Delaware County, Indiana - Sidelights on Local History, 1924 (part 8 of 21)

EDWARD ERNEST ELLIOTT, general manager of the Woodbury-Elliott Grain Company of Muncie and a member of the common council of that city, is a Hoosier by birth and has been a resident of this state all his life, a resident of Muncie for the past twenty years and more. Mr. Elliott was born on a farm in the immediate vicinity of Fairmount in the neighboring county of Grant on February 23, 1872, and is a son of William S. and Alice Clara (Radley) Elliott, the latter of whom, now deceased, was born at Chelmsford, County Essex, England, February 12, 1845, and was but four years of age when in 1849 she came to this country with her parents, Samuel and Mary (Bull) Radley, the family proceeding on out into Indiana and settling in Grant county at the point where the village of Radley later came into being when the railroad came along that way. The Radleys were of Quaker stock. William S. Elliott was born on a farm near the city of Marion, in Grant county, January 16, 1844, and is a son of Reuben and Rebecca (Moore) Elliott, also Quakers, the latter of whom was born in the Carmel neighborhood in Hamilton county, this state. Reuben Elliott was born in North Carolina, of Scottish stock, his American ancestor having been one of two brothers Elliott who came to this country in colonial days, one of these brothers locating in North Carolina and the other in Pennsylvania. Reared on the home farm in Grant county, William S. Elliott was living there when the Civil war broke out. At the age of eighteen he enlisted his services in behalf of the Union and went to the front as a private in Company C of the 89th regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, with which command he served for four years or until the end of the war. Following his marriage he settled on a farm in the Fairmount neighborhood and there remained until his retirement and removal to Fairmount, where he is now living. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic and an active Republican and for about twelve years served-as a member of the board of county commissioners for Grant county. His wife died on June 11, 1921. They were the parents of eleven children, all of whom are living. Edward E. Elliott was reared on the home farm in Grant county, receiving his schooling in the neighborhood schools, and remained at home until he had attained his majority, when he became engaged in the saw-milling business in Grant county and was thus engaged for about four years or until his mill was destroyed by fire, when he took up the grain business at Radley and in time became the manager of a string of elevators. In 1903 he moved to Muncie to take charge of the general office of this grain concern, which had been established there, and he since has been engaged in the grain -business in this city, treasurer and general manager of the Woodbury-Elliott Grain Company, with offices at 111 South High street. This concern now operates four grain elevators, and since 1910 also has been operating in the general wholesale and retail seed trade. Mr. Elliott was one of the organizers of the Citizens Finance Association of Muncie and is a member of the board of directors of that body. He is a Republican and in 1921 was elected a member of the city council and in the first year of his service in that body served as president of the council. He and his wife are affiliated with the Friends church. It was on October 9, 1891, that Edward E. Elliott was united in marriage to Clementina Moon, who also was born in Grant county, daughter of William B. and Hester Ellen (McCombs) Moon, and to this union three children have been born, Glenna Elizabeth, William Edward and Alice Lucile, the two latter of whom still are in school. Glenna Elizabeth Elliott was graduated from the Muncie high school in 1913 and then took a course in Earlham College. She married Dr. Craig D. Butler, a Chicago physician who specializes in the treatment of the diseases of children, and has three children, Robert Elliott, William Craig and John Edward.

ROSS BOONE, proprietor of the Ross Boone Electrical Shop at 311 East Main street, Muncie, has been engaged in that business at Muncie for nearly a quarter of a century and is thus one of the best established electrical supply men in eastern Indiana. Mr. Boone was born on a farm in the immediate vicinity of Winchester, in the neighboring county of Randolph, in 1870, and is a son of Joseph and Mary (Jones) Boone, both members of old families in that county. Reared on the home farm in Randolph county, Ross Boone received his schooling in the Winchester schools and early became employed as a carpenter. In September, 1892, he came to Muncie and followed this trade until in 1900, when he became definitely engaged in electrical construction work at Muncie, a business he ever since has followed, with his present establishment at 311 East Main street, where he is admirably equipped for giving full attention to all calls in this line. During the many years in which he has been engaged in electrical construction at Muncie, Mr. Boone has taken care of some of the largest contracts along that line called for in the city, among his electrical equipment installations having been those put in the postoffice building, the McNaughton block, the Vatet (Western Reserve Life) block, the junior high school building and others of similar magnitude. Mr. Boone is a Freemason and is also affiliated with the local lodges of the Knights of Pythias and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Ross Boone married Elizabeth Laugering, daughter of Henry Laugering, of Muncie, and has two children, a son, Merrill K., and a daughter, Mildred E. During the time of this country's participation in the World war Merrill K. Boone rendered service as a soldier in the Engineering Corps. The Boones reside at 31114 East Main street.

PHILIP STAUF, an old established plumber at Muncie, has been a resident of that city since 1888, the year in which the development of the city following the opening of the gas field hereabout was begun, and has thus been a contributing factor in the growth of the city during all of what may be regarded as its period of "modern" development. Mr. Stauf was born in the city of New York on June 4, 1867, a son of Frederick and Elizabeth (Miller) Stauf, and was reared in that city. He early learned the plumber's trade and worked at that trade in New York until he had attained his majority, when, in 1888, he came to Indiana, attracted by the possibilities then opening out in consequence of the opening of the natural gas field, and located at Muncie, where he ever since has resided. At the time Mr. Stauf located at Muncie there was an urgent call for plumbers, for the city began then to grow rapidly, and it was not long until he found himself well established in business in the general plumbing line, a business which he ever since has successfully maintained, with his present well equipped establishment at 215 West Main street, where he is prepared to take care of all calls made in his line. Mr. Stauf is a member of the Muncie Chamber of Commerce and also is affiliated with the local lodges of the Knights of Pythias and of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. In 1891 Philip Stauf married Sadie Bishop, daughter of Joshua Bishop, of Portland, Ind., and he and his wife have one child, a daughter, Mildred, who married Hubert L. Parkinson, a Muncie newspaper man, and has one child, a son, Robert P. Parkinson. The Staufs reside at 725 West Charles street. LORING W. MELLETTE, a member of the bar of the Delaware circuit court and district representative for the Bradstreet commercial agency, was born on a farm in the immediate vicinity of Springport, down over the line in the neighboring county of Henry, January 1, 1871, and his youth was spent in the household of James T. Hickman at Springport.. Mr. Mellette completed his public schooling at Springport and early began teaching school. He later entered Indiana University, where he gave his special attention to the study of law, and in 1900 was graduated from that institution with the degree of LL. B. Upon leaving the university Mr. Mellette became engaged in the practice of law in Madison county and was there thus engaged when this country took a hand in the World war in 1917. He offered his services in this behalf and became employed in clerical work for the government in connection with the great Muscle Shoals power project in Alabama, continuing thus employed until after the close of the war. In 1922 Mr. Mellette moved with his family to Muncie and here opened an office for the practice of law and has since then been thus engaged, with offices at 605 the Wysor building, where he also carries on his operations as district representative and reporter for the Bradstreet commercial agency. Mr. Mellette is a Republican, is a member of the college fraternities Sigma Nu and Phi Delta Phi and he and his wife are members of the Presbyterian church. It was in 1890, at Springport, that Loring W. Mellette was united in marriage to Margaret Reed, of that place, the two having been schoolmates at Springport, and to this union two children have been born, a daughter, Lucille, who now is teaching school at Springport, and a son, Waldo R. Mellette. Mrs. Mellette was born at Springport, a daughter of John M. and Ankah B. (Beavers) Reed, and for some time both before and after her marriage was engaged as a teacher in the public schools, both she and her husband continuing their teaching service in Madison county for some time after their marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Meliette reside at the Braun hotel. BENJAMIN N. CAMPBELL, president of the Campbell Ice Cream and Milk Company of Muncie, a concern which has been in operation for nearly twenty years, and formerly and for years engaged in the drug business at Muncie, is a native Hoosier and has been a resident of Muncie for more than thirty years. Mr. Campbell was born in the village of Mt. Tabor in Monroe county, Indiana, December 1, 1871, and is a son of John and Mary Elizabeth (Gentry) Campbell, the latter of whom also was born in Indiana, a member of the pioneer Gentry family which has many connections in the lower part of the state. Her father, Lemuel Gentry, served for some time as treasurer of Monroe county. The late John Campbell, a veteran of the Civil war, was born in Preble county, Ohio, a member of one of the pioneer families of western Ohio, and in his youth became a resident of Indiana, where he was living when the Civil war broke out. He enlisted his services in behalf of the cause of the Union and went to the front with Company B of the 67th regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, with which command. he served until the end of the war and was mustered out with the rank of captain. Upon the completion of his military service Captain Campbell returned to Indiana, presently established his home on a farm in Monroe county and there spent the remainder of his life, his death occurring in 1880. To him and his wife were born twelve children, eight of whom grew to maturity, those beside the subject of this sketch being Cynthia, Sarah Alice, Magnolia, Myrtle, Cora, Grant and David P., the latter of whom, now deceased, became the organizer of the Campbell Ice Cream and Milk Company of Muncie. Benjamin N. Campbell was about 8 years of age when his father died and he then went with his mother to Gosport, in the adjoining county of Owen, and in due time was graduated from the high school there. Until he was twenty-one years of age he worked with his brother in a grocery store at Gosport and then went to Martinsville, where he was employed in a grocery for a short time, or until in 1893, when he rejoined his brother, David P. Campbell, who meanwhile had become engaged in the drug business at Muncie, and he ever since has been a resident of Muncie. The drug firm of D. P. Campbell & Bro., continued in business at Muncie until the death of David P. Campbell in 1919 and the business thereafter was carried on by the surviving partner, Benjamin N. Campbell, until in the spring of 1921, when he sold the drug store in order to give his undivided attention to the expanding business of the Campbell Ice Cream and Milk Company, which years before he and his brother had organized, David P. Campbell giving his chief attention to that concern and Benjamin N. Campbell taking charge of the drug store. It was in September, 1905, that the Campbells established this ice cream and milk business, starting in a small way with a view chiefly to the needs of their own ice cream trade. It was not long until there came a demand for their products that necessitated expansion and their first plant at the corner of Walnut and Willard streets long ago was supplanted by their present commodious and well equipped plant at 1500 South Walnut street. This plant, which includes an ample refrigerating plant, now is operating with a capacity of 100,000 gallons of ice cream a year and as a milk station handles, retail and wholesale, 1,000 gallons of milk a day. The demand for the Campbell ice cream has created a market for that product covering a large area throughout Indiana and over in western Ohio. Further reference to this important manufacturing concern is made elsewhere in this work. In 1908 Benjamin N. Campbell was united in marriage to Josephine Maddox, daughter of Collins Maddox, of Mt. Sterling, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Campbell is a 32 degree Mason, is also affiliated with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Loyal Order of Moose and is a Democrat.

