LaPorte County, Indiana - Chapter 36: Religion, 1904 (part 21 of 23)

The following children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Goodwin: Cora A., born April 12, 1869, was educated in the normal school at Val¬ paraiso and was a teacher in LaPorte county, but is now the wife of William N. Osborn, a far¬ mer and stock-raiser of Clinton tow nship ; Wil¬ liam J., bom May 18, 1871, received an education in the public schools, married Miss Cora Camp¬ bell, by whom he has three children, and is a prosperous farmer in Porter county; one child died in infancy; Herman, born November 10, 1874, was also a teacher in LaPorte county, re¬ ceiving his normal training at Valparaiso ; Eddie K., born December 30, 1876, died January 19, 1878; Clayton E., born December 10, 1878, took a course in pharmacy in Valparaiso and is now located in Mentone, Indiana ; Frank E., born No¬ vember 15, 1880, took the commercial course at Valparaiso, and was run over by the cars near Nevada, Ohio, December 5, 1902, while holding a position as fireman on the Pennsylvania Rail¬ road ; Jennie Estella, born July 9, 1883, was edu¬ cated in the higher branches at Valparaiso and in music, and is now teacher for the second year in her home district ; Arthur L., born November 14, 1886, has finished the eleventh grade in the Wanatah high school; and Leland Glen, born July 8, 1892, is in the fifth grade.

Mr. and Mrs. Goodwin are members of the Christian church at Wanatah, and he is a trus¬ tee. He affiliates with the Democratic party, and is a member of Chaplain Brown Post No. 106, G. A. R., at Valparaiso. He receives and merits the high regard of the entire community in which he makes his home, and has friends wherever he goes.

REV. J. G. HOCH, pastor of the Evangelical St. John's church at Michigan City, was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, February 17, 1837, a son of Frederick and Christina Hoch, also natives of the fatherland.

Rev. John G. Hoch was reared and educated in Germany, and in a special mission house at Basel, Switzerland, was prepared as a mission¬ ary to Africa. He journeyed to that country in February, 1863, there remaining until June,

1870, wdien he returned to Germany on account of failing health. During the thirteen months spent there the Franco-Prussian war took place. He also spent one week in France, and during that time war was declared, and the freight ves¬ sel on which his goods were shipped was cap¬ tured by the French government. In September,

1871, Rev. Hoch came to America and settled at New Buffalo, Michigan, but, his health still being poor, he went to Port Huron, that state, where he regained his strength and had charge of St. John's church. From -that point he went to Niles, Michigan, and there preached the gospel for seven years. In 1881 he came to Michigan City, Indiana, and took charge of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran church, of which he has been the pastor continuously to the present time. His church now numbers five hundred and thirty families. Rev. Hoch is independent in his po¬ litical affiliations.

THOMAS CONLON, the owner and opera¬ tor of a fine farm in sections 14 and 23 in Clin¬ ton township, has been a resident of LaPorte county for over fifty years, and his name is inseperably connected with its agricultural inter¬ ests. His thoroughly American spirit and great energy have enabled him to mount from a lowly position to one of affluence, and his leading char¬ acteristics in business affairs are a fine sense of order and complete system and the habit of giv¬ ing careful attention to details, without which succes in any undertaking is never an assured fact.

Michael and Mary (Glancy) Conlon, his par¬ ents, were natives of county Roscommon, Ire¬ land, the former born in 1822 and the latter in 1825. In 1853 the family emigrated to America, coming at once to LaPorte county, Indiana, where these worthy people spent their remaining days, Michael Conlon passing away in Clinton town¬ ship in 1894, and his wife in 1896. He followed railroading during most of his residence in America.

The following children were born to Michael and Mary Conlon : Elizabeth, born in Ireland in 1845, is now the wife of Thomas Garwood, a farmer of Clinton township, LaPorte county; Thomas; Jane, bom in Ireland in 1849, is now the wife of David Hannon, a farmer of New Durham township; Michael, who was born on the ocean while his parents were coming to Amer¬ ica in 1853, died in Clinton township in 1886; Bernard, born in LaPorte county in 1856; Fran¬ ces, born in LaPorte * county in 1858, married Patrick Conry, a resident of Scipio township; and Mary, who was born in this county in i860 and died in 1882.

Thomas Conlon was born in county Ros¬ common, Ireland, July 9, 1847, and as he was but six years old when he came to La¬ Porte county, most of his education was received in the local schools. On start¬ ing out in life for himself he worked on a farm at twenty-five cents a day, and later at seven dollars per month. He continued this wage work until 1873, when he commenced farming for himself upon rented land. In 1880, in part¬ nership with his brother Bernard, he bought one hundred and forty acres, but sold it the same year, and subsequently bought the two hundred and twenty acres in Clinton township where he now lives. He has steadily prospered in his op¬ erations, and now owns three hundred and eighty acres, one of the finest farms in the locality. In 1903 he remodeled his beautiful residence, which is furnace-heated and furinshed tastefully and with the comforts of which made country life ideal. He also has the very best of farm build¬ ings, and it all stands as a glowing testimonial of the thrift, enterprise and good business judg¬ ment which have made him a prosperous man from the poor youth who started out to work for others many years ago.

As a principal factor in this successful out¬ come of life's labors Mr. Conlon does not fail to include his estimable wife, who stood by him in all his efforts and has been the needed comple¬ ment by which his life and work were perfected. June 17, 1880, he was married in Clinton town¬ ship to Miss Marguerite Condon, who was bom in that township, September 5, 1851, a daughter of David and Catherine (Regan) Condon, three of whose children are living besides Mrs. Con¬ lon, namely: Nellie, the wife of George Bergen, an engineer on the Rock Island Railroad -and a resident of Blue Island, Illinois; Nora, the wife of John Dalton, a prosperous farmer of Seward county, Nebraska, and they have five children: David W., a farmer of Clinton township. Mrs. Conlon was confirmed in the Catholic church, and was educated in the common schools and at St. Rose Academy in LaPorte.

Three children were bom to Mr. and Mrs. Conlon: Agnes D., bom June 15, 1884, is fit¬ ting herself for a teacher, having spent two years in St. Rose Academy, and perfected herself in instrumental music; May K., bom January 10, 1886, has attended St. Rose Academy for one year and is now taking special work in the high school at Union Mills ; and Charles S., bom April 17, 1887, is in the eighth grade in school. The family are communicants of the Catholic church of the Precious Blood at Wanatah, and Mrs. Conlon is a member of the sodality. Mr. Con¬ lon is identified with the Democratic party, and, so far as his extensive business interests allow, takes part in public affairs.

PROFESSOR HENRY C. NOE, who has devoted much of his life to educational work and is now principal of the commercial department in the LaPorte high school, was bom in Jonesville, Michigan, November 9, 1839. His father, Jacob Noe, was a native of Germany, bom in 1809, near the French border. The family came originally from Switzerland, and one branch of it was German and another French, Professor Noe being descended from the former. Jacob Noe's birthplace was in a region made historic by the Napoleonic wars, and he related many interesting incidents connected with those wars and other historic events of his native country. His eldest brother was a soldier in Napoleon's army and participated in the battle of Leipsic. In his native country Jacob Noe learned the miller's trade, and upon coming to America in 1827 worked at his trade in Rochester, New York, where he continued to live until 1835, when he emigrated to Jonesville, Michigan. There he decided to turn his attention to farm¬ ing, and accordingly took up a tract of land, which he cultivated and improved, meeting with excellent success in his new undertaking. He continued to carry on agricultural pursuits dur¬ ing the greater part of his life, and spent his remaining days in Michigan, passing away in 1880. In early manhood he married Clarissa Drake, who was born in New England and came of an old Puritan family. Direct descendants of her ancestors still live on the old farm in Con¬ necticut, which they secured on entering that colony with Roger Williams, having crossed the Atlantic with him from England. Mrs. Noe passed away in 1896, being more than eighty years of age at the time of her death.

Amid the environments of farm life Profes¬ sor Noe spent his youth, and his early educational privileges were supplemented by a course in the Jonesville high school, from which he was gradu¬ ated. He was also graduated from Hillsdale College, of Hillsdale, Michigan, with the class of i860, this being the first class to complete the classical course in that institution. After his graduation he engaged in teaching school, and in the latter part of the war of the rebellion he w*as for two years in the naval service, in the quartermaster's department on the steamer J. B. Adams, on the lower Mississippi. Following the close of hostilities he entered the railway service, and after learning telegraphy was rapidly pro¬ moted until he became train dispatcher for the Lake Shore Railroad. He was holding that position in Chicago when the great fire of 1871 occurred, at which time the division headquarters were removed to LaPorte, and Mr. Noe remained as train dispatcher for six years. He afterward served for nine years in the same capacity on the southern Kansas division of the Santa Fe Railroad, at Ottawa and Chanute, following which he returned to LaPorte and for about six years conducted a business college here. He was then offered a good position in the LaPorte publis schools, with which he has since been con¬ nected. He is principal of the commercial de¬ partment of the high school, and also superin¬ tendent of penmanship for the entire public school system of the city. Under his direction the commercial department has made rapid and satisfactory advance, the course of instruction being thorough and accurate, thus well qualify¬ ing the students for the work of the business world.

