Elkhart County, Indiana - Tue Churches, 1905 (part 14 of 15)

Lucius James Greenan. who is filling the position of ])ostmaster in Bristol, was born on the old family homestead just outside the city limits of Bristol, April 3rd, 1871. His paternal grandfather, John P. Greenan. came from Ireland to the new world when about nineteen years of age and settled in Elkhart county, where he followed the occupation of farming. His son, James I. Greenan, now a prospeiT)US agri- culturist of this county, was also born in Bristol, Indiana, September i. 184^, and is now living on the home farm about a mile and a quarter north of the town, being at this w-riting. in 1905. sixty-three years of age. He is a member of the JNIethodist Episcopal church, actu-e in its work and interested in its growth. At the time of the Civil war he espoused the Union cause, enlisting in 1862 as a member of the Sixth Michigan Infantry, with which he served until the close of hostilities. He has ever been an advocate of the Republican party, which was champion of the Union at the time of the rebellion in the south and which has ever been the party of reform, progress and improvement. He married Miss Helen C. King, a daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Brooks) King. She was bom in Michigan and was of Irish-German descent. She held membership in the Methodist Episcopal church and in that faith passed away July 17, 1880. By her marriage she had become the mother of five cliildren, of whom four are yet living, namely: Ida, the wife of George A. Rine, a resident farmer of \\'ashington township : Lucius J.: Florence E. : and Lura B. For his second wife James I. Greenan chose Miss Mary E. Kirk and they have one living child, Lloyd E., who is with the St. Joseph County Savings Bank at South Bend, Indiana.

Lucius J. Greenan was educated in the country schools and the Bristol high school, from wdiich he was graduated with the class of 1892. He then continued his studies in the Northern Indiana Normal School at Valparaiso, after which he successfully engaged in teaching for six years. He was well qualified for a life of usefulness and activity and during the past eight years has rendered capable service to Bristol in the position of postmaster, to which he was first appointed in 1897 by President McKinley, while on the e.xpiration of the four years' term he was reappointed by President Roosevelt. He is now discharging the duties of the office wnth promptness and fidelity, bringing to its administration the same qualities of accuracy, industry and conscientious application which had manifested the conduct of his private business interests. Like his father he is a stanch Republican, having firm faith in the principles and ultimate triumph of the party.

On the loth of June, 1896, Mr. Greenan was united in marriage to Miss Maude W'eamer, at Auburn, Indiana. She was born in that place in [876, her parents being R. H. and Elvira (Gregg) Weamer. Her father was a printer and established the Steuben Countv RcpnhUcau at Angola, Indiana, and the Auburn Dispatch at .Auburn, Indiana ; while for some years he edited the Bristol Bmmer. Mr. Weamer also sjoent three years in the service of his countn', enlisting in 1862 and continuing until the close of the w-ar as a soldier of Company E, Second Kentucky Infantry. Mr. and Mrs. Greenan have one son. Kenneth Weamer, born March 24, 1901. Mr. Greenan holds rnembership relations with the Masons, the Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias, and his wife is a member of the Alethodist Episcopal church and Order of Eastern

Star. He is well knnwii in the county where his entire life has been passed, and is a popular citizen who has gained many friends because of his reliability in business, his trustworthiness in office and his consideration for all with whom he has been brought in contact.

Thomas Hilbish

The prc.isperity and growth of a ci immunity dejjend upon its commercial and industrial activity and the men who^ are in control of the leading business enterprises are the real promoters and upbuilders of their respective locahties. Thomas Hilbish, wdiose intense and well directed energies have given him prominence with representative men of the county, is now ow'ning and controlling an extensive department store in Bristol. His life record began in Juniata county. Pennsylvania, in 1842. The Hilbish family is of German lineage and was established in Pennsylvania at an early period in the development of the Keystone state. The name is found upon the roll of Washington's soldiers at the time of the Revolutionary war. Peter Hilbish was born in Pennsylvania and following his marriage came to Elkhart county, Indiana, in 1856, settling- in Washington township, where he followed the occupation of farming. He prospered in his business affairs, which he managed with great care, decision and energy, and although he was a tanner by trade and followed that pursuit in his early life, it was as an agriculturist that he gained his prosperity. His ])o]itical allegiance w-as given the Republican party and he was a member of the German Reformed church. He married Katherine Peckhart, who was born in Snyder county, Pennsylvania, was also of German lineage, and was a member of the Reformed church. Mr. Hilbish died in 1858 at the age of sixty-three years, while his wife survived until 1882, ]iassing away at the age of seventy years. By their union they were the parents of five children: John, now deceased: Jonathan, who is living jn Washington township; Thomas, of this review: Peter, also of Washington township: and Sarah, the wife of William Houseworth of Bristol.

Thomas Hilbish was educated in the Bristol .schools and was reared to farm life, remaining with his father until twenty-three rears of age. when, thinking that he would find other )iursuits more congenial than to follow- the plow and the cultivator, he took u]) his abode in Bristol, where he established a general store in partnership with William C. Birch and .\ndrew- .\iken, under the firm name of \Y C. Birch & Companv. this relation being maintained for tliree years, at the end of which time ?^Ir. Birch retired and the firm style of Hilbish & Company was assumed. In 1880 Mr. Aiken retired and Mr. Hilbish has since conducted the business alone. He now has a large department store of three rooms with a frontage of sixty-six feet on Main street. He carries drv goods, groceries, hardware and farm implements, and each dei)artment of the Imsiness is proving profitable, owing to his capable management and his understand- ing of the public needs. In 1893 he estaljlisheil a ])ri\ate loank which is the only institution of the kind in Bristol, knuwn as the Banking House of Thomas Hilbish.

In 1875 JMr. Hilbish was married to ISiiss Emma Walter, a daughter of Mr. Isaac Walter and a native of Snyder county, Pennsylvania, born in 1852. They have three children : Clyde, who is with his father: Myron, who is bookkeeper for the Franklin Trust Company of Brooklyn, New York: and Florence. The family own an attractive home in Bristol, noted for its hospitality. Mrs. Hilbish is a member of the ^lethodist Episcopal church, while Mr. Hilbish belongs to the Reformed church. He is a Republican in politics and has been treasurer of Bristol. He owns farm lands in the township in addition to his home and business property and he is one of the representative citizens of the comity, who' while promoting individual success has also- advanced the generalwelfare. It has been through the utilization of opportunity that he lias risen to a prominent place in the public regard, working along modern lines and shaping conditions to meet his ends. Moreover his policv has ever been in accord with straightforward principles and he has naturally gained the respect and confidence of men.

Jacob S. Leatherman is the owner of one of the best and most productive fruit farms in \Vashingtcn township and the place is an indication of his life of thrift, enterprise and practical effort. He was born in Milford, Kosciusko ctninty. Indiana, March 20. 1855, his parents being John and Elizabeth (Mease) Leatherman, the former a native of Ohio and the latter of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. John Leatherman came to Indiana when the Avork of progress and improvement had scarcely been begun. He was a farmer by occupation and liecame quite prosperous, eventuallv owning one hundred and eighty acres, which was well cultivated and ecpiipped with good inipro\'enients. Both he and his wife were loyal members of the German Baptist church and died in that faith, the former passing away in 1873 at the age of fifty-eight years, while the latter died in 1873 ^^ the age of forty years. Both died of typhoid fever within a lirief space of time and their daughter. Sarah, also died of the same disease. They were the parents of nine children, but the first born died m infancy. The others were Jacob S. : John H.. Rebecca. Sarah, and David, all of whom are deceased: Lavina, the wife of H. B. Lvtle. a friut grower of Jefferson township, and Mary and Emma, both deceased. Of this family David E. Leatherman was a soldier of the Spanish American war. He enlisted in Company B, Thirty-fourth Regiment of Infantry in Minnesota, on the 3th of August, 1899, and was mustered out at Presidio. California, April 17, 1901. He served his entire time in the Philippine Islands and contracted malaria, which developed into consumption. He returned home, and although he received a lirother's loving care from

Jacob S. Leatherman, and every medical attention possible, it was all of no avail and he died March 7, 1904, wiien in his thirty-seventh year.

Jacob S. Leatherman acquired his education in the public schools of St. Joseph county, to which place his parents had removed. He was reared on the home farm, early becoming familiar with the duties and labors that fall to the lot of the agriculturist. He arrived in \\'ashington township in the spring of 1874, when nineteen years of age, and entered the employ of Rev. Samuel Pease, the owner of a fruit farm, with whom he remained for two years. He then purchased thirty acres of land on section thirtyfive, which was at that time all covered with timber, but with characteristic energv he began to clear away the trees and brush and he now has one of the prettiest and most productive fruit farms of his townshi]). He raises \arious kinds of fruits and is a capital horticulturist, thoroughly understanding the needs of his trees as to soil and climate. In 1898 he Ixiilt a lieautiful residence and fine barn on his place and his farm is altogether one of the best improved and attractive in Washington township.

On the 22nd of January, 1878, Mr. Leatherman was united in marriagfe to Miss Gertrude Fisher, a daughter of Nicholas and Laura (Depew) Fisher. Her father was a farmer and became oue of the early settlers of Elkhart county. Mrs. Leatherman was born in Bristol in 1858 and died April i, 1905. She was a devoted member and acti\-e worker in the Methodist Episcopal church, but for six years prior to her death was an invalid. L'nto Mr. and Mrs. Leatherman had been born four children: Noah D., who was born March 19, 1879, and is a fiaiit raiser of Washington tow-nship, married Bessie Corson, a daughter of Roe Corson, and they have one child,' Leone; Bertha, born November 9, 1881, who became the wife of Clyde E. Pickerel, on November 28. 1899, a farmer of Washington township, and they ha\e two children, Walford and Paul: Katie, born November 19. 1884. and Eunice, born February 7, 1895. are both at home.