MRS. HARRIET MARSH JOHNSTON, widow of John R. Johnston, who at the time of his death was employed as deputy county auditor, and a daughter of John Marsh who for more than thirty years during the earlier stages of Muncie's development was a leading figure in the banking interests of that city, has for more than twenty-five years been engaged in the insurance business in Muncie and thus may be regarded as a pioneer in the movement which of late years has given woman so important a part in the business activities of that city, a movement which in many ways she has done much to promote locally. Mrs. Johnston was born at Muncie, October 25, 1860, and is a daughter of John and Mary (Mitchell) Marsh, both of whom were born in Preble county, Ohio, members of pioneer families of that county, and whose last days were spent in Muncie, of which place they had become residents back in its village days before the Civil war. John Marsh was born on August 22, 1811, and was a son of Timothy and Mary (Clawson) Marsh, the latter of whom.

was born near the mouth of the Little Miami on August 22, 1787, a daughter of John Clawson, a soldier of the Revolution from New Jersey, and tradition has it that she was the first white child born in that section of what afterward became the state of Ohio. She lived to be past ninety years of age and died at the home of one of her sons in Fulton county, Indiana, in September, 1877. Timothy Marsh was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, and was a member of an old Colonial family, his ancestor, Samuel Marsh, the founder of the family in this country, having settled there upon his arrival from England as early as 1632. Reared on a pioneer farm in Preble county, John Marsh at the age of eighteen was apprenticed to a hatter at Eaton, the county seat and his neighboring town, and upon acquiring his trade began working in the neighboring village of Camden and presently became engaged in business there on his own account. During the '40s he was elected treasurer of Preble county and by re-election served in that office for six years. When the Eaton branch of the bank of the State of Ohio was established he became a stockholder in that enterprise and was elected a director of the same, later becoming interested in the bank at Cambridge City, Ind., this being the beginning of his long banking career. In October, 1856, he was called to Muncie to take charge of the Muncie branch of the State Bank of Indiana, which had been organized in the summer of that year, and when this bank was nationalized as the Muncie National Bank in 1865 he became cashier of the latter institution and so continued until his retirement in 1874, this step being necessitated by failing health. After a season of travel he found himself recuperated physically and when the Citizens National Bank of Muncie was opened in November of that year (1874) he was elected cashier of the new institution and in this position continued in the banking business until his death on January 9, 1887. John Marsh exerted a wide influence in the commercial and social life of Muncie in his generation and at his passing left a good memory. As one of his friends said at the time: "Nothing too good could be said of John Marsh, and those who knew him would heartily endorse any words of eulogy that might be written of him." From the time of his joining the church in 1854 he was an active force in the councils of the Methodist Episcopal church and ever took a helpful part in promoting movements for the common good during the period of his residence in Muncie. When the second (Muncie) lodge of Freemasons was organized in Muncie he was elected treasurer of that body and was retained in this office until his death. He also was a member of the local commandery of the Knights Templar. From the time of its organization he was a strong supporter of the Republican party. John Marsh was thrice married. On May 25, 1835, he was united in marriage to Margaret Mitchell, who died at Eaton in 1849, leaving four children, Henry C., Mary J., Lucy and Phoebe. In 1850 he married Mary A. Simpson, who died in 1854, without issue, and on August 29, 1854, he married Mrs. Mary (Mitchell) Mutchner, who also was born in Preble county, February 2, 1823, and who died at Muncie on December 18, 1899, thus surviving her husband more than twelve years. To this latter union were born four children, William M., Charles C., of the United States navy, Harriet M. and John R. Marsh. Reared at Muncie, Harriet M. Marsh was graduated from the high school in 1878, when seventeen years of age. She supplemented her local musical schooling by a course in the Cincinnati Musical College and for a number of years served as organist in the Methodist Episcopal church. On October 11, 1881, she married John R. Johnston, who died in 1885, leaving her with a son, Robert Marsh Johnston, then under two years of age. John R. Johnston was born at Indianapolis on October 11, 1857, and his business career was begun with his father in the wholesale drug trade in that city. After coming to Muncie he was for some years employed as deputy county recorder and was occupying that position at the time of his death. Following her husband's death, Mrs. Johnston became employed as an assistant teller in her father's bank and was thus engaged until in 1897, when she became engaged in business on her own account, opening a local insurance agency, and has ever since been thus engaged, with present offices at 2 the Patterson block. It is not improper to say that she found this new field a pleasant one as well as a successful one and that under her painstaking direction her agency has expanded until now she is the local representative of no fewer than twelve insurance companies and is recognized as one of the leaders in that line in the city, which speaks well for woman's activities in business. Mrs. Johnston is a member of the Episcopal church, as was her husband, and is a Republican, as was he. During the time of this country's participation in the World war she rendered much real service in promoting local "drives" for the raising of funds and in promoting the activities of the local chapter of the American Red Cross, of which she has served as vice president. She is the present president of the local Young Women's Christian Association, whose interests she has for years actively fostered and has done much toward establishing the generous fund which has been created with a view presently to giving this growing and useful association adequate and permanent quarters in Muncie. She also is vice president of the Muncie Art Association, one of the active directors of the affairs of the Muncie Business Women's Club, and a member of the local Tuberculois Association and such like organizations of a social service character. Despite her busy life since her widowhood, Mrs. Johnston has found time for the cultivation of her inherent interest in good citizenship, literature and art and has twice visited Europe and also has toured the oriental countries of China and Japan. Mrs. Johnston's son, Robert Marsh Johnston, was born at Muncie on August 22, 1883. Upon completing the course in the local schools he entered Cornell University, where he was schooled for the profession of mechanical and civil engineering, and is now employed on the staff of the Jeffrey-DeWitt Insulator Company of Huntington, W. Va. He is the inventor of a process for the more effective insulation of high-tension wires which is now being used and manufactured by the Jeffrey-Dewitt Insulator Company. He married Marguerite Hurst, of Mansfield, Ohio, and has one daughter, Helen, now nine years old.

