LaPorte County, Indiana - Chapter 36: Religion, 1904 (part 17 of 23)

JOHN J. ACKERMAN. From an early period in the development of LaPorte county John J. Ackerman has resided within its borders, his home being on sectioin 30, Hudson township. He was born in Allegheny city, Pennsylvania, on the 1 6th of July, 1836, and was a son of John and Mrs. (Himelroyd) Ackerman. His father died when our subject was but five years of age. and little is known concerning the family history, save that he was an extensive builder and con¬ tractor. He was born either in Germany, or his parents were natives of that country, and his wife also died during the early youth of their son, John J.

Mr. John J. Ackerman is the third of a fam¬ ily of four sons, and being left early an orphan he was taken to Mahoning county, Ohio, when a little lad of about five years old. There he lived with an uncle until ten years, when he was bound out for two years to another uncle. After serving for that period he started out in life on his own account, although very young to thus face the world and its heavy responsibilities. For a year he was employed in a coal mine, and then went to Warren, Ohio, where he secured a position on the railroad, running from Warren to Cleve¬ land. When harvest time came he left the rail¬ road service, however, and became employed in the fields. When about seventeen years of age he started westward, making his way first to Coldwater, Michigan, and afterward to Misha¬ waka, Indiana. Thence he came to LaPorte county, where he began earning his living by chopping wood. In this wav he made one hun- dred and twenty-five dollars. He then returned to his old home in the east, where he remained until the following autumn, when he again came to La Porte county, going first to Cleveland on horseback, thence by boat to Chicago and after¬ ward traveling through Wisconsin and Illinois and on to Indiana. He worked by the month as a farm hand until he came to Hudson township, when he began chopping wood. In this way he accumulated four hundred dollars, and desirous of having a home of his own he invested his capital in forty acres of land. All of this money was paid upon his property and he also incurred an indebtedness of four hundred dollars by the purchase.

Wishing a companion and helpmate for life's journey, Mr. Ackerman chose Miss Mary L. Robeson and following their marriage he built a little log cabin upon his forty acres of land. He at once began to clear the place, and, unaided, performed the arduous task of cutting away the timber and preparing the land for the plow. In his work he prospered and soon made enough to enable him to purchase an adjoining tract of forty acres. To his original farm he kept adding until he became the owner of one hundred and sixty acres in the old home place, and he also owned at one time in addition to this a tract of eighty acres, which he later sold. His farm is well im¬ proved, and the property is the visible evidence of his life of thrift and industry.

To Mr. and Mrs. Ackerman have been born six children: Jacob, George, Janie, Miler, Schuy¬ ler, and Henry, who died in infancy. Jacob wedded Miss Emma Leleider, and has one daugh¬ ter; they are residents of LaPorte. George, a resident of Hudson township, wedded Miss Anna Miller and has three sons and one daughter. Janie wedded Edward Bean, a resident of South Bend, Indiana, and has one daughter. Miler, a resident of South Bend, wedded Miss Lora Michael. The family is well known in the county and Mr. Ackerman is numbered among the early settlers, to whom can be attribuetd much of the substantial upbuilding and progress of this section of the state because they laid the foundation upon which the present pros¬ perity has been builded. In citizenship he is pub¬ lic-spirited, taking an active interest in many measures for the public good and largely co-op¬ erating in the work of general improvement. In politics he is a Democrat, and has held township offices. Truly he has earned the proud American title of a self-made man, for starting out in life as a boy empty-handed, he has steadily advanced and the difficulties and obstacles in his path have served as an impetus for renewed effort.

JOHN H. BARKER. That Michigan City has become an important manufacturing and in¬ dustrial center is largely due to the efforts of such enterprising, progressive business men as John H. Barker, the president of the Haskell & Barker Car Company. He was bom here Feb¬ ruary 4, 1844, and is a son of John and Cordelia E. (Collamer) Barker. The ancestry of the fam¬ ily can be traced back to Richard Barker, a native of England, who braved the dangers incident to an ocean voyage in the middle of the seventeenth century and took up his abode in Salem, Massa¬ chusetts, in 1643.

Mr. Barker's grandfather, Stephen Barker, was a native of Andover, Massachusetts, and mar¬ ried a Miss Wood, by whom he had a large fam¬ ily. By occupation he was a farmer, and through the tilling of the soil accumulated a comfortable competence. He was an excellent representative of the thrifty and aristocratic New England agri¬ culturists, and became a leading and influential resident of his community, where he served for a number of years as a justice of the peace. He died when well advanced in years. The maternal grandfather of Mr. Barker was also a native of Massachusetts and belonged to one of the promi¬ nent families of that section. His entire life was spent in the east.

John Barker, Sr., the father of John H. Barker, was bom in Andover, Massachusetts, December 16, 1814, and died March 21, 1878. He was mar¬ ried June 28, 1841, to Cordelia E. Collamer, who was born at Sandy Hill, Washington county, New York, June 20, 1818, and died December 24, 1894. John Barker was reared upon a farm and acquired his education in the public schools. Later he served an apprenticeship in a store in Haverhill, Massachusetts, and in 1834 started westward, spending a short time at Cincinnati, Ohio, after which he went to Dayton, Ohio, where he became a salesman in the wholesale and retail establishment of T. & W. Parrott, dealers in drygoods, groceries, boots and shoes, hardware and other commodities. His salary for the first six months was not definitely fixed, but it was agreed that if he could fill the position to the satisfaction of his employers he would be paid not less than twenty and not more than twenty-five dollars per month. The position was just what he sought, for he considered it an excellent schooling for him in business matters, so he courageously under¬ took the work with the hope of pleasing his em¬ ployers and gaining valuable knowledge concern¬ ing business for himself. He attended strictly to his duties, shunned evil companions and saved his money.- Dayton was thirteen hundred miles from his old home, and he met few people while there whom he had known in the east. When he ar¬ rived in Dayton he was advised not to go any further west, which advice he thought unneces¬ sary, having already determined upon that course.

After a time, however, desiring to engage in business for himself, he decided to venture further west, and in the spring of 1836 he came to Michigan City, where he engaged in general mer¬ chandising as a member of the firm of Carter & Barker for several years. A change in the part¬ nership caused the formation of the firm of Barker & Best, and later Mr. Barker was alone in busi¬ ness for a number of years. In 1852 the firm be¬ came Barker & De Wolfe, which continued but a short time. He then retired from merchandising and began buying grain, conducting an elevator, and for the purpose of facilitating shipment building the west pier in the harbor, which was the second one built in Michigan City, the one on the east side having been built by Chauncey B. Blair. Mr. John Barker engaged in shipping grain in the summer seasons and packed pork in the winter months, being thus engaged until about 1855, when he acquired an interest in the car works under the firm name of Haskell, Barker & Ald¬ ridge, which firm continued until about i860, when Messrs. Haskell and Barker purchased their partner's interest. This business style was main¬ tained until 1871, when the Haskell & Barker Car Company was formed. In 1867 Mr. Haskell re¬ moved to Chicago and there resided until his death. In 1869 Mr. Barker also moved to that city, where he died, at tfte age of sixty-four years. Mr. Haskell was the president of the company un¬ til his retirement in 1883, when he disposed of his interest and was succeeded in the presidency by John H. Barker, who up to that time had been general manager.

In his political views John Barker, Sr., was first a Whig and afterward a Republican. He and his wife attended the Second Presbyterian church of Chicago and contributed generously to its support. In their family were four sons and a daughter: John H., the eldest, born in Michigan City, September 11, 1842, died in Detroit, Michi¬ gan, August 9, 1843. The second son was also named John H. and is the subject of this sketch. George Tyler Barker, born November 3, 1846, died February 24, 1852. Wallace C., born Sep¬ tember 14, 1848, became a wholesale iron mer¬ chant of Chicago, and was drowned June 1, 1878, when yachting near Kenwood, Illinois, being then thirty years of age. He had married Jessie O. Norton, and they had two children : Norton W., born January 30, 1875 ; and Anna O., born November 25, 1876. Anna S., born January 7, 1855, is the present wife of Frederick C. Austin, of Chicago. She first, became the wife of John W. Ogden, of Chicago, married May 9, 1876, and their children were Marion, bom July 22, 1878; and Wesley, born September 18, 1885. John W. Ogden died August 27, 1885, and on the nth of May, 1887, she gave her hand in marriage to Frederick C. Austin.

John H. Barker, who is now the president of the Haskell & Barker Car Company, resided in Michigan City until eighteen years of age and during that time acquired his early education in the public schools here, and then spent two years and a half as a student in Racine College, of Ra¬ cine, Wisconsin. When a young man of eighteen he went to Chicago and entered the wholesale sugar warehouse, owned by J. H. Dunham, in the capacity of a shipping clerk. Later he began working for the wholesale grocery firm of Pollard & Doane, and on leaving that employ went to Springfield, Illinois, where he was engaged in the wholesale grocery business on his own account, under the firm name of Smith & Barker, his part¬ ner being Lafayette Smith. After a year he pur¬ chased Mr. Smith's interest and was alone in business for a year and a half, when he returned to Chicago and formed a partnership in the whole¬ sale grocery business under the firm name of Meeker & Barker, which continued up to 1869. Then he came to Michigan City and entered the car works, of which his father was part owner. In 1871 he was made general manager, and con¬ tinued as such until elected president in 1883, in which office he has since served. For a number of years the company was engaged in the construc¬ tion of passenger and sleeping cars, but in 1873 they discontinued the passenger car equipment, and since that time have built freight cars, supply¬ ing roads in all parts of the country. Theirs is one of the largest industrial enterprises of the west, employing twenty-two hundred people.