Mr. lleatherman has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church for a number of years and his labors have been effective in promoting its growth and extending its influence. He is now serving as steward and trustee of the church. He also belongs to the Knights of Pythias fraternity and in his political views is a Prohibitionist. He is interested in all that tends to promote the moral progress of his race and to this end he gives his active cfi-operation to temperance and church work. In business afifairs he is practical, far sighted and reliable and the fine appearance of his farm is an indication of his interest in his work and the progressiveness which marks his conduct of bis business affairs.

L. Burr Whippy

Born in the city of Goshen. December 24. 1872. a son of the late Dr. W. A. Whippy and his wife Mary T. Whippy, it has been the good f(irtune of Mr. L. Burr ^^'hippy to spend jjractically his entire career in the

Practical-minded and energetic,- and possessed of the Hoosier wit which has distinguished so many sons of Indiana, he has. since his last day in the Goshen public schools, made his own way in the world. Before reaching majority he studied law one year with Charles W. Miller, now attorney general of the state, and during the three following years was engaged in the telephone business, operating the Goshen and Elkhart exchanges for a time, and for the greater portion of the three years was in the arduous occupation of telephone construction in the west. A few days after his return to Goshen, in January. 1894. he entered the office and employ of Deahl & Deahl, the well known law firm, and has been connected with them ever since. He obtained admission to the bar in the fall of 1896. Besides attending to all the stenographic work' of the firm he has charge of their' probate practice, and also represents several insurance companies.

An acti\'e Democrat and for m(_)St of tlie years since he became a voter, taking an interested part in practical politics. Mr. Whippy for the past six years has served as secretary of the Democratic central committee in this county. His social activity is mainly in connection with fraternal work. He has held all but two of the chairs in the Knights of Pythias Lodge No. 41. and has been honored with all the offices in Tonawanda Tribe No. 130. I. O. R. M.. being past sachem and at present chief of records.

September 29. 1904. Mr. Whippy married Miss Retta A. Cripe. a daughter of Chauncey Cripe. Mrs. \\'hippy is one of the well known and successful teachers of the county, having taught three years in Goshen, nearly three years at W'aterford and one year at Millersburg. She is an active worker in the Baptist church, and esteemed in social circles.

Ross Nicholson

Ross Nicholson, living on section twentv-eight. Washingtnn township, where he owns and operates sixty-two acres of land, is a son of George Nicholson, who was born in Champaign countv. Ohio, in 1808, and died in this county in 1862. The jjaternal grandfather. James Nicholson, was also a native of Champaign count\- and with his brother, Vance, came to Washington township. Elkhart county, in the fall of 1828, walking the entire distance. Tliey came on a prospecting tour and being pleased with the country they returned to Ohio and brought their families to this state in the fall of 1829. The brothers entered land, some of which is now coniiirised within the boundaiy limits of Bristol. There was quite a colonN- made the journey from Ohio, including Thompson Nicholson, William Nicholson, who afterward went to Cassopolis, Michigan: Mary .\nn Lowe and others. George Nicholson began farming in this locality and lived upon his farm for sixty years. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and when he passed away his remains were interred in Oak Ridge, the old g-raveyard. witli grandfatlier James, in the rear of the new school house in Bristol. His early political allegiance was given to the Whig party and he afterward became a stanch Republican. He was of Irish lineage and accompanied his father from the Emerald Isle to the new world, making his home in Ohio until he came to this state. He married Eliza Chess, who was born in Logan county. Ohio, in 1820, and died in 1876. She was of Irish extraction and was a daughter of William Chess, wIk.i was born on the high seas while his parents were coming from the Emerald Isle to the new world. Mrs. Nicholson was one of five children, the others being William, John, Finley and Lydia. By his first wife, Mary Bassett, George Nicholson had two children: Sarah Ann, who married Michael Frank and is living in Bristol : and Mary, the deceased wife of Andrew Shriver, who is now living in Illinois. By his- second marriage George Nicholson had eight children : Lydia, the deceased wife of George Cole ; Sophronia ; Finley. deceased : Rose, who is a milliner in Huntsville. Ohio: Olive, deceased: Ross: Emma, the wife of Judson Holmes of Washington townshi]): and E\a, who is living in Bristol.

Ross Nicholson, who was born January 4. 1832. pursued his education in the district schools and in Bristol. He was reared upon the farm which his father had entered from the government on the north side of the river opposite Bristol, and throughout almost his entire life has given his attention to farming, although he conducted a meat market in Bristol for fifteen years, at the same time carrving on agricultural interests. He now lives on section twenty-eight, Washington township, wdiere he has sixty-two acres of land, and he likewise ow-ns forty acres in Jefiferson township, which is mostly planted to fruit. He is practical in his methods, forms his ]>laus readily and is determined in their execution, and bis labors ha\-e been atten(le<l \\itb a gratifying measure of success.

In 18S5 was celebrated the marriage -of Ross Nicholson and ]\Iiss Annie Hannan, a flaughter of John and Mary Hannan, who came to Jefiferson tdwnsliip, Elkhart count}', from (iermanv. in i860. Four years later U]j(;n the farm there Mrs. Nicholsim was Ijorn. and bv her marriage she has become the niotlier of se\en children - Berle, Finley. Hubert. Robert. Wilma, Helen. ;iud Mary. Mrs. Nicholson belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church and. like her husband, slie .shares in the high regard of many warm friends. Mr. Nicholson is a member of the Knights of Pythi.as fraternity and in politics he was formerly a Democrat, but is now a Prohil)itioni.st, giving bis ballot in support of the principles and candidates of the party which embodies his views on the temperance question. He represents one of the oldest piioneer families of Elkhart county and the work of public imjirovement which was instituted by his gramlfather and carried forward bv his father buds an advocate in him, for be is interested in all that

Mr. and Mrs. Ross Nicholson have in then' possession two ot the old parchment deeds signed by President Martin Van Kuren and Andrew Jackson.

Rev. Peter Huffman

Rev. Peter Huffman, a general farmer and one of the most successful potato growers of Indiana, was born in Noljle county, Indiana, November 13, 1863. His father, John W. Huffman, a native of Germany, became a resident of Ohio when thirteen years of age, emigrating to the new world with his parents. He afterward lived in Stark county, Ohio, where he worked as a day laborer. He married Martha Howenstein, a native of Pennsylvania, their marriage being celebrated in Ohio. Thev removed to Indiana in 1862. settling at the place where Rev. Peter Huffman was born, and they became the parents of ten children, nine of whom reached adult age.

Tlie second of the family was Rev. Peter Hutfman, who was alxiut sixteen years of age when he came to Elkhart county. He began working by the day, carrying water for the men engaged on the construction of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. He worked two summers as water boy, earning his first money when thirteen years of age. Later he turned his attention to farm labor and was employed by the month as a farm hand until eighteen years of age. He afterward followed the stonemason's trade for two years, after which he turned bis attention to agricultural pursuits on his own account, locating four miles northeast of N'appanee, where he rented land for two- years.

Up to this time Mr. Huffman was li\ing with the people who owned the farm, but in 1887 he was married to Miss Martha Strycker, a daughter of Jacob Strycker. They began their domestic life on what is known as the Ira G. Hubbard farm in BaugO' township, four miles southwest of Elkhart, renting that place for a year, after which they removed to the Mike Weaver farm, a half mile south of Dunlap. .A year later Air. Huffman ]iurchased thirty acres in Baug'o township, making a payment of one thousand dollars and incurring an indebtedness of one thousand dollars. For twelve years that farm was their home and he then purchased fifty-four acres of the Ira G. Hubbard farm adjoining. Later he removed to Jamestown, Elkhart county, Indiana, where he bought forty-seven acres, on which he engaged in farming until 1905, when he took up his abode at No. 719 Wolf avenue, in Elkhart, purchasing the home that he now occupies. He sold his thirty acre farm in 1900 but still retains possession of the tract of fifty-four acres. During the time that he owed for his first farm he sold wheat for forty-eight cents per Ixishel in order to ]my the interest. His life has been one of unremitting diligence and business activity and he is now an extensive potato grower, raising, in the vear if)04, twenty-six hundred luishels. He is the largest upland potato grower in this part of the county and the business is pro\ing jirofitable. adding annually a good fund to his income.

Rev. and Airs. Huffman ha\-e no children of their own but have an adopted daughter. Pearl Nelson. They are acti\e and influential workers in the German Baptist church, and Rev. Huffman has been connected with the ministry of that denomination for fourteen years, his work as pastor being in connection with the Osolo church, while formerlv he was assisting the Baugo church. His labors in this connection have been far reaching and beneficial. Rev. Huffman served as township trustee of Baug-o tnwnsbiii from November iTi. iqoo. until January i, 1905, being elected on the Democratic ticket. During a residence of twenty-six years in the county, he has become well known as the champion of progress, improvement and advancement along material, social, intellectual and moral lines, and his aid can be counted upon to further anything that is right. His own life record furnishes an example that is well wtirthy of emulation and proves that prosperity aind an honored name may lie won simultaneously.

Louis Hklfrich

Louis Helfrich is the well known and prospering furniture dealer of Elkhart, where he has been numbered among the substantial and enterprising business men for nearly twenty years. He is a man of marked fibility and alertness, qualities that insure commercial success, and at the same time possesses that public spirit which is a most important asset in the civic wealth of any city.