KENNETH ALBERTUS SPURGEON, general manager and a member of the directorate of the Muncie Gear Company of Muncie, was born in that city and has resided there all his life. Mr. Spurgeon was born on November 14, 1889, and is a son of Dr. William A. and Minerva A. (Whitney) Spurgeon, the latter of whom also was born in Delaware county, daughter of Lafayette Whitney. Dr. William A. Spurgeon, president of the company operating the Muncie Gear Works and a physician of more than forty years standing in Muncie, was born at Salem, Ind., February 1, 1852, and is a son of Wiley and Mary F. (McKinney) Spurgeon, the latter of whom was a daughter of James A. McKinney, a Tennesseean, who had located in the Salem settlement in 1811, five years before Indiana was admitted to statehood. Wiley Spurgeon was a son of Josiah Spurgeon, a North Carolinan, who also entered the Salem settlement in 1811, the Spurgeons and the McKinneys thus being numbered among the real pioneer families of Indiana. Wiley Spurgeon was a soldier under General Taylor during the time of the Mexican war. Doctor Spurgeon was graduated from the Physio-Medical College of Indiana in 1875 and 'was in practice at Bedford, Ind., and Indianapolis until in 1880, when he located at Muncie, where he ever since has been engaged in practice, one of the real veterans of the medical profession in eastern Indiana. Kenneth A. Spurgeon was reared at Muncie and supple- mented the schooling received in the schools of that city by a course in Wabash College at Crawfordsville. Upon his return from college he became connected with the operations of the Muncie Gear Works, of which company his father meanwhile had become president, and made himself thoroughly familiar with all details of this operation, presently being made a member of the board of directors of the company, and since 1917 also has been the general manager of the concern's operations. The Muncie Gear Works, a well equipped manufacturing plant at Wysor and Vine streets, was established in Muncie about the year 1908, having first been known as the High Wheel Auto Parts Company. On March 10, 1910, the Muncie Gear Works was incorporated with a capitalization of $250,000, bought the plant of the auto parts company and started in on an up-to-date basis to manufacture transmissions and clutches, which since has been its specialty, a wide market having been created for its products. H. L. Warner was the first president of the company operating this plant. He was succeeded by T. W. Warner, who in turn was succeeded by the present president, Dr. William A. Spurgeon, whose son Kenneth is the general manager. The present capitalization of this company is $300,000 and about 150 persons are employed in the plant. In 1912, at Anderson, Ind., Kenneth A. Spurgeon was united in marriage to Marybelle Hill and to this union have been born three children, Mildred, Susanne and William. Mr. and Mrs. Spurgeon are members of the Christian Church and Mr. Spurgeon is a member of the local lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. The Spurgeons reside at 727 Wheeling avenue. ALBERT E. NEEDHAM, a member of the bar of the Delaware circuit court, with residence and offices at Muncie, a former prosecutor for Delaware county and for years an active factor in local affairs, is a native son of Delaware county and with the exception of a brief period of residence at Tulsa, Okla., some years ago, has been a resident of this county all his life. Mr. Needham was born on a farm in Salem township on April 8, 1873, and is a son of John and Mary C. (Chiles) Needham, both of whom were born in Preble county, Ohio, and the latter of whom is still living, now past seventyfive years of age. The late John Needham, who for many years was a well known resident of this county, was a son of James and Lydia

(Henderson) Needham, the latter of whom was born in Ireland and had come to this country with her parents when she was but a child. James Needham was born in Pittsburg, Pa., of Irish lineage, and after his marriage settled in Preble county, Ohio. John Needham was reared in that county and was living there when the Civil war broke out. At the age of sixteen years he succeeded in passing muster for enlistment in behalf of the cause of the Union and went to the front as a member of the 134th regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, with which command he served until the end of the war. Upon the completion of his military service he located in Delaware county and after his marriage became engaged in farming in Salem township. He later moved to Muncie and the last twenty-five years of his life were spent in that city, where he was engaged as a building contractor, his death occurring there in December, 1921, he then being seventy-nine years of age. He was a Republican and a member of the local post of the Grand Army of the Republic and was a member of the Christian church, as is his widow. Mrs. Needham in her younger days was a teacher in the schools of this county and for some time after her marriage continued in that profession. She is a daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Yost) Chiles, both of whom were born in Preble county, Ohio, members of real pioneer families of that county, and who became residents of Delaware county when she was a girl, so that by far the greater part of her life has been spent in this county. To John and Mary C. (Chiles) Needham were born five children, the subject of this sketch having four sisters, Emma B., Margaret E., Frances R. and Josephine C. Reared on the home farm in Salem township, Albert E. Needham received his early schooling in the local district school in the neighborhood of his home and as a young man became engaged in teaching in the district schools of the county, a vocation he followed for five years. Meantime he took a course in the Indiana State Normal School at Terre Haute and followed studies preparatory to taking up the profession of the law. These studies he completed under the preceptorship of Joseph G:. Leffler at Muncie, and in 1896 was admitted to the bar and entered - upon practice in association with Judge Leffler and Walter L. Ball, an association that was continued for fifteen years. In 1904 Mr. Needham was elected prosecuting attorney for this judicial circuit and served in that capacity for two years. Something more than ten years ago he became attracted to the possibilities that seemed to be opening at Tulsa, Okla., and went out there, but after a brief residence at that place properly decided that Muncie was much the better town of the two and returned here and resumed practice and has since been thus engaged, with present offices at 11914 East Main street. Mr. Needham is a Republican, a Royal Arch Mason, a member of the local lodge of the Knights of Pythias and of the local post of the Sons of Veterans. In 1898 Albert E. Needham was united in marriage to Lola J. Harrington, of Muncie, and to this union one child has been born, a son, John T. Needham.

EDWARD B. WILSON, a member of the Keller Company, clothing dealers at Muncie, and vice president of that company, has been connected with this concern since the days of his youth and is thus one of the best known clothing men in Delaware county. Mr. Wilson is a member of one of the old families of this region. He was born at Muncie in 1876 and is a son of Samuel Ambrose and Kate (Hoover) Wilson, the latter of whom was born at Newcastle, Ind. The late Samuel Ambrose Wilson, a veteran of the Civil war, was born at Eaton, Ohio, and was but a lad when he came to Muncie in 1857 with his parents, Samuel P. Wilson and wife, Elizabeth Q. Wilson, the latter of whom lived to be eighty-nine years of age, her death occurring at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. W. Burson, in 1890. Samuel P. Wilson, a soldier of the War of 1812, was a Virginian, born in 1794, who in the days of his young manhood became a pioneer in Ohio. He lived to be eighty years of age, his death occurring at Muncie in 1874. He and his wife had five children, two sons and three daughters. The other son was Capt. Luther B. Wilson, an officer of the 19th regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry. The elder daughter, Mary E., married John W. Burson at Eaton in 1851. It was in 1856 that Burson came to Muncie and organized the Muncie branch of the Bank of the State of Indiana, as is set out elsewhere in this work, and in the following year the Wilsons followed and established their home in Muncie. It was thus that Samuel Ambrose Wilson was living here when the Civil war broke out. Though but fifteen years of age he got into the service as a drummer boy in the 19th Indiana volunteer regiment and served until mustered out. He later became employed in the bank of his brother-in-law, John W. Burson, the old branch bank which was converted into the Muncie National Bank, northwest corner of Walnut and Washington streets, and upon the death of Mr. Burson in 1871 he was made cashier of that bank. When the natural gas "boom" came on here in the late '°80s Mr. Wilson took an active part in the local development work thus entailed and was the vice president of the first commercial club organized at Muncie, the old Board of Trade, in 1887. He also was one of the organizers of the original water works company in Muncie and in other ways did his part as one of the town "boosters"? when affairs here began to move along modern lines. To him and his wife were born three children, of whom the subject of this sketch was the second in order of birth, the others being Nadine, wife of Channing Ward, and John Wilson (deceased). Reared at Muncie, Edward B. Wilson received his schooling in the local schools and upon leaving high school entered the Keller clothing store as a "cash" boy and started in to learn the business in all its departments. He ever since has been connected with that store, 320-24 South Walnut street, and has gone on up in the service until now he is part owner of the store, a member of the Keller Company, and vice president of the same, this company conducting one of the largest retail clothing stores in eastern Indiana. Mr. Wilson is a Freemason and is also affiliated with the local lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. In 1901 Edward B. Wilson was united in marriage to Lillian Schaufelberger, daughter of John and Mary Schaufelberger, of Muncie, and to this union two children have been born, Channing and Mary, the former of whom is now a student in the university at Richmond, Va. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson are members of the Presbyterian church. They reside at 804 West Charles street.

WILDIE L. MAITLEN, proprietor of the iron works in North High street, Muncie, which bears his name, was born in Muncie and has lived there all his life, a worker in iron since the days of his boyhood. Mr. Maitlen was born in the year 1865 and is a son of Coleman and Angeline (Higman) Maitlen, the former of whom, in his generation, was one of the best known men in Delaware county. Coleman Maitlen was born in Greene county, Ohio, and after his marriage established his home in Muncie, where he became engaged as a blacksmith and skilled worker in iron. Three times Coleman Maitlen was elected sheriff of Delaware county and thus served three terms in that office, this service covering the years 1873-74 and 1885-89. He and his wife had six children, those besides the subject of this sketch being Mrs. Dr. William Lynch, George C., Anna, Mark L. and Carlton W. Reared at Muncie, Wildie L. Maitlen has been a witness to the development of the industrial interests of that city from the days back in the '70s when it began to "pick up a bit," and from the days of his boyhood has been a part of that development. Upon leaving school he entered his father's blacksmith shop and was there well trained in iron working. In 1906 he became a partner of David Miller in the operations of the iron works which now bears his name and in 1909 succeeded to sole ownership of that establishment, which he since has carried on, and now has a well equipped plant at 400 North High street, where his specialty is the manufacture of ornamental iron work for structural purposes. The character of his work is its own best advertisement of the product of this plant and the Maitlen Iron Works has a well established reputation in the building trades. Wildie L. Maitlen married Eva M. Zearbaugh, daughter of John Zearbaugh, and to this union two children were born, Edward H.'and Elgie (deceased). Edward H. Maitlen, a veteran of the World war, studied in the University of Chicago and is an artist. Mr. Maitlen is a Freemason. He and his family reside at 710 West Powers street.

