Huntington County, Indiana - The whole text, 1914 (part 13 of 15)

The boyhood days of George I. Roberts were passed on the homestead place, where he was trained to agricultural pursuits and his education in the meantime was secured in the district school of his community. He assisted his father to clear, ditch and improve the farm, and his services were needed so constantly that often his education was neglected, but he was a bright and ambitious lad, with a retentive mind, made the most of his opportunities, and gained a liberal share of knowledge. This has since been supplemented by reading and observation. Mr. Roberts was twenty-one years of age when he began to rent the homestead farm, and continued to remain under the parental roof.until he was twenty-six. At that time he was married to Miss Mary Margaret Fraizer, a daughter of Elisha and Mary A. (Kirkpatrick) Fraizer, and the great-grandfather of Ezekiel Fraizer, who was a native of Scotland and emigrated to the United States, settling in Pennsylvania, and the history of this family may be traced back nearly to the time of the landing of the Pilgrim Fathers in 1620. The family located in various parts of North Carolina and Ohio, and the grandmother, Mary (Johnson) Fraizer, finally made her home in Huntington county, Indiana. Elisha Fraizer came to Huntington county in 1841, and located on sections 33 and 34, Jefferson township, and here continued to live until his death, being one of the substantial men of his community. In 1855 he was married to Mary A. Kirkpatrick, and they became the parents of three children: Mary Margaret, who was born January 27, 1857, and is now Mrs. Roberts; William K. and George W. Mr. and Mrs. Roberts have had two children: Pearl A., who is the wife of Otto Detamore, a farmer of Jefferson township ; and Charles E., who married Blanche Custard. Mr. and Mrs. Roberts have three grandchildren. They are consistent members of the Wesleyan Methodist church, of which Mr. Roberts is a trustee. He has steadfastly supported prohibition interests in political matters, and has ever been recognized as a useful and estimable citizen. Jefferson township has been his home for sixty years and he has witnessed its growth from its primitive state to a community of agricultural wealth and importance. His coöperation has ever been attainable in measures for the support of the public welfare.

Harvey W. Exser. As a contractor and builder, probably no Huntington business man has fulfilled a more important and valuable contract than Harvey W. Elser. Mr. Elser is still young in years, but has had a broad experience in business and in life generally, and is one of the leading men of his home city of Huntington. He represents an old Huntington county family.

Born in Clear Creek township of Huntington county, September 26, 1871, Harvey W. Elser is the third son of Eli and Charlotte (Emley) Elser. His father, who was born in Mahoning county, Ohio, in April, 1837, was reared on a farm, and some time after reaching manhood went out as a soldier of the Civil war with the Forty-seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and gave three years of faithful service, during which time he fought in a number of battles with the Southern army.

In one he was taken prisoner, and spent some time in the notorious prison of Andersonville, which at that time was commanded by the tyrannous and much hated Captain Worze. The mother, Charlotte Emley, was a daughter of Samuel Emley, of the pioneer family of that name in Clear Creek township. She was born in Clear Creek township, in April, 1847, and she and her husband are still living, enjoying fair health. Their children are: Clem V.; George E.; Harvey W.; Anna M., wife of Edward Snyder; and Jessie, unmarried.

Harvey W. Elser spent his youth on the home farm, and his education was acquired largely by attending the district schools, during the winter months, while in the summer and spring and early fall he performed the various tasks allotted to farmer boys. This was his mode of life until about eighteen years old, when he started out to see the world for himself, visiting different states and localities, and earning his living as he went. He took up the trade of carpenter, and his work as a journeyman gradually gave him a larger outlook in business affairs. _ At the beginning of the Spanish-American war, he enlisted in Company K of the One Hundred and Sixtieth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, under Col. George W. Gunder. With his comrades he spent some time in rendezvous, was then sent to Chattanooga, Tennessee, in June, 1898, was moved to Newport News, Virginia, thence to Lexington, Kentucky; on November 6, the regiment was ordered to Columbus, Georgia. On January 12, the command was sent to Matanzas, Cuba, and after some service on the Island returned to Savannah, Georgia. Mr. Elser was in the army one year and one month and gave a faithful account of himself as a volunteer. After getting his honorable discharge he returned home, and took up work again as a carpenter. He was employed for a time by J. M. Wood, of Goshen, Indiana. Gradually he began taking contracts on his own account, and his success in this line soon led him into a large and important field of operations, in the construction of dwelling houses, churches, and other structures. For several years Mr. Elser did more business in the construction of theatres than in any other line. He has to his credit the construction of the Lyric at Cincinnati, one of the finest and most attractive show houses in the United States, and which cost two hundred and sixty thousand dollars. He also built the Star Theatre at Toronto, Canada, which is one of the most costly theatres in the Dominion of Canada. After the completion of that contract he returned to Huntington, and has since done a large local business as a carpenter and contractor. During 1913 Mr. Elser was engaged in making improvements on the First National Bank Building of Huntington, and on the Huntington County Bank, contracts which amounted to many thousand dollars.

In 1900 Mr. Elser married Miss Clara E. Mosslander, a daughter of George and Hettie (Stewart) Mosslander. They are the parents of four children: D. Young, Wilbur W., Chester A. and Elser. Mr. Elser affiliates with the Knights of Pythias, the Improved Order of Red Men, the Modern Woodmen of America, and with the United Veterans of the Spanish-American war. His home in Huntington is at 1902 North Guilford street.

Epwin E. Wootery. The chief despatcher of the Erie Railroad Company at Huntington has had a notable career as a railroad man, has been in the service of the Erie Company for twenty-five years, during his residence at Huntington has identified himself closely with the social and civic activities of the city.

Born in Kosciusko county, Indiana, April 24, 1870, he is a son of J. H. and Matilda (Rummel) Woolery, who were born and reared in Trumbull county, Ohio. Their parents came from Pennsylvania, and were among the early settlers of Ohio. J. H. and Matilda Woolery were married in Trumbull county, and in 1865 came to Kosciusko county, Indiana, where they have since been residents. The father made an honorable record as a soldier of the Civil war going out in 1861 when Lincoln issued his first call for seventy-five thousand troops. After the termination of his three year's enlistment, he went ont again and continued as a soldier of the Union until his honorable discharge in June, 1865.

Edwin E. Woolery acquired his early education at Spencerville, Ohio, in the grammar and high schools. When he left school in 1888 it was to find employment as a telegraph operator at Spencerville, Ohio. The road was at that time known as the Chicago & Atlantic Railway, which has since become a division of the Erie road. By close attention to his duties, and by a faithfulness of performance that has been constantly recognized and commended by his superiors, Mr. Woolery had promotions which finally brought him to his present responsible office. In 1893 he was made assistant despatcher, and on leaving Spencerville was transferred to Lima, Ohio, and from there to Huntington, Indiana. Mr. Woolery as chief despatcher has charge of the division between Hammond and Marion, a distance of two hundred and fifty miles. A number of operators are under his direction, and he has made a splendid record with practically no marks of dereliction or neglect against him.

In June, 1903, Mr. Woolery married Miss Minerva Kennedy, a native of Pennsylvania, born in the city of Harrisburg, where she was educated and remained until her marriage. There are no children. Mr. Woolery is serving his second term as a member of the Board of Directors of the Huntington City Library, in which organization he is greatly interested. He affiliates with the Masonic Fraternity, the Knights of Pythias and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and he and his wife are members of the First Presbyterian church. Mrs. Woolery is a member of several social organizations in Huntington, and takes much interest in their work. They have a beautiful home on Byron street, situated on an elevation which commands a good view of the surrounding neighborhood.

CHARLES J. STOUDER, a worthy representative of a sterling family, is one of the highly respected farmers and citizens of Dallas township, where he is the owner of 120 acres of land. He has always devoted himself to agriculture and has met with a gratifying degree of success in his chosen field of endeavor, and in addition to his private interests has found time to assist materially in promoting the welfare of his community. Mr. Stouder is a native of Huntington county, having been born on a farm in Polk township, March 28, 1869, and is a son of John and Mary (Lahr) Stouder. His father, who was born in the Buckeye state, came to Indiana in young manhood and first settled in Clear Creek township, where he was married. Subsequently he moved to Polk township, and there continued to carry on farming until November, 1890, when he moved to a farm in Dallas township and lived there until his death, in November, 1913. When he embarked upon his career Mr. Stouder was in very modest circumstances, but through energy, perseverance and intelligent effort he was able to accumulate a competency, make a comfortable home for himself and family, and rear his children in a manner fitting them for honorable positions in hfe. He was widely and favorably known as a Mason in good standing, and was prominent also in political circles, serving as a member of the county council of Huntington county from the time the law went into effect until his death. Mr. Stouder was the father of nine children, of whom seven survive: Ida, who is the wife of Laban Allred, proprietor of the Homestead Stock Farm of Lancaster township; John A., who has a farm in Polk township; Charles J., of this review; E. C., of Polk township; Nora, who is the widow of Howard Sharp; Sadie, the wife of J. E. First; and Chester R., of Dallas township. $

Charles J. Stouder was reared on the home farm in Polk township on which he had been born, and on which he helped his father while attending the district schools. Later he was a student in the normal school at Andrews, Indiana, and after one term therein passed the teacher's examination and received a license to teach. However, he has never taken advantage of this privilege. On his return to his home, he resumed farming, and continued to live on the old place in Polk township until two years after his marriage, when he purchased forty acres of land in Dallas township. This formed the nucleus for his present handsome property of 120 acres, which he has developed into one of the most valuable farms in this part of the county. He has erected good buildings and installed modern machinery and appliances, and gives the greater part of his time and attention to general farming and stockraising, although he has made wise investments in other enterprises and at this time is a director in the Farmers Trust Company of Huntington and a stockholder in the Lagro-Andrews Telephone Company. In politics he is a republican, and he is known as one of the influential men of his party in Dallas township. With his family he attends the Methodist Episcopal church, and at this time is a member of the board of trustees of Pilcher Chapel.

