DeKalb County, Indiana - Biographical sketches (2 of 2 so headed), 1914 (part 7 of 20)

Mr. Jackman's domestic life began in 1882, when he was married to Laura A. Kennedy, who was Ijorn in Smithfield township, this county, the daughter of William and Olive (Holmes) Kennedy. Her father was a native of Wavne county, Ohio, and came to this county in an early day. while her mother came here in 1842 with her parents, Benjaminfand Nancy

<(Knapp) Holmes, who became early settlers in Smithfield township. Here WiUiam Kennedy and Olive Holmes were married in 1856 and made their home there until late in life. Mrs. Kennedy died in 1898 and he now lixes in Michigan. Mrs. Jackman attended the schools of her home community and was also a student in the normal school at Valparaiso, this state. P>oni 1875 to the time of her marriage she was a successful and popular teacher in the schools of DeKalb county. She is a member of the Order of the Kastern Star and while a resident of Auburn belonged to the Ladies Literary Society. She is especially active in the cause of temperance and is president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union at Waterloo. Siie has represented this body, as well as the Taine Club of \\'aterloo, at district ant! state meetings at Indianapolis, Elkhart, Terre Haute, Muncie and Ft. Wayne. She has also been a representati\e to the grand chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star. Mr. and Mrs. Jackman mo\-e in the l)est social circles at Waterloo .and, because of their genuine worth and splendid personal qualities, they are universally held in high esteem.

Mrs. Jackman has a brother, W. A. Kennedy, who is telegraph operator and station agent at Corunna for the Lake Shore railroad. He married Philena Kratzer, a native of Steuben county, this state, and they have three daughters, Oliva, Bessie and Lulu. < )liva became the wife of Sherman Kimmel, foreman of the Ihsf^atdi printing oflice at Aulmrn. I^essie is the wife of Roy Stephenson, operator for the Lake Shore Railroad at Wauseon, Ohio. Lulu lives at home with her parents.

Among the citizens of DeKalb county, Indiana, who t.iday enjoy the unlimited respect and confidence of their fellow citizens, n.me has risen to a higher degree in the esteem of those wlio know him than J. R. Skilling, of Garrett. Mr. Skilling was l)orn un August iQ, 1840, in Richland county, Ohio, and in November, 1846, when but a little past six years old, he wa> brought liv his parents to DeKalb county, locating in Richland township. .At that early day Imt few settlers had located in that section of the county, and but little of the land had been cleared. In the winter of 1847 Mr. Skilling attended school in the first school house erected in Richland township at Green's Corners, half a mile south of the present town of Sedan. This was a log building, heated by a big fireplace, which was con.structed of log ore, a deposit of iron, which was located in the swamps ot this locality, it being prior to the introduction of stoves in DeKalb county. At that time the qualification required of a school teacher was to be supplied with two pocket knives, a large jack knife, with which to cut whips in the woods to enforce discipline among the larger boys, and a pen knife, with which to make goose quill pens for those who were learning penmanship. Mr. Skilling's familv resided in DeKalb county from 1846 untU March, 1854, when they moved to Noble county, ^here they resided until March, 1864, when they returned to DeKalb county, locating in Smithfield township. In 1862 the suljject of this sketch went to Philadelphia, Pennsyhania, and entered upon government work in the William Cramp & Son's ship yards, the largest concern in that line in the country. In June, 1864, he returned to DeKalb county, but two years later he again went to Philadelphia, where he resided until September, 1875. He then came to DeKalb county, locating in the new town of Garrett, which had just been founded on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad line, and in January, 1876, Mr. Skilling was appointed marshal of the new town. In November of the same year he entered the service of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad company, with which he served in various positions, chiefly in the bridge and building department until May 6, iqi2, when he received a serious injury, fromthe effects of which he ha-s been confined to his home continuously since. Though suffering and comparatively hel])less, Mr. Skilling remains cheerful and takes a deep interest in everything about him. He has for many years been a close student of local history and is well informed on current events relating to DeKalb county, being an authority in this line. Because of his splendid career, which was during his years of good health characterized by steady and persistent industry, he earned the regard of all with whom he associated, as well as the confidence of the company by which he was employed, and today no citizen of his community stands higher in the pulilic esteem.

October 19, 1873, the subject was married to Mary A. Kane, daughter of Bernard and Ann (Campbell) Kane. Bernard Kane lived in Philadelphia and was employed a.s an engineer on the Chicago, Wilmington & Delaware railroad. He died while his wife was yet j^oung.

To, the subject and wife have been born eight children: Jolin K. is an inspector of accounts for the Baltimore & Ohio railroad system; James C. lives in Joplin, Missouri, and is employed by the Missouri Pacific railroad; Rose is deceased; Alice lives in Chicago; Joseph is an employe of the clerical department of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad; Ann is at home; Mary lives in Fort Wavne; Bernadette is also at home.

Samuel G. Haverstock

The life liistory of him whose name heads this sketch is closely identified with the history of DeKalb county, Indiana. His life has been one of untiring activity and has been crowned with a degree of success attained by those only who devote themselves indefatigably to the work before them. He is of a high type of business man and none more than he deserves a fitting recognition among the men whose genius and abilit\' have achie\'ed results that are most envialile and commendable.

Samuel G. Haverstock was born near Butler, Indiana, on February 15. 1858, and is a .son of Jonathan and .Anna (Gardner) Haverstock. Jonathan Haverstock was born in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, on April 17, 1843, '^"'^1 when about fourteen years old was brought to DeKalb county, Indiana, by his parents, Samuel and Phoebe Haverstock. Samuel Haverstock bought a farm north of Butler and there estaldished the family home and spent the remainder of his life. He started liere in a \ery moderate way, ha\'ing bought farm land for which he went into debt, Init, by persi'^tent effort and rigid economy lie was prospered, and at length was tnabled to buy mure land from time to time until at one time he owned twehe or thirteen hundred acres of land, and to each of his se\en children he gave two hundred acres to start them in life. He bought and sold a great deal of land antl was numbered among the substantial and enterprising citizens of the community. Politically, he was a staunch Republican, but n(it an office seeker, while religiously he and his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Jonathan Haverstock was reared near Butler and followed agricultural pursuits throughout his active life. He married .\nna Gardner, who died two days after the birth of their first child, Samuel G., the immediate subject of this sketch. .Anna Gardner was a native of Williams cnunty. Ohio, and her marriage to Mr. Haverstock occurred on December 6. i8f)f). Some time after her death Mr. Haverstock married Eleanor Cole, of DeKalb county, and to this union were born six children, of whom four are living - Leone, Charles H., Burl and Belle. Mr. Haverstock continued farming near Butler during the remainder of his life and was successful in his efforts. He was a Republican in his political views, an Odd Fellow and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He was a good neighbor, always ready to lend a helping hand to those in need of assistance, and took an especially active part in Sunday school work. His death occurred on July iC). 191 1. When Mrs. Anna Haverstock died, she gave her two da\'s' okl Jiaby to the subject's grandparents, Samuel and Phoebe Haverstock. by whom he was reared, be being about nineteen years old when they died. The bo)- grew up on the farm and attended college at Angola, and, when he was twenty-one years old, he took charge of his grandfather's farm, continuing its operation until about 1905. About that time Mr. Haverstock left the farm and moved to Butler, where for about four years he was employed in the li\-e stock Inisiness, in which he was very successful. He was then elected to the office of county recorder, assuming the duties of that office du January i, 1909, and in the following month he mo\'ed to .Auburn, where he now resides, having recently sold his farm. He performed his nffi.cial duties to the entire satisfaction of his fellow citizens and retired from the office with the commendation of all who had been familiar with his work there.

In 1890 Mr. Haverstock was united in marriage witii Maude Walter, who was born in Defiance count}-, Ohio, the daughter of James R. and Eliza (Stiffler) Walter. Mrs. Haverstock's parents had come from Tuscarawas county, Ohio, {o Defiance countw that state, and subsequently moved to DeKalb county, locating near Butler, where .Mr. Walter followed farming and where liis death occurred in i'jn.4. His widow now lives with a daughter at Defiance, Ohio. To Mr. antl Mrs. Ha\erstock ha\e been born two children, Hazel .V. and J. Harold. I-'raternall)-, Mr. Haverstock l>elongs to the Knights of Pythias and the Benevolent and Protecti\'e Order of Elks, and is highly esteemed among his fraternal brethren. He is a man of splendid cjualities of character, honest and upright in all his dealings with his fellow men, and, because of his earnest efforts and successful career, he has earned and retains the warm regard of all who know him.