Mr. Helfrich was Ix^irn in Crawford county. Ohio, in Jackson township, July 14, 1852. His father. Peter Helfrich. was born and married in Germany, and settled in Crawford county, Ohio, about 1843. -^ farmer and shoemaker by occu]iation. he came to this country with little capital, besides his skill and industry, but by the use of both finally acquired a competency. His first purchase of land was only ten acres, but he added to this until he owned, at the time of his death in 1861, one hundred anrl thirty acres. His death was accidental, caused by a runaway team, and his wife met death as a result of falling downstairs. She was seventy-five years old at the time. Her maiden name was Barbara Bowman, and she was also a nati\-e of Germany.

Mr. Louis Helfrich is the fifth of his jiarents' seven children, five sons and two daughters. Living at home and assisting his mother on the farm until he was eighteen years old, at that age he began learningthe wagon and carriage maker's trade at Galion, Ohio. After serxing an apprenticeship of two and a half years he did journeyman work at Bucyrus three years and at Cressline, after which he returned to Galion and engaged in the manufacture of carriages in connection with two

'itlier partners, tlie firm being Kiinkel. Shupp and L. Helfrich. Eight vears later Shupp and Helfrich bought out the Kunkel interests and continued together three years longer, when Mr. Helfrich sold out to Mr. Shupp. On ^March i. 1887. he came to Elkhart and went into the furniture business. For the first year and a half the firm was H. Helfrich and L. Helfrich, until Louis Helfrich bought out his partner, and since 1889 the business has been conducted by L. Helfrich and Son. Their stock of furniture is as large and varied as that found in any retail house in the county, and the house has been growing into the favor of the public ever since its establishment.

As alreadv mentioned. Mr. Helfrich has often turned his attention aside from purely individual business affairs tO' that which affects the life and interests of his city. A Democrat in politics, he served one term in the city council. He is one of the leading meml>ers of the Grace English Lutheran church in Elkhart, having filled all the lay oftices and being deacon at this writing.

Mr. Helfrich married. December 22. 1875, ]VIiss Louisa Stolz, and they have passed a most happy married life of more than thirty years. They are the parents of three daughters and one son : Harriett, the wife of Charles Hathaway, of Evanston. Illinois: Elmer, who is unmarried and who has lieen his father's partner for many years; Laura and (iladvs. both at home.

01i\'er H. Shamory. a representative of educational interests in Bristol, being now superintendent and assistant principal of the Bristol public school, is a native son of Washington township, Elkhart county, lx)rn on the 26th of August, 1869. The father, John Henry Shamory, is a native of Snyder county, Pennsylvania, and now resides on a farm in Washington township, at the age of sixty-nine years. He first came to Elkhart county in 1862 and there settled upon a farm. His ancestors had established a home in Pennsylvania at an earlv epoch in the histor}' of that state, coming to the ne\\- world from (iermany. John Henry Shamory is a carpenter by trade, but during the greater part of his life has carried on agricultural pursuits, and is still successfully engaged in that business in this locality. He belongs to the German Ref(5rmed church and exercises his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the Democratic party. He married Elizabeth Lenig. who is of German-Swiss lineage and was born in Snyder county. Pennsylvania. She is also a member of the German Reformed church and is now sixty years of age. In the family of this worthy couple are three children : Clara E., the wife of Arthur Withers, of Elkhart, Indiana: Oliver H. : and Arthur M.. who follows farming on the old homestead.

Oliver H. Shamory was educated in the public schools of Bristol, the high school of Wolcottville, the high school of LaGrange and the normal school of Goshen, and he also pursued normal courses through the correspondence s}stem. He was reared upon the liome farm and, leaving scliool at the age of twenty years, lie has since devoted his attention to teaching, having heen connected with the grammar department of the schools'o'f Bristol for six years, and also acting as assistant principal. He has taught altogether in the schools of Bristol for nine years and in the country schools for five years. He is a capital educator, imparting clearly and' readily tO' others the knowledge that he has acquired. He has the faculty of inspiring the pupils with much of his own zeal and interest in the work and his lahors have been efl'ective and beneficial.

In 1895 Mr. Shamory w'as united in marriage to Miss Dora May Kessler. a daughter of William C. and Katherine (Markley) Kessler and a native of Elkhart, born in 1873. Her father was a carpenter by trade, liut for a long period followed tlie occupation of farming. He is now deceased, but his wife yet lives in Elkhart. In their family were five children, Mrs. Shamorv- Ijeing the third daughter. By her marriage she has become the mother of one son, Kessler, who was born February 27, i8g6, in Bristol. Both Mr. and Mrs. Shamory are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and she is now secretary of the Ladies" Aid Society. Mr. Shamory belongs to the Knights of Pythias fraternity and to the Odd Fellows lodge, and his political allegiance is given tO' the Democratic party. He is a member of the Northern Indiana Educational Association and he stands for progress not only in the line of his profession, but in all departments of activity that teud to' promote the material and moral welfare of the race and to^ uphold the political and legal status of the country.

(leorge Milburn, who has wieldeil a wide influence in business and ])olitical circles in Bristol, was born in the province of Ontario, Canada, May 13. 1839, and is a son of John and Martha (Rose) Milburn. The father was born in England, but in his early manhood became a resident of Canada, where he wedded Miss Rose, a native of that counti-y and a descendant of the early Dutch colonists of the New England states. Mr. Milburn follow^ed merchandising throughout his active business career, and at his death left a widow and four children, while two born of that marriage died in infancy and one son died in Cass county, Michigan, at the age of twenty-two years. Two sons, Thomas and John D., are now the only members of the family in Indiana. The mother died in Memphis, Tennessee, of yellow fever, in 1878.

George Milburn acquired a good common-school education, much more ]:)ractical thsn theoretical, and when about sixteen years of age he came to the United States, where he began clerking for his uncle, "from wlKiUi he v.as named. The store was at Mishawaka, Indiana, and he there remained until 1865. During that time he acquired an interest in the celebrated Milburn wagon works at that place, but after the bio- fire which destroyed a large part nf the plant, at ahout the close nf the Civil war, he disposed of his interests and renioxed to Bristol. Purchasing a small tract of land he engaged in fruit raising and from time to time, as his means permitted, added to his possessions until he now owns ahout three hundred acres of fine land in Washington township, over one hundred of which is planted to fruit-hearing trees. Since 1895, wp<"i li'^ retirement from the office of county auditor, he concentrated his energies upon the management of his invested interests, and finds that this occupies all of the time which he cares to give to Ixisiness affairs. He is a man of keen discernment, of unfaltering activity and industry and earnest purpose, and his prosperity' is attrilxitahle in large measure to his own efforts.

Mr. Milb'Urn is a Democrat, hut is not a politician 'm the usuallv accepted sense of the term, although he feels deep interest in the cpiestions of the day and the adoi>tion, by the voters of the country, of those principles which he believes most conducive to good government. In 1890 he \^-as made the Democratic candidate for auditor, and his popularity was evidenced by the victory he achie\-ed in overcoming the usual Republican majority of four hundred and \\inning' a majority of four hundred and sixty-five above that given his opponent. Abilit}-. promptness and courtesy characterized his administration of the affairs of the office and uncptestionably he gave satisfaction to the general public, regardless of ]5olitical affiliation. He has also served for two terms as a member of the county council, was its first chairman and in fact filletl that position both terms. He was likewise a member of the \illage board of Bristol for a number of years and \\as treasurer of the school l:;oard for nine years.

In 1864 Mr. Milburn was united in marriage to Miss Mary E. Hanford, who died two years later, and in 1868 he wedded Miss Elizabeth P. Congdon. They ha\'e si.x children, of whom four are now living: Henry H., now living in Seattle, Washington, where he is assistant secretary of the Northwestern Commercial Company, which owns a number of vessels sailing between that port and Alaska and Siberia : Marv E. : Laura, who died in January. 1892; and Helen, who was married in 189^ to W. S. Daniels, a merchant of Grand Rapids, Michigan, and died in April, 1899. at the age of twenty-three years, lea\-ing two children. George and Laura, now with their grandfather; Florence: and Rollin. Mrs. Milburn is a member of the Episcopal churcli and the family is prominent socially, their home being noted for its courteous and pleasing hospitalit}-. Mr. Milburn has never had occasion to regret his determination to lea\f his native province and establish a home in the United States, with its li\-elier competition, greater business opportunities and advancement more quickly secured, for here he found good business opening, and by the impro\-ement and utilization of these he has become one of the substantial citizens of his adojited county.

Austin E. Meng-es, who is a teacher in the grammar department of the Bristol schools, \vas horn in Bristol in 1874, his parents heing- John }. and Sarah Ann (Everingham) Menges. The father, who is of Scotch and German lineage, came from PennsyKania to Indiana in 1863, settling in Washington township, Elkliart ct.ninty. He has followed the occupation of farming throughout liis entire life, and he now resides upon a go«Kl farm ahout two'miles west of Bristol, at the age of fiftyse\en years. He is a memher of tlie Methodist Episcopal church and takes an active and helpful part in its work. In 1899 he left this cunty and went to Tennessee, where he resided until the spring of 1905, when he returned to the north and is now occupying a good farm which yields to him a gratifying income. His political views are in accord with the principles "advocated hy \\'illiam Jennings Bryan, and while living in Tennessee he served as township trustee. Fraternally he is connected with the Macca1>ees. He married Sarah .\nn Everingham. a native of L)Coming count\-. Pennsylvania, who is now living at the age of fiftyone years and is a daughter of Moses and Mary Ann ( Hitesman ) Everingham. Her parents removed from Pennsylvania to York township, F'lkhart county. Indiana, and liiere the mother died, while the father's death occurred in Washington township, this county. Mrs. Menges Climes of (Juaker ancestry, hut is a memher of the Methodist Episcopal church. ii\ her marriage she hecame the mother oi three children : Austin E. : Walter, who is in the United States revenue service in Tennessee; and Mary, who died in T892 at the age of twelve years.