Mr. Stouder was married on October 2, 1892, to Miss Jennie A. Miller, who was born in Polk township, daughter of Frank Miller, an early settler of that locality.

Representing the substantial old North Carolina stock which has been prominent in this section of Indiana from the period of early settlement, Richard W. Redding was born in that state in June, 1856, a son of Thurston W. and Clarissa (Walker) Redding. The parents were natives of North Carolina, and after their marriage moved to Indiana in the fall of 1856, locating in Rock Creek township of Wells county, Indiana. The father settled there in time to get eighty-seven acres of land direct from the government, and continued to make his home in that vicinity until his death on May 30, 1898. His wife died in 1899. They were both devout Methodists, and he was a Charter Member of the Barber Mills church. The parents had a family of thirteen children, six of whom are still living. James M. is a resident of Carthage, Tennessee ; Jane is the wife of Lewis Sigmond of Rock Creek township, Huntington county; Richard W. is a farmer in Huntington county; Wesley A. is a farmer in Wells county; John O. is a farmer in Rock Creek township, Huntington county; Mary is the wife of Rol Johnson, of Jennings, Indiana; Alice is the wife of Wade Hampton of Duncan, Oklahoma ; Sina, now deceased, was the wife of Emanuel Boyer; Thomas died when forty-six years old; and the other four children died in early life.

Richard W. Redding was three months old when the family moved to Wells county, Indiana. His youth and boyhood were spent on a farm, and the rudiments of a common school education were supplied him from the district school. He lived at home until he was twenty-one years of age, and then started out on his own account as a renter. He did well and saved some money, and after his marriage engaged in the sawmill business at Uniondale, owning a third interest in the plant. After selling out he spent one summer in farming his father's place, and then bought a general store at Rock Creek center, Huntington county, remaining as proprietor of that establishment for nineteen years conducting a growing trade with the surrounding community and thus laying the basis of his substantial prosperity. In 1901 Mr. Redding sold out his mercantile business. Adjoining the village of Rock Creek Center, he owns two hundred and five acres in section 22, and has a finely improved country estate, with all the facilities for comfortable living, and makes his farming pay in good profits every year. Mr. Redding is also owner of one hundred and twenty acres of land in Parmer county, Texas. He is one of the stockholders in the Farmers & Traders Bank at Markle, and for two years served as vice president. The present officers of that bank are: J. W. Sale, president; R. C. McDuffy, vice president; E. B. Garber, cashier; and other directors are ©. E. Boyd, R. H. Fishbaugh, and Chester West.

On July 3, 1880, Mr. Redding married Mary A. Black, who was born in Union township of Wells county in 1859, a daughter of Demos Black. Both her father and mother were natives of Ohio. She received her education in the public schools of Wells county. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Redding: Laura M., now the wife of Orin Eversole, and living on her father's farm, is the mother of one child, William K. Eversole, ten years of age; Chester F. Redding is a graduate of the common schools and the Rock Creek high school, and is now in his second year as a student in the State University. He has taught school, and is a young man of much ability and great promise.

Both Mr. and Mrs. Redding are members of the Barber Mills Methodist Episcopal church, and he is affiliated with Markle Lodge No. 382, I. O. O. F., and Mrs. Redding is a past grand of Browns Corners, Rebekah Lodge, and a member of the Grand Lodge of the State of Indiana. In politics he is a republican, has been active in the work of his party in Huntington county, served two years as a member of the township advisory board, and was commissioner of the county from 1905 to 1911. He was the only member of the board of commissioners, who served throughout the period of construction of the new and present courthouse of Huntington county.

Hon. Samueu E. Coox, Judge of the Huntington Circuit Court of Huntington, Indiana, was born in Clear Creek township, Huntington county, on the 30th day of September, 1860. His parents were George and Elizabeth (Beerbower) Cook, both natives of Ohio, and the father still lives. Their home for many years has been Whitley county, Indiana, near the boundary line between that and Huntington county. The father became a resident of the latter named county when a young man, and has always followed agricultural activities. The children born to him and his wife are here named as follows: Samuel E., of this review; John A., deceased; Sarah R., also deceased; she was the wife of M. J. Gerard, of South Whitley; Clement V., on the home farm; Emma, who died when quite young; and Electa J., the wife of Grant Frazee, of Muncie, Indiana.

Samuel E. Cook enjoyed the good fortune of growing to young manhood amid the bracing air and vigorous exercises incident to farm life, and being blessed with a good parentage, he early laid the foundations for a strong and vigorous character. During the winter months he attended the common schools and when about fourteen years of age began earning money for himself as a farm hand. While still in his teens he became fireman at a sawmill in the neighborhood. He early manifested a decided skill as a worker with tools, and he turned that ability to excellent account at the carpenter's trade, in which he acquired proficiency. Soon after his twenty-first year he erected several houses and barns in the neighborhood, and began taking contracts, which soon brought him to the favorable notice of the community as a mechanic of no mean skill. Meantime, he continued his studies, receiving valuable assistance therein from his mother, who had formerly been a successful teacher in this county, so that at the age of twenty-one he found himself with a license to teach in the common schools of Whitley county, where he taught for five years. He became a student in the Normal school at Ada, Ohio, where, for a limited period, he pursued the higher branches

Meanwhile Mr. Cook had decided to take up the law, and in 1886, began the study of the same at Huntington in the office of Milligan & Whitelock, where he remained for eighteen months and then entered the law department of the Northern Indiana Normal School at Valparaiso, from which he was graduated with a splendid record in 1888. He paid his way while attending that institution with money earned by teaching school, and at the carpenter's trade, which he worked at as occasion would admit, still pursuing his private reading. After completing his professional preparation, he began practice in the town of South Whitley, where he remained until 1889, in the spring of that year coming to Huntington and becoming a partner with his former preceptors, Messrs. Milligan & Whitelock. After the death of the former, he continued as junior member of the firm of Whitelock & Cook.

In 1892 he was elected prosecuting attorney for the twenty-eighth judicial circuit comprising the counties of Huntington and Wells, and receiving the nomination after an exciting contest in the convention, when thirty-six ballots were cast before a choice was reached. During his incumbency of that office Mr. Cook was untiring in the duties attending his position, and made a good official, there being no appeal taken from any case which he conducted. In addition to this, his firm served as attorneys for Huntington county for four years, and conducted some very important litigation for the county.

In the fall of 1906 Mr. Cook was elected to the office of judge of the Huntington Circuit Court for the term of six years. In that election he was elected by seventy-two majority on the democratic ticket, while the county went four hundred and fifty republican on the state ticket. That he discharged his official duties with fidelity to the people was attested by the fact that in the fall of 1912 he was again named by his party as its candidate and again elected by the people to serve another term of six years. In the latter election he had a majority of four hundred and nine votes and ran three hundred and seventy-three ahead of the national and four hundred and twenty-one ahead of the democratic state ticket.

One of the important subjects of litigation which Judge Cook has been called upon to administer, is the affairs of the Cincinnati, Bluffton & Chicago Railroad Company, whose line of road extends from Huntington to Portland, Indiana. This road has been operated for over five years under the directions and orders of the court, through a receiver. As is usual in such matters, many complications and disputes have arisen, which have taken much time and labor of the court, to settle.

Judge Cook held the first court in the present new courthouse (which has been elsewhere described) on January 3, 1908. In the seven and one-half years he has tried many important cases and the court docket has been reduced so that new cases can be tried in two or three months after they are filed.

Judge Cook is particularly well versed in our constitutional history and the law relating thereto, and an address which he was called upon to deliver before the meeting of the State Bar Association of Indiana, held at Indianapolis in July, 1913, was immediately recognized as an able presentation of some of the constitutional questions with which our great political parties and statesmen have been wrestling, the address at once giving Judge Cook a standing among the leading lawyers of the state as a safe and sound leader on the subject. For a number of years he has been a member of the State Bar Association and of the American Bar Association.

Judge Cook is an able and earnest supporter of the democratic party, and has been since he was old enough to wield the elective franchise, and the party is greatly indebted to his counsel and management for success in a number of local, state and national contests. He served as secretary of the county central committee during the year 1890, later was chosen chairman of the same, and in 1896 was a delegate from the Eleventh Congressional District to the Chicago Democratic National Convention and since then he has been a loyal supporter of Mr. Bryan. He also represented the same district on the state committee and during the campaign of 1896 did valiant service for his party as editorial writer on the Huntington News and later on the News-Democrat. He wields a trenchant pen and proved himself a formidable antagonist in the discussion of the leading questions at issue between the contending parties, continuing his editorial contributions to the above papers regularly for a period of three years. He has a large acquaintance among political leaders and lawyers throughout the state.

