Clark County, Indiana - Biographical sketches, 1909 (part 2 of 15)

The early life of Thomas J. Brock, in close touch with nature on the farm, was conducive to well rounded physical development and accustomed to habits of industiy from childhood he grew up with well defined ideas of life, its duties and responsibilities. After acquiring an elementarv education in the public schools he entered the Borden Institute, where he made commendable progress in the higher branch of learning and earned an honorable record as a student, graduating in the Teachers Scientific and Academic courses in the year 1892. During the six years following his graduation ]Mr. Brock taught in the public schools of Clark county and gained worth}^ prestige as a capable and enterprising instructor, popular alike with pupils and patrons as is indicated by his long period of service in but few places of labor. Fnnn 1896 to 1897 inclusive he was principal of the town school of Borden, and while holding this position he took up the study of law which he subsequently prosecnted in the Borden Institnte. his progress being such that he was chily admitted to the bar in 1898, since which year he has been actively engaged in the practice of his profession in Jeffersonville.

In September. 1900, Mr. Brock was appointed City Attorney of Jeffersonville, and held the office to the satisfaction of all concerned until May, 1904, proving an able and judicious public servant who spared no pains in looking after the interests of the people. Since retiring from office he has devoted his attention verj' closely to his profession and at the present time has a large and lucrative practice, standing in the front rank of the successful members of the local bar and being held in high esteem by his professional brethren as well as by the public at large. In connection with his professional duties Mr. Brock is also largely interested in religious work, being a zealous member of the Christian church, and since Febraary, 1892, an ordained evangelist of the same. He is an able and forceful speaker. He occupies no small place in public favor and enjoying the confidence and esteem of the people of his city, and with a promising outlook before him there is every reason to believe that the past 's but an earnest of the higher honors which shall come to him by reason of duty ably and faithfully performed.

Mr. Brock is a member of four fraternal organizations and an active and influential worker in each, namely, the Free and Accepted Masons, Modern Woodmen of America, Knights of Pythias and Order of F.astern Star, and in politics he is stanchly and uncompromisingly Democratic.

On December 3d of the year 1894, Air. Brock and Ada A. Littell daughter of Milburn and Rachael Littell, were united in the holy bonds of wedl(ick. the union being blessed with two children, H. Curtis and Byron J., aged twelve and ten years, respectively.

Capt. Edmonds J. Howard

Captain Edmonds J. Howard, president of the Howard Ship Yards Company, was born at Madison. Indiana. ^Nlarch 14. 1840. His father was the late Captain James Howard, the founder of the famous Howard yards, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this volume. His mother was Rebecca Barmore, a native of Hamilton county, Ohio.

The family located permanently at JefYersonville in 1848, where the father was engaged in boat building, and here the son grew to manhood. He received his education in the public and private schools of Louisville, and afterwards attended the Kentucky ^Military Institute at Frankfort, Kentucky.

Before he had become of age he had entered business life, and following his father's .example had turned to the river. In i860 he went to the South and served as clerk on a steamboat running up Ouchita river. Here the breaking out of the War of the Rebellion found him, and reaHzing the need of his presence at home he severed his connection witli tlie boat and started North. Reacliing Jef^ersonville after many chfficulties he entered the emplov of the United States government as a clerk in the Ordnance Department, but remained there but a short while, leaving to become connected with his father's yards. His career in the boat building business has not been one of easy success, but rather a fight to master the business from the first to the last detail. He began as an apprentice and learned every department of boat building by actual contact with the work. In 1865 the firm of James Howard became James Howard & Company, by the addition of John C. Howard, a brother, and Edmonds J. Howard. In 1876, upon the death of his father, he bmight all of his father's interest in the company and several years later also that oi his uncle John C. The firm was then known as the E. J. Howard, and as such has turned out a vast fleet of magnificent steamers, as well as a large numljer of smaller water craft for the Mississippi Valley and the Gulf coast rivers. Boats have been built at his yards for the waters of Central America, and the first large steamers to ply the Yukon river in Alaska were contsructed by him, shipped to Dutch Harbor and put together there. For beauty, speed and construction the boats from the Howard yards at Jefifersonville stand as the peer of any on the rivers of the West, and all show the result of the experience and skill at the head of the business. Captain Howard's business ability is not limited to the plant at Jeffersonville. for in 1905 he acquired the Marine Ways at Cincinnati, Madison, Paducah, Kentucky; and Mound City, Illinois, all operated under separate organizations except the plants at Madison and Jeffersonville. At present this business, known as the Howard Shipyards Company, is the most extensive inland ship building industry in the United States. It has been in continuous operation since 1848 with the exception of a short period in i860. At times the ship yard at JefTersonville has employed as many as four hundred men, and it is considered one of the most successful businesses of the kind in the United States.

Captain Howard was married to Laura Burke, a native of Louisville, Kentucky, on January 6, 1863. Their two sons, Clyde and James, are both interested in the business with their father, Clyde being the secretary and treasurer of the concern and James the vice-president.

Besides Captain Howard's business at the local ship yards and Marine Ways, he is a director in the First National Bank, and the Citizens' National Bank of Jeffersonville.

In politics he is a Democrat, and while a resident of Jefifersonville, ser\'ed as Councilman from his ward for several years. During the War of the Rebellion he sen,'ed as a member of the Home Guards, but participated in no

Captain Howard's residence in Port Fulton, just above Jeffersonville, and overlooking the ship yards, is one of the finest in Southern Indiana, and the grounds which surround it, including one whole city block, are evidence of a love of home which is one of his strong characteristics.

Rev. Francis Marion Brock

This name is well known in Wood township, Clark county, where Reverend Brock has maintained his home all his life, where his parents were numbered among the pioneers.

Francis Marion Brock was born in Wood township in 1849, the son of Michael and Elizabeth (Stover) Brock. Michael Brock's father, George Brock, is believed to have come from North Carolina. He was a Baptist minister and a man of considerable prominence in his time. His wife was Elizabeth McKinley before her marriage. Elizabeth Stover was the daughter of Daniel Stover, of Virginia, who located in Jackson township, W^ashington county, Indiana, where he died, having reached the remarkable age of one hundred and four years. His wife was Polly Ann Carvia before her marriage. All these ancestors of Francis Marion Brock were influential in their respective communities and were people of much sterling worth, and many of the admirable traits which they manifested are today exemplified in the gentleman whose name introduces this sketch.

Francis Marion Brock has lived in Wood township all his life. He was educated in the public schools and at May's Academy at Salem, Indiana. He was an ambitious student and applied himself to his studies in the most arduous manner which resulted in his receiving a good education. Early in life he decided that his true "bent" was in teaching and accordingly began to prepare himself for this profession, which he followed with unqualified success for a period of seventeen years, at the same time preaching the Gospel in such a manner that he became one of the most useful men of his localit}'. His services as an educator were eagerly sought after and he was in constant demand in the various capacities of a minister. He is still a minister in the Christian church and is at this writing pastor of Chapel Hil! church in Floyd county. He also preaches at Canton, Washington county, and at Old Zoah, Scott county. Wherever he preaches he is always greeted by large cnngregations.

marriage with Abigail Brown, a native of Wood township. She is the daughter of Henry and Nancy Brown, and to this union three children have been bom, nanaely : Thomas J. Brock, an attorney living in Jeffersonville and John B. Brock, who is teaching school in Wood township. One of the subject's children is deceased.

Reverend Brock is a member of New Providence Lodge, No. 237, Free and Accepted ]\Iasons. He is one of the oldest Masons in this lodge, and his daily life gives evidence that he believes ni fostering the sublime principles taught by this ancient order. He has filled all the offices in the local lodge.

Mrs. Brock is the representative of a Southern family, her mother having been a native of Tennessee, and her father, who was the son of Isaac and Nancy Brown, were from North Carolina and Virginia, respectively. Mrs. Brock's mother's maiden name was Nancy Rippy. Her father was John Rippy, a native of Tennessee, and her mother was Elizabeth (Robinson) Rippy. also a native of Tennessee.

The paternal branch of ]\Ir. Lindley's family has been identified with the South from a very remote period, the genealogy being traced through a number of generations to the early histon.' of Virginia and North Carolina, in both commonwealths the name appearing in connection with the founding and growth of various localities. Maternally he is descended from ancestors who moved from the North in an early day and settled in the ]\Iiddle W'est and a few years prior to 1820 his mother's parents located in Clark county, Illinois, and became actively identified with the history of the old town of York on the \Vabash, at that time the metropolis of the southeastern part of the state and a place of much importance and promise.

Abraham Lindley, Eli M.'s father, a native of Virginia, was born in 1801, married when still a young man, Maria Curtis, whose birth occurred at York, Illinois, in the year 1820, this couple spent the greater part of their married life in Powhattan, Arkansas, and it was there that their respective deaths occurred, the father's in 1865, the mother's in the year 1875. Of their family of five sons and two daughters but three are living, namely: Mrs. Callie McNaughton, of JeiYersonville, Indiana ; T. J. Lindley. a successful merchant and prominent ci<-izen of the same place, and Eli M. of this review.