T. F. FITZGIBBON, superintendent of the Muncie city schools, a member of the board of trustees of Hanover College and a member of the board of trustees of the state school for feeble minded youth, has been engaged in educational service in Indiana since the days of his youth, he having begun as a teacher while still in his "teens." Mr. Fitzgibbon was born in the village of Fort Ritner, in Lawrence county, Indiana, July 22, 1861, and is a son of Michael and Anna (Ryan) Fitzgibbon, both of whom were born in Ireland and who were married in New Orleans. Michael Fitzgibbon was a bridge carpenter and not long after his marriage came to Indiana and became a foreman of bridge construction on railroads that then were being constructed throughout southern Indiana. He died in 1867 leaving his widow with four sons, the subject of this sketch having had three brothers, David, John and Edward, of whom the first named is still living. His mother died in July, 1921, at the age of eightyseven years. T. F. Fitzgibbon was but six years of age when his father died. Just prior to that time his father had moved with his family to a farm in Jackson county and it was on this farm that he grew to manhood, receiving his early schooling in the district schools of Carr township, that county. This he supplemented by two years of attendance on the high school at Leesville, over the line in the neighboring county of Lawrence, riding horseback the six miles to this school. He then began teaching school in the district schools of his home township and was thus engaged for six winters, meantime keeping up his work on the farm during the summers, and then, in 1886, entered the Indiana State Normal School at Terre Haute and attended that institution continuously for four years, being the first pupil of the state normal school to finish the four-year course. Upon leaving the state normal Mr. Fitzgibbon was elected superintendent of schools at Elwood and continued to serve in that capacity for eleven years, at the end of which time he was called to the superintendency of the Columbus (Ind.) schools, where he served for seventeen years, or until called to the superintendency of the Muncie city schools in 1918. During the years 1896-7 while serving at Elwood Mr. Fitzgibbon was given leave of absence to extend his studies at Indiana University and in 1897 was given his Bachelor degree by that institution. In 1910 he took a post-graduate course in the University of Chicago. During the years 1912-13 he served as a member of the Indiana Industrial and Agricultural Education Commission, which commission prepared the bill upon which the present Indiana vocational education law is based and which was passed by the legislature in 1913. For fifteen years Mr. Fitzgibbon has been a member of the board of trustees of Hanover College. He also is a member of the board of trustees of the state school for feeble minded youth at Ft. Wayne and for the past three years and more has been a member of the state committee on mental defectives, this committee operating under a law enacted by the Legislature in 1912. Heis a Democrat and a Freemason of thirty years standing and has attained to the York Rite (Knights Templar) in that ancient order. In 1891 T. F. Fitzgibbon was united in marriage to Frances A. Moore, of Lebanon, Ind., and to this union two sons have been born, Paul V. and Russell, the latter of whom is now a senior in Hanover College and editor of the college paper. Paul V. Fitzgibbon was graduated from Hanover and is now assistant city editor of the Muncie Morning Star. Mr. and Mrs. Fitzgibbon are members of the First Presbyterian church. For thirty-two years Mr. Fitzgibbon has been a member of the Presbyterian church, for many years an elder of the church, and is now a member of the session of First church. The Fitzgibbons reside at 47 Orchard Place. HARRY W. MICHAKEL, druggist at Muncie and one of the active figures in the civic affairs of that city, a former member of the common council and former controller of the city, has been a resident of Muncie about ten years. Mr. Michael was born at Logansport, Ind., in 1890, and is a son of John W. and Rosa (Wise) Michael. Reared at Logansport, he received his schooling in the schools of that city and early became interested in the profession of pharmacy. He took the course in the National Institute of Pharmacy at Chicago and in 1914 came to Muncie, establishing here in December of that year his first drug store in the city, at 905 East Willard street. Not long afterward he established a second store, at 327 Olin avenue, and carried on these two establishments until early in 1922, when he concentrated his business in an up-town store, opening his present establishment at 121 South Walnut street on February 22 of that year, and has since been engaged in business at that number, proprietor of one of the leading drug stores in the city. Mr. Michael is a Democrat and ever since he became a resident of Muncie has taken an active interest in local civic affairs. He served as a member of the city council, later served for four years as a member of the board of works and also for one term served as city controller, this latter term being for two years, 1920 and 1921. Mr. Michael is a member of the local lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He married Lois Austin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Orville Austin. CLIFFORD R. HILTY, general building contractor and dealer in real estate and insurance at Muncie, was born at Apollo, Pa., July 27, 1886, and is a son of David L. and Leah (Humphrey) Hilty, both also natives of Pennsylvania, who were former residents of Muncie but who now are living at Parkersburg, W. Va. David L. Hilty is a sheet steel roller and has been connected with the steel mill industries since the days of his young manhood. In 1893 he came to Muncie with his family from Pennsylvania and was here employed for about ten years, or until 1902, when he moved to Chicago. Three years later he returned to Muncie, remaining here until in 1907, when he moved to Parkersburg, where he now resides. Clifford L. Hilty was nine years of age when his parents moved to Muncie and was sixteen when the family moved to Chicago. He was graduated from the East Chicago high school and then became employed in the postoffice there, presently being made deputy postmaster, a position he occupied for three years or until the return of the family to Muncie in 1905. In the next year, 1906, he became employed in the office of the John J. Hartley Agency, real estate and insurance, at Muncie, and was thus engaged until in 1911, when he acquired a half interest in that concern and was made secretarytreasurer of the same. For ten years Mr. Hilty remained thus connected and then in January, 1922, he sold his interest in the agency and became engaged in business in his own behalf with offices over the Columbia Theater, undertaking a general real estate and insurance line and building contracting, the latter line being his specialty. As an index of the success which Mr. Hilty has had in this line, it may be said that in the first year of his operations he turned out no fewer than twenty-four building jobs, these ranging in price from $2,000 to $12,000, and that he finds his business continually growing. Mr. Hiity is a member of the Exchange Club, the Muncie Real Estate Board and the local Fire Insurance Board, is a Freemason and a member of the local lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and he and his wife are members of the High Street Methodist

Episcopal church. In 1912 Clifford R. Hilty was united in marriage to Mary Ellen Adams, daughter of Harry C. and Neva (Brown) Adams, of Muncie, and to this union have been born five children, namely: John Allen, who died in 1921 at the age of eight years; Robert Parker, who died in infancy; James Clifton, born in 1918; Leah Louise, 1920, and Mary Jane.

FRANK E. ALLEN, principal of the Muncie high school and widely known in educational circles throughout this section of Indiana, was born at Summitville, in the neighboring county of Madison, March 11, 1891, and is a son of Alonzo and Almira Jane (Sheets) Allen, both of whom also were born in Indiana and the latter of whom is living. The late Alonzo Allen was reared a farmer and for some time followed that vocation but later became engaged in the mercantile business at Summitville and was thus engaged for many years, or until his death in 1906. Of the children born to him and his wife but two survive, the subject of this sketch having a brother, Ralph E. Allen, who is superintendent of the public schools at Ligonier, Ind. Reared at Summitville, Frank E. Allen attended the high school there and later (in 1910) was graduated from the Randolph county consolidated high school. He supplemented this schooling by a term in the normal school of Manchester College and then began teaching school. For four years he was thus engaged in Randolph county, the last year of this service being spent as principal of one of the county's consolidated schools, meanwhile attending Indiana University, and in 1916 was graduated from this latter institution with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. In 1924 Mr. Allen received his Master degree from the state university. In the fall of 1916 Mr. Allen was made teacher of mathematics in the high school at Mt. Vernon and in the next year was called to the Newcastle high school as head of the department of mathematics and also was made athletic coach. Two years later he was elected principal of the Newcastle high school and he occupied that position for two years, or until in 1921 when he was appointed principal of the Muncie high school, the position he now occupies, and in which he has very definitely impressed himself upon the activities of this institution in which the people of Muncie take a very proper pride. Mr. Allen isa Scottish Rite (32°) Mason and he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Frank E. Allen married Helen A. Dykes, of Middletown, Ind., and he and his wife reside at 210 East Washington street.

