DeKalb County, Indiana - Biographical sketches (2 of 2 so headed), 1914 (part 6 of 20)

Politically, Mr. Thomas has been a life-long supporter of the Democratic partv, having been active in the state and county organizations and doing effectual work during campaigns. Fraternally, he is a member of the Knights of Pythias, the Knights of the Maccabees, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Fraternal Order of Eagles, and also helped institute the local lodge of the Modern Samaritans. Personally, Mr. Thomas is a man of splendid physique, a good mixer, makes friends easily and was a brave and fearless officer in the discharge of his official duties, though with malice toward none and charity to all. In his relations with his fellow men he is courteous and genial and possessing marked domestic taste, he finds his chief enjoyment in his home where, laying aside the cares of business life, he enjoys the companionship of his wife and children.

When but seventeen years old Ralph L. Thomas married Olive Kiplinger, of Waterloo, the daughter of Michael and Flora (Dennison) Kiplinger, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this work. To this union were born five children, namelv: \'ictor, who is engaged with the Home Telephone Companv at .A.ulnirn, married Edna Baumgartner, of Warsaw; Bernard died at the age of four vears: Ruth died at the age of three years, their deaths occurring but four days apart, fom diphtheria; LaVone died at the age of two and one-half years of scarlet fever; Dale is now eight years old, and is the idolized member of the family.

John C. Lochner

Few citizens of DeKalb county, Indiana, are as widely and favorably known as John C. Lochner, one of the county's most useful and highly esteemed men, and editor and publisher of the Auburn Weekly Bcc. His life has been closely identified witii the community and his honorable business career has brought him before the public in such a \»i-y as to win the esteem and confidence of his fellow men and give him an en\ iable reputation among his contemporaries. Keen perception, tireless energy and honesty of purpose, combined with mature judgment and every-da\- common sense ha\e been among his most prominent characteristics and, while laboring for individual success, he has also been instrumental in promoting the advancement and prosperity of the community with which he is identified.

John C. Lochner was born in Jackson township, DeKalb county, Indiana, on August I, 1 87 1, and is a son of Jacob and Mary (Wyatt) Lochner. Jacob Lochner was born in Germany, coming to America in his boyhood with three brothers antl a sister. For a time he was employed in driving mules along the towpalh of the ok! Wabash & Erie Canal, but was wisely economical of his earnings, so that at length he was enabled to buy eighty acres of land in Jackson township, this county. It was raw and unimproved land, but he cleared it and developed it into one of the best farms in this locality, the place lieint;- nov.v owned by his son, F^ P. Lochner. The father lived on this farm until late in life, when he went to live with a daughter, Mrs. Beaty, in Auburn. He hafl followed farming continuously from the time lie first o!;tained posses-ion of his land, and adderl to his original tract until his farm comprised one hundred and twenty acres. His hobby was in keeping his place up to the highest possible standard of perfection, and in this lie was successful, f < t he would not rest while a weed grew in the fields, nor allow a needed nail to remain missing. He erected a good, substantial brick residence, comniodions hank 1;arn, and everv thing about the place was strictly up-to-date according to the ideas of his day.

Jacob Lochner was twice married, first to Mary W}'att, the daughter of Thomas Wyatt, and they became the parents of six children, three sons and three daughters, namely: Henry, of San Diego, California; P. P., who is engaged in the operation of the home place; Etta, deceased, who was the wife of S. S. Potter, grocer at Auburn; Anna E., the wife of J. E. Beaty. of Auburn; Sarah, wife of C. W. P.ardes, of Jackson township, this county; John C. the immediate subject of this sketch. The mother of these children

John C. Lochnbr

John C. Locliner was reared on the home farm until the age of fifteen years. He had no great liking for farm work, hut after leaving home was employed at farm work for two \-ears hy a neighhur. He was then employed for two years in a saw-mill at Auliurn, when he suddenly resoh-ed to try his hand at the printing trade. Amdiit;- his accjuaintancos was W. !x L'am|)- hell, owner of the Atiburii PishaU-/'. and wih him he (il)tained a place. He was a large, strong hny. and he began his work as a "printer's dexil" at the weekly wage of one dollar and f\hx cents. His hoard cost him two and a half dollars, but he got cretlit for a part of that and was thus able td get by. In the printing office Mr. I.nchner was in his proper sphere and from that time to the present he has never regrettefl the sU'p whicli started him in the business. In the IHspatcli office he made rapid progress and inside of a \-ear he was made foreman of the shop, holding that position about three years. He then bought a half interest in the Times, a Populist paper which had been started at Auburn, but in less than a year he so'd his interest to his partner and joined the Aubv.rn Courier, which was then owned by James A. P>arnes, one of the veteran newspaper men of DeKalb county. On March 4. 1896, Mr. Barnes started the Daily Courier .and jilaced Mr. Lochner in full charge of it. The paper espoused the Democratic cause and. as party feeling ran high that year, some exciting experiences v.ere passed through. After remaining with the Courier a few years, he v.ent to Argus, Indiana, and bought the Retleetor. in, March, 1898, which he sold at the end of six months and returned to Auburn. He now erected several houses and for a time was engaged in the real estate business, doing then to Keithsburg, Illinois, Mr. Lochner bought the Times, which he ran about six months and then sold it at .1 good profit, which he at once invested in more houses in .Vuburn. He then went to Colon, Michigan, bought the Express and for n'nj months published it, building it up to a point where he sold it at a handsome |irofit. Returning then to Auburn again, he started a jol) printing office, which he manage<I with continuous success until 1907 when he was induced b\ a handsome s;d;iry to join the sales force of the Auburn Automobile Company and for two years was on the road for that concern. In the fall oi 1910 Mr. Lochner again found himself engaged in newspaper work, having been employed by W. II. Mclntyre, then owner of the Daily .and IJ'eekly Courier, to manage th.at paper He continued in that capacity only a few months when Mr. Mclntyre (32)

The printing business had not lost an\- of its charms for Mr. Lochner and in the fall of iQi i he re-purchased the job printing office, ;ind on January 3, 1912, he started the .lithiini H'rckly Her, an indei)entlent weekly paper, and prubabh- the only paper in its cla^v sold at a suliscription price of fifty cents a year His natm-al talent and experience enabled Ihtn to conduct this paper along such lines a> secured hint a large circulation, whicli h.as steadily increased since the first issue, until totlax it is cousideretl one of the liest newspaiiers and atlvertising mediums in DeKalb county, tlie e(|uipment of his oflice being the best to be found in the countv. including an Intertype tvpe-elling machine. Mr. l.ochner possesses the genuine instinct for news -<. essential to the successful ne\vspa])er man and, wielding a forceful and trenchant pen, bis columns are never dull or nvmotonous, but always spicy and readaiile. P)esi(les his printing and newspaper interests, Mr. Locbner is also interested somewhat m manufacluriiii; concerns. lie lias for a number of years lieen an acti\ e member of the Commercial Club, has served two years ;is its secretary autl is now a member of the lioard of directors.

( )n Ma\ I), iHt)4, Mr. l.ochner w;is united in marriage with K. Darley Clark, of ,\ul)urn, the .laughter of William and Mary (Scott) Clark, and thev have two children, Don .\1.. born June 13, iS()6, and Clellah F., born A])ril 25. 1900.

1-Vaternallv. iMr. Locbner is an enthusiastic meml)er of the Knights of I'vtluas, in which he has passed thn.ugh all the chairs of the subordinate lodge, and 1- now serving his second term as deputy grand chancellor of the lirst district of Indiana. In mililary affairs Mr. l.ochner has long been deeply interested, and he has been ideiuibed with the Indiana National (iuard for eighteen vears. b'nlisting ;is a pri\:ite at the same time Colonel Kuhlmau became identibed with the guard, Mr. l.ochner h.as gradually risen in the ranks and was on the staff of C.iloiiel Kuhlmau when the latter was major. He is now on the staff ni Major ( iroll, as luittalion adjutant, with the rank of first lieutenant, and liut \er\- few offieers in the state are his senior in the hneal list.

Personally. Mr. Locbner is affable and popular with his fellows and stands ready at all times to encourage and aid, b\ mouth and pen, all laudable measures for the general good. P>y a life consistent in motive and because of bis mam fine r|ualities he has earned the sincere regard of all who know him and his success in his chosen field of endeavor has been honestly earned.

Among the successful, sclf-niadc men of I )el\;ill) county, whose ettorls and influence have contributetl to the material upbuilding and general business activity of their re,specti\'e communities, the gentleman of whom the biographer writes in this con.nection occupies a conspicuous place. Being ambitious from the first, but surrounded by none too favorable environment, his early youth was not especijilly promising, luit he accepted the discouraging situation without a murmur, and, resoluteh' facing the future, gradual!} surmounted the difficulties in his \\a\' anil m due time rose to a prominent position in the business circles of his comniunitw besides winning the confidence and esteem of those with whom he was lirouglu in contact, and today he stands as one of DeKalb county's most rei)resentative citizens.

George ShonOr, than whom no citizen of Waterloo, Indiana, enjoys a greater degree of conhdence and esteem on the part ni bis fellow citizens, is a native of the b'atherland, li.aving been born in Haxaria, i.ermany, on September j;i,. 1838. and is a son of John Shoner. \\ ben the subject was a lad of but thirteen years of a,ge he came with a company of about a diZiH others to America, locating first at Defiance, Ohio. For a time he had an exceedingly hard time to get along. Ignorant of our ways of language he was the \ ictim of unscrupulous men and beaten out of his wages and at one tmie e\en liad to pawn bis clothes in ortler to exist. I'or se\ oral \ears he was knocked about from jjillar to post and many times even suffered hunger. When he did find employment he was compelled to work from early morning lo ten or eleven o'clock at night and the \ lews he had pre\iouslv hail in nnnd of the golden opportunities for \oung men in the .Vmerican republic were well nigh shattered. llowe\er, be eventually obtained employment in sawing wood for a man in Ohi.i who owned a taimery. Lat^r be was given regidar emplo\- ment by the tamier, and under bis dn-ecli.m laler le.arne.l the tanner'- trade. He worked nine vears for this man, dr.awing oidy what mone\ he aciuallv had to have and with the fear of what nnght happen r,, him in case of sickness he saved everv cent possible, leaving the remainder of liis s.alarx with bis employer, for winch he alwavs took a note. At the end of the nine year-' employment he found himself in the possession of the sum ot one ibous.and dollars which bad been made entirelv tbr..ugh his own efforts. .Mr. .'^boner then went to Striker, Ohio, about iXOV and engageil in the tanmng business for himself for two years. In 1865 he married and imniediatelv afterwardsold bis tannerv and went into the general -tore busine- at Watervdle, Ohio.