The life of Augustus C. ( iruhlke, a highly respected citizen of Waterloo, Indiana, has been one of consecutive endeax'or along lines that seldom fail to bring satisfactory results, and now, in the evening of his life, he finds himself very comfortalily situated as a result of his former years of activity. Augustus C. Gruhlke, of Waterloo, was born in Prussia, Germany, on March 6, 1850, and is the son of Daniel and Wilhelmina (Tietz) Gruhlke. When he was about nine years old his parents came to America, locating in Pulaski county, Indiana, on a farm. When he was about seventeen )'ears old, Augustus Gruhlke started out in life on his own account, working at various employments, such as farming, and then railroading. In 1872 he came to-

Waterloo, Indiana, in the employ of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad, having charge of the tower at the railroad crossing. About three years later, when the Lake Shore depot was built, he put up a restaurant across the street from the depot, and for eighteen years this restaurant was operated by Mrs. Gruhlke, while Mr. Gruhlke attended to his duties at the tower. In 1897 Mr. Gruhlke sold the restaurant and in 1899 quit the employ of the railroad. In 1893 he had invented the first practical electric cigar lighter and went into partnership with Air. William Kessler, of Auburn, to manufacture them. ,\fter the business was well started Mr. Gruhlke sold out his interest to Mr. Kessler. In 1899 he began giving his entire time and attention to manufacturing and inx-enting, and made impro\-ements on the old cigar lighter, and at the same time organized the Star Electric Company to manufacture cigar lighters. He also organized the Waterloo Cigar Company. The lighter business was continued about six years, when Mr. Gruhlke sold his interest in h, and in 190S he sold the cigar business. He has been very successful in original patents and has taken out fi\-e different patents on electric cigar lighters, each one an entirely different one from the other. He has alsd patented other inxentions, including a formaldehyde generator for disinfecting purposes ; a combination handle and castor, intended primarily to be used on rough boxes, so they could be either rolled or carried, but the holder can be used on any kind of a box. He also has applications filed for a patent on a cigar bunch making machine. Mr. Gruhlke has probably the largest collection of old firearms in the state of Indiana, and is an inveterate collector of curios, having at one time a collection of about twenty thousand jticces of Indian relics, but tlie.se he disposed of. He has a large and valuable collection of .\nierican and foreign coins, probably comprising two thousand specimens. He also has many minerals, fossils, shells and other natural curiosities, all of which would make an interesting museum collection. He has generoush' offeretl to loan these collections to a public museum at ^Vaterloo if the citizens will provide a safe place for their care and protection. Mr. Gruhlke has a shop where he carries on his work as an inxentor and designer and is an interesting man to talk to, for he has an intelligent comprehension of mechanics in all the details and is well ])osted on the current events of the day.

In 1879 Mr. (jruhlke married Almira Wheeler, who was born and reared in New York, a daughter of Seth and Mary Wheeler, and she was living at Norwood. New ^'ork, when she and Mr. Gruhlke were married.

.Mr. Gruhlke has taken a deep interest in local public affairs and .served three vears as a member of the Waterloo school board, being treasurer of the l)oard the first 3'ear and president during the last year. Fraternally he belongs to the Free and Accepted Masons and he and his wife are members of the Order of the Eastern Star. In 1893 Mr. Gruhike started the publ nation of a monthly magazine called the American Archeologist, which attained a wide circulation among the scientists and archeologists. Howe\'er. after he went into the manufacturing business his interests demanded his time to such an extent that he was compelled to give up the pul^lication of the magazine, which he sold to Professor \\'arren K. Aloorhead, of Andover College, the man who had charge of the government exhibit at the Columbian World's Fair at Chicago, and one of the best posted men in his line in the country. The magazine was afterwards merged with Popular Science, published in New York city. Mr. Gruhike possesses business ability of a high order, as is emphasized by his business enterprises, and among his associates his advice and judgment are valued highly. Personally he is a man of fine cpialities of character, genial and unassuming, and he has won a host of warm personal friends in this communit}-, where he has spent so many of Iiis actix'e years. Jn 1913 he reorganized the Waterloo Cigar Compan\-, taking in his former foreman, Frank A. Ste\'ens, as a partner, and the_\- are now I'Ugaged in the manufacture of cigars and cigar lumch making machines.

The record of Mr. Crooks is that of a man who by his own unaided efforts worked his way from a modest beginning to a position of comparative affluence and influence in the business world. His life has been one of unceasing industrv and perseverance and the honorable methoils whicli he followed while actively engaged in Iiusiness won for him the unbounded confidence of his fellow citizens of Waterloo.

Robert W. Crooks was born on December 9, 1S30, in Trumljull county, Ohio, and is the son of William and Jane (Norris) Crooks. William Crooks was born probably in Scotland and his parents lived in Glasgow. He came to this country in childhood and was reared to manhood probably in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, where he married Jane Norris. Her father, James Norris, was a native of Ireland. William and Jane Crooks moved to Trumbull county, Ohio, being the first family to locate in what afterwards became the county seat. To them were born eleven children, of whom five became residents of DeKalb county, Indiana, two of them, William and Matthew, coming here in April, 1836, and locating on the St. Joe river, three miles l>elow Newville. They had come by way of Defiance, Ohio, with a brother-inlaw, Mr. Hull and several other families, and for about fourteen miles of the distance they had to literally cut their way through the woods. They entered land first three miles below Newville. In September, 1836, their mother came here with two other sons, Robert Al. and Thomas. The latter was married to Eliza Davis. A year and a half later the widow and her two sons just named returned to Ohio, locating ;ibout ten miles west of Cleveland. Robert AL, at the early age of nine years, went on the lake and for about tiiirteen years he traveled about a great deal, laboring in various capacities on tlie lake and canal, and then in 1859 came to DeKalb county and made his permanent home here. He bought a farm on Cedar creek, one and one-half miles south of Waterloo, where he lived until about i8q6, when he moved into the town of Waterloo, where he has since made his honie. He owned at one time one hundred and si.xty acres of land, but ';old forty acres of that, which has since been bouglit by his son. In the tal! ot" 1S94 Mr. Crooks and John Lightner engaged in the furniture business in Waterloo. .A.bout a year later Mr. Lightner sold his interest to Mr. Crooks and went to California, Mr. Crooks continuing the Inisiness alone until iQOO, when his grandson, D. E. Newcomer, came into the business as a partner. In March. 1903, the store was burned, but a new building was immediately erected and business resumed. In igoq Mr. Crooks sold his remaining interest in the business to his son-in-law. Christian Newcomer, and finally retired from business, residing now at his comfortable home at Auburn, where he enjoys the f|uiet and rest which his strenuous years of activity so richly entitle him to.

In 1852 Robert M. Crooks married Mary A. Burdick, who was liorn in Onondaga county. New York, the daughter of Samuel and Nancy (Spencer) Rurdick. They moved to Cuyahoga count\-. Ohio, about 1833, where Mary A. Burdick lived until her marriage. Her mother died at Waterloo and was taken back bv Mr. Crooks and buried at iier former Ohio home. Tiiirteen children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Crooks, namely: Martha, the wife of Christian Newcomer, of Waterloo; Mamie, the wife of Franklin 15. iMetz, well known citizen of Auburn, but finally moved to Rochester, where she died : Hattie is the wife of George Crowell, of Wilmington township, this county : Mary Rebecca is the wife of Philip Seiberts, of Auburn ; Lucy is the wife of John Carper, who lives a half mile east of \\\aterloo; Eudora is the wife of Isaac McDaniel and lives in Wilmington township, this county; Laura Belle is the wife of Henrv Cingerich, of Waterloo; Robert \\'il.son. who is engaged in the restaurant business at Akron, Ohio, married Annie Houshalter ; Frederick, who lives on a farm about three miles south of Garrett, this county, married Dora Stafford, and they have three children, two boys and a girl ; Victor, who lives on a part of his father's farm and owns forty acres on the south edge of Grant township, married Henrietta Haynes and they have four children, two boys and two girls; Delbert, who is on a part of his father's farm south of Waterloo, married Maude Soules and they have two sons ; James Burdick is a railroad man and lives in Waterloo; he married Blanche Morgan and they have two sons; Clyde died at the age of thirteen years. The mother of tliese children died in 1864, and in 1866 Mr. Crooks married Mrs. Queen C. (Atkinson) Crocks, the widow of the subject's deceased brother, William Crooks. She died in September, 1900, and on June 8, 1902, Mr. Crooks married Mr^. Ellen (Hammond) Denison, who was born in Ohio, and came here in infancy with her parents. Daniel and Sophia (Wolfe) Hammond. Tliey cime from Columbiana county, Ohio, settling in Franklin township, this county, 1iut later moved to Kosciusko county, Indiana, where they lived until the father's death, and the mother spent her last years with her daughter, Mrs. .Crooks. Mrs. Crooks was but a child of six years when her father died and the mother being left with a large family of small children, she was reared by strangers in Kosciusko county. In 1867 she became the wife of George Washington Frick, of Grant township, this county, who was born in Stark county, Ohio, on April 2-^, 1837, the son of George and Elizabeth (Harold) Frick. When he was about eight years old the family settled about two miles east of Waterloo, this county, wliere the father had entered a tract of government land and there they made their permanent home. George Washington Frick was one of seven children and lived on the home place until his marriage in 18^7. At that time he owned forty acres of land, which he traded in on an eighty-acre tract, giving five hundred dollars cash to balance the trade and later bought t^venty-two and one-half acres more. Mr. and Mrs. Frick were the parents of five children, namely: Rosn Jane, born on .April 19, 1868, is the wife of Riley Moore and lives on a farm in Franklin townsbi]), this county; Charles Herbert, bom Se]it ember 24.. 1869, lives on the home place two miles southeast of Waterloo; I.ucy Bell became the wife of Joseph Morr, of Garrett, this county; .\della May, born July <S, 1875, is the wife of William Fowell, and li',-es in \\'ilmington township, near Butler; Earl W. li\es on the home place. ( ieorge Washington Frick died on .April 12, 1891, in the fifty-fourth year of bis age. He was an industrious man of regular and steadv habits and eniovi-d to a notable de- gree the respect of all who knew him. He and his wife both belonged to the Methodist Episcopal church. After her husband's death Mrs. Frick lived on the farm until her marriage to Mr. Crooks, whose farm was separated from hers by a roadway and they had long been acquainted prior to their marriage. Mr. Crooks has for many years been actively interested in the success of the community in which he lives and has been a potential factor in its advancement and improvement. He was township trustee of Union township for fourteen years and as ditch viewer he and the surveyor laid out over two thousand miles of ditch, mostly in DeKalb county, which contributed greatlv to the improvement of the county, not only materially, l)ut in the advancement of health conditions and the aliolishment of malaria. Fraternallv, Mr. Crooks is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, being the only surviving charter memlier of the subordinate lodge of the latter order at Waterloo. FTe was also an acti\e member of the Grange when it was in existence here. Mr. Crooks' high personal qualities have gained for him a wide acquaintance throughout tlie county, among which are many and loyal friends. Quiet and unassuming in his disposition, he is at the same time genial and companionable and is a welcome member of anv circle which he chooses to enter.