On the 28th of August, 1873, Mr. Barker was united in marriage to Miss Genia Brooks, who died April 3, 1891. They were the parents of three children : Cordelia, born May 30, 1877, died June 21, 1880; Wallace, bom February 16, 1879, died on the 21st of July, of the same year; and Eugenia, born August 19, 1880, died August 21, 1882. On the 14th of February, 1893, Mr. Barker married Miss Katherine Fitz-Gerald, of Manchester, New Hampshire, a daughter of Mar¬ tin and Mary (Devine) Fitz-Gerald. They have one daughter, Catherine, bom February 4, 1896. Mrs. Barker's father was born in county Galway, Ireland, and her mother in county Cork. They had four children, of whom two are living : George B., of Boston; and Mrs. Barker. Martin Fitz¬ Gerald came to America sometime in the fifties, and his wife crosed the Atlantic in 1848, their marriage being celebrated in Boston. His busi¬ ness was that of stone contractor and quarryman, and in 1885 he retired from business and now re¬ sides in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His parents were William and Catherine (Hayes) Fitz-Ger¬ ald. The maternal grandfather of Mrs. Barker was Maurice Devine, and his wife bore the maiden name of Ellen Quirk.

The political support of Mr. Barker is given to the Republican party, and for one term he was the mayor of Michigan City. For many years Mr. Barker has been a member of the board of directors of the First National Bank of Chicago. He manifests a public-spirited interest in the wel¬ fare of the city, its progress and improvement, and his name is always found upon the lists of those who contribute to measures for the public good. But perhaps his greatest work in its be¬ half is the conducting of an industry of such magnitude as the works of the Haskell & Barker Car Company, for it furnishes employment to many workmen and thereby provides a means of living to hundreds of families. He is fair and just in his treatment of employes, maintaining a system that is of benefit to both, and it is a wellknown fact that in the factory faithful service and capable workmanship will win promotion as opportunity offers. If more men conducted bus¬ iness upon the principles here maintained, the la¬ bor question would be more quickly and satis¬ factorily settled.

HENRY E. HUNTLEY, the late proprietor of a first-class, water-power flour mill in Springfield township, LaPorte county, and who made an honorable record during his fifty years of resi¬ dence in the county, was the son of C. F. and Bertha (Bradt) Huntley. The former was born in Connecticut, was a carpenter bv trade, and came to LaPorte county, in 1851, locating at Ross's Mills, in Springfield township. He died at the age of sixty-nine years. His wife was

Henry E. Huntley, the eldest of six children, was born in Dayton, Ohio, May 28, 1838, and was about thirteen years old when he came to La¬ Porte county, having already received the greater part of his school training. At the age of six¬ teen he begaa his career as miller in Ross's Mills, and served a full apprenticeship at the business. But before he had progressed far as an inde¬ pendent workman the Civil war came on, and in 1862 he enlisted in Company B, Seventy-third Indiana Infantry, and served a year and a half. At the battle of Day's Gap, Alabama, April 30, 1863, he was wounded in the thigh and taken prisoner, and for a time was confined in Libbv prison, and from there was taken to Annapolis hospital, where he received his honorable dis¬ charge December 23, 1863. On returning to La¬ Porte county Mr. Huntley resumed milling work at Ross's Mills, where he remained five years, and was then engaged in the operation of other plants. In 1888 he bought his mill in Springfield township, and his mechanical skill brought about many improvements and added much to its effic¬ iency. It is a water-power mill, and turns out a high grade of flour and feed of all kinds, and has a deserved reputation among the people of the vicinity. Mr. Huntley was a good manager, and his business afforded him a comfortable liv¬ ing and gave him considerable prestige among his fellow citizens.

In 1871 Mr. Huntley married Miss Sarah E. Shippee, who was bom in Springfield township, April 24, 1850, and comes of one of the pioneer families. She was educated in the county, and is highly esteemed among those with whom she has grown up and lived. She is the mother of one daughter, Henrietta E., a high school student and stenographer. Mr. Huntley was a member of Patten Post, G. A. R., and was a life-long Re¬ publican. He was at one time a member of the Christian church. He was well known through¬ out the township, and his business and social relations were on the high plane of integrity and honorable dealings.

Since the above was first compiled Mr. Huntfey passed away, and we append the obituary of the worthy gentleman clipped from a LaPorte county paper:

Henry E. Huntley, one of 1^ Porte county's oldest and perhaps best known residents, died at his late home at Willow Creek Mills, at an early hour Sunday morning, February 28. Mr. Hunt- ley had been ill less than thirty-six hours, and was afflicted with heart disease. He was taken ill late Friday evening, and his condition became such that medical aid could not avail.

Mr. Huntley had been a resident of LaPorte county for about fifty years. He was a native of Ohio, and was bom in Dayton, May 28, 1838, be¬ ing about sixty-five years, nine months old. He came to this county when a boy. He was married to Sarah E. Shippee of this county on October 1, 1871. One daughter, Etta E., at present liv¬ ing in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, was born to the union. The wife and Miss Etta survive the husband and father. One brother, John F. Huntley, in Logan, Iowa, and two sisters, Mrs. Charles Emory Smith, Philadelphia, Pennsyl¬ vania, and Mrs. Robert Greenwood, in Albany, New York, also survive Mr. Huntley.

The deceased was one of the best known and most highly respected residents of the county. He was a miller by trade and had run several mills in this county, having been owner of the Willow Creek mill for the past fourteen years or more. He was noted for his honest, upright dealings, and his friends were only limited by his acquaintances. Mr. Huntley leaves also an honorable war record, having served as a mem¬ ber of Company B, Seventy-third Indiana Vol¬ unteers. He was wounded at the battle of Day's Gap, Alabama, at which time he was taken pris¬ oner. The widow and other relatives have the deepest sympathy of their many friends in these hours of bereavement.

ISIDORE I. SPIRO. In an analyzation of the life record of Isidore I. Spiro there is found much that is worthy of commendation, for he is a self-made man and his efforts to advance his business interests, have been put forth along legitimate lines. Close* application, unfaltering perseverance and laudable ambition have formed the foundation, upon which he has builded his prosperity and he has become one of the sub¬ stantial citizens of Michigan City. He is an at¬ torney at law and is engaged in the real estate and insurance business, and is likewise agent for all European steamship lines. He is the secre¬ tary of the Michigan "City Loan & Building As¬ sociation, and while promoting his individual in¬ terests his business activity, has also added to the general prosperity.

Mr. Spiro is a native of Germany, and was born in Kurnik in the Province of Posen. May 30. 1863. He comes of an old and prominent, family of that country, his paternal great-grand¬ father having been Joseph Spiro, the supreme rabbi of the Province of Posen. The grand¬ father, Moses Spiro, was also a native of Germany and a drygoods merchant, carrying on business there for many years. He wedded Bertha Hillel, and they had a large family. The grandfather died when about sixty-two years of age. One of his sons came to the United States when a boy and later served in the Union Army during the Civil war, during which time his meritorious con¬ duct on the field of battle won him promotion from the ranks to the position of major. He afterward returned to Germany and now lives in Berlin.

Julius Spiro, the father of I. I. Spiro, was born in Germany, and after entering upon his business career was connected with the grain trade. He came to America in 1870, locating in Michigan City, where he engaged in the junk business. The economy and industry which he practiced in his earlier years at length brought to him a very desirable competence, and for the past ten years he has lived a retired life, resting in the enjoyment of the fruits of his former toil.

In early manhood he wedded Rosalie Kantrowitz, also a native of Germany and a daughter of Raphael Kantrowitz, who was a general mer¬ chant in the town of Xions, where as a public officer he was prominent in the management of the affairs of that locality. He served as coun¬ cilman, as city treasurer and in other positions of public trust. His wife bore the maiden name of Golde Haas, and they reared a large family. Mr. Kantrowitz died in the fatherland at the ad¬ vanced agg of seventy-eight years. To Mr. and Mrs. Julius Spiro were born five children, three of whom are yet living: Fred, a resident of Mich¬ igan City ; Lizzie, the wife of Sol M Henoch, of LaPorte ; and Isidore I. The father is still living in Michigan City, but the mother departed this life May 7, 1896, at the age of sixty-two years. Both were members of the Hebrew church. While residing in Germany Julius Spiro had military experience, serving in the German army.

Isidore I. Spiro spent the first eighteen years of his life in the land of his nativity, and began his education in the common schools, while later he continued his studies in the town of Shrimm and the city of Breslau. He then entered the office of a wholesale cotton-goods establishment, and thus received his preliminary business train¬ ing. In 188.2 he came to America. Bidding adieu to friends, and native land, he sailed for Nqw York, but did not tarry long upon the At¬ lantic coast, coming almost directly to Michigan

City, where he has since made his home. Here he was first employed in a real estate and insur¬ ance law office, and thus became familiar with a business which now claims much of his attention. Later he accepted a position as passenger agent with the Michigan Central RaiJroad Company, and was thus employed until 1890, when he turned his attention to the real estate, loan and insurance business, opening an office which he has since conducted. In 1893 he was admitted to the bar, but his time and attention are largely given to the other departments of his work. He annually writes a large amount of insurance, and has negotiated some very important real estate transfers. He is also connected with the Indi¬ ana Transportation Company, operating a steam¬ boat line between Michigan City and Chicago, and is now its president. He is also the vice president of the Michigan City Navigation Com¬ pany, operating a freight line.