Eli M. Lindley was born at Powhattan. Arkansas, on the 15th day of September, 1851, and until his sixteenth year, lived on a fami and became familiar with the nigged duties and wholesome discipline of outdoor life in the fields, meantime attending the public schools during the winter months and by diligent application made substantial progress in his studies but was unable to finish his education by reason of entering upon an apprenticeship at the age indicated to learn the tinner's trade. After ser\'ing five years at Powhattan and Pocahontas and becoming a proficient workman he was married on February 5, 1871. to Elvira Rainwater, of Alabama, but since her childhood a resident of Lawrence county Arkansas, immediately following which event he set up his domestic establishment on a farm and during the ensuing six years devoted his attention to the pursuit of agriculture. At the expiration of that period he discontinued tilling the soil and moving to Jeffersonville, Indiana, entered the employ of his brother, T. J. Lindley, who had preceded him to that city by ten years and who, during that time, hatl been engaged in the mercantile business.

After remaining with his brother two years ^Ir. Lindley in 1885 resigned his position and established the business in which he has since been engaged, the hardware trade, including stoves, house furnishings, tin and sheet iron and in connection with the commercial line he also conducts a large manufacturing establishment devoted to all kinds of tin and sheet iron ware and general repair work. He 'legan operations by purchasing the stock of Gibson & Neal, who, at the time designated, had a fairly well established trade, but since then he has greatly enlarged the scope of the business, increasing the stock from time to time, adding new lines and building up a patronage second to no other enterprise of the kind in the city and earning much more than local repute in industrial and commercial circles. In addition to the lines of trade indicated above he is now doing an extensive and farreaching business in the manufacture of pumps and pump fixtures, this with his other manufacturing interests affording steady employment for twelve mechanics, but during the busy seasons he is frequently obliged to employ a much larger force in order to meet the demands of the trade.

He has been one of the Democratic leaders of Jefifersonville and Clark county, having represented his city as City Treasurer for a period of four years besides rendering valuable service to his party during the progress of campaigns. Another evidence of his enterprising spirit is his membership with the ancient and honorable order of Masonry, in addition to which he also belongs to the Elks and Odd Fellows, having been honored with important official positions in their different fraternities. In his religious belief he subscribes to the creed of the Methodist Episcopal church. South, but is liberal in his views, believing all churches to be agencies in the hands of God for the redemption of the race and assisting by his means and influence in disseminating the Gospel among men both at home and abroad. In a financial way he has met with well earned success, being the possessor of an ample competence and admirably situated to enjoy the fruits of his many years of

Mr. and Mrs. Lindlev are popular in the social circle in which they move. Of their three children, two are living, a daughter by the name of Lillian, who is the wife of Jefiferson D. Rainey, a business man of Jefifersonville. A son, Roy I., a 'young man of twenty-one. a graduate of the Xew Albany Business College and at the present time bookkeeper in his father's business establishment. \\'illiam. the second in order of birth, died when five years old. Mrs. Rainey. the daughter, is not only an accomplished business women, but is also a lady of fine domestic tastes, besides being the mother of three bright and interesting children, who answer to the names of Fern. Josephine and Kenneth.

Tames E. Taggart

A member of the law firm of Burtt & Taggart. Jefl:'ersonville. and one of Clark county's native sons is James E. Taggart. who was born in Charlestown on the 1st day of July. i8^8. His ancestors on both sides were among the early pioneers of Southern Indiana, his maternal grandfather, Samuel . McCampbell, settling in Clark county about the beginning of the last century, the Taggart family moving to this part of the state some years later. James Taggart was the subject's paternal grandfather, a native of Ireland, came to the United States in 1817 and after a brief residence in the city of Philadelphia migrated to Tennessee, thence to Kentucky and about 1833 moved to Clark county, Indiana, locating on a fann near Charlestown, where he resided until his removal to that towm in the year 1850. He was a physician by profession and practiced the healing art in Clark county from the time of his arrival until advancing age obliged him to retire to private life after which he spent the remainder of his days in Charlestown. dying in that town when eighty years of age.

Samuel C. Taggart, son of James and father of the subject, was also a physician and followed his profession in Clark county for a number of years, meeting with encouraging success in his practice. He graduated from the Medical College in Louisville. Kentucky, after which he devoted his attention to his chosen calling for about thirty years, having long enjoyed an honorable reputation as an able and skillful physician and surgeon.

Cynthia E. McCampbell, daughter of Samuel McCampbell, was bom in Clark county, became the wife of Samuel C. Taggart when a young man and bore him three children. Charles. James E.. of this review, and Jennie, now Mrs. C. E. Lewis, of Charlestown. the first named dying in infancy. Samuel C. Taggart was a man of high social standing in his community and for many years bore an active and influential part in the affairs of Charlestown and Clark county, having been Clerk of the Circuit Court from 1880 to 1884, inclusive, besides sei-ving ten years as president of the First National Bank at Jefifersonville. He was originally a Whig, but after the old party of that name had fulfilled its mission and passed out of existence he became a Republican and continued as such to the end of his days, wielding a strdng influence in political circles and enjoying distinctive prestige as a leader of his party. He lived an active and eminently useful life and at the age of seventy-three was called from the scenes of his earthly trials and triumphs, his death being widely lamented and felt as a personal loss by all who were favored with his friendship and acquaintance. Mrs. Taggart, a lady of estimable character and fit companion and helpmeet to her distinguished husband, departed this life at the age of sixty-two years. This excellent couple were deeply religious.

James E. Taggart attended the public schools in his youth and later pursued the higher branches of study in Barnett Academy at Charlestown, the training thus received being afterwards supplemented by a course at Hanover College, where he laid the intellectual foundation upon which his subsequent success in one of the most responsible and exacting of the learned professions was based. Having decided to devote his life to the law he began the study of the same soon after completing his collegiate course and in due time entered the College of Law at Chicago, where he made rapid progress in the profession and earned an honorable record.

Mr. Taggart was admitted to the bar of Clark county county in 1885 and immediately thereafter became associated with Henry A. Burtt, of Jeffersonville, with whom he has since practiced, the firm thus constituted being one of the oldest law partnerships in the city as well as one of the best known and most successful. Ever since his admission to the bar his name has been connected with many of the important cases tried in the courts of Clark and adjacent counties. In his professional character he enjoys the confidence of his fellow members of the Jefifersonville Bar, and the general public, and his career, steady and substantial rather than spasmodic and brilliant, has been marked by continuous advancement and signal success.

His financial success has been commensurate with the al)ility and energy displayed in his professional career and he is today the possessor of an ampie competency and one of the financially solid and reliable men of the city in which he resides.

The domestic chapter in the life of Mr. Taggart dates from 1885, on September 24th of which year was solemnized his marriage with Nettie B. Winesburg, of Jeff ersonvi lie, daughter of John P. Winesburg, a merchant of the city and one of its well known and substantial business men. Mr. and Mrs. Taggart are the parents of two children, Jennie and Samuel Clarence, both at home, the former being a graduate of the Jeffersonville high school, and the latter now in the fifth grade of the Jeffersonville schools.

In religious faith ^Ir. and Airs. Taggart subscrilie to the Calvinistic creed and for some years past they have been respected members of the Firrt Presbyterian church of Jeffersonville. in wliich organization Air. Taggart holds the positi(3n of elder.

A view at the strenuous and honorable career of Capt. George W. Coward, E'nited States Claims Attorney, Jeffersonville, and one of the well known and highly esteemed men of the cit}-, shows him to be a Kentuckian by birth and one of five children, whose parents were Joel Aliltnn and Charlotte (Ellingsworth) Coward, natives of Tennessee and Indiana, respectively.

Joel M. Coward, whose birth occurred near Greenville, Tennessee, in the year 1815, was a mechanic in early life but later became superintendent of a large plantation in Jefferson county, Kentucky, in which capacity he seiwed for a number of years. In 1854 he engaged in the hutel business at Jefifersontown, which he continued successfully until the breaking out of the Civil war when he located his family in Louisville in June, 1861, and the following September he became a member of Company D, Thirty-fourth Kentucky Infantry and was made second lieutenant, subsequently on account of meritorious conduct becoming captain of his company, which position he held until his discharge by reason of disability in March, 1864. Returning to Louisville on quitting the service he made that city his home the remainder of his da^'S, thing xA.ugust 26, 1873, from the effects of injuries received while in the army. Mrs. Coward survived her husband thirteen years, departing this life at Charlestown, Indiana, on the 9th day of August, 1886. Of the five children of this estimable couple that grew to maturity the oldest is Mrs. Louisa K. Knight, who lives in the town of Vesta, Clark county. Mrs. Alillie J. Tyler, the second of the family, died at Louisville, Kentucky, in the year 1896; George W., of this review, being the next in order of birth: \\'illiam Wallace, a farmer living near Vesta, is the second son, and Airs. lessie B. Winter, who died in 1897 in Louisville, was the youngest of the family.

Capt. George W. Coward, whose birth occurred in Jefferson county, Kentucky, on the 19th of October, 1842, received his early education in the subscription schools of his native state. Inheriting a tendency to study and an ardent love of books he availed himself of every opportunity to improve his mind, and while in the army he sought the assistance of those capable of instructing him in certain of the higher branches, besides devoting every leisure moment when not occupied to the perusal of such books as he was enabled to secure. He served an apprenticeship at stone and marble cutting and after becoming a proficient workman found employment in Louisville, where he was

Soon after the beginning of hostilities Mr. Coward's employer, Lewis H. Ferrell. organized Company D of the Thirty-fourth Kentucky Infantry and was made captain of the same and it was in this command that George W. and his father enlisted, the latter serving with an honorable record for a period of three years and four months, during which time his regiment formed part of the Twentv-third Army Corps under General Schofield and took part in all of the .skirmishes and battles of the East Tennessee campaign. George \\". Coward was made a commissioned officer in April. 1863, and in due time rose to the command of his company before his twenty-first year, which fact speaks much for his efficiency as a soldier and for the trust reposed in him by his superiors as well as by the members of his company. In 1864. by unanimous vote of his companv, he was chosen to command the same during the absence of the captain on detached sen-ice and held the position of captam and drew pav as such during the last six months of his service and in this as in other capacities proved a brave and gallant soldier until honorably discharged. Januarv 28, 1865. His record is without a blemish and one of which any defender of the national honor might well feel proud.