Solomox R.Arxfy

One of the influential citizens of St. Joe, DeKalb county, Indiana, is tlie gentleman to whose career the attention of the reader is now directed, v,ho is ranked with the city's leading merchants and citizens. .\ man of exce'lent endowments and upright character, he has been a \alued factor in local affairs and has e\er coniniamierl unequi\ocal confidence and esteem. 1 eing lo\al to the uplniilding of his community and e\er \'igilant in his er<'()rts to further the interests of his city along material, moral and civic lines.

Solomon l!arne\- was born at S]iencerville, Concord township. DeKalb county, Indiana, on September 22, 1844, and is the son of George and Jane (Bratton) Barney, natives respectively of New York and Pennsylvania. George W. Barney was born October 13, 181 5, at Wellsboro, Essex county. New N'ork, and later accompanied his father on his removal to .\shtabula county, Ohio, where he built and operated an iron foundry. When George Barnev was a lad of fifteen years his father died and he soon afterward went.

to Canada, where he made his home with an older brother until 1838. In the latter year he came to DeKalb county and assisted in building the dam and mill at Orangeville. In 1840 he moved to Spencerville and entered the employ of R. J. Dawson as manager of the latter's mill, store and farm. In 1 86 1 Mr. Barney was elected treasurer of DeKalb county, serving acceptabl\- for four years, and then engaged in the mercantile business at Spencerville, where he remained until 1879, when he retired from active business life, his death occurring on August 6, 1897. He was a man of influence and prominence in his community and served as justice of the peace for twenty years, to the entire satisfaction of his fellow citizens. On May 28, 1840, he married Jane Bratton, and to them were born seven children, namely: Lucius, John, Solomon, Benjamin Franklin, Mary, Marquis and George, all deceased excepting the subject of this sketch and Benjamin Franklin.

The subject of this sketch received his education in the common schools of his native township, completing his studies in the Auburn high school, and then took a course of training in the Eastman Business College at Poughkeepsie, New York. In 1866 he engaged in the mercantile business in Spencerville, where lie remained until 1878, and in 1882 he located in St. Joe, where he has since engaged in the mercantile business, in which he has met with most pronounced success. He owns the property in which his store is located and also a very desirable residence property in St. Joe, and in everything with which he has been connected he has met with well deserved success. Beginning in a small way, his business gradually grew until today he is one of the most enterprising and prominent business men of his section of the county, his success being in a large part due to his close attention to business, his courteous treatment of his customers and his high [jersonal character.

On March 13, 1870, Mr. Harney was united in marriage with Cordelia (iibford, whose death occurred on December 31. 1901. To them were born two children: George M., born January 19, 1871, who was married on October II, 1897, to Dell Turrittin, and they have one child, Pauline: Violet M., horn I'T'bruary 28, 1877, married a Mr. Johnson, of Tiffin, Ohio, and to them lia\ e Ijeen born three children : Josephine. Ethel Belle and Robert ^'.

I'liliticall}-, .Mr. Barney lias been a lifelong Democrat and has taken an acti\e and intelligent part in ])olitical affairs especially jiertaining to local elections. Religiously, he is a nicniber of the .Metliodist Protestant church, while fraternally he belongs to the Knights of Pytln;is and Independent Order of Odd b'ellows. In the last named order he has been especially prominent and for fifteen years has rendered efficient service as district deputy grand master. The subject's career has been an honorable one, his relations with his fellow men having ever been above reproacli and his good name beyond criticism. As already indicated, he wears the proud American title of self-made man and, being in the most liberal sense of the term the architect of his own fortunes, he may well feel a sense of pride in his achievements and the honorable position to which he has attained among the enterprising and successful citizens of the county in which his entire life has been passed.

The record of the subject of this sketch is that of a man who, by his own unaided efforts, has worked his way from a modest beginning to a position of influence and standing in his community. His life has been one of unceasing industry and perseverance, and the systematic and honorable methods he has followed have won him the unbounded confidence of his fellow citizens of DeKalb county, whose interests he has ever had at heart and which he has always labored to promote.

Romain C. Campbell was born in DeKalb county, Indiana, on October 12, 1872,- and is a son of John A. and Adelaide { Jadwin) Campbell, both of whom were natives of the state of Ohio. They were the parents of six children, namely: Irene M., Mervale F., Orla I., Romain C, Emlin V. and Charles W. After the death of the mother of these children the father married again, and by the second union there was one child born, Florence E. John A. Campljell was an insurance man during practically all of his acti\e life and came to DeKalb county in 1840, setding first at Xorristown, later called Jarvis and finally named Butler.

The subject of this sketch received his education in the public schools at Butler, after which he attended the Tri-State Normal School at Angola. Indiana. During the following ten or twelve years he was associated with his father in the insurance business, and after the latter's death he was for two years in this line of business on his own account. He then became assistant cashier of the First National Bank, where he remained for sixt\- days, after which for two and one-half years he was employed in a like capacity in Knisely Brothers & Company State Bank. He then resigned this position and took up the real estate and insurance business under the firm name of Campbell & Creager. This firm was \ery successful in the handling of real estate deals, being interested in farm lands and cit\- property, and some of the largest transactions of the kind in this locality were handled

In 1898 ]\Ir. Campbell married Mattie Hamilton, the daughter o* William and Emma (Clark) Hamilton, and to this union was bom one child. Vera G. In 1909 Mr. Campbell married Maude Craum, the daugliter of James and Jane (Casbeer) Craimi, and to this union was born a Son, John A.

Politically Mr. Campbell was formerly a Republican, but is now aligned with the Progressive party. He served several years as city treasurer and also as city clerk, giving entire satisfaction in these positions and increasing his prestige among. his fellow citizens. Fraternally lie is a member and trustee of Lodge No. 158, Knights of Pythias, while religiously lie is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. A public-spirited citizen, his influence is always felt in local elections and he is looked upon as a man tlioroughly in sympathy with any movement looking to the betterment or advancement in anv wav of his community, where he has always ben regarded as' a man of sterling honestv and worth and worthy of the utmost confidence and resjiect, which his fellow citizens are free to accord, owing to his upriglit and industrious life.

John Hebel

In the laliorious struggle for an honorable competence and a solid career on the part of a lousiness or professional man there is little to attract the casual reader in search of a sensational chapter: but to a mind tlioroughly awake to the reality and meaning of human existence there are noble and imperishable lessons in the career of ;in indi\iilual who without other means than a clear head, strong arm and true heart, directed and controlled by correct principles and unerring judgment, con(|uers ad\'ersit\- and finally wins, not onl\- ])ecuniary independence, but, what is far greater and higher, the deserved respect and confidence of those with whom his active years have been spent.

John Hebel was born at Tarentum, Pennsylvania, on (October 1, 186.2, and is descended from rugged old German stock, his [parents, John and Mary E. (Meiser) Hebel, having been natives of Hes.sen-Cassel, Germany. The family came to Auburn, Indiana, in 1864, the father dying here a few years later. The subject of this sketch received his education in the common schools and at the age of seventeen years he and his brother, Michael, engaged in lni->iness on a small scale, selling confectionery and cigars in a store room at the corner of Seventh and Main streets. Two years later they w«re enabled to erect a business block at the corner of Seventh and Main strets, part of which they rented and in the other part installed a stock of groceries. Through the exercise of business judgment and sound business principles and methods the business grew rapidly and the brothers enlarged their stock, adding other lines of merchandise, and three years later found it necessary to enlarge their store room. They have built up a large and renumerative trade throughout the surrounding country and their present store nccupies a space of forty-four by sixty-six feet with basement under all, besides ware rooms on the second floor. They carry a full line of staple groceries, a good variety of queensware, and a completely stocked meat market, and the store is niiuibered among the leading concerns of the kind in Auburn.

John Hebel has for many years taken a prominent and active part in the public afifairs of Auburn, having served as treasurer of the cit}- during the later nineties, and also rendered efficient ser\ice for sexeral terms as a member of the city school board. During the past dozen or more years, he has served as treasurer of the Farmers Mutual Insurance Company. In the fall of 1912 Mr. Hebel was elected cleric of the circuit CMurl. assuming the duties of this office on December first following, anil liis administration of the duties of this responsible position have been marked by promptness, efficiency and courtesy to all who had dealings with the office.

