh) Foley. His father, who came to Indianapolis with his family in 1865 and remained here until his death, which occurred in 1886, was a ]irominent contractor. Mr. Foley was educated largely in the city, but for three years was a student at St. Joseph’s College at Teutopolis, 111. He acquired a knowledge of telegraphy and for some time devoted himself to it professionally. In due time he was appointed ticket agent and telegraph operator at Massachusetts Avenue, Indian- apolis, for the Indianajiolis, Pittsburg & Cleveland Railroad Company, and tilled that position with much fidelity for four years. He then accepted a position in the freight de- partment on the “Bee Line” at Brightwood, and was thus connected for thirteen years. The success and credit with which he acquitted himself here may be inferred when the reader is informed that from a clerk he rose to be chief clerk of the Indianapolis division and su}>erintended the work of clerks who were ])laced under him. He resigned that position M ay 1, 1892, to accept the chief clerkshi]) in the United States Marshall’s office. Mr. Foley has taken an active part in politics for more than ten years, and was one of the organizers of the Gray Club, of which he was for two years vice-president and is now president. This body has a membership of 400, and is considered the leading Democratic club of the State. Mr. Foley was especially active in the organization of the Democratic Railway Club, and his success as a recruiter and organizer is attested by the fact that in five weeks the member- shij) was brought up to 2, 137. He was unanimously chosen its ])resident in recognition of this service. He was not an applicant for his present honorable and res])onsible position, but it was conferred upon him because of his fitness for it and his deserts as an unswerving and’ always effective worker in the interests of his party. He is genial to a degree and has as many warm personal friends as any man in the city. He is a prominent member of the B. & P. O. of E. , and of the Catholic Knights of America, and identified with other popular social and beneficent organizations. As a citizen he is ])ublic spirited and most liberally helpful toward any movement having a tendency to benefit any considerable class of his fellow- townsmen. Mrs. Eliza A . Blaker. Among prominent eastern women of to-day, few, if any, take a higher rank than Mrs. Eliza A. Blaker, the well-known superintendent of Indianapolis Free Kindergartens and Domestic Training Schools, as well as principal of the Normal School for the training of teachers. This lady has gained prominence and a national reputation through her remarkable and rare executive ability. So certain is success to follow all her efforts that her name in connection with any undertaking is regarded almost as a talisman of success. She is one of those in whom action becomes unconsciously a synonym of leadership, and by intuition and by choice her attention has been turned largely to ))ublic matters, in which the interests of numbers are involved. This has made her a marked figure in public movements in her home, city and State. A’et the time she gives to these matters is what, for another woman, would be leisure hours. Mrs. Blaker is by birth and by her most not ii'eable charac- teristics and special symj)athies, an eastern lady, born in the city of Brotherly Love, Penn. AXD MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. 237 March 5, 1854. She comes of English Quaker descent, so noted for sterling qualities, and has inherited the best of these qualities. Her grandfather was a German and the family settled in Philadelphia at a very early date, being among the pioneers of thatcity. This family is also related to the old and well-known historic family of Coopers. Mrs. Blaker’s father, Jacob L., was a man of self education and was noted for his conversational powers. He married Miss Mary Core, and to them were lK)rn three children, two besides our subject. Dr. John L. and Mary T. The former is a resident of Albany, N. Y., and the latter a teacher in the kindergartens of this city. Early in her youth Mrs. Blaker had high aspirations and with a view of becoming an educator studied most diligently early and late, and as a result while yet quite young, graduated from both the High School and Normal Training School for teachers, also the Centennial Training School for Kindergartens. She has always been a close student. After graduating she was employed as a teacher in the pulilic schools in Philadel phia, which position she tilled with highest honors for several years. Inspired with the love for kindergarten work she took up the study of this art in the Centennial Training School, and after a thorough course she entered ardently upon her labors in its cause. In 1882 she was called to Indianapolis for the jmrpose of organizing a training school for kindergartners and primary teachers, out of which has grown one of the largest, best and noted free kindergar- ten systems in the United States, largely due to the untiring energies of Mrs. Blaker. There is probably no other woman in the country better known in kindergarten work than she. She is devoted to her work in all its branches, is a noble woman in every sense of the term, and is loved by all her teachers as well as her pupils, from the little ragged “black” urchin to the ones of the wealthiest parents. A well known writer says of her; “The saying that one must go from home to hear the news was well illustrated during the National Educa- tional Convention at St. Paul last July, in regard to our Normal School — for while I will venture to say that many of our membership do not even know that we have such a school - those who attended that convention or read the St. Paul dailies during its sessions, learned that the Indiana KindergarteTi Normal School had distanced all competitors, and by its dis play of work conferred honor on the State whose name it bears. Its principal, our own Mrs. Blaker, was made secretary and treasurer of tiie kindergarten department of the National Educational Association. She is, therefore, secretary of that dej)artment for the Interna- tional Convention, to be held this summer in Toronto, Canada, commencing July 14. In addition to her regular work as superintendent of eight kindergartens, six kitchen gardens, and two domestic training schools, two Slojd schools, the Boy’s Educational and Industrial Union, for which she plans and directs all the work, the instruction of the eight classes in the Normal, to which her afternoons are devoted, and a large correspondence in reference to tlie work here, and advice to its establishment elsewhere, scholarship in the Normal School, and positions for former graduates in different schools and institutions; has charge of all the correspondence in reference to kindergarten work with all the nations of the globe who con template sending re|)re8entatives to the International Convention. I think we, as a society, may well feel proud of having such a superintendent for our kindergartens and kitchen gardens, and such a ])rincipal for our Normal School. The work this Normal School is doing is far-reaching in its results, for the young women thoroughly trained in it for kindergarten, domestic science, kitchen garden, primary and normal work, are called to positions in the east and we.st, north and south, and are thus sowing the good seed throughout the land. Summing np the result of the last year’s work (18*J2-b3), we point to 4,182 inqn'Is hel|)ed and taught in a way that tells now in its immediate influence on the parents and the lionies, and that will tell m(jre and more as the years go by, and these children become in their turn parents and makers of homes, and so on through the generations, l)oth for time and for eternity, such work, such teaching, will tell the whole world of her success.” Mrs. Blakm- was chosen one of the speakers of the Woman’s Congress, held at Memorial Art Palace at Chicago, from May in to 22, 181)3. She was also appointed on the Board of Jurors on Ele- mentary Education in Liberal Arts Hall at the World’s Colnndjian Exposition. She was married iti 1880 to ^^r. Louis J. Blaker, of Philadelphia, and who is now agent for tlie White Line Central 'I’ransit Company, Indianapolis. They reside on North Meridian St la'et, in a beantifnl home away from the noise and bustle of city life. From hei- infancy M rs. Blaker was trained to a strong belief in the rights of women to widen opportunities for eilucation 238 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS and to a fuller share in the honors and the profits of business, professional and industrial activity than they have hitherto enjoyed. She has always labored with a bioad view. Her work is all done above the plane of personalities, and she cares little for the honors that it brings her, in comparison with the good of the cause. She has worked steadily for harmony and consolidation among conflicting interests, and with an eye single to the permanent good. William H. Smythe, now a prominent figure in the affairs of American Freemasonry, is a Hoosier by birth, born in Putnam County, near the city of Creencastle, July 2, 1846. His grandparents were born in Virginia, and were industrious and enterprising citizens of that grand old mother of States. One branch of the family, however, at a later day emi- grated to Kentucky, in which State the father of our subject was born. The mother was a native of Indiana. When William was about nine years of age he was left fatherless, and when twelve years of age he received an injury to the knee that threatened to and did make him a cripple for life. Kealizing that he must learn a trade for his own subsistence, as well as to aid his mother support her large family, he entered a shoemaker’s shop at the age of si.xteen. From the age of twelve until he had reached his sixteenth birthday he saw but few idle moments, devoting the time spent by other boys in amusement to sawing w’ood and in other occupations suitable to his age and strength. In this way he earned sufficient means to supiiort himself and to obtain the learning he so much coveted. From the time he commenced his trade he labored at it for sixteen years, but to a mind like his the work of the bench was not sufficient, though it brought him a comfortable maintenance. The desire for a better education was strong in this Hoosier youth and followed him into manhood. Many times the midnight oil was consumed while he struggled with subjects that would benetit him in coming years, and the very best books were eagerly devoured by him. Some time after attaining his majority he became interested in the Masonic fraternity and received the degree of Master Mason in Applegate Lodge, No. 155, at Fillmore, Ind., June I, 1869, serving as master of the lodge in 1878 and 1879. The year 1871 he was made a Royal Arch Mason and served as high priest of his chapter for four years. In 1874 he became a royal and select master and presided over his council for six years. He was made a Knight Templar in 1876, and two years later was made eminent commander. His marked promi- nence in the craft at this writing consists in the fact that he occupies the positions of grand recording officer of all the grand bodies of the Ancient York rite in Indiana. He was elected grand secretary of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons in May, 1878, and re-elected at each succeeding annual meeting; was appointed grand secretary of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, grand recorder of the Grand Council of Royal and select Masters, and grand recorder of the Grand Commandery of Knights Templar, respectively, on November 10, 1888, and has been elected to these several positions at each succeeding annual meeting since held by them. He has also served as grand secretary of the Grand Chapter of the O. E. S., of Indiana, the system of Adoptive Masonry in Amer- ica, continuously from 1876 to 1893, and has been treasurer of the Masonic Mutual Benefit Society of Indiana for a period of five years. The discharge of the duties thus confided to him necessitated his removal to Indianapolis, wliere he has long resided. These positions are a part of what is known as the York Rite of Masonry, but his affection for and interest in every branch of Free Masonry led him to seek and attain the mysteries of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, and he received its degrees up to and including the thirty-second degree, at Indianapolis, in 1881 and 1884. He was honored by the Supreme Council for the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction with the degree of sovereign grand inspector general, thirty-third degree, the last degree of the rite at Chicago, in September, 1886. Mr. Smythe is a man of spotless reputation and absolute integrity. The hra’d training of his early life was the thorough school in which he learned the importance of punctuality in all engage- ments and fidelity to every trust; and also mental discipline and self reliance. These at once mark his success in life, his high standing in his community, and universal respect and esteem of all who know him. His ever thoughtful and constant care of his family, as a husband and father; his prompt and most efficient discharge of the duties of the high stations he is occupying; his undeviating courtesy toward all who approach him in business relations; his kindness, consideration and accommodation to those who seek his counsel or assistance, by private request of every character; have made him innumerable admirers AXD MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. 239 aud friends in all portions of the State, and indeed in numerous localities throughout the country. William H. Kendrick, M. D. The physician is a man who inspires confidence because he is worthy of it. His humanity is expressed in the interest he takes in his patient’s wel- fare as well as for the experience he may gain while pursuing the paths of this arduous profession, in order to benefit future sufferers. Dr. Kendrick is a pliysician who has always loved knowledge and as a physician is devoted to his profession, careful in his investigations and gives all the time he can find in hisimsy life to books and periodicals devoted to medicine and surgery. He is built upon a broad gauge and he has always labored under the belief that it was his duty to gain knowledge from whatever source it came, so that it was reliable aud valuable. He has always desjiised charlatanry aud deceit in all its forms and believes in deserving the confidence of patients by pursuing strictly open and honorable methods. His range of information is broad and during the many years that he has pursued the calling of Esculapius he has won a wide reputation and a large practice. The Doctor is now in his eightieth year, for he was born in Knox County, Tenu., near Wrights Ferry on the Holsten River on December 21. 1814, and there resided until he was five years old. He was then taken to the State of Ohio and until he attained manhood he gave his father his assistance on the home farm in Preble County. He was an attendant of the common schools during his youth, and in early life was converted to the Christian religion and soon after began speaking in the cause of Christ. Some time after he was ordained to preach in the United Brethren Church, the Laying on Hands being performed by Senior H. Coombs, presiding bishop, after which Dr. Kendrick became a traveling minister and thus labored in his Master’s vineyard for several years. Owing to his health giving way he gave up this work and turned his attention to the study of medicine in the office ofDrs. Myers & Hammond, of Richmond, Ind. , and upon leaving them he went to Washington, Wayne County, where he practiced his profession for two or three years. At the end of that time he went to Cincinnati, Ohio, aud graduated from the Eclectic Medical College, after which he returned to Washington and resumed his practice. After a short time spent in Pendleton, he came to Indianapolis in 1851, and in this city has made his home ever since. During the great Civil War he was made assistant surgeon of the Nineteenth Indiana Regiment but after a time was taken from the field and placed in charge of the jiatent office hospital, which position he retained until he was taken with a severe spell of tyj)hoid fever, which so undermined his health that he resigned his position aud returned home. He was very shortly after made jirofessor in the Medical Eclectic College, of Chicago, where he delivered lectures until the great fire of 1871 swept the college away. He then returned to his home in Indianapolis where he has remained ever since and assisted in establishing the Eclectic College of Physicians and Surgeons and was made Dean of the Faculty, continuing as such three years. Although he is now much liroken in health, and is (piite advanced in years, yet he is possessed of a wonderful const! tution and his mind is as clear and active as in the days of his youth. He is a member of the Indiana Eclectic Medical Association of Marion County and was chosen a delegate to the Eclectic Medical Congress held at Chicago during the Columbian Exposition, but ill health prevented him from attending. In the field of politics Dr. Kendrick has been honored by his party and in 1891 he was elected to the State Legislature and after his return from the war was re-elected, serving in all three terms. He introduced several bills whch after ward became law, and during his first term when an objectionnl bill was introduced relative to the secession of Indiana from the Union the Doctor was one of the majority of Republic.ans who left the legislative hall to prevent the passage of the same. He was married on March 19, 1842, to Jeannette Meredith, a native of North Carolina, and a cousin of (Jen. Meredith. To them two children were born: Robert and Minerva J. Originally he was a Jacksonian Democrat in his |)olitical views but assisted in the formation of the Republican jiarty and has ever since been a stanch 8U[)porter of the same. Hiram .Moorhouh. This successful farmer was born in Warren Township, Marion County, Ind., July 4, 1834, on the farm belonging to his father, Andrew Moorhous, who was born in 'J’ornpkins County, N. Y., in 1799, and came to Indiana in 1824, entering, soon after, 229 acres of land in Warren 4'ownship of the county in which his son now resides. Before his death, which occurred in 1894, he had cleared 109 acres and made many improve- 240 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS meiits iu the way of Iniildiiigs. He was married in March, 1825, to Miss Theresa M’hite, and to them were horn eight children, as follows: Louisa (wife of Capt. John A. McLaugh- lin, who served throughout the Civil War as a member of Company A, Forty-seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry, became lieutenant-colonel, commanding that regiment, and by his wife the father of five children — Mary (wife of J. L. Fenny), Ida (deceased), Emma (Mrs. Fverett), James A. and John Gr.); Albert (who died May 10, 1890, was a corporal in Company D, Fourth Indiana, during the Mexican War and was captain of Company L, Ninth Indiana Cavalry, during the Civil War; was badly wounded at Nashville and his death resulted from these wounds); Clarissa; Indiana (married Isaac H. Shriner, by whom she has one child); Thomas; Hiram (the subject of this sketch); Sarah (who died unmarried), and Kobert (who served as sej-geant in Company L, Ninth Indiana Cavalry, was captured in northern Alabama and lost his life in the terrible explosion of the steamer “Sultana ”). J’he father of these children was a Democrat {)olitically, and a luember of the Baptist Church, as was his wife. He was a private in Capt. Bedding’s company, organized in Indiana for the Black Hawk War. and went from Indianapolis to Chicago on horseback, but the war was over when he arrived. His wife died in 1889 at the age of ninety-one years. The paternal grandfather, Nathaniel Moorhous, was born, lived and died in the State of New York, and was a farmer all his life. He was a soldier in the War of the Revolution, being a member of Capt. Bell’s company of scouts. His children were Andrew, Silas, Sylvanus, Mary and Wilbur. The immediate subject of this sketch was broirght up on a farm of 260 acres, belonging to his father, one of the patents for which l)ears the signature of John Q. Adams, another having the signature of Cen. Andrew Jackson. In the subscription schools of his boyhood days Hiram Moorhous was educated, but he attended only about two months out of the year up to the age of fourteen years. He remained on his father’s farm until about twenty-eight years of age, and in the spring of 1861 enlisted in Comjiany K, Eleventh Indiana Regiment Zouaves, of which Col. Lew Wallace was the commander. He entered as a private and served as such for three months; then, having served his term of enlistment, he became a member of Company A, Forty-seventh Indiana, and was made first duty ser- geant and six months later was promoted to second lieutenant, which rank he held up to the time of his discharge, which occurred at Helena, Ark., in November, 1863. He was in the following battles; Romney, Va. ; Island No. 10; a gunboat fight at Riddle’s Point, below Island No. 10; New Madrid, Mo.; Brown’s Plantation, Miss., where his company lost thir- teen out of twenty-one men. Although Mr. Moorhous’ health was always poor dirring his service, with the exceptioir of the first six months, he remained faithfully with his company and was always ready to report for duty. Upon receiving his discharge he returned home, and for a year thereafter was an invalid. He remained at home until 1868, then bought 160 acres of land in Warren Township, Marion County, Ind. December 3, 1868, he was mar- ried to Elizabeth, daughter of John Ellenberger, and they settled on the tract of land men- tioned. Since then he has increased his holding to 260 acres, of which 220 acres are cleared. He raises the usual farm jrroducts and about fifty head of hogs yearly, in fact is a thrifty and industrious farmer. To himself and wife five children have been given, of whom one, John A., died in infancy. Those living are: Ella E., Charles H., Frank F. and Theresa A. Mr. Moorhous was a Democrat in his political views until the firing on Fort Sumter, since which time he has been an ardent Republican. Thomas M. McKee. In the early stages of American history necessity goaded the wits of the handful of individuals from which the people of the United States sprung, and its imprint has been left upon their descendants in the shape of great mental activity and ingenuity, which characterizes them as a race. Among those who are known as representa- tive American citizens the name of Thomas M. McKee, an inventor of considerable note, takes a prominent place. He was born in Shelby County, Ind., in 1858, and is a son of Felix L. and Melissa (Jones) McKee. The father was also a product of Shelby County, Ind., born in the year 1822, and is to day the oldest white man living who was born in that county. The mother was a native of the Blue-Grass State and was born in the year 1833. She died in March, 1893 but the father is still living and finds a comfortable home with his son, our subject. He and wife were the parents of four children, two sons and two daugh- ters. The daughters died in infancy and the son, Jasper N., now resides in Brightwood, 241 AXD MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. lud. T. M. McKee came to this coimty in the fall of 1887, from Shelby County where he was reared aud educated, and he first engaged in the work of contracting and biiilding. He is a cabinet maker by trade and a man of remarkable genius in the way of inventing new machinery. Finding the building and contracting business overdone he began inventing a churn which he has recently patented and put on the market. His churn is made to run like a clock and when the drum is wound up it will run for one hour and will churn a batch of butter every few minutes. A company has been organized and the new churns are to be put on the market in large numbers for the next season’s trade. In matrimony, as in other ventures, he has been very successful. He was married to Miss Alfaretta Johnson, at Greens- burg, Ind., in 1880, and by her has one child, a bright little girl named Elsie May, whose birth occurred July 31, 1881. Mrs. McKee’s parents, David L. aud Sarah (Tucker) John- son, were Indiana people and are both dead. Mr. McKee is a gentleman of kind disposition aud pleasant manners and has a host of warm friends. Jacob B. Caskey, the most efficient engineer on the Bee Line division of the Big Four Railroad is a native of the Buckeye State, born in Wayne County, September 22, 1845, to the union of John and Mary (A^oung) Caskey. The parents were married in Ohio about 1844 and still live in Bellefontaine, that State. To their union were born five children, three sons and two daughters, the subject of this sketch being the eldest. The other children were named in the order of their births as follows; James married Miss Alice Hindi aud became a railroad engineer, aud was killed in Kansas while acting in that capacity, and his widow now resides in Brightwood, Ind. ; John, married Miss Mattie Mer rick and resides in Bellefontaine, Ohio; Maggie, married Edward Slone, aud is also a resident of Bellefontaine, Ohio, and Laura, married James Powers and makes her home in Findlay, Ohio. Jacob B. Caskey, the subject of this sketch, passed his youthful days in his native county, and there received a fair education. In 1861 he enlisted in the Forty-second Ohio Regiment under Col. James A. Garfield, and served until cessation of hostilities. He participated in twenty-seven battles and was slightly wounded at Vicksburg on May 22. At the close of the war ho returned to his native State and engaged in former duties of engineer on the railroad and still pulls the throttle on the Bee Line division of the Big Four. In the year 1868 he was married to Miss Emma Bramwell, daughter of John M. and Mary (Dorsey) Bramwell, who were among the earliest settlers of Indianapolis. This union has been blessed by the birth of six children, three sons and three daughters: Albert, is now living in Watertown, S. D., aud like his father is a railroad engineer, aud is married to Miss Laura Wilson, of Nichols, Iowa; Grade, married James Ackworth and resides in Brightwood; Walter, single, makes his home with his parents and carries on a large drug store for his father, is an e.\j)ert druggist, and is blessed with excellent business qualifications; Effie, is at home with her parents; John is also at home, as is the youngest child, Stella. Mr. Caskey became a resident of Indiana in 1866, and has ever since made it his home. For two years he was trustee of Brightwood and for the sanje length of time was j)resident of the board of trustees of this place. He is a member in good standing in the G. A. R., the Brotherluxal of Locomotive Engineers and of the K. of P. He has always lieen one of the foremost, citizens in all matters of public improvement, and is in every way a most worthy and respected citizen. Edoak M. Outlanij, M. D. Health is the most precious gift of nature, and how to retain it aud how to regain it when lost are matters of vital moment. Some obtain health in travel, others in physicid recreation and both are beneficial but they do not always accomplish the object in view. Medical science must be resorted to and a good physician employed. Indianapolis is especially favored in this respect, for she numbers many excellent physicians among her professional men. Prominent among those who have won golden laurels in this respect stands the name of Dr. Edgar M. Out. land. He is a product of t he State, born in Parke County October 12, 18t)l, and although young in years has already a knowledge of medicine that many older men might envy. Ilis father, JtJin T. Oiitland, is a nativeof North Carolina and came to Parke County. Ind., with his parents when ten years of age. He has been a resident of that county ever since and is one of its most substantial farmers. He married Miss Mary Newsom, a nativ<» of Bartholomew County, Ind., and they n(;w reside on the homest(>ad in I’arke County. Dr. Ivigar M. Outland, the oidy child born Hi 242 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS to this worthy couple, pussed liis youthful days in assisting his father on the farm and in attending the common schools where he secured a good practical education. Later he entered Earlham College at Kichmond and in 1888 began the study of medicine with Dr. Woodard, of Indianapolis. Later he entered the Physio- Medical College of Indiana from which he was graduated in 1890, and he immediately began general practice. Shortly after- ward he was appointed to the chair of physical diagnosis in the college, and held this until the fall of 1892 when he was promoted to the chair of general and descriptive anatomy. This position he tills at the present time with credit to himself and to the evident satisfaction of the college. He is a member of the American Medical Association, also the Indiana State Association, and has been president of both. He is also a member of the Indianapolis Med- ical Society and has been presiding officer of the same. On October 23, 1884, he was mar- ried to Miss Tacy J. Allen, a native of Parke County, Ind., and the daughter of Joseph and Mahala (Stalker) Allen, natives of Indiana and Ohio respectively. Dr. and Mrs. Outland are the parents of two children; Louverne and Raymond. He and wife are members of the Friend’s Church, and in politics he adheres to the principles of the Republican party. Henry Dollman. Ability, when backed by enterprising business measures and progress- ive ideas, will acomplish more than any other professional or commercial requirement. An illustration of this may be seen in the career of Henry Dollman, who is one of the most successful, and busy contractors and builders of ludiauajmlis. He was born in Napoleon, Ripley County, Ind., December, 1800, a son of Gottleib Dollman, who came from his native land of Germany to this country when a young man. He tirst made his home in the city of Cincinnati, Ohio, and having learned the carpenter’s trade in the old country he worked at it as a contractor after locating in Cincinnati. He afterward moved to Ripley County, Ind., where he became a contractor and in 1873 became a resident of Indianapolis. Henry Dollman was placed in school immediately after his parents arrival in this city, and here he obtained a practical education which well fitted him for the busy life he has led. While growing to manhood Henry learned all the details of his father’s business, and afterward worked under his competent and painstaking instruction, thus obtaining a knowledge of the trade which he could have secured in no other manner. Gottleib Dollman and his son Charles were for some time in partnership as contractors and builders, during which time they built the S[)encer house, the St. Charles block, did the work on the Insane hospital and also on many other buildings of note in the city and also the county. Finally Charles Doll- man went south to Memphis, Tenn., and Henry Dollman accompanied him and while in that section acted in the capacity of superintendent for his brother who was doing an excep- tionally extensive contracting business. In 1890 Henry returned to Indianapolis and com- menced contracting on his own account and being a thoroughly good business man, as well as being up in his trade he has prospered both financially and in reputation. He is a mem- ber of the Contractors and Builders Association, and politically has ever been in sympathy with the Republican part}". His father is still residing in Indianapolis, an honored citizen. Richard Senour. This intelligent and substantial citizen was born in Warren Town- ship, Marion County, Ind., October 12, 1837, on the old homo place of eighty acres belong- ing to his father, Edward Senour, who entered it in 1825. Here Richard was brought up and received the principal part of his education in the subscription schools which were in vogue at that time, only attending the public schools for a year or two. He quit attending school when about twenty years of age but remained with his father and assisted him on the home farm until he was twenty-four years old, then began working at the carpenter’s trade with his brother, William P. Senour, and for about two years was engaged in contracting. He then purchased forty acres of land and went to farming, and has followed this honorable employment ever since, being now the owner of 100 acres of land. Since about 1873 he has been raising, buying and selling live stock, which he has found to be quite a profitable source of revenue. His land is exceptionally productive, and usually yields about twenty bushels of wheat to the acre, and other grains in proportion. Politically he is a Democrat, and his fir.st vote was cast for Stephen A. Douglas. He and his wife have had seven children, two of whom are dead, and the others are named as follows; Mary, Edward, Laura, Helen and Elizabeth. The maiden name of the mother of these children was Eunice Bar- nard, daughter of Reuben Barnard, her marriage with Mr. Senour being celebrated in 1869. ‘243 AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. The father of Richard Senour was Edward Senour, who was born in Boone County, Ky., in 1802 and was married there to Cassandra, daughter of Richard Wells, and about 1827 they came to Indiana, entering eighty acres in Warren Township in 1825, and the year after he walked to this section from his native State, carrying his axe on his shoulder, and here dead- ened a large amount of timber on his entry, then walked back to his native State, and the following fall moved thither with his family. He soon afterward entered 100 acres in Boone County, lud., which he held until 1860, then sold. He lived on his eighty-acre tract until his death, in 1873, and there reared eight of the eleven children born to him: Joseph, who lives in Texas, married a Miss Powell, and by her has two children, Ira and Charlie; Rich- ard, the subject of this sketch; William P., who married Louisa Parrish, by whom he has one son, Frank; Mary, who married Luther Easterday, died, leaving three children, Gertrude, Walter, and Cozy; Nancy, who first married Leland Smith, by whom she had one child, de- ceased, and by her second husband, David Brumley, became the mother of two children, Frank and Jessie; Robert married a Miss Robinson and resides in Indianapolis, and James, who lives on the old home place in Marion County, is married to Allie Murphy, and has one daughter. The father of these children was always a Democrat and belonged to the Christ- ian Church, as did his wife, who now resides with her son-in-law, Mr. Brumley. The paternal grandfather, Philip Senour, was a Virginian, and at an early day emigrated to Ken- tucky. He married a Miss Glower, and to them ten children were born as follows: Edward, Adam, Timothy, Clara, and Sarah, and five other daughters whose names are unknown. The grandfather died about 187)2, at about the age of seventy years. Noah Wright was born in Randolph County, N. C., August 30, 1784, and in 1808 became a resident of Indiana, at which time there were only three counties organized in the State. He first located at Jeffersonville, where he manufactured brick the first year of his residence, then farmed awhile for a man named Holman, and then served one year on the frontier against the Indians, for which service he received a land warrant for 160 acres, which, however, he did not receive until nearly forty years later — a short time prior to his death. After the close of the Indian war he returned to his former home in North Carolina, but only remained one year, then returned to Indiana. He located in Washington County, Ind., where he was employed in clearing land, and here he was married July 28, 1814, to Susanna, daughter of Arthur Parr, a native of Rowan County, N. C. He remained in that county until 1831, then came to Marion County, where he purchased at different times 640 acres of land, and at that time also owned in Hamilton County 420 acres. He settled on a tract of 160 acres in Perry Township, not an acre of which had been cleared and there he lived until his death July 11. 1863. Seven children were born to his marriage: Betsey A., who died in 1860, was the wife of James J. Rooker, and left one son, Hiram W. ; David, died July 2, 1883, at the age of twenty years; Hiram, born June 18, 1819, and died December 19, 1888, having married Ann Hoover who bore him three children, Wintield T., Missouri and Noah; Isaac, born January 7, 1824, died January 9, 1870, having married Helen Martin who boro him two children, Alfaretta and Hattie; Polly, born June 22. 1827, died December 21, 1882, the wife of John JI. Wise; Susanna, born March 17, 1831, died November 29, 1862, the wife of Eli Haverstick (deceased), by whom she had two children, Mary E. and Chris- tina, and Jasper N., whose name follows this sketch. The father of these children was an old lino Whig and afterward a Republican. He was a member of the first Legislature con- vened in Indiana and was sheriff of Washington County some five or six terms. He was not a church member but gave liberally to all denominations. His wife died October 9, 1842. His father, Philburd Wright, was born in Maryland in 177)0 and became a settler of Indi- ana about 1813, taking u[) his residence in Union County, near Brownsville, where lie died in 1833. He was a soldier of the Revolution, and was afterward a justice of the peace for about forty years in Ilandol[)h County, N. C. Ho was married to Elizabeth Reagan and to them children were born as follows: Joshua, who disappeared at New Orleans in 1815 and was never afterward heard from; Delilah, who married John Summey; Joel, who mairied !i Miss Bii'ely and became the father of two children, Ensley and Elizal)eth; Sarah, who mar- rierl John Fontz; Noah, the father of the subject of this sketch; Levi, married a IMiss Wright by whom he had three daughters and four sons; EIizal)eth; Eli, resides in Wayne County, Ind., is married and has a son. Elmer; J<^sse, married Mary Brown and has four children. 244 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS Sarah, Mary, Eli and Noah; Mary, married John Beard and has three c-hildren, Isaac, Mary and Malinda; Elizabetli, married James Rains and has three children, Hiram, Levi and Martin; Aaron, married Rnhama Sellers and has five children, Isaac, Jesse, Philbnrd, Nancy and Elizabeth, Jasper Newton Wright. Among the thrifty farmers of Marion County, Ind., may be mentioned Jasper Newton Wright, who was born m the township in which he now resides December 5, 1884, on the farm lielonging to his father, Noah Wright. There he lived until the age of twenty-seven, his education being obtained in the subscription schools of that period, continuing about five sessions, then his father gave him a farm of U)0 acres, sixty acres of which were cleared and on which had been erected a house. He at once settled on this farm and made his home with the family of John Findley, to whom he rented it for three years. During this time he gave his attention to hauling wood off the farm to town. In 18<)b he was married to Annie, daughter of Muse G. and Jane Sanford, natives of Vir- ginia, and at that time residents of Hancock County, Ind., and to their union five children were given as follows: Elmer (who married Christina Gennaman), Susanna (who married George Kelgrice, by whom she has one son, Ira), Newton, Harrison and Jane. Mr. and Mrs. Wright are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church and iiolitically he has always been a Republican, his first vote having been cast for John C. Fremont. Owing to physical disa- bility he was not in the service of his country during the Civil War, but he was a strong Union sympathizer. Dr. David H. Harold. There is always in the medical profession some individuals who become eminent and command a large patronage, and among those deserving special recog- nition is Dr. David H. Harold, whose face is a familiar one in the home of the sick and afflicted. He is a native of Hamilton County, Ind., born February 5, 1844, and the son of Nathan Harold who was born in the old North State. The latter came to Indiana when eighteen years of age, settled in Wayne County, and was there wedded to Miss Betsey Haw- kins, a native of that county. Nathan Harold was a self-made, self educated man. In 1883 he moved to Hamilton County, Ind., and was one of the pioneer physicians of that county, and carried on an active and general practice for nearly thirty years. Although the advantages for an education, medical and otherwise, were poor during his time, he was recognized as one of the most eminent physicians of that part of the State and had the rec- ord of never losing a patient stricken with typhoid fever. His death occurred April 1, 1885. His widow survives him and makes her home in Hamilton County. Dr. David H. Harold was reared in Hamilton County and educated in the schools of the same. The early years of his life were spent in working on his father’s farm and in 1872 he took up Evangelistic work and for a long time was recognized as the “young evangelist.” He was an arduous worker and for about twelve years devoted his entire energy and time to this work, which extended over the States of Indiana, Ohio and Illinois. During a period of about ten years he averaged about 200 converts per year. The best part of his life was spent in this good work but the intense strain on the system was too much for him and he was com- pelled to abandon it. The study of medicine then attracted his attention but as he had studied and read medicine more or less all his life and as it seemed to be second nature to him, he graduated from the Medical College of Indiana at Indianapolis in 1889, two years after entering. He immediately began a general practice and this he still continues success- fully. He has steadily risen in the channels of medical life and is a physician of established reputation. He is a member of the State Medical Association and the Indianapolis Medical Society. Dr. Harold was married in 1865 to Miss Sarah J. Carey, a native of Hamilton County, Ind. Her death occurred in the spring of 1874, and in September, 1875, he was wedded to Miss Tacy Brown, a native of Boone County, Ind., and the daughter of Isaac and Phoebe (Childre) Brown, natives respectively of North Carolina and Belmont County, Ohio. Dr. and Mrs. Harold became the parents of four children, as follows: Roscoe C., died Janu- ary 23, 1893; Albert H., Anna W. and Clifford B. By his first marriage the Doctor became the father of three children: Frank A.. Ora J. and Rosetta. Ora J., who married Dr. A. T. Hunt, and now resides at Charlotteville, Ind., is the only one now living. Dr. Harold is a prohibitionist in principle and has been a candidate for mayor of Indianapolis on that ticket. He and Mrs. Harold are members of the Friend’s Church. 245 AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. Joseph K. English. There is no class of business men who more surely rear up visible monuments to their industry and their enterprise than the painters of the sightly structures which become a landmark not only locally but in the historical sense in all our great cities. Among those who have for years devoted their attention to this line of work may be mentioned Joseph K. English, who was born in Frederick County, Md., in 1824, his father being King English, a native of the district of Columbia. The latter was reared in his native place and in Maryland and after reaching the age of sixteen years he made a permanent location in Maryland and turned his attention to tilling the soil, in pursuing which he met with reasonable success. He was a member of the militia and assisted in the defense of Baltimore when it was attacked by the British during the War of 1812. In 1830 he came west and located on an eighty-acre tract of land now bounded on the south by Seventh Street, and on the west by the Lake Erie & Western Railroad, and all of which forms a part of the city of Indianapolis, and which at that time was covered with quite a heavy growth of timber. In the city of Indianapolis he died in 1804, when seventy-four years of age, having been a successful pioneer farmer. He was married in Frederick County, Md. , to Miss Mary Brown who also died in Indianapolis in 1861, at the age of sixty-seven years. They were members of the English Lutheran Church and for many years the father was an elder in the same. He was first a Whig and then became a Republican in politics, but never aspired to public position, being content to pursue the e%'en tenor of his way independent of the strife and turmoil of political life. Of tlie children born to himself and wife, the subject of this sketch is the only one now living, two members of the family having died in infancy. Joseph K. English received his edu- cation in the Old Seminary and from the early days of his youth until he reached the age of twenty-four years worked on a farm. He learned his trade under (4. D. Statts who was probably the oldest painter in the place, and after becoming familiar with every detail of the business he worked at it alone until 1852 when he formed a partnership with his old instructor and the firm of Statts & English continued until 1860. He was elected city treasurer in 1861, a position he held for four years during the war. At the end of that time he purchased a farm in Center township on Fall creek, on which he remained until 1871, when he returned to the city and engaged in the foundry and machine busi- ness as a member of the firm of Berner, English A Over and was associated with the last named gentleman until 1876 at which time he once more turned his attention to paint- ing, in which business he was associated with his son, H. K. English. Mr. English was married in 1852 to Elvira, daughter of Henry Colestock, an old pioneer of the section and a stair builder by trade, some of his most imi)oi tant work being done on the Deaf and Dumb, the Blind and the Insane Asylums. Mrs English was l)orn in Harrisburg, Penn., in 1831, and has borne her husband five cdiildren: H. King and Frank C., who are painters by trade, and their daughters are Mrs. Frank Keegan, the wife of the druggist; Julia, a teacher in the public schools of the county, and Josie, who is still at home with her parents. Mr. English and his family are members of the Lutheran Church, and he has been an officer in and is now a charter memlier of Capitol Lodge of the I. (). O. F., in which lie passed all the chairs many years ago, and also belongs to th*' R. A. Politically he has, like his father, affiliated with the Republican party. While residing in the county in 1866 he was a mem- ber of the Board of County Commissioners, in which he held the position of president at the time the court-house jilans were made and built. He was an active member of that body and was a moving spirit in the building of the Iron bridges in Marion County across the White River. In 1858 and 1856 he was a member of the city council, in fact, he has been a wide awake and jmshing man of affairs, and is with reason ranked among the upright and useful citizens of the county in which he has so long made his home. For many years, in the earliest history of Indianapolis, Mr. English was a member of the volun- teer fire department and president of the Marion Fire Company and of the Fire Associa- tion. While a member of the city council he was chairman of the committee on fire de[)artment which disbanded the volunti'er dejiartment, and draffiul the ordinance replacing it with a paid steam department which has become* one of tin? best in the countr}'. Simeon Fkazieh. 4’ho gentlemen whose name heads this sketch, has always been a po- tential element in the civilization and development of Indiana, and in his veins flow sfurdy 240 MEMOUiS OF INDIANAPOLIS English and Scotch blood which he inherited from his worthy father and mother, Absalom and Clarissa (Bnndy) Frazier, who were born in North Carolina and New York respectively. The paternal grandfather came from the land of “thistles and oatmeal” to this country dur- ing colonial days and identified himself heart and soul with the interests of his adopted country and became one of its most substantial, law abiding and progressive citizens. His son, the father of the subject of this sketch, was a mechanic by trade and was a maker of the old fashioned spinning wheel, which was extensively used at that time. He came to Indiana about the time it was admitted into the Union as a State but died in the State of Illinois in 1805, leaving a large family of children. Simeon Frazier, his son, was born in Clarke county, Ind., May 20, fS32 and there he received such education as could be obtained in the schools then in vogue and obtained a thorough and practical knowledge of the common branches. His vacations were spent in assisting in the tedious and laborious work incident to pioneer life and under the.se condi- tions he grew to honorable manhood, and during his long residence here has seen a great deal of the development of the country, and witnessed its transformation from a sparsely populated region, rudely cultivated, into a thickly peopled section, dotted with magnificent and highly cultivated farms. He was brought up as a miller and lumberman but in 1852 he al)andoned this occupation to become a clerk in a general store but finding his education some- what deficient, he decided to take a commercial course in 1854 and for this purpose entered an institution of Louisville, Ky., from which ho graduated. Immediately thereafter he be- gan keeping books in a wholesale establishment but in 1850 took the agency for the Madison and Indianapolis Railroad which position he continued to hold until 186-4, when he gave up the position to become first lieutenant of Company G. , of the One Hundred and Thirty-second Regi- ment and was in the lOO-days service, guarding Gen. Sherman’s lines of transportation. After his term of enlistment had expired he returned to his former occupation at Columbus, Ind., and at the end of eighteen months was transferred to Madison, Ind., whei'e he continued to act as agent for seven years, or until the fall of 1878, when he was transferred toludianapolis, continu- ing in their employ until 1882. His next move was to Louisville, Ky., but after residing there for five yeai's he resigned to go to Jacksonville, Fla., for the benefit of his wife’s health, and while a resident of that Stateacted in the capacity of agent for the Florida Railway and Navigation Company for one year. Upon his return to the city of Indianapolis in the summer of 1888 lie was elected secretary and director of Butler University which position he has since re- tained, and in the discharge of which he has been remarkably successful, and has vvon the respect and confidence of all interested. He was first elected a director of this institution in 1870, and served until 1885, with the exception of three years when he was absent from the city. He is a member of the George H. Thomas Post of the G. A. R.. and has been an Odd Fellow since 1858. In 1862 be was elected junior warden of the Grand Encampment of Indiana, and senior warden in 1808. He was married in 1850, leading to the altar Miss Lucy C. Vaughan, by whom he has five children: Mrs. Dill, Ella, Harry E., Charles L. and Alvin H. Ml'. Frazier and his wife have long been members of the Christian Church, and his record as an honorable man of affairs has remained untarnished, and as a citizen he has always been public spirited and law aliiding. They have reared their children to be an honor to them, and in the good graces of their acquaintances hold a prominent place, as they fully deserve to do. William H. Fulton. Insurance has come to be a necessity of modern times. One of the most destructive elements to life and property since the world began has been fire. By the match of the incendiary or the lack of care on the part of people in charge, millions of dollars are sacrificed annually. It is therefore essential that every precaution should be taken for the protection of both life and projierty. Insurance is the most effective means that has ever been devised to afford such protection, but it is a well established fact that all insurance does not insure; and in placing insurance not only the financial condition and rep- utation of insurance companies is to be considered, but the standing and character of those controlling the local agencies. The thoroughly reliable insurance agent is as necessary to a community as any one of his fellow citizens can possibly be, and Indianapolis has been especially fortunate in the character and integrity of its local insurance agents, and none of these are more ]iopular than William H. Fidton, who is the State agent of the Fireman’s 247 AM) MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. Fund Insurance Company of California in the city of Indianapolis and the State of Indiana, where it has been established for many years. Mr. Fulton was born near West Liberty, Logan County, Ohio, November 5, 1842, a son of Henry and Catherine (McBeth) Fulton, both of whom were born in Pennsylvania and of Scotch-Irish descent, and grandson of Joseph Fulton, who was born in the north of Ireland, and came to America in 1768, settling in Pennsylvania. He was accompanied by two brothers, who were soldiers in the Revolution, serving almost continuously from its commencement until its close. He was also closely related to Robert Fulton, who invented the steamboat. He was a farmer throughout life, and followed this occupation in Licking and Logan Counties, Ohio, his death occurring in the last named county at the extreme old age of ninety-three years. Henry Fulton was quite small when his parents settled in Ohio, but there he was reared, educated and became a farmer. His eldest brother, Thomas Fulton, was a soldier in the War of 1812. After resid- ing in Ohio for many years, Henry Fulton removed with his family to Branch County, Mich., in 1854, where he made his home until his death, in 1863, his widow surviving him two years. William H. Fulton resided in Ohio until he was twelve years old, attending the common schools there and in Michigan, and the high school of Fremont, Ind. After leaving school he engaged in contracting and building in Branch County, Mich. , which occupation he carried on success- fully for about four years, after which, in June, 1865, he came to Indianapolis, continuing in that business eighteen years longer in this city, during which time he gave almost constant employment to from five to fifty men, and many of the city’s finest residences and business blocks were erected by him. In 1882 he became a fire insurance agent, and for two years was an independent adjuster of losses for various companies. He then received a flattering offer from the Franklin Fire Insurance Company of Indianapolis, and for three and a half years was State agent and adjuster for this company, after which he spent one year in the same capacity with the Lancashire of England, having the agencies for four States. This work he found to be very laborious, and receiving an excellent offer from the Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company he took service with the same, with which he has since been connected. Ho has been a member of the Indianapolis Association of Underwriters for the past nine years, has been its vice-president and at present is chairman of the executive board. In 1869 Mr. Fulton led to the altar Miss Isabella Wallace, a native of the north of Ireland, and a daughter of James and Elizabeth (Walker) Wallace, and their union has resulted in the birth of five children: Bessie and Peat rice, deceased, and William W., Edwin J. and Bella D. Mr. Fulton is a member of the R. A., the K. of P. and the Repul)lican party, and he and his wife are members of the Tabernacle Presbyterian Church. Thomas Moran. Brightwood, the thriving suburban town of Indianapolis, can well l)e ))roud of the amount of brains and energy possessed by her representative business men, among whom is Thomas IMoran. who has one of the most popular meat markets of that place. In all matters relating to his Imsiness Mr. Moran is thoroughly familiar, and being honest and reliable, fully merits the confidence that has b'een bestowed ujion him. He was l)orn in Brooklyn, N. Y. , January 4, 1843, and no doubt inherits his push and energy from his Irish ancestors, his father and mother, Owen and Maj'garet (Curley) IVIoran, having been born on the Emerald Isle. In their native country the parents grew to mature years and were there married in 1837. Shortly afterward they crossed the ocean to America and located in the city of New York. There all their children, four in numl)er, two daughters and two sons, were born. They were named as follows: Mary Ann is single and resides in Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Thomas, our subject; Elizal)eth married James McCrary and makes her home in Troy, N. Y., and Michael died at the age of twenty years. The mother of these childi'en died in 1854 and the father survived lier until 1890. The youthful days of oiir subject were passed in Ids native State and he there learned the trade of sf)inner which he worlmd at in Seneca Falls, N. Y. , for several years and at other places until 1875 when lie embarked in business for himself. For the past twelve years he has been engaged in the meat business in Brightwood and gives tliis large enterjirise his personal attention. During the Civil War he enlisted in the Fifteenth New Yoi’k Volunteer Engineers foi’ the last year of the war, and served until cessation of liostilities. He served with the army of the Potomac. Mr. Moi’an is one of tin* enterprising men who have liuilt up the lieautiful suburlian town of Brightwood and made if one of the finest residence places around Indianapolis. Mr. Moran was married 248 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS ill 1871 to Miss Mary Ellen Watkins, daughter of Joel and Barbara (Burke) Watkins, who are natives of the Hoosier State and now residents of Martinville, Ind. Mr. and Mrs. Moran are tlie parents of three children, two sons and a daughter, as follows: Thomas Eugene, Joel and Mary Agnes, all at home. Mr. Moran’s history is an example of what industry, frugality and integrity will accomplish. The building in which he carries on his business is large, neatly fitted up, and well stocked with the choicest meats, poultry, game, fish, oysters, etc., and he enjoys a large trade. Philip Reichwein. This gentleman is not only one of the leading real estate men of Indianapolis, but he is one of the most prosperous and successful German citizens as well, and it is worthy to note in the beginning of this all too brief account of his life that he is essentially a self-made man, having carved and worked out his own fortune. He was born January 12, 1841, in Mezingen, Urach, Kingdom of Wurtemberg, Germany, a son of John P. and Maria A. (Wetzel) Reichwein, also natives of Germany. He came to America with his parents, landing in New York city July 25, 1852. Thence he went to Ellensville, Ulster County, N. Y., where he remained until March, 1858, at which time he came to Indianapolis. He fir.'-t obtained employment here with General Elliott, at the American hotel, opposite the Union depot on Louisiana Street, and remained with him until 1857. He was then employed at the German Turner Hall, at the corner of Kentucky Avenue and Tennessee Street. In 1859 he went to St. Louis, and after remaining one year returned to Indianapolis, where, in 1864, he was married to Miss Antonette Emmenegger. In 1868 he started in business on his own account, on the northwest corner of Market and Noble Streets. Here he remained until 1876. In the meantime he built the tine block on the southwest corner of Market and Noble Streets, known as “Reichwein Hall.” Mr. Reichwein was elected M. N. G. A. of the U. A. O. of D. at Cincinnati in 1875, and installed in Philadelphia in 1876, and served with distinction. In 1882 he was elected supreme treasurer of the same order at Richmond and still serves in that capacity, it now being his sixth term. He is a Scottish Rite Mason, a member of the I. O. O. F., became a member of K. of P. in October, 1869, of which he has served as district deputy for several years, and is now president of the permanent board of trustees of the K. of P. Castle Hall Association. From 1855 to I860 he was a member of the Indianapolis Turner Society. He became a member of the city council in 1881 and served until January, 1884. He was also elected as one of the commissioners of the tire department of Indianapolis, and served as secretary of that body. In September, 1890, he engaged in the real estate and loan business with Thomas J’. Quill, under the firm name of Reichwein & Quill, and has done an extensive business. He is a member of the Commercial Club, and has been closely identified with the business enterprises of the city for many years and deservedly ranks among the substantial business men. He is a Republican and has taken an active part in politics for years. Mr. Reichwein’ s father, John P. Reichwein, made his home with his son in this city until his death May 22, 1893, his wife having died December 26, 1 870. Mr. Reichwein possesses social and agreeable qualities calculated to make him popular with all with whom he has intercourse, and these have had much to do with his great prosperity and success in business. He is a public spirited citizen who has the best interests of Indianapolis at heart, and is ever ready to do all in his power to aid in their advancement. As a real estate man he is exceptionally well informed on values and upon all conditions affecting them either to advance or depress. He is a careful investor, and those who invest in real estate under his advice usually invest to gain.. George H. Carter. There is nothing more beneficent than an example of American citizenship and the possibilities which surround it under our American institutions. The gentleman above named belongs to a most honorable class which he adorns by his member- ship, the class familiar to us as self-made men. We often read of such. They are pointed out to us in every assemblage and on the streets of every large city. If we trace their his- tory we find that many of them are entitled to be so called, and that very many of them are in one or several ways indebted to others, or to fortuitous circumstances for the success which has come to them but which they have not achieved in a strict sense. But if there is in Indiana a man who has been truly, in all things and under all circumstances and condi- tions, the architect of his own fortune, that man is George H Carter. No legacies have descended to him; no accidents have befi'iended him. His watchword from the first has been AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. 249 that which is the secret of all the successes the world has witnessed — work. It is a short word, but it stauds for a long road, and one hard to travel, and upon which the weak and inefficient hesitate and fall. From his boyhood Mr. Carter has traveled it boldly and per- severingly, never faltering and never turning into any by paths of ease or unprofitable pleasure. The life of such a man is not interesting simply — it leaches truth. It serves as an encouragement to others who hear its story and who, in hours of darkness and doubt, have need of just such an example to make them hopeful and brave. The life of Mr. Carter has been an exemplification of sterling character and steadfast but unassuming devotion to the highest principles of manhood. Born in Kentucky in 1831 , before that country had scarcely emerged from its pioneer period, he came to Indianapolis from Fleming County, that State, in 1846, at the age of fifteen. The thtee years succeeding his coming were s])ent by him in acquiring a knowledge of the blacksmith’s trade in an old and well remembered sho]) at the corner of Mississippi and "Washington Streets. Young Carter can scarcely be said to have been seeking an “easy job.” In those days, before the introduction of machin- ery in the manufacture of so many articles, the work of the blacksmith was heavier and more lal)orious than it is now. Everything was made by hand and by the hardest labor, horse- shoes, horseshoe nails, everything that is now made in factories as well as all that is now made by hand. Those were years of weary toil for one so young, but they hardened his muscles and made him brave and self reliant. In 1849, at the age of eighteen, he went to Cincinnati and accepted a position as blacksmith on a steamer plying on the Ohio and Mis- sissippi Rivers. The youth showed his (pralities so decidedly that within a year he was made engineer of the same l)oat. He had often to repair portions of the engine and had made a careful study of its parts, and that he should have felt himself equal to the task of oper- ating it is not strange, especially in view of the fact that he did operate it safely and suc- cessfully for two years. In 1852 he fell a victim to the craze known in history as “ the Cal- ifornia fever.” For three or four years, glorious stories of marvelous “ tinds ” of gold among the foothills and along the streams of that then far away and mysterious country, had followed one after another to the East and tilled a large ju'oportion of the enterprising and venturesome ones with a desire to j)ut their fortunes to the test beyond the Rockies. In com- pany with nine congenial spirits, he started for California from Cincinnati in May. The trip is now made in 100 hours. It took Mr. Carter and his companions 144 days. In was late in September when they reached their destination, d’hose were the days of crude things. Their roadway was not leveled and iron railed. It had no bridges. Road wagons without springs were the only suggestion of Pullman slee])ers. Ox teams took the place of engines. Their eating stations were their camp-tires and they were their own cooks. They got no morning pa{)ers. s[)ent no money on barbers or boot blacks and none in stores. Mr. Carter has stated that on their line of travel churches were about 1,500 miles apart, from which it may be inferred that they did not stop by the way to listen to many i)opular divines. From the time they started tliey did not sleep in a house for six months. Yet it was not an uiq)leasant journey, and Mr. Carter has frequently stated that he would be willingto undertake it again in the same corn[)any. They were a bold and jolly lot, who made the best out of what seemed worst and Avere determined to stand together through all dangers. Occasion- ally some adventure would lend zest to the excursion. For instance, in crossing Oreen river, Wyoming, the oxen became contrary and, wheeling this way and that, upset the wagon, spilling everything in it into the water. They had a brisk time of it rescuing the different articles as they began to float away. The saw Indians frecpieutly, but none molested them. At times antelope and buffalo were browsing within rifle shot, and now and tl len the j)arty breakfasted on antelope and Buffalo steak. More than once night was made hideous by the serenailes of large packs of coyotes. Reliance on a more or less untrustworthy guide-book which they purchased in St. Joseph, Afo. , which purported to tell just where overland travelers could fill their bairels at springs and streams befoi'e crossing the desert stretches, stwei'al times occasioned a scarcity of water among them, and on one occasion they were conif)elled to |)lod through a long, hot al Church. Christian A. Hiloenbekg. This well known real estate, loan and insurance agent, whose office is at 27^ West Ohio Street, has made such a success in his enterprise and has become so jiopiilar personally that he must be included in any list of the prominent business men of Indianapolis, and for the same reason any work of the character and scope of this that did not include proper biogra])hical mention of such a citizen would be incomplete. This business was established in 1882 by Christoph Hilgenberg, father of the immediate subject of this sketch. Mr. Hilgenberg was born in Melsungen, Germany, and came to Indianapolis in 1859. Upon his arrival in this country he was without means, but he was honest, industrious and persevering, and when he came to Indianapolis was enabled to engage in the meat trade, in which he continued successfully for about twenty years, includ- ing the period from 1869 to 1874, when he lived at Richmond, Ind. By careful invest- ments in business and farm property, he in time accumulated considerable means, and he came to be regarded as one of the wealthy and substantial citizens of Indianapolis. His business judgment was good, and though enter])rising he was at the same time quite conservative, and he was truly a self-made man in the best sense of that much abused term. He was a member of the Commercial Club, and in all things had the beat interests of the city at heart. He died December 23, 1891. Christian A. Hilgenberg was born in Ripley County. Ind., March 10, 1862. He was reared and educated princi])ally in Indianap- olis, though he spent much of his early life on a suburban farm. After completing his English \ * tf:-: LIBRARY OF THE J.\MVER,SITY=OF ILLINOIS M;'* ’• AND MARTON COUNTY, INDIANA. 253 and classical education he was for a time a student in a law scliool. He early imbibetl the careful and conservative spirit of his father, and learned to apply to all his business trans- actions those principles of integrity, promptness and fair dealing which made his father popular, and he was almost from boyhood closely identified with his father in the latter’s important operations. During the latter years of his father’s life he had entire charge of all his affairs, and, having grown up in the business and managed it under his father’s advice, he was well fitted by experience as well as by natural and highly developed busi- ness ability to carry it on successfully after his father’s death. He has large property inter- ests in different parts of the city, and buys and sells city and outside property extensively on his own account, while at the same time doing a commission business handling and settling estates, negotiating loans, collecting rents and doing a general real estate business in connection with a large and growing insurance business, in which department he repre- sents some of the most substantial companies in the country. Mr. Hilgenberg is a mem- ber of the Marion CUub and is po{)ular in all business and social circles. He is an enthusi- astic cyclist and is identified with the League of American Wheelmen. In his business trips he prefers the wheel to the buggy, and he is a familiar figure on the street in his daily “spins” about the city. In politics he is strongly a Republican, devoted to the prin- ciples and interests of his party. He is a member of the Catholic Church, though at the same time very liberal in his sectarian views and very tolerant of the opinions of others. George A. Johnson. There is hardly a community in the civilized world but that recog- nizes the superior advantages to be derived from and the importance of neatly and substantially built houses, and to bring about this most desirable state of affairs it is necessary that an experienced and competent contractor and builder be employed, and that George A. Johnson is recognized as such is at once seen when the nature of and the large number of houses he has erected are taken into consideration. This intelligent and wide-awake business man was born near Jacksonville, 111., May 23, 1840, his father being Merritt Johnson, a Kentuckian by birth and a farmer l)y occupation, and a soldier of the Confederate army during the great Civil War. In the schools of his native State George A. Johnson was educated and when still a boy he learned the carpenter’s trade under his uncle, Wilson Welboru, who was a native of the Old North State, and with whom he made his home after he had reached the age of four years. In his uncle’s shop much of his time was spent and he also labored on the latter’s farm, learning lessons of industry and honesty which were his stepping stones to his pi-eseut succe.ss. Upon attaining his majority, he began contracting which ho continued for eighteen years, at the end of which time he came to Indianapolis and since that time has continued here in the same occupation, with the exception of a few years which he spent with Nordyke & Marmon, as a master workman in their woodshop. Four years since he com- menced contracting on his own account, princij)ally as a residence Iniilder, and owing to the admirable character of his work and the dispatch with which he executes all orders, he has a wide and constantly increasing patronage. Mr. Johnson is strictly independent of all social orders and pursues the even tenor of this way, swayed by no jwlitical or social faction, so far as his work is concerned. Hugo Otto Pantzek, M. D. This is decidedly the day of the specialist in medicine and surgery as in about every other department of human endeavor. The most successful and reliable medical specialists are such as have had their attention directed to their specialties in the course of a general practice. A natural adaptation for certain lines of work, com bined with the knowledge growing from the fatniliarity' with it, engenders success and repu tation in it, and eventually the demand for this sjiecial service grows to make necessary the limitation of practice to special lines. Such is the manner in which Dr. Hugo (). Fantzer and numerous other specialists became such. Their knowledge of their specialties is supple- mented atid enhanced by the extensive general knowledge of medicine and sui'gery accjuired through the valuable exj)erience of a large general practice of many years duration. Dr. Fantzer, as a general practitioner, enjoyed a rare degree of success and patronage, and to his numerous friends it will be a gratification to have placed in permanent form some account of his life and woiks. Hugo Otto Pantzer was born at Sheboygan, Wis.. June 3, 1858, the eldest child of John George and Willa ( Koehler) Fantzer, natives of Sulzbach, Oberpfalz, and liiolefeld, Westphalia, Germany, respectively, whence they emigrated to America owing 254 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS to the political troubles of the years 1848-411. Sheboygan at this time was virtually a colony of German political fugitives and their sympathizers. It was marked for its intellect- ual and musical accomplishments. John G. Pantzer here pursued the life of a tradesman with the success ordinary of a man with marked musical talent and propensity. He died in 1882 leaving a widow and live sons and two daughters who still survive him. Three of these, namely, F. Will Pantzer, proprietor of the Bates House Pharmacy; John G. Pantzer, Jr. , a commercial collector, and the subject of this sketch, being located at Indianapolis, the others continuing at their native town. Hugo O. Pantzer was reared at Sheboygan, where he attended a German (Lutheran) school two years, and then the public schools. He left high school at the age of fourteen before graduation, and went to Davenport, Iowa, where he spent one year as a draughtsman, and attache to the United States Government Survey Office at Rock Island and as a pupil of the Bryant & Stratton’s Business College of Davenport, from which he graduated with honois in l874. Enticing positions in mercantile pursuits at Davenport were rejected. He resumed his literary education at the German- English Academy (at present the North American German Normal School) at Milwaukee. Later, at the same place, he engaged as a shipping clerk and bookkeeper, utilizing his evenings for the attendance at the Normal School for teachers in gymnastics, an institution supported by the North American Turnerbund. The practice of gymnastics equipped him with improved physical health, and the calling served to be the stepping-stone to his medical career. He graduated as a teacher of gymnastics in the year 1876, and pursued this calling during five years, serving as instructor at Sheboygan and Plymouth, Wis., as private tutor in the family of a mining superintendent at Frisco, Beaver County, Utah Ter., and as instructor of the social Turnverein at Indianapolis. Meanwhile he utilized his leisure hours to improve his education by home study and private lessons. In 1878 his plans to Attend Cornell Uni- versity were frustrated by the entire loss of his savings. He felt himself forced to take up the study of his choice, namely, medicine, without a complete humanitarian education. He read medicine at Sheboygan in 1878 under doctors Carl Muth and Almond Clarke. While instructor in gymnastics at Indianapolis during 1879-81, he attended the lectures at the Medical College of Indiana, and was the student of Drs. Wm. B. Fletcher and E. F. Hodges. During this time he served as census- enumerator, and twice as deputy assessor. He graduated from the Medical College of Indiana in the spring of 1881. While teacher of gymnastics Mr. Pantzer had various honorary appointments within the gift of the North American Turnerbund, and was a frequent contributor to its official organ. He proposed the organization of the teachei's of the North American Turnerbund, which organized at Indianapolis, in the year 1881. His essay on the prize subject of the year of his graduation received meritorious distinction, and his examination papers in the competition for dispensary and hospital positions placed him at the head of the list of competitors. He served one year as resident physician to the city dispensary. Since then he has been engaged in private prac- tice at Indianapolis, excepting three years and one-half, which were spent in study and travel in Europe in 1884 to 1886, 1890 and 1891. He has attended lectures and clinics under many of the most distinguished men of this day, notably at Strasburg, Munich, Berlin, Wurzburg and Vienna. He was assistant at the surgical clinic at Munich under the direction of Prof. Von Nussbaum; has participated in the bacteriological courses at the Imperial Sani- tary Office at Berlin, under the renowned Prof. Koch; was five months hospitant at the lying- in wards and women’s division of the great “Allgemeine Frankenhaus” of Vienna, and was assistant at the surgical clinic under Prof. Witzel at Bonn, besides taking many special courses in all of the different branches of the medical science. His travels extended over Germany, Austria, Hungary, France, Switzerland, England and Italy, and included a pro- tracted stay each at Paris and London. While at Munich he prepared himself for acquiring the German degrees of doctor of medicine and practische arzt, but his application was refused on account of having no certificate of his humanitarian education. He is president of the Indianapolis Surgical Society, and a member of the judicial council of the Marion County Medical Society. He is a member of the Indiana State Medical Society, the Ameri- can Medical Association, and the International Medical congress, and consulting gynecologist to the Indianapolis City Dispensary and the city hospital. He has pre])ared and read numerous papers before various societies, some of which, read before the Marion County AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. 255 Medical Society, were referred to the Iiidiaiia State Medical Society, aud have been ordered published in the transactions of this body. In 1891, while Dr. Pantzer was preparing his change from general to special practice, he found it necessary, owing to his extensive prac- tice, to procure the aid of an assistant. He was happy in procuring the services of Di-. H. Haeberlin, of Zurich, Switzerland, at that time the first assistant to the chair of obstetrics and gynecology at the universitj' of that city, who remained with him until the spring of 1892. About this time Dr. Pantzer purchased the large and beautiful estate on the north- west corner of Michigan and New Jersey Streets (commonly known as the Beaty Home- stead) which he had remodeled and enlarged, and which was arranged and equipped with all the necessities and comforts of a first-class surgical and medical sanitarium. The energy of its founder has already made it one of the most successful private institutions of its kind in the State. Since the spring of 1892 Dr. Pantzer has devoted himself exclusively to the cure of medical and surgical diseases of women and all kinds of surgical diseases. The Doctor’s operations in surgery have included many successes in difficult cases. Among these is notable the first successful case of laminectomy (spinal surgery) performed in this State. It was reported to the Marion County Medical Society and referred to the State Medical Society. It was published in the New York Medical Journal for August, 1893, and it has appeared in extract in many home and foreign medical journals. Dr. Pantzer was married June 23, 1891, to Miss Emmy Schmidt, a native of Hagen, Westphalia, Germany, the daughter of a physician. Mrs. Pantzer is a lady of exceptionally sweet disposition and is possessed of many talents and accomplishments. She is a pupil of the Frankfort Ciui- servatory of Music, where she enjoyed the distinction of being elected to the class member- ship of Mrs. Clara Schumann. She has borne him one child, a sou, named Kurt Frederick Pantzer. The Doctor is a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason. He belongs to no church. In politics he is a Republican, but is not a strong partisan, owing greatly to the exacting demands made upon him of his professional duties. James Whitcomb Riley, the famous Hoosier dialect poet whose verses have so pleased the public during the past decade, was born at Greenfield, Hancock County, Ind., about the year 1852. His .scholastic training was not of the highest order as his youthful proclivity seemed to be of the Bohemian order. His father, a lawyer of large practice, induced him to become a disciple of Blackstone, but his career as such was of short duration as he ran away and shortly thereafter was discovered as an adjunct of a patent medicine concert wagon. For a number of years he traveled around the country following various callings, such as sign painter, actor, revising and recasting plays, songs, etc. Of keen observation he readily ab- sorbed all that was worthy being seen, and hearing all that worthy being said. Undoubtedly, during this time, he acquired his extensive knowledge of the Hoosier people, their ways and their peculiar idiom. When about twenty-three years old he began contributing dialect verses for the press. The poet, the author and the artist who have attained distinction and won the plaudits of the world, have usually obtained renown by selecting their theme from the common walks of life. Mr. Riley, in selecting the homely back woods Hoosier as his subject, with his (juaint ways and odd characteristics, and surrounding his theme with a pathos for which his jien is noted, has became a national character. Some of his best known {)roduction8 are: “Neighborly Poems;’” “Sketches in Prose and Occasional Verse;” “After- whiles;” “Pipes o’ Pan;” “Rhymes of Ohildhood Days;” “Old Fashioned Roses”; and ‘‘An Old Sweetheart of Mine.” His [)roduction “Little Orphant Annie” has become almost world- known as a beautiful nursery rhyme. Mi-. Riley is gifted as a public reader, and the popu- larity of his verses has increasecl because off his public rendition of them. His home is in the city of Indianapolis. Jacob Fkankel. Life insurance, as a business, has, in the hands of shrewd and original men, developed into a juofession and has attracted to it during recent years talent that would have made itself known in any of the higher walks of life. One of the most aecom plished life insurance rruui of Indianapolis and one [lerhaps as well known as any other throughout the State, is Jacob Fraukel, the State agent of the Michigan IMutual Life Insurance Oompany, of Detroit. Mr. Fraukel was born in Germany, aud came to the Uniteil States when a child and located in old Virginia. (Jircumstances favored his acipiisi tion of a fair education and he was enabled to return to his native land, where he gradu- 250 MEMOll^S OF INDIANAPOLIS ated from one of the best educational institutions. His home, however, was in America, and lie came back and located at Cincinnati, and while still very young located at Union County, lud. He taught school for a while and then engaged in the insurance business, with which he has been connected up to the present time with increasing success. For sev- eral years Mr. Frankel represented the Michigan Mutual Life Insurance Company at Rich- mond, Ind., and met with such success that when a vacancy occurred the State agency was offered him. He took charge in 1880, when he removed to Indianapolis. He found the business of the company in this State small and very much disorganized, but took hold with such vigor that now Indiana ranks fourth in the list. He had, of course, the advantage of representing a corporation that had made friends wherever known and whose manner of doing business is especially suitable for western people. Mr. Frankel is very active in other entei'firises and is very thoroughly devoted to the Imilding up of Indianapolis and all its important interests. He was one of the incorporators and vice-president of the Key- stone Land Comjiany, one of the largest and most wide-awake concerns of its kind in the city, which has laid out and built up some of the finest additions. Mr. Frankel is a veteran of Company B, First Regiment Ohio National Guards (Lytle Grays), which in its halcyon days won the prize for drill and appearance wherever it went. He is a Mason and member of other j)opular organizations. In ))olitics he is enthusiastically Republican. Social and hospitable in an eminent degree, his elegant home is always o])ento a large circle of friends. He was married in October, 1881, to Miss Emma Pretzfelder, a native of Mississippi, who has borne him three children : Emilie, Albert Lincoln and Columbia. There is probably not in Indianapolis a more conspicuous example of the results which follow application of tine capacity with a determination to succeed in spite of all obstacles than is furnished by the achievements of Mr. Frankel, and he is regarded by the German American element of the city’s po])ulation as in some sense its representative and as manifesting to the public that sturdy character which makes these people successful in ail walks of life. Capt. J. Stitt Neal. As early as the year 1840 Capt. J. Stut Neal’s counectiou with river navigation began, at which time he acted in the capacity of engineer on the vessel “Iris.” He was born in Pittsburgh, Penn., in 1820, a son of Zenas Neal, a native of Conn., and his youth was spent in learning the trade of a machini,st, after which he became an expert engine builder, which knowledge admirably fitted him for the occupation he afterwai’d pur- sued. In 1841 he became part owner and engineer of the “Arcade” and afterward built and was part owner of the “Revenue,’’ which vessel he sold to a sea captain and shipped as engineer on the “South America.” After this he and Capt. Fulton built and owned the “Andrew Fulton,” which sunk near St. Louis, and then built the “Hungarian,” which he commanded in the Cincinnati and New Orleans trade for some time. He and his brother, Capt. Reub. E. Neal, afterward bought the “Falcon” and changed her name to “Queen City,” l>lying between Cincinnati and New Orleans. He next built the “Grace Darling,’’ at Madison, Ind., and ran her as a packet between New Orleans and Montgomery, Ala. The two brothers J. S. and R. E. Neal then for some time operated the largest engine shop and foundry in Indiana, at Madison, during which time they built the steamer “City of Madison’’ which was lost at Vicksburg, August, 1803, by the explosion of ordnance stores with which she was loaded by the Government, there being at the time 400 barrels of powder on board. They made the machinery for some of the largest and best steamers plying on western waters, among which was the famous '‘David White,” “Edward Walsh,” “John C. Cline,” “Em- press,” and many others, and during the war they owned the “Hazel Dell,” “Sallie List,” “Sam Young” and “Universe,” all of which were in the Government employ most of the time during the war, and without doubt transported more soldiers than most of the steamers in service. In 1865 they built and owned the famous “Indiana,” at Madison, which was a very jirofitable source of revenue to him, but which he finally sold. In 1867 they built and owned the noted low pressure “Richmond,” at Madison, Ind., which was 345 feet long and was probably the fastest boat on the river. It cost him |240,000, and plied principally between Louisville and New Orleans, making the trip every two weeks. She had a capacity of 2,000 tons, had an elegant full length cabin, with accommodations for 200 passengers. Capt. Neal began his career on the river as engineer and finally became commander of his own boats. He is a practical machinist, has had an extensive experience in boat building and AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. '257 in the construction of all kinds of machinery. To these two gentlemen is due the introduc- tion of the steamboat whistle, and in 1877 the services of Capt. J. Stut Neal were engaged as assistant superintendent of construction of the building of the Insane Hospital at Indian- apolis, to which city he had moved in 1875, to take charge of the work. He was also superintendent of construction of the Federal building at New Albany, Ind. , and has recently received the appointment from President Cleveland as special inspector of customs at Indianapolis, subject to orders of the department. When a lad, like Mark Twain, he was ambitious to go on the river as an engineer and to this position he linally attained. He navigated nearly every tributary of the Mississijipi River, and during his long career as engineer, captain and clerk, of thirty years, he had many thrilling experiences, especially on the Upper Red River in the Indian Territory, before the annexation of Texas. In the business of building and navigating boats Capt. Neal has made and lost fortunes, but has accumulated a sufficiency of this world’s goods to keej) him from want and piovide him with many of the luxuries of life. He is now residing in Indianapolis where he has a host of warm friends and is highly esteemed. Politically he is a Democrat and socially he is a member of the Hendricks Club. Henry W. L.vut. The subject of our sketch, Henry W. Laut, is a councilman-at-large, a contractor on a large scale and a widely known and popular citizen of Indianapolis, who has worked his way up to prominence and the respect and the regard of his neighbors by the sheer force of his own character and by his generous and sociable fellowship. His jdace of business is at No. f350 East South Street, and his business is that of a contractor in tin, galvanized iron and slate, many of his contracts being of considerable magnitude, and his operations aggregate a very large sum every season. Our subject was born at Indianapolis, December 1, 1850, being the son of Rhiuehart and Louise (Nigael) Laut, natives of Germany, who came to America about the year 1848 and located in this city. The father was a farmer and followed that pursuit in Marion County, bearing the reputation of a worthy man and a good husbandman. He and his wife, who are now dead, j)a8sing away in Marion County, where their remains are buried, were the parents of seven children, six of whom are living, namely: Mrs. Wamperner, of Marion County; Mrs. Borneham, Mrs. Bierman, Mrs. Miller, of St. Louis; Mrs. Pope and our subject, Henry W., who is the youngest of the family. He spent the greater part of his youth upon the farm, attending the country schools, and in his seventeenth year came to Indianapolis and learned the trade of a cabinet-maker, serving a term of four years. His desire for an education that was practical was so strong that he attended a night school, suffering nothing to interfere with this, although the labors of the day were very fatiguing. Hence, while he was learning a trade thoroughly he was filling his mind with useful knowledge, and when he had completed his term of service as a cabinet maker, he had the proud satisfaction of knowing that he was possessed of a good business education. It is this kind of young men who succeed in life; for while many other young men were .spending their evenings in frivolity or worse, he was fitting himself thoroughly for the important duties that awaited him; and the idle and the frivolous and the dissipated stood no chance with him in the great arena of life. At the age of twenty-one he engaged in the grocery business, and continued the same for a ptwiod of nineteen years, bcung, as should be supposed, after such thorough preparation, very successful, indeed. His honest and straightforward methods, his enterprise, energy, ap])lication and good management com l)ining to build up a trade that was enduring and one that assured handsome returns to him. A few years f)rior to closing out his grocery business, he began his present enterj)rise and carried on both for some time, or until 1802, when the large interests involved in his affairs as a contractor, required all of his time, and he closed out the grocery l)usiness. Mr. Junit emi)loys from ten to twenty men and does a very e.xtensive business. Among the many con- tracts he has tilled is the tin, galvanized iron and slate work for the Marion County jail; for the handsome and im[)osing Commercial Club building; the German Lutheran Orphans’ Home; the 'I’utth- House; the Grul)bs House and a numl)er of otheis, as the Sclireber bnihl ing, etc. .Mr. liant is a member of the Builders’ Exchange and takes a lively interest in tin' affairs of this most imj)ortant and intluential organization. His religious convict ions are v<*ry strong and he is a sincere moml)er of the Geiinan Lutheran Chnr<-h; is a iin'inber of the school b(.)ar was first 258 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS elected to the city council in 188(5 and has since been four times elected, having served con- tinuously since that time. His pojmlarity in the council is very great, and he served at one time as president of the board of aldermen. He is everywhere recognized as one of the most useful members of the body, and his integrity and honesty, united with his experience and his decided intelligence, give him great intluence. Our subject was married in 1870 to Miss Dora Nienaber, a native of this city, who has borne him six children, namely; Anna, William, Heniy, Charles, Bertie, and Flora. IMr. Laut is a self-made man and began to earn his own living when (jnite a youth, working his way up to his present distinguished place by tireless energy and by an intelligent and honorable use of his gifts and talents, which he has never lost an occasion to improve. The fruits of his labors are many, being blessed with much of this world’s goods, a happy home with a most interesting family — a wife and children whom he dearly loves and in whom he very properly takes {rride, and hav- ing the esteem and the confidence of all who know him. William H. Bowseh. The gentleman whose name heads this sketch has every reason to be classed among the successful and highly respected farmers of Marion County, Ind., for he not only owns 100 acres of land in Center Township, but this land is exceptionally fer- tile, is carefully tilled, has a neat and well kept appearance, and is finely improved with an excellent residence, good barn and other buildings, the barn being 40x58 feet in dimensions and unicjue as well as very convenient in its interior arrangement. Mr. Bowser devotes his attention to general farming, and besides raising the usual grain products, raises a good grade of horses, cattle and hogs. Mr. Bowser was born in W’arren Township, this county, October 18, 1848, his parents being Henry and Mary Ann (Moore) Bowser, the former of whom was born in Pennsylvania in March, 1810. When but live years of age he was taken by his parents to Ohio, where he remained until he was twenty-one yeais of age, but as there were no free schools in that day, his educational ojiportunities were few and far between. However, what he lacked in book lore he made up in solid, practical, natural business quali hcations, which he put to a good use during his struggles to obtain a competency for him- self and family. He came to Marion County, Ind., in 1831, and settled in the southwest jiortion of Warren Township, where he reared his family, his sons being brought up to a thorough and jiractical knowledge of farm life. The advantages of an educational nature which William H. Bowser received were of a very meagie kind, but, like his father, pos- sessed sound, common sense and ideas of a very practical nature, which he put to a good use on his farm. He is independent in financial circumstances, a fact which he owes mainly to his own efforts, and in his section his opinion is regarded as authority on all subjects relat- ing to agriculture. October 13, 1880, he was united in marriage with Miss Florence L. , daughter of Asa N. and Margaret (Smart) Shimer, a sketch of whom appears in this work. Mrs. Bowser was born November 2, 1855, in Warren Township, where she was reared and educated. She is a woman of excellent traits of character, endowed with a fine intellect and wholly devoted to her family and home interests. Their children are four in number: Harry O. , born November 7, 1882; Maggie A., born September 0, 1885; Asa E., born July 19, 1887, and Mary Etta, born August 7, 1890, all of whom are bright, attractive and promising children. Mrs. Bjwser is a member of the Christian Church, and Mr. Bowser is a stanch supporter of the ])rinci|)les of the Republican party. Smiley Newton Chambers. Prominent in the ranks of the foremost of the brilliant circle of lawyers of the city of Indianapolis stands the name of Smiley Newton Chambers, who has a most thorough and practical knowledge of the complications of law. He was born in Edwardsport, Knox County, Ind., March 18, 1845, in which section the Chambers family has been known ever since the great-grandfather, Alexander Chambers, emigrated to the country shortly after the close of the Revolutionary War, bringing with him a large family of sons and daughters. A location was made upon Mariah Creek in a very fertile section of the county, and in the development of this section of the State the grandfather, Joseph Chambers, who was a man of unusual intelligence and force of character, became very influential and filled a number of imjiortant offices with credit and ability. His twelve children settled in the immediate vicinity of the old home, and there Alexander, the father of the subject of this sketch, was brought up. He was the eldest of his father’s family and being of an enterprising and energetic disposition settled at the town of Edwardsport, in 251 ) AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. the early forties, and eno^ai^ed in the Inisiness of sa'wint^ Iniuber hy steam power, the ])roduct of the mill being rafted down the river to southern markets. Notwithstanding his excellent business qualifications this enterprise proved unsuccessful, and in 1850 he returned to the immediate neighborhood of his birth and spent the remainder of his life on a farm, his death occurring in 186t). He was united in marriage with Rachel Keith, who removed with her parents to Knox County, Ind., from Kentucky about 1880, and as she was a woman who possessed in an eminent degree strong and humane qualities of mind and heart, she was in every respect a helpmate to her husband, and her death, which occurred in February, 1806, six mouths prior to the death of her husirand, was a severe blow to him. Two daughters and a son survived them. Up to the year 1868 Smiley N. Chambers spent his life upon his father’s farm and assisted him in clearing it ready for the plow. In that year he enlisted in the One Hundred and Fifteenth Indiana Regiment and remained in the service of his country until August, 1865; was in both the infantry and artillery service and was a participant in the battle of Nashville, Tenn., in December, 1S()4. After the death of his parents he entered Shurtliff College at Upper Alton, 111., from which institution he gradu- ated with the honors of his class in June, 1870. The following year he' read law at St. Louis, Mo., and in the spring of 1872 entered upon the practice of his profession in the city of Vincennes, Ind. In that year he was nominated by the Republicans of Knox County as candidate for the Legislature and with the rest of the ticket was defeated. In 1878 he formed a law partnership with William H. De Wolf, a well known lawyer of that city, with whom he continued associated until the spring of 1881), when he received the appointment of United States attorney for the district of Indiana, which position he held until the exj)iration of President Harrison’s term of office. His practice at Vincennes was extensive and lucra- tive and he was justly considered one of the leading attorneys of Indiana, he was engaged in many widely known and important cases. Although he has never been an asj)irant for public office he made an extensive canva.ss of the State for the Republican State ticket in 1884 and 1888 and has ever been interested in public affairs, both political and otherwise. After receiving his appointment as United States attorney he made his home in the city of Indianapolis, in the interests of which he has manifested a zeal and interest calculated to place him among the leading men of the city. Socially he is a member of the I. O. O. F. , is a thirty-second degree Mason, is a prominent and active member of the G. A. R. ; and for many years was secretary of the board of trustees of the Vincennes University, to the development of which institution of learning he gave much time and attention. May 81. 