On retiring from the army Captain Coward engaged in the contracting for street paving and other kind of stone work in Lx)uis\-ille, where he remained until 1875 when he removed to Charlestuwn. After continuing contracting for tour years in the latter city he abandoned the business and turned his attention to the collecting and prosecuting of claims, pensions, back-pay and other legal work of similar character, in the meantime having been regularly admitted to practice before all the departments at \\'ashington, D. C. and empowered to transact such business as came within the province of his profession. Since the year 1879 he has had all he could well do in the matter of claims, pensions, bounties, back-pay, etc., and his business is still large and lucrative and takes very wide range, his clients coming from all parts of Southem Indiana and Northern Kentucky and representing many thousands of dollars ever}' year. In the prosecution of his business he is exceedingly careful and methodical, sparing no pains in looking after the interests of his clients and it's a compliment worthily bestowed to say that in no intsance has he proven unworthy of the trust which the people repose in his integrity and honor. Since July, 1900, he has maintained his office and residence in Jeffersonville.

Captain Coward was married on March 17th of the year 1870, to Lucy McGan^ey, of Middletown, Kentucky, a union terminated by the death of the wife on July 14, 1873. after bearing him two children, Clyde S. and John Claude, both deceased. On September 7, 1886. the captain married his present wife, ladna (Tyler) Oglesbey. daughter of William J. Tyler and widow of William H. Oglesbey. By her previous marriage Mrs. Coward had a son by the name of Tyler Oglesbey. who is now a lawyer practicing his profession in the city of Louisville.

In his political affiliations Captain Coward is a pronounced Republican and as such wields a strong influence for his party in Jeffersonville and Clark county. He is an active member of the local Grand Army of the Republic post, in which he has held even.- office within the gift of the organization and is also identified with the Order of the Golden Cross, in which he has been honored with important official positions from time to time. His activity and influence in the former societv" with which he has been connected for over twentv-five vears has brought him prominently to the notice of the leaders in Indiana and other states, having held a number of offices in the department to which he belongs, including that of senior vice-commander of the department and attended many of the national encampments and other gatherings. Religiously the captain and his wife adhere to the ^Methodist faith and are members of the church in Jeffersonville.

Charles A. Schimpff. the present efficient and popular comptroller of the cit}- of Jeffersonville. was born March i8. 1847. in Rhenish. Bavaria. Germany, being one of eight chi'dren, whose parents. August Rudolph and Magdalena (^Landes) Schimpff. were also natives of the Fatherland, as were their ancestors for generations beyond the memory of man. The father, a candle maker by trade and a most excellent citizen, departed this life on the 17th day of Januan,". 1848. when but thirty-eight years of age: the mother sunived him about eighteen years, dying at Louisville. Kentucky, in May. 1864, in her fifty-second year, having been a resident of that city from 1854 until her demise. Of the eight children born to August R. and ilagdalena Schimpff. four sur\-ive. nam.ely : Gustav A., confectioner, of Jeffersonville; Susan M.. wife of Louis Spelger. of Louisville. Kentuclo.-; Charles A., of this review, and August R., a bookkeeper for a real estate firm in San Diego. California. The deceased members of the family were Rudolph A., a member of "The Louisville Legion" in the Civil war. killed at the battle of Chickamauga : Adolph G.. also a soldier in the army of the L'nion during the great rebellion, who died at Dayton. Ohio, from injuries received in the battle of Shiloh; Augusta Xeeb died in Cincinnati, as did also a daughter by the name of Kate. who. at the time of her death, was the wife of Michael Schmitthenner.

his birth and in 1858 came to America, locating at Louisvihe, Kentucky, where, during the ensuing two years, he attended the pubHc schools and acc]uired a fairly thorough knowledge of the English language. At the expiration of the period indicated he entered a confectionery establishment for the pui-pose of learning the trade and by diligent attention and consecutive effort in due time became quite a skillful workman, besides becoming familiar with e\ery other feature of the business with the object in view of making it his life work.

In 1868 he came to Jeffersonville and opened a confectinery establishment, which he conducted with fair success during the ensuing seventeen years, but at the end of that time closed out the business and engaged in the book trade, starting in 1885, which, under his efficient management, soon grew into a large and important concern and became one of the leading commercial enterprises of the place. To this line of business Mr. Scliimpff has since devoted his attention the meantime building up a large and lucrative trade in books, stationery, wall paper, office supplies, etc., of which he carries full and complete lines and his place is now one of the best known in the city. From a somewhat modest beginning he has gradually enlarged the scope of his operations, adding to his stock to meet the demands of the t-rade and at the present time his patronage takes a wide range, his establishment being the largest and most successful of the kind in Jeffersonville and the center of supplies for a number of other tradesmen in the city and elsewhere. He takes great pride in his business and has spared neither pains nor expense to make it meet the popular demand. Financially his success has kept pace with the energy and enterprise displayed in his business affairs and he is ni:w classed with the solid men of the community.

In public matters he has long been deeply interested and as a life long Republican and political worker his judicious counsel has tended greatly to the success of his party besides Vvinning for himself the recognition which his services so well deserve. For a period of eight years he has held the office of Police Commissioner, to which he was first appointed by Governor Mount and later by Governors Durbin and Hanly successively and in recognition of his political services he was appomted as City Comptroller, the duties of which responsible position he has since discharged in the able and businesslike manner characteristic of the man.

Mr. Schimpft' has been secretary of the German Reformed church of Jeffersonville since 1878 and superintendent of the Sunday school during the greater part of the interim, besides being otherwise actively engaged in religious and benevolent work.

Mr. Schimpff was married in the year 1873 to Alvina Roessler. of Louisville, who has borne him the following children, all living: Charles J., his father's business associate ; A. Rudolph, manager of the Daily Star and Weekly Republican and one of the well known and successful newspaper men of Jeffersonville; Emma, wife of Prof. S. L. Scott, superintendent of the Clarkcounty public schools ; Alvin. chief draughtsman of the Cincinnati Car Company; Alma, Mrs. Fred Gehle, of Cincinnati ; John, j\'Iildred, William, Thomas G. and Edith are still members of the home circle.

Mr. Schimpff has traveled quite extensively in both the old and new world, visiting nearly every coimtry in Europe and many places of historic interest there besides seeing all parts of the United States and becoming acquainted with its phenomenal resources and wonderful progress. He is a very close student and a great reader and is well informed on many subjects.

Thomas W. Perry

Among" the native sons of Clark county who have gained honorable recognition in business circles and high standing in the service of the public is Thomas \V. Perry, the present efficient and popular City Treasurer of Jeffersonville. Mr. Perry was born September 7, .i860, in Utica township, and is a scion of one of the early families of that part of the county, his grandfather, a native of Pennsylvania, settling there many years ago and taking an active and influential part in the material development of the country'. Redford R. Perry, Thomas W.'s father, accompanied his parents to Clark county when a boy and spent the remainder of his life in Utica as an enterprising and prosperous business man, dying in that town in 1881, at the age of sixty-one years. Letitia Robinson, wife of Redford Perry, was born and reared in Bethlehem township, Clark county, and, like her husband, was a descendant of one of the early settlers, her father. Rev. William Robinson, a native of Scotland, and for many years a well known Presbyterian divine, moving to Southern Indiana in pioneer times and locating a home in the township of Bethlehem. Mrs. Perry was a woman of beautiful character, a devoted wife and mother, and departed this life in the month of March, 1891, when seventv-four years of age.

Of the nine children born to Redford R. and Letitia Perry, two only are living, the subject of this review, who was the fifth in order of birth, and Samuel R., the youngest of the family, who is now engaged in the marble and granite business at Columbus, Indiana. Catherine R., who also grew to maturity, became the wife of Theodore Perry and was called from earth at the age of thirty-eight years. Gertrude lived to be twenty years old. The other five died in infancy.

Thomas W. Perry spent his early life in his native town of Utica and after obtaining a fair education in the public schools entered a school of pharmacy in Cincinnati, where in due time he completed the prescribed course and fitted himself for a business career. Beginning life for himself as a drug clerk when but se\enteen years old. he soon acc|uired great proficiency in his chosen calling and by reason of his professional training, it was not long until he became manager of one of the largest and most successful pharmaceutical establishments in the city of Jefi'ersonville. After a three years' clerkship he engaged in the drug trade upon his own responsiliility and during the ensuing twenty years built up a large and lucratiye business in Jeffersonyille.

Mr. Perry demonstrated marked ability as a business man and his success as such, together with his broad yiews and actiye influence in ciyic matters, in due time brought him prominently before the public with the result that he became a local leader of the Democratic party and one of the successful politicians of his city and county. Disposing of his business interests in 1900, he turned his attention to other matters until September. 1904-, when he was elected City Treasurer of Jeffersonyille. the duties of which responsible position he has since discharged in an eminently able and satisfactory- manner, fully meeting the high expectations of his friends and justifying the wisdom of his choice. Personally, he commands the esteem of the people of the city, irrespectiye of political alignment, as a trusted official.