Politically, Mr. Hebel is a Democrat, standing ])rominentl\- in the counsels of his partw while his fralenial menilierslii]) is with the Independent Order of Odd Fellou-s, in the local lodge of which he has i.a.scl the chairv

In Fehruar\-, 1886, John Hebel was married to W inifreile C). Richmond, a native of Staft'ord townshi]), this county, and tlie daughter of William and Maria D. (Allen) Richmond. Mr. Richmoml was for many years prominent in the civil life of 1 )eKalb comity, and at one time served on tlie hoard of county commissioners. Through her mother Mrs. Hebel is descended from the .Allen famih-, of which Ethan Allen was a noted member. To Mr. and Mrs. Hebel have been born two children, J. William, born in April, 1891, and Irene Elizabeth. J. William graduated from the State University at Bloomington, Indiana, in 191 1, to which institution he later returned for postgraduate work, taking the Master's degree, majoring in English. He is now a student at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, and received the fellowship in 1913, a much coveted honor. He is pursuing the course with the expectation of following the profession of teaching in college. In 1911 he weiit to Europe with Profes.sor Fred Smith, of Bloomington, travelint; extensively over Scotland, Germany, France and Italy, and attending college at Jena, in Germany. Irene Elizabeth is a student in the public schools at Auburn. Besides these children, Mr. and Mrs. Hebel have lost a little daughter, Hilda, who died of diphtheria, when two and one-half years old.

Mr. Hebel is regarded as a good business man and an excellent manager,, possessing sound judgment, keen foresight and who believes in pressing forward, keeping the wheels of the car of civilization ever moving up the steeps. He enjoys the respect and esteem of those who know him for his friendly manner, business ability, liis interest in public affairs and upright living, and is regarded by all as one of the sub.stantial and worthy citizens of DeKalb county.

Sheldon Crooks

Among the citizens of Grant township, DeKalb county, Indiana, wlxo have built up comfortal)le homes and surrounded themselves with a fair amount of landed and personal property, few have attained a higher degree of success than the subject of this review. With few opportunities except what his own efforts were capable of mastering and with some obstacles to overcome, he has made a success of life, and in his declining years has the gratification of knowing that the comnumity in which he has resided has been benefited by his residence therein.

Sheldon Crooks, a highly esteemed citizen of Waterloo, Indiana, was born one and one-half miles southeast of Waterloo on June 7, 1848, and is a son of Matthew and Nancy (Bryan) Crooks, the former of whom was born April 10, 1816, and died October 31, 1900, at the age of nearly eighty-iive vears, and the latter born in Fairfield county, Ohio, on April 3, 1821, and died April 20, 1884. Matthew Crooks, with a brother, came to DeKalb county in 1833 at the age of seventeen years and was here seized with ague so that he was compelled to return home for a period. In 1836 he again came here, this time being favored with good health and he grew to be a strong, hearty man. Their first work here was clearing the land of the dense timber which covered it, and at that time wolves and other wild animals as well as the no less savage wild men were numerous. For a part of the time during these first years Mr. Crooks was employed in railroad work. His iriarriage to Nancy Bryan occurred in 1844, she being a daughter of William Bryan and had come here with her parents, who located l)et\veen the present towns of Waterloo and P>utltr on the Morningstar farm. Mr. Crooks farmed for some time, being compelled to do without many of the present conveniences, using ox teams and rude implements of early times, all of which entailed an immense amount of hard labor. In 1847 he bought eighty acres of land of Wesley Park, of Auburn, the farm being located a half mile west of the place where he was then working in what is now Grant township. There he built a cabin and a double log barn in the wilderness and persisted in his farming operations until at length success crowned his efiforts. He became the father of twelve children, three of whom died in infancy: Lucinda died in 1865, aged nine years; Harriett died in 1871 at the age of eleven years; J\lrs. Amanda Reed died October 19, 1893, being the widow of Stephen Reed, who died March 14, 1893, ^"^ she left a son, Carl Reed, then about three years old; Alice died in 1904, and was the wife of Thomas Cool, of South Bend; Marinda is the wife of Theodore McCush, of Litchfield, Nebraska; Sheldon, the subject of this .sketch, is next in order of birth; Robert A. lives in Auburn and is a retired farmer; Barbara is the wife of John Hefty, who lives south of Butler in Wilmington township; George W. is an atttorney at Waterloo, this county.

Sheldon Crooks lived on his father's farm until he was about twentytwo years old and then worked a year for his uncle, Robert N. Crooks. In 1872 he obtained railroad employment, in which he was engaged for eight years. In 1877 he bought forty acres of land in section 14, (irant township, to which he gave his attention when, three years later, he quit railroad work. This land was only partly cleared, but was of good quality and he bought it for only twenty-five dollars per acre, making of it a fine farm on which he raised excellent crops. In November, 1904, lie bought forty acres adjoining, also paying twenty-five dollars per acre for this, and he transformed an unsightly cranberry marsh into another fine tract of land. To the cultivation of this farm he devoted his attention with splendid , success, so that in 19 10 he was enabled to retire from active labor and now resides in a pleasant and attractive home at W'^aterloo.

In May, 1874, Mr. Crooks married Samantha Baughman, who was born in section 23, Union township, this county, the daughter of John and Nancy (Slentz) Baughman. These parents came from Pennsylvania in 1844 and located on the farm where Mrs. Crooks was born, and here reared the following children: Addison, of Auburn; Eliza, the wife of David Miser, is deceased; Nancy, who also is deceased, was the wife of Charles Oiler; Isaiah, deceased; Washington, deceased; Samantha, the wife of Mr. Crooks; Ermina, (35) deceased, who was the wife of Henry Smith; Matilda, the widow of James Sibert, now deceased, Hves in Auburn. The mother of these children died while Mrs. Crooks was a little girl, and the father afterwards married Elizabeth Weeks, by which union there were born four children, namely : John Franklin, of Auburn: Idola is the wife of John Fleming, who lives in the north part of Union township: Ida, the wife of Judson Miller, of Auburn, and Carrie, the wife of Delbert McBride, of Wilmington township, this county. The father of these children died on October 3, 1884. To Mr. and Mrs. Crooks were born six children, namely: Cora is the wife of John Oiler, of Wilmington township. They adopted Agatha Luce, the daughter of Mrs. Oiler's deceased sister, Mrs. Alta May (Crooks) Luce; Alta was the wife of Edward Luce, and her death occurred on February 10, 1912, leaving four children, Howard, \'ida .-Mlene, Agatha Lucile and Lester Sheldon ; Howard lives with his father in Waterloo; Vida lives with the grandfather, Mr. Crooks ; Agatha was adopted by Mrs. Cora Oiler and Sheldon was adopted by Charles Platter and wife, of Auburn: Minnie Crooks became the wife of Jay Raub, of Auburn; Olive is the wife of Elmer Pontius, a railway mail clerk who lives in Waterloo, and they have two children. Mabel and Clayton ; Ora A. lives on the father's farm in Grant township, and married Dora Leaky, by whom he has two children, Margaret and Patrick ; \'era Irene, who graduated from the Waterloo high school in 191 3, married J. Lautzenheiser, and lives in Union township.

Mr. Crooks is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and lias passed through all the chairs of the subordinate lodge, while in 1903 he was a member of tlie grand lodge of the state. He takes a deep interest in the workings of the order and is held in high esteem among his fellow members. He is a man of ability, sturdy integrity and usefulness and as a citizen representative of the utmost loyalty, he merits the respect of his fellow men and his life record is deserving of a place in this publication.

Reuben Lockwood

I-"c\\ men of IX'Kalh county were as widely and favorably known as the latL' Reuben Lockwood, of Auburn, Indiana. He was one of the strong and inHuential citizens whose lives have become an essential part of the history of this section of the state, and for years his name was synonymous with .-ill that constituted honorable and upriglit manhood. Tireless energy.

keen perception and honestv of purpose, combined witli everyday common sen.se. were among his chief characteristics and, while advancing individual success, he also largely promoted the moral and material welfare of his community.

Reuben Lockwood, who for many years was an honored resident of DeKalb county, was born in Jackson township, this county, on January 20. 1841, and died at his home at Auburn on March 30, 1912. He was a son of

Alonzo and Rosamond (Phelps) Lockwood, who were numbered among the sturdy pioneers of this section of the country. Alonzo Lockwood, who was

-a pioneer in the southern part of DeKalb county, was born in 1814 in Vermont, the son of Levi Lockwood and wife. In young manhood he left his native state and located in Licking county, Ohio, where he married Rosamond Phelps, a native of Granville, that county. In 1834 he removed to Allen county, Indiana, and two years later came to DeKalb count) . where Mr. Lockwood entered one hundred and sixty acres of land four miles southwest of Auburn, and there established their permanent home. He was a poor man when he came to this county, the trip being made up the St. Joe river and Cedar creek in a canoe which bore all their worldly effects. However, he was a hard worker, and was determined and ambitious to succeed in his new home. B\- dint of the most insistent labor and rigid economy, and by the exclusion of e\-ery expensive habit, he was enabled to buy out other settlers who were discouraged and desired to mo\e elsewhere. In this way lie was enabled to accumulate thirty-six hundred acres of land in difYerent places, tweh'e hundred acres being in one tract adjoining his first farm. .\bout twelve hundred acres were located near Paulding, Defiance county, Ohio, and some in Michigan, but the greater part of his holdings were in DeKalb county. He engaged very extensively in the buying and selling of live stock, much of which he also raised on his own farms, which he sold at considerable profit, most of his transactions lieing in horses and cattle. He was eminently successful in every transaction in which he engaged, his deals heing characterized by shrewdness and sagacity of a high order, and in 1866 he was enabled to retire from business pursuits and removed to Auburn, where he spent the remainder of his days. His death occurred on July 4, 1886. at the age of seventy-two years, while in Defiance county, Ohio, his death being immediately due to a fall from a cart. He was sur\ived a numl>er of years by his widow, who died in .Vuhurn in 1898. The\- were the parents of seven children, namely: Cyrus, who died in 1854, at the age of nineteen years: Reuben: Celia, who died about 1876, at New Elm, Minnesota, was the wife of George Coleman: Irvin. who spent his entire life in Richland township, this county, died in 1891 ; Lyman was a farmer and resided at Auburn, this county; Philo J., now deceased, lived in Washington, D. C. He was a noted pension attorney ; Eunice is the widow of Benjamin Zigler and lives in Auburn ; CorneHa, the widow of Davis E. Caruth, also lives in Auburn.