Two years later, in 1868, he disposed of that business and, coming to Waterloo, Indiana, bought a tannery, in which he continued for twenty years or until the spring of 1888, when, at the age of fifty years, he retired from active business. By dint of the most assiduous labor, persistent energy and sound business methods he has been prospered in everything he has undertaken and besides the tanning Ixisiness acquired other valuable properties which enabled him to retire without worry as to the future. He owns a splendid residence property in W^iterloo and several business houses and also owns six or eight A'aluable rental [jroperties in Toledo, besides two farms, aggregating fully three hundred acres. Since retiring from business i\'Ir. Shtmer has traveled a great deal, having been to Europe, where he visited the scenes of his childhood and other interesting places. He found the older members of his family all gone, but a few of his schoolmates were left, widi whom he had a pleasant visit. He has a brother and sister still living there vln) are engaged in business. He has also been to California several times and has spent two or three winters in the South. Mr. Shoner has been active in local business affairs and was for a time director nf the Savings, Loan and Trust Company at Garrett, and a director of the Savings, Loan and Trust Company at Auburn, being still a stocklioldcr in the latter institution.

Politically, Mr. Shoner has always been a Republican and earlier in his life he was active in political affairs. He was once nominated by his |)arty for county commissioner, but it was an off year for his party and he was defeated with the balance of the ticket. He served several terms as town trustee of Waterloo, rendering efficient service in that capacity. Fraternally, he is an appreciative member of the Free and Accepted Masons.

In 1865 Mr. Shoner married Adeline Homer, who was born and reared on a farm near Delta, Ohio, the daughter of John and Emmeline (Ross) Harris. Her parents came from New York state and spent most <if their lives in Ohio, their death occurring near Wausef)n. To this union have been born five children, namely: Delia, who died in September, 1893, at the age of nineteen years; Mary is the wife of J. Peter Kunz, of Toledo, Ohio, who travels for a wholesale grocery house, and they have one child, John Homer; Lillian M., who is the widow of Charles Covert, now lives with her parents, though she has formerly resided at Los Angeles, California, and Seattle, Washington; Charles, born January 30, 1869. lives in Garrett and is a railroad engineer. He married Maude McBride and they have five boys, Frederick, Robert, William, George and Donald ; Emma, a twin sister of Charles, is the wife of George Bell, of Coate's Grove, Michigan, where he is a successful farmer, and thev have two children, Charles and Ruby.

Dekalb Countv, In'Uiana

Mr. Shoner has shown what an honest, earnest, hard-working man can acconiphsh, although he had to hew his own fortune from tlie obstacles which beset his way, for he started life with no aid from any one, but he has been industrious and economical so that today he has a comfortable competency and can look forward to his remaining years with a guarantee of comfort and' quiet. He is a friendly man and h;is a \ery large number of admiring acquaintances. He is known to be a man of Ujjright principles and no man in his locality is better or more fa\orably known than he, for lie has alwa\s taken a lively interest in local movements for the political, educational and moral welfare and can always be depended upon for his su[)porL of all movements looking to the good of the community.

William A. Thomas

The subject of this review enjoys dislinctive prestige among the enterprising business men of the tliri\ing cit\- of Auburn and as a neighbor and citizen is highly esteemed by ;dl who know him. He has earned the right to be called one of the progressi\e men of DeKalb county, having fought his way onward and upward to a prominent position in industrial circles and in every relation of life his voice and influence are on the side of right as he sees and understands the right. The gentleman whose name appears at the head of this sketch is well known through his business activities, his participation in important political .-iflairs and his --ocial connection with fraternal organizations, and is also widely known because of his interest in the Island Park Inn at Hamilton lake, which he and his partner, H. C. Henry, ha\e recently established, and which is rapidly liecoming one of the most popular summer resorts of the country.

William A. Thomas was born on the present site of Garrett, Indiana, on November 14, 1868, and is a son of David and Jemima (Link) Thomas. He is also a brother of Ralph L. Thomas, in whose sketch, found elsewhere in this work, are given the particulars of the Thomas family history. At about the age of three years the subject of this sketch came to Auburn with his parents and has ever since been a resident of this city. He received his education in the public schools and in his young manhood he leamed the baker's trade. In 1890, in partnership with his Iirother, Ralph L., he engaged in the bakery business, with which he has been identified practically all of the time since, in partnership with his brother up to the time the latter was elected sheriff in 1900, since whicli time lie has continued alone under the name of the Thomas Baking Company. Twenty-five years' experience has given him a thorough understanding of every detail of his husiness and he now has a plant vip to date in every respect and the largest in the eastern part of Indiana north of Fort Wayne. He not only supplies the local trade, but also ships large quantities of bread to other towns in this section, his products being in large demand wherever a discriminating taste is consulted. In the fall of 1912 Mr. Thomas and Harry C. Henry l)ought an island of fifteen acres at Hamilton lake, and there they have established a strictly modern summer resort which in an admirable location has already attracted the attention of those seeking a pleasant place in wliich to spend the summer months. Messrs. Thomas and Henry have erected a thirty-room hotel known as the Island Inn and elegantly located at the mo.st conspicuous and favorable location on the island, furnished w itli furniture e(|ual to tine most desirable home, has electric lights, running w.iter, ,1 large veranda. out-of-(.loors sleepingrooms, a spacious dining room, ice cream parlor, paxilion, experienced cooks, tennis grounds, lioats. swings, tables, sanitary drinking fountains and lavatories and all other feature'^ which are characteristii- of the most up-to-date resorts of this kind. Cottages are also iieing erected nearbx and broad roads and a two-hundred-foot l)ri(lge lias been made t(i connect with tiie mainland, other features l)eing added wincli h.ave eniianced the natural ad\ antages supplied by nature. The bathing beach is one of the finest in Indiana and aUogether Island Park is destined to become one of the notable |)leasure resorts of northern Indiana. These gentlemen deserve great credit for the enter- ])rise which thev have exhibited in the e-tablishnient and completion of lliis ideal haven of rest.

In March. 18S7. Mr. Thom.as uas united in marri.age with brenebie Stonebraker. a daughter of ( ieorge and Marv (Mvers) Slonebraker. her birth having occurred at AlcC'lnre. ( )bio. where she w;is reared :w(\ where she lived until a ye.ar or two before her marriage, when she came to .\ubnrn. .She lost her mother In death earl\- in life and lier father married two ye.ars later Rosaline C.ahnore. He uKived to .\uburn .-md there became a foreman in the Church furniture factory, but is now farming four miles east of Auburn, where he owns a splendid tract of land. To Mr. and Mrs. Thomas has been born a son, Winfred, who first saw the light of day on September 22, 1894. Mr. Thomas is a man of sterling qualities and has made his success in business by being honest, strictly st|uare in all his dealings, his upright principles and genial disposition not only winning and retaining numerous customers, but hosts of friends as well.

John Vvimer

To write the personal record of men who have raised themselves from humble circumstances to positions of comparative affluence and responsibility in a community is no ordinary pleasure. Self-made men, men who have achieved success by reason of their personal tpialities and left the impress of their individuality upon the lui'-iness ami growth of the locality of their residence and affect for good such institution^ as are embraced within the sphere of their usefulness, unwittingly, perhaps, build rnonunu'nls more enduring than iiiarlik- obelisk or granite sliafl. 'I'o such we have the un(|uestioned right to say belongs the gentleman wIkisC name a|)pears above and who is well known tliroughout DeKall) county.

|ohn Winier was 1)orn .\i)ril 14, 1838, six miles east of Auburn, Indiana, and is the son of Jacob and p:iizabeth (Holder) Wimer. b'.lizabeth Holder was a n.ative of Switzerland, where slu- became the wife of Jacob Saltsman. with whom she came to tlie United States, locating in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, tlien coming to HeKalb Ldiinl\, hidiana. The land there was densely covered with the primeval forest gro\> tli and thev. like nian\- others of their neighbors, liurned the tiini)er and hauled the ashes to .\uburn, where they e.xchanged tliem for groceries. The-e trijvs v ere made witli a voke of cows as motive power. Thev succeeded in clearing the land there and ni.ade it their home until the death of Mr. Saltsman. Thev h.ad become tiie ].arents of tiiree children, h:lizaheth. .Mary and j.acb. Mrs. S.altsman afterwards became the wife of Jarol, Winier. lie was ,.f IVnnsvlvania-Hutch descent and it is helievetl he came from Stark c>unt\. Ohi... lie, l..o. had been married before and h.ad lued near ilnnlertown in the earl\ fifties, before there were any railroads in that localitx. .\tter his second marriage Jacob Wimer 1< .cited east of .\nlmrn. where the subject of ihi- -ketch waborn. Snhse(|nentlv the family moved to the Kudx- Sowers ])lace, -i\ nnles northeast of Auburn, and there Jacob Wimer died when his son John was about two and a half years old. The mother then moved her family to Waterloo, where the subject of this sketch lived until he was nineteen years old. He was employed at various occupatitms, including tending mason and farming, and at the age mentioned he began farming for himself on the farm where he was born. Here he was married and farmed for two years. He afterwards moved to Langlade county, \A'isconsin, and took up a homestead, but after spending one winter there he sold the place and located near Hudson, St. Croix county, Wisconsin, where, with a partner, he became a fisherman. However, less than three months later a big raft of logs destroyed their nets and put them out of business. Owing partly to lack of experience, business training and money, Mr. Wimer had not up to this time been able to accumulate anything in a material way, his only property being a small house and lot in Frogtown at Waterloo, Indiana, worth probably one hundred dollars, and after meeting with the reverses to Wisconsin he found himself without household goods, with but a few dollars in his pocket, and with a wife and three children, far from their old home. However, he was not made of the stuff that easily gives up and, having showed himself willing to work, the county recorder of deeds rented him a farm and "staked" him in its operation until he could get on his feet. For four years he farmed and teamed, and from his landlord learned lessons of business methods and thrift which served him well in his later efforts. In March, 1888, Mr. Wimer returned to Waterloo, Indiana, bought a farm of eighty acres near Moore's Station, and also bought farm stock and tools, as well as a stock of seed potatoes. The purchase price of the farm was two thousand five hundred dollars, of which he paid one hundred and thirty-five dollars down. His first effort was in the raising of potatoes, he being the first in this section to engage in that line extensively, but he was eminently successful from the beginning and really was the pioneer in this now important branch of farming here. He and George Noirot raised the first extensive onion crop here, and in this also they showed the way to others, onions and potatoes now being two of the most important of the DeKalb county crops. The farm which Mr. Wimer bought had twenty-five acres cleared, and he cleared fifty acres more of it, put in twenty thousand tile and had the place entirely paid for in ten years. He has been successful to a notable degree in his operations, and in iqo8, after living on their farm for twenty years, he moved to Auburn. In that year he and his son-in-law, Herman Brown, began shipping potatoes and onions, and the following year they bought the Vandalia elevator, and have since been engaged very extensively in the shipping of grain, as well as potatoes and onions. In 19 12 tliey shipped ninety carloads of potatoes and about fifty-five cars of onions, while they have shipped as many as fifty-five thousand bushels of potatoes in a season. Through his business connections, Mr. Wimer has become very well known throughout DeKalb and Steuben counties and everywhere he is held in the highest esteem.