1876, he wedded Isadora McCord, daughter of William R. McCord, a prominent and intlu- ential citizen of Vincennes, and to their union a family of six children has been given. Mr. Chambers possesses all the characteristics which go to make up a model citizen and has the unbounded re.spect of all who know him. Austin Flint Denny, a son of Theodore V. and Elizabeth Denny, early residents of this county, particulars of whose lives may be found elsewhere in this work, was born July 6, 1841. At the age of seven years, as the result of an accidental in jury, lu' lost his right arm. .\fter this he pursued the jireparatory studies and took the regular classical course in Rutler University, graduating with the degree A. R. July 8. 1862. The two years next after leav- ing college, he taught with J. R. Cameron in the schools of Edinburg, Ind., sharing with that gentleman the directorship and superintendency of those schools. Mr. Denny then be- came the sole principal and superintendent of the pulilic schools of Franklin, in the same {•ounty. During his engagements in teaching he employed his leisure time in the study of law. and in 1866 terminated his career as a teacher that lie might devote his whole time to legal study. He entered Harvard University and took the regular course in the Dant' Law School, under the tutelage of those distinguished authors and jurists, Emory Washburn, 'riieophilus Parsons, Joel Parker and Richard H. Dana, Jr. He received from Harvard I niversity the degree of LL. R. July 15, 1868. A fter completing his preparatory course in law, .Mr. Denny engaged in the active jiractice of this pi'ofession at. Indianapolis, and is yet a member of the bar of that city, and in the poss(‘ssion of a respectalile practice. He was never engaged in the trial of any noted criminal cast's, but has had a fair shart* of civil liti gation, and has conducted to successful rt'sults some notable cases containing interesting (luestions of both law and fact. He tmjoys the reputation of a safe and valuable counselor 200 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS aud makes the law of real estate a specialty. Mr. Denny was married January 7, 1873, to Miss ]\Iary Elizabeth Kechn, a descendant of an old and respected family of Reading, Penn., and an efficient instructor in the public schools of Indianapolis. Mrs. Denny is a lady of rare literary taste and ability, aud has an unusually wide knowledge of English literature. She is prominent in local literary clubs aud in social circles of a similar bent. William S. McCormick. It is said that “a man’s house is his castle” therefore it behooves one to see that his “castle” is well constructed, and if pleasing in appearance so much the better. These desirable results are brought about in a great measure by the con- tractor and builder, and one who has been especially successful in this line of work is Will- iam S. McCormick, who is a representative of one of the oldest families in Indianapolis. His granduncle, John McCormick, it is said built the first house in the city, for thither his grandfather, Samuel McCormick, a Baptist minister, came in 1821 and located near what is now the Military Park. He was a worthy tiller of the soil but died in Hendricks County, lud. , whither he had moved prior to the birth of the subject of this sketch. His son, Will- iam McCormick, father of William S. McCormick, was born in Preble County, Ohio, in 1813, and died in Marion County, lud., at what is now Haughville, at which time he was the old- est settler in the county, and shortly before had been awarded a suit of clothes in 1888, by the okl settlers of Marion and Hendricks Counties, at their meeting. Like his father before him, he tilled the soil, but lost heavily during the war. He removed to Hendricks County when a young man and there spent many years of his life in useful and profitable labor. He was a Republican and Abolitionist and for many years was a member of the Baptist Church. He was married in Hendricks County to Miss Nancy Hardin, a native of Rockcastle County, Ky., lier father, William Hardin, having been a Baptist minister of con- siderable note. She died in Hendricks County, in 1872, at the age of tifty-six years. Her union with Mr. McCormick resulted in the birth of nine children, six sons and three daugh- ters, of whom five sons and two daughters survive. Four sons were soldiers in the Federal Army during the great Civil \Var, members of Company A, of the Fifty-tirst Indiana Volun- teer Infantry, and served throughout the entire struggle. Two of them were captured near Rome, Ca., and were taken to Belle Island, where they were paroled. William S. McCormick was born in Hendricks County, Ind., December 14, 1846, and received his education in his native county. In 1863 he left home to enlist in the Union army, joining Company A, of the Fifty-tirst Indiana Infantry, receiving honorable discharge in November, 1865, having been a participant in the battles of Nashville, Franklin, Dalton, Ga., and others. The latter part of his service he was on detail duty in the jiay department and at the post headquarters at Indianapolis. He returned to his home very much impaired in health and it was not until 1872 that he began to recover. He then commenced learning the carpenter’s trade, in addi tion to farming, and to that occupation has given his attention up to the present time. He moved to Clermont, Ind., about sixteen years ago, and in 1881 came to Indianapolis. After remaining in this city a short time he went back to Clermont and in 1888 took up his resi- dence in Haughville, where he has been ever since especially engaged in the building of residences. He has always been actively interested in the political affairs of the day and has always labored for the success of the Republican jiarty, of which he is an influential mem- ber. In 1868 he was married to Miss Evelyn Day, of Hendricks County, but was left a widower three years later and remained so until October 21, 1877, when Miss Savannah Smith became his wife. Of eight children born to them, four sons and two daughters are living. Mr. aud Mrs. McCormick are members of the Christian Church, in which he is a deacon, and socially Mr. McCormick belongs to the G. A. R., the K. of P. and the I. O. O. F., in which he has passed all the chairs. Christian Frederick Schmidt, deceased, was one of the esteemed and substantial busi- ness men of Marion County, Ind. He was a native of Germany, born in 1831, and there made his home until 1849, when he braved Neptune’s tender mercies and came to America, locating first in Cincinnati, Ohio. He moved from there to Indianapolis in 1858, and soon after formed a })artnership with a Mr. Jaeger in the brewery business. Both young men were poor in purse but rich in energy, and with their limited capital two lots were purchased at the corner of High and Wyoming Streets for $250, on which a rough building was erected for the purpose of a brew house. After aliout two years the partnership was dissolved by 261 AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. the retirement of Mr. Jaeger, who feared the active measures inaugurated by Mr. Schmidt for the advaucement of the business would eventually ruin the firm. Shortly after Mr. Schmidt commenced the erection of his famous brewery cellar, which was completed at a cost of 820,000. He also entered into judicious speculations in town lots, in the neighbor- hood of his brewery, which was then in the extreme southern limits of the city, but is now in the midst of a thickly populated and improved district. These lots rapidly rose in value and aided him in later years to make his business establishment one of the largest and most complete in the West. In the year 1805 Mr. Schmidt was elected on the Republican ticket to a seat in the common council from the seventh ward and served four years. During his term of office he was a member of the finance committee and aided materially is rescuing the credit of the city, the paper of which then rated at a ruinous discount. Mr. Schmidt was, until within tAvo months of his death, which occurred February 3, 1872, a member of the Guttenberg Printing & Publishing Company, and for several years a director in that concern. In all his business relations he was an honest, upright man, of large capabilities, extraor- dinary energy and progressive spirit. In his social relations as a citizen, as a neighbor and as the head of a family, he was alike respected, esteemed and loved. He was a generous aider of religious and charitable organizations and gave freely to the poor and destitute who came within his notice. During his residence in Cincinnati he married Miss Caroline Fieber, who bore him three sons, as follows: John W., Edward and Alfred. John W. Schmidt. Generally age and experience are essential to success and pro- motion. Prominent men seldom rise to distinction suddenly. But in the example before us, we have a man without any special fortuitions circumstances, rising by his own force of character, great energy and good judgment to the front ranks as a business man. John W. Schmidt is a product of Ohio soil, born in Cincinnati, in 1850. He was brought by his parents to Indianapolis in 1858, and later attended the common schools where he received the rudiments of an education. Following that he entered the academy at Hoboken, New Jer.sey, remained there two years, and then returned home where he clerked in the old Citi- zen’s National Bank for a year. After that he traveled on the Continent for eighteen months and then returning home, engaged in the brewery business. After the death of the father, which occurred in 1872, our subject and his brother, Edward, carried oti the brewery until October, 1889, when they sold out to an English syndicate. Since that time our subject has simply looked after his large interests. He is a director in the brewery yet and is a thorough- going, wide awake business man. In religion our subject is a Protestant and in politics a Democrat. He selected his life companion in the person of Miss Lily Schudel, a native of Louisville, Ky., who had been adopted by his mother when but six years of age, and their union was solemnized in the year 1885. Three children were born to this union and named in the order of tlieir births as follows: Christian Frederick, Edward and Marguerite, all bright little children. Peter Libber. This gentleman is regarded as one of the most influential and worthy citizens of IMarion County, and it is a pleasure to chronicle here the events that mark his life as one of usefulness. Material wealth must not exclude the riches of character and ability in recounting the virtues which have lieen brought to this country by its citizens, and among its most precious treasurer must be estimated the lives of those citizens who have by their intelligence and their eminence in the higher walks of life, assisted in raising the standard of life and thought in the communities in which they have settled. No one has ju'obably done more in this line than Peter Lieliei', who was born in Duesseldorf, Germany, May 17, 1832, and was educated in Europe, attending the University at Achen. Later he learned the trade of brush maker at Achen. and when eighteen years of age lie came to America, locating first at Cincinnati, where his elder brother, Hermann lueber, had jueceded him a year, and wlmre he was in business as a book binder. Within three weeks after his arrival in Cincin- nati our subject was foreman of a brush factory iu Cincinnati, enifiloying 300 hands. In this factory he remained several years, and then went to Hamilton. Ohio, where he was in the same business. Then lie, with other Germans in Cincinnati, fornu'd the town of New I Irn, Minn., and there Mr. Lieber located, and opened a general store. He also traded for furs with the Indians. In this town he was marriial in I80()|o Miss Sophia Andre, daughter of Carl Andre, and here he resided until the breaking out of the Civil War, when he enlisted 262 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS ia the Twenty second Minnesota Battery as a private, serving as such for about two years. After that he served as sutler for some time, and then came to Indianapolis, where he acted as one of Glen. Morton’s secretaries until the war closed. About that time the brewery of Gack & Biser at Indianapolis was offered for sale, and our subject and his brother Hermann and Charles F. Myer bought it, and formed the firm known as P. Lieber & Co., which con- tinued brewing beer until in the seventies, when Mr. Myer retired, our subject buying his interest. In 1880 Hermann Lieber sold his interest to William Schrever, a stock company was organized, and Mr. Lieber was made jnesident. In 1888 the deal was consummated transferring this and other breweries to an English syndicate, now known as the Indian- apolis Brewing Company, of which Mr. A. Liebei', son of our subject, is now manager. Peter Lieber is one of the prime movers in the organization of the Consumer’s Gas Trust Company, of Indianapolis. He has been one of the most prominent Germans in the State for years. In politics he was a Republican up to 1880, when the Prohibition plank angered him, and since then he has voted with the Democratic party. He was a delegate to the National Democratic Convention in 1884. In 1893 he was appointed Consul to Duesseldorf, Germany, by President Cleveland, and that position he now holds. By his marriage he became t he father of six children, five of whom are now living: Carrie, who married Frederick Francke; Albert, Laura, Rudolph and Emma. A. Lieber. At the present day lager beer is rapidly becoming the national beverage of the American people. When pure, manufactured only of the b.est material, and by the most improved processes, beer is acknowledged by leading physicians and medical authori- ties to have excellent tonic and strengthening properties, while it is also a well-known fact, that our people are notably less intemperate since the introduction of lager beer. In this connection we wish to make prominent mention of A. Lieber, a prominent brewer of Indian- apolis. Mr. Lieber was born in this city, August, 1863, and here he has passed the most of his days. He was educated in the public schools of Indianaiiolis, finished in the high school, and then attended Indianapolis Business College. He also studied under private tutors. Immediately after completing his studies Mr. Lieber entered the employ of P. Lieber & Co. (his father), as an office boy but subsequently was made bookkeeper. When the firm was changed to the P. Lieber Brewing Company, our subject was made. treasurer, and held that place until 1888, when the firm sold out to an English syndicate. He was then made director, treasurer and manager of the Indianapolis Brewing Company, composed of the P. Lieber Brewing Company, the C. F. Schmidt Brewing Company, and C. Mans Brewery. In 1889 our subject was made manager of the Schmidt Brewery, and in January, 1893, lie was made manager of the C. Mans brewery. He now acts as manager in all three breweries. He is a director in the Indianapolis Chemical Company, of the Commercial Club, and on the finance committee of the latter. He is a director in the Indiana Trust Company. In politics Mr. Lieber affiliates with the Democratic party and was the messen- ger at the last election, taking the electoral vote to Washington, D. C. He was married in 1887 to Miss Alice Barrus, daughter of Prof. Carl Barms, of Indianapolis. Three children have been born to them: Edith, Peter, Jr., and Alberta. John W. McDonald. There are few men who show as much fitness for their avoca- tion in that they are wide-awake, experienced, reliable and energetic as John W. McDonald, who is baggage master on the railroad that runs from Brightwood to St. Louis, Mo. He owes his nativity to Ohio, born in Webster, May 8, 1859, and is the son of Mark and Susanah (Hidey) McDonald, who were natives also of Ohio, in which State their nuptials were cele- brated in the year 1842. Eight children were the fruits of this union, three sons and five daughters. Of the sons, Joseph was an attorney and lived at Greenville, Ohio. He was twice married, first to Miss Ann Elliott, and afterward to Miss Elizabeth Lavy, who now survives him. Aaron married Miss Sevilla Gecting and now resides in Galveston, Ind., and John W.. the subject of this sketch. The daughters were named as follows: Margaret, born in Ohio, became the wife of Jacob Reck and now resides at Horatio, Ohio; Tas Martha became the wife of William Carey and resides at Versailles, Ohio; Mary resides at Douglas, Kas., and is the wife of Lyman Foutz, and Sarah married Fernando Mitchel, and is now a widow residing at Webster, Ohio. The father of these children died in 1866 and the mother j)ass.'d a vay in 1873. They were worthy and much esteemed citizens. The youthful days 263 AXD ^fARIOX COUNTY, INDIANA. of our subject were passed in his native State, but for many years he has been a resident of this county. He is a man of good habits, is well versed in all literary matters, and is deeply interested in all public enterprises. He was married August 12, 1882, to Miss Celia S. Hart, daughter of Amos and Martha (Cooper) Hart. The prominent physicians, Drs. Cooper & Cooper, of Kokomo, Ind., and Dr. Cooper of Des Moines, Iowa, are uncles of Mrs. McDonald. Mr. and Mrs. McDonald have no children. Mrs. McDonald has been blessed with a decided taste for art. and as a crayon artist stands in the front rank with any in the State. Her landscapes are above criticism, and in that line she has no superiors and very few equals in the Northwest. She is a natural artist and in her beautiful home may be found some fine specimens of her handiwork. Hiram Harden Hall. The older members of a community are doubly entitled to the respect and esteem of their neighbors when their long lives have been replete with acts of kindness, and their whole career marked by integrity and uprightness. The time honored and respected gentleman whose name appears at the head of this sketch, came, originally, from the Blue Grass State, born in Bourbon County, near Paris, November 18, 1824, and until eight years of age remained on his father’s farm in that State. In 1832 the father moved with his family to the “ Hoosier State” and purchased a tract of land comprising 160 acres situated in Section 3, Township 14, Range 5 east, in Rush County. On this farm the subject of this sketch remained with his father, whom he assisted in the work of the farm, and attended the district schools in the vicinity of his rural home, in which he obtained a fair knowledge of the three R’s. The old log school-house he first attended had a puncheon floor, greased paper for window lights, a mud and stick chimney, slab benches, in fact, all the paraphernalia of the old time pioneer school-house. In 1846 he attended the high school at Rushville, where the higher branches were taught and where he made fair progress in his studies. March 25, 1852, he led to the altar Miss Isabelle Maze, a native of Kentucky, as was also her father, John Maze, who subsequently moved to Rush County, Ind. This union resulted in the birth of two children: Isophine and Albert Washington. In 1860 Hiram H. Hall moved to Marion County. Ind., and purchased forty acres of Section 5, Township 14, Range 5 east. In 1868 he added forty acres to this tract, and in 1887 eighty acres more, thus making a fine farm of 160 acres, worth at least $80 f)er acre. On September 6, 1868, he was called upon to mourn the death of his faithful wife, who left to his care their two children. On April 17, 1878, he took for his second wife Miss Prudence Gertrude Hougham, of Johnson County, Ind., and to their union two children were born: Pruira Lenore, who was born July 8. 1879, and Thurman Thomiison. who was born March 4, 1882. The mother of the second children was a graduate of Franklin College in the class of 1877, and for a number of years had been an earnest and consistent member of the Regular Baptist Church, in which faith she died February 2, 1892. at the age of forty two years. Mr. Hall’s daugh- ter Isophine was united in marriage to John Wilson in 1882, and to them three children weie given: Otto; Lizzie; and Wilbeit Harden, who died IMarch 6, 1892, at the age of six- teen months. Albert Washington was manied to iMiss Ida Morgan, and by her became the father of three children: Ray. Stella and Ida. I’he latter died at the age of two weeks and the mother died when her little daughter was born, August 20, 1889. I\Ir. Hall has always been a public-sfiirited gentleman, and in the year 1S62 was elected assessor of Franklin Township and filled that position capably for ten years. He was subsequently elected to the position of trustee of Franklin Townshij), and .succeeded himself to this position, serving four years. He is an excellent citizen, a man of practical and intelligent views, and in good financial circumstances. Henry AIathewh Kemper. It is a pleasure to chronicle the history of a man whose life has l)een one of honor and usidulness, and although he has considerably passed the zenith of of his career, Mr. Kemper has accumulated a fortune that enables him to enjoy to the fullest extent the comforts of a home that is made beautiful by the swi'et spirit of kindliness and mutual appreciation among the members of the family. He comes of good old Kentucky stock, his father, Nimrod Kemper, liaving been l)orn near Lexington, Fayette C’ounly, Ky.. in tlie latter part of the eighteenth century. In 1832, with the ambition, courage ami sturdy manhood wliicli have always been distinguish<*d characteristics of American pioneers, Nimrod Kemper j)U8hed into Indiana and entered 16t> acres of land in k’ranklin 'rownship, Marion 2t54 MJ£M01I{S OF INDIANAPOLIS County, on the Shelbyville Road. This tract was coverd with a dense growth of green timber, and clearing a few acres he hired men to build a log cabin, 18x2() feet. Previous to coining to Indiana, Mr. Kemper was married to Miss Polly Mathews, daughter of John Mathews, and in the log cabin in Marion County this worthy couple began their career as ))ioueers. The fall they moved they rented a farm in the same township, sowed some wheat and later put in a big crop of corn. The same fall they partially cleared twenty- one acres of their farm, cutting out trees that where a foot or so in diameter and burning them. In the spring of 1838, they planted twenty-one acres of corn and raised a big crop. The mother died the fall after they moved to Indiana. She was the mother of eleven children by her union with ]\Ir. Kemper, as follows: John, deceased; Nancy, deceased, was the wife of Daniel Gror; Rebecca, deceased, was the wife of Peterson Parr; Peter, deceased; Jackson A., deceased; Henry M., our subject; Diana, deceased, was the wife of Walter Wheatley; Nimrod; Polly A., wife of Joseph Wheatley; Tilman, deceased, and Ambrose, deceased. After the death of Mrs. Kemper the father selected his second wife in the person of Miss Lucy Sercy, who bore him two children, Susan, wife of John Sercy, and Jane, wife of Thomas Waller. The mother of these children still survives. The paternal grandfather of our subject, Tilman Kemper, was born and reared in the grand old mother of States, Virginia. He was a soldier in the Revo- lutionary War, and afterward settled in Kentucky, where he passed the remainder of his life on the land allowed him in Fayette County. The father of our subject raised a company for the War of 1812, but peace was declared before it was mustered in. Henry Mathews Kemper was born in Owen County, Ky., November 15, 1816, and remained on his father’s farm in that county until sixteen years of age, attending school only during the winter seasons. Sometimes his terms were limited to two weeks. On September 9, 1832, became with his parents to IVIarion County, Ind., and assisted in giuibbing and clearing the home jilace. By the time he was twenty years of age he hired out to neighboring farmers and continued this for two years. After that he began learning the carpenter trade and for about fourteen years worked at that, most of his patronage being in Indianapolis. For over five years after this he worked in the peg and last factory in Indianapolis, owned by J. R. Osgood. In 1854 he bought eighty-six acres in section 32, Franklin Township, and on the sixteen acres already cleared was a log cabin of one room eighteen feet square. Very soon Mr. Kenqier made additions to the cabin and it was very comfortable, but in 1883 he erected !i nice frame house where he now resides. He was married December 19, 1839, to Miss Mary Chinn, daughter of John P. and Elizabeth (Pegg) Chinn, the father a native of Ken- tucky and the mother of Virginia. Nine children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Kemper; Cliarles W., born October 27. 1840, and died March, 15, 1847; Martha A., born August 4. 1842, married John J. Belles, and thev have three children, Julia, Della and Harrv; Samuel M., born August 30, 1844, married Rachel A. Sweeney, and they have these children, Henry F., Martha M., Lulu; John L. , born December 28, 1846, married Miss Julia -McMillen, and they have three children, Eldoras B., Marion B., and Roy; Mary E., born June 26, 1849. married John M. Kelly and they have eleven children as follows, Edward, George, Levi P., Alfred A., Lily, Mary A., William, Robert, Maude, Clinton and Gertrude; Daniel G., born Se])tember 21, 1851, died August 23, 1852; Mahala B., born June 5, 1853, married Thomas S. Eaton (see sketch); George S., born June 5, 1853, is unmarried, and Laura V., born September 17,1861, died April 23, 1863. Our subject’s son, Samuel enlisted in Com- pany D, Sixty-third Regiment, Indiana Infantry in August 1862, and served with that regiment until cessation of hostilities. He was in sixteen of the most prominent engagements of the war. as follows: Buzzard’s Roost, Resaca, Burnt Hickory, Kenesaw Mountain, Chatta- hooche, Atlanta, Lost Mountain. Jonesboro, Cassville, Columbia, Franklin, Altoona, Nash- ville, Fort Anderson, Toon Creek and Willington. In his political views Mr. Kemper was reared a Democrat but later became a Whig and finally a Republican, which ticket he votes at the present time. He is a member of the Masonic Fraternity, Pleasant Lodge, No. 134, and for about fifty years has been a member of the Missionary Baptist Church, in which he held various offices. He has refused numerous recpiests to serve as justice of the peace, but has served as supervisor in his township. John P. Chinn, the father of Mrs. Kemper, was a s)ldier in the War of 1812, and after cessation of hostilities returned to Kentucky, where he married Miss Elizabeth Pegg. In 1826, he and his bride came to Indiana, settled in Ax\D MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. 26.-) Clarion County and bought forty acres of timber land. There they made their home until about 1848, when they moved to Hendricks County, Ind. and there the father died of cholera in 1851. He was the father of nine children, as follows: Nancy, deceased, was the wife of Mathew Smock; Mary, wife of H. M. Kemper; Eliza J., widow of John P. Childers; Thomas, deceased; Martha A., wife of William McFarland; John P. ; Elizabeth A., deceased; Lucy, deceased, was the wife of Loring Reynolds, and Zarelda, wife of AV. G. Wright. The mother of these children died April 9, 1839, aged fifty years. The father was a Democrat in politics, and a Baptist in religion. Mrs. Kempers grandfather, Thomas Chinn, came to Indiana when an old man and for some time kept tavern on the site of the Old Little Hotel, Indianapolis. Henry Spielhoff. Among the very many successful, experienced and competent contractors and builders of Indianapolis there are none who deserve more honorable men- tion than Henry Spielhoff, whose place of business is at 189 Coburn Street, for he has been actively following his trade in this city since 1865, and has pursued it with more than ordinary success. He is a native of Prussia, in which country his birth occurred in 1829, his father being William Spielhoff, who lived and died in that country. He was a man of much intelligence, was highly educated, and followed the calling of a school teacher, and it was under his able instruction that young Henry obtained his knowledge of the “world of books.’’ He finished his education in the Polytechnic Institute, where he learned the theory of the carpenter’s trade, and later the practice, while serving a three years’ a})prenticeship in his native land. He showed his intelligence in 1859 by coming to the United States, and almost immediately after locating in Indiana})olis he commenced working at his trade and has followed it with satisfactory success up to the present time. While in the old country he served his allotted time in the German array, from 1848 to 1851, and from that time until his removal to this country he was engaged in contracting, so that upon his arrival in this country he was enabled to continue his work uninterruptedly. He continued it alone until 1865, at which time he formed a partnership with Fred Prange, of this city, l)ut which partnership was later dissolved. In 1869 he removed to Tell City, Ind., where he was for some time engaged in tlie manufacture of furniture, and while there he was also j)resident of the Cabinet Makers TTnion of that place. At the end of four and a half years, or in 1873, he returned to Indianapolis, and has since l)een in business here, a short time l)eing associated with Christian Miller. He has for some time jiast been in business alone, and during this time he has erected some edifices which are greatly to his credit, among which may be mentioned tlie Loraine Block, Turners’ Hall and various other large luisiness buildings and numerous handsome residences. Mr. Spielhoff is a member of the Builders’ Exchange, was ])residpnt of the Liederkranz three terms, and is now an honorary member of that order, and socially belongs to the I. O. O. F. and the A. F. & A. M. Polit- ically he has been associated with the Repul)lican8, but for the last eight years with the Democrats. He was married in 1852 to Miss Fredericka Helle, a native of Prussia, and to their union ten children were given, of whom William who is the only surviving son and the eldest member of the family, is foreman for his father. Prof. Archibaed M. IIali,, who has attained considerable prominence in his chosen piofession teaching — is a product of the Keystone State, born in Laughlinlown, Westmore- land County. July 27, 1863. His early scholastic training was received in the common schools, ami later he attended the normal school, then taught by Prof. I. IM. Graham. After |)assing a county examination he commenced teaching at the age of seventeen and continued this for two years in his native county. During the year 1882 he acted as principal of the school in Laughlintown, bnt in the s[)ring of the following \'eiir he came to Irvington, Ind., and graduated from Butler University in 1888, with the degree of A. B. From there he went to Winchester, Ind., as jjastor of the Christian Churcli, but ])art of the time he was juincipal of the high school in that town. Resigning that position he returned to his alma mater ami look a post graduate course. During this time, he, with others of the alumni, crf‘at(*d a theological department, with Prof. Garvin as the head and moving 8j)irit. Prof. Hall b(*gan teaching in Butler University in the session of 1891, his department being Hel)rew, and in 181(3 he had full charge of that department. He received thtion. John Wocukk. Among the most enterprising and successful of the representatives of great tire insurance companies in this city. Mr. Jolin Wocher deserves prominent notice. He represents eight of the largest and leading insurance companies, and it is obvious that the most implicit confidence can t)(> placed in him, for his experience and technical knowledge of the l)usiness reaches that of ati expeit. This business, established many years ago, was one of the original insurance agencies, known as th(^ I'ranklin Agency, which Mr. Wocher succeeded to in 1888. Since that time the business has increased in a wonderful manner, and is among the leading ones of the city at the jna'sent time. Mr. Wocher was born in (.'incinnati, Ohio, April 23. 1856, and he is a son of John and Rejina (Feiner) Wocher, natives of Wnrtemberg. Germany. 'I’he parents came to the United States about the year 181. ). and in the yeai' 186.5 settled in Indianapolis whei'e the father followed the trade of stone contractor. J'heia* his death occurred in 1886. His wife survives him. The original of this notice was about nine yeais of age when he came to 1 ndianaj)olis and he was reared and educated in the public schools. After finishing liis education he entered a baidv as mes- senger and was connected with the same ten years, being teller of the same at the time of leaving to engage in his present business. Air. \\'ocher has served as ])resident of the Franklin I’ire Insurance (Company for thre(* years. He is also engaged ({iiite extensively in the i-eal estate l)nsinesH, and having a wide ac(|uaintanc(Mmd being W('ll known to capitalists and owners of prof)et ty, has built up an excelletit clientele in the city and vicinity. He is a man of mmdi business acuimm and is well and favorablv ktiown in finaticial and business circh's. .Mr. Wc^clnu- selecteeaking. In his political predilections he is a stanch Republican. 270 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS Peter C. Hansen. Among the numerous firms of real estate dealers whose combined operations have given such a wonderful imj)etus to the realty market of Haughville, a prom- inent place in the foremost rank is due that of Nelson & Hansen. Both are gentlemen of excellent Imsiness training, and bring to bear a perfect knowledge of values, present and prospective, of real estate not alone in Haughville and vicinity, but throughout the whole county. They carry on a general real estate lousiness in all its branches, selling, exchanging, leasing and letting all kinds of property for business, residential, farming or purely specula- tive purposes, of which they have at all times long lists on their books. Mr. Hansen is a native of Denmark, born ISeptember 10, 1850), and his parents, Hans Peterson and Karen Cornelius, were natives of the same country where they reside at the present time. Peter C. Hansen grew to manhood and received his education in l)is native country. When twenty- five years of age he came to America and direct to Indianapolis, Ind., where he resided for a year. He then came to Haughville and there he has since resided. He began his career in the latter place as an employe in the Malleable Iron Works, later engaged as painter and contractor. After this he owned and operated a meat market for four years when he sold the same and embarked in his present business. He has been carful, industrious and econom ical and owns })roperty in North Indianapolis and Haughville. He is keen and shrewd in business and is well and favorably known in the town. Mr. Hansen was married shortly after coming to tliis country to Miss Christina Gorgenson who died four years later. His second marriage was to Miss Caroline Huber, a native of Ohio, but who was reared and edu- cated in Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Hansen are members of the Danish Lutheran Church, and in politics he supports the principles of the Ilepublican party. Mr. Hansen is a self-made man and deserves much credit for his perseverance and energy. He was obliged to begin the l)attle of life for himself at the tender age of thirteen, and before he came to America, worked for an extensive dairy which employed several hundred hands. Through faithful performance of duty he became an overseer of this extensive enterprise and continued in that capacity until coming to America. At the time of coming to this country he was unable to speak a word of English and when he landed in Haughville his entire possessions did not exceed more than $5. The industrious and energetic qualities were inherent in him and he soon secured a good situation and came to the front, educating himself in the English lan- guage. He has been unusually successful and it is alone due to his persevering and indi- vidual efforts. In a comj)aratively few years he has accumulated property valued at about 18,000, and he stands well in the community in which he lives. Samuel Hanway Teneyck. The exl'au tless pages of history fail to disclose an older or more honorable calling than that of the druggist, a j^rofession variously designated under the titles of chemist and apothecary. The science of preventing and curing disease is a noble one, and one which enlists the aid of the druggist to a wide degree. A well kept estal)lishment of the kind is that owned and operated by Samuel H. Teneyck, at the corner of Illinois and Thirtieth Streets, Mapleton, Ind. Mr. Teneyck is a native of Indianapolis, his birth occurring here August 25, 1870, his parents being Edward and IMartha (Hanway) Teneyck, the latter of whom is a daughter of Samuel Hanway, ex-county treasurer of Marion County. The subject of this sketch was the eldest of his parents’ two children, and his brother Edward was born in 1877. Almost from the time he left his cradle Samuel H. Teneyck was trained for the life of a business man, and was given a practical education in the public schools of the city. After reaching manhood he was for many years a partner in the large contracting firm of Hanway & Lancaster, but about one year ago, as the contracting business was light, he turned his attention to other pursuits, and is now conducting his well stocked and artistically arranged drug store at Mapleton. He was married January 1, 1887, to Miss Dovie C. Lancaster, daughter of George \V. and Hattie (Blue) Lancaster, who were among the early settlers of Indiana, their parents locating here when the State was in its infancy. They at once took and held a pi-ominent position in the State, and are justly con- sidered among its moat honorable and eminent citizens. Mr. and Mrs. Teneyck have a pleasant and comfortable residence at the corner of Marion and Thirtieth Streets, where they are carefully rearing the two bright little children that have been given them- — George Lan- caster, born July 28, 1888, and Clyde Hanway, born February 18, 1890. IMr. Teneyck’ s father came from Ohio to this region, and his grandfather was the first grocer in Indianap- 271 AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. olis. Edward learued iLe calliug uf a railroad eugiueer in larly life and has followed that calling ever since. He and his wife reside in Indianapolis, of which city they are inHuential and upright inhabitants. George W. Lancaster, Mrs. Teneyck’s father, has always been closely identified with the public affairs of Marion County, and for two teiius w’as trustee of Washington Township, and in many other ways has helped to guide the public affairs of his section successfully. When the great Civil War broke out he enlisted as captain of Com- pany K, of the Forty-third Indiana Volunteers, and served throughout the entire war, his position as a soldier being as prominent as his position as a citizen. With such influences on his wife’s side and all his business training, together with as fine a record on his father’s side as any young man ever had and his fixed habits of sobriety and industry, there is no reason to believe that such an enterprising young business man as Samuel H. Teneyck should be left in the race for wealth and fame. WiLL.\RD G. Gordon. Few, if any, among those engaged in the real estate business in Indianapolis maintain a higher reputation for integrity and reliability^ than Mr. Willard G. Gordon. He buys, sells, rents, leases and exchanges all classes of impioved and unim- proved reality, is thoroughly experienced in these matters and has quickly established him- self in popular favor and patronage, numbering among his clients many of the solid and wealthy' citizens of this community. He possesses an intimate knowledge of the best resi- dential and business properties in the city and has upon his books some of the choicest property' to be found anywhere in Indianapolis and vicinity. He is notary public, and in connection with his immense real-estate business is engaged in insuring, making quite as much of a success in that as in the real-estate business. Like many of the prominent men of the county, he is a native of the “ Buckeye ” State, boin in Butler County, December 11, 1857, and his parents, Riley and Elizabeth (Jones) Gordon, Avere natives of the same county. The father was a lawyer of considerable prominence and in 1809 he moved his family to Indiana, settling in Morgantown, Brown County, where he practiced his profes- sion for many years. There the family resides at the present time. The paternal grand- parents of our subject were pioneers of Butler County, Ohio, and much esteemed citizens. The maternal grandparents were natives of Wales. Our subject took the ordinary public school education in Brown County, and after engaging in varioirs enterprises began the study of law, being admitted to the bar at Martinsville in 1884. After practicing law for a num- ber of years he came to Haughville, Marion County, Ind., in 1899, and after a residence of about ayear at Mount Jackson he embarked in his present business, which he has siqce carried on successfully. He is secretary and treasurer of the local board of the German American Building & Loan Association, and has quite an extensive business in this line. Aside from this he is also president of the Haughville School Board, a member of the I. O. O. F., being treasurer of Puritan Lodge, No. 678, and is also a member of the K. of P. On September 9, 1891, he married Miss Leonora Norris, whose birth occurred in Marion County, Ind., and who is a daughter of Martin V. and Sarah J. (Brown) Norris. One child, Harry V.. has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Gordon, his birth occurring August 12, 1892. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon are consistent members of the Presbyterian Tabernacle Church of Indianapolis. Mr. Gordon is a Democrat in politics. Stanton W. Haw'key. There is no more important business in a community or one in which its exponents are in greater demand than the brick contractor, for the majority of buildings at the present day are made of this material, and it recpiires a man of undoubted intelligence, as well as experience, to make a success of this line of work. Such a man is Stanton W. Hawkey, who has been a contractor and builder of prominence for a number of years past. He was born in Sidney, Ohio, in 1848, being a sou of William Hawkey, a native of the Old Dominion, who, after his removal to Ohio, settled in Shelby County, of which section he was one of the early pioneers, and where the remainder of his days were spent. He was quite an extensive contractor of brick and erected many iriifiosing liuildings. He was a man of keen discernment and excellent busim'ss judgment, and ho succeeded in accumulating a considerable amount of this world’s goods. Stanton W . Hawkey received his education in the schools of Sidney and his native county, and when still a I)oy commenced working at his trade, at whicli he finished his aiiprenticeship in the State of his birth. In 1871 ho came to Indianapolis and worked as a journeyman 272 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS until 1870, wheTi he returned to Ohio and remained two years. He then came hack to this city and with the exception of two years wliich he spent witlj Henry Cook he has been in business by himself. He erected the Indianapolis Chair Company Works, but has devoted most of his attention to residence work, in which he has done exceptionally well. He was at one time a director of the Builders’ Exchange, and is still a member of th'at body and an active worker for its success and welfare. His business is sufficiently exten- sive to necessitate the employment of about twenty-live men throughout the year, and as he employs none but those who thoroughly understand their business and himself person- ally superintends them, his work is strictly first class, and this is a fact that has long since come to be recognized. Mr. Hawkey was married in Sidney, Ohio, in 1870, to Miss Clara Lenox, of Shelby County, by whom he has one daughter. He and his wife are mem- bers of the Seventh Presbyterian Church and move in the most refined social circles. Caleb Johnson. This gentleman is one of the oldest settlers of Marion County, Ind., and is now a resident of Decatur Township. He was born in Wayne County, Ind., April 8, 1810, in which county he was brought uj> and where he received a somewhat limited educa- tion in the old log school-houses of that day, which were conducted on the subscription plan. He attended irregularly for about three monlhs of the year up to the age of seventeen, at which time his schooling ceased and his time was then given to assisting his father on the farm and in aiding the various farmers in the vicinity. His seventeenth year was spent in laboring in a saw mill for Nathan Compton, for which he received flOO, and the following summer he assisted his father. About this time his grandfather loaned him $100, and with that sum and with what he had saved he entered eighty acres of land in Randolph, County, Ind., at $1.25 [)er acre. In September, 1888, he married Miss Lydia, daughter of Willis and Rebecca Whitson, natives of the Carolinas, and for one year after his marriage he lived in Wayne County, and farmed on rented land. In the fall of 1839 he came to Marion County, Ind., his wife being the owner of eighty acres in Decatur Township, which land was entered by tier mother in the name of her daughter (Mrs. Johnson) some eight or ten years prior. On this tract ten acres of timber had been deadened, but the underbrush had grown up very rank and made it almost as difficult to clear as if it had been covered with timber. Here Mr. Johnson settled and at once commenced the erection of a log cabin. He hired two or three men and he put up what was then considered a good hewed log house, 18x20 feet. It was a one-story building, with a dirt chimney and plank door, and clap- boards covered the tloor in the loft. The beds he made him.self, boring holes in the logs for the cross pieces, and the floor was of loose planks and the roof was also clap boards. When Mr. and Mrs. Johnson moved into this house it had no door, but this he soon remedied, and his table and most of his chairs were also homemade. That winter he cleared eight acres and the following spring planted it to corn. Here he lived about seven years, and then he put up an old style frame 18x40 feet, one story in height, in which he lived until 1879, when he put uj) the handsome two-story building he now occui)ies. In 1847 Mr. Johnson added twenty- five acres to his land, and in 1851 forty acres more. In 1855 he j)urchased eighty acres, for which he paid $25 per acre. In 1865 he bought eighty acres for $45 per acre, and in 1871 added forty acres more, for which he paid $2,200. To Mr. and Mrs. Johnspn chil- dren have been born as follows; Ann, who died in 1881, was the wife of Amos Doan; Willis, who married Sarah J. Edwards, has two children, William A. and Ora A., both of whom are married; Mary died in infancy; Silas married Martha A. Gossett and has a daughter, Ella A., who is married; Henry died in infancy; Rebecca, who married William Jackson, has two children, Lydia A. and Alida, the former of whom is married, and John W., who is married to Dinah Ferguson, by whom he has one daughter, Sarah L. Mr. Johnson has given each of his children real estate when they started out in life for themselves, Imt still retains a good farm of 160 acres, the income from which is amply sufficient for his wants. He has cleared 100 acres of land in Marion County, and is in every way a practical and thrifty farmer. He is a member of the Friends’ Church, in politics was formerly a Whig, later a Republican, and is now a stanch supporter of the Prohibition party. His father was Charles Johnson, who was born in Guilford County, N. C., in 1797, and lived there until about 1812, at which time he came with his father, James Johnson, to Indiana, locating in Wayne County, near Richmond. There he spent the principal part of his life as a 273 AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. farmer. He died in 1S72, at the re.sideiice of liis son, Dr. Abijah Jolinsou, in Earlliani, Iowa. He was a Quaker, as was his fatlier before him, and was twice married, tirst in 181H to Mary, daughter of Robert and Martha Comer, natives of North Carolina, and to their union four children were given : Caleb (the subject of this sketch); Martha, who married Ezra Bishop and became the mother of three children, Angeline, Phcebe and Rebecca; Betsy A., widow of Enoch Marhall, resides in New Paris, Ohio, .and has these children : James C., Mary, Ethelinda and Samuel, and Mary (deceased) was first married to James Smith, by whom she has one child, Albina J., and by her second husband, John Jeffrey, had three children. Job, Alpheus and Martha. For his second wife Charles Johnson took Nancy Beeson, and eight children were born to them : Charles A. ; Isaac K. ; Sarah J., who mar- ried Charles Kennedy; Jesse; Eliza, who first married Harvey Lyon and after his death a Mr. Hollingsworth; Dr. Abijah; Eli, and Rhoda, who married Wesley Mendenhall. The mother of the subject of this sketch died about 1827. The paternal grandfather, James Johnson, was born in 1751 in North Carolina and came to Indiana about 1812, settling in Wayne County, where he followed the calling of a farmer and died in 1838. He was also twice married, his tirst wife being Elizabeth Mills and his second Miriam Jones. By liis first wife his children were: Elizabeth (Morgan), Sarah ( Jones), Judith (Russell), Josiah, Hannah (Roberts), Charles and Prudence (Cook). The [)aternal great-grandfather was born in England and was an emigrant to this country early in the sixteenth century. Jesse Wright, well and favorably known throughout Marion County, and particularly in Wayne Township, of which he served as trustee from 1876 to 1878, is a native born Marion County Indianian, his birth occurring April 7, 1830. He was reared to man’s estate in the county of his birth, secured such schooling as the limited facilities of that day afforded and his general employment was that of clearing, grubbing. planting, reaping and the usual occui)a- tion of farming. August 22, 1853, occurred his marriage with Sophronia C. Sinks, an estimable lady, and to their union seven children were born oidy the following named now living: Belle; Albert A., who married Mariah Hoover and is the father of three daughters and two sons; Owen S. , married Eva Malone who has borne him one daughter, and Lillie M. , who wedded Charles Shaffer and has one son. Owen and Lillie reside in Haughville, and Albert on his father’s farm west of Indianapolis. Jesse Wright is an intelligent and progressive citizen, was a Democrat until the foes of the Union tired upon Fort Sumter, when, like thousands of others of our best people, he became a Republican and has ever since affiliated with that party. He is a worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. His eldest brother, Isaac N., was l)orn October 11, 1828, served in the Fifth Indiana Volunteer Infantry in tlie Mexican War, re-enlisted in the United States IMounted Riflemen, was orderly-ser geant, served over four and a half years and was killed by Mexicans. Philburd S., youngest brother of Jesse Wright, was born July PJ, 1831, was in the service of his country under three enlistments and died at Baton Rouge, La. The two sisters of Jesse Wright hit; Nancy, born December 26, 1833, married Jes.se Smith and resides in Cidifornia, and Eliza- beth, l)orn July 5, 1835. married John Doty, resides at Oreencastle, Ind., and is the mother of one son. Isaac A. Doty, who is a teacher of High School No. 1 of Indianaj)olis. NicHonAs IMoCaktv, (deceased). The life narrative of the head of a fanuly is interesting, not only to Ids po.sterity, but also to the citizens of the section in which he has resided, and tliis truth is doul)ly true when such a man has established for liiinself and his children a re]) utation for integrity, character and ability, and has been of value in the develo|)ment of that portion of the country which was his home. Such a narrative do we have in tlie sketch of Nicholas McCarty, whose active life has ceased on earth but whose intluence extends still and will continue to extend among all who knew him. H(' was one of the j)ioneers of lndianH|)olis and contriludi'd more to the growth, develoj)ment and l)est interests of the city than almost any other man. He was a native of the town of Moorefield, Harding County, W . Va., born among the Alleghanies September 26, 1795. His father dying when he was very young, his mother rtmioved to Pittsburgh, Penn., where he remained until nearing man- hood with little opportunity for obtaining an education. While still under twenty he left for Newark, Ohio, where, as a l)oy, he won the favor of .Mr. Buckingham (at that time a leading merchant of Ohio), by the sterling (pialities that in later years won him tiie lespect of (‘vmy hotiorable man to whom he was known. He speedilv made himscdf master of the mercantile 18 271 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS business, so far as it was develoj)ed within his range, and his employer was not slow in recog- nizing his ability, making him superintendent of one of the branch houses near Newark. His success was as marked and conspicuous here as in a lower position and in a few years he had acquired both the experience and means to enter into business for himself. His trade was large and ])rosperous from the beginning. Here his career gave the keynote to his character — a sensitiveness of honor that felt a reproach like a stab; a strength of gratitude that counted no sacrifice a loss in returning the good will he had received. Finding that his business was growing at the expense of his benefactor, when he had counted confidently on business as sufficient for both, he sold out, and he came from Newark to Indianapolis in the fall of 1828, when twenty-eight years of age. He established himself in a building on the southwest corner of Washington and Pennsylvania Streets, known for more than thirty years as “ McCarty’s Corner,” and south of this building built an imposing brick residence a number of years later, the home of the family for many years. He was the first merchant in Indianapolis educated to business and who conducted it systematically. He l)egan on a more extensive scale, too, than others, and his success was proportionate. He established branch stores at La Porte, Greentield, Covington, Cumberland and Waverly, and trained several young men who were afterward conspicuous in the business affairs of this city and State, imbuing them all with his scrupulous and resolute integrity. It was reserved for the great crisis of his life to exhibit his best qualities at their l)est. W hen the tinancial panic of 1887 and the sul)se([uant hard times had made his great resources — largely in real estate — unavailable, he became involved and made a settlement with his creditors rrpon such terms as to enable them to realize more than the principal and interest of his obligations. James Blake had come to Indianapolis in 1821,rrnder the advice of some Philadelpliia friends, with an eye to the preparation of ginseng — a profuse growth of woods all about the settlement at that time — for shipping the prodrrct from Philadelphia to China, where it sells at high figures, its use being as universal now as it was then. He established a drying and 2 )urifying apparatus in a. little cabin soutli of the creek, on the present East Delaware Street, and here, at his branch store and elsewhere, by agents, collected the roots from farmers and their families, who frequently helped out a short corn crop with what they called “sang.” A small hoe was used for that purpose called the “sang hoe,” obsolete for fifty years or more. The extent of his business in a place of less than 2,000 people, may be judged by the fact that the freezing of the Ohio River, in 1829, compelled him to haul in wagons his entire season’s stock from Philadelphia, requiring sixteen six-horse Conestoga wagons to do it. The freight of ginseng on the return trip made the audacious enterprise possible, and even profitable, an illustration of his lousiness perception and prompt decision, for the cold weather froze the Ohio River just as his goods reached Pittsl)urgh to take steam passage to Madison. Besides his ordinary mercantile business he took large contracts for Indian supj)lies and made himself (juite familiar with the dialects of two or three of the tribes on the Miami reservation. His enterprise appeared repeatedly in attempts to introduce new industries or develop new resources. He was largely interested in an effort to establish silk growing about the year 1885, and went with characteristic energy in the propagation of the plant. A few years later, about 1840, he began one of the most important enterprises of his life, though the distress of the country was too great and general to permit the success it probably w-ould have achieved a few years later. This was the cultivation and manufacture of hemp on his “ bayou farm,” now West Indianapolis, a suburb of several thousand houses, where is also located the union stock yards, car works and other industries of equal im])or- tance. The fiber was rotted, broken and cleaned in vats and mills on the bluff bank of the creek, just below the present line of Ray Street, at Church, Carloss and Wilkin Streets. Proving unprofitable the enterprise was abandoned in two or three years. Mr. McCarty’s per- sonal popularity was so great that the AVhigs, who had been j Jaced under the cloud of hard times from 1848 onward, thought it possible to save a seat in Congress by him, and nomi- nated him against Judge AVick, in 1847. It was his first experience as a politician, but his native shrewdness served him better than many an older politician’s more devious ways. He made no pretense of oratory and for that reason made a stronger impression by his solid sense and effective humor than his opponent, who was really a good sjieaker when he chose to be. However, the Whigs were not strong enough to win, even with a r»* LIBRARY OF THE JR’IVERSITY OF ILLiNO!' I’- AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. 275 man stronger than the party. A few years later he was a candidate for the State Senate, in the county, and was elected, serving three years, the last three under the old constitution. In 1852, much against his inclination, he was unanimously nominated by the dying Whig party for the first gubernatorial term, under the new constitution. He made an admirable canvass against Gov. Joseph A. Wright, considered one of the best political canvassers and stump speakers of the country. The Democrats, however, were greatly in the majority, and he was defeated. Mr. McCarty was married in Boone County, Ky., July 27, 1828, to Miss Margaret, daughter of Rev. Jameson Hawkins, one of the earliest of the Baptist preachers of the county. His death occurred May 17, 1854. Mrs. McCarty died February 18, 1873. Mr. McCarty was an example of Christian purity, integrity and charity during his whole life. He was generous to a fault, tolerant of offenses that affected only himself; peaceable, frank and honorable. No man that ever lived in Indianapolis was more sincerely or generally loved and honored, and certainly none ever deserved the affection of the people more than he. He was always prompt in his aid of benevolent efforts and one of the most active in urging the establishment of the orphan’s home. These children survive him. Margaret Ruth (now Mrs. John C. S. Harrison), Nicholas and Frances Jane. The eldest daughter, Susannah, who became the wife of Rev. Henry Day, died August 30, 1873. John' Martin. The building interests of Indianapolis form the back- bone of her great- est industrial enterprises. Not alone is the interest of the contractor directly involved, but all branches of trade incumbent thereto are thus goaded into active success. Trade profits every time a building is devised, and the avenues of enterprise thus opened afford vast opportunity for profit. The vast amount of capital invested here and seeking proper field of operations at this point, has led to the erection of magnificent edifices without number, and stimulated all the other branches of vocation that form a part thereof. One of the suc- cessful builders and contractors of the city is John Martin who has without doubt built more brick buildings in Indianapolis than any other one man residing there. He was born in Preston, Lancashire, England, April 26, 1828, a son of Thomas Martin, who was also born there. The latter came with his family to the United States in 1848 and finally settled in Jennings County, Ind., where he died in 18611, having for some time been a resident of Cin- cinnati after coming to this country. He first followed the calling of a merchant and after- ward gave his attention to farming, which business he was successfully pursuing at the time of his death. The rudiments of the builder’s art were learned by John Martin in Lancashire before coming to this country and while pursuing the paths of labor learned to read and write in a Imsiness way, that is, it was his duty in the factory in which he worked, to read the names of cards and tags to a clerk, and thus his first lessons were received. He was a very ambitious youth and often after working twelve hours a day he would attend night school, his tuition being paid in money which he, himself, had earned. During this time he also paid his parents for his board, according to the wages he received and as his salary increased he jiaid for his board in jiroportion, not because his father or mother demanded it, l)ut because he was original and independent in all his ideas and did so by his own desite, from the time he was ten years of age (at which time he began working for himself) until his marriage. During the three years that he lived in Cincinnati, he worked at his trade and upon coming to Indianapolis in 1849, secured the contract for putting on the slate roof on the Deaf and Durnli .Asylum, John Wilson being the original contractor and Mr. Martin the subcontractor, having learned the art of slating in England. In 1854 he began making his perinaiient home in Indianapolis and soon after secured employment with Mr. Taylor, the father of N. B. Taylor, but only continued as a journeyman for ten weeks. His first work here as a laborer was on the building now occupied by tlie Skii newsjiajier and the residence of Mrs. Hendricks, the widow of ex-Gov. Hendricks. Some of the buildings which stand as monunnmts to his skill are the new Insane Hospital; tlu» Reformatory for Women; the Butler University; city court house; the new jail; the new Library Building; the cha[)el at Crown Hill; St. Vincent Hospital; the First Presl)yterian Church; the Tabernacle on Central Avenue, the Christian Church on Fort Wayne Avenue; the Bank of Commerce; the Grand Ojiera House, the Denison; in fact he has Imilt hundreds of buildings in the city and there is not a spot when* he cannot point out some of his handiwork. He has also don(> work in different jiarts of the State and every year for many years jiast has liuilt a chuich of 27G MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS some deuomination. He gives employment to from 200 to 250 men during the busy season, and is what may be termed an artist in bis litie and understands the business details of his calling in every particular. He came to the city with the determination of making a suc- cess, the extent and solidity of which should warrant a permanency, and how well he haspros- pered may be plainly seen in the high class of his custom and the excellent character of his work. In employing men he has always paid them what they earned and has therefore always had men who were skilled mechanics and practical and experienced workmen. In the building of the Insane Hospital his efforts were conspicuous for rapidity and efficiency, and in one season he manufactured the brick and built the building complete, including the smoke stack which is 175 feet high. He is a Scottish Hite Mason, is a Knight Templar in Raper Lodge, No. .1, and is a member of the famous Indiaua])olis Drill Dorps that has taken a prize wherever they have gone. When the new State house was built he bought the ma- terial of the old one and with it built the barn owned by Mrs. Hendricks. He has long manufactured his own brick and manufactured that which was used in the Insane Asylum. He built the old New A^ork store, also the new one, and the (dd glass works. He is in every sense of the word a self made man. for he started in life with nothing but his clothes and a small amount of change, and although he has never been rich, he might have been, for out of the kindness of his heart he has given away a fortune, to those destitute an 1 helpless beings always tt) be fo-und in large cities. John Martin has never had trouble with striking workmen for he always ]>aid his men promptly and gave them their full due, and has had had the happy faculty of winning them for his friends. Among some of the other buildings worthy of mention which he has erected are the Fair Block, the John Smith residence, the market house, the high school on Pennsylvania and Michigan streets, besides many other school buildings, the Malleable Iron Works and the Brown & Ketchain Iron Works. In 185(.) he was rrnited in marriage with Mary W. Hudson, a native of Marion County, Ind., by whom he is the fe.ther of six children, two sons and four daughters. Both his sons, Rob- ert and John, are connected with him in business and are intelligent and promising young men. Mr. Martin is the only man in the State who has owned the Sl ate house. Henry W. L.\ngenberg. It cannot be expected in a work of this kind, where but brief biographical sketches of prominent citizens of the county are given, that justice can be done to this much esteemed and honored citizen, and yet he has been identified with the county from his birth, and his name is so familiar to all, that it is oidy just to dwell upon his career, not as empty words of praise, but as the plain statement of a stilt plainer truth. He was born in Indianapolis, October 29, 1854. His father, the late Henry Langenberg, was an old and substantial German citizen and one of the pioneers of that nationality in this section, for he took up his residence in Indianapolis in 1848. He was born in Hanover, Germany, was reared, educated and married there, his union being with Miss Alinnie Lindemeier, who came with him to America in 1846, and for about two years thereafter they resided on a farm in Michigan. Upon the arrival of the family in Indianapolis the father engaged in mercantile pursuits, and conducted an establishment of his own for about thirty years, winning many friends during that time by his upright and business-like conduct, and a large and paying patronage. He was twice honored with the nomination for city treasurer by his party, at a time, however, when it was in the minority — much too small to allow even his popularity to carry him through at the polls. His death occurred March 17. 1880, at which time he left a comfortable property to his widow, who resides in Indianapolis, and his children. Henry W. Langenberg was educated in the common schools of the city, attending until he attained his twelfth year when he became an employe of Dury & Hawk, dealers in boots and shoes, with which firm he remained for over six years. He then went into the timber business on his own account, and bought, cut and hauled mill timber with gratifying financial success until 1877, when he became an extensive live-stock purchaser throughout the country, an occupation which received a great deal of his attention until 1884. At this time he accepted the appointment of deputy under sheriff George Carter, his duty being to serve warrants and to make arrests in criminal cases, a position not only requiring considerable nerve but also one of much responsibility. In the spring of 1890 as a reward for faithful service, he was nominated by the Democratic party for sheriff. There were three strong and popular candi- dates pitted against him for the nomination, yet he was successful on the first ballot, receiving LIBRARY OF THE JNIVER'^ITY OF ILLINOIS 277 AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. 447 votes, 357 being necessary for a choice. He was elected by over 3,160 votes, the largest majority ever received by any sheriff of the county. He is one of the youngest men that ever tilled this responsible position but his administration proved to be one of the best in the hikory of the county, which was in a great measure owing to the fact that he was an energetic, tireless and conscientious worker and in all respects a man of the people and devoted to their best interests. During his administration he had some noted criminal cases to contend with and at one time successfully repelled a rpob of 150 men which had gathered about the jail to mob a prisoner u:»med Bisso, at which time he and his deputy were the only ones in the building. He retired from the office with an excellent record and the good will and esteem of all concerned. Since then he has been extensively engaged in the buying and selling of horses and in conducting this business as well as in his official life, he has exercised great prudence, sound judgment and undeviating energy. Socially he is a member of the K. of P., of all the city Democratic clubs, the Mauerchor club and the Indianapolis Shooting Club. He has been married since March, 1878, to Miss Lucy Stille, a native of Decatur County, Ind. , and a daughter of Ernest and Heuriette Stille. Mr. and Mrs. Langenberg have one child, Bertha, born December, 1879. In 1880 Mr. Langenberg became a bonds- man for a contractor in the construction of the Indianapolis Shooting Club buildings but was unfortunate in being obliged to carry out the contract for an absconded contractor. Although his early literary advantages were limited, he received a most thorough, if severe training, in the hard school of experience, and his enterprises met with almost universal success, a fact which speaks eloquently as to his good judgment and discernment. Hev. M.vtthew McClain (deceased). This gentleman was born on February 15, 1806, in a small, rude cabin of logs, with a floor made of slabs of timber and the door of claj)- boards. This cabin stood on his grandfather’s farm, located on ihe waters of Beech Creek, now in Spencer County, Ky., about sixteen miles from Shelby ville, within about a half mile of where now stands the village of Mount Eden. His paternal great grandfather was a native of Ireland, having emigrated to America before the Revolutionary War and settled in the State of Penn.sylvania. He afterward moved to the State of Kentucky and made his home with his son, Alexander McClain, in Shelby County, until his death, at which time he was ninety-eight years of age. His grandmother came from (Termany, out of the work- house, to the United States, and was sold to pay her })assage across the ocean, which was the law then for those too poor to pay their fare in money. She departed this life in the year 1843, at the age of eighty four years. The grandfather was born in America and died in Pennsylvania, leaving three children — two boys and one girl — destitute orphans, the mother having died previously. The little girl died while young and the boys were bound out, one to a tanner and the other to a wheelwright. The last mentioned Avas the father of the subject of tliis sketch. At the age of twenty-one he left Pennsylvania and went to Kentucky, where he tarried awhile with his uncle and finally married a Mi.ss Spencer, of Shelby County, about a year after which she died, leaving him with a little daughter to care for. He afterward became ac(juainted with and married Barbara Miller, who was born August 17, 1780, after which he built the cabin on her father’s farm, in which the subject of this sketch was born. When he Avas aliout tAvo years of age they removed to about seven miles south of Shelbyville, on the waters of (iue.sses Creek, Avhere they made their home until 1820, when they removed to Indiana and settled on a j)iece of land which his father had entered of the Government, located in Scott County. Here the father died in 1824, leaving a family with Mattlunv McClain as their mainstay. Here they toiled for years and were prosperous, and after deliberating Avhether to satisfy Ihe inclination of his mind to travel over the Avorld or to settle down in life, he tinally concluded it Avould be better to have a home of his owti, and accordingly, on July 21, 1829, he married Emily A. SAvincher, daughter of John Swincher, of Jefferson County, Ind., and went to housekeejiing in a cal)in near the old home. By hard work early and late and by strict economy they had at the end of three years saved enough money to pay for their eighty acres of ground on Avhich they were living. 'I'his land was bought by him of the Government, at the land office, -fetferson ville. Early in life .Mr. McClain began his mitiistorial duties and many and varied Averc' the experiences he Aveiit through. I’he Baptist Church at Bethany, in Jelferson County, of which he was a member, at their meeting of business, the third Saturday in INfarch, 1841, by 278 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS !i nnaiiiinoiTS vote gave him license to sing, pray and })reach wherever the Lord might call him, and with much timidity, embarrassment and fear of doing an injury to the cause of religion he embarked in the great ministerial cause, battling with many discouragements and oppositions, preaching sometimes on Sunday and working hard through the week for the support of his family and for the advancement and education of his children and also those of his neighbors, being opposed on all sides in every attempt to increase the public inter- est in enlightenment, education and Christianity. He was determined, however, to educate his own children, and in the face of every opposition, and in so doing made enemies for himself and family and was much envied by the lower class. He founded and almost sup- j)orted alone the tirst .schools that were taught in their neighborhood and served as the first treasurer and trustee for six years in succession and after a little rest served again for a short time. He has gone time and again upon his crutches and upon his knees, not being able to walk from having cut his foot, to get wood and make fires for the school, wearing leather caps on his knees for protection. He introduced and organized the first Sabbath- school in the neighborhood with considerable interest and success among the young people and great opposition by some of the older ones. Though his life was not wholly devoted to the ministry it was as much so as domestic duties and obligations would permit. His family was supported and educated and started on the broad road of life not under ptfr by the sweat of his brow. He was thrown from the cars in May, 1808, and sustained great in juries,which caused him extreme pain and suffering, and had so far recovered that he was able to get about with the aid of a crutch, when, on March 26, 1866, came a still more deplora- ble misfortune; upon entering his barn, one of his horses being loose and very mischievous, rushed past him, kicking him in the face and breaking his cheek bone and upper jaw till the broken bones grated together. His nose was broken and the bones had to be raised and removed, as did also pieces of the skull, leaving the brain bare in one place. His left eyeball burst and wasted away, while the right one was turned. The optic nerve was totally paralyzed, and consecprently his vision was destroyed, and from that time until his death the earth was a blank to him. Though it seemed to be a miraculous power that baffled the enemy death, yet it was more wonderfully strange that his rationality was pre- served, yet it was so, and as his attention could no more be attracted by vision his mind became constantly engaged in meditation and studying, and thus his mind became stronger and memory better, perhaps, than it had ever been, and continued so until the time of his death, which occurred May 26, 1893. After his great affliction he dictated the story of his life to his son, W. Thomas McClain, which was published several years before his death and is a very interesting volume. An elaborate obituary was published by several Indianapolis papers and cojiied by others, in which he was mentioned as “ The blind jireacher and pio- neer of Indiana.” The loss of his eyes did not stop his ministerial work; he preached many impressive sermons while blind, until old age and general debility made such work for him impracticable. His sufferings were many, his faith in eternal reward steadfast. His last rejoicing on earth was when told of his granddaughter — child of \V. T. McClain — profess- ing Christ. His last words were of heaven and of that companion who had been the closest and dearest to him in life, whose meeting smile wooed him across death’s dark river into the land of everlasting bliss. William T. McClain. A man’s life work is the measure of his success, and he is truly tlie most successful man who, turning his powers into the channel of an honorable purpose, accomplishes the object of his endeavor. He who weds himself to a great principle, lays the foundation of a successful life. ' In the study of every man’s life we find some mainspring of action — something that he lives for. In William T. McClain it seems to be an ambition to make the best use of his native and accpiired powers, and to develop in himself a true man- hood. A native of Scott County, Ind., he was born on May 31, 1845, a son and youngest child of Rev. Matthew and Emily A. (Swincher) McClain, and his early life was passed on his father’s farm. Upon attaining a suitable age he was placed in school and was kept there, when sessions were being held, by his wise and far-seeing father, until he was about seven- teen years of age at which time he entered an academy at Madison, where his school days ended, with the exception of a commercial course which he took in a business college of In- ti iann[)olis. He remained in Scott County until he was about twenty-one years old when he 279 AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. came with his parents to Marion County, and in 1865 settled on a farm in Pike Township where he has since lived and carried on farming very successfully. Besides some valuable property in the city of Indianapolis, he has a magnificent farm of eighty-six acres, so care- fully and skillfully tilled that it yields a much larger income than does many more pre- tentious places, and it is also exceptionally well improved with buildings of all descriptions, his residence, which was erected in 1890, being exceptionally handsome, conveniently arranged and homelike in its appointments. A large portion of this farm is drained and tiled, is devoted to general farming and Mr. McClain is proud of the fact that he has one of the most productive farms and one of the most comfortable homes in Pike Township. His place is known far and wide as “Halcyon Grange,” and it is an appropriate title. His industrious and methodical habits and personal attention to details enable him to secure desired results where others fail, and he is in every respect deserving the hospitality which has attended his footsteps. He was the editor of a volume of 232 pages, treating of the life of his father, Rev. Matthew McClain, and of the McClain family, which manuscript was dictated by the father. Mr. McClain’s religious belief is not sectarian in its nature, but is based on the principles of reverence and obedience to his Maker, justice to mankind, one to another, sub- ject to the behests of Christ and heaven’s high will. Greater proof l)eing required to sub- stantiate a written identity in the Lamb’s Book of Life than merely the entry of his name in some church register. Mr. McClain has always been a Democrat in politics, and although by no means an active politician he has held some minor positions and for four years was deputy county and city treasurer, two years under Hiram W. Miller, his efficiency being recognized by Mr. Miller’s successor. Sample Loftin, with whom he was also deputy. Mr. McClain was married February 6, 1867, to Miss Frances A. Case, a native of Pike Township and a daughter of Jonas and Mary (Smock) Case. Their children are Bernice F., born July 10, 1872; Edith O. , born March 21, 1879, and Royal L. W., born January 3, 1883. Bernice F. is an accomplished and intelligent young lady and has been a teacher for three years in Pike Township. She has a decided taste for literature, is well posted on all sub- jects, and has been a successful teacher since her seventeenth year. She is now married but still makea her home with her parents. Winfield Scott Mann was born in Morgan County, Ind., November 1, 1847, on a farm occupied by his grandfather. Here he remained until fourteen years of age, receiving his education in the common schools, which he attended during the winter sessions. In 1860 he went to Martimsville, entered the lilacksmith shop of R. Elliott, and remained there two years, when he went to Shelby ville. While there he was in the employ of Judge Glessner, his uncle, for a year, and then went to Morgan County, where he worked for Mrs. John Cox, on a farm, for about four years. From there he came to Marion County, and for two years after this worked on the farm of Jackson Landers, in Decatur Township. Later he went to Indianajiolis and ran a buzz saw in tlie Wheeler & Wilson sewing machine factory, thereby losing a fingei’, and then located in West Newton, D.ecatui’ Township, where he remained a year. In 1873 he celebrated his nuptials with Miss Sallie Wilson, daugh- ter of Elijah and Catherine (Johnson) Wilson, and for the first year after his marriage farmed for his father-in-law on shares. The following year he bought thirty-three and a third acres of Wesley Brown, and movehecame to Indianapolis and entered the employ of George Hoereth, in whose employ he remaiin'd sev(>n yi'ars, and in 1878 com menced contracting for himself. He was very soon after engageil liy Henry tl. Wilson to do some work for him and this, which was his maiden effort, was his start in his pres(»nt business. He first formed a partnershij) witli I^’rank Mowwe and finally, in 1883, liecame 280 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS associated in business with Henry E. Reinking and together they have erected some of the following buildings: the Jamison & Malott buildings, the rebuilding of Progress House, the Arcade Clothing House, the residence of John W. Schmidt, which was the finest in the State at that time, the A. C. Harris residence on North Meridian Street, the school-house on Nolile and North Streets, the Fishback house on North Delaware Street, the Snow’s resi- dence, Home Brewing Company, and others, also a great deal of work on St. Mary’s in the Woods, at Terre Haute, ancl just completed the Starch Works in Des Moines, Iowa, for which he was paid 1130,000. In 1873 he was united in marriage to Miss Louisa Schildmeyer, of this city, who died leaving him with two children and he took for his second wife Mrs. Lizzie Pierson, who has also borne him two children. Mr. Nuerge is a member of the Builders’ Exchange and the Contractors Association and for some time has been a member in good standing of the Lutheran Church. He is an affable and agreeable gentleman and very suc- cessful. Henky E. Reinkinu, the junior member of the above mentioned hrm, was born in Adams County, Ind., July 21, 1851, a son of Conrad Reinking, who was born in Germany and who, after coming to the Pnited States, located in New Orleans, where he joined the United States army and went to Mexico, during the war with that country, where he was engaged in the prinei{)al battles fought. After that war ended he came to Indiana and commenced farming in Adams County an occupation which still receives his attention to some extent, although he is now over .seventy years of age. Henry E. attended the schools of Adams County, and |)artially learned his trade there, and in company with Charles Nuerge, his present partner, with whom he had gone to school and associated with as a boy and young man, he came to Indianapolis and together they entered the employ of George Hoereth, but afterward worked for other parties and shortly after com- menced taking contracts for himself. In 1883 he formed his present partnership and together these two gentlemen have made a siiccess of their undertaking. In 1873 he was united marriage with the daughter of Fred Schildmeyer, of this city, and their union has resulted in the birth of six sons. Mr. Reinking is a prominent member of the Builders Exchange, the Contractors Association and the German Lutheran Church. In his political views he has always supported the principles of the Democrat party, but so far as himself is concerned he has not been an aspirant for office. Robert Furnas. The career of this venerable and venerated gentleman of whom it is our pleasure and privilege to here attem])t a short sketch, is connected with Ohio and Indi- ana, his birth occurring in the former State October 22, 1812. He received such education as the subscription schools of those days afforded, going on an average about two months in the year, and leaving school at the age of thirteen. In the fall of 18t)4 he came to Indiana, and located in Decatur Township where he bought 320 acres of land. In 1883 he bought forty acres more and about the same year he bought eighty acres in Hendricks County, Ind. Half of his home farm of 320 acres was cleared when Mr. Furnas bought it and he has cleared fifty acres since. He is a wide-awake, enterprising farmer and he thoroughly under- stands all the details of farm life. He is a member of the Friend’s Church and a liberal contributor to the same. Originally he affiliated with the Whig party but on the formation of the Republican party he joined its ranks and of late years he has been a Prohibitionist. His first vote was cast for Henry Clay. Mr. Furnas has been married three times. His first marriage was in 1838, to Miss Phcebe, daughter of Samuel and Barbara (Sanders) Whitson. No children of this union survive. His second marriage occurred in 1847 to Miss Anna Hollingsworth, daughter of Abraham Hollingsworth, but no children were born to their union. In 1859 he was married to Achsa Newby, daughter of William and Ruth (Cox) Newby, and five children were the fruits of this union, but one died in infancy. The others were; John R., a resident of Hendricks County, married Rachel Lewis who bore him two children, Robert and Edgar; Anna, married Lincoln R. Jessup, son of Jesse and Mary (Bray) Jessup and they have these children, Ethel and Mabel; Wilson, married Addie Albertson, daughter of Phineas and Aseneth (Wilson) Albertson, and Charles W., who married Addie Tincher. Robert Furnas, father of our subject, was born in the Palmetto State, June 27, 1772, and in that State he reached mature years. He was married at Cain Creek, S. C., February 11, 1790, to Miss Hannah Wilson, daughter of John and Dinah (Cook) Wilson, and AXD MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. 287 in 1803 they came to what is uow Warren County, Ohio, near Wayuesville. He settled on a farm of 210 acres, the land warrant of which he bought of a revolutionary soldier, and there his death occurred February 15, 1863. He was a Quaker in his religious views and a Whig in politics. Eleven children were born to his marriage and named as follows: Mary (deceased), Esther (deceased), John (deceased), Seth (deceased), Joseph (deceased), Isaac (decea.sed), Dinah (deceased), Robert (our subject). Rebecca (deceased), Hannah, and Sarah (deceased). All these children married and reared families. John Furnas, the grandfather of our subject, was born at Standing Stone, Cumberland, England, March 5, 1736, and was married there March 24, 1762, to Miss Mary Wilkerson who was born at Wigton, Cumberland, England, Sep- tember 19, 1742. They were the parents of the following children: Joseph, Rebecca, John, Esther, Thomas W., Robert and William. Soon after his marriage the grandparents came to America and the grandfather died in South Carolina about 1780. Fr.vncis M. Lawler, master mechanic of Chicago, Indianapolis & IVhite Water Division shops of the Big Four Railroad, is a product of the Granite State, born in Concord, April 21, 1848, and is a son of Martin and Hannah (Brown) Lawler, the former a native of Ireland, and the latter of Nova Scotia. Both father and mother came to the United states with their parents when children and were here married. The father was a stone contractor in rail- road work in the East for many years and accumulated considerable means. In 1856 the family came west and located at Springfield, 111. , where the father entered the employ of the Wabash road. He died in Springfield in October, 1879. The mother is still living and makes her home in St. Louis. Francis M. Lawler was but a small boy when his parents moved to Illinois, and he grew to manhood and received his scholastic training in Spring- field. In March, 1864, he left home with a number of soldiers and went to Point. Miss., where he enlisted in Company L, Tenth Missouri Cavalry, and served a little over a year, when he was transferred to Com 2 )any L, Fourth Missouri Cavalry, with which he remained until cessation of hostilities, being discharged Septeml)er 10, 1865. While fighting for the old flag he followed Gen. Forrest for the most part and was in Guntownraid after Gen. Price through Missouri. He was also on the Wilson raid through Georgia. On account of age he enlisted as a bugler but subsequently served as a private. When he left home his parents knew nothing about his enlisting, for he went on the spur of the moment while the soldiers were at the depot to take the train. After the war he returned to S|)ringfleld and entered the Wabash shops as apprentice to the trade of machinist, serving three and a half years. After that he became fireman on the road for a short time and later secured employment in the Iron Mountain shops at Carondolet. Six months later he secured a position in the St. Charles, Mo., shops for four months, and then went to Omaha to work in the shops there under a master mechanic, serving an apprenticeshij). He fitted up a couple of engines and ran one while the new bridge was under construction. He then returned east on account of his mother and occupied a position in the shops at Indianapolis, St. Louis and Mattoon as machinist, and has been with this company ever since. In 1880 he was made gang foreman; five years later he was promoted foreman in the shops at Mattoon, and in 1889 he was made assistant master mechanic. In January of the following year he was made ma.ster mechanic of the division and on June 1, 1892, he was pi’ornoted master mechanic of the Chicago, Indianapolis & White Water divisions, with headcjuarters at Indianapolis, and this position he still holds. Mr. Lawler was married in 1872 to Miss Fernanda M. Cyphers, a native of Gallion, Ohio, and five children have been given them, May, William, Gracie, Frank and Daisy. Mr. Lawler is a member of the Masonic fraternity, a Tnembei- of the Conimandery, and was master of Blue Lodge, No. 260, Mattoon, also high juaest of the chapter six years. In politics he is a stanch Democrat. Our subject occn{)ies a most responsible position, over 1,300 men being under his suj)ervision. His natural ability and thorough knowledge of machinery, accjuired from years of ])ractical expeiience, is appreciated by the company which repose the utmost confidence in his ability and judgment. 