As a Democrat Mr. Perry takes a keen interest in the success of his party and in the general trend of national, state and local political eyents. His integrity of purpose is firmly established and his deyotion to the public weal has been con.spicuously demonstrated during his seryices thus far in one of the people's most important trusts. He was a member of the City Council from May, 1894, to May, 1898. and while in that body participated actively in all its deliberations, besides serving on a numl>er of the leading committees and bringing about much important municipal legislation. For two years he was a member of the City School Board, resigning the latter position in 1904 to accept the treasureship. Fraternally he is identified with a number of secret and benevolent orders, belonging to Clark Lodge, Xo. 40. Free and Accepted Masons, Horeb Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, Jefifersonville Commander}-, Knights Templar and Valley Lodge. No. 57, Knights of Pythias at Ltica.

Mr. Perry's domestic experience dates from December, 1882, when he was united in marriage with Rosabel Bennett, a native of Clark county and daughter of S. J. Bennett, an enterprising farmer and respected citizen of Prather township, the union resulting in the birth of three children : Ethel M., now Mrs. Samuel Barrett, of San Diego, California ; Irwin R. and Halbert. The mother of these children dving April 10. 1890. Mr. Perrv on June 29th of the following year contracted a matrimonial alliance with Cora A. Swartz, of Utica, a daughter, Letitia. being the only child of this marriage. Mrs. Perry passed to her reward July 10, 1907. The third marriage of Mr. Perry occurred December 29. 1908. to Mrs. Nellie Field, daughter of Charles S. Ferguson, of Teft'ersonville.

In his religious views Mr. Perrj' subscribes to the Presbyterian creed and with his wife worships with the church of that denomination in Jeffersonville. Both are well known in the best social circles of the city.

Jefferson D. Goyxe

The family of this name are of old Virginia origin, and members of it have been long settled in the historic county of Henrico. As this locality adjoins Richmond it suffered much during the Civil war by the marching and countermarching of the contending armies. The old plantation that supported generations of Goynes is still in the possession of descendants, being owned undivided by two brothers, Joseph Goyne, who was of Scotch-Irish ancestry, married "Martha Vaughn, of German descent, and several children were born to them, the only survivors being Allen, now in the West, and JetTerson D. The latter was born near Richmond. Virginia, May 15. 1S66, and his mother died at his birth. Three years later he lost his father by death, but was provided with a home by John W. Bamhill, at Owensborc. Kentucky, with whom he lived until the completion of his majority. He was educated by his uncle Barnhill in the public and private schools of Kentucky and later was apprenticed to learn the trade of a machinist. As a journeyman he secured employment at the works of the American Car & Foundry Company in Jeffersonville, and remained there eight years in the tool dressing and saw filing departments. Subsequently he embarked in the mercantile business, but suffered a loss of some six thousand dollars as the result of fire that destroyed his entire stock of goods. After this disaster he returned to his old home farm in Henrico county, but eventually returned to Indiana to start life over again. He was Town Clerk of Port Fulton for over six years and in 1906 was elected Justice of the Peace for Jeffersonville township. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Modern Woodmen of America. His political affiliations have always been with the Democratic party and his religious connections with the Methodists.

In 1890 Mr. Goyne married Alice Eliza White, a resident of Port Fulton, but a native of New Albany. She is a daughter of William H. White, a well known citizen of Port Fulton, and graduated at the Jeffersonville high school.

Mr. and Mrs. Goyne have two sons and two daughters, Amiinta. the eldest, was born April 25, 1892; Catherine. Alarch 3, 1895; Erol Jeft'erson, April 5, 1899. and William C. March 15. 1904. Mr. Goyne is popular both as a citizen and an official. In all the positions he has held, whether political, clerical, judicial or business, he has so discharged his duties as to gain the reputation of being a conscientious, square-dealing man. In politics he is a good mixer and he has many friends among all classes of people who respect him for his upright life. He has the old Virginia cordiality of greeting and inherited from his ancestors a love of home and the hospitality that goes so far in making home life enjoyable.

George W. Finley

Mr. Finley enjoys the distinction of being, with a single exception, the oldest photographer in the state of Indiana, having spent fifty consecutive years in his profession and achieved honorable distinction as an artist of merit and skill.

George W. Finley is a Southern man, hailing from Patrick county, \'irginia, where his birth occurred on the 14th of November, 1831. His parents, George H. and Sallie ( Penn) Finley, natives of the same cotmty and state, were of Irish descent and representatives of old and highly esteemed families that fig'ured auspiciously in the affairs of their respective places of residence, their antecedents migrating to this country at a very early period and becoming quite well known in the pioneer history of the above county. George H. Finley, a farmer by occupation, spent the greater part of his life in his native commonwealth and died when his son, George \\'., was in his seventh year; his wife sur\'ived him a number of years, departing this life in the town of Bainbridge, Ross county, Ohio, when but two days of the ninetieth anniversar)^ of her birth. W'hen fifteen years of age George ^^^ Finley accompanied the family to New Petersburg, Ohio, and shortly after his arrival followed the bent of his early and cherished inclinations by entering a g-alleiw to learn the art of photography.

After acquiring sufficient knowledge and skill to make the business a success Mr. Finley worked at different places until 1863, when he organized a company of carpenters for service in the Civil war, and spent the ensuing year in the employ of the government, devoting the greater part of the time to the construction of hospitals, quarter-master's buildings and other carpentn,' work at Camp Nelson, Kentucky. At the expiration of his period of service in 1864 he came to Indiana, but within a short time went to Danville, Kentucky, thence to Louisville, in 1865, where he followed his profession until his removal to Charlestown, Clark county, Indiana, two years later.

Mr. Finley in August, 1867, opened a gallery at Charlestown and conducted a very successful business tmtil 1870, when he disposed of his establishment and sought a larger and more promising field for the exercise of his artistic skill, in the city of Jefifersonville, where he has since resided, the meanwhile building up a large and lucrative patronage.

During the fifty years which he has devoted to his profession he has been untiring" in his eft'orts to keep in touch with the latest results of scientific research and prove himself an artist in the modern sense of the term. In common with the majority of men he has encountered discouragements and met with reverses of fortune, but in the main his career has been characterized by a series of advancements.

Mr. Finley has been twice married, the first time on December 15, 1863, to Kate Dawson, of Cincinnati, who bore him four children, two of whom are deceased, those sur\-iving being Harry W. and Grace Young, both residing in Louisville. His second marriage, which was solemnized with Kate Hunter, of Canada, is without issue. Mr. and Mrs. Finley are highly esteemed among their neighbors and acquaintances and have many warm friends in the city and move in an eminently respectable social circle. They belong to the Presbyterian church, take an active part in all lines of religious and charitable work under the auspices of the local congregation with which identified and strive to make their daily lives correspond with the faith which they profess. Since the year 1864 Mr. Finley has been a member of the Masonic fraternity, but by reason of a partial deafness has recently been demitted, although still an enthusiastic belie\er in the truths of the order and a great admirer of the principles and precepts upon which it is based. In politics he is firm in his adherence to the Republican party, but has never sought office or aspired to any kind nf public honors.

Wendell Brown

Mr. Brown is an American by adoption, only, being a native of Germany, born on the loth day of October, 1849, in Baden, grew to manhood and received his education in that kingdom, but in 1872 decided to try his fortune in the great republic beyond the sea, where he was satisfied better opportunities could be found than in the land of his birth. In the meantime his brothers, Ludwig and Rudolph, had found homes and employment in the United States and it was largely upon their solicitations that he was induced to bid farewell to the Fatherland and carve out a new career under new conditions in a countiy where the accident of birth cut little figure and the means of obtaining a competency were open to all.

In due time Mr. Brown rejoined his brothers who had located in Jeffersonville, Indiana, and it was not long until he secured employment at the ship yard at Port Fulton, where he was obliged to work at the hardest of manual labor to obtain a livelihood. About seven years after his arrival he was united in marriasre to Marv Letzler, who is also of German birth, and from that time until 1892 devoted all his energies to manual toil with the result that his earnings, barely sufficed for the support of himself and growing family.

In the latter year Mr. Brown engaged in the liquor business at Port Fulton, and since that time has conducted a very decent, orderly establishment, and met with encouraging success. His patronage consists very largely of the employees of the ship yard and coal boatman, and his place has the reputation of being one of the most quiet and law abiding resorts of the kind in the city, being conducted in an eminently respectable manner, nothing of a disorderly nature being permitted on the premises.

It is worthy of note that Mr. Brown did not embark on his present business from choice, but rather from necessity, as he found it almost impossible to provide for the needs of his family at the poorly paid labor which he followed so long and which had he not abandoned in time would laltimately have undermined his health and physical strength, and reduced himself and those dependent upon him to dire poverty. As a means of bettering his condition he finally opened the place of which he is still proprietor.

^Ir. Brown has so conducted himself as to gain the esteem of the public. He takes an active interest in municipal affairs and for about ten years represented his ward in the Common Council in which capacity he labored zealously for the city and proved an able and faithful servant of the people. In politics he is a Democrat, but not a partisan, and with the exception of the above office has never held nor aspired to public position. He owns a substantial home which is enlivened by the presence of his wife and four children, namely : Emma, Andrew, Harrv' and Clara.

In matters religious Mr. Brown and family adhere to the Catholic faith and belong to the German speaking church of that denomination in Jeffersonville. Among their many friends and acquaintances they bear an honorable name.