On December 28, 1878, Mr. Wimer was married to Alice Coates, the daughter of Alanson G. and Sarah (Smurr) Coates, she having been born and reared near Artie, Troy township, this county. For a wedding trip they took a sled ride to Waterloo behind a yoke of oxen, which was none the less enjoyed if it was slow. It was in sharp contrast to the automobile which Mr. Wimer now uses in going to and from his farm. To Mr. and Mrs. Wimer have been born six children, namely: Ray, who died May 6, 1908, at the age of nineteen years; Marguerite, who is the wife of Herman Brown, who is referred to elsewhere in this work; .Arthur LeRov, who is engaged in the operation of an irrigated farm of eighty acres at Pingree, Idaho; he married Etha Stonebraker and they have two daughters, Geraldine and Alice; Bertha is the wife of John Souder, who operates a farm about six miles south of Auburn, and they have three children, Esther, Ruth and Willis ; Carl, who lives at home, is employed at the Mclntyre Company; Howard is a student in the Auburn high school. Religiously, Mr. Wimer is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, in the prosperity of which he is deeply interested. Though a very busy man, he does not permit his private interests to interfere with his performance of his duties as a citizen and he gives his support to every movement having for its object the advancement of the highest and l)est interests of the community. Because of his high character and good business qualities, he enjoys the confidence and regard of all who know him.

Samuel L. Goodwin

The careers of such men as Samuel L. (ioodwin may not necessarily be such as to gain them a wide reputation or the admiring plaudits of men, but they are nevertheless influential and deserving of a place in their locality's history, because they have been true to whatever trusts have been reposed in them, and have shown such' attributes of character as entitled them to the regard of all and have been useful in their respective spheres of action. Mr.

Goodwin seems to have won and retained the universal esteem of all with whom he has come into contact as a result of his industrious and upright career, being well known throughout DeKalb county.

Samuel L. Goodwin was l)orn in Waterloo, DeKalb county, Indiana, on August 6, 1879, ^rid 's a son of Leander Goodwin, who is represented in a personal sketch elsewhere in this work. The subject was reared under the paternal roof, securing his education in the public schools of that locality and when about nineteen years old he learned telegraphy. He then became operator for the Lake Shore railroad between Toledo and Detroit, remaining with that company about three years. In 1902 he and J. A. Miller entered into a partnership in the coal and lumber business at Waterloo, remaining associated together aliout five years. Mr. Goodwin then went into the lumber business in partnership with his brother at Waterloo under the firm name of the Goodwin Lumber Company, which business was carried on about two years. Then for a short time Mr. (ioodwin engaged in the brokerage business at Fort Wayne, Init hi'^ partner left without notice, taking with him the firm's funds, and it, of course, crippled Mr. Goodwin financial)}-. However, he was not made of tlic metal thai easily gives up and at once turned liis attention to other pursuits. In Jul\-, if) 10, Mr. (ioodwin engaged in the poultry and produce business at Waterloo and in this line he has achieved a -splendid success, being" now in good financial circumstances and numbered among tlie substantial, enterprising and progressi\e l)usiness men of his town.

In July, 1903. Mr. (ioodwin was married to .Margie C Campl)e]]. who was born in Waterloo, huliana. the daughter of J. D. and Ellen (P>achelor) Campbell. Ellen Ilaciielor was liorn aliout nine miles northwest of Angola, and is the daughter of .\iii<is and Susanna I'aclielor, who came from (^liio to Steuben county and in i86() mo\ed to Waterloo. .\fter living there si.x years thev moved hack to Steuben county, j. I). Campliell was born three miles northwest of Waterloo, and is a s,,u ,,f Abel niul jam- Cl'aylor) Campbell, who came from Stark coiinlv. ( )lno. in 1S41. an<l settled where Mr. Campbell was born. They there bought lan<l for one dollar and a cpiarter per acre. Here were Indians frequently to be seen and in other ways the land was in its virgin state of wildness. When J. D. Campbell was sixteen years old he came to Waterloo am! a year later liegan work in a drug store and was employed in the drug l)usiness in W.iterloo until about iQo:^. a period of thirty-eight years. He was in liusint-ss for himself from i8;6 on rmd maintained his home at Waterloo. He w.is a menilier of ihc town jioanl two terms antl was town treasurer four or five terms. To Mr. and Mrs. (Goodwill have been born three children: Wayne, now nine years old; Marjorie June, two years old, and a son, Carroll, who died in 1910, aged about two years. In igio Mr. and Mrs. Goodwin adopted a boy named Reginald, wiio was Ixjrn northwest of Milwaukee and was fount! b\- Mr. (ioodwin through an advertisement in the DcUueatitr. and they are giving to this bf)y tiie same careful attention and lo\ing kindness that they bestow upon their own chiUlren. Personally, Mr. Goodwin is a man whom everybody likes, genial, optimistic, honorable in all his dealings with his fellow men, and is always ready to do his part in the support of the interests of his locality. He has not had things entirely his own way since entering life's battle on his own account, but he has overcome all obstacles and is now on the highway to success. Because of his earnest character and honest effort he has earned and retains the confidence and good will of all who know him.

Herman L. Rrown

The life histor\- of him whose name heads this sketch i^ closelv uleiitified with the history of DeKalb countw Indiana. His life has been of untiring activity, and iia^ been crowned witli a ilegree of success attained by those oniv who devote themselves indefatigahly to the work l)efore tliem. He is a high type of busmess man and none more than lie deserves a litting recognition among the men whose genius and al)ilities have achieved results lh;it are most enviable and commendable.

of continued physical disability, he received an honorable discharge from the service. In 1865 he and his wife came to DeKalb county, Indiana, locating in Concord township, where they established their permanent home, and where Samuel Brown died on March i, 1879. He left three children: Calvin H., now auditor of Allen county, Indiana; Willis R., who is in the wholesale buggy business at Waterloo, Iowa; and Herman L., the subject of this sketch, who was but three years of age at the time of his father's death. The mother of these children, who subsequently became the wife of Samuel Culbertson, died on November 17, 191 1.

The subject of this sketch was reared on the paternal farmstead until seventeen years of age, receiving his elementary education in the common schools and during the vacation periods assisting with the cultivation of the farm. He attended Adrian College, at Adrian, Michigan, which he left in i8c)4 and began teaching school in DeKalb county. He followed this occupation a number of years, the last three of which were as professor of mathematics in the Auburn high school. He was naturally well qualified for the profession of teaching and was very successful in this line of work. In K)o8 at the close of the school year, he engaged in the farm produce business in partnership with his father-in-law, John Wimer, at Auburn, in which they met with splendid success and a year later they bought the Vandalia elevator, running the two concerns. They are eminently successful in these lines, their largest success being attained in the shipping of onions and potatoes, of which they have handled enormous quantities. Their field covers about eight counties and their operations are constantly increasing in scope and importance.

Mr. Rrown is a man of impressive personality, broad intelligence, and has the characteristics which beget esteem, confidence and friendship. His integritv is of the most insistent and unswerving type and no shadow rests upon his career as an active business man and sterling citizen.

In 1899 Herman L. Brown was married to Marguerite \\'imer, daughter of John Wimer and wife, who are represented elsewhere in this work. To Mr. and Mrs. Brown have been born three children: Bernard W., Donald B., and Kathryne Lucile. Fraternally, Mr. Brown belongs to the Knights of Pythias and, with his wife, to the Pythian Sisters. They are also members of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which the>' take an earnest interest and to the support of which they contribute liberally. They move in the best social circles of the city and are deservedly popular among their acquaintances.

John C. Feagi.Er

It is a good sign when a count}' like DeKall:) can boast of so many of her enterprising farmers and business men who are native sons, for it indicates that here are to be found all the opportunities necessary to insure success in the material affairs of life and that her native sons, unlike so many from various sections, have found it to their advantage to remain at home. They have been wise in doing this, for nature has offered the husbandman unusual advanla.ges here and seldom fails to reward the honest worker with gratifying results, and when the tillers of the soil are prosperous all lines of Inisiness flourish.