In his political views and affiliations Mr. Spiro is an independent Democrat. He belongs to Acme Lodge No. 83, F. & A. M. ; Michigan City Chapter, No. 25, R. A. M. and is also con¬ nected with the Royal Arcanum. His life has been a busy one, in which he has utilized his time and opportunities to the best advantage and has found that success is ambition's answer.

HENRY WARWICK. Emerson has said the true and authentic history of a nation is nar¬ rated in the lives of the people - so in the history of LaPorte county the name Warwick holds a conspicuous place. Henry Warwick, the present trustee of Springfield township, LaPorte county, and one of the popular and prosperous farmers there, was born on the farm on which he still re¬ sides, and which his father settled in the early days. Isaac Warwick, his father, was born and reared in New Jersey, and was one of the pio¬ neers to Galena township, LaPorte county. He improved a farm there, but afterward sold it and bought the farm where his son now lives. He died at the age of seventy-two years. He was married before coming west to Elizabeth Stover, who was the mother of three sons and three daughters. His second wife was Minnie Breadhood, who was born and reared in the old uni¬ versity town of Wittenberg, Germany. There were also six children of this union, and Henry is the third in order of birth.

Henry Warwick was born December 26, i860, and was reared on his father's farm and attended the district schools. He assisted his father on the home place until he was married, and then began operations for himself.. His pres¬ ent farm consists of two hundred and ten acres, and fifty-three acres in Berrien county, Michigan on which he carries on a general farming busi¬ ness, and it will compare favorably with any other place of its size in the county. He en¬ deavors to keep abreast of the time in agricul¬ ture, where as great advancement has been, made during the last century as in any other branch of industry, and he is to be classed among the thrifty farmers who make their work pay good dividends, which he does with the aid of his es¬ timable wife.

October 22, 1880, Mr. Warwick married Miss Agnes Schwenk, who was born in Berrien county, Michigan, April 10, 1861, the daughter of Jacob and Emily (Reichen) Schwenk, natives of Germany and early settlers in Michigan, where they took up government land. Mrs. Warwick was the only child of her father's second mar¬ riage, and she was reared in Berrien county. Six children have been born of this happy union, as follows: Jacob, Isaac, Edna, Joseph, Grace and Gertrude. Jacob, Isaac and Edna have completed the eighth grade of the public schools. All the children are at home. Mr. Warwick is a Demo¬ crat, and on the ticket of that party was elected township trustee in 1900, being still an incumbent of that position, in which he has been able to ac¬ complish much for the improvement and welfare of his community. He is a member of Lodge No. 36 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at LaPorte. At every point of contact with his fellowmen he and his wife have shown their ster¬ ling worth and high integrity, and are citizens whose live are not passed without good influence and the performance of helpful deeds in a com: munity.

HENRY WILLIAM ALPORT has a broad general knowledge of the North American con¬ tinent, for he has visited many places in the in¬ terests of business. Recently he has become a resident of Michigan City, where he is now the general superintendent and one of the stockhold¬ ers of the American Brick Company. He was born in Belleville, Canada, July 15, 1864, and is a representative of one of the old families of 'Nova Scotia. His father, Frederick William Alport, was a native of England and became a sea captain on one of the large liners plying be¬ tween Liverpool and Nova Scotia. He was thus engaged until after his marriage. He wedded Miss Mary Ann Glass, who was bom in Quebec. Canada, while her father was a native of Scot- land and was a soldier in the Black Watch, a Highland regiment. The Glass family was an old and distinguished one of the land of the heather. The grandfather of Mr. Alport wedded a Miss McPherson, who lived to the very remarkable age of ninety years. To them were born four sons and three daughters.

After his marriage Frederick W. Alport left the sea and settled in Belleville, Canada West, where he owned an elevator and engaged in the grain business, following that pursuit until his death, which occurred in 1880, when he was six¬ ty-four years of age. His wife died two weeks previouly, at the age of fifty-four. They were members of the Presbyterian church. In their family were six children, four sons and two daughters, three of them being: Alice W., of Quebec; Edith, the wife of George Wilson, of Wilson & Company, manufacturers, of Mon¬ treal, (panada and Henry W.

In his native city of Belleville, Canada, on the bay of Quinte, Henry W. Alport remained until fourteen years of age and there attended the grammar schools, while later he became a student in the Upper Canada College, in Toronto. He then began clerking in a bank in Belleville, where he remained for two years, after which he left Canada and came to United States. After spend¬ ing a short time in Chicago he accepted a posi¬ tion as manager of a branch store in St. Paul, Minnesota, for J. B. Gore & Company, whole¬ sale jobbers of boots and shoes, with their main store in Chicago. For a year Mr. Alport re¬ mained as manager of the store in St. Paul, and then went to Valley Springs, South Dakota, where he acted as bookkeeper in a store which belonged to Scenia, the well known New York merchant. After two years spent in that way he returned to Muskoka, Canada, and was manager of a general store owned by E. W. Jordan at Rosseau. He next became head clerk in the lumber woods for the Woodstock Lumber Com¬ pany, and after acting in that capacity for three years he went to Toronto and from there to Chi¬ cago, but soon made his way south to Jackson¬ ville, Florida, where he engaged in the fruit commission business for two years. He followed the same pursuit in Nassau, in the West Indies, and from there sailed to New York, where he was engaged in the jewelry business. Subse¬ quently he spent several years in Detroit, and engaged in the real estate business, and then re¬ moved to Windsor, Canada, where he was living when he invented a process for the manufacture of brick from sand bv the use of chemicals. In the spring of 1903 he came to Michigan City, and his formula has been adopted by the American Pressed Brick Company for the manufacture of brick. A plant has recently been erected for this purpose, equipped with the latest improved ma¬ chinery, and Mr. Alport is now the general su¬ perintendent of the new enterprise, as well as a part owner in the business, which is destined to become one of the leading industries of this place.

In 1889 Mr. Alport was married to Miss Clara Verner, a daughter of Arthur Cole and Harriet (Ayres) Vemer. He is a member of the Presbyterian church, his wife of the Episco¬ pal church, and they are highly esteemed people, occupying a warm place in the regard of the friends, whom they have already made during their brief residence in this city. Mr. Alport is a Republican in his political views.

WILLIAM H. DONLY was bom in Ly¬ coming county, Pennsylvania, December 20, 1840, a member of a family of nine children, whose parents were Hugh and Elizabeth (Beach) Donly. His father was a captain on the Erie canal, and at one time served as sheriff of Ly¬ coming county, Pennsylvania. Attracted by the opportunities of the growing west, he came to Indiana in 1846 and located three miles south of LaPorte, where he engaged in farming until 1867. He then removed to the city, where he. passed away ten years later, dying in 1877 at the age of sixty-seven years. Elizabeth Donly had died in 1849, and for his second wife he chose Rebecca Lenhart, who died in 1888. There were no children by the second marriage. Mr. Hugh Donly served as president of the school board in LaPorte, and was deeply interested in the cause of education and in the progress and welfare of the city along many lines. In politics he was a Democrat, and he and his two wives were mem¬ bers of the Baptist church. The children of the first marriage were eight sons and a daughter, of whom five are now living: Charles, of Nor¬ ton, Kansas ; Joseph, of Hiawatha, Kansas : Wil¬ liam H. ; Hugh, of San Antonio, Texas; and Elizabeth, the wife of Dr. T. J. Shaw, of Chicago.

William H. Donly was a little lad of six sum¬ mers when he came with his parents to LaPorte county, and in retrospect one can see him as a farm boy, working in the fields through the months of summer or attending the district schools in the winter seasons. After acquiring his preliminary education he became a student in Franklin College at Franklin, Indiana, and he taught for one term in Peoria county, Illinois, and for one term in Doniphan county, Kansas. He remained on the farm until nineteen years of age, and then entered upon his experience as an instructor in the school room. At the time of the Civil war, however, his patriotic spirit was aroused and he put aside all business and personal considerations that he might aid in the defense of the Union, enlisting in the Fifth In¬ diana Battery, as did also his brothers Joseph and David. The latter was killed in the battle of Perryville. William became a corporal and served three years and four months, participating in numerous important engagements, including the battles of Perryville, Shiloh, Stone River, Chickamauga, Franklin, and in the Atlanta cam¬ paign.

After the war Mr. Donly went to Peoria coun¬ ty, Illinois, where he remained for four or five years, engaged in farming and in merchandising. He then removed to Doniphan county, Kansas, where he engaged in teaching for one term, and then purchased and sold grain and live stock. In 1870 he came to Michigan City, and for sev¬ eral years was a conductor on the Michigan Cen¬ tral Railroad. He next went to Colorado, where he spent two years in prospecting, after which he made his way to Mexico and to Texas, returning to Michigan City about 1884. For several years thereafter he was a guard in the state prison, and then entered the mail service for four years. His next venture was in the livery business, in which he continued until 1893, when he was appointed deputy sheriff of LaPorte county and capably filled that position for two years. He was next appointed chief of police of Michigan City and served for four years, at the end of which time he established his restaurant, which he still conducts.