'I'lie position is one that requires close a|)j)lication and attention to all the details of an immense business. It also demands a great deal of study and research in kee})iug abreast of tin* times in the strides and iiiqjrovements that daily take place through the inventiv** ifoninsof advanced civilization. Mr. Lawler has proven himself eidirely ca[)able and worthy at all times to till the position he noW occuj)i«!S. He is a pleasant, social gpidleman, characteiistics which usuall}' predomi- 288 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS uate aiuoug railroad men, and is popular and well liked anioncr the employes with whom he comes in daily contact. Ben.iamin F. David. Among those who have fought the battle of life bravely and are now living retired from the strife and turmoil of active life, is Benjamin F. David, who is a product of Harrison County, Ky., born November 20, 1828, on a farm, but who, at the age of nine months, was brought by his parents to Indiana, who located on a farm of 200 acres, in Marion County, eighty acres of which had been purchased a year or so prior to their re- moval here and the remainder afterward. On this farm Benjamin F. was brought up, h's education being acquired in the subscription schools which weie in vogue at that time and which were held in the proverbial pioneer log school house. He attended about two months out of the year up to his fifteenth year, after which he remained at home and assisted his father on the home farm until he was twenty-five years of age. During this time he learned the blacksmith’s trade at Danville, Ind., and at the end of about a year he came to Bridge- port, Marion County, and worked with Henry Mattern, a blacksmith, for nearly three years. At the end of that time he returned to his father’s farm, where he made his home up to 1891, when he moved to west Indianapolis, where he now lives. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, is a Republican jiolitically, and has served as supervisor of his township. In 1 857 he led to the altar Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas and Rebecca (Tucker) Whitson, and to them were born live children: Sarah E. , who married Charles Mattern, resides in Hendricks County, Ind. , and has one daughter, (trace; William T., who married Martha E. Chamber- lain had one daughter, Frankie, who died in infancy; Oliver W., who married Ella A. Johnson; (tilmore (deceased), and Rebecca Blanche, who married John L. Sanders and has one son, Paul Whitely D. The father of Benjamin F., was William David, born in Virginia, in 1800, and who was brought nj) in Mason and Harrison Counties, Ky. , where his parents moved when he was about live years old. He was married in Harrison County, in 1820, and eight years later came to Indiana as above stated. To himself and wife these children were given, as follows: IMary, widow of John Hiatt; Benjamin F. ; Milton (deceased); Hiram (deceased) ; Martha, widow of Henry B. Wright, has hve children; Sarah E., who married Benjamin Mizz- ner, and has three children ; John W., who married Sarah E. Gamble, and has three chil- dren — Mable. Dile (deceased) and Fred; Oscar, who married Hattie O’Neals and has one daughter — Mary Pauline; Louise, who married George Post; Susana (deceased); Ann, wife of Joseph Kenworthy; Elizabeth (deceased); John (deceased), and Emily (deceased). The paternal grandfather of the subject of this sketch, Jacob David, was born in Germany, in 1770, and in early maidiood came to America atid located first in Virginia, and then in Ken- tucky. He was married twice, his first wife being the grandmother of Benjamin F. David. She bore him six children, as follows: Thomas; Henry, who was a soldier in the War of 1812; William, father of the subject of this sketch; Mary, who married John Manck; Katharine, who married William Cox, and Sallie, who mairied Henry Spears. The father of these chil- dren died in 1827. His first wife was Mary Wiseman, and his second, Mary Davis, by whom he had two children: David, who died unmarried, and Simon, who first married Nancy Brown, by whom he had two children, Elizabeth and Mary, and for his second wife, took Mary Martindale, who also bore him two children, Lucinda and James Jv. Jacob F. Schweikle. The business of carriage and wagon manufacturing has developed enormou.sly in the past twenty-five years, and the large factories all over the country turn out carriages and wagons by machinery, and which are in so many instances unreliable, that it is a comfort to know that there are still some of the old trustworthy firms in existence. Such a representative firm is that of Schweikle & Prange, which was established on East Washington Street, Indianapolis, in 1873, on leased property, and which has been continued successfully by the same firm ever since. In February, 1893, this firm purchased the valu- able property at the southeast corner of Davidson & Market Streets, and erected a building thereon 40x100 feet, and two stories high. A general manufacturing business is done, wagons and carriages and general blacksmithing. From seven to ten expert and skillful workmen are constantly employed and turn out first class work. Messrs. Schweikle & Prange give their personal supervision and attention to the work at all times, and there is nothing better made in the way of carriages and wagons than they turn out. Mr. Schweikle was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, December (3, 1837, and is a son of Jacob and Margaret AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. 289 (Klein) Scbweikle, natives also of the old country, where they passed their entire lives. The father was a linen weaver by occupation. Our subject came to America in 1857 and although he had learned the linen weaver’s trade of his father, after coming to America he learned carriage and wagon making at Connorsville, Ind., and followed that in that city until 1870. He then came to Indianapolis and three years later engaged in business for himself under the present tirm name. Mr. Schweikle was married in January, 1801, to Miss Kate Hunnehagen, a native of Germany, who came to America in 1860. Mr. and Mrs. Schweikle have one child, Mary. Our subject is a member of the I. O. O. F. and is con- nected with two building associations, being a director in Tradonian No. 4 and National. He and family are members of the Second German Reformed Church and for fourteen years he was an official in various capacities, secretary, treasurer, deacon, etc. Fred. \V. Prange was born in Germany, December 1, 1853, to the union of Fred, and Sophia (Thine) Prange, also natives of that country. A'oung Prange was not (juite a year old when he came to America with *liis parents, who came direct to Indianapolis, and in that city he was reared and educated, his scholastic training being received in the German Lutheran schools. When sixteen years of age he began blacksmithing and also learned carriage and wagon making, which he has followed since. In 1875 he engaged in business for himself under the present tirm name of Schweikle & Prange. Mr. Prange was married in 1881 to Miss Minnie Klinsick, a native of Logansport, Ind., and daughter of Henry and Minnie Klinsick, natives of Germany. Mr. and Mrs. Prange are the parents of two children, Mamie and Elmer. Mr. Prange has stock in Tradonia Building and Loan Association, and is a prominent business man of the city. He is a Democrat in politics and he and wife are earnest members of the German Lutheran Church. Valentine Heintz. One of the prominent brick contractors of the city is Valentine Heintz, who is a native German, born in 1849, l)ut who came to the United States in 1804. In Columbus, Ohio, he learned his trade under his uncle, Jacob Schneider, who was an experienced and competent brick layer, and after serving an apiirenticeship of four years he began working as a journeyman, and in 1874 came to Indianapolis. Here he worked for different persons on numerous buildings for a long while, then began contracting on his own account and was soon engaged to build the tunnel on South Illinois Street under the Union Station tracks, which work he accomplished successfully. Some other evidences of his handiwork may l)e seen on the Cerealine Works, the McCormack building, which was the first six-story house in the city, besides numerous fine residences throughout the city and suburbs. The Klee & Coleman block, the Frank Dill business block and the Sacred Heart Church were also erected by him; in fact, go where you will in the city you will find that he has also lieen there and that his name is a familar one to the real estate men and house- holders. He superintended the brick work on the State house, which occupied about eight years, then su[)erintended the work on the custom house in Louisville, Ky. When he com menced working for himself his principal capital was a good constitution and a thorough knowledge of his calling, coupled with energy and ambition, and these essential (pialities have led to his success. He is a member of the Jiuilders’ Exchange, Lodge No. 50, K. of P., Lodge No. 2034, K. of H., and is a inember and leader of the Concordia Social Club. On February 20, 1885, he was united in marriage to Miss Matilda Schmuck, of this city, and has three children. James P. Broce. While the idea of having public bake sho]is originated with the Eng lish, the industry has become a most extensive one in America, and thousands of persons and vast sums of capital are employed. A house which is doing a successful business, thanks to the excellent ipiality of the goods sent out as well as to the undoubted integrity of the juo- [)rietor, is that owned and conducted by James P. Bruce, who is a wide awake gentleman imbued witli the proj)er amount of enterprise to enlist success, and his busim^ss enterprise's have been widely satisfactory. He is a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, where he was born Novc'in b.T 30, 1851, a son of Alexander and Jane (lieid) Bruce, both of whom were born in Scotland and wlm, shortly after their arrival in Aiinn'ica, settled in Cincinnati. Alexander Bru(;e s(>t - tied first in Anu'rica at (Quebec in June, 1843, and later in October of the same year, in New York. He worked at Ids trade of l)akei' in Brooklyn ami there wedded Jaiu' Laurie R(‘id, a native of Peterheail, Scotland, Se])teml)er 20, 1841. In l'’ebruary, 1845, he settled at Cin 111 290 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS ciunati and in August of the same year began working at his trade, continuing until 1861. In 1803 he moved to Indiana, and in April, 1875, to Indianapolis, engaging again at his trade with James P. Bruce at 598 Virginia Avenue which continued until 1889, since which time James P. has been sole owner of the business. The father at present resides with his son in Indianapolis, retired from the active duties of life. The mother died in March, 1881. James P. Bruce was reared in Cincinnati, and there received the advantages of the public schools. In the fall of 1871 he came to Indianapolis and entered the employ of P. F. Bryce, a baker of the place, but now of the Bryce Baking Company of Chicago, continuing with him until April, 1875, when he engaged in business for himself on Virginia Avenue, in a one-story frame liouse and on a small scale. By hard work and close attention to business he gradually began to accumulate means and when practicable he enlarged his business, and he is now doing a business of about |20,0(K) a year in a subitantial two story brick building 57x37 feet in dimensions which he erected in 1893 at a cost of $0,000. He keeps constantly on hand a tine line of all kinds of bread stuffs, cakes, j)ies, etc., and supplies on short notice first-class wedding and ornamental cakes Avhich he guarantees to be fresh. His stock is daily replenished and his [latrons come from a class who are very paiticular about the (piality of their breadstuff's. He has every facility for baking, including two excellent ovens, and em- ploys none but skilled workmen. Mr. Bruce was married -lune, 1878, to Louise Baker, a native of Cincinnati, by whom he has a family of seven children: Albert (I., James Cartield (deceased), Ilobert S., Charles, Ralph, Adah and Nettie. Christian F. Wishmeyer, whose name heads this sketch, is a native of Westphalia, Prussia, born August 22, 1822, and in his native land was reared and educated, attending school from the time he was six until he was fourteen years of age. On May 5, 1843, he and his parents sailed from Bremen and landed at Baltimore, Md. , June 8, and from that place they at once proceeded to Marion County, Ind., whither an uncle, Anthony Wish- meyer, had come in 1834, and a brother, Charles F. Wishmeyer, in 1840. Upon his arrival the father purchased forty acres of land in Warren Township, on which he settled and lived until the fall of 1853, when he was killed by runaway horses. In 1843 Christian F. had settled in Indianapolis, and he at once began working at the carpenter’s trade, which be had learned in the old counti'y, his first employers being Fred Diekman and Charles Wishmier, with whom he remained two years. He then worked at his trade in Lafayette for one year, after which he returned to this city and formed a partnership with John F. Ramsey (deceased), in the cabinet and chair manufacturing business, with whom he re- mained associated for about two and a half years. He then commenced contracting in the carpenter’s business, which he carried on until 1855, after which he devoted his time to saw-milling, having erected a mill in 1853, on Pogue’s Run, near National Road, which he con- ducted in connection with a lumber yard until 1872. In 1863 he purchased 240 acres of land in one tract and eighty acres in another, and onto this farm he moved with his family in 1873, erecting thereon a handsome two-story brick residence with a slate roof, contain- ing over twenty rooms. In 1886 he added eighty acres to his estate, about 115 acres of which he deAmtes to the raising of corn and wheat annually, his best wheat average being twenty-seven bushels to the acre. Politically he has always been a Democrat, and his first presidential vote was cast for Franklin Pierce, but he has taken little interest in political affairs since the Douglas campaign, and although once elected a member of the city council of Indianapolis declined to serve. He Avas married in 1847 to Wilhelmina Fehling, and by her became the father of five children: Mary, who married Henry Niemann, and has five children, Bertha, William, Emma, Frank and Carl; Martha, Avho married Lewis Smith and has two children, Minnie and Charley; Amelia, who married Albert Schower and has two children, Ella and Mabel; Charles, who married Ella Barton; and George, who died in 1889, at the age of thirty-four years. Charles Wishmeyer, the father of Christian F., was a Prussian, born in 1787, and was a carpenter by trade. He was married twice in Prussia, and by his first wife became the father of three children : Christina (deceased), who married Chris Reosener, of Hancock County, Ind. , had four children, Sophia (Schill- ing), Christian, Christina (Buchorn) and Charles; Charles, Avho is a resident of Indianapo- lis, is married to Christina Reosener and has four children. Christian, William, Emma (Fehling) and Matilda (Nieman); and Charles F., the father of Christian F. , the subject of 291 AKD MAEION COUNTY, INDIANA. this sketch. For Iiis second wife be married Christina Nieinan, and by her had the follow- ing children: Anthony; Elenora, wife of William F. Fiel, of Indianapolis; Louisa (de- ceased), who married Ernest H. Piel; Sophia (deceased), who married Fred Cruger; IMary, who first married Charles Wyland, and after his death a Mr. Deder, and Henry. The paternal grandfather, Charles Wishmeyer, lived and died in Prussia, having followed the calling of a teacher. Anthony Wishmeyer, the half brother of the subject of this sketch, was a soldier in the Mexican War and in the war of the Rebellion. William Landmeier. The manufacture of brick in the United States has assumed very large proportions, owing to the numerous uses to which they are put and the erection of thousands of large structures in all large cities annually, and in this important branch of human endeavor William Landmeier is very e.xtensively engaged and is doing a paying annual business. He was born in Germany in 1861 to Henry Landmeier and by his father was brought to the United States in 1867 and a location was at once made in the city of Indianapolis. The father was a successful brick maker and like the majority of boys Will iam followed in his father’s footsteps when it came time for him to choose an occupation for himself, and also became a brick manufacturer. In the private schools of Indianapolis, William obtained his knowledge of the world of books and at the age of fourteen years com- menced to learn his trade under the competent instruction of his father, who is still a resi- dent of the city of Indianapolis and is yet interested in his former occupation. After com- pleting his knowledge of the manufacture of brick William began learning the brick mason’s trade under B. W. Hartley, with whom he labored one year, then he became a partner of that gentleman, who is an old-time brick contractor of the city. Four years ago Mr. Laud meier commenced manufacturing brick on his own account, in which venture he and a brother were associated, but William also carried on contracting for one season, since which time lie has given his exclusive attention to the manufacture of brick, his yards being located on the Perkins Pike, southeast of the city. In 1877, when still ipiite a young man, Mr. Land meier went to Denver, Colo. , where he remained for a time, succeeding which he was the manager of a brick yard for other parties. Following this he was in Camp Rice, Tex., where he employed Mexicans while engaged in the manufacture of brick for the Government building at that place. He was cpiite a traveler in those days and was in all parts of the West, sight-seeing and looking for a business location. In 1889, he led to the altar Miss Sarah C., daughter of William Fenneman (deceased), who was also a brick manufacturer of this city. Mr. Landmeier is a member of the German Reformed Church, is a man of excel lent principles, thoroughly understands his business and is deserving the wide |)atronage wliich he now has. Henry Rauh. The business in which Henry Ranh is engaged is one of the utmost importance and he is enabled to point back over an unsullied record. He was born in Ger many March 21, 1852, a son of Elias and Hannah (Samuels) Rauh, who were also natives of Germany and came to America in 1864, locating at Dayton, Ohio, where the father estab lished himself in an extensive hide and fertilizing business, which business he carried on successfully for a number of years. In 1872 they established a branch house at Indianapo- lis, and although the founder of the business — Elias Rauh — died in 1887, the house is still in existence and is carried on under the firm name of E. Rauh & Sons. Mr. Rauh became one of the prominent business men of Dayton for many years and conducted a most success- ful business. He was pul)lic s])irited, enter[)rising and honest, a man of considerable force of character and one wlio won many friends by his straightforward walk through life. His wife’s death occurred two years prior to his own. In the ])ublic schools of Dayton Henry llauh was educated and lie may be said to have been brought uji in the establisliment of which his father was the proprietor, so that upon reaching his twentieth year he was end nently titted to liecome his fatlier’s associate in business. In 1874 lie came to Indianapolis and became associated in a liusiness way witli his younger brother, Samuel E., in conducting a hide and fertilizing liusiness, which they have conducted ever since, disposing of their commodity at wholesale and doing a business of from 8 1,50(1, 00(1 to .'f2, 000, 000 annually. 'I’his enterjirise has been most prosjierous and has incriuised to enormous pro[)orlions, which ilesirable state of affairs has been lirought about through the enterprise, push, determina tion and honesty of the brothers, whose thoroughly methodical business arrangements, wide 292 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS experience and excellent judgment entitle them to the line reputation that they enjoy in the commercial world. Henry Rauh is also interested in other enterprises, being vice-president of the Indianapolis Abattoir Company, interested in the Moore Packing Company, the Union Trust Company, the Independent Hair Company and others. Mr. Rauh is one of the best-known citizens of Indianaj>olis, and in the fall of 1893 he was prevailed upon to become a candidate for councilman- at-large on the Republican ticket, and although in a city of 2,000 Democratic majority, was elected by a majority of over 3,300 votes, which speaks for itself as to his standing. He has been elected chairman of the tinance committee by the council, in which capacity he has shown much good judgment and undoubted ability. He is an active member of the Commercial Club, and socially is a member of the Columbia Club, the American Club, and is one of the wide-awake men of the city, interested in every- thing tending to her benefit. April G, 1881, he was married to Miss Marie Sterne, a native of Peru, Ind. , by whom he has two children: Eugenia and Marie, but on September 4, 1889, was left a widower, and has since remained unmarried. William Henry Harrison Phillips. Among the industries always in demand, and daily growing more so by reason of the rapid growth of cities and towns, is that of contract- ing and building. A single glance about us is all that is retjuired to gain a conception of the number of builders required in the construction of a city. One of the pi'ominent men engaged in this line of business is William H. H. Phillips, who is a native of Hoosierdom, born in Marion Cjunty in 1840. His father, Ben M. Phillips, was born in Virginia. When a young man the latter went to Henry County, Ky., and located near New Castle, where he remained until 1827, when he came to the village of Indianapolis, Maiion County, Ind. He was a stone mason by trade and followed that for many years, but duiing the latter part of his life followed farming. His death occurred in 18G3 when eighty four years of age. In politics he was at one time a Whig but afterward a Democrat. His farm was located six miles from the court house near New Bethel, between Churchman Pike and Shelbyville Road. He was sergeant-major of the Fourth Kentucky Militia and was under (Ten. Harrison for seven years, participating in the battle at Fort Ti[)pecanoe. At one time he was taken prisoner by Indians but managed to make his escape, and he was at one time slightly wounded. He cleared up his farm of nearly 1G3 acres in this county and was one of the prominent pioneer settlers. His wife died January 7, 1890, when eighty-five years of age. They were worthy members of the Finer Baptist Church for many years, and Mr. Phillips was moderator until his death. Ten daughters and two sons were born to this union, Will- iam Henry Harrison Phillips being seventh in order of birth. He was named in honor of his father’s old commander. His education was received in the city and at the academy in Marshall, 111., and when the Civil War broke out he volunteered in the first company organized in the State,Company E, Eleventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry, three months’ service. Afterward he joined Company B, Seventy-ninth Indiana Infantry as first duty sergeant, and continued with the same- until discharged May 12, 18G5. At the battle of Stone River he was taken prisoner and retained at Libby Prison nine months, experiencing during that time all the hardships and unpleasant features of prison life, besides having the measles. He participated in the battles of Chattanooga, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, was on the road from Knoxville to Dalton, and then to Atlanta, where he was severely wounded, being dis- abled for two years. This wound troubles him at the present time, and was the result of a minie ball in the leg. (jangrene set in and it is a wonder to the physicians that he is now living. After the war Mr. Phillips passed two years on the farm and then opened a grocery store at the corner of Market and Noble Streets. The same year he (juit business and went to Kentucky, where he began to work at his trade, carpentering, which he had learned before the war. He assisted in building the Insane Hospital at Hopkinsville. Ky., in 18G7, but the following year he returned to Indianapolis, where he was with the drover &, Baker iMachine Company for five years. For two years after this he was with the Pan Handle Railroad, after which he was elected city sealer, serving in that capacity two years, and one year on the police force. Again he returned to contracting, but soon after received the appointment as postal clerk by President Grant, holding the route from Cincinnati to Chicago five years. After this he was a bridge builder until 1889 and was with Massilion Bridge Company, all over the county as the superintendent. For four years he had charge of the AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. 2it3 city bridge department, and then for two years was weigh master. Since then he has returned to contracting and building and enjoys an enviable reputation for satisfactory work. On November 8, 1809, he was married to Miss Gulia E. Bray, daughter of John S. Bray of Morgan County, Ind. To this union nine children were born, three of whom are living. Harry B. , Clarence F. and Claude S. Mr. Phillips is a member of the Third Christian Church, and in politics is a Republican. Socially he is a Mason, a member of Centre Lodge, No. 23, Olive branch Lodge No. 2, K. of P. , and George H. Thomas Post, G. A. R. , Camp 80 Veteran Legion. Lee Nixon occupies the responsible position of clerk of the city of Indianapolis, Ind. He was born in Carthage, Rush County, Ind., February 27, 1800, a son of Benjamin and Sarah (Risk) Nixon, the former of whom was l)orn in the Old North State, in Perquimans County, June 10, 1819, and the latter in Virginia, September 12, 1824. The parents came to Indiana in an early day by wagon and settled at Carthage, of which ])lace they were among the very earliest residents. The father was for twenty-four years a justice of the peace in that section and by occupation was a contractor and builder, carrying on this busi- ness with good success for a long period. In addition to these every day duties he minis- tered to the spiritual wants of his fellows, as a local minister of the Wesleyan Methodist Episcopal Church for some years. He was called from life at Rushville, Ind., in December, 1883, his wife having paid the last debt of nature in May. 1877. having borne him ten chil- dren, three of whom are living: Charles O. , Lucius and Lee. In the pulilic schools of his native town Lee Nixon was educated, successfully graduating from the high school of that place. When nineteen years old he removed to Rushville, and entered the office of the Rushville RepuhRcan to learn the printer’s trade, and after serving an apprenticeship he became the editor of the Rushville Graphic. In 188P) he came to Indianapolis and this place has since continued to be his home, during which time he has been connected with different printing establishments in the city, and for the past four years has been associated with the Indianapolis Journal. In the fall of 1893 he became the nominee of the Repub- lican party for the jiosition of city clerk, receiving his nomination by acclamation at the con- vention, and after one of the hottest and most notable campaigns in the history of city pol- itics, he was elected bv a majority of 3,246 votes, overcoming a Democratic majority of two vears previous of 2,790. Mr. Nixon is a member of Indianapolis Typographical Union No. 1.. also of the International Typographical Union, to which he was elected a delegate in March. 1893, by the largest majority ever given a candidate for that office from the city of Indianapolis, there being six candidates in the field. James Thomas Hardin. Among the noble men of Marion County, Ind., who fulfilled their destiny and are now no more, may be mentioned James Thomas Hardin who was born in Wayne Township, this county, July 23, 1828, a son of Isaac Hardin. His walk through life was characterized by the most honorable business methods, by his devotion to his fam- ily and by the interest he took in the welfare of his fellow man. His death which occurred December 14, 1891 , was not only a severe blow to his own family, but to the community at large. Mr. Hardin was reared upon his fathers farm to hard work, and owing to the indifferent old fashioned subscription schools, his instruclion consisted of about two months per year during his early boyhood days. November 17, 1846, when not yet nineteen years old. he married Frances Stout, and shortly after this event the young couple moved to a farm of eighty acres which had been given them by their fathers, situated about two and a half miles east of the home place. This, their first home, was a round log cabin and furnished with two beds, six chairs, one table, one set of dishes, one skillet, one oven and one tea kettle, and the cooking was done in the fireplace. About two years later they moved to Bridgeport where Mr. Hardin was engaged in the grocery trade about a year. He then sold his interest in the store and their farm of eighty acres, and bought a 160-acre farm in Wayne Township where he remained about five years, then sold out and purchased another 160 acres east of this place where he resided until his death. Mr. Hardin was a member of the Methodist Epis- copal Church, an Odd Fellow and a Democrat. He and wife were the parents of eleven children: Joanna, who married William Traub by whom she had two children, Henrietta (Shafer) and Emma F. (Brewer); Rebecca, who died in infancy; Theodore M. (deceased) who married Alice Berg; Ellen, married Alpheus Smith and bore him one daughter, Lillian; 294 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS CtiailBH I., married Mary Maiaes aad has one sou, 4. Franklin; Laura (deceased); Indiana, wedded William Carter and has one son, Harry; George D., married Anna Robertson and is the father of four children, James, Joseph, Raymond and Francis; Noah, who married Agnes Hart and has two children, Lewis and Grace; Joseph, selected Rosa Hasselberg as his wife and is the father of one son, Jose{)h; and Cora E., who became the wife of J. Orlando Dunn and the mother of one son, Ovid Hardin Dunn. Mrs. F. Hardin’s father, David Stout, was born in Butler County, Penn., January 22, 1801, and was there married to Joanna Hurd, formerly of New Jer.sey. Mrs. J. T. Hardin’s father, Isaac Hardin, and his wife were among the earliest pioneers of Marion County. He was born in 1804, married Rebecca Jackson in 1820, and coming to tliis county purchased a farm of 100 acres where they resided until his death. J. T. Hardin became the owner of a 289-acre farm in Marion County, eighty acres in Hendricks County and eighty acres in Illinois. He was an enter[)rising man and his death was a loss to the community in which he resided. Geoiuje W. Co.mbs, M. D. The standing of every profession is marked by the char- acter of the man who re[)resents it. Deplorable as it is, it is nevertheless true, that the inducements offered by the medical profession for the gratification of personal ambition and the accomplishment of selfish ends, have drawn into it men whose influence has been only to degrade the profession. When, therefore, we find a man of true worth and genuine ability giving his energies to the elevation of the profession, it is but just that he should receive the eulogies of men. Such an one is Dr. George W. Combs, who was born in Oakland, Marion County, Ind., March 19, 1809, his parents being John W. and Emma (Cole) Combs, early settlers of Marion County. The paternal grandfather, Jesse Combs, took up his residence at Indianapolis in the early twenties, and at one time owned a great deal of property, where many of the most substantial business blocks of the city now stand. The public schools of his native county afforded Dr. George W. Combs his early education, but about the age of twelve years he was placed in the high school, where he remained until he was about seven- teen years of age. He then began the battle of life for himself as a “ Hoosier School- master,” which occupation he followed very successfully in Lawrence Township for five years. During one year of this time he was principal of the graded school of Lawrence, and his last two years as a pedagogue were spent as principal of the Oakland schools. From early boyhood he had had a great desire to become a physician, and his leisure hours, while teaching the ‘‘young idea” were devoted to the study of this science, to which his kindly nature seemed to instinctively turn. After serving his native township and county as a teacher in its schools he entered the Normal School at Lebanon, Ohio, where he gave especial attention to the study of medicine. In the spring of 1880 he came to Indianapolis for the purpose of completing his medical studies, and for some time he pursued his investigations under the able directions of Drs. P. H. & H. Jame.son. He then entered the Medical Col- lege of Indiana, and after a thorough course of three years graduated with honors in 1883. Upon taking the competitive e.vamination for the interne to the city dispensary he was suc- cessful, and soon after received his appointment to that position, which he filled with ability for one year. At the end of this time the board of aldermen of Indianapolis changed the time of service of internes to the dispensaiy from one to two years, and recognizing the valu- able services of Dr. Combs, they reapj)ointed him for another term, at the expiration of which term he was tendered the superintendency of the dispensary, which he accepted and filled for one term of two years. During the time that the Doctor had charge of the dispensary great good was accomplished by him, and the standard of the institution for usefulness and efficiency was brought up to a high mark. He wisely introduced various ap])liances, instru ments, etc., for the prosecution of surgical work, and many of the details and ])lans of work introduced by him are still followed to the letter, and the standard of exellence which obtains at the present time is in no small degree the result of his labor. The Doctor is a member of the American Medical Association, the Indiana State Medical Association and Marion County Medical Society. He has served as assistant to the chair of obstetrics and diseases of cfiildreu, and principles and practices of medicine in his alma mater — the Medical Col- lege of Indiana. The Doctoi- is a thirty-second degree Mason. Indianapolis has practi- cally been the Doctor’s home all his life, for he was born but a few miles from it, and he has evei' been closely identified with its best interests, and has always been ready to aid in every IN .. OF THE 'JNIVERSITY OF ILUNOI' 295 AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. good project. He is a member of the Commercial aud Columbia Clubs, and in his social relations he is very pleasant aud agreeable, an entertaining companion, a warm friend and, during the lifetime of his wife, was a dovoted husband. He led to the hymeneal altar Miss Carrie Kregelo, grand-daughter of David Kregelo, February 15, 1888, a native of Indian- apolis, bat after a few short years of wedded happiness he was called upon to mourn the death of his wife, which occurred February 4, 1892, of that dread disease — consumption, after an illness of nineteen months. Dr. Combs is a renowned physician and surgeon in Indiana, and his clearness of perception, accuracy of diagnosis and boldness of operation have won for him many admirers. He is in the enjoyment of good health, and is ever found ready' to perform the arduous duties of his calling, which is the most wearing on brain aud body of any in the held of science. The Doctor has always supported Republican principles, but has never been an aspirant for political favors, the honorous duties of his profession fully occupying his heart aud mind. John A. L.vng. The lirst ]>urchase of real estate named in the Bible was made by Abraham, from Ephron, of the cave aud held or Machpelah, consideration four hundred shekels of silver, aud the instrument of transfer reads much like the modern guarantee deed. Land has been bought and sold among all nations: but the business reaches its climax in the United States, where general distribution of realty and spirit of speculation, incised by advancing values, combine to give great activity. Indianapolis, like all live American cities, does a large real estate business, and among the large number of inhuential men who turn their attention to this business is John A. Lang, a member of the hrm of Lang & Shaw, who also do an insurance and pension agency business. Mr. Lang was born in Indianapolis, November, 1854, to Daniel A. aud Grace (Stevenson) Lang, both of whom were l)oru in Scotland and were there reared and married. They came to America about the year 1849, locating at Pittsburgh, Penn., later residing successively in Madison and Howard Counties, Ind., in each of which Mr. Lang was engaged in operating saw and grist- mills and carrying on a successful lumber business. In 1801 the family came to Indianapolis where Mr. Lang became a contractor and builder, which business he cairied on for several years, his office and shop being located where the new county jail now stands. The subject of this sketch received his education in the public schools of Indianapolis, but when still a youth began working at the carpenter's trade, which he continued until he was twenty years old, then was an employe in the service of the Adams Express Company for three years. Following this he estal)lished a giocery' store of his own in 1876, carrying on a prosj)erous retail trade until 1888, when he disjiosed of his establishment, and from that time until 1880 was superintendent of })olice, succeeding Maj. Robins. Since that time he devoted his attention to his ju'esent business and it may be said of him that there are few', if any, better judges of real estate in the city. He gives his close and prompt attention to all orders and special commissions and may be implicitly trusted in all business transactions. This fact must be appreciated by a large number of the residents of the city and owners of farm property throughout Marion County, as he has a large list of patrons in the territory mentioned. In 1880 he was elected to the position of councilman from the twenty-fourth ward on the Democratic ticket and served one term. He is a member of and Slate president of the P. O. S. of A. November 80, 1882, he was married to Miss Amanda Gregory, a native of Boone County and a daughter of Thomas Gregory. They have two children, Ravmond G. and Grace. ItoBEKT GiLBKEA'ni. The steady growth of Indianapolis and the raj)id increase in popu- lation have opened up a wide and important field of enterprise in the line of building and contracting. Many prominent citizens are engaged in this line of business. Among those well known in this city, and among those who have won a first-class reputation for reliable woi'k is Robert Gilbreath, contractor and builder. Mr. Gilbreath was boiii iu (Juilfoid County, N. C., in 1844, and is a son of .Jesse Gibreath, who was also born in Guilford County, of the Old North State. 'I’he lattei' was a wagon inakei' by trade and remained in his native State, following his trade, until 1851, when he came to Indiana. He located in Greensboi'o, Henry County, but died in .Marion County while on a visit, when sixty-two years of age. Hobert Gilbreath received a good ])ractical education in Greensboro and Car thage Rush County, and when the tocsin of war sounded he was lilhMl with a patriotic desire 296 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS to light for the old flag. In November, 1863, he enlisted in the Ninth Indiana Cavalry, Company E, and served irntil August, 1865. He participated in the battle of Nashville, Franklin, was in many skirmishes with Forrest and Hood, and although never wounded, was taken prisoner December 1, 186-1, and contined in Cahaba. He was in prison five months and during that t me was nearly starved to death. Although on board the fated “ Sultana,” when it blew up, he wa^ one of the few who escaped without injury, and floated on staging to Memphis in ice cold water from 2 o’clock until daylight, after which he returnfed to Henry County, Ind. , and assisted his father in the lumber business and in a saw mill in Knightstown. He learned his trade and worked at it for some time in Knightstown; then branched out for himself, moving to Indianapolis and working at his trade until 1875; he engaged in farming in Hush County for four years, after which he returned to Indianapolis and has been engaged in contracting, principally by himself, although he was associated for a time with William Bowman and William Maul, and was with the Indian- apolis Tile Hooting Company and with the cabinet works for a few months. He has had a number of narrow escapes from the “Grim Heaper ” during the time he has followed his trade, falling twice from high buildings, but his time had not come. Politically he is a He{)ublican, and socially a member of George H. Thomas Post, G. A. H. In 1869 he was married to Miss Emily White, of Carthage, and they have an interesting family of three children, two sons and a daughter. Chahles Meadows. Many of the successful business men of America received their early education in the institutions of Europe and among them was Charles Meadows who is now a prominent boot and shoe dealer of Brightwood, Ind. He was born in England in 1847 and when but sixteen years of age came to the “ land of the free,” and settled in the city of Brotherly Love. In 1881 he came to Brightwood. Ind., where he has been in business ever since. He first branched out as a shoemaker, but getting tired of the bench, he invested his frugal savings in a stock of boots and shoes in 1889 and since then has been doing a very good business. He is a man whose l)usiness career is a decidedly interesting one showing the competency that can soon be attained by the natives of other lands. He is an honorable, reliable business man and his store has become very pojnilar with all. Mr. Meadows is a son of George and Emily (Arnold) Meadows, natives of England where they were married in 1834. Ten children were born to the parents, five sons and five daughters, as follows: Emma E. married Samuel Page and resides in England: George died in England when twenty-five years of age; Letichia Meadows, and all the others are deceased except our sub- ject. The mother of these children died in England in 1858 but the father is still living and makes his home in his native country. The original of this notice was married in 1873 to Miss Mary E. Lathberry, daughter of John and Phoebe Lathberry, who were among the old settlers of Bridgeton, N. J., and native born Americans. They had but two children, Mrs. Meadows and a son. To our subject and his wife have been born eight children, six of whom are now living: Emily A., born February 10, 1874, is now at home with her parents and assists her father in the store; George W., born May 13, 1879, is at home as are the re- mainder of the children; Willie, born December 16. 1882; Alicd in 1869. He saw service in the army in the old couidry. His marriage to Miss Johanna Wilson resulted in the birth of one child besides our subject, Bauline, who became the wife of Frank Vonnegnt, of Indianapolis, Ind. The mother passed away in 1872. G. B. Mautin, I). D. S.. was born in Chiawassee County, Jlich., INIay 20, 1850, a .son of M. B. and ]\Iary A. (Beach) JJartin, the former of wliom was born in Johnstown, N. Y., and th(^ latter in Hartfoid, Conn. They were early settlers of Chiawassee Couidy, IMicli., where they located in 1836. 'I'he father was a farmer but for many years lived in retirement from the work-a (lay world. 'I’he Martin and Beach families became i)rominent in political atlairs. E. 'F. 'Throop, uncle of AI. B. Alartin, was at at one time Governor of tlie State of New A (irk and held s(weral very important foreign official positions. Dr. G. B. Martin was reared in his native county and receivial the a(lvant,ag(!s of the public schools and the train ing to l)e derived from life on a farm. After starting out in life for himself he (levot(Ml sonui tiiru! to agricultural pursuits, then engag(‘d in business in New York and later at several dif f((r(mt p(jints in tlie South. After giving Ids attiuition to the study of dentistry for some time he practiced successfully for several yetirs at Lansing. .Mich. In 1887 he came to Indi- anapolis lace was closed and Francis -1. has since been successfully carrying on a fairly lucrative business in Indianapolis. Not only does he manufacture a fine gradeof soaps but also sal soda, and deals in alkalies and soa]) stocks. He manufactures an es{)ecially fine line of laundry soaps; in fact, all the goods he turns out are strictly first class and he is in every way deserving the ])atronage which lu' commands. He is honorable and upright in his business methods, is unmarried and has a wid(‘ circle of friends and ac(|uaintances. Samiiel G Eden. One of the most important: industries carried on in the city of Indian- apolis is that of contracting and building, and among the rej)resentative citizens engaged in this line of business, and thoroughly familiar with it in its every detail is Samuel O. Eden. He is a |)roduct of the Blue-Grass soil of Kentucky, born in Scott County, November 39, I'^ll, and the son of Henry Eden, a brick mason and manufacturer. I’lie latter resided in Woodfonl County. Ky.. many years, and the family was a pioneer one of that State. He was an extensive contractor in his day, and an enterprising, thorough going citizen. Samuel C. Eden, the youngest of ten children, leceived his scholastic training in Lexington, Ky., and at the Old Northwestern Clii istian University, Indianapolis. Then, after his marriagt', he took a course at Purdy’s Commercial College. Previous to t his, when only fifteen years of age, lie started to learn his trade under his brother. Charlton Eden, and after finishing the same, woiked for his lirother for several years. Later he became foreman in the Builders and Manufacturers Association and when that organization sold out he went back to work at his trade. One year later he formed a partnership with his brother (fiiarlton and they (>rected some of the finest buildings in the city. Sometime afterward they dissolved partnershij) and he was superintendent for his Virother for some time. After that he commenc.ed contracting for himself and is now engaged in that, business and is meeting with well deserved success. He has been a Kepublican since that party came into existence and is an active worker in the interests of the same. On Octolier 3, 1801, he was married to Miss Mary A. Berry who was MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS horu in Marion County, Ind., and three sons and four daughters have been the result of this union. The wliole family, with the exception of the two youngest children, are members of the Christian Church. Mr. Eden joined when a young man and recently assisted in estab- lishing the Hillside Cliristian Church. He is })resideut of the board of trustees of that organization, is a teacher in the .Sunday-school, and one of the city’s most worthy and influ- tuitial citizens, and his wife, Mary A. Eden, is one of the officers of the Ladies’ Aid Society and a worker in tlie same church and visits the sick and distressed wherever she finds them. Peter C. Weyenbekg. By a most thorough knowledge of his trade, gained step by step, Peter C. Weyenberg has built up a wide reputation as a contractor in all kinds of brickwork and has a {)atronage of very satisfactory pro])ortions. He is a native of Littleshute, Wis. , where he was b.orn on April 3, 18611, his father, Henry Weyenberg, being a resident of Glen- ville. Clay County, Neb. He is successfully engaged in tilling the soil there but was for- merly a contractor and made a specialty of bridge work, erecting many bridges across the Fox lliver in Wisconsit). He has been a resident of Nebraska for the past sixteen years, liaving moved there when the country was sparsely settled, and is now a well-to do citizen of sixty-three years. From the time he first commenced voting he has been a Democrat, but has by no means been an office-seeker. The early education of Peter C. Weyenberg was received in his native county and in Clay County, Neb., whither he moved with his parents, and there he continued to make his home until his eighteenth year, at which time he began learning the brick-mason’s trade and that of a plasterer, also becoming familiar with cement work, in Denver, Colo., to which {)lace he went during its “ boom.” He followed his trade all over the West and after a time arrived in Hastings, Neb., where he began contracting as a plasterer and brick-mason, during which time he made both money and a good reputation. For the |)ast six years he has been a resident of Indianapolis and at once l)egan doing con- tract work, in the fultillment of which he won such hearty approval for the meritorious character of his woi'k that he has since had all the business he could properly attend to. He did the work on the Eaglefield Planing Mill, some tine residence work on Meridian Street, the work on the Van Camp Packing Company’s l)uilding, the school-house on Ben Davis Street, and many other ])ieces of excellent work. Like so many of the prosperous business men of the day he started in life with nothing but a good constitution and a thorough knowledge of his trade, and these, combined with energy, jierseverance and a wise and pru- dent economy, have placed him on a sound financial footing. On November 17, 1888, he led to the hymeneal altar Miss Katie Schleicher, of Indianapolis, but a native of Lawrenceburg, and their union has resulted in the birth of one son. Mr. Weyenberg is a member of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, and i)olitically is a Democrat. Ctekhard Ittenbach. Since the tide of immigration first set toward America perhaps no class of peo]ile who have found homes upon her shores has done more to build up her interests or contribute more to her commercial importance and national prosperity than the sturdy, honest hearted and industrious Germans, who have come here to enjoy the fieedom of thought and inde])endence of action denied them in the Fatherland, and no class in Indianapolis is more indebted for the present proud position and future promise than to that of which the subject of our sketch is a worthy and honored representative. Gerhard Ittenbach was born in Prussia, Germany, March 28, 1828, and was educated in the schools there. He learned the stone cutter’s trade in that country, but love of adventure and a desire to try his fortune in the new world induced him to leave home and friends and in 1848 he landed in New York City with about $12 in his pocket. Meeting a friend in that city who was without means our subject i)aid his fare to Philadelphia and went to that city him- self Two days later he went to Cinncinnati, and not being able to get work at his trade, he worked at any honorable em])loyment he could find for about three months. From there he went to Wheeling, W. Va., where he secured work at his trade on the suspension bridge and worked there three months. The river getting low he returned to Cincinnati and obtained work on the Hotise of Correction, then building, and remained there until the spring of 1849. From there he went to IMadison, Ind., where he worked on the new jail and made his home there two years. In 1851 he went to Indianapolis to put up the steps for the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, but after finishing fhat work he I'eturned to Madison, where he lemained for a month. Again he returned to Indianapolis and worked on the Bates House, 301 AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. the Blind Asylum and the old Masonic Hall. From there he went lo Madison again, but tind- ing no work there he went to Cincinnati, where he had employment for six weeks. About that time his old employer, James Muersou, of Indianapolis, came to Cincinnati and pre- vailed upon him to return to Indianajiolis. He worked foi' Mr. Muersou until 1800, after which he bought him out and formed a partnership with his brother, Jhank Ittenbach, and J. C. Schmid, the firm being known as Schmid, Ittenbach & Co., cut stone contractors, with stone yard on South Delaware Street. After a two years’ business of sawing stone by hand, and, owing to increase of business, they moved their yard to the corner of Pennsylvania Street and Madison Avenue in 1862, where they put in horse power for sawing stone. The following year they bought their engine, and after using it three years with success and increase of business, and with the idea of still further increasing their splendid business, they bought the present location in 1860 and put up a new six-gang mill, and engine, boilers, rubbing bed, derrick and railroad switch. After a successful business of seventeen years this firm dissolved partnership, Mr. J. C. Schmid retiring, and Gerhard and Frank Itten- bach assuming control. They continued together under the name of G. Ittenbach & Co. until 1880, when the brother, Frank, died. After that Gerhard Ittenbach assumed sole con- trol and carried on the business under the same name, G. Ittenbach A, Co. Since then, from time to time, he has added the latest and most improved stone working machinery, until to day it is the most complete stone yard in the State. Not only' is it known in Indi- ana but all through the FTnited States, and Mr. Ittenbach may well feel proud of a business that has been the result of much hard work on his part. Satisfied that he had done his share of toiling and labor, he retired from this gigantic business enteriu'ise in 1893, his three sons, John, Frank and Gerhard, carrying on the business under the same title. Ow- ing to his ill health of late years he has traveled a great deal through the United States and Europe. Mr. Ittenbach is a man of sterling integrity and solid social (pialities, a devoted husband and a kind father, and a citizen who enjoys the respect and esteem of all who know him. He has put up nearly all the stone work in the city of Indianapolis, notably Fletcher’s Bank, Vance Block, Martindale Block, Clifford’s Block, Eastman, Schleicher & Lee Block, Commercial Club Building, the Public Library, the new jail, the Ingall’s Block, Roberts Park Church, the Methodist Episcopal Church, and numerous other churches in other parts of the city, as well as St. Mary’s Church near Terre Haute, Ind. He has also erected some elegant private residences, including Judge E. B. Martindale’ s, Harvey Bates’, John W. Schmidt’s two buildings in Indianapolis, besides the First National Bank and De Pauw University at Greencastle, Ind., as well as the P’irst National Bank and jail at Connorsville, and the Wolf & Wilson Bank Building at Marion, Ind. In his political principles Mr. Itten bach is a Democrat, but never sought office. Once when nominated for councilman he positively declined. He holds raeml)ershi{) in the Roman Catholic Church, and takes a deep interest in its work. He was married in Indianapolis in 1853 to Miss Frances Schumacher, a native of Germany, where her father, Michael Schumacher, was also born. The latter passed his entire life in his native country, but the daughter, Frances, came to America about five years after our subject, wliom she had known there. To this marriage were born six children, as follows; Mary, wife of Jacob Dux, of Indianaj)olis; Josephine, wife of George Wilf, who is now (1893) township assessoi'; Frank, Gerhard L., John, and Frances, who is the wife of Jose))h Bauer, who is deputy sheriff of Indianapolis. All the children are married, the sons as follows; Frank married Miss Beilha Mouninger, Gerhard married M iss Lena Rickenbach, and John married Miss Mary Siersdorfer. 'I’he father of lliese chil dren has twenty grandchildren. His father, G(jtfried ltlenl)ach, sjx'nt his mitire lif«' in the old country. He was a soldier in the French War, and died in 1841. The maiden name of our subject’s mother was Mary Fleichsman. I’liey were tlie parents of six childien, five of whom grew to niaturf* years, but onIy_ two survives at the present time, Gertrude, wife of Jacol) Nickoli, and our subject, who was the youngest of the chihlreu. The inotluM- died in 1858. Jamks Hvi.and, contractor with premises at 882 North Mississippi Street, was born in Ireland December 12, 1834, and there received a common-school education. He also pai’ tially learned the mason trade. In 1850 he came to tln^ United States and located in New York city where he learned the details of his trade. On November 17, 1853. he weid. to 802 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS Amberstbnrg, Canada, to cut stone for the Sanlt Ste. Marie Canal Company, and after a short stay there he went to Marblehead, Ohio, to work for the same company. In April, 1854, he left there for Chicago, where he worked at brick laying for some time, and then went to St. Louis, thence to New Orleans, from there to Vicksburg, then to Jackson, Miss., then Meni- j)hi8, Tenn., and from there to Louisville, Ky., where he worked until July, 1855. After that he went to Nazareth, Nelson County, Ky., where he built an addition to the academy ixnder the superintendence of William Keely, architect. In February, 1850, he came to Indianapolis and began working with his brother Michael. Business being dull he went to work for Robert Taylor, George Durham, and then for Robert Tarkington. In 1857 he built the Protestant Episcopal Church in partnership with his brother, and in 1859 he worked as foreman for Contractor Costigan during the building of the United States postoffice. In 1801) he and his brother worked on a residence for Henry Probases at Clifton (a suburb of Cincinnati), also built the pastor's residence and a sister’s school at St. Vincents, Shelby County, Ind.; in 1801, and since then he has built St. John’s Church and school-house, St. Patrick’s Church and brother’s Residence, St. Mary’s School-house, Academy of Music, Sec- ond Ward School-house, First Baptist Church, Second Presbyterian Church, Meridian, Methodist Episcopal Church, Indianapolis, church at Franklin, Ind., church at Greenwood, Ind., church at St. Vincent, Ind., and church at Washington, Ind. He also built the Cham- ber of Commerce, Cleveland Block, Kingan A Company Packing House, St. Charles Block, the Ryan Block, etc. Mr. Hyland’s two sons are associated with him in business. He is a member of the Builders’ Exchange. In religion he is a Catholic. Jonathan Gray. A prominent brick contractor of Indianapolis, whose place of business is at 128 Hill Avenue, is Jonathan Gray, who owes his nativity to Washington County, Ind., where he was born October 5, 1833. His father, Columbus Gray, was a native of the State of New York, born in New York city, and in after years became a pilot on the Hudson, Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. Many years ago he located in the State of Indiana, his son Chaun- cey being the first white child born in Madison, now over seventy years ago. Columbus Gray, with his father, was in numerous fights with the Indians in Indiana and they had many narrow escapes from being killed. Hosea Gray, the grandfather, was a native of the State of Vermont. Columbus Gray died when a middle-aged man. He was married in Indiana to Lavina Hosey, a native of the Green Mountain State, and in the faith of the Baptist Church they reared their nine children, the father bringing up his son to believe in the principles of the Whig party also. Jonathan Gray obtained a good education in a Catholic .school of Cincinnati, Ohio, attending St. John’s school until he was twelve years of age, during which time he became quite proficient in the German language. In 1852 he came to Indianapolis with his mothei' and began learning the brick mason’s trade with the well known Christopher Wysong, with whom he served an apprenticeship of three years, after which he began working as a journeyman but at the time of his enlistment in the Union army in August, 1862, he was in the employ of Springsteen & Theodore. He became a mem- ber of Company E, Seventieth Indiana Infantry (Gen. Harrison’s Regiment) and remained in the service for fifteen months, being a participant in a number of engagements. Upon his return to Indianapolis he was a member of the police force for about eighteen months, after which he commenced contracting on his own account and has since given his attention to this business. He has erected the National Hotel, the business house of C. Vonegut, the Dennison Hotel, the Bates House and numerous other buildings of imj)ortance throughout the city. To him belongs the honor of having laid the first pressed brick in the State. He has been remarkably successful in his business and during the long term of years that he has devoted to brick contracting he has been associated with the following gentlemen; Sam Wallace, eleven years, Isaac Lyons, William Amos and Al. Wallace, but is now associated in business with his four sons, all of whom are practical and experienced brick layers. Their mother was Rebecca Baker of Martinsville. Mr. Gray has always been interested in the success of the Rejmblican party and socially is a member of the Red Men and the G. A. R. He has been married thirty years to his second wife whose maiden name was Sarah E. Johnston and they have seven living children, six sons and one daughter, and he has one sou by his first wife, all of this city. 808 AND MARION COUN'/'Y, INDIANA. Dr. Alembert Winthrob Braytun, of lucliauapolis, Iml., was boru in Avon, N. Y., March 3, 1848, a son of Elijah and Helen P. Brayton, also of the State of New York, at present residents of Chicago. The family is of Scotch descent, and like all those in whose veins course that blood, possesses fine order of intellect and is of a religious nature. During his early life Dr. Brayton’s father was a Inmbennan in the Lake George region and later was engaged in milling in Pike, Wyoming County, N. Y. His wife, Helen Parker, was of English descent and a native of Vermont. The early schooling of the subject of this sketch was acquired at his mother's knee, and he does not remember when he could not read. In order that he and his brothers might have better educational advantages and be brought u]) to a life of usefulness, rather than the enforced idleness which so often characterizes village life, the father removed westward and settled on a farm on the prairies of Kankakee County, 111., about fifty miles .south of Chicago, where he j)i;t his boys to work following the furrow, planting “sod corn” and harrowing in spring grain. These years were useful and happy ones, and lessons of morality and industry were learned which ever afterward remained with them. At odd times they attended the district school in the vicinity of their prairie home, and this, with the Sunday school books, which they obtained at the Manteuo Methodist Church, and such literary works as the farmers of the vicinity had in their ])OS8ession, con- stituted the educational opportunities and material. Horace Greeley’s Weekly Tribune, the New York Cliristiun Adrocafe and Journal, the Ladies’ Repository and the Atlantic Monthly also found a place in their home. In 1868 the family moved to Blue Island, a few miles south of Chicago, and this growing city was thereafter a considerable factor in the experience and education of its members. After attending the Blue Island High School for three years. Dr. Brayton and his Ijrothers entered the Cook County Normal School, located at Englewood, 111., and so came under the daily instruction of that moat fascinating and suc- cessful educator. President Daniel S. Wentworth, of Chicago. From this school Dr. Brayton graduated in 1879, and immediately after became principal of the Glencoe schools. Cook County, but the following year was elected professor of natural science in the Normal School. However, he decided to first take a course in Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y., but owing to the great Chicago fire, he left the university at the completion of the sophomore year, and took up the work of biological teaching in the Normal School. In January, 1877, being earnestly .solicited by David S. Jordan, now president of Leland Stanford University, but then professor of natural sciences in Butler University and a classmate of the Doctor’s in Cornell University, Dr. Brayton moved with his family to Indianapolis, and at once interested himself in zoological researches with Prof. Jordan. He there completed his university course, taking the degree of bachelor of science at Butler University, the degree of master of science being afterward conferred upon him by the State University at Bloom- ington, Ind., and by Purdue University at Lafayette, Ind., on account of the meritorious work he had accomplished in zoology. In comjrany with Prof. Jordan and Charles Gilbert and some college students he, in 1877, visited the southern Alleghany Mountain region in the interests of ichthyological science. Many rivers and streams of the South were seined, the result being that some twenty new specimens of fish were discovertnl and wei’e descrilred and published by Prof. Jordan and Dr. Brayton in Bulletin No. 12 of the United States National .Museum. The following summer was also sj)ent in these researches in the Alleghanies, at Beaufort, N. C. and the Smithsonian Institution. In 1879 Dr. Brayton contributed a list, with scientific and literary notes irpon the ‘‘Birds of Indiana,” which was published in the annual I'eport (jf that year of the Indiana Horticultural Society. In 1882 the Doctor published a “Report on the Mammals of Ohio,” which occupicnl 175 pages of Volume IV of the Geological Survey of that State. Dr. Brayton began his medicnil studies in Chicago, rc^sumed them in Indianapolis, and in 1879 took the degrelecled to the same [)osition in the .Medical Colleg«* of Indiana. After four years of exacting work in chemistry he was «‘lected to the chair of physiology in the same institution, and two years later to the chair of pathology, clinical medicine and ilermatology, which he still holds, lie 304 MEMOIR^^ OF INDIANAPOLIS has beeu on the consulting, clinical and teaching staff of the Indianapolis City Hospital and Dispensary since commencing the practice of medicine, and has devoted himself particularly to diseases of the skin. The result has been that in these charities skin diseases have received the attention of an expert. Some extremely unusual cases have have been met with in his dermatological practice and have received widespread attention by the medical journals of the country. Dr. Brayton has had a large consultation business in this department of medicine, to which he has devoted much thorough work and painstaking investigation. He has been a faithful attendant of the Marion County Medical Society, to which he has con- tributed numerous papers and discussions, and of which he has been both president and secretary. He also belongs to the Indiana State Medical Society, the proceedings and transactions of which he has edited for the past four years. Since the establishment of the Indiana Medical Journal, September, 1892, Dr. Brayton has been almost continuously a member of its editorial staff', and when the journal came into possession of a stock company, in April, 1892, Dr. Brayton was unanimously elected its editor-in-chief, a position he still holds, and for which he is admirably adapted. Under his management the journal has greatly increased its range and usefulness, and has become the recognized organ of the medical profession in Indiana, and now is one of the leading State journals of the West. Dr. Brayton was on the editorial staff of the Indianapolis Daily Journal for six years, his writings being limited to medical, educational and scientific subjects. He has always taken a great interest in the scientific education of young men, and has urged them to take a full collegiate course. He has been a member of the CTentlemen’s Literary Club and the Con- temporary Club of Indianapolis, and of other organizations devoted to the advancement of the social and intellectual life of his community. His wife, Jessie M. Dewey, is a native of Chicago, a graduate of the Chicago Normal School, an ardent student of ornithology, and is of artistic tastes and literary habits. They were married in Chicago June 24, 1874, and have seven children, the two elder of whom, May and Nelson, are in the junior year of Butler University. Joseph A. Kink. One of the most successful and progressive enterprises in Indian- apolis is that conducted by Mr. Joseph A. Rink, dealer in cloaks, furs, etc., and who is one of the thorough going business men of the city. He is a native of Lawrenceburg, Ind. , born April 15, 1858, and the son of Michael and Ruftina (Spades) Rink. Our subject was reared in his native town until twelve years of age, and while yet a boy laid the foundation for his subsequent prosj)erous career, having the agency and route for sale of all news- papers in that place. When he had reaciied the above mentioned age, the family removed to Cincinnati, Ohio, where young Rink received a limited education in the Catholic schools. In 1874 he came to Indianapolis with his parents, and shortly afteiuvard entered the employ of M. H. Spades, retail dry goods merchant, in the lowest position of the store. He con- tinued in the employ of Mr. Spades until 1888, and during that time was promoted to the highest position, being manager and buyer. This establishment was known as the Boston Store and was the largest retail enterprise in the city at that time. By economy and care- ful management Mr. Rink had accumulated some means, and in 1888 he embarked in busi- ness for himself on a small scale, his cash capital being $1,000. His stock of cloaks was in an up stairs room, 20x40 feet, and he was the originator of the exclusively cloak house in the west. He met with unusual success in his venture and pi’ospered from the start. Although he has been but five years in the business he has one of the finest estab- lishments in the country, carrying a stock of goods valued at from $40,000 to $50,000. He deals exclusively in cloaks and furs in his salesroom which is 50x150 feet, on the ground ffoor, and fitted up in modern style during the ])ast year at a cost of $15,000, and considered one of the finest stores of its size in the United States. In addition to this Mr. Rink estab- lished a dry goods store in 1891, as Rink & Co., M. H. Spades being his partner. The latter retired in 1892, and Mr. Rink has since carried on the business and carries a stock of everything to be found in a first-class dry goods store. He carries goods valued at from $15,000 to $18,000, and the store is known as the Bee Hive. In addition to these vast enterprises Mr. Rink manufactures all seal and fine fur garments, working summer and winter in this branch, there not being another manufacturing concern of this kind in Indian- apolis. The cloak room and manufacturing department give employment to forty five hands. 305 AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. being now in its infancy, but next year there will be 100 hands employed, and eventually several hundred. Mr. Kink also owns valuable real estate in Indianapolis, the Rosevelt House belonging to him. It is a four story brick situated on Ohio Street, in the central part of the city, and is very valuable. He also owns considerable handsome residence prop- erty in North Meridian and some in this city. The garments manufactured by Mr. Rink have no superior in the American market for quality of materials, fashionable elegance and finish, and are equal in every respect to those imported from the most noted European houses. Mr. Rink is a keen, intelligent business man, thoroughly conversant with all the requirements of his various enterprises, and eminently popular in meeting all its demands. On September 29, 1891, our subject was married to Miss Carrie Pfau, daughter of the wholesale liquor merchant, George Pfau. Mr. and Mrs. Rink are the parents of one child, Loretta, who was born November 2, 1892. They are members of the Catholic Church, and in politics Mr. Rink is a Democrat. George H. Roberts. The practice of veterinary surgery is even more intricate than that of medicine as applied to the hmnan family, demanding in addition to a perfect knowl- edge of the anatomy of the horse and a thorough practical knowledge of drugs and medi- cines, also an intimate knowledge of equine habits under varying conditions, coupled with a quick, intuitive perception to grasp the seat and nature of the disease — since the patient can never tell their symptoms. The possession of these qualifications and endowments in a high state of development, satisfactorily accounts for the success of George H. Roberts, the well known veterinary surgeon of Indianapolis. He is a native of New York, born in Alabama, Genesee County, November 1, 1864, and is a son of Horace and Mary (Easton) Roberts, the former a native of York State, and the latter of England. At the present time the father is a prosperous farmer of his native State, and has tilled many responsible positions in his county. Our subject was but six months old when his parents removed from Genesee County, N. Y., to Orleans County, that State, and he there became familiar with the ardu ous duties of the farm, and received his early education in the district schools. When four- teen years of age he entered the Genesee Wesleyan Seminary at Lima, N. Y.,and there com- pleted his literary education. When seventeen years of age he began the study of medicine, and when twenty he entered the New York College of Veterinary Surgeons, from which institution he graduated March 14, 1888. He established himself at Akron, N. Y., in 1887, having previously graduated from the school of Comparative Medicine at New York, and at that time he also took a full laboratory course at Bellevue Hospital. Until the spring of 1899 he carried on a successful business in Akron, N. Y. , and then moved to Indianapolis, where he ranks among the foremost veterinary surgeons of the city. Socially he is a mem- ber of the I. O. OF., and politically he is a Republican. He has the best and most com- plete facilities for the treatment of sick and lame animals, and his building, 60x100 feet, will accomodate thirty horses. In connection with the veterinary business the Doctor has a livery and boarding stable. He also jiays special attention to the treatment of dogs, and is veterinarian of the Illindio Kennel Club. The intirmary is located at 276 East Washington .Street. Robert Zener. This gentleman, who alone comimses the tirni of Robert Zener & Co. of this city, came from Chicago to Indianapolis in September, 1885. He is a native of this State, however, and was born in New])ort, Vermillion County, April 23, 1841, his parents l)eirig among the earliest settlers of that county. His father was possessed of valuable estates in and about Newport which was the county seat. As was the custom in those days the subject of this sketch, with his brothers, was recpiired at an early age to assist in the f)peration of his father’s mills and the farm of several hundred acres which adjoined the town, relying maiidy on the winter terms of the public schools for his education. After reaching his majority .Mr. Zener began the study of medicine in the office of Dr. Clark Leavitt, then of Newport and now living in Danville, III. Finishing his course* of studies at the I'ni versify of Michigan he began the practice of medicine at Clinton, Vermillion County ill March, 18th), about one month liefore the close of the Civil War. His success was far lieyond his exjiectat ions but he remained in Clinton until Octobei* of that year oidy when in coinfiany with his two elder brothers he emigrat«*d to western Missouri, locating at Clinton, th e county seat of Henry County. 'I’he brothers mentioned had passed through this jiortion 30(5 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS of Missouri with Geu. Curtis’ division of the Westeru army iu 18(51 and being pleased with the appearance of the country resolved to make it tlieir home after the war was over. Mr. Zener remained in Missouri, latterly at Sedalia, for eleven years then, in 187(5, he removed with his family to Bloomington, 111, and thence to Chicago. Prior to leaving Missouri he had connected himself with the Springfield Fire and Marine Insurance Company of Massa- chusetts, as their special agent and adjuster, which position he held until January 1, 1887, when he resigned. In the year 1885, having taken charge of his comjiany’s interests in Indiana and Ohio he removed to Indianapolis and a year later, in July, 1886, he purchased the local agency of Cleaveland ct Brown of this city, but did not sever his connection with his company until six months later. The agency which he purchased had on its books at the time about $‘27,0(M) in premiums. Under Mr. Zener’s management the business increased rapidly and in 18U2, over .|12(),(X)() in premiums was written. The building up of this immense business in so short a time was made possible only by Mr. Zener’s thorough understanding of the science of underwriting and his hal)it of close attention to minutest details. In his profession Mr. Zener has taken high rank and his j)atrons have learned to have the utmost confidence in his integrity, and in his ability to take care of their interests. Five years ago the general agency for Indiana and Kentucky of the Employers Liability Assurance Corporation (limited) of London, England, was placed in Mr. Zener’s office with- out solicitation and during the year of 181)2 he wrote in premiums for that corporation alone over |!40,00(). This company was the first to introduce into this country what is known as employers liability insurance which»insures employers of labor against liability for accidents to their employes. This form of insurance has become very i)opular and as Mr. Zener set- tles and pays all claims from his office he has been enabled to build up for the corporation a large business in his field. To conduct such a business recpiires not only system but a superior grade of help to take charge of the different departments. In November, 1861), Mr. Zener was married at Clinton, Mo. to Miss Catharine F. Dodge, then of Clinton, but for- merly of Brooklyn, N. Y. There are three children and the family home at 316 College Avenue is one of the most desii'able on that street of beautiful residences. The eldest son, Clarence M. Zener, graduated from the grammar school in Chicago and from the high school iu this city, in both cases at the head of his classes, and in June of this year received his diplonia from Wabash College in this State. He is now in his father’s office and will no doubt make his maik in the business. Mr. Zenei', while in love with and devoted to his business, has not forgotten that one of the results sought after is the “ laying up of something for a rainy day.” In addition to his Indianapolis property he has large interests in the State of Kansas which require all the time of his youngest brother to look after for him. John Hardacre. In a work which has for its object a compreliensive review of the leading industries of Indianapolis, it is highly important that special attention shoidd be given to those great artisans whose skill and labor have been utilized in the construction of her buildings and public institutions. Foremost among this number is John Hardacre, who is one of the prominent builders and contractors of the city. Like many of the rep- resentative citizens of Marion County, Ind , Mr. Hardacre is a native of the Buckeye State, born in Dayton, Montgomery County, in 1834. His father, Joseph Hardacre, was a native of West Virginia, and remained in that State until a young man. He then went to Ohio, and located in Dayton, where he was engaged as a carriage manufacturer for some time. Later, he moved to Miami County, that State, and there passed the closing scenes of his life. Our subject received a good practical education in the common schools of Miami County, and subserison Gen. Streight was like the shadow of some great rock in the desert. Men instinctively gathered around him. He was their counselor, friend and champion. In him they re})Ose(l all confidence, intrusting to him their money and laying l)efore him their grievances, and shaiing with him their every thought. It was Gen. Streight who defiantly wrote the rebel secretary of war, compelling an increase of lations and more humane treatment. AVhile the enemy hated him, yet they feared him, and if recaptured his life would have paid the forfeit of his daring and patriotism. On returning to civil life he resumed the business of a publisher, in connection with the cultivation of a farm in the suburbs of tlu^ city, where his widow’ now resides. In 1805 he embarked in the lumber bus- iness, making a s|)ecialty of walnut and hard wood lumber, to which was subsequently added chair manufacturing on an extensive scale. He was successful and pros])erous in business affairs and contributed much to the development and welfare of Indianapolis. He always manifested a keen interest in politics and as a Republican i)articipated in many of the cam- ))aigns. In 1870 he was elected to the State Senate, and as an evidence of his popularity and standing ran more than 1,000 votes ahead of his ticket. Here he was conceded to be one of the leaders of the party. Among the measures supported by him was the introduction of a bill providing for the erection of a new State house building, the principal provisions of which were adopted. In 1880 he was one of the Republican candidates for the nomina- tion of governoi-, and although an unsuccessful aspirant for gubernatorial honors, press and people W'ere unanimous in their endorsement of his irreproachable honesty, iron will, unusual intelligence and thorough patriotism. Gen. Streight was married January 14, 1849, to Miss Lovitia IMcCarty, a native of Bath township, Steuben County, N. Y. , and daughter of Mrs. McCarty, a native of Sussex, N. J., who came to Seneca County, N. Y. , and after- ward, when Mrs. Streight was eight years of age, to Steuben County, that State. Mrs. Streight’s father was a farmer. By his marriage to Miss Maiy Abbott Mr. McCarty became the father of eight children, seven daughters and one son, all of whom grew to mature years exce])t one: Elizabeth, widow of John Fairfield, who resides at Green Hill, Steuben County, N. Y. ; Emeline, wips. nativesof Viiginiaand Massachusetts i-espectively. Mr. Greenleaf and wife became t he [)arenls of tf;n childien: Edward Timothy, born August 27, 1895, married Miss Jennie Boor of Sandusky, Ohio, and is now residing in Lima, Ohio, where he is superint(‘ndent of tin* drafting rooms and supply de|)artmeTit of tin* Lima Locomotive A Machine Works; Clem •Mits ,A., born .\ugust 19. IS97, married Miss Elizabeth Bertie Wilfley, of Dlexico, IMo. , and now resides in this city; the next two children were twins, John L. and Harry, born July 39. 18f )9 (the former is single and r(!sides iti this city but the latter died at birth); Mary, born January 1 I, 1872, is single and at home; Helen M., born April 12, 187-1, is single and MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS at. home; Frances Jane, l)oni December 5, 1877, died when four years of age; the next two children were twins, Grace and May, born May 10, 1881, now at home; and Paul, born March 25. 1884, is also at home. Our subject is a mechanical engineer and for the past twenty years has been engaged in manufacturing the famous Greenleaf Turntables in this city. His invention is used by railroads in turning their cars and engines, they are in use on most of the railroads in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, and the large factory in Indianapolis is now engaged in manufacturing turntables alone. There is no part of his life work to which Mr. Greerdeaf refers with more pride than to the mission work he has done in this city. He is a strong church man and believes that every individual should interest himself in this work. He delights in assisting and relieving the poor and oppressed and no one has done more for that class of people than he. For years he has carried on this good work and is to-day as active in its support as in former years. In 1872, Mr. Greenleaf organized a com[)any to consist of 150 stock holders, each holding an eijual amount of stock for the purpose of estal)lishing a co operative industry. About one-half of the stock was snb- sciibed, the works were built, a farm was purchased, each stock holder was deeded one acre of land, and by-laws made so that no stock holder could accumulate more than an ecpial share of the propej'ty, (any stock holder wishing to withdraw could do so by selling to the corporation and the stock to be cancelled). The enterprise failed, principally because so many could not be of one mind, and because of the panic of 1873, Mr. Greenleaf was forced to go into baidcrnptcy. The works that he built are now the principal building of the Cleve- land, Cincinnati, Chicago A St. Louis Shops, and the farm he bought is now the suburban town of Brightwood. Mr. Greenleaf was the hirst one to inaugurate the sale of town lots in Indianapolis, on terms at which the poorest laborers could become owners of their own homes. He selected a small subdivision in Oak Hill with which to try the experiment, foiind about thirty families that were di.stressed, and induced them to purchase lots at $125 each, by pay- ing $1(1 cash, and the balance $5 per month, giving possession on tiie receipt of $10. Many of these houses, at first, would have been called shanties, but they have been gradually improved until now most of them are neat cottages, and best of all is, that the real estate owners who refused at tir.st to sell without a cash payment large enough to pay expenses of foreclosure are most all now ready to sell on terms as described; there is no necessity of making a deed until the full payment of ground has been received. The secret of the success is that the rent applies as purchase money. Mr. Greenleaf has built three factories, first one the “Green- leaf Machine Works. ” corner Tennessee and Merril Streets; second, “Greerdeaf Manufacturing Conijiany.” at Brightwood; third one, thepresent “Greenleaf Turntable Manufacturing Com- pany,” corner Bloyd and Parker Avenues, also fourteen cottages in Brightwood, and eight in the city limits. Oak Hill. He has assisted in building three Presbyterian churches, “Second,” corner of Pennsylvania and Vermont Streets; Ninth, corner “North” and Penn Avenues; and “Memorial,” corner of Christian Avenue and Ash Street. To the last named he gave more time and cash than any other one, paying cash, $5,600 into the building fund. Mr. Green- leaf does not believe in sects, but does believe that the Christian religion, is to believe and hold to the person of the Lord Jesus Christ, and that the real Church, is his body, purchased with his own Blood, and that it should have one mind with all members holding to Jesus as Head, with the Holy Spirit the Guide, and the Bible the lule of our lives here. John A. Shtciuffe, M. D., of Indianapolis, Ind. , was born in Fayette County, lud. , in 1845. His parents were Joseph M. and Cynthia A. Sutcliffe. He was educated at Brookville Col- lege and Asbury University, and graduated from the first named institution in 1869; He afterward received the degree of Master of Arts from Moore’s Hill College. His medical education was acquired at the Ohio Medical College, Cincinnati, and at Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York, where he completed his course and received his medical degree in 1872. He was assistant surgeon in Bellevue Dls])ensary during the same year, an honor only conferred upon the most jiroficient graduates. On the expiration of his term of serv- ice in that capacity he began the general practice of his profession, but for the past six years he has confined himself exclusively to surgery and genito urinary diseases. Since the date of his graduation Di. Sutcliffe has supplemented his education and training by taking two courses in surgery and genitourinary diseases in Bellevue Hospital, and also two similar courses in the New York Polyclinic. In 1888 he went to Europe, visiting the large hospi- V. A LIBRARY OF THE JNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AM) MAKIOX COUNTY, INDIANA. 317 tals of Louclofu, Paris, Vieuua, P.'ilin and Edinburgh, where he reiuained for nearly a year, taking additional courses in the same branches of his profession, in order to better prepaid* himself for the practice of his specialty. Dr. Sirtcliife has tilled the chair of anatomy and genito urinary diseases in the Central College of Physicians and Surgeons, Indianapolis, for several years, and for the past seven years, that of princij)les and practice of surgery and genito urinary diseases in the same institution, and is treasurer of the faculty. Dr. Sutcliffe is surgeon to the Cincinnati, Hamilton d)lic to be, in the language (jf the Daily Nen-s, “ fjim of the best oratorical efforts,” delivered before that magnificent assemblage. The Assori.aled Press declared it “eloquently” rendered, and the I ndiana/iolis liaily Seiitinrl's tele^ra[>hic special from Chicago voiced tin* general verdict in the state- 328 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS luent “That, it was generaliy conceded tliat Mr. English made the best seconding speech of tlie convention.” Mr. English is a young man of tine apj)earance, and of great personal popularity, a (piick and ready debater, a forcible speaker and an excellent presiding officer, and when occasion requires and he is called to preside over or address public meetings or conventions his capacity is made most manifest and his abilities show to their best advantage. Hon. Saml’el H. Buskirk (deceased), was a representative of one of the best known families of Indiana, one brother being Judge Edward C. Buskirk, of Indianapolis, another the late Judge (leorge A. Buskirk, of Bloomington, and himself having served on the supreme bench of the State. He was born January 19, 1820, at New Albany, Ind., receiving his collegiate education at the State University at Bloomington, and graduating from the law department of that institution in 1841. He early displayed ability of a high order in his chosen jirofession, but having a strong liking for |)olitics his professional and political career became hopelessly mixed. In 1848-52 and 1854, he served by election in the legis- lative assemblies of Indiana; was a candidate for elector on the Democratic ticket in 1856, and in 1862 65, was again elected a member of the Legislature, serving two terms as speaker of the House. In 1870 he was elected a Supreme Court judge, served one full term of six years, and during that time prej)ared and published “ Buskirk’s Practice,” a standard work of ju-actice in the Supreme Court. At the time of his death, which occurred very suddenly April 3, 1879, he was a resident of the city of Indianapolis, and actively engaged in the prac- tice of law. Judge Buskirk ranked exce[>tionally high as a lawyer and jurist; was a man of unexceptionable character, and was the possessor of the respect of all classes regardless of religious creed or political conviction. Gen. John Coburn. Among the prominent and able lawyers of the State, noted for his skill in handling cases, is Gen. John Coburn, who possesses far more than the share of ability with which the average man is endowed. He has won his enviable position in the legal profession by the exercise of the talent with which nature endowed him, allied to great a])plication, and few can conscientiously accept the praise which he so well merits. He was born on West Ohio Street in what was then the village of Indianapolis, October 27, 1825, his parents being Henry P. and Sarah Coburn, who settled there in the latter part of 1824. His education was obtained in the old County Seminary on University sipiare, and at Wabash College, Crawfordsville, from which he graduated with signal honors in 1846. For some time thereafter he assisted his father as deputy clerk of the Supreme Court of the State, after which he studied law in his father’s office, receiving his license to practice in 1849. He served one term as a representative in the Legislature in 1850 and 1851, from Marion County. He soon after formed a partnership with Hon. Napoleon B. Taylor, and was later thus associated with Gov. David Wallace. His ability as an able advocate soon became recognized and he was elected judge of the Common Pleas Court for the district composed of the counties of Marion, Hendricks and Boone, in which capacity he served with distinction until September, 1861, when he resigned and was appointed colonel of the Thirty-third Regiment of Indiana Volunteers and at once took coTumand, going with his regiment into Kentucky, as a part of the army of the Ohio, afterward known as the army of the Cumber- land. His was the first regiment in that army to engage in battle, which was on October 21, 1861. With his regiment he participated in all the arduous services of the field, the marches, battles and sieges and was once captured with a portion of his brigade, and for a short time was a captive in Libby Prison. His record as a soldier is without reproach and his last service as such was in the Atlanta campaign, which city surrendered to him. He commandetl a brigade during the most of his service in the field, and was breveted a Brigadier-general for meritorious and gallant conduct throughout the war. U})OU his return home he resumed the ])ractice of his ])rofession and in the fall of the same year was elected judge of the circuit composed of Marion, Hendricks and Johnson Counties in which capacity he served with great credit to himself and to the satisfaction of the public in general until August, 1866, at which time he resigned. In October of the same year he was elected a member of Congress and was honored with a re-election three times, and served in all eight years, his career as a Congressman being a brilliant and honorable one. He was a faithful and conscientious worker in the House. He served four yeai's on the committee on banking 329 AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. and currency and for four years was chairman of the committee on military affairs, and so deep and thorough was his knowledge in this line that he was considered by many to be a most suitable person to fill the responsible and honorable })Osition of Secretary of War. after Secretary Belknap had resigned. His greatest and most successful labors, in Congress were those in which he struggled against the attempted contraction of the currency by the retirement of the greenbacks; and in various reforms in the laws governing the army. He was the author of the measure providing for the publication of the llebellion Records and of the law providing headstones for deceased .soldiers, also of the law establishing the military prison at Forth Leavenworth. In his jiolitical proclivities he was a Whig, then became an advocate of the principles of the Republican party, which he has earnestly su})ported up to the present time. When the great Civil ^Var seemed inevitable and men were found waver ing. he was enthusiastic in his support of the Union, and his powerful and tiery elourchased the present site at Kniglitstown. After this the Slate assumed the charge and management by an act of the Legislature which he drafted and the institution was delievered into the hands of State officers. Ultimately the soldiers were taken to the National Home at Dayton, and the Orphan’s Home, a grand institution, was established under the law. He has had a hand in many matters for the ])ublic welfare and continues with energy and good will in all of his old lines of life. He is an optimist and strives for the coming of the belter day for all men. J. P. ^[cCoNNELn. In writing a review of the industries of Indianapolis, there is no sub- ject more worthy of attention than the city’s carpenter trade. It constitutes an im])ortant factor in the city's advancement, and no man has done more in this ])articular branch than has J. P. McConnell whose carpenter and job shop is located at ‘27 East Georgia Street. He gives special attention to store and office fixtures and how well he has prospered may be seen in the high class of his custom and the excellent character of his work. He has built up a good patronage and has proven himself a gentleman of unswerving integrity. Mr. McConnell is a product of Indiana soil, born in Fayette County, August 8, 1841, and is a son of Ellis D. and Nancy (Hodkins) McConnell, natives respectively of Ohio and Kentuck}'. Our subject’s j)aternal grandfather, Capt. Thomas McConnell, was a Virginian who served as captain in the War of 1812. Ellis D. McConnell moved from his native State to Fayette County, Ind. , in 1825, or about that time, and located on a farm where he met with unusual success. Formerly a Whig in politics he joined the ranks of the Republican party upon its orgaidzation, and took a deep interest in politics. For many years he was a worthy member of the Christian Church. His death occurred February 19, 1887, on his eighty-fifth birth- day. His wife died May 30, 1882. Nine of their twelve children grew to manhood and womanhood. J. P. McConnell, our sul)ject, secured a fair education in the schools of his native county and partially learned his trade before the war. On December 0. 