John C. Feagler was born in Richland township, DeKalb county, Indiana, on the 16th of February, 1840, and is a son of Joshua and Frances (Clemer) Feagler. Joshua Feagler was born on March 23, 1814, at Hagerstovvn, Maryland, and was the son of John and Elizabeth (Cullers) Feagle. These parents, when their son Joshua was but four years old, settled in the wilds of Ohio, about twelve miles west of Da^-ton, and there the lad was reared to manhood. In 1834 Joshua Feagler married Frances Clemer, who was l)orn in Virginia in 181 2, being the daughter of John Clemer. Joshua Feagler and his brother-in-law, Jacob W'yrick, came west in the spring of 1836, expecting to enter land in Wabash county, Indiana. They came down the Wabash and Erie canal to Ft. Wayne, where they stopped over night, antl were induced by Wesley Parke to come to DeKalb county. Here they each entered one hundred and sixty acres of land, about three miles northwest of Auburn, and then returned to their Ohio homes. In the following autvunn they moved their families here, arriving here on the last day of September. Mr. Wyrick had built a cabin, in which both famihes lived until Mr. I'eagler had built his home. Here Mr. k\'ag!er res.ilutelv api)lied himself to the improvement of his financial condition, and under the circumsttmces then existing it may be certain that he found but little time for relaxation or recreation. For a time he was compelled to work for others. Their nearest neighlior was two and a half miles south and the only roads were Indian trails, the dusky red men being frequently seen here for five or six years after the new settlers had established their homes here. There Joshua Feagler spent the rest of his days, dying at the age of sixty years. He was survived a number of years by his widow, who died on ]\Iarch 4, 1897, in the eighty-fifth year of her age. Until 1856 Mr. Feagler voted the Democratic ticket, but from that time on he was an ardent supporter of the Republican party.

Jolin C Fea.t^lt-r rfiiKiiiied on ihe home farm until he was twentv-two years of age, having received a good practical education in the public schools of his home neighliorhood. He then learned the carpenter's trade and after his marriage, in 1869, he located at Feagler's Corners, where for two years lie worked at his trade. He then engaged in farming for a year south of Auburn, but again returned to the carjienter trade at Feagler's Corners. On ]\la\- 6. 1874. he nioxed to Auburn and engaged in carpentering and contracting, which occupied his ;ittention until i8c)0, when he inherited one-sixth of three hundred and twent\- acre^. Later he bought, in addition, a third of the tract, thus making him po^sesscr of one hundred and si\t\- acres, to wiiich he later acKled thirty-one acres. Applying himself persistentl\ and indefatigabl}- to tin- operation of this f;irm, he met with well de<er\e(.l success and as he was prospered from time to time he added other land to his original tract, being at this time the owner of fi\e hundred .and sixty-eight and ;i half acres of as good land as can i)e found in this locabt} . Mr. I'eagler is deservedly proud of the fact that, aside from what came to him b\' inheritance, he has gained all this by his own eflort'^ ami sound management. When asketl how he accounted for his success, Ik- i-eplietl, "The who'e f.-imih- pulls together; my wife is a good helper, and the two boys, too." All'. i'\'agler follows general farming, and, by properly rotating his crops and the judicious use of conuuercial fertilizer, he has so m;iintained the ferlilit\- of the soil as to keep up the average vield of the farm to a degree not generally found. His land is well tiled .and in the bandlmg of h .\lr. l-'eagler shows that he thorougbh- unilerst.ands his work. I'or instance, he refuses to plow the soil when it is wet, .and in inan\ other ways he shows th.it be has given thoughtful .and intelligent atteiuion to the details of farming which often esca]ie the attenti(in of otherwise intelligent agricultm-ists.

On januarx 23, i8^->(), John C. I'eagler was m.arried to .Mar\ .\nn Shull, who was born in wh.at w.as then Puitler township, n,,w a p.irt of Kevser townslnp. .about four miles south of .\uburn. She is ihe daughter of Jacob and Su.saniKi (Cocper) Shull, natives of S'ark cuulv, Ohio. lacob Shull was a son ..f Menrv Shull, who was boin in 1782 in Schuvlkill county, IVnnsvlvania. The batter was the sou of lohn I'eter Shull, who was born in the ]^>lack 1 (irest, Cerma.ny, on April 7, 1738. He came to .\merica about 1730. settling in Schuvlkill comUv, where he followed the trade of a millwright Henrv Shull moved to Stark county, Ohi(j, in 18(^6 and there entered a section of land, .and ;dso established autl oper.ated a saw mill. His family name w.as orii-inallv and up to that time si)elled Scholl, but when he entered his land the cltrk spelled the name Shull, in which form it has been used ex^er since. Mr. Shull also ran a tavern there for many vears. His farm, located eii^iit miles east of Canton, is still in the family. Susanna Cooper, who became the wife of Jacob Shull, was born in Stark county. Ohio, on April lo, 1823, her marriage to Jacob Shull occurrin.y in 1841. Immediately afterwards they came to DeKall) count). Indiana, where Mr. Shull had been in 1835 and entered eii^ht ei.ijhties of land for his father. The following year he had been hen and cleared some land near lUitler. the bulk of the land entered beint;- .southwe-st of Auburn on the old l~t. Wayne road. When, in 1 84 1, he brout^ht his wife here tliey located on a portion .if this land, where .Mrs. i'eai^ler was liorn and reared. To Mr. and Mrs. Feagler have been born fue children, of whom two are deceased, namely: An infant son, who died on January 23, 1871. when but two da\s old. Wilson, born Juh' 13. 1872, .graduated from the .\ul>nrn lii.L;h sch< " >! in i8()i. He was a memlier of C'onipany K, Third Regiment Indiana Xational ( .uarcl, ami m i8g8, durmg the Spanish-. \merican war. he belonged to Cdmpan\- K, C^ne Hundred and Fiftyseventii Ive.t^inient Indiana X'olunteer Infantry, inider the command of Colonel 'studebaker. In igon he antl his brother Leste-r made a trip to Europe, visiting Kngland, .Scotland. bVance, Cermanv and Holland, antl spending some time at the world's fair at Paris. On .\i)ril 2, looi, he went to California, antl then on to the Hawaiian islands. There he ,'it first worked on a sugar ]ilantation, Iml is now a sub-inspector in the Cnited States ci\il serxice, inspecting the dreil.ging of Pearl harbor and later the erection of goxernmenl buildings, l.illie May, born August 30, 1875, died on December 18, 1878. Lester, born Februar\- in. 1870, graduated from the -\uburn high school in i8()5, and, as related aboxe, traxeled with his brother in !uirope. On Janu.irx 3, io<)(), he enlisted in e'omjianv K, Third Kegiment Indiana .National (iuard. in which he was ],n.moted from lime to time until. < n March 18. looo, lie was cininissioned captain for three xears. .\t llie end ..f that ].en,.d he did iT-ira, born March 2g, 1880, graduated in 1(104 Iroiii the .\ubnin high scIiom], and on Xoxember 5, \i)()ti, became the wife of I'rank .M . lirandon.

Politicallv, John C. b'eagler is a Ke].ublican ,ind a man who fully a]ijireciates his franchise privileges, but he is too busy a man to take a xer\- .active part in public affairs. However, in everything affecting the welfare of the community he is interested and sui)p()rts all movements for the material, educational, social or moral advancement of his fellows. Personally, he is .genial and unassuming and has many warm friends in the community xvhere he has resided for so many years.

Adam Stroh

Under a popular government like that of the United States, where the democratic idea of eiinality is as fully developed as the present imperfect condition of mankind will permit, we expect as its legitimate result the triumph of individual worth and energy over all the competition that wealth and class may array against them. Here the avenues of wealth and distinction are fully opened to all, which fact enhances rather- than detracts from the merits of those whose energy and integrity have triumphed o\-er all obstacles intervening between an humble position and the attainment of these laudable ends. Obscurity and labor, at no time dishonorable, never assume more attractive features than when the former appears as the nurse of those virtues which the latter, by years of honest and persevering effort, transplants to a higher and richer soil ; hence, the biography of those men of sterling worth whose active enterprise has won for them distinction, pre-eminence and commanding influence in tlie societ}- in which they mo\e must be replete with facts which should encourage and instruct the young. Such was the subject of this sketch, who held marked prestige among the successful self-made men of his county and who by -the exercise of those talents and qualities which were cultivated from his youth, reached an honorable ])osition and earned the re.spect and high esteem of his fellow citizens.

The Stroh family, of which the subject of this sketch was an honorable representati\e, originated in France near the border line between that country and Germany. Tradition has it that there were three brothers whose family name was spelled Strow. Of these. Adam came to .\merica with the French army during the war of the Revolution. Henry went to Germany and later, after the close of the war of the Revolution, came to .America and settled in Pennsylvania. Henry, owing to his German associations, changed the spelling of the family name to its present form, Stroh. He married Catherine Ulrich, and the third son born to this union was \Villiam, who was born at Millersburg, Danphin county, Pennsylvania, on Januarv 22, 181 5, and died on June 28, 1890. When he was but a child his parents moved to Wayne cminty, Ohio, of which they were among the early settlers, and there he was reared and educated. In 1843 he came to DeKalb county, Indiana, and bought one hundred and sixty acres of timber land, but little of which had been cleared. In 1844 he brought his wife and two children, locating on the land which he had bought and where he resided during the remainder of his life. .\t that time the entire country was new and practically undeveloped, there being no towns or urban facilities and the only transportation being ox teams which wended tiieir wa}' o\'er crooked and almost impassable Indian trails. His father died in 184') and his mother in Januar)-, 1874, aged eighty-six years. Their family consisted of eight children. William Stroh came to DeKall) county a poor man. Init l\v persexerance and industry he became very well-to-do. At one time he had but three cents in money, but soon afterwards collected one hundred dollars from a man in Ohio who owed him, and that was the beginning of his prosperity. He was a successful farmer and stock raiser and became a man of prominence in his community, holding positions of trust and responsibility such as supervisor and school trustee. In (Ihio William Stroh married Sarah Husselman, to which union were born nine children. Mrs. Stroh died in i860, and in 1868 .Mr. Stroh married Mary A. Raljcr. widow of Daniel Raber. and to this union were born four children. William Stroh was a member of the Evangelical Lutheran church for o\er lift\-two years, and for manv _\'ears was su- ])erintendent of the Sunday school and an officer in the church. He was a good neighbor and honest man and an honor to his community.