Charles A. Schwaninger

Progressive in the broadest sense of the term, Charles A. Schwaninger, proprietor of the large drug and pharmaceutical establishment at 328 Spring street, Jeffersonville, Indiana, which bears his name, is a native of this city, and dates his birth from September 27, 1878. His father, the late Abraham Schwaninger, for many years one of the distinguished citizens of Clark county, held several important official positions in Jeffersonville, having served as Mayor of the city, and at the time of his death, October 16, 1906, was Judge of the Municipal Court, in both of which he acquitted himself with signal honor. As the name implies the Schwaninger family is of German origin, although Charles A.'s paternal ancestors lived for many generatiiins in the Republic of Switzerland, of which country the above Abraham was a native. He was brought to the United States when cjuite young, and grew to maturity in JefTersonville, where as a young man, lie married Sarah A. Carwardine, whose birth occurred in England, but who, like her husband, spent nearly all her life in the city in which both became residents in childhood. Mrs. Schwaninger, who is still living at a good old age, is a woman of beautiful character and many sterlingqualities of head and heart not a fev>' of which have been reproduced in her children. Aneina, the oldest of the family, is the wife of Lewis Gridler, superintendent of the Belknap Cement Company, of Louisville; W'illiacy J., the second in order of birth, was formerly the luisiness associate of Charles A.. but is now proprietor of a drug house of his own in Jef^ersonville, and doing a very successful business. Agnes, now ^Irs. Emil Kiel, lives in the citv of New Albany, where her husband is engaged in the tobacco trade : Edith married Walter E. McCullough and resides on a farm in Jefferson township, the next in order of birth is Charles Abraham, of this review, after whom comes Jacob, an employe of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, with headquarters in Jeffersonville. all but Charles A., being married and all doing well at their respective vocations.

Charles A. Schwaninger was reared and educated in his native citv and while still a ycmng man fonnulated his plans for the future by deciding to become a pharmacist. To fit himself for this important and responsible profession he entered in due time the Louisville School of Pharmacy, where he earned a creditable record as a close and critical student and from which he was graduated in the year 1898, standing among the first in his class. Previous to taking his professional course, however, he obtained a practical knowledge of the business by entering in 1895 the employ of Hawes and Perry, the leading druggists of the city, and after receiving his degree he became a partner of the latter gentleman, JMr. Hawes, retiring from the concern in 1898. Before the expiration of the following year, W. J. and Charles A. Schwaninger purchased Mr. Perry's interest and under the firm name of Schwaninger Brothers conducted the business with success and profit during the ensuing five years, at the end of which time the subject bought the entire stnck and became si:)le pr(3- prietor which relation he has since sustained and in which he has built up the trade until his establishment is now the largest and one of the most extensively patronized of the kind in the city with a reputation in business circles much more than local.

Since taking sole charge nf the business September i, 1907, Mr. Schwaninger has made commendable progress and the enterprise in which he is engaged has rapidly grown in magnitude. Being well fitted by careful professional training for his chosen calling and possessing business ability of a high order, his career thus far has been one of activity and steady advancement.

He carries a complete line of all goods essential to the make-up of a first class drug store, which are displayed to the best advantage in a room one hundred twenty by t\\enty-four feet in area and equipped with all the necessary appliances required by an up-to-date establishment. In addition to this large and well arranged apartment is a basement fifty by twenty-four feet in which are kept a full and complete stock of paints, oils and other goods, including a fine line of liquors for medicinal purposes and the legitimate trade, the building throughout being complete in all of its parts and admirably adapted for the purpose to which it is devoted. Mr. Schwaninger handles only first class goods and caters to a trade which will not be satisfied with any other kind, hence his customers include the best people of the community.

He holds membership with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and is also actively identified with the Apollo Athletic Club of Jefi^ersonville. Politically he is a Republican, but not a partisan and religiously subscribes to the Protestant Episcopal faith, belonging to St. Paul's church, to the support of which he is a liberal ci;ntril:)utor. He bears an enviabe reputation in all circles.

George H. Holzbog

The manufacture of wagons, carriages and other vehicles has long been among the leading industrial interests of Jefifersonville, and the largest enterprise of this kind at the present time is that operated under the finn name of George H. Holzbog & Brother, which has added much to the city's reputation as an important business center. The business was estabished in 1854 by George J. Holzbog. and has been in continuous operation ever since, either by himself or members of his family, having grown from a modest beginning to its present leading position among the industries of the place, affording at this time employment for fifty skilled mechanics every working day of the year, and doing an annual business of not less than three hundred thousand dollars. George J. Holzbog, a native of Germany, immigrated to the United States in the early fifties and located at Louisville, Kentucky, thence, after a brief residence, removed to Jeffersonville, Indiana, and in the year above indicated established the business which still bears his name and which he conducted with marked success until succeeded by his sons some years later. He was a fine mechanic, a successful business man and stood high as a public spirited citizen, doing much to advance the industrial interests of Jeffersonville and lending his influence to all worthy enterprise for the general welfare. He reared a family of four children and died in this city, leaving to his sons not only a well established business, but an honored name, which thej- regard as a priceless heritage. Sophia, the oldest of the family, married W. F. Seibert, a contractor, and lives in Jeffersonville : George H., whose name introduces this sketch, being the second in order of birth: Alfred M.. tb.e second son, is secretary of the Todd Manufacturing Company, of New Albany; Henry J., is the junior member of the present firm of Holzbog & Brother, one child dying in infancy.

George H. Holzbog was born in Jefifersonville, Indiana, on the 15th day of January, 1862 received his educational discipline in the city schools and at an early age entered his father's manufacturing establishment where, in due time, he mastered the principles of the trade and became a skillful workman. Inheriting a taste for mechanical pursuits and reared under the tutilage of a master of his craft, it is not strange that young Holzbog made rapid progress in the trade to which his energies devoted and become familiar with the business matters, for which he also manifested a decided inclinaton while still a mere lad. After acquiring proficiency as a mechanic he took up the work of wagon and carriage making with his father, and continued in the latter's employ until given an interest in the business after which the plant was operated for some years, under the name of Holzbog & Son, and as already stated, forged rapidly to the front among the city's important industrial interests.

On becoming a partner in the concern George H. Holzbog took charge of the plant as manager in which capacity he demonstrated ability of a high order and contributed largely to the growth and far reaching influence of the business. Upon the death of his father he became the head of the enterprise and with his brother, Henry J., as his associate, the business has since been conducted under the name of George H. Holzbog & Brother, being one of the best known and most successful of the kind in Jefifersonville, and with a reputation second to none in the industrial and business circles throughout the country.

]Mr. Holzbog's career as a business man has been eminently creditable, and he stands today among the leaders of industn,^ in his city. By adhering to the safe and consen-ative policies laid down by his father, and using his well matured judgment in canying the same into efifect. he has built up an establishment which has made him widely known as a successful manufacturer.

Mr. Holzbog was married in 1889. to Anna M. Pfau, daughter of George Pfau, a prominent citizen fif Jefifersonville. and for many years closely identified with its material interests. Mrs. Holzbog is a native of Jefifersonville. was carefully educated in the schools of the same and has spent her life within the limits of the city, being a lady of many estimable qualities, well known and highly esteemed in the social circles and respected by all with whom she comes in contact. To Mr. and Mrs. Holzbog two children have been bom. the older a daughter by the name of Alma M., being a lady of culture and refinement, a graduate of the Jefifersonville high school and of the Semple School of Louisville. After finishing her studies in the latter institution, she entered the Young Ladies' Seminary at Tarrytown-on-the-Hudson, New York, where she completed the prescribed course and earned an honorable record as a diligent and painstaking student. Desiring to add still further to her scholastic knowledge, she subsequently became a student of the Cheevy-Chase, at Washington, D. C, where she is now prosecuting her studies and researches with the object in view of fitting herself for a useful position in the world. Chester Connette. the second in order of birth, now sixteen years of age, is a student of the Jeffersonville schools and has made commendable progress in his studies, standing among the highest in his classes.

Mr. Holzbog and family attend the Presbyterian church to the faith of which they subscribe, and are active in religious and philanthropic work, contributing liberally to the material support of the local church with which identified, and assisting in spreading the truths of the Gospel throughout the world. In his political affiliations Mr. Holzbog is a Republican, but in local matters is independent, voting for the man instead of the party. Fraternally he belongs to the Masonic Order, in which he has risen to high degrees, including those of the Royal Arch Mason and Sir Knight, and he is also an active and influential member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.

Edward B. Cain

]\Ir. Cain, who occupies the responsible position of assistant secretary of the Bauer Machine Company, of Jeffersonville, was born in Louisville, Kentucky, on the 24th day of April, 1878, and is the only child born to Edward A. and Addie (Bvron) Cain. He has in his veins l»th Irish and French blood. His paternal grandparents were natives of Ireland, and in youth immigrated to this countr}-. settling at Sellersburg. this county. Both are now dead, having reached advanced ages. The subject's maternal grandparents were of direct French descent. Edward A. Cain was born in this county and his wife was born in Louisville, Kentucky. The foiTner was in early life a cabinet maker, but later became superintendent of a coffin manufactory in Kentucky. He died at the early age of thirty years, and his widow subsequently became the wife of Daniel Cameron, of South Louisville.