Judge Cook is a self-made man in the fullest sense of the term. Through toil, poverty and disappointments that would have discouraged those of lesser will and energy, he struggled manfully and cheerfully to an honorable and useful position, and he well deserves the high esteem in which he is held by his fellow citizens in the county and city of Huntington. In every position te which he has been called he has discharged the duties incumbent upon him with care, watchfulness and zeal, and no labor or exertion has been great enough to cause him to turn aside from a cherished end, or from prospective results worthy to be gained. Being still a young man, in the very prime of his physical and mental powers, the greater part of his career, begun so auspiciously, yet lies before him, and with such qualifications as he possesses can not be otherwise than honorable and useful.

Judge Cook was married on October 6, 1897, to Miss Hattie Harshbarger, a daughter of Daniel and Anna Harshbarger, both natives of the state of Ohio. Three children have been born to the Judge and his wife; Edna and Wilbur E. are living, the other having died in infancy. Judge and Mrs. Cook are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.

Ervin Abe is one of the wide-awake, ambitious and resolute young business men of Huntington county, living in the city of Huntington, where he is engaged in the restaurant business under the firm style of

Ade Brothers. A self-made man, his success has come as a result of his recognition of opportunities as they have opened up before him, his courage in grasping them and his ability in attaining from them their utmost possibilities. For several years the Huntington restaurant has been located on South Jefferson street, and has grown in popularity until it is now one of the best patronized places of its kind.

Ervin Ade was born in Wabash county, Indiana, near the village of North Manchester, October 27, 1880, and is the youngest son of Frederick and Caroline (Eberhart) Ade. His father, a native of Tuscarawas county, Ohio, was born in 1848, and was by occupation a farmer, a vocation which he followed throughout his life. Wabash county the family moved to Huntington county and settled for a time on a property in Huntington township, but later went to Dallas township, and there the father carried on operations for fourteen years, or until his death, in 1897.

Brought up to the work of the home farm, Ervin Ade received his early education in the district schools of Huntington county, and later attended the high schools at Lancaster and Andrews. Upon completing his studies he took up the carpenter's trade, at which he spent four years, and during that time also spent some time in attending the night school at Andrews. In July, 1902, he received his graduation diploma from the National Correspondence School, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, in mechanical drawing and draughting, and after spending another short period at the trade of carpenter came to Huntington and formed a partnership with his brother, under the firm style of Ade Brothers, having seen the possibilities offered in the restaurant business in this city. While successfully operating his restaurant business, Mr. Ade has also devoted a part of his attention to real estate matters, and in this has met with an equal share of success. He is at this time the owner of 240 acres of valuable farming land in Midland county, Michigan, devoted to the growing of potatoes, beans, cabbages and oats, and while this is conducted under a manager the latter is directly under Mr. Ade's supervision. In politics Mr. Ade is a pronounced democrat, always votes the straight ticket, and in the year of 1909 he was elected to public office as councilman at large for a term of four years, has worked actively in the interests of his friends. He is heartily in sympathy with the purposes and teachings of the various fraternal orders, and at this time is a member of the local lodges of the Knights of Pythias, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Improved Order of Red Men and the Loyal Order of Moose. His business and social connections have brought to him a wide acquaintance and he has the favorable regard of the great majority of those with whom he has come in contact.

In 1907 Mr. Ade was married to Miss Erma Stetzel, the estimable daughter of Charles and Christena (Eggman) Stetzel, and to this union there have been born four interesting and attractive children: Thyra V., Ray, Rosemond V. and, June E. Mr. and Mrs. Ade are consistent members of the Evangelical church. Their pleasant home is located at 248 Oak street.

Parrick GoRMAN. One of the capable business executives of Huntington, Patrick Gorman has lived in this city and county nearly thirty years, and by his fidelity to the interests entrusted to his charge, by straightforward and honorable dealings, and by public spirit manifested wherever the welfare of the community is at stake, has become one of the leading men of the county.

Patrick Gorman was born in county Wexford, Ireland, July 18, 1852. His parents, Patrick and Catherine (Doyle) Gorman lived and died in Ireland. The education of the son Patrick was obtained in the common schools, and much of his early life was spent on a farm. His emigration to America occurred in 1885, and from New York City he came direct to Huntington, Indiana. For a number of years his services in Huntington were employed by the Roche family, and particularly by John Roche, financier and founder of the Roche fortune in this part of Indiana. John Roche, who was unmarried, a man of far-seeing and successful business ability, employed Mr. Gorman in many confidential and responsible capacities and the latter continued with the Roche family and finally took charge of the Roche estate, settling up the business to the satisfaction of all parties concerned. At the present time Mr. Gorman is owner of a good farm in Huntington county and devoted all his time to looking after his general interests and dealing in real estate. He is one of the stockholders and directors in the First National Bank of Huntington, and has many interests to identify him with local citizenship.

In 1890 Mr. Gorman married Miss Ellen Buchanan, of Huntington. Her father was one of the old and respected citizens of this locality. No children have been born to their marriage. The Gorman home is a substantial residence at 1007 North Jefferson street, one of the best residence thoroughfares in the city.

WILLIAM M. CARMICHAEL. Coming from Ohio to Huntington county, Indiana, a youth of eighteen years, Mr. Carmichael has here rendered excellent account of himself and has achieved success that is worthy of the term. Relying upon his own resources, he has made substantial advancement, has ordered his course upon a high plane of integrity and honor, and has gained inviolable place in popular confidence and esteem. In the little village of Mount Etna he now owns and conducts an excellently equipped general store, which receives an appreciative and representative patronage from the people of the surrounding county. Mr. Carmichael has owned two farms in the county and gave his attention to agricultural pursuits until he established his present mercantile business, which has been signally prospering under his able direction and control.

William M. Carmichael was born on a farm in Adams county, Ohio, on the 19th of September, 1879, and is a son of Trusdale and Rachel (Glassco) Carmichael, who now reside in Jefferson township, Huntington county, Indiana, the father having been a farmer during virtually his entire active career. Of the nine children eight are now living: Ada is the wife of Charles E. Lawrence, individually mentioned on other pages of this work; Inez is the wife of John Shipley, of Warren, this county; Etta is the wife of Marley Ware, of Zanesville, Wells county, Indiana; Anna is the wife of Everett Williams, of Warren; Andra is the wife of Russell Chaney, of Wayne township, this county ; Archie, who wedded Miss Jennie Bearbower, of Rock Creek township, this county, is there engaged in farming; Fred remains at the parental home; and he whose name introduces this article was the third in order of birth of the nine children.

William M. Carmichael grew to adult age on the old homestead farm in Adams county, Ohio, and his educational advantages were those afforded by the publice schools. He was eighteen years of age at the time when he came to Huntington county, Indiana, where he was employed at farm work for the first four years. He then initiated his independent career by purchasing a farm of his own, and he was successful as one of the energetic and enterprising agriculturists of the county, within whose limits he has owned two different farms, as previously stated in this context. In 1912 he established his present business enterprise at Mount Etna, and in the upbuilding of a now vigorous and substantial enterprise he has brought to bear his best energies, the while his personal popularity has proved a definite commercial asset.

Mr. Carmichael is well fortified in his political opinions and has been an active supporter of the cause of the Republican party, with special interest in public affairs of a local order but with naught of ambition for the honors or emoluments of political office. He is affiliated with the time-honored Masonic fraternity, in which he is an influential and honored member of Mount Etna Lodge, No. 333, Free and Accepted Masons. He is the present grand master of this lodge in 1914, and has three times represented it in the grand lodge of the state. He attends and supports the Methodist Episcopal church of Mount Etna, of which his wife is a zealous member.

The year 1901 recorded the marriage of Mr. Carmichael to Miss Amanda Smith, who was born and reared in Huntington county and whose father, William H. Smith, is a representative agriculturist of Wayne township. Mr. and Mrs. Carmichael maintain a pleasant and hospitable home at Mount Etna, and the same is brightened by the presence of their three children, Ila G., Leo D., and Madge E.

DEWITT CLINTON Stroup. A well-known and highly esteemed citizen of Jefferson township, DeWitt Clinton Stroup holds a position of note among the skilful and thriving agriculturists of Huntington county, owning and occupying the Brookside stock and fruit farm, lying in section 5, eight and one-half miles northwest of Warren, and two and onehalf miles east of Mount Etna. A native of Indiana, he was born September 16, 1863, in Monroe township, Grant county.

His father, Carey Stroup, was born and reared in Ohio, living there until after his marriage, in 1855. The following year, in 1856, he came with his young wife to Grant county, Indiana, and for ten years resided in Monroe township. Moving then to Huntington county, he located in Rock Creek township, one aid one-half miles west of Rock creek, and was there engaged in tilling the soil until after the death of his good wife. He subsequently made his home in Jefferson township, spending his last years with his son, D. C. Stroup, his death occurring in 1910. His wife, whose maiden name was Barbara Robb, was born in Clermont county, Ohio, which was also his birthplace, and was there married. Three children were born of their union, as follows: Catherine, of Lancaster township; George, who died in infancy; and DeWitt C.