EDWIN STANTON JANNEY, general manager of the Thomas Upholstered Furniture Company of Muncie, is a member of one of the old families of Delaware county, both of his parents having been born here, of substantial pioneer stock. Mr. Janney was born on a farm in Washington township, in the house in which his father aiso was born, April 26, 1879, and is a son of William T. and Hannah Et (McCreery) Janney, the latter of whom also was born in this county, in the New Corner (Gaston) neighborhood, daughter of Thomas and Catherine (Brown) McCreery, the former of whom was born in Carroll county, Ohio, in 1826, and was twelve years of age when he came into Indiana with his parents, Samuel and Elizabeth McCreery, the family settling on a tract of land just south of the present village of Gaston in this county and becoming useful and influential pioneers of that neighborhood, as is set out elsewhere in this work. William T. Janney, a former member of the board of county commissioners of Delaware county, now residing in Muncie, was born on April 17, 1849, and is a son of Joseph and Sarah (Hayden) Janney, the latter of whom was born in Pennsylvania on March 1, 1812, and who died in this county on January 19, 1890. Joseph Janney was born in Stark county, Ohio, November 21, 1811, a son of Amos Janney, a Virginian, who in 1837 moved with his family over into - Indiana and settled in Washington township, this county. Joseph Janney established his home in that township and developed a good farm in the then wilderness, and there he spent the remainder of his life, his death occuring on November 19, 1876. To him and his wife were born seven children, four sons and three daughters, so that the Janney connection of this family in the present generation is a considerable one. One of these sons, John H. Janney, served as a soldier of the Union during the Civil war, a member of Company B, 36th regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, was wounded at the battle of Atlanta and taken prisoner by the enemy, suffermg thereafter seven months of imprisonment in the horrid rebel prison pen at Andersonville, and then on his return home at the close of the war fell a victim to the explosion of the ill-fated "Sultana," April 27, 1865. William T. Janney grew up on the home farm in Washington township, finished his schooling in the Muncie schools and after his marriage, June 19, 1873, established his home on the old home farm and there carried on his farming operations for twenty years or until in 1893, when he retired from the farm and moved to Muncie, where he since has made his home, now residing at 500 East Washington street. Upon coming to Muncie Mr. Janney became engaged in the agricultural implement business and was thus engaged until his election in 1908 to the office of county commissioner, a position of public trust he held for six years. Of the nine children born to William T. and Hannah E. (McCreery) Janney six are still living, the subject of this sketch having three sisters, Florence E., Beulah M. and Ada, and two brothers, Carlton R. and Lester Janney, the latter of whom is county surveyor. Edwin Stanton Janney was fourteen years of age when his parents moved to Muncie in 1893 and he was graduated from the Muncie high school in 1898. Upon leaving school he became connected with the operations of the Ball Bros. Glass Manufacturing Company at Muncie and was thus connected for something more than seven years, at the end of which time he transferred his connection to the offices of the Warner Manufacturing Company at Toledo, Ohio, as secretary-treasurer of that company, and was thus connected until in 1918 when he became connected with the Toledo Standard Commutator Company. Two years later, in 1920 Mr. Janney returned to Muncie and later took up his present connection with the operations of the Thomas Upholstered Furniture Company and has since been thus engaged, general manager of the company's affairs, with offices and plant at 2627 South Walnut street. Mr. Janney is a Republican and is a Scottish Rite and Royal Arch Mason, and is also an active member of the Muncie Exchange Club. On June 25, 1902, Edwin Stanton Janney was united in marriage to Gertrude L. Younce, who was born at Hartford City, Ind., daughter of Joseph and Sarah A. (Hyland) Younce. Mr. and Mrs. Janney are members of the First Baptist church. They reside at 310 McCulloch boulevard.

SAMUEL R. GIBSON, one of the proprietors of the old established St. John Cigar Store at 123 East Main street, Muncie, is a native son of Delaware county, a member of one of the pioneer families here, and has resided in this county all his life, a resident of Muncie for more than forty years. Mr. Gibson was born on a farm in Center township, north of Muncie, June 1, 1868, and is a son of George and Eliza J. (Harter) Gibson, both of whom also were born in this county. George Gibson, a member of the pioneer Gibson family of this county, was for many years a farmer in Monroe township and after his retirement from the farm made his home in Muncie. Samuel R. Gibson grew up on the home farm and received his schooling in the neighborhood schools in Monroe and Hamilton townships. When he was about eighteen years of age he left the farm and came to Muncie. He worked for George Davis for six years and then he began working as a clerk in the A. W. St. John cigar store at Muncie and ever since has been connected with that business, having had a proprietary interest in the business for years. When Mr. St. John died in 1905 the business was continued under the ownership and direction of A. M. Kilgore, Fred and Walter Bartlett and Samuel R. Gibson and was so continued until the withdrawal of the Bartletts, since which time the business has been carried on by Mr. Kilgore and Mr. Gibson, with a well-equipped store at 123 East Main street, one of the oldest established concerns of its kind in eastern Indiana. Mr. Gibson is a Republican and is affiliated with the local lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and with the Improved Order of Red Men. On August 21, 1897, Samuel R. Gibson was united in marriage to Flora B. Cory, who was born and reared in Muncie, daughter of Willard and Anna Cory, also members of pioneer families in this county. Mr. and Mrs. Gibson reside at 525 East Wysor street.

EVERETT NICHOLS, president of the Nichols Groceteria Company of Muncie, was born at Logansport, Ind., in 1884, and is a son of Frank D. and Alice (Dobson) Nichols, the former of whom was a railway conductor running out of that city on the Pennsylvania Lines. Reared at Logansport, Everett Nichols supplemented the schooling received in the high school by a course in the business college there and then became engaged in railroad work at Laotto in Noble county. Not long afterward he returned to Logansport and was for three or four years employed in the Pennsylvania railway shops in that city. He then (in 1906) went to California and became employed in the airbrakes department of the Southern Pacific shops at Los Angeles, and was thus employed for two years, or until in 1908, when he enlisted for service in the United States navy and thus served as a machinist in the navy for eight years. In 1916 Mr. Nichols came to Muncie and here became engaged in the grocery business at Howard and Council streets, later moving the stock to 120 East Main street. As this business expanded he promoted (in 1920) the organization of the Nichols Groceteria Company, which now owns and operates three grocery stores at Muncie, those besides the parent store on East Main street being well equipped stores at 1700 University avenue and at 217 South Walnut street. Mr. Nichols is president of this company. C. W. Robison is secretary and L. R. Wood is treasurer. Mr. Nichols is a Freemason. He married Gertrude Dustman, of Muncie, and he and his wife have one child, a daughter, Lonetta Joy. They reside at 705 Ashland avenue.

GLEN D. BROWN, director of vocational education in the Muncie city schools and a young school man of wide experience, ~ was born in Howard county, Indiana, April 3, 1891, and is a son of Grant and Delia Ellen (Stack) Brown, the latter of whom was born near the city of Kokomo in that same county. Grant Brown, who now is living retired in Miami county, this state, also was born in Howard county, a son of Jerome Brown, one of the pioneers of that county, and until his retirement was engaged in the general mercantile business. Glen D. Brown was graduated from the Greentown high school and then entered the Indiana State Normal School at Terre Haute, from which institution he was graduated in 1916. This schooling he later supplemented by a course of post-graduate work at Indiana University. Mr. Brown early devoted himself to the teaching profession and for several years was engaged in teaching in the grade schools of Miami county. He then was made principal of the high school at Deedsville, in Miami county, and then became principal of the West high school at Terre Haute. In the fall of 1917 Mr. Brown was called to Muncie as supervisor of industrial arts in the Muncie city schools and thus came into administrative touch with the work then being carried on here in that department of the schools in connection: with local activities related to this country's participation in the World war. He was made assistant director of industrial education in the schools and general director of students in preparation for entrance into the S. A. T. C. at Purdue University. During this period of war activity he also was the chairman of the Delaware County Junior Red Cross and in that capacity did much to extend the work of that helpful relief agency, giving practical direction to the work of his vocational classes in the manufacture of articles designed for the use of soldiers. In April, 1923, Mr. Brown succeeded Mr. Anthony as director of vocational education in the Muncie city schools and is now rendering service in that capacity, this department, in addition to the practical arts course in the day school, including one of the best systems of evening schools in the state. Mr. Brown is a member of the Muncie Chamber of Commerce and of the local Kiwanis Club, and is also a Knights Templar Mason, his work in Freemasonry carrying also into the capitular and cryptic degrees of that ancient order, the chapter of the Royal Arch Masons and the council of Royal and Select Masters. On December 24, 1916, Glen D. Brown was united in marriage to Suzette Willcutts, who was born at Greentown, Ind., daughter of William and Emma (Galloway) Willcutts, and to this union two children have been born, Mary Ellen and Glen David Brown, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Brown are members of the High Street Methodist Episcopal church. They reside at 812 West North street, Riverside. Both in his college work and during the time of his teaching experience Mr. Brown took an active part in athletics and since coming to Muncie he has been a member of the athletic board of control of Central high school, and is an active supporter of the work of the Young Men's Christian Association. As a member of the Indiana State Teachers Association he has served on various committees of that body having to do with industrial and vocational education. = WILLIAM F. EPPARDS, house mover and contractor for heavy hauling at Muncie, is a native of the old Blue Grass state but has been a resident of Indiana since the days of his boyhood and of Muncie for more than thirty years, having come here about the height of the gas "boom" back in the early '90s. Mr. Eppards was born in the city of Lexington, Ky., July 15, 1861, and was early orphaned, both of his parents dying when he was a small child. He then was taken into the home of his grandmother at Louisville and there remained until he was twelve years of age when he started out "on his own" to make a living. When eighteen years of age he went to Indianapolis and became engaged there as a gardener. In the spring of 1880 he began working there with the J. Q. Adams house-moving outfit and was thus engaged for ten years, or until in 1890, when he came to Muncie seeking advantage of the industrial stir being created here at that time by the opening of the natural gas field. Some years later he established himself in the house-moving and | heavy hauling business here'and has ever since been thus engaged, one of the most widely known contractors of this sort in eastern Indiana, his work as a house mover, rigger and handler of heavy machinery, smokestacks and the like being called for in a wide area throughout Indiana and Ohio, and indeed as far east as Atlantic City, he having a practical monopoly of the heavy hauling business in and about Muncie, for he has for years carried special equipment for that line of work. Of late years Mr. Eppards' son, Charles E. Eppards, has been associated with him in this business. Mr. Eppards is a Republican and is a 32° (Scottish Rite) Mason and a noble of the Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He also is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Loyal Order of Moose. William F. Eppards has been twice married. His first wife, Ange- line Harris, died leaving three children, Francis, Christina and William (deceased). By his second wife, Nettie Dellinger, Mr. Eppards has two children, Charles E. and Mary Emily. The Eppards reside 'at 2109 South Madison street. Charles E. Eppards, mentioned above as being associated with his father in business at Muncie, married Celia Pugh and has one child, a daughter, Muriel.