Reuben Lockwood was reared on his father's farm, in the operation of which he took an acti\e part, and in the meantime secured his education in the common schools of the neighborhood. On November 22, 1861, he' enlisted as a private in Company K, Forty-fourth Regiment. Indiana Volunteer Infantry, with which he went to the front, but the ensuing winter was an unfortunate one for the entire command, as all but three or four of the regiment were eitlier very ill or in poor health, especially at the time of the battle of Shiloh, hut in which nearly all took an active part despite their poor condition. Mr. Lockwood's health became so precarious that he was mustered out soon afterwards because of physical disability. Upon his return to peaceable pursuits, Mr. Lockwood became a salesman, which vocation he followed in various lines for many years, traveling over a large portion of the country. In 1887 he helped to organize the Monitor ManufactUritig Company, of which he was chosen vice-president. They erected a factory northeast of Auburn Junction, this county, where they engaged extensively in the manufacture of wind mills, potato crates, Fargo liarrows, and also ran a planing mill. The business was continued until 1897, when it was discontinued. Besides the business interests mentioned, Mr. Lockwood owned about six hundred acres of farm land, located in Ohio, Michigan and this county, to which he gave his attention and in the operation of which he was very successful. In tlie lousiness affairs of the community he was a prominent figure and contrilnited much to the prosi)erity and upbuilding of the community in which he lived. He was a man of broad sympathies and good-hearted in his attitude toward others, being well liked personally by all who came in contact with him.

On December 22, 1892, Mr. Lockwood was married to Mrs. Sarah Clarke Carr, of Detroit, whom he met in that city while exhibiting the i)roducts of his factory. Mrs. Carr was born four miles south of Dexter, in Washtenaw county, Michigan, and is a daughter of Dr. Henry and Mary (Pritchard) Clarke, both of whom were natives of London, England. Dr. Henry Clarke was a man of splendid education, possessing several diplomas, and spoke fluently seven different languages. He and his wife were married in London, and they afterwards came to Washtenaw county, Michigan, where the Doctor was engaged in the practice of his profession until seventy- eight years old. He had very early in life taken an interest in the science of anatomy, having begun dissecting at the early age of fifteen years. He became a surgeon of note and had a large practice all over Washtenaw county, where he was commonly known as the "old English doctor." Aristocratic in his manner of life, he was nevertheless very kind to the poor and never charged for his medical services when the recipient was not able to pay. Their daughter, Sarah A., was married in 1878 to George Washington Carr, of Bellville, Wayne county, Michigan, and two or three years later they moved to Detroit, where Mr. Carr was employed as a railroad fireman. Mr. Carr, who was born February 18, 1853, at Pinckney, Michigan, was a son of Malcolm and Nancy (Richmond) Carr, and his death occurred on March 17, 1888. To Mr. and Mrs. Carr were born two children : Lizzie G., who died in infancy, and George Freeman, who was born September 20, 1886. Mr. and Mrs. Lockwood moved to Auburn in Septemlier, 1893, and Mr. Lockwood formally adopted his wife's son, George, who dropped his middle name of Freeman, being known now as George Carr Lockwood. On April 23, 1910, he married Hulda Gessner, of Monroe, Michigan, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth ( Weisbeck ) Gessner. To them was born a son, Reuben G., on fanuary 21, 1911. (korge C. Lockwood is a tester at the .\uburn automobile factory.

Reuben Lockwood was for man}' vears an honored and appreciative member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, taking an active interest in the workings of the order. He was a member of that pioneer band which accomplished so much in the early development of this section of the state, and as a defender of his country in the hour of her trial he proved himself a l)atriot, and because of these chci.racteristics he is entitled to s])ecific mention in the annals of DeKalb countv.

Samuel G. Stone

The well known druggist whose name forms the caption of this brief review is too well known to the readers of this history to need extensive comment, since his has long been one of the leading business houses in Butler. It numbers its patrons by the hundreds throughout this locality, the store being a gathering place for visitors from the rural districts, but from whatever quarter customers come they are accorded uniform courtesy and the kindest consideration, alwavs finding here a well-ke])t, neat, attractive :md well-managed store, stocked with a complete and carefully selected line of goods, second to none, the prices of which arc regarded by its many patrons of long standing as tieiTig remarkably low considering the excellent quality of goods offered-.

Samuel G. Stone, a leading business man of Butler, was born at I-^irt Henry, ;New cork, on July 12, 1854, the son of Grandville and Lucy (Butler) Stone, the former a nati\'e of \^ermont and the latter of Connecticut. Grandville'Stone was a wagon maker by trade, which pursuit he followed many years, but later in life took up farming, in which he was successful.

The subject of this sketch recei\ed his education in the common schools of New York and Ohio, haxing moved to the latter state and upon attaining mature years engaged in the drug business at Striker, Ohio, in which he continued with gratifying success until 1876. He then came to Butler, Indiana, and in 1877 engaged in the drug business here, in which he has continued ever since, and in which he has met with well deser\ed patronage. He has a large and well selected line of druggists' sundries, while in the filling Df prescriptipris he Jiandles.^ nope but .|:u.ire and fresh drugs. He is well qualified by training and experience for the business to which he devotes himself and because of the high quality of his goods, his prompt and courteous treatment of his customers and his own high character he has long enjoyed an enviable standing in his community.

In September, 1876, Mr. Stone married Elva C. Stoner, the daughter of A. B. and J. A. Stoner, of West Unity, Ohio. There Mrs. Stone's father followed the dual occupations of grocer and druggist for many years and was successful in his afifairs. Eventually he located at Metz, Indiana, and finally came to Butler, where he remained for sexeral years and then located at Garrett, this county, where his death occurred. To Mr. and Mrs. Stone have been born four children, Gertrude Elnora, Gladys Elmira, Bessie Emily and Milliard Samuel.

The Democratic party has always claimed Mr. Stone's support, and he has been active in the ranks of that party during political campaigns. He has been honored by his fellow citizens by election to a number of public offices, in all of which he discharged his duties to the entire satisfaction of all concerned. He was trustee of the town of Butler under the old law for two. years, and in 1902 was elected a memlxT of the board of school- trustees, inwhich he has served four terms and is still an honored member of that body. He was elected the first mayor of Butler when it was incorporated as a city in 1903, serving a short term, his administration, which expired in 1905. being characterized by marked ability and effort to advance the interests of the community. He also served as city treasurer for three years with eminent satisfaction. ReHgiously, .Mr. Stune is an earnest member of the Methodist church, while fraternally he is a meml)er of the Free and Accepted Masons,, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knij^hts of Pvthias., Personally, Mr. Stone is a man whom it is a pleasure to know, heins;' tjenerous-hearted, kind, hospitable, honest in all his dealings with iiis fellow men, and eminently worthy of the trust and respect they repose in him and have for him, and he is today regarded as one of DeKalb county's rejiresentative and most valued citizens.

E.xamples that impress force of character on all who study them are worthy of record. By a few general ohser\'ations may he conveyed some idea of the high standing of John H. W. Kiontz in the comnumity where so many of his active years ha\-e been spent. I'nited in his composition are so many elements of a solid and practical nature which during a series of years have brought him into prominent notice and earned for him a conspicuous place among the enterprising men of DeKalb county, that it is liut just recognition of his worth to speak at some length of his life and achievements.

John H. W. Krontz was liorn in Wilmington township, DeKalb county. Indiana, on April 7, 1870, and is the son of Michael E. and Mary .\nn Krontz. l)Oth of whom were natives of the state of Ohio, the fatiier born in Holmes county. They came to Indiana and the father was one of the early settlers of this locality, having arrived October 8, 184,3. He was a farmer Ijy xocation, which pursuit he followed all his life and attained to a gratifying degree of success. They are lioth now deceased. They were the parents of three children - Laura K., William and John 11. W'., the last named being the only survivor.

John H. W. Krontz attended the common schools of DeKalli county, completing his elementary studies in the high school at Butler and in the I'ort Wayne College. He then took up pedagogical work and for several vears followed teaching in this ctmnty, meeting with marked success in this exacting vocation. Mr. Krontz had pursued his technical studies along the line of civil engineering, in which his ability was widely recognized, and in i8()6 he was elected surveyor of DeKalb county, serving efhciently and satisfactorily in this position until 1900. Upon retiring from the office of siu"- veyor he took up the work of civil engineering, in which he is still engaged. Thoroughly competent by training and experience for this important line of work, Mr. Krontz is widely recognized as one of the leading surveyors of this section of the state and is constantly employed in this line. Politically Mr. Krontz is an ardent supporter of the Democratic party, fraternallv he is a memher of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, while his religious membership is with the Christian church. Mr. Krontz's career presents a series of successes, while his unswerving rectitude has made his life count for good in all its relations, as is attested by the unreserved esteem of the people of the community in which he has lived so many years, and in which he has had due regard for the higher verities of life. gi\ing his support to that which tends to the betterment of tlie people.