But two years old when brought by his parents to Huntington county, DeWitt Clinton Stroup received his elementary education in the rural schools of Rock Creek township, after which he attended the winter terms of the Fellaborn school for awhile, in the summer time assisting on the home farm. He subsequently continued his studies at the County Normal School, in Huntington, after which he took a business course at the Marion Normal College. Having fitted himself for a teacher, Mr. Stroup began his professional career in 1885, and until the winter of 1905 and 1906 was successfully engaged in teaching, having charge of district schools in the townships of Rock Creek, Salamonie, Jefferson, Jackson, and Lancaster. Since that time he has devoted his time and energies to the care of his farm of eighty acres in Jefferson township, where, in addition to raising the cereals common to this part of the country he makes a specialty of cultivating strawberries and raspberries, for which he finds a ready market in Huntington.

Mr. Stroup has been twice married. He married first, in 1590, Ella M. Sering, a daughter of Thomas Sering. She died in 1892, in early womanhood. Mr. Stroup married second, April 5, 1895, Sarah E. Stech, a daughter of Andrew Stech, of Warren, Indiana. Three children have made their advent into the home of Mr. and Mrs. Stroup, namely: Blanche L., attending, in 1914, the Lancaster Township High school; Donald S., a pupil in the same school; and Gladys, who died in infancy. A steadfast democrat in politics, Mr. Stroup takes an active interest in local and county affairs. Religiously Mr. and Mrs. Stroup are members of the Christian church at Majenica, Indiana.

ARTHUR D. RHAny, The owner of a well improved farm lying on the line between Huntington and Wabash counties, Mr. Rhany is a member of the board of trustees of the former county and is one of the representative citizens and successful agriculturists of Wayne township, where his circle of friends is coincident with that of his acquaintances. He is a native of the county which is still his home and is the owner of a well improved farm, the appearance of which fully indicates his progressiveness and intrinsic thrift.

Mr. Rhany was born in Wayne township, Huntington county, Indiana, on the 20th of February, 1878, and is a son of Michael and Sarah (Charlton) Rhany, the former of whom was born in Pennsylvania, whence, as a child, he accompanied his parents on their removal to Ohio, whence they came to Indiana and established their residence in Jay county, and where he was reared to manhood and where his marriage was solemnized. Soon after this important event.in his life he came to Huntington county and located on a farm in Wayne township, where he has since maintained his residence and where he has developed one of the fine landed estates of the county, besides which he has so ordered his course as to retain the unqualified confidence and esteem of his fellow men. His wife died in the year 1880, and of their six children four are now living. Charles F. is a successful farmer of Wayne township ; William S. is a successful agriculturist of Wabash county; and Emma A. is married and resides in Wabash county.

Arthur D. Rhany was reared on the homestead farm in Wayne township, where his early educational advantages were those afforded by the district schools, the curriculum of which he completed in 1896. Reared under the benignant influences of the farm, he naturally showed a predilection for agricultural pursuits, in connection with which he has achieved definite success in his independent operations. He is now the owner of a model farm of fifty acres, the same being located in Wayne township, on the line of Wabash county, and in Section 9 of Wayne township. He has shown marked progressiveness and circumspection in his farming operations and has achieved definite success through his well ordered endeavors. In politics he has ever given allegiance to the republican party, and as a representative of the same he has been active in public affairs of a local order. In 1908 he was elected trustee of Wayne township, and of this office he is the incumbent at the present time. He also served as supervisor of the township for four years, 1901-5. That he has been called-to such positions of trust and responsibility gives patent evidence that he has secure place in the confidence and esteem of the people of his native township.

On the 29th of March, 1899, Mr. Rhany wedded Miss Sarah Haines, who was born and reared in Madison county, this state, and they became the parents of two children, of whom one is living, Chloe E., who was born in April, 1901, and who is now attending the public schools.

Frank E. Srrauss. Those individuals who are entrusted with the care of public funds are invariably found to be men who have succeeded in the handling of their own affairs, and who are known for their financial stability, their business integrity and their personal probity, for public confidence must be in them lest the community's credit be affected. These characteristics are embodied in the person of Frank E. Strauss, city treasurer of Huntington, Indiana, a man who in every relation of life has shown himself capable, forceful and energetic, and his administration of affairs has materially advanced the interests of the city of his adoption. He is a native of Huntington county and a product of the farm, having been born in Jackson township, the oldest son of Andrew and Saulla (Eby) Strauss. His father was born in Stark county, Ohio, October 25, 1847, but early came to Huntington county, where he successfully carried on farming and stockraising operations on a well-cultivated farm in Jackson township, but subsequently turned his attention to the milling business, a trade which he had learned in young manhood. He operated the well knowi City Mills of Huntington for a number of years, and is still a resident of this city, although he is now living retired from the activities of business life. Fle is remembered in trade circles as a man of the strictest integrity, whose associates were able to rely absolutely in his judgment, his acumen and his reliability.

Frank E. Strauss, like many of his contemporaries in Huntington, secured his early education in the country, where he attended the district schools during the short winter terms, and in the summer months assisted his father in the work of the home place, thus growing up strong in body and alert in mind. Later, however, he was given additional advantages, for when the family moved to Huntington he became a student in the graded schools and was later graduated from the high school. Upon the completion of his education, he became an employe of his father in the City Mills, and at the time he reached his majority was given complete éharge thereof. Some time later he went elsewhere and took charge of an outside mili, but only remained for six months, when he again came to this city to become manager for the Huntington Mill, a capacity in which he acted from 1891 until 1910. Mr. Strauss' connection with this large enterprise made him widely known among men of affairs in the city, and in 1911, when the public-spirited men of Huntington were looking for a suitable man for the office of city treasurer, Mr. Strauss' name came immediately to mind. Accordingly, he was' induced to make the race on the democratic ticket, and was sent to that office with a majority that left no doubt as to the regard and confidence in which he was held by the people of Huntington. His subsequent record has been one worthy of emulation, and characterized by fidelity to duty and a conscientious regard of the responsibilities of his office. In fraternal circles, Mr. Strauss is connected with the Knights of Pythias, in which order he is a subordinate of the Uniform Rank, and with the local lodge of the Elks fraternity.

On March 24, 1891, Mr. Strauss was married to Miss Emma Gross, a daughter of George and Elizabeth (Zintzmaster) Gross, and to this union there has been born one son: Donald C., now a student in the Kirksville (Indiana) School of Osteopathy.

Dav D. Suur. For forty years David D. Sult has been active in public and business affairs as a contractor and builder. In this time he has enjoyed a reputation for reliable and thorough workmanship, has always stood back of his contracts in every way, has employed skilled workers and the best of material according to the specifications, and has a large amount of building work to his credit. He is one of the influential citizens of Huntington county.

David D. Sult was born in Pickaway county, Ohio, March 15, 1851, being the third in a family of four children, born to Peter and Mary (Johnson) Sult. Grandfather David Sult was one of the early pioneers of Huntington county. He was an active member of the Baptist religious faith, and his death occurred in this county. He married Bar- bara Teagarden. Peter Sult, the father, who was born in Fairfield county, Ohio, near Lancaster, died July 19, 1910; in his ninety-sixth year.. He followed the vocation of farming for many years, raised large quantities of stock, and did quite a business as a shipper. His wife, who was born in Licking county, Ohio, died May 16, 1898.

David D. Sult was reared on a farm, and as a boy attended district schools. He was three years old, when the family in 1854 came to Huntington county, and settled. on a farm in Warren township. That old homestead was the place where the father spent his last years. On leaving the district schools he continued to work on the farm until his eighteenth year, and then sought a different vocation from farming. He was employed by John Grabill, and William S. Dillman, until 1873, and while with them learned the carpenter's trade. After that he started out on his own account as a builder and contractor, and being a skilled mechanic himself, a thorough judge as to building specifications and necessities, he has seldom lost money on any contract, and at the same time has lived up to both the spirit and the latter of every agreement. He has constructed a great many private residences and other buildings in Huntington and the surrounding country.

On January 24, 1878, Mr. Sult married Miss Samantha E. Kunce of Huntington county, daughter of Andrew Kunee, an old resident of this vicinity. Of the children born to Mr. and Mrs. Sult three are now living, namely: Mary O., wife of Claude Hough; Frank P., a student in the high school; and Julia M. at home. The two now deceased are Homer A., and Buna V. Mr. Sult is well known outside of his business activities. He served as deputy sheriff of Huntington county two years, under S. Wintrode, and two years under P. McCarty. He is a democrat, and takes a lively interest in politics, and the election of his friends. - Fraternally he is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of the Maccabees, and the Court of Honor. His home is an attractive place on Salamonie Avenue.

W. B. Dimon. The people of Jefferson township have for a number of years had many reasons to appreciate the presence of W. B. Dillon among local citizenship. Mr. Dillon while successfully pursuing his main vocation as a farmer, is also one of the most capable instructors of the young in Huntington county, and has been engaged in educational work for more than twenty years. He is also a local minister of the Gospel, and it would be difficult to estimate his influence for morality and good during the many years of his active citizenship.