Professor Noe ranks very high in Masonic circles. It is said that he is more familiar and has a more practical working knowledge of Free¬ masonry than any other member in this part of the state, and he is considered such an authority that he is always called upon to assist in cere¬ monial work and on other occasions where actual knowledge is required. He has taken all his degrees from the third to the Knight Templar in LaPorte, having been raised in the blue lodge in 1876, while in 1880 he became connected with Chivalric Masonry. His duties in connection with the fraternity are quite important, for he is secretary for all the lodges in LaPorte, in¬ cluding the blue lodge, chapter, council and commandery.

Professor Noe was married in Rome City, Indiana, to Miss Mary Dixon, a native of England, and they now have six children: Mrs. Mary Fitzpatrick; Clara; Carroll, who is train dispatcher at St. Paul ; and Fannie, Georgia and Zayda, at home. The children have been pro¬ vided with excellent educational privileges, and the youngest daughter is now a student in the Michigan University at Ann Arbor. The family occupy a very enviable position in social circles, where true worth and intelligence are received as the passports into good society, the hospitality of the best homes of LaPorte being freely accorded them.

JOHN D. STONER is one of the most pro¬ gressive and successful farmers of Westville, where he owns and operates a valuable and well improved farm of five hundred and twenty acres. His possessions have all been acquired through his own efforts, and as the result of his endeavor he has won a place among the substantial citizens of his adopted county.

Mr. Stoner was born in Shelby county, Ohio, on the 1 6th of October, 1830, and is a son of John and Catharine (Kniff) Stoner, both natives of Pennsylvania, the former born in 1806, the lat- ter in 1809. At an early day they removed to Shelby county, Ohio, and they became the par¬ ents of nine children, namely: Daniel; David, deceased; Mary, who wedded Jackson Cane, of Shelby county, Ohio, and is now deceased; John D. ; Lucinda, deceased ; Catharine, who married John Clawson and died in Noble county ; Samuel, Joseph and Sarah Jane, also deceased.

In the state of his nativity John D. Stoner was reared and educated in much the usual man¬ ner of boys of his day, and he continued to make his home there until 1852, when he came to La- Porte county, Indiana. Two years later he was married in Clinton township, February 23, 1854, to Miss Martha E. Snavley, who was born in Montgomery county, Virginia, on the 27th of January, 1830. Mrs. Stoner's grandfather, John Snavley, came from Germany during the Revo¬ lutionary war, and was hostler for one of the generals of the continental forces. Mrs. Stoner's mother's brother, William Eahart, was also in the Revolutionary war. Mrs. Stoner has spun and woven cloth from the wheel, and Mr. Stoner has swung the old four-fingered cradle from morn till night, and is also acquainted with the still earlier sickle for harvesting grain. He has also used the crude implements for braking and scutching the flax ready to spin into thread for cloth. When he first became acquainted with LaPorte county there was only one railroad through it, while there are now many trunk and branch lines passing through in every direction.

For about four years after his arrival in this county Mr. Stoner was engaged in farming upon rented land. His first purchase of land, eighty acres, was made in Clinton township about 1857, and it was only partially improved and had no dwelling house. He has since prospered, being able to add to his property from time to time until he now has five hundred and twenty acres of rich and arable land under a high state of cul¬ tivation. His success in life is due entirely to his own industry, enterprise and good manage¬ ment and he well deserves the prosperity that has come to him, for he is upright and honorable in all his dealings. He is a Jackson Democrat, and cast his first vote for James K. Polk.

LOUIS SCHUMM, Sr. The business inter¬ ests of a man's life form the most important chap¬ ter in his history, and when his efforts are di¬ rected along legitimate lines and result in the attainment of success he is certainly worthy of distinction. Such a career is of value to the community with which the man is associated, adding to the sum total of commercial or indus¬ trial activity, whereon depends the progress and prosperity of every town and city. For thirtvfive years Louis Schumm, Sr., has been engaged in the manufacture of sash and doors in Laporte, and was one of the founders of the enter¬ prise now conducted under the name of the La¬ Porte Sash & Door Company, and of which he is the treasurer and manager.

A native of Ohio, Mr. Schumm was bom in Van Wert county, in 1840, a son of George and Maria (Pflueger) Schumm, both of whom were natives of Germany. The father, who was bom in Wurtemberg, emigrated to the United States in 1833, settling first in Holmes county, Ohio, whence he removed to Van Wert county in 1838. There he died in 1871, after having devoted his active life to farm work. His wife also passed away on the old homestead in Van Wert county, her death occurring in the spring of 1903.

Upon his father's farm Louis Schumm was reared, and lived there until twenty-two years of age. In 1863 he came to LaPorte. Here with August Backhaus as a partner he engaged in the furniture business, and in 1868 they established the sash and door factory which is now' con¬ ducted under the name of the LaPorte Sash & Door Company. For thirty-five years Mr. Schumm has been actively connected with the conduct of this enterprise, and its expansion and profitable conduct is largely due to his labors and capable management. For thirty-six years he was in partnership wdth Mr. Backhaus, the rela¬ tion proving mutually pleasant and profitable. In 1873 their plant was destroyed by fire, causing a total loss, and thus was swept away Mr. Schumm's entire savings for nine years. Such an event would have utterly discouraged many a man of less resolute spirit, but writh character¬ istic energy and determination he set to work to retrieve his lost possession, and was soon once more even with the world, and as the years have advanced he has gained a place among the sub¬ stantial manufacturers of the city. In 1900 the business was incorporated under the name of the LaPorte Sash & Door Company, Mr. Backhaus then retiring while E. F. Michael became the president and Mr. Schumm treasurer and mana¬ ger. Since then the plant has been largely in¬ creased and the output is proportionately great. This is now one of the extensive industries of* the city, furnishing employment to many work¬ men and placing much money in circulation, so that it is of direct benefit to the general prosper¬ ity as well as to the individual stockholders. Mr.

In LaPorte Mr. Schumm wedded Miss Mina Domke, and they have two children, Louis and Rosa. In the city the family are well known, and because of their many excellent traits of heart and mind have become endeared to many friends. They hold membership in the German Lutheran church, contribute generously to its support, and Mr. Schumm is now its treasurer and one of its trustees. For nineteen years he has been in pub¬ lic life as an official of the city, serving for ten years as a member of the city council from the fifth ward and for nine years as a trustee of the city waterworks. In office and as a private citi¬ zen, he has ever been a co-operant factor in movements for the general good, and LaPorte has profited by his labors in her behalf and hon¬ ors him as one of her leading business men and valued citizens.

OLIVER B. BAILEY, who is one of the oldest of LaPorte county's residents, and has had an honorable and successful career as business man and public-spirited citizen, is of good Welsh stock, and his great-grandfathers on both sides came from Wales and fought in the Revolution¬ ary war. Ziba and Sophronia (Peck) Bailey, his parents, were both born in New York state, and came to LaPorte county in 1835. The former was a carpented, and assisted in constructing the first frame building in LaPorte county. During the latter years of his life he was a farmer, and he died on the banks of the Little Kankakee river, on his farm, at the age of eighty-four years. His wife died in early life. They were the parents of five children.

Oliver B. Bailey was the second child and was born in Tompkins county, New York, October 5, 1833, so that he was but two years old when he came to LaPorte county. His youth was passed for the most part on the farm, and he attended the schools of LaPorte county, the old schoolhouse standing on the road between La¬ Porte and Kingsbury. He remained at home with his father until after his marriage, in 1855, when he rented a farm near Rolling Prairie of Samuel Webster, where he carried on agricul¬ tural pursuits for two and a half years. For the following two and a half years he was en¬ gaged in the sawmill business near Michigan City, and then moved to Pleasant township and farmed for three years. For the following fif¬ teen years Mr. Bailey made his residence in Por¬ ter county, where he was engaged in farming and was an influential citizen until 1888, when he located permanently in Wanatah. He began business as a dealer in hay, and has since gone into the grain trade, in which two lines he has prospered. He has the tact and sagacity of the true business man, and his business has steadily increased from the beginning. He now has as partners his son Stephen ana Clark Bunnell, the latter at one time superintendent of the high school. The firm is known as Bailey, Bun¬ nell & Company. They are now building a fine elevator at Lacrosse, Indiana, and their opera¬ tions are constantly seeking new fields.

Mr. Bailey was married in 1855 to Miss Sarah Martin, who came to LaPorte county when a small child. They have had six sons, four of whom are living, and three besides the one men¬ tioned, Ziba, Frank and Arthur, are farmers in Starke county, Indiana. Mr. Bailey has been a life-long Democrat and has taxen an active part in public affairs. For twelve years he was jus¬ tice of the peace in Porter county, and during that time qualified for the office but once. Only one case that came under his jurisdiction was appealed and reversed. Most of his life has been spent in LaPorte county, and in this fertile and happy spot of the world he has performed his share of life's duties and made his name an ob¬ ject of honor and esteem among his fellow citi¬ zens.

CHARLES F. PLANETT. A desirable ad¬ dition to the industrial interests of LaPorte is the plant of the Planett Manufacturing Company, which has recently been established here. At its head stands the subject of this biography, a man of marked enterprise, of business capacity and energy. He not only follows methods that have been pursued by others, but branches out into new and original lines of labor, and his sound judgment has made his efforts effective. Already the business of the Planett Manufactur¬ ing Company at LaPorte has become prosperous, and it is a leading enterprise of the city.

Charles F. Planett is of German birth and possesses the sterling characteristics of his race. He was born in Rhenish Bavaria, in 1864. and comes of French ancestry in both the paternal and maternal lines. His father, Frederick Planett, was also a native of Rhenish Bavaria, and, becoming a civil engineer, built several rail¬ roads in his native country. He afterward be¬ came an architect and had charge of the public works in the city in which Charles F. Planett was born and in which the former remained until called to his final rest. His wife survived him for some time, and in later years came to Amer¬ ica to live with her son Charles, who was then a resident of Chicago.