.\ustin E. Menges, having passed through successive grades in the !;rimar\- and grammar departments of the p'ublic schools of Bristol, continued liis education in the liigh school, from which he was graduated with tlie class of 1894. He also- spent one summer as a student in -Michael's University at Logansport, Indiana. He was reared to farm life and after lea\'ing school he began teaching in a district .school in Cass count\-, Alichigan. He also taught in Jefferson and \\'ashington townships of this county, and for the ',)ast four years has had charge of intermediate schools in Bristol, where he is now successfully teaching. He is a capable educator, well qualified for the work he has undertaken, and his zeal and interest therein are an inspiration to his pupils.

Air. IMenges was married ti> JNliss Irene Alverson, a daughter of Isaac N. and Katherine A. Alverson. Mrs. Menges was born in 1877 and died in 1899, leaving a son. Austin, whose birth occurred in that \-ear. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and her death was dee]Dly regretted bv many friends. Mr. Menges was again married in 1901. his second uninn heing with Cora E. King, a daughter of S. IT. and Ellen King, the former a farmer and stock raiser. Airs. Menges was born in Cass count}. Atichigan. in 1879, and she has ha<l three children: Marv, born in Cass cnunt\- in hjoj: Russell, liurn in Bristol in 190?: and Ellen B.. born June 16, 1905. and died August 30. 1905. The parents are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and for years Mr. Menges lias been secretary of the Sunday school here. Fraternally he is a Mason and a Samaritan, and politically is a Democrat. He belongs to the Northern Indiana Educational Association and is interested in all that tends to advance the public school system of the state and render it more effective as a preparation for life's practical duties. He has traveled quite extensively, for from 1883 tmtil 1889 he resided in Bartow, Florida, where he attended school through the summer months. He is well known in Bristol and Elkhart count>- and is commended for iiis conscientious devotion to professional duties as well as. his fidelity tc all of the principles that develop honorable manh( -'

The attractiveness of b'.lkhart dainty as a place of residence is indicated by the fact that many of her native sons liave always made their home within her borders, and to tliis class belongs Ira B. Winegar. He now lives on section tiiirtcen. Washington township, where he owns and operates two hundred and three acres oi rich land. His liirth occurred in ^'ork tov.-nship in i<S6j. and he is one of the seven children born to Edmund M. and Catherine ( Wdodard) Winegar, the former bom in New York slate in 1828 and the latter in LaGrange county, Indiana, in 1831. Edmund M. W^inegar removed from the Empire state to Indiana with his parents, Ira and Mary Winegar, in the year 1839, and here the grandfather entered eighty acres of land from the government, developing therefrom a good farm. He had four children: Edmund M., Phillip, James E. and George. Of this famih', James, who was formerly a woolen manufacturer of Goshen, Indiana, is now living retired in Iowa at tile age of eightv-six years. Edmund M. Winegar was reared upon his father's farm and throughout his entire life carried on agricultural ])ursuits. Fie prospered in liis undertakings, and at the time of his death was in possession of three hundred acres of valuable land. His sound business judgment and reliability were recognized by all who knew him, and in his later years he was often consulted by his neighbors regarding legal nritters. and he frequently tried cases in the justice courts. In politics he was a Democrat, prominent in the local ranks of the party, ;uid he serx'ed as assessor to York township for twenty years and was also to\\nshi]) trustee. His fraternal relations were with the Masonic lodge and in his life he exemplified the teachings and tenets of the Craft. He stood high in the estimation of his friends and neighbors and was a man oi kindly, bene\-olent spirit, in whom the poor and needy found a friend. He was thrice married, bin first union being with J^Iiss Sarah Mcli, liy whnm he had one son, Mtmroe, who is now a practicing physician i)f Hamilton, K;nisas. For bis second wife he chose Catherine \\'nndar(l, whose parents crune from Ohio to Indiana at an earh- dav.

settling in LaGrange county. The father Un>k up his abode upon a farm and was also engaged in the lumber business. By their marriage there were seven children: Julia, who died at the age of sixteen years; Ouincv D.. a farmer residing in York township: Carrie, the wife of C. X. Blood, of York township: Jennie, the wife of Joseph McCann, a farmer of the same township: Ira B. : Nellie, the wife of Clement L. V. Hedrick, a practicing physician of Kansas City, Missouri ; and George, who died about 1900. Mrs. Winegar died in 1894, and Mr. Winegar for his third wife chose Mrs. Ellen Franks. To this maiTiage was born one son. Ed. aged six years. His mother is still living in Jefferson township, the wife of Da\id Logan, a farmer in that townshi]^. Mr. \\'inegar sur\ived until November 16. 1900.

Ira B. ^Vinegar, having obtained his preliminary education in tlie district schools, continued his studies in the Middlebury high schools. He was reared to farm life, which occupation he yet follows, and his home is now on section thirteen. Washington township, where he has a valuable tract of t\\o hundred and three acres of land that he has placed under a high state of cultivation. He also has ninety acres in York township and in his farming operations is meeting with excellent success.

Mr. Winegar was married May 21. 1901, to Miss Grace L. Congdon, a daughter of Ira F. and Sarah (Crumlxiker) Congdon and a native of Earned. Kansas, torn in 1880. Her father was a farmer and was born in Washington township. With the exception of three years he has always lived in Washington township, and he is of Scotch Irish descent. Both he and his wife now reside in Bristol. Mr. and Mrs. Winegar ha\-e one child. Warren, who was born in March. 1901. Mrs. Winegar belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church and Mr. Winegar is a Democrat, who has served as assessor. Both enjoy the warm regard of a large circle of friends, the hospitality of the best homes of their township being accorded them. In his farm life Mr. Winegar has worked persistently and earnestly, realizing that labor is the basis of all success, and he now has valuable propert}' interests which make him one of the leading agriculturists and prosperous residents of Washington township.

As the congressman irum the thirteenth Indiana district, which includes Elkhart county. Hon. A. L. Brick, though a resident of South Bend, has a definite place in the history of Elkhart county. Born on a farm in St. Joseph county. May 27, i860, he is distinct!)- a man of the world insofar as familiarity with men and affairs in all the departments of life is concerned. As a boy he entered with whole-souled enthusiasm into the sports of his neighborhood and acquired that love for nature which has always remained with him as an abiding trait. He attended a country school, where, studious and not undulv mischievous, he gained the affection of his first teacher in a wa\- that

Abraham L. Brick

His tatlier. William \\'. Brick, wlm was a good old country 's(|uire and is ^vell remembered in the count}-, moved to South Bend when Abraham was still a boy. and there he became acquainted with life in new and practical phases. Willingness to work at any honest labor that would give him an honest penny was a Yankee (|uality which earl_\- manifested itself in the case of this future statesman. He sold newspapers, chopped wood and carried it from the street to the upper stories of many business buildings of South Bend, did all sorts of jobs; then became a deli\-ery boy for the George \\"yman dry goods house, delivering carpets in a wheelbarrow along the principal thoroughfares of the city : then became the jack-of-all-trades and useful-man for a clothing house, in which he had to brush all the clothes once a week, scrub floors, and anything else that might suggest itself to the managing bead. ,\nother vacation was spent with another clothing house, and he next became a general office boy for J. B. Arnold, in the law, abstract and real estate business.

All this time young Brick was making the best of his opportunities in the ward and high schools of Sotith Bend, and after graduation from the high school he entered Cornell University and later went to Yale, but ill health comjielled him to leave the latter institution before graduating. After spending a period in recuperation on a Kansas ranch, he entered the University of Michigan and was graduated in 18S3. He had, while still a boy. fixed his mind upon the law as his profession, and by private stud}^ as well as universitjf aid, he never ceased preparation until he was ready to take up active practice. On beginning practice in South Bend, he started alone, his parents both dead and he without means, except his industry and nati\-e ability, through which he became later on one of the strongest lawyers in the state. Upon being elected to congress, he formed a partnership with D, D, Bates, and today they make, with A. G. Graham who has lately entered the firm with them, a legal combination unexcelled anywhere.

Mr. Brick's career in public service beg^an with his term as state's attorney. 1886-88. In iSgo he was elected chairman of the thirteenth congressional district Repu1>lican committee, serving- until 1892: was delegate and a member of the committee on credentials at the national convention in St. Louis in 1896. when W'illiam Mclvinlev was first nominated for president on the Republican ticket. This usefulness in partv affairs and his increasing reputation and abilitv as a lawyer and man of afifairs made him available in the larger fields of national politics, and in 189S he was compelled to accede to the wishes of his friends and accept the nomination for congress as re]:)resentative of the thirteenth district. He was elected, and since then has been four times nominated without opposition and each time elected, the last time in November, 1904, when he received the unprecedented majority of seven thousand votes. His reputation as a forcible speaker and h.igical de- Ijater, earned in his hoine district many times over, followed him and was proved in the halls of national legislation, where he has with di.stinction identified himself with the remarkable series of policies by which the Republican jiarty has gained and maintained its powerful ptisition in this country.

Mr. Brick has a cozy home in South Bend, where he and his family, consisting of his wife and daughter Estelle, spend most of the time exce]:)t during the congressional term at Washington.