W. B. Dillon was born in Rush county, Indiana, September 26, 1872, a son of A. S. and Harriett (Summer) Dillon. His parents from Rush county moved to Grant county and subsequently to Huntington county. The mother is now dead, and the father lives in Marion. It was on a farm, and in the wholesome environments of a rural district that W. B. Dillon grew to manhood, and his education was supplied by the district schools of Grant and Huntington counties. He has also taken higher courses in the Marion College and in the State Normal School. When Vol. II - 24 he was about twenty years of age, in 1892, he was qualified and given his first school, and as a successful teacher and school executive has been almost continuously engaged in some locality ever since. Along with teaching he has combined farming, and has prospered and provided in liberal measure for his growing family. At the present time Mr. Dillon is teaching his fifth consecutive term at the Pleasant Plain school.

In 1895 occurred his marriage to Miss Lola Beal. Mrs. Dillon was born and reared in Huntington county, and is one of the cultured women in her community. She owns in her own name one hundred and fortyfive acres of land on Section 1 of Jefferson township. To their marriage have been born four daughters: Maurie is deceased ; Hattie is a graduate of the common schools and is now a student in the Warren high school; Ruby is a student in the seventh grade; and Ruth is also a student in the common schools. Mr. Dillon has for many years been an active member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and for some time has been a licensed preacher and has performed a great deal of pulpit and other pastoral and ministerial services. His individual membership is in the Pleasant Plain church. Politically he advocates the success of the party which will mean the ultimate eradication of the liquor traffic and its influence, and votes consistently for the prohibition cause.

ANDREW WILEY. One of the fine country homes of Jefferson township is that of Andrew Wiley, who was born on the old Wiley homestead, and his present estate is a portion of that old farm which was developed under the enterprise and management of his father and which increased the area of tillable and productive soil in this part of the county. Asa farmer and stock man Andrew Wiley has a fine record and is one of the substantial men upon whom the prosperity and civie progress of Huntington county depends.

It was on the north end of the old Wiley farm in Jefferson township that Andrew Wiley was born March 15, 1871. His parents were William and Nancy (Layman) Wiley. His father, who was born in Darke county, Ohio, came to Jefferson township of Huntington county at an early day, and secured one hundred and two acres direct from the government. After clearing up and making a home, he was not content to enjoy ordinary prosperity, but continued to accumulate until his possessions totaled three hundred and seventy acres in Huntington county. He was regarded as a hustler, and made money in practically every venture to which he turned his attention. Thus he was able to leave his children well provided, and each of them began life with something more than education and home training. Of ten children the five now living in 1914 are: Henry, of Lancaster township; Joseph L., of Jefferson township; Harriet, wife of D. D. Hare of Jefferson township; Andrew; and William of Huntington.

Andrew Wiley grew up on the old farm in Jefferson township, and when a little past six years of age was sent away to attend his first term of district school. From that time forward until he was about twenty years of age he attended school whenever opportunity offered and his

Services were not required on the home place, and benefited by the instruction of the school room as well as by the discipline of the farm, and when he started life on his own account at the age of twenty-two he possessed sufficient self-confidence and a capital of integrity and proficiency which have been constantly increased in successive years. In August, 1894, Mr. Wiley married Miss Grace Stocksdale, of Jefferson township. Mrs. Wiley was born in Rock Creek township of Huntington county. She has proved a most capable helpmate to her husband, and the prosperity which stands to their credit is due to her good judgment and advice as well as to the industry and management of her husband. To their marriage have been born two children: Sarah June, who is nineteen years of age, was graduated from the Huntington high school in 1913 and is now the wife of Cecil Goff of Grant county; Howard R. A., who is twelve years of age and still in school. The family worship in the Methodist Episcopal church at Lancaster, and Mr. Wiley is one of the trustees of the church. As a republican he has for a number of years taken an active part in local and county politics and believes in doing his civic duties as well as heaping up a full measure of individual prosperity. Mr. Wiley is the owner of a hundred acres, comprising a well situated and well handled farm estate, a mile and a half south of Lancaster and eleven miles south of Huntington on Section 3 of Jefferson township. His enterprise has been largely of a general nature, he has had much of his success in the raising of hogs. His neighbors say that he usually makes money out of everything he turns his hand to, and his place in the community has been assured by many years of hard work and beneficent influence.

Mack Craig. When Mack Craig was twenty-one years old he entered the employ of his father on the home farm, and for three years he labored for a regular monthly wage, just as would a hired ''hand.'' At the end of that time he established himself on a rented farm, and here he lives today, though he has long since owned the place. It is an eighty acre farm, well improved, lying six miles southwest of Huntington, on the fine pike road known as the Huntington and Warren pike. Mr. Craig has improved his place from a state of comparative mediocrity, as farms go, until it is now one of the finest in the township, and reflects genuine credit upon its owner.

Born in Henry county, Indiana, on September 30, 1863, Mack Craig is the son of Levi and Lenora (Smith) Craig, both of them now residents of Huntington county. They reared a family of five children. Mack Craig of this review is the eldest; James W. is next; Etta is the wife of George Tucker; Lena and Elenor are unmarried and live in Huntington township.

The family moved from Henry county to Huntington county when Mack Craig was seven years of age, in the year 1870, where the boy attended the district schools in the winter seasons, his summers being devoted to the arduous labors of the farm. He continued with that regime until he was about nineteen, gaining a fair education in the

It was then that he began to look ahead for himself, and his arrangement to work for his father began, continuing for three years, so that when he was twenty-four years old he rented a place in Lancaster township, continuing as a renter for nine years, after which he bought out the owner. Here he carries on general farming activities and is regarded as one of the most successful and prosperous farmers of the township.

Mr. Craig was married to Miss Hattie: Wooster, and of their two children, one is living, Lilian E., a graduate of the Lancaster high school and now the wife of Delmer Allen, of Rock Creek township. In 1898 Mrs. Craig passed away, and he later married Miss Emma Smith, the marriage taking place on November 1, 1900. She was born in Brown county, Ohio, in 1871, and is a daughter of Samuel Q. and Mary (Howland) Smith. Two children have been born of this later marriage, - Ruth A., born on January 8, 1903, and Georgia M., born July.7, 1905.

The family have membership in the Methodist Episcopal church at Majenica, Indiana, and he is a member of the board of trustees of the church. Politically Mr. Craig is a republican, and he has been more or less active in the work of the party, performing every duty of citizenship conscientiously and taking his place among the solid and substantial men of the community. A man of sound judgment, upright in his dealings with men, he has the unbounded confidence and esteem of those who come into contact with him, either in business or purely social relations, and he stands well among his fellowmen wherever he is known.

SYLVESTER Karst. Many of the most successful farmers of Huntington county are living on farms on which they were born, and where they have spent their entire lives, and thus, with intimate knowledge of soil and climatic conditions, are attaining a full measure of success from their operations. In this class stands Sylvester Karst, a progressive farmer and highly respected citizen of Polk township, who was born on his present farm, March 15, 1867, a son of Peter and Anna (Zeigler) Karst.

The Karst family, like a number to be found in Huntington county, had its origin in Germany, the father of Mr. Karst being a native of the Fatherland. His opportunities in his own country being somewhat limited, during the early forties he came to the United States and settled in Pennsylvania, where he secured employment as a farm laborer. He first received four dollars a month for his work and was later advanced to six dollars, and from these small earnings managed to save enough money to start a home of his own. He was married in Pennsylvania to Anna Zeigler, a native of the Keystone state, and shortly thereafter they went to Ohio, where they settled on a farm. In 1865 they came to Huntington county, the father purchasing the farm on which our subject now resides, and here the parents spent the balance of their lives. They were faithful members of the Catholic church, and attended the congregation of Sts. Peter and Paul at Huntington. Ten children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Karst, of whom five are living at this time, namely: Peter P., a resident of Huntington; Jacob, who lives at Laneaster ; Catherine, who is the wife of John Scheer; Barney W., who lives in Montana; and Sylvester.

The boyhood of Sylvester Karst was divided between attendance at the district schools of Polk township and working on the home farm, upon which he has always resided. He has secured his land by purchase from the other heirs of his father's estate, and at this time is the owner of 160 acres of well-drained and well-cultivated land, located on the Range Line turnpike, five miles southeast of Andrews, and six and one-half miles southwest of Huntington. Mr. Karst is a man who has succeeded in life because he has always been able to overcome obstacles and conquer circumstances, working hard and thriftily investing his savings in legitimate business enterprises. He is known as a progressive farmer who is ever ready to adopt new methods in his work, and as a citizen who has the welfare of his community at heart. In politics he is a democrat, but he has not cared for public life and consequently has not been very active in county affairs. He is a member of the Catholic church, which he attends at Huntington.

In November, 1889, Mr. Karst was married to Miss Cecelia Eckert, who was born in Huntington township, and to this union there have been born nine children, of whom eight are living: Monica, who is the wife of Frank Bowers; Gertrude; Rosa; Arthur; Dorothea; Herman, who is deceased; Martha; Mary and Marcellus. All the members of the family are well known and have many friends in Polk township.