On the 8th of October, 1883, Mr. Donly was married to Miss Fannie J. McCoy, a daughter of Russell and Esther (Weaver) McCoy, and they have one daughter, Goldie Belle. Mrs. Donly and her daughter are members of the Methodist church. Mr. Donly exercises his right of fran¬ chise in support of the men and measures of the Democratic party, but has never been an aspirant for office. However, he is as true and loyal to his duties of citizenship as he was when he fol¬ lowed the old flag on southern battlefields.

EDMUND ETHERINGTON, one of the most prominent farmers and business men of LaPorte county, of which he is a native and where he has spent nearly all the years of his life, now resides in section 20, Galena township.

During forty years of activity he has been en¬ gaged in various forms of commercial and agri¬ cultural enterprises, and besides his individual success he has borne his share of the public bur¬ den, both in the large amount of taxes which he has contributed to the public till, as also in hold¬ ing and carefully discharging the duties of va¬ rious local offices.

Mr. Ether ington is the son of one of the very oldest of LaPorte county pioneers, and one whose name will always be associated with the early history of the county. Richard Etherington was born in Alton, England, about 1806. and came to the new world when twenty-one years old. He lived a few years in Lockport, New York, and in 1831 continued his westward course and reached' the present site of the city of La¬ Porte, but which was then only a beautiful spot adorned by the hand of nature and hardly dis¬ turbed by the march of civilization. He went to Illinois and afterward to Canada, but in the end returned to LaPorte county, and purchased twenty acres of land at twenty dollars an acre, but which, being now within the corporate limits of LaPorte, is worth a fortune. In 1835 re* moved from that land to Galena township, where he entered a government claim which was en¬ tirely covered by timber. This was the basis of extensive operations in farming and other en¬ terprises in this township, and during the many years of his residence in the township he became very well-to-do. Besides farming he loaned money, and seemed fortunate in nearly everything to which he put his hand. At one time he was engaged in the lumber business, operating several sawmills. He possessed natural aptitude for bus¬ iness, and was always trading, buying and sell¬ ing, but usually to his own financial advantage. In his dealings he was strictly honest and straightforward, and never took advantage of the necessities of his fellows. He belonged to the Christian church, living in harmony with its teachings, and was a deacon of the church at Rolling Prairie, being a liberal contributor to church and benevolent purposes. In politics he was a Democrat up to the time of the Civil war, when he became identified with the Republican party, which remained his life-long political tie. He was a prominent man in the upbuilding and progress of LaPorte county, and will always be remembered as such. He lived to be seventyfive years of age. His wife was Elizabeth Thorne, who was also a native of England, and they were married at Lockport, New York. Three of their ten children are now living. Eliza,

Mr. Etherington, the only son now living, was the eighth in order of birth, and was born in Galena township, LaPorte county, October 6, 1846. He was reared in this township, having a common school education, and at the age of eighteen started out on his own account. He drove across the plains to California with a sixhorse team, and after remaining there one sum¬ mer came back by stage and railroad as far as Muscatine, Iowa, where he worked on the Mis¬ sissippi river for part of two years, spending his winters in high school. In 1866 he returned to Galena township and devoted himself to farming, which has been his principal occupation. After his marriage in 1867 he conducted a farm in Galena township until 1886, when he removed to the city of LaPorte, where he was engaged in the coal and wood business for four years. He disposed of his business in 1890, and after spending four months in Europe visiting his relatives and the old scenes with which his parents had been fa¬ miliar, he returned to LaPorte county and located on his present tarm. He owns land to the amount of nine hundred and seventy-three and a half acres, most of which he has acquired by judicious investments as prosperity has rewarded his ef¬ forts.

March 22, 1867, Mr. Etherington was mar¬ ried to Miss Mary Ellen Sperry, who was born in Galena township, March 9, 1847, a daughter of Aurea and Mary (Caldwell) Sperry, who were early settlers of LaPorte county, coming to In¬ diana from New York in 1829, and at that early period they had to endure many of the hardships and privations of pioneer life in what has since become the beautiful region of northern Indiana. Mrs. Etherington is the youngest of three chil¬ dren, and was reared in Galena township. She has become the mother of one child, Earl Richard, who was bom April 15, 1886, and is at home.

Mr. Etherington has served as trustee of his township for six years, and was supervisor for three years. He was one of the organizers of the Farmers' Mutual Insurance Company, and is yet one of its directors. He belongs to the Chris¬ tian church, and is a Republican in political al¬ legiance. His career has been marked by intense activity and usefulness, and its successful out¬ come is the material prosperity and the promi¬ nence in social and business life which he en¬ joys. LaPorte county's greatness as an agricul¬ tural, industrial and commercial community is the result of the public spirit and individual enter¬ prise of such men as Mr. Etherington and his father, and no names can be more esteemed in any history of the first seventy years' progress of the county.

JOHN MILLER, who follows farming on section 29, Hudson township, was born on this section on the 24th of January, 1866. His father, Charles Miller, was a native of Germany, but became one of the early residents of LaPorte county when this was largely a frontier district. He was not married at the time of his emigration to the new world, but in New York was joined in wedlock to Miss Mary Beck, who was like¬ wise born in the fatherland. Soon afterward they came to Indiana and established their home in Hudson township, LaPorte county, where Mr. Miller carried on general agriculture pursuits up to the time of his death. He was recognized as one of the leading men of his township, in¬ fluential in public affairs and an active co-operant in measures for the public good.

Mr. John Miller, who was the seventh in a family of eight chldren, was reared and educated in Hudson township, attending the district schools and through the summer months being engaged in assisting in the work of the home farm, so that he gained practical experience in the occupation to which he now devotes his time and energies. In 1892 he was united in marriage to Miss Grace E. Walker, a daughter of Obediah and Jane Walker, who were early settlers of Hud¬ son township. Mrs. Miller was bom, reared and educated here. Mr. Miller took his bride to the old homestead, on which he has spent his entire life, and as the years have gone by three children have been added to the household ; Frankie, Kittie and Phillis, all of whom were born on the farm which was their father's birthplace.

Mr. Miller is one of the native sons of Hud¬ son township, and has won a place among the representative and enterprising agriculturists. He now owns one hundred and forty acres of well improved land, of which one hundred acres is comprised within the boundaries of the home farm while forty acres lies to the north of him in the same township. He is a Democrat, and is a member of the Patricians, an insurance so¬ ciety. His entire life having been passed in this locality, his history is well known to his fellow citizens, and it is because he has ever been ener¬ getic and industrious as well as honorable that he has won success and also gained the good will and confidence of all his fellow men.

HILARY EARLY. The Early family was established in America in the seventeenth cen¬ tury by Jeremiah Early, the great-great-grandfather of Hilary Early. He was bom in Ulster, Ireland, and on his emigration to America set¬ tled in Maryland, the family later removing to Virginia. From this emigrant descended some noted men, one of whom was General Jubal Early, the bold and dashing Confederate cav¬ alryman, who was a cousin of Hilary Early's father, and Peter Early, who was governor of Georgia.

Jacob Early, the father of Hilary Early, was born in 1793, in Campbell county, Virginia. He was reared and lived for a number of years in his native state, but his opposition to slavery fin¬ ally led him to go to one of the states of the Northwest Territory, where slavery was for¬ bidden by fundamental law. He was one of the enthusiastic members of the American Coloniza¬ tion Society, the purpose of which was to trans¬ plant the American negroes to the republic of Liberia. Henry Clay was for many years the president of this society.

Jacob Early arrived at LaPorte, Indiana, in the spring of 1835, so that he was among the pioneers of county and town. He was possessed of considerable means, and he at once began to invest in lands and the business enterprises for which there were such excellent openings in the new country. During the nearly forty years which he spent in LaPorte county he had busi¬ ness relations at various places in the county. He was first located in town ; later established a saw¬ mill north of the town, and also a store; later started a store at Kingsbury, in Union township, and purchased a large farm there, and south of that town built another mill; in the same neigh¬ borhood, at Belmont, he set up a distillery, and for ten years manufactured spirituous liquors and high wines, and at the same place fed large numbers of cattle and hogs. This latter under¬ taking was the most important of all his enter¬ prises, and his distillery was noted throughout that section. He also invested in much LaPorte property, and at one time owned nearly one half the block south of the public square, and also large tracts in the north part of the countv. He was known as one of the shrewdest and most successful men of LaPorte county, and was a prominent figure in the early development of the town and county of LaPorte. During his last years he lived in retirement at LaPorte. where he died in 1873. His wife, who was Elizabeth

Hilary Early, the son of these parents, was born in Bedford county, Virginia, in 1834, the year before his father set out for Indiana. He obtained some education in the LaPorte schools, and at the age of seventeen went to Albion Col¬ lege, Michigan, where he studied for some time. But when still a boy he began working for his father in the store, mill, and a very little on the farm. In i860 he went to Constantine, Michi¬ gan, and ran a mill there. In 1862 he returned to LaPorte, but soon went to Columbus, Ohio, where he obtained a position in the quartermas¬ ter's department at Camp Chase, but later began contracting to furnish supplies, principally wood for fuel, to Camp Chase. He remained at Col¬ umbus throughout the war, and when peace came, as he had a large supply of fuel wood on hand, he continued in business there until he closed out his stock. Following this he was in the life insurance business for a few years, but in 1872 began handling real estate in LaPorte, which has been his principal occupation to the present. His largest operations in this line have been in his own properties. One of his most import¬ ant enterprises both from his own stand¬ point and because of the benefit and wealth it conferred on the county, was the re¬ clamation of large tracts of the swamp lands in the southern part of the county, along the Kan¬ kakee river. His views as to the feasibility of draining and making these lands fit for agri¬ cultural purposes were hooted at by the practi¬ cally wise, but he finally interested some German farmers, and carried into execution his project, with the result that this land now produces more com to the acre than any other section of the county. He has since disposed of most of this class of property.