THOMAS A. YINGLING, who until recently and for thirty years had been engaged in the grocery business in Muncie, is a native son of Delaware county and has lived here all his life. Mr. Yingling was born on a farm in the immediate vicinity of Yorktown, in Mt. Pleasant township, September 29, 1873, and is a son of Alfred and Mary Yingling, both of whom were born in Germany and whose last days were spent in this county. Alfred Yingling, who for years was engaged in the milling business at Yorktown and who also owned a farm near that place, where he made his home, was but five years of age when he came to this country with his parents, the family locating at Cincinnati and later at Connersville, Ind., where Alfred Yingling became employed in a woolen mill and where he married. In the late '60s he came with his family to this county and bought the old woolen mill at Yorktown, in connection with which there also was operated a sawmill, and became engaged there in the milling business, which vocation he followed the remainder of his life, also developing a farm in that neighborhood. His widow survived him for years, her death occurring at Yorktown on December 22, 1921. They were the parents of twelve children, six of whom are still living, the subject of this sketch having three sisters, Elizabeth, Mayme and Zetta, and two brothers, Charles E. and Frank Yingling. Reared on the home farm in the vicinity of Yorktown, Thomas A. Yingling received his schooling in the schools of that place and until he was seventeen years of age assisted in the labors of. the farm and the mill. He then came to Muncie and became driver for a delivery wagon out of the Hickman Bros. grocery store. For nine years he was connected with this store, thus acquiring a close acquaintance with all details of the grocery business and then, in association with Mr. Scott, became engaged in business on his own account, conducting a grocery store under the firm name of Scott & Yingling. Eight years later he sold his interest in this business and decided to take up farming, but not long afterward resumed merchandising and bought a grocery in the Arcade building on East Main street. He presently sold that place and started another store on West Main street and was there in business until in 1921, when he bought the

Devinney store at the corner of High and West Washington street and was engaged in business there, with a well stocked and well equipped place, until he sold the store on November 2, 1923. Mr. Yingling is a Democrat and is affiliated with the local lodge of the Knights of Pythias. Thomas A. Yingling married Melissa Stoops, daughter of John and Lorinda Stoops, and to this union one child was born, a son, Robert S. Yingling, who in time became associated with his father in business and who died on November 6, 1922, at the age of twenty-one years. Mr. and Mrs. Yingling are members of the Presbyterian church.

B. D. GLASCOCK, of the firm of J. W. and B. D. Glascock, dealers in coal at Muncie, is a native of. the old Buckeye state but has been a resident of Muncie since the days of his boyhood. Mr. Glascock was born at Hillsboro, Ohio, in 1872, and is a son of the Rev. Benjamin and Catherine (Kinsell) Glascock, the latter of whom was born in the state of Ohio. Rev. Benjamin Glascock was born in Culpeper county, Virginia, a son of Daniel Glascock, and was but a lad when his parents located at Hillsboro. The Rev. Benjamin Glascock located in Muncie in 1887. He and his wife had five children, of whom the subject of this sketch was the last born, the others being Charles O., Sarah, wife of James McClellan, Seth T. and John W. Glascock. As will be noted by a comparison of above dates, Bi, D. Glascock was fifteen years of age when he came to Muncie with his parents in 1887. He completed his schooling in the schools of this city and was for some time afterward connected with the wholesale grocery trade in the city, later becoming associated with his brothers, Charles O. and John W. Glascock. In 1892 the Glascock Bros. Manufacturing Company established at Muncie a factory for the manufacture of washing machines and juvenile novelties. In 1907, a year following the death of Charles O. Glascock, the other brothers, J. W. and B. D. Glascock disposed of that concern and organized their coal business, with ample and well equipped yards at Liberty and Second streets, one of the oldest established coal yards in the city. Mr. Glascock is a Freemason and he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. B. D. Glascock married Marietta Angel, daughter of the Rev. William P. Angel, a former pastor of the Friends' church at Muncie, and has one child, a daughter, Elizabeth, who is now a student in DePauw University. J. W. Glascock married Mary Lieb and has three children, sons all, Hardin R., Fred L. and John Lewis, the two elder of whom are veterans of the World war, Fred L. Glascock having served as a surgeon with the rank of

ALBERT J. GLASER, general building contractor at Muncie and a veteran of the World war with an overseas record and an officer's commission, is a native Hoosier and has lived in this state all his life, a resident of Muncie since the days of his childhood. Mr. Glaser was born in the village of St. Peters in the vicinity of Brookville, in Franklin county, Indiana, July 18, 1888, and is a son of Michael and Cecilia (Ertel) Glaser, both of whom were born in that same county and the latter of whom is still living, now residing at the corner of Madison and Sixth streets, Muncie. The late Michael Glaser, who for years was a building contractor at Muncie, was born in the village of St. Peters and was a son of Fred Glaser, an Alsatian, who had come to this country in the days of his young manhood and who after a sometime stay in New Orleans came up into Indiana and after his marriage established his home at St. Peters, where he became a mason and builder. Michael Glaser grew up to the building trade and followed that vocation all his life. After his marriage he made his home at Batesville, Ind., and was engaged there as a building contractor until in 1892, when he became attracted to the possibilities then opening out in Muncie in the building trades consequent upon the development which followed the opening of the natural gas field here, and moved with his family to Muncie. Here he etsablished himself in business as a building contractor and here he spent the remainder of his life, his death occurring on January 5, 1911. He 'was a member of the Catholic church, as is his widow, and their children were reared in that faith. There are five of these children, the subject of this sketch having a sister and three brothers. Albert J. Glaser was four years of age when he came to Muncie with his parents in 1892. He received his early schooling in St. Lawrence's parochial school, supplemented this by attendance on the normal school at Muncie and then took a special course in the Lewis Institute at Chicago, following this by a special course in the Chicago School of Architecture, and then returned to Muncie as an able assistant in the building operations of his father. Upon the death of his father Mr. Glaser continued the business and has since been thus engaged, both as an architect and building contractor, and is doing well, with offices at 616 South Mulberry street. One of his notable local contracts was the building of.the Elks club house at Muncie, one of the best club houses of the kind in Indiana. During the time of this country's participation in the World war Mr. Glaser rendered mili- tary service in the aviation section of the army. He entered service on January 2, 1918, and was assigned to Camp Sevier, Greenville, S. C., whence he presently was transferred to Mitchell Field (Long Island) and assigned to the United States Air Service. On February 23, 1918, he was commissioned a second lieutenant and shortly after with his command was placed in overseas service, this service being rendered in various fields in England until his discharge on December 24, 1918, the war then being over. Mr. Glaser is a member of the local post of the American Legion and of the post of Veterans of Foreign Wars and is affiliated with the local lodges of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Fraternal Order of Eagles. On - May 1, 1912, Albert J. Glaser was united in marriage to Ethel Mary Scott, daughter of Jesse and Mary (Richardson) Scott, and to this union one child has been born, a daughter, Ruth Mary. Mr. and Mrs. Glaser are members of St. Lawrence's Catholic church.

CHARLES G. HOFER, proprietor of the meat market at 103 North High street, Muncie, has been a resident of Muncie for nearly twenty years and has been engaged in the retail meat business all of this time. Mr. Hofer was born at Ft. Wayne, Ind., December 6, 1874, and is a son of Andrew and Christina (Brish) Hofer, the latter of whom is still living at Ft. Wayne. The late Andrew Hofer was a native of Switzerland who some time after he came to this country became engaged in the retail meat business at Ft. Wayne, where he spent the remainder of his life. Charles G. Hofer grew up at Ft. Wayne, received his schooling in the schools of that city and in his father's butcher shop early became familiar with the details of the retail meat trade. He married there and continued to make that city his place of residence until in 1905 when he came to Muncie and established himself in business in the meat trade in partnership with his brother, Edward Hofer, at 220 South Walnut street. They later added two more markets and in 1916 dissolved partnership. Not long afterward Mr. Hofer moved into his present quarters at 103 North High street, where he has since continued in business, with an up-to-date and well-equipped establishment known as the Charles Hofer Meat Market. Mr. Hofer is a member of the Knights of Pythias order. He and his family reside at 907 West Main street. Mrs. Hofer (Irma Miller) also was born at Ft. Wayne. Mr. and Mrs. Hofer have two children, a son, Carl L. Hofer, and a daughter, Catherine C. Mr. Hofer is the second in order of birth of the seven children born to his parents, he having three sisters, Rose, Anna and Mamie, and three brothers, Edward, Frank and Albert Hofer.