William Henry Leas

DeKalb county. lutliana. lias been especially honored in the character and career of her public and professional men. Here, as in every community, there are found, rising above their fellows, individuals born to leadership in the various professions, men who have dominated not alone by superior intelligence and natural endowment, but by natural force of character. It is always profitable to studv the lives of such men, weigh their motives and hold up their achievements as incentives to greater activity and higher excellence on the part of others. A lawyer of widely recognized ability and a man of undoubted integrity and honor, William H. Leas has made a definite impression on the history of his locality. DeKalb county has been dignified by his noble life and splendid achievements, and he stands as a worthy and conspicuous member of a striking grou]) of public men whose influence in tiie political and civic life, as well as in jjrofessional circles, has been of a most beneficent order, and it is lint a matter of justice to iiere enter a brief trilnite to his career.

William Henrv Leas was born in .Salem townsiiiji, Steuben county, Indiana, on the T6th dav of September. 1849. and is the son of Jobn antl Susan (Schimpff) Leas. More specific reference is made to his ancestral history in the sketch of his father, which appears elsewhere in this work. He came with his parents to Smithfield township, this county, in 1868. and from that time on has been continuously and closely identified with the history of this localitv. He secured bis elemenlarv education in the common schools, after which he engaged in pedagogical work, teaching first in the district schools and afterwards in the graded schools of Waterloo. Later he assisted Willard, Kingman and McConahey in surveying and the making of county maps in Ohio and Indiana, in which work he gained much valuable experience and knowledge. Having long entertained an ambition to enter the legal profession, in 1873 Mr. Leas began the study of law at Angola and in the fall of that year he entered the law department of the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, where he was graduated in March, 1875, with the degree of Bachelor of Law. He had been admitted to the bar in Angola in 1874, and on Jime i, 1875, he located at Waterloo and opened a law office. He was first in partnership with C. M. Phillips until October, 1875, from which time he was alone until November, 1876, during which period he succeeded in building up a good practice. In the month last mentioned he became a member of the law firm of McBride, Morlan & Leas, his partners being Judge R. W. McBride and Joseph L. Morlan. In August, 1878, Mr. Morlan died and the firm was dissolved, since which time Mr. Leas has mostly practiced alone. In point of length of continuous practice Mr. Leas is the dean of his profession in DeKalb county.

Mr. Leas' success in his profession has been most pronounced. Always careful in the preparation of his cases and a deep student of law, he has the faculty of stating a case clearly and succinctly, while his candor, fairness and honor have made him deservedly popular among his colleagues and those with whom he has had dealings. He possesses a comprehensive knowledge of the law and a familiarity with precedents, which have made him a strong pleader and an opponent to be feared. Personally, his clean character, fidelity of purpose and afifability of manner have won him a large circle of warm friends and commended him to the good opinion of all who know him.

Politically, Mr. Leas has always been an ardent supporter of the Democratic party and was twice elected a member of the board of school trustees of Waterloo, where he performed effective and appreciated work in the interest of educational affairs in the community. From 1902 to iqi2 Mr. Leas served as attorney for the town of Waterloo, and is at the present time attorney for the town of Corunna.

On August 20, 1878. Mr. Leas was united in marriage to Kninia J. Danks, the youngest daughter of Oris and Stella ( Boogo ) Daiiks. She was born and reared in Waterloo, and .suffered the loss of her mother when hut an infant, in 1863. .A-fterwards her father married Sarah A. Jones. Orris Danks was born in Onondaga county. New York, on July 16, 1815. a son of

Benoni and Phoebe (Earlej Danks, who also were natives of the Empire state. His grandfather, Robert Earle, was a soldier in the war of the Revo-, lution. In 1836 Orris Danks came to DeKalb county and bought land in Smithfield township, returning to his natixe state' two years later and there; in 1840, He married Euseba. Brown. - In the following year they returned toi. DeKalb county and made their home on his land, to the improvement and cultivation of which he devoted himself until 1862 when the family re^ moved to Waterloo, where Mr. Danks engaged in the hardware business, afterwards engaging successively in the grocery and boot and shoe business. His hrst wife died in 1851 and in 1852 he married Estella Booge.

To Mr. and Mrs. Leas have been born two children, namely: Stella B., born July 4, 1880, is the wife of R. Earl Peters, whose permanent home is in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, but who is now in Washington, D. C, as ' to; Congressman Cyrus Cline of the twelfth districf. Mr. and Mrs. Peters' have a daughter, Leah Vpltetta., born'^A'ktrcli QOr iQOTr Earl D. Leas, Ixirn Eebruary 15, 1882, lives in Waterloo, where he enjoys a large business as a buyer and shipper of corn, baled hay and straw. On January 20, 1004. ht? married Emma Gfeller, of Waterloo, the daughter of Samuel tifeller.

George Schulthess

There could be no more comprehensi\e history written of a city or a community, or even of a state and its people, than that which deals with the life work of those, who, by their own endeavor and indomitable energy, have placed themselves where they well deserve the title of "prominent and progressive," and in this sketch will be found the record of one who has outstripped the less active and less able plodders on the highway of life and who has attained to an enviable position in the business, political and social life of the community where he has resided for many years.

George Schulthess, business man, citizen and public ofhcial. wlu) is lionoring the city of (iarrett, Indiana, by his residence, was born on May 5, 1873, at Millersburg, Ohio, and is tiie son of Matthias and Elizabeth (Schaffi*') Schulthess. These parents, who were nati\es of Switzerland, trace tlieir ancestry back through the centuries to about the year 1400. The subject pqs7 sesses a genealogical work in the German language which traces the paternal ancestral line in unljroken ascent to the founder of the family in 1400 in the

State of Zurich, Switzerland. Three months before the subject of this sketcfo was born his mother became a widow through the death of her husband and she herself died when the subject \\as but twelve years old. These parents had been married in their native land and Matthias Schulthess was a coopen by. trade and an energetic and industrious workman. At the time of the mother's death she left a family of three sons and two daughters, of whom two sons and a daughter are still living: Fred, a resident of Garrett, Mrs. Emma Geib, living on a farm near Garrett, and the subject of this sketch. The latter came to Garrett at the time of his mother's death and made his home with his brother, Fred. He received his education in the public schools of that city, and his leisure hours, instead of being spent in play and recreation, were employed in assisting in farm work. Later he and his brother located in Garrett and engaged in the furniture and imdertaking business iii partnership with Professor Moore, which they conducted a few years, and then engaged in the milling and grain business. They were successful in these enterprises, but after a few years they sold out and engaged in the coal business for three years, at the end of which period they disposed of those interests and since that time the subject has been engaged in supervising his farm of one hundred acres located one-half mile from Garrett in Keyset township. Though starting life under discouraging conditions Mr. Schulthess, by most indomitable perseverance, sturdy industry and wise management, has prospered and is now numbered among the successful and up-todate citizens of his community. With modern and progressive ideas regarding business afifairs he has maintained his farm at the highest standard of excellence and has found it a profital^le enterprise. TJiough his business affairs ha\-e made heavy demands upon his time Mr. Schulthess has nevertheless found it possible to take an active part in local public affairs, in which he has been deeply interested. In iqco he was elected trustee of his township and served four years to the credit of himself and to the satisfaction of his fellow citizens and also served a year as city councilman by appointment. In the fall of igo8 he was elected to the council, ser\ ing until October of the following year, when, owing to a vacancy, he was appointed mayor of Garrett and has now been serving four years in this position. That he has acquitted himself with honor and credit goes without saying among those who are familiar with his efforts. The city is now erecting a new city hall and under the administration of Mayor Schulthess a new Jjoulevard lighting svstem has l^een installed, the public utility plant been overhauled, including the installation of new engines and generators and a substantial addition to the main building. In all these things Mr. Schulthess has been guided by the same sound business ideas and methods that he has exercised in the conduct of his own affairs, this being the secret of the successful administration which he has given to his office. In politics he gives his earnest support to the Democratic party. Fraternally, he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, belonging to both subordinate lodge and encampment, and also belonging to the Knights of Pythias, the Modern Woodmen of America, the Fraternal Order of Eagles and the Benevolent and Protective Order of P^lks. Religiously. Mrs. Schulthess is a memlier of the German Methodist church.

In 1897 Mr. Schulthess was married to Elizabeth Lehmback, of Garrett, and to them have been born three children. Aline, Howard and Lero). Mr. Schulthess's life history exhibits a career of vinswerving integrity, indefatigable private industry and wholesome home and social relations, a most commendable career crowned with success. It is the record of a well balanced mental and moral constitution, strongly marked by those traits of character which are of special value in such a state of societv as exists in this country. Possessing a strong social nature and exercising a genial and friendly attitude toward those with whom he comes into contact, it is not strange that he has gained a large and loyal following among his acquaintances in this locality.

Frank Hogue

It is always ])leasant and ])n)Htable to contemplate the career of a man who lias made a success of life and won the honor and respect of his fellow citizens. Such is the record of the well-known gentleman whose name ap]jears at the liead of this paragra])h, than whom a more wliole-souled or l)opular man it would lie hard to find in the city where he has resided during l' e niajor ]iortion of his life. Steady ])ersistence. stern integrity and excellent judgment ha\c lieen the elements which iiaxe contributed to his success, and 1 ecause of this success and his high personal character he is deserving i)f the high position which he holds in the esteem of all who know him.