Mr. Early cast his first vote for Republican candidates, and adhered to that party for some years. While living in Hudson township he was elected township clerk by both parties, without an opposing vote. Later he became a convert to Prohibition views, and since 1884 has several times been his party's candidate for county of¬ fices, and once for representative, making many sacrifices for the sake of principle. In May, 1862. Mr. Early was married to Miss Katharine Westervelt, of the well known LaPorte county fam¬ ily of that name. This union was terminated by the death of his beloved wife in the fall of the same year.

DR. FRANKLIN T. WILCOX, a leading physician of LaPorte, was born in Minonk, Illi¬ nois, in 1866. Environment and inherited ten¬ dencies may both have had their effect in shaping the career of Dr. Wilcox, as he comes from a family of physicians. His paternal grandfather was a native of Chautauqua county, New York, was a member of the medical fraternity and prac¬ ticed his profession throughout his entire life. His son, Edward A. Wilcox, was bom in Penn¬ sylvania, but in his early boyhood accompanied his parents on their removal to Minonk, Illinois, where he was reared to manhood. Determining to make the practice of medicine his life work, he prepared for his chosen calling and for many years followed it with success, having a liberal patronage which indicated his high standing in the profession. He is now living retired in the en¬ joyment of a rest which he has truly earned and richly deserves. Well fitted for leadership, he has left the impress of his individuality upon public thought and feeling. He is recognized as a very prominent and influential citizen of Mi¬ nonk, and has been honored with a number of public offices. He served as mayor for a num¬ ber of years, and has also been state senator. He wedded Miss Carrie Mathis. Her death occurred in Minonk at forty-two years of age.

In the public schools of his native city Dr. Wilcox acquired his preliminary education, and was the first graduate of the high school after its establishment there. He then entered the Wes¬ leyan University at Bloomington and was gradu¬ ated with the degree of Bachelor of Science, while later the institution conferred upon him the degree of Master of Science. Following the completion of his classical and scientific courses, he took up the study of medicine in Rush Medi¬ cal College, of Chicago, from which he was graduated with the class of 1890. During the summer of that year he practiced his profession in his native town, and in September, 1890, came to LaPorte, where he has since lived, and con¬ tinued the active practice. He is a physician of broad knowledge and one who is constantly studying and reading in order to increase his efficiency as a member of the medical profession. Dr. Wilcox has been the presiding officer of the LaPorte county board of health for several years, and has also served as a member of the city board of health. In 1902 he was nominated for mayor of LaPorte on the Republican ticket, but was defeated because the city is strongly Democratic. His attention, however, has been chiefly given to the practice of medicine. He is recognized as a skilful surgeon and is surgeon to the Inter¬ laken Sanatorium. His knowledge of the science of medicine in all its departments is broad and comprehensive.

In Terre Haute, Indiana, in 1892, Dr. Wil¬ cox was united in marriage to Miss Helen Byers, and to them have been bom two sons: Edward Byers and Robert Franklin. They are prominent members of the First Methodist church, in which he is serving as a trustee, while fraternally, he is connected with the Elks. It is well that the Doc¬ tor has a deep and abiding interest in his profes¬ sion for his practice makes such heavy demands upon his attention that he finds little time for social life. However, he is a man of genial, so¬ cial disposition, and his kindliness, sympathy and deference for the opinions of others have ren¬ dered him popular with a large circle of friends.

HENRY EDGAR SMITH. Among the residents that Ohio has furnished to Indiana is numbered H. E. Smith, who is a successful and progressive farmer living on section 20, Galena township. He was born in Trumbull county, Ohio, on the 5th of October, 1831, his parents being Robert K. and Ruth (Stull) Smith. The paternal grandfather, John D. Smith, was a na¬ tive of Holland and came to America in colonial days. He served as a Revolutionary soldier, was at Valley Forge during the memorable winter in which the American forces suffered so greatly at that place. His death occurred in Ohio, and for many years he had lived to enjoy the fruits of his valiant service as a member of the con¬ tinental army.

Robert K. Smith was born in Sussex county, New Jersey, on Christmas day of 1797, and was a little lad of seven summers when he accom¬ panied his parents on their removal to Trumbull county, Ohio, the family home being established in Brookfield township. There he was reared and married. He wedded Miss Ruth Stull, whose birth occurred in Washington county, Pennsyl¬ vania, on the 31st of August, 1797. She was reared in Trumbull county, Ohio, from the age of three years, removing to the Buckeye state with her parents, who were of German descent. Her father was also a Revolutionary soldier.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Smith came to La¬ Porte county, Indiana, traveling across the coun¬ try with an ox team, in 1835. In the same year they took up their abode on section 20, Galena township, where Mr. Smith secured land from the government, and upon the wild and unim¬ proved tract he built his first home, a little log cabin sixteen by twenty feet. He continued to reside upon that farm until his eighty-seventh year, when he was called to his final rest. He was a member of the Baptist church in early life, and after coming to LaPorte county joined the Freewill Baptist church. In his political views he was a. Democrat,. and cast his first presidential ballot for Andrew Jackson. His wife died in her seventy-eighth year, and thus passed away two of the honored pioneer settlers, of LaPorte county, who had long been respected and worthy resi¬ dents of this section of the state.

H. E. Smith is the only surviving member of the family of five sons and one daughter. He was a lad of four years when he came to LaPorte county with' his parents, and in Galena township on the old family homestead he was reared, his education being begun in a log schoolhouse not far distant. He also attended school for one sum¬ mer in Trumbull county, Ohio, and in the school of experience he has learned many valuable les¬ sons and has added to his knowledge through reading and observation. He remained at home until he had attained his majority and assisted materially in the work of the home farm. In 1854 he crossed the plains with an ox team to Oregon, and thence proceeded to the mines on a pony. For four years he continued to reside in the far west, and while there engaged in the war with the Rogue River Indians. He experi¬ enced all of the hardships of life in the west with its excitement, its dangers and its pleasures, and at length returned by the Isthmus of Panama and New York city to his home in Indiana and has since engaged in farming and stock-raising.

On the 24th of June, 1865, Mr. Smith was united in marriage to Miss Emma V. Hess, who was bom in Delaware county, New York, on the 6th of February, 1842, a daughter of Peter M. and Almira (Allerton) Hess. The father was of German descent and the mother was of Welsh lineage. Mrs. Smith was the third of their five children, and is the only surviving member of that household

At the time of their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Smith located upon the farm where they now reside, and they never moved from that place. He owns two hundred and forty acres of land in the old homestead and another farm of one hundred and twelve acres in Galena township, together with a tract of forty acres of timber land. His property possessions have come to him through persistent and earnest effort. He is a life-long Democrat, and, while having firm faith in the principles of the party has never sought or .desired office, preferring to give his attention to his business affairs, in which he has met with signal success. With the exception of the period of his residence in the far west he has always lived in Galena township from early boy¬ hood, and his friends and neighbors know him as a man of many sterling traits of character, well worthy of honorable mention among the pioneer settlers of the county.

ORLANDO L. SUTHERLAND, M. D. In the history of Dr. Orlando L. Sutherland we find many elements worthy of commendation and emu¬ lation. An analyzation of his character shows strong intellectuality, marked individuality and unfaltering perseverance, and upon these he has based his success. No fortunate environment encompassed him in his youth, nor did special pecuniary relations aid him in gaining an edu¬ cation and making a start in life. He owes all to his own efforts, and he certainly deserves much credit for what he has accomplished, be¬ ing now. one of the most successful and capable physicians of LaPorte.

Dr. Sutherland was bom near Rolling Prairie, in LaPorte county, Indiana, December 16, 1859. His father, Charlton O. Sutherland, was bom in the state of New York and was of Scotch ances¬ try. In 1852 he came to LaPorte county and set¬ tled on a farm in Galena township, north of Rolling Prairie, where he is still living, being a successful and well-to-do farmer of the com¬ munity. He served for two terms as township trustee, and in matters pertaining to the public welfare he has always been progressive and helpfuL In early manhood he wedded Phebe Martin, who died in 1890. She was a daughter of Abram Martin, also of Galena township and a representative of an old and prominent family whose history is closely associated with the early settlement of this county.

Having mastered the common branches of English learning in the district schools. Dr. Sutherland continued his education in the high school of Three Oaks, Michigan, and of Rolling Prairie, while later he became a student in the Northern Indiana College, at Valparaiso, where he was graduated on completing the scientific course, in the class of 1885. During the time he was obtaining his education, he taught school at intervals all through LaPorte county, and thus earned the money which enabled him to prose¬ cute his own studies. After his graduation he engaged in teaching in the Westville high school and in the high school at Three Oaks, from which place he went to Ann Arbor and entered the medical department of the University of Michigan, in 1888. Three years later he was graduated with the class of 1891, and for a year longer he remained at Ann Arbor as hospital physician and surgeon. He then came to La- Porte, where he opened an office for general prac¬ tice, and in his chosen calling he has gradually advanced until he now occupies a position in the leading ranks of the medical fraternity here. He has long since left the ranks of the many to stand among the successful few, and the extent and character of his business is a criterion on his ability. His business now makes very heavy demands upon his time and attention, and leaves him very few leisure hours. After eighteen months he bceame a partner of Dr. Whiting, one of the old-time physicians of LaPorte, with whom he remained for three and a half years, when Dr. Whiting passed away. In 1897 Dr. Sutherland built the fine stone front residence and office on Jefferson avenue that he now occu¬ pies. This location has grown familiar to the public as a physician's residence, for Dr. Whit¬ ing long resided here before entering into part¬ nership with Dr. Sutherland. The latter engages in the general practice of medicine and surgery, and in both departments shows marked skill, which arises from practical experience and broad research.