In his native town Charles F. Planett ac¬ quired a good education, which was supple¬ mented by technical and practical training in the occupation which he adopted as his life work. He is thoroughly posted in the line of building and architectural decorating, serving an ap¬ prenticeship of two years in Germany and two years in Paris. He was in the latter city during the Paris exposition in 1878, which gave him unusual opportunities of becoming a finished decorator. His training was very thorough, and his efficiency continually increased until he be¬ came an expert in his line.

In 1882 Mr. Planett emigrated to the United States, locating first in Bridgeport, Connecticut, where he worked for about eight months. He then went to Indianapolis, where he remained for a year, removing thence to Chicago. In the lat¬ ter city his ability at once attracted attention, and up to the time he went into business for him¬ self he won constant promotions in the different factories where he worked. After the first three months he was made foreman of a factory, and from that time on his responsibilities were con¬ stantly increased. In 1899 he established a fac¬ tory on the west side of Chicago for the purpose of manufacturing picture frames, moldings, in¬ terior woodwork and interior decorations and finishings. From the beginning he met with suc¬ cess, and the capacity of his plant had to be con¬ tinually increased in order that the output might equal the demand. The Planett Manufacturing Company was organized and the business con¬ ducted on an extensive scale.

In February, 1903, arrangements were made to remove the factory from .Chicago to LaPorte, and a site was selected east of the town at the junction of the Lake Shore and Lake Erie & Western railroads. Here they constructed a large and substantial brick building, three hun¬ dred and two by two hundred and fifty feet, which, with the accompanying buildings, occu¬ pies two acres of ground. Besides this they have three additional acres on which is located the lumber yard. The plant was completed and ready for operation by the 15th of April, and al¬ ready they are cutting up half a million feet of lumber per month and employ about one hun¬ dred and fifty workmen, their pay roll amount¬ ing to twelve hundred dollars per week, while their lumber bill reach the sum of two thousand dollars per week. They manufacture everything in the line of mouldings for interior finishings, picture frames, etc., and their business is con¬ tinually increasing, while already their shipments go to many states in the Union. Mr. Planett has new, original and modem ideas concerning the business, and in the building of the new LaPorte works he instituted several innovations that have no counterpart in similar factories in the country. The business is considered by the LaPorte peo¬ ple a splendid addition to the city's industrial interests, and they are proud of the new concern. The company maintains a large warehouse and salesroom and office at 113-115 Michigan avenue, Chicago, from which a large business is trans¬ acted. The officers of the company are: Charles F. Planett, president; Otto L. Dell, treasurer: and Charles Abraham, secretary and manager of the Chicago office. Mr. Planett is a very suc¬ cessful and energetic man. In Chicago he was instrumental in organizing the Picture Frame & Moulding Manufacturers' Association of the United States and was elected its vice president.

In that city Mr. Planett was married in 1885, to Miss Martha Krampitz, a native of Germany. They now have one son, Charles P. Planett. The family home is on Michigan avenue in La¬ Porte, and already they have gained many friends during their brief residence in this city. A man of energy, enterprise and reliability, such as Mr. Planett is known to be, is a valuable addition to any community, and LaPorte is fortunate in that he has allied his interests with hers.

HARVEY H. MARTIN, M. D.. a practicing physician and surgeon of LaPorte, is a rep¬ resentative of one of the pioneer families of La¬ Porte county, and its representatives outnumber those of almost any other family of the county. From New Jersey came the Martin brothers - Abram, William, Isaac, Jacob, John, Paul and Sherwood E. - in 1834. They located in Galena township, which was then a wilderness and had received its first settlers less than a year before. Six of the original brothers are dead, the only surviving representative of this generation being "Uncle Sherwood Martin," who is now eightyseven years of age and still owns some of the original Martin land. His wife, who came with him into the western wilds two thirds of a cen¬ tury ago, is still living, and together they are rounding out an extraordinary career of useful-

Rev. William Martin, the grandfather of Dr. Martin, was bom in New Jersey and was a Meth¬ odist minister. He came to LaPorte county in 1839, and was one of the old circuit riders, car¬ rying the gospel into the pioneer homes and aid¬ ing largely in shaping the early moral develop¬ ment of the county. He died in this county, in 1850. Isaac F. Martin, the father of Dr. Mar¬ tin, was born in Galena township, in February, 1843, and 's fiving there, a prominent and successful farmer. He wedded Hester Ann Easton, who was born in Oswego county, New York, and is also living.

Dr. Martin was bom in Galena township in 187T, and gained his early education through instruction received in the public schools of the township, after which he continued his studies in the high school at Rolling Prairie. In 1891 he matriculated in the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, where he spent two years, the latter in the medical department, for he had detemrned to make the practice of medicine his iife work. In the fall of 1892 he entered the Chicago Homeopathic Medical College, from which he was graduated in the class of 1895. Immediately afterward he entered upon the prac¬ tice of medicine at Three Oaks, Michigan, where he remained until 1897, when he located at La¬ Porte. Here he is known as a successful young ph ysician. He is especially mindful of the ethics of the profession and in his work has proved his knowledge and skill. January 1, 1903, he was appointed secretary of the LaPorte county board of health.

Aside from the practice of his profession Dr. Martin takes an active and leading part in all affairs which tend toward the greater growth and prosperity of the city of LaPorte, and la¬ bored untiringly in securing for the city the manufacturing plant of the Howard M. Cable Piano Company.

The Doctor was married at Three Oaks, in 1896, to Miss Edith Blanch Valentine. Their only child, Robert B., is deceased. The Doctor has membership relations with the Masons, Ihe Elks, the Knights of Pythias and the Macca¬ bees, while in the line of his profession he is connected with the National Institute of Hom¬ eopathy, the Indiana Institute of Homeopathy and the Northern Indiana and Southern Michigan Homeopathic medical societies. In this wav he keeps informed concerning the advanced ideas that the profession is continualy bringing forth, and he is quick to adopt any new principle or method of practice which he believes will prove of benefit in the prosecution of his profession.

ADDISON JOSEPH PHILLIPS was bom in Monroe county, New York, May 18, 1822, his birthplace being the town of Perrington. His parents were Cyril and Virena (Bateman) Phil¬ lips, the former a native of New Hampshire, while the latter was born in Monroe county, New York. In tracing the ancestral history of Mr. Phillips we find that he is of Irish and Scotch lineage, and that the family record in America dates back to the earliest epoch in the coloniza¬ tion of the new world, for representatives of the family came to the United States in the begin¬ ning of the seventeenth century. David Phillips, the grandfather of Addison J. Phillips, was born in New Hampshire and became a boot and shoe maker, an occupation which has been followed by the family through five generations. In pio¬ neer times in western New York he went to Genesee county as a surveyor, and there resided throughout his remaining days, making his home about ten miles east of Rochester. He took an active part in the pioneer improvement and sub¬ stantial upbuilding of that part of the country, and was well known because of the effective labor which he performed in behalf of public progress. An honored patriot of the Revolutionary war, he joined the army at the beginning of hostili¬ ties and served with the continental troops until victory had crowned the American arms. He married a member of the Williams family to which Roger Williams belonged, and they had a number of children.

Cyril Phillips, the father of Addison J. Phil¬ lips, learned the trade of boot and shoe making and was interested in that business throughout his entire life. Attracted by the opportunities of the growing west, he came to Indiana in 1842, settling in LaPorte, where he carried on business for two years. He then came to Michigan City and did business on the ground now occupied by the Vreeland Hotel, continuing at that site for four years. He next took up his abode on a farm in Pleasant township, and in the midst of the heavy timber cleared his place and devel¬ oped a good property, his land becoming pro¬ ductive and fertile as the years passed. In early manhood he wedded Miss Virena Bateman, a daughter of Eleazer Bateman, who was a native of England and on crossing the Atlantic to America settled in one of the New England states. Eleazer Bateman served as a magistrate under the English crown prior to the Revolution¬ ary war, artd during the period of hostilities re¬ mained neutral. He afterward became a magis¬ trate under the United States government and removed to New York, where again he was active in public life, serving at one time as sheriff of Genesee county. He died at the ad¬ vanced age of eighty-four years, leaving a large family, most of whom were daughters.

To Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Phillips were born a number of children, four of whom grew to years of maturity, although Addison J. is the only one now living. The four who came to LaPorte county with their parents in 1842 were Addison Joseph, Lodner Darvontis, William Shillingforth and Virena. The mother of these children died many years ago, passing away when only thirtyfour years of age. The father long survived and died upon the old homestead farm in LaPorte county in his seventieth year. He was a relative by marriage of the Roger Williams family, and was reared in the faith of the Society of Friends, but afterward united with the Baptist church. His wife's people, however, were connected with the Episcopal church. Cyril Phillips was a Jacksonian Democrat and was always deeply in¬ terested in the success of his party. After los¬ ing his first wife he was again married, his sec¬ ond union being with Philena Joy, of Monroe county, New York, who died in LaPorte county, Indiana, at the age of seventy-five years.