.\dam Stroh. the immediate subject of this sketch, who was Ijorn to his father's first union, with Saraii Husselman, first saw the light of dav in Sugar Creek township, \\'a\ ne conntv. Olu'o. on I'einuary i. 1842. and his death occurred at his home in Waterloo. Indiana, on A]w\\ i_>. u;!^. at the age of seventy-one years. He was reared amid pioneer surroundings and was early inured to hard work and pri\ation and from his }-outh was an intlustrious, bard-working man. His education was such as could be obtained in the schools of that early period, and was liberally supplemented during his later years by much reading and close observation. In young manhood he bought a tract of land in Michigan, which he afterwards sold and bought eighty acres of land in Jackson township. DeKalb county. On this he erected a log house and then rented the land, .\fter his marriage he went to housekeeping on his father's fami of one bundled and sixty acres in the sonthern part of (irant township, this county, hut .-ihout ten \ ears later he bought eighty acres from his father, lie and his father worked together, the sul)- ject taking the largest share of work ofi" his f.ather's hands during later \ears. and they under-drained the land and made of it an excellent farm in e\er\- respect. .\fter his father's death Mr. Stroh bought the interests of the other heirs and thus became sole owner of the homestead. There he followed farming until about 1900. when, feeling the weight of advancing \ears and having accumulated a competency, he moved to Waterloo, leasing his son, .Marvin Stroh. in charge of the farm. .After mo\ing to Waterloo, Mr. Stroh (33) l)ecanie quite active in local affairs and was elected councilman from the third ward, in which ca])acit\- he served four years, during which time lie showed a progressive spirit in everything ])ertaining to the advancement of Waterloo, being found on the right side of e\'ery question involving business, social, educational or moral advancement. Politically, he was a Republican, while in his religious belief he was affiliated with the Evangelical church, standing stanchly for the Christian verities. Me was liberal in his support of the church, l:;eing a class leader and Sunda}- school superintendent for a number of years, ami in every phase of life in which he appeared he stood foremost among his fellows. He enjoyed a large acrpiaintance throughout this part of the count v. and among those who knew him best he was considered a man of unusual character, one who impressed his personality upon the locality w hich he had honored with his citizenship.

( )n Xovember 23, 1874, Adam Stroh was united in marriage with I{1- len AI. Hempstreet, who was born in Smithfield township, DeKalb count)-, Indiana, the daughter of Jeremiah and Marion (Smith) Hemjistreet. who are referred to specifically elsewhere in this work. To Mr. and Airs. .Stroh v.as born a son. Alarxin, whose birth occurred on Xo\ember 13, t^J}. The latter married Leona Albright on December 23. 1900, and since his marriage be has operated his fatliei's farm except two years when be rented the I'arth farm in Smithfield township. He has one son. Russell J. Stroh. Thus in this brief outline it may be seen that the Stroh family record in DeKalb county has been an honorable one and one- that has not only been creditaljle to the family, but of direct ach^antage to the community, for they ha\e 1 ecu instrumental in the development and improvement of the county and in the upbuilding of the best interests of the people in exery res|)ect. .Mrs. Stroh is a woman of many fine cpialities of head and heart, and in the circle of friends in which she moves she enjoys unlimited confidence and universal res]iect.

James E. Rose

The career of the well remembered gen'Ieman whose name forms the caption of this biographical memoir w;is a s renuous and \aried one, entitling him to honorable mention among the representative citizens of bis da\- antl generation in the count v with which his life was so closely itlentified. .Alibougb his life record has been brought to a close by the inevital)le fate that aw.-iit^ all mankind, bis influence still pervades the lives of a wide circle of friends and acquaintances who revere his memory. As a lawyer, jurist or private citizen, he was always true to himself and his fellow men, and the tongue of calumny never touched him.

judge James E. Rose, now deceased, who was not only a pioneer in DeKalb county, Indiana, l5Ut who became one of the well known jurists of the state, was born on December 22, 1832, in Mecca, Trumbull county, Ohio, and died at his home on South Alain street. Auburn, Indiana, on April 20, 1909, at the age of se\enty-si.\ years. He was a son of John and Sarah (Coats) Rose, the former a native of Maryland and the latter of New York. The subject was descemled from sterling old English ancestry on his mother's side and Scotch on his father's side. On September 2, 1836, the fimaly left their comfortaljle home in (^hio and braving the hardships and privations incident to frontier life, they embarked on their weary journey to the new home in the west, arriving at what is now Stafiford township, DeKalb cuiiiitN. Indiana, on October 3d, having spent thirty-one days on a journey that now requires only six hours by raili-oad. That they were here in the actual pioneer period of the county is evidenced by the fact that at that time there were not acres of improved land in the count). Amid sucii conditions James K. Rose spent hi> lioyhood days, his p'aygrounds Ijeing a labvrin.h of stately trees and lanoled \ ine-^. His first educational training was received before the fireplace in iiis father's cabin, his devoted mother being his teacher. I: was several veai> liefore the country was sufliciently settled to estaljlish a school, but Ii\- the age of si.xteen years Mr. Rose had ac(|uired sufficient knowledge to enable him to teach a common school. He i\as thus engaged during the winter months, spending the summer vacations in working on his father's farm until he reached his twentieth year, when desiring a belter education he entered the preparator\- department of the Michigan W'esieyan I'niversity at Eeoni, Michigan, where by great diligence he l)repared himself within a year for the regular university course. He took the scientific course and, excepting a few terms spent in teaching in order to raise funds for liis collegiate expenses, he continued in the university until .Mav, 1858, the close of his junior year. X^pon leaving that" institution he married Mary I. Moss, of Leoni, Alichigan, then returning to the old home in DeKalb countv, he resumed work on the home farm until October, i86i. when he moved to .-\uburn and became principal of the city schools. .\t the close of the first winter term he entered the law office of James P.. Morrison as a student and remained there until December, 1863. He had a natural aptitude for law and made rapid progress in his studies, so that aliout fourteen months after enteiina; the office Mr. Rose formed a partnership with Hon. E. W. Fosdick, and they opened an office at Bntler for the practice of law. During tlie first year or two Mr. Rose was not o\erburdened with business, but this time was well occupied in assiduous study, thereby de\el(ii)int( liis legal knowledge and better preparing- himself for the business that was to come to him later on. It was not many years before Mr. Rose became a busy man in his profession, his partnership with Mr. Fosdick continuing until after they had established a good practice, when by mutual agreement their association was dissolved. Mr. Rose continued in the active practice at Butler until October, 1872, when he moved to Auburn and remained alone in the practice until July, 1873, when he formed a partnership with Hon. K. D. Hartman. This firm, under the name of Rose & Hartman, continued until July, 1881, when the partnership was dissolved and Mr. Rose continued in the practice alone until 1882 when his son, James H., became his partner. This firm grew in strength and business until the\ enjoyed the largest legal patronage of any firm in northeastern Indiana. In addition to their ordinary local practice they were attorneys for the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, the Wabasli railroad and the Toledo & Chicago interurban railroad. It was characteristic of Judge Rose that, busy as he was, be never relinquished his close and zealous study of law and he thus became well informed on the princijiles as well as the precedents to such an extent that he was frequently called upon b)- other members of the bar for advice and counsel. For nearly half a century Judge Rose was identified with practicalh- all of the important litigation tried in the local court and was employed in man\- cases in adjoining counties, while during this period the firm of J. F. and J. H. Rose was regarded as the leading law firm of DeKalb county. .\s a trial lawyer Judge Rose was vigorous, aggressive and thorough, while as a counsellor he was conservative and safe. For a score of years the other memliers of the DeKalb county bar regarded Judge Rose as the dean of the bar and it w;is the custom to commemorate hisbirthday with social gatherings, at which lie would regale his younger lirethren with n.-niiniscences of the earl\- la\\\ers and judges, h'or nearly half a century judge Rose wa^ an acti\c member of the Masonic order, in which he took great pride. In politics he was always a Republican and \\as acti\e in the ranks, not for personal reward bu( from a sense of public duty. He was present at the historic gathering under the oaks at Jackson. Michigan, when the Republican party was born, and was thereafter one of its most earnest advocates. In 1876 he was nominated for judge of the circuit court of DeKalb, Noble and Steuben counties, .'\bout three vears prior to his

Judge Rose was chosen by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company as a representative from Indiana on their board of directors, filling this position until his death. Of an intensely optimistic disposition, Judge Rose resolutely looked on the bright side of life, casting gloom aside and because of his genial and happy disposition lie was a welcome visitor in an\' gatliering, and was honored and respected for liis noble traits of character, his uprightness, his courage and his sterling ciualities. He was temperate in all affairs -of life, a lover of home and li\ ed an active and energetic life of usefulness.