Edward B. Cain's life thus far has been spent in the city of his birth and in Jeffersonville. He received a good education in the public schools and prepared for a business career by taking a complete course in the New Albany Business College. He has occupied his present position during the past two years and is giving most faithful and efficient service to the company with which he is identified.

On the 1 2th of January, 1899, Mr. Cain was united in marriage to Cora Mitcliell, the daughter of James R. and EHzabeth Mitchell, of Jef¥ersonville, both now deceased. To this union have been born a son and a daughter, Edwin B. and Dorothy E. Politically Mr. Cain is a stanch believer in the doctrines embodied in the platform of the Republican party, and fraternally he is a member of Clark Lodge, No. 40, Free and Accepted ]\Iason?. He and his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.

The Bauer Manufacturing Company is one of the leading industrial concerns of Jeffersonville and is devoted to the production of machinery for the manufacture of harness. The mstitution numbers among his stockholders some of the leading business men of the community. George H. Holzbog being president of the company, and representatives of the concern are sent to every part of the United States They put out none but goods of the very highest quality and now control practically the entire field in their line. Mr. Cain has been a definite factor in the remarkable success which has come to this concern and is held in the highest esteem by his fellow officials and all who come in contact with him.

The gentleman whose name forms the caption t-) this brief sketch is the proprietor of one of the leading livery and feed barns in Jeft'ersonville. his business being located at 120 Maple street.

Mr. Gilbert was born in Jeft'ersonville on December 8, 1S43, and is a son of Frank R. I\L and Elizabeth (Reynolds) Gilbert, both natives of Kentucky, the fomier born in Hardin county in 182 1 and the latter in Lancaster. They were married in Jeft'ersonville in 1842 and resided here during the remainder of their lives, the father dying in September, 1903, and the mother on January- 12, 1907. They became the parents of eleven children, of whom Frank R. M. is the eldest. Of these, three sons and two daughters are now living, namely: Laura A., Hallie A., the wife of Clarence Beeler, of Elizabethtown, Kentucky; James L.. an engineer on the Pennsylvania lines, though residing in Jeffersonville : Aubrey resides in Knoxville, Tennessee, and is employed as chief clerk with the Louisville & Nashville Railroad.

The subject's paternal grandfather. Squire Gilbert, was a Canadian by birth and during the ^^'ar of 18 12 he was drafted into the British army. Not being in sympathy with the mother country, he and four comrades escaped and joined the American anny in New York. After leaving the militar)- sen-ice he "laid" his land warrant in Hardin county, Kentucky, where he lived until 1836, when he removed to Jackson county, Lndiana. Here he spent the remainder of his days, dying in 1864 and leaving many descendants.

Frank R. 'SI. Gilbert received his education in the public schools of Jeffersonville, and in 1870 began his business career here as a liverj'man, to which line of activity he has since devoted his attention. Socially he is a member of Clark Lodge. No. 40, Free and Accepted ^lasons, while in politics he is a Democrat. In church relations the family is identified with the ^lethodist Episcopal church South.

On October 26, 1869, Mr. Gilbert was united in marriage with Florence, A. Boyer, of Charlestowai, a daughter of James A. and Charlotte Temple (Daily) Boyer, both parents being members of old families in the vicinity of Charlestown. The Boyer's especially have been very prominent in the history of Clark county. To Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert have been born eight children, six of whom are living, namely : Rufus. who is engaged in business in Atlanta. Georgia, is married and the father of four children : Charlotte Temple is the wife of E. G. Holmes, of Indianapolis; Paul J., of Manchester, Iowa, who \vas formerly a minister of the [Methodist Episcopal church, resigned his pastoral work in order to enter what is known as the "singing evangelist" work in the Young Men's Christian Association : he is married and is the father of two children ; William B. is married and resides at Indianapolis where he is employed with the Merchants' Dispatch; Laura A., at home; Howard \\'., at home, and two who died in early life.

Joseph G. Sxider

The subject of this sketch, who conducts a successful livery, sale and feed stable at 124 East ]\Iaple street, Jeffers(inville, is a native son of the old Hoosier state, having been born at Utica, Clark county, on the 25th day of February, 1843. ^^ 'S a son of William H. and Elizabeth (Nealy) Snider. His paternal grandfather, John A. Snider, who was a native of North Carolina, came to Barren county, Kentucky, in an early day and there lived the remainder of liis life. William H. Snider was bom near Asheville, North Carolina, in 1807, and when a mere boy accompanied his father on his emigration westward. They came over the mountains in wagons and crossed the Ohio river into Indiana at Utica. He was one of the earliest settlers of Utica township and had much to do with the early development and organization of the varied interests of that locality. He assisted in the organization of the first Sunday school in that township and for a long period of twenty years he was postmaster at L'tica, being appointed to the office under President Pierce's administration. He died in 1878 and his widow sun-ived him four years, passing away in 1882. She was born in Clark county, Indiana, in 181 5. They were the parents of eleven children, all of whom grew to matiii'ity, and eight oi wliuin are now living. These chilch"en were as follows : Sarah, who is the widow of M. S. Hobson, lives in Utica; John Alexander died July 5. 1907; Lucinda. Mrs. Benjamin Smith, of Utica: William H., of Utica: Mary, Mrs. Poillon. of Jeffersonville; Joseph G.. of this review; Julia, now deceased, who was the wife of P. H. Weeks; Delilah, deceased, who was the wife of Charles \'anPelt: Laura is the widow of the late Prof. S. A. Chambers, who was a prominent educator and minister at Graniteville, South Carolina ; James is a farmer in Jefifersonville township, this county, and Emma, Mrs. Dunn, (jf Ctica township.

Joseph G. Snider was reared on a farm and received his education in the common schools of Utica township. During the War oi the Rebellion, and before he had attained his majority, 'Sir. Snider enlisted, on August 14, 1862, as a Union soldier, becoming a member of Company B, Eighty-first Indiana Volunteer Infantry, which command was assigned to the Army of the Cumberland, under the command of General Rosecrans. His first baptism of fire was at Perryville, following which they were almost daily engaged in battles and skirmishes up to the battle of Stone River, which lasted two days, terminating in the terrific struggle at Chickamauga. The command then went on the Atlanta campaign, during which they were under constant fire for twenty-four days and nights, including the pitched engagements at Buzzard's Roost, Resaca, Tullahoma, ^Marietta. Peach Tree Creek, Kenesaw Mountain, the siege and battle at Atlanta and the fierce fight at Jonesboro. Returning then to Atlanta, the Fourth Corps, to which Mr. Snider's command belonged, was assigned to General Thomas's army which then returned towards Xashville. During this march, practically all the way from Columbia to Franklin, the Union forces were engaged in conflict with the enemy, culminating in the general engagement at Xashville. wh.ich practically disorganized the Confederate army. The remnant of Hood's army was chased down to Huntsville, Alabama, where the Union troops went into winter quarters. In the spring of 1865 the brigade to which Air. Snider's regiment belonged went to Asheville, Xorth Carolina, and prepared fnr battle, but news was received of General Lee's surrender and that hostilities had practically ceased. Thereupon the troops were marched to Xashville. Tennessee, and. on the 29th of June. 1865. Mr. Snider was honorably mustered out of the military service. He had faithfully served his country in her hour of peril, but was glad to again see the dove of peace settle over the land.

Mr. Snider returned to the parental home in Utica township, where he remained until the spring of 1869, when he went to Kansas and during the four following years he was in various parts of the W'est. including Indian Territory. Arkansas, Missouri and Texas. With two companions he drove a wagon into Texas and visited fourteen counties endeavoring to find a suitable place to locate. In 1872-3 he assisted in grading the roadbed of the Missouri,

Kansas & Texas Railway from Red River to Sherman. Texas. Deciding that the East was, after all, the most desirable place in which to reside, he started home bv wagon, having traveled overland nearly three thousand miles without mishap. During the following fourteen years Mr Snider was engaged in farming in Jeft'ersonville township, this county, at the end of which time he relinquished raral pursuits and engaged in the Hvery business in Jeffersonville, and during the subsequent years he has remained at the same stand. During these years he has conducted the business in such a way as to insure for him a full share of the business in this line. His convenient and well-equipped stable has a frontage of seventy-one feet and a depth of two hundred and thirteen feet, with forty stalls and abundant space for carriages. etc. His horses and carriages are all as good as can be found in any livery, the very best of service being at all times possible. Mr. Snider enjoys the best class of patronage and has found his business profitable and satisfactory.

On December 28. 1875, Mr. Snider married Elizabeth Oglesby, a union blessed by the birth of two sons, Edgar O., a young man of much promise, who was a bookkeeper for a business house in Louisville, died in his twentieth year; and Ernest DeHaven, who is secretary' and treasurer of Mooney's Tanning Company at Columbus. Indiana. The latter married Elsie Lyle. of Columbus, and they are the parents of a son. Edgar. Mrs. Elizabeth Snider died in December, 1895. and in 1897 Mr. Snider married Mrs. Elizabeth (Robbins) Donahue. Mrs. Snider was, by her first marriage, the mother of three children, all of whom reside in Jeft'ersonville.

Religiously Mr. Snider is in sympathy with the creed of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which faith he was reared. Politically he is a Republican, being the only member of his family to affiliate with that party. Fraternally he is a member of the Knights of Pythias, the Rathbone Sisters, the Lincoln League, the L'nion \^eterans' L'nion and Joel R. Sparr Post, No. 580. Grand Army of the Republic.