I'rank Hogue. who for a number of years has been the efficient lumber 1)u\er for Hoffman Brothers Company, of I'ort Wayne, is a native .son of DeKall) county, having first seen the light of day in Butler tovvnshi]) on June 1 1, 1852. He is the son of Henry and Effie (King) Hogue. the former <if whom died on August 5. 1872. Henry Hogue was the son of George and Lydia (Wilder) Hogiie, and was born in Canandaigua, New York, on March 5, 1818. When about twenty years old he came to DeKalb county, Indiana, his mother ha\'ing died a short time before that, and here he was employed in sawmills, work to which he had been accustomed in his native state. He bought a farm in Butler township and there made his permanent home, his father also spending his last years there. Carrying on the dual occupations of farming and lumbering, Henry Hogue was a very busy man, and he enjoyed the respect and confidence of all who knew him. He was a Republican in politics, though with no aspirations for public office. He married Effie King, who was born in Pennsylvania on Noxember 26. 1828. and who is still, at the advanced age of eighty-eight years, a well-preserved woman, retaining her mental and physical faculties to a remarkable degree. She is the daughter of George and Mary Jane (Phillips) King, and she was brought to DeKalb county on October 4. 1835. Her father was killed when she was but three days old, and she w as reared by her mother until seven years old, after which time she was reared in the family of George DeLong, with whom she came to Indiana, the family locating in Butler township, DeKalb count}'. Their long and tiresome journey was made in a wagon, drawn by two voke of oxen, who pulled them from Dayton, Ohio. They had come from Pennsylvania down the Ohio river to Cincinnati, and thence by canal to Dayton. It took them six weeks to make the trip from Dayton, camping out at night and letting the oxen graze. They came by way of Fort Wayne, thence through Huntertown, which then consisted of but three or four houses. But few roads had been constructed, and those few very poorly made, while most of the streams had to be forded. On approaching their land in Butler township, mme of which had been cleared, they were compelled ti) cut the dense undergrowth and many trees in order to get their wagon thrnugh to the site of their future home. The prospect was not a very invitwvy (inc. but. with a vision of the future, Mr. DeLong went energetically to w(!rk to clear a spot for a home. They first lived in a tent made of carpet, hut soon a log cabin was erected, in which the famil\- were comfortabhhoused. Here Mr. DeLong acquired ownership of three hundred and fi ft\ acres of land. A few years later he sold out and moved to Allen county. Mr. and Mrs. Hogue had been married just prior to that event and the}- remained on the farm, Mr. Hogue being employed to run the saw-mill for the new owner. They then moved to the farm adjoining on the north, which Mr. Hogue had bought, and there he spent the remainder of his life. To him and his wife were born ten children, namely: George Henry. Lydia A,, Frank, Effie, Theron, Frederick, Perry, James, Florence and Mary, the latter dying at the age of three months. Of these children, only three are now living, namely: Frank, the immediate subject of this sketch; Lydia, of Auburn; Florence, the wife of William Hoff, of Selma, California. The mother of these children now makes her home with her son Frank.

Frank Hogue was reared on tiie home farm in Butler township and secured his education in the common schools. In 1873 he went West, where he remained three years, and then, in 1876, he returned to the home farm, to the operation of which he gave his attention for a tune. He then accepted a position with Hoffman Brothers, of Fort Wayne, extensive lumber dealers and saw-mill men, and he has been connected with that company ever since. For thirty-five years he has been the timber buyer for this well-known firm, his duties requiring him to travel over practically the entire country. He has earned the reputation as one of the best judges of timber in the country and liis ser\ices are held in high value by the firm with which he is connected. Mr. Hogue has continued to reside in Auburn, and has a beautiful home at the corner of Fifth and Main streets, which he built in 1909.

In 1884 Mr. Hogue married Allie Rainsburg, of Pleasant Lake, Indiana, the daughter of Frederick Rainsburg, of Hudson, Indiana. Mrs. Hogue died in 1891, and in 1898 Mr. Hogue married Carrie Caswell, of Fremont, this state, to which union was born a daughter, Frances. They are well known throughout this comnumity, and their friends are in number as tlieir acquaintances.

Jonas E. Dilgard

Among the honored and influential citizens of Waterloo, Indiana, is Jonas E. Dilgard, who has shown what an earnest and energetic hard-working man can accomplish, although forced to hew his own fortune from obstacles that beset his way. He started life without financial aid from anybody; has been industrious, and has adhered to those principles and ideals that always insure success, so that his later years are being passed in the midst of plenty and serenity.

Jonas E. Dilgard, who is now retired from active labor and is residing in the attractive little town of Waterloo, is a native of Wayne county, Ohio, where he was born on h^bruary 14, 1853. He is a son of John and Mar\ (Hoy) Dilgard. John Dilgard was born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, and in early childhood was brought to Wayne county, Ohio. In- his parents, Jacob and Elizabeth Dilgard. Mary Hoy, who was a native of

Wayne county, Ohio, and the daughter of Jonas Hoy, was reared in her native county and Hved there until her marriage. In 1865 John Dilgard and his wife moved to DeKalb county, Indiana, locating four miles west of Waterloo, where they had acquired eighty acres of good farming land and there they made their permanent home. John Dilgard was an active and industrious man, being both a farmer and a carpenter, which dual occupations he followed during all his active years. His deatii occurred in 1899 and his wife died in 1880. Thev were the parents of six children: Jonas, Mina. Emily. Daniel, Martha and John.

Jonas E. Dilgard was reared on the paternal farm and in the schools of Waterloo he secured his education. In 1870, at the age of seventeen years, he began a successful pedagogical career, and during the following ten years was numbered among the leading teachers of DeKalb county, having taught successfully at various places where a high standard of education was in demand. During this period his summer seasons were spent in agricultural employment. In 1876 Mr. Dilgard was married to Mary Goodwin, the daughter of David and Sarah ( Wiltrout ) Goodwin, she being a native of Waterloo. David Goodwin was born in Ashland county. Ohio, on November 5, 1826, and his death occurred at Waterloo, Indiana, on March 9, 1899, '" the seventy-third year of his age. About 1854 he moved from Ashland county and purchased a tract of land at the edge of Waterloo, which he cleared and developed, making of it eventually one of the best farms in this vicinity. He was survived a number of years by his widow, who died in October, 191 2. After Mr. Dilgard married he rented a farm for about a year and then bought a farm located between Auburn and Waterloo in Grant township, where he now owns one hundred acres. In 1880 he gave up teaching school and moving on to the farm south of Waterloo, he lived there until 1906, when he retired from active farm labor and moved to Waterloo, where he now resides. He still owns the farm anil in a general way supervises its management. In 1885, while still residing on his farm, Mr. Dilgard engaged in the agricultural implement business at Waterloo, but a year or two later he sold that business and during the following two years he was a traveling salesman for the .\ltman-Taylor Company and about a year for the Piano Binder Company; also for about two years after leaving the farm he was engaged in the restaurant business at Auburn, having bought the same from his son, Carl. He was successful in this enterprise, but eventually sold it and returned to his home in Waterloo. He is a man of good business aliility and sound judgment, and because of his excellent qualifications he has succeeded in everything to which he has turned his hand.

Fraternally, Mr. Dilgard belongs to the Knights of Pythias and takes a deep interest in the workings of the order. He has taken an intelligent interest in public affairs and served four years as trustee of Grant township, and is now president of the board of trustees of the town of Waterloo, discharging his official duties to the entire satisfaction of his fellow citizens.

To Mr. and Mrs. Dilgard have been born seven children, namely: Claude, Roy, Carl, Gladys, Glen, Ralph and Howard, all deceased except Carl and Howard. Carl was born September 16, 1884, married Dora Daniels, the daughter of Harrison Daniels, and they have a daughter, Bernadine. He lives in Waterloo and follows the trade of a carpenter. Howard Dilgard. born July 10, 1898, is a student in the public schools of Waterloo.

Mr. Dilgard is an able, educated, well read and progressive gentleman, a fine type of a self-made man who has confidence in the people and is ready at all times to do his full part in the advancement of the public welfare. He is not lacking in the tjualities of sociability and those traits of character which win friends for a man, and in the community where he has spent so many of his active years, he enjoys a notalile measure of popularity.

Fealty to facts in the analyzation of a citizen of the type of James Purvis McCague is all that that is required to make a good biographical sketch interesting to those who have at heart the good name of the community, because it is the honorable reputation of the man of standing, more than any other consideration, that gives character and stability to the body politic and makes the true worth of a county or state re\ered and respected. In the broad light which things of good report ever invite, the name and character of the gentleman whose name introduces this sketch .stand revealed and secure, though with modest demeanor, with no amliition to distinguish himself in public position or as a leader of men, his career has been signally honorable and it may be studied with profit by the youth entering upon life's work, for it shows that the man who persists along right lines of endeavor will eventually accomplish what he sets out to do despite seemingly insurmountable obstacles.

Tames P. McCague was born in Holmes county, Ohio, on July 12, 1846. and is a son of Samuel Cochran McCague and Eliza Jane (Barfoot) Mc- Cague. Samuel C. McCague was a son of James and Elizabeth McCague, the former of whom was a native of the north of Ireland, though of Scotch-

Irish descent, his ancestors having located in the Emerald Isle on account of the religious liberty which they enjoyed there and which was denied them in their natix'e land. His w ife, Eliza Jane Barfoot, was a daughter of Andrew Harfoot, who with his wife came from Scotland, lier eldest brother ha\ing been born on the ocean en route to America. In 184S Samuel C. AlcCague brought his wife and child to DeKalb county, Indiana, locating on the I. N. Cox farm one and one-half miles south and a little west of Ashley. After living there two years he sold this place and bought eighty acres of land one mile west of Sedan, where his death occurred in 1852, at which time the subject of this sketch was but six years old, and the only child. The subject's mother tlian engaged in teaching school, which she followed until 1855. when she became the wife of Aaron B. Smith, to which union was born a son, Sanford S., who died May 24, 1Q13. The mother's married life cnntinuetl until 1868 when, at the death oi her husband, she came to Waterloo and made that her home for some time.