Judge Rose was married three times, his first wife dying on l^\'bruary 5, 1872, leaving two sons, Frank E. and James H., and a daughter, Ella J. Frank E. is now a railway superintendent at Trinidad, Colorado, wiiile James H. is engaged in a lucratixe law practice at I'ort Wayne. Ella J. died on Novemlier 13, 1910. In the fall of 1872 Judge Rose married Ellen D. Aldrich, of iUitler, who at her death left one child, who died soon after the mother. On September 7, 1873, Judge Rose married Mar\- I-'. Xininions, <if Butler, the daughter of P. P.. and Mary .\. (Prink) Xiinmons. Three children were born t'l this union: Ma.ry E.. lues P. and Laura -\. Mary E. is the wife of 1^. W. Atkin-on, a well known lawyer at .Vuburn, and they have two children, N'irginia Rose and piseph I-ldward: lues is the wife of George E. Bengnot, who is a meinljer of tiie firm i<> Schaab !'>rotlK-rs Dry Goods Companv at .Auburn, and theA' have two children, Charles and Mary; Laura makes her home in .Xu'nirn with her nmllier. Mrs. Pi ^se has long been prominent in the socird life i>i \uburn and was one of the charier members of the Ladies Literary Sociely of this citv. .'^he was l)orn and reared at Butler, her jiarents having originally come to this count}' from .\ew ^'ork. Her father w;is Ix.rn at Chenan-o l-orks. New ^drk. and was ,,f Scotch- Irish ancestrv, while her mother, who was l)orn at .\es(i]ius. New ^drk, was of Holland ancestrv, descended from ihe faniilv of .\imeka Jans, wlio owned sixty-fi\e acres where Trinity Episcop.al chui-ch now sl.inds in New ^ ork cit\-. Mrs. Rose's parents were married in Picbland county, Oliio. in 1843. and came to DeKalb coimty, locating three and one-half niile^ s,,uthwest of Butler, where the father bought land that his broliier James had entered from the government. This became the fann'ly home ruid tiierc they lived for many years. When they established them>elves there only a >niall part of the land had been cleared and pioneer conditions prevailed. The tatlier was accustomed to go to Defiance, Fort Wayne or even to (ioshen to get grain ground and get flour, it requiring from two to three days to go to Defiance, through the trip could be made in less time on horseback when the matter was urgent. He was a life-long farmer but some time prior to his death relinquished his agricultural labors and moved to Butler. Mrs. Rose's mother died in i860, leaving five children: Laura, Sarah Catherine, Marv Frances, Emblem Bevier and Alice E. Mr. Nimnions afterwards married Marv F. (Westfall) Nimmons. the widow of his deceased brother, Robert Nimmons. One son was born to them, who now lives near Butler. ATrs. Nimmons had one son, ( leorge R., by her first marriage, he living now in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Philip Bevier Nimmons was the trustee of Wilmington township for many years, and he and liis familv were prominent members of the Pres- In'terian church. Politically, he was a Republican and was actively interested in the success of that party. His death occurred on April 14, 1898. His widow now li\-es in Butler.

Solomon Fisher

Though several years ha\'e passed since the sul^ject of this sketch was transferred from the life militant to the life triumphant, he is still favoral3ly remembered by many of the older residents of DeKalb county, where for many years he was regarded as i>ne of the leading business men of the county. Because of his many excellent personal qualities and the splendid and definite infiuence which his life shed o\er the entire locality in which lie lived so long and which he labored so earnestly to upbuild in any way within his power, it is particularly consonant that siiecific mention should be made of him in a work containing mention of the representative citizens of the community in a past generation. .\ man of high moral character, unimpeachalale integrity. l)ersistent industry and excellent business judgment, he .stood "four square to every wind that blew," and throughout the locality where he lived he occupied an enviable position among his fello\vmen, among whom he was universally esteemed.

Solomon h""isher was born Fel)ruary 18, 183-', in Stark county, Ohio, and was a son of Jacol> and Sophia ( Ishler) b'isher. Jacoli Fisher, who was a native of Pennsylvania, was of German descent, and at the age of ten years he was bound out and went to Harrisburg, where he learned the tailor's trade. Sophia Ishlev, who also was a native of the Keystone state, was of sterling old "Pennsylvania Dutch" stock, and she and Jacob Fisher were married in their native state. Eventually they moved to Stark county, becoming one of the early settlers of that locality. There Solomon, their son, the subject of this sketch, was reared to the age of about twenty years, having secured his education in the common schools, and wlien old enough he learned to be a tailor's cutter, at which he worked about two years, and then engaged in the clothing business at Canton, Ohio. In 1861 Mr. Fisher moved to DeKalb county, Indiana, locating in Waterloo, where he engaged in the clothing business, and there for many years he and his brother, Peter Fisher, were in successful partnership. They were prospered in their business afifairs. and the subject became the owner of two farms in Steuben county. About 1885. Mr. Fisher retired from the clothing business and spent a year on the farm, at the end of which time he moved back to Waterloo, where he made his home to the time of his death, which occurred in October. 1905. His widow now lives in Waterloo. Mr. h'i«her was a member of the Knights of Honor, and was highly res])ected in the communitx- wliere he had lived.

In 1855, at Canton, Ohio, Solomon l-'isher was united in marriage with Harriett Rodabaugh, who was born in Siunmit county, Ohio, about six miles from Akron, where she spent her early childhood. Then her parents moved to Lewisville, Ohio, and about 1855 to Canton, that state. Her parents were .\dam and Mary (Heath) Rodabaugh. Mar}- Heath, who was born in New- York, was the daughter of Yankee and Scotch-Irish parents, lu-r mother ha\- ing been a native of Connecticut and her father having the sturdy C|ualities of the combined Scotch and Irish blood, which has been such a prominent element in our national life. Adam Rodabaugh was descended from a family of nol)lf blood and was one of a company of young men who fled from Europe at a time when Holland and France were in rebellion a.gainst their government. At that time he was but eighteen years old. To Solomon b'isher and wife eleven children were born, namely: William H., of Seattle, Washington: John D., of Fort Wayne, Indiana: Solomon, of Waterloo: Cora, the wife of Colonel S. .\. Bowman, of Waterloo: Jennie, the wife of Frank (ionser, of .-\shley ; Emma B., wife of John McFerron, of Louisville. Kentucky: Elizabeth, the wife of George Ul])h, of Detroit. Michigan: Hlanche. the wife of William Wilkins, of Kalamazoo. Michigan: Ella, the widow of Dr. I'airticld Sn\ der. who was a pioneer physician in Corunna, this c.')unt\'. The other two children, Frank R. and Harry, are deceased. Frank, who lived in Fort Wayne. died in the fall of totj. and Harry, who was married and living in Waterloo. died about 1886.

Solomon Fisher was a man of hue personalit}', |)osses^i^g lo a marked degree those characteristics which won friends and commanded the respect of all who knew him. and hi'^ death was generally considered a distinct loss to the communitv which he had honored by his citizenshi]).

Russell L. Hull

Holding prestige among the successful business men of today, the subject of this review has had much to do in advancing the material interests of Waterloo, DeKall) county, and making it one of the important commercial centers of this section of the state. The study of such a life cannot fail of interest and incentive, as he is distinctively representative of his sphere of activity and has contributed in no small measure to the prosperit\- of the cit\- which is his home and field of operation, at the same time establishing a lasting reputation for honor and integrit}-.

Russell L. Hull was born on September 2, 1872, at Sechlerville, Wisconsin, and is a son of George M. and Hannah 15. Hull, (ieorge J\l. Hull was a soldier in the Civil war, performing valiant service in the defense of his country in her hour of need, and now li\-es in ^^'ashington, D. C, wliere for si.xteen years lie has been in the go^-ernment civil service. One of his daughters, b^fbe. is alsu in the go\ernment serv'ice, being employed in the postal department at \\'ashington. A son, Merlin, is prominent in the public and political life of ^^'isconsin, and during the sessions of 1912-13 he was speaker of the lower house in the state Legislature. When Russell L. Hull was but a child the family mox'ed to Black River Falls, Wisconsin, where he received his education, graduating from the high school: then for a \ear he faithfully studied law with the intention of making that his life work, and at the age of twenty years started east, his intention being to enter Judge Skillett's ofiice at Bryan, Ohio, and there jierfect bis legal studies. Howe\er, he was persuaded liy a relative to sto]i at ^^'aterloo and take charge tem])orarily of the butter, egg and poultry busines.s owtied here Ijy l^exer Ib'otbers Company. At tb.at time it was a small affair, liaving just been started and emplo)-ing Init two wagons in the buying up of produce in and al;out Waterloo. Beyer Brothers had other well established houses through Indiana, but the plant at Waterloo was their baby in age and its growth from the time Mr. Hull took hold of it was phenomenal. He showed a remarkable aptitude for the business, being quick and decisive and energetic, and so eminently satisfactor}- have his ser\-ices been to the Be^-er Brothers Com])an\' that he has been retained at the head of the Waterloo business ever since. The business has grown to such an extent that it required the erection of a large brick building, and both teams and automobiles are used in the gathering of produce, eggs and poultry for the market. The stufif is shipped to New York, Providence, Albany and other eastern points, the annual shi]:)ments amounting to about seven hundred and fifty thousand pounds of poultry, and from fifteen to twenty thousand cases of eggs, thirty dozen to a case. Mr. Hull has full charge of the business in every detail and to his watchful attention of the market is largely due the success which has attended his efforts, for there is hardly a line of marketable produce which is more liable to fluctuations than that of the poultry and egg market. By his strict attention to business, his genial disposition and his sterling integrity Mr. Hull has gained a favorable reputation throughout DeKalb county, and among his large circle of acquaintances he numbers many warm personal friends.

Politically, Mr. Hull gives his support to the Republican party and in 1902-3 was a member of the state Legislature as representative from DeKalb county. He was a memljer of the \\'aterloo town board prior to this. In everything aifecting the welfare of Waterloo and vicinity Mr. Hull has taken a commendable interest, giving his support to the moral, material and edutionai upbuilding of the town.

On June 4, 1896, Mr. Hull married Nettie E. Chanil)erlain, the daughter" (if Dr. J. \V. Chamberlain, who is represented elsewhere in this work. Mr. Hull is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and of the Free and -Accepted Masons, and in his daily life he endeavors to exemplify the sublime precepts of these honoretl (irders. ISccause of his splendid record since locating in \\'aterloo, and his genuirie worth, he is enu'nently entitled to reijresentation in thi^ work.