Jacob Edgar Glossbrexxer

The president of the Louisville and Jeffersonville Ferr}' Company is Jacob E. Glossbrenner, with headquarters at 122 Front street in the latter city, who is a native of Clark county. Indiana, born in Utica township. N^ovember 2^. 1866. His father. John P. Glossbrenner. wliose birth occurred in Jeft'ersonville. in the year 1842. spent the greater part of his life in his native city and sen-ed in the Civil war as a private in Company C. Forty-ninth Indiana Infantry, devoting three and a fourth years to the sen-ice of his country, during which time he took part in a numlier of noted compaigns and battles, and earned an honorable record as a soldier. At the close of the war he returned to Jeft'ersonville.

where lie was employed fur a number of years, in the government department with which branch of the sen-ice he was identified at the time of his death, on the 15th of April 1882. Rachael Catherine Swartz. wife of Jolm J. Glossbrenner. and mother of Jacob E., was also a native of JefTersonville, w^here her birth occurred on Februan^ 25. 1845. She was married in this city and is still a resident of the same, being- the mother of four children, three of whom are living, the only daughter, Cora C, dying in infancy; the names of the surviving members of the family are Jacob Edgar, Herbert ^I.. of Indianapolis, and James C who is secretan- of the company of which Jacob E. is the executive head.

Jacob Edgar Glossbrenner was reared in Jefi'ersonville, where he received his early education in the public schools and from infancy to the present time has been identified with the city and interested in its advancement and welfare. His first practical experience was as a dry goods clerk with his uncle. A. A. Swartz, whose employ he entered at the age of fifteen, and with whom he continued for a period of five years, dm'ing which time he applied himself very closely to his duties and not only became an efificient and popular salesman but acquired a knowledge of business which proved of great value to him in after years. The better to fit hiniself for a business life he took a commercial course in Biyant and Stratton Business College from which he was graduated in 1887, and shortly thereafter entered the employ of the Louisville and Jeffersonville Ferry Company, beginning in a somewhat modest capacity, but soon rising by successful promotions to higher and more important positions.

Mr. Glossbrenner was well prepared for the duties which devolved upon him and displayed such ability and faithfulness in discharg'ing the same that he was soon given work requiring much greater responsibility and tiiist. As already indicated he passed successively from one of the lowest and subordinate positions to the higher and more responsible posts, being made superintendent and secretar}^ of the company on April i, 1898, and served in this dual capacity until promoted to the presidency on July 7, 1908. He has been connected with the company for a period of twenty-one years, during which time he has managed its afifairs in an able and businesslike manner. In his present position he is much in the public view, the passing years have continually added to his reputation as an official, while his high standing in social and business circles have gained for him a place among the enterprising citizens of the city in which he resides.

Mr. Glossbrenner, on the i6th day of January, 1893. contracted a matrimonial alliance with Estelle Lutz, daughter of George and Emma Lutz, of Clark county, the union being blessed with two children : Eugenia Mary, bom December 9. 1896. and Edgar Lutz, whose birth occurred on September 4. 1900.

has never sought office at tlie hands of his fellow citizens, nor aspired to leadership, notwithstanding which he has held various positions in the municipality including among others, that of the School Board, of which body he is now ser\'ing as secretary. He is a firm believer in revealed religion, and holds to the Methodist Episcopal faith, himself and family being members of the church of that denomination in Jefifersonville, and interested in all lines of work under the auspices of the same.

'Sir. Anderson, who occupies the responsible position of City Clerk of Jeft'ersonville, and is also sening efficiently as the bookkeeper for the George S. Anderson Company, is a native son of the Buckeye state, having been born in Cleveland, Ohio, June 23, 1880. He is the son of Charles and Minerva (Addison) Anderson. The Anderson family has been for many decades prominently identified with the history of Clark county. The subject's paternal grandfather, Charles C. Anderson, a native of the state of New York, came to Jeft'ersonville in pioneer days and had much to do with the early de- ^'elopment of this locality. He had four sons, George S., Robert C, John and Charles. Excepting John, the brothers remained here during their lives and were identified with the varied business interests of the community. There were also two daughters, Mrs. Mary Small and Mrs. Martha Lueders, both now residents of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Charles Anderson was born in Jeft'ersonville, Indiana, and his wife in Cleveland, Ohio.

Charles Anderson was married in 1868 to Miner\-a Addison, of Cleveland, Ohio, and to this union were born six children, namely: Neva May, the wife of James S. Hall, of Jeffersonville ; Charles M., Deputy Sheriff of Clark county; Frank C, a moulder in his father's foundry, and also ser^'ing as a member of the City Council; Jesse H., Bishop of Jeffersonville; Albert Le- Roy and Walter E., a mail carrier in Jeffersonville. Charles Anderson is a faithful member of the Advent Christian church, while his wife is a member of the Baptist church. Politically he is a Prohibitionist and has been ver\' active along many moral and religious lines of activity.

The Anderson foundry and machine shop, with which Albert LeRoy is so closely identified, was established many years ago just north of the Falls City Hotel by Charles C. Anderson, the subject's grandfather, and his brotherin-law, Hamilton Robinson. There the plant was operated until 1855, when the old building was destroyed by fire, after which the shop was established at its present location on Watt street. In 1889 George S., Charles and Robert C. Anderson purchased the business from their father. William H. Lang was subsequently admitted as a partner. Two of the brothers are deceased and the Juisiness is now owned by Charles Anderson, Sarah Cadierine, the widow of George S. Anderson, and Mr. Lang. The output of the plant consists chiefly of foundry and machine work and considerable attention is given to repair work, employment being given to about twelve men.

Albert LeRoy Anderson was brought to Jeffersonville when but two years old and received his education in the schools of this city. Upon completing his education he entered his father's office in the capacity of bookkeeper and for eleven years he has remained in this position, performing his duties efficiently and faithfully and winning the warm regard of all with whom he is thrown in contact. Two years ago he was elected City Clerk of Jeffersonville, and to the duties of this office he gives the same careful and painstaking attention which he devotes to his regular employment. The duties of the office are multitudinous, but they are discharged in a manner that has won for Mr. Anderson the highest commendation.

On July 7, 1904, Mr. Anderson was united in marriage to Minnie Overton Cook, daughter of John and Marietta Cook, of Jeffersonville. Mr. Cook is a river engineer and is now attached to the steamer "Columbia." ]\Irs. Anderson was educated in the public schools. To this union have been born two sons, Bert Mitchell, bom April ii, 1906, and Nelson Oscar, born July 24, 1907.

Politically Air. Anderson is a zealous Republican, and fraternally is identified with Jeffersonville Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, Jeft'ersonville Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Myrtle Lodge. Knights of Pvthias, and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.

Frank M. Mayfield

Prominent among the leading legal lights of Clark county who have attained high standing at the Jeft'ersonville Bar and gained more than local repute as a successful practitioner is Frank M. Mayfield, ex-Prosecuting Attorney of the Fourth Judicial District and a man of influence among his profession brethren in the southern part of the state. Mr. Mayfield was born in Washington county, Indiana, July 21, 1870, the son of James H. and Mary (Hartley) Ma3-field, the father a native of Tennessee and an early pioneer of Washington county, where for many years he was engaged in farming.

Frank M. ]\Iayfield acquired his education in the public schools of Jeffersonville and the New Albany Business College and in 1896 entered the Indianapolis Law School, where he prosecuted his legal studies until completing the prescribed course and receiving his degree two years later. Immediately after his graduation he was admitted to the Clark County Bar, where in due time he won recognition as a capal.)le and successful attorney and Imilt up a large and lucrative practice in the local courts and elsewhere, having been retained as counsel in a number of important cases soon after engaging in his profession. He continued the general practice with gratifying success until 1900 when he was elected Prosecuting Attorney of the Fourth Judicial District, the duties of which position he discharged in such an able manner that at the ensuing election two years later, he was chosen his own successor by a veiy decisive majority.

Mr. Mayfield's official record is an honorable one and the ability displayed in looking after one of the people's most important interests gained for him great popularity as a faithful public ser\'ant. At the close of his second term he resumed the general practice and is now at the head of an extensive legal business with a large and appreciative clientele in Clark and neighboring counties, his continued success and advancement winning for him a conspicuous place among the rising young lawyers of the bar tn which the greater part of his patronage is confined.

Mr. Mayfield is also interested in various other lines of activity and takes' a prominent part in encouraging and furthering all projects and enterprises for the material advancement and general welfare of the city in which he resides. He is prominent and influential in a number of social and fraternal orders, among which are the Free and Accepted Masons, the Modern W'oodmen of America, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Union Fraternal League, in all of which he has been an active worker and from time to time an honored official. In politics he is a Democrat and for a number of years has been one of his party's able and judicious counsellors and an influential worker in a number of hotly contested campaigns.

On November 16, 1899, he was married to Julia L. F-^lker, the accomplished daughter of George W. and Lucretia Felker, of Jefifersonville, in which city she was for a period of twelve years a teacher in the public schools. Mr. and Mrs. Mayfield have a beautiful home, rendered especially attractive to them by the presence of a thi/d inmate in the person of their only child, a daughter by the name of Helen. Mrs. Mayfield is a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal church and interested in its various lines of efifort. Although liberal in his religious views and tolerant of the views and opinions of others, Mr. Mayfield has profound regard for the church.