THOMAS L. MOORE, purchasing agent for the Muncie Products Company at Muncie, was born at Lawrenceburg, Ind., in 1883, and is a son of David and Elizabeth (Evans) Moore, both of whom were of European birth, the latter born in Bedfordshire, England. She was but a child when she came to this country with her parents, the family locating at Ironton, Ohio, where she grew to womanhood and was married. David Moore was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and was but a lad when he came to this country with his parents, David (Sr.) and Margaret Moore, this family also locating at Ironton, where he grew to manhood. After their marriage the junior David Moore and his wife came over into Indiana and were for some time residents of Lawrenceburg, but presently moved back into Ohio and established their home at Hamilton. It was thus that though born at Lawrenceburg, in Indiana, Thomas L. Moore was reared at Hamilton, in Ohio. He received his schooling in the schools of that city and early became interested in the mechanical trades, starting out as a pattern maker in the plant of the Estate Stove Company at Hamilton. He later took up moulding and was for several years thus engaged, becoming an expert foundryman. Mr. Moore remained with the Estate Stove Company until in 1911, when he came to Muncie as purchasing agent for the T. W. Warner Company, and has since been a resident of this city, now purchasing agent for the Muncie Products Company. Mr. Moore is a Scottish Rite (32°) Mason and is also a noble of the Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is a member of the Baptist church.

FRED G. NICHOLS, who a little more than twenty years ago entered the offices of the Indiana Steel and Wire Company at Muncie as a clerk and is now the general superintendent of the plant of that concern, is a native Hoosier and has resided in this state all his life with the exception of a period during the days of his young manhood when he was employed in railway service in the West. Mr. Nichols was born in the pleasant village of Lynn, in the neighboring county of Randolph, in 1868, and is a son of Henry and Elizabeth (Gray) Nichols, the former of whom was a soldier of the Union during the time of the Civil war. Reared at Lynn, Fred G. Nichols received his schooling in the schools of that village and early learned the art of telegraphy. After working awhile in his home railway station he went West and became employed as an operator for the Union Pacific Railroad Company at River Bend, Colo., and was thus employed for some time. Upon his return to Indiana he resumed employment with the old Grand Rapids & Indiana road and was presently stationed at Winchester, where he remained for eleven years or until in 1902, when he came to Muncie and entered the employ of the Indiana Steel and Wire Company, where he ever since has been engaged. Mr. Nichols first became employed in this concern as a clerk and by successive stages of promotion has been advanced until now he is general superintendent of the plant, a position he has occupied since 1907. Mr. Nichols is a Freemason of high degree and also is a noble of the Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He likewise is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias and is an active supporter of the Young Men's Christian Association. Fred G. Nichols married Minnie Johnson, daughter of Thomas Johnson, and he and his wife have two children, Marvin and Kathryn, the latter of whom married L. D. Shreeve and has two children, Walton and Marjorie. Marvin Nichols married Lucile Vatet and has one child, a daughter, Lucile. Mr. and Mrs. Fred G. Nichols are members of the Presbyterian church. They also are members of the Country Club. Their home is pleasantly situated on the Burlington pike not far out of town.

JERRY A. GALLIVAN, president of the J. A. Gallivan Company, general plumbers and heating equipment and dealers in paints at Muncie, is a native of the old Buckeye state, but has been a resident of Muncie for the past thirty years or more. Mr. Gallivan was born in the fine old city of Bellefontaine, Ohio, and is a son of Maurice and Mary (Kirby) Gallivan, natives of Ireland, who in 1892 became residents of Muncie. Another of their sons is H. R. Gallivan, former chief of the Muncie fire department. J. A. Gallivan, or "Jerry" as he is better known among his friends, received his schooling in Bellefontaine, where he was reared. When the family moved to Muncie in 1892 he entered the plumbing establishment of T. P. Kirby and there became thoroughly trained in the details of this business and in due time became engaged in business on his own account, his present organization, the J. A. Gallivan Company, Inc., having been established in 1900. This concern is admirably situated at 314 East Main street and is well equipped to take care of all calls in its line. in addition to its general plumbing and heating business the Gallivan company carries a complete stock of paints. Among the important plumbing installations it has made are those in the Delaware Hotel, in the McNaughton block, at the county infirmary and in the plants of numerous factories about town. In 1907 Jerry Gallivan was united in marriage to Alice E. McCormick and he and his wife have one child, a son, John Roger Gallivan. Mr. and Mrs. Gallivan are members of St. Lawrence's Catholic church and Mr. Gallivan is a member of the local council of the Knights of Columbus. The Gallivans reside at 417 South Monroe street.

JOHN ROLLIN MARSH, secretary and chief engineer of the Indiana Bridge Company, a member of the Muncie board of public works, a former member of the library board and of the park board 'and for years an active factor in the civic and industrial life of Muncie, is a native son of that city and has lived there all his life. Mr. Marsh was born in Muncie on January 13, 1863, and is a son of John and Mary (Mitchell) Marsh, who had located at Muncie in 1856, coming here from Cambridge City, and whose last days were spent here, the former dying in 1887 and the latter in 1899. John Marsh, concerning whom further mention is made elsewhere in this work, was a pioneer banker in Muncie and a man of large infiuence 'in his generation. He was born in Preble county, Ohio, August 22, 1811, and was a son of Timothy and Mary (Clawson) Marsh, the latter of whom was a daughter of John Clawson, a Kentuckian, who had served as a soldier in the Revolutionary war. Timothy Marsh was a son of John Marsh, a native of England, who also had rendered service in behalf of the colonists in the War of the Revolution and who had settled in the Germantown settlement in what now is Montgomery county, Ohio. John Marsh, the grandson of this Revolutionary soldier, learned the hatter's trade at Eaton, county seat of Preble county, and then became engaged in that business at Camden, in that same county, later becoming a general dry goods merchant. In 1847 he was elected treasurer of Preble county and by re-election occupied that office for six years. He also was a director of the Eaton branch of the Ohio State Bank. In 1854 he became president of the branch bank at Cambridge City, Ind., and two years later, in 1856, became president of the Muncie branch of the Bank of the State of Indiana and moved to Muncie, thus being engaged in the banking business here during the Civil war period. When this bank was nationalized in 1865 he continued as president and was so occupied until his retirement in 1874. When the Citizens National Bank of Muncie was organized in 1875 he became cashier of that institution and so continued until his death in 1887. John Rollin Marsh was reared at Muncie and at the age of sixteen, in 1879, was graduated from the high school. Upon leaving school he became employed as a deputy in the office of the county clerk and later rendered a similar service in the office of the county recorder, gaining during these several years of public service an experience which has ever been valuable to him. In the meanwhile he had been giving attention to preparatory studies in mining engineering and in 1883 entered the School of Mines of Columbia University, and in 1887 was graduated from that institution. Upon receiving his degree | Mr. Marsh returned to Muncie and on August 1 following entered the service of the Indiana Bridge Company as chief engineer, a title he ever since has held in connection with the operations of that enterprise. In the next year (1888) Mr. Marsh became a stockholder in the Indiana Bridge Company and was elected secretary of the company, a position he ever since has occupied, and thus for more than thirty-five years has been an active adminstrative factor in the development of the business which that important industrial enterprise has built up. Beginning in the days of his young manhood, with his service in the court house, Mr. Marsh has ever taken a good citizen's part in local public affairs. He was a member of the library board at the time the present handsome public library building was erected; was secretary of the park board when the city took over and began to develop McCulloch park, and is now rendering further public service as a member of the city board of public works. He is a Freemason of many years standing and has attained to the capitular degree in that ancient body. He and his family are members of the First Presbyterian church, of the congregation of which he is one of the ruling elders. On August 5, 1889, John Rollin Marsh was united in marriage to Susan D. Ryan, who was born at Winamac, Ind., daughter of John W. and Lida (Jenkins) Ryan, the former of whom (now deceased) was in his generation one of the leading lawyers of Muncie. Mrs. Marsh is ex-president of the local Anti-Tuberculosis League. For years she has taken an influential part in the work of the local Federated Club of Clubs, with particular reference to the activities of the Muncie Art Students League and the Muncie Art Association and has long been recognized as a leader in local art circles. To her suggestion is credited the inception and creation of Memorial Drive and the planting of trees in memory of the soldiers of Delaware county who gave their lives in the World war. Mr. and Mrs. Marsh have five children: Mildred, John Rodney, Carleton J., Alida M. and Dorothy M., the latter of whom recently was graduated from the Muncie high school. Alida M. Marsh also is a graduate of the Muncie high school and is now pursuing art studies in Chicago. John Rodney Marsh, a contracting engineer for the Indiana Bridge Company, is a veteran of the World war, having served as a first lieutenant in the navy, in the submarine service, and is a mem- (17) ber of the local post of the American Legion. He was graduated from Purdue University. Carleton J. Marsh, who is now connected with the drafting department of the Indiana Bridge Company, was a student at Purdue University during the time of this country's participation in the World war and rendered service in the 8S. A. T. C. of that institution. He married Frances E. Pace. Mildred Marsh married George J. Hawk, now living at Los Angeles, Cal., and has one child, a son, Marshall S. Hawk.