1801, he enlisted in Company G, Fifty-second Indiana, as musician and participated in the battle of Fort Donelson after which he was discharged from the service on account of general disabil- ity. Although exempt from further service he afterward joined the 100 days’ service and was a faithful and trusty soldier. He had graduated from Bryant & Spencer’s Commercial Col- lege and after the war he engaged in various kinds of work for some time. He was a con- tractor on the I. & V. Railroad, where he lost money and he was subsequently engaged in the patent right business all over Illinois and Missouri. After this he was in Arkansas, Miss- issippi, Tennessee and other jiarts of the South for one year. About 1872 he came to Indian- apolis and turned his attention to building. In 1875 he went South for about one year; was in Chicago in 1881 and 1883. then came to Indianapolis. In learning his trade Mr. McConnell had instilled into his mind the principle to do good work, but after he had followed this for some time he found it was no longer profitable in building houses, so he turned his attention to office and store fixtures which he makes a specialty. He has met with the best of success in this line of business and gives the be.st of satisfaction. In the year 1899 he married Miss Anga Staats, of Fortville, this State, but this happy union terminated in her death April 14, 1874. One daughter, now deceased, was born to this union. On Ajiril 15, 1879, Mr. McConnell married Miss Lilly Ferguson, of Edinburg. Although a Republican he is not a strict partisan but is rather independent in his ideas. Geoboe \V. Bailey. The development of the real estate market of Indianapolis has been upon a scale commensurate with the importance and rapid growth in wealth and popu- lation, equal in pro])ortion. to any city in the Union, while much of the credit attaching thereto is due to the intelligent efforts and honorable policy of our leading and representa- tive real estate agents. Prominent among the number referred to is Mr. George W. Bailey, well known in real estate circles and senior member of the firm of Bailey & Bailey, dealers in real estate, rents and loans. He is a recognized accurate authority on the present and pros- pective values of real estate throughout all sections of the city and vicinity, so that the utmost reliance can be placed upon his judgment and advice by intended investors. He is a gentle- man of large experience, sound judgment and marked ability. Mr. Bailey was born in Madison County, Ind, near Anderson, August 4, 1841, son of Lewis J. and Mary (Miller) Bailey, the former a native of Kentucky and the latter of the Old North State. When 331 AXD MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. about sixteen years of age the father removed with his parents to Indiana and there grew to manhood, becoming a substantial farmer of Madison County. For years he was justice of the peace, trustee, etc., discharging the duties of all in a manner reflecting credit upon himself and his constituents. In February, 1861, he came to Marion County, and settled on a farm north of Indianapoli.«, where he passed the remainder of his days, dying in 1868. The paternal grandfather of our subject, George W. Bailey (after whom our subject was named), was a veteran of the War of 1812, and the Mexican War. He was a native of the grand old State of Virginia. The original of this notice was reared on a farm in Madison County and there remained until twenty years of age, receiving his education in the common schools. He came with the family to Indiana])olis, February 3, 1861, and after remaining with his father on the farm for about three years learned the painters and grainer's trade which he followed for nearly sixteen years. During the latter j)art of the years he was engaged in this business; he did nothing in his line but imitating wood and marble. After engaging in mercantile and other pursuits for some time, in 1876, he embarked in the real estate busine.ss which he has followed almost uninterruptedly ever since. He has met with unusual success in this occupation and has acipiired considerable projierty. During the Rebellion he was on duty for about a year in what was known as the city regiment. Four of his wife’s brothers and one of his own entered the army, three of the former never return- ing. two having died in Andersonville prison. Mr. Bailey was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth iMiller. in January, 1865. and they now have a jileasant and comfortable home in Indianapolis. She was born in Madison County, Ind. , and was the daughter of John and Mary Miller. In politics Mr; Bailey is Inde})endent, voting for the man instead of for party. Independent in religion as to creeds, he is a tirm believer in redernjition as taught in scriptures. Ivy E. AVkioht, M. D. Few, perhaps none, save those who have trod the arduous paths of the profession, can picture to themselves the array of attributes, physical, mental and moral, and the host of minor ipialities e.ssential to the making of a truly successful physician. His constitution needs must be the hardiest to withstand the constant shock of wind and weather, the wearing loss of sleej) and rest, the ever gathering load of care, the insidious ap- proach of every form of fell disease to which his daily round of duties momentarily expose him. The above is but a few necessary remarks introducing Dr. Ivy E. Wright, who for years j)ast has practiced his ])rofession in Indiana, and who has ever met with gratifying suc- cess. He is a product of Indiana, l)orn in Morgan County November 7, 1839, and is the son of William P. and Jane (Stout) Wright, both natives of IMorgan County, Ind., the Wright family being pioneers of that county. The father of our subject was a druggist and mer- chant of Monrovia. Ind.. for many years, but his death occurred in Pulaski County. The original of this notice attended the public schools of his native county uidil about sixteen years of age, when he entered Asbury (hiiversity, and took a three years’ scientitlc course, fn 1861, on leaving the university, he began the study of medicine with Prof. C. H. Cleve- lanrl. and continued with him for three years. In 1866 he graduated fiom tlie Eclectic -Medical College of I’eiinsylvania at Philadelphia. Prior to this, in 1863, he began practic- ing in Rockville. Parke County, Ind., before graduating as was the custom in those days. During the war the Doctor was assistant surgeon of the One Hundred and Sixteenth Indiana Infantry, and was in the Army of (he Cumberland doing both hospital :md field service in the regions in and about Knoxville, remaining in the service a ytuir. He was mustered out at- Eafayette, Ind., in the latter part of 1864. and soon after lottattal in Hancock County, where he ftratdiced medicine and surgery successfully for twenty years. In 1888 he came to Indian- apolis. and located in the western part of the city, where he has a good piactic.e, ranking among the leading tdiysicians of the city. .Miss Etnma Parker, who became his wife in 1861, was a native of Hendricks Courdy, Ind., and the daughter of Dr. Parker, of Danville. Nine children have been born to Doctor and Mrs. Wiight: Vevia, Minnie, Grace, Nellie, Fred, Charles, Ivv and Robl)i(*. .Sturially he isameml)erof the I. O. O. I'., of which he has served as noble grand: he is also a member of the G. R. Politically he is a Republican. \\ ii.i.iAM Gikzkndannkk, a retired business man, was born in Switzeiland, January 1, IM-). a son of .lohii and Anna tMettler) Giezendautier, who wei’e also natives of Switzerland. I’he father was a baker l)y trade and carrii-d on that business on an extensive scale in his 332 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS native land, being also a large manufacturer of soap and muricacid. He was very successful in business, for lie was a man of keen discernment and of great energy, and at the time of his death in the year 1850, he was possessed of a handsome property, to which his children fell heir wliieh they also did to the honorable name which he left behind him. He was married twice, and by his lirst wife became the father of three children, and by his second wife eight. William Giezendanner was about live years old when his father died, and in 18()(t he came to this country with his mother and went with her at once to Louisville, Ky. , and after a short sojourn there came to Indianapolis, where AVilliam has since made his home. He had learned the baker’s trade previous to coming to this country, and upon his arrival in Indianajiolis he entered the employ of Alex and Jacob Metzger, proprietors of the largest and only steam bakery in the city at that time, in whose employ he remained about one year. He then became an employe in a Government bakery for some time, and still later was in the service of John Weinberger nearly five years. He next worked in the Cali- fornia House for some time, finally entering the employ of George Haas at the corner of Alississippi and Vermont Streets, ])urchasing about three months later the business in company with Charley Hes})elt. This was in 1868, and the {partnership continued forabouttwo and a half years, at which time Mr. Giezendanner became sole {proprietor of the business and con- ducted the same with great success until he retired. May 1, 1892. his son succeeding him in the business. In 1876 he erected a handsome brick block on his business {property, three stories high, 42x68 feet, at a cost of over $12,000, and there c(Pnducted one of the leading and best a|P{Pointed Ipakeries in the city. He also built a two-story dwelling adjoining in 1889, at a cost of $3,500, but at the time of his retirement from business he purchased a fine residence {)ro{perty at 610 Bellefontaine Street. During seven or eight years of his business career he carried (Pii a large dry goods business successfully. He has ever been the soul of honor in all his transactions, enter{prising, to be relied upon on all occasions, and an expert in his line of work. He has been a credit to the city of Indianapolis and an honor to the name he bears, and in the social circles of the place he is highly regarded and commands the utmcpst res{)ect. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. and the K. of H. , besides the Indian- afpolis Shooting Society, being a director and stockholder and the {present treasurer in the latter society. Mr. Giezendanner was married in 1868 to Miss Maggie Hofmann, a native of VV’urtemberg, Germany, and a daughter of George and Hautpah (Haynley) Hofmann, who were also from the old country. To Mr. and Mrs. Giezendanner a family of seven children were given, five of whom are living: George, William, Charley, Harry and AValter. Those deceased are Maggie and Albert, and they also had an ado{Pted child, Mary, who was a daughter of one of Mr. Giezendanner’ s brothers, and who died in childhood. Mr. Giez- endanner and his family are members of the First German Reformed Church, and in poli- tics he is a stanch Democrat, although he is by no means a {Politician. Indianapoms Basket Company. The evolutions in the industrial world, the im{proved modes of manufacturing things, have been mai'velous in the past half century and scarcely an industry exists that has been left untouched of the spirit of reform. This is in every essential true in regard to the making of baskets, and the vast im{Portauce of this industry is seen at a glance when the various uses to which they are {Put are taken into consideration. The city of Indianapolis is es{Pecially fitted for this industry, for it is not only the capital and largest city in the State, Iput it is centrally located in the center of the famous “Hard- wood Timber Belt;” has a magnificent railroad system, and the Indiana{Polis Basket Com- {pany has s{pecially fine shi{P{ping facilities, there being a switch track on each side of the factory. This com{pany was incorporated January 1, 1893, with a ca{pital stock of $14,0C0. fully {paid u{p. This extensive enter{prise gives employment to about 100 hands, the pay-roll amounting to $500 {per week. During the busy season 600 dozen baskets are made daily. sup{plying the markets throughout the United States, the annual business amounting to about $60,000. The officers are: Isaac S{pringer, president; H. C. Tanner, general manager and treasurer. The business was originally established in 1887 on a small scale, but by judi- cious management continued to increase in size until it has now reached goodly {pro- {portions, which desirable state of affairs has been in great measure brought about through the energy and good judgment of Mr. S{pringer, the {president, as well as to the valuable services rendered by his daughter, Miss Lulu M. Springer. Mr. Springer also attributes 333 AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. bis success in no small degree to his inventive genius in getting machines admirably adapted to the prosecution of first-class work, many of which in iise, are those of his own invention. At the present time they manufacture a full line of splint and bamboo baskets, l)erry boxes and fruit packages. Mr. Springer was born in Marion County, Ind., December 18, 1845, a son of Emanuel and Malinda (Staley) Springer, the former of whom was born in Pennsyl- vania and the latter in Virginia. The father came to Marion County, Ind., from Ohio, and in 1829 settled in Warren Township, where he entered eighty acres of woodland, which he eventually succeeded in clearing, although he and his family had to undergo many priva- tions and hardships while he was doing so. In addition to looking after his farm he fol lowed the calling of a blacksmith, doing work for his neighbors. His death occuiTed in 1871, his widow still surviving him at the age of seventy-six years. The old log cabin which he erected in 1829 still stands on the old homestead and is one of the oldest buildings in the county. Isaac Springer was reared on this farm, and in the common schools of the vicinity he received his education. When the war opened, although but sixteen years of age, he was one of the first to respond to his country’s call and became a member of Company K, Fifty- second Regiment, Indiana Volunteers, on November 29. He participated in the following engagement: Fort Donelson, Nashville, Corinth, Tupelo and Canton, Miss., not to mention numerous skirmishes, some of which were quite spirited. For sixteen months his regiment was stationed at Fort Pillow and did scouting duty. With the exception of three months’ sickness he was in active service all the time, and was mustered out Heptember 10, 1865. After the war he worked on a farm for about two years, then married and engaged in farm- ing for himself for five years. In 1871 he came to Indianapolis and for several years worked in various factories. In the fall of 1882 he became a member of the box factory firm of Brunson & Springer and continued thus connected until January 1, 1888, when he retired from the firm and established the basket factory, now known as the Indianapolis Basket Factory, which is one of the best known establishments of the kind in the State. Mr. Springer was married January 2, 1867, to Miss Ruth M. Callon, a native of Marion County and a daughter of William and Ruth Callon, the former of whom was born in Ohio, of Irish parents, and the latter in Kentucky. Mr. and Mrs. Springer have three children: Nora J., born October 28, 1867, and died at the age of twelve years; Lulu M. , born August 26, 1870, and Edgar, born in June, 1877. Mr. Springer is a member of the I. O. O. F. and the Chosen Friends, and for many years has been a memlter of the Methodist Episcopal Church, having been on the board of trustees ever since its organi zation twelve years ago. He is also a member of the O. A. R. , and in ])olitics is a stanch Republican. In the two secret orders with which he is connected he has passed through all the chairs. Harry C. Tanner, the general manager and treasurer of the above company, was born in Lafayette, Ind., November 24, 1866, a son of Ford and Mary A. (Battles) Tanner, the former of whom was born in Stevenstown, N. Y. , and the latter in Boston, Mass. The father operated a basket factory in Lafayette for a number of years, but in 1872 moved to Chicago and at the present time is traveling salesman for the Indianapolis Basket Company. Harry C. Tanner may be said to have been brought up in this business, and he is therefore the thorough master of it in every particular. For eight years he was traveling salesman for a liasket manufactory, covering a territory from Massachusetts to California, and from the (lulf of Mexico to the great lakes. His literary education was obtained in the |)ublic schools of Chicago. After residing in Indianapolis for a few years, he, January 1, 1893, jjurchased an interest in the Indianapolis Basket Company, of which lie was made general manager and treasurer. He was married July 9, 1890, to Miss Ida May Haswell, a native of New York but leared and educated at Eagle, Wis. , a daughti'r of Nathaniel -1. and Lydia (Barton) Haswell, and to their union one child has been given, \\ . Raymond, born April 16, 1892. .Mr. and .Mrs. Tanner are members of the Tabernacle Church, and in jiolitics ho is a Republican. JosKPii A. .McCt'iKK. There is nothing which adds so much to the assurance and security of the peojile of a town or city as well lighted streets. Those meditating crime generally st*ek darkness for its accomplishment, ami in a well lighted street much less of it is done. Indianapolis is well supplied in this respect, and has reason to be proud of her illuminated 334 MEMOIRl-i OF INDIANAPOLIS .st.reels, oil which oue feels iilmost as safe as in liioad da\ light. Among those who had been instrumental in bringing this city to its present well lighted condition is Mr. Joseph A. McGuire, who is now the efficient manager of the Vapor Street Light Company. This worthy young man was born in Rochester, N. Y. , February 14, 1861, and is a son of Thomas and Margaret (Spoon) McGuire, both of whom are now deceased. The father was a native of the Emerald Isle, but emigrated to this country and died in the Empire State. The mother was born in the Keystone State. Of the two children born to them only our subject is now living. He attained his growth in his native city and was thoroughly educated in the jiublic schools of the same. When only about seven years of age he was left an orphan and had to buffet the world without aid. Possessed of much native intelligence and ability for his years, and a high degree of integrity, he went actively to work at any honest employ- ment that would bring him in a dollar, and for some time was a newsboy in New York city. Later he drifted into the Buckeye State, where he was engaged in the show business for about two years. In 1884 he started with the Sun Yajior Light & Stove Company, now the Sun Vapor Street Light Company, as salesman, and in 1887 came to Indianapolis as man- ager of this office. Here he has made his home since, and in that time has won many warm friends by his pleasant, agreeable manner and his fund of good common sense. He has charge of all the company’s contract work and is on the road a considerable portion of his time. Left to tight his own way in life at an early age his career furnishes food for reflection, showing, as it does, what may be achieved by perseverance. Politically he is a Republican, and advocates the princijdes of that party at all times. Willis Smithek is one of the old settlers of Marion County, Ind., and is now passing the sunset of his life in a comfortable and attractive home within its borders. Honorable and upright in every walk of .life, his long career has been without a blot or blemish to mar its whiteness. Although eighty-six years have passed over his head and have left their impress in his white hair and lined features the man himself is richer and nobler and grander for the experience that each decade has brought him. He is a native Kentuckian, born in Franklin, County July 23, 1807, to the union of James and Nancy (O’Neal) Smither, both natives of the Old Dominion, the father born about 1776. The lat- ter came to Kentucky with his jiarents when a l)oy and settled in Franklin County, where he was married in 1796 to Miss O'Neal. Ten children were born to them, as follows: Rob- ert (deceased), William (deceased), Sarah (ileceased, was married three times; first to a man named Wilson, then to Dorsey and afterward to Taylor), Lewis, James, Ezekiel, John, Willis (subject), Wyatt and Coleman, all deceased but our subject. The father of these children died about 1817 and his wife followed him to the grave about four years later. Our subject’s paternal grandfather, Robert Smither, was born in Virginia. Before the original of this notice was a year old his parents moved to Owen County, Ky., where the father bought fifty acres of green timber land, with no road nearer than Najioleon, Ind., ninety miles away. The incidents in the early life of Willis Smither were not materially different from those of other boys living on the farms in that new country. At an early age he was taught to work at anything necessary for him to do and to make himself useful around the pioneer homestead. The section of country was new and thinly settled, and without recounting the particular hardships and jirivations which the family experienced it is sufficient to say that but few enjoyed or suffered a greater variety. Young Smither attended school only two sessions in the winter and learned to read some, but not to write. Before he was ten years of age his father died, and he, with his mother and two younger brothers — Wyatt and Coleman — carried on the farm until our subject was about eighteen years of age. Then our subject went to Fayette County, six miles west of Lexington, Ky., and went to work for his elder brother, John, who was a blacksmith and gunsmith. He continued with him until the next fall after the election, when Gen. Andrew Jackson was defeated for the Presidency, and then, with his brother John, came to the “ Hoosiei' State.” The latter bought eighty acres of laud in Marion County, Franklin Township, and our subject made his home with him about a year. From there young Smither and brother went to Indianapolis, where they worked at their trade for about ten years, and during that time made the first cow and horse bells ever made in the State of Indiana. Before coming to Indianapolis our .subject had entered eighty acres of laud in Marion County, pay- 335 Ai\D MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. ing for the same §1.‘25 an acre, and after leaviug Indiaiia])o]is, which was in (he year 1837, he moved on this tract, which he had leased to a man and whose lease he was compelled to buv. This he did and commenced to farm. He lived in a little cabin twenty feet square, which he had built himself after clearing a small place for it. He was married first in November, 1829, to Miss Hester Davis, daughter of James Davis, a native of Delaware, and in the woods of Marion County this ambitious young couple began their career as pio- neers. For a year after settling in the little log cabin Mr. Smither and his wife had no better bed than one made of clapboards laid across stakes driven in the log wall and floor of the cabin. As the cabin was “ chinked” and not “daubed ” it let in the fierce cold of winter, and our courageous pioneers saw some pretty hard times. One winter night five wolves pulled down and devoured a deer in their dooryard and badly wounded a dogbelong- i[ig to our subject. About three or four years later Mr. Smither put up a hewn-log house about twenty feet square, one room, with a kitchen addition. To his marriage were born these children : Nancy, died when about two years old; James L., born June 27, 1834, married Miss Lucretia Newhouse, and died June 6,1860; Elizabeth Ann, born September n, 1839, married Richard Kittey, and died in Novemljer, 1890; Mary J., born February 6, 1841, married Francis Kittey and is now a widow of Marion County, Ind. ; Sarah, born November 4, 1845, is the wife of William Demott, who resides in Shelby County, Ind. ; Mar- tha, born December 4. 1847, died in August, 1890; Hester Isabel, born December 9, 1854, married Oliver Sloan, of Indianapolis. The mother of these children died December 21, 1854, and on March 13, 1856, Mr. Smither married Miss Mary H. Maze, daughter of John Maze. One daughter, Juliet F., has been born to this union. Our subject resided in the hewn-log cabin until about 1858, two years after his second marriage, when he tore it down and built a one-story frame house on the site, and there resided until November, 1891, when he moved to New Bethel, Marion County, Ind. He purchased a little home in that town and is there spending the remainder of his days. He himself cleared the eighty acres he had entered for he hired no work done, although he occasionally helped a neighbor, who in turn helped him. When he first moved on that tract he had $500, which he had received for his home in Indianapolis, and with that he bought a horse and also sixty acres more land of the Government, adjoining the eighty acres he had first entered, paying $1.25 per acre. He afterward purchased forty acres of William Sloan, l)ut sold this in 1884, clearing $690 on the bargain. Mrs. Smither’s father, John Maze, was a native of the “ Keystone State” and was only twelve years of age when he came with his parents tt) Kentucky. Later he settled in Ohio and afterward in Indiana. He married Miss Hannah Harvey and they had twelve cliildren, eleven of whom grew to mature years, as follows: Samuel (deceased), Thomas (deceased), Elizabeth (deceased, was the wife of William Carson), John (deceased), Riley (deceased), Rhoda (widow of Dr. Dewitt Cooper), -Jane (deceased, was the wife of Samuel Gray, not deceased), Isabel (deceased, was the wife of Hirain H. Hall), Sarah A. (widow of Joseph Hittle), Mary H. (wife of our subject) and Cynthia A. (widow of Ogden Benjamen). The mother of these children died in 1858 and the father in 1859. The latter was a soldier in the War of 1812. Mr. Smither has been a member of the Baptist Church ever since his early maidiood. In ])olitics he was formerly an old line Whig but lab'r affiliated with the Democratic party, with which he has affiliated ever since. He has never voted outside of Marion County, Ind. Hos. William S. Holman, who for the greater part of the past thirty four years has been a repre.sentative in Congress from Indiana, and one of the most widely known men now in [inblic, was born in Dearliorn County, this State, December 6, 1822, his parents being Jesse L. and Elizabeth (Masterson) Holman. His father was one of the pioneers of Indiana, having settled in Dearborn Coiirdy aland the year 1810, and was leased with the neighborhood he sold his projierty there and bought 140 acres in Perry Townshij), paying $50 an acre, which was $5 more per acre than was usual. He paid $2,000 and had nine years to pay the balance. In 1871 he erected the handsome two-story frame hoiise in which he now resides, but at the ju-esent writing has a beautiful home almost completed in Indianapolis where he expects to spend his declining years. He was first a Whig in j)olitics but for many years has been a Republican and has voted for every Republican candidate for jiresident since the time of Fremont. He has been a member of the Baptist Church since 1839, in which he served as deacon since 1801. A family of eleven children were born to them, as follows: Carey A., who married Margaret Graber (deceased), has five children — Edna, Guy, Aggie, Elizabeth, and Fay; Mary E., who married Rev. Edward S. Riley, a Baptist minister, by whom she has one daughter — Margaret; Appoline A.; John L., who married Ella Stargel and has two children — Edith M. and Charles; Arteraesia; Benjamin F. who is married to Selina Ewan; William H. who married Belle Smock and has five children -- Hoxanna, Laurence, Nancy G., Parvin, Martha C. , Louella A.; Melissa Isabella, who married Charles Collins, has four children — Clarence, Frederick, Mary and Leo; Margaret M. and Lily P. Carey A., the eldest son, served three years in the Federal army in the Seventieth Indiana Regiment, of which ex-President Harrison was Colonel. John H. Rothert. The calling of the Tiierchant is one of the oldest, as well as one of the most honorable of all lines of industry. Exchange and barter are two of the woj'ld’s most important factors and without these the jmblic would indeed find thetnselves in a sad plight. .Above all it is necessary that the line of goods should bo ])ure and the merchant relial)le, two features combined in the mercantile career of John H. Rothert, dealer in prime groceries, flour and feed. Mr. Rothert is a i)roduct of Louisville, Ky., where he was born November 4, 1843, a .son of Harmon and Katherine (Faselage) Rothert, natives of Germany, who came to America when young and located in Kentucky, where Harmon Rothert died when the subject of this sketch was three years of age. The mother survived her husband a number of years and died in Bartholomew County, Ind. At about the age of seven years John H. was brought by his mother to this State and his youthful days were spent on a farm in Bartholomew County, considerably to the exclusion of school advantages. During the war he was engaged in railroading, and at one time enlisted in the Third Indiana Cavalry, but 840 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS was afterward rejectetl and began clerking in a grocery store, where he remained for about live years. At the end of that time he opened an establishment of his own on Virginia Avenue and has carried on a successful business for over twenty years, his stock being valued at about $2,000. He purchased the property where he is now doing business and erected thereon a good two-story brick building in 1881, and there he keeps constantly on hand a tine grade of general groceries which net him about $1,000 annually. Mr. llothert’s suc- cess has been entirely due to his own efforts, and in addition to his business property of two lots, he owns four other lots, on two of which are two houses each, which he rents, the two other lots being vacant, his entire pi'operty interests in the city being valued at $20,000. He was married in 1872 to Miss Elizabeth Stolte, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, by whom he has children as follows: Katie, William, John, Clara (dead), Fred, Lizzie and Kosa. Mr. Roth- ert is a nieml)er of the German-American Protestant Association, the Turner’s Society, and politically is a Democrat, in local atfairs voting for the one he considers the best man for the office. He and his family attend the Zion Evangelical Society, of which he and his wife are earnest and consistent members. William J. Roach. This successful wholesale lumber dealer is a member of the well known firm of Roach & Clark of Indianaiiolie, Ind. He was born in Warren County, Ohio, August 4, 1841, a son of William H. and Eliza ( Worley) Roach ; who were also natives of the Buckeye State. The paternal grandparents were Virginians but were early settlers of Ohio, were tillers of the soil and in their religious belief were member of the Quaker faith. The maternal grandparents wereof Scotch descent and the grandfather, Walling Worley, was a soldier in the W'^ar of 1812. William H. lioach followed in his father’s footsteps and be- came a farmer. He was called from life in 1857 and his widow still survives him and is re- siding in Indianapolis at the advanced age of eighty years. To this worthy couple a family of six children were born, three sons and three daughters, five of whom are living at the present time. On the old home farm in Warren County the subject of this sketch was reared, his education being obtained in the common schools in the vicinity of his rural home. He re- mained under the shelter of the jiarental roof, assisting his father in the duties of the farm, until he was about twenty-five years of age, at which time he engaged in the livery, and saw- mill business at Morrowtown, Ohio, following these occu])ations with reasonable success until four years had elapsed, at which time he came to Indianajiolis, arriving in the month of March, 18j70. He at once engaged in the sale of saw dust, and operated several wagons throughout the city. This proved to be a profitable business, and he continued it for about ten years; then turned his attention to the wholesale lumber business as a member of the firm of Endley & Roach, which partnership continued about live years. The firm then became Roach & Clark and as such still continues. These gentlemen are doing a protitable busi- ness and carry a stock of goods valued at about $15,000, their annual sales amounting to some 75,000. They ship their goods to St. Louis, Chicago, Boston, Buffalo and many other eastern cities, their product being obtained principally throughout the States of Indiana and Kentucky. While a resident of Morrowtown, Ohio, Mr. Roach took an active part in the political affairs of that section and served in the capacity of Deputy Sheriff and constalile for nearly ten years. Since locating in Indianapolis he has prospered financially and is the owner of a considerable amount of real estate besides his tine residence property. On November 4, 1861, he was married to Miss Jane Hyser, a native of Warren County, Ohio, and a daughter of William and Elizabeth (Jeffries) Hyser, early settlers of Warren County, Ind., the father having been a soldier of the War of 1812. To this union four children ivere born; Lizzie B. , Clyde C. ; Harry D., who was killed in tiie lead mines in Missouri, May 18, 1892, of which he was superintendent at the time, and Helen. Clyde C. was a member of Richardson’s Zouaves for live years and held the rank of captain. The mother of these children died April 20, 1884, having been a noble wife and mother, and a devout and consistent member of the Presbyterian Church for many years of her life. Mr. Roach’s second marriage was celebrated June 6, 1887, Mrs. Anna (Jack) Hyser, becoming his wife, she having also been born in Warren County. Mr. and Mrs. Roach are members of the Memorial Presbyterian Church, in which Mr. Roach has been a deacon for many years. In politics he has ever been a stanch Republican. 341 AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. Adrial Sylvanus Kingsley. The geiitleiuan whose name heads this sketch was born in Erie County, N. Y., twenty miles from Buffalo, February 1, 1818, a son of Sabin and Betsey (Abbot) Kingsley, the former of whom was a native of Huntington, Rutland County, Vt., and the latter of Concord, N. H. ; she being a relative of the Abbotts of New England, w’ell known writers. The mother was born in a block house. Mr. Kingsley was a tiller of the soil, and this occupation followed after his removal to Indiana, which was in a very early day. They went down the Ohio River on a raft, leaving Pittsburgh in November, 1818, and before reaching their destination passed through many hardships and perils. At the end of six weeks they arrived at Cincinnati (January 1, l8l9), and on account of ice between Pittsburgh and Cincinnati landed only once. They settled in Switzerland County, Ind., in January, 1819, and resided there until their removal to Indianapolis in March, 1855, in which city the father died on February 25, 1865. He was a strong Abolitionist, and upon his death bed, among the last words he uttered were, that he had only one desire and that was to live to see the Rebellion put down. His widow survived him until February 3, 1881. The youthful days of the subject of this sketch were marked by many thrilling adventures, for the State of Indiana was in its jirimitive condition at that time, and until he w’as thirty-five years of age he lived on farms twenty years half a mile from the town of Jacksonville. In the spring of 1854 he removed to Aurora, Ind., and in the spring of the following year to Indianapolis. He had obtained a common school education in his youth, and after reaching a suitable age taught school in Switzerland County for a number of years, and under the shades of Hanover College, and had among his pupils some men who have become eminent in the affairs of the State and nation. Upon locating in Indianapolis he opened a boarding-house, and during the live years that he conducted this establishment he became well known as one of the best hotel men of the city. Succeeding this he engaged in the dairy business, and in April, 1877, established the creamery, which business he is operating in a highly successful manner at the present time. On November 16, 1840, he was united in marriage to Roxy J. Aldrich, a native of Montgomery County, N. Y. , and to their union eight children have been given; Mary E. J. (deceased), Harriett E., widow of C. J. Shawver; Royal A.; Mary E. J., wife of James A. Johnson, of Dakota; Loriug B. S. (deceased), Loring B. S. (another child, deceased), Charles E. A. and Frank E. Mr. and Mrs. Kingsley celebrated their golden wedding about three years ago, at which time all the family were present. Although Mr. Kingsley is ({uite advanced in years, he is yet hale and hearty and carries on an active Imsiness. He has a tine mind and is a frequent con- tributor to new.sj)aj)ers, being an interesting writer of the early history of Indiana, in which State he has lived for seventy-tive years. He is a strong temjierance man, and as early as 1832 began alone to promote temperance work by refusing to drink whisky, and in 1847 aided in the organization of a division of the Sons of Temperance in Jacksonville, Ind. On coming to Indianapolis he united with the division here and was one of its most active mem- bers while it was in existence. He l)ecame a member of the Ba|)tist Church at the age of fifteen years, and, although not a member of any church organization Jit the present time, is a moral and upright Christian gentleman. In politics he was originally a Whig, but cast his first presidential vote for Martin Van Buren in 1840. He was a strong Abolitionist and an ardent sympathizer in that cause, and, owing to his pronounced ideas in this particu- lar, he was subjected to many threats and insults, and at one time his life was threatened. Since the organization of the Republican j)arty he has been one of its stanch supporters. While a resident of Switzerland County, in 1852, he was the nominee of the Free Soil {)arty for county treasurer, receiving forty-tive votes, the entire strength of the party in the county at that time. Mr. Kingsley is a man of unblemished reputation, and his honorable walk through life points its own moral to the rising generation. Charles E. Heinrichs. The name aliove mentioned is one well Unown in Marion County, Ind., and the possessor of it was born at Osnabnu-k, Cerinany, July 25, 1819, his [larents being Henry and Johanna (Hoffman) Heinrichs, the former of whom died when Charles E. was very small, and his mother in her nativi* town at tlie age of sixty-eight years. She was first married to Ernest Boiiky, who was a Urussian oflicer, and was killed at the liattle of Waterloo. Her son liy this husband, Ernest Ropky, Jr., came to ludiana|)olis, where he died leaving a widow and tliree children , tlie former of whom soon followed her husband to 342 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS the grave. Charles E. Heiiiriclis was educated iu the schools of his native land, paying for his education by liis own labor, and at the age of sixteen he left school, and entered a tobacco factory, in which he worked for thirteen years, supporting his mother with his earn- ings, but he soon realized the fact that if he wished to lay up any money he must look else- where for it. He was at that time engaged to Amelia Bosse, and lacking funds of his own, he borrowed $40 of her, which she had saved from her earnings with which to commence house-keeping, and set sail for America, landing at New York December 2, 1847, with not $1 in his )>ocket. He at once went to an old German tavern keeper, named Bick, of whom he bor- rowed $10, which took him to Delaware County, N. Y., and during that winter he secured employment in a tan yard. He then worked in a brick yard in Newport, Ky. , but owing to the dishonesty of the man for whom he worked he was cheated out of his summer’s wages. He then pawned his watch and a suit of clothes, and sent for his sweetheart, who embarked for the United States in the fall of 1848. One month after her arrival they were married, and for two years thereafter the table from which they ate was a trunk, birt they saved in the meantime $200. This brought (hem to Indianapolis,, and after working three months in a brick yard he and another man bought a yard of their own, and during that summer they made about $500. The following winter he worked for Col. Blythe in his pork packing house, and in the spring of 1853 he rented a little house and opened a grocery store, in the care of which he was assisted by his good wife. In this manner they cleared about $1,000 a year until 1801, when they opened an establishment at Cumberland, their capital at that time amounting to about .$6,000. Mr. Heinrichs finally traded his city property for a farm of 110 acres, to which he added from time to time until he became the owner of about 800 acres. He recently .sold 200 acres in Marion County, and is now engaged in managing his fine farm of 400 acres, and looks after his live houses and lots in Indianapolis, which he rents. The most of his land is now rented, and he simply oversees his extensive interests. Six sons and one daughter blessed this union: Charles E. , born in 1851, is a carpenter by trade; William F., born in 1855, is an attorney; Ernest Edward, born February 25, 1858, is a resident of Cumberland; John H., born in 1860, is a stenographer of ability, and the other children died in childhood and infancy. Mr. Heinrichs is a member of the I. O. O. F., the Germania Lodge, of the F. & A. M , has been a life-long Democrat, and is a member of the Lutheran Church, as was his worthy wife, who de])arted this life December 4, 1890, at the age of seventy-one years. Their son Ernest Edward is a young merchant of enterprise and intelligence, and the people of the section in which he resides repose in him the utmost confidence, for he has ever proven the soul of honor in his transactions with them, and thoroughly understands their wants. He has the management of the old established general mercantile house, which was founded by his father, and the business is conducted on sound and upright principles. Ever since his school days Ernest E. has been connected with mer- cantile life, the most of his time being in his father’s store, and in this manner he became admirably qualified for the responsible position he occupies. It has ever been his ambition to grow up an honorable and successful business man, and that he has reached the goal of his ambition cannot be doubted when the large patronage he has is taken into consideration. He was born in Indianapolis, and received the rudiments of a primary schooling there, which he completed at Valparaiso and Moore’s Hill Colleges, and before succeeding his father in business he was traveling salesman for a boot and shoe house of Columbus, Ohio. February 27, 188 1, he was married to Rosabel Buchanan, daughter of John Buchanan, a prominent farmer of Warren Township, this county, a sketch of whom appears in this work. Mrs. Heinrichs is an intelligent and talented little lady, possesses fine conversational powers, is her hus- band’s right hand in many ways, and also “looketh well unto the ways of her household.” They have two children: Harry H., born December 12, 1881, and Bertha L.. born October 30, 1884. Mr. Heinrichs is a member of Capital Lodge, No. 124, of the I. O. O. F., Indian- apolis, and politically is known as a conservative supporter of the Democratic party. He is a gentleman wide awake to his own interests, and to the welfare of any deserving enterprise, yet is so fair and honorable withal, so public spirited, generous and honorable, that his name is highly respected wherever known, and he counts his friends by the score. James T. Eaglesfield, a member of the well-known firm of William Eaglesfield Com- pany, is one of the young business men of Indianapolis. Connected with him in business is 343 AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. Alouzo E. Robbins, who is not actively associated with the Viasiness but is superintendent of the Toledo division of the Hocking Valley Railroad with headquarters at Columbus, Ohio. They established their business at their present location in 1H86, handling lumber and almost all kinds of building material, adding to their business in 1890 a well-e(piipped planing mill, and at present have ample facilities for everything in the lumber and building business, carrying a stock of from |10,000 to $15,000 and having an annual business of from $80,000 to $90,000. James T. Eaglesheld was born in Clay County, Ind., in 1850. William Eaglesfield, his father, was a native of Hamilton County, Ohio, born in 1815, and his parents having died, he came to Indianapolis in 1822 with his uncle, Caleb Scudder, a cabinet maker, and they were among the first settlers of Indianapolis, the old house being on the corner of Market and Tennessee Streets, opposite the State House. He went to school here and has many stories and reminiscenses to relate of the old times. In 1835 he went to Putnamville, Ind., where he married Miss Margaret E. Townsend, a native of Kentucky. Some eight or ten years later they went to Clay County, where Mr. Eaglesfield operated a saw-mill and engaged in the lumber business. In 1 8(10 he went to Terre Haute, where he carried on a prosperous business till 1875. His connection with the timber interests of the State through so long a time made him an acknowledged authority on all subjects relating to it. He died in 1888, leaving a memory of a long life well spent. His wife, though well advanced in years, continues in fair health and finds a comfortable home among her children in Indian- apolis. James T. Eaglesfield has been reared in the lumber Imsiness, and received an educa- tion in the .schools of Terre Haute, Ind., and at Ann Aabor, Mich. He is a member of the Commercial Club which has contributed so much to the advancement of the city. John W. Combs. The subject of this sketch is one of the old settlers of Marion County, Ind. , having resided here for sixty-six years, and during all that time his career has been above reproach. All his life has been passed in the Hoosier State, his birth occurring in Dearborn County, January 4, 1824, to the union of Jesse and Lititia (Walton) Combs, the former a native of Laurel Hill, Penn., born March 29, 1787, and the latter of Virginia, born August 12, 1792. The parents resided in Pennsylvania until about 1818 when they moved to Hartford, Ind., and after making their home there for ten years, or until 1828, moved to Indianapolis. There both passed the remainder of tlieir days. Three children were given them, as follows: Nancy, born April 8, 1814, married Oliver IMorris, of Indianapolis (she is now deceased), William Franklin, born July 14, 1816, was married tirst to Adelia Lumen and afterward to Miss Ellen Mitchell, and John Watson, our sulqect. The father of these children was in the War of 1812 and was stationed at Fort Meigs, in the northern part of the State, under Oen. William Henry Harrison. John W. Combs, the subject of this sketch, was about four years of age when he moved with his parents to Marion County, Ind., and here he has since resided. In this county his scholastic training was received and here he has since jesided, honored and respected by all. On February 27, 1847, he was married to Miss Emma Cole, daughter of Allen and Adeline Cole, of Hamilton County, Ind. P'our children have been bcjrn to Mr. and i\Irs. Combs; Teressa, l)orn June 26. 1848, single and at home; Annetta L., born January 27, 1850, died May 20, 1851; William F., born April 29. 1852, marri(*d Miss May Cory, and is now at home; and Geoige W., born IMarch 10, 1859, married Miss Carrie Kregelo, who died February 11, 1892. Mr. Combs is a public- spirited man and lakes an active interest in all good work. He has held a number of public offices in the township and is well informed in ])olitics and the affairs of the county. For eighteen years he was justice of the peace, has been township assessor two terms, and notary |)ublic for eight years. He now owns a tine farm adjoining the town of Oaklandon, this county. Mf{s. Sarah T. Bolton (deceased). The pictures(jue ty])e of women to which IMrs. Sarah T. Bolton l)elonged is fast f)assing away, and soon it will become merely traditional in this part of the country. As the years go on this type recfales fiirther and farther by tlu' advancement of civilization. Sarah Tittle Barrett, the eld<>st child of Jonathan B. and Esther (Pendleton) Barrett, was a native of New'port, Ky., born Decemtxu' 18, 181 1. Her ancestors were of good lineage, her grand])arents being distinguished l)y their al)ility and for their patrifjtic services. \Vhen Sarah was a little girl she came with her parents to Indiana to reside. Her reminiscences, (pioted from her life, written by the late .1. W. MEMOim OF INDIANAPOLIS 3U Gordon, were to this effect: “As there was no road for wheels, we were obliged to travel on horseback.’’ They accomplished their journey in safety and reached their home, which was a log cabin with puncheon floor and all the rude furniture of the pioneer. It was at this time that the first inspiration of poetical thought came to the little girl, who in later years became the jioetess whose Tiame and verse are known to the world around. Amid the rude life of the early settler Sarah passed her youth, sharing the duties of the household. She had no educational advantages. She learned to cook, sew, knit and wash. None could afford to be idle. But in that life she established good habits of mind and body, and in it were laid the foundations for a noble character. When Sarah was quite a young woman the family moved to Madison, that the children might be educated. She was much behind children of her own age, but it was an incentive to her. She advanced rapidly and was soon among the foremost in the school. Hon. Jeremiah Sullivan allowed her the use of his library, and this delighted her. Sarah T. Barrett’s first jmblished poem a 2 >peared in the Madison Banner when she was about fifteen. From that time on until she was mar- ried she wrote nearly every week for the newspapers of Madison and Cincinnati. She attracted the attention of literary people by her productions and in this way became ac(piainted with Nathaniel Bolton, who owned a paper in Madison, and this led to their marriage October 81, 1881. They removed to Indianapolis and Mr. Bolton went into busi- ness with his step-father. Judge Smith. They established the Indianapolis Gazette, the first newspaper ever published in the State capital. Mr. and Mrs. Bolton settled upon the tract of land upon which the hospital for the insane now stands. They moved into the town for awhile, where a daughter was born to them, and then went back to the farm, where a son was born. At this date Mr. Bolton planted the trees that now line the land from the national road to the hospital. So many peo])le stopped at their house that they finally decided to make it public, and a sign “Tavern by Nathaniel Bolton ’’ was raised. Mrs. Bolton attended to all the housework. Here parties were given at every meeting of the General Assembly, and among those who were there were Robert Dale Owen, Jesse D. Bright, Michael G. Bright and others. In October, 1840, Col. Richard M. Johnson, Vice-President of the United States, visited there and a grand reception was given. Mrs. Bolton wrote a poetical address for the occasion. There was no great occasion from that day to the time of her death that she did not write poetically upon the subject. Her power of imitation was very strong, and it is said her poem on “ Poe’s Death ” in the style of his “ Raven ’’ equalled his own immortal verses in rhythmic measure and poetic thought. In 1847 Mr. Bolton was elected State librarian, and at that time the general supervision of everything pertaining to the State House devolved on the librarian, and Mrs. Bolton assisted him in his work. There was great need of carpets for the Senate chamber and House of Representatives, as the Legis- lature would soon convene. Mrs. Bolton went to Cincinnati and purchased some, and after their arrival there was no one to sew them. Mrs. Bolton did this work. While thus engaged she planned and wrote a poem, “ Paddle Your Own Canoe,” wdiicli has l)een trans- lated into many languages and sung all round the globe. A verse from it: “Nothing great is liglitly won. Nothing won is lost. Every good deed nobly done Will repay the cost. ],eave to Heaven in humble trust All you will to do. But if you succeed you must Paddle your own canoe.” Mrs. Bolton wrote fifteen songs which were long popular, and yet she was never enriched one dollar by them. “ I Cannot Call Her Mother ” and “A Reply to Katy Darling ” were among them. Mrs. Bolton accompanied her husband to Switzerland, where he was appointed a consul, and while there she traveled extensively. Mr. Bolton was taken ill abroad and only lived to reach home. He died in 1858. Love of country was always an inspiration with Mrs. Bolton, and no poem of the war did more to rally the friends of the Union than her “Union Forever,” written in March, 1861. She was a woman of keen intellectual powers, which she retained to the last. She had the eccentricities of genius, and 345 AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. these were as interesting in their way as lier more conventional moods. The music of her imagination has snug to many another heart. In 1880 “The Life and Poems of Sarah T. Bolton ’’ was compiled by Hon. J. \V. Gordon. Some of her best poems are not included — one especially, “ The Wentworths. ” Some of her poems are as popular and well known as scriptural stories, but often the name of the writer none who repeat them could tell. To the knowledge of her friends, no writing of hers was ever rejected l)y a publislier. Her sym pathetic nature found expression in lines at all times. The songs she sang will ever be conspicuous in the literary annals of the Hoosier State. She was not a believer in any par- ticular creed. Her death occurred August 4, 1803. Of two children born one son, James P., only survives her. J.\coB H. Sl.\ter. The entire life of Mr. Slater has been passed in ceaseless activity, and has not been without substantial evidences of success, as will be seen when this sketch is finished. He is a splendid type of the enterj)rise, industry and self reliance so noticeable in the Indianapolis business man and it is a pleasure to introduce him to the readers of this volume. He was born in Blackford County, Ind., October 17, 1848, and his father, Thomas Slater, was one of the early settlers of this State who left homes of comfort in the East to brave the perils and hardships of the pioneer life in the great West. But few of these old settlers are remaining but occasionally one is met with who has survived the storms and ravages of time, but his silvery locks and faltering footsteps tell us that ere long he will “ pass to that bourne from whence no traveler returns.” Thomas Slater left Ohio for Blackford County, Ind., when sixteen years of age, and when that county was an almost unbroketi wilderness. In 184t) he married Miss Mary A. Hart,daughter of a neigh- bor who had emigrated from Pennsylvania about the same time. Having earned a small sum of money by hard work and economy, he purchased eighty acres of land, which was at that time very cheap, erected a log cabin and began the work of clearing up a farm. At that time tiie very best of timber was almost valueless, there being no way of disjiosing of it, and the best of walnut was sometimes split into rails or burned in log heaps. The eighty acres of timber were finally converted into a splendid farm to which from time to time Mr. Slater added a few more acres. He was a man of more than ordinary ability and almost without the aid of schools he obtained a moderate education ter which he added a fair knowl- edge of law. In 1801) he sold his farm and located in Montpelier, the same county, where lie practiced law successfully until his death in 181)‘2, having reached the age of seventy three years. He could well be called a [lioneer for he built the first frame house and tauglit the first school in the county. His son. Jacob H. Slater, subject of this sketch, was born a few months after the above mentioned cabin was erected and consecpiently knows some- thing about the hardships, dangers, pleasures and disadvantages of pioneer life. His parents thoroughly impressed upon his mind the imjxutance of an education but his opportunities in that direction were very limited. The public schools usually consisted of one term of two or tliree months each year, taught by very inexperienced and sometimes very ignorant teach ers and as his time was needed on the farm for the most part, most of his ('ducation was received in the evenings at home. He often took a book to the field when plowing and would study diligently while the horses were resting. In this manner he obtained what was then considered a fair common school education and when sixteen years of age he obtained a teacher’s certificate. His first term consisted of fifty-five days and with the money thus olJained he attended a graded .school at the county seat, for three months during the early spring. For the next five years he taught during the winter, attended school away from home one term and worked on the farm the remainder of the year. Having obtained a fair education in that way he spent two years in the West and returned home in 1871. He then embarked in merchandising but later drifted into the insurance business. Starting in this l)usiness at the bottom of the laddei’ he mastered its details until by gradual promotion he l)ecame the trusted special agent of one (J New A’ork city’s largest tiro insuiance compa nies. Having a desiie to bo(!ome a professional man he abandoned traveling and for about five years studied and practiced law with his fatlnu'. In 1874 he married Miss Ida B. Shull, daughter of Dr. (1. Q. Shull, a |)iominent and wealthy resident of the same village. One son is the r(*sult of this union, Guy E- Slater, whose birth occurred August 2f), 1875. 'I’lic continued ill health of his wife compclh'd Mr. 346 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS Slater to abandon the law practice in 1880 and he began seeking for a climate better snited to her constitution. The following six years of his life were full of trouble and sadness. In 1887, accompanied by his son, Mr. Slater returned to his native State and very soon received several flattering offers to again engage in his chosen profession. About this time the princijile of building and loan associations on an extensive basis, was becoming ]) 0 {)ular with the public and as Mr. Slater, during his insurance experience, had devoted a large amount of time and study to the actuarial or mathematical principles of that science, he at once became deeply interested in this popular system. After carefully master- ing its varied principles and plans, testing them by all the known rules of mathematics, he determined to locate in Indianapolis and make it his life’s work. In 1889 he formulated the |)lans and organized the Fidelity Building and Savings Union, with a board of directors com- posed largely of State officers. Two years later he also organized the Fraternal Building and lioan Association in both of which associations he has ever since held official positions arid has been prominently identified with their management. His long business experience and energy, united with the keen business foresight of his chosen associates, has placed these associations among the strong financial institutions of the country, commanding to a large degree the confidence of the ])ublic in almost every neighborhood of the State. The second marriage of Mr. Slater occurred October 13, 1890, to Miss Mary E. IMcDowell, a very intelli- gent young lady born in Newburg, N. Y., July 16, 1862, but for a number of years a resident of Indianapolis. Immediately after marriage they established their home on North -lersey Street, and there they now reside. In church matters Mr. Slater is not very active. He joined the Methodist Church when twelve years of age and upon leaving his native village he carried witli him a card from his minister which he has not as yet deposited with any organization. While he is somewhat liberal in his views regarding the several orthodox churches, his j)reference would probably be slightly in favor of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics he is a Republican and during his early manhood he entered actively into the work of several campaigns but never as a candidate for office. He was accorded considerable ability as a forcible and logical speaker both on the stump and before courts and juries while practicing law. During recent years he has been so thoroughly interested and active in his varied business interests that the only attention given to ])olitics is to care- fully study the principles of the parties and cast his vote. He takes some interest in frater- nal and benevolent orders, being a member of Centre Lodge, F. & A. M., of Indian- apolis and past chancellor of Pythagoras Lodge, No. 380, K. of P. He also holds a com- mission as colonel and A. D. C. on the staff of the major-general of the Uniform Rank, K. of P. of the world. Mr. Slater is a man of strong convictions but has no hobbies. He is proud of the fact, however, that he has never taken a drink of whisky as a beverage in his life and does not think it essential to our happiness. Joshua H. Van DE>tAN. This progressive tiller of the soil probably enjoys the dis- tinction of having lived continuously on one farm longer than any other inhabitant of Marion County, Ind. His parents, John and Mary (Heizer) Van Deman, were natives of the Keystone State, but in childhood were taken to Ro.ss County, Ohio, where they made their home until 1819, when they came to Fayette County, Ind., and about 1826 took up tbeir residence in Marion County, where the father entered the land in Warren township, at the intersection of the Michigan with other roads, locally known as “Five Points.” He spent the rest of his days on this farm with his family, and there was called from life in 1867. In 1848 he deeded this land to his son, Joshua, who has lived on the place ever since be was one year old. This worthy old couple became the parents of three sons and two daughters: Samuel H. ; John E. ; Joshua; Eliza J., who died at the age of twenty-four years, and Rebecca A. When John Van Deman came to Marion County, Ind., it was almost a wilderness, but being of a sturdy disposition and greatly desirous of securing a home for his family, the life of a pioneer had no terrors for him, and he at once set energetically to work to clear the eighty acres of land which he had entered, in which he was assisted in later years by his children. He eventually entered two more eighty-acre tracts, and thus t)ecame the owner of 249 acres of fine farming land. He was a Whig in politics and died March 27. 1867, his wife having passed fiom life in December, 1858. Joshua H. Van Deman was born March 27, 1825, in Fayette County, Ind., and was married on September 29, 4 * LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOI' 347 AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. 1858, to Miss Lucinda Dennv, daughter of Theodore Y. and Elizabeth Denny, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this work. To the marriage of Mr. ami Mrs. Van Deman two sous were given, Ordo L. and Roy L. He and his wife are members of the Missionary Baptist Church at New Bethel, and politically he is a Ke{)ublican. He is a wide awake and intelligent farmer, always up with the times in agricultural appli ances and methods, and is recognized as a man of probity and correct business methods. By his thrift and industry he has accumulated an estate which places him among the list of “fore handed” and he has the respect of all citizens throughout his section. Mr. Van Deman is building a modern and comfortable home in the city of Indianapolis where he exi)ects to remove and enjoy the fruits of his industry. Joseph L. Fisher. In reviewing the iiulu.strial enterprises of Indianapolis, it is the aim of this history to mention those men who are the best representatives of each separate calling and which contribute most to its reputation as a source of snpjdy. Among those business men of the city who are worthy of distinct mention is Joseph L. Fisher, who is engaged in general contracting. He was born on the Ritsinger farm in Ferry Township, Marion County, December 15, 1833, a sou of David and Elizabeth (Hodges') Fisher, both of whom died when the subject of this sketch was a child. David Fisher and his wife were among the pioneers of this section and he was the second ])erson to establish a tannery in this section of the country, and one of the first, if not the very first, missionary Baptist churches in the county was organized at his house. Frio?’ to his removal to this section in 1820 he had been a resident of Ohio. His wife was a native of Virginia, and they were married in Kentucky. Joseph L. Fisher was the tenth of their eleven children, and after the death of his parents he made his home with an elder brother who sent him to such schools as were held in the vicinity where he acquired a fair common-school education. At the early age of thirteen years he started out to make his own way in the world, and in order to clothe and feed himself he turned his hand to anything honorable that he could find to do, but tailored piincipally for the farmers in the vicinity until his marriage, when he began farming on his own account in Ferry Township, and did some gravel contract work on the Madison Road. In 18t)9 he was appointed sujierintendent of the county asylum, which position he held for three years, then moved back to the farm of 172 acres which he had purchased near Southport, where he made his home until 1874, then came to Indianapolis, since which time he has done nearly all kinds of contract work, such as excavating, building foundations for buildings, the stone work on bridges, and Jias paved several of the streets of Indianapolis. He did the stone work on twelve or thirteen bridges in Hendricks County, three in Hancock County, two in Crawford County, one in Miami County, one in Boone County, and several in Marion County, all this work being characterized by tirmiiess and durability. Before he had attained his majority he spent one summer in Clark County, III., but since that time he has been a resident of Indianapolis. He has helped to make the place what it is both by his influence and labor, and is ))ublic spirited to a degree, being ever ready to lend liis assistance to any good work. He has at times given employment, to from twenty live to 125 men, and in his line of human endeavor he has gained an excellent re))utaliou. He was married in 1854 to Martha J. McCollum, of this county, to which marriage a family of four children have been given: two sons being the only survivors; John 1)., who is at home with his parents, and Ezra .Morton, who is chief clerk of the Aniline Works of the city. When a l)oy of fifteen he entered the employ of the I. B. A W. Itailroad in the auditor’s office, and afterward became traveling auditor of that road. He held the same jmsition on the I, nion Facific stationed at Omaha, after which he engaged in the real estate business in 'I’opeka Kan. After a time he entered the auditor’s otlice of the Atchison, Topeka A Santa f'e Railroad, aiul was then connected in the same capacity with the St. Ijouis Railroad, and later was with the St. Faul A iVrinnea|)olis Railroad, then with the I'nioii Facific Road, but on account of poor health he gave up his position, returned home and securial employment in tlie Cerealiii Works of this |)lace. Mr. I^'isher is a member of t he Commercial Club and the .Marion CInl), and is a stanch Republican. He has long been a communicant of the South Baptist Cliurch. ilitis interested in secret betievolent ordiU's, as is attested by his member ship in Logan Lodge, No. o75, of tin* .Masonic fraternity, and of Olive Branch Lodge, No. 2, K. of I’. riiH fall of 18‘.l3 .Mr. Fisher was appoint(*d st reid r(*|)airer by the board of pub lie works, and is now filling that position in a liighly satisfactory and efficient manner. 348 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS Alexander M. Hannah. For many years, or since his location in this county, the reputation Mr. Hannah has enjoyed has been not only that of a substantial and progressive farmer, but of an intelligent and thoroughly posted man on all the current events of the day. Although now in his seventy-third year time has dealt leniently with him and he is still in the enjoyment of comparatively good health, and if possible takes a deeper interest in all public affairs than he did in more youthful days. He is a son of the Hoosier State, born in Wayne County, September 17, 1821, on a farm belonging to his father, and when our subject was two years of age his father was elected sheriff of Wayne County, and moved to Centreville. In this city young Hannah remained until sixteen years of age, attending a seminary there, and then entered the employ of M. K. Hiatt, at Milton, Ind., to learn the harness-maker’s trade. He remained with Mr. Hiatt four years, became proficient in his trade, and then returned to Centreville, Ind., where he attended school one year. Later he opened -a shop there, carried this on two years with fair success, and then went to Cambridge City, where he continued his former occupation until the spring of 1850. He was then seized with the gold fever and started overland for California. He left St. -Joe, Mo., with a company of about 150, called the “Express Company.” This company furnished the conveyances, meals, etc., and the passengers paid $200 each. The trip lasted about four months but our subject left the company at Salt Lake City, where it abandoned the enterprise, and he bought one fourth interest in a team going through — four mules and a wagon — and he and a man named Hughes bought half interest in a wagon and two extra mules, and started. In August they landed at Sutter’s Mill, and Mr. Hannah at once com- menced j)lacer mining which he continued for two years, making $125 per day for six months. After that he started a ranch in Calaveras County, and raised barley, vegetables, etc., but finally sold his half of the ranch for $4,000, and soon after started home. He went by way of Nicaraugua, Now York and Indianapolis, his father residing in the latter place. Soon after he entered the office of the Indiana Central Railroad Company to look after freight bills, and was thus engaged for six months, when he purchased 240 acres of his father, Samuel Hannah, in Perry Township, and moved on the farm. He was not married and he employed a family to keep house for him. Two years later, or in 1858, he erected a large brick house in which he resided alone until 1872, when he was married to Miss Elizabeth Jackson, daughter of Samuel Jackson of Illinois. On this farm he has made his home ever since. When he purchased the farm where he now lives about forty acres were ])artially cleared, and since then he has cleared 150 acres. Later he bought forty acres of the Demott heirs, again forty acres and still later ten acres and then twenty acres, making 350 acres that he has bought and now owns. Annually he raises about 1,200 bushels of wheat and he now has three crops in his barn (1803). He also has about sixty acres in corn, from ten to twenty acres in oats, and from 150 to 300 tons of hay annually. In his political views Mr. Hannah has ever been a Republican. He is not a member of any church but con- tributes to all of them and pays his <|uarterage as regularly as any of the members. He is public spirited and interested in all enterprises for the good of the county, and no man is more highly esteemed. Samuel Hannah, father of subject, was a native of Delaware, born December 1, 1789. When six years of age he moved with his parents to Brownsville, Penn. , thirty miles above Pitt.sburgh, and there grew to manhood. On July 11, 1811, he was mar- ried to Miss Eleanor Bishop, and subsequently, with his wife and two children, went to Cin- cinnati by ffatboat, and thence by wagon to Warren County, Ohio. In 1817 he settled in Wayne County, Ind., and in December, 1823, he was elected sheriff. Two years later he resigned because as a Quaker he was opposed to the collection of fines for refusal to do mil- itary duty. In August, 1825, Mr. Hannah was elected to the Legislature but declined re election. In 1826 he was elected justice of the peace and served four years, acting as president of the board until 1829. Previous to that he was appointed post-master at Centre- ville, by President Adams and held that office until removed by President Jackson, in 1829. He was one of three commissioners appointed by the Legislature to locate the Michigan Road from the Ohio River to the Lake, and to select the lands secured to the State by treaty with the Indians, held as the Upper Wabash in 1826. In 1830 Mr. Hannah was elected clerk of Wayne County, Ind., and served in that capacity for seven years. In 1843 he was again elected to the Legislature and in 1846 he was elected by the Legislature treasurer of the LIBRARY • OF THE L'NIVERSITY OF ILLINOI' 349 AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. State, serving in that responsible position for three years. After his election to this office he removed to Indianapolis, and there resided until his death, with the excejjtion of two years spent at Ceiitreville, during the Imilding of the Indiana Central Railroad. In March, 1851, he was chosen first president of the company but resigned in July following. The same summer he was elected treasurer of the Indianapolis ct Bellefontaine Railroad Company. In May, 1852, he accepted the office of treasurer of the Indiana Central Railroad Company, and held that position until January, 1804, when he retired from active life. He died Sep- tember 9, 1869, when nearly eighty years of age. He was married July 11, 1811, to Miss Eleanor Bishop, as before mentioned, daughter of Joseph Bishop, and eleven children were born to their union : Anna, deceased, was the wife of Solomon Meredith; Eliza, deceased, was the wife of John S. Newman; Sarah, deceased, married Rev. Dr. F. C. Holliday; Ellen, deceased, married John M. Ross; James died unmarried; Alexander M. (subject), who mar- ried Elizabeth M. Jackson; Israel, deceased, unmarried; Henry R., deceased, was the husband of Jerusha Kane; William P., who married Margaret A. Dunham and Thomas and Septimus, both died unmarried. The mother of these children died September 26, 1864. James Hannah, grandfather of our subject, was a native of Delaware and a Quaker in his religious belief. His ancestors came from Wales. John Thomas Park is decended from substantial Virginia stock, for in that State his father and grandfather were born. Samuel Park, his grandfather, was born in 1767 and died in 1825. His grandmother, Martha Park, was also born in Virginia, her birth occur- ring in 1778 and her death in 1851. William Park, father of the subject of this sketch, was l)orn in 1793, married Henrietta Thomas, of Kentucky, and in 1840 immigrated westward, finally settling in Morgan Count}', Ind , where he died nine years later. To himself and wife a family of eight children were given, of whom Samuel R. Park was one. Upon reaching maturity the latter took for his first wife Mary McNabb, by whom he became the father of one daughter, Mary S. McKinsey, and for his second wife espoused Mary Gurley, by whom he had one son, Alphonso. The second child born to William Park was Mary, who became the wife of H. T. Swearengin (deceased), by whom she had live children. Benjamin and Alexander were twin brothers. The latter, who is now deceased, married Mary Edwards, by whom he had five children, and Benjamin married Mary McNabb, by whom he had six chil dren. Elizabeth Jane, the next child born to William Park, is now deceased, but became the wife of W. R. Harrison, by whom she became the mother of one son, Walter J. John Thomas, the subject of this sketch, comes next; then Henrietta, who married -loseph Crop- land, by whom she had six children. William P., who first married Susan Swearengin, who bore him six children, and for his second espoused Roxanna, a sister of his first wife and widow of Robert Ray. The mother of these children was born in Kentucky in 1860, and died in Morgan County, Ind., in 1878. She was a woman of much intelligence and sound, good sense, and she and her worthy husband endeavored to instill noble princii)les in the hearts of their children, and that their precept and examirle was heeded cannot be doubted in look- ing over the honorable and useful careers of their children. John Thomas Park first saw the light of day in Mason County, Ky. , November 27, 1836, and in 1840 he came with his parents to Indiana, and settled on a partially cleared farm of 160 acres which his father had purchased. Here he was bi’ought up, receiving the education incident to that {)eriod, that is he attended school for about three months out of the year until he was about twenty years old, one of his insti’uctors being Hon. Franklin fjanders. In 1862 he was united in mar riage with Maria E. Baxter, daughter of Peter 1). and .Martha Baxter, her birlh having occurred in Ohio, and after his marriage Mr. Park farmed on rented land in Morgan County until 1873, when he came to Marion County and settled on 120 acres of land which he had purchased the previous year, about sixty acres of which were cleared and on which a house had been erected. Here he lived until about 1886, when he sold out and bought, 170 acn;s of A. C. Remy, about thirty acres of which tract were heavily covered with timber, the remainder being under cultivation. On the improved portion of this land the subject of this sketch raises the usual farm [)roducts, such as wheat, corn, oats, hay, etc., and he also gives some attention to the raising of horses, cattle and hogs. .Mr. Park is a Democrat in his political proclivities, and cast his first vote for James Buchanan for president. A family of seven children wer(j born to himself and wife, but one dieS., born March 29, 1858, and Martha E., born March 28, 1857. All the children are now decea.sed except Daniel and William. The former married Henrietta McCarthy, and now lives in Indianapolis. William married Louella Smith, and resides with his father on a farm just north of Indianapolis. He had but one child born to his marriage Hattie, who died at the age of nine months. The father of our subject was a soldier in the War of 1812, and served throught the entire war. Christian F. Wiese. Prominent among the leading agriculturists of Franklin Town- ship, and no less so as a citizen, stands the name of Christian F. Wiese, whose birth occurred in Prussia, Germany, December 18, 1888, his parents being Christian and Mary (Schakl) Wiese, also of Prussia. Not being satisfied with the financial prospects in the “Fatherland” they converted their effects into ready money and embarked for the United States, landing at Baltimore, Md., in 1850, from which place they came direct to Marion County, Ind., and [Uirchased eighty acres of land in Franklin Township. Under their thrifty management this farm came soon to be regarded as one of the best improved in that section. Here the death of the father occurred December 10, 1878, at the age of seventy-five years, the mother surviving him until May 27, 1885, having passed the eighty fifth mile.stone of her life, both having been members of the German Zion Church for many years. Their only surviving child is Christian F. Wiese who lent his aid as boy and man to improving the home place, considerably to the detriment of his educational advantages, his only knowledge of the world of books being acquired at night school. He has a naturally fine mind, however, and his views on all subjects relating to agricultural pursuits and on topics of general interest are sound and jiractical. June 11, 1865, he was united in marriage with Miss Carrie, daughter of Henry and Marie (Rohlfing) Blase, natives of Prussia, Germany, Avhere Mrs. Wiese was born March 17, 1846. In 1856 her parents with their family left their native land for Amer- ica and although the husband and father was accidentally killed while at sea, the mother came on with her family and eventually settled in Marion County, Ind., and became the wife of Fred Struckman, who worked in a hardware store at Indianapolis, by whom she is the mother of one daughter, Mary, who married Henry Vehling of Indianapolis. After his marriage Mr. Wiese took up his residence on the old homestead where he lived for eight years, then made his home in Indianapolis for nine years, three years of which time he was a member of the police force of the city, in which position he acquitted himself with honor. He left the force 351 AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. with a good record atid removed with bis family back to the farm, where he has since resided. He has a handsome residence, surrounded by a well kept lawn and line cement walks, and everything about the place indicates that a man of thrift and energy is at the helm. His entire place is a model of careful farming and shows that his views are of a decidedly prac- tical nature. He and his wife have a family of eight children; Mary, born August 7, 1807; Christina, born August 1 1, 1869; Charles, born September 18, 1871; Henry, born October 10, 1873; Carrie, born December 14, 1876; Christian H.. born November 29, 1878; Ella, born December 21, 1880, and Clara, born October 9, 1883, all of whom are living with the exception of Christian H., who on July 25, with a brother, was lighting a lire in a pasture, which started from the spark of a passing engine on the Big Four Railroad, but a thunder shower coming up he took refuge from the rain under a cottonwood tree, against which he rested his head. The tree was struck by lightning, the current passing from it through Christian’s body killing him instantly. He was carried to the hou.se by his brother Henry who was near him but all efforts to revive him were fruitless and his untimely death only proved the truth of the saying that “Death loves a shining mark,” for he was a very prom ising, upright young man, genial in disposition, energetic and faithful. Mr. Wiese and all his family are members of the German Lutheran Church, and he is a Democrat in his polit- ical views. He had a sister, Christina, who became the wife of Andy Franke, and after his death married his brother Henry. She bore her first husband three children: Mary, Charles (who died at the age of ten years) and Ella. Iredell Sawyer, who came to this section many years ago, was born in Guilford County, N. C., April 22, 1816, being the eldest living child born to John and Sallie (Tansy) Sawyer, both natives of the old North State, the father born in 1793. The parents were married in 1815, and in 1825 they came to the Hoosier State, where they passed the remain- der of their days, the father dying in 1876. Six children were born to their marriage, all of whom reached mature years: Iredell, subject; Reny, widow of John Jessup, who was the son of Timothy Jessup; Eli, who lived in Missouri, but disappeared during the Civil War, has not been heard from since; Nathan, deceased, who married Betsey Roberts; Betsy, widow of Nimrod Landers, and John, who married Phoebe Lindley. James Sawyer, the grandfather of these children, was born in North Carolina in 1772. The parents of our subject first located in Hendricks County, this State, and there resided for four or five years. From there they moved to Morgan County, settled near the Marion County line, and resided on rented land for about seven years. They then moved back to Hendricks County, and the father entered eighty acres of land, on which he lived until his death. The scholastic training of our subject was limited, for he attended school very little in his native State, and but little more after coming to Indiana. When his father returned to Hendricks County, our subject, wlu; was about twenty-two years of age, remained in Morgan County in the employ and on the farm of William Landers, father of Jackson and Hon. Franklin Landers. He remained with Mr. Landers for five or six years, hauling wheat to Cincinnati and corn to Indianapolis, and for this received $16 ptw month. On February 28, 1839, he was mariied to .Miss Mary Eliza Dollarhide, daughter of John and Winifred (Koontz) Dollarbide, and our subject made his home with the widowed mother of his wife, and carried on her farm of HK) acres for some time. He then purchased seventy acres of the heirs and his wife inherited ten acres. The first land our subject purchased was two acres of Dana Kime, on which he put up a little log cabin. Into this he moved, and the first winter it had no door, only a cpiilt hung U[) to keep out the cold. He and his wife lived in this for three years and he then moved on his mother-in law’s farm. The next tract of land he purchased was forty acres in .Marion County, for which he paid $25 an acre. After this he purchased sixty six acres, and then 16(1 acres, paying for the latter, during war times. $75 per acre. Sometime [)reviouH to this Mr. Sawyer l)ought forty acres for $1,600. In 188t) lie bought 130 acres, and afterward eighty acres. He has cleared about fifty acres, and has clean'd out under liriish and stumps on 100 acres of land. He has a good residence, and everything about his place indicates to the beholder that an experienced hand is at the helm. In politics Mr. Sawyer is a Democrat, and cast his first vote for Andrew Jackson. He has remained with that fiarty ever since. He was brought up in the (Quaker faith, his father being also of that belief. Mr. and .Mrs. Sawyer have had three children, as follows; Nancy il. (who was born 352 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS November 2(), 1839, aiul was manied lo Henry J. Wilson, November 29, 1891, is the mother of live children: Flora, John Lida, William and Jesse), John Evans Sawyer (born December 4, 1844, died November 19, 1861, unmarried) and Iredell D. Sawyer (who was born August 13, 1850, was married September 13, 1871, to Miss Mary E. Plummer, daughter of Thomas and Nancy (Moon) Plummer, and is the father of three children; John T., Viola E. and Hurbie. John Conroy. The sons of Ireland are well represented in Marion County, Ind., and they hold conspicuous places in many pursuits, which make that county a substantial star in the galaxy of Indiana’s many interesting counties. John Conroy, who is one of the promi- nent dairymen of the same, is a descendant of Irish ancestors on both sides of the house and no doubt inherited from these ancestors the push and enterprise which have characterized his efforts through life. His parents, Luke and Mary (McDonough) Conroy, were natives of the Emerald Isle and were there reared and married. In that country the mother’s death occurred, and about 1865 the father crossed the ocean to the United States and died here the same year. He was a man possed of many sterling (pialities and was well known for his upright, honorable career. He and wife were the parents of six children, who were named as follows; Catherine, married William McDee, and now resides in New York; Mary, mar- ried Martin Otis and makes her home in the Empire State, as does Patrick, the third child; Mridget, the fourth child, married a Mr. Ward, and is also a resident of New York; Thomas passed his life in Ireland and is now deceased, and John, our subject. The latter learned the shoemaker’s trade in his father’s shop in Ireland and followed it in that country and this for forty years. He then abandoned it to engage in the dairy business. From 1860 to 1890 he worked at his trade in Indianapolis, but since the latter date he has operated a fine dairy in the eastern part of the city. He has met with much success in this business enterprise and is reliable and trustworthy. During the Civil War Mr. Conroy was in the navy of the United States. He was on duty on the Mississipj)i River and was in some pretty hot places from 1863 to the close of the war. He is a member of the Major Anderson Post, G. A. R. , and a member of the Catholic Church. Industrious and enterprising, Mr. Conroy is highly respected by all who know him. All his property has been accumulated by years of patient toil and he is now being rewarded by substantial results. He selected his wife in the person of Miss Eliza Feeley, daughter of James and Honore (W’atters) Feeley, and their union was solemnized in the year 18154. He and wife have no children Darius M. Purman, M. D. Even in a city as large as Indianapolis it does not take long for a man with exceptional ability to become well known in any art or profession in which he may be engaged, and perhaps in regard to the medical profession this is more pro- nounced than in any other. The prominent young physician whose name heads this sketch impresses even those who meet him in a casual way as a man who thoroughly understands his profession, and feels thoroughly at home in the position which he occupies. He has made no mistake in his calling. The unusual success he has achieved is the logical seijuence of talent rightly used, together with energy and industry never misapplied. Dr. Darius M. Purman was born in Allen County, Ind., January 28, 1856. and is a son of Samuel and Rosanna (Champer) Purman, the former a native of Virginia and of Scotch descent, and the latter of Ohio and of German origin. The father settled in the Buckeye State, Carroll County, at an early date and engaged in merchandising which he continued until 1856. He then moved to Indiana, but after a residence there of only one year, returned to Ohio where he engaged extensively in stock raising. In 1868 he again came to Indiana, and in this State passed the remainder of his days, his death occurring in 1887. He was a pros- perous man and was the owner of several thousand acres of land in the Hoosier State. In 1874 he established the Caledonia Stave Company at Baltimore, Ohio, the largest of the kind in the world, but he subsequently sold his interests and retired from active business. He was very generous and charitable, and in time of need many were the recipients of his kindness. He paid out many thousand dollars as security debts. Although he had limited educational advantages in youth, and started out in life as a shoemaker with limited means, he was possessed of wonderful business acumen, and was successful in all his enterprises. A great worker, always engaged in some enterprise to further his vast interests, his death was directly due to hard work. The original of this notice was reared in his native county, 358 AND MAHIOK COUNTY, INDIANA. and supplenaented a good, practical education received in the pnl)lic schools by taking a course in Taylor University, at Tort Wayne. Immediately after this he began the study of medicine at the latter place with Dr. B. S. Woodworth, and in 1S74 entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Indianapolis, graduating two years later. After this he located at Fort Wayne and practiced his profession there for six years. In 1882 he came to Indian apolis. He is one of the busiest of this busy class of men, and is well and fully prepared to meet any professional demand that maybe made upon him, and met with flattering success from the start. Previous to coming to Indianapolis, in 1878, he attended Bellevue Hospital, New York, for a year. The Doctor is medical director of the Masonic Life Insurance Company, a position he has held seven years, and he is a thirty-second degree member of the Masonic fraternity, being a member of the Indianapolis Consistory. He is also a member of the Grand Lodge, K. of P. , of Indiana. In the year 1881 he was married to Miss Mary White, a native of Kokomo, Ind., and daughter of Elijah F. and Al)bie li. (Thornton) White. Dr. Purman and wife have one child, named Thomas Harvey. In politics the Doctor is a stanch Republican and an active worker for that party. ^^TLLI.