George B. Caine

Oorge B. Caine is the owner of an excellent farm of one hundred acres on section fifteen, York township, in the midst of which stands a fine residence. There he is engaged in general agricultural pursuits and in the raising and shipping of stock, and his business ability and close application have won him prosperity. He was born in Cuyalioga cottnty, Ohio, in 1859, and comes of Manx ancestry. His father. Abel Caine, was also a native of Cuyahoga county, and his death occurred in 1889. when he was in the sixtieth year of his age. He arrived in Indiana in 1875, settling in York township, this county, where he followed the occupation of farming. He was the fourth in a family of six children, five sons and one daughter, and the family was established in Ohio at an early period in its development. His political support was given to the Republican party from the time of its organ- - ization. He was recognizecl as a citizen and man of worth, receiving the good will and respect of those with whom he came in contact. He married Emaline Chase, also a native of Cuyahoga county. Her parents died in Ohio, while Mrs. Caine passed away about 1870. at the age of thirty-two years. She was a member of the Disciples' church and was one of three children, the others being sons. Mr. and Mrs. Caine became the parents of seven children : Charles H., who is living in Cleveland, Ohio; Arthur, a resident of Bedford. Ohio; Miles, deceased: George B. : Mar\-, the wife of Z. T. Flick, a millwright of Bedford, Ohio: Clara, who is also li\-ing in that place: and Christiana, deceased.

George B. Caine acquired a common school education and when about t^\-enty-one years of age took up his aliode in York township. Tliat was in 1880 and he purchased the farm upon which he now resides, on section fifteen, owning here one hundred acres of good land which res]3onds readily to the cultivation bestowed upon it, returning golden harvests for the care and labor of the owner. An important branch of his business, however, is his stock raising and shipping interests and he is now quite well known as a dealer in live stock.

nati\e of La Grange, Lidiana. Ijom in 1862. Her father was a farmer and at tlie time of the Civil war enlisted for service with the Union army, his death occurring- in a hospital as a result of a wound sustained in battle. Mr. and Mrs. Caine have one daughter. Elsie, now fourteen vears of age. The parents are members of the Christian church and Mr. Caine is a Republican, now serving for the second term as township assessor. The invariable law of destiny accords to tireless energy, industry and ability a successful career, and the truth of this assertion is alnmdantly verified in the life of Mr. Caine, whose business career has not been free from difficulties and obstacles, yet he has overcome these by determined puirpose and laudable endeax'or. working" his way steadily upward to success.

John Ira Burkley

John Ira Burkley, who is successfully engaged in the raising of thoroughbred Durham cattle, and is the owner of a \aluable farm of three hundred and eighty acres on section twenty-nine, York township, was born in Middlebury, Elkhart county, December 4, 1862. His father, John G. Burkley, was a native of Germany and in the "50s came to the United States, establishing his home in Middlebury. He was a stone mason and plasterer bv trade and folloA\ed those pursuits until after the inauguration of the Civil war, when he enlisted in defense of the Union cause as a meml^er of the 21st Indiana Batter}-, with which he did active service until killed at the battle of Chickamauga, September ig. 1863, thus gi^-ing his life as a ransom for his country. As long as memory remains to the Anierican people they will cherish the history of those who foug-ht and died for their countiy and as an adopted son of the Linited States John G. Burkley was especially worthy of the praise and gratitude of the nation. He held memtership in the Lutheran church. His wife, who bore tlie niaiden name of Louise Hess, was born in Homer. ^Michigan, and died in 1894. at the age of fifty-five years. She. too. was a member of the Lutheran church. After losing her first husband she became the wife of Thomas Murphy. The children of her first marriage were Elizabeth, now- deceased, and John, of this review.

In the common schools John Burklc)- acquired his education and his boyhood days were spent upon a farm. He has alwavs followed agricultural interests and is now the owner of three hundred and eighty acres of arable and producti\-e land on section twenty-nine, York township. He raises throughbred Durham cattle and also high grades of other, stock. His life has been one of continuous activity, in which has been accorded due recognition of lalDor, and todav he is numbered among the substantial citizens of his countv.

Austin. Her father was at one time a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church and afterward united with the ministry of the Baptist church. He acted as pastor of a clun-ch in Lima. Indiana. His wife, who 1_;ore the maiden name of .\nianda Irena Ludington, was l3orn in Tioga county. Pennsyh-ania, and died January 29. 1902, at the age of seventy years, hut Rev. Austin is still lixing in Goshen. They were the parents of three children : Emory Eugene, a resident of Goshen: \\'ellington J., who is connected with the postoi^ce ser\-- ice in Chicago: and Mrs. Burkley. Mrs. Burkle)- has an old family Bihle which was published in 1789 and was brought from Ireland hy her grandmother, Martha Austin. This is one of the oldest hooks found in the county of Elkhart. Indiana.

Rehekah Rose, Mrs. Burkley's great-aunt, was horn in Litchfield county. Connecticut, October 13. [795. four years liefore the death of Gen. Washington, and was a daughter of Russell Rose, an officer in the Continental army for seven years, and a member of the staff of General Washington. Mr. Rose had three brothers in the Continental armv. Russell Rose removed from Connecticut and settled in the jiresent towaiship of Sullivan. Tioga county. Pennsylvania, in 1807. It was in the townships of Sullivan and Covington that almost the entire life of Rehekah was spent. She was a maiden of twelve when she came to Tioga county. Her father died at the age of seventy-seven and her mother at the age of ninety-three, and she had one sister who died at the age of ninety-nine. Mrs. Burkley's grandmother's name was Phoebe Rose, and she wedded William Ludington.

Bv her first marriage Mrs. Burkley had one son. John Emory Daily, and a daughter has been Ixirn unto our subject and his wife, Louise Irene, whose birth occurred Septemlier t8, 1899. The parents are members (if the Lutheran church and Mr. Burkley is connected with the Knights of Pythias fraternity, while in his political views he is an earnest Democrat. In business affairs he is energetic, jirompt and notably reliable and his close application to business and his excellent management ha\e brought to him the high degree r>\ prosperity which is today his.

David B. Cox

David B. Cox. who is following agricultural pursuits on section twenty-seven, Washington township, where he owns one hundred and five acres of rich and well impro\ed land, was born in Juniata county. Pennsylvania, in 1846. His father. W'illiam .\. Cox. was a nati\'e of the same township and county in which the son was born, and was of Irish lineage, the famil}', hr)wever, having been founded in Pennsylvania at an early epoch in its settlement. One of the representatives of the name served as a (|uartermaster in the Revolutionary war. William .\. Cox in earh- life learned the trade of a stone mason and brick layer. l)ut through many years followed the occupation of farm- ing. He wedded Mary Knepp, wln) was l)orn in Pennsyhania and was of German lineage. They came to Indiana, settling on the farm now owned by their son, David, and there the father continned to engage in agricnltural pursuits up to the time of his death, which occurred in 1895. when he was sixty-four years of age. flis political l)e!ief was that of the Democratic party. His widow still survives him and is now living on the old homestead at the age of eighty-five years. They were the parents of five children: Luther T.. now deceased: David B. ; Hebron T. and Mary S.. both deceased: and Ylartha M., the wife of Summerville Light, pastor of the Methodist F.piscopal church at Elkhart.

David 11 Cox was reared niion the home farm and attended the comnK.in schools. Lie taught in the public schools U)\- ten years diu'- ing the winter seasons and in the summer months worked upon the farm. l>ut now gives his undivided attention to agricultural interests and is the owner of one hundred and fi\-e acres of rich and arable land Iving on sections twenty-seven and thirty-three. Washington township. The ]jlace is well impnncd and the land is productive, so that he annualh- har\'ests good cro|)s that return tn him a gratifying income.

Mr. Cox was married in 1869 to ^liss .Vlmira Zeigler, a nati\-e of Pennsylvania, born in 1847. Her parents. Harrison and Katherine Zeigler, came to ^^'ashington township. Elkhart county, in 1848. and casting in their lot with the pioneer settlers here resided until called to their final rest. Mr. and Mrs. Cox are the parents of four children, but lost their first born. Ida AI. The others are Mary, Elma and Elsie. Mrs. Cox is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and Mr. Cox belongs to the Knights of Pythias fraternity of Bristol Castle 369, in which he has occupied all of the chairs. In politics he is a Democrat and has been trustee of the village schools. He has conducted his business affairs with tireless energy, industry and ability, resulting in success, and is now one of the leading and enterprising agriculturists of his communitv.

Nicholas Tracy Fisher

Nicholas Trac\' Fisher, whose farm of one hundred acres on section twenty-eight, York townsbip. is a well improved property and in its excellent appearance indicates the supervision of a painstaking and progressive owner, is one of the citizens that the Empire state has furnished to Elkhart county. His birth occurred in Ulster county. New York, in 1852, his parents being Nicholas and Laura A. (Depew) Fisher. His father was born on the German-French border and came to America that he might enjoy better business opportunities. He removed from New York to Indiana in 1854 and later became the owner of an excellent farm in this countv. Further men-

Nicholas T. Fisher, spencHng liis ho\-hond days under tlie parental rodf, was reared to farm life, working in the fields through the summer months, while in the winter seasons he attended the pnhlic schools. After arriving at years of maturity he was married, on the 4th of January, 1877, to Miss Delia Carmer, a daughter of Lyman and Catherine (Royer) Carmer. Her mother came to Indiana in 1850 with her second husband, her first husband having died in Ohio. She then married John Long and on their removal to this state they took up their a1x)de in Washington township, Elkhart county. Mrs. Fisher was born in Ohio in t86i and had two sisters: Nettie, now the wife of Jacob Pickerell, a resident of Middlebury. Indiana: and Ella Mav, deceased. The mother departed this life in 1904 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Fisiier, when sixty-six years of age. She was a memlser of the Methodist Episcopal church and was of German lineage, while the Carmers were descendant from old English stock. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Fisher was blessed with two daughters: Myrtle, now the wife of Charles Steinberger, a carpenter residing at ^Vawaka. Indiana: and Elsie, the wife of Harvey Cooper, wh'o' is living in York township.