Henry S. Wismer. A death that came as a shock to the community of Warren township was that of Henry S. Wismer on January 11, 1913. A veteran of the Civil war, from which he bore a wound that was always a badge of honor and distinction in later life, Henry S. Wismer was for more than forty years identified with Huntington county, and as a soldier, a citizen, a farmer and industrious worker was held in high esteem by all who knew him.

Henry S. Wismer was born in the State of New Jersey March 23, 1838, and was at the time of his death seventy-four years, nine months and eighteen days of age. His father, Moses Wismer, moved to Bucks county, Pennsylvania, when Henry was a boy, he acquired a common school education in that county, and at the age of eighteen moved to Wayne county, Ohio. It was from the state of Ohio that he went out to battle for the preservation of the Union during the dark days of the Civil war. In 1862 his enlistment made him a member of the First Ohio Volunteers, and he continued a faithful private soldier until a year later, during the campaign in North Georgia, when he was wounded. For more than a year he was unable to walk, and suffered more or less from the impairment of his physical energies for a number of years. In 1870 Mr. Wismer moved to Huntington county, settling on a farm in Clear Creek township. That was his home until 1881, in which year he moved to the farm where he died, three miles east of Bippus in Warren township.

Mr. Wismer was married in Wayne county, Ohio, July 9, 1860, to Margaret A. Rice, and they lived together as man and wife and faithful companions for fifty-one years and six mogths. Mrs. Wismer is still living, with her home at Bippus. Mr. Wismer was also survived by two sisters: Mrs. Lydia Long of Wordsworth, Ohio; and Mrs. Mary Wismer of Trenton, New Jersey. The late Mr. Wismer was affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Huntington, and was always popular among his old comrades of the Grand Army of the Republic.

Epwarp C. Srouprer. A large number of the energetic and progressive men of Huntington county have spent their lives in this neighborhood, growing with it and prospering with its prosperity, and have always been interested in its development. They are as a class stouthearted men, loyal to their section, and their devotion to their county has led to the wonderful growth which has marked its progress during the years. One of these men is Edward C. Stouder, of Poik township, whose entire career has been passed here, and who is now the owner of a handsome farm of 115 acres, located on section 1, on the Range Line turnpike, two miles east and two miles south of Andrews, and six miles southwest of Huntington.

Mr. Stouder was born on a farm in Polk township, September 10, 1872, and is a son of John and Mary (Lahr) Stouder. The father came to Huntington county as a lad with his mother, and here was educated and reared, early choosing agricultural pursuits as his field of labor. He continued to be so engaged up to the time of his death, November 11, 1913, and through earnest and energetic efforts attained a substantial position among the world's workers. Mr. Stouder was a Mason, being a popular member of Antioch Lodge, at Andrews. Mrs. Stouder died in 1902. The next to the youngest of his parents' sons, Edward C. Stouder was reared on his father's farm in Polk township, and here attended the district schools. He began to work on his own account at the age of twenty-one years, and after his marriage settled on rented property, which he cultivated while engaged in ditching at $1.00 per day. He thus accumulated a little property, to which he added from time to time, until he had accumulated his present fine farm of 115 acres, in addition to which he has 160 acres in another tract. Mr. Stouder's success has been entirely self attained, for he started upon his career without capital or influence and has worked his way upward through honest effort. In addition to his stockraising and general farming operations, he has engaged extensively in buying stock and importing cattle from

_ outside fields, which he sells to the farmers of his community. Mr. Stouder's energetic nature has led him into other fields of endeavor. On October 3, 1902, he moved to Huntington and engaged in the livery business, and while there was appointed chief of police of the city, a capacity in which he served for three years. At the end of that time he resigned his office, which he had filled most acceptably, subsequently disposed of his livery business, and returned to the farm, to the operation of which he has since devoted his entire attention with very success- - ful results. In polities Mr. Stouder is a stanch Republican and has been active in his party's work in the county. With his family, he belongs to the Pitcher Chapel church. His fraternal connection is with La Fontaine Lodge No. 42, of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. y

On January 14, 1894, Mr. Stouder was united in marriage with Miss Jennie Beal, who was born in Lancaster township, Huntington county, Indiana, and was eleven years of age when she entered the home of J. D. Campbell, by whom she was educated in the district schools. Five children have been born to them, namely: Nondus, nineteen years of age, a graduate of the common schools ; Paul, a graduate of the graded schools and now a student in the Andrews High school; and Wilbur, Charles and Dale, who are attending the publie schools.

FREDERICK J. CHENNEVUR. The manager of the Roanoke Drain Tile Company is a young business man who during the past fifteen years has shown unusual capacity for the handling of business, has surrounded himself with many of the evidences of prosperity, and is an efficient leader in the comniunity.

Frederick J. Chennevur was born in Torquay, England, December 3, 1879, a son of William M. and M. A. (Gullett) Chennevur. The parents were born, reared, and were married in England, and in 1881 brought their little family to the United States. The father followed his trade in New York City, Norwich, Connecticut, in St. Louis, Indianapolis, and Chicago, and died in the last named city. His widow afterwards took her family to Roberts, Illinois, and from that place in 1897 came to Roanoke, where she still resides. There are two sons, Frederick J. and Hubert C.

Frederick J. Chennevur received his education in the public schools of several different localities where the family resided, and is a graduate of the Roberts high school in Illinois. He came with his mother to Roanoke in 1897, and here the mother and the two sons established a drug business, which has been conducted as one of the leading mercantile concerns of the village ever since. Both brothers were also active in establishing and in the management of the Roanoke Drain Tile Company, a corporation with a capital stock of twelve thousand dollars, which has done more than any other factor in stimulating business at Roanoke, and is a very valuable concern for the community. The officials of the corporation are: P. B. Settlemyre, president; A. D. Warmuth, vice president; H. C. Chennevur, secretary; W. D. Carter, treasurer; and Frederick J. Chennevur, manager - these officials being also directors of the company.

Mr. Chennevur married Eva L. Koontz, a daughter of C. E. Koontz, now deceased. She was educated in the schools of Roanoke. They are the parents of two children: Florence, aged twelve; and Irene, aged eight years. Mr. Chennevur has membership in Roanoke Lodge No. 195, A. F. & A. M. and is past master of his lodge. In polities he is a progressive and during his residence in Roanoke has shown himself one of the ''live wires'' in business and community affairs. He served eight consecutive years as treasurer of the Roanoke school board, and at the present time is secretary of the board.

SAMUEL F'UNDERBURG. Among the many well-to-do farming men of Lancaster township, mention should not be omitted of Samuel Funderburg, who has accomplished a reasonable success in farming activities since he launched out into independent farm life. He is a young man of Huntington county birth, his native town being Union township, and the date of his birth was November 18, 1874. His parents are Jacob and Lucinda (Snowbarger) Funderburg, both now living in Union township.

Mr. Funderburg was reared on the farm home in Union township and attended the common schools of his native community, later graduating from the Union grade schools, and when he was twenty-one years old the young man embarked on an independent business career. He began with slight means, but industry and hard work brought their undeniable reward, and today he is the owner of one hundred and sixty acres of fine farm land in Lancaster township, six miles distant from the town of Huntington, on the Huntington and Warren pike. Prosperity has been his, and his place reflects the sturdy industry that has brought him independence and financial well-being.

In 1896 Mr. Funderburg married Miss Lola Eckman, a daughter of Jonathan Eckman. She was born and reared on a Lancaster township farm, and was there educated in the schools. Two children share their home, Dale, born February 1, 1903, and Opal, born August 13, 1911. Glenn, born May 1, 1907, died January 29, 1910.

Mr. and Mrs. Funderburg are members of the Church of the Brethren at Loon Creek, and he is treasurer of the church. Politically he is a republican, and he is one of the public spirited and progressive citizens of the township. A man of mature judgment and of many fine characteristics, he fills a prominent place in his community, and is well entitled to the high esteem in which he is widely held. He has made the best of those opportunities and advantages that have come his way, and has acquitted himself creditably in all the relations of life.

Noan Harr.' An able representative of the prosperous farmers of Huntington county as well as an honored and respected citizen of Jefferson township, has contributed his full share toward the development and growing prosperity of the community in which he lives. A native of Indiana, he was born, December 8, 1849, in Wayne county.

His father, Daniel Hart, was born and brought up in Pennsylvania, and removed with his parents to Wayne county, Indiana. Migrating with his family to Huntington county, Indiana, from Wayne county, in 1851, he bought land in Jefferson township, and from its primitive wildness cleared the farm now owned and occupied by his son Noah, and was there engaged in agricultural pursuits throughout his remaining years. He married Mary A. Shideler, who was born in Ohio and also removed with her parents to Wayne county, Indiana. There their marriage took place, and to them four children were born, as follows: Samuel, of Lancaster township ; Isaiah, of Jefferson township; Daniel, deceased ; and Noah.

Two years old when he came with the family to Jefferson township, Noah Hart grew to manhood amid pioneer scenes, and as a boy attended the pioneer schools of the district during the long winter terms, but in the summer season assisted his father on the farm, becoming fully as familiar with the science of agriculture as with his books. Following in the footsteps of his ancestors, Mr. Hart selected farming as his chosen occupation, and having met with unquestioned success in his undertakings is now the owner of one hundred and sixty acres of rich and fertile land on section 2, Jefferson township, it being situated one-half mile south, and one and one-half miles east, of Lancaster.