Among the sturdy citizens of DeKall) county of a past generation who by their upright life and industrious habit> i!llpre^^^l(1 their personality uimiu the communities in which they lived, was he whose name appears at the head of this paragraph. Mr. Hempstreel was liorn in Half Moon, Saratoga countv, New York, in 1803. and was reared in Herkimer and Lewis counties. New York. After attaining mature years he married Sabrina Merchant, by whom he had four children, his wife and three of the children dying in the Empire state. Later Mr. Hempstreet moved to Huron county, Ohio, where, on January i, 1838, he married Mariam M. Smith, who was born in New York state on February 19, 18 14. To this second marriage were born seven children: Cornelius, Sabine, Albert, Melvina, Mary S. and Ella. ALary S. was married in 1872 to Orlando Seerey, a farmer of Smithfield township.

who was born in 1847 ^"^ died September 21, 19 12. He was a Republican in politics and held membership in the United Brethren church. At the time of his death he was the owner of eighty acres of land, which is rented. In 1842 Mr. Hempstreet loaded all his household effects upon a wagon and came to DeKalb county, where he entered a tract of wild land in section 22, in Smithfield township. This land at that time was practically untouched by white men's hands, and to its clearing, improvement and cultivation Mr. Hempstreet devoted himself indefatigably and succeeded in breaking and fencing over one hundred acres of land. Despite the privations and hardships of pioneer life he remained actively engaged in work for many years and was hale and iiearty until past eighty -two years of age, his death occurring on June 2, 1886. In the local affairs of the community he took an interested part and served one term as county commissioner and fourteen years efficiently as justice of the peace. He was a Democrat in his political views and a man of ccnscientidu.'; lial)ii.s and well thought of by his neighbors and acquaintances. Mr. Hempstreet was surxived a number of years by his widow, who died on March 24, 1897, at the age of eighty-three years. She had been converted in religion in 1841 and united with the Regular Baptist church, to which she was faithfiil until her dea'.h, a period of fiftv-six \ears. Her husband, too, was a member (jf tlie same churcii and the\- were liberal contributors to the Ijuilding ant! support of the church at Auliurn. Mrs. Hemps:reet was an affectionate mother, a kintl and cheerful neighbor and made friends wherever slie became acc|uainte(l. Tliis worthy couple long occupied a respected position in the communit\- where they lived, their deaths were considered distinct losses to the conmumit}-. Because of their upright lives, business success and the sterling wortli of character which they evidenced, they are eminently entitled to representation among the honored citizens of DeKalb countv.

Fred J. Nebelung

In the respect that is accorded to men who have fouglit their own way to success through unfa\orable environment we find an unconscious recognition of the intrinsic worth of a character which not only can endure so rough a test, but gain new strength through the discipline. The gentleman to whom the biographer now calls the reader's attention was not favored by inherited wealth, or the assistance of influential friends, but in spite of this.

Fred J. Nebelung, a successful merchant and representative citizen of Auburn, Indiana, was born at Bryan, Williams county, Ohio, on the 17th of September, 1867, and is the son of Charles and Frances ( Pefifer) Nebelung. both of whom were natives of Germany, the father coming from Saxonv and the mother from Alsace. They came to this country separately and were married in Toledo, Ohio, from whence they remoxed to l>r\an, where Mr. Nebelung followed the vocation of a barber. He spent the rest of his davs there, dying in 1889. and is survi\ed l;y his widow, wlio still resides in that city.

Fred Xebelung was reared under the paternal roof and secured his education in the common and high schools at Bryan. From tlie age of sixteen years until about twenty-two years of age, he was emjiloyed as clerk in a clothing store, after which for two >ears he was a tra\eling salesman for Taylor's trimmings and furnishings, with headquarters at Cleveland, Ohio. Subsequently he went to Lima, Ohio, where for about three years he was employed in a clothing store, and, in 1893, returned to Bryan and entered into business on his own account as a merchant tailor and dealer in gents" furnishings. In March, 1898. he disposed of his business at Bryan, and. coming to .Xuhurn. bought the Racket store on Main street, three doors south of lughth street, where he remained aliout a niontli, then mo\ing to his present location at the northwest corner of Eiglitii and Main streets. His business constantlv increased from the time that he took hold of it and gradually he changed his stock to dry goods, shoes and ladies' ready-to-wear clothing, in addition to which he also carried a line of groceries. The growth of the business was gratifying and continued to such an e.xtent that in 1913 Mr. Xebelung was compelled to enlarge his space and took possession of the store room adjoining him on the north. He now devotes the old store room to the shoe business, and has dry goods and ready-to-wear clothing in the new store room, while a car|)et and rug department is maintained on the second floor. Strict attention to business, courtesy to customers and a large and complete line of goods in all departments are the elements that have contributed to the success of Mr. Nebelung, who is now considered one of the leading merchants of Auburn.

Fraternally Mr. Nebelung is affiliated with a nunil)cr ot local lodges, and is also a member and director of the Commercial Club. His religious membership is with the Catholic church, to which he is a libt-ral contributor. He gives a hearty support to every movement which is calculated to advance the best interests of the community, and, because of his genial manner, sterhng integrity and genuine worth, he enjoys the confidence and respect of the entire community.

In 1895 Fred Nebelung was married to Mrs. Frederica Harding, of St. Mary's Ohio, who has proven to her husband a helpmate in the truest sense of the word. By a former marriage Mrs. Nebelung is the mother of a daughter, Nell.

Charles Elmer Frederick

Among the men of sturdy integrit)- and reliable traits of character who have contril)uted their quota io the ad\;uicenient nf the up'.uilding of DeKalli county, mention nia\- most cunsistenth' be made of him whose name appears abo\e, who ranks anidng the leaditig i>ul)lic-snirited citizens (jf .\uburn, where he has maintained his home since September, 1907.

Charles E, Frederick was born on l-\^bruarv 25. 1879, at Mudson, Indiana, and is a son of Joseph -\. and .\ddie ( (.'bilson ) Frederick. Josejjh .\. Frederick was also a n;iti\e of Hudson, Steuben count}-, Indiana, and was a son of Da\id and Mdvx (b'isher) Frederick. Thev came from C)bio in the early days ;uid settled in the uiicbarted woods, .\ddie Cbilson, who was also born on a farm near Hudson, is a daughter '.if i->enjamin and .Margaret (Hagerman) Cliilson, who came from Pennsylvania to Indiana,

Charles E. Frederick was reared on the home farm near Hudson, attending the public schools and the high schools at Hudson and .Vsbley. \\'ben about nineteen years old _\lr. b'rederick went into a hardware store at Hud- S(jn, where he was employed ;is a clerk for four years. Then during the following eight \-ears he was a traxeling salesman for tiie \"an Camp Hardware and Iron Comp.any, of Indianapolis, and upon severing his connection with this concern he became associatetl with the Standard Sintmons Company, of Toledo, Ohio, as traveling salesman, whom be has represented during the last three years. Of good business ability, afifable disposition and sterling integrity, Mr. Frederick has won friends wherever he has gone and has been eminently successful as a salesman for the companies he has represented. He has gained friends wherever he has gone and is now one of the most popular residents of this community.

On December 28, 1904, Mr. Frederick married Bertha Ketchani, of Hudson, Indiana, the daughter of Joseph and Frances ((brieves) Ketcham. She was born at Hudson and received her education there, residing with her parents until her marriage. In September, 1907, Mr. Frederick moved to Auburn, where he now re.sides. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Auburn, and Mr. Frederick has been superintendent of the Sunday school there for the last three vears. To Mr. and Mrs. Frederick have been born two children, namely: Cortland K., born May C\ 1907, and Frances Louise, born February 26, igi2.

Frances (Grieves) Ketcham was born in Huron county, Ohio, in 1848, the daughter of Thomas and Jane (Insco) Grieves. When she was four years old the family came to Indiana, locating about four and one-half miles north of Hudson in 1852, and there she was reared and remained until her marriage to Mr. Ketcham. The latter engaged in teaching school both before and after marriage, though he was a shoemaker by vocation at a time when shoes were all made to order, he ha\ ing conducted a successful shoe store and was also postmaster of Hudson during President Cleveland's administration. His death occurred in 1880, his wife dying in August, 1906. She was a member of the Methodist church, and he was secretary of tiie Sunda}' school connected with that society. Joseph Ketcham was the son of .Andrew Ingersol Ketcham and Mary M. (Ciuernse\-) Ketcham. Mrs. Frederick is one of four children born to her parents, of whom two brothers, Albert and one not named, died in infancy. Her sister, Ada G., is now the wife of Frank Strock, of Hudson, Steuben county, this state. Air. and Mrs. Frederick move in the best social circles of their communitv and enjov well deser\ed ])opularit\- among those who know them, for the\- have e\inceil rfualities of sterling worth and have at all times stocid for the best interests of the cnmmunily in cver\- way possible.

Eli T. Cochran

It is with marked satisfaction that the biographer adverts to the life of one who has attained success in any vocation reouiring defiuiteness of purpose and determined action. Such life, whether it be one of calm, conseciive endeavor or of sudden meteoric accomplishments, must abound in both lesson and incentive and prove a guide to young men w-hose fortunes and destinies are still matters for the future to determine. The subject of this sketch is distinctively one of the representative men of Auburn. For a number of years he directed his efforts toward the .ijoal of success and l)y patient continuance in well doing succeeded at last in overcoming the many f)bstacles by which his pathway was beset.

Eli T. Cocliran, one of the best known business men and enterprising citizens of Auburn, Indiana, was born May 13, 1859, on his father's farm two miles west of this city. He is the ninth in order of birth of thirteen children born to Thomas and Amanda (Saine) Cochran. Thomas Cochran was a son of John and Mary (Cubison) Cochran, the former of whom came from the north of Ireland, being of Scotch descent. Thomas Cochran was l)orn in Perry county, Ohio, August 24. 1X15, his fatlier l)eing an early settler of tliat community. Thomas was rcarL-tl in his native county, and made the old homestead his residence for over forl\- years. .After attaining his majority he bought the interests of the otlier lieirs of his father's estate, and took care of his parents until their death. In September, 1858, he moved to Indiana, purchasing land in what was then known as Richland, now Keyser township, this county, two miles west of Auliurn, where he made his permanent home. He was an industrious man and successful financially as well as otherwise. He married .Amanda Saine on March 17, 1844, she having Iwen born January 18, 1820, a daughter of Henry and Ca'herine Saine, nati\cs of Maryland. To Tlmni.-i^ ( 'ocliran and \\\'ic thirteen ciii'dren were Ixirn as follows: Hannah, who lu-canie the wife of 1). K. Houghton, of Lcwistnwn. Illinois; Edward, l)orn July y, 1846, died July 1;, [850; Mary A., wife of Charles McBride, of Toledo, Ohio; Emil\ M., wife of .Alien Wys.mg, of .Avilla, Indiana; William IT, of OeKali. county; josq.h !',., who lives on a farm two and one-half miles we-~t of .Aubinn ; l)a\id S., of Tucson, .Arizona; Dorothea, wife of Jeff Clark, of Carretl, Indiana; Eli T., of Auburn; P.enjamin E., of Virginia; Ida .\., born December 2^. 18O2, died .May 8, i8(-)4; Ralph B., of Ontario, (."aliioinia ; and Charles K., of .Aul)urn Junction, this countv. Thomas Cochran was characterized by great ])hysical energw ;ind even in old age was a rapid walker. He came of a long li\ed familx-, one sister living to the age of ninet\- years. He lived on his farm until his death, which occurred in the fall of 1802, aged seventy-eight years. His wife died Eebruarv 26, 1890. Both were members of the Baptist church, of upright character, whose lives were a benefit to those with whom they associated.