\M Hadley (deceased). In the midst of the failures and disasters of life, it is a real pleasure to review the career of a man whose efforts were crowned with success, and whose life has been as honorable in every particular, as that of William Hadley. We all have strivings after a high ideal, but an ideal alone is of little value if not re-enforced by the example of those who, like ourselves have human frailties, yet have been enabled to so overcome them as to lead lives of usefulness, integrity and true godliness. William Hadley was born near Siler’s Mills, North Carolina, June 30, 1823, but in early childhood moved with his parents to a farm near Mooresville, Morgan County, Ind., and assisted in cultivating this farm until twenty-one years of age. During this time he secured, under adverse circumstances, such academic advantages as the times afforded. Later he became principal of the Sulphur Sj)ring8 Academy and organized a business college at Plainfield, Ind., the first in the State. In 1851 he embarked in manufacturing in Indianapolis, and was the operator and owner of the Underhill Flouring Mills and was also a pioneer in the wholesale grocery trade in that city, the firm name being Taylor, Wright & Hadley. He was one of the organizers and au active worker and member of the Friends Church, being for many years a teacher in the Sunday-school. For a number of years he was very prominent in anti-slavery work, as he was in all other enterprises of a benevolent and philauthrojiic character. In 1879 he engaged in the fire insurance business and continued this successfully until his death in 1889. We find no one more worthy of mention, or whose long life of usefulness is more worthy to be chronicled than this gentleman, whose honesty and iidegrity were proverbial in the community. Iti jmlitics he advocated the principles of the Rejmblican party. From 1857 to 1858 he was elected a meml)er of the city council and in 1864 he was elected city assessor, serving continuously, being elected for eight successive terms every two years at the popular elections. He was one of the founders of the Colored Orj)hau Asy- lum in Indianapolis and i)resident of its board of directors. Probably no man in the city was more favorably known as an active, diligent and straightforward business man. In 1848 he married Miss Hannah T. Wright, a lady of culture and refinement. Da. Ja(;ob Buehleu. The physician whose name heads this sketch is a native of Ger many, born February 14, 1852, and is a son of Karl and Margueretta (Schwarz) Buehler. also natives of that country. The father received a liberal education in his native couidry and became a civil engineei’, being employed by the German Government in that capacity for a number of years, but died in 1861 at the early age of thirty-seven years. His wife survives him and resides in Germany. The subject of this sketch reached mature years in his native country and secured a high-school education. When eighteen years t)f age he volunteered in the military service and remained in the same from 1879 to 1872, when he received metlals from Germany and Baden and also received dii)lomaa. During service he leceived much instruction in a medical way and this was of much benefit when he began to take up melis where he has resided since. In 1883 he began the study of nu'dicine with Dr. E. F. Hodges, and the same year entered the .Medical Gollege (jf Indiana, whore he took two 354 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS courses duriuf); 1883 auil 1885. He had to rely entirely on his own lesources and had to earn the money to tit him for his profession. On this account and for other reasons he was unable to graduate in medicine until the spring of 1891, when he left the Indiana Medical College with the degree of M. D. He has carried on a successful practice since. Dr. Buehler is a member of the Sydenham Society of the college. In October, 1875, the Doctor was married to Miss Anna Hoenig, a native of Baden, Oermany, and they have one daughter. Socially the Doctor is a K. of H. , and [)olitically is independent, casting his vote for the man, irrespective of party. Henry F. Habeney. Few, if any, of the various and many branches of commercial activity that contribute to the general aggregate of trade in the city of Indianapolis are of greater importance than the manufacture of boxes. A deservedly popular and prosperous man engaged in this line of business, and one who has always maintained a very enviable reputation for turning out first class goods and for honorable, straightforward dealings is Henry F. Habeney. At first he commenced on a small scale but he is now at the head of a flourishing establishment where employment is given to eighteen hands and an annual busi- ness of $35,000 is done. This has been accomplished not without close application and attention to business by Mr. Habeney, who is a man of more than ordinary business acumen. This gentleman was born in Indianapolis, May 10, 1853, and is a son of Henry F., Sr., and Christiana (Limberg) Hebeney, natives of Germany. The father crossed the ocean to America in 1840 and came direct to Indianapolis via Madison, where he was first engaged in the construction of Bee Line Bail road. Later he followed the construction of wells very successfully for a number of years and resided in Indianapolis until his death, July 24, 1874. The mother of onr subject came to America in 1848 and was married in Indianapo- lis to Mr. Habeney. Six children were born to them, three of whom died in infancy. The others were named as follows: Louis A., died June 24, 1892; Henry F. (subject), and Amelia who married A. H. Russe. The subject of this sketch received his scholastic train- ing in the private and public schools of Indianapolis and subsequently took a course in com- mercial college. For over seven yeais after finishing his education he was employed by Schrader 6c Bro. in the Queensware and crockery business, and continued thus until 1877 when he embarked in business for himself. He engaged in the manufacture of boxes and from small beginnings lias reached his present enviable position, all by his own ex- ertions. In May, 1893, Mr. Habeney was elected councilman at large to fill the unex- pired term of a deceased member. The election took place without his knowledge or consent and he served the city faithfully during the remainder of the term. During the election of October, 1893, he was a candidate for that office on the Democratic ticket but the entire Democratic ticket was defeated. Mr. Habeney is a member of the K. of H. and is a Master Mason and has passed all the official chairs of the former organi- zation. He is also a member of the Independent Turner Society, German Orphan So- ciety, and has been a member of the board of the latter for ten years. He has served as president two terms, vice-president two terms, and at present is chairman of the finance committee. Mr. Habeney is also a member of the German Park Association, formerly Indianapolis Shooting Target Association, and is a director of the Standard and Globe Building and Loan Associations. In choosing his companion for life Mr. Habeney selected Miss Emma S. Voigt, a native of Indianapolis and the daughter of Henry W. and Sophia Voigt, and their union was solemnized in February, 1878. Five children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Habeney — Willie, Bertha, Henry F., Albert, and one unnamed. Mr. Habeney and wife are worthy and consistent members of the German Evangelical Zion Church. Prof. Thomas Carr Howe, one of Marion County’s prominent educators, is a gentle- man of rare culture and attainments, and discharges his duties with highly commendable zeal and ability. He is a native of the Hoosier State, born in Charleston August 5, 1867, and was there reared and attended the schools until seventeen years of age. He then entered Butler University, in the third preparatory class, and graduated in 1889 with the degree of A. B. After that he took the position of assistant language teacher in the university, and held that position one year, or until the spring of 1890, when he was elected to the Armstrong Chair of Germanic Languages, created in that year and endowed by 355 AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. Lis father-in-law, Addison F. Armstrong, of Kokomo, Ind. He has tilled that chair since, and to the entire satisfaction of all concerned. Prof. Howe was married in June, 1890, to Miss Jennie E. Armstrong, daughter of A. F. Armstrong, and he and his liride left immedi- ately for Europe, where the Professor was in the University of Berlin for two years, study ing Germanic philology. He is a member of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity. He is not much of a politician but voted for Harrison. Robert L. Howe, father of the Professor, like many of the prominent men of the county, was a native of the Buckeye State, born in Clinton County in 1833. He was a minister in the Christian Church. In 1860 he came to Indiana and followed his ministerial duties in Clark County for eighteen years. In the fall of 1884 he came to Irvington, Ind., to educate his children, and was a resident of this town until his death, March 22, 1892, having been in the ministry over thirty years. He was married May 24, 1866, to Miss Elizabeth E. Carr, daughter of Joseph and Nancy (Drummond) Carr, and three children were given them: Thomas C. , our subject; William D., unmarried, a graduate of Butler University in the class of 1893; and Carrie R., at home. Thomas Howe the grandfather of our subject, was a native of Pennsylvania. James Shea. That “ Honesty is the best policy ” is clearly demonstrated in the success of those hrms that pursue a straightforward way of doing business. The favor of the pub- lic will rest upon those who merit its confidence by dealing fairly. Few indeed are those who so well deserve a high place in public opinion as James Shea, for he has been in busi- ness in this country but a short time and has built up a trade in the general mercantile business which is meeting his most sanguine expectations. He was born in County Kerry, Ireland, May 1, 1857, his father being Cornelius Shea, also a native of County Kerry, Ireland, where he followed the occupation of farming throughout life and there eventually drew his last breath. The early educational training of James Shea was accpiired in the Isle of Erin, many of his evenings at home being spent in pursuing the paths of learning. Upon commencing the battle of life for himself he went to Wales and began working in the iron works of that country, but later made his way to the city of London, where he secured a position of conductor on a street car, which occupation he followed for seven years. At the end of this time the United States became the goal of his ambition, and after crossing the broad Atlantic he came directly to Indianapolis, in the suburbs of which place he turned his attention to farming and gardening, his efforts in this line meeting with reasonable suc- cess. Later he began making his home in West Indianapolis and began extensively to engage in the building business and in all has put uj) about thirty-seven houses, nearly all of which were for himself. This branch of human endeavor continued to occupy his time and attention for a considerable period, and owing to his keen discernment and shrewd bnt always honorable business management it proved an exceedingly profitable source of revenue. In l890 he laid in a stock of general merchandise and opened his present establishment and as he has conducted it on strict business principles and with the utmost integrity he is fully entitled to the success that he has won and which is constantly growing under his wise and honorable commercial policy. He deserves much credit for the way in which he has bent the force of circumstances to his will, for upon his arrival in this country he had little or no money and was a stranger in a strange land. It is through his energy that he has made what he has and by his unswerving determination to treat his patrons fairly and with consideration. He was married in London about 1880 to Miss Georgia Caroline P’ranklin, a native of Hampshire, England, but he was called upon to mourn her death March 16, 1893. She bore him three sons and two daughters, one of the latter being deceased. Mr. Shea is a member of the Catholic Church and socially belongs to the Ancient Order of Hiber Ilians. Since coming to the United States Mr. Shea has identified himself with the inter- ests of his ado[)ted country and has proven himself a useful and law abiding citizen. Thomas Tali.kntike. Ability, when backed by enterprising business measures and pro- gressive ideas, will accomplish more than any other professional or commercial re(|uirement. Prominent among those of foreign extraction who have allied their commercial and financial interests to those of the American people, and whom the adopted country has reason to feel proud of, for their ability and many estimable ipialities, is Thomas Tallentire, the well known contractor of Indianapolis. He was born in New Castle, on Tyne, England, Novem ber 17, 1848, and is the son of Thomas Tallentire, Sr., also a native of New Castle. The MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS 85f) elder Talleiitire learned the blacksmith’s trade in his native country and came to this country in 1850 or 1851. He tirst located in New York city, but subsequently moved to New Albany, lud., later Lafayette and tinally to Indianapolis where he has since made his home. He has been connected with the Big Four Railroad for thirty years and during a good portion of that time he was foreman of the blacksmith shops at Bright wood. Politically he is a Republican and socially he is a member of the I. O. O. F. and the Encampment, having been a delegate several times to the Grand Lodge. Thomas Tallentire, Jr., was only about two or three years of age when his parents came to America, and as a result all his recollec- tions are of this country. He attended the high schools at Lafayette, Ind., and tinished in the academy at that place, under Prof. Jennings. When seventeen years of age he left school and began learning the blacksmith’s trade under his father, serving a four years’ apprenticeship. Later he turned his attention to making car and engine 8])rings for the Big Four Road and still later he entered the city engineer’s office under S. H. Shearer. He filled various positions in that office and was first assistant engineer for about two years. After that, until recently, he was street contractor in partnership with Joseph L. Fisher. In 1872 Mr. Tallentire decided that it was not good for man to live alone and married Miss Maggie Lowry, of Logansport, this State, a very pleasant and amiable lady. Like his father our subject advocates the j)rinci|)les of the Republican party and wields considerable influence in the community. He is a member of Lafayette Lodge, No. 55, I. O. O. F. J.vMES Swain, retired. In recounting the forces that have combined to make Marion County, Ind., what it is, more than a passing reference must be paid to the life and labors of James Swain, of whom it may be truthfully said that no one has done more to lay the foun- dation of the country’s prosperity deep, and to build upon them surely and well. He is a native of Englaiul, born in Leicester, Leicester County, March 2, 1820, but nearly all his life has been ])assed on this side of the ocean. His father died when he was an infant, and young Swain remained with his mother until sixteen years of age, receiving a fair education in the common schools. The mother then went to live with a daughter, and our subject concluded that he would cross to America, and make fame and fortune in the ‘dand of the free and the home of the brave.” He had a married sister, Sarah, wife of George Balaam, living in Daviess County, Ky., and in October, 1880, he sailed from Liverpool. After a stormy pas- sage of sixty-three days he landed in New York, where he remained about a month, but went from there to Philadelphia, where he found employment for about six months. In May he left for Pittsburg, and thence soon after for Evansville, and walked across the country to Daviess County, Ky. , where his sister resided. For about a year he remained with his sis ter, and then went to Evansville, where he remained for a year learning the cooper’s trade. After that he entered the office of Jacob Page Chapman, who was then publishing the South- western Senthiet, and remained with him a year. At that time Chapman and his brother, George A., who had been publishing a paper at Terre Haute, came to Indianapolis, and our subject accompanied them. They started the Indiunapolis Sentinel, and carried this on for some time, or until they sold out. At that time they presented our subject with a fine gold watch, suitably inscribed, as a testimonial of their appreciation of his fidelity and ability. They sold out to Austin H. Brown, with whom our subject continued until Mr. Brown, who was appointed county auditor and State printer, sold out. Then Mr. Swain and John G. Doughty took the contract for the State printing under Brown, Jiaying him a commission, the firm name being Doughty & Swain. This continued for four or five years, and was the best opportunity our subject had yet had to make money. In 1857 Mr. Swain was appointed first deputy post-master under John M. Talbot, who was appointed by President Buchanan, and our subject served until May, 1861, when he took a trip with his family to England. Coming back in August, 1861, he engaged in the hat business in Indiana})olis for a short time, and afterward clerked for a fast freight line for a year or two. He then retired from active business, and made his home in Indianapolis until 1881, when, on account of his wife’s health, he moved to Southport, in Marion County, and there he now resides. He has ever advocated the principles of the Democratic party, and his first vote was cast for Polk and Dallas. Socially Mr. Swain is an Odd Fellow. He is now one of the trustees of Southport, which position he has held for six years, and he is a public-spirited and influential citizen. He attends the Presbyterian Church, in which his wife holds membership, and contributes 857 AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. liberally of his meaDs to its support. He was married in 1846 to Miss Mary Isabelle Parr, daughter of James Parr, a native of Maryland, and the fruits of this union was one son, George, whose birth occurred in 1847. The latter is now in the office of the IvdiavapoNs News. William Swain, the father of our subject, was a native of Lancaster, England, and there passed his entire life. He married Miss Ann Shenton, who bore him eight children, our subject being the only one now living. Mr. Swain is social and genial, and is well liked by all acquainted with him. Okval L). Cosler. There is probably no one who deserves more credit for the upbuild- ing of North Indianapolis, one of the most beautiful suburbs of the city of Indianapolis, than does Orval D. Cosier, who was born nine miles west of Shelbyville, Shelby County, Ind. , January 16, 1853, a sou of William H. and Elizabeth A. (Ender) Cosier. The former was a native of Ohio and the latter of Kentucky, and both were taken to Shelby County, Ind., by their parents when William H. was a young man, and when Elizabeth T. was at the age of six years. There they grew up, were educated and eventually married. After their union they settled on a woodland farm in Shelby County, which by hard work the father succeeded in clearing and on which he lived until February 14, 1870, when he became a resident of Indian- apolis and here died on September 9, 1884, at the age of sixty-five years, his birth having occurred September 26, 1819. His widow still survives him, at the age of seventy years, and is a resident of North Indianapolis, her birth having occurred on March 10, 1823. Mr. Cos- ier was as successful as the average farmer, but having a large family never became very wealthy, and after taking up his residence in Indianapolis invested some of his money in a grocery establishment, but after being in that business for a few months sold the store. After this he began to manufacture boots and shoes and had a general repair store, and was engaged in this business at the time of his death. While a resident of Shelby County he held some few minor positions. He and his wife were for sometime members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, but shortly before his death Mr. Cosier united with the Christian Church, in which faith he died. Mr. Cosier and his wife were of German descent, her father, Emanuel Ender, having been born on the River Rhine, in Germany, He was a highly educated man and could converse in seven different languages. He was schooled for a Catholic priest by his parents, but not desiring to be a priest he left Germany and came to America. Orval D. Cosier was one of eleven children, seven of whom are now living, and he was the sixth member of the family in order of birth. He received his education in the schools of Shelby County and when a young man of seventeen years came to Indiana])oli8 in June, 1870, having remained in Shelby County until that time in order to finish the term of school to which he was going when his parents moved to Indianapolis in February of that same year. Orval D. Cosler’s first emiJoyment was at Walter’s Stave Factory, at which place he only worked two days, refusing to work so hard for the small wages received. He then worked for a time at the carpenter’s trade, and in the broom-corn culture for Mr. Bradshaw. After his father, ^^’illiam H. Cosier, bought the grocery store, Orval D. Cosier clerked for his father in the store until it was sold by his father. At that time he began again learning the trade of a carpenter and after becoming proficient worked at this trade in Indianajiolis for ten or eleven years. At the end of this time he com- menced contracting and continued the business for seven years, during which time he built many handsome buildings throughout the county, including one church, also superintending the building of the North Indianapolis Methodist Episcopal Church. About this time Orval D. (Josler was employed in the county treasurer’s office for two years. Although he was a Republican and H. W. Miller, the treasiirer. was a Democrat, ]\Ir. Cosier was preferred to a Democrat. Such was the high esteem by which i\Ir. Miller held Mr. Cosier. He remained at the office during Mr. Miller’s term of office, at the end of which time Mr. Miller projiosed to and did go on Mr. Cosler’s bond for $2,()()(), and signed a jietition, as did many other Democrats and also Republicans, asking that Mr. Cosier be retained by his successor, who was also a Democrat, but such pledges had been made that it made it impossible to grant their desire. At the end of which time, being a good financier, he began buying lots and building houses in North Indianajiolis and jilacing them on the market for sale; and being unusually su(!cesaful, in three years he has liecome the owner of a farm worth $5,900, six miles from the city of Iudiana|)oli8, and built a handsome two-story eleven room dwelling on th(> cor 358 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS iier of Racier and Francis Streets, North Indianapolis, for his liome, which he now occupies. In all in North Indianapolis he has built about forty-three dwellings; also four double dwellings which would equal eight, making a total of fifty-one dwellings, almost all of which have been sold at a satisfactory profit. He also holds some property as trustee. He has been a professed Christian since 1871, at which time he united with the Methodist Episcopal Church, under the pastorate of the Rev. Frost Craft, then pastor of Third Street Methodist Episcopal Church, Indianapolis, and has been one of its most liberal supporters and active workers ever since. He was one of the prime movers in the building of the Methodist Episcopal Church in North Indianapolis, has been a teacher in the Sabbath- school all the time, and also served in the capacity of superintendent a number of years, and also was present and helped organize the Methodist Episcopal Church and Sabbath-school at North Indianapolis, and has for some years and does at present hold a local preacher’s license. March 9, 1881, he was married to Miss Alice Shook, of Indianapolis, by whom he has four children: Edna Alice, Russell Orval, Myron Curtis and Ruth. Mr. Cosier is a Republican, and although a stanch supporter of his party has never been an aspirant for office. Mr. Cosier began life a poor boy, at the age of seventeen coming to Indianapolis with $20, giving half of that amount to his father; he was very industrious and economical. During the first few years after his marriage, he not being able to hire help for his faithful wife, and her health not being good, he would work all day at his trade and his wife would attend to her household duties and at night he and his wife would do the washing, and often other work which his wife could not do would be done at night, and in the evening and before breakfast he would hoe in the garden and then do a day’s work. So determined were they to get a start in life, and not having any conveyancy, they would walk for miles to visit, go to work or do trading, but now have their horse and carriage and a handsome barn at their present home in which to keep them. He has never belonged to any secret order or union and is opposed to strikes. Mr. Cosier built his first house about one year before his marriage, doing almost all the work alone, not being able to hire help, doing some of the painting by moonlight. He lived in this house about one year after his marriage and then sold the property for $600 cash and moved to Indianapolis; but he and his wife not being satisfied returned to North Indianapolis and built a five-room cottage on Francis Street, afterward adding a sixth room, at which place he lived until November, 1892, when he moved to his handsome two-story residence, corner Rader and Francis Streets, North Indian- apolis. Mr. Cosier is a thorough business man, pushing his business for all there is in it, honest in all his dealings. Men with whom he transacts business have perfect confidence in him. This is one of the main pillars on which his success rests; he always feels that he should be as firmly bound by his word as by his note. At the time of Mr. Cosier’ s mar- riage to Miss Alice Shook, he was worth about $600, and while he has, through his industry and excellent financiering, grown to be worth about $10,000, yet he does not desire to take any honor or glory to himself. He feels as though he has just put forth the effort and the Lord has given the increase, and to Him he desires to give all the honor and glory, for to Him it belongs. William N. Roberson. It is a pleasure to chronicle the history of a man whose life has been one of honor and usefulness, and although he is considerably past the zenith of his career, Mr. Roberson has accumulated a fortune that enables him to enjoy most thor- oughly the comforts and conveniences of life. In spite of his advanced years, Mr. Rober- son still keeps up the active and industrious life that brought him in such substantial rewards, and many men much younger than he display less activity, mentally and phys icallj^ than does our worthy subject. Mr. Roberson owes his nativity to Tennessee, born in Washington County, near Jonestown, October 23, 1816, and made his home there until he was in his sixteenth year. He then came with his parents, David and Mary (Roberts) Rol>erson, to Indiana. Previous to this, while residing in his native State, he learned to read and write, but after coming to Marion County, Ind. , there were few schools outside of Indianapolis. For the first year after settling in this new State our subject did not go to school, but the next year he went quite steadily, boarding with his brother and paying $1 per week. In two weeks after starting to school Mr. Roberson had made such rapid progress in his studies, especially arithrnetic, for which he seemed to have a natural taste, that 359 AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. he led the rest of the scholars. Unfortunately, after twenty-four days in the school room, he was obliged to quit and carry out his contract of clearing one-half mile of the old Central Canal. His teacher, Mr. Cook, told him when parting, that in many years’ experience he had never seen his (our subject’s) ecjual in figures. In 1831 the mother of Mr. Roberson died, and about a year later the father, too, passed away. For two years after coming to the State our subject worked out on farms by the month, receiving |8 per month, and then got a sub contract from the State to dig a ditch. This took one summer, and he then got a contract to dig one-half mile of the old Central Canal, as spoken of above. This canal was in Madison County, and on finishing the same young Roberson and Andrew Wilson repaired damages done by a storm on an arm of the old Central Canal in Indianapolis. This took one summer, and after that Mr. Roberson bought 100 acres where he now lives, paying $15.50 per acre. This was covered with green timber, and no improvements had been made. Prior to this he had bought eighty acres in Belmont, now West Indianapolis, and resided on the same four years. After buying the 100 acres he erected a log cabin on the same, and resided in this about a year. Later he embarked in the saw mill business with Andrew Wilson, and they had three saw mills in different parts of the county. This business Mr. Roberson carried on for five years, and then sold out and returned to his farm, which he began immediately to clear. Of the 100 acres Im has cleared sixty five acres, and has it under a good state of cultivation. In 1852 he bought 80 acres in Wayne Township, and in 1800 he purchased 82 acres adjoining his present farm. Still later, in 1872, he bought 120 acres in Wayne Township, and in 1878 lie bought 80 acres adjoining his present farm. He also bought 140 acres in Morgan County. Mr. Roberson was first married, in 1841, to Miss Sarah Johnson, daughter of David Johnson, and four children were born to them, all of whom died young. On November 11, 1852, our sub- ject married Miss Nancy Flanagan, daughter of James Flanagan, and became the father of seven children, .six of whom are living at the present time: Ella married Charles Kreit- line, and is the mother of two children, Charles and Louella; James married Miss Ida Kemptou, and has three chihlren, Bessie, Elsie and William; Joseph married Eva Foltz, and they have three children, Grace, Harry and Hazel; Anna married Clarence DuBose, and has two children, Gertrude and Edith; Nicholas married Nancy Pearson; and Harry married Maud Maun, and is the father of one child, Mabel. In his political views ou I' subject is a Democrat and his first vote was cast for Martin Van Buren. He has been a member of the church since 1848, and is still an active worker in the same. He is kind hearted, genial and courteous, and is always cheerful and contented. No man is better liked in the community. His father is also a native of Washington County, Tenn., born in 1785, and in that State he was married to Miss Mary Roberts. Nine children were the fruits of this union, eight of whom grew to mature years, as follows: Charles, Maria, Rose A., Sarah. Nicholas. Keziah, Sophia and . Charles, the eldest child, was born September 15, 1808, and married Miss Mary Johnson. Eight children were born to this union: Maria (deceased) married Gabriel Sylvester, and they had one son; Rose A. (deceased) married a Mr. Hatton, by whom she had two children; Sarah married William Renison, and they have one son; Nicholas (our subject); Keziah (deceased) married a Mr. (-'atterson, and tliey had a good-sized family; and Sophia (deceased) married David Der- ringer and became the mother of three living children. The father of the above mentioned cliildren was cayJain of the Light Horse Company in the War of 1812. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Charles Roberson, grandfather of our subject, was l)orn in Tennessee in 17()5, and owned and operated a. grist-mill in Washington County for many years. He married ^^iss Polly and they became the j)arents of three daughters and one son. His death occurred at the advanced age of ninety-three years. Our subject’s great-grandfather on the father’s side was l)orn in the Highlands of Scotland. Dick Wennino. Nothing is more true than that good management, fair dealing and application to business will result in jirofit to the parties at interest. Failure rarely if eviu- comes, uidess as the secjuent of negligence, rash spi^culation or dishonesty. 'I'he field of l)usines8 is large and unusually rif)e unto the harvest; active work(*rs are, as a rule, rewarded with the highest success. Mr. Wenning is engaged in a most important calling, that of the vegetable grower, and makes a sjiecialty of raising all kinds of early varieties for MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS a no t lie market. He has eight acres of land at 950 Madison Avenue, all of which is devoted to this line of work, and that this has been a profitable business is fully attested when it is known that he has erected one of the handsomest brick residences in the outskirts of the city of Indianapolis, surrounding which are neatly and tastefully laid out grounds. Mr. Wen- ning was born in Germany, April ‘2, 1833, a son of Barney Wenning, who died in his native land in 1880 at about the age of seventy years. The mother also died there at about the same age. In the jnxblic schools of the land of his birth Dick Wenning obtained a practical and useful education, and when old enough began learning the weaver’s trade in a factory near his home, where he continued until he had attained the age of twenty-six years. The United States had for some time offered great attractions for him and here he determined to seek his fortune, and accordingly in 1859 he bade adieu to home and friends and crossed the ocean to this country, coming very soon after to Indianapolis. Shortly after this he went to Cincinnati, where he remained about one year, then returned to Indianapolis with but little cash capital, but with a strong determination to make his way in the world and to earn a living if hard work, push and determination could accomplish it, little dreaming of the success that was to be his. He soon secured employment at farming and gardening in the employ of Nicholas McCarty, by which means he secured sufficient money to purchase his jxresent property in 1869. This land he at once began to till, and knowing that in every large city vegetables are always in demand, he wisely decided to devote his land to this branch of agriculture, and time has shown the wisdom of his judgment. His vegetables are always fresh and sound, and at his stall in the market house he always keeps on hand a large supply which he sells reasonably, and his customers can always rely upon fair deal- ing and prom[)t attention. He was married in the city of Cincinnati, two years after com- ing to the United States, to Miss Minnie Cook, also a native of Germany, and to their union a family of eleven children were given, five of whom are living. Mr. Wenning and his wife are members of the German Reformed Church, in which Mr. Wenning was for many years an elder, and in which he has always taken a deep interest. Politically his sympathies have always been with the Democratic party, and he .supports it on all occasions. He is in every respect a self-made man, for he has had nothing but his own energy, persistence and grit to rely on, and these formed the basis of his capital upon which to begin business. Edward M. Pumphrey. There are few cities in the central part of the United States which offer so inviting a field of activity to the contractor and builder as does Indianapolis. The rapid growth of the business interests of the city, with its accompanying growth of population and increase of wealth, has created a demand for finer and more elegant resi- dences, a larger number of substantial business blocks, while the extension of the city on all sides necessitates the erection of suburban residences. In this connection there is no man better qualified to meet the demands of the hour than Edward M. Pumphrey, contractor and builder, who has been familiar with the calling to which his attention is now devoted from early manhood. He is a native Hoosier, born in Putnam Coxinty, August 16, 1860, a son of L. M. R. and Virginia (Winter) Pumphrey, the former of whom was born in Wheeling, West Va. In 1803 he went to Cincinnati, Ohio, and in 1835 moved to Glen’s Valley. Mor- gan County, Ind. , where he located on a farm and established one of the first mills ever erected on White River. He named the town of Glen Valley and became post-master of the ])lace, getting his commission from Gov. Noble, making a very efficient and trustworthy official. In addition to the occupations above mentioned he wastjuite extensively engaged in dealing in stock, in fact, was a man of great push and enterprise, keenly alive to his own interests, but strictly honorable and charitable withal, and in every sense of the word a model American citizen. He built one of the first Madison, Ind., distilleries in the State and has been an active business man all his life and although now over ninety years of age, he is yet quite active. In 1856 or 1857 he moved to Putnam County, Ind., and there still makes his home. His wife was of French descent and died in 1876, while in his veins flows sturd}’’ German blood. Edward M. Pumphrey was the fourth of five children born to the marriage of his parents, and in the schools of Putnam County his initiatory education was secured, but he afterward finished his education in Asbury University. When a mere lad he learned the carpenter’s trade, for his tastes seemed to point in that direction, but also from child- hood he has had a passion for flowers, and at the age of fifteen or sixteen took up flori- o' 361 AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. culture, with the expectation of makinir it his life work. He went to Chicago and entered the employ of Miller xce|)tionally successful in handling lh«‘ men in his employ. He and .Mr. Kraas made one of the solid coni racting firms of the city, and his death was a source of much regret to all who knew him. Since that lime IMr. Kraas has lieen in business alone. Diktiucii F. Stkoiimkykh. Very few jiersons are now in existence who can remember the old fashioned liake ovens that were useil in formi'r years, being built in the ground and sustained by piles of brick, beneath which fires were Imilt and the tempting breadstiiffs 362 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS })iled for bakiug. This has all changed now and the result is the modern bakery with its massive ovens and scores of busy men. The name of Strohmeyer’s bakery, at 222 West Washington Street, is widely known in this connection. Dietrich F. Strohmeyer bears the honor of having been born in Germany, his birth occurring April 22. 1868, and he is the son of Henry and Lotta ( Roemke) Strohmeyer, who passed their entire lives in the old country, the former dying in 1875 and the latter in 1889. The father followed the occu- pation of a farmer and was fairly successful in this pursuit. Dietrich F. Strohmeyer reached mature years in his native country, received his education there and at an early age l)ecame familiar with the duties of the farm. He was left fatherless at the early age of seven years and from his fourteenth year on was obliged to hoe his own row in life. Many ami varied were his experiences. For two years he was a sailor in the North Sea, about the English and French coasts, and he did not come to America until 1886, when he went diiect to Indianapolis. After taking a course in a commercial college in this city he engaged in the bakery business, which he has carried on very srrccessfully up to the pres- ent time, the firm name at jrresent being Strohmeyer A Beck. Socially our subject is a member of the K. of P. and the I. O. O. F., in religion a Protestant and politically is a Republican. He does an annual business of about $12,000 and supplies Indianapolis with Hist class goods. He is a young man of enterprise and acknowledged ability in his trade and has already proven a valuable acquisition to the business. Thomas J. Christian. Indianapolis has always been considered a great center for hard- wood lumber. From its yards lumber has lieen taken for shipment to all parts of the United States as well as Europe. Very prominent among those engaged in the hardwood lumber business is Thomas J. Christian, a gentleman whose hustling abilities are well recognized in this city, as well as through the United States, in which he ranks as one of the most worthy representative people engaged in industrial life. He was a member of the Hrm of J. E. & T. J. Christian, which was established in 1891, which dealt exclusively in hardwood lumber. From this establishment shipments have been made everywhere that hardwood lumber is used. Our subject became sole proprietor of the business in 1892, and has since increased the business to a very large extent. He was born in Indianapolis, October 15, 1867, his father, W. F. Christian, being a leading contractor and builder of this city for many years, who has for some years been retired. In the city of his birth Thomas J. was reared, and in the public schools of the same he received a thorough and practical education, which has Htted him for the active business life he has led since reaching man’s estate. Upon leaving school he entered the employ of his uncle in 1887, to learn the lumber business, and con- tinued with him until he was taken into partnership in 1891, and as above stated he has been alone in this business since 1892. On September 17, 1890, he was united in marriage with Miss Catherine Holmes, a native of the city of Indianapolis, and a daughter of W. C. Holmes, by whom he is the father of one child: Wilmer, who was born Tanuary 17, 1893. Mr. Christian is a member in good standing of the F. & A. M., in which he has attained to the chapter, and politically he is a Democrat in principle but in local affairs is not parti- san. He is a loyal adherent to the law of probity, and in all his transactions he has proven himself a gentleman of honorable principles, and possesses the full trust of his patrons. Charles Warren Fairbanks is a native of Unionville Centre, Union County, Ohio, his birth occurring May 1 1, 1852. He is a son of Loreston M. and Mary A. (Smith) Fairbanks, who were natives, respectively, of Barnard, Vt. , and Green River, Columbiana County, N. Y., who immigrated to the Darby Plains, in Union County, Ohio, late in the decade of the thirties. A mechanic by occupation, Loreston M. Fairbanks pursued the avocation of wagon maker for a number of years, but later engaged in farming near Unionville Centre, where the immediate subject of this sketch was born. The youth and early manhood of Charles \V. Fairbanks were passed in assisting with the work on the home farm and in attending the district school, and later he entered the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware, Ohio, which graduated him in 1872, when twenty years of age. During his senior year he edited the college paper known as the Western Collegian, and prior to his graduation he began the sludy of the law. Upon completing his course at college he resumed his legal studies with much diligence, and early in 1874 was admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court of Ohio. While prosecuting the study of his chosen profession, and to aid him in so doing, he served 363 AND MABION COUNTY, INDIANA. as Associated Press agent at the cities of Pittsburg and Cleveland. Two events of much importance occurred to Mr. Fairbanks in the year 1874, being his marriage with Miss Cor- nelia, daughter of Judge P. B. Cole, of Marysville, Ohio, and his locating for the jjractice of law in Indianapolis, Ind. Mrs. Fairbanks is a graceful and accomplished lady, a gradu- ate of the same college as her husband, and is the mother of live children. Mr. Fairbanks for many years has been a trustee of the Ohio Wesleyan University, and gives with an unsparing hand for the good of his alma mater. He takes a keen interest in all matters of a public nature, lends his aid in advancement of public enter juises, assists all measures cal culated to improve the conditions of his neighbors, and is invariably found aiding every movement that tends to alleviate the sufferings or elevate the conditions of mankind. He has been an active director of the Consumers Gas Trust Company, created by the citizens to secure cheap fuel, and is a trustee of the Meridian Street Methodist Episcopal Church, although a member of no religious denomination. IMr. Fairbanks is a member of many literary clubs and societies, has delivered numerous addresses before universities and public assemblies, and in all has attained deserved distinction. Notable among his speeches is the address delivered on behalf of the board of trustees of the Ohio Wesleyan University upon the installation of the Rev. Dr. James W. Bashford as president. Other addresses that have attracted much attention are those on “ Nihilism" and ‘‘ Paternalism in Government," etc. Mr. Fairbanks has never held nor sought political preferment, and has declined many offers to enter public life, preferring to devote himself to his family and profession. An unswerving advocate of the doctrines of the Repul)lican party, his services have been much in demand in Indiana and in other States. In 1892 he was chairman of the Republican State Convention, arid delivered an address which was published as “ The Campaign Key- note. ’’ In 1893 he was unanimous choice of the Republicans for United States Senator in opposition to the Hon. David Turpie, who was the Democratic choice. Upon the return of President Harrison to Indiana[)olis at the exftiration of his term of office Mr. Fairbaidvs delivered the formal address of welcome on behalf of the citizens of Indiana. Gen. Ben.i.^min Harkison. ex- President of the United States, is a grandson of the famous hero of Tijjpecanoe, Gen. William Henry Harrison, the ninth President of the United States. His l)irth occurred at North Bend, Ohio, August 29, 1833, and his early education was ac- (piired under the tutelage of a private instructor. At fourteen years of age he was sent to Cary’s Academy, near Cincinnati, where he remained two years, then entered Miami Univer- sity, at Oxford, which graduated him in 1852. Having a juedilection for legal pursuits he became a disciple of Blackstone at Cincinnati, and early in 1854 located for the |)rofession at Indianapolis. Early in his professional career Mr. Harrison exhibited to a marked degree those cliaracteristics which afterward made him famous as a great lawyer, and it was not long until he found himself the j)ORsessor of a large and fairly lucrative j)ractice. The fall of 1860 he was elected re|)orter of the Su))reme Court of the State and during his incumbency of this office j)ublished volumes XV and XVI of State iteporter. The war coming on, IMr. Harrison deemed that his country’s welfare should become his first consideration, and accord ingly resigning from his lucrative position he recruited Company A, of the Seventh Regiment of Indiana Infantry and immediately went into active service. He remaiiu'd in the service of tlie Government until the close of the war, when he was mustered out as brevet brigadier general. He led his command in the l)attle of Resaca, participated in the capture of Cass ville, t)atlles of New Ho[)e and Golgotha Churches, Kenesaw Mountain and Peach Tree Creek, at the latter of which his gallantry so pleased Gen. Hooker that he wrote to the Secretary of War “to call the attention of the (lepartment to the claims of Col. Benjamin Harrison, of the Seventieth Indiana Volunteers, for |)romotion to the rank of brigadier general of volun- teers.’’ Partici|)ating at the Grand Review at Washington, Gen. Harrison returned home and resumed legal f)ursuits. In 1876 he was the unanimous choice of the Re])id)licans for governor of Iinliana, but was defeated at the polls. In 1879 he was H])|)oinled by President, Hayes as a mend)er of the Mississippi River commission; was chairman of the Indiana dele- gation to the Republican national convention in 1880, and on the ballot that nominated Gen. Garfield for the I’residency, cast the entire vote of his State* for the successful candi date. .After this (from 1881 tf) 1887), he l)ecame Uniteal States Senator and Ixicame one of the most e-onspicuous figures in the nation. In 1888 he was nejiuinateel by the national 304 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS Hepiiblicau convention, at Chicago, for the Presidency of the United States. During the catni)aign he made numerous addresses, and although he had a vigilant enemy to combat, ready to distort or misconstrue his utterances, he did so remarkably well that not a single point was raised against him. His four years of administration marked an era of prosperity for tlie country, and at the national convention of 1892 held at Minneapolis, he was re- nominated on the first ballot. At the succeeding election he was defeated for a second term l)y Mr. Cleveland, and has since resided at Indianapolis. Mr. Harrison, while a student at college, met and loved Miss Caroline L. Scott, who became his wife in 1853, and two children, l)oth living, have blessed their union. The saddest event in the life of Mr. Harrison was the death of ]\Irs. Harrison in 1892. Wesley Allen, M. D. Among those of Marion County, Ind. , who successfully follow the “healing art,’’ as a profession is Dr. Wesley Allen, who was born on a farm belonging to his father, Joseph Allen, consisting of 160 acres located two and a half miles northwest of We.st Newton, on March 26, 1836. On this farm he made his home until he was about twenty-four years of age, his early educational advantages having been received in the early snbscrijJion schools of his native township, from the time he was eight years old until iie reached the age of nineteen. He then entered the “Friends’ Boarding School ” located at Kichmond, Iml , now known as Earlham College, which he attended one winter session of six or seven months, and one-half of a summer session. He then commenced the study of medicine in the office of Dr. Jesse Ileagan, in West Newton, Ind., continuing his studies two years. In 1858 he taught one summer term in the common schools in M’est Newton and in August, 1861, commenced the practice of his profession there, at the solicitation of his many friends and neighbors, before he had graduated from any school of medicine. After a time he commenced attending lectures in the Indiana Medical College, from which he afterward graduated, some of his classmates becoming eminent medical practitioners. After complet- ing his legal studies he returned to West Newton and there has since made his home, a period of about thirty-two years. He has met with distinguished success in the practice of his noble but arduous profession, and is a member of the Marion County Medical Society, the State Medical Society, and the Mississippi Valley Medical Association. He was rejected for military service during the Civil War on account of a slight lameness. He is a member of and a trustee in the Methodist Episcopal Church and politically has always been a Republican and has ever taken an active interest in local politics. He was married October 20, 1861, to Rebecca A., daughter of Jesse and Ann (Whitson) Jones, and to their marriage three children were born as follows; Orpha; Alice, who married Lawrence V. Buskirk, of Bloomington, Ind., of which city he is now (1893) mayor, has one son, Allen V., and one child who died in infancy. The mother of these children died December 23. 1878, and Belle, the daughter of Homer and Mary (Paynter) Snodgrass, natives of Indiana, became his wife, to which union was born one son, Wesley, whose birth occurred February 1, 1886. Joseph Allen, the father of Dr. Allen, was born in Shenandoah County, Va., August 14, 1794, of Quaker stock, and there he was brought up and received the education common to that time, which was mainly in the Quaker Church. He was married near Xenia, Ohio, in April, 1815. to Eliza- beth Cadwallader, a native of Virginia, born February 21, 1797, a daughter of Moses and Mary Cadwallader. He farmed in the vicinity of Xenia until 1824, then came to Indiana where he entered 160 acres of land in Decatur Township, Marion County, on which he lived until within a short time of his death which occurred in 1878. At the time of his purchase this land was covered with green timber, and his principal possessions consisted of a horse, a sack of flour and a (!ow, having spent his entire amount of money, consisting of $100, in paying for his first eighty acres. Of this farm he and his sons cleai'ed 100 acres. He was an old line Whig in politics, then became a Republican and supported this party until his death. He was a member of the Quaker Church and in this faith reared his children, eleven of whom grew to maturity: Mary (deceased) married Wilson Barnett and left four children; Allen, Louisa, Eli and Preston; Solomon first married Annie Cox and afterward Mary A. Forsha, by whom he had two children: Linton and Asbury; Preston (deceased) married Susannah Jessup, by whom he had three children: Maria, Dr. J. Quincy and Etta; Sallie, widow of Layton Mills, has four children: Elijah, Lizzie, Lona and Joseph; Ellen (deceased) became the wife of Israel ComjJon and had six children; Elijah, Eliza J., Sam- 305 AND .VARION COUNTY, INDIANA. uel, Jasper, Wesley and Sallie; Hnldab, first married Elijah Mills and after his tleath became the wife of Levi Ballard, by whom she had six children: Amos, Laura, Emma, Ella, Edward and Lizzie; Moses married Mary Jones (deceased), by whom he has three children: Jesse, Flora and Emma; Joseph married Esther Wilson, and to them three children were given: James, Elmer and Frederick; Dr. Wesley, the subject of this biography; Eliza, who married Rollin Hospins, with two children survives him, the names of the latter being Dr. Walter and Horace; and William, who married Mary Constable, has one son, Charles. The mother of these children was called from life October 31, 1870, and their father November y, 1878. The paternal grandfather of Dr. Allen, Jackson Allen, was a Virginian, who was born about 1705. He lived in his native State until a few years before his death, which occurred at the home of his son, Solomon, in Parke County, Ind. He was a Quaker and was married to Sarah Bond by whom he had 12 children: Joseph, Solomon (deceased), Wesley, Benjamin, Sallie (Critz), Harmony (Bates), Rebecca (Woolman), Mary (Moody), Alice (Sanders), Anna (Laird), Edward Allen, and Ruth (Cox). Laban Hakding. Although Marion County, Ind., is well known for the energy, enter- prise and push of its farmers, Laban Harding stands in the van in this industry, and has shown much wisdom and good judgment in the conduct of agricultural affairs, and through his own endeavors has won an enviable reputation. He is a native of the Hoosier State, born in Fayette County, near Connorsville, October 8, 1817, and at an early age became familiar with the duties of farm life. He was born on the farm belonging to his father, the same having been entered by his grandfather in 1810, and remained on the same until live years of age when he moved with his pai'ents to Marion County, Ind. His father, Ede Harding, was born in Washington County, Ky., in 1793, and in 1800 moved with his parents to But- ler County, Ohio. There he remained until 1810 when he came to Fayette County, Ind., and there resided until 1822 when he moved to Marion County, this State. In the latter county he made his home until within a year or so of his death, which occurred in 1875, and died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Sarah Ray, of Hendricks County, Ind. He affiliated with the Democratic party up to the campaign of 1840, when he voted for Harrison and was a Whig until the formation of the Republican party, with which he W'as ever afterwaid iden titled. He was drafted into the War of 1812, but was discharged on account of deafness. For many years he was a worthy member of the Baptist Church, and was active in his sup port of all worthy enterprises. To his marriage were born seven children, five of whom survive as follows: Laban (our subject), Lavina (wlio married tirst John McCray, and after his death, Ambrose Hume, by whom she had six children), Oliver (married Miss Lavina Cox, who bore him seven children), John (married Miss Luna Brown and they have three chil- dren), and Sarah (who married first Harrison Ray, by whom she had two children, and after his death married Robert Spear). The mother of these children died in 1850 and the father subsequently married Rebecca Oowdy, nee Berm. Robert Harding, grandfather of our sub ject, was born in Washington County, Penn., about 1760, and was married in that State to Martha Wade. Soon after he emigrated to Kentucky and in 1808 moved from thereto But- ler County, Ohio, and thence to Indiana, in 1821. There his death occurred the same year at the home of his son, Ede, father of our subjerd, in Fayette Ckrunty. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, as were also four of his brothers. He was the father of a large fam ily of cliildren, thirteen of whom grew to mature years: John, Ruth, Avis, Martha, Nancy, Mary, Jemima, Elikum, Ede, Rol)ert, Samuel, Israel and Lal)au. He was of English extrao tion. The youthful days of our subject were passed on tlie farm of 117 acres juirchased by his father in Wayne Township, and he received his scholastic training in the old-fashioned log school-house of that period, attending three months in the year, and going a distance of three miles. He remained under the parental roof until twenty one years of age and assisted his father in the grist mill. On December 21, 1837, he was married to IMiss •leiuima McCray, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Lucas) .McCray, and soon after movcal on a farm in Wayne T(.»wnship. This farm consisted of sixty tive acres, principally green timbi'r, and for this he j)aid SI 1 per acre. Mr. Harding remained on this farm until l866 and then moved to his present farm which consists of 106 acres. Since then ho has added to the original tract until ho now owns 225 acres, a good portion of which is well improved and well culti vated. In his political views he is a Repul)lican and cast his first presidential vote for W. 800 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS H. Han ison. He ia a member of the Baptist Church and an earnest worker in the same. Of the eleven children born to his marriage, all lived to mature years except Eliza A., who died when eight years of age. The remainder are as follows: John, enlisted in Company I, Seventh llegiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served three years (he held the rank of corf)oral when mustered out; at Chancellorsville he was wounded by a piece of shell and ilied from the effects of the same at his home in November, 1805; he was single); Samuel E. (single), died in 1802; Mary E. (deceased), was a popular and well known teacher of Wayne Township, having followed that profession in the township for twenty-two years; Nancy, married Charles Montgomery and they have eight children, Ella, Myra, Mary, (xeorge, Samuel, Sarah, Flora and Kate); Elmira, married Christian Myers and died in 1808; William Newton married Mary McConnell, and they have one child, William; Minerva, married John McClelland and became the mother of six children (Raymond, Eleanor, Her- bert, Jemima, John and Louise); Kate; Henry, married AlmaDuzan and is the father of one child, George Laban, and Louella, married Thomas Craig. Fhiulip J. Roller. In giving a history of the prominent citizens of the Western States the biographical department of this work would be incomplete without mentioning the gen- tleman whose name heads this sketch, for he is deservedly ranked among its prominent farmers and stock men. He first saw the light of day April 20, 1838, in Coshocton County, Ohio, and his parents, Andrew and Barbara (Sandels) Roller, were natives of Germany, coming to this country about 1835. This worthy couple were the jjarents of ten children eight sons and two daughters — four of the sons dying in childhood. The remainder of the children grew to mature years and were named as follows: Caspar, married Mrs. Elizabeth Ermans; Phillip J., subject; William H., married Miss Margaret Gashbaugh; George, married Miss Anna Roof; Elizabeth, became the wife of John Roof, and Mary Ann, single, died at the age of twenty-two. Our subject grew to mature years in his native county, secured a fair education and when grown was united in marriage to Miss Emily Richcreek, daughter of George W. and Eliza (Mansheld) Richcreek. Their nuptials were celebrated November 27, 1801, and to this happy union seven children were born — all sons, none of whom are married and all now at home or at school except the second, Decatur, who died in infancy. Thej’^ were named as follows: William J., born November 7, 1862; Er- nest, l)orn June 10, 1867; Andrew, born February 11, 1869; George, born April 10, 1872; Benjamin F., born July 1, 1876, and Manford, born December 13, 1879. The old adage that “ in unity is strength ” is not better illustrated than in this family. The parents started in life with limited means and have reared this family of bo 3 's, tive of whom have reached man’s estate and are over six feet in height and weigh about 200 pounds each. They are all- strong temperance men, are Democrats iti politics and in church mat- ters have a leaning toward the Methodists. These brothers have clung together and have l)ecome the owners of 922 acres of land, each acre of which is worth flOO. Besides this they have a good bank account and are classed among the substantial men of the country. The Richcreek family, of which Mrs. Roller is a member, came originally from England and settled in America at a very early date. The first branch of this family to take root in American soil was David Richcreek, who ci'ossed the ocean from England and settled near Philadelphia, Penn., about 1760. David married Miss Mary Penn, a direct descendant of William Penn, and three children were the fruits of this union: Thomas, David and Phil- lip. David settled near Philadelphia, Phillip made his home in the Old Dominion and Thomas came to Ohio. The latter reared a family of three sons and tive daughters. The sons were named James, David, George W. (father of Mrs. Roller), and the daughters were Nancy, Maria, Susan, Casander and Leanor. George W. Richcreek married Miss Eliza Mansfield and eight sons and three daughters were born to them, as follows: Absalom (deceased); Mahala, married J. Chamberlin and now resides in Joplin, Mo.; Emily, married our subject; Jared C., married Miss Minnie Kountz and makes his home in Montana, Kan.; Edward A., married Miss Frances Baker and resides in Labette County, Kan., where he is now probate judge; Benjamin F., married Mary J. Wilkinson and resides in Remington, Ind. ; Jesse, married Miss Payne and lives in Great Bend, Kan.; Anna L., married William R. Moore and resided in McCune, Kan., until her death, in January, 1892. The next two. children were twins — Hiram and Howard. The former is married and resides at Decatur, AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. 367 III., aacl the latter married Miss Effie Crabtree and resides near Paris, 111.. The mother of these children died in February, 1882. William Haeberle. Few among the many excellent meat markets and groceries that attract the eye in Indianapolis, have secured a more enduring hold on public favor and confi- dence than the establishment conducted by William Haeberle. It is one of the best equipped stores of its kind in the city, where patrons can always rely upon getting a very superior article, satisfactory treatment and prompt attention. Mr. Haeberle was born in Germany in February, 1863, is a young man of pleasing manners, and combines push, enterprise and excellent business qualities, and has before him a promising future. His parents, Gotlieb and Frederika Haeberle, were natives of the old country, but crossed the ocean to America in 1881 and settled in Indianapolis. They were the parents of ten children of which seven are living, as follows; Gotlieb, married Miss Mary Branchle and is now living in Indianapolis; Frederika, married Adolph Lentz and is also a resident of this city; Christian, married Caro- line Off and is a resident of this city; Christiana, married Carl Meiser and makes her home in Germany; Carrie, married John Beyer of this city; Fredrick, married Miss Amelia Kiefer and lives in Indianapolis; and William, the subject of this sketch. The latter was about eighteen years of age when he came with his parents to Indianapolis. He was married in February, 1885, to Miss Anna Kiefer, daughter of Jacob and Frederika Kiefer, both natives of Germany. Mr. and Mrs. Kiefer came to America when single and were married in Indi- anapolis. Three children have been born to our subject and wife: Frederika, born August 15, 1886; Alma, born December 21, 1888; and Lula, born May 21, 1889. Our subject learned the butcher’s trade and for some time has been engaKed in that business. For seven years he has been in business for himself and has a tine grocery store and meat market on Brookside Avenue and Jujiiter Street, this city. In recognition of the class of people he caters to Mr. Haeberle has made it his aim to keep only the superior meats and the freshest and best groceries. His parents are living but his wife’s father and mother are both deceased. To the latter couple were born five children, as follows: William, single and residing in Kansas; Annie, wife of our subject; Jacob, single, residing in Indianapolis; Louis, single and lives in this city; and Amelia, married Fredrick Haeberle, brother of our subject, and lives in Indianapolis. Fred W. Pape, blacksmith and wagon-maker at 83 Prospect Street, Indianapolis, is a mechanic skilled and experienced in his line of business. His career has been distinguished for enterprise and ujirightness and he is well liked in the community. Possessed of more than the average skill in his business, the fickle goddess of fortune seems to smile benignly on him and his aspirations, and he has gained a large and permanent patronage. Born in Germany, March 7, 1866, he is a son of William and Christina (Hahne) Pape, natives also of the Old Country, where they were reared and married. Six children were liorn to tliis estimable couple, as follows; William, married Miss Helena Hiindling and resides in Indian apolis; Christina, married William Bodenberg and makes her home in this city; Fred W. our subject; Henry, deceased; Charles, single and resides in this city, and Henry, now de ceased. The father of these children was a soldier in the German army and participated in the French War in 1870 and 1871. He went through without being wounded but lost his health and died soon after the war closed. After his death, or in 1885, the mother came to America and here her death occurred one year later. The subject of this sketch passed his lioyhood and youth in his native country and was there educated. He learned the black smith trade in Germany, and for six years has followed that in connection with wagon mak ing in Indianapolis. .Success has crowned his efforts. In the year 1887 he was married in Indianapolis to Miss Minnie Holtz, daughter of August Holtz, of this city, and two children have blessed this union : Walter, born in 1889, and Alfred, born in 1892. Both are living and are bright, intelligent little fellows. Mr. and Mrs. Pape are members of the German Lutheran Church. Ei.i Heiny. This gentleman was born in Stumptown (now New Danville), Lancaster County, Penn.,. July 8, 1822, and about 1827 was taken by his parents to May town, l-*enn. , about seven or eight miles from his birtlqilace. Two years later they removed to Carroll County, Ohio, where the father purchased forty acres of green timber land and on this place they lived for some three or four years. They continued to reside in this county until Eli was 308 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS about fourteen years of age llien moved to NWayne County, Cliio, and purchased 120 acres of land on which they lived two years then sold out and returned to Carroll County where the parents again purchased eighty acres of green timber land and the father with the assistance of his five sons started to clear it. They sold out on the day that William Henry Harrison was elected President, loaded their goods on a wagon and started for Indiana, but on their way out of the county, passed the polls and although he and his eldest sons were Democrats and an attempt was made to prevent them from casting their ballot they were determined to exercise their right of franchise and succeeded in casting their vote for the Democratic candidate. They then proceeded on their way and at the end of three weeks reached their destination which was Hamilton County. There the father purchased 120 acres of land, for which he paid $000, and set about the arduous labor of clearing his land, his iron constitution standing him in good stead amid the hardships and privations of pio- neer life. Until a log house could be erected the family lived in a rented log house in the vicinity, then moved into their own house in the spring of 1841, which at that time was con- sidered a substantial and convenient residence. The house was built of hewed logs, with clapboard roof, puncheon floor, etc., and here Eli made his home i;ntil his marriage in the spring of 1848, although from the time he attained his majority he labored for himself among the various farmers of the neighborhood, receiving for his services about $7 per mouth. He chopped cordwood for 25 cents a cord, averaging about two and a half cords a day, and considei-ed that he was doing well to earn that much. He also drove hogs from Noblesville, Ind., to Peru, and from Noblesville to Cincinnati, for Hl^ cents a day in trade, being compelled to return home on foot. He was allowed $2 for expenses on the trip to Cincinnati, a journey that lasted ten days, and on one trip saved $1 of that money. The Wabash River had to be forded, as there was no bridge, and many times he had to wade the river in December when the water was almost at freezing point. This was in 1844 and Mr. Heiny used to cheer himself up with singing the campaign songs that were so popular in that day. In March, 1848, he was united in wedlock to Catherine, daughter of Henry Brenneman, a native of Pennsylvania, in which State she was also born and in the same little village in which Mr. Heiny first saw the light of day. Immediately after his marriage he rented 103 acres of land of his father-in-law in Perry Township, Marion County, having become ac: Martin; Thomas, who married Eliza A. Smith, by whom he liecame the father of three children; Homer H., -John J. and Frank N. ; William, who married Mary Messersmith, became the father of ten chil dren: Marcellus, Bayard, Horace, Frank, Elwood 1)., Charles T., William, Flora, Grace and Ida; El izabeth, widow of Peter Blue, has nine children: Indiana (who married Nelson Chamberlain), Rometa, Rachel, Charles, (who married a Miss Lewis), Alliert, Cortez and Ivato (twins), George and l>lanche. 'The grandmother of these children died in 1869 at the age of seventy nine years and ten months. 'I’lie grandfather, Joseph Seerley, was born about 1766. Itaniel Bower, the father of Mrs. Martin Seerley, was born in Frederick County, Md., l*'eb ruary I, 1866, and was married there in 1821 to Elizabeth, daughter of Jacob Ringer, 870 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS and in 1888 they came to Indiana, and after one year’s residence in New Harmony came to Marion County, Ind. , where they lived until their respective deaths, October 21, 1852, and December 23, 1872. Mr. Bower was a farmer, andhadlon^ been a member of the Lutheran Church. To himself and wife eight children were given, the following of whom lived to maturity; Elcinda ( Mr.s. SeerleyJ ; Louisa; Mahala C. ; Luther, who married Rebecca Smith, and is now dead; Ann E., married Samuel Harper; Emeline, who became the wife of Jacob Van Valkenburg, and is now no more. The maternal grandfather of Mrs. Seerley was Jacob Ringer, who emigrated to America in his early manhood. He was born about 1775, was married about 179b, and became the father of four children; Barbara (deceased), who mar- ried Conrad Ringer; Katharine (deceased), who married Henry Werstler; Daniel, who married Elizabeth Ringer; and Jacob (deceased), who married Maria Snay. Mr. Bower died about the year 1848. Adam Scott. It is with true interest that the biographer takes up his pen to speak of those worthy citizens whose active lives have ceased on earth but whose influence extends still and will continue to extend among all who knew them. This truth is doubly true when such a man has established for himself and his children a reputation for integrity, character and ability. Adam Scott was born in Jedborough, Scotland, March 81, 1825, and was one of the oldest and best known c.ontractors and builders of Indianapolis. His death, which oc- curred June lb, 1898, was the result of an acute attack of pneumonia, coupled with heart complications. In 1850, when this city was com])aratively a village, Mr. Scott settled in Indianapolis, and sitice that time, until his death, he constantly resided here. For many years he was of the firm of Scott A Nicholson, and carried on an immense business on Ken- tucky Avenue, where the plans for some of the best buildings in the State were jirepared. Of late years he was with Charles Pierce, one of the most extensive public contractors in the United States. The first work done in Indianapolis l)y Mr. Scott was the building of the stone work utilized in the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, and he afterward constructed the Marion County Court House, the Bates House and other of the most substantial buildings in the city. His fame as a builder was not confined to his home, and the magnificent custom houses at Atlanta, Ga. , and Birmingham, Ala., were constructed under his supervision. In 1888 he retired from business, but was not content to spend the remainder of his days in idle- ness and, as above stated, he formed a partnership with Charles Pierce A Co., with which company he was prominent in the erection of the court-house at Mirncie, Anderson and Evansville. After the completion of the Evansville edifice, Mr. Scott again retired from business pursuits and lived a quiet life with his family until his death. In character his true old Scotch blood was always apparent and his honest, straightforward principles were the pride of his life. There was no pretense or humbug aboiit him. He was what he ap- peared to be, an honest man, whose sympathies were always with the p.eople. He was a stanch Republican in politics, but took no man to task on account of an opposite political belief. The Masouic Adcocate \n speaking of him says; “It was our privilege to know him for many years, and for the last few years to enjoy an intimate friendship that often brought us together. We have never known a more candid, consistent, upright man, nor one who followed the golden rule more closely in all his intercourse with others.” He was a charter member of Pentalpha Lodge, No. 5b4, A. F. A A. M., and also a thirty-second member of the Scottish Rite. For many years he was a member of the English Lutheran church, and a deacon in the same for some time. He was twice married. Harry M. Mayhew. To follow out the lines of trade centering in a provision store would call for considerable experience of one’s mental powers. The dealer in the necessi- ties of life must needs be a man of great discrimination and superior judgment and these essential (qualities are possessed in an eminent degree by Harry M. Mayhew, who has a well located, well supplied and admirably conducted establishment in North Indianapolis, which was established three years ago on a limited scale, but which at once leaped into popular favor and is now one of the well- patronized business houses of that portion of the city. He was born at Shelbyville, Shelby County, Ind., December 22, 1858, his father, Frank Mayhew, having been born in Cincinnati, in which city he learned the trade of a carriage painter. He afterward moved to Shelbyville and still later to Waldron, Ind., where he died at the untimely age of thirty-five years, at which time his son, Harry M., was a small AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. 371 child. He was a member of an Indiana regiment during the Civil War and was a man of much public spirit and enterprise. Harry M. Mayhew was educated in the 2 )nb]ic schools of Shelbyville and while growing up learned the trade which his father had followed — that of cari'iage painting. He also has two brothers that followed in their father’s footsteps and all are substantial residents of North Indianapolis. After becoming proficient in his trade he followed the calling of a carriage painter for eight years, starting in business with no capital, but his success was assured from the start for he possessed the necessary energy, push and intelligence, and was not slow to grasp at any opportunity that came in his way. He has always been keenly alive to his own interests, but he has never taken advantage of others’ necessity, and as a natural consequence he has numerous warm friends and his estab- lishment is well patronized. He has been a resident of North Indianapolis for the past eleven years, having located in this section when there was no town whatever. He has seen the place grow and develop into a town of '2,000 or more inhabitants and to become one of the most desirable suburbs of the city of Indianapolis. Mr. Mayhew is married to Miss Liunie Fonts, of Indianapolis, by whom he has one bright and promising little son — Russell. Dr. Shadrach L. Ferree. One of the old and honored medicine men and citizens of Indianapolis is Dr. Shadrach L. Ferree. This gentleman was born in Clermont County, Ohio, July 14, 1830, and is a son of Moses and Keziah (Medearis) Ferree. His father was a native of Kentucky and was one of the early settlers of Rush County, Ind., having located there as early as 1835, and made his home there during the balance of his life, which ter- minated May 5, 1863. He was a careful and successful farmer and a good business manager and man of affairs, as is evidenced by the fact that when he located in Rush County he pos- sessed himself of 160 acres of unimproved but favorably situated land, which he improved and built on until it was one of the finest farms in the county, besides rearing and helping his children in various ways, and otherwise accumulated a tine property. His wife, who was a native of Ohio, survived him until April 25, 1885, and died at Greensburg, Ind. , aged eighty-three years. Of the twelve children of this worthy couple, two of their sons, Rich- ard C. and Charles M. Ferree, twins, served the Union cause in the Civil War and the former was killed at Resaca, the latter afterward becoming a well-known citizen and cap- italist of Kansas City, Mo. When his parents removed to Rush county Dr. Ferree was tive years old. He was reared in the old jjioneer way upon his father’s primitive farm and gained his early education in the common schools, by three or four months’ attendance dur ing the winter seasons, his services being required by his father during the balance of the year, for those were days when help was scarce and ready money was not plenty, and about every member of every family, from the youngest to the eldest, was obliged to assume some ])art of the burden of providing for the sustenance and welfare of the family. At the age of twenty, l)eing dissatisfied with the education he had been enabled to obtain, he so man- aged to study a year in the academy at Knightstown, and later was enal)led to be a student for two years thereafter at Asbury University at Greencastle, Ind. After leaving the last mentioned institution, lie was for two years engaged successfully in the drug business at Colnml)U8, Ind., and during that time took up and jmrsued the study of medicine to the point when he was obliged to dispose of his drug store in order to return home and com- jilete his professional education. This he did, and in due time we find him located at Greenwood, busily engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery. In 1861, after two years there, he removed to London, Ind., and there resided, practicing and constantly study- ing his profession until 1880. Meantime, in I860, he attended the Indiana Medical Ckdlege, graduating therefrom in 1870, one of the first to receive the degree of M. D. from that institu- tion. In 1880 he txjok up his residence in Indiaiuqiolis where he has since (Mijoyed a profitable and constantly widening [irofessional popularity. He is a member of the Marion (fount v Medical Society and of the Indiana State Medical Society, and is in everyway influent ial and useful in his profession as well as a citizen. Dr. Ferrei; was married June 13, 1861, to Fmmeret E. Loomis, a native of New York, and a daughter of Major Riiel and Eleanor (Haven) Loomis. .Major Loomis began service in the Uivil War with the rank of ca])tain and was |)romoted for merit to major of the Fifth Indiana Cavalry. Later, he gave u]) his life to his country at the battle of Marietta. Dr. and Mrs. Ferree have had five children. 372 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS only two of whom are living; Leslie C. and Edgar L. Ferrte, both of Kansas City, where the first is engaged in the real estate and loan business and the latter holds a responsible position in the custom house. Since the organization of the Republican party, in 1850, Dr. Ferree has been a Republican, having cast his vote for Glen. Fremont, and for every snbse- (juent nominee of his party for the PTesidency down to Benjamin Harrison. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcojnil Church. Charles H. Schad. There is no branch of business more important in the whole list of occupations than that of the druggist. A prominent and representative establishment devoted to this branch of industry is that of Mr. Charles H. Schad, who now carries on a successful drug trade at 344 East Washington. He served an apprenticeship and remained with his employer ten years, after which he branched out for himself, since whiqh time he has con- ducted the business with gratifying success. He carries stock valued at over |6,000, does retail business, and manufactures many specialties in the drug line. He at all times carries a complete line of pure drugs, medicines, patent mixtures, perfumery, toilet articles, fancy goods and the usual druggist’s sundries. Special attention is paid to the compounding of physicians’ prescriptions and family receipts, the same being put up with care, dispatch and accuracy. Mr. Schad was born in Indianapolis September 21, 1855, and is of Ger- man descent, his father, Mathias Schad, being a native of Germany. The elder Schad left his native country for this in 1852 and located in Indianapolis, Ind. His wife, whose maiden name was Christina Weishaar, was also a product of the old country, where they were mar- ried. Mathias Schad was a merchant tailor and carried on the business a number of years. His death occurred in December, 18S3, after a long life of usefulness. The mother had passed away several years j)reviously. Six childien were given them and are now living. The original of this notice was reared in Indianapolis and received his education in the schools connected with the German Methodist Episcopal Church, also the public schools of the city. When a small boy he sold daily pa])ers in the streets of the city and later entered a drug store. Although he commenced life for himself without any means, by industry and perseverance he has amassed considerable property and is ihjw one of the leading business men of the city. He is highly esteemed for his courteous manners and strict integrity and has met with well deserved success. He is a member of the State Pharmaceutical Associa- tion, County Association, and is thoroughly posted in all matters relating to the drug trade. He has shown his appreciation of secret organizations by becoming a member of the Masonic fraternity. Mr. Schad was married April 31, 1879, to Miss Mary Payne, a native of Lan- caster, Ky., and to this union have been born three children: Carl H., Gertrude A. and Clarence R. Mr. and Mrs. Schad are members of the Episcopal Church. Mr. Schad advocates the principles of the Republican party and has been active in the best interests of his party in bis ward, serving on election board, etc. Charles A. Dale. People who have real estate for sale should appreciate the impor- ance of placing it with an agent who is thoroughly acquainted with the business and has business connections that enable him to reach the purchaser prom[)tly and secure as early a transfer of the property as consistent with the best interests of the owner. Prospective purchasers shoiild also, when they wish to buy, consult with an agency that is well ac(juainted with values and has the reputation of dealing honorably with all parties to a contract in every instance. Such an agency as this will be found in Charles A. Dale, who, at his conveniently located office, is prepared at all times to exhibit an excellent line of property, as well as to enter, on his books, any additional business that may be offered him. He transacts all business on the principle that he expects in the future to deal with the same parties again. He does such business in his line as may be offered him, and since embark- ing in the business in 1891 he has built up a business that is not only extensive but also profitable. Charles A. Dale was born in Tipton, Tipton County, Ind., February 10, 1866, son of James I. N. and Zerelda (Lee) Dale. James I. N. Dale was a native of Ohio, born in 1828, and was an extensive constructor and brick manufacturer at Tipton, Ind., for several years, where he had located during the earlier period of his life. He was a lover of art and music and was considered one of the finest musicians of Tipton County. In politics he was an ardent Republican, and for many years he was a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church. His death occurred in 1869. His wife, who is a native of Kentucky and a distant 373 AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. relative of Gen. Lee, survives him and resides with her son, Charles A. , in Indianapolis. The latter passed his boyhood days in his native town until attaining the age of fourteen, when his mother removed to Jouesville, where he continued his studies toward acquiring a good practical education, such as the schools of that section and period afforded. Later the family removed to Virginia, III., whei'e he learned the carpenter’s trade. In 1884 Mr. Dale returned to Jouesville and in company with his brother-in-law made a trip to Kansas, after which he came to Indianapolis and began work at his trade. Possessed of energy and good business and executive ability he soon began contracting and building on his own account. Meeting with deserved success, he was enabled to carry a considerable supply of lumber, and eventually extended his business operations until he was operating a planing mill and general lumber business on an extensive scale. At this period an unfortunate and serious accident happened to an employe operating a machine in the planing mill, which resulted in a suit and judgment for damages, and required all the property Mr. Dale had accumu- lated to adjust the matter. He then removed to Seattle, Wash., where he became manager of a large lumber company which had been placed in the hands of a receiver. Upon his return to Indianapolis in 1891, he engaged in his present business, and is now at the head of the firm of Charles A. Dale & Co., which under his management is rapidly coming to the front as one of the most reliable real estate firms in Indianapolis. Mr. Dale was instru- mental in organizing the Farm and Lot Savings and Loan Association, and is secretary and director of the same, the object of which is to operate principally among farmers, enabling them to borrow money and pay for farms on the same plans as building and loan associations. In May, 1893, he assisted in the organization of the Personal Property Savings and Loan Association, and is secretary and director of the same, it being the only one of the kind in the United States, whose object is to loan to responsible parties money on personal property. Mr. Dale is a member of the Plymouth Church. In politics he is generally independent, voting for the man whom he considers best fitted for the office. Dr. Charles B. Knerr. Among the promising young physicians of Indianapolis stands the name of Charles B. Knerr who was born February 10, 1854, in Reading, Penn., of which city his father, Levi P. Knerr, was also a native. The latter was a machinist by trade, at one time was master mechanic and had chargeof Philadelphia Navy Yards. He served as lieutenant- colonel of a Pennsylvania Volunteer Regiment in the Mexican War, and was on duty from begin- ning to finish. He married Miss Mary A. Miller, a native also of the Keystone State, and in that State both received their final summons, the father dying May 24, 1876, and the latter in March, 1887. Both were highly respected by all ac(|uainted with them, being honorable, upright citizens. The original of this notice. Dr. Charles B. Knerr, received his scholastic training in the common schools and later learned the machinist’s trade, following locomo- tive work for twenty years. In 1877 he came to Indiana and located at Lafayette, where he worked at his trade until 1880, after which he apj)eared in Indianapolis. Here he had charge of the Pan Handle Tool Room until 1889, at which date he began the study of medi- cine with Dr. M. G. Martin. He entered the Medical College of Indiana, and graduated from the same in March, 1891, immediately after which he located in Indianapolis, where he has since carried on a successful practice, which has enabled him to purchase pro})erty, and erect a residence and office thereon. He has already acquired a flattering re|)utation as a physician, has proved himself a man of ability and energy, and is universally liked in the city. He is a member of the Indiana State and Marion County Medical Societies, and is also a member of the K. of P., and Chosen Friends. He was married July 15, 1883 to Miss Lenora Btmson, a native of southeastern Iowa and the daughter of Aaron and Mary (Keeling) Benson, natives of Shelby County, Ind. Dr. and Mrs. Knerr are the ])arents of two children, DeWitt, born April 14, 1887, and Willard, born September 17, 1890. They are members of the East Washington Street Presbyterian Church, and in politics Dr. Knerr is an Inde[)Bndent Republican. \N ILLIAM liuscH.MANN, deceased. The j)rudent way and careful methods of ’I'entonic set tiers are conspicuous in Marion County, Ind., where so many re))reRentalives of the German race have settled, and William Buschmaim was no exce|)ti()n to the rule. Honest and upright in every particular no man held a higher place in the estimation of the peojile than he. He was born in liielefeld, Prussia, in 1824, and there grew to mature? yearsand recf'ived his edu 374 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS cation. During his yontb, and before the days of railroads, he drove four-horse merchandise wagons throughout Germany, and he derived much pleasure in recalling those days later in life. Prior to coming to America he worked in Berlin six years as an engineer; he also served in the German Prussian Army three years, and during the Rebellion of 1848. In 1852 he emigrated to America, and came direct to Indianapolis, where he secured employment with the late Judge Morrison. While in the em])loy of the Judge he planted a tree upon the [)roperty fronting what was then the Ft. Wayne road, now Central Avenue; he subsequently became the owner of the ju’operty, and until the day of his death took special care of the tree. Mr. Buschmann finally engaged in business for himself, and owned and carried on suc- cessfully the first store on the old bluff road. Later he became a clerk for Henry Severin, and was finally taken in as a partner, the firm being kpown as Henry Severin & Co. In 1870 he erected a large and handsome brick block on Ft. Wayne Avenue, where he carried on an extensive and j)rosperous business until 1891. He then retired, and turned his interests over to his son, William F. He was unusually successful in business, and owned much valuable property, the most prominent l)eing the Buschmann Block on Ft. Wayne Avenue, Wash- ington Street Block, occupied by Sander & Recker; the block on Central Avenue, occupied by Lewis Meier & Co., Bi’oad Ripple Park, besides several farms and other property about t he city. He was one of the oldest and best known German citizens of Indianapolis, and was known for his charity and liberal deeds. It can be said of him that no deserving person ever applied to him for helji, and was turned away empty handed. He was a member of the Zion German Lutheran Church many years, and a most generous contributor to its support. In politics he was a stanch Republican, although he was never active in political affairs. His y, 1855, he was mari’ied to Miss Caroline Burgman, daughter of Frederick Burgman, who lived near our subject, and on April 10, of the follow- ing year he and his ymung wife took passage for America. This voyage lasted eight weeks and two days and ended by landing our subject and wife into the great city of New York. They remained there one night and then turned their faces toward the setting sun, arriving in Indianapolis, Ind., three days later. He had |14 left of the $202 with which he had started from home and shortly after reaching Indianapolis he got employment in Charles My'er’s brick yard. At first he received 90 cents a day, but a mouth later his wages were advanced to $1 a day. He remained with Mr. Myers about fifteen years during the summer, and during the winter months chopped wood, worked in the pork-house, freight depot, etc. After this he worked two years for Fred Sanders in the latter’s brick yard, and as wages advanced during the war, he received as high as $2.25 per day. Then he rented eighty acres of land in Perry Township, Marion County, paying $350 per year rent, and resided on this for over ten years. In 1879 he bought eighty acres in Franklin Township, Marion County, but did not move on the same until 1880. On this he has remained ever since. There were sixty acres cleared, on it was a one-story frame house of three rooms, a barn and a wood house. For this farm he paid $4,000. In 1883 he added twenty acres to the original tract, paying $55 jier acre for it, and this comprises his holdings in the way of land. The additional twenty acres were cleared with a little frame house and a log barn on it. In the year 1892 our sul)ject raised thirty-live acres of wheat, twenty five bushels to the acre, and many acres of corn, averaging forty to sixty bushels to the acre. Mr. Schill ing is an ardent Democrat in politics and since his first presidential vote for James Buchanan, he has never missed voting for a Democratic Presidential candidate. The father of Mrs. Schilling was a soldier in the French War and died in 1847, when forty two years of age, his daughter, Caroline, being about twelve years of age at that time. Mrs. Burgman fol lowed her husband to the grave eleven weeks later. They were the parents of five children, four of whom grew to mature years; Dora, wife of Frederick Kodenbeck, of Germany; Car- oline, wife of our subject; Frederick, who died in Indianapolis in 1878 (he married Miss Louisa Klasing and left these children: Louisa, Matilda and Lizzie); Henry ]4urgman, who married Miss Kliza Gates and l)ecame the father of six children (Caroline, who married Frank liobertson; Frederick, who married Anna Snowden; William; Ella; Louis and Charles). Henry Burgham resides in Center Townshi)), Marion County, Ind. 'J’o our subject’s mar riage were liorn eight children, four sons and four daughters, one of the daughters, Ijouisa, dying when about fourteen months old. 'I’he remaining childrtm are named as follows: Lena, wife of Christofiher Achgill, of Fraiddin Township, this county; Louisa, widow of William Shakel, has three chihlren : Henry. Ella and Carrie; Charles, first married Miss Lfuiisa Jorms, l)y whom he had one daughter: Mamie. Foi' his second wife he selected Miss Hannah Chowa, who bore him one son: Charles; lOmma L. , married 'riiomas Cochran, and has one son: Edward; Henry, married Miss lu’zzie Cummins, and has one daughter: Lulu; Christojffier and Frederick. 