In 1886 Dr. Sutherland was united in mar¬ riage to Miss Lillie Goit, a daughter of R. B. Goit, one of the pioneer settlers of Galena town¬ ship. Socially, he is connected with several fra¬ ternities and is a valued representative of these orders. In politics he is a Democrat, and is now representing his ward in the city council, where he exercises his official prerogatives in support of many progressive measures. For ten years he was the secretary of the coun¬ ty board of health, and his loyalty in citizenship equals his efficiency and skill in the profession in which he has gained marked distinction. Dr. Sutherland owns what is known as the Goit farm, containing two hun¬ dred and forty acres, of which forty acres is in fruit. The apple orchard is the largest in La¬ Porte county. He is the owner of the Sutherland stables, besides extensive real estate interests ; he is a large stockholder in the Rustic Hickory fur¬ niture factory.

Louis Frederick Schaeuffele

citizen of this northern Indiana city for fifty years, and for many years successfully followed the trade of blacksmith and was kept in the re¬ sponsible position of city treasurer for seven¬ teen years. He is a fine representative of the German Americans of Michigan City, and his record in private industry and public activity makes him one of the most esteemed of those who have given time and effort to the development and progress of this enterprising city of LaPorte county.

Mr. Schaeuffele was but a boy when his grandfather died, so that he remembers little about that worthy man, except that he was a blacksmith and died past middle life, the father of four sons and three daughters. John Conrad Schaeuffele, the father of the subject of this biography, was also a native of Germany, where he died at the age of sixty-nine years, and he fol¬ lowed blacksmithing, so that this occupation is al¬ most a legitimate inheritance in the family. His wife was Rosina Fredericka Saussele, who was a native of Germany, and her father was a farmer, wine gardener and fisherman, and died well ad¬ vanced in years, having been the father of three sons and three daughters. John C. and Rosina Schaeuffele, the latter of whom lived to be eightyfour years old, were .Lutherans in religion, and were the parents of three sons and two daughters, Louis Frederick and John Conrad being the only ones now living.

Louis Frederick Schaeuffele was born at the home of his parents in Wurtemberg, Germany, September 19, 1830. He remained there till he was twenty-three years old, receiving his educa¬ tion and learning his trade. He left home on his twenty-third birthday and sailed for America. From New York city he came to Detroit, Michi¬ gan, and in March 1854, arrived in Michigan City, which has been his permanent home ever since. He was a blacksmith in the car shops until 1857, for the following three years and a half was employed in the shops of the Louisville and New Albany Railroad Company, for six months worked for the Lake Shore Company at Adrian, Michigan, and on September 19, 1861, his birthday, returned to his native country for a visit and returned to Michigan City in May, 1862. He then entered the employ of the Michi¬ gan Central Railroad Company, which he con¬ tinued till September, 1881. He was then elected city treasurer and gave seventeen years of credit¬ able service in that office, and since September, 1898, has lived retired.

Anna Miller, of Detroit, Michigan, who came to America at the same time and on the same hoat that he did, and who was a daughter of Gott¬ fried and Christina (Meier) Miller. Charles Frederick, the only child of this union, died at the age of three years, and his mother had died the year before. She was a member of the Lutheran church. In September, 1862, Mr. Schaeuffele married Mrs. Ernestina Nagle, the widow of Simon Nagle and a daughter of Mr. Schneider. Three children have been born of this second union, Louis Frederick, a tinsmith ; Carl Edward, an engineer in Joliet, Illinois; and Louisa Fred- «ricka, the wife of Robert Normoyle, a machinist of Chicago.

Mr. and Mrs. Schaeuffele are members of the Lutheran church, and he affiliates with Acme Lodge No. 83, F. & A. M., with the German Union Odd Fellows Lodge No. 229, and in poli¬ tics is a Democrat. He is treasurer of the Michi¬ gan City Building and Loan Association, which office he has held for eighteen years, and he owns some business property in the city besides his comfortable residence, which he erected in 1873.

DR. HENRY LENNARD BYE COOTE, a prominent veterinary surgeon of Michigan City, and well known throughout this, portion of the state, was born in London, England, on the 23d of October, i860, and in that country both his maternal and paternal grandfathers lived and died. He is a son of Holmes and Georgina (Lorrimer) Coote. His father was a surgeon, and his death occurred in England, when nearly sixty years of age, but his wife is still living, and now makes her home in western Canada.

Henry Lennard B. Coote, the only survivor of his parents' four children, received his early educational training in Epsom, England, and when seventeen years of age made the voyage to Canada, locating in the province of Manitoba, where he followed agricultural pursuits. In 1893 he graduated from the Toronto Veterinary Col¬ lege, and immediately thereafter began the prac¬ tice of his profession in Minnedosa, Manitoba, where he continued to reside until 1898. In that year he came to the United States, and for a time traveled in the search of health, and in 1901, took up his abode in Michigan City, where he has ever since continued the practice of veterinary surgery. He has built up a large and constantly increasing patronage, and has won success in his chosen profession.

of Charles and Fannie (Crockford) Floyd, and they have one child, a daughter, Margaret Len¬ nard. Both the Doctor and his wife are mem¬ bers of the Episcopal church, and he is a mem¬ ber of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the order of the Sons of St. George, of Chicago, while his political support is given to the Republican party.

WILLIAM A. BOHLAND is now serving his second term as county treasurer of La Porte county, his re-election being a tribute to his ability and fidelity during his first years of ser¬ vice. He was previously identified with indus¬ trial affairs in LaPorte county, and is yet inter¬ ested in agriculture, being the owner of a good farm in Clinton township.

Mr. Boh land was born in the town of La¬ Porte, in 1865, and is a on of Adam and Saloame (Kouts) Bohland. His father was bom in Frankfort-on-the-Main, in Germany, and when a young man came to the United States. Making his way into the interior of the country he became an early settler of LaPorte, where he engaged in the butchering business in connection with Mr. Steigley, one of the pioneer settlers of this city. He later went into business for himself, and for several years conducted a meat market at I.a- Porte. In 1865 he removed to Bigelow's Mills, in Clinton township, where he purchased the flour mill that had been established by Elijah Bige¬ low in 1835. He continued to operate the mill until almost the time of his death, which oc¬ curred in the year *1888. His wife, surviving him for some time, passed away in March 1903.

To the public schools of his native county William A. Bohland is indebted for the early educational privileges he enjoyed. He afterward pursued a course in the Northern Indiana Nor¬ mal College at Valparaiso, and when not en¬ gaged with the duties of the schoolroom his time was largely spent in his father's mill, where he learned the trade, becoming a practical workman. After his father's death he continued to operate the mill, conducting the business for seventeen years, or, until 1900, when he was prevailed upon to become a candidate for the office of county treasurer on the Democratic ticket and was elected. He entered upon the duties of the office in January, 1901, which he discharged with such capability and promptness that in 1902 he was re-elected to serve a second term, which will ex¬ pire January 1, 1907. He still owns the mill, but it is not in operation at this time.

In October, 1888, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Bohland and Miss Eliza H. Osborn, a member of the well known Osborn family, of Laporte and Porter counties. They have two chil¬ dren : Frank and Eldon. Mr. Bohland is a val¬ ued member of the Masonic fraternity, and also has membership relations with the Knights of Pythias and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He is a very popular man, genial and kindly in nature, social and cordial in dis¬ position. His friends are legion, and all who know him entertain for him a warm regard. As an official he has made a most creditable record, and his course should serve as an example for his successors to follow.

JOHN JACOB. HALLER, who is filling the position of township trustee and resides at 314 East Eighth street in Michigan City, was born here on the 30th of July, 1861. He is a son of Jacob and Johanna (Miller) Haller, both of whom were natives of Wittenberg, Germany. The paternal grandfather of Mr. Haller died in that country when seventy-nine years of age, and his wife died within three days of his death. He was a game warden, and never left his native country. In early life Jacob Haller learned the trade of a carpenter, joiner and cabinet-maker, and after hearing favorable reports of the United States and the business opportunities afforded here he resolved to seek a home and fortune in the new world. Accordingly he crossed the briny deep and became a resident of Michigan City among its early settlers. Here he followed con¬ tracting and building for many years, and became a leader in that line of business, erecting some of the stores and other public buildings together with a large number of the residences of Michi¬ gan City. For the past three years he has lived retired at 1015 South Franklin street, and his wife is spared to him yet. This worthy couple are members of the Lutheran church and enjoy the high regard of many friends. Mrs. Haller was a daughter of Fred Miller, whose death re¬ sulted from an accident in Germany when he was twenty-six years of age. His wife survived him, however, for a long period and was called to her final rest when well advanced in years. To Jacob and Johanna Haller were born children as fol¬ lows : Fred ; Sophia, the wife of William Hauser, of Fargo, North Dakota ; Pauline, the wife of John Frey, of Helena, Montana; John Jacob; Edward ; and Henry.

of one who is widely known in Michigan City, for his entire life has been passed here. He at¬ tended the public schools, and after completing the studies of the grammar course in the high school was thus well prepared by a good literary education for the practical and responsible duties of life. He followed in the business footsteps of his father, and when a young man learned the carpenter's trade* at which he worked in Indian¬ apolis and in Cincinnati. He then returned to Michigan City and entered into partnership with his father. Thus they followed contracting and building until 1899, when on account of illness Mr. Haller was obliged to abandon work of that character. He ranked among the leading con¬ tractors of the city, and there received a liberal patronage because of his faithfulness to the terms of a contract and the excellence of the workman¬ ship which was executed under his direction. On the 6th of November, 1899, he was elected town¬ ship trustee and is' still holding that position.