The subject of this sketch secured his education in the di.strict scIkkiIs, but in 1861, at the outbreak of the war of the Rel)ellion, his patriotic ferxor was aroused and though but fifteen years old he tried to enlist to right for the Union. Init was rejected on account of his youth. He then went to Iowa and obtained employment on farms in Winnesheik county. While in that state he attended school at Decorah, and there became acquainted w-ith two daughters of John Brown, the famous anti-slavery agitator of Osavvatomie. At the time of the New Ulm massacre by the Indians in 1862, he joined an independent military company and went to the assistance of the settlers and was present at the capture of six Inmdred Sioux Indians, who were sent to Davenport. While on a skirmish Mr. McCague was captured and was carried to a gorge, but while the guard was sleeping he loosened himself. In so doing he disturbed a dog which he killed with the guard's knife and he then made his escape. In 1863 Mr. McCague tried to enlist as a recruit in the Twelfth Iowa Regiment \'olunteer Infantry, but was again rejected because of his boyish appearance. He then returned to Winnesheik county and attended schf)ol until the spring of 1864 when he enlisted in Company F, Forty-sixth Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry, a one-hundred-day regiment, with which he served his term, participating in the liattles of Tupella and Guntown and being mustered out in .Vugust, 1864. After receixing his discharge from the army Mr. McCague returned to his old liome near .\shley, DeKalb coimtv, Indiana, and during the first winter liere he attended school and then ' (36) again applied himself to farm work, later coming to Waterloo and here beginning his association with machinery, which has characterized the greater part of his life since. In the spring of 1865 he went to Kendallville and attempted to enlist in the army, but having gone first to tell his mother of his intentions he was a day too late, the orders having been issued to enlist no more men. At Waterloo Mr. McCague obtained employment in a planing mill where he finally became engineer and afterwards ran engines at various mills. He was married in 1871 and immediately afterwards bought a saw mill and stave factory where he manufactured staves for oil barrels. When timber got scarce he sold his stave machinery, but continued to operate the saw mill, which, however, was burned in 1890. He then became a practical machinist, bought tools and started a machine shop in Waterloo, north of where the town hall is now located, conducting this shop until 1901. In 1900 he was so unfortunate as to lose an eye by its being pierced with a piece of steel, while he was working on a boiler. In 1901 Mr. McCague invested eight hundred dollars in stock in a new concern which was organized to manufacture corn buskers and he then turned his shop and machinery over to the new concern and became machine shop foreman for two years. In 1903, his ability as a machinist and engineer having become widely known, Mr. McCague was called upon to take charge of the machinery in the electric light and water plant of Waterloo, and in 1004 he was given full charge of the plant as superintendent and has held that position until the present time. Fully qualified by training and experience for this important position Mr. McCague has discharged his duties with promptness and with painstaking care and enjoys the confidence and regard of all who are familiar with his work. In 1881 he was gone for a short time to Des Moines, Iowa, as foreman of a band saw mill, and also for a short time ran a steamboat on the Des Moines river. He afterward spent a year at Evansville, keeping saws in a saw mill in good shape, as he was an expert in that particular line of work and received a good salary for his labors.

In 1871 Mr. McCague married Nancy .\. Bowman, tlie daughter of James and Jane (Rort) Bowman, who are represented elsewhere in this work, and to this union have been bom seven children, namely: Charles A., an engineer on the Lake Shore railroad, and who lives at Elkhart, married Lillian Phillips, and they have one son, James P. ; Nellie A. died at the age of sixteen years; Edward Purvis married Rilla Newcomer, to which union was born a daughter, Irene, and he died at the age of twenty-five years; Blanche C. is tlie wife of Emniett E. Cox. of Waterloo: F.ston B.. who lives two miles

-west of Butler on a farm, is a machinist by trade, and he married Clara Hanes; Eugene J., who married Dessie Greenwood, died in 1907 at the age <jf twenty-seven years; Minnie 1. died at the age of twelve years.

Fraternally, Mr. McCague is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, having passed through all the chairs and serving as worshipful master of his lodge. He also belongs to the (Irand Army of the Republic and here enjoys the association with other veterans of the late war. He has taken a deep interest in local affairs and has served four terms as a member of the town board. In 1872 Mr. McCague built a fine home in the northeast part of Waterloo, where, on a large lot, wliich has been beautified in every respect with large beds of flowers and fancy shrubbery, he has erected a beautiful home heated by furnace, lighted by electricity and with water throughout the house, his home as regards beauty and convenience comparing favorably with any home in Waterloo. Mrs. McCague is passionately fond of flowers and spends much of her time in the care of them, in which she has met with much success. Mr. McCague is probably as versatile in his mechanical ability as anv man in this locality, being not only an expert electrician, hut a good all-around machinist, an expert plumber and an experienced saw man, besides which he learned the trade of steam engineer. He is a close student of practical mechanics and is a deep reader on a wide variety of subjects, being able to converse intelligently on many themes which ordinarily do not interest the a\-erage man. He has passed through a varied and strenuous career in many respects, being able to recite some very interesting experiences and narrow escapes, but is entirely modest and unassuming, caring nothing for praise or public applause, and he possesses to an eminent degree those qualities of character which beget friendship, and in this locality where he has resided for many years he has earned the high regard of all who know him.

It is with a great degree of satisfaction that we advert to the life of one who has made a success in any vocation requiring definiteness of purpose and determined action. Such a life, whether it be one of prosaic endeavor or radical accomplishment, abounds in valuable lesson and incentive to tliose wlio have become discouraged in the fight for recognition or to the youth whose future is undetermined. During a long, strenuous and honorable career W. L. Blair, one <if the substantial and representative citizens of

DeKalb county, has directed his energies and talents toward the goal of success in this locality and by patient continuance has won, and is now numbered among the worthy and substantial farmers of Wilmington township.

The subject hears the distinction of being the oldest resident of DeKalb county, he having resided here continuously for seventy-eight vears, and being the only sur\i\-or among a family of thirty-five relatives.

W. L. Blair was born in Portage county, Ohio, on November 2-j, 1831, a son of John and Margaret ( Douglas ) Blair, who moved to DeKalb county in 1835, settling in Concord township, at which time there were but nine families in the county, seven of whom were located in Concord township. The Indians were frequent \'isitors at their home and at one time the subject's sister turned an empty barrel o\er him while she ran to the field to tell the men of the approach of the Indians. Mr. Blair was reared to the life of a pioneer and early began assisting in the arduous labors of clearing the land, his educational privileges being \ery limited. The first school he attended was taught by Rev. Benjamin Alton in a log bouse on land now occupied by Christian Curie. Mr. Blair is descended from a sturdy line of ancestors, his parents having been natives respectively of Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. They were the parents of nine children, namely : Mrs. Jane Notestine, deceased ; Douglas, deceased ; Mrs. Samantha Dragoo, deceased : Hiram, deceased; Lucius J., deceased; William L., the subject of this sketch, and Benjamin, John and Carlin, who are deceased. The land which the subject's father entered in DeKalb county is that now occupied by the present site of .St. Joe, and there the suliject of this sketch spent his early years. He has always devoted his activities to agricultural pursuits, and, owing to his persistent industr}', sound business methods and careful attention to the conservation of the soil and other practical features of successful agriculture, he has for many years enjoyed a splendid reputation among his fellow farmers. He owns thirt\ acres of land near the town of Butler, on to which he moved in 1865, and during the long period of his residence here he has continuously enjoyed the confidence and good will of the community.

Mr. Blair has been twice married, first in 1859 to Amy .\ldrich, to which um'on were born two children, Corwin B.. of Gary, Indiana, and Mrs. Lena Corcoran, of Michigan. Mr. Blair's .second union was to Mary L. Hall, the daughter of J. C. and Abigail ( N'orris) Hall, natives of Xew Hampshire. .Mr. Blair has reached an advanced age, heaven having lengthened out his life until he has been permitted to witness the vicissitudes of the most remarkable epoch in the world's business and inventive history, in all of which he has been an interested spectator.' There' is no doubt but that his long life has been due to his sterling character, his conservative habits and his pure thinking. He is even tempered, patient, scrupulously honest in all the relations of life, hospitable and charitable, his many kindly deeds being actuated solelv from his largeness of heart rather than from any desire to gain the approval of plaudits of his fellow men. In all that constitutes true manhood and good citizenship he has been a worthy example and none stands higher than he in the esteem and confidence of the circles in which he moves.

John H. Leasure

Specific mention is made in the following paragraphs of one of the worthy citizens of DeKalb county, Indiana - one who has figured and is still an active participant in the splendid commercial prosperity which characterizes this community, and who is contributing in a definite measure in his particular sphere of action to the growth of the locality and to the advancement of its best interests. Earnest purpose and tireless energy, combined with mature judgment and everyday common sense, have been among his most prominent characteristics and he has merited the respect and esteem which are accorded him by all who know him.