382 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS Augitst EniRACiir. Atiioii^ (host* of our (Tt(‘riiian oitizeiis who have developed a high order of ability in connection with the agricnltnral affairs of Marion County, and whose rare personal and social ipialities have given them a deserved and added 2 )rominence, Mr. August Elbracht is conspicnons. With steady jnirpose, energy and a full comprehension of the many duties of his occupation, he has pushed to the front and is an honor to his native country as well as to the land of his adoption. Perha])s no class of people who have found homes upon the shores of America have done more to build up her interests or contribute more to her commercial importance and national prosperity than the sturdy, honest-hearted and industrious Germans. Mr. Elbracht was born in Holle, Germany, in 1824, and came to America in 1800, when about thirty-tive years of age. His elder brother had preceded him to this country two or three years, our subject remaining at home with his father and assist- ing on the farm owned by the latter. Our subject had an elder sister who had married Henry Eickhoff, and resided in Marion County, Ind., and upon landing in this country he immediately directed his steps there. Previous to our subject’s landing in America the father became restive, bade adieu to home and friends, and pitched his household tent in Franklin Township, Madison County, Ind., where he bought 100 acres of land. When our subject crossed over he brought his mother and they immediatelj' moved into the little log house of the farm. The father died on this farm about 1801 and the mother about 1867. The former paid $10 per acre for the 100 acres. In the year 1852 August Elbracht was united in marriage with Miss Lena Mempna and the fruits of this union were ten children, two of whom, a son and daughter, died in infancy. The eight now living are named as fol- lows; Chris, Christine (wife of Charles Boggemeyer), Mary (wife of Fred Schmidt), Minnie (wife of William Tettebach), Henry, Charles, Edward and Louisa. Our subject and his wife are worthy members of the German Lutheran Church and are interested in church work. He is a Democrat in his political views. In 1871 Mr. Elbracht erected a good story and a half house on his farm and there he resides with his worthy companion and the children who are at home. During the year 1893 he raised 400 bushels of wheat and had twenty acres in corn. His father, Francis Elbracht, left him the farm he had bought when tirst coming to this country, and since then our subject has made many improvements. His mother’s maiden name was Mary Fierling who bore her husband these children: Lottie (the widow of Henry Eickhoff), Minnie (widow of Alex. Metzger), Katie (^deceased, was the wife of William Metz- ger), Christopher (who came to America and was never heard of but once afterward), and August (our subject). Joseph Hittle, deceased. The name wliicli is here given was for many years counted as among the leading farmers of Marion County, Ind., and although he has now passed from earth’s activities is is but just and satisfactory that his life’s narrative be recounted among those who have done excellent service in subduing the wilderness and bringing it into its present splendid condition physically, morally and socially. Born in Ohio October 26, 1819, he was brought to Hush County, Ind., when seven years of age, the names of his father and mother being Isaac and Margaret (Aron) Hittle. The father was a native of the Keystone State and there grew to manhood, learning the miller’s trade in youth. After reaching mature years he emigrated to the Buckeye State and was there married to Miss Aron. About 1826 he and his estimable wife moved to Rush County, Ind., and he there entered 160 acres of land on which he resided until his death in 1861. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, and a man highly esteemed in the community in which he lived for his many estimable qualities. Of the five children born to his marriage, three grew to mature years, as follows: Joseph, died October, 1892; Michael, who lives on the old homestead in Rush County, married Miss Rebecca Carson, who bore him two children, only one now liv- ing, William. His second union was with Miss Eliza Monroe and they had seven children; Margaret, John, Homer. Jose])h, Alice, Ocie and Arthur. John Hittle, the third child born to our subject, resides in Wabash County, Ind. His tirst wife was Adeline Kindel by whom he had six children, one only surviving, Margaret. His second marriage was with Miss Emma Nixon, who died without issue. He was the third time Tuarried. Our subject’s early scho- lastic advantages did not amount to much, for as soon as able he was put to work on the farm, 160 acres, which his father had entered in Rush County. On this farm he remained until twenty-eight years of age, and then, on May 18, 1848, he was married to Miss Sarah A. 8S3 AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. Maze, daughter of John Maze, a native of Pennsylvania, horn in 1780. After his marriage our subject remained on his father’s farm engaged in milling and blacksmithing until 1850, when he and his family came to Marion County, Ind. He bought 120 acres and of this about twelve acres had been partially cleared. Here began their struggle for a home and for sometime they lived in a log cabin, but only until Mr. Hittle could erect a frame, one- story house of three rooms. In this the enterprising young couple made their home until about 1875 when a house of seven rooms was erected. There Mr. Hittle died in 1892, and there his widow now resides with her daughter, Mary E., who married Andrew Toon. Mr. Hittle never belonged to any secret organization, nor to any church, though his parents were Presbyterians. His career impressed upon his children and his many friends the example of a noble and honorable life, which, although it was fraught with hard labor and patient in- dustry, was a model of the sterling qualities that characterized a man who lived nearer to nature in its purity than to the artifices of society. His death was the occasion of universal sorrow, for all felt the loss sustained by the departure of such a man. He was a Democrat in politics, although he never took an active part excei^t to vote his ticket. His marriage was blessed by the birth of two children. Isaac, his son, was married first in 1809 to Miss Emma Parrish, daughter of King Parrish of Hancock County, Ind , and by her became the father of four children : Carrie E., Oscar L., Claudie O. and John G. Isaac Hittle’ s first wife died in 1880, and his second wife was Miss Lucy E. Brown, daughter of Samuel Brown. Three children were born to this union: Della M. , Charles J. and Chester A. Our subject’s second child, Mary E., married Andrew Toon, son of Lewis Toon, and they have one son, Joseph K. John Maze, father of Mrs. Hittle, was born January 1, 1780, in Pennsylvania, and in 1792 moved to the Blue-Grass State. From there he moved to Ohio, thence to Indiana, then to Arkansas and then back to Indiana, dying in Marion County May 1, 1855. He married Hannah Harvey and they had twelve children, eleven of whom grew to mature years. (See sketch of Willis Smither). John Demott. No name is more familiarly known in Marion County than that of Demott, and it is so thoroughly interwoven with its history that a work of this character would be incomplete without frecjuent reference to some member of the family. The man from Kentucky has always been a potential element in the civilization and development of Indiana. No better blood ever infused pioneer life; no sturdier arm ever set about the task of subduing the wilderness, and no less vigorous mental activity could have raised a great commonwealth. John Demott was born in the Blue Grass State, IMercer County, December 24, 181 3, on his father’s farm. His parents, Peter and Mary (Terhune) Demott, were natives of New Jersey and Kentucky respectively, the former born about 1700. When but a boy Peter Demott came with his father, Lawrence Demott, to Kentucky, and the latter entered 1,400 acres of laud. Peter served in the War of 1812. He married Miss Terhune, daugh ter of Garrett Terhune, of Kentucky, and the fiuits of this union were thirteen children, eleven of whom grew to mature years, as follows: Lawrence, deceased, was the husband of Polly Davis, also deceased; Katie, deceased, was the wife of Simon Smock, also deceased; Dosia deceased, was the wife of Henry Bonte, now deceased; Polly, deceased, was the wife of Thomas Henderson, now deceased; Margaret, deceased, was the wife of Abram Vannice, decea.sed; Sallie was the wife of Daniel Stuck, and both are now deceased; Peter married Jane Hunter, and both are deceased; Ann married Philip French, deceased, and they lived in Gibson County, Ind. ; John Demott, subject, and Lucinda, married Jesse Turpen, and they reside in .Missouri. J’he mother of these children died May 27. 18(52. When about ten years of age our subject came to Marion County, Ind., with his father, who entered Kit) acres of land in Franklin Township, paying for the same $1.25 an acre. He and his father made the triji on horseback and two or three days afterward returned home, the distance being between 180 and 200 miles. The father thought nothing of riding sixty or sixty tive miles a day over the roughest kind of roads and through the woods and swamps. On his return our suliject began farming on the old homestead of 1(50 acres, whicli was just opposite the noted Cave Springs. He received meager educational advantages — not more than eighteen montlis altogetlier and got as far as the rule of three in arithmetic. He was about eighteen years of age when his father died and he remained on the farm with his sisters, Ann and Lucinda, until about thirty years of age. On March l(5, 1843, he was married to 384 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS M ifis INIaiy E. Bates, and in tlie fall of (he same year he and his bride moved to Trimble County, Ky., where he bought 160 acres of laud for $400. This land was among the hills of the Ohio lliver and he had a beautiful view of the river and Madison, lud. A large part of this land was cleared and he began raising corn, wheat and hogs, remaining on the same until October, 1854, when he came to Marion County, Ind., where his father had entered TOO acres. The latter had also entered 480 acres in Johnson County, Ind. John Demott settled on a tract of 100 acres in Section 3, Range 4, Franklin Township, Marion County, the same being allotted to him on his father’s death. Previous to settling on his farm per- manently he had visited it several times and had clearings made and a house erected, so that his family could move right in. On this farm they settled and here Mr. Demott has made his home ever since. He has cleared about seventy acres, besides finishing clearing the twenty acres he had jiartially cleared previous to settling upon it. Among the first men to work for him was J. L. Carson, late auditor of Shelby County, Ind., who split, hauled and laid up 5,0(10 oak and walnut rails for our subject. To Mr. Demott’s marriage were born eight children, one of whom, Peter, died in infancy. Those who lived to mature years were named: William Merritt, born February 7, 1844, married Miss Sarah, daughter of Willis Smither, of Marion County, Ind., and they now reside in Shelby County, this State; James Peter, born May 34, 1847, resides in Lebanon, Ind. He married Miss Alice Vandiver, daugh- ter of James Vandiver, of Marion County, Ind.; John Thomas, born January 27, 1849, married and resides in Marion County, Ind. ; Jane M., born February 0, 1850, married iSamuel Parsons and died when her first child, a daughter, was about four years old. The child died soon after; Simon S., born January 19, l852, died in Missouri, unmarried; Ohio C., born May 10, 1854, married Miss Mollie Hendershot, and they reside in Indianapolis, lud.; (ieorge C., born March 25, 1857, married Miss Belle Hawkinger, and resides in Marion County, Ind; and Eliza Ruth, born October 24, 1859, married Jacob Keruer, and resides in Franklin Township, Marion County, Ind. The mother of these children died July 30, 1800, and our subject has never married again. In early manhood Mr. Demott was a Whig and a great admirer of Henry Clay. Later he cast his vote with the Democratic party, with which he now affiliates. In early life he was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, but his name was taken off the church books because of his supposed affiliation with the Southern cause. In spite of all this he has contributed liberally to build and maintain all the churches in his neighborhood, excepting the new Methodist Episcopal Church to replace the one he belonged to. When asked for some timber for the church he quietly informed the committee that it would never do to put “ butternut ” timber in that church. They took the hint and withdrew. Andrew Collins. For many years this highly honored pioneer of Franklin Township has lieen identified with the interests of Marion County, Ind., his settlement here dating from 1840, and during that time his career has been above reproach. He enjoys the reputation of being a substantial and progressive farmer, and has also been considered an intelligent and thoroughly posted man on all the current topics of the day. Although now in his eighty- second year time has dealt leniently with him and he is still in the enjoyment of compara- tively good health, and takes as deep an interest in all public enterprises as in his more youthful days. Mr. Collins was born in Hamilton County, Ohio, August 5, 1812, fourteen miles northwest of Cincinnati, to the marriage of Ephraim and Catherine (Scott) Collins. The elder Collins was born in Maryland about 1777 and was married in Pennsylvania to Miss Scott who bore him six children, five of whom reached mature years, as follows: Mary (deceased), married James Chambers and they had one child, Isaac. She died in 1891; Charles (deceased), married first Patsy Powell and afterward Agnes Blair, )iee Johnson. He had two children, Katherine and Mary J., by the first union and six by the last, Charles, Isaac, Willard, Susan and Della. Robert Collins (deceased), was the husband of Susan Stephens who liore him one child, James; Sarah (deceased), was the wife of William Columby by whom she had four children, three now living, Charles, Elizabeth and Susan; Isaac Col- lins (deceased), married Sarah Dane and they became the parents of two children, Mary and Ephraim, both deceased; and Andrew Collins, our subject. The mother of these children died about 1873, when quite aged, over four score years. The father served in the War of 1812. Robert Collins, grandfather of our subject, was born in Maryland, but when a young 885 AKT) MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. man emigrated to Ohio, and died in that State when onr subject was a small boy. It is supposed that the grandfather serveil iu the llevolutionary ^\'ar, and that he was of Irish parentage. He was almost one hundred years old at the time of his death. The original of this notice grew to manhood in his native county but received limited educational advantages, the schools at that time being subscription schools. He attended only three or four sessions of three months each, but as he was apt in figures and in that time went past the double rule of three in Pike’s Arithmetic. The old Webster spelling book was used then. Mr. Collins was married January 30, 1834, to Miss Susan Hill, daughter of John Hill, of Ohio, and up to the time of his marriage had resided on his father’s farm. After that important event took place he moved to a little tract of twenty-five acres in Hamilton County, Ohio, owned by his wife’s grandmother, and tilled the soil there until 1840 when he came to Marion County, Ind. He settled on eighty acres in Section Twelve, Range Four east, Franklin Township, which his father had entered, paying $1.25 per acre, and which he deeded to oirr subject, the patent being signed by Andrew Jackson, President. On this tract of land our subject erected a log cabin, sixteen feet scprare, and commenced the arduous labor of clearing the forest. He lived in this cabin for about ten years after which which he put up a one-story frame. Later he added another story and lived in this until about 1883 when the house was destroyed by fire. On the same site he erected a one-story frame of four rooms and now resides in this. Three children were born to his marriage, Ludisa, Elijah and JohnH. The eldest child. Ludisa, was l)orn November 9, 1834, and married Lewis Toon. She became the mother of five children, as follows: Andrew, who married Mary Hittle; Carrie, who married Warren Adams; Emma, who married Marion Swarts; 'Susan, who married Edward (iuss; and Richard. The second child of our subject, Elijah, was born June 24, 1838. He married Emily Tolan and they became the parents of three children: Susan married Robert Moore; Charles married Mary Maze; and Ollie. Our subject’s third child, John H., was born May 15, 1843. He married Miss Rebecca Cress and they have two children, Rob- ert H., who married Carry Smith, and Nettie Collins. Elijah Collins, son of our subject, was drafted into the army in 1863 but did not serve long. John H. Collins, the other son, enlisted in 1862 and served until close of hostilities. He was in the last battle that occurred before Lee’s surrender. In his political views onr subject was a free-soil Whig but later on espoused the cause of the Republican ])arty of which he has since been a warm advocate. His first vote was cast for Gen. Jackson and when the Republican party nominated John C. Fremont, he voted for him as he did for Abraham Lincoln. Mr. Collins is a member of the United Brethren Church which he has attended for over sixty years, and he was licensed to exhort. He has served as class leader and superintendent of the Sunday-school for several years, and is a man highly esteemed in the community. William Woodforo White. It is always a pleasure to deal with the history of one who is a member of one of tho.se grand old families who have for generations been distinguished for jiatriotism, heroism, and the strong characteristics which have made them prominent wherever they have settled. William Woodford White is one of the early pioneers of Marion County, Ind., and is descended from an old and prominent Virginia family. His father, Nathaniel White, was a native of the Old Dominion, but in early manhood emigrated to Kentucky, and was there married to Miss Margaret McFarland. There were children born to this union as follows: Green (deceased); Louisa (deceased), was the wife of William Alston; Thor.sy (deceased), was the wife of Andrew Moorhouse; Milton (deceased); Ann (deceased), was the wife of Alfonso Bryan; William W., our subject; Hattie (deceased), was the wife of Perry Ransdell, and The father of these children died in 1812. Grandfather White was a native of Scotland, and from his sturdy Scotch ances- tors our subject no ilonbt inherits his perseverance and industry. William W. White was born in Jessamine County, Ky., February 25, 1809, and although nearly eighty-live years of age is iu the enjoyment of comparatively good health. When about two years of age he was left fatherless and his mother soon afterward movetl to Harrison County, Ky., where she had a brother living. From there she moved to Boone County, Ky. , where slu' bought fifty acres and her older sons put up a cabin on the tract and commenced to clear the forest. On this farm they resided for twelve years and then moved to Marion County, Ind., where our subject’s elder brother, .Milton White, had settled on Uitt acres of land, a short time 386 MEMOIRS OE INDIANAPOLIS before. Tliis land the latter had bought with the proceeds of the sale of the fifty-acre tract in Boone County, Ky. Milton White paid $1.25 per acre for the tract in Marion County, entering it from the Government, and in the fall of 1824 the family moved on this. A cabin, eighteen feet square, of round logs had been erected for them before their arrival, but as it had no chimney or doors, they had to provide these afterward. There were but three fami- lies within three miles of their location, and amid these rude surroundings they began their career as early settlers. They first began clearing the land, and by spring they had about six acres cleared of trees, and the next year they put in a crop of corn, but raised no wheat for about six years, because they had no mills to grind it. Game was very plenty then, and deer was frecpiently killed within a hundred yards of the cabin. Wild turkeys were so common that no one cared to shoot them. On this farm our subject lived for seven years, and then bought 160 acres of school section land, which sold for $1.40 an acre, one fourth down and the balance in ten years. In 1833, soon after he bought this tract, our subject married Miss Martha Vandiver, erected a cabin on his land, and moved with his bride into this. For about a year he remained on this, clearingabout four acres in that time, and then, finding that he would not be able to pay for if, he sold it for $240, where he had paid $60 for if, and the man he sold to assumed the balance of the payment due the State. Mr. White then entered eiglity acres in Franklin township, ])aying$1.25 {)er acre, but three years later sold this and entej'ed 120 acres in another part of Fraidilin township, f'aying $1.25 per acre, later he bought forty acres for $2.50 i)er acre, ou which a small cabin was being built, and in that he lived for a few years. In 1848 he erected the house in which he is now living. He now has 130 acres cleared, most of it his own labor, and he has cleared as much ground for others as for himself. Mr. White is not a church member and he belongs to no secret organizations. His first vote was cast before he was eighteen years of age, for Gen. Jack- son, and he has been a Democrat in politics ever since. To his marriage were born eight children, as follows: James B. ; Robert A. ; Margaret; Sallie, wife of James Nolan, of Ken- tucky; Clarissa; Green, who married Anna Anderson, and was left a widower with six children —Harry P., Laura, Edith, William W., Robert L., and Caroline; Milton, (deceased); Eliza, widow of John Brener, has five children -Ollie, Frank, Nellie, Floy, and Ralph. James Webb. The time has arrived when it becomes the duty of the people of this country to perpetuate the names of their pioneers, to furnish a record of their early settle- ment and relate the story of their progress. In biographical history is found a power to instruct men by precedent, to enliven the mental faculties and to waft down the river of time a safe vessel in which the names and actions of the people who contributed to raise this country from its primitive state may be preserved. One of the representative pioneers of Marion County, Ind., was James Webb, a native Virginian, born in 1794, and who, when about twelve years of age, moved with his parents to Henry County, Ky. There he grew to manhood and there he obtained a limited education common at that period, probably not attend- ing school over six months altogether. He was married in Henry County, Ky., in 1810, to a Miss Sandford, and there he continued to make his home until 1832, when he moved to Marion County, Ind. He bought 300 acres of land and added to this from time to time until he became the owner of about 1, 500 acres. His chief occupation, and in fact almost his whole business, was raising stock of all kinds, and at this he made a complete success, accumulating property worth over $100,000 before his death in 1886. He was a Whig in politics, afterward a Democrat and an active partisan. He served in the Indian War of 1836, was not a member of any secret organization but was an active member of the Christian Church in which his wife also held membership. A man of medium height and weight, he was possessed of an iron constitution and indomitable energy, and lived to be ninety-two years of age. He was the father of seven children, as follows: James E. (who married Mattie Combs, daughter of F. Combs, has three children, Addie, Isaiah and Ella); Hannah (married Charles Orme and is the mother of six living children, four being deceased); Nancy (married Ethelbert Bryan and died without is.sue); Elizabeth (married Charles Browning, now deceased, and has five children, Albert who married Catherine Stewart, Hannah who married Jesse Sells, Nancy who married Frank Brand and Eli who married Elizabeth Car- ter); Sarah (deceased, married Augustin Beasley and to them were born Joseph, Augustin, John, Lucretia (widow of Daniel Brewer), Bettie (wife of Mr. Bowen), Fannie (wife of Edgar 387 AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. Brewer), Affia and Alice); Susan (deceased, married Charles Browning and to them were boi’n Lloyd (who married Matie Browning), John (who married Emma McNutt), and Oscar (who marrierl Mattie Ballard); and John S. (deceased, who married Nancy Iloyster and became the father of five children). James Webb’s hist ivife died and he was married a second time. John Sanford Webb was born in Henry County, Ky., in 1811, and there grew to mature years, receiving but a limited education. He came on a prospecting trip to Indiana and also visited Illinois, after which, in 1832, he came with his parents to the Hoosier State, settling in Marion County. Here he was married in 1839, to Miss Nancy Royster, and the six children born to them were named as follows: Mary F. (wife of William Lockwood, is the mother of two children, Nora (wife of Frank Rogers), and Margaret); James W. (mar- ried Mary Grube and has four living children, Dora, Anna (widow of Rev. Charles Lewis), Betty and Frederick); Sarah (deceased, was the wife of Alfred Isaacs and has two children, Gertrude (wife of Dr. Hiram P. Castor) and John); Nannie (deceased); Charles R. (who married Mrs. of New York city); and John Edward (who married Frances Y. Bright, daughter of John C. Bright, of Logansport, Ind. ). The father of these children advocated the principles of the Democrat party and took a deep interest in its welfare. Although not a member of any religious sect he attended the Christian Church quite regir- larly and contributed liberally of his means to the erection and support of churches in his vicinity. His death occurred in February, 1888, and his wife died the October following, aged si.xty-eight years. Their son John Edward now resides in an elegant brick mansion erected by his father, and he also inherited eighty acres of land with it. To this he has added by purchase eighty acres more and has 140 acres cleared. He is a progressive, thorough- going farmer and understands his business thoroughly. He raised 800 bushels of wheat (twenty-six bushels to the acre), fifty acres in corn, averaging fifty bushels to the acre and he also raised some oats. He is considerable of a stockman and raises the American Rambouil lett sheep, formerly known as the French sheep. He raises them for breeding purposes and has a herd of about 100 head, the only one in the State. In this herd are about twenty-eight rams, all registered and going back to the Rambouillett breeding farm established many years ago by the French Government. Mr. Webb also raises Jersey cattle and owns a herd of twenty, including two bulls of tine pedigree. One of these animals is named “Cash Boy” and is numbered in the Jersey cattle register. Mr. Webb’s herd of sheep took the gold medal prize at the Paris Exposition in 1891. The son-in-law of James Webb, whose name heads this sketch, Charles Orme, was born in Lewis County, Ky., in 1819, and was the son of Moses Orme. He came to Indiana with his parents in 1828 and they settled in Perry Township, Marion County, Ind., where the father bought land. He grew to manhood in that tosvnship and was married in 1844 to Hannah Wel)b, and their children were named as follows: Sanford (who married Ella Bennett and has four children, Charley, Harry, Mamie and Willie); George (who married Mary Paul); IVIartin L. ; Mary E. (who married Ben ja min Myers and has four children, Franklin, Cora, James and Effie); Emma (who married Dr. Jacob Trusler); Charles (who married Carrie Brewer and has two children, Ruth and John); and Fannie (who married John Brewer, deceased, and has six children, Samuel, Dosia (who married Dr. Miller), Mary E. J. (who married a Mr. Dixon), Belle (who married Charles Convert), Margaret (who married Lewis Tracey) and Tommie, a girl ( who married a Mr. Bi’ooks). The father of these children, Charles Orme, has always been a Democrat in poli- tics and was at one time elected by his party to the oflice of trustee of Perry Township, l)ut refused to serve. Although not a member, he attends the Christian Church, of which his wife has been a member for lifty years. Vi.NCENT Mykks. This worthy agriculturist is a descendant of good old Virginia stock, his grandfather, Roliert Myers, having been born in that State Octol)er 30, ITtih. 'I’he hit ter WHS married in his native State and sulisequently moved to Kentucky, where his death occurred. He was the father of ten children, as follows: William, deceased; Henry, deceased; 4ohii, who served in the War of 1812, also deceased; Fiancis, deceasi'd; KobmM , deceased; 'I'hoinas, deceased; Mary, widow of .Joshua Dean, lesides in Brown County, Ind.; Matilda, deceased; Ephraim, who resides in Andrew County, Mo., and Elijah W., deceased. Jolin AMyers, father of our subject, and the third in order of birth of the aliove mentioned children, was born in Hie Corn Cracker State, Bourbon County, .June 24, IT'.tb, and there 388 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS remained until 1821, when he came to Indiana, locating in Marion County, Perry Townahip, where he and his brother, Henry, entered eighty acres of land in the green timber. A num ber of years later he sold his share, forty acres, and bought 160 acres in Perry Township. To this he subsequently added nearly 155 acres, but divided a considerable portion among his children. He was twice married, the first time on July 1 1, 1820, to Miss Nancy Brown, daughter of Vincent Brown, of Georgetown, Ohio. Hix children were born to this union, as follows; James M., deceased, was the husband of Henrietta Hull, daughter of William Hull, of Perry Township, Marion County, Ind; his wife died, and on March 5, 1891, he followed her to the grave; they left three living children, as follows: John W., Nancy J. and Harriet F., all of whom are married, the first to Cassie Morrison, the second to Charles Litterer, and the last to William Coatney. Sarah J. Myers, second child bojn to the marriage of John Myers, married Hezekiah Copsey, and both are now deceased; they left four living children, George W., John E. , Nance E. and Francis M. The first of these, George W., married Miss Nannie Hughes; John E., married Jane Bristow, and they have two daughters, Jessie and Gracie; Nancy Ellen, first married William Morgan, by whom she had two chil- dren, Emma and Geoige; her second marriage was with Michael Snyder; Francis M., married iMattie iMcFarland, and they have one son, Hugh. Rebecca Myers, the third child born to the marriage of John Myers, died on October 7,1859. She married George Har- nes, and they had four children, of whom three survive, as follows: Edward, who married Ella Wells; Nancy E., deceased, was the wife of John Stanton, and Elizabeth, who married Fielding Brewer. Mary E. Myers, John Myers’ third child, married Jesse Thomas, and they have two living children, Margaret and John. Amanda Myers, unmarried, died May 3, 1856, and Vincent, our subject. The father of these children was a soldier in the War of 1812, and served under Gen. W. H. Harrison. He served as jirstice of the peace in Perry Township, Marion County, Ind., for forty years, and was holding that office at the time of his death, July 19, 1882. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The mother of our subject died January 2, 1851, and the father was married December 11, 1854, to Mrs. Comfort Hinkston, who died February 6, 1892. Vincent Myers, the subject of this sketch, was born on the farm where he now lives June 28, 1842, and as he grew to mature years assisted his father on the farm and secured a fair education in the subscription schools, attending rather irregularly until of age. On December 18, 1872, he married Miss Mar- garet C. Neiman, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Carr) Neiman, both of whom were natives of Pennsylvania, and both at present residing in Indianapolis. Our subject had purchased forty acres of land previous to his marriage, erected a house on this, and soon after his union moved into this. Three children have been given this worthy couple: Joseph John, born February 24, 1874; Albert Porter, born December 11, 1879, and Ray- mond Neiman, born January 1, 1891. Mr. Myers is a Republican born and bred, and has always voted the straight ticket. His first presidential vote was cast for Abraham Lincoln, a fact of which Mr. Myers feels justly proud. He was mustered into the State militia toward the close of the war, but never left the State. For many years he has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he is now trustee and was steward. For seven years past he has been superintendent of the Sunday-school. In 189- Mr. Myers was elected justice of the peace but declined to qualify. He has also served several terms as road supervisor in Perry Township. Of the 100 acres that he owns, si.xty acres of which were given him by his father, ninety acres are cleared and in a good state of cultivation. Joseph Neiman, the father of Mr.s. Myers, followed the trade of a tailor in Middletown, Penn., until 1849, and then came to Indianapolis, where he carried on his trade for some time. After this he was engaged in farming in Johnson and Marion Counties, and is now in the grocery business in Indianapolis. During the Civil War he enlisted in the Eleventh Indiana Infantry, Company A, and served about six months. He married Miss Elizabeth Carr, and seven of the eight children born to them are now living, as follows; Thomas J., who married Catherine Robertson, is the father of two children, Elizabeth and Clara; Mar- garet C., wife of our subject; Barbara E., who married Albertus T. Langhorn, is the mother of two children, Lucy and Barbara A. ; Frederika, who married Joseph Reeves, has one son, Stewart; Joseph M. , who married Margaret Ward, has one son, Joseph; Ida E., married George Weakley, and they have two children, Blanche and Nellie, and Mary Anna, who is 381» AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. unmarried. Mrs. Myers’ grandfather, Jacob Neiman, was born in York County, Penn., and followed farming all his life. He married Elizabeth Metzger, and moved to Dauphin County, Penn., where he passed the remainder of his days. He was a soldier in the War of 1812. Two of his ten children now survive: Joseph Neiman, and Barbara, who married Benjamin Myers, and now resides in this county. Mrs. Myers’ great-grandfather, Michael Neiman, was born in Germany, but at an early date emigrated to America. On the maternal side the great-grandfather, Joseph Snider, was an officer in the Revolutionary war. Her maternal grandfather, Moses Carr, was a soldier in the War of 1812. O. C. Chambers & Bro. Prominent among the many reliable houses of West Indian- apolis, Ind., may be mentioned that of Chambers & Bro., and that it is appreciated as one of the foremost drug establishments of the place can be readily seen by the large patronage it commands. This house deserves honorable mention in this volume, not only on account of the high character of its management, but also on account of the superiority of its stock. Oscar Chambers was born in Tipton, Ind., November 25, 1858, a son of John W. Chambers, who died at Brownstowu. He was born in Jennings County, Ind., and when a young man went to Tipton, where he worked at the carpenter’s trade, and afterward held the office of treasurer of Tipton County, and while there was also editor of the Advocate, but which was a well-conducted and successful journal under his management for some time. His wife was Miss Elizabeth Jane Boyd, and to their marriage five children were born, of whom Albert was the eldest, and Oscar the next; Avery and Thomas, twins, the latter dying in infancy; Albert, who also died young, and John W., who is the present editor of the Commercial, at Caruthersville, Ind. The initiatory training of Oscar Cham- bers was obtained at Brownstown and was finished at Lexington, Scott County, Ind., after which, at the age of twenty, he became a clerk in a drug store owned by Stillwell & Burrell, of Brownstown, with which firm he remained for four years. He then embarked in the same business for himself, and after continuing in this branch of endeavor for four years he went to St. Louis and became foreman for the Provident Chemical Works. After a time he entered the employ of A. J. Miller, at 284 South West Street, Indianapolis, Ind., but after a time took charge of the business, of which he and his brother Avery are the proprietors, but which at that time belonged to Mr. Miller. The business which they are so successfully following is unquestionably a highly important one, for upon the skill and care of the pharmacist, almost as upon that displayed by the medical profession, de- pends the j)hysical welfare — almost the life or death of the sick or ailing. The proprietors, without doubt, thoroughly understaml their business, and are doing well from a financial standpoint. O.scar Chambers has become a well-known citizen in West Indianapolis, and for one term served in the capacity of its treasurer, but has since been content to look after his ever-increasing business. Socially he is a member of the K. of P. , the I. O. O. F. and the Red Men, his brother Avery being also a Knight of Pythias and an Odd Fellow. The latter learned the trade of a printer when a boy, and has worked on many of the princi- pal papers in the United States, atnong which may be mentioned the Indianapolis Sentinel, the Louisville Coiirier-,1 ournal, and the St. Loiris Post -Despatch. He and his brother are practical druggists, and are successful and honored business men, highly esteemed in social as well as commercial circles. Wii.LiAM McGinnis. Among the pushing and enterprising men of Indianapolis, Ind., William McGinnis takes high rank. He is a sou of Janies and Eliza (Mericle) McGinnis, the former of whom was born in Westmoreland County, Penn., and the latter in Oneida County, N. Y. The father was a blacksmith by trade and emigrated to Indiana in 1882, settling at Guilford, of which they were among the very first families. They resided there until 1857, then removed to Lawrenceburg and the father entered the employ of the I. C. A Ij. Railroad as blacksmith, in which capacity he served for many years. He is still in the employ of that road but has attained an advanced age, and owing to long and valualile service which he lias rendered the comjiany he has lieen retired from hard work and given a fiosition suitable to liis enfeebled condition. In Ajiril, 18111, William McGinnis responded to the first call of his country for troops, and was a member of the first com|)any that left Indiana for the front. Company I)., Seventh Regiment Indiana I nfanf r}’, being dischargi'd at the expiration of four mouths. He immediately re enlisted in the same regiment and 890 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS coinpHuj^ but. was shortly after assigned to military railroad work in Tennessee and Georgia, from the fact that he had [)ractical experience in railroad work. He served faithfully iu this capacity until near the close of the war, being discharged in August, 1864, on account of disabilities arising from injuries received in a railroad accident, which unfitted him from further service and has resulted in his permanent injury. He was in the first engagement fonght in West Virginia at Phillipi and was afterward in the battle of Garrick’s Ford. In politics he has always been an active worker for the success of the Republican party, but as far as regards himself has never been an aspirant for political preferment, his business fully occupying his time and attention. He established his lumber yards in 1881, and in 1888 t he South Side Planing Mill was purchased from Louis F. Burton, and with its original capacity more than doubled it has been run in connection with the lumber yards of the present proprietor. A considerable increase was made in the mill as soon as it was bought, but the greater part was made in the spring of 1891. The establishment is located at the corner of Woodlawn Avenue and Dillon Street and is reached from the central part of the city by taking the Virginia Avenue cars to the fountain. Twenty-five skilled employes are kept busy in operating the mill, and its work is noted among builders everywhere for cheap- ness, beauty and finish, as well as for the promptness and accuracy with which orders are filled. The machinery used is all of the latest and best description. In connection with the planing-inill, and in the conduct of his general trade, Mr. McGinnis has two large lum- ber yards. The main one of these is at 152 Lord Street, and is admirably located for cheap shipments and access to railway transportation. The second yard or branch is at 591 Virginia Avenue. In both the yards business and the planing-mill the bulk of the materials handled heretofore has been pine, of late years there has heeu au increase in use of native hardwood, sycamore, ash, stained poplar and the like for tiuishing. In these Mr. McGinnis is prepared to compete with any firm in the State both in prices and in finish. The mill and yards are among the model institutions of their class in the Indiana Capitol. Mr. McGinnis was born in Guilford, Dearborn County, Ind., June 19, 1842, and began work as a railroad employeearly in life, and beginning at the bottom, in the course of years rose to oueofthemost trusted and ])opular officials of the old I. C. & L. route. Mr. McGinnis was successively fireman, locomotive engineer, freight and passenger conductors. After serving three years as engineer he was made freight conductor by Superintendent Richardson, and was thus employed for seven years. He was then promoted to passenger conductor, and for thirteen years was one of the best known and most popular of all the knights of the bell cord and punch in Indiana. He continued thus running from Cincinnati to Chicago as the exigency of the service required irutil he embarked for himself in his present business, in which he has been deservedly successful. In the fall of 1898 he added to his business interests a livery, board- ing and feed stable, for the conduct of which he erected a substantial brick building 72^x110 feet, at a cost of $4,000. His building is thoroughly equipped with an excellent line of carriages and horses, and he is thoroughly equipped to do a strictly first-class business. In this connection he deals in Hour, feed, etc., and is considered an enterprising man of affairs. He is treasurer of the Equitable Savings A Loan Association, and is a well known and popu- lar citizen. He was married in March, 1865, to Miss Julia Evans of Lawreuceburg, Ind., his family consisting of two boys, Percy E. and William Clare. John H. Roth. The grocery industry of the States is one whose greatness is hardly understood, except by those who are directly connected with it. Thousands of persons aie engaged in this line and millions of dollars of capital are involved, and in this as in many other lines. West Indianapolis takes a leading jiart. New firms are constantly sjiringing into prominence and one established in 1890, is that of which John H. Roth is the pro- prietor, at 262 Howard Street. Mr. Roth was born in Jefferson County. Ind., April 10, lS62, a son of Charles Roth, who was born in Germany, and came to the United States when a young man, about 1888 or 1884. He was a shoemaker by trade but after coming to this country and locating iu Kentucky he was engaged in the management of a plantation. During the war he was a resident of Louisville, and after its termination he came to Indiana and located in Shelby County, where he resided for some time. He also resided for a while in Edinburg, Johnson County, but for many years past has been engaged in tilling the soil in the vicinity of that |)lace. He is now sixty years of age and his wife, whose maiden name 391 AND MAEION COUNTY, INDIANA. was Eva Kitzsinger, was also born in Germany, on July 26, fifty-four years ago. Her father, Leonard Kitzsinger, has now attained the advanced age of ninety-two years and is a resident of Madison, Ind. John H. Roth, whose name heads this sketch, acquired what knowledge he has of the world of books in Edinburg, Ind., and being industrious and push- ing, he began earning his own living at the age of fifteen years. He spent seven years in learning the butcher’s trade, and the following five years clerked in a grocery store, where he thoroughly learned the details of the trade. In 1890 he commenced business at his present stand with a limited capital, but has prospered far beyond his expectations and has without doubt a prosperous future before him. His stock of goods is select and by his honorable business policy he has won to his side a long line of patrons and has attained a degree of success which is a credit to his business talent, and also to West Indianapolis, in which he is held as a most worthy citizen. He has aided in the improvement of the place, is active in advancing her interests and is a reliable and public-spirited citizen. Sej)tember 9, 1883, he was married to Miss Hester Ellen Green of Bartholomew County, Ind., and to their union two sons and a daughter have been given. Mr. Roth is a member of the I. O. O. F., I.,0. R. M. and theK. of P. He expects to soon change his business place to Reisner and Miller Streets. George W. Shaffer. The practical value of shrewdness and discrimination combined with strict jirobity is exemplified in the prosperous condition of those who transact business on these principles. Mr. Shaffer is a man who has kept fully abreast of the times in the matter of enterprise and is considered one of the substantial and useful citizens of the city of Indianapolis. He is a product of Hamilton County, Ohio, where he was born November 8, 1853, a son of Levi and Sarah J. (Patterson) Shaffer, the former of whom was born in Pennsylvania and the latter in Ohio. The occupation of Levi Shaffer has been that of farm- ing, in which line of human endeavor he has met with reasonable success in Hamilton County, Ohio, of which section he has been a prominent and honored citizen for many years. During the Rebellion he was four years in the service of his country as a member of the Twenty fourth Ohio Regiment Infantry, participating in many important and bloody battles. In the county of his nativity George W. Shaffer was reared and was given the advantages of a good public-school education, which opportunities he was wise enough to im]irove. He afterward learned the tonsoiial art, and in the spring of 1873 came to Indiauai)olis. the first three years of his stay here being spent as a laborer at the old Union depot. At the end of that time he engaged in business for himself and for seventeen years successfully conducted a well appointed establishment of his own, which was largely patronized by persons desirous of getting shaved in first-class style. His ])lace of business was located at 205 Massachu- setts Avenue for seven years. Mr. Shaffer has always been (jiiite an active politician, and in the fall of 1893 was elected from the seventh war(l as a member of the city council on the Repul)lican ticket by 520 votes, the largest majority ever given to a candidate from that ward. Socially he is a member of the K. of P. and at present holds the ])osition of Prelate in Star Lodge, No. 7. Mr. Shaffer was married December 28, 1879, to Miss Lyda Lewis, a native of Greencastle, Ind., a daughter of Henry and Sarah Lewis, and to their union one child has Ijeen given whom they named Pearl, who was born on January 7, 1883. John G. Schmid ship of three years, during which time he became thoroughly informed in this branch of human endeavor, and received a dijiloma for his elliciency in his trade. H(> successfully labored at his trade in his nativi' land until 1849, at which time, being ambitious and enti-rprising, he determined to cometo the I'nited State's, 392 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS rightly judging that this country offered a better field for advancement than his own. Upon his arrival here he made his home in Cincinnati, Ohio, until 1851, during which time he came to Indiana, and laid the abutments for the Imidge over the White lliver at Bedford at a very early day. From Cincinnati he removed to Columbus, Ohio, and during the five years that he remained there he was engaged in contracting. After his arrival in Indianapolis he did journeyman’s work for some time, after which he formed a partnership with G. Itteu- bach and a Ijrother of the latter, and the firm of Schmid & Ittenbach was in existence for about seventeen years. They did a very large amount of important stone work on the Rob- ert’s Park Methodist Episcopal Church, the Vance block, the Ingalls block, and on various costly and extensive buildings throughout the State, their work being of such a nature as to merit universal approval, and a patronage of more than ordinary proportions. Mr. Schmid superintended the stone work of the State House, the admirable nature of which work is greatly to his credit. He started out in life witli a capital of 1309, and a thorough knowl- edge of his calling, and showed his wisdom by coming to a city, which up to the time of his arrival, had had no stone work done within her limits. His career has been imbued with an active, energetic spirit that has placed him in the front rank of permanent prosperity. He is a man of strict commercial integrity, and invariably carries out his promises to the letter, his patrons being among the owners of the largest and most important buildings. In 1853 Mr. Schmid was married to Miss Elizabeth Hamil, who bore him one son and one daughter: John H. who was recently elected on the Republican ticket as a member of the city council from the ninth ward, and his daughter who became the wife of George F. Smith, a promi- nent contractor of the city. For his second wife Mr. Schmid chose Miss Klinck in 1862, and by her became the father of two sons: Cliarles H. and C. F. E., both of whom are in bu8ine.ss with their father, and are practical stonecutters. John H. married Miss Mary Tice; Charles H. is married to Maggie Reifle, of this city, and the youngest son is unmarried. iMr. Schmid is decidedly public spirited, helped to build uj) the town, and is a member of the Builders Exchange. He and his family attend the Reformed Evangelical Church, in which he has been an elder for about twenty years, and Sunday-school superintendent for twenty- two years. Hakvey J. Ak.mantrout. Every owner of a residence or business block, as well as every tenant, knows how important it is to have all parts of a building built of seasoned lumber and in first-class shape so that its different parts will not be warping, shrinking or getting out of shape. One Indianapolis gentleman has proven to contractors and builders, as well as owners of property, that material purchased of him is always as represented, and that he can sell as cheap, if not cheaper, than many of his competitors. This gentleman is Harvey J. Armantrout, a wholesale dealer in hardwood lumber, which he purchases throughout Indi- ana, Kentucky and Tennessee and markets at Chicago, Cincinnati and other large western cities. He has been engaged in this business in Indianapolis for the past six years and handles about 2.000,009 feet annually, which aggregates from $75,090 to $100,000. Mr. Armantrout was born in Crawfordsville, Ind., January 10, 1850, but his father, Joseph Ar- mantrout, was born in Virginia, and was one of the earliest settlers of Montgomery County, Ind., of which he was a successful farmer for many years. His death occurred in 1887 at the age of seventy-seven years. His wife, whose maiden name was Martha Crane, was a Kentuckian by birth, but when young was taken by her parents to Indiana, and in Mont- gomery County she grew to womanhood- Her death occurred in 1858 at the age of thirty- five years, and thus at an early age Harvey J, was deprived of a mother’s care. He was reared on a farm until seventeen years of age, the advantages of the public schools being given him, and then began to learn the trade of carpentering and bridge building, and at the age of twenty-three years he became a contractor. For a number of years there- after he carried on an extensive business, amounting to about $60,099 annually, the carpentering and contracting being done principally at Frankfort and Kokomo. Ind. He afterward engaged in bridge building, which was largely in connection with railroad con- tracting. In 1881 Mr. Armantrout engaged in the lumber business with residence at Kokomo, but his operations extended throughout the State and he was engaged in buying and selling for a Chicago firm. In 1886 he came to Indianapolis and engaged in the whole- sale and retail hardwood lumber business for himself, and in this business, thanks to his 393 AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. excellent judgment and keen commercial instincts, he has met with a more than ordinary degree of success. Mr. Armautrout has always been deeply interested in politics and is a member of the Cleveland Club, of which he had charge daring the inauguration of President Cleveland at Washington, D. C., upon his last election. In 1892 he was alternate delegate to the national Democratic convention at Chicago, and in various other ways he has aided this party. Socially he is a member of the Uniformed Rank in the K. of P. He is one of the leading and popular citizens of Indianapolis, is juiblic spirited to a degree, and in commercial circles his name is highly honored. In 1872 he was married to Miss Louisa Wilson, at Frankfort, Ind., a native of Thorntown, Brown County, Ind., who in girlhood removed to Frankfort with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Armautrout are the parents of one sou, Charles W., who was born July 19, 1874, and gives every promise of becoming a wide-awake and intelligent business man. Georoe F. Smith. Among the useful and jirogressive men of affairs of Indianapolis, Ind., who is eminently worthy of mention in this volume is George F. Smith, who is jiresi- dent of the Contractors and Builders Association, and is himself a highly successful and skillful builder, a calling which has received his attention the most of the time since he left school, although he for a number of years worked for others. The county of Rockland, N. Y., gave liim birth on June 11, 1854, his father, Frederick Smith, and wife, Christiana Iske, were born in Germany, and married in New York city in 1851. In 1848 they came to this country and have resided here ever since. After coming to the United States, although a locksmith by trade, he gave his attention to the manufacture of brick for some time there- after. In 1859 he became a resident of the city of Indianapolis, and here followed the calling of a blacksmith. He died here in 1871, forty-three years of age. She is still living, seventy-six years of age. In the public schools of this city George F. Smith obtained a good education and he learned the details of his trade while serving an apprenticeship under Botcher & Nieman. After completing his knowledge of the builder’s art he worked for all the principal contractors of the city at different times, ami then commenced business on his own responsibility, as his thorougli knowledge of his calling and his long experience emi- nently fitted him to do. The most of his attention has been given to the erection of residences, and in this branch of his business he has made a reputation for himself that has made his name well known to liuilders and real estate men throughout the city. That he is a thorough -going and practical builder is a fact that cannot be denied by his brother con- tractors, and they showed their recognition of his worth by electing him president of the Contractors and Builders Association. In May. 1879, he was united in the bonds of matri- mony with Mi.ss Amelia Schmid, a daughter of J. C. Schmid, a prominent stone contractor of the city, a sketch of whom appears in this work. Mrs. Smith was born in Columbus, Ohio, and has l)orne her husband one son and two daughters; Doratha, Walter and Caroline. .Mr. Smith is a member of the Center Lodge, No. 216, K. of P., and of Washington Lodge, No. 114, K. of H. Charles N. Kellockj. The introduction of machinery in the manufacture of furniture during the past few years, entirely revolutionized this important branch of industrial enter- prise. While it is not contended that the machine-made ])roduct is superior mechanically or in point of finish or durability to that made l)y hand, it is an indis|)Utable fact that the cheapness and rajiidity of manufacture in the new era has made this class of furniture very popular and greatly in demand. Not one of the oldest, but certainly one of the best, known manufactories of this line of goods in Iiidianai)oli8 is that of C. N. Kellogg A Bro., who eml)arked in the business in July, I8tt3, at which time they purchased the planing and saw- mills which were owned and oj)erated by i\I. Murray A Co., and established a number of years since by Charles Murray. The plant is an extensive one 160x150 feet, in dimensions, and the ground occupied l)y them covers an area of nine lots. Tlu'y give particidar atten tion to their planing mill and manufacture a cheap, but excellent line of furniture and hav(> already a wide patronage. 'I’liey give employment to about forty hands, who are all skilled in their line. 'I'heir plant and eipiijiment are valued at about $40,000. Charles N. Kellogg was born in Dublin, Wayne Countv, Ind., Junt‘24, 1851, but his father, Norman P. Kellogg, was a native of the State of New York, was a physician and surgeon formany years, and was very successful in his profession. He practiced for a number of years in Cincinnati, Ohio, 894 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS j)rior to locatiug at Dublin, lud., in 1850, but he later became a resident of Boone County. He has for some time been retired from active practice and makes bis home with his son in Indianapolis. He was united in marriage to Sarah J. Avery, a native of New York, and a woman of much intelligence and kindness of heart. In Boone County, Ind., Charles N. Kel- logg was principally reared, and besides the common schools he received the advantages of an academic education. When twenty-one years of age he engaged in the saw-milling busi- ness in Boone County and a few years later associated with him his brother, Edwin P., and under their al)le management the business grew to extensive proportions. They carried on milling and the general luml)er trade successfully until July, 1892, when they sold the same and a year later came to Indianapolis, where they have since been in business. Mr. Kellogg was married in 1878 to Miss La Borda Ilobinson,a native of Crestline, Ohio, and a daughter of -John H. and Almira llobinson. Mr. and Mrs. Kellogg are the parents of seven children: Belle, Myra, Lizzie, IMay, Edna. Norma and Minerva. Mr. Kellogg is a member of the I. (). K. M. ; in politics he is a liepublican, and he and his wife are members of the Presby- terian Chirrch. He and his brother are rated as gentlemen of untrammeled honor and in all their business transactions are looked upon with the utmost popular regard. floiiN V. Carter. Among the ]>rominent and enterprising citizens of Marion County, Ind., no one is more worthy of note than he whom we here name, who is spending his later years in comfort and in the enjoyment of the result of his earlier labors. He was originally from Butler County, Ohio, born August 18. 1819, to the union of Mordecai and Ann (Cox) Carter, the former a native of Chatham County, N. C. , born May 27, 1777, and the latter of the same State, born July 8, 1789. After marriage the parents moved to Warren County, Ohio, and thence to Butler County, that State, where Mr. Carter died December 13, 1820. He was a Quaker in his religious views and a worthy and esteemed citizen. Nine children were born to this worthy couple, as follows: Edith; Ara, deceased; Aaron, deceased; Har- lan, deceased; Matilda, Dorinda, Lucinda, James W. and John V. The mother of these children died July 28, 1849. Samtrel Carter, grandfather of our subject, was also born in the Old North State, about 1750, and was of the Quaker belief. He married and became the father of several children, among whom are the following: Mordecai, Samuel, Robert, IMargaret, Elizabeth and Mary. John V. Carter was reared on the farm belonging to his fiarents in Ohio, and when not yet two years old was left fatherless. He attended the old- fashioned log school house, with slab seats, big chimney, etc., and attended until about seventeen years of age, generally about three months in the year. He was married in Preble County, Ohio, in 1849, to Miss Diana Holtry, daughter of John and Sarah Holtry. and three years later, in 1852, he came to Marion County, Ind., and located in Wayne Township, where he bought 820 aci'es of land. On this he resided until 1888, when he came to Indian- apolis. and in this city he now resides, retired from the active duties of life. He cleared al)out fifty five acres of land in Marion County and has passed a life of industry and useful- ness. In politics he has always advocated the principles of the Republican party and his first Presidential vote was cast for William H. Harrison. He belongs to the Methodist Epis- copal Church, of which he has served as officer for many years. To his marriage were born six children: Emma, died at the age of thirteen years; Fletcher married Mary A. Apple- gate, and they have two children, Wilbert and Earl; James W. ; John H. married Miss Ida Belle Smith; Flora A. married Ezra L. Guthrie, and Mary, single. James W. Carter, the youngest but one of the children born to Mordecai and Ann (Cox) Carter, first saw the light of day in Butler County, Ohio, July 18, 1817, and he there made his home until February, 1846, when he came to Marion County, Ind. He was married September 28, 1843, to Miss Susan Davies, daughter of Samuel and Susan (Elliott) Davies, both of whom were natives of the Keystone State. Mr. and Mrs. Davies moved to Ohio in 1803. and there passed the remainder of their days. James W. Carter bought 300 acres of land in Wayne Township, after his marriage, and on this resided until October, 1883, when he came to Indianapolis, where he now resides. Like his brother, John V., he is a stanch Republican in his political views and has served twice as trustee of Wayne Township. He belongs to no church or society. To his marriage were born five children: Mary died in infancy; William died when twenty-five years of age; George enlisted in Company K, Seventieth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, under Benjamin Harrison, and one year later was wounded at Resaca, AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. 395 dying in July of the following year. He was but twenty years of age and held the rank of corporal; Frances L. and John V., the latter of whom married Jennie Johnson, daughter of Henry Johnson. Fred Bremer. One of the most popular materials that enters into the construction of buildings of the present day is brick, for go where you will, in any large city that is the chief material used, and the most imposing edifices ai-e made of it, with {)erhaps the ex- ception of the first few stories. It therefore follows that men who thoroughly understand their business should engage in the manufacture of this most impottaiit commodity, and that Fred Bremer is qualified to do so cannot be denied. In Germany he first saw the light in 1849, and in the schools of his native land he obtained a practical education. At the age of nineteen years he came to the United States, and for some time thereafter resided in Brooklyn, N. A^., in which place he clerked in a store for two years. He then came to Indianapolis, and as a means of livelihood he spent several summers laboring in a brick- yard and in the winter time turned his hand to anything honorable he could find to do, in order to gain a start. By laboring early and late, making the most of his opportunities, and by the exercise of the utmost good judgment and strict economy, he soon found him self on a smooth sea and floating with a prosperous tide. He first manufactured brick in Irvington, then on the national road, after which he came to the place where he is now doing a prosperous business, and where he owns twenty-five acres of land, which is well adajited to the uses to which he puts it. He first purchased five acres and later the balance, and manufactures a most creditable article, which has gone into the construction of many of the finest buildings of Marion County. Through financial reverses he lost (jnite heav- ily, but with characteristic energy he continued to labor faithfully at his business and retrieved his losses almost wholly. He was married in this county to Miss Mary Hartman, and to them a son and daughter have been given, the former of whom is deceased, as is also the wife and mother. For his second wife Mr. Bremer espoused Metta Scheele, of this county but a native of Germany, and their union has resulted in the birth of a son and daughter. Mr. Bremer is a member of the Zion Evangelical Church, and politically is a Democrat. Ja:mes B. Matlock. One of the industries always in demand, and daily growing more so by reason of the raf)id growth of cities and towns, is that of contracting and building. A casual glance about us is all that is required to gain a conception of the immense amount of work done by men following that line of business. In this cotinection we would call attention to James B. Matlock', a {)rominent contractor and builder of Indianapolis, Ind., where he has followed his trade for the past seven years, building some of the finest houses in this rapidly growing city. He is a native of that good old mother of States, Virginia, born in Lee County, in 1839, to the union of Charles and Mary (Bray) Matlock, natives of the Blue-Grass State. When young the parents moved to the Old Dominion and there their marriage was solemnized. Eight children were the fruits of his union, viz.: John married Miss Mary Jane Dillon and now resides in Independence, Kan. ; Sarah (deceased); James H., subject; George, who died when eleven years of age; Nelson Preston married IMiss Sarah Crawford, but is now deceased; Sarah Jane, who died in infancy; Britton also died in infancy; and . The subject of this sketch came to Indiana when a young man and previous to that, in September, 18(51, heenlisted in the Eighth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, and was in active service until cessation of hostilities. He served his country faithfully and as a memento of his services carries a Confederate; ball in his hip, receiving the same; in the battle of Snow Hill, T(*nn. He was jn'omoted to the ratdc of sergeant. For many years he has l)een a contractor and builder and is now erecting for himself a fine residence and store- room combined for as soon as it is tinished he expects to embark in (he mercantile business on East Prospect Street, just east of the Ciiele railway. The store will be a giocery and he will (rarry such other stock as the neighlxnhood may demand. Mr. Matlock was marrit'd in Browti Cfjunty, Ind., in 18(57 with Miss Mary Jane Fleetwood, daughter of Hiram and Matilda ( Hartman) Fleetwood who were born, reared and married in Kentucky. Five chil • Iren have been l)orri to this union and ai'e named as follows: Ijouis Manson, born in April, l8t5S, married Miss Jennie \\ inters, and now resides in I ndiana|)olis; Oliver I’. Morton was b(jrn in 18(59. died when twenty years of ag<*; William, born in 1872, married Miss Flora 396 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS Forester aud resides in this city; George U. S., born in 1874, is now at home; and Bertie May, born in 1878, is also at home; Maud, born in 1882, died at the age of two years. Mr. Matlock was first married to Mary Jane Hamilton, and by her had two children: Nancy C., now living in this city, the wife of Peter M and Charles, now deceased. Charles L. Pearson. The contractors and builders of Indianapolis, are, as a body unexcelled by those of almost any other city. Each succeeding year witnesses many marked improvements in this thriving business center, particularly in the way of handsome business blocks, residences, etc.; and to the contractor and builder, in effect, conjointly with the arch- itect, belongs the task of imparting to the city that appearance of solidity, wealth, refine- ment and comfort which at once stamps its citizens as progressive and enterprising. Charles L. Pearson, one of the well-known and popular contractors and builders of Indian- apolis. is a native of Oskaloosa, Iowa, born in 1856. His father, Silas D. Pearson, is a native of New York city, aud there learned his trade of mill builder. He moved in 1848 to Wis- consin, from there to Steubenville, Ohio, thence to Oskaloosa, Iowa, and from then to Chi- cago. while at this place he enlisted in the Seventy-second Illinois Infantry, and after his term of service went to Wisconsin, where his family had proceeded him and now resides at Appleton. He has erected many of the largest buildings in the North and West and has been a successful business man. In politics he affiliates with the Republican party. In 1861 he enlisted in the Seventy second Illinois Infantry Volunteers, and was in service three years. He participated in the siege of Vicksburg and other engagements and at one time received a sevei e wound in the hip. He still feels the effect of that wound. Of the eleven children born to his marriage, eight are now living, six sons and two daughters. The original of this notice, Charles L. Pearson, was educated in the public schools of Appleton, Wis., and learned his trade under the tuition of his father. When fifteen years of age he left home and worked in Appleton and all over Outagamie County. Later he worked at his trade in Minneapolis, Minn., and in other States, and finally settled in Indianapolis, where he began working in the shops of the Atlas Engine AVorks. Later he began contracting for himself and has built most of the houses in the north part of Irvington, principally resi- dences. Starting in life with nothing but his trade, he has met with the best of success, all owing to his exceptional business ability, his reliability and promptness in carrying out his undertakings, and the liberal methods he adopts in dealing with the public. On July 19, 1883, he married Miss Sadie E. Chill, of Indianapolis, and to their union have been born four children, all sons. In politics Mr. Pearson is a Republican. He is a member of Lodge No 440, Carpenter Union. Ernst H. G. Dreier. It is indeed a rule with very few exceptions that the prosperous and representative men of business of all largo cities are rarely ever natives of the same. It is likewise a notable fact that vast numbers of the successful men who do business in the States are foreigners by nativity. This thought is brought about by the personality of Ernst H. G. Dreier, a native of Germany, and now a prominent member of Indianapolis’ business circles. He first saw the light of day in 1842 and was reared and educated in the old coun- try. He there learned the brick-mason’s trade, serving an apprenticeship, and later became a contractor. Seeing a better opening for his trade in the United States he crossed the ocean in 1872 and located in Indianapolis. Three days after his arrival he was taken sick with small pox. and as he was ill seven weeks all his ready money was used up. Inheriting the perseverance aud industry of his Teutonic ancestors he went to work as soon as able and his superior ability as a brick-mason soon became recognized. Work came in from all sides and he is now classed among the best brick contractors in the city. He is a member of the Builders Exchange and is thoroughly capable and reliable in all the duties that he under- takes. He has been engaged on many of the prominent buildings of the city, among them the Lutheran Church, on the corner of New Jersey and McCarty Streets, the German Luth- eran Orphan Asylum, on East AVashington Street, and many other buildings. He was married in his native country to Miss Sophia Cook, who died in this city in January 3, 1885. Six children were born to this union, all now living. In 1885 Mr. Dreier married Miss Anna Denker, a native of Germany, and four children have blessed this union. Mr. Dreier is an industrious, thorough going business man and is well respected in the community. 397 AKD MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. August Buthe. Enterprising inelbocls, when combined with study and ability, will put any man on a prominent road to success and gain an enviable reputation for the managers of the enterprise. August Buthe, who is a contractor of no ordinary ability and who has won an enviable reputation in that capacity, is a native of Germany, born in 1862 and the son of August Buthe, Sr., who passed his entire life in the old country. August Buthe, Jr., like all the German children, attended school a certain length of time and then learned a trade, that of brick laying and plastering. After serving an apprenticeship of four yeais he decided to seek his fortune in the United States and sailed for this country in 1871. After visiting all the principal cities of the United States, New Orleans, St. Louis, San Francisco, etc., and following his trade in the same, he came to Indianapolis in 1890 and engaged in the cement work here for the Acme Paving Company as their foreman. Later he commenced contracting for himself, and from the start has made a complete success of his business. He built the longest pavement in Indianapolis, extendfng from Twelfth Street to Twenty sixth Street, a mile and three (juarters, and he also built from Twelfth Street to Fourteenth Street on Meridian, besides numerous other pavements. He is a fine and skillful workman and his reputation for honorable business methods and integrity is unsurpassed. He came to this country with limited means and what he has accumulated is the result of energy, industry and good management on his part. He is a member of the Builders Exchange and is also a member of the I. O. O. F., Garden Lodge, No. 53. He was married in 1890 to Miss Annie Lamberg, a native of Newport, Ky., and a lady of much refinement. Charles Nuerge. Nothing is more true than that good management, fair dealing and application to business will result in profit to the parties at interest. Failure rarely if ever comes, unless as the setjuent of negligence, rash speculation or dishonesty. We are led to these reflections by a glance at the career of Mr. Charles Nuerge, senior member of the firm of Nuerge & Reinking, building contractors. By a most thorough knowledge of his trade, gained step by step under one of the most reliable of workmen, and through his own experience, Mr. Nuerge has made one of the widest reputations and has a pat- ronage of very satisfactory proportions. He has been identified with the construction of many of the prominent buildings in the city, and in partnership with Mr. Henry Reinking built the Jamison & Mallott structure. Arcade Clothing House, John W. Schmidt’s resi- dence, A. C. Harris’ residence. Catholic school-house on Noble and North Streets, W. P. Fishback’s residence. Home Brewing Company’s buildings, some of the buildings at St. Mary’s in the Woods (near Terre Haute, Ind.j, Starch Works (in Des Moines), the last a •S13(),0(>0 contract, and they rebuilt Progress Clothing and many other buildings too numer- ous to mention. This firm’s contracts extend to some of the largest cities, and in all their operations they have proven themselves gentlemen of sterling integrity, their work invari al)ly proving satisfactory. Mr. Nuerge was born in Adams County, Ind. , June 12, 1850, to the union of Charles and Minnie (David) Nuerge, natives of Germany, the father born in 1819. About 1841 the parents decided to .settle on this side of the Atlantic, and they first located in Adams County, Ind., on land in the woods. He became a successful farmer, and added to the sixty acres he first purchased eighty acres, which made him a very good farm. There he died in 1872. Of the seven cliildren born to this marriage, the eldest was a native of Germany. Of these children three were sons and four daughters, but only two, daughters, besides our subject, are now living. The father served his time in the German army before coming to America. The original of this notice was educated in Adams County, Ind., and learned the carpenter’s trade in all its details there. In 1871 he came to Indianaj)oli8, in company with Henry Reiidiing, and commenced working for George H. Hoereth, an old and prominent builder of the city. Six years later he com menced building as a contractor himself, and he rt'ceived his first contract from Henry C. Wilson. Later he formed a partnershif) with Frank Mowwe, of this city, and was with him until 1882. One year later he formed the partnershij) with Henry Reinking, and they are classed among the prominent and reliable contractors of the city. Mr. Nuerge is a tnernber f>f the German Lutheran Church and one of the directors of the German Orphan Asylum of East Washington Street, also the Builders Exchange and Contractors Association. In 1872 he was married to Miss Louisa Schildmeyer, of Indianapolis. She died in 1883, leaving two children, a son and daughter. His second marriage was with Mrs. Pierson, 898 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS (liiughter of Henuaii Schopljorst, of Adams ('onnt.y, this State. Two daughters have been born to this union, Imth living. Robert Miethke. The practical value of shrewdness and discrimination, combined with strict probity is exemplified in the prosperous condition of those who transact business on these principles, and of these Robert Miethke is one of the most prominent. He is one of the successful florists of Indianapolis, Ind. , and the ever expanding wealth and luxurious tastes of the citizens of the place have done much to make his business a prosperous one. His trade has also been augmented by the fact that he is the soul of honesty in all of his busi- ness transactions, is anxious to please his patrons and that their orders are carried out promptly and to the letter. He makes a specialty of cut flower designs and pot plants, in the arrangement of which he shows a refined and artistic taste. He has followed this busi- ness in Indiana]iolis for tlie past five years and founded the establishment of which he is now the proprietor at the corner of South Meridian and Walnut Streets. He is a product of Germany, where he was born in 1857, and in the land of his birth he received his educa- tion and became a well informed young man. He has been a resident of the United States since 1882, and for some time after reaching this country he was a resident of Detroit, Mich., where he followed his trade which he had thoroughly learned in Germany. From Detroit he went to Chicago and from the “Windy City” to Indianapolis, and here, at first, was for some time in the employ of A. Weigand, after which he engaged in business for himself and has met with a success that is in every way satisfactory and to his credit. He was married here in 1888 to Miss Elizabeth Seraphine and to them two sons have been given. Mr. and Mrs. Miethke are members of the German Methodist Church and are honorable and highly respected citizens. Mr. Miethke has worked at his trade in the principal cities of the United States, and being very practical in his ideas his services have been in demand in many of the principal green houses in the United States. It is but just to “give honor where honor is due,” and to say that he is a gentleman of high character and of excellent business rejuita- tion is but simply speaking the truth. O.scAR S. Deitch, M. . D., was born in Indianapolis, June 17, 1800, a son of Joseph L. and Rachel A. (Mullikin) Deitch, the former a native of France and the lattter of Indiana. The father was reared and educated in his native land and came to America in 1847 and located at Williamsburg, Ind., where he was married. In 1805 the family came to Indian- apolis, where Mr. Deitch engaged in the carriage liusiness, at the same time carrying on a money lirokerage business. He died in 1881. His wife survives him. Dr. Deitch was reared in Indianapolis and educated in the public schools, and at the age of fourteen became a clerk in a drug store. He took up the study of pharmacy systematically and later became a student in the Cincinnati Pharmaceutical College. In March, 1885, he established a drug store in Indianajiolis, which he has since managed with much success, being located on West Washington Street. He began the study of medicine in 1887 under the preceptorship of Dr. Hodges. In 1888 he entered the Medical College of Indiana and was graduated therefrom in 1890. He at once entered upon a general practice which, in connection with his drug business, he has since conducted successfully. He is a member of the Marion County Med ical Society and the Indiana State Medical Society. In 1892 he was physician to the Marion County Jail, and secretary to the County Board of Health. At this time he is physician to the Marion County Asylum In politics he is a Democrat. He is a member of the Jewish congregation of Indianapolis. June 39, 1889, Dr. Deitch married Emma Pence, a native of Indianapolis and a daughter of Joseph and Mary (Applegate) Pence of Ohio. Othello L. Deitch, M. D., of Indianapolis, was born at Edinburgh, Ind., August 27, 1864, a son of Joseph L. and Rachel A. (Mullikin) Deitch, and was about six years of age at the time of his parents’ removal to Indianapolis. He was reared and educated in the public schools and the high school of the city and, and at the age of fifteen, became a clerk in a drug store. After a study of pharmacy he began to read medicine with Dr. Eisenbeis. In September, 1886, he entered the Medical College of Indiana and was guaduated there- from in 1888 with the degree of M. D. Locating on New York Street, he practiced his pro- fession there for a few months until he purchased property in West Indianapolis, where he has since lived and had his office. He is a member of the Marion County Medical Society and of the Indiana State Medical Society. Politically he is a Democrat. He is a member AND MAIUON COUNTY, INDIANA. R99 of the K. of P. , aucl is connected with other orders and organizations of prominence. Dr. Deitch was married February 15, 1898, to Paulina Jacobs, who was born in Boston, Mass., January 14, 1873, a daughter of Samuel and Jennie Isaacs Jacobs. Nahum H. Lowe, Sr. There are many enterprises which bear the relation of monuments to the energy and ambition of man in this country, and particularly is this true in regard to contracting and building. Few industries of Indianapolis are of more importance than this, and few men have made more of a success of this undertaking than Nahum H. Lowe, who is one of the foremost business men of the place. He is a native of the Pine Tree State, York County, born in Kennebunk, a town near the sea coast, January 9, 1818, and is a son of Samuel B. Lowe, also a native of Maine, born in Lyman. The elder Low'e and family moved to Springvale, Me., thence to Cambridge, Mass., and from there to Washington, 11. I. He was a carpenter, woodworkman and cabinet-maker by trade and was thoroughly versed in his business. In politics he was first a Whig but upon the formation of the Kepublican partv, joined its ranks and remained with it until his death, which occirrred in 1888, when lie had reached the advanced age of ninety-four years. His uncle. Squire John Lowe, was a member of Congress and when Gen. LaFayette visited America, he made the welcoming speech at Kennebunk, where he took dinner. This uncle served in the Revolutionary Wwr, as did two other uncles, William and Thomas. The Lowe family came originally from Eng- land and the first members to venture to America, settled in Maine. Samuel B. Lowe married Miss Lydia P. Stagpool, also a native of Maine, and who was almost eighty years of age at the time of her death, in 1873. Sixteen children were born to this worthy couple, six sons and ten daughters, fourteen of whom grew to mature years. Five are now living, three daughters and two sons. The original of this notice received his education in Kenne- bunk. Me., and learned his trade partly in his father’s shop. When eighteen years of age he left home and went to Taunton, Mass., and was engaged in making calico for twelve years. After this he was with the Providence & Worcester Railroad, then the Erie Railroad, in all one year, and subsequently engaged with Allen Holbrook in manufacturing an article, , used in weaving cloth, our subject being foreman for the concern for about one year. After this he engaged in car building three years in Cambridge, Mass., and then went to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he was engaged with George Peck, building rail- road cars by contract. Later he went to Madison, Ind., with Cloirgh & Farnsworth in the same business, but eighteen months later came to Indianapolis where he established car shops for Farnsworth & Rockwood. A year later he started in l)usiness for himself, con tracting, which he has since continued. In politics he affiliates with the Republican ])arty. In 1838 he married Miss iMary E. Porter, ami in 1888 they celebrated their golden wedding. She was born in 1820, is seventy-three years of age, and enjoys comparatively good health. Three sons were the fiuits of this union: Charles G., who is in the furniture department of a New York store; N. H. , Jr., also a builder, is now with J. E. Shover as superintendent; and George P., a painter with J. R. Adams. Mr. Lowe is a member of Tippecanoe Club, and has lived in the same house where he now resides for thirty nine years. John W. Pierson. It has been said that “a rolling stone gathers no moss,’’ and in the main this observation is true, but the career of John W. Pierson is in direct refutation of this trite saying, for during his career as a man of business he has been engaged in variousoccu pations, and has met with reasonable prosjierity in them all. He is one of the enterprising and prominent citizens of West Indianapolis, of which place he has been a resident for the past seven years. He was born in Putnam County, Ind., Sejitember 20, 1831, a son of Ervin and Mary (Hunter) Pierson, who were born, reared and married in Shelby County, Ky., ami in an early day became residents of Putnam County, Ind. 'I’he father was successfully engaged in tilling the soil near Greencastle for many years, but finally retired from the active duties of life, and spent the I'alance of his time at Coatesville, Hendricks County, and there died at the age of seventy four years, his birth having occurred in 18(10. His wife’s death occurred some three or four years jirior to his own. He was a big in jiolitics until 1850, then voted for l'’remont, and was ever after a Kejuiblican. He and his wife were earnest members of the Methodist Episco[>al Church, and in that faith leared theii' tmi children, of which large family John W. was the eldest. His early education was obtained in the priini tive schools of Putnam County, and having become familiar with farming in his youth, he 400 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS decideO to make that his ocoopation aftor conunencini^ the battle of life for himself, and con- tinued to till the soil up to 1800. He then owned a drug and dry goods establishment at Filmore, but afterward moved to Coatesville, Hendricks County, Ind., where he followed various occupations such as stock trading, the furniture business, and connection with a woolen mill and tile factory, as well as others. He came to Indianapolis in 1881, and has since l)eeu actively engaged in the stock business, the last five years being spent in West Indianapolis, where he has become well known, and has gained a fair reputation for probity, business management and })ublic spirit. The building up and progress of the city of Indian- apolis have ever been close to his heart, and in May, 1890, his numerous Kepublican friends elected him as a mendier of the board of trustees of West Indianapolis for a term of two years, during a part of which time he was president of the board, and at the expiration of his term he was elected to succeed himself. During his administration a great many improve- ments have been made, school houses have been erected, water works and electric lights established, and electric cars, and in all of these undertakings Mr. Pierson has been one of the prime movers. The principal part of West Indianapolis has been built since his coming to the place, and in bringing about this most desirable state of affairs he has by no means taken a subordinate j)art. Socially he belongs to the A. M. In 1856 he was married to Miss Ann McDaniel, of Boone County, Ind., who died two years later, having become the mother of two children, only one of whom survives: Mrs. Elizabeth E. Elrod, of Clarke, S. Dak. Ira Emerson, a son of the eldest child, died in 1885, at which time he was married, and liv- ing in Terre Haute, Ind., where he was engaged in railroad business. He was in the United States mail service during Cien. (Irant’s administration, and was a useful and substantial citizen. On April 22, 1860, Mr. Pierson was united in marriage to Miss Louisa Newman, at that time a resident of Putnam County, Ind., but born in Kentucky in 1826. She is a mem- ber of the Christian Church, and very much respected. Adam A. Gauld. The time has never been when the prescription druggist was not of as great importance to a community as the physician. Indeed, it would be difficult to name a branch of business that is more indispensably important than that devoted to the sale and importation of drxrgs and the preparation of prescriptions. No more is there any line of biisiness demanding more ability and scientific knowledge. One of the eminent young drug- gists of North Indianapolis, Ind., is Adam A. Gauld, who was born in River John, Nova Scotia, June 5, 1864, his father, John Gauld, having been born in Scotland, September 21, 1795. He landed on American soil on his twenty-fourth birthday, and after some years spent as a Government surveyor, he opened a drug store at River John, Nova Scotia, which occupation he followed there and in other places until the time of his death in 1879. His wife, whose maiden name was Isabella Ross, was born in Nova Scotia and died January 26, 1892, at the age of sixty-six years. This worthy couple were earnest members of the Chris- tian Church, and in that faith reared their six children, five of whom are living at the pres- ent time. Adam A. Gauld was the fifth of this family in the order of his birth, and his early education was obtained in the grammar schools of his native town. His vacations and leisure time were spent in his father’s drug store, and during this time he acquired a knowl- edge of the business and its requirements that he would have been long in gaining in any other way. In 1883, in company with J. D. Gauld, a brother, he came west and located in Indianapolis, where he was employed as a prescription clerk, until six years ago, at the end of which time he formed a partnership with his brother, A. B. Gauld, and together they opened a drug store in North Indianapolis. They have become widely known as the most honorable business men and have created a well-defined confidence in their many patrons. Their business is rapidly increasing and their handsome and attractive store is the head- ([uarters for drugs of all kinds, in fact, everything that goes to make up a well appointed store. The subject of this sketch has always taken a deep interest in the political affairs of the sections in which he has resided, and since locating in the city of Indianapolis, has been a delegate to city, county and State conventions, as a Republican, but has never aspired to public office. He is a notary public, appointed by Gov. A. P. Hovey, and is a member of Marion Lodge, No. 35, F. & A. M. of Indianapolis. January 21, 1892, he was united in marriage to Miss Emma Schreck, of North Indiana})olis. Nelson A. Randall, a prominent printer and publisher of Indianapolis, Ind., for the past 401 AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. fifteen years, is one of the city’s most successful business men, and has had a long experience in his line of trade. He started the Western Sixrrtsnimi in 1878. In 1891 he sold this paper and February 4, 1893, started the paper he now publishes, called Rdndall's Horse Register. His office is at 20J North Delaware Street, and his home at the corner of Clifford Avenue and Watt Street, Indianapolis. At his home he has a large barn and keeps it well filled with the finest horses the country can afford, with a half-mile track for training pur- poses. Mr. Randall was born on the Wyandotte Reserve, Ohio, in 1828, and, like most of the natives of that State, he has inherited much of the sturdy spirit and noble generosity which so many who claim Ohio as a birthplace possess. His parents, Alfred and Martha Randall, were natives of the Old Bay State. When children, they came with their parents to the Buckeye State, and there grew to mature years and were married. On August 28, 1848, Nelson A. Randall was married in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Miss Rachel M. Arney, who was a native of that State, born at Lancaster, in 1820. Her parents, Daniel and Eliza (Bar- rack) Arne}', were married in Lancaster, Ohio, within two miles of which city both were born and raised, and Mrs. Randall was the first of eleven children born to this union. The other children of this union are named as follows: Loirisa, born in 1851, died at the age of thirteen years; George, born in 1853, died in 1875; Eliza, born in 1855, was married to Jarris Tillberry when twenty-two years of age but is now deceased; Jane, born in 1857 and married Frank Parker, of Ft. Wayne, Ind., she is now deceased; Elsie Ann, born in 1860, is now the wife of James Tillberry, of Ft. Wayne, Ind. ; Scott, now a resident of Ft. Wayne and Daniel, now living at the same place. The remainder of the children died in infancy. To our sub- ject and wife have been born one child. Berry, whose bifth occurred September 6, 1849, and who is now living with his parents. He married Miss Laura Redmond and the fruits of this union were two children. Birdie, now twenty-one years of age, and Harry, nineteen years of age. Birdie married John Lehr. Mrs. Randall is a practical and intelligent woman and takes an active part in all the business matters in which her husband and herself are interested. James Maoennis. Special adaptability to any particular calling in life is the one nec- essary adjunct to permanent success. No matter the vim and determination which charac- terizes a man’s start in business, unless he is to the manor born, he will find to his sorrow that his line has been falsely cast, and the (juicker he draws back and takes up another calling the better it will be for him. Mr. James Mageunis, the veteran brickmaker of the county, has been in the business for thirty-three years, and is one of the best in his lino of business in this part of the State. It is said that the finger of time is one of the most satisfactory and reliable endorsers of a man’s business career. Men in the various walks of life may with justification halt and refuse to listen to the solicitation of a beginner, but the voice of the old established business man always carries with it attention and respect. Mr. Magen ids is a native of the Emerald Isle, born in 1846 to the marriage of Timothy M. and Frances (Frost j Magennis, who were born, reared and married in that country. About 1850 the parents crossed the ocean to America, and here passed the remainder of their days. Twelve children were born to their marriage, as follows: Mary Ann, deceased; Jane, deceased; Ellen, married George Makriew, and is now a resident of the State of New York; Sophia, single, resides in this city; Thomas is married and makes his home in Monroe County, Ind. ; Char lotte, deceased; Frances, married James King, and resides in Cincinnati, Ohio; Anna, deceased; Octavia E., deceased; James, subject; Mattie, deceased, and George, resides in this city. As our subject was but four years of ago when he came with his parents to America, he has a very dim memory of any other country, and all his interests are centered on this si :-y.