On the 17th of June, 1889, Mr. Haller was married to Miss Martha Brinckmann, a daughter of William and Louisa (Warkentin) Brinck¬ mann. Four children graced this marriage : Clara, Florence, Harry and one that died in in¬ fancy. Mr. and Mrs. Haller are members of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran church, and Mr. Haller belongs to Washington Lodge No. 94, K. of P., and to Halcyon Council No. 105, R. A. He gives his political support to the Democracy, and is interested in everything pertaining to the city and its welfare. He built his present home in 1890, and he also owns other property here, having prospered in his business career. Publicspirited and progressive, whatever tends to bene¬ fit Michigan City and promote its advancement along material, social, educational and moral lines receives his support and endorsement. His friends are many, his genial nature and social disposition having gained him favor with a large majority of the people with whom he has come in contact.

C. ELIJAH MEYER. A resident of Michi¬ gan City since four years of age, C. Elijah Meyer has been connected with its mercantile interests throughout his business career, and is now deal¬ ing in clothing, men's furnishing goods and cig¬ ars, and the success which has attended his efforts indicates the enterprising methods which he has ever followed in his trade transactions. He was born in Prussia, Germany, on the 25th of Novem¬ ber, 1854, a son of Jacob and Hannah (Simon) Meyer, who were also born in the fatherland.

Leopole Meyer, his grandfather, was likewise a native of Germany, but at one time became a resi¬ dent of the new world. After two years, however, he returned, and died in his native country when more than ninety years of age. His business was that of a trader. The maternal grandfather was Israel Simon, a butcher by trade, who died in Germany when well advanced in years. There were several sons and daughters in his family.

Jacob Meyer, the father of Mr. C. E. Meyer, was a peddler in Germany, and about 1858 he sailed for the new world, locating in Michigan City, Indiana. Soon after, he turned his at¬ tention to general merchandising, which he fol¬ lowed continuously until a few years ago, when he retired from business, and is now enjoying a well earned rest, having acquired a very hand¬ some competence through his business activity and well directed energy. He and his wife now reside at 512 Washington street. In their family were nine children, four sons and five daughters : Maurice, C. Elijah, Theressa, the wife of Joseph Marks, Joseph, Fannie, Huldah, Sarah, Max and Ada.

Mr. Meyer was so young when brought by his parents to the United States that he soon be¬ came thoroughly imbued with the progressive spirit which dominates this country, and his lines of life have been cast in harmony therewith. He attended the public schools, and in his youth worked in his father's store, being thus employed until about twenty-one years of age, when he secured a position in Peru, Indiana, spending two years in that place, and it was during that time that he was married. He then returned to Michi¬ gan City and opened his present store with a small stock of men's clothing and furnishing goods, cigars and newspapers. It was soon evi¬ dent that he was putting forth earnest effort to secure a fair share of the public patronage, and because of the good stock which he carried and his straightforward treatment of his customers, he gained a steadily growing trade that soon made it necessary for him to carry a larger line of goods. He has prospered in his undertakings, and as his financial resources have increased he has made judicious investment in other enter¬ prises. He is now a stockholder in the Citizens' Bank of Michigan City and also the Lakeside Knitting Company.

On the 25th of September, 1878, in Peru, In¬ diana, Mr. Meyer was united in marriage to Miss Carrie Falk, a daughter of Moses Falk, and to them have been born two children, Mosette and Edna, the former now the wife of Herbert P.

Levin. Mr. Meyer has provided a pleasant home for his family, located at the corner of Wash¬ ington and Market streets. It was built by him in 1894, and he takes great delight in providing for his family in ways that promote their happi¬ ness and enhance their welfare. He belongs to Washington Lodge No. 94, K. of P., and he votes with the Democratic party, on whose ticket he was elected city treasurer, which position he is now acceptably filling. His election is an indi¬ cation of the regard which his fellow citizens have for him, for his ' entire life having been passed here, his record is well known to all.

CHARLES F. STRUSS, a brick and cement contractor, active in business circles and also in public affairs of the city, now serving as a mem¬ ber of the city council of LaPorte, was bom in Hanover, Germany, in 1859, and in that country learned the trade of a brick and stone mason, gaining a thorough and practical knowledge of the business. He came to the United States in 1878. Ernest Struss, his father, is still liv¬ ing in LaPorte, and came here in 1882, from Germany. It was on the 1st of May, 1878, that Charles Struss landed in the new world, and from the Atlantic seaboard he made his way direct to Indiana. The first year he spent with a cousin who had a farm in LaPorte county, and he then took up his abode in the city of LaPorte, where he began working at his trade, being em¬ ployed by different contractors. He finally form¬ ed a partnership with Henry Daniel under the firm name of Daniel & Struss, and they continued in the contracting business together for four or five years, when Mr. Daniel's death occurred. Mr. Struss then continued contracting alone, and has since been thus engaged, doing a large busi¬ ness, which has increased as the years have gone by and the public has recognized his efficiency and trustworthiness. He contracts for all kinds of brick and cement construction work, and for several years has made a specialty of the build¬ ing of cement or concrete sidewalks and curbing, having done an extensive business in this depart¬ ment in LaPorte under a progressive city ad¬ ministration, which has provided for many miles of these excellent sidewalks. He has also done other public work for the city, including the erec¬ tion of the new brick high school building, also the Elston school building at Michigan City, and the three-storv brick block for M. Rumely Com¬ pany. He has also built many business blocks and private houses, including his own fine brick dwelling, which is located at 502 C street. He

In 1882, in LaPorte, was celebrated the mar¬ riage of Mr. Struss and Miss Lizzie Jacobs, and to them have been bom four children: Ly¬ dia, deceased, Carl, Mollie and Walter. In his political affiliations Mr. Struss is a Democrat, and in 1900 was elected a member of the city council to represent the fifth ward. His con¬ stituents were so pleased with his services that they re-elected him in 1902 for another term of two years. He belongs to the progressive element of the city, and as an official he also works for economy and prudence in all public expenditures and carefully guards the interests of the tax¬ payers. He has made his own way in life, and has been successful. Fraternally, he is an Elk, and his religious faith is indicated by his mem¬ bership in the Lutheran church. Conscientious and reliable in all that he does whether as a pri¬ vate individual or public officer, he has won the trust and good will of the public and enjoys in high measure the regard of many friends.

RICHARD HENRY MISENER, a retired locomotive engineer living at 320 Pine street, has been aresident of Michigan City for over thirty years, and is well known there in industrial, fra¬ ternal and political circles. For over a quarter of a century he was one of the reliable engineers of the Michigan Central Railroad, and no steadier hand ever pulled a throttle than that of Mr. Misener. He was recently retired with honor by the company, and now receives a pension for his record of past service.

Mr. Misener belongs to a family remarkable for longevity, and in the natural course of things he himself still has many years of activity and pleasures before him. His grandparents, Nicho¬ las and Mrs. (McLean) Misener, were Pennsyl¬ vania farmers, the former of Pennsylvania Dutch descent and the latter of Irish stock, and he was about ninety-five years old at the time of his death, while his wife also lived to a great age. They were parents of twelve children.

John McLean Misener, the father of Richard H. Misener, was born in Ontario, Canada, was a life-long farmer there, and died at the old home¬ stead in Welland county, Ontario, in 1900, at the age of ninety years. He was not identified with any church, and held various township offices and Was prominent in the public life of his com¬ munity. His wife was Jane Davis,, also a native of Ontario, and a granddaughter of Thaddeus

Davis, born in Vermont, and a daughter of David and Elizabeth (Sharron) Davis. David Davis was a native of Vermont, and was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, but afterwards removed to Ontario, where he was a farmer and ran a brickyard. He lived to be over ninety years ot age, and had a large family. Mrs. Jane (Davis) Misener was a Wesleyan Methodist, and her death occurred in 1898 when she was eighty years old. She was the mother of eleven chil¬ dren, eight sons and three daughters, and six are now living, as follows: Nicholas, James, Frances, widow of Lawrence Montague, Richard H., Charles and John Kirby Misener.

Richard H. Misener was born in Welland county, Ontario, March 26, 1849, and lived on his father's farm till he was eighteen years old, receiving his education in the district schools. He came to the United States in 1867, and for two years worked on a farm near Joliet, Illinois. He then got a position as fireman on the Michi¬ gan Central, and on the 1st of January, 1875, was given an engine to run. He continued to run the employ of the company as engineer from that time until April 4, 1902, when the company placed him on the pensioned retired list. He per¬ formed his twenty-seven years' service in this hazardous capacity with singular promptness and fidelity, and his record is among the best on the books of the company. He has had his residence in Michigan City since 1872.