CHARLES P. MORROW, a well established building contractor at Muncie and a resident of that city for nearly thirty years, is a native Hoosier and has been a resident of this state all his life. Mr. Morrow was born in the city of Indianapolis on July 27, 1867, and is a son of Thomas E. and Elizabeth A. (Pritchard) Morrow, the latter of whom was born at Dayton, Ohio, her parents having located there upon coming West from Connecticut. Thomas E. Morrow, who was a member of the contracting firm of Pierce & Morgan which erected the Delaware county courthouse, was a veteran of the Civil war. He was born at Piqua, Ohio, a son of Thomas Morrow, a Pennsylvanian, born in 1804, who when the Miami & Erie canal was being constructed in the late '30s and early '40s of the past century became engaged as a contractor on that great state work and in that capacity built a large number of the locks erected on that work, later establishing his home at Piqua, where he was long engaged in the general contracting business, a line in which has son, the junior Thomas Morrow, followed him. Thomas E. Morrow was engaged working as a builder at Indianapolis when the Civil war came on. He returned to his home at Piqua and enlisted his services in behalf of the cause of the Union, going out with a Piqua command, Company F of the 11th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with which command he served for nearly four years. After his marriage he established his home at Indianapolis, where he became superintendent of construction of the contracting firm of Pierce & Morgan, giving particular attention to the erection of public buildings, and was thus connected when this firm was given the contract for the erection of the Delaware county courthouse in the middle '80s, a story that is set out elsewhere in this work. It was thus that his son, Charles P. Morrow, grew up familiar with construction work, a line which he has followed, even as his father and grandfather followed it, specializing in public buildings and large contracts. It was in 1895, the year of his marriage, that Charles P. Morrow established his home at Muncie. In the next year he became established here as a building contractor and has ever since been thus engaged, during this time having erected some of the most conspicuous buildings in Muncie, as well as school houses throughout this and adjacent counties, among these buildings being the postoffice, the public library, the electric power plant building, the Columbia Theater building and many others in Muncie. It was on June 5, 1895, that Charles P. Morrow was united in marriage to Anna Mary Gorman, a bookkeeper, who was born and reared at Evansville, daughter of Michael and Anne (Keyhoe) Gorman. To this union three children have been born, Elizabeth, Grace and Thomas, the former of whom married 8. N. Tomsen, of Chicago, now living in Philadelphia, and has two daughters, Anna and Catherine. Mr. and Mrs. Morrow are members of St. Lawrence's Catholic church and Mr. Morrow is a member of the local council of the Knights of Columbus. The Morrows reside at 1126 East Main street.

DR. ROBERT T. MILLER, dental surgeon at Muncie, where he has been located for the past twenty years and more, was born at Morris, Ill., March 21, 1881, and is a son of William M. and Julia (Grant) Miller, the latter of whom also was born in Illinois. William M. Miller, who is now engaged in the live stock commission business at Chicago, was born in New York state but was reared in Illinois, to which state his parents moved when he was a child. He became an expert accountant and for some years followed that line, making his home at Morris, but in 1889 moved with his family to Chicago, where he since has made his home. To him and his wife were born five children, Doctor Miller being the third of these in order of birth. Robert T. Miller was but a lad when he went to Chicago with his parents in 1889, and he grew to manhood there. He was graduated from the Hyde Park high school in 1900 and then entered the Dental College of Northwestern University, from which he was graduated in May, 1903. Upon receiving his diploma, Doctor Miller was appointed one of the college clinical demonstrators and he was thus engaged until in the following September, when he came to Muncie and opened an office for the practice of his profession. This office was in the Neely block, and he remained there until in 1919, when he occupied his present suite, 402 the Wysor building, where he is wel! established, his equipment including an X-ray apparatus. Doctor Miller is a member of the Muncie Dental Association, which he has served as president. He also is a member of the East Central (Indiana) Dental Association, of which for four years he was secretary, and a member of the Indiana State Dental Association and the American Dental Association. He is a Scottish Rite and Knight Templar Ma- °

'gon and a noble of the Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, affiliated with the Temple at Ft. Wayne, and is also affiliated with the college fraternity Psi Omega (dental) and the high school fraternity Gamma Sigma. A Republican in his general political views, he is inclined to "independence" in local civic affairs. In 1907 Dr. Robert T. Miller was united in marriage to Virginia Claypool, of Muncie, daughter of Frank J. Claypool, concerning whom further and fitting mention is made elsewhere in this work, and to this union one child has been born, a son, Robert T. Miller, Jr. Doctor Miller and his family reside at 611 East Washington street.

HARRY H. ORR, of the law firm of Orr & Clark, with offices in the Western Reserve building at Muncie, was born at Muncie on December 14, 1881, and is a son of William Walter and Mary L. (Helm) Orr, the latter of whom, daughter of Dr. John Helm, who in his generation was one of Muncie's best known physicians, is still living in Muncie. The late William Walter Orr, a soldier of the Union during the Civil war and formerly and for many years a member of the bar of the Delaware circuit court, was born on a farm in Liberty township, October 18, 1846, and was a son of Samuel Orr, one of the pioneers of that township, and in his generation one of Delaware county's foremost citizens. Samuel Orr was born in Ohio, a son of James Orr, who came to Indiana with his family in 1838, and settled in what is now the Selma neighborhood in Liberty township, this county. James Orr was a substantial pioneer and his sons, Joseph and Samuel, took lands in the same neighborhood, the Orrs thus becoming early recognized as among the influential factors in the development of that part of the county. Samuel Orr represented this county in the Legislature (1847-50) and when the Civil war broke out took an active part in recruiting local forces, went to the front and rose to be lieutenant colonel of the 84th regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He died in 1876. His elder son, James H. Orr, also took an active part in service during the Civil war and was mustered out at the end of the war as captain of Company K of the 84th regiment. The younger son, William Walter Orr, was not yet fifteen years of age when the war broke out. He early sought to enlist but on account of his lack of years was rejected and presently "ran away" and got into the army despite regulations and rendered service as a private in Company G of the 134th Indiana. Upon the completion of his military service William Walter Orr returned home and not long afterward decided to leave the farm and seek his fortune in the county seat town. He studied law in the office of Judge Walter March and in 1872 was admitted to the bar. After his marriage he established his permanent home at Muncie and there continued active in the practice of his profession until his retirement in 1916. His death occurred while on a visit of recreation at Harbor Springs, Mich., September 2, 1918. He was a Republican and a member of the Presbyterian church, as is his widow. To William W. and Mary (Helm) Orr were born three children, those besides the subject of this sketch being Margaret, wife of Robert O. Burt, of Muncie, and William Walter Orr, Jr., also of Muncie. Harry H. Orr was reared at Muncie and upon completing the course in the local schools, entered Indiana University, where he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1903, his studies having been directed with particular reference to entering the practice of law. Upon leaving the university Mr. Orr entered the Indiana Law School at Indianapolis and was graduated from that institution in 1904. In that same year he was admitted to practice at the bar of the Delaware circuit court, in the Indiana supreme court and in the Federal court. He entered practice as a partner in his father's law office, under the firm name of Orr & Orr, and this mutually agreeable arrangement was maintained until his father's retirement in 1916, when he effected a partnership with Ray W. Clark, the firm since then practicing under the name of Orr & Clark. In 1906 Harry H. Orr was united in marriage to Harrye Branham, then living at Evansville, who was born in Rockport, Ind., and to this union three children have been born, Margaret Caroline, Hal Branham and Robert William. Mr. and Mrs. Orr are Republicans and Presbyterians and Mr. Orr is a Freemason.

CARSON M. MANN, former trustee of Niles township and a substantial farmer and landowner of that township, is a native son of Delaware county and has lived here all his life with the exception of some years spent in Adams county, this state. Mr. Mann was born on the old Mann home place at Albany on April 20, 1860, and is a son of Isaac and Mary L. (Krohn) Mann, the latter of whom also was born at Albany, a daughter of William F. and Maria (Pendroy) Krohn, who had come over here from Ohio and had become pioneers of the Albany settlement. The late Isaac Mann, who for many years was widely known hereabout as a lightning-rod agent and a well-to-do farmer and landowner, was born in the lower part of Fayette county, Ohio, not far from Leesburg, June 12, 1834, and was but an infant when in the next year (1835) his parents, Warner and Nancy (Pavey) Mann, came over here and settled on an unimproved tract in