Mr. Hart married, March 16, 1878, Emma Redding, who died in 1901, leaving one daughter, Etta, who was born May 30, 1881. She is now the wife of Ira L. Drubenstot, and has two children, Veva V. and Dosey E. Politically Mr. Hart is a prohibitionist, and religiously he is a member of the Wesleyan Methodist church at Lancaster.

AARON E. SmirH. Successfully combining the vocations of farming and auctioneering, Mr. Aaron E. Smith has long been one of the substantial and respected citizens of Jackson township. The family have been identified with Huntington county since the early days, and Mr. Smith by his own success has fortified the position which the family as a whole enjoys in this part of Indiana.

Aaron E. Smith was born in Union township of Huntington county, February 9, 1860, a son of Samuel A. and Sarah J. (Arick) Smith. Both parents came from Wayne county, Ohio, locating in Huntington county, a number of years before the Civil war. They had a farm in Union township. The mother died when Aaron E. Smith was four years of age, and after that he went to live with his grandfather and grandmother Arick, in whose household he was reared up to the age of fourteen. After that he went to his father's home in Jackson township, and continued with the latter until his death. -As a boy Mr. Smith attended school in Jackson township, but the necessity for work in order to earn his own way, and to contribute to the support of the family was so insistent that his early education was much neglected. Until he was twenty-six years of age Mr. Smith lived at home. In 1886 he married Miss Anna Walter of Jackson township. She was born and reared in that vicinity, had an education in the district schools, and afterward taught school in Huntington county until her marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Roanoke, and she is a steward in the church organization. In politics Mr. Smith has always been a republican up to the campaign of 1912, when he joined forces with the progressive and cast his ballot for that party candidate.

Mr. Smith is an auctioneer of considerable note, and has a very successful record as a public salesman, his services being much in demand throughout this section of Indiana. He has followed that profession more or less actively for the past seventeen years. When he started out for himself he had nothing, and now owns seventy acres of land a mile west of Roanoke, on the Fort Wayne and Huntington Gravel Road. He has a fine residence, strictly modern in all its appointments, and one of the best country estates in Jackson township.

NatHan L. Higuuanps. The little community of Roanoke has no more enterprising and public spirited citizen than the well known merchant Nathan L. Highlands, who has spent.practically all his life in this county, and has built up a mercantile establishment at Roanoke, which is a credit to the village and to his own personal ability.

Nathan L. Highlands was born on a farm in Jackson township of Huntington county, April 8, 1878, a son of James and Mary (Norteutt) Highlands. His father was born in Warren township, and the mother was likewise a native of the same locality. Grandfather Nathan Highlands was a Penisylvanian by birth, in young manhood came west and settled in Wabash county, Indiana, and later in Huntington county. James Highlands the father, grew up on a farm in Warren township, had a common school education, and was still quite young when the war broke out. He volunteered for service in defense of the Union, went out with the Seventh Indiana Cavalry, and saw active service in the armies of the north from 1862 until the close of fhe war. Returning an honored veteran to Huntington county, he married and began a career of industry as a farmer in Jackson township, where he remained until his death. In politics he was a stanch democrat, and served as trustee of Jackson township for one term. He had fraternal affiliations with Little River Lodge No. 275, I. O. O. F., and at one time was noble grand in that organization. Of his children there are six still living, as follows: Mattie, wife of George Edwards, of Jackson township; Della, wife of George B. Fields, of Hartford City; John, of Roanoke; Hattie, unmarried; Nathan L.; and Klea, wife of Arthur Kelsey, of Jackson township.

Nathan L. Highlands was reared on a farm until he was fifteen years of age, and in the meantime had more or less regular training in the district schools. After moving to Roanoke he attended the Roanoke and Jackson township high school, and is a graduate of that institution. His experience in business began early, and his first important position was as foreman of the A. T. Vail Stave Factory. In this line of manufacturing he became very proficient and later was transferred to Ellison, Ohio, and continued in that line for three years. Finally he returned to Roanoke, and went in with Mr. E. E. Richards, and was associated with that well known merchant for six years. In March, 1908, he went into business for himself, and for four years was alone. Since then he has been associated with Mr. Settlemyre, and their establishment is a prosperous and going concern in Roanoke.

In 1900 Mr. Highlands married Tillie E. Settlemyre, who belongs to the well known family of that name in Jackson township. They are the parents of two daughters: Leona C., aged twelve, and Mayme, aged ten.

The family worship in the United Brethren'church and Mr. Highlands is a trustee of the same. Fraternally he is affiliated with Tent No. 124 of the Knights of the Maccabees. In polities he is a prohibitionist, and wherever possible uses his influence to promote that cause. He has served as a member of the Roanoke school board since 1908.

Frep H. Bowers. Among those members of the Huntington county legal profession who are distinguished for what they have accomplished in the direct line of their calling rather than from any public recognition secured in the direction of public office, a prominent name is that of Fred H. Bowers, for fifteen'years a familiar figure in the courts, and identified with many important cases and interests. As senior member of the firm of Bowers & Feightner he helps make one of the strongest legal combinations in this section of the Hoosier state, and in his home community is equally well known as a citizen willing to sacrifice his individual interests in behalf of the larger good of society.

Fred H. Bowers was born in Sandusky county, Ohio, May 3, 1870, a son of Jacob and Louisa (Eckart) Bowers. His father was born in the same county in 1838, and his mother at Buffalo, New York, in October, 1845. Jacob Bowers early in life adopted the vocation of farming, and has followed it for many years in the vicinity of his birthplace. It was the usual experience of a farmer's son that characterized the early life of Fred H. Bowers, who divided his time between his books and his farm chores. Later he became a student in the Normal School at Fostoria, Ohio, and after completing his course in that institution spent three years on the farm and-'in teaching the district schools. Next he entered the Northwestern Collegiate Institute at Wauseon, Ohio, and pursued his studies there two years, taking a scientific course. Teaching then became with him a profession, and he served three years as superintendent of the city schcols of Bradner, Ohio. From that he entered the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and was graduated from the law department in 1899. Later in the same year Mr. Bowers was admitted to the Indiana bar at Fort Wayne, and at once established himself in practice, later moving to Huntington. This city has been his field of endeavor and the scene cf his success. Soon after coming here he formed a partnership with Carey Landis, a schoolmate, under the firm name of Bowers & Landis, but the association was dissolved after a few months. Mr. Bowers in 1905 joined in practice with Milo N. Feightner, ex-mayor of Huntington, and for the past nine years they have conducted a general practice under the style of Bowers & Feightner.

In politics Mr. Bowers affiliates with the democrats taking an active part in local, county and state politics, and on several occasions has represented his party in state conventions as delegate. His only publie service through an office has been as county attorney, a position to which he was elected in 1911-12-13, and also as city attorney and president of the board of public works. Fraternally Mr. Bowers is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias, Lodge No. 805 of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Tribe of Ben Hur and the Court of Honor.

He has been successful in a number of business ventures in Huntington county, and his standing in professional, business and social circles is deservedly high. Mr. Bowers is one of the prominent workers in the Central Christian church of Huntington, and is teacher of a bible class which is the largest numerically in northern Indiana.

In 1894 Mr. Bowers was united in marriage with Miss Hattie Metzler of Williams county, Ohio, daughter of John D. and Elizabeth (Lees) Metzler. To this union have been born three children: Lee M., a graduate of the Huntington high school; Lillian, a student in the high school ; and Donald D.

Wirm E. Cauey. The Caley family has been identified with this section of Indiana for seventy years. The family home throughout most of this time has been in the western section of Wells county, and Mr. William E. Caley spent part of his active career in Wells county, and part of it in Clear Creek township of Huntington county. Mr. Caley now lives retired in the city of Huntington, and is a man whose substantial industry during his earlier years enabled him to acquire a competence, not only for himself but also sufficient to enable him to give his family the best of educational advantages and the fruits of a good home. Mr. Caley stands high in the esteem of the local citizenship of Huntington, and is a man whose word is-regarded as good as his bond.

William E. Caley was born in Union township of Wells county, January 20, 1862. His parents were George F. and Mary C. (McBride) Caley. George F. Caley was born in Highland county, Ohio, the oldest son of Samuel B. Caley, who moved to Indiana, first locating in Huntington county, and later in Wells county. George C. Caley, who has been a resident of Wells county since 1843, is now the oldest citizen in point of years of residence in that section. George E. Caley had two sons, William E. and Samuel M., the latter being a resident of Union township in Wells county.