Both Mr. and Mrs. Fisher are members of the Methodist Ei>iscopal church in Middlebury and are interested in various church activities in which they co-operate, at the same time contributing generously of their means to the support of the church. Mr. Fisher is also connected with the Knights of the Maccaliees and in his jiolitical views is a stalwart Repu1)lican. He was elected township trustee of York townshiji in the fall of 1004, so that he is the present incumbent in the office. For more than a half century he has lived in this countv. covering almost the entire period of his life and that he is best liked where best known is an indication that his career has at all times been in harmonv with upright, manlv ])rinciples.

Elmer E. Simmons

Elmer E. Simmons, who farms one hundred and forty-fi\e acres T>f land and is raising fancy stock in JefYer.son township, is a native son of Elkhart county and a typical representative of the citizenship of the middle west, being alert, enterprising and progressi\e. He was born in Goshen in 1862 and is in the maternal line descended from a pioneer family whose residence in the county dates from i8j6. His father. Moses Simmons, was born in Miami county, Ohio, in 1834, and died January 2. 1897. He came to Indiana in 1846. making the journey westward with his parents, who settled in Harrison township, Elkhart county. His father was a native of Ohio and reared a family of ten children, namely: Moses, Aaron, John, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob.

Xoali, Marv. Sarali and Barbara. Moses Simmons was a carpenter and stair builder and did mucb work of that character in his IwaHty. In his later years he turned his attention to farming and through his well conducted business interests acquired a competency, so that he left his family in comfortable financial circumstances. He was a prominent member and active worker in the Baptist church and served as an officer in both church and Sunday-scliool, acting as superintendent of the latter. His early political allegiance was given to the Democracy and later he became a stanch Prohibitionist. He served as a member of the city council tif (ioshen and his interest in public affairs led to active co-operation in many movements which tended to promote the general advancement and upbuilding of his community. He married Catherine Rush, who was born in Concord township' in 1838.

Her father, Josiah Rush, was one of the prominent jjioneer settlers of this portion of the state. He was born in Ohio and came with his parents to Elkhart county in 1826,. settling on the edge of Pleasant Plain, south of Elkhart, where his father had entered one hundred and sixty acres of land, a part of which is still owned by his grandchildren. Josiah Rush was reared upon this farm and when a youngman he entered from the government one hundred and sixty acres of land in Concord township, four miles south of Elkhart, There he carried on general farming and as his financial resources increased he extended the boundaries of his farm. It was also upon that place that he reared his family, numbering six children, namely : Jessie, deceased: Mrs. Catherine Simmons; Matilda, who is the wife of George Morris and a resident of the state of Washington ; James, a farmer of North Dakota : Noah deceased: and one who died in infancy.

Josiah Rush, who was reared upon a farm, continued in that occupation throughout his active business career or until his retirement to private life. In the fall of 1872 he removed to Huntsville, Alabama, where he owned a large tract of land, upon which he lived for seven years. He then brought his wife back to Indiana and she died at the home of Moses Simmons, in 1879. when sixty-six years of age. while Mr. Rush departed this life in California in 1887. at the age of seventy-four years.

The Simmi.ins family has a creditable record in connection with military service, for John. Abraham and Isaac Simmons, brothers of Moses Simmons, were soldiers of the Civil war. Abraham joined the army at the beginning of hostilities and attained to the rank of captain of a companv of the Twenty-first Indiana Heavy Artillery. Isaac was a member of the same companv and regiment, and also attained official rank. By the bursting of a gun lie almost lost his life. He was but a boy at tlie time of his enlistment.

millwright living in Mississippi; Elmer E. ; Oliver E.. a farmer of Jefferson township: .\rthur E.. deceased: and Clara M., the wife of S. G. Farr. a farmer and stock raiser living near Kankakee. Illinois. He is of English descent and his father was one of the pioneers of Illinois.

Elmer E. Simmons at the usual age entered the district schools, and he also pursued his education in Goshen. He was only ten years of age when his parents removed to the home farm and he early became familiar with the best methods of tilling the soil and caring for the stock. Later he operated a sawmill upon the farm for six years, and then went to Missouri, where he was engas;ed in the lumber business for three years. Upon his return to Elkhart count\- he located on the home farm on section thirty-five, Jefiferson townshi]!, where he has since carried on general agricultural pursuits and stock raising, having some fancy stock upon his place. He owns here one hundred and forty-five acres of land which is rich and productive and annually returns to him golden harvests.

In 1884 Mr. Simmons was married to Miss Clara Morlan. who was born near Nappanee, Indiana, in 1864, a daughter of Alartin H. Morlan. Avho was an engineer antl is now living retired in Jefferson township. He comes of Quaker ancestr}'. He married Amy \A'inder. and the Winders and Morlans are both of English descent, and among their ancestors were those who came over in the JNIayflower. Both Mr. and Mrs. Morlan emigrated from Ohio and located in Elkhart county when quite voting. They had a family of eight children, of whom five are living: Hilbert, of Elkhart: Clara: Elihu, who is living in Stark county: Mary, of Harrison tow^nshi]!, Elkhart county : and James, a teacher in the high school at Alexandria, Indiana.

Four children graced the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Simmons, l)ut Otis, the first born, is now deceased. The others are Wilma and Mildred, both in high school at Goshen, and Noble. The parents are members of the Baptist church and are well known socially, enjoying the hospitalitv of many of the best homes of this section of the countv.

Albert Yates

Albert Yates, one of the best known residents of Goshen and of Elkhart county, with which he has been actively identified since the Civil war period, was Ixirn in Miami county, Ohio, April 12. 1840, and came to this county when he was eighteen years old. .\ man of substantial character and whose activity has in many ways benefited his countv. he has spent his mature years in tiiis count}- engaged until recentlv in the vigorous and successful direction of his farming and other interests. While devoting himself with characteristic energ^- to the pursuits which have provided his material comfort, he has also been deeply interested in the public welfare, and has held public office and lieen identified with various of the institutions of organized society.

who followed the occupations of fanner and stone-mason and who spent most of his life in Miami county, Ohio, where he died at the age of seventy-three. He was a member of the Old-School Baptist church. His wife, whose maiden name was Sarah Lemon, was torn in Hamihon county, Ohio, and was also about seventy-three years of age at the time of her death. They were the parents of thirteen children, of whom Albert was the twelfth child and now the only one living.

After spending his childhood and toyhood in his native county. Mr. Yates came to Elkfiart c(umty m 1859, and for several years thereafter followed the carpenter"s trade. In 1864 he enlisted in a hundred days companv and was made second lieutenant of Company D, One Hundred and Thirty-sixth Indiana Infaiitn,-. On his return to Goshen he entered into business relations with R. ^^^ Whitmer. in the manufacture of sash, doors and blinds. Selling out his interest in this enterprise in 1876, he bought a farm adj\)ining the city of Goshen, and this he still owns, although he rents it to other parties for operation.

A lifelong Republican and always active in party aifairs. in 1886 Mr. Yates was elected a county commissioner, and by re-election served six years. When he came up for his second term the regular election resulted in a tie vote, liut at the special election declared by the governor Mr. Yates received a large majority over his opponent. From 1894 to 1904 Mr. Yates served as constable of Elkhart township.

Mr. Yates married Miss Mary B. Martin in 1864. She was born in Jefferson township of this county, October 22, 1842, Ijeing a daughter of William P. ]\Iartin, who made settlement in this county among the pioneers. Both he and his wife, Mary Blue, were natives of Miami county, Ohio, and of their eight children Mrs. Yates was the seventh. The only ones living are IMrs. Yates and her brother, Blackford, who lives in Missouri. ^Ir. and ]\Irs. Yates have three children. Their daughter, Nora M.. who is the wife of J. P. G. Turner, was educated here in Goshen, taught school several years, was three years a missionary in India, and returned to this country on account of poor health. She is the mother of three children, Nedra Beth, Kathrin Leah and Leona N.

Mr. and }ilrs. Yates have spent all their married life in Elkhart county, with the exception of three years during which they were residents of IMissouri. They are active members of the Baptist church in Goshen, he bemg the oldest mem1)er of the congregation in this city, and he was also the first unmarried man to unite with the church in Goshen. He is one of the trustees in the church, and Mrs. Yates takes an active part in the primary department of the .Sunday School.

Charles S. Stutsman, owning and operating a farm of sixt}'-fi\-c acres on section se\en, Washington township, is a native son of Elkhart county. ha\ing been born in Jefferson township in 1868. He is the eldest of the thvee children born to Andrew and Sarah Ellen (Spangler) Stutsman. His father, a native of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, came from Ohio to Indiana in 1865, settling in Jefferson township, where he yet makes his home. He is one of a family of eleven children, the others being Lydia. the wife of William Berkey, of Goshen; Aaron, Susan, Noah, Levi, Moses, and infant children, all deceased; and Mary Ann, the wife of Jacob Miller, of Jefferson township. Andrew Stutsman is a farmer and fruit raiser who owns eighty acres of land in Jefferson township. He has made'a close study of horticultural interests and thoroughly understands the needs of different trees as to soil and climate. He annually sends to the market a large amount of fruit which commands excellent prices because of size and quality. His views concerning the temperance question are indicated by the loyal support which he gives to the Prohibition party. His wife is a member of the L^nited Brethren church. She was l>orn in Fairfield county. Ohio, in 1845, '"'"^1 '^^'-^^ ^ daughter of Solomon Spangler. a veterinary surgeon. Her parents are both deceased. In their family were eleven children ; Anna, Solomon, who is living in Ohio; Caroline, Nellie, George Jefferson, Rebecca, Reuben and Jacob, who are residents of the same state; Franklin, of Goshen, deceased; Mrs. Shoemaker; and Sarah Ellen.