James H. Mayfield, the father of Frank M., was a soldier in the Civil war, enlisting in Company M, Sixty-third Indiana Infantry, with which he sensed with an honorable record until discharged on account of physical disability. He departed this life in 189 1, his wife preceding him to the eternal world in the year 1874. Their family consisted of fourteen children, of whom five are deceased, the names of those living being as follows: Mrs. Laura Morgan, of Jeffersonville : Rufus, of Washington county. Indiana, a manu- facturer and dealer in timber and lumber; Dorcas, wife of J. B. Blunt, of Jeti'ersonville; Joseph, a general merchant, of Washington county; Stella, now Mrs. John F. Davis, the husband a conductor on the Pennsylvania Railroad ; Claude, who is also in the employ of that company, with headquarters at Clarksville; Ethel, who married Frederick Shannon, a railroad man living in the city of Louisville; Festus, a cartoonist, of Cincinnati; and Frank M., of this review. The deceased members of the family who were all older than the subject were: William, Emma, Harriet, Serrilda and John.

William W. Mayfield, the great-grandfather of Frank M., was a native of Virginia, a planter by occupation and at the breaking out of the War of the Revolution joined the American anny and took part in a number of campaigns and battles, serving until independence was achieved. At the close of the struggle he returned to his estate in Virginia, where his death occurred a number of years ago. Both the Mayfield and Hartley families were from England, the latter emigrating to America direct from London and settling in Scott county, Indiana, in pioneer times. Rev. Wesley Hartley, a brother of Mrs. James H. Mayfield, was for many years a prominent minister of the Christian church and became widely known in religious circles throughout Central and Southern Lidiana. He entered upon the duties of his holy office when but sixteen years old and after a continuous service of fifty-seven years, retired fr(jm his labors, dying at the old family homestead in Scott county, near the town of Scottsburg, at tlie advanced age of eighty-three.

Standing at the head of his profession in Jeffersonville, Doctor Davis enjoys an excellent patronage. Frederick W. Davis has lived all his life in Indiana, having been born in Fulton county, this state, on October ii, 1873. He is the son of John M. and Catherine ( Packer) Davis, who were both born in the state of Ohio. John M. Davis now occupies the responsible position of insurance inspector for Fulton county, an office under the jurisdiction of the state. He is a veteran of the W'ar of the Rebellion, having enlisted in the regular army from this state, and being stationed during the greater part of his enlistment in New York, where he was assigned to the coast defense. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic and is also a Royal Arch Mason. To him and his wife were born the following children : Cyrus M., a merchant in Rochester, Indiana; Ostinella A., a successful attorney at Rochester; Henry A., a civil engineer in Michigan; Rosella who is the wife of Frank McKee, of Rochester; Frederick W.. the inunediate subject of this sketch; Charles A., an electrical engineer at Rochester; Vernon J., engaged

Frederick W'. Davis received his general education in the public schools of Rochester and then entered the University of Indianapolis, where he took a full course in dentistry, graduating with the class of 1900. He at once came to Jeffersonville and established himself in the active practice of his profession, in which he has been successful to a marked degree. He enjoys a constantly increasing practice among the best class of patrons. He has a well appointed suite of rooms and possesses a full line of the latest and most up-to-date mechanical appliances. He is a member of the P. G. C. Hunt Societv, an organization closely allied to his professional work

Politically the doctor is a stanch Democrat on national issues, though in local affairs he believes the man should be elected who is best qualified to fill the office. Socially he is a member of the Masonic Order, belonging to the Blue Lodge, Chapter and Commandery, and is also identified with the Knights of Pythias and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. His professional relations are with the Indiana State Dental Society, the annual meetings of which he attends and in which he has taken some active part.

Doctor Davis has had a creditable military record as a member of the Indiana National Guard and the Spanish-American war volunteers. He enlisted in the Second Regiment of the National Guard on May 26, 1890, and gave efficient and faithful service, passing through all the grades from private to first sergeant. He then received special recognition, being "jumped" from first sergeant to first lieutenant. At the outbreak of the Spanish-American war, the subject's patriotism was aroused and, on April 12, 1897, he enlisted in Company B. One Hundred and Fifty-eighth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served until November 4, 1898. He was commissioned first lieutenant of his company, the greater part of the service being at Camp Thomas, Chickamauga Park, and at Camp Poland, Knoxville, Tennessee.

The apparent ease with which Doctor Davis has attained to his present position in his profession marks him as the possessor of talent, and. being a close student of professional literature, he keeps in close touch with the latest advances in his profession.

Rev. John S. Ward

The gentleman who is serving efficiently and faithfully as pastor of the Wall Street Methodist Episcopal church in Jeffersonville is numbered among the leading clergymen of the city and wields a wide influence for good throughout the community. Rev. John S. ^^'ard is a native son of Indiana, he having been born at Greenville. Floyd county, on Christmas day. 1876.

His father. Rev. J. A. \\'ard, was a native of Illinois and for forty years was engaged in active pastoral work as a member of the Indiana conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, having filled some of the leading pulpits of that denomination in this conference. He married Sylvinia Farmer. They now reside at Hymera. Sullivan county, Indiana, the father having retired from the active ministry.

The subject of this sketch received his preliminary education in the common and high schools, completing his education at that solid Methodist seat of learning, DePauw University. Ha\-ing detemiined to enter the sacred ministry, he also during this time took the theological course of the conference itinerant school. In 1898 he was given his first appointment as an active pastor, though during the three years previously, while a student in college, he had done some preaching. During the first seven years of his ministry he held appointments at Indianapolis and vicinity and in 1905 he was appointed pastor of the Wall Street church, Jeffersonville. where he still continues. E.xcepting one church of this denomination at Evansville, the ^^'all Street church is the largest Methodist Episcopal society in Southern Indiana, having a membership of about seven hundred and fifty, and it requires abilities of high order to successsfully cany on the varied interests of so large an organization. \\'hen the fact is considered that Mr. Ward is the youngest member of the conference occupying so important a charge, and that he has been continued at this point four successive years, it stands in marked evidence of his strength not only in the pulpit but also as an administrator of the affairs of the church.

The Wall Street church is one of the most active and progressive religious bodies in the city and is a tower of strength in upbuilding the spiritual life of the community and maintaining a high moral standard. In connection with the main society, there are several healthy auxiliary organizations, among which may be mentioned the Sunday school, with an enrollment of three hundred and fifty members : the Methodist Brotherhood, of one hundred and sixty memljers, and of which Prof. C. ]M. Marble is the president : the Ladies' Aid Society; the Woman's Foreign Missionan,- Society; the Young Ladies' Society ; the Standard Bearers, the King's Heralds and the I-ight Bearers, the latter being the strongest organization of its kind in Southern Indiana, the same being true of the Methodist Brotherhood; the Epworth League, one hundred and sixty-five members : the Junior Epworth League, one hundred and twenty-five members.

In 1896, at Greencastle, Indiana, the Reverend Ward was married to Hattie Combes, a native of Owen county. Indiana, and a daughter of A\'oodford C. and Lucinda Combes. To this union have been born three children. Ruth, Genevieve and John. Politically INIr. Ward is a Republican while his social affiliations are with the Masons, Knights of Pythias and Odd Fellows.

Reverend Ward is forcible in the pulpit, strong in his administrative ability, affable in his social relations and sincere and earnest in everything he does and says. Though comparatively young in years he has already received marked recognition in his church and there stand bef<Tre him the open doors of a useful and successful career.

Professor William W. Borden

It is impossible within the circumscribed limits of this review to give more than a mere glance at the leading facts in the life of one of Indiana's most scholarly men, whose distinguished achievements in the realm of research attracted the attention of educational circles, and won for him an honorable position among the eminent scientific minds of the age in which he lived - nor was it by such achievements alone that he earned his fame and impressed his personality upon the minds of his fellows as a leader of thought and public spirited citizen. In the broadest and best meaning of the term he was a benefactor in that he ever labored for the material prosperity of this county and state and in his efforts to promote the intellectual advancement of the youth of the land, the institution which he founded and maintained w'ill long stand as a monument to the noble purposes and high ideals by which his life was directed and controlled.

William W. Borden was born in the town of New Providence, or Borden, Clark county. Indiana, on the i8th day of August, 1823. His paternal antecedents were among the sterling Quaker yeomanry of New England, the branch of the family from which he is descended having located many years ago in Rhode Island.

His father, John Borden, whose birth occurred in Portsmouth, that state, near the close of the eighteenth century, was by occupation a blacksmith and machinist, having learned the former trade under his father and from a Mr. Low, of A\'altham, Massachusetts. Joh.n amassed a competency by the manufacture and installing of spinning machinery and the building of factories. In 1816 he moved to Clark county, Indiana, and entered several tracts of land in what is now Wood township, and in due time became one of the leading farmers and public spirited citizens of the community. In addition to tilling the soil he operated a blacksmith and general repair shop, engaged quite extensively in sheep raising and managed an inn for several years besides establishing stores at New Providence and Salem, and in various other ways contributing to the material prosperity of the country and general welfare of the populace.

of a few blocks which he named New Providence, in honor of the metropohs of his native state, and which from that time to the present has continued to be an important local trading point and the center of a cuiure and refinement seldom found in villages of its size.

In May, 1822, John Borden married Lydia Bellows, of Groton, Massachusetts. She, too, was among the early pioneers of Clark county and accustomed to all the vicissitudes and hardships of life in a new and undeveloped country, nobly bore her part in establishing a home and looking after its mutual interests. In the little village founded by his father, William W. Bordon first saw the light of day on the date indicated above, but shortly after tlie first anniversary of his birth he was deprived of his father's loving care and guidance.