Addison J. Phillips was reared in the county of his nativity, where he remained until twenty years of age. His educational privileges were limited because of the primitive condition of the schools, and also because his father needed his services. He was a young man of about twenty years when, in 1842, the family came to Indiana, settling in LaPorte. There he engaged in the manufacture of boots and shoes. He says that many women wore boots in those days. In 1844 he removed to Michigan City, where he was mar¬ ried and has since resided. Here he continued in business as a boot and shoe maker for about eighteen years, and later he was in the employ of C. T. Dibble for a time. He then began buy¬ ing and selling real estate, and continued to op¬ erate in land for many years, negotiating many important real estate transfers. He also built a large amount of docks, and in various ways contributed to the improvement and progress of the city.

the position of city marshal for two years. Later he was again elected assessor, and con¬ tinued in that office for eighteen years, during which time he also served for eight. years as street commissioner. His public service was most commendable, being characterized by promptness and fidelity in the discharge of his duties. In 1882 he met with a serious accident. In attempting to stop a runaway horse and save another man's life he was run over by the horse and his side so badly crushed that his own life was despaired of. In fact, he has never fully re¬ covered, and the accident caused him to be totally blind for five years, while for eleven years his eyesight was so badly impaired that he could neither read nor write. In 1897, however, he had a cataract removed from his left eye, and since that time he has been able to see and read, his many friends rejoicing in the restoration of his sight.

On the 19th of June, 1845, Mr. Phillips was united in marriage to Miss Eliza R. Haver, and to them were bom sixteen children, but most of them died in infancy or early childhood. Only two sons are now living. The elder, Addison Gustave, was a locomotive engineer for eleven years, and since that time has followed the ma¬ chinist trade. He wedded Miss Ella Dalson, and they had three children : Charles, Lee and Fred. After the death of his first wife he married a Miss Hoffman, and there were two children by this union, Ethel Ruth, now deceased, and an infant as yet unnamed. Karl B., the second son of Mr. Phillips, is a foreman in the car shops here. He wedded Miss Catherine Burdick and they have four children : Ella May, Hattie Lu¬ cinda, Bessie and Florence.

Mrs. Phillips died on the 3d of April, 1887, at the age of sixty years, and her loss was deeply mourned by many friends. She was reared in the Episcopal church, attending church in Buf¬ falo, New York, over which Dr. Lord presided. Mr. Phillips, however, is an advocate of the So¬ ciety of Friends, and politically is a Democrat. He owns a good home on Michigan street and considerable other property in Michigan City. There are four generations of the Phillips family all living in the same block in Michigan City at the present time, Addison J. Phillips being the senior representative. That he is a man of kindly nature and broad humanitarian principles is shown by the fact that he has given homes to nine orphan boys, several of whom lived with him for long periods and most of whom arc now living and are well-to-do.

WILLIAM ALLEN BANKS, who is now capably serving as postmaster at La Porte and is one of the worthy citizens here, was bom in Schoharie county, New York, October 28, 1836, his parents being Orrin and Olive (Brown) Banks. His father was bom in New York state ' and came to Ohio in 1838, locating in Mad¬ ison township, Lake county. In 1845 he removed to LaPorte county, and in 1854 took up his resi¬ dence in Hobart, Lake county, Indiana, where he died in 1856. Throughout his entire life he car¬ ried on farming. He was related to the family of which Dr. Nathaniel P. Banks was a member. His wife, who was of Scotch descent, was bom in New York and died in 1895 in Hobart, Lake county, Indiana. In the family were four sons who were soldiers in the Civil war : Elisha, Mor¬ gan, Nathaniel and George L. The last named was color-bearer for the Fifteenth Indiana In¬ fantry and was wounded at the battle of Mission¬ ary Ridge. For his bravery and valor in times of danger he was voted a medal of honor by the United States Congress. The other two broth¬ ers and three sisters of Mr. Banks are Charles W., Parley A., Betsey, Mary C. and Sarah.

William Allen Banks has resided almost con¬ tinuously in LaPorte county since 1845, and *s therefore one of its oldest settlers, familiar with its history from the period of its early develop¬ ment down to the present. He worked on the railroad for a few years, but during the greater part of his life has carried on farming and stock dealing, following those pursuits in Scipio town¬ ship. He still owns his farm there, it having been in his possession since 1859. R located on sec¬ tions 29 and 30 and comprises four hundred and twenty-six acres of fine land. He also owns a home in LaPorte at 912 Maple avenue. His attention is still given to some extent to agricul¬ tural pursuits, although in 1887, he left the farm and took up his abode in the city. For a num¬ ber of years he was a well known importer of horses, and made four trips to Europe in order to purchase fine horses there. He brought back large numbers of full-blooded stock from Eng¬ land, Scotland and France, and he is still en¬ gaged to some extent in breeding fine horses, cat¬ tle and Shropshire sheep. Mr. Banks has been very active, influential and helpful in advancing the interests of the farming community of Indi¬ ana. He was a member of the state board of agriculture for fourteen years, and for two years was its president. He has also been connected with the LaPorte County Agricultural Society

Mr. Banks has been three times married. He first wedded Miss Marion Chandler, who died in 1870. By this union there was one daughter, who is now Mrs. Lura E. Cosser, a resident of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. In 1875 Mr. Banks was joined in marriage to Miss Jennie Crane, who died in 1895, leaving four children: Mrs. Eda Weaver, Mrs. Cora E. Bamum, William Ray and Catherine. In 1897 Mr. Banks was mar¬ ried to his present wife, who was formerly Mrs. Marian Bundy. By her first husband she had two children : Mrs. Susan Bowers and Beatrice Bundy.

In 1880 Mr. Banks was elected a trustee of Purdue University, which position he still holds, and the cause of education has ever found in him a warm friend deeply and actively interested in its progress. At the age of twenty-one years he was elected justice of the peace in Scipio town¬ ship, filling the position for six years, and he has also served as township trustee. In October, 1897, he was appointed postmaster at LaPorte, by President McKinley, was re-appointed in Janu¬ ary, 1898, and on the expiration of the regular term of four years was again appointed in Janu¬ ary, 1902, by President Roosevelt, so that his incumbency will continue until January, 1906. He is proving a splendid officer, and has made the LaPorte postoffice a pride to the city. Its affairs are conducted under strict business prin¬ ciples, and he has worked hard to increase the business of the office, which amounted to about fourteen thousand dollars when he assumed the duties of the office and which in 1902 reached twenty thousand dollars. At the end of the present fiscal year it will probably reach the sum of twenty-four thousand dollars. Mr. Banks has remodeled and improved the office, which is splendidly equipped for the transaction of a large business and supplied with many metro¬ politan features. He is ndw working for the es¬ tablishment of a government building here. Mr. Banks is president of the LaPorte county Mu¬ tual Insurance Company, of which he was one of the organizers.

He is an old and prominent Mason, having been raised at Crown Point, Indiana, in 1857. He afterward became a charter member of Union Mills Lodge in LaPorte county and is now a member of LaPorte Lodge No. 41, F. & A. M. He has likewise attaind the Knight Templar de¬ gree and is eminent commander in LaPorte. He holds membership in the Baptist church, of which he is one of the trustees, and he has been a co¬ operant factor in many measures pertaining to the public good and to the material, social, in¬ tellectual and moral development of the commu¬ nity. Mr. Banks is a self-made man and is de¬ serving of much credit, for he started out in life not only empty-handed but with an indebtedness of one hundred and twenty-five dollars.

His success has been the result of honest, persistent effort in the line of honorable and man¬ ly dealing. His aims have always been to at¬ tain to the best and he has carried forward to successful completion whatever he has under¬ taken. His life has marked a steady growth, and now he is in possession of an ample compe¬ tence, and, more than all, has that contentment that comes from a consciousness of having lived to a good purpose.

JOHN GARWOOD, a retired farmer resid¬ ing at 713 Michigan street in Michigan City, was born in Warren county, Ohio, March 10, 1822, and is one of a family of eight children, whose parents were John and Jane (Garwood) Gar¬ wood, the former a native of New Jersey and the latter of Pennsylvania. The father was a car¬ penter and for many years followed the builder's trade. He removed from Warren county, Ohio, to Michigan in the year 1830, and in 1831 came to LaPorte county, Indiana, establishing his home in Scipio township, where he entered gov¬ ernment land. The remainder of his life was devoted to agricultural pursuits, and his work ps a tiller of the soil brought golden harvests. He was especially interested in fishing,, and be¬ came very skillful with the rod and line. He voted with the Democratic party, but had neither time nor inclination to seek public office. His death occurred when he was in his seventy-third year, and his wife, surviving him for a number of years, passed away at the age of ninety-one years. Of their family of five sons and three daughters, four are now living: John, of Michi¬ gan City; Mary Jane and Elizabeth, twins; and Thomas Garwood, who is an extensive farmer living southeast of Westville, Indiana. Mary is now the widow of Robert Craft and resides in the outskirts of LaPorte, while Elizabeth is the wife oi Henry Craft, of LaPorte. There is little known concerning the ancestral history of the family save that the paternal grandfather was a nati\e of New Jersey. The maternal grandfather, William Garwood, was born in Pennsylvania, became one of the early setters of

Ohio and afterward cast in his lot with the pioneer residents of LaPorte county, Indiana. Here he engaged in farming until his death. His wife bore the maiden name of Elizabeth Moon, and they reared a large family.