To Mr. and ]\Irs. Stutsman have been born three children : Charles S. : Jennie, the wife of Cliarles Gulp, a farmer of Bristol. Indiana; and Harry.

Charles S. Stutsman pursued his education in Bristol and was reared upon farms in this county. He early became familiar with agricultural pursuits and as a salesman, and he now lives on section seven, Washington township, wliere he owns sixty-five acres of land which he has placed under a high state of cultivation. He has also extended his operations to other lines of labor, and was one of the organizers of the Creamery Company of Bristol, and was its manager until it was placed on a safe basis, and now is following other mercantile pursuits. His place is known as the Spring Brook farm, and the owner is regarded as one of the most progressn-e, practical and enterprising agriculturists of his community.

Mr. Stutsman married Miss Laura E. Smith, a daughter of L. C. and Alma Smith, the former a farmer by occupation and a native of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Stutsman was born in Jefferson township in 1872, and by her marriage has l:>ecome the mother of five children ; Mabel, Ethel. Sadie. Hazel and Thelma. Mrs. Stutsman belongs to the United Brethren church, and Mr. Stutsman has membership relations with the Knights of Pythias. Lie votes with the Republican party, but has never sought or desired office, for his Ixisiness interests fully claim his time and attention and demand his talents. He is conspicuous for his probity, thoioughness and honorable methods, as well as his success, and in all that he does in public and priv.i.te life he is eminentlv practical.

Quincy D. Winegar is one of the' extensive land owners of Elkhart county, his possessions aggregating five hundred and sixty-five acres, and his life record should serve as an inspiration and source of encouragement to others, for his success is the direct outcome of his own earnest labor. He lives on section thirty-five, York township, and he was horn on section thirt3'-six in 1855. He comes of Dutch ancestry, the family having been established in New York by representatives of the name who came from Germany. Ira Winegar, the grandfather, served as a soldier of the war of 18 12 with a New York regiment and was the first ^-eteran of that ^\-ar in Elkhart count\- who drew a pension. His son, Edmund M. Winegar, was born in the Empire state and there spent his youth. Following his removal to the west he prospered in his business undertakings and at one time owned about five hundred acres of land in this county, personally cultivating about three hundred acres. He also raised stock to a consideralile extent and was well known as one of the prominent pioneer residents of this portion of the state. His brother James was a big hearted, good natured man. who came to Elkhart county a few' years after the arrival of Edmund M. \Vinegar, who had cast in his lot with the pioneer settlers here in 1839. Edmund Winegar tells a story concerning a pioneer incident. He says that the courthouse yard was full of stumps. Several citizens, g'athering one day, numbered the stumps and then drew numbers which would assign to them a stump that they were to pull up. James Winegar declared that he got the toughest and worst stump in the collection, but nevertheless the courthouse yard was cleared. Both James and Edmund M. \\'inegar were members of the Masonic fraternity and Edmund was at one time a member of the New York militia. Edmund M. Winegar was a Democrat in his political views and was nominated by his party for the office of sherifif. Notwithstanding the countv gave a large normal Republican majority he lacked but sixteen votes of winning the election, such was his personal popularitw He was a large hearted man of kindly disposition, charitably disposed to the worth}' poor and friendly to all who displayed true worth of character. He married Miss Catherine W'oodward. who was born" in Ohio in 1839 and was the sixth in a family of seven children. Her father was a farmer by occupation and came to Indiana in the '30s, settling in LaGrange county, but he afterward returned to Ohio on business and died in that state. He was of German lineage, wldle liis wife was of English descent. Mrs. W'inegar departed this life in Jul\'. 1894. in the sixty-third year of her age.

Quincy D. Winegar, born and reared in Elkhart count}-. i)ursued his education in the school of Middlebury and Goshen, attending a normal school in the latter place. He has engaged in teaching in the district schools for seven terms. Iiut his attention has large!}- been given to agricultural pursuits and at the time of his marriage he located on a farm, since which time he has dex'oted his time and energies to the tilling O'f the soil. He lives at'what is known as "Pat's" (Patterson's) corner on section thii"ty-six, York township, and he owns five hundred and sixty-five acres of valuable land, all in this township. His farm is a splendidly impi"oved property supplied with all modern conveniences, and in the cultivation of his land and the care of his stock he shows that he is thornughly familiar with nindern and progressive methods.

In 1877 Mr. Winegar was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Cole, who was born near Rochester, New York, in 1858, her parents being Samuel and Sarah (Tippler) Cole, both of whom were natives o( England. They came to the United States about 1850, locating near Rochester, and in 1862 they arrived in Indiana, settling on section twenty-six, York township, where Mr. Cole followed the occupation of farming. In the family were seven children, of whom Mrs. Winegar was the fifth in order of birth. She has become the mother of three children: Blanche, born in 1879: Grace in 1885: and Helen in 1892. The parents are prominent in social circles in their communit}' and have many warm friends. Mr. Winegar exercises his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the Democracy and in his fraternal relations is a Mason. In his business affairs he is enterprising and his close application and diligence ha\'e been the basic elements in his success.

Warren E. Burns

^\"arren E. Burns is president of the Cosmo Buttermilk Soa]) Company, whose extensive plant at Goshen is one of the monumental enterprises in the industrial and manufacturing resources of that city, hocated on the west bank of the river, on the outskirts of the city, but con- A-enient to transportation, the Cosmo Soap works has for a number of years been a landmark in Goshen and an institution which is pointed out with pride as forming one of the substantial siiurces of industrial wealth and activity to the city.

Mr. Burns, who entered the biisiness as an affice boy and by his attention to duties and fitness for executive control has risen through the \'arious grades of promotion to the presidency of the company, was 1>orn in Milford. Indiana. July 10. 1876. His father, Jonas J. Burns, a native of Ohio, was the founder of the Cosmo Buttermilk Soap factory, establishing it in 189 1, at first in Valparaiso, and moving the plant to Goshen in 1896. He is still the largest stockholder in the enterprise. The large factory at Goshen, which was completed in 1896, is of brick, sixty bv two hundred and sixty feet in ground dimensions, four stories in height, and heavy brick fire walls divide it into three parts. On the east side is a two-story power house, fiftv by fifty-seven feet, containing the engines, boilers, electric light ]ilant and repair shi ips. Tlie buildings throughout arc equipped with most excellent fire-extinguishing apparatus, including steam pump and ample length of hose. The products of the factoi7 are both toilet and laundry soaps, for the manufacture of which the most improved machinery has lieen installed. The Cosmo soaps now have what might well be called a national reputation, for they are of the highest grades of excellence and the sales have been annually increasing by a large figure and over larger territory. Among the other departments of the plant might be mentioned the factory for manufacture of paper boxes and cartons, which are printed and engraved at the same place; another two-story brick building, twenty-eight by sixty feet, where the crude glycerine is extracted from the animal fats, and where also are housed the wagons. About si.xty persons are on the payroll of the company, so that it forms an industry of great value to the city and has created a large amount of wealth for the community.

Mr. Burns, the president, was educated in the Goshen and Chicago public schools, and on taking up independent work went into his father's lousiness as an office boy, became bookkeeper, cashier, and then manager, and is now president of the company and responsible for the direction of its affairs. He was a resident of CliicagO' from 1890 to 1904, the business offices of the company ba\'ing been removed from Chicago to Co.shen only recently.

Charles L. Dreese, M. D., ear, nose and throat specialist, as well as general medical practitioner, of Goshen, was born at L^niontown, .Stark county, Ohio, August 27, 1848. His parents, Simeon and Xancy (Hain) Dreese, natives of Snyder county, Pennsylvania, ;uul n\ \\urtemberger German lineage, were married in Ohio, lived for a time at Liniontown, and in 1830, with Charles, who was then their only child, came to Lidiana, via the canal to Cleveland, thence by steamer to Detroit, bv the Michigan Central Railroad to Niles, and from that point overland by wagon to section 12, Concord township, in this county, where the famil}- home was made and where the father continued his successful career as farmer. The mother passed away in 1896 at the age of seventy-four years, followed in 1902, in his eighty-fifth year, l>v the father, who was one of those quiet, hardworking and substantial men who form the bulwark of every community. They were both meml>ers of the Lutheran church, and their sterling qualities of heart and mind endeared them to all their friends and cause them to be still rememljered among the tried ami true who ha\e gone before. There were just two children in their family, and the daughter. Margaret C. is the wife of Henr)- E. Tiedemann, the grocer of Goshen.

lacking in our modern conveniences and never luxurious, abounding in those refining influences which make character, among the early rural surroundings of Elkhart county as it was fort}' or fifty years ago, young Dreese began the career which has since been so useful. In his youth he followed the plow, did all kinds of farm work, being employed with a threshing outfit for several seasons, and in the winter seasons attended country school. From this school he was sent for more complete instruction to the old collegiate institute which formerly existed in Goshen, and which was conducted in the very place where his office now stands. For his higher education he attended Heidelberg College at Tiffin, Ohio. \\'hen he was twenty-one years old he obtained a license to teach school, and for twelve consecutive winters thereafter taught in the schools of Indiana and Ohio ; and he was known as a most successful teacher, imparting something of value to character- or mind to every child that came in contact with him.