> ,^* ■ V- LIBRARY OF THE JNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS •t'f* T 403 AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. F. Ferguson; Johnson C. ; Catherine, who married Thomas J. Christian; and Rose H., un- married. The father of tliese childien died in 1883. He was a son of William and Elizabeth (Lyons) Holmes. In politics he was a Republican. For many years he was a prominent business man of Indianapolis, but previous to that lime had followed farming, milling and trading. He held membership in the Christian Church. Charles T. Karrer. With the rapid and steady advance of Indianapolis, with the quick increase of her improvements, the trade of builder and contractor is one of primary impor- tance, and is one on which the first step of progress is dependent. To excel in this business requires years of close application and practical education in active service, and among those who take a foremost place in this respect are the brothers, Charles T. and Frederick Karrer. They sustain a wide reputation in their business, being reliable, painstaking and thoroughly satisfactory, as there is ample evidence to show. Charles T. Karrer was born in Lancaster County, Penn., in 1854, and is the son of George Karrer, who was borir in Ger many. The latter was a carpenter by trade, and after coming to America he followed that in the city of Indianapolis until his death. Charles T. Karrer was educated in the Indian- apolis schools, and learned his trade under his brother, Frederick Karrer, now his partner, with whom he reTuained live years. He then commenced journeyman work, and twelve years ago, in 1881, he commenced contracting for himself. Although he started with limited means, he was thorough master of his trade, and his superior work soon brought him all the employment he could conveniently attend to. He has erected many of the finest buildings in the city, and never lacks for work. On February 3, 1878, he was married to Miss Eliza- beth Baker, of this city, and a son and daughter have been given him. In his political views Mr. Karrer is a Republican, and socially a member of the I. O. O. F. , Ca))ital Lodge, No. 124. Frederick Karrer, who for ten years has been contracting and building in this city with his brother, Charles T., has in that time built up a trade and simultaneously with it a reputation, so that he will compare most favorably with any local contemporary. He is also a native of Lancaster County, Penn., born in 1844, and came to Indianapolis with his parents when twelve years of age. He learned his trade from his lather and then commenced working for Christian & Shover as foreman, and was also in the rolling mill until ten years ago, when he entered into partnership with his brother Charles. He has been unusually successful and is a skillful, reliable workman. In the year 1871 he was married to Mi.ss Emma Martin, of Indianapolis, and three children have been born to them, a son and two daughters. Mr. Karrer is a member of the Lincoln Avenue Methodist Church, and is trustee in the same. Socially he is a K. of H. Unlike his brother he is a Democrat in politics. William H. Hollingsworth. This substantial and extremely well known citizen of Pike township, Marion County, Ind., was born on February 9, 1840, to Ira and Deborah (Ben nett) Hollingsworth, and was reared to manhood in the township in which he now resides, receiving his education in the district schools. He remained with his jiarents until he attained his majority, assisting in the duties of the farm, hut at the ojiening of the great Civil War in 18tH he dropped his hoe to take up arms in defense of his country, enlisting in Company I, Seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry, on August 22, 1801. Afterserving over three years his regiment returned to Indianapolis and there he was mustered out on Sejitember 14, 1804, having been on active duty while in the service. He was detailed at t’ulpeper Court House, Va., February 22, 1802, to carry dispatches for Gen. -James Wadsworth, who commanded the First Division of the First Army Corjis. After the expiration of his term of service ho returned to his former occiqiation of farming in Rilce township, with the consciousness of having performed his duties faithfully and well in the various engagements in which he was engaged. He was at Winchester, Va., March, 1802, under Gen. Shields, with whom ho crossetl the Blue Ridge Mountains. The Seventh Indiana was assigned to McDowell’s divis- ion, and about tliat time Gen. Lee’s army invaded Maryland, and Mr. Hollingsworth partici pated in the battles of Antietam and South Mountain. .After recrossing the Potomac Riv(>r, they camped at Belle Plain Ijanding, when Lee’s army invaded Pennsylvania, and Mr. Hollingsworth with his regiment took part in the great battle of Gettysburg. On. July 3, 1803, while .Mi-. Hollingsworth was carrying dispatidies, he was woundeil by a shell; the same shell having exploded killed Gen. Wadsworth. He was severely wounded in the left thigh, MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS 40 1 which still causes him much suffering, and for which he receives a pension. He remained at the corps hospital headcpiarters until he was fit for duty, then once more entered active service. His duties were numerous and arduous for at times he was compelled to work day and night and he was many times placed in very dangerous positions. He participated in tlie bombardment of the Weldon llailroad, leading up into Petersburg, which was one of the hottest engagements of the kind during the entire war, and where hundreds of Union men sacrificed their lives. He was afterward transferred to the Fifth Army Corps (with which he remained until the expiration of his term) under Gen. Warren carrying dispatches for him, then returned home by way of Washington City. Two years later he was married to Miss Margaret A. Martin (March 1, 18()6), a native of Fulton County, Ind., and a daughter of John T. and Martha (Molar) Martin. To their union the following children have been given; Martha, who was married to Omer Button August 15, 1898; Lillie; Grace, who died in infancy, and Lottie. Mr. Hollingsworth is the owner of fort}"-eight acres of the old family homestead, where he has resided ever since the purchase of the same from his father in 18(58. He is a member of the George H. Thomas Post, No. 17, of the G. A. 11. at Indian- apolis, in which he has served in different official capacities. He participated in the great parade September (5, 1893. He has been a member of the I. O. O. F. for the past twelve years and has passed through the chairs of Rural Lodge, No. 416, and represented the same in the Grand Lodge, No. 84, of Indianapolis. In politics he is a stanch Republican and has always taken an active interest in the welfare of his party, being a member of the Tra- ders’ Point Glee Club, in 1888, which has enlivened political occasions with music. His daughters are also accomplished musicians, and are beautiful and cultivated singers. William Norman Bowman. Architecture is one of the most difficult of all the arts, as it requires a highly-cultivated taste, a subtle knowledge of the harmonies of form and pro- portion and an observation sufficiently artistic to catch thesjiirit of a facade or an entire and complicated structure. It requires something more than a mere draughtsman to execute a piece of work like the Indiana State House or the Administration Building and the Fine Arts Palace at Jackson Park, Chicago. It is just as necessary in architecture that forms, colors and jiroportions should blend into harmonious unison. And so it happens that an architect must be an artist able to sound all the depths of the great art and create a struct- ure that will meet the a‘sthetic as well as the technical requirements of utility. Such an architect is William Norman Bowman, who was born in Carthage, N. Y., March 12, 1868, being the son of Lucius S. and Elizabeth A. (Hurd) Bowman, both of whom were also natives of New York State. The father was a mechanic by occupation, and in 1881 removed with his family to Jackson, Mich., where they continued to reside for some time, but at present are residents of Irvington, Ind. Shortly after the family settled in Michigan the subject of this memoir went to Detroit, where he began the study of the profession of architecture, and after completing a thorough course of artistic studies was employed for two years in the office of Mortimer L. Smith & Son, of Detroit, well known and eminent architects. In 1889 Mr. Bowman came to Indianajiolis and associated himself in the pro- fession of architecture with John G. Thurtle, under the firm name of Thurtle & Co. This partnership continued until January 1, 1893, when Mr. Bowman opened an office of his own. Some of the contracts executed by them while the partnership lasted were the Burgess Hall, the jiower house and gymnasium building at Butler University and the two-story brick residence at the corner of Pennsylvania Street and Home Avenue. The plans fur- nished by the firm have included many of the well known and beautiful residences and sub- stantial business blocks of the city. During 1893 Mr. Bowman has furnished plans for twelve of the finest residences of Indianapolis and suburbs, among which are the elaborate residence for D. M. Parry, the remodeled residence for James F. Tailey, a business block at Franklin, Ind., and has some artistic plans in his office for a new court-house now contem- plated. Mr. Bowman is a member of the K. of P. and at present is keeper of the records and seal of Irvington Lodge, No. 324. He is a member of the First Baptist Church of Indianapolis. He resides with his parents at Irvington. In politics he is a Democrat. He is a young man of culture and artistic taste and gives promise of developing into one of the foremost architects of the great West. John St. George Thurtle, architect, was born in England October 13, 1859, a sou of 405 AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. Walter John and Elizabeth (Loughton) Thurtle, who were natives of England, where they still reside. By occupation the father is an architect, but at the present time is a building contractor on Governmental work. The immediate subject of this sketch was reared and educated in his native country, receiving the finishing touches to his literary education by attending Shrewsbury Grammar School, and graduating from St. Mark’s College, London, in 1876. Beginning the study of architectural drawing at South Kensington Science and Art Schools, the City Guild’s Institute, successfully passing all examinations, he obtained admission to the Academy Schools of Architecture and Design, from which he received his diploma. As a student Mr. Thurtle was exceptionally brilliant, receiving, on three different occasions, the Queen’s prize, and at the last examination being awarded the silver medal. After traveling two years pursuing architectural studies he entered his father’s office as one of the corps of architectural draftsmen, taking charge of the work for about a year. Later Mr. Thurtle opened an office for himself, which he continued about two years. From 1882 to 1885 he was in the service of the Government in the civil branch of the army. In 1886 he came to America, remained a short time in the cities of New York and Buffalo, but in April, 1889, located permanently at Indianapolis, Ind., having previously practiced his pro- fession at Jackson, Mich., for some time. Very shortly after his location in Indianapolis Mr. Thurtle attracted the attention of the various contractors and the pirblic as an excep- tionally able architect, and since that time he has commanded a lucrative business, which is steadily on the increase. Notable among the buildings for which he has furnished plans can be mentioned two structures at and the remodeling of the main edifice of Butler University, the Grubbs, the Tuttle and Jacobs buildings, numerous residences, various schools and churches, and his work has extended not only to surrounding counties, but States as well. At Indianapolis, in 1891, Mr. Thurtle married Miss Edith Bradford Grover, a native of Terre Haute, Ind., and their pleasant and happy home is in this city, where they have many friends. Mr. Thurtle is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, is independent in his political views and he and his wife are members of Plymouth Church. Martin C. Anderson. One of the most prominent and useful citizens of Marion County, Ind., is Martin C. Anderson, who was born in Hancock County, Ind. , November 14, 1844, a son of William H. and Susan (Wilson) Anderson, who were born near Williamstown, Ky., but were taken by their parents to Rush County, Ind., at the settling of that section and were brought up there on woodland farms. After they had reached maturity and were married they removed to Greenfield, Ind., where the father began following the calling of a plaster contractor. He died in 1863 at the age of fifty-one years, his widow surviving him until a few years ago when she died at the age of eighty one years, at which time she was making her home with her children. To their union five children were born, two sons and three daughters, three of which family are living at the piesent time. When Martin C. Anderson was one year old his father came with his family to Indianapolis and here the subject of this sketch received his finishing education in the city high schools. At the age of seventeen years he began learning the plasterer’s trade under his father, with whom he continued to be associated until the death of the latter, when he commenced business for himself and eventually became the largest plastering contractor in the city. He first entered the polit- ical arena in 1873, at which time he made the race for councilman in the old eighth ward and served one term. At the end of this time he became the Democratic nominee for city clerk and ran several hundred votes ahead of his ticket but was defi'uted and went down with the rest of the ticket. In 1890 he was a candidate before the Democratic convention for the nomination of recorder but was defeated by Peter Carson. In 1891 when the county commissioners wanted a snjierintendent for the Marion County Workhouse, Mr. Ander- son was unanimously chosen and has made a faithful and exceptionally efficient official. 'J’he highest compliments have been paid him for the excellent and efficient, manner in which this penal institution is managed and disciplined. These things are easily explained, how ever, when it is taken into consideration that Mr. Anderson is an industrious workingman himself. ,\ largo percent, of the inmates of this institution are men who have fallen by the wayside, but who have been workingmen, and Mr. Anderson has always proven a true friend of the workingman. In .lune, 1886, when the plasterers of tlu' city w(>re on a strike, Mr. 400 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS Anderson was the first, man to come to the assistance of the journeyman plasterers, by agree- ing to pay ten hours’ ])ay for eight hours’ work and for a time this state of affairs continued. He is a member of the Cleveland Club, the Masonic lodge, the K. of H. , the A. O. U. W., and the K. of P., and is an active member of the Builders Exchange. On June 20, 1877, he was united in marriage to Miss Emma L. Glazier, a native of this city, her father, Charles Glazier, being the first engineer on the Indianapolis and Terre Haute Railroad, and ran the first train over the road after its completion. Three children were born to the union of Mr. and Mrs. Anderson, but only two are living at the present time; Harry C. and Hervey G. Charles M. died in infancy. Mrs. Anderson is a member of the Fletcher Place Church and is a woman of much intelligence and nobility of character, in fact, a worthy helpmate to her worthy husband. Col. Ben.jamin W. Hautley. Since the year 1850 this gentleman has been engaged in the occupation of luick contracting. He was born in Clarke County, Ohio, February 13, 1820, and is a son of Josiah K. Hartley, whose birth occurred in the vicinity of Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio, of which State his father, William Hartley, was one of the pioneers from Kentucky, although a native of England. After his marriage, which occurred in Butler County, he came to Indiana. Josiah K. Hartley was a very successful contractor and built one of the first brick houses ever put u]» in the town of New Carlisle. In this business he was succeeded by his son, Benjamin W., the subject of this sketch, although for a number of years prior to his death they were associated in business. Benjamin W. built the paper mills, the Niles Tool Works, the Malt House, the school house, and many other buildings in Hamilton, and since his residence in Indianapolis, whither he came in 1851, he has put up some very important structures in partnership with Robert Taylor, who was the pioneer brick man of the town. About the first building they erected after they had associated them- selves in business was the gas works, then the Christian Church at the corner of Delaware and Ohio Streets. In the meantime he began the study of medicine with Dr. Lawrence Abbott, and shortly after went to Rockville, Parke County, and began practicing. In 1856 he went to Kansas, and the following year took up liis residence in Wyandotte County, where he remained until the winter of 1864. While in Wyandotte County he was a mem- l)er of the city council, and was next elected assessor of the county. After he removed to Johnson County he was elected trustee of Shawnee Township, and was afterward elected to represent that county in the State Legislature. May 9, 1861, he became first lieutenant of Company A, Second Kansas Infantry, and on May 25, was promoted to the captaincy of that company, becoming lieutenant-colonel of his regiment October 29, 1861. He served three years throughout southern Missouri and northern Arkansas, and was in the engagements at Wilson’s Creek and Pea Ridge in the border service. In 1864 he returned to Hamilton, Ind., and opened a tobacco factory, but later disposed of it, and in 1876 came to Indianapo- lis and formed a partnership with John W. Thompson, and again commenced contracting. During the panic of that time and for six years thereafter, he was on the police force of the city, at which time Mr. Thompson was justice of the peace. After his term of service on the j)olice force had expired he and Mr. Thompson resumed business and have since had all the contracts they coirld possibly attend to. They have been doing a great deal of foundation work and for some time were associated with William Landmeier, but for a short time Mr. Hartley has been pursuing his operations alone. He has been quite a politician in his day. and has been a member of Republican conventions and on committees on numerous occasions. August 9, 1849, Mr. Hartley was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Cornthwait, a native of Butler County, Ohio, but on September 3, 1893, he was left a widower. She bore him nine children, five daughters surviving. Mr. Hartley is a member of the I. O. O. F., and at the opening of the war was deputy grand master of the Grand Lodge of the State of Kansas, and at the present time he is a member of the Indianapolis Lodge, No. 465. In 1841 he became a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, but two years later he united with the Chri.stian Church, became an officer in the same, and ever since 1852 has preached the doctrine of that denomination on various occasions in the Shelby Street Christian Church. Feederick J. Meyer. The calling of the merchant is one of the oldest as well as one of the most honorable of all lines of industry. Exchange and barter are two of the world’s most important factors, and without these the public would indeed find themselves in a sad AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. 407 plight. Above all, it is necessary that the goods should be first class and the merchant hon- orable and reliable, two features combined in the mercantile career of Frederick J. Meyer. This gentleman was born in Prussia, Germany, January 2, 1847, a son of Henry J. and Eleanor (Schaekel) Meyer, who spent their entire lives in their native land. The father was a farmer by occupation and served three years in the German army, his death occurring in November, 1846. His widow survived him until March, 1889, when she, too, passed aw'ay. The birth of Frederick J. Meyer occurred after the death of his father, and as is the custom in Germany, he attended the public schools until he was fourteen years of age, at which time he entered a high school, which he attended for two years. He then turned his attention to farming, which he continued until emigrating to America, in 1867. Upon his arrival in this country he came immediately to Indianapolis and soon began working in the flour mill of C. Heckman, , but one year later entered the wholesale establishment of Holland & Oster- meyer, also remaining with them about one year. He then engaged in contract work for himself until 1875, when, having saved some money, he engaged in the grocery business on a small scale at the corner of East and McCarty Streets, having purchased a lot there on which a small building, 16x60 feet had been erected. By close attention to business and good management he prospered and is now the owner of a store 60x150 feet, two stories high, erected by him in 1884, in which he carries a stock of goods valued atabout $12,000, con- sisting of groceries, drygoods, clothing, boots and shoes, in fact, a tine line of general merchan- dise, and does a business of aboitt $45,000 annually. He also owns, in addition to his busi- ness property, six houses and lots, all of which he has accumulated since coming to this city, his capital, on locating here, amounting to $49. He is a member of St. Paul’s German Lutheran Evangelical Church, and has been one of its trustees for fourteen years and presi- dent for five years. He is one of the directors of the German Lutheran Orphan’s Home Society, and on November 6, 1893, was appointed a member of the board of public works by Mayor Denny, and entered upon the duties of this position November 20. He is a well- known and substantial German citizen and has always taken great interest in everything for the welfare of the city. He was married October 21, 1870, to Mary Buddenbaum, a native of Prussia, Germany, by whom he has one child, Harry C. , born in August, 1871, and died at the age of nine months and ten days. Mr. Meyer has always been a stanch Democrat and has given his active support to that party on all occasions. CoRYDON R. Shimer. The subject of this sketch was born May 20, 1838, on the farm where he now lives and his education was received in the common schools of Marion County. This was such as to qualify him to teach in his home district for a period of twelve months to the satisfaction of his patrons. He remained in common with his parents, Elias N. and Mahala Shimer, until twenty-six years of age, or until the death of the father who requested him in his will to take charge of the homestead, consisting of 240 acres which was left intact for the benefit of Mrs. Shimer. As this was the mother’s wish also, our subject remained with her during the remainder of her days, a period of twenty two years. The father was born December 6, 1798, and the mother June 8, 1802. They were married April 4, 1822, near Zanesville, Ohio, and remained there until 1829, when they came with their three little boys to their western land, consisting of 160 acres unimproved. To this eighty acres more were added in 1848. Mr. Shimer and family remained with the family of their brother-in- law, Henry Brady, while a cabin was being built, and then began their careei' as early set- tlers. In the course of time churches were established and ]\Ir. and Mrs. Shimer attached themselves to and were prominent members and active workers in the Pleasant Run Baptist Church told School), Mr. Shimer serving the church association as clerk for many years. Mr. Shimer was a man of more than ordinary ability and intelligence which qualities were greatly im[)roved by his industry in reading and stud 3 \ He was a man of sound judgment, unsullied reputation and honorable deportment. He was in every r(‘spect an exem])larv cit izen. He served the community in several offices with credit to himself and general satisfaction, unwavering in his notions on religion and jiolitics. He nevei' conq)romised })iinci])lo let the consequences be what the\' might. He died Julv 29, 1864. .Mrs. Shimer was a woman whose whole mind and strength were em])loyed in the arduous duties and loving care of her homo and family. Hei' character was one poRS(‘ssedof all the beauties, charms and loveliness that the word mother implies. The twenty-two years she andour subject spent together after 408 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS the father’s death were of the most pleasant character throughout, “ the last were the most precious.” Says Corydon: “I had attained an age when I could more fully appreciate a mother’s worth.” She died December 13, 1886. Six children were born to this worthy couple as follows; Caleb D. ; William R. ; Isaac H. ; Asa N. ; James N. H., and Corydon R., our subject. The eldest of these children, Caleb D. , is seventy years of age, and resides in Hancock County, Ind. He has been three times married, first to Mrs. Margaret Mitchell by whom he had one child, Catherine M., who died in 1871, aged twenty- three years. His sec- ond wife was Miss Susan Birdwhistle, by whom he had two children, Anna and William. The former died at the age of two years, and the latter is married. Caleb’s third wife was Miss Ellen Bingham, who bore him four children, Martha A., married Amie Geroude, and has two children, Donald and Eva; Emma, married Mr. Campbell; James C., married and has two children, Robert and Grace; and Katie, has been twice married, first, to Mr. Walter Tate, by whom siie had one child Walter, and the second time to Hulbert McNeily, by whom she has two children, Temple and Lizzie. Emma, James C. and Katie reside in Topeka, K an. William R. ,the second child born to Elias N. and Mahala Shimer, is now sixty-seven years of age and has been twice married, first to Miss Elizabeth O’Neal, who bore him eight children, Mahala C. , who married George Adams, and became the mother of seven children, William, Daniel, Elizabeth, Susan, Carry, Mary and Henry; Isaac H. , who is now thirty- nine years of age, married Miss Jennie Hart, by whom he has four children, William, Mag- gie, Myrtle and John; Willie, a very exemplary boy, died when sixteen years of age; Daniel V., another bright, intelligent child, died when eight years of age; Nelson R., married Miss Mila Murphy, and has five children, Nellie, Grover, Carl, Clara B. and Lizzie; Richard O. , married Miss Josie Patterson, and had one child ; Thomas and Charles. William R. Shimer’s second marriage was with Miss Sue M. Dunn, who bore him one child, Carrie. Isaac H., the third child born to the marriage of Elias Shimer, is now sixty-four years of age, and has been three times married. His first union was with Miss Indiann Moorhouse, by whom he had one child, Thomas. His second marriage was with Miss Jane Gunning, who bore him three children, Howard, who married Miss Lelia Hovey, and had four children and died, Nellie, Charley, Willie and Lee; Jennie, married Edward Cook, and has three children, Nina, Guy and — an infant, and Floi a was married in 1892 to Robert McGinnis, of Indian- apolis. Isaac H. Shimer’s third union was with Miss Lititia Harris, who bore him nine children, Elias, Viola, Henrietta. Ray, Myrtle, Mabel, Erie, Grace and Eddy. Asa N. , the fourth child born to Elias N. Shimer, is mentioned in another part of this work, and James N. H. , the fifth child, died when two years of age. The paternal grandparents of these children, Isaac and Sarah Ann (De Lashmutt) Shimer, were natives of Maryland, the former born in 1765, and died near Zanesville, Ohio, in 1848, and the latter in 1773, and died at her son’s, Elias N. Shimer’s, in 1856, and was buried in Green Lawn Cemetery, and removed from that place with eight others to Crown Hill by C. R. Shimer, in 1887. Five children were born to this union, Elias N., Elizabeth, Catherine W., Susan and William J. Elizabeth was twice married, first, to John Wilson, by whom she had five children, William D., Sarah, Frankie, Eliza and Catherine, all married. Her second marriage was with John P. Demp- ster, by whom she had four children, Henry, Ellen, Virginia and Thomas, all married. Catherine W., married Thomas J. Northup, who died in 1856. “ Mrs. Northup was a woman of great magnetism, she was a model woman; several years of her life were spent in Washington City among the ^lite. To say that she was accomplished, generous, noble, lovely, simply de.scribe her character. Never would human being in need leave her presence ungratified if it was within her power to alleviate their wants. She died in full possession of all her faculties, October 26, 1882, at the residence of our subject, after a sojourn with the family of twenty- six years — cherished sojourn, a sojourn cherished l)y all with whom she came in contact.” Susan was married to the late J. B. H. Bratshaw, of Detroit, Mich. Two children were the fruits of this union, Sarah Ann and Matilda, both married. William J., the youngest of the family, made his home with his brother and nephew for nearly thirty years, and died in 1884, when seventy-three years of age. Our subject’s maternal grand- parents, Caleb and Susanna (Strader) Dunn, were natives of New Jersey, the former born in 1777, and died in 1849, and the latter born in 1779 and died in 1859. They were united in marriage June 1 1, 1797, and from this union resulted eight children, Hannah, Mahala, Mary, LIBRARY OF THE JNIVERSITY OF ILLINOr 409 AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. Asa, Strader, Thomas, William and Susan. The eldest child, Hannah, married Hon. Henry Brady, by whom she had six children, Emily, Oliver, Lititia, Margaret, Mahala and George; Mary, married James Caldwell, and became the mother of five children, Caleb, James, Will iam, Hervey and Susan; Asa, the fourth child born to Caleb Dunn, married Miss Caroline Sedwick and had these children, Wilson, Hannah, Susan, William, Lucy, Mary, George and Emma; Strader, the fifth child, married Miss Hettie Joseph, who bore him six children, William, Jane, Martha, Mary, Cornelius and Cornelia (twins); Thomas Dunn married Miss Hannah Ailes, and four children are living, James, Elijah, Marion and George; William Dunn married Miss Dorothy Crane and has two children, Howard and Cora; Susan Dunn, the youngest child l)orn to Caleb Dunn, married James M. Mercer, and became the mother of one child, Jacob D. On September 10, 1878, the original of this notice was married to Miss Belle Zimmerman, daughter of Christopher and Kate Zimmerman, of 560 East Wash ington Street, Indianapolis. Mrs. Shimer is a lady of culture who in addition to a high school education, attended St. Mary’s of the Woods, at Terre Haute. Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Shimer, as follows: Bessie, who died in infancy; J. Tilden, born February 3, 1877, is now attending Butler University; Donald B. and Harold N. (twins), born .tanuary 9, 1884. The latter died when but four days old. Donald is kind, obliging, industrious and a GOOD boy. Fidelity Farm, the home of our srrbject, adjoins Irvington on the south and is located two and a half miles east of the city limits of Indianapolis. It con- sists of 192 acres and is admirably ada})ted to the uses to which it is put, general farming. Some of Mr. Shimer’ s horses are standard bred and he has a tine half mile track where he oversees the training of hin animals. At the head of his herd is the Hambletonian stallion Billy Breckenridge; his younger animals bid fair to make reputations on the race course. Until a few years ago Mr. Shimer’ s attention was given to (he raising of Jersey cattle, and he still has a tine herd of this breed. He was nearly killed in 1884 by an infuriated Jersey bull, and all his life will carry the scars of this encounter on his head and face. Mr. Shimer has a substantially built, modern two-story brick house of thirteen rooms, the building being trimmed with stone and galvanized iron, a large bay-window fronts the north, and on the east and west of the double-parlors extending the entire height of the house, all furnished with the be.st quality of French plate glass. The house is located on one of the highest points of land in the vicinity and presents a tine appearance from the surrounding country. It is situated within one-half mile of Butler University and of the Irvington public school. Mr. Shimer also has a slate-covered brick smoke and wood-house, also a brick car- riage-house and granary, and his large farm barn is capable of comfortably stabling thirty head of stock. Alfkki) Pahud. The activity which characterizes every l)ranch and department of trade and commerce is due to the initiative energy and enterprise of the leading re])resentative merchants in each line, and the tloral industry of the city is as well represented l)y thor- oughly energetic and competent business men as any other branch of human endeavor. .Vlfrecl Bahud, a well known tloi’ist of the city, has a f)erfect understanding of his business and realizes the importance of j)romptnes8 and of delivering according to promise, and has made it a rule never to disappoint his customers under any circumstances. He is tlie oldest and one of the most practical tlorists in Indianapolis and has had a lifelong experience in the work. He has been the florist of Grown Hill Cemetery for the ])ast six years, and none has ever had occasion to regret his ap])ointment to that position, for he is careful, painstaking and conscientious in his work, and nothing is left undone tliat should be attended to. INfr. Pahud was born in Switzerland in 1852, where he also received a practical education, and [U'ior to coming to the I’nited States lie thoroughly learned the trade of a Horist , so that altimugh he was a stranger in a strange land and unfamiliar with the American customs upon reaching this country, he knew that he could make a good living by following his chosen calling. Prior to coming here, liowevei-. he followed tlie calling of a llorist for the years in Paris, three years in I^yons, three years in Switzerland, and learned to speak the German. French and English languages quite Huently. After coming to Indianajiolis, Ind., lie established himself in his pr(*s«nit business and has 2(1,000 feiJ under glass, in which are rare, beautiful and costly flowtus as well as the most inexpensive, in fact, everything to suit the taste of the jmblic, and which are sold at reasonable figures. He makes a s|)ecialty of 410 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS cut flowers, decorating, etc., and furnishes rare and beautiful designs for banquets, balls and public demonstrations of all kinds. He commands a liberal patronage, for the wise Ameri- can knows where his interests lie and always patronizes those who endeavor to please him, in which respect he shows his good judgment. Mr. Pahud was married in his native land and brought his wife with him to this country, but she died about one year after their arrival. In 1883 Mr. Pahud married a second time, hie present wife having been born in France. By this union they have four children. He is a man much esteemed by all who know him and is a useful addition to the business circles of the city of Indiana23olis. David Johnson. The gentleman whose name is at the head of this sketch has been quite successful from a pecuniary standpoint in the conduct of his affairs, and is a liberal, generous and high minded gentleman, whose correct mode of living has gathered about him a large circle of friends and well wisliers. He has resided in Marion County all his life, for liere he was born August 3, 1832, a sou of William M. and Eliza (Ajqfleton) Johnson, the former of whom was a native of New Jersey, and when a young man removed therefrom to Ohio, and one year later came to Indiana, taking up his residence in Marion County, three miles northeast of the Cii’cle in 1821, near where the United States Arsenal now is, .which was then heavily covered with timber, and Indianajvolis consisted of but two houses. The [laternal grandfather, David Johnson, was a farmer and coojier and died when the subject of this sketch was a child. He entered a'woodland farm on coming to this country, which is now owned by Samuel Johnson, whose son resides on the farm. William M. Johnson helped clear uj) this land, but afterward moved to or near West Indianapolis, and his farm is now in |)ossession of the subject of this sketch, and is situated on Eel Creek. It comprises 160 acres, and from the door of his jiresent residence Mr. Johnson can see one-half mile distant to the ))lace where he was born. His father, William M. Johnson, also bought land here and fol- lowed farming up to the day of his death, which occurred in 1877 at about the age of seventy seven years. When Mr. Johnson came to this section of the country the only inhabitants were mostly Indians, and the laud now occupied by the pojiulous city of Indian- apolis was a continuous patch of hickory ash bushes, also thickly timbered. He lived to see Indiana|)olis become one of the greatest railroad centers in the United States, and Marion County to become one of the most jirosjierous in the State. He was a member of the Method- ist Episcopal Church for over fifty years, and at various times trustee and steward of the same. In jiolitics he was first a Whig and later became a Republican. His wife was a member of the same church as himself and died in 1850, when about forty years of age. To this union a good old fashioned family of twelve children were given, of whom Henry, the eldest, is a jirosjierous farmer of Wayne Township this county; David: Mary, wife of Henry Pence; Anna, wife of a Mr. John J. Johnson, a farmer and brick manufacturer of Castleton, this county; Sarah A., wife of John VanSickle of Boone County; George is a farmer near Castleton, and the rest of the children died in infancy, with the exception of Emeline, who lived to be seventeen years of age. David Johnson received his education in Indianapolis in the first log school-house that was built there, and after attending school for two months in the year, when he was nineteen years of age he decided that his education was completed, and it was more than ordinarily thorough for that period. At the age of twenty- one he began working out for |13 per month as driver of an ox team, and was afterward on the Cincinnati Railroad hauling timbers for bridges, and in the spring he assisted in laying the foundations for these bridges. Shortly after he began farming and after his crop was garnered he returned to railroad work, or anything that he could find to do and continued this way for some time, and thus got his start in life. Thirty three years ago he rented land of Mr. McCorby and has had business connections with him ever since. He made his first purchase of land in 1857, at which time he purchased ten acres where his home now stands, but where he now owns twenty acres. In 1870 he bought three acres, for wliicb he paid $1,100 an acre. This is a part of West Indianapolis, and besides this he owns a one- third interest in the old home place, which is now very valuable. He has been quite a suc- cessful contractor as well as a farmer, and built the Michigan Street bridge, the Morris Street bridge foundation and put in the foundations of the Kentucky Avenue bridge, and worked on the Kentucky levees in different parts of the city and has otherwise been con- nected with the development of the city. He was the first town trustee, a jiosition he held 411 AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. for many years, was tlien elected city treasurer and is now serving liis second term in this position. Although formerly a Whig in politics, he has long been a Republican and cast his first Republican vote in 1856. In 1S57 he was married to Miss Mary Johnson, daughter of William M. Johnson (not related) and to them three children were given; M'^illiam O., a farmer, and Elida, wife of Fred Crow. Another son, Charles, lived to be eighteen years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson are members of the Methodist E])iscopal Church and he is a member of Samaritan Lodge, of the I. O. O. F., of which he has been a member since 1856, and lie also belongs to the I. O. R. M, and the R. A., in which he is trustee, and the A. F. A A. M. He is a man whose usefulness to Indianapolis cannot be doubted, and he has the satisfaction of knowing that his life has been well spent and an honorable one. Jeremiah Egan, Esq. The duty of caring for the graves of those who have “crossed to that bourne fiom whence no traveler returns” is a sacred one and one that should be placed in the hands of those who are painstaking, trustworthy and reliable. In Mr. Egan these qualities are to be found in an eminent degree, and besides these he possesses good taste and a knowledge of landscape gardening which has been of essential benefit to him in perform- ing the duties of superintendent of the Holy Cross Cemetery, a position he has discharged with marked ability for some time past. The Sons of Ireland are well represented in Marion County, and they hold conspicuous places in many pursuits which make that county, a substantial star in the galaxy of Indiana’s many interesting counties. Jeremiah Egan was born in County Cork, Ireland, in 1836, and was named for his father, who was an honest and industrious tiller of the soil in the Isle of Erin, and no doubt he inherited from this worthy gentleman many of his most worthy business (|ualities, as well as the (piick wit and light heartedness so characteristic of the Irish people. The father died in his native land in 1846, l)ut prior to this he had given his sou Jeremiah every educational advantage within his power, and for sometime was himself his teacher, for he was finely educated, and one of his greatest desires was that his son should be also. In 1868 Jeremiah Egan decided to seek his fortune in America, and on April 28 of that year landed in Indianapolis, Ind. Having learned the trade of a gardener near the city of Cork, Ireland, he became a florist U|)on his arrival in Indianapolis, in connection with which he followed the occupation of gardening for nearly five years. At the end of that time he had accumulated sufficient means to enable him to purchase an establishment of his own at 805 East ^Market Street, of which he is still the owner. He soon after secured employment in the city gas works, with which he was connected until about 1802, when he was appointed to the position of superin- tendent of the Holy Cross Cemeteiy, and under his wise and comprehensive management the place has been greatly im])roved and made a “thing of beauty.’’ Old and sunken graves have been built up. the new' ones are always carefully looked after, and the grass, shrubs and trees are kej)t neatly trimmed. IMr. Egan has proved to be the right man in the right place and all who have friends buried in the Holy Cross Cemetery are thoioughly satisfied with his management of the place. He belongs to the St. Michael’s Benevolent Society and politically is a Demociat. He was married in County Cork, Ireland, to Miss Nora Irvin and to their union five sons and two daughters have l)een given, one of the latter ))eing dead. John Svnders. Of the many projiiinent farmers of Decatur Township, Marion County, Ind., Mr. .Sandei's is well worthy of mention for he has been a resident, of this county all his life and has ever had its inter(*sts at heai t. He was born on the farm belonging to his father October 26, 1837. and as lie w'as left motherless when only three weeks old, he was taken by his maternal grandmother, Ifiirebe Mills, wife of John Mills, who lived in Decatur Township. He ma 08 ition he purchased his pres- ent property at 120 Lexington Avenue, where he has five commodious green houses. He is an artistic decorator, in which capacity his services are almost constantly in demand and he makes a specialty of cut flowei’s, constantly keeping a large supply on hand. Since com- mencing in business for himself ho has built up an extensive and most profital)le practice, the result of intelligent grasp of the enterf)rise and of faithful, honest, persistent work, fn 1887 he wedded Miss Sadie Herron, at. that tinn^ a resident of Indiana])()lis but a native of Ohio, and to them one son has been given. Kearney. Mr. and ^^rs. Swaitting are niem- l)ers of the Christian Church and socially In* is a member of the I. (). (). F. and tlie K. of R. 422 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS (). K. Weaver. The right liand of the loyal American will forget its cunning and his tongue cleave to the roof of his mouth ere he forget the services of those heroic men, who, in res])onse to the call of the great Lincoln, left their homes and those they loved, bearing as offerings upon the altar of liberty sacrifice greater than ever smoked upon the stone of offering in Hebrew temple, even their own lives. Some were accepted and they went down ill carnage, or expired in disease-laden hospitals; others in part, and they came home maimed, or halt, or blind; and still others escaped altogether. But the offering was the same in every event, and the living and the dead are equally the objects of the gratitude and the love of those who love freedom and their country. In the number of the heroic band was the subject of this sketch, now the assistant quartermaster general of the Department of Indiana, (4. A. B. , who was but a lad when he heard the call and heeded it with all the. zeal and patriotic tire that w’armed the heroes of Lexington and Bunker Hill. O. R. Weaver was born in Knightstown, Henry County, Ind., April 22, 1845, being the son of John Weaver, the oldest druggist of this State, now of Knightstown. This worthy man gradu- ated in medicine in Ohio and practiced for a number of years, and is yet in the active busi- ness of a druggist. He married a Miss Elizabeth Huttle, of Bathmor, Ohio. The grand- jiarents of our subject on both sides were pioneers of Imliana, the Weavers being descended from old Col. Jacob Guncle, of war fame, and are of a most patriotic line, members of the family participating in every war from that of the Revolution down to and including the last war, and taking in all the Indian wars. The paternal grandfather, Peter Weaver, came from Pennsylvania and settled in Ohio. The subject of this sketch was reared in Knights- town and was educated in the public schools. He was attending one of these and at the same time studying medicine when the war broke out, and at the age of sixteen he enlisted in Company A, Fifty-seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry, but was rejected on account of his age at the final muster of his regiment, to his keen and poignant disappointment. He fretted to think that his comrades and friends were fighting for the liberties of the country and he in peace at home. And thus it was all through the winter, but in the spring of 1862 he made another attempt, enlisting this time in Capt. M. D. Leeson’s company, of the Fifth Indiana Cavalry, but was again rejected for the same reason as before. He would not be daunted, however, and was resolved to try and try again until he was successfitl. For the third time, in the summer of 1862 he offered himself, in Company I, Third Indiana Cavalry, as a recruit, and this time, to his infinite joy, he was accepted. At this trial he adopted an ex])edient that was afterward quite common, of placing the figures “18” in his shoe, and declaring that he “was over eighteen.” He was in all of the engagements of his regiment up to and including the battle of Stone River, from the date of enlistment, and here he was disabled in the summer of 1868, and discharged, he weighing but eighty pounds at this time. After partially regaining his health he re-enlisted, in 1864, as a hospital stew- ard of the One Hundred and Thirty-ninth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry and served until the term of the regiment expired, and then in the spring of 1865 he started for Indian- apolis, with the object of again enlisting, but was taken sick and was unable to join the regi- ment before its departure from the city. In the fall of 1866 he was connected with a whole- sale drug house in Cincinnati, and went to the Northwest, where he spent the fall and win- ter, returning to Indianapolis in the spring of 1867 with the object of joining Gen. Sol. Meredith’s surveying corps, the objective j)6int being the then Territory of Montana, but a railroad accident delayed him, and he reached here too late. From this cause grew the fact of Col. Weaver being a continuous resident of Indianajtolis since that time. In 1868 he was in the employ of the patentee of a drive well. Col. N. W. Greene, and was connected with the company in this city for several years. Then for a year he was with Nordyke & Marmon Machine Company, after which he was with the Eagle Machine Company for two years. At this time he was taken seriously ill and was confined to his house for an entire year — from 1886 to 1887. Recovering then, he went into the office of Col. Walker, assistant adjutant general of the G. A. R., and served until February, 1891, when he was appointed assistant (piartermaster general G. A. R, Department of Indiana, and has served under this adminis- tration ever since. Col. Weaver is a member of the K. of P. and is past chancellor of that order, and also past grand master of the A. O. U. W. and serving a second term as supreme re[)resentative of the latter order: He has served as recorder of the subordinate lodge A. 423 AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. O. U. W. continuously since 1874. In politics .be is a Republican, and the only member of his family who votes that way, but he is none the less strong in his political views for that reason. He was married in 1870 to Miss Nannie Ogle, of Tipton, Ind. , and one child, John R., has blessed this happy union. R. M. Smock. Among the reputable men of Indianapolis, who in their conduct of business matters and the duties belonging to the various relations of life have acquired a worthy name, we may well mention R. M. Smock, who in every walk in life has carried with him the esteem of all. This gentleman was born in Marion County, Perry Township, Ind., April 2, 1841, and his parents, Isaac and Ann T. (Smock) Smock, were natives of Kentucky. Isaac Smock left his native State with his mother in 1827, and in a wagon made the trip to Marion County, Ind., where he located on a farm. He was mar- ried in this county in 1889. and he and wife started out to fight life’s battles for themselves as pioneers, for the country was very thinly settled at that tlate. Mr. Smock was engaged as an agriculturist, and this has continued to be his occupation up to the present time. Assisted by his most worthy wife he has amassed a comfortable competency, and the con- veniences aud comforts of life are now to be found in the pleasant home of this most esti- mable couple. Mr. Smock is now in his seventy-sixth year, but the frosts of time have touched him lightly. Of the eleven children born to this union, seven are now living, and our subject is second in order of birth. The latter became familiar with the duties of farm life at an early age, and received his education in the common country school. In the year 1862, in the month of July, he enlisted in Company G, Seventieth Indiana Infantry, and served as a private soldier for three years. He was wounded in front of Lost Mountain January 16, 1864, by a gunshot in the left chest, and was sent to the Nashville hospital, where he remained two weeks. He was then furloughed home, but after arriving under the parental roof he was taken with typhoid fever, and it is only a wonder that he is alive to tell of it. It was a long time before he recovered. He participated in a number of battles, prominent among them are the following: Russellville, Ky. ; Resaca, Cassville, Burnt Hickory, New Hope Church aud Golgotha Church. After recovering from his illness he was transferred to post duty under Col. A. O. Warner, and was stationed in Indianapolis. The Seventieth Regiment was commanded l)y Gen. Benjamin Harrison. In November, 1865, Mr. Smock entered the county cleik’s office as deputy, aud served in that capacity continu- ously until July. 1884. This record is ahead of any other citizen’s in Indianapolis, and abundantly testifies as to his ability in that position. In 1884 he was elected justice of the peace, held that position until 1892, and since that time has been engaged in settling up old accounts that accrued in his office. On April 18, 1898, he was appointed assistant adjutant- general, Department of Indiana, G. A. R. He is a member of George H. Thomas Post, G. A. R. , Avas adjutant one year; also commander one year. For two years he served as deputy of the board of visitors of the G. A. R. to the Indiana Soldiers aud Sailors’ Orphans’ Home at Knightstown, and is secretaiy of the same. Mr. Smock has shown his appreciation of secret organizations by becoming a member of the Masonic Fraternity, and the U. V. L. In the year 1865 he was united in marriage to Miss Jane E. Johnson, their nuptials being cele- brated at Battle Ground. Tippecanoe County, Ind., and two sonsare the fruits of this union; F. C. & H. E. The eldest son is married, and has one child, Arthur A. Mr. Smock’s sec- ond marriage occurred in 1874 to Mrs. F. E. Fisher, who l)ore him one child, Helen. Our sidqect’s maternal grandfather, John Smock, came to Marion County, Ind., in 1821, and entered 160 acres of land just south of the city. He and his eldest son came to make the purchase, and brought the money in their saddle bags. Isaac Smock was the youngest of his father’s family, and the only one now living. Mr. Smock and family are members of the Second Presbyterian Church, and he has served as deacon in the same for ten years. 9rok. Alexander Ernestinoff. The man who wrote that “Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast” had indeed a true conception of the human organism. 'Phere are few peo- ple in the world who are not susceptible to music, and it certainly jdays an important part in almost every walk of life. Wherever it is necessary or expedient to incite a concourse of I)eo|)le in a certain direction or to arouse a degree of enthusiasm, music will always ju'ove a j)Owerful agent. Soldiers at the sound of stirring melodj' will rush into the heat of battle utterly oblivious of danger. In the softer and more gentle paths of life, music also plays an 424 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS important part but nowhere, perhaps, has its influence been more marked than as an adjunct toward christenizin^ people. Alexander Ernestinoff, professor of music and a vocal special- ist with office at 530 North Illinois Street, Indianapolis, has played an important part in molding the public taste toward high grade music, and the large number of pupils which he at all times has is a sufficient guaranty of his success and popularity. He was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, January 14, 1853, his parents being Alexander and Clementina (Janonsh- kooska) Ernestinoff, natives of Russia, in which country they are still residing. Professor Alexander Ernestinoff was the only son of their three children and in the city of St. Peters- burg he was reared and educated, graduating from the Imperial Gymnasium and later from the Conservatoire. Immediately thereafter he went to Berlin, Germany, in which city he spent some time and while there made a contract with some New York parties to come to New York and take charge of the German Opera, and for this purpose, in 1872, he crossed the Atlantic and for three years thereafter traveled throughout the United States with this com- pany, making his home in New Y’^ork City. He located in St. Louis in 1876 and took charge c)f the St. Louis Orchestra and was the leader of two musical societies, the Germania and the Arion. He remained in St. Louis until 1881 when he was engaged by the Indianapolis Maennerchor to come to this city, and for two years thereafter was connected with this society. He then took charge of the Lyra Society, but later the Meridian Street Church Quartette was placed under his management, and he conducted it successfully for three years. At the end of this time he gave up all positions and has since devoted the most of his attention to teach- ing, and has one of the tinest orchestras in the city. His (juartette is also well known for the tine music which it renders, and the entertainments which it has given frequently in the opera houses of the city are always largely attended by lovers of good music. Professor Ernestinoff is exceptionally gifted with musical talent, and has a fine voice, which has reached much per- fection by careful and intelligent training. His renown in his line of work is wide spread and he is therefore prosperous financially. He was married in 1876 to Miss Amalia Kinklin, a native of New York, by whom he has two children, Antoinette and Helen. William A. Readino. One of the lawyers of Indianapolis of whom one frequently hears or reads in connection with some legal matter of moment, frequently in connection with some important transaction in real estate, is William A. Reading. Indianapolis has always been the fortunate possessor of lawyers of ability and success, and some of its most lirilliant legal practitioners have been natives of the city. Mr. Reading is one of this class. Indianapolis was his birthplace and he was born August 9, 1855, a son of Alexander D. and Sarah E. J. (Brown) Reading, His father was born in Kentucky and came to Indian- apolis about 1838, and here married, in time. Miss Sarah E. J. Brown, whose father located in this county in 1824 or 1825, and was one of the pioneers of this city. Samuel P. Reading, his grandfather, was a soldier and an officer not alone in the Revolutionary War but in the War of 1812-14, risking his life in a second war to perpetuate the national liberty he had risked his life to gain. Alexander D. Reading is a resident of Irvington, Ind. William A. Heading received his primary education in the public schools of Indianapolis and was later graduated from the Greenfield Academy and from Butler University. He then took up the study of law under the direction of Judge Ralph Hill, and in 1881 was graduated from the Law School of Indianapolis and was admitted to the bar of Marion County. He kept his office with Judge Hill and for twelve years has continued it there, in fact, as student and lawyer, he has never occupied another, though his practice is entirely independent of that of every other lawyer. He is regarded as shrewd and far-seeing, careful in prejiaring his cases, skillful in presenting them and ingenious and logical in arguing them. He has been success- ful in a purely legitimate way, seeking not political preferment nor aid of the influential, de[)euding upon his knowledge of his profession and his merit as a man. In business and social circles he is no less popular than with his brother members of the bar. He is a Knight of Pythias, and has from time to time been identified with other important organizations of differ- ent kinds. He is a Democrat of the stanchest kind, but while wielding a palpable political influence, is not really active as a politician, for he has no political ambition to gratify and is too intensely devoted to his profession to take up the battle for others. At the same time he is a close and most observant student of public affairs and holds the great interests of our country to be above all mere partisanship. BYRON K. ELLIOTT } > ... ■*: ■ LlSRArvY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOl >' r 425 AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. Lewis George. The progressive farmer whose name heads this sketch was born in Highland County, Ohio, on the farm belonging to his maternal grandfather, Richard Bar- rett, December 19, 1820, and there he was brought up and received his education in thesnb- scription schools of the period, one of his instructors being John W. Block, a noted teacher of that time, who taught the young idea in Union Seminary, an institution composed of three districts, which he attended from ten to fourteen years of age. When nineteen he left school and began working out as a farm hand at $8 a month and board for John W. Block, with whom he remained two summers, but in the winter of 1842 came to Marion County, Ind., and in January of the following year bought 129 acres of land, for a portion of which he went in debt. The typical log cabin served as his residence for some time, and after a short visit to his old home in Ohio, he returned to this section and began working for his cousin, I. George, with whom he made his home until January 9, 1844, when he married Harriet, daughter of Moses Alderson, a native of Kentucky, who was a soldier in the War of 1812. Soon after his marriage Mr. George moved on to the land he had purchased where he lived until 1855 when he bought 100 acres of Robert Milhous, onto which he moved and lived until 1885 when, some of his sons having gone to Oregon, he went there also. He pur- chased 160 acres of land in Washington County, but at the end of two years returned to this county, his wife having suffered a stroke of paralysis from the effects of which she died Aug ust 3, 1892, after having been a cripple for nearly forty years. To them eight children were born, two of whom died young: Alberry who was called from life at the age of seventeen years and Cornelius who died at the age of three months. Those living are: Ellen, widow of Hope De Bolt, has six children, Dalmon, Hattie, Minta, Alma. Nellie and Leslie (the last two being twins); Elias, who married and is now a resident of Salt Lake City ; Curran, who is married and resides in Oregon, has two children; Willis is also married and resides in Portland, Oregon; Marion married Margaret Hadley and has four children, Alberry, Hat- tie, Leonard and Dony; Vernon married Alice Chitwood and is a resident of Ashland, Ore. Lewis George was formerly a Whig and Abolitionist, but is now a Republican. He has served in the capacity of justice of the peace, is a member of the Masonic order, and belongs to no church although he was brought up a Quaker. Mr. George has a good farm of 175 acres and is now in the enjoyment of all the necessities as well as many of the lux- uries of life. His father, Ellis George, was born near Winchester, Va., in 1775, and upon reacliing manhood moved to Ohio, where he married Amy Barrett, with whom he came to Indiana about 1840. locating in Hamilton County, where he died about 1844, after having become the father of five children: Lewis; Richard (deceased), who married Sarah A. Haynes and has three children: Elizabeth, Henry L. and Frank; Jesse (deceased), married Mary Haynes and had four children: Amy E., James, Henry C. and Dr. E; Harry and The father of these children was a Quaker and Abolitionist. He was left a widower in 1831 and took for his second wife Sidney Barrett, a sister of his first wife, who was the widow of Moses Roverts, by whom she had one son, Moses. The paternal grandfather of the subject of this sketch, Richard George, was born in Virginia about 1752, and there he lived and died. He was married to Mary Cowgill, by whom he had five sons and five daughters, four of the latter dying unmarried. Lydia, the surviving daughter, married Joshua Johnson, of Virginia, and afterward became a resident of Ohio and later of Indiana. The sons were named Henry, John, Evan, Richard and Ellis. Hojie De Bolt, who married the daughter of Lewis George, was born at Newtown, Ohio, in 1842, and when about twenty-one years old removed to Vincennes where he lived for aliout four years prior to removing to Indian- apolis. After locating in this city he clerked for Dan Lemon for two years, and in 1873 was married to IMiss George, after which he moved to a farm owned by his wife’s father on wliich he lived one year. He then lived in Vincennes for one year, after which he returned to the farm and there was residing at the time of his death, which occuned October 20, 1886. I’olitically he was a Democrat, as was his father, Henry De Bolt, before him, the latter serv ing two terms as treasui’er of Hamilton county. Prof. J. B. Rorerts. One of the most striking features in the early history of this country is the attention that has been given to educational matters. In those days wherever a consideral)l(^ settlement has l)een formed, the village school was one of the first objects taken under consideration by the community. It iias been truly said that “a good education 426 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS is the best inheritance that parents can leave children.” lliches may take to themselves wings and fly away, but a good education will last through life. Among the prominent educators of Indianapolis is Prof. J. B. Roberts, who is instructor in High School, No. 1. He has l)een a resident of the city for nineteen years and during that time has won a host of warm friends. He was born in Tazewell County, 111., near Peoria, December 11, 1833, and is the son of Jolin M. and Mary W. (Burhans) Roberts, natives of the grand old Empire State, and of Welsh-German extraction. The Roberts family settled in Connecticut at an early date and the paternal grandfather of our subject, Daniel Roberts, was the first to “seek green fields and pastures new.” He moved to the State of New York and was there actively engaged in tilling the soil. His father was a Revolutionary soldier. Tempted by the fertile soil of the Prairie State, the father of our subject emigrated to Illinois in 1831, and with his father, three brothers and a sister, made the journey in wagons. They passed through Indianapolis, but did not stop there, and pushed on until they reached Tazewell County, 111. Peoria at that time consisted of a few log cabins, and Mr. Roberts drew a picture of the town, the same now being in the possession of our subject. He was a natural artist, but had spent some time in a lithograph establishment in New Y’^ork city. On his new farm he erected a rude log cabin and this he occupied one winter, after which he erected a more substantial dwelling in which he passed the remainder of his days, dying in 1887. 'riie mother received hei' final summons in 1838. At the time of their settlement near Peoria, Indians were numerous and often visited the home of this worthy couple. Prof. J. B. Rob- erts was the only child born to this union, but four children, three of whom are living, were born to his father’s second marriage. The latter was a very prominent farmer, was char- itable and kind, and was ever ready to extend a helping hand to the needy and afflicted. He was one of the early Abolitionists, was positive and outspoken in his views, and held a num- ber of township offices. The original of this notice attained his growth on the farm and like the majority of farmer boys received his primary education in the district schools. When sixteen years of age he decided that further education was necessary and entered Knox College, from which institution he graduated in 1855. Following this he was instructor in ancient languages of the same college for seven yeais and then secured the position of superintendent of the city schools of Galesburg, 111., which position he held until 1874. At the latter date he came to Indianapolis and was principal of the high school for seven years, or until 1881. For four years following this he conducted a private school, and since then has been an instructor in the high school. Socially Prof. Roberts is a member of the K. of H., and secretary of the College Corner Literary Club. He holds membership in the Plymouth Congregational Church, and is a liberal contributor to the same. In the year 1858 he was united in marriage to Miss Nancy G. Gillette, of Galesburg, 111., and three sons and a daughter have been born to this marriage: William B., George B. , John G. and Margaret A. Politically the Professor affiliates with the Republican party. T. M. Wright. The career of a lawyer is a succession of contests and the successes made in the legal profession are probably more than in any other calling in life examples of the ‘ ‘ survival of the fittest.” To become distinguished at the bar requires not only capacity but also sound judgment and persevering industry and these (pialities are admira- bly combined in Mr. Wright. Shrewd and quick in grasping points of law, his decisions are usually ready to be given when the arguments are given. Careful in the preparation of his cases, he has the ability to present them in a concise, logical and forcible manner. Mr. Wright, now deputy prosecuting attorney, is a product of Pennsylvania, born in Schuyl- kill County, near the city of Pottsville, November 22, 1847. His parents, Hiram N. and Ann (Glassinire) Wright, were also natives of the grand old State of Pennsylvania and were of German and French extraction, respectively. The father is now a resident of Indian- apolis and is foreman of the Belt Railroad shops. The subject of this sketch was brought to Indianapolis by his parents when six years of age, grew to manhood here and here received the principal part of his education, having attended school at Crawfordsville, Ind., for some time. After the death of his mother he gave up his schooling and began learning the painter’s trade. He did not follow this, however, but began learning telegraphy and followed this for some time on the Bee Line Railroad. Subsequently he engaged in the theatrical business with William Riley, who had the only theater in town at that time. He 427 AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. took part in all the plays and continued this for some time. The study of the law then attracted his attention and he was admitted to the bar in 1874. Since then he has been in the active practice of his profession. He has been deputy city and deputy State prosecutor for several years, having been appointed to the former position in 1875. In 1887 he was appointed deputy State prosecutor by James L. Mitchell and served for four years under that gentleman. Upon the election of John W. Holtzman as State attorney he was again made deputy and has served in that capacity continuously for over six years. Mr. Wright is a member of the K. of P. and in politics is strictly Democratic. George F. Miller. The subject of our sketch is a widely known and very popular citizen of Indianapolis, who is now tilling the office of deputy county and city treasurer. He comes of a worthy stock, having been born in Cabell County, Av. Va., the son of AVill- iam C. and Eliza (Gardner) Miller, natives of Gallipolis, Ohio, and of Greenup, Ky., respectively. The Miller family were early settlers of the valley of Virginia, and the great- grandfather of our subject was a soldier in the Eevolutionary War, as, also, in the Indian wars. He was the founder of Charleston, the capital of AVest Virginia, and built the fort where the city named now stands. At that place he followed the vocation of a farmer and there he died and was buried. The paternal grandfather, John Miller, lived and died in A’irginia. and the maternal grandfather, Joseph Gardner, was a native of Poston, Mass., but removed to A^irginia, where he died. In his earlier life he was a seafaring man and captain of a vessel which plied between Boston and San Domingo, as well as other i.slands of the AA'est Indies group. The last days of this voyager were spent in (piiet and uneventful retirement. The father of our subject was a merchant and trader and resided at Bar- boursville, A’^a.. where he died in 1886. The mother of our subject survived him two years, dying in 1888. This couple were the parents of seven children, six of whom are living, namely: Mrs. B. H. Thaxton, of Huntington, AA’. Va. ; C. H. Aliller, of Huntington, AV. A'a. ; George F. Aliller, our .subject; John AV., of Barboursville; Joseph Miller, late com- missioner of internal revenue under the first administration of President Cleveland, now liv- ing at Kanawha, AV. Va., and Florence, wife of George F. Aliller, Jr., president of the First National Bank, of Huntington, AA^ Va. The subject of our sketch was born in Virginia, where he was reared and attended school, and from ivhich, at the age of seventeen, he enlisted, at the outbreak of tlie war, in Comjiany A, Fourth Kentucky Cavalry, and served four years; being with the army of AVest Aurginia, with Longstreel’s corps in Tennessee, and surrendered with Johnston at Greensboro, N. C. He was captured at Alossey Creek, Tenu., and carried to Camp Douglass near Chicago, where he remained seven months, when he was exchanged. Mr. Aliller served as first lieutenant and bore the record of an excellent officer and a brave soldier, courageously contending for a cause his conscience approved. After the surrender he went to Cincinnati, where he was book-keeper in a wholesale grocery house for two years; then, in 1869, he came to Indianapolis and engaged in the coal business for about eight years, following which he was in the foundry business. In the year 1884 he was afipointed deputy United States marshal during Cleveland’s administration and served until 1885, when he went into the county treasurer’s office, under John Osterman, as deputy, and has been in the office ever since, proving himself a most efficient and accommodating pul)lic servant, who has gained the respect and confidence of the public wifhouf reference to politics. He was married in 1868 to Aliss Catharine A. Davidson and one child has blessed this union, Catharine L. Airs. Aliller and her daughter are [)roniinent members of the Second Presbyterian Church, as well as very popular among a huge circle of ac(|uaintances. Air. Aliller has a number of social affiliations and is a member of the Alasonic order. Thomas AIcCo.nxell. 'I’lie gentleman whose name heads this sketch is a member of the well-known firm of AIcConnell A Mount, contractors and builders, but was born in Belmont County, Ohio, in 1886. a son of Francis AlcConmdl, which name his paternal grandfather also bore. The latter was a native of the land of “thistles and oatmeal,” but juior to the Kevolutionary AV’ar came to this country and later became a member of the Continental army, serving in AV^ashington’s army for stwen years. He later liecame a i)ioneer of the State of Ohio, where his son, Francis, the father of tlie sul)ject of this sketch was born in 1808. Be- sides l)eing a successful tiller of the soil the latter was a shoemaker, which business he fol lowehysician in West Indianapolis. Socially a member of the Red Men, he acts as general marshal in all parades, etc., of the same. In the year 1877 he married Miss Ida V. Elliott, who was born in the Old North State, Three children have been given them:. John W. , Corral W. and Cora M. The Doctor and wife are members of the Christian Church, and in {politics he is a Democrat. John W. Singleton. Among the many uniijue, yet useful and laudable enterprises, to which man’s attention has been turned in his struggles to gain a foothold in the business world, and to secure a comjietency for himself and family, may be mentioned that in which John W. Singleton is engaged, which was established March 1, 1890 at 322-324 Lafayette Street, Indianapolis, under the name of the Indianapolis Steam Caiqiet Cleaning Works. The building covers an area of 50x120 feet, is two stories in height, and is fitted uji with machin- ery capable of cleaning 3,000 yards of carpet daily. Mr. Singleton has been phenomenally successful in this business, which is constantly and rapidly on the increase, and in 1892 net- ted over $5,000, an increase of 100 per cent, over that of the previous year. The wide-awake proprietor of this establishment was born in Warren, Penn., May 21, 1865, a son of William and Anna E. (Jones) Singleton, who were akso born in the Keystone State. The father was a producer of petroleum, and carried on a prosperous business in oil fields at Duke Center, Penn., for many years. Owing to the fact that he was crippled, he was the only 'one of fif- LIBRARY OF THE 'JMIVERSITY OF ILLINOT .1. A. SUTCLIFF. AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. 435 teeu brothers that did not serve during the entire Civil War, the youngest brother enlisting at the age of sixteen. Thirteen or fourteen of these brothers were mustered out of the serv- ice at the close of the war, not having received a scratch. The father died in March, 1881, but his widow survives him, and is a resident of Irvington, Ind. In the county in which he was born John W. Singleton was reared, and he received a high-school education at Warren, Penn. He afterward became a pedagogue, and followed this occupation for three years, at the end of which time he abandoned it, and in November, 1880, came to Indianapolis to accept the position of book-keeper for J. B. McElraiu & Co., a position he held until he engaged in his pre.sent line of work. On October 8, 1890, he led to the altar Miss Adaline Treat, a native of New Haven, Conn., and a daughter of Thelis and Celia B. (Baldwin) Treat, also natives of the Nutmeg State. One child has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Singleton, Charlotte, born July 29, 1891. Mr. Singleton is independent in his political views, and sup- ports the man whom he deems best fitted for the oflice. David J. Pkindle. Few persons are now in existence who can remember the old-fash- ioned bake-ovens that were used by our forefathers in years gone by, being built in the ground and sustained by piles of brick, beneath which fires were built and the tempting bread-stuffs piled for baking. This has all changed now, and the result in the modern bakery, with its massive ovens and scores of busy men. The name of David J. Prindle is widely known in this connection, and the patronage which his establishment receives leaves one a thorough believer in the saying that “Bread is the staff of life.’’ He established this business in 1886, and is carrying on a reasonably profitable trade, his annual business amounting to about $2,500. He has the honor to have been born in Jefferson County, Ind., at Madison, in 1865, his parents being Merwin and Cynthia (Mefford) Prindle, the former a native of Vermont and the latter of Kentucky. Merwin Prindle was a railroad contractor during his lifetime, and he was a man of much push, energy and enterprise. He was called upon to pay the last debt of nature in 1880. David J. Prindle spent his youthful days in Madison, Ind. , in the public schools of which place he acquired a practical common-school education, amply sufficient to fit him for the ordinary duties of life. In 1880 he came to Indianapolis and began learning the baker’s trade, and until engaging in business for him- self in 1886, labored for others. He has so arranged his premises as to have every facility for doing a high grade of work, and in the consummation of his duties employs a number of assistants. In addition to his bakery he has a first-class stand at the public market building, where he does an extensive busines.s. He deals in all kinds of goods in his line, such as bread, cakes, pies, etc., and their admirable nature has won him wide and favorable recogni tion. On August 29, 1892, Mr. Prindle was united in marriage with Miss Katie McLaugh lin, a native of Marion County, Ind., and he and his wife are attendants of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he is a member and in which he has served in the capacity of secretary. Mr. Prindle is a member of the I. O. O. F. , and politically has always been a Bepublican, but not deeming it expedient to bother with politics or public affairs, he devotes his entire time to his business, but at the same time is none the less a highly esteemed citizen. \V. C. Lano. There is no line of business of more vital importance to the community than that of the grocer’s calling, nor in fact one in which enterprise and integrity are better rewarded. The dealer in the necessities of life must needs be a man of great discrimination and superior judgment and these qualities are jiossessed by W. C. Lang in an eminent degree. His establishment is located at the corner of State and Hoyt Streets and is supjilied, not only with a fine line of groceries Imt also of meats, and is doing a business of satisfac- tory magnitude. He was born August 2(5, 1856, to Christ and Wilhelmina Lang, natives of (lermany, who came to America many years since and located in Indianapolis where they lived until death, the father dying in 1862 and the mother in 1891. The subject of this sketch was but six years old when his father died and he was consecpiently ol liged to begin working for himself at the age of ten years. He followed various callings until 1873, wlum he liecame an emj)loye on the Pan Handle Railroad, with which company ho remained for eleven years being jiromoted to the position of day foreman and later to that of night yard master. Upon leaving the services of this road he entered the employ of the C. H. 1). Kail road as yard foreman and was here later also promoted to the position of night yardmaster. At the end of four years, in 1888, he resigned his position to engage in the grocery and MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS 43() meat business aud has since devoted his time and attention to this line of human endeavor with reasonable success, his genial and cordial manner, his honesty and his fine stock of goods winning him many patrons. While in the employ of the Pan Handle Road, August 5, 1876, he met with a painful accident while coupling cars, losing three lingers on his right hand, his thumb and little finger being all that remains. Mr. Lang was married in 1878 to Miss Amanda Mitchell, a native of Indianapolis, by whom he has three children; Harry, Earl (deceased), and Harvey (deceased). In his political proclivities Mr. Lang has always been a Democrat, but in local affairs is not partisan, voting for the one whom he considers the best man, irrespective of ])arty. Henry MiVGel. A daily provision for the material wants of life, which means an appeasing of that craving creature of man known as the appetite, is one of the most important necessities of existence. Without the aid of the tradesman, the whole public would find itself in a tangled dilemma from which extraction would be impossible. The mission of the merchant is so important that he is an indispensable member of society at large. The grocery store is one of the prime necessities of life, and one of the most important establishments of this kind is that owned by Henry Magel, who was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, November 16, 1861, a son of Philip and Anna E. (Green) Magel, who were natives of Germany and came to the United States in 1858 and to Indianapo- lis in 1862, the father being connected with the Big Four Railroad for a number of years. The subject of this sketch was but a few months old at the time his parents came to Indianapolis. Here he was reared and received a good education in the public schools. After tinishing his education he learned the upholsterer’s business and for over four years was employed in the shops of the Big Four Railroad at Brightwood, a portion of the time as foreman in which capacity he was acting at the time of his resignation. He then entered a retail furnishing establishment owned by Spiegel, Thomas & Company of In- dianapolis with which he remained as upholsterer for a number of years. In 1891 he embarked in the grocery business on North Delaware Street, being associated with a Mr. Pasquier the firm being known as Pasquier & Magel, to which business the most of his attention is still given, and given successfuly. In the fall of 1893 he was elected a mem- ber of the city council on the Republican ticket from the eighth ward by a majority of fifty four votes, although he was in the stronghold of the Democracy. Socially he is a member of the I. O. O. F., but aside from this belongs to no secret organization. While a resident of Brightwood he was treasurer of the town three years in succession. He was married November 23, 1882, to Miss Louise Keribu, a native of Ohio, by whom he has three children; Aurzella, Frank aud Edmund. Charles H. Black. A recent historical work made an effort to ascertain the names of the nations that were furthest behind in the actual improvements of civilization and it was determined that China leads the list. While there are, it is true, darker and less explored countries, China appears doubly dark, for the simple reason that her pretentions to civili- zation do not accord with her appearance. This is particularly true in the case of vehicles for conveyance. In this line America no doubt eclipses all nations, and in Indianapolis, a noted carriage maker is Charles H. Black, whose present desirable premises are at 44 East Maryland Street and 42 and 44 South Pennsylvania Street, with the wood working shops on Louisiana Street, where his shops are, while the repository is at 44 South Pennsylvania Street, with the painting and trimming department on the upper floors. The shops are a model of thorough organization and are fully equipped with the latest tools and machinery. Mr. Black employs only the most experienced, skilled workmen. He is one of the best judges of material in America, and buys only the highest grade of everything, while being such a large consumer, he is enabled to secure discounts for cash, that place him in a posi- tion to turn out the best work at the same prices that much inferior carriages are sold for elsewhere. The manufactory has become renowned all over the United States for the supe- riority, elegance and durability of its construction and is among the first to produce all the new styles as they come out, being originators not imitators. Mr. Black is a thoroughly practical man, and is the oldest carriage manufacturer in the city. Born in Hagerstown, Wayne County, Ind. , October 5, 1852, he has grown up in the trade in this locality, and brings to bear experience that is reflected in his vehicles, which are now so generally in use 437 AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. throughout Indianapolis and vicinity. His parents, George H. and Lydia A. (Beck) Black, were natives of the Keystone State and there made their home until 1842 when they moved to Indiana, locating at Hagerstown, where they resided until 1854. The father then moved to Indianapolis where he became one of the popular and successful contractors and builders in that city. There he resided many years, dying in 1891. During the Civil War he served as first-lieutenant of Company L, First Heavy Artillery, Twenty-tir.st Indiana Regiment, for nearly two years, or until the close of war. He was wounded at Brazos, Tex. His son, Edward E., enlisted in July, 1861, when only eight and a half years of age, as drummer boy of the Twenty-first Regiment band, and was the youngest boy in the United States to enlist. He served two years and nine months when the band was dispensed with and he returned home. At the time Company L was recruited by his father, George H. Black, this boy re-en- listed as bugler and served until the close of war. Charles H. Black, the subject of this sketch, was two years of age when the family came to Indianapolis, and here he was reared and educated, finishing the public schools and taking a commercial course in the Bryant & Stratton Business College. He then embarked in the carriage and blacksmith trade with S. AV. Drew, on East Market Square, and after serving a three years’ apprenticeship, he entered the employ of the Shaw Carriage Company, where he remained two years in the capacity of blacksmith. After serving two years at carriage making with George Lowe on South Ten- nes.see Street, he engaged in business for himself on the same street under the firm name of Swain & Black, and continued this successfully for one year. Then Mr. Black bought his partner’s interest and subsequently became associated with V. M. Backus, under the firm name of Black & Backus, this partnership continuing one year. Mr. Black then removed to his present (juarters. He does not attempt to compete with cheap, shoddy work shipped to Indianapolis, but he turns out first-class hand-made work, the finest in the city or State. In the fall of 1893 Mr. Black was Republican candidate for city council from the tenth ward but although he was defeated he cut the Democratic majority, which was formerly 400, down to 100, thus showing his popularity. He has ever taken an active interest in the politics of the city and has accomplished much for the Republican party but would never acce})t the nomination for anything until last election. In the year bSTO Mr. Black was married and to his union has been born one daughter. Socially he has been a member of the K. of P. for twenty-two years. He has always taken an active interest in every enterprise for the city’s welfare and has contributed much to its advancement and progress. He is liberal in his views and is a supporter of church organizations, although not a member. C. J. Tkuemper, Indianapolis, was born in Germany, May 4, 1853, being the son of (Christopher and Anna (Roseudahl) Tniemper, both of whom were natives of that country and lived there until their respective deaths. The father was a successful wholesaler and broker of hides, tallow, etc, and also owned and operated a hotel, being a man of wealth and more than ordinary intelligence. The subject of this sketch was reared in his native country and received a liberal education, his parents being well to do, and desirous of giving their children suitable advantages in the struggle for wealtli, fame and happiness. He attended the university at Goettingen three years, where he thoroughly mastered the occupation of saddlery, upholstering and decorating, receiving a diploma from that famous institution. After com[)leting his course at the university, he traveled throughovit Germany for a year, working as a journeyman at his trade, after which he located near Hamburg, and secured a position as foreman of a large factory, continuing as such about five months. He then went to Hamburg, where he remained about a year, working in one of the largest upholster- ing and decorating establishments of the East, where none but the finest grade of work was turned out. Here he received high recommendations to Vogt, of Berlin, the leading decorator and upholsterer of Germany, who recently made such fine displays at the World’s Fair, at (Chicago, and who is the official (h^corator of the im])erial court. Only workmen of high artistic taste, bearing the highest recommendations, were able to secure work there. Here Mr. Tniemper s])ent three years, during which time he (‘xecuted the very finest work. Owing to troubles arising from tlie war between France and Germany, and in order to escajie military service, Air. 