William E. Caley was reared on the old homestead located three and a half miles north of Markle. From early childhood until he was about sixteen, his time was divided between attendance at the district school and the hghter duties of the home farm. His district schooling was further supplemented by attendance at the Wells county Normal School, and that was followed by several years of teaching in his native county. Since then, until his retirement from active pursuit, Mr. Caley has been closely identified with agricultural management. Mr. Caley married Alice C. Hamilton, a daughter of William M. Hamilton of Warsaw, Indiana. Mrs. Caley was educated in the district schools and also the normal school. After their marriage they moved to a farm northeast of Markle, and made that their home until the spring of 1907. In that year the place was sold and the family went to Champaign, Illinois, in order that the daughters might live at home while attending the State University of Illinois. In the fall of 1911 Mr. Caley returned to Indiana, and they have since had their home in the city of Huntington. The two daughters are Floy E., who graduated from the common schools, the

Markle high school, and the University of Ilfinois, with the degree of A. M., and is now a teacher in the Huntington high school. Mary C., whose attendance at school was along the same lines, and in the same institutions as her sister, is also a teacher, and connected with the Huntington county school. The family are communicants of the Central Christian church at Huntington. Mr. Caley still owns eighty acres of land, the west half of the northwest quarter of section 36 in Clear Creek township, and has a well improved and a highly profitable country estate, to which he gives his supervision, although nominally retired from business.

Jasper C. Roserts. A fine representative of the worthy agriculturists of Huntington county as well as a respected citizen of Jefferson township, Jasper C. Roberts is well and favorably known as proprietor of the Salamonie Stock Farm, lying ten miles south of Huntington, on the Salamonie pike, and six miles northwest of Warren, Indiana. A native of Jefferson township, he was born on the farm of his father, Samuel Roberts, October 30, 1861.

'Samuel Roberts was born in Darke county, Ohio, and was there brought up and educated. Soon after his marriage, about 1848, he came with his family to Indiana, locating in Jefferson township, Huntington county. Being favorably impressed with the country roundabout, he purchased one hundred and sixty acres of wild land, and on the farm which he improved was actively engaged in tilling the soil until his death, May 15, 1897. He married, in Darke county, Ohio, Sophia Wiley, a native of that county. She survived him nearly three years, passing away February 18, 1900. Seven children were born of their marriage, as follows: William W., of Salamonie township, Huntington county ; Sarah, wife of George S. Morris, of Jefferson township; Nancy, deceased; George I., of Jefferson township; Lindsey, also of Jefferson township; Verilla, wife of John Anders, of Warren, Indiana; and Jasper C.

The youngest member of the parental household, Jasper C. Roberts was educated in the common schools, attending both the summer and winter terms, and on the home farm acquired a thorough knowledge of the various branches of agriculture. Beginning life for himself poor in pocket, but rich in energy and ambition, he turned his attention to farming, and met with such well deserved success that he was enabled after a few years to buy his present farm of ninety-three acres, in Jefferson township. His skill in the management of his land, and his unwearied industry, was amply rewarded, his farm now comparing favorably with any in the vicinity regarding its improvements and productiveness.

Mr. Roberts married, December 29, 1886, Lillian I. Beekman, who was born in Jay county, Indiana, February 2, 1866. Her parents, Leander and Hannah (Maddox) Beekman, moved from Jay county to Grant county, Indiana, in 1867, and there reared their family, which consisted of eight children, as follows: Mary E., wife of D. L. Hatcher, of Grant county ; William, deceased; C. F., of Huntington county ; Laura, wife of M. H. Johnson, of Warren; Stephen A., of Warren, Indiana; Rebecca I., deceased; Alice, wife of G. C. Mince, of Warren; and Mrs. Roberts. Four children have blessed the union of Mr. and Mrs. Roberts, namely: Alva W.; Nettie O., wife of Curtis O. Blair, of Rock Creek township; Anna V.; and Clyde E., attending school at Lancaster Center. Politically Mr. Roberts is a strong prohibitionist. Religiously neither he nor his wife are affiliated with any church organization, but they are honest, Christian people, eminently worthy of the high regard in which they are held throughout the community. i f .

James M. Triccs. One of the men who have had a prominent part in upbuilding industries in Huntington and making good the motto of the city, is James M. Triggs, the founder and manager of the Majestic Furnace & Foundry Company. Mr. Triggs started this business in 1907, when the company was incorporated with a capital of $30,000 under the name of the Majestic Furnace & Foundry Company. It is a large and important industry. The plant is in a building one hundred and thirtytwo by one hundred and forty feet, two stories in height, and equipped with the latest machinery, all the power being electric motors. The payroll is distributed among some sixty employes, and the company manufacture furnaces, coal chutes, garbage receivers and builders' specialties. The output is distributed all over the United States. The business is on a solid basis of commercial success, and its stock holders enjoy large dividends on the capital invested.

Mr. Triggs besides being manager is secretary and treasurer, and Peter Martin is vice president, while the president of the company is W. W. Hawley.

James M. Triggs was born in Jackson county, Michigan, June 4, 1871, representing an old family in that section of the state. His parents were William M. and Innocent (Fuller) Triggs. His youth was spent in his native county and while there he attended the common schools and subsequently high school. His school days may be said to have ended when he was fourteen years old. His first business experience was in a hardware store at Morenci, Michigan, and later he went on the road as a traveling salesman representing a hardware house in Cleveland and covered the states of Ohio and Indiana for several years. Later he left the road in order to take the management of the hardware store in which he was first employed at Morenci, Michigan, and after a broad and varied experience in business affairs, he came to Huntington and established his present business. He was a leader and promoter in the enterprise, but associated with him some of the well known men of Huntington as stock holders. His business has more than justified the early anticipations as to its success, and no list of Huntington industries would be complete without mention of the Majestic Company.

In 1892 Mr. Triggs married Miss Myrtle Datesman, daughter of Jess Datesman of Morenci, Michigan. They are the parents of three children: Kenneth, Helen and Lawrence. Mr. Triggs is affiliated with Amity Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and is popular in both business and social circles

CASWELL-RUNYAN Company. Less than a decade has passed since Huntington first began to follow in an energetic fashion its aspirations towards greatness as an industrial and manufacturing center. In that time a great deal has been accomplished, and the citizens have done much to justify the motto ''Opportunity's Gateway'' which has been taken as the commercial watchword of the city. The first important establishment to locate in Huntington through the ''Opportunity's Gateway," was the Caswell-Runyan Company. This plant is known as the ''home of cedar chests.'' Though its products are not confined to cedar chests its chief success has been based upon that output. The founder of the business is Mr. John Wallace Caswell, who for some years was engaged in manufacturing lines in North Manchester, and served his novitiate in that place and was well prepared to carry on the business with which he has been identified in Huntington.

The story of the founding of the Caswell-Runyan Company was well told in the Huntington Herald of April 21, 1918, and the article that appeared in that paper will be quoted in part. ''In 1907 when Huntington organized her factory fund, the first factory to be located was the Caswell-Runyan Company, that concern coming on the personal solicitation of Mr. J. F. Bippus. Building operations were commenced in May, and the factory started the 27th of August and had been in operation just two months when the panic of 1907 struck the country. At that time the operators were the only exclusive manufacturers of cedar chests and shirt-waist boxes in the United States. There were other concerns making these articles as side lines, but the business was practically unknown and unheard of. Some can no doubt recall the impression of the original building, which was one hundred and fifty by two hundred feet, in the minds of the people, who thought the company must be insane to erect a building of that kind for the manufacture of something most of them had never heard of, as it was thought the building was of sufficient size to make all the cedar chests that could be used in the United States or any other country. However, the possibilities of the business had been very carefully considered, and canvassed among the handlers of this product, and after being in operation about two years, it was found necessary to more than double the capacity of the plant. They now have something over one hundred thousand feet of floor space, and insurance men as well as factory inspectors pronounce it the most up-to-date wood-working plant in the state of Indiana, and, what is more, it is the cleanest to be found anywhere in the state. Every machine is operated by electricity, and this plant was the first in the city to install this kind of power exclusively. Since then practically every other establishment in the city has been so equipped."'

The chief product, as already stated, of the Caswell-Runyan Company is cedar chests. Next in importance is matting-covered boxes, used for the storing of clothing. Then come bolster rolls, an article used for decorating beds. Fourth in order of importance are screens, not common window screens, but an article used as a matter of decoration inside the house, and made of burlap and other fabric. Another product is hall trees, besides some of the staple articles of furniture lines. The material for the cedar chests is acquired principally from the mountain districts of Tennessee. The cedar in that locality is said to be of the same species and character as the famous cedars of Lebanon, and the popularity of the cedar chests made of this specially selected material is due to the fact that moths will avoid the fragrant cedar wood, and the odor of cedar is pleasant in itself, and the wood is so attractive as to make a cedar chest an ornate article of furniture. During the year 1912, as a measure of the magnitude of the business done by this company, more than four hundred carloads of manufactured goods were shipped from the Huntington plant. This is more than a full carload every day in the year. The goods are distributed from Maine to California, and from New Orleans to Duluth, and the salesmen of the company visit practically every city of twenty thousand people or more in the country. The business is a very important institution in Huntington, the company started with a capital of seventy-five thousand dollars, and the stock now is two hundred thousand dollars in common, and ten thousand dollars in preferred. The employes number between one hundred and twenty-five and one hundred and seventy-five, and many of them are expert workmen, cabinet makers, and wood-turners, getting large salaries in the mechanical trade. Thus the payroll is an important item in Huntington's aggregate prosperity.

The officers of the Caswell-Runyan Company are Winfred Runyon, president; John A. Snyder, vice president; J. W. Caswell, secretarytreasurer.