On just such a basis as this have thousands of men laid their professional career. While teaching Mr. Dreese was also pursuing his medical studies at every opportunity, and he later entered the medical college at Fort Wayne, where he was graduated in 1881. Since that date he has been almost continuously engaged in practice at Goshen, and his very larg^e patronag"e proves the success of his endeavors. Always intent upon self-improvement, in 1889 he took a course of studv on the ear. nose and throat under the famous Dr. Thomas Rumlxild, now deceased, but then of St. Louis. Having determined to. specialize upon these important branches of his profession, in 1890 he continued his study and observati(5ns in the best institutions of Europe, visiting, in England, the Great Central Hospital under Dr. Brown, the Golden Square under Dr. McKenzie, the Portland under Dr. Woakes. He was a member of section 12 as a delegate to the Inteniational Congress of Medicine in Berlin, in 1890. After a brief period of study under Dr. Franke at Berlin he went to the medical center of the world - Vienna - and in the General Hospital visited numerous clinics, especially those under Schnitzler, the eminent throat specialist. Aftenvard journeying to Venice and Milan in Italy, to Luzerne, Switzerland, visiting some of the clinics in Paris, he returnetl to the United States with an excellent equipment for his special practice, and since his return has given particular attention to the treatment of the ear, nose and throat. He is known as the anesthetist of Goshen, having been called upon to administer anesthetics more than a thousand times.

Dr. Dreese has a high standing in social and civic circles as well as in professional afifairs. He has fraternal affiliations with the Knights of Pythias, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Improved Order of Red Men, the Knights of the Maccabees, the National Union, and has been medical examiner for the Maccabees for years. He is a member of the Reformed church.

George Mutschler

George Mutschler. prominent manufacturer and citizen of Goshen, for forty years closely identified with the various interests of Elkhart count}', a veteran, of the Civil war and a man of influential citizenship in his adopted country, was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, April 28. 1839. Reared and educated there up to the age of fourteen, in 1854, when a young but independent lad of fifteen, he came alone across the Atlantic to America.

Locating at Canal Dover, Ohio, he learned the furniture trade, and followed that occupation at Wooster, Wayne county. Ohio, until the spring of 1861. April 15. 1861. three days after Fort Sumter fell, he responded to the three months' call and on the expiration of that term re-enlisted as a private in the Fourth Ohio Infantry. He was a soldier for the Union three and a half years. He was under Mc- Clelland at Rich Mountain, Virginia, was transferred to General Shields division and with the army in Shenandoah Valley until July. 1862, and then assigned to the Army of the Potomac and continued with the same until June. 1864. He was in all the battles of the Second Army Corps, and was wounded by a minie ball through the left thigh at the battle of Spottsylvania Courthouse, an injury that kept him in the hospital from June to November. 1864. thus interrupting- his otherwise continuous service from the opening of the war.

On receiving his honorable discharge at Columbus. Ohio, in 1864, he returned to Ohio and resumed his trade as cabinet-maker in Wooster and Norwalk. Mr. Mutschler came to Elkhart county in 1866. At Millersburg he was engaged in the manufacture of furniture and in the undertaking l>usiness from that date until he came to Goshen in May. 1893. He bought an interest in the I. X. L. and Goshen Pump Company, and in 1896 became general manager and treasurer of the company, a position he has since held. This company, which is one of the representati\-e manufacturing concerns of the county, has the following officers : B. F. Deahl, president : John Hale, vice-president ; George Mutschler, treasurer, and J. A. Arthur, secretary. At this writing sixty-five men are on the payrolls of the company, and se\-eral traveling salesmen are maintained in outside territory.

Mr. Mutschler is a member of Randall Post No. 320, G. A. R., at Millersburg. He has been connected with the Reformed church since he was fourteen years old and is active in church work. His political views are Democratic.

sons and two daughters. Emma is the wife of B. F. Deahl, a prominent attorney of Goshen. All^ert, of the Coppes-Zook-Mutschler Company at Nappanee, is mentioned at length elsewhere in this volume. Charles, of Nappanee, is also sketched on other pages. Alice is the wife of Lloyd Burris, the present deputy prosecuting attorney of Elkhart county: George is in his father's Inisiness. William is studying law in the University of ^Michigan, and expects to graduate with the class in June, 1906.

B. R. Throckmorton, -who is known by name and reputation throughout Elkhart county as one of its leading photographers, beingone of the few in his profession who- are really deser\dng of the title of " artist." was horn in LaPorte, Indiana, June 25. 1879, ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ past five years has been identified with the city of Goshen as a citizen and business man.

A son of James M. and Nancy ( Karney ) Throckmorton, who have been residents of Goshen for several years, Mr. Throckmorton at the age of nine years was taken to South Bend, where he grew to manhood and obtained a high school education. Beginning the study of his art in a gallery, he is a practical pliotographer and has equipped himself in a most thorough manner for all branches of his work. He came to Goshen in February, 1900, and after managing a gallery here for six weeks purchased the same and has since conducted it, although he has practically remade the business since taking control and has expanded his trade to very satisfactory proportions. Besides making fine photographs in all the regular styles he does considerable sketch work of a hig-h order of merit, having devoted much time and study to this branch of his art, and his work in general has received much favorable commendation from photographic journals.

Mr. Tlirockmorton resides at his studin. which is a cosy little place and very conveniently situated for his patrons. He is unmarried. Fraternally he affiliates with the Knights of Pythias, the Improved Order of Red Men, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and he is a member of the Methodist Episcop.il church. Politically he is a Republican.

James Edward Newell

James Edward Newell, superintendent of a high school of Bristol, was born in Jefferson township, Elkhart county in 1879. His father, John P. Newell, also a native of JefTerson township, is now living at the age of fifty-seven years. The grandfather, Joseph Newell, was a native of Scotland and when a boy emigrated from that country to the new world with his father in 1S36, the family home being established in Jefiferson township, Elkhart county, Indiana, when this was still a pioneer district, in which the work of improvement and progress had scarcely been l^egTin. Joseph Newell followed the occupation of farming" and John P. Newell has made the same pursuit his life work. He has ever been an industrious and enterprising man and his labors have brought to him a creditable measure of success. His life has at all times been upright and honorable, in consistent harmony with his professions as a member of the United Brethren church, in which he is a most active and capable worker. He is one of the trustees of the church in which he holds membership and also a trustee of St. Joseph's Conference. His political allegiance is given to the Republican party and for four years he filled the office of trustee in Jefferson township. He is a man who stands high in the esteem of his neighlx)rs and friends and his worth in the community is widelv recognized. He married Miss Mary Elizabeth Kinyon, a daughter of Thomas J. and Nancy (Case) Kinyon, who was born in Jefiferson township and died in 1904, at the age of fifty-eight years. Her father came from New Y'ork to Indiana, settling in Jefferson township among the early residents of that locality. He followed the occupation of farming and was well known as a pioneer citizen of his community. Mrs. Newell was also a member of the United Brethren church, taking an interested and helpful part in its work. In the family were two children, the elder being Sarah L.. who became the wife of John Everingham, a blacksmith of Bristol.

Professor James Edward Newell is indebted to the pulilic school system of the county for the early educational privileges he enjoyed. He afterward entered Otterbein Uni\ersity of Ohio, from which he was graduated with the class of 1897, and in 1904 the degree of Master of .\rts was conferred upon him by that institution. For three years after his graduation he taught in the district schools of his native township and then took charge of the department of mathematics in the Eastern Indiana Normal University at Muncie, where he remained for a year. He afterward spent two years in Bourbon College at Bourbon, Indiana, of which he was president and also occupied the chairs of Latin and Mathematics. In 1903 he came to Bristol to accept the superintendency of the high and other schools of this place and is now at the bead of the public .school system here, which under his guidance has made substantial improvement, reaching out to a higher standard of intellectual development. Professor Newell has also won much more than local fame on the lecture platform, delivering lectures upon popular and educational topics and his services have lieen in frequent demand bv teachers' institutes of the state. Since his own graduation he has done considerable ix)St graduate work at his university and is a man of .scholarly attainments, contiinially broadening his knowledge bv research and investigation.

Professor Newell was married in 1904 to Miss Frances Paine, a daughter of James B. and Cornelia (Dickason) Paine, the former a lawyer bv profession. Mrs. Newell was born in Jackson, Ohio, in 188 1 and like her husband is prominent socially, while over her home she presides with gracious hospitality- Both are members of the United Brethren church in which they take an active part. Professor Newell is now superintendent of the Sunday school and is also president of St. Joseph's branch of the Young People's Christian Union. He likewise belongs to the Knights of Pythias fraternity and to the Masonic lodge and in his political affiliation is a Republican. In the line of his profession he is connected with the Indiana Teachers' i-Vssociation and is a trustee of the Indiana Central University. He has already made for himself an enviable reputation as an educator and lecturer and is destined to win still higher honors and broader fame in professional circles.

Hiram F. Kidder

Never can greater honor be paid than to him who aids in liolding high the standard which represents the deeper principles of liberty, and the military career of Hiram F. Kidder is one which will ever redound to his honor as a loyal and devoted son of the Repulilic. In the paths of peace he has also won an enviable reputation through the sterling qualities which go to the making of a good citizen and a trustworthy official. He is a native of Genesee county, New York, born August 25, 1842, a grandson of E. B. Kidder, a native of the New England states, and a son of E. B. Kidder, who was born in Vermont. The last named located in western New York, near Buffalo, in an early day, and was a miller by occupation. His death occurred there when he was about sixty years of age. His wife, who in her maidenhood was Emeline G. Hill, was also a New Englander by birth, and she reached the age of eighty-two years. In the family of this worthy old couple were seven children, six sons and one daughter, and four of the sons were soldiers in the war of the rebellion, the youngest laying down his life on the altar of his countrv.