'rruemper came to America in 1873, going direct to Indianapolis, wlime he entered the employ of Albert Gall, taking the foremanshi)) of the decorating department of his business, whicfii position he held acceptably for four 438 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS years, during which time he was also a partner in the tent and awning department of the business. Mr. Truemper is the inventor of three or four valuable patents in awnings, shades, rollers, etc, which fact was one of the principal reasons that induced him to embark in business exclusively for himself in 1877. He has been prosperous ever since, and conducts a large manufacturing business in regalias, society goods, theatrical goods, awnings, etc., and occupies for this juirpose a two-story brick building, 50x130 feet, equipped with special machinery, operated by a six horse-power steam engine, and employs many skilled work- men. He makes a specialty of interior and exterior decorations of buildings, and is the only practical public decorator in Indiana, and many are the flattering comments, published and otherwise, which have been made in recognition of his natural ability and taste in this artistic direction. He was one of the originators of the annual chrysanthemum exposi- tions at Tomlinson Hall, and during the seven years of its existence he has had charge of the same, and has executed all the beautiful decorations which have charmed the eye of thousands of observers. During the Columbian celebration, in 1892, Mr. Truemper constrircted and decorated the gorgeous floats for the occasion, which all so much admired. Also during the national encampment of the G. A. R., in Indianapolis, in 1893, he deco- rated all the elaborate floats for the processions of war pageantry, which were so realistic and thrilling. In 1891 he was appointed chief decorator for the World’s Columbian Exposi- tion, but owing to important business and private reasons, was unable to accept the same, which was a real loss to the Fair management. Mr. Truemper was married in 1878, to Anna Stump, a native of Indianapolis, by whom eight children have been borne, four of whom are living, as follows: Adolph H., Christopher J., Lillie, A. V. Mr. Truemper is a member of the K. of P., uniformed rank; the Elks, the Red Men, the Maennerchor Society, the Turner Society, and of several social clubs. He is also a member of the State Floricultural Society and is president of the People’s Building Association No. 4, one of the most successful in the city. He is a director of Castle Hall of his lodge — K. of P. — having passed all chairs, and is a trustee of Castle Hall Association, for the erec- tion of the new building which will cost $200,000. He has served officially in the Turner Society as treasurer, first speaker, and has held various positions of trust in other orders and societies. Mr. Truemper in a Democrat in politics, and has taken an active interest in the past in such affairs. He is oue of the substantial, upright and well-known German citizens of Indianapolis. He is a great lover of Nature and of out-door exercise and 8|)ort. He has erected boats and yachts for private and public use, having purchased eighty-five acres of land near North Indianapolis, on the White River, where he has fitted up a club house for public use, known as “Bellevue,” which he intends to make one of the most popular resorts for members and friends in Indiana devoted to the best interests of the people, and strictly a family resort. It may also be said greatly to his credit, that he was one of the promoters and organizers of the Fresh Air Mission for the poor children of the city during the heated term, which organization has proved to be one of the most popular charities in the city. All in all, he is a broad-gauged man, of highly cultivated tastes, of deep philanthropy and superior intelligence and public spirit. Maurice Donnelly. The trade in hardwood lumber is undoubtedly one of the most im|iortaut in Indianapolis, and the city is excellently represented in this respect by a number of responsible, reliable houses, among which may be mentioned that of Landers & Don- nelly, of which Maurice Donnelly is a member. This firm established themselves in business on the premises now occupied by them in 1890, at 148 South West Street, since which time they have met with satisfactory success, both financially and as regards reputation. Their lumber yard covers an area of 180x600 feet and is well equipped with buildings of all descriptions and is provided with every convenience for receiving and shipping their goods. They deal in all kinds of hardwood, for furniture manufacturers, agricultural implement makers, builders, cabinet-makers, and annually supply millions of street car and railroad ties, their year’s sales amounting to about 10.000,000 feet. They supply a large trade in Indiana and sister States and their time is fully occupied in looking after their extensive interests. Maurice Donnelly, the junior member of the firm, was born in Ireland, April 21, 1859, his parents being Thomas and Honora (Lawler) Donnelly, the former of whom died in 1868. the latter being still a resident of the Isle of Erin. Maurice was left fatherless at the LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLiNOl' 439 AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. age of uiue years, and owing to this fact he was compelled to look out for himself at the early age of fourteen years; and with this end in view he went to England, where he secured employment in the office of a large coal mining concern, with which firm he remained for seven years, during which time he was promoted to the position of agent of the firm at Liverpool. In 1882 he came to America, and after spending a short time in New York City he went to Chicago, where he spent two years in the freight department of the C. M. & St. P. Railroad. At the end of the above mentioned time he came to Indianapolis, arriving in the month of August, and for four years thereafter he held a position in Landers’ pork-house, and then became a member of the wholesale liquor firm of Hild & Donnelly, which firm was in existence from 1887 to 1889, when IMr. Donnelly retired to take the agency of the Madison Brewing Con)i)any, with which he was connected two years. While thus engaged he formed a partnership with H. J. Landers, under the firm name of Landers & Donnelly and they embarked in the wholesale hardwood lumber business, which they are still conducting. In 1892 Mr. Donnelly and his partner purchased a rice plantation of 600 acres in southwest Louisiana and are extensively engaged in the cultivation of this com- modity. In fact, these gentlemen are exceptionally wide- awake business men and have built up a reputation for reliability, honesty and fair dealing which is in every sense of the word well deserved. In July 1891, Mr. Donnelly severed his connection with the Madi- son Brewing Company and accepted the management of the Indianapolis branch of the Terre Haute Brewing Company, which position he still retains. The growing and prosper- ous business of this brewery in Indianapolis and vicinity is the best evidence of Mr. Don- nelly’s close attention to his business, the annual out-put of the san e averaging over 80,()()0 barrels of which Mr. Donnelly’s branch disposes of over 20,000 barrels. Mr. Don- nelly was married in October, 1892, to Miss Sallie McCarty, a native of Indianapolis, and a daughter of Michael and Mary McCarty. Socially Mr. Donnelly is a member of The Elks, the Red Men and the Shields Club, and also the Ancient Order of Hibernians, having been a member of the latter order for the past ten years, and served as its president four years. He has been an active worker and supporter of the Democratic party and wields a wide influence throughout the city. He has on various occasions been urged by his many friends to make the race for some county office, but has invariably declined, the political arena having no charms tor him. On the 16th of November, 1893, the recorder of Marion County died suddenly, and the county commissioners unanimously selected Mr. Donnelly to fill out the unexpired term of the deceased recorder. The jJace was tendered him unsolicited and is further evidence of his standing as a citizen. Daniel W. Noble (deceased). There is little need to portray the virtues or defend the memory of this gentleman, for he lives in the affection of his family and friends as a devoted husband, kind neighbor and pul)lic-sj)irited citizen. During the many years in which he resided in Marion County, Iiid., he was to the people all that is retjuired in good citizenship, pul)lic enterprise and sympathetic friendship. In the love of his family he found his cares lightened and in the respect of his fellow citizens received the reward of his faithfulness. This worthy representative was born in Lanesboro, Mass., February 14, 1808, and when but seven years of age he removed with his father to Cenesee County, N. Y. He walked through with the wagons and helped drive the cows. From a boy he had always been industrious, economical and thoroughly reliable. As soon as old enough he worked out by the month and managed to save enough from his wages to embark in business for himself when a young man. From 1834 to 1836 he was engaged in Imsiness in Whiteford, Mich., from tliat date until 1837 he was in Boston, Mass., from 1837 until 1840 he was in Cincinnati, Ohio, and from 1840 to 1848 he was in Dayton, Ohio. During all these years he kept a book store. In 1840, September 8, he was married to Miss Harriet M. Blood, daughter of John Blood, who was born in Groton, Mass. Five children were the fruits of this union and named as follows: Edwin W., liorn at Dayton, Ohio, in 1842, died in 1871 from tlie effects of a wound received in the army; he eidisted in tlie Civil War, in Company I), 'I’wenty sixth Indiana Regiment; he had marrif'd Miss Ethel Hathaway in 1870, but had no children. Charles H. Noble served in Company K, First Indiana Cavalry, for three years; in 1866 he was appointed second lieutenant in the regulai' army by Gen. Dumont and he is now capt- ain of Com[)any A, Sixteenth Infantry, at Fort Douglas, Utah ; he was first married to t40 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS Miss Sallie Kline, hut. after her death, in 1890, be married Miss Mary E. Palmer; he has no children. Cyrus B. was also in the Civil War, enlisting in Company A, One Hundred and Thirty-second Indiana; he is now residing in Indianapolis; he married Miss Hattie Mathews and they have three children, as follows: Harriet M. , Mary W. and Charles C. The next child horn to Daniel AV. Nohle — Frank \V. — is now residing in Indianapolis; he married Miss Elizabeth T. Lightfoot. Daniel W., who resides on the home place, is married to Miss May C. Tomlinson and they have these children : Lucy E. , Edwin F. and Ruth H. In 1848 the father of these children removed to Indianapolis and opened a book store in Temi)erance Hall, an old-fashioned, two-story brick building standing on the north side of Washington Street, next to the alley east of Illinois Street. At that time he resided on the northeast corner of Ohio and Illinois Streets, which was then on the outskirts of the city. He finally sold out his business and after this was associated with several others in the first jdaning-mill in the city, situated on the site of the Enterprise Hotel, on Massachusetts Avenue. In December, 1854, he removed to his farm in Perry Township, Marion County, Ind. .and there j)assed the remainder of his days. His record as a public and private citizen and neighbor was alike untarnished and in all the affairs of life he bore himself in an upright manner and was recognized as a man of true worth. He was thoroughly conscientious in all things. Though reared a Democrat he left the party at the time of the slavery agita- tion and ever after was an earnest Republican. He furnished three sons to fight for the old flag. He was not a member of any secret order nor was he a member of any church, but while in the city he attended the Presbyterian Church, to which he contributed liberally of his means. Mrs. Noble’s father, John Blood, was reared in Groton, Mass., and was there married to Miss Lydia Kemp. Soon after he emigrated to Mason, N. H. , and tilled the soil there until his death, about 1889. To his marriage were born eight children, as follows: John (deceased), married, and left one daughter; Moody (deceased), married, and left one daughter; Junia (deceased), married, and left three children; Betsey (deceased), married Asa Emerson and left six children; Nancy, married Mr. Lakin and died, leaving one daugh- ter, Melissa; Mary, married Charles Nicholas first and afterward a Mr. Pratt. She is now deceased; Martin L. married but is now deceased, and Harriet M. married D. AV. Noble (our subject). Mrs. Noble’s great-grandfather came from England. Philip Stoops. The calling of the farmer is as old as the world, and the majority of the men who have followed it have led upright and blameless lives, and the career of Philip Stoops has been no exception to this rule. He was born in Nicholas County, Ky., February ‘24, 1815, where he continued to reside until he was eighteen years of age, his educational advantages being quite limited in the meantime, for what few schools there were were of an inferior kind. In the fall of 1833 he came with his parents to Indiana, locating in Marion County, where the father purchased 160 acres of land, .the timber on a considerable portion of which had been deadened but not cleared. Here he erected him a house and on this farm made his home the remainder of his days, dying in 1859. Prior to this he had succeeded in clearing about eighty acres of land and also found time to serve his country in the Black Hawk War. He was early in life a AAOiig and then became a Republican and as such con- tinued to the last. \\^l,iile living in his native State of Kentucky he united with the Presby- terian Church but upon his arrival in Indiana, as there was no church of his denomination in his immediate neighborhood, he united with the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was married thrice, first in Pennsylvania, to Nancy James, by whom he became the father of seven children: William, who married a Miss Graham and died leaving two children, McClellan and Susan; John ; Philip; Betsey, who married Jacob Shearer and died leaving three children, John, George and Laban; Alexander, who married Elizabeth Rayburn and died leaving two children, James and Alice; Henry, who married Amanda Hunter and died leaving three children, Rufus, Nancy and Alice; Nancy (deceased), who married Andrew Shearer and became the mother of several children. For his second wife Mr. Stoops, Sr., took Rosanna Kejihartaiid the following children were given them: Joseph (deceased); Polly, who married Nathan Davis; Samuel, Andrew, Ellen, who married Benjamin Springer; Sarah, who married Andrew Vaiisickle; Franklin, who died in the Federal service in 1863; Robert, who lives in Kansas, having served three years in an Indiana regiment during the war; Delilah, who married John Hanes, of Hancock County, Ind.; Martha, who married Jeremiah Coffin, and 441 AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. Jacob. The father of tliese children died in 1855 at the age of sixty-three years, his birth having occurred in Pennsylvania. The paternal grandfather, William Stoops, was also a Pennsyl- vanian, born in 1750 and died in Kentucky about 1825, having been a soldier of the Revolu- tion. Philip Stoops, the subject of this sketch, remained with his parents until he was about twenty-three years old and assisted his father in caring for the younger members of the family. In 1838 he entered eighty acres of land in Hancock County, which he kept for several years but never lived on, and finally sold it for |200. He next purchased eighty acres in Warren Town- ship, Marion County, on which no improvements had been made and after his marriage in 1838 to Edith, daughter of John Vansickle, they settled on this land and began housekeep- ing in a little log cabin. At various times he increased his acreage until he was the owner of 140 acres, only ten acres of which were cleared, but since that time he has cleared eighty acres. In 1861 he purchased a 100-acre tract in Warren Township, and in 1866 bought eighty acres in Lawrence Township, and about 1889 forty more acres in that township. His entire land now amounts to 390 acres. To himself and wife the following children were born; Alexander, who married Catherine Morris, has four children: Mary, Elsworth, Fran- ces and Sarah; John, who was 'three years in the Union army, first married Sarah Marshall, by whom he has three children: Nora (who married Andrew Witte), Albert and Edna, and by his second wife, Nancy Baker, uee Carr, lie had one child — Myrtle; Mary, who married Newton Ford, left two sons: Charles and Everett; Amanda J., who married Joseph W. Irwin in 1864 and became the mother of seven children : Charles (who died in 1873), Edgar (who died in 1871), Margaret (who died 1873), Mary (who died in 1889), Laura (who died in 1890), Emma J. and Walter S. ; Charles W. was in the Federal service about six mouths and died unmarried; P'rancis Marion married Anna Wilmington, and during the war served six months in the Union army; Oliver married Elizabeth Beard by whom he has one child, Elsie Blanche; and Albert, who married Laura Hardesty. Mr. Stoops was left a widower in 1873. He has for many years been connected with the Methodist Church and politically is a Ke])ublican. His son in-law, Jo8e])h W. Irwin, was born in Butler County, Ohio, in 1841 and came to Indiana in the spring of 1861, locating in Marion County, where he enlisted in August, 1863, in Company B, One Hundred and Seventeenth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry from which he was honorably discharged on P’'ebruary 23, 1864, at Indianapolis. He is a son of Robert Irwin, and is a man of sound principles and much intelligence. Polit- ically he is a Rej)ublican and he has long been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Petkk Kissel. Among the substantial Oerman American citizens of this country, and especially of IMarion County, Ind.,well worthy of mention, is Peter Kissel, who is a [iroduct of Prussia, Oermany, where he was born on P^ebruary 19, 1823. He was brought uf) in his native land, and attended the schools of his country from the time he was six years of age until he was fourteen, after which he began assisting his father, Heniy Kissel, who was a small farmer, being the owner of about twenty acres of land, all of which was in a liigli state of cultivation, and he was also a skillful weaver of linen. At the age of twenty the subject of this sketch drifted into the army, in which he served three years, being stationed in the city of Berlin. After serving out his term he returned home, and remained there until he came to America. P^eliruary 17, 1848, he was united in mairiage to Miss Pllizabeth, daughter of George Glosner, a native of Prussia, and a week after his marriage lie was called out for military service, but did not remain on duty long. A})ril 1, 1852, he and his wife and two children sailed from Bremen for America, and after a voyage of thirty seven days landed at Philadelphia. P^rom there they came to Marion County, Jnd. , arriving May 25, 1852, and Mr. Kissel at once secured a job on the Center Railroad, which had just started. Here he worked until the fall, then purcha.sed sixty-five acres of land in Warren Township, for which he paid 8600. There was no clearing or house on the land, but during the fall and winter he put up a cabin, and the following spring moved into it. There ho has lived ever since, but has greatly improved his |)roperty, and atone time addl'd ninety-six acres to it. Besides this he has 233 acres for which he paid $4,000, but lost it all owing to the dishonesty of the man from whom he had purchased it, who had it mort- gaged for .$5,000 urdviiown to \rr. Kissel. Mr. and Mrs. Kissel became the parents of ten children, three of whom died in infancy, and the rest grew to maturity: Pllizabeth, who is dead, became the wife of Christian Hroger, and left nine children; William, Christina (who 442 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS married Fritz Sutmeyer), Chris, Louisa (who married Chris Miller), Anna, Mena, Emma, John and Benjamin; Peter married Mary Caspari, by whom he had seven children, and for his second wife chose Louisa Donner, and by her has one daughter; Christina married John Buchtink, and has six children; John married Marian Nane, and has three children; George P. married Sophia Nane, and has one daughter, Stella; Henrietta married Charles Fritsche, and has these children, Harry, Etta and Gustav, and Henry. Peter’s children by his first wife were Melinda, Lena, George, Anna, Margaret, Leonard and Elizabeth. His only child by his second wife was named Florinda. Christina’s children were named as follows: Anna, Mary, John, Lena, and Lisetta; John’s three children are John, Eda and Emil. Mr. Kissel has always been a Democrat politically, and his tirst vote was cast for James Buchamin. He and his wife have long been earnest and worthy members of the Evangelical Church, and he is a substantial and honorable man, highly esteemed in the section in which he resides. He has given his sons land as they married and settled in life, but still owns the home [)lace, and is ])ossessed of a comfortable competency. His father- in law was George Glosner, who married Margaret Raab, their children being Margaret (deceased), Elizabeth ( Mrs. Kissel), and Mary (deceased). WiLMAM Bade. This gentleman is a successful German- American farmer, who has made his own way in the world and is now in jiossession of a considerable amount of this world’s goods. He was born in Prussia, Germany, October 5, 1837, and came to America with his parents in 1 846, sailing from Bremen to Baltimore, and nine weeks and two days later they landed in Indianapolis, Ind., where two of the father’s brothers preceded him about ten years. Mr. Bade’s father purchased sixty acres of land of a Mr. Lowman in Warren township, tifteen of which were cleared, and on this farm young William was brought up, his education being limited to such schools as were held in the vicinity of his home, and lasted only until his fourteenth year. He remained with his parents until he attained his majority, then he began laboring for the various farmers in the vicinity, and so continued until he was twenty-tive years of age. He then purchased eighty acres of land of Frederick Piel, whose daughter, Ellen, he had married in March, 1862, and there being a small frame house on the place, the young couple moved into it and began housekeeping. In this house they continued to make their home until 1888 when they erected a neat and commodious new dwelling-house. In 1865 Mr. Bade added twenty acres to his original purchase, in 1868 twenty acres more, but in 1870 sold this tract. To himself and wife children as follows have been given: Mary, who married Chris. Brinkman, has three children : Emma, William and Ida; Mena, who married Chris. Kopp; Louisa; Henry; William and Ida. Mr. Bade has always been a Democrat, and his tirst vote was cast for Stephen A. Douglas. He has served several times as supervisor of his township, but aside from this has not been an aspirant for office. He is a member of the German Lutheran Church, as is his wife, and he has held official position in the same. He is a son of Aaron Bade, who was born in Prussia in 1808. The latter was engaged in herring fishing during the summer months, as well as following the occupation of farming, and by this means he made a comfortable living. He was married to Christina Coleman, and after coming to America and locating in Marion County, Ind., he became the owner of sixty acres of land, to which he later added twenty acres. On this fertile and well kept farm he resided until his death in 1880. He was also a Democrat and a member of the Lutheran Church. He and his wife became the parents of the follow- ing children: William, the subject of this sketch; Frederick, who married Mary Bade and is the father of three children: William, Emma and Charles; Henry, who married Emma Brademeyer and has two children: Paulina and Emma; Christina, who married Frederick Bucksot; Andrew, who married Mary Prange, and has three children: Albert, Louis and Frank, and a child that died in infancy. The mother of these children died in 1847, about one year after their arrival in America. The paternal grandfather of the subject of this sketch, also bore the name of Aaron Bade, and his arrival in the United States dates from 1841. but about four years after his arrival he died in Wheeling, W. Va. , at the home of his son, F rederick. William Sanders. The earliest ancestor of which the subject of this sketch has any knowledge, was Joel Sanders, his grandfather, who was presumably a native of South Caro- lina. He was an early emigrant to Georgia, in which State he married and spent the rest 443 AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. of his days, his death occurring before the subject of this sketch was born. He was the father of two children, William, and Barbara, who married Samuel Whitson, by whom she became the mother of one daughter. Charity. Their sou William was born in the Palmetto State in 1777, was taken by his parents to Georgia and in 1806 removed to Ohio and in 1832 became a pioneer settler of the Hoosier State. He located on a farm of 320 acres in Deca- tur Township, Marion County, which he bought of Martha Hawkins and her heirs, and here he lived a contented, prosperous and useful life until the hand of death closed his career in 1841. He was united in the bonds of matrimony with Amy, daughter of Daniel Williams, and to them a good old-fashioned family of thirteen children were given, two of whom died in infancy. Those who grew to maturity are as follows: Sarah (deceased) married William Scott and after his death Samuel Millhouse, who is also deceased (she left live children); Mary (deceased) married Enoch Mills (deceased) and is survived by six children; Charity (deceased) married Mark Mills (deceased) and has four surviving children; Rebecca (deceased) married Moses Rich by whom she became the mother of four children; Daniel (deceased) married Rachel Mills, then Mary Haughton, and for bis third wife took Cynthia Mendenhall (he has five surviving children); Rebecca (deceased) married Moses Reid and has four living children; Joel married Mary Bates first and afterward Elizabeth Jones (he has two children); Eli (deceased) first married Ruth Mills and afterward Jane Burham and has a family of ten children who survive him; Elihu (deceased) was married to Bathsheba Boles by whom he has three surviving children; Rhoda and William. The father of these children was a member of the Friends Church and politically was a Whig. The subject of this sketch, a sister and his brother Joel are the only surviving members of his father’s fam- ily, and like their father before them they are all members of the Quaker Church and like him and all who belong to that religious sect, are honest, industrious. God-fearing, peaceable and law abiding people. William and Joel are Republicans in their political views, and both have served as supervisors in their township. They are men of worth and have good and comfortable homes, the result of honest and persistent etfort. N.athax Ratliff. Among the representative farmers of Decatur Township we are pleased to present a sketch of the gentleman whose name ajipears at the head of this para- graph, and whose pleasant home and excellent farm attest the thrift and enterprise of the owner. His father. Joseph Ratliff, was born in North Carolina in 1788 and there grew to manhood and married Miss Rebecca Lamb, daughter of Isaac Lamb. In 1816 he came to Indiana and located in Wayne County, near Richmond, and there resided until the spring of 1824, when he moved to Henry County, Ind. Here he entered 440 acres of land, the patents being signed by John Q. Adams and Andrew Jackson, settled in the green timber and there resided until his death in 1837. To his marriage were born nine children, as follows: Jane, deceased, married Bailey Pearson and became the mother of a family of children. Three of her sons served in the Civil War. Reuben, deceased, was married twice. His first wife was Margaret Kendall. His second marriage was with Penelojie N. Bell, deceased, and they have two living children, Maigaret and Elias. Huldah (deceased) married Daniel Pressuall (deceased), and these childien were born to them, Rebecca, Han nah. Joseph, Lindley i\I., Jesse, Cynthia, Elizabeth and Sarah. Anna (deceased) was the wife of John Hiushaw (deceased), and they have children living as follows: Cynthia. John and Rebecca. Elizabeth (deceased) was the wife of Elisha Dans and they have several children. Jesse died unmarried. Eli married Jane Drajier and they have three children, Huldah, Calvin and Charles. Nathan (our suliject), and John (deceased), who married Asenath Palmer and liecaine the fatlier of one child, Franklin. 'J’he father of these children was a Quaker in his religious views and never liore arms. He was an elder in the Friends Church when he died. Previous to his death he had cleared about ninety acres of land in Henry County, Ind. , and was a pros|)erous faiiner and an excellent citizen. Richard Ratliff, the grandfather of our subject, was a native of North Carolina, born about 1762, and came to Indiana al)out 1816. He died in Henry County, Ind., about 1827. He had married Miss Pettie Pearson and to them were born these children: Anna, -Joseph, Nathan, Mary, -Jonathan, Kichard, Gal)riel. Elizalieth and Corindiiis. .All are deceased (1893) except the last named who resides in Grant County, Ind. 'J’he subject of this sketch was born in Henry County, Ind., about four miles west of Newcastle, December 6, 1824, and there he was 444 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS taiiglit the arcluons duties of the farm. He received bis education in the subscription schools of those days, three months during the winter session, and attended until seventeen years of age. He was only thirteen years of age when his father died and he remained on the old home place till about forty years of age. He was married first in 1852 to Penelope, daughter of Tristram Coggeshall, a native of North Carolina. Six children were born to this union. Cynthia, who married J. M. Ballard; Dr. Barclay Ratliff, of West Newton, who mar- ried Miss Emma Allen and l)ecame the father of one daughter, Mary; William H., unmarried; Millicent H. died when twenty-five years of age; Ruth E., unmarried, and Naomi, who died when twenty-four years of age. Mr. Ratliff’s first wife died February 22, 1864, and our sub- ject was married again in 1865 to Hannah, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Casterling) Furnas, and to this second union were born three children, Jo.se{)h F., unmarried ; Luther H. and Mary, the last two also unmarried. While residing in Henry County our subject acted as one of the three trustees of Harrison Township. In politics he is a Republican and cast his first vote for Martin Van Bnren in 1848. The next election he voted for John P. Hale, also a Free Soiler; in 1856 he voted for John C. Fremont, and since then he has voted the straight Republican ticket. He belongs to the Friends Church. William Leeman. On the farm on which he now resides William Leeman first saw the light of day, November 20, 1833, and there he has made his home ever since. This land, consisting of 240 acres, was entered by his father, John Leeman, at an early day, the patent being signed by President Andrew Jackson. The educational advantages of William Lee- man were confined to the early subscription schools of Decatur township, which he attended about two months out of the year up to the age of twenty-one, although during this time he missed attending several winters. Politically he has always been a Republican, and cast his first Presidential vote for John C. Fremont. He has long been a member of the Methodist E[)iscopal Church and is an active member of the Masonic fraternity, besides being a worthy, upright and useful citizen of the section in which he has so long made his home. His father was born in the vicinity of Bardstown, Ky., in 1800 and in early manhood came with his parents to Indiana, locating in Hendricks County, near the Marion County line. He was mar- ried in 1829 to Margaret, daughter of Parker and Mary (McCreery) Keeler and as above stated became (lossessed of a fine farm of 240 acres in Marion County, the most of which was cov- ered with a heavy growth of timber. He built thereon a log house in which he lived until his death in 1847, [irior to which event he had become the father of two children; James, who was born March 7, 1831, and was married to Nancy, daughter of John Vogiis, after which he resided on a portion of his father’s farm until his death, in 1883, his wife having been called from life in 1871, leaving four children: Rosenna. who married Eli Stinson and has one child, Chester; Phama J. who married Reuben P. Cox, and has one daughter, Ada; Enoch S., and William P. The father of these children was a Republican, and a member of the Methodi.st Episcopal Church, with which church his mother was connected, while his father was a communicant of the Christian Church. Robert Leeman, the paternal grand- father of the subject of this sketch, was a Kentuckian by birth and upon his removal to Indi- ana in an early day, he entered eighty acres of land in Hendricks County, upon which he lived until his death. His family consisted of eight children whose names, so far as remembered, are as follows; John; George, who married a Miss Cook, and died in 1889; Sarah (deceased), first married a Mr. Jessup, by whom she had two children, and for her second husband, wedded James Merritt, by whom she had several children; Martha, now the widow of Edward Merritt; Elizabeth, the widow of Edward Sharp; Cornelius, who married Sarah A. Schultz; William, who married Harriet Edwards; and Jane, who married William Edwards. Robert Lee- man was a soldier of the War of 1812. The mother of William Leeman, the subject of this sketch, died on the February, 20, 1889. William Boatright. This gentleman is a product of Marion County, Ind., his birth occurring on the farm owned by his paternal grandfather, William Cool, in Wayne township, September 16, 1837. There he resided with his parents until he was about twelve years of age, after which he made his home in the vicinity of his birthplace, but upon another farm, until he was about twenty seven. He attended the early subscription schools quite regularly until he was about fifteen years of age, and after that irregularly up e mentioned the “Castle Hotel,” situated at 28.\ Massachusetts Avenue, the projuietor being James H. Huls, who is a bright, cheerful, social gentleman, who looks after the wants of his guests with careful attention. It is not every man who “ knows how to keep a hotel,” and many have l)een disappointed in the experience. The successful hotel keeper must bt' a good juilge of human nature; must know how to make his guests feel at home without being fussy; must l)e a connoisseur in the matter of good things to eat and supply them; must know how to hear the com[)laints of cranks, and of men and women who have never been much at hotels, without being disturl)ed. .Mr. and Mrs. Huls are very comj)etent hotel managers, and 448 MKMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS keep a well e(juipi)ed liouse. Cleanliness, which is said to he next to godliness, is apparent everywhere, and this house is a popular stopping place with the traveling public. Mr. Huls was born in Wayne Township, Marion County, Ind., in 1845, and was reared on a farm — a good place to develop good muscle and correct habits. It was this young man’s habit to teach school in winter and work on his father’s farm in summer. Later he came to Indian- apolis and engaged in several lines of business which he carried on very successfully. He selected his wife in the person of Miss Mary V. Deputy, daughter of George Deputy. She is a lady of much force of character, and tills well her position in life. After marriage Mr. and Mrs. Huls engaged in the grocery business for live years, at the corner of North and Douglas Streets, and kept boarders for a number of years. Mr. Huls was for a time assist- ant superintendent of the county infirmary. The experience of our subject and wife in the boarding-house was a good schooling for their present position. The Castle Hotel is a new house, both as to building and furniture, and from top to bottom it is in “apple pie order.” Joseph Huls, father of our subject, was a native Kentuckian, born in Fleming County, No vember 21, 1821, where he lived on a farm until fifteen years of age, attending school in Flemingsburg. In 1836 he came with his parents to Indiana and located in Marion County, Wayne Township, where he made his home until 1878, after which he moved over the line into Hendricks County. He remained under the parental roof until 1844, when he married Miss Elizabeth Nun, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Olinger) Nun, and subsequently rented what is known as the McDowell farm, which he cultivated for twenty-five years. In 1875 he bought the farm in Hendricks County and there he resides at the present time. He is a Republican in politics, and a member of the Christian Church. Five children were born to his marriage, as follows; James H., our subject: Mary J., wife of James Wills, is the mother of three children, Edith, George and William; George W. ; Harrison F., who mar- ried Miss Victoria Mitchell, and they have two children, Willard and Ernest; and Charles B. The mother of those children passed away in February, 1890. Thomas Huls, grand- father of subject, was a native of the Keystone State, born in 1783, and was married in Ken- tucky to Miss Elizabeth Miller. In 1836 he came to the Hoosier State where he died about 1856. He was a soldier in the War of 1812. His wife died in 1879. They were the parents of twelve children, ten of whom lived to mature years, as follows: Henry, deceased; Mary, deceased; Alexander; Joseph; Richard, who enlisted in the Seventieth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War, and died while in service; Sanders; James, deceased, was a soldier in the Civil War, and his death was the result of wounds received while in service; John, also a. soldier, died while in service; Rachel; and Alfred, deceased. He was a soldier in the Seventh Regiment, Indiana Infantry, and died in 1888. Our sub- ject’s paternal great-grandfather was Richard Huls, and his great-great-great-grandfather Huls was born in Germany. His great grandfather on the maternal side, William Miller, was a soldier in the Revolution. Ernst Hukriede. One of the most beautiful and appropriate ideas in the decorations for house parties and other entertainments is the use of flowers, and among those who follow the occupation of growing them in Indianapolis is Ernst Hukriede who has aided largely in the cult- ure of its inhabitants by placing at their disposal large quantities of the choicest and most beau- tiful cut flowers at reasonable prices. He shows the utmost taste and skill in his arrangement of floral designs, and in the matter of decorations he shows undoubted artistic talent. He has a well stocked green house located on State Avenue and Sycamore Street, near the German Orphan Asylum, and his retail store is at 528 Virginia Avenue. Mr. Hukriede is a German by nativity, his birth occurring in Prussia, August 26, 1837, and on the farm belonging to his father, Henry Hukriede, who died in Prussia about 1862, he was reared and learned lessons of industry, honesty, and economy, which have since been of great benefit to him in his walks through life. The early education of Mr. Hukreide was not neglected and in the schools of his native land he acquired a sufficient knowledge of books to enable him to successfully battle with the world when he left home and friends to seek his fortune beyond the Atlantic. He landed in the city of New York on November 25, 1864, the day after Thanksgiving, and he at once came west as far as Cincinnati, and during the year that he remained in that city, he did what his hands found to do, and did it with all his might. Being pleased with this country he determined to make it his future home, and in order to further any business enter- 449 AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. prise he might undertake he determined to learn to read and write, as well as speak, the Eng- lish language, and pursued his studies with such earnestness and zeal that he is how proh- cient with the Anglo-Saxon language. The various occupations that he had followed have been thoseof brick making, paper-making and railroading, being for twenty-one yearsconnected with the passenger service of the Vandalia Railroad. While still connected with this road he built a green-house at 37 Henry Street, but after a time sold this property and erected his present commodious and substantial green house, which is well located and has a paying patronage, which has been built up through the energy and fair dealing of Mr. Hukriede and his son, Frederick R., who has been associated with him for some time. Mr. Hukriede is an Independent in politics, and votes rather for the man than the party. He is a liberal patron of the German Orphan Asylum. In 1870 he was married to Miss Johanna Schellenberg, a native of the same place as himself. She died June 25, 1876, leaving three children, Freder ick R., being the only surviving member. His present wife was Miss Sophia Martin, who was born in Mecklenburg, Germany, and both are members of the church and are liberal con- tributors to enterprises of a worthy nature. Mr. Hukriede may be termed a self-made man, for upon his arrival in Cincinnati he had just 5 cents, in money, and what he now has, has been earned by his own efforts since that time, a fact greatly to his credit. Mrs. Ellen Butcher, florist. The calling of the florist is one for which women seem to be naturally adapted, for their love of the beautiful and their finely developed artistic sense, as well as their industry and vigilance (without which the business would be a fail- ure), are essential to success in this line of work. Mrs. Butcher’s home and green house are at Irvington, Ind., but she keeps a well supplied stand at the market-house, also a large supply of all kinds of fresh vegetables during the season. She has followed the calling of a florist for some fifteen years, but commenced with a very limited stock, which she gradu- ally but continuously increased, until she now has three large green houses, surrounding which are seven acres of ground, a large portion of which she uses for bedding plants. She also formerly dealt in small fruit, but her flowers and vegetables now occupy most of her time and attention, although she rai.ses sufficient fruit for her own use. Her place is noted far and wide for its beauty and for the fact that every nook and cranny of it is utilized and kept in the neatest possible manner. Mrs. Butcher was born in Germany, that country that has given to the United States so many of her most estimable, enterprising, thrifty and industrious citizens, and in girlhood came to this country with her parents and settled with them in Blair County, Penn. In that State the father was called from life, but the mother’s death occurred in Marion County, Ind., at the home of Mrs. Butcher, near the city of Indianapolis. Mrs. Butcher attended the common schools of Pennsylvania, where slie ol)tained a practical education. She has always had a great fondness for flowers, but never raised them only for her own pleasure until she commenced in earnest some fifteen years ago. She is the only Horist that has a stand in the market place, and consecjently makes large sales there. She raises everything that there is a demand foi', and has many rare and beautiful plants, her green-houses lieing “bowers of beauty.” She is assisted in her labors by her daughter, and deserves much credit for the way in which she has bent the force of circumstances to her will, and for the competence which she has gained. She is a member of the Indiana Society of Florists and has long been a member of the Methodist Episco{)al Church at Irvington, Ind., in which she has been trustee. She has been a class leader, a Sunday-school teacher, and for years has taken a deep interest in church alfairs. She is held in high esteem by all who know her, and her good name and honor are above reproach. Samuel W. Couhr.\ne. As a discriminating and competent man of affairs and as an efli cient and thoroughly posted contractor and builder, Samuel W. Cochrane has not his supe rior. He was born in the city of New York in 1835, a son of Robeit Cochrane, who was a native of Scotland, who learned the calling of a contiactor and builder and when a middle aged man came to the United Stat(‘s and hjcated in the city of New York. He became the superintendent for an extensive contractor there, doing public work, and after a time moved to Richmond, Va., where he engaged in contracting for himself. In 1850 he took u|) his residence in Madison, Ind., where he was later called from life. In the public schools of Kichmond, Va., Samuel W. obtained a good practical education as he grew up, and at odd times worked under his father at the carpenter’s trade, thoroughly learning the details of 450 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS the business, and after he had reached a suitable age he and a brother became their father’s associate in business. Later Samuel W. branched out for himself and coming to the city of Indianapolis in 1804 to build a house, he decided to remain and here has made his home ever since. For a sliort time he was in the Fifty-lifth Indiana Regiment as first lieutenant and was a participant in the battle of Richmond, Ky., where by a miracle he escaped death. He was wounded on the head l)y a passing cannon ball, but fortunately not severely. In this city he built the fourth and ninth ward school -houses, the Wyandotte block, the Holli- day block and many other business blocks, as well as numerous handsome and costly private residences. For four years he was engaged in farming in Jefferson County, but with that exception his time and attention has been given to contracting, in which he may be said to have been remarkably successful and commands his full share of work. He was married in 1858 to Eliza Taylor of Jefferson County, Ind., by whom he has two daughters. Socially he is a member of the I. O. O. F. and is trustee of Meridian Lodge, No. 480 of that order. He is a member of Chapman Post of the G. A. R., is a member of the Builders Exchange and the Contractors Association. He is an agieeable and affable gentleman, courteous and kind hearted, and his friends are legion. GEOKciE S. Henry. If any firm in Indianapolis possesses a monument to its progress it is the firm of Henry & Worthington, contractors, for their name is identified with the erec- tion of some of the noblest structures in the city. George S. Henry, the senior member of the firm, was born in Rochester, N. A'., in 1889, and is the son of John Henry, who was a successful farmer near that city. Our subject received his education in Parma, N. Y., and partly served an apprenticeship before the war. Filled with a patriotic desire to serve his country, he enlisted August 5, 1862, in the One Hundred and Eighth New York Volunteers, and was afterward transferred to the Regulars, Fifteenth United States Infantry, with which he remained three years and six mouths, lacking the time he was with the former company. His command was at Lookout Mountain when the war closed but he was stationed at Mobile, Ala., until December 18, 1865. He was in many battles, the most prominent being Sharps- burg, Chickamiiuga, Missionary Ridge, and the fight from Dalton to Atlanta. At the close of service he came to Indianapolis, and began working at his trade. He has been contracting most of the time since then and for some time was in partnership with Charles L. Wollen- weber, James Williams and recently with Mr. Worthington, his present partner. It is hardly necessary to state that Mr. Henry is one of the most popular and reliable con- tractors in the city, and is well liked by all who have dealings with him. In politics he is a stanch Republican. Robert Worthington, junior member of the above mentioned and well-known firm is a product of Mooresville, Morgan County, Ind., born November 20, 1861, and the son of J. M. Worthington, who was a native of the Empire State. The father came west many years ago and sold goods to the Indians. He was a partner of Samuel Moore who was the founder of Mooresville, and passed the remainder of his days in Morgan County, this State, his death occurriug in 1877, when sixty-eight years of age. For many years he was a farmer and was very successful in that occupation. He held a number of public offices and was sheriff of Morgan County two terms, just prior to the war. In religion he was a Methodist and in politics he was a Republican. Robert Worthington was the youngest of nine children and his education was received in the schools of Mooresville, from which he graduated. In 1879 he came to Indianapolis and started to learn his trade, first in the car works. Later he went to Streator, 111., and was under R. C. Meyer, the father of Billy Meyer, the pugilist, serving an apprenticeship of three years. After that he embarked in business there, con- tracting, and remained in that place for four years when he returned to Indianapolis and opened a restaurant at 156 West Washington Street. This he followed for nearly four years and having made considerable money, he quit business and went back to the old trade. For some time he was foreman for J. E. Shovei’, but subsequently he formed a partnership with Mr. Henry and has continued with him since. Mr. Worthington is a jiopular business man, and is abundantly worthy of the large measure of success attending his efforts. Polit- ically he is a Republican, and socially a member of the K. of P., Lodge No. 56. Louis L. Lange. Among the most popular and successful painters, grainers and paper- hangers of the city of Indianapolis, the name of Louis L. Lange stands prominent, and as 451 AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. a contractor in his line he has all the business he can properly attend to. He was born in Napoleon, Kipley County, Ind., fifty three years ago, his father, Joseph E. Lange, having been born in France. When a young man of about sixteen years of age he came to the United States and in 1837 located in the city of New York, after which he moved to Brook- ville, Ind., and later to Ripley County, this State, and here followed the calling of a mer- chant and farmer, and as he was shrewd and far seeing in his views he made a success of his enterprises and accumulated a competency. He became a leader of the Democratic party in Ripley County and there held manj'^ positions of honor and trust, in the discharge of which he shoAved himself capable, honorable and painstaking. He was also prominent as a Mason and on numerous occasions represented his lodge in the Grand Lodge of the State. At the time of his death he was about the age of sixty-nine 3 'ears, and during all this time naught was ever said derogatory to his honor. He was married to Julia Ann Lindley in this State, but she was born in Ohio, and still survives him. Louis L. Lange was the eldest of their thirteen children and received a good common education in the public schools of Rip- ley County, after which he attended the State University for two years. L^pon leaving this institution he entered his father’s store, and still later was in the recorder’s office. In June, 1861, he joined Company I, Thirteenth Indiana Infantry with which he served until June 30, 1804, participating in the battles of Rich Mountain, Winchester, Fort Wagner, Chester Station, Bermvrda Hundred, Petersburg, and many others. After the war closed and he had returned to his home, he learned his trade and commenced business for himself, opening an establishment of his own in this ciG in 1867. He is not onlj'^ a neat, skillful and rapid worker but he is also artistic, and his taste in all matters pertaining to his work cannot be questioned. He has always taken an active part in the conventions of the Democratic partj^ as a delegate, but has not been a political aspirant. He is also a member of the G. A. R. In 1867 he was married to Mary A. Eaton, of Ripley County. James Tobin. Enterprise and scpiare dealing methods frequently lead to moi’e flatter- ing results than the practice of sharp and unscrupulous business measures, and when these qualities are combined with a thorough knowledge of the business engaged in, it is sure to bring a legitimate and well deserved reward. The business career of James Tobin has been a successful one, and as a builder and contractor he has not his superior in Indianapolis. He owes his nativitj^ to Madison County, Ind., where he was born on November 4, 1862, a son of Thomas Tobin, who was a native of the Isle of Irin. As a lad of sixteen years the latter came to the United States, and first located in the State of Pennsylvania, where he eventually became interested in a rolling-mill, although he was engaged in different occupa- tions during his life time. From Pennsylvania he removed to Ohio, and from Ohio to Indi- ana, and took up his residence in Indianapolis when the subject of this sketch was a child one year old. He was always quite actively interested in the ])olitical issues of the day, and at all times earnestly’ espoused the cause of Democrac}'. He was called upon to pay the last del)t of nature about sixteen years ago. The subject of this sketch received his education in the public schools of Ohio, Madison County, Ind., and Indianapolis, and after the death of his father he resided in the Buckeye State for some time. At the age of sixteen j’ears he started to learn the carpenter’s trade at Camp Chase, Ohio, but after serving a short appren- ticeship he returned to Indianapolis, and here completed his knowledge of the trade. Later he was emjJoyed at his trade by James Cummins for two years, and at the end of that time he engaged in business for himself, and has built up an extensive trade, em})loying many men, and is his own superintendent and invents his own plans. He is a mastei’ w'ork man, is skillful in the management of his employes, and his work is always of a most praise worthy kind. He is nottal for living up to the letter of his contracts, and his services are in demand by owners of property and real estate agents. He has made a success of his carc'cr through his own perseverance and energy, and is deserving the success which has attended his efforts. He is ublican, although his father was a stanch Democrat. He was married in 1881 to Miss Rebecca Conover, of this city, who was born in Jefferson County, this State, and by whom he has three promising sons and one daughter. He is secretary of the Master Painters Association, and socially is a member of the I. O. O. F., Center Lodge, No. 18, the Order of lledmen, Red Cloud Lodge, No, 18, and others of less importance. Mr. Teck- enbrock is an upright citizen and has the respect of all his acquaintances both socially and in a business way. Charles W. Read. There is probably no other kind of artist — for the sign-painter, if he be true to his profession, is surely an artist — the result of whose originality and skill are everywhere so visible to his fellow men. It is necessary to expend a great deal of time and care to thoroughly tit one’s self for a successful career in this branch of human endeavor, and that Charles W. Read has done so cannot be denied, in looking at the numerous ema- nations of his brain throughout the city of Indianajjolis. He was born in Dearborn County, Ind., November 10, 1806, a son of William B. Read, who is also a native Hoosier and is a citi zen of Indianapolis, his residence being at 181 Lexington Street. He is a musician of far more than ordinary ability and for some time was a teacher of music in the Blind Asy- lum, but is now himself blind. Like many of the wide-awake young business men of the present day in Indianapolis, Charles W. Read received his education in the public schools, but when still a boy commenced working at the painter’s trade, which he has since made, and which he expects to make, his life work, although the greater part of his attention is given to the painting of signs, in which he has bscome exceedingly expert and remarkably artistic. His services are in demand all over the city and he has all the work he can conveniently do and do well. He showed his ability and taste in painting the floats for the Columbian Expo- sition, used on a certain day, which were remarked upon for their beauty and the artistic manner in which they were executed. He is also well known to householders as a decorator of no mean ability, and the evidences of his handiwork may be seen in many of the most beautiful homes of the city, His place of business is at 94 East Market Street, and besides, he has a comfortable and pleasant home, where he and his wife, whose maiden name was Laura A. Coflin, and whom he married in November, 1887, dispense a generous hospital ity to their many friends. Politically he has always been in sympathy with the Democratic party and socially he is a member of the I. O. O. F., and the P. O. S. of A., being secretary of the latter. William J. Mitchell. No matter how crowded may be the market in any particular calling, every person who possesses original and practical ideas, with the enterprise to push his ideas to a successful termination, is bound to win success, both as regards reputation and the accumulation of the almighty dollar. Such has been the experience of William J. Mitchell, whose career as a contractor and builder has been one of success almost from the time of his commencement in the business, and this is without doubt due to his thorough 453 AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. knowledge of his calling, as well as to the fact that he always lives up to the letter of his contract. He is a product of the city in which he lives, his birth occurring August 28, 1858, and in the public schools of Indianapolis he acquired a thorough and practical education, amply sufficient to tit him for the ordinary business affairs of life. When a lad of twelve years he commenced learning the carpenter’s trade and after becoming familiar with its details he entered the employ of William Cutter, with whom he remained eleven years, a considerable portion of the time acting in the responsible position of foreman. Upon leav- ing the services of this gentleman, he was with Adam Busch for a number of years, but for the past nine years has been in business for himself and since that time has been actively engaged in the erection of residences, principally, although he has given considerable atten- tion to other buildings also. His career has been characterized by much business acumen and unlimited energy, and since starting in business for himself he has met with more than ordinary' success, for his undoubted skill and knowledge of his calling have won for him a large patronage among the wealthiest people of his section. Socially Mr. Mitchell is a member of Star Lodge No. 7, of the K. of P. In 1876 he led to the altar Miss Mollie Wiley, a native of Bloomington, Ind., and by her has one son. Mr. Mitchell’s father, Bonner Mitchell, was bom in Ohio, became a resident of Indiana])olis in 1838 or 1839, and throughout life suc- cessfully followed the occupation of farming. Hiram B. Ellis. Few persons realize the magnitude and importance of the business of the contractor and builder, and to be successful in it requires that a man must be of sound judgment, as well as possessing a thorough and experienced knowledge of the calling. A man particularly worthy of note in this line is Hiram 11. Ellis, who does his work in the most satisfactory manner possible, with thoroughness, neatness and dispatch, and if the word of his patrons may be taken as a criterion, he always carries out his agreements in every detail. He was born in Watertown, N. Y., in 1860, and is a son of Halsey A. Ellis, who was a farmer by occupation, but who for the past fifteen years has made his home in Charle- voix County, Mich. He has been a pushing man of affairs, wide awake to his own interests and that of the sections in which he has resided, and in his political views has always affiliated with the Republican party. He has now reached the age of seventy-five years. In theschoolsof Watertown Hiram E. Ellis obtained a thorough and practical education. He liegan learning the trade of a brick layer at the age of fifteen, and while serving his apprentice- ship learned all the details of the plasterer’s trade as well as cement, brick and stone work. He then went to Hastings, Neb., from there to Denver, Colo., and eventually found himself in .Seattle, Wash., working on many of the most imjiortant structures of these cities for seven years, then (in 1886) he came to Indianapolis and continued contracting, being one year with Peter C. Weyenberg, but since then has been by himself. He has done a great deal of very important work, and has always done it well, his sjiecialty being residence work, and evidences of his handiwork may be seen in all parts of the city. He gives almost con stant employment to a large force of men, whom he personally oversees, and there is no slighting of any contract that may be placed in his hands — of that his patrons feel assured. He started in life without means, but through his own force of character he has placed him self in an independent position and enjoys the confidence of all who know him. He was married to Miss Clara Schleincher, a daughter of William .Schleincher, by whom he has one son and one daughter. Mr. Ellis is indejiendent of all exchanges and associations, and in politics is a Republican. His start in life was made in the West, the greater jiortion of his life has been sfient there, and he is in heart and spirit an essentially western man. Ceorge W. Stout. Tliere is no greater or more important industry carried on in the city of Indianapolis than that of building and all of its necessary accessories, and (leorge W. Stout, of that place thoroughly understands all of its details and annually fulfils a large number of important contracts. He is a product of the city in which he lives, having lieen liorn here on November 23, 1859, his father, I. If. Stout, being one of the early resi dents of this place, whither he had come about sixty years ago. About thirty five years ago he lo(;ated on Hasbrook Street, being one of the first to take U)) his residence there. He is a native of Kentucky. In the public schools of Indianapolis fleorge W. Stout was educated, and after becoming thoroughly familiar with the carpenter’s trade he engaged in contracting on his own resjamsibility, and continued thus until recently, when his present 454 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS partnership with Vic Pickard was formed and they have since been engaged in the building of sewers. They have since put in hundreds of miles of pipe throughout the city, and as their work is exceptionally well done, they have been instrumental in greatly augmenting the food and health of the community. Thus far in his career Mr. Stout has made his own way in the world, for when he started out to fight the battle of life for himself be had but little means, but his energy and good Judgment have placed him beyond the reach of want, and as his work is strictly first class, he has all the work he can properly attend to. He has always taken great interest in political affairs, but has shown good judgment in not as{)iring to political position, his chief attention being given to his business. He was mar- ried in 1S88, to Miss Lily Lewis, and in 1889, after her death, he was united in marriage to Miss Lizzie Williams. He is not a member of any social order or association, and does his work unhampered by any society whatever. He laid the sewer pipe on Fletcher Avenue, and did a gieat deal of suburban work. He is president of the Indiana Vault and Sink Cleaning Company, the most extensive society of its kind in the State, and is a thorough and practical workman, and honorable and upright in his business dealings. Granville Jared. It may safely be said that America is in the position to-day to claim the most attractive and magnificent homes in the universe. In European countries, genera- tion after generation glides by, without so much as a change of a single nook or cranny of their homes. But no such charge can be lodged against the homes of America, for their style of architecture is unique and varied and this is due to the ingenuity of the architect whose ])lans are carried out ably and to the letter by the contractor and builder, prominent among whom in Indianapolis may be mentioned Granville Jared, whose place of business is at 183 Beeville Avenue. Mr. Jared was born in Breckenridge County, Ky., his grandfather, Joel Jared, having moved from Virginia to that State about 1806, where the father of the subject of this sketch was born the following year. He was brought up to a knowledge of farming and carpentering. In 1841 he moved to Illinois and located in Jasper County where he died in January, 1892. He was an active politician in his day, was first an old Henry Clay Whig and in 1856 began supporting the principles of Republicanism, which he contin- ued to do the remainder of his days. He held official position in Jasper County for twenty years and was the second school commissioner of that county. He was a successful business man and while in office sold all the school lands in Jasper County and established a school fund of which he was in charge for six years. The family first came to this country during the early settlement of New England and members of it are now scattered throughout the length and breadth of the United States. The mother of the subject of this sketch was Rosa Meadows, who died in 1874 at about the age of seventy-five years. She and her hus- band were members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church for many years. They became the parents of twelve children, of whom the subject of this sketch was the third in order of birth. He received his education in the public schools of Jasper County and learned his trade under his father, and to this occupation he has since given the most of his attention although he farmed for a few years in Jasper County. In 1863 and 1864 he was in the provost marshars office, a responsible and dangerous position, and he passed through a number of thrilling experiences. In 1878 he moved to Terre Haute, Ind., where he commenced con- tracting and there did some extensive and important work, chief among which was the San- ford Fork and Tool Works. For the past three years he has been a resident of Indianapo- lis and since that time his attention has been directed to contracting during which short period he has built up an enviable reputation. In August, 1862, he joined Company E. of the One Hundred and Twenty-third Illinois Volunteer Infantry, with which he served until he received his discharge in February, 1863, by reason of disability, after which he was in the provost marshall’s sei vice in Illinois, although he was stationed at Perryville, Ky. He was married in 1853 to Miss Samantha Tomilson of Jasper County and to them a family of ten children were given, eight of whom are living, five sons and three daughters. Mr. Jared is a member of the G. A. R., was a Whig in politics in 1852 and since 1856 has been a Re- publican. John K. Slack. One of the many who are called upon to contribute their quota of what is needed to make up the necessities or luxuries prepared for the comfort and well being of the inner man is the grocer, whose popularity is usually measured by the quality of 455 AND MABION COUNTY, INDIANA. goods with which he supplies his customers. Assumiug such to be the case, the name of John K. Slack has become a conspicuous one at Brightwood, Ind. He was born in Delaware County, Ind., December!), 1867, his father being George W. Slack, a native of Bucks County, Penn. About forty years ago, when the latter was a young man, he came to Indiana, and in addition to practicing the honorable profession of medicine with more than ordinary success, he followed the occupation of farming until death closed his career in 1885. He was a graduate of the Chicago Medical School, but his knowledge was not con- fined to the paths of physic for he was well informed on the current topics of the day and was an extensive and retentive reader. John K. Slack was an attendant of the schools of Delaware County until he was eighteen years of age when he became a telegraph operator with the Bee Line Railroad, and after its consolidation with the Big Four Railroad he still continued with the road, and for three years was night operator at Daleville, Ind. He was then stationed at Brightwood at the East Yards for something over two years, and during his entire experience as a telegraph operator he was never laid off from work but two days. Upon closing his career as a railroad man he formed a partnership with Samuel Bloom and together they opened a well stocked grocery establishment which they have conducted with exceptional success up to the present time, their house being the most popular as well as most extensive in Brightwood. It was their aim when they started in business to make theirs the leading establishment of their vicinity, and they have succeeded in doing so upon lines of sterling integrity. They handle only the highest grade of products and deal with the first families of the community. Mr. Slack has always been a Democrat in politics and at the last election he was chosen trustee of ward 1. October 28, 1891, he was united in marriage with Miss Katie Bloom of this city. He is a member of the K. of P. , the Chosen Friends, the Red Men and the Pythian Sisters. Charles F. Wehking. The calling of the brick contractor has becomea most im})ortant one from the fact that into nearly every structure of importance that material is put, there- fore, it is necessary for a contractor who expects to make a success of his calling, to become thoroughly familiar with every detail of the business or he will “find his house about his ears.’’ A gentleman well up in this calling is Charles F. Wehking, who is a native of Ger- many, in which country he was born in 1846. He learned his trade in the land of his birth, as an apprentice, but before he had worked at it any length of time he entered the German army, and during the four years that he was in the service he held the rank of sergeant of his company, and was in the Franco- Prussian War, taking part in the battle of August 14, 1871, and August 18, of the same year, the latter being the hardest engagement of the whole war. He also particij)ated in numerous skirmishes and upon receiving his dis- charge he came almost immediately to the United States, and took up his residence in the city of Indianapolis, which has ever since been his liome and with the interests of which he has always fully identified himself. For fifteen years after locating here he worked at his trade for different contractors, then formed a partnership with Henry Feltman, and they were engaged in contracting together for one season, but since that time he has been by himself. He erected the new Deaf and Dumb Asylum, many tine business buildings, and the handsome and sul)stantial addition to the Denison Hotel; the addition to tlie State Nor- mal Building, at Terre Haute, Ind.; the school buildings at Evansville; the Bank building and school l)uildings at Connorsville; the buildings at St. Mary’s In The Woods near Terre Haute, and others too numerous to particularize; suffice it to say that they were all substantial and well constructed l)uildings. In politics Mr. Wehking has made it a principle to vote f(jr the one whom in his oi)inion is the l)est man for the |)osition, but aside from this is not a politician. In 1872 Miss Christina Moldtlian, who was born in Germany, l)ecame his wife, and to them eight childien have been given, six daughters surviving, a son and daughter being dead. Mr. Wehking is a member of the German Ijutheran Church, belongs to the German Or|)han8’ Home Association, as well as otlier cliaritable and social organiza- tions. Omri 4’. Field. In a growing city there is no more important industry or one in which its exponents are in greater demand than the builder and contractor. Indianapolis’ tine business houses and jialatial residences have jiroven this, while the builder may with truth at once be designated as one of the foremost and useful develojiers of a vicinity. A 456 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS popular man in this connection is Oinri T. Field whose business is located at 116 Ramsey Avenue. Mr. Field was born in Jackson Comity, Ind., in 1871, son of Greenberry Field and grandson of William Field who was a native Kentuckian and a pioneer of Jefferson County, Ind. Greenberry Field was born in Jefferson County, Ind., in 1832, and when grown became a merchant in that county, continuing in that business for some time. Sub- secpiently he came to Indianapolis and was engaged in the grocery business for two years, after which he turned his attention to handling all kinds of stock. While a resident of Jef- ferson County he was township assessor and held other local positions. Since residing here he has served as laud appraiser. Politically he has always been a Democrat and socially he is a Mason, and is an original charter member of the Chosen Friends. He is also a member of the Christian Church. He selected his wife in the person of Miss Eliza A. Buxton, a native of the Buckeye State, and three children have blessed this union: Laura A., Eva Bell, and O. T. The latter, our subject, received a good practical education in the city schools, graduating when seventeen years of age, and then served an apprenticeship as a carpenter under M. M. Cotton. Later he finished under George H. Hoerette and then worked for William Martin, of Brightwood, as foreman, continuing in that capacity for three years. Since then he has been contracting for himself. His wife. Miss Lula M. Heaton, was one of Indianapolis’ fair daughters, and a lady of much refinement. Charles H. Schoershusen. Few departments of industrial activity have attained greater perfection or a more deserved reputation in Indianapolis than that of contracting and building. The competition in this line is great, but the result has been satisfactory to the great public, as a higher standard of perfection has been attained. Prominent among the popular and successful contractors and builders of Indianapolis stands the name of Charles H. Schoershusen who has made a name for always discharging his obligations with truth to his promises, thus gaining a place in the first rank of contractors and builders. He was born in Germany. April 23, 1855, and is the son of Henry Schoershusen who was also born in Germany, and who was a working man and an industrious citizen. Our subject received his education in his native land and in 1880 he came to the United States to win fame and fortune on this side of the Atlantic. Previous to this he had worked a little at his trade in the old country, and after touching American soil he located at Benton, Iowa, where he remained but a short time. He then came to Indianapolis and began working for William Kattau, of that city, and continued with him nine years, becoming foreman in that time, and erecting many of the finest buildings in the city. Later he commenced working for him- self, and success has crowned his efforts. He was first with William Phillips one season, and was then for some time by himself. He has erected many buildings in the city and is well known as a skillful and reliable workman. He came to this country with limited means and all his accumulations are the result of years of hard work and good management. He was married in his native country to Miss Dora Breihenn, also a native of Germany, and three children were born to their union, two sons living and a daughter deceased. Mr. Schoer- shusen is a member of the Contractors Association, and is a wide awake, thoroughgoing business man. He is identified with the Second Reform Church, and a liberal contributor to all worthy movements. John H. Gasper. The building up of Indianapolis has long been actively and prom- inently identified with the name of Gaspei-, as has the erection of many of her largest and stateliest edifices. John H. Gasper has been one of the foremost builders and contractors in Indianapolis since 1871, for from the start his exceptional business acumen, reliability and promptness in fulfilling his agreements, secured for him wide recognition and an influ- ential patronage. He has become widely known and respected in the city of his adoption, and may well look with pride on the monuments of his handiwork in all parts of Indianap- olis. Mr. Gasper was born in North Vernon, Jennings County, Ind., December 30, 1850, and HO doubt inherits his perseverance, industry and honorable business methods from his German ancestors, for his parents, John B. and Elizabeth Gasper, were natives of the Father- land. Mr. and Mrs. Gasper came to this country when single and were married in Madison, Ind. The father is still living, is seventy-four years of age, but still enjoys comparatively good health. He learned the stone mason’s trade in Germany, but after coming to the United States became a contractor, which he followed very extensively for years. He is 457 AXD MARIOX COUXTY, IXDIANA. now retired. He has always taken a part in politics and in the success of the Democratic party. John H. Gasper, the fourth in order of birth of nine children born to his parents, secured a fair education in the schools of North Vernon and subsecpiently served an appren- ticeship at the carpenter’s trade. In 1871 he came to Indianapolis and worked at his trade for different parties for a number of years, after which he began contracting for himself. This he has continued ever since with the exception of one year when he was foreman for John R. Staples. As before stated, he has built some of this city’s liandsomest residences, and in his business relations will be found liberal, punctual and upright. In 188() he moved to North Indianapolis where he now has a very pleasant home presided over by his estimable wife w’ho was formerly Miss Mary F. Hatton. For some time Mr. Gasper was in partner- ship with William M’eaver, but is now by himself. He is a deacon in the Christian Church. To his marriage has been born one child, a daughter. John T. Metsker. It would be difficult to conceive of an industry which occupies a more important standing in the great business rush of the West than that allied to the brick trade. In this business millions of dollars are invested, while the number of persons employed counts up into the hundreds of thousands. One of the leading men engaged in the brick-making business in Indianapolis is John T. IMetsker, who owns and operates a large brick yard at the corner of Clifford Avenue and the Belt Railway. He has all the latest and best machinery for his business, and notwithstanding the dull season (18t)3), he has been able to sell all the brick he could manufacture. This is owing to the well known fact that he manufactures the finest brick in the Indianapolis market and is a relialfie and trustworthy business man. ^fr. Metsker was born March 4, 1854, in Hamilton County. Ind., and his parents, James B. and Nancy (DeMoss) Metsker, were natives of that State also. Mr. and Mrs. Metsker were married at Noblesville, Ind., about 1850, and resided in that county until after the death of Mrs. Metsker, which occurred in 1884. Seven children were l)orn to this worthy couple and named in the order of their births as follows: Henry, born in 1852, married Miss Flora Temple. He was an engineer on the L. N. A. A C. Ry., with his home at Monon, and was killed in a wreck at Broad Ripple, in 1803; John T.,our subject; Frank, married Miss Laura Fertig, and nowresides at Noblesville, Ind. ; Jane, resides at the same [)lace, and is the wife of Stephen Mongole; Mattie, is the wife of Andrew Barnes, and resides at Noblesville, Ind. ; Emma, also a resident of Noblesville, is yet single, and James E., residing in Noblesville, is also single. The original of this notice was married in the month of November, 1888, to Miss Sarah K. Soiiueyfield, whose parents were Indiana people, and now reside in Marion County, of the Hoosier State. To Mr. and Mrs. Metsker have been born one child, Ro}', who is now a fine, active little boy of four years, his birth occurring in 1889. Mr. Metsker was reared a farmer but at an early age learned the drug l)usiness. This was too confining and he soon abandoned it and engaged in his present busi- ness of making brick. He has made a complete success of this business, is a man of excel- lent qualities and is most thoroughly admired and respected by all who are favored with his ac. F. Haugh & Co. until January, 1886, when he was ap|)ointed postmaster of Haughville under President Cleveland, and served in this capacity until the spring of 1889, resigning his position just prior to tlie inauguration of President Harrison. He has been one of the prominent and influential workers of the Democratic party of Haughville and Wayne Township for years, and for the past three years has served as clerk and treas urer of the town. He was at another time elected to these positions but could not serve on account of holding the post-mastership. He has at various times bemi a membi'r of the school board and the board of trustees, and on January I, 1892, was ap|)ointed baliff of the County Commissioners Court, a position he still holds. After his retirement from the post- office, he eiigagtul in the real estate and insurance business in Haughville and at jvreseid is the most extensive insurance agent in the place, besides doing considerabh* business in this line in Indianapolis. He has always identified himself with the best interests of Haughville 402 MEMOIRS OE INDIANAPOLIS and ranks among its progressive and pnl)lic-s])irited citizens. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, the K. of P. and the order of Red Men and in his political views has always been in sympathy with the Democrat party. In November, 1872, Mr. Canfield was married to Miss. Sarah Wilkes, a native of Union County, N. J. Jacob Sieg. Indianapolis’ enormous and substantial development has created an active market for the superior grades of brick, and thus has been developed one of the greatest industries here. Other cities receive their brick, as a rule, from a distance. Indianapolis, on the other hand, has several of the finest yards in the State, within or near her boundaries. One of the active, thoroughgoing men engaged in this line of business is Jacob Sieg, who for ten years lias been active as a brick manufacturer. He is a man of tlie soundest judgment and marked executive ability and is specially qualitied to guide aright such important interests as these. Mr. vSieg owes his nativity to Ripley County, Ind., born February 25, 1856, and is a son of Godfred and Maggie (Wagner) Sieg, both natives of Germany. Before marriage both came to the United States, and were married in the Buckeye State, where they resided many years. The mother is now deceased, but the father resides in Ripley County, Ind., where he is engaged in farming. They were the parents of nine children, as follows: Louisa, single and a resident of Indianapolis; Catherine married Andrew Ramsberger and now resides in this city; Frederick married Miss Susan Biel, and makes his home in Ripley County, Ind.; Maggie, now living in Greensburg, Ind., has been twice married, but both her husbands are deceased (she first married Peter Mack, and after his death, George Clark); Sarah, single, resides in Ripley County, Ind ; Henry, also a resident of Ripley County, is single; Jacob, subject; Sophia, single, and a resident of Ripley County; and John, single and a resident of Ripley County. Our subject, who is expert in all that concerns brick making, gives his undivided attention to this business, and has met with unusual success. He is single. Robert E. Woods. In this day and age of bustle and activity, very few people stop to consider what we eat and how to select it, but the skillful housewife is very careful in her ])urchase of groceries and meats, for she knows that on their purity and wholesomeness depend in a great measure the health and happiness of her family. Among the prominent grocerymen of Woodside, Ind., is Robert E. Woods, who carries a tine stock of goods in his line, and who is classed among the wide-awake, thorough going business men of the county. All his life has been passed in the Hoosier State, his birth occurring in Ohio County, September 27, 1857, and his parents, William and Lyda (Downy) Woods, were natives of Indiana also. Mr. and Mrs. Woods were the parents of six children, as follows: Sylvester, died in infancy; George A., married Miss Nancy Conaway, and now resides in Ohio County, Ind. ; John Wesley, residing in the same county, married Miss Amanda Blue; William D. , married Miss Fannie Lukins, and resides in New York city; Orpheus A., mar- ried Miss Ella Cotield and resides in Ohio County, Ind., and Robert E., our subject. The latter was reared in his native county and on his father’s farm. When twenty-one years of age he began teaching school and so successful was he in this profession, that he was sub- sequently elected to the office of county superintemlent of schools, holding that position one term in Ohio County. Later he attended college but on account of failing eyesight he was obliged to (|uit his books and take a much needed rest.. Following this he was in the United States mail service for thirteen months and then embarked in merchandising which he has continued for the past six years, owning one of the best stores in his section. Indus- trious and enterprising he has made many friends and is highly esteemed in the community. Socially he is a Mason, an Odd Fellow, a Knight of Pythias and a member of the Chosen Friends. He is an exemplary citizen and he and his esteemed and worthy wife have a wide circle of friends. He was married in 1880, to Miss Ruth A. Armstrong, daughter of Robert and Rachel (Potter) Armstrong, both natives of Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong are the parents of seven children, as follows: O. L., deceased; John N., single and now living in southern Indiana, Minnie, died in infancy; Walter S., died when nine years of age; Mary B. ; married A'lolphus W. Hyde, and resided in southern Indiana until her death; Rutli, Mrs. Woods; and Catherine E., married George F. Simpson, and resides in Marble Hill, Ind. To our subject and wife have been born three children, Frank A., whose birth LIBRARY OF THE L'NIVERSITY OF ILLINO!^ AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. 4()3 occurred in August, 1881; William D., born February 5, 1888, and Charles Edward, born May 26, 1888, all are living. WiLLi.vM H. Bellemoke. The thought which presents itself to the far seeing and con- servative mind when the question is pi’opounded as to what essentials are necessary to a man’s success in business is that they are industry, sobriety, economy and honesty, and this history of all well established firms will corroborate this. Among the prominent and success- ful business men of Indianapolis, engaged in that most important branch of industry — cooper- age — Mr. Bellemore holds a conspicuous place, for he has followed that calling all the active years of his life, having learned the trade from his father, who was a practical and skillful workman. He owes his nativity to Lockport, N. Y., where he was born, August 24, 1858, to Michael and Matilda (Blair) Bellemore, who were native Canadians, but were married in Lockport, and there resided until one year after the birth of the subject of this sketch, when they came to Indiana. They are both now dead, having become the parents of three children ; William H. ; Scott, who was born in 1856, is married to Miss Khoda Cramer, and is in the employment of the United States Government, having charge of the mail at the Union depot in this citj'; and Charles L., who was born in 1859, is now engaged in the cooper’s trade in this city, and is married to Mary Wilson. The subject of this sketch was united in marriage with Elizabeth A. Wineman, and a comfortable home at 517 South West Street, Indianapolis, is theirs. They have three children; Charles Edward, born in 1859; John M. , born in 1880 and Harry F., born in 1882. Mr. Bellemore has been in business for himself for nine years and is now a member of the firm of W. H. Bellemore A Co., which is doing a thriving business at the corner of Morris and West Streets. When running in full force the firm employs fifteen men to make flour barrels alone. Mr. Bellemore is a member of the K. of P. , Capitol Lodge, No. 97, of Indianapolis, of which order he has been a member for nine years. Hon. Uavid Turpie. There is not a name of a living citizen of Indiana, with })ossibly one or two exceptions, which is more widely or more favorably known than that of the long- time jurist and legislator, Hon. David Turpie, who has been twice elected as United States Senator from this State and is a leading member of the Marion County bar, his experience as a law maker and judge in Indiana and as a legislator at Washington covering a period of nearly forty years, the intervals in which he has not been in public service having been given to the successful practice of his profession. Mr. Turpie was admitted to the bar after due preparation, at Logansport, Ind.,in 1849, and at once began a career that early marked him as a man of uncommon ability. In 1854 he was ajipointed ))y Gov. Wright, whom he later succeeded in the Senate, as judge of the Court of Common Pleas, and two years later he became judge of the Circuit Court. He resigned both of these oflices, however. Mean time in 1858, he was a member of the Indiana Legislature, and in 1858 was again elected to that office. He was first elected United States senator in 1868, for the unexpired term of Hon. Je.sse U. Bright and immediately succeeding Hon. Joseph A. Wright, who served by appointment of the governor. In 1874 75 he was again in the House of llepresentatives of the General Assembly of Indiana and was honored with the si)eakerHhip of that l)ody and was the last to preside as such in the old State House. In 1878, when a commission of three was appointed to revise the laws of Indiana, he was appointed as one of its members and served in that capacity during tlie succeeding three years. He was appoint(>d l>y Presi- dent Cleveland, in August, 1886, United States District. Attorney for the State of Indiana and filled that office most al)ly and aece])tal)ly until IMarch 8, 1887, when he resigned, having on February 2 previous, been elected Unites States senator, and on the following day he again took u[) the honors and responsibilities of that exalted [)osition. The career of Judge Tur [)ie has been a most successfid and mo.st useful one. The laws of the State will ever bear the impress of his labor and his genius. He was an ideal speaker of the House of Kepre sentatives of Indiana. As a United States senator his course was one of dignity, integritv and devotion to his State and country and he .served on such important committees as the committee on pensions, the committee on privileges and elections, the committee on trans- jmrtation to the seaboard, etc. Asa delegate-at large to the national Democratic conven tion at St. Louis, in 1888, he was wise and (dlicient in the counsels of his fiarty. As a polit- ical organizer he has few siqieriors. As a public speaker he is forcible, convincing and pleasing. There are few statesmen in Indiana, who through a period eijually long have met 464 MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS with such hearty and nnawerviiig approval on the part of their constituents. In politics he is a Democrat because be believes that a prevalence of the practical results of Democratic doctrine will benefit the country. In his private life and in his intercourse with his fellow men he is thoroughly and consistently democratic, because he is in and ttirough everything most thoroughly American, most truly democratic from the very instincts of his being. \V. H. H. Millek. William Henry Harrison Miller, ex- Attorney General of the United States, was born at Augusta, Oneida County, N. Y., September 6, 1840, of English and Scotch ancestry. His father was a farmer, and he gre w up accustomed to the every day work of a farmer boy, attending the district schools, and later the seminary at Whitestown, where he prepared for Hamilton College, which graduated him in 1861. He taught school at Maumee City, Ohio, and he was thus employed until May, 1862, when he enlisted for the three months’ service in the Eighty fourth Ohio Infantry. He was mustered out with his regiment in September following, and immediately began to study law in the office of Chief Justice Morrison K. Waite. Financial demands upon him, however, compelled him to seek some remunerative employment, and he accepted the superintendency of the schools of Peru, Ind. , and while attending to the duties of that position read law as opportunity offered, so that he was admitted to the l)ar of Peru in 1865, and began the practice of his profession there, holding meantime the office of county school examiner. Mr. Miller removed to Ft. Wayne in 1866. and there formed a law partnership with William H. Coombs. Their busi- ness increased so rapidly that a third partner was soon admitted. Mr. Miller practiced often before the Federal Court, and there he attracted the attention and formed the acquaint- ance of Gen. Harrison, who upon the retirement of A. G. Porter from the firm of Porter, Harrison & Hines, invited Mr. Miller to become a member of it. This he did, and as such was engaged in active practice down to the time of his appointment by President Harrison as attorney-general. His choice to this exalted position was most fitting. He was and had long been one of the leaders at the bar. His integrity was unquestioned, his ability was very marked, his industry was untiring. These facts are acknowledged by all, and President Harrison was in a position to be better aware of them than almost any one else. Mr. Miller had, at that time, been engaged in some of the most important litigations before the Supreme Court of the State, and that of the United States. Mention may be made, by way of illus- tration, of the legal contest concerning the adoption of the amendment to the State consti- tution in 1878, and the lieutenant-governorship contest in 1886. For years, and particu- larly during the campaign of 1888 he had l)een Gen. Harrison’s confidential adviser and chosen friend. As attorney-general Mr. Miller enhanced his professional reputation very greatly by his action in directing the United States marshal to protect Supreme Court Justice Field from a threatened attack by the notorious Judge Terry, of California, who was killed by a deputy United States marshal while attempting said assault, and by his 2 n-otect- ing said deputy marshal on the high ground that it was, indejrendently of all statutes, the plain duty of the executive to jirotect the judiciary, arguing on this ground and being sus- tained in the United States Circuit and Supreme Courts. He ajipeared in numerous impor- tant and very difficult cases, notably the Behring Sea litigation, the contest over the constitu- tional validity of the McKinley bill, and cases growing out of the Inter State Tariff bill and the anti-lottery laws. It is doubtful if another attorney-general ever acquitted himself more creditably in office, all things considered, or ever retired from office with a greater measure of the respect of the peojfie, irres 2 )ective of party affiliation. At the expiration of his term of office, Mr. Miller returned to Indianapolis, and resumed the 2 )ractice of law as the head of the firm of Miller, Winter & Elam. Judge Ai.exander C. Ayres. The philosophy of success in life is an interesting study, and affords a lesson from which others can profit. In choosing a pursuit in life, taste, mental gifts, opportunity and disposition to labor, should be considered, if any young man who has a disposition to become a respectable and useful citizen desires to succeed therein. On November 9, 1846, a boy was born in Franklin County, Ind., who grew up to sturdy manhood, ambitious to excel, and possessing much energy and determi- nation, attributes which are essential to success in any calling. This boy was Judge Alexander C. Ayres, whose father, Hon. Levi Ayres, was a native of New Jersey. The elder Ayres moved to Indiana at an early date and served in the Indiana Legislature. He 465 AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. also served several terms as commissioner of Franklin County. His death occurred in December, 1888. The scholastic training of our subject was received in the Northwestern Christian (now Butlei-) University, from whiL-h he graduated in 1808. Subsequently he began the study of law with Hendricks, Hord & Hendricks, at Indianapolis, and also graduated in the law school at Butler University, after he had entered the above mentioned law office. In 1872 Judge Ayres was admitted to the Marion County bar, and in 1873 formed a partnership with B. K. Elliott, the same continuing until Mr. Elliott went on the bench. Later, Judge Ayres formed a partnership with Edgar A. Brown, now (1893) judge of the Circuit Court, and this continued until our subject was elected judge of the Cir- cuit Court. This was in 1884, and he served three years, only about half his time, when he resigned. After this he formed a partnership with C. A. Brown and L. N. Harvey. Mr. Brown went on the bench in iSOO, and this dissolved the partnership, our subject practicing alone until January, 1892, when the present partnership, Ayres & Jones, was formed. Judge Ayres was a delegate to the National Democratic Convention, in 1892, and has ever been active in political affairs, serving as president of the Hendricks Club for some time. He takes pride in assisting all public enterprises and is public spirited, liberal and high-minded. His entire career has been upright and honorable and he is in every way worthy of the respect in which he is held. Albert Gall. Among the noted and representative men of the flourishing city of Indianapolis, Ind., stands the name of Albert Gall, whose high reputation and material pro.sperity came as the rewards of unusual natural abilities, industriously applied. He is a man who has maintained a high character for integrity and fldelity to the trust bestowed upon him, whether of a public or a private nature, and it is acknowledged by all that he is one of the most efficient and popular State treasurers. He owes his nativity to Wisconsin, born in Green Bay, November 23, 1842, and came to Indianapolis with his parents in 1847. As he was but five years of age at that time, as a natural consequence most of his recollec- tions are of this State. He attended the public schools of Indianapolis until 1853, when his father, Alvis Gall, was ap])ointed Consul to Antwerp, and our subject finished his education in that city. There he remained until 1859, when he returned to Indianapolis and entered the dry goods store of A. G. Williard. Shortly afterward he went to California and located in San Francisco, where he remained four years. Returning to Indianapolis he entered the employ of G. A T. Krauss, dealers in wall paper, carpets, etc., and was in their employ for three months. Mr. G. Krauss then retiring the father of our subject bought his interest and the firm was then known as Krauss & Gall, continuing as such for three years. After this it was changed to Gall & Rush and three years later became Albert Gall, under which title it has since remained. Mr. Gall was elected State treasurer in 1890 and so creditably and satisfactorily did he discharge the duties of this important position, that he was re-elected in 1892. He is an ardent Democrat in politics and has ever been interested in the welfare of his party. Socially he is a member of the Elks, Mystic Shrine, Scottish Jiite and is a Knight Templar in the Masonic fraternity. He is one of the governors of the Indianapolis Board of Trade; is a member of the Commercial Club, German American Club, honorary member of Cleveland Club, Society, Sons of Veterans and Loyal Legion. Mr. Gall was married in 1864 to iMiss Louisa Ruschhaupt, a native of Indianapolis. In our sub- ject the community has a faithful and unswerving friend, ever alert to serve its best interests, and generous in his contributions toward every movement tending to the general advance- ment. His father was born in' Weil-de-Stadt, A\'urtemberg, Germany, and came to America in 1840. His home was j)rincipally in Indianapolis where he practiced medicine until his death in 1867. He was surgeon of the Thirteenth Indiana Volunteers during a portion of the war and was connected with the medical service the remainder of the time. During Presi- dent Pierce’s administration he was apj)ointed Con.sul to Antwerj), and served through that administration and two years of President Buchanan’s term. He was a man of intelligence and sound understanding. Hon. John C. New, known prominently over the State through his connection with the daily and weekly Journal of Indianapolis, the [)resent United States Consul to London, England, and the Government’s ex-treasurer, was born July 6, 1831, at Vernon, Jennings County, this State, being the son of John B. and Maria (Chalfant) New. Graduating at 46G MEMOIRS OF INDIANAPOLIS. the age of twenty years from Bethany College (Virginia), he began the study of law at Indianapolis, was admitted to the bar in 1852, and four years later was appointed circuit court clerk of Marion County to till out the unexpired term caused by the death of the incumbent. Upon the expiration of the term he accepted the Republican nomination for the office, and although confronted by a Democratic majority, was elected by a decisive majority. Under the appointment of Gov. Morton, he became quartermaster general of the State during the Civil War, and consequently the governor’s financial secretary — a very responsible posi- tion l)ecause of the enormous amount pledged by Gov. Morton for the prosecution of the war and for which a disloyal legislature made no provision. In 1862 he was nominated and elected State senator from the Indianapolis district, and in 1865 became an official of the First National Bank of the city, and as such continued ten years. The year 1875, unsolicited on his part, witnessed his appointment to the responsible position of treasurer of the United States by President Grant. A year later he resigned his office. Having purchased the Journal of Indianapolis in 1880, he gave it his personal attention for j'ears and caused it to be recognized as one of the foremost Republican State newspapers in the land. In 1880 he was chairman of the Republican State Centi-al Committee, displaying superior ability in his management of Slate atfairs. Under President Harrison’s appointment he acceptably filled the consulship of the United States to the city of London. Mr. New has been twice mar- ried, and is blessed with a fine family. Maite lr« 1«Uir 10-1^3 STO