On September 24, 1876, Mr. Misener married Miss Sarah Ann Eastwood, and they have one son, Herbert Roy, who is one of the publishers and proporietors of the Michigan City News. Mrs. Misener is a daughter of Cyrus and Sarah L. (Huntley) Eastwood, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of New York. Cyrus Eastwood was a son of Cornelius Eastwood and Polly Eastwood, the former of whom was a native of Holland and came to America with his parents, settling in Pennsylvania. Corne¬ lius Eastwood and his wife had a large family of children. Cyrus Eastwood in boyhood came out west with his parents and settled in Lake county, Indiana, where he grew to manhood and followed the occupation of merchant. He died in 1869, aged fifty years, and his wife passed away in 1881, also at the age of fifty years. They were both mem¬ bers of the Methodist church. Sarah L. (Huntley) Eastwood was a daughter of Moses and Clara (Beckwith) Huntley, who reared a large family.. The former was a. native of .New York state and a farmer, and after the death of ins wife he came to Indiana and lived for some time with the Eastwoods, afterwards removing to Correctionvilie, near Sioux City, Iowa, where he died when nearly seventy years old. Cyrus and Sarah Eastwood were the parents of six chil¬ dren, four sons and two daughters, and the three now living are William Austin, Mrs. Sarah A. Misener and Harry W. Eastwood.

Mrs. Misener is a member of the Congre¬ gational church, and her husband also attends there. Mr. Misener affiliates with Acme Lodge No. 83, F. and A. M., Michigan City Chapter No. 25, R. A. M., Michigan City Council No. 56, and Michigan City Commandery No. 30, K. T., and is also a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. He has always voted the Republican ticket and at present represents the first ward in the city council. He owns the nice home in which he has lived for the past twenty years, and he and his family enjoy the respect and friendship of the best citizens of Michigan City.

LOUIS J. BRINKMAN, frieght and ticket agent for the Michigan Central Railroad Com¬ pany, with residence in Michigan City, is the youngest agent on the road, being now only twen¬ ty-three years of age, and has charge of one of the principal stations along the line of this com¬ pany's road. He is a native son of Michigan City, Indiana, where his birth occurred on the 4th of June, 1880, and is a son of Fred and Caro¬ line (Peo) Brinkman, natives of Mecklenburg, Germany. In that land his paternal and maternal grandparents lived and died. His maternal grandfather, Christopher Peo, was a tanner by trade, and was a soldier in the German army.

Fred Brinkman, the father of L. J. Brinkman, became a stonemason and contractor in the fatherland, and in 1855 he left his German home and came to the United States, taking up his abode in Cleveland Ohio, which continued to be his place of residence only for a short time, when he came to Michigan City, Indiana, where he followed his trade of a stonemason and con¬ tractor for a number of years, but is now en¬ gaged in the hotel business. He is one of the old¬ est mason contractors in the city, and many of its largest buildings stand as monuments to his 'excellent skill and ability, among them being the towers of the Indiana state prison. No better illustration of the characteristic en¬ ergy and enterprise of the typical German-American citizen can be found than that afforded by the career of this well known contractor and hotel man, for making the most of his own oppor¬ tunities, he has steadily worked his was upward to success and to all that is desirable and en¬ nobling in life. Before leaving his native land Mr. Fred Brinkman served as a soldier in the German army, and both he and his wife are mem¬ bers of the Lutheran church. Nine children were bom of their union, seven sons and two daughters, and six are now living, namely : Fred, John, Frank, Carrie (the wife of Edward Isby), Alexander and Louis J*

Louis J. Brinkman has spent his entire life in Michigan City, and to its excellent public school system he is indebted for the educational privi¬ leges which he received. After putting aside his text books he served as an employe of the Ameri¬ can Express Company for about fourteen months, after which he entered the services of the Monon Railroad Company as transfer clerk. Later he was made assistant weighmaster for the Haskell & Barker Car Company, subsequently became local agent for the Indiana Transportation Com¬ pany, thence ticket agent for the Michigan Cen¬ tral Railroad Company, and on the 1st of May, 1903, was made freight and ticket agent for thai corporation. Mr. Brinkman is one of the rising youn^ men of LaPorte county, and, being prompt, conscientious and thoroughly reliable, has won the praise and regard of all with whom he has been associated. He is a member of the Lutheran church, and in his fraternal relations is affiliated with Washington Lodge No. 94, Knights of Pythias, and the Benevolent and Protective Or¬ der of Elks. He is also a member of the Ames Second Regiment Band.

JOHN C. BECKER, a farmer of Hudson township, living on section 29, was born in Meck¬ lenburg, Germany, on the 7th of February, 1844, his parents being John and Sophia (Braughman) Becker, who were also natives of Mecklen¬ burg. When their son was seventeen years of age they crossed the Atlantic to America with their family, and located first in New York city, whence they afterward completed their westward journey until they reached LaPorte county, In¬ diana. This was about the year 1866, and they located in Hudson township. The father died there at the advanced age of eightv-two years and ten months, and his wife lived to the vener¬ able age of eighty-five years, she, too, passing away in Hudson township. Mr. John Becker was twice married, and by the first union had two children, who came to the United States at the same time that our subject crossed the At¬ lantic, and John C. Becker is the only son of

With his parents John C. Becker came to LaPorte county. He had pursued his education in the schools of the fatherland, and crossed the briny deep when the family became residents of America. He continued to live with his parents until their death, after which he purchased a farm of ninety-six acres and began the improvement of his property, fencing the land, clearing the fields and placing the tract under a high state of cultivation.

In 1873 was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Becker and Miss Minnie Swimadorf, who was born in Germany and was brought to America by her parents when nine years of age, the family home being established in Lake county, Indiana. Her father was John Swimadorf, also a native of Germany. To Mr. and Mrs. Becker have been born five children who are yet living, and they lost their second child, Louis, who died at the age of twenty-four years. The others are Emma, now the wife of Albert Graves, a farmer of LaPorte county; Frank; John, who married Miss Hulda Kemp December 16, 1903; Linda and Eddie, at home.

Since 1866 Mr. Becker has resided continu¬ ously upon the farm which is now his home. Here he has two hundred and twenty acres of well im¬ proved land, and he is engaged in general agri¬ cultural pursuits and stock-raising. Annually he harvests good crops of grain, and he also has upon his place high grades of horses, cattle and hogs, from the sale of which he realizes a good return upon his investments. His home is a beautiful one, his barns and other outbuildings are substantial and commodious, and there are upon his place all of the improvements and equip¬ ments which go to make up a model farm. In his work he is progressive and enterprising, and to-day he is numbered among the leading agri¬ culturists of his adopted county. In politics he is independent, voting for the candidates whom he thinks best qualified for office. He was reared in the faith of the Lutheran church.

WILBUR L. RAWLINGS. The prosperity and business development of a community always depend upon the aggregate endeavor of many citizens, and Mr. Rawlings is among the number who by enterprising business methods and well conducted commercial interests add to the ac¬ tivity and consequent prosperity of Michigan City. He is now dealing in hard and soft coal, and because of his well known reliability has secured a gratifying patronage. He was bom in Louisville, Kentucky, January 12, 1858, and is a son of Elisha P. and Annie (Settlers) Raw¬ lings. For many years the family has been rep¬ resented in Indiana, for in pioneer times Rev. Rawlings, his grandfather, came to this state and as a Methodist minister labored for the moral development of the pioneer community. It was in Indiana that Elisha P. Rawlings was born, as was his wife. They became the parents of two children, the daughter being Lou Belle, the wife of John Todd, a resident of Lafayette, Indiana. While residing in Louisville, Kentucky, Elisha P. Rawlings engaged in the manufacture of saddle-trees for a number of years, and in 1869 he came to Michigan City, Indiana, where he continued to make his home until 1885. He is now a resident of Monticello, Indiana. His first wife passed away in 1862, when thirty-two years of age, dying in the faith of the Methodist church, of which she was a consistent member. For his second wife Mr. E. P. Rawlings chose Mrs. Sarah Jane Wilson, the widow of J. O. Wil¬ son. Four children were born of this second mar¬ riage: Lillie, Elmer, Minnie and Otis. Mr. and Mrs.Elisha P. Rawlings held membership in the Methodist Episcopal church of Monticello, In¬ diana, in which he is serving as one of its officers.

Wilbur L. Rawlings spent the first eleven years of his life in the city of his nativity and acquired his preliminary education there. In 1869 he came to Michigan City, where he has made his home continually since, and, entering the public schools here, he continued his studies. In his youth he lived upon his father's farm and assisted in the cultivation of field and meadow until twenty-one years of age, when he aban¬ doned the plow, and in the factory of J. H. Winterbotham & Sons, in Michigan City, he was employed for a considerable period. In 1880 he began dealing in wood and coal, and has since continued in business as a vender of these com¬ modities. His business methods will bear close investigation, and because of his straightforward business methods he has secured a good trade.

On the nth of June, 1884, Mr. Rawlings was united in marriage t© Miss Libbie James, a daughter of Horatio and Jennie (Trobridge) James. They became the parents of three sons and four daughters, but Gertrude Belle, the first born, died at the age of four days. The others are Mildred, Wilbur, Lyle, Bernice, Herbert and Esther. The parents and children attend the services of the Congregational church, and they have a pleasant home at the corner of Spring and