John Garwood was a lad of nine summers when he accompanied his parents on their re¬ moval to LaPorte county, and here he has lived continuously since 1831, covering a period of seventy-two years. He began his education in one of the old-time log schoolhouses conducted on the subscription plan, and conned his lessons while seated on a slab bench. A log was removed from one side of the building and the aperture filled with glass in order to admit light into the room. Mr. Garwood was reared as a farm boy, and throughout his business career followed the occupation of farming. He has owned land in five different townships, and he gave to each of his children a good start, none of them receiving less than one hundred acres. Prospering in his business affairs, he continually added to his property, and he and his sons together owned at one time about sixteen hundred acres of valuable farming prop¬ erty. He finally deeded all of his property to his children, reserving the right to a competence for his support during the remainder of his life. His homestead farm was located in Scipio town¬ ship and afterward in Center township, where he was living at the time of his wife's death. Since then he has made his home with his children.

Mr. Garwood was united in marriage to Miss Cynthia Vener, a daughter of Edward Vener. Eight children were bom to them as follows: Thomas E., now a farmer, wedded Mary Maloy and they have four children, Charles, Ella, Carrie and Effie Wilfred; William Jefferson, now de¬ ceased, left a wife whose maiden name was Emma Nelson and one child, Jefferson; John M. is an extensive farmer of Center township near La¬ Porte, and married Annie Orr, by whom he has three children; Oscar A., also an agriculturist, first wedded Miss Braden, by whom he had two children, Jesse and Lena, and after the death of his first wife married Selma Talmonson. by whom he had three children, Lester, Hazel and Howard ; Robert H. is proprietor of a store in Homeville and married Miss Rootvine, by whom he has a daughter, Cynthia ; George E., an enter¬ prising agriculturist, wedded Minnie Erickson, and they have three living children; Elizabeth Jane is the wife of August Dick, of Michigan City, by whom she has five children, Clemens, Elnora, Gertrude, Frank and Harry ; Elnora, the youngest member of the Garwood family, is now the wife of E. G. Small, of Center township, and they have one son. Mr. Garwood has one great-grandchild. Mrs. Cynthia A. Garwood passed away in 1893 in the faith of the Methodist church, of which she was long a consistent mem¬ ber.

Politically Mr. Garwood has always been a Democrat. He is now living with his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. August Dick in Michigan City. There are few men who from personal recollection can relate so much concern¬ ing the history of this county as can Mr. Gar¬ wood. The Indians were here in great numbers when he came to LaPorte county, and there was not a fence built between LaPorte and Niles, Michigan, nor was there a grist mill in the entire county. Much of the land was still in possession of the government, and the fields had not been cultivated. All was wild and unimproved, and in the important work of reclaiming the land for the purposes of civilization Mr. Garwood has taken a very active and helpful part. He has seen great changes and has witnessed the transforma¬ tion of the county as it has merged from pio¬ neer conditions to take its place with the leading counties of the state. As a worthy pioneer he certainly deserves representation in this volume, and he also receives the veneration and respect which should ever be accorded those who ad¬ vanced as far on life's journey as he has done, for he is now eighty-one years of age.

DR. JACOB S. MARTIN has won success and prominence as a member of the medical fra¬ ternity in LaPorte county and is now practicing his profession at Rolling Prairie, where a liberal patronage gives evidence of the public confidence reposed in him. He was born near Dover, New Jersey, February 20, 1833. His father, Jacob C. Martin, was a native of New Jersey, who be¬ came a shoemaker by trade. After his marriage, which was celebrated in New Jersey, he removed to Butler county, Ohio, afterward to Franklin county, Indiana, and in the year 1850 came to LaPorte county, settling in Galena township, where he was engaged in farming and shoe¬ making. He developed a good farm, transform¬ ing the dense forest into richly cultivated fields. There he lived for thirty years, being called to his final rest at about the age of sixtv-seven. He was a son of Isaac W. Martin, also a native of New Jersey and of Irish lineage. The mother of Dr. Martin bore the maiden name of Mary A. Stewart, and was likewise born in New Jer¬ sey. She lived to be about sixty-three years of age. In their family were fourteen children, ten ot whom reached years of maturity, the Doctor being the second in order of birth.

When about four years old Dr. Martin was brought by his parents to Indiana, and his boy¬ hood days were spent in Franklin county, where he began his education in the common schools. When a youth of fourteen years he began life for himself and commenced learning the paintter's trade. He has since been dependent entirely upon his own resources for a living, and as he has advanced on life's journey he has made the most of his opportunities, utilizing his time to the best advantage.

On the 16th of December, 1852, occurred the marriage of Dr. Martin and Miss Susan J. Mar¬ tin, who was born in Butler county, Ohio, Aug¬ ust 27, 1834, a daughter of Josiah and Eleanor (Parker) Martin, who were residents of Butler county. Her father was a blacksmith by occupa¬ tion, and in 1840 came to LaPorte county, Indi¬ ana, locating at Rolling Prairie, where he con¬ ducted a smithy in connection with the cultiva¬ tion of a farm. Mrs. Martin was the fifth in a family of twelve children born to her parents, and was about four years of age when she was brought to LaPorte county.

After their marriage Dr. Martin established his home in Galena township, where he was en¬ gaged in business as a painting contractor, super¬ vising a gang of men. He worked throughout this part of the state and continued his connec¬ tion with that pursuit until i860. For three years he was engaged in the general blacksmithing business, employing men at the work in the shop. In i860 he took up the study of medicine under the direction of Dr. Drumond, of Rolling Prairie, who was his preceptor for about four years. In 1864 he began practice, and his at¬ tention has since been devoted to his professional duties. He belongs to the LaPorte County Medical Society and the Indiana State Medical Society, and for four years has served on the pension board, filling that position during Presi¬ dent Cleveland's administration. In his profes¬ sion he is well read, keeping informed concern¬ ing the progress made by the members of the medical fraternity through broad reading and study.

His efforts in behalf of the county along many lines have been helpful and beneficial. His political support is given to the Democracy, and for four years he served as trustee of his town¬ ship. He was instrumental in building the first brick schoolhouse at Rolling Prairie in 1876, and his efforts have been very effective in estab¬ lishing one of the best schools in this oart of thfc state. Business enterprises have also felt the stimulus of his energy and the excellent effect of his wise counsel. He was interested in the building of the grist mill and of the creamery -at Rolling Prairie, two enterprises that have been important in the business life of the town.

To Mr. and Mrs. Martin have been bom the following children: Frank, who married Mary White and resides in South Bend ; William, who wedded Caroline Lang and also lives in South Bend; George, who married Josie Breese and lives in LaPorte ; Nellie, who is a bookkeeper in St. Luke's Hospital in Chicago; Jesse, who mrried Anna Schroder, of South Bend; Henry Harrison, who wedded Cora Moore and lives in Omaha, Nebraska; John, who married Caroline Hoepner and lives at Council Bluffs, Iowa ; Flor¬ ence, the wife of Orin McCarty, of South Bend ; two that died in infancy; one who died at the age of four years; another at the age of two years; and a third at the age of one year. Dr. and Mrs. Martin celebrated their golden wedding on the 1 6th of December, 1902, a happy occasion which was participated in by many friends and relatives. They have now twenty-seven descend¬ ants, all but one of their eight children having married and gone from home. The names of tHeir grandchildren are Jennie Martin, who mar¬ ried Irvin Goss, by whom she has one child, Dorothea ; Jesse Martin ; Nellie, who became the wife of Ralph Toms and has a son, William ; Inez and George Martin, who are children of William Martin ; John, George, Burt, Florence and Sadie, children of George Martin ; Walter, a son of John Martin; Gordon, Naomi and Stewart, children of Jesse Martin ; and Kenneth, Helen and Cathe¬ rine, the children of Florence Martin McCarty.

The Doctor is a member of the Masonic fra¬ ternity, belonging to Rolling Prairie Lodge No. 291, F. & A. M. For thirty-nine years he has resided here and has a large practice in the coun¬ ty. His clientage is extensive, and his friends are many, for his sterling traits of character as well as his professional skill have won for him the regard and good will of the public.

CHARLES O. LARSON, a contractor and builder of LaPorte, was born in Grenna, Sweden, November 13, 1865, and in that country he learned the carpenter's trade. With a laudable ambi¬ tion to attain success he resolved to emigrate to America when a young man of nineteen years, believing that he might have better business op¬ portunities in the new world, of whose advan¬ tages he had heard favorable reports. He had no capital, but he possessed a resolute will, strong courage and determination, and was willing to work energetically and unremittingly. Passing through Chicago, he proceeded to Minnesota, where he remained for about a year and a half, and then returned to the metropolis of the west- There he worked at carpentering, mostly in the higher grades of that pursuit, his specialty being stair-buiding.

While living in Chicago Mr. Larson was unit¬ ed in marriage to Miss Helen Nicholas, of La¬ Porte county, Indiana, whose parents, also natives of Sweden, had located in this county a number of years before. In 1891 Mr. Larson and his wife removed to LaPorte, where he began working as a stair-builder. His aptitude and ability in the higher grades of carpentering led him to become connected with the sash and door factory of Backhaus & Schumm, and for several years he served as foreman in that establishment. WTien the factory was enlarged and the business was re¬ organized under the name of the LaPorte Sash & Door Company, Mr. Larson became a stock¬ holder and director, but has since disposed of his interests. After resigning his position as fore¬ man in the factory, he turned his attention to con¬ tracting and building, which he has since folowed with ever increasing success. He has been and is now engaged on some of the most import¬ ant building contracts of LaPorte. He has erec¬ ted fine school buildings at Union Mills, La- Crosse, Rolling Prairie and Hanna. He also took the contract for and built the beautiful residence of E. H. Scott, of LaPorte, worth twenty thou¬ sand dollars, and he remodeled the old Pulaski King residence on Michigan avenue for C. E. Russell. Many other buildings also stand as mon¬ uments to his handiwork and skill, and his labors have been a direct factor in the improvement of the city. In 1903 Mr. Larson secured the con¬ tract for the erection in LaPorte of the Hobart M. Cable Company piano manufacturing plant, which cost more than eighty thousand dollars.

To Mr. and Mrs. Larson has been bom a son% Irving N. They are members of the Swedish Lutheran church, and Mr. Larson is a prominent Republican. He has never been active as an of¬ fice-seeker, but his friends nominated him for the position of alderman from the fifth ward in 1902, and his personal popularity was indicated by the fact that he reduced the usual Democratic major¬ ity to sixty, which fact also proves the confidence reposed in him by his neighbors and those among whom he lives and who are therefore most fa¬ miliar with his career. He has never had occa¬ sion to regret his emigration to America, for his hopes have been more than realized, having in this land gained a handsome competence and won many friends.

HON. ALBERT P. HUNT. Mr. Hunt was born in Kankakee township, La Porte county, in 1839. He ^ a representative of one of the pio¬ neer families of this portion of the state. His parents were Phineas and Hannah (Robinson) Hunt. A long and honorable ancestry lies back -of him. A few years ago Dr. Franklin Hunt, a distinguished physician, made considerable re¬ search into the history of the family, and his in¬ vestigations revealed a line of ancestors of whom the family have every reason to be proud. The ancestors of Albert P. Hunt, those who founded his branch of the family in this country, were William and Nathan Hunt, of Scotch par¬ entage, who came to America in the middle of the seventeenth century and settled in North Carolina. They were cousins of Ephraim Hunt, a refugee from the disastrous field of Marston Moor. His real name was Sir William Hunt, and he bore the rank of colonel, but in order to conceal his identity he came to the new world under the name of Ephraim Hunt and thus set¬ tled in Weymouth, Massachusetts. He had been an artillery officer and was a dashing cavalier. At the siege of York the dignity of knighthood was conferred upon him by Prince Rupert. Sam¬ uel Hunt, a grandson of this Ephraim Hunt, be¬ came a noted shipbuilder of Boston, while another descendant, Thomas Hunt, became an officer un¬ der Washington in the Revolutionary war. Among the representatives of the Hunt family who have won renown are Leigh Hunt, the Eng¬ lish essayist ; William Hunt, the artist ; and Wal¬ ter Hunt, the inventor.

Phineas Hunt, the grandfather of Albert P. Hunt, was a native of Northampton county, North Carolina, and, leaving the south, he emi¬ grated to Highland county, Ohio, while later he became a resident of Champaign county, that state, where his death occurred.

Phineas Hunt, Jr., the father of Albert P. Hunt, was born in Highland county, Ohio, and when a boy accompanied his parents on their removal to Champaign county, where he met and married Miss Hannah Robinson. She was a. native of that county and a daughter of John

Robinson, a noted abolitionist and one of the most prominent operators on the underground railroad, spending many years in a conscientious endeavor to assist the slaves and bring about their release from bondage. In 1832 Phineas Hunt removed with his family from Ohio to Kala¬ mazoo county, Michigan, where, being a sur¬ veyor, he laid out and established the town of Kalamazoo, at that time literally a wilderness. Hostile Indians lived in the neighborhood, and the first winter which the Hunts spent in Kala¬ mazoo was fraught wfith many hardships, priva¬ tions and dangers. On one occasion the food supply ran so low that Mr. Hunt was obliged to leave his wife and three little children alone in the cabin while he traveled to the trading post, forty miles distant, through a forest with¬ out roads, for food. He and his family were the first white settlers in that region, and thus opened the way for civilization. In 1834 they removed to LaPorte county, and again were surrounded by pioneer conditions and environ¬ ments. Mr. Hunt settled at Door Village, in what is now Scipio township, four miles south¬ west of LaPorte, remaining there two years. He then sold out, and, leaving the family at LaPorte, traveled on horseback to Fort Dearborn, at Chi¬ cago, the western metropolis, then consisting of the fort and a few scattered cabins, with the sur¬ rounding mud so deep that his horse continually sank to his knees in it. The pioneer spirit being strong within him, Mr. Hunt went from Chicago to the Fox river and in that district entered land. He then returned to Fort Dearborn, purchased another horse, a plow, a drag and some seed wheat and returned to the Fox river, where with intrepid spirit he went to work to make a farm and raise a crop in a region that was wild and un¬ inhabited. He broke sixty acres of ground and planted his wheat. Then he returned to LaPorte, expecting to take his family to his place on the Fox river the following spring, but that winter the citizens elected him county commissioner, and LaPorte county then showing some signs of rapid * and substantial development, Mr. Hunt decided to remain and abandon his Fox river prospects. It is probable that the buffaloes feasted off his wheat crop. After remaining in LaPorte for a year or two, he entered a claim in Kankakee township, where he continued to reside until his death. He was a very energetic, enterprising and successful man, a brave pioneer, fearless and resolute, and the part which he took in the early improvement of the county and in

Albert P. Hunt was born and reared on the old home place in Kankakee township, and persued his early education in the district shools, while later he continued his studies in the college at Hillsdale, Michigan, and Earlham College, at Richmond, Indiana. After leaving school he studied law for two years in the office of Williams & Bliss, prominent attorneys of LaPorte. He worked so assiduously and unremittingly in his effort to master the principles of jurisprudence that his health became impaired, and he was obliged to give up the idea of preparing for the bar and enter an occupation that was less sedentary. He then opened a store and engaged in merchan¬ dising in LaPorte from 1862 until 1868, after which he returned to Kankakee township and en¬ gaged in farming for ten years. On the expira¬ tion of that period he returned to LaPorte and conducted the European Hotel for five years, after which he resumed farming in Kankakee, and - through the succeeding five years devoted his energies to the tilling of the soil. His wife then died, and, leaving the farm, he retired from business to make his home in LaPorte with his sister, Mrs. Lovina Wilson, the widow of William Wilson.

On the 5th of October, 1868 Mr. Hunt had been united in mariage to Miss Sarage Frances Couchman Hunt, and for more than a quarter of a century they traveled life's journey happily to¬ gether, Mrs. Hunt being called to her final rest in 1895. Mrs. Wilson, the sister of Mr. Hunt, was visited by a double bereavement within a short space of time. She not only lost her husband but also her only son, Kanning A. Wilson, who died at the age of twenty-six years. He was a most promising young man. A brilliant young lawyer, he had acquired an exceptionally large clientage. His fine presence and attractive per¬ sonal qualities won him many friends, and death cut short what would undoubtedly have been a distinguished career.

Mr. Hunt has taken part in public affairs, and in Kankakee township was elected to numerous minor offices, and in the fall of 1894, the Republi¬ cans wishing a strong candidate for the legisla¬ ture, placed him in nomination. The county has a Democratic majority, but Mr. Hunt overcame the strength of the opposition and was elected. He gave his countv an honorable and creditable representation in the Indiana legislature during the session of 1894-5, and was a member of the appropriation committee, the committee for ad¬ justing the boundaries of congressional and legis¬ lative districts, the committee on health, medicine and vital statistics, and as a member of the com¬ mittee on contested elections he was instrumental in seating Mr. Miller instead of Mr. Johnson. He was one of the most earnest workers during that session. Mr. Hunt is an earnest, convinc¬ ing, logical and pleasing speaker. He made an especial study of the financial question and did effective work for the cause of sound money. He has constantly been an advocate of rational, practical and conservative policies in county, state and national politics, and belives it every man's duty to take an interest in the political situation of the country and thus enhance the general wel¬ fare. For many years Mr. Hunt was an active and effective campaign speaker and worker, but of recent years has left this to younger men. Socially he is connected with the Masonic frater¬ nity and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and he also holds membership in the Presby¬ terian church. Fearless in defense of what he believes to be right, loyal in his allegiance to his honest convictions, his course has at all times been actuated by honorable principles and conscient¬ ious motives, and the esteem in which he is held is the outcome of his own career.

HORACE WARDNER, M. D., although past the seventy-fourth milestone of a success¬ ful life's journey, is still one of the active and leading physicians of LaPorte, and has a record of service of which he may be proud, devoted to his fellow men both in private life and especially on the field of battle during the dark days of the Civil war.

The Wardner family is of German descent, and in the early times the name was spelled both Veidner and Weidner, from which later came the present orthography. Philip Wardner, the foun¬ der of the family in America, came from Berlin in 1750 and settled in Boston, Massachusetts, where he followed the trade of stonemason and worked on the old statehouse of that city. Later he removed to Almstead, New Hampshire, where he died. His eldest son, Allen Wardner, was the father of Mrs. William M. Evarts, and his broth¬ er Philip was the ancestor of the branch of the family in which we are immediately interested. This branch later settled in northern Vermont and in New York, and most of its members were farmers, teachers, musicians or physicians. Philip Wardner, the father of Dr. Wardner, was born in Essex county, New York, and was a far-

Horace Wardner was bom to these parents in Wyoming county, New York, August 25, 1829. He was reared on the home farm, and at¬ tended the public schools until sixteen years old, when, being ambitious to secure higher train¬ ing, he bought his time of his father and started out to earn money to pay his way through higher institutions of learning. He became a student in Alfred (New York) Academy, which institution later became a college, and in 1888 honored its early protege with the degree of Master of Arts. He was also a pupil and teacher in Cayuga Acad¬ emy, and altogether spent ten years as a student and teacher in western New York. In 1852 he began the study of medicine in Almond, New York, under the preceptorship of Dr. William B. Alley, and in the following spring went to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he accepted a posi¬ tion as assistant teacher in the Milwaukee Acad¬ emy, at the same carrying on his medical studies and researches. In the fall of 1853 he went to Geneva, Wisconsin, and established and conduct¬ ed, through the following winter and spring, an independent private school. But he did not re¬ linquish his idea of becoming a member of the medical fraternity, and in the fall of 1854 went to Chicago and entered Rush Medical College, where he remained till his graduation in 1856. His first independent practice was in Libertyville, Illinois, but after eight months he returned to Chicago and practiced until the beginning of the Civil war. In 1859-60 he was connected with what is now the Chicago Medical College, as demonstrator of anatomy.

In April, 1861, Dr. Wardner received a commision as surgeon in the Twelfth Illinois Regi¬ ment, but after a year President Lincoln promot¬ ed him to a staff or brigade surgeon, subject to call anywhere, and in this capacity he served in the Second Division of the Army of the Tennes¬ see until after the battle of Corinth in October, 1862. Returning on sick leave to Cairo, Illinois, he received an order to take charge of the general hospital at Mound City, Illinois, but in February, 1863, was ordered by General Grant to turn over this hospital to the assistant surgeon next in rank, and report to the army at Vicksburg, where he was assistant medical director upon the staff of General Grant. Shortly after his arrival at Vicksburg he became so ill that the surgeons there obtained for him a leave of absence. On his way up the river he received another order from General Grant, at the recommendation of the surgeon general, to proceed, at the end of his furlough, to Mound City, and resume charge of the general hospital there. This was a distinct compliment to Dr. Wardner's skill and executive ability. He remained in charge of this hospital until it was discontinued at the close of the war, and he was then sent to Cairo, Illinois, to care for the sick soldiers who were returning from the front. He was thus occupied until September 1, 1866, when he was mustered out of the service. In Novem¬ ber following, in connection with the sisters who had been associated with him as nurses during the war, he founded St. Mary's Infirmary at Cairo, Illinois, which has since grown to a large and fine institution, and with which he was iden¬ tified for over ten years.

Dr. Wardner had done considerable private practice in addition to his professional duties at Mound City and Cairo, and during the thirteen years of his practice at the latter city won an ex¬ tensive patronage. While there he became a member of the Illinois board of health, and for two years was president of the body. He also received an appointment as superintendent of the Southern Illinois Hospital for the Insane at Anna, Illinois, which position he held for twelve years. In May, 1890, he returned to Chicago and located on Drexel boulevard, where he resumed his prac¬ tice. Not long afterward he came into possession of the Collins property at LaPorte, Indiana, which had been built originally for a sanitarium. He leased it for five and a half years as a general hospital and sanitarium. In 1891 he took up his residence in LaPorte, and in 1896 took charge of this property, giving it the name of the Inter¬ laken Sanatorium, and managed it successfully and profitably until the fall of 1900, when he sold it to an organized company, which has since conducted the sanitarium under the name of the Home Health Club and Hospital.

From 1900 until January, 1903, Dr. Wardner was engaged in private practice and business af¬ fairs in LaPorte, but he was then requested to return and resume control of his former sani¬ tarium, and he is now devoting all his time to the duties as physician in charge of the Home Health Club and Hospital, which is a splendid institution in every respect, occupying a fine brick building in a desirable location at the edge of town, with accommodation for about thirty patients, with a full staff of nurses and attend¬ ants and equipments of the most modem and improved character; it is supplied with radiant heat baths, statical electricty, and other acces¬ sories for the aid of the physician in his efforts to alleviate suffering.

Dr. Wardner was for some time president of the LaPorte County Medical Society, and is now president of the board of United States pension examiners; and is a member of the American Medical Association and the Indiana State Medi¬ cal Society. He is a member of the Loyal Le¬ gion, a life member of the Army of the Tennes¬ see, and also a life member of die Knight Tem¬ plar Masons. His politics are Republican, but his chief interest has been centered in his profes¬ sion, and in the faithful prosecution of its duties he has achieved his greatest success and won the esteem and love of his fellow men. And it is to his honor that he has carried the burden of life's duties much longer than most men, al¬ though he has well deserved the privilege of lay¬ ing down his work and enjoying rest and a peace¬ ful close.

Dr. Wardner was married February 16, 1858, to Miss Louise Rockwood, of Sheboygan, Wis¬ consin. Mrs. Wardner was with her husband during much of his war service, and was among the noble and patriotic women who sacrificed comforts of home and often their health to aid the suffering.

JULIUS T. KEIL, for nearly thirty years one of the leading general merchants of Hanna, LaPorte county, Indiana, and identified with the business life and the public welfare of that section of the county in as large a degree as any other citizen, is one of that worthy and valuable class of German Americans whose loyalty to their adopted land and whose in¬ dustry and steady character have been no small factor in the development of the middle west. Mr. Keil's parents were Carl Ludwig and Emistina Wilhelmina (Schroeder) Keil. both natives of Germany and of the Protestant faith; the former was a miller and died in his native land, but the latter died at the home of her son in Hanna. There were seven children in this family, but the only one living besides Julius is Emil Louis Keil, a retired miller of West Virginia.

Julius T. Keil, the fifth in order of birth in his parents' family, was born in the province of Posen, Germany, July 1, 1845, and at the age of sixteen years set out from his native land, sailing on a vessel from Bremen, and after a voyage of forty-eight days landed in New York harbor. He thence came out to Macoupin coun¬ ty, Illinois, and then to LaPorte county, in 1861, where, having very little capital, he obtained employment, first, as a harvest hand, and then hired out to work by the month. He had ob¬ tained a good education in the German language, and was not long in learning the English so that he could converse fluently and write it for all business needs. He was industrious and sav¬ ing of his earnings, and by 1874 he had enough to emj>ark in the general merchandise business in Hanna, where he has met with continually increasing success up to the present time. He has always adhered to strictly honorable methods in acquiring trade, and the people have learned to appreciate his courtesy and to rely on his goods being just as he represents them. His store is a model establishment for a country town, and has a first-class stock of dry goods, fancy and staple groceries, queensware, boots and shoes, etc.

Mr. Keil is a Republican in politics, and has voted for all the presidential candidates from Lincoln down. He has been especially active in matters pertaining to the improvement and betterment of his own township. In 1886 he was elected to the principal township office, that of trustee, and is at present holding that office, through election in 1901. In this office his public spirit has been manifest in many ways, and it was largely through his counsel and ef¬ forts that the beautiful new school building has been erected in Hanna. It is of brick and stone, was put up at a cost of thirteen thousand dol¬ lars, is heated by steam, and equipped with all modern educational appliances, and would do honor to a city of much larger size. And he has been efficient in advancing the standards of education in this township, and in many ways taking unusual interest in the welfare of the coming .generations. For four years during the administration of President Grant Mr. Keil was postmaster of Hanna, and also served as road superintendent. Besides the prosperous busi¬ ness which he conducts in Hanna, he also owns sixty acres of choice land in this township.

December 3, 1871, Mr. Keil was married to Miss Albertina E. Conit z, who was bom in Posen, Germany, August 21, 1848, and was reared and educated in her native land until she was eighteen years old, when she came to America with her grandmother. Since her marriage she has been a most able assistant to her husband, and her energy and kind and motherly nature and womanly resourcefulness have contributed in no small measure to their success in business and other spheres of work. She and her husband are members of the Ger¬ man Lutheran church, and have reared their children in that faith.

Five children were bom to Mr. and Mrs. Keil, and the three living are as follows : Otto, who was educated in the schools at Hanna and spent one year at the German school at Val¬ paraiso, is associated with his father in the meat market; he is a fine specimen of an all¬ round athlete. Hermanda, who was educated at Hanna and at Valparaiso, is the wife of Clark Bunnell, the telegrapher of the Pennsylvania Railroad at Hamlet, Indiana. Martha was edu¬ cated at Hanna and took instruction in instru¬ mental and vocal music at Valparaiso, and is now at home with her parents.

WILLIAM A. GIELOW is prominently identified with the business interests of Michigan City, and is a member of the grocery firm of Gielow Brothers, their large store being located on the corner of Michigan and Sixth streets. He is, however, a native of Chicago, Illinois, where he was bom on the 8th of December, 1867, a son of Henry and Carolina (Greibahn) Gielow, na¬ tives of Germany. His paternal grandparents died in the fatherland, as did also his maternal grandfather. Henry Gielow left his German home about 1865, when a young man, and after his arrival in this country secured work in a wholesale grocery* house in Chicago, Illinois,' whence he came to Michigan City in 1882. Here he spent the remainder of his life engaged in the grocery business, his death occurring in 1894, when he had reached the age of forty-nine years. His first wife was laid to rest in Chicago, dying about 1875, and both she and her husband were members of the Lutheran church. For his sec¬ ond wife Mr. Gielow chose Louisa Holstein, and they became the parents of three children, Annie, Lydia and Elsie.

William A. Gielow spent the days of his boy¬ hood and youth in Chicago, where he attended private schools, and after his school days were over he received a clerkship in his father's gro¬ cery store. After the latter's death he and his brother Henry became their father's successors in the business, and have established a large and constantly increasing patronage. Strictly up¬ right, prompt and thoroughly reliable in their methods, they fully merit the custom which they enjoy and the confidence which is freely reposed in them by those with whom they are acquainted.

On the 4th of July, 1889, Mr. Gielow' was unit¬ ed in marriage to Miss Anna Dabbert, a daugh¬ ter of Charles A. and Freda (Haas) Dabbert, and two children have been bom to them - Flor¬ ence and Willard. Mr. and Mrs. Gielow are members of the Lutheran church, and in his fra¬ ternal relations he is a member of Acme Lodge No. 83, F. & A. M., also of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the National Union. His political affiliations are with the Republican party. Personally he is popular with all who know him, for he readily wins friends by his genial courtesy.

CLARENCE E. OSBORN, who is engaged in the real estate, insurance and collection busi¬ ness in Wanatah, but has also had a successful career in other forms of business activity, is the third son now living of the family of Jason and Eliza (Graham) Osborn, whose history will be found on another page of this work in connec¬ tion with sketch of their son, the LaPorte attor¬ ney, Frank E. Osborn.

Mr. Osborn was born November 29, 1866, just across the line in Porter county, Indiana, but most of his life has been passed in LaPorte county. He was educated in the schools at Wa¬ natah, took a business course in LaPorte, and at¬ tended the normal school at Valparaiso. He was in his brother's office in LaPorte studying law for some time, and, although he did not con¬ tinue his studies and obtain admission at the bar, his acquaintance with legal affairs has been of material assistance to him in his present occupa¬ tion. After his marriage in 1888 Mr. Osborn located on a farm in Porter county a few miles south of the old homestead on which he was born, and was engaged in farming until 1891. He then came to Wanatah and opened up a livery stable. He built one of the largest bams in the county, and had a flourishing trade for ten years. In 1901 he sold out the business to W. A. Harrington, and later sold the barn to E. P. Conboy, its present owner. Since that time he has had an office for the conduct of his dealings in real estate, insurance and collections. He has bought and sold much farming land in this part of the county, making this his specialty, but he is also pushing the development of the other branches of his business, and has the en¬ ergy, enterprise and popular ways which are cer¬ tain to bring him continued success.

educated in the Wanatah high school and in the Valparaiso normal. They have two children, Mabel F. and Victor E. Mr. Osborn is a stanch Republican, and in a township where the Demo¬ cratic candidates usually poll the majority of the votes he was elected assessor and served for six years. He is a member of the Knights of the Maccabees at Wanatah, and belongs to the Chris¬ tian church. He has always been a public-spir¬ ited citizen, ready to do his part in improving the town, and is secretary of the Wanatah Im¬ provement Association. He was deputy sheriff under P. O. Small for four years.

EUGENE R. ADAMS, a progressive and enterprising general merchant at Rolling Prairie, is numbered among the native sons of Indiana, and his life history shows that he early became imbued with the spirit of progress and energy chose no other occupation as a means of liveli¬ hood when he attained his majority, but always continued to engage in the tilling of the soil. In 1838 he located in Switzerland county, Indiana, becoming the owner of a tract of land there which he transformed into rich and productive fields. He married Miss Rebecca J. Tibbetts, a native of Massachusetts, who was reared in Boston and in Augusta, Maine. She was a daughter of Roscoe Tibbetts and is still living at the age of eighty- three years, but Mr. Adams passed away in 1898 at the age of eighty-four years. They were the parents of fourteen children, and of this number twelve reached manhood and womanhood. Evaline died in New York city in 1879 ; James was killed in the Union service in the Civil war, en¬ listing in the Third Indiana Cavalry, with which he remained for three years and three months, so characteristic of the middle west. He is a native of Switzerland county, born on the 4th of April, i860. His paternal grandfather. John C. Adams, was of Scotch lineage, and belonged to the family of which John Quincy Adams was a representative.

His son, Albert C. Adams, the father of Eugene R. Adams, was born in Massachusetts and there spent his boyhood days. The work of the farm early became familiar to him, and he when death terminated his career ; India died in 1898 ; Clarissa is the wife of John Murphy, a resi¬ dent of Chicago ; Charles G. is a merchant of Go¬ shen, Indiana ; Dora is the wife of W. T. O'Brien, a resident of Wabash, Indiana ; Celesta is the wife of F. W. Eichelbaum, the agent for the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad at Roll¬ ing Prairie; Emma became the wife of T. B. Slawson and died in 1878; George A. is a stock dealer of Switzerland county', Indiana; William is in Alaska at the present writing; Eugene R. is the next of the family ; Lola is the wife of W. A. Page, of Napa City, California; and Olive P. died at the age of eight years.

Eugene R. Adams spent the days of his boy¬ hood and youth in his native county and at the usual age entered the public schools, continuing his studies until he was graduated in the Hol¬ brook school at Lebanon, Ohio, with the class of 1880. He then entered upon his business career in the capacity of a clerk for O. R. Stev¬ ens at Rolling Prairie, where he remained for a year, and in 1882 he purchased the store of his employer and has continued in business on his own account since that time. For about two years or from 1883 until 1886, his brother, George A. Admas, was his partner in this enterprise, but in the latter year Eugene R. Adams became sole proprietor by purchasing his brother's interest, and remained alone until 1896, when he admitted C. G. Adams to a partnership, this relation be¬ ing maintained until 1898. In 1896 the firm built the present brick store building, a two-story structure thirty-two by seventy-six feet. After two years Mr. Adams again bought his borther's interest in the store, which is now conducted un¬ der his own name, he being the sole owner. He carries the largest stock of any business man in the town, and in addition to what is usually found in a general store he handles buggies, and in fact does an extensive general business in. a mercan¬ tile line, his large sales bringing to him a very profitable financial return.

On the 30th of May, 1890, Mr. Adams was * married to Miss Maude E. Wilson, the only daughter of Dr. W. B. and Helen (McHenry) Wilson, who are mentioned on another page of this volume. Mrs. Adams was born August 27, 1869, and was reared in Rolling Prairie. She is a graduate of the high school of that place with the class of 1884, and there continued her stud¬ ies under the direction of Mrs. Brown and of Professor Pellow, of LaPorte. A well educated and cultured lady, she occupies an enviable posi¬ tion in social circles, and has made her home an attractive one to her many friends. To Mr. and Mrs. Adams have been born two children: Maurice E., born in Rolling Prairie, November 2, 1893; and Albert Wilson, born February 7, 1903.

Mr. Adams is a prominent and influ¬ ential member of Rolling Prairie Lodge No. 679, I. O. O. F., and also be¬ longs to Tent No. 94, K. O. T. M. He holds membership in the Christian church, in which he has long served as one of the deacons, and he takes an active part in the church work. In pol¬ itics he is a stanch Republican, has served as trustee of his township for six years and is a member of the committee of the. Tenth Congres¬ sional District. He enjoys the confidence and trust of his fellow men because of his upright business methods, his fidelity to commercial eth¬ ics and also by reason of his strong purpose and laudable ambition.

CHARLES J. ROBB, editor and associate owner of the Michigan City Evening News, was born at Montezuma, Iowa, January 21, 1856, a son of Joseph and Elizabeth Jane (McAllister) Robb, the former a well known merchant of Iowa. The son Charles attended the schools of . his native town, and soon after the death of his mother, which occurred when he was nearly eight years of age, he removed to Indianapolis, Iowa, and later to Oskaloosa, where he attended the public schools and also the Oskaloosa College. A large part of his boyhood days was spent at Albia, Iowa, where he made his home until eighteen years of age, going thence to Misha¬ waka, Indiana, and completing the printer's trade. -

Mr. Robb's first reportorial experience was at Keokuk, Iowa, where he did market and spe¬ cial assignments on the Gate City, one of the well known Mississippi valley papers. Here the young editor developed that trait which Mark Twain so aptly describes as a "nose for news'* - a fac¬ ulty inherent in the successful newspaper man of the modern school. He next came to Michigan City as a reporter and office man on the Enter¬ prise, of which the Evening News is the success¬ or. When the Every-Day Enterprise was estab¬ lished Mr. Robb became city editor, which posi¬ tion he resigned to accept a like one on the San¬ dusky Local at Sandusky, Ohio, but several years later went to Flint, Michigan, as reporter and advertising manager of the Flint Journal In September, 1887, he went to Chicago, where he directed the publication of th eTrade Journal and Price Current for the wholesale grocery house of Reid, Murdoch & Fischer. In the following year he was solicited by a number of prominent citizens here to return to Michigan City and assume the ownership and editorial direction of the Evening News, then owned by the Republican Printing Company. In March, 1888, with Ira S. Carpenter, under the firm name of Robb & Carpenter, he returned and has since directed its successful policy.

active in matters political, and has worked un¬ tiringly for party interests and success. He has served as chairman of the Republican city or¬ ganization during the past four years, and was appointed collector of customs here under the Harrison administration, to which he was reap¬ pointed by President McKinley, and is the pres¬ ent incumbent in the office of customs of this port. He is also prominent in fraternal circles, being a member of the Masons, the Odd Fellows, the Encampment, Knights of Pythias, the Benev¬ olent & Protective Order of Elks and the Na¬ tional Union. Mr. Robb was married in 1890 to Miss Josephine R. Webber, of Williamston, Michigan, and with his wife and only child, Ruth M. Robb, resides in his comfortable home at 631 Spring street.

WALTER S. TILDEN, one of the best known residents of Cass township, where he has a fine farm in section 2, is a descendant of Holland Dutch ancestors, and comes of an old Vermont family from which have come some men of prominence in public life and many men of worth and great usefulness in the private walks of life. Samuel J. Tilden, one of the most emi¬ nent of the standard-bearers of the Democratic party, was a second cousin of the father of Walter S. Tilden.