Eli T. Cochran spent his boyhood days on his father's farm, securing his education in the common schools of the neighborhood. .\t the age of fifteen years he was stricken with typhoid fever, from the effects of which his health became so impaired that he had to forego further .schooling. He remained on the home farm until his marriage in 1886, when he was twentyseven vears old. Immediately thereafter he went to California, where he remained two vears, and then returned to DeKalb county, taking up his resi- dence in Auburn, where he resumed carpenter work, a trade at which he had already had some experience, and a vocation at which all the male members of his family showed an aptitude. About two )'ears later he began contracting and building, and continued as a contractor until iqo6, when he bought out the Goodwin coal yard in Auburn, and has since operated that business. Marked enterprise and progress have characterized him in his efforts and he lias attained to a success fully commensurate with the efforts put forth liy him. Mr. Cochran takes an intelligent interest in public affairs, ant! in politics has been acti\e in the ranks of the Democratic party. He served two terms in the cit\- council of .\nburn and was an influential meml)er of that body when .\ul)urn instituted her system of fine i)a\'cd streets. His home is in a .substantial and attractive brick residence at Ko. 421 West Seventh street, -Vuburn. and is finished handsomely in hard wood, personally selected by ]\Ir. Cochran. The lionie is modern in e\ ery res])ect, and lias all tlie conveniences recluiied in modern, ujj-to-date homes.

In March, 1886, Mr. Cochran was united in marriage with Nora Helle .'^hook, daughter of Jesse and X'irilla (Fleming) Shook. Mrs. Cochran, who is a ladv of many social graces and estimable {[ualities of head and heart, was l)orn (Ml her father's farm in Fairfield t(n\nshi]). this county, about two miles southwest oi I'airfield Center. Her father, Jesse Shook, was the fourth of ten children k.oni to John Shook and wife. Mrs. Cochran's grandfather was a native of Pennsvlvania, from which place lie moved to Ohio, living successively in Columbiana, Trumbull and Seneca counties, l)efore coming to DeKalb county, Indiana. In 18.14 he located in Fairfield township, this county, when Jesse Shook was a boy of about fifteen years of age. John M. Shook, a brother of Jesse, and who now makes iiis home with Mr. and Mrs. Cochran, was in the c,i\alary branch of tlie arm\- during the Ci\ i! w;ir. .Xfier the war he entered Uie emplo\iiient of the Missouii, Kansas & Te.xas railway at Parsons, Kansas, and was in tlie emiiloy of ih.at road for forty \ears. He is a thirty-second degree Mason and a memljer of tlie Mystic Shrine.

To Tf'hn Sho<ik and wife were, horn the following children: Jonathan, hdias, Rebecca, Jesse, Henrv, John M., Elizabetii, Samuel. William and Rose .\nn, Jesse Shook married N'irilla Idemini;. daughter of .\aron Fleming and Nancv (Irwin) Meming, a lady of Scotch parentage. He followed the vocation if farming for some years after his marriage, and when Mrs. Cochran was a little girl the family moved to Corunna. About 1893 Mr. and Mrs. Shook moved into Auburn, where he died in t8oq. his wife sur\iving until 1906.

To Mr. and Mrs. Eli Cochran has been born one daughter, La Vaun, who is now attending the pubhc schools in Aiiburn. Mr. Cochran is an active member of the Knights of Pythias, the American Yoeman and the Auburn Commercial Club, in all of which he takes an active part and intelligent interest. Religiously, he and his wife are active members of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which they are regular attendants and to which they contribute liberally of their means. Mr. Cochran has by his indomitable enterprise and progressive methods contributed in a material way to the advancement of his locality, and during the course of an honorable career he has met with a fair measure of success, having been governed by honesty and sincerity of purpose so that he now enjoys to an eminent degree the confidence and regard of the entire community.

The history <it a Cdunt}- or slate, as well as that of a nation, is chiefl^- the chronicle of the lives rnnl deeds ol' those who have conferred honor and dignity upon society. The world jiulges the character of a community by those of its representatixe citizens and yields its tribute of admiration ami respect to those whose wt)rks and actions constitute the record of a state's prosperity and pride. Among the ])roniinent citizens of DeKalb county, who are well known because of their success in private business affairs and the part they have taken in public life, is he whose name appears at the head of this article, the present postmaster of Waterloo.

Norman T. Jackman was 1)orn in Franklin townshij), DeKalb county, Indiana, on the oth dav of April, 1855, and is a son of Isaac and Maria (Stoner) Jackman. Isaac Jacknian was born in Carroll county, Ohio, on October 20, 1817, and was tlie son of Edward and Elizabeth (Miller) Jackman. P2dward Jackman had come to DeKalb county in 1834, entering a tract of land, and then retm-ned to Ohio. In 1840 he moved his family to their new home, arriving here on the 28th of May. The long and tiresome journey was made in the prevalent manner of those days, by wagon, over the prairies, through the roadless forests and across unbridged streams, their stopping place at night being by the wayside where\er the\- happened to lie. Their first work was to clear a small area and erect a log cabin. Here Edward and Elizabeth Jackman spent tlie rest of their days, having given the best of their vears to the creating of a home and the rearing of their children to honorable manhood and womanliood. At their deaths their remains were buried on the home farm, but exentually were removed to the cemetery at Hamilton. They were the parents of ten children, of whom the eldest married in Ohio and later in the fall came here. Isaac was the next oldest and was about twenty-three years old when the family located here. His father was about sixty years old, so Isaac was virtually responsible for the welfare and comfort of the family. For ei.sfht years he remained at home, or until the other children were old enough to take his place. Tn September, 1848, he married Maria Stoner, who was born in Wayne county, Ohio, the daughter of John and Agnes (Crites) Stoner, who had removed from Pennsylvania to the Buckeye state. She came to DeKalb county, Indiana, in June, 1846, with her parents, who located temporarily on a farm north of Waterloo. A year later they bought a farm about five miles south of Auburn, near St, Johns, where she lived until her marriage. After their marriage, Isaac Jackman and wife took up their abode on a farm in Franklin township which had been entered from the government by his father. Here they engaged in farming and reared their family, consisting of three children, namely: Olive, the wife of Frank Williams, of Congress, Arizona, and they have a son, Isaac J. John S. Jackman, who was reared at home, married Olive C. Waterman, after which he farmed for awhile, also buying and selling live stock. He engaged in the furniture business in Waterloo and later was in the boot and shoe business until the fire of 1897, which destroyed his store, after which he retired from active business. He died in 1907, leaving two daughters, Blanche M. and Madge S. Blanche married John F. Shuman and resides in Florida, while Madge is a teacher, having taught in the schools of St. Paul until the winter of 1912-13. She and her mother now reside in California. The third child of Isaac and ^^laria Jackman was Xorman Teal, tlie imnie iiate subject of this review. Isaac Jackman died in 1872 and his wife in 1894. She was an earnest memlier of the Methodist Episcopal church. Isaac Jackman was a Democrat in politics and took an active part in local public affairs, especially during and immediately after the Civil war. In i860 he voted for Abraham Lincoln and the Union and thereafter remained aligned with the Republican party. He was intensely public spirited, hut never aspired to public office.

Norman T. Jackman spent his boyhood days on the home farm in 1-Vanklin township, and secured a practical education in the common schools, suj)- plementing this by attendance for a short time at the Valparaiso Normal Uni- (34) versity. He then returned to the hc^me farm and remained with his mother until his marriage^ in 1882, though he still continued the operation of "the home farm for a numher of years, or until i8go, when he bought a farm in Smithfield township, where he ii\-ed until 1902. In the latter yeai- he mdved to Auburn, where he had an interest in the excelsior factory. In the fall of 1906 he disposed of that interest and Ijought property in Waterloo, where he has since resided. He is the owner of one hundred and forty acres of good land, lying in two tracts in Smithfield township-, one bordering on tlie old home farm and the other, an eighty-acre tract, lying a short distance north of Waterloo. For about fi^e years, while still engaged in farming, Mr. Jackman dealt in agricultural implements at Waterloo. On February 19, 1911, Mr. Jackman was appointed postmaster of Waterloo and is still the incumbent of that position. He has gi\en to the discharge of his official duties the .same careful attention to details tliat he gave to his own l)usitiess affairs ahd has therefore earned tiie commendation and appro\ al of bolli the department atid the patrons of the office. He has all through his mature life taken a deep interest in all local affairs and lias held the confidence of the jioeple to a notable degree. While he was a resident of .Auburn he was appointed receiver to wind up the affairs of the Farmers Bank, which had failed, and he settled the affairs in sucli a manner as to satisfy all concerned, as far as was possible for any one to have done. He has also served in other positions of public trust, always with ability and faithfulness.

Politicallv, JNlr. Jackman is an earnest Republican and has long been an active worker in the interests of that organization. For five 3'ears, from 1895 to 1900, he served as trustee of Smithfield township. In 1898 he was elected chairman of the Reimblican count v committee, serving with ability ahd success for six years. In the campaign of i()i() he served on the state central committee as a mem])er of the advisorx board. Fraternally, he is a member of Waterloo Lodge No. 30;, Free and .\ccepted Masons, and Waterloo Lodge No. 221, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He has been active in these bodies, having passed all the chairs in both lodges, and being twice a representative to the Masonic grand lodge.' He and his wife also